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New. School begun first. Memorial stones of church laid, 15 Jun 1901. Plan of church 'provides an octagonal clerestorey, carried on arches, the lower storey projecting out in the form of angular recesses in each bay of the octagon'. Seats arranged in a 'somewhat amphitheatrical fashion'. External appearance'of a character imitative of Northern Italian work'. Opened, 9 May 1902. Contractors: P. Hanway (school); John Pemberton(church). Total outlay estimated at £4,500.
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IB 41, 15 Nov 1899, 191; 42, 1 Feb,15 Jun 1900, 268,390; 43, 20 Jun,19 Dec 1901, 767,972,974(illus.); B 59, 2 Jun 1900, ?; Irish Times, 17 Jun 1901, 9 May 1902; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 668.
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