Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ST ALPHONSUS ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC, REDEMPTORIST)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ST ALPHONSUS ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: 1889-1892
Nature: New chapel. Contractor: James McAdorey (Dundalk). Amount of tender: £11,351. FS laid 1 Jun 1890. Church dedicated 7 Aug 1892. High altar by Thomas Earley.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.85; IAA, PKS B14/52, A07 (Aug 1889, p.364); IB 32, 15 Jun 1890, 143; 33, 1 Oct 1891, 225 (illus.); 34, 15 May, 15 Aug 1892, 117, 173; RHA 1891, no. 499; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 265-6, Pl. 135

Name: EARLEY, THOMAS *
Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ST ALPHONSUS ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: 1892
Nature: High altar.
Refs: IB 34, 15 Aug 1892, 173

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ST ALPHONSUS ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: 1910-11;1931
Nature: Mosaic work in dome, apse below painting in semi-dome, 1910-1911;  work in Chapel of St Gerard, Lady Chapel, St Joseph's Chapel. Work in nave and transepts, 1931.
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ST ALPHONSUS ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH (RC, REDEMPTORIST)
Date: 1931
Nature: Mosaic decoration to nave and transepts.
Refs: Drawings, 1931, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.85