Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH)

Name: BOWDEN, JOHN [2]
Building: CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH)
Date: 1820
Nature: Church built with loan of £1,000 from Board of First Fruits. Stone in tower over entrance inscr. 'Built AD 1820. Rev. Wm Knox, Rector'.
Refs: J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 223-5;  Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 290;  F.W. Fawcett and D.W.T. Crooks, eds., Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999),137(illus.).

Name: HARDY, ALEXANDER
Building: CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH)
Date: 1858
Nature: Sketch of new robing room and N. windows, new pulpit and seats, signed and dated 'A. Hardy Aug 1858',in RCB.
Refs: RCB Library, portfolio 10a

Name: CLOSE, SAMUEL PATRICK
Building: CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH)
Date: 1897
Nature: Single-bay chancel.
Refs: IB 39, 15 Nov 1897, 224; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 290; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 84-5,130.

Name: MAYER & CO. *#
Building: CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH)
Date: 1900
Nature: East window: Resurrection.
Refs: Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 290