Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, ROUNDWOOD, CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE O'TOOLE (RC)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. WICKLOW, ROUNDWOOD, CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE O'TOOLE (RC)
Date: 1867-1871
Nature: New Gothic-style church.  FS laid 3 Jun 1867. Dedicated 7 Aug 1871 by Cardinal Cullen. Contractor: Bryan O'Connor. Cost (in 1869) £6,780. Badly damaged in storm of March 1903)
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2; IB 13, 15 Aug 1871, 217;  Irish Times, 13 Aug 1871.

Name: O'CONNOR, GEORGE LUKE
Building: CO. WICKLOW, ROUNDWOOD, CHURCH OF ST LAURENCE O'TOOLE (RC)
Date: 1903
Nature: Repairs after severe storm damage (causing cracking of walls and shifting of roof).  Repairs include tie-rods across nave walls, rebuilding of N aisle wall, erection of 2 new porches. Cost: £900. Contractor: Kinlen Bros., Greystones.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 7 Mar,27 Jun 1903.