Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

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