Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)

Name: MCAULEY, JEREMIAH RYAN (REV.)
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)
Date: 1860-1866
Nature: New church on site given by Bernard Hughes. Style Continental Gothic of 13th cent. Builder for main body of church: John Ross. Builder for interior: (John)Murphy & Connor. (Completed by John O'Neill, with spires by Mortimer Thompson. ) Consecrated 14 Oct 1866 by Rev. Dr Dorrian..
Refs: B 18, ? ? 1860, 542; 24, 6 Oct 1866, 745; DB 2, 1 Sep 1860, 330; 8, 1,15 Oct 1866, 243,253; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 18(illus.); ? Rogers, St Peter's Pro-Cathedral 1866-1966; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 43-44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23, no. 41(illus.);

Name: O'NEILL, JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)
Date: 1860-1866;1885
Nature: Supervised by J.O'N after departure of Jeremiah McAuley in 1862. Builder for main body of church: John Ross. Builder for interior: Murphy & Connor. Consecrated 14 Oct 1866. Cost of church & presbytery, £28,000. (Spires erected under supervision of Mortimer Thompson, 1885.)
Refs: DB 8, 15 Oct 1866, 253; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 18(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 43-44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23, no. 41(illus.); J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 24-25,125-126,ill.19,fig.1

Name: THOMSON, MORTIMER H.
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)
Date: 1886
Nature: Addition of spires at cost of £500.. Contractor: Henry Fulton, Belfast.
Refs: ? Rogers, St Peter's Pro-Cathedral 1866-1966; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23 (no. 41, illus.)

Name: GREGORY, PATRICK (PADRAIG) BERNARD
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)
Date: 1946
Nature: Enlargement of north and south porches to make side chapels, high altar & baldacchino.
Refs: Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23 (no. 41)