Selected: CO. CORK, BLACKPOOL, CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION (RC)
Name: | MURPHY, SEAMUS * |
Building: | CO. CORK, BLACKPOOL, CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION (RC) |
Date: | 1944-45 |
Nature: | New church, designed with E.P. O'Flynn. Sculpture on tympanum of W door. Statues of Sacred Heart and Madonna inside church, altars, font, tabernacle, candlesticks. Entire cost borne by W. Dwyer, TD, managing director of Sunbeam Wolsey, Ltd. FS laid Jan 1945. Blessed and opened Oct 1945. . |
Refs: |
Peter Murray, ed., Séamus Murphy (1907-1975) Sculptor (Crawford Art Gallery & Gandon Editions, 2007), 106-119(illus.). |
Name: | O'FLYNN, EDMOND PATRICK JOSEPH |
Building: | CO. CORK, BLACKPOOL, CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION (RC) |
Date: | 1945 |
Nature: | New church on site of old church of St Nicholas. Designed jointly by E.P. O'F and Seamus Murphy, sculptor. Entire cost borne by W. Dwyer, TD, managing director of Sunbeam Wolsey, Ltd. FS laid Jan 1945. Blessed and opened Oct 1945. |
Refs: | IB 87, 27 Jan,8 Sep,20 Oct 1945, 42,462,540 |