Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, WHITEHOUSE, CHURCH OF ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)

Name: O'NEILL, JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, WHITEHOUSE, CHURCH OF ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)
Date: 1865-67
Nature: Simple new aisleless church in Early Pointed style, for Fr. Patrick Ryan. Builder: John Ross. Altars & reredos by Mr Earp, London. Fittings:John Murphy. Interior painting: Mssrs Davison, Belfast. Dedicated 12 May 1867. Tower and spire unfinished.
Refs: Belfast Morning News, 1 Dec 1862; DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249; B 24, 27 Sep 1866, 706; 25, 25 May 1867, 374;   Belfast Morning News, 6 May 1867;  J. O'Laverty, History of the Diocese of Down and Connor III (1884), ?; J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 52-4,127-9,fig.3,ill.23,57,58

Name: EARP, THOMAS *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, WHITEHOUSE, CHURCH OF ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)
Date: 1865-67
Nature: Altars & reredos by Mr Earp, London.
Refs: B 25, 25 May 1867, 374

Name: MCDONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, WHITEHOUSE, CHURCH OF ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)
Date: 1899
Nature: New tower and spire and alts. Contractor: Courtney.
Refs: IB 42, 15 Jan 1900, 246; 43, 3 Jul 1902, 1306