Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LAOIS, ETTAGH (BIRR), CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LAOIS, ETTAGH (BIRR), CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)
Date: 1831
Nature: 'The church is a plain small edifice, erected by aid of a loan of £600 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1831, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £100 for its repair.'
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 610.

Name: FULLER, JAMES FRANKLIN
Building: CO. LAOIS, ETTAGH (BIRR), CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)
Date: 1876-77
Nature: New chancel, removal of old flat ceiling, &c.  Chancel 'all but completed' by Jan 1877. Church reopened by Bishop on St Mark's Day (25 Apr) 1877; and/or reconsecrated, 3 May 1877. Contractor: Patrick Sheridan, Parsonstown.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 18, no. 206, 23 Jun 1876, 187; 19, no. 213, 1 Jan 1877, 21; no. 219, 1 Jun 1877, 186; no. 220, Jul 1877, 220.

Name: BALLANTYNE (MSSRS.) *#
Building: CO. LAOIS, ETTAGH (BIRR), CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)
Date: 1877
Nature: 3-light stained glass window in new chancel. (Women at the Sepulchre; Angel at the Resurrection) erected in memory of Col. Westenra by his widow, Hon. Mrs Westenra.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 19, no. 213, 1 Jan 1877, 21; no. 218, 1 Jun 1877, 186.