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New Romanesque church consisting of nave, sanctuary, sacristy and porch, for Very Rev. John Kelly, PP. Built of local granite. Tenders invited Mar 1908. Cobntract price: £1,900. FS laid by Archbishop of Dublin, 5 Jul 1908. Church blessed by Archbishop, 26 Jun 1909. Contractors: Bolger & Doyle, Chambers Street, Dublin. Altar by 'Mr Sharpe', Dublin. Railings by McGloughlin, Dublin.
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Drawing, 1909, IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc. 2006/142; IB 50, 21 Mar,11,25 Jul 1908, 165,229,421,437,465; 51, 10 Jul 1909, 437; Irish Times, 6 Jul 1908; Freeman's Journal, 6 Jul 1908,27 Jun 1909; B 95, 15 Jul 1908, 110; 97, 10 Jul 1909, 48; Clonliffe College Archive. MS p1/2; inscripton on trowel presented to Archbp. of Dublin on laying of FS 5 Jul 1908.
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