Selected: CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Name: | BOURKE, JOHN [2] |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
Date: | 1860-1861 |
Nature: | New cruciform church with tower and spire to be built on site granted by Richard Greville, Aug 1859. for Rev. Edward McGaver. Transitional style. Tenders invited, Apr 1860. FS laid 8 Sep 1860. Almost ready for roofing, Dec 1861. Dedicated 5 May 1867. Tower and spire completed, 1887, for Rev. Nicholas O'Flanagan. |
Refs: | DB 2, 1 Apr 1860, 240; 3, 15 Jun,15 Dec 1861, 546,712; B 18, 28 Apr 1860, 267; Longford Year Book (1928), ?; J. MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954),654 |
Name: | BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
Date: | 1903-4;1907 |
Nature: | Alts. & improvements, including communion rails, 1904, benches & barriers, 1907, porch. |
Refs: | Drawings (1904, 1907) formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne, not transferred to IAA; B 104, 7 Mar 1903, 264; IB 45, 12 Mar 1903, 1632 |
Name: | OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *# |
Building: | CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
Date: | 1915a? |
Nature: | Mosaic work (sanctuary floor?). |
Refs: |
Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013). |