Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, DRUMTARIFF (OR DROMTARIFF), CHURCH (CI)

Name: ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
Building: CO. CORK, DRUMTARIFF (OR DROMTARIFF), CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1861-63
Nature: Enlargement of church of 1822 by Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Chancel added to 'barn-like' church. Old vestry opened into church 'thus forming a kind of transept'. New pews, pulpit, reading desk. Flagging re-laid. Alts. principally financed by Leader family. Stained glass chancel window gift of Mrs Leader in memory of her husband, William Leader of Rosnalie. (Church closed circa 1962.)
Refs: DB 3, 1 Sep 1861, 620;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 4, No. 50 (15 Aug 1863), 847;  B 21, 22 Aug 1863, 605.