Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Newry, Co. Down, active in the 1860s, 1870s and 1880s. Richard Hynes designed the Catholic churchas at Mullabane(1) and Bessbrook,(2) Co. Armagh, and Killowen, Co. Down,(3)and was clerk of works for additions to St Patrick's Cathedral, Newry, in 1888.(4)

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References



(1) DB 4, 15 Nov 1862, 296.
(2) IB 17, 1 Jun 1875, 154.
(3) IB 14, 1 Sep 1872, 241.
(4) IB 30, 1 Dec 1888, ?.


7 work entries listed in chronological order for HYNES, RICHARD


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Building: CO. ARMAGH, MULLAGHBANE (FORKHILL), CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1861-62?
Nature: New church by 'Mr Hynes of Newry'. Tenders invited for erecting walls, Jul 1861. (Dated 1857 by Mulligan.)
Refs: Dundalk Democrat, 20 Jul 1861; DB 4, 15 Nov 1862, 296;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 493. 

Building: CO. ARMAGH, DROMINTEE, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1866
Nature: Granite memorial in churchyard.
Refs: Dundalk Democrat, 20 Jul 1866

Building: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1868-1875
Nature: New church. Tenders invited for roofing and slating, Aug 1868. Opened June 1875. Cruciform, early pointed Gothic. Cost about £3,000.
Refs: Dundalk Democrat, 15 Aug 1868; IB 17, 1 Jun 1875, 154;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 201.

Building: CO. DOWN, KILLOWEN (ROSTREVOR), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1870-72
Nature: New church in parish of Kilbroney, next to predecessor of 1826, 'within a couple of hundred yards of Carlingford Lough'. Cruciform, early 14th century Gothic. FS laid 8 Apr 1870. Consecrated 2 Aug 1872. Italian marble altar from Chapman & Son, Dublin. E. window by Mayer of Munich.
Refs: IB 12, 15 Apr 1870, 98; 14, 15 Aug,1 Sep 1872, 226,241; Architect 8, 24 Aug 1872, 107; E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings in the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 12

Building: CO. ARMAGH, NEWTOWNHAMILTON, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (RC)
Date: 1877
Nature: Works (plastering and slating?)
Refs: Advt. for tenders in Dundalk Democrat, 16 Jun 1877

Building: CO. DOWN, WARRENPOINT, HOUSES
Date: 1877
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting 'a number of villas and offices at Warrenpoint'.   For John Downey, Warrenpoint.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 25,29 Sep 1877.

Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC)
Date: 1888
Nature: RH clerk of works for adds. designed by G.C. Ashlin.
Refs: IB 30, 1 Dec 1888, 297