Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)

Name: SHEEHAN, CORNELIUS *
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1759p
Nature: Monument to Gustavus Handcock (d. 1759).'The best that may be said of this memorial is that as a design it is unusual if absurd.'(Potterton).
Refs: H. Potterton, 'William Kidwell, sculptor,…and some contemporary mason-sculptors in Ireland', BIGS 15 (Jul-Dec 1972), 102(illus. pl. 20); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 130

Name: SMYTH, EDWARD *
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1794p
Nature: Monument to William Handcock (d. 1794) with portrait medallion and mourning female figure.
Refs: Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 80; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 130

Name: RICHARDS, RICHARD
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1822-1826
Nature: New church, replacing one of 1620ca. Plan of Mr Richards adopted, 22 Feb 1822. Eventual cost (in 1827) £2,300. 'The church was rebuilt in 1826, by a grant of £2300 from the late Board of First Fruits;  it is a neat edifice, with a square embattled tower;  the tower of the old church is still standing, and contains the bell for William's army to cross the river at the siege of Athlone.' (Lewis)
Refs: W. English, citing church minute books, 22 Feb 1822, and 16 Apr 1827; Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 88;  exterior and interior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 313.

Name: KIRK, JOSEPH ROBINSON *
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1851
Nature: Bluntish memorial.
Refs: H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 55

Name: KIRK, JOSEPH ROBINSON *
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1863
Nature: Monument to James Robert Moffatt.
Refs: Bust exh. RHA 1864, no. 448; H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 55

Name: CARROLL, JAMES RAWSON
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1869
Nature: New apsidal chancel and N vestry.
Refs: Drawings, signed and dated 1869, in RCB Library, portfolio 23;  interior ocf chancel illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 313.