Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)

Name: PAIN, JAMES
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1816
Nature: Begun by James Pain. For Fr. Joseph Harrigan, Prior. Consecrated 6 Jul 1816.
Refs: M. Lenihan, History of Limerick (1866), 651; Judith Hill, The Building of Limerick (1991), 118; M. Craig & D. Fitzgerald, Ireland Observed (1970), 78; David Lee, 'James and George Pain - Gothic Architects' in David Lee & Christine Gonzalez, eds., Georgian Limerick 1714-1845, II (Limerick Civic Trust, 2000), 233(illus.); David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 33-35

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1860
Nature: Repairs & alts. Contractor: John Ryan.
Refs: DB 2, 1 Nov 1860, 363

Name: WALLACE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1860s
Nature: Heightening) of exterior and interior by 20 ft with addition of clerestory and rose window.
Refs: David Lee, 'James and George Pain - Gothic Architects' in David Lee & Christine Gonzalez, eds., Georgian Limerick 1714-1845, II (Limerick Civic Trust, 2000), 234, citing Aengus Buckley, OP, 'The Present Dominican Church' in Dominicans in Limerick 1227-1977 (1977), 30-31; David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 34(illus.)

Name: GOLDIE, GEORGE #
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1863-1866
Nature: New chancel, high altar, reredos, tabernacle, throne, and E window. Sculptor of Altar: Bolton, Worcester. Sculptor of reredos, &c.: P. Scannell, Cork Marble Works. Stained glass: Wailes, Newcastle.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 4 Jan 1866; DB 8, 15 Feb 1866, 53; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 652-3,676-8

Name: BOLTON, - #
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1866
Nature: Executed high altar, designed by G. Goldie
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 4 Jan 1866; DB 8, 15 Feb 1866, 53

Name: WAILES, WILLIAM *#
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1866
Nature: Stained glass for great E window (Transfiguration).
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 4 Jan 1866;  DB 8, 15 Feb 1866, 53; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 653 (gives date as 1864)

Name: SCANNELL, PATRICK *
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1866a
Nature: Reredos, tabernacle, throne, in new chancel.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 4 Jan 1866; DB 8, 15 Feb 1866, 53

Name: GOLDIE & CHILD #
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1870
Nature: Reopened 13 Nov 1870. Totally remodelled inside and out. Work survised by M.A. Hennessy, CE, Limerick. Builder: McCarthy & Guerin.
Refs: IB 12, 15 Dec 1870, 300,301(illus.)

Name: HENNESSY, MAURICE ALPHONSUS
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1870
Nature: Reopened 13 Nov 1870. Totally remodelled inside and out to designs by Goldie & Child, London. Work survised by M.A. Hennessy, CE, Limerick. Builder: McCarthy & Guerin.
Refs: IB 12, 15 Dec 1870, 300,301(illus.)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1896;1899
Nature: Stalls, railing to Sacred Heart chapel.
Refs: Drawings for stalls, Sep 1896, and railing to Sacred Heart chapel, 1899, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.112/1,4,7

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1915?a
Nature: Mosaic work (sanctuary pavement?).
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1927
Nature: Communion rail, gates ?&c.
Refs: Drawings, 1927, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman Collection, 76/1.112/3,6