Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLONARD GARDENS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY REDEEMER (RC, REDEMPTORIST)

Name: MCDONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLONARD GARDENS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY REDEEMER (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: 1907-1911
Nature: New Early French Gothic church. Tenders invited Jun 1907. FS laid by Bishop of Down & Connor, 4 Oct 1908. Dedicated 1 Oct 1911. Contractor: D. & A. McNaughten, Randalstown. (£20,000). Clerk of Works: D. Griffith.  High altar & 3 life-size marble statues executed by E. Sharp, Dublin.
Refs: IB 49, 15 Jun,7 Sep 1907, 425,629; 50, 17 Oct 1908, 629; 53, 28 Oct 1911; 54, 22 Jun 1912, 362,372(illus.); B 92, 15 Jun 1907, 736; Building News 102, 28 Jun 1912, 936; E. Sharp's publicity booklet (1920s), 58; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 74; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 64 (no. 146, illus.)

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLONARD GARDENS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY REDEEMER (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: ?
Nature: Mosaics in sanctuary, 1931-32, in four chapels, 1936-7, and on aisle walls, 1950s. (mosics in nave arch spandrels by Gabriel Loire, 1960).
Refs: Robert Field, 'A legacy of inspiration and beauty', Andamento (Journal of the British Association for Modern Mosaic),  Vol. 7 (2013), 25(illus.).