Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TYRONE, CASTLEDERG, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)

Name: O'NEILL & BYRNE
Building: CO. TYRONE, CASTLEDERG, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1876a
Nature: New cruciform Gothic church, for Rev. James Connolly and his 2 assistants. Built by direct labour, 'the work being superintended by the clergymen themselves and the people assisting...in drawing stones, sand, lime, etc.'. Dedicated 8 Oct 1876. Tower and spire added 1886-8
Refs: Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 182; J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 58,163-4, fig. 16,ill.36

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. TYRONE, CASTLEDERG, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1935
Nature: Renovation.
Refs: IB 77, 7 Sep 1935, 816