Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. OFFALY, CLARA, CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET (RC)

Name: O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. OFFALY, CLARA, CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET (RC)
Date: 1876-1883
Nature: New 14th century Gothic church. Dedicated 14 Oct 1883. Contractor: Molloy, Tullamore. Glazing & tiling by Sibthrope & Son.
Refs: RHA 1877, no. 317; signed drawings for floor and passages formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; Architect 15, 19 Feb 1876, 112(illus.);  Irish Times, 20 Sep 1883;  IB 25, 15 Oct 1883, 330

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. OFFALY, CLARA, CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET (RC)
Date: 1915a
Nature: Mosaic work. (Removed during re-ordering in 1970s.)
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca and information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013.


Name: BYRNE, RALPH HENRY
Building: CO. OFFALY, CLARA, CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET (RC)
Date: 1928-9;1934
Nature: Spire; mortuary chapel
Refs: Designs, dated 1928-29, 1934, in IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc.2006/142

Name: MAYER & CO. *#
Building: CO. OFFALY, CLARA, CHURCH OF ST BRIDGET (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: 2 3-light stained-glass windows.
Refs: Information from David Lawrence, Jan 2010.