Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILDARE, KILCULLEN, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART & ST BRIGID (RC)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. KILDARE, KILCULLEN, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART & ST BRIGID (RC)
Date: 1869-1872
Nature: New church capable of holding 2,000, for Rev. M.P. Langan, CC. Tenders invited Feb 1869. FS laid 5 Aug 1869 by Cardinal Cullen, to whom JJM was presented. Builder: John Wrafter. Tower and spire never built. Consecrated by Cardinal Cullen 8 Sep 1872. £7,000.  Contractor: Rafter. (BVM chapel added for £1,300. High altar consecrated 27 Sep 1885).
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2; Freeman's Journal, 10,15,17,19,22 Feb 1869;  Irish Times, 9 Sep 1872; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 23(illus.),33(illus.),59(illus.),64

Name: CLARKE, JOSHUA *
Building: CO. KILDARE, KILCULLEN, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART & ST BRIGID (RC)
Date: 1901-02
Nature: 4 double lancet windows (Themes: Immaculate Conception. Sacred Heart, Holy Family and Crucifixion).
Refs: Information from John Landers, Jan 2014, in IAA, RPD.372.4.