Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)

Name: MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS
Building: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)
Date: 1902-1906
Nature: New church for Rev. Francis Cahill. By T.F. McNamara of Hague & McNamara. Cruciform Gothic with tower.Tender given to Patrick Kelly, Longford, 1902; FS laid Aug 1903; opened 26 Aug 1906. (Damaged by lightning, Sep 1907.)
Refs: IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1529; 45, 1 Jan,27 Aug 1903, 1540,1956; 48, 3 Nov 1906, 888; 49, 21 Sep 1907, 661; B 88, 22 Aug 1903, 209; 91, 8 Sep 1906, 305;  James MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954), 765;   Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 140;

Name: MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS
Building: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)
Date: 1903
Nature: By Hague & McNamara. Cruciform Gothic with 4-storey pinnacled tower. FS laid Aug 1903. Builder: Pat Kelly, Longford.
Refs: IB 85, 1 Jan,27 Aug 1903, 1540,1956; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 141

Name: MAYER & CO. *#
Building: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)
Date: 1905
Nature: Stained glass windows in transepts (Resurrection and Assumption of the Virgin) and chancel (Christ, St Patrick & St Brigid).
Refs: Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 141

Name: CLARKE, WALTER *
Building: CO. LONGFORD, BALLYMAHON, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Murals in new church (built 1903-1906) by WC.
Refs: James MacNamee, Hisotory of the Dicese of Ardagh (1954), 765.