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. |