Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, HEADFORD, CHURCH (RC)

Name: PIERCE, RICHARD [2]
Building: CO. GALWAY, HEADFORD, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1863-1866
Nature: New Gothic, aisle-less church, for Father Peter Conway. Estimated cost: £2,000. Completed after death of RP under supervision of W.G. Murray.
Refs: DB 5, 1 Sep 1863, 149; 8, 15 Mar 1866, 78; B 21, 22 Aug,5 Sep 1863, 605,636;

Name: MURRAY, WILLIAM GEORGE
Building: CO. GALWAY, HEADFORD, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1866
Nature: Designed by Richard Pierce, after whose death work carried on by WGM.
Refs: DB 8, 15 Mar 1866, 78

Name: BUTLER, RUDOLF MAXIMILIAN
Building: CO. GALWAY, HEADFORD, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1919-1921
Nature: New sacristy & renovations, includiing lining of walls with fibrous plaster to correct damp (Contractor: Michael Creedon, Dublin); new organ gallery and screen (Executant: Shortall & Co., Dublin), high altar (Executant: George Smyth, Dublin), tabernacle (Smyth & Sons, Dublin), marble floor (Executant: George Smyth), altar rail (Executant: J. & C. McGloughlin, Dublin). Work still in progress, Jul 1921. For Rev. C. Cunningham.
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Refs: IAA Butler Collection, Acc. 85/107, Notebook ?;  IB 60, 14 Dec 1918, 552; 61, 8 Mar,3 May 1919, 105,228;  Tuam Herald, 16 Jul 1921.

Name: SMYTH, GEORGE [2] *
Building: CO. GALWAY, HEADFORD, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1921
Nature: High altar and marble flooring. (Architect: R.M. Butler).
Refs: Tuam Herald, 16 Jul 1921.