Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LONGFORD, LONGFORD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI, TEMPLEMICHAEL PARISH)

Name: MCCLELAND, M.
Building: CO. LONGFORD, LONGFORD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI, TEMPLEMICHAEL PARISH)
Date: 1812
Nature: M.McCleland's plans and estimates for renovation and enlargement (of church of 1710?) presented to Select Vestry in 1812.(According to Lewis church was 'a spacious edifice with a tower and spire…repaired and enlarged in 1812, at a cost of £3221 British, being a loan from the late Board of First Fruits') For Rev. Richard Burke.
Refs: S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 606; information in letter from Mary O'Carroll, O'Carroll Associates, Architects, Roscommon, 15 Jan 1002; James MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954), ?; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 379;  Clergy of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2008),310(ILLUS.),311;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 253(illus.) .


Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LONGFORD, LONGFORD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI, TEMPLEMICHAEL PARISH)
Date: 1881ca
Nature: Listed among churches in Ardagh diocese 'lately restored' or 'in process of restoration' in Bishops's report to Diocesan Synod, Sep 1881.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no. 90., 17 Sep 1881, 640.


Name: GUNNIS, JOHN WILLIAM
Building: CO. LONGFORD, LONGFORD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI, TEMPLEMICHAEL PARISH)
Date: 1902
Nature: Carved oak pulpit.
Refs: IB 44, 10 Apr 1902, 1108