Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, who signed St John's Catholic church, Killowen, Coleraine, dedicated 1836. Kirkpatrick, who was probably a member of a family of builders which was active in the Coleraine area in the early nineteenth century,(1) may have been the executant rather than the designer; the Catholic Directory for 1837 asserts that the church was built 'according to the design of a most celebrated architect'.(2)  Perhaps the same person as the John Kirkpatrick of Ballylough, co. Antrim, who leased property in Ballylough from the Rev. Anthony Trail, Archdeacon of Connor, for twenty-five years on 8 November 1831. (3)



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(1) J.S. Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 388.
(2) Catholic Directory (1837), 105.
(3) Lease in PRONI,
D4081/1/2/1/10 (see PRONI e-catalogue).


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Building: CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, KYLES BRAE (KILLOWEN), CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC)
Date: 1834-36
Nature: Gothic. FS laid 22 Apr 1834. Dedicated 13 Nov 1836. Building signed by JK but |Catholic Directory| says it was built 'to the design of a most celebrated architect'. Girvan says it bears 'a strong resemblance' to work of Thomas Duff.
Refs: A. Day, P. McWilliams & L. English, eds. Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland 33 (1995),159,160(illus.); Catholic Directory (1837), 105,269,271; W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildingsā€¦in Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 17(illus.),27(illus.),28; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 205