Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LAOIS, MOUNTMELLICK, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC)

Name: O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. LAOIS, MOUNTMELLICK, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC)
Date: 1872-1878a
Nature: New church for Rev. Thomas Murphy, PP.   Tenders invited Feb 1872.  First mass celebrated Jul 1878.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 8 Feb 1872; obituary of J.J.O'C in IB 47, 16 Dec 1905, 918; J. O'Hanlon & E. O'Leary, History of the Queen's County (1907), ?;  John McEvoy, ed., The Churches of Kildare and Leighlin 2000 AD (Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, 2000), 80(illus)


Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. LAOIS, MOUNTMELLICK, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC)
Date: 1904
Nature: New tower, &c.
Refs: IB 46, 18 Jun 1904, 386

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. LAOIS, MOUNTMELLICK, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Mosaic work.
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: BARRETT, JAMES RUPERT EDWARD BOYD
Building: CO. LAOIS, MOUNTMELLICK, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC)
Date: 1960-1965?
Nature: Extension & additions (transep, sanctuary, sacriesties & boiler house).  Builder: Sweeney, Portarlington. Cost £100,000.
Refs: IB 103, 9 Jul 1960, 522;  John McEvoy, ed., The Churches of Kildare and Leighlin 2000 AD (Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, 2000), 80.