Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, MALIN, CHURCH (CI, CLONCHA PARISH)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DONEGAL, MALIN, CHURCH (CI, CLONCHA PARISH)
Date: 1827
Nature: New church, 'built in 1827, by aid of a loan of £200 from the late Board of First Fruits, and a gift of £100 each from Bishop Knox and Mr. Harvey of Malin Hall' (Lewis) FS laid by Mrs Harvey of Malin Hall, 27 Jul 1827.
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 352; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 154-5;  F.W. Fawcett and D.W.T. Crooks, eds., Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999),117(illus.);  exterior also illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 173.
 

Name: MCELWEE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. DONEGAL, MALIN, CHURCH (CI, CLONCHA PARISH)
Date: 1876
Nature: Interior restored at cost of £160. New seats, creation of 'quasi chancel' by raising floor at E end and tiling it.  New prayer desk and pulpit. New lectern, presented by architect.  Flat ceiling remains in place.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 18, no. 209, 23 Sep 1876, 286;  J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 154-5.