Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, CHURCH OF ST OLIVER PLUNKETT (RC)

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, CHURCH OF ST OLIVER PLUNKETT (RC)
Date: 1899-1904
Nature: New church in early decorated Gothic style (replacing church of 1815). Nave, transepts, sanctuary, side chapels & 2 sacristies. FS laid 15 Oct 1899. Dedicated 1904.
Refs: IB 41, 1 Nov 1899, 171; IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc. 2006/142; Rev. J. Brady, A Short history of the parishes of the Diocese of Meath, 1867-1944, ?; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 448-9

Name: BYRNE, RALPH HENRY
Building: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, CHURCH OF ST OLIVER PLUNKETT (RC)
Date: 1927;1928;1933-
Nature: Altars & pulpit; spire; alterations
Refs: Designs, dated 1927,1928,1933-4, in IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings, Acc.2006/142