Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)

Name: HENNESSY, MAURICE ALPHONSUS
Building: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)
Date: 1905-11
Nature: New Celtic Romanesque church. Contractor: Daniel Murphy, Bandon. FS laid by Dr Kelly, Bishop of Ross, in 1907. Inscription in church says by 'Hennessy Bros'. For Rev. Peter Hill.
Refs: Designs, dated 1906, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.157; 3 contract drawings, 1906-7, in IAA, McCurdy & Mitchell Collection, 79/17.16/1-3; further designs formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; photograph of perspective view, inscribed by the architect, in P.J. Lynch collection, Acc. 78/34; IB 47, 20 Oct 1905, 844(illus.); 48, 6,20 Oct 1906, 804,822; 49, 21 Sep,5 Oct 1907, 662,702(illus.); 53, 29 Apr 1911, 286; B 91, 13 Oct 1906, 441; IA & C 1, 29 Apr 1911, 286

Name: SCOTT, WILLIAM ALPHONSUS
Building: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)
Date: 1907a
Nature: Competition entry exh. RHA.
Refs: RHA 1907, 357; IB 49, 19 Oct 1907, 737(illus. in supplement); Paul Larmour, '"The Drunken Man of Genius": William A. Scott (1871-1921)', Irish Architectural Review 3 (2001), 36(illus.)

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)
Date: 1910
Nature: Completion & fitting out of church designed by M.A. Hennessy. High altar , executedby E. Sharp, Dublin.
Refs: Drawings, 1910, in IAA, W.H. Byrne Collection, 2006/142; IA & C 1, 28 Jan 1911, ?; E. Sharp's publicity booklet (1920s), 22

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Sanctuary floor and Madonna and Child above porch.(Mosaics on sanctuary walls appear to be later work.)
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca, and information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. CORK, TIMOLEAGUE, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY (RC)
Date: 1930
Nature: Completion of tower to design by M.A. Hennessy
Refs: Agreement in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.157