Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LIMERICK, TULLYBRACCA, CHURCH (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LIMERICK, TULLYBRACCA, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1819
Nature: New church; 'an elegant edifice in the later English style, with a lofty square tower crowned with pierced battlements and pinnacles: it cost £2500, of which £1200 was contributed in two grants from the late Board of First Fruits and the remaining £1300 was a donation from Lord Guillamore' (Lewis). Standish O'Grady, Chief Baron of the Exchequer (later Lord Guillamore spent £2000 on decoration (Fitzgerald).
Refs: Patrick Fitzgerald & John James McGregor, The history, topography, and antiquities, of the county and city of Limerick (Dublin, 1826-7), I, 319; Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 657

Name: PAIN, JAMES
Building: CO. LIMERICK, TULLYBRACCA, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1833
Nature: JP paid for work valued at £9.9s.
Refs: David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 228