Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)

Name: PIERCE, RICHARD [1]
Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1851-1858
Nature: One of 'twin' churches in Wexford (see also Church of Immac. Conception, Rose St). FS laid 27 Jun 1851. First mass celebrated, 18 Apr 1858. Dedicated, 11 Sep 1859. Consecrated 9 Sep 1860. J.J. McCarthy architect after RP's death. Ceiling painting: Earley, Dublin. Contractor: Willis.
Refs: B 9, 3 May 1851, 281; 10, 21 Feb 1852, 123; 18, 29 Sep,13 Oct 1860, 628,662; 16, 27 Mar 1858, 712; DB 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352; A Centenary record of [Wexford] town churches (1958), 82,86,100,129; Barry O'Leary, 'Richard Pierce: Architect and Acolyte of the Gothic Revival' in Journal of the Wexford Historical Society No. 20 (2004-2005), 87-90;  Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 137(illus.).

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1858-1860
Nature: Work on twin churches of Wexford designed by Richard Pierce, taken over by JJM after Pierce's death. Dedicated, Sep 1859. Consecrated 9 Sep 1860.
Refs: B 16, 27 Mar 1858, 214; 18, 29 Sep,13 Oct 1860, 628,662; 19, DB 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352; Wexford Independent, 11 Sep 1859, 12 Sep 1860 (information kindly supplied by Conor O'Brien, Annacurra, Co. Wicklow) Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 51

Name: CLARKE, HARRY *
Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1919
Nature: 2-light window: BVM & Child
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 78

Name: CULLEN, THOMAS JOSEPH
Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, BRIDE STREET, CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (RC)
Date: 1926-28
Nature: New mortuary chapel.  Tenders for erecing same, Mar 1926.
Refs: Photocopies of photographs in IAA, Jones File C167(ii);  Irish Times, 25 Mar 1926.