Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILKENNY, BURNCHURCH, CHURCH (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. KILKENNY, BURNCHURCH, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1810
Nature: 'The church is a neat edifice with a steeple, built by aid of aloan of £600, in 1810, from the late Board of First Fruits.' (Lewis) Described as being in the process of being built by Carlisle.
Refs: Nicholas Carlisle, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1810), ?; S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 232

Name: WARD & NIXON *#
Building: CO. KILKENNY, BURNCHURCH, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1840ca
Nature: Triple lancet window attr. to W & N by Lawrence. (Window salvaged and moved to sanctuary of St Aidan's church, Kilmanagh, 1999)
Refs: David Lawrence, 'Church of Ireland: The United Diocese of Cashel, Ferns, Leighlin, Lismore, Ossory and Waterford: Stained-Glass Windows' (RCB report, 2005), II, 59

Name: DESART, ELIZABETH LUCY CAMPBELL, COUNTESS OF
Building: CO. KILKENNY, BURNCHURCH, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1866
Nature: Painted E window, erected in church in 1886, in memory of her husband, William Ulick O'Connor, 4th Earl of Desart (d.1865). 'This very beautiful specimen of art has occupied her ladyship's thoughts and leisure hours for months, and the result is an appropriate tribute of respect...' (Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette)
Refs: DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 160;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 8, no. 84, 20 Jun 1866, 235;  Builder 25, 30 Jun 1866, ?.