Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, FAIR STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)

Name: FARRELL, WILLIAM
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, FAIR STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)
Date: 1827-28
Nature: Erected as chapel-of-ease to St Peter's church; 'an unpretending edifice of grey stone' (Bassett). Tenders invited Apr 1827. FS laid 10 Dec 1827. Corporation donated £300. Board of First Fruits donated £900 in 1829.
Refs: Drogheda Journal, 14 Apr,15 Dec 1827; Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 501; George Henry Bassett, Louth County Guide and Directory (1886), 87