Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)

Name: CALDBECK, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Building: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1869-72
Nature: New church in Transitional Gothic style for Canon Peter Farrelly. Site donated by Edgeworth family. Completion of church supervised by William Hague after WFC's sudden death on 30 Mar 1872. Dedicated, 24 Sep 1873.
Refs: IB 11, 1 Jul 1869, 153;  Irish Times, 25 Sep 1873;  James MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954), 735; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 288.

Name: HAGUE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1872-73
Nature: WH supervises completion of church designed by W.F.Caldbeck after latter's death on 30 Mar 1872 and designs high altar, executed by Neill & Pearse, 182 Great Brunswick St.. Church dedicated on 24 Sep 1873.
Refs: Irish Times, 25,26 Sep 1873.

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1907
Nature: Addition of tower and spire
Refs: IB 49, 26 Jan 1907, 62