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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). |
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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
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