Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY

Name: WALKER, JOHN [3]
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
Date: 1877-79
Nature: JW architect and contractor for convent and schools. Design suggested by Mother St Croix. FS blessed 25 Mar 1877. Plans approved and work initiated by Feb 1878. Partly destroyed by fire started by dismissed worker on site, Feb 1879.
Refs: Sean Kissane, 'Historic Report on Ferrybank Convent, Ferrybank, Waterford' (2002)

Name: SCULLY, THOMAS
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
Date: 1909
Nature: New wing. Contractor: John Hearne & Sons, 4 William Street, Waterford.
Refs: IB 51, 2 Oct 1909, 630

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
Date: 1914
Nature: Addition of storey to main block
Refs: Drawings, 1914, formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son

Name: BYRNE, RALPH HENRY
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
Date: 1920;1928;1929
Nature: Proposed classical refacing of main block; 1920. Proposed Gothic refacing of same, 1928.  Proposed additions including neo-Georgian chapel, 1929.
Refs: Designs, dated 1920,1929, in IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc.2006/142;

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ABBEY ROAD (FERRYBANK), CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY
Date: 1937-39
Nature: Chapel. FS laid 1937. Builder: J. Hearne, Waterford. Chapel dedicated, 1939.
Refs: Design for high altar in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman collection, 76/1.95/1; IB 79, 3 Apr,12 Jun,16 Oct 1937, 314,542,928