Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)

Name: CAMPBELL, DANIEL
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1842
Nature: Inscr. on church 'Dan Campbell, Builder 1842'
Refs: Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 127

Name: KEANE, JOHN BENJAMIN
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1842
Nature: Tenders sought for erection Mar 1842 (but |Catholic Directory| (1842), 405, says church was 'commenced' 25 Apr 1841). Contractor: Daniel Campbell.
Refs: 'DA.J. 1957, p. 140'

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1860
Nature: Addition of polygonal chancel. New high altar by Mssrs. Farrell, stained glass windows. Redecoration by Barff & Co. Opened Oct 1860.
Refs: DB 2, 1 Oct,1 Nov 1860, 352,363; B 18, 27 Oct 1860, 688; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 55; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 127;  t;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 471-2.

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1891
Nature: New roof. (Also celtic memorial cross to 'late Dr Sheil', executed by Pat Monaghan, 1892?)
Refs: Drawings in IAA, W.H. Byrne Collection, 2006/142

Name: DOHERTY, WILLIAM JAMES [2]
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1929-1930
Nature: Improvements; heating. Contractor: J. McAdorey & Son, Dundalk (£3,597).
Refs: IB 71, 25 May 1929, 466; 72, 1 Feb 1930, 111;  Irish Times, 13 Jun 1929.