Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILDARE, MONASTEREVIN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. KILDARE, MONASTEREVIN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1712a
Nature: Altar rails made for church of S. Stefano in Venice, perhaps by member of circle of Giovanni Comin or by Orazio Marinali, brought to Ireland from Italy by Stephen Ram of Ramsfort, Gorey, where they were placed on terrace. Bought by John George Adaire of Rathdare, who sold them to parish priest of Monasterevan in late 1870s.
Refs: Beatrice Whelan, 'From Venice to Monasterevin: the altar rails in the church of Sts Peter and Paul', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 5 (2002), 74-89(illus.)

Name: BUTLER, WILLIAM DEANE
Building: CO. KILDARE, MONASTEREVIN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1849
Nature: New church, in process of erection 1849. For Rev. Philip Healy, PP.
Refs: RHA 1849, no. 403; B 15, 5 Dec 1857, 710; Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 21 (1858), 34;  John McEvoy, ed., The Churches of Kildare and Leighlin 2000 AD (Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, 2000), 102(illus.)


Name: HAGUE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. KILDARE, MONASTEREVIN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1880
Nature: New church completed. 3 altars consecrated 12 Sep 1880.. Builder: Harris, Monasterevan.
Refs: IB 22, 15 Sep 1880, 261

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. KILDARE, MONASTEREVIN, CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1909
Nature: Proposed nuns' choir, communicating with sanctuary.
Refs: Design, 1909, formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son