Selected: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)
Name: | MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC) |
Date: | 1902-1906 |
Nature: | New church for Rev. Francis Cahill. By T.F. McNamara of Hague & McNamara. Cruciform Gothic with tower.Tender given to Patrick Kelly, Longford, 1902; FS laid Aug 1903; opened 26 Aug 1906. (Damaged by lightning, Sep 1907.) |
Refs: | IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1529; 45, 1 Jan,27 Aug 1903, 1540,1956; 48, 3 Nov 1906, 888; 49, 21 Sep 1907, 661; B 88, 22 Aug 1903, 209; 91, 8 Sep 1906, 305; James MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954), 765; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 140; |
Name: | MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC) |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | By Hague & McNamara. Cruciform Gothic with 4-storey pinnacled tower. FS laid Aug 1903. Builder: Pat Kelly, Longford. |
Refs: | IB 85, 1 Jan,27 Aug 1903, 1540,1956; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 141 |
Name: | MAYER & CO. *# |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC) |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | Stained glass windows in transepts (Resurrection and Assumption of the Virgin) and chancel (Christ, St Patrick & St Brigid). |
Refs: | Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 141 |
Name: | CLARKE, WALTER * |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Murals in new church (built 1903-1906) by WC. |
Refs: |
James MacNamee, Hisotory of the Dicese of Ardagh (1954), 765. |