Selected: CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC)
Name: | HAGUE, WILLIAM [2] |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) |
Date: | 1896-1908 |
Nature: | New church. Tenders invited, May 1896. FS laid 2 May 1897 by Dr Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory. Completed by W.H. Byrne. Opened 1908. |
Refs: |
Working drawings formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; 2 rolls of drawings, 1907, and drawing of confessional detail, 1908 (also mosaic detail, 1908, by T. & C. Martin) in IAA, Edward Cullen collection (Acc. 2004/160; closed to public access); Irish Times, 15 May 1896; IB 38, 15 May 1896, 115; 43, 4 Jul 1901, 783; 50, 27 Jun 1908, 389; B 72, 8 May 1897, 426; St John's Parish, Kilkenny, Ireland, http://www.stjohnskilkenny.com/stjohns.html (last visited, Aug 2014). |
Name: | BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) |
Date: | 1901-1907 |
Nature: | Completion of church begun from designs of W. Hague. Contractor: Patrick Nolan, Monaghan. |
Refs: | Drawings in IAA, W.H. Byrne Collection, 2006/142; 2 rolls of drawings, 1907, in IAA, Edward Cullen collection (Acc. 2004/160; closed to public access); IB 41, 15 Jul 1899, 84; 43, 4 Jul 1901, 783; 50, 27 Jun 1908, 389 |
Name: | EARLEY & CO. * |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Lady altar, designed by W.H. Byrne & Son. |
Refs: | Drawings, 1907, formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son |
Name: | O'NEILL & BYRNE |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Window |
Refs: | IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc. 2006/142 |
Name: | SMYTH, GEORGE [2] * |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, DUBLIN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | 'For grasp and vigour of design, for symmetry of outline and for delicacy of detail the sculptured groups and figurs around the High Altar...could scarcely be excelled.' |
Refs: | Letter from Edmund Burke, MA, in IB 63, 2 Jul 1921, 449 |