Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Presbyterian minister, who is said to have designed the First Presbyterian Church in Monaghan in 1827.  Bleckley, who became moderator of the Armagh meeting in 1852, died on 1 December 1873.  He is commemorated by a white marble Gothic monument in the present First Presbyterian Church, which replaced the one he had designed in 1900-1902.(1)



References



(1) Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 468-469.


1 work entries listed in chronological order for BLECKLEY, JOHN (REV.)


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Building: CO. MONAGHAN, MONAGHAN, DUBLIN STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)
Date: 1827
Nature: Designed and superintended building of same. (Mulligan points out that the church is very similar to Sligo Presbyterian Church.)
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 468-469.