Church decorators, of Dublin, active from 1864 until 1893. The business was initially established by THOMAS EARLEY THOMAS EARLEY and the brothers Edward and HENRY POWELL HENRY POWELL in 1853 as a branch of the Birmingham firm of church decorators, JOHN HARDMAN & JOHN HARDMAN & amp; CO., the Powells being nephews of John Hardman. The original premises of Hardman's Dublin branch were at 48 Grafton Street, and by February 1860 a workshop had been established at 1 Upper Camden Street. The Grafton Street shop was abandoned between 1860 and 1863. In 1864 Hardman's gave up their connection with the Dublin business, which continued to operate from Upper Camden Street under the name of Earley & Powells or Earley & Powell until the death of Thomas Earley in 1893, although Edward Powell had died in 1876 and Henry Powell in 1882.. By 1883 the firm had acquired additional premises at 23-27 Grantham Street.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is taken from notes supplied by Nicola Gordon-Bowe, 22 Nov 1995, based on information from Michael Earley, consultant plastic surgeon at the Mater Hospital, Dublin.
Thom's Directory (1863).
Advertisements to this effect continued to appear in IB until as late as 1879.
Thom's Directory, 1883.
41 work entries listed in chronological order for EARLEY & POWELLS *
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CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, JAMES'S STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY (RC) |
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1866 |
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Decoration of interior. Apse painted azure powdered with gold. Chancel ceiling has crimson ground with gold foliage, gilt cornice, pictorial panels on ceiling & walls, also geometric designs. Lady Chapel is largely azure, ceiling powdered with gold stars, inscriptions in mediaeval lettering. St Joseph's chapel has walls of grey purple with blue geometric forms & gold monograms &c. |
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DB 8, 1 Nov 1866, 258-9
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAWSON STREET, ST ANN'S CHURCH (CI) |
| Date: |
1866 |
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Memorial window to - Kemmis in uppser N wall of nave (Christ and the Pharisees).
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| Refs: |
DB VIII, ? ? 1866, 68; Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2957/ (last visited, Sep 2015).
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HALSTON STREET, ST MICHAN'S CHURCH (RC) |
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1866;1868 |
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Memorial window in N wall (Virgin & St John), 1866. Window(s) in S wall (Scenes from the lives of Christ and the Virgin), 1868.
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| Refs: |
DB 8, ? ? 1866, 185; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 91,92;
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHIBSBOROUGH ROAD, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (CI, GRANGEGORMAN PARISH) |
| Date: |
1867 |
| Nature: |
Pulpit, to designs by T. Drew. |
| Refs: |
IB 9, 15 Apr 1867, 94; 29, 1 Dec 1887, 341; 31, 15 Feb 1889, 54
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CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI) |
| Date: |
1868 |
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Pulpit, executed to designs by Thomas Drew. For Elizabeth, Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. |
| Refs: |
Handbook of the United Diocese of Down & Connor & Dromore (Belfast, 1886), 55
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CO. TYRONE, MOY, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (CI) |
| Date: |
1869 |
| Nature: |
3-light window in S transept (the Maries of Scripture). Gift of Rev. W. Hardman.
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| Refs: |
Irish Churchman 2, no. 5, 19 Jun 1869, 65; see Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3395/ (last visited, Feb 2017), which says that window was erected in memory of Charlotte, sife of James Sloane.
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CO. TIPPERARY, LATTIN, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC) |
| Date: |
1869 |
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High altar made of marbles, Caen stone, enamelled brass &c.. Front depicts Pietá with weeping angels. Highly ornate reredos depicts Annunciation, Nativity, Flight into Egypt and Cornonation of the Virgin. Designed by John Earley and worked by E & P.
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IB 11, 1 Aug 1869, 180,181(illus.)
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLARENDON STREET, CHURCH OF ST TERESA (RC, DISCALCED CARMELITES) |
| Date: |
1869;1877 |
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Stained glass window in chancel (Presentation of the scapular to St Simon Stock), 1869. Glass in wheel window of new transept, 1877.
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| Refs: |
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 473; IB 19, 1 Jan 1877, 12(illus.).
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HARRINGTON STREET, CHURCH OF ST KEVIN (RC) |
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1872;1873;1880ca |
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Stained glass windows in apse (Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, 1872, Resurrection and Last Supper, 1873). Windows depicting saints in transepts, 1880ca.
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| Refs: |
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 631.
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CO. KILKENNY, FRESHFORD, CHURCH OF ST LACHTAN (CI, AGHOUR PARISH) |
| Date: |
1878 |
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Stained glass for new window in centre of N side of nave, erected in memory of late rector, Rev. Luke Fowler. Represents Good Shepherd and Hireling.
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Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 20, no. 236, 1 Nov 1878, 315; illus. in Gloine http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2992/ (last visited, Dec 2015).
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CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, CATHEDRAL ROAD, CATHEDRAL OF ST PATRICK (RC) |
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1879;1904 |
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E window (Crucifixion) in memory of Archbishops Crolly & Dixon, 1879. Also 3 other windows, 1904. Sculpted figures in arcade and niches (date?). |
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Belfast Observer 1 Nov 1879, quoted in J. Gallogly, History of St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (1880), 127; Guide to St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (1904), ?; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 113.
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CO. CORK, COBH, CATHEDRAL OF ST COLMAN (RC) |
| Date: |
1892 |
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Executed high altar to designs by G.C. Ashlin (£2000) . (Tenders received 9 Nov 1891, and altar first used for Bishop McCarthy's requiem, Dec 1893.) Also window in original mortuary chapel (later removed to base of tower) and BVM altar. |
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St Colman's Cathedral, Queenstown (1916), 15,17; information from Mgr. James O'Brien, Buttevant, Co. Cork; illus. in Ann Wilson, 'The building of St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 7 (2004), 246.
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FINGLAS, CHURCH OF ST CANICE (CI) |
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1902 |
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New E window: Jesus, Martha and Mary at Bethany. Gift of Rev. Thomas Long, Rector of St Michan's, in memory of his sister.
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| Refs: |
Irish Times, 9 Oct 1902; Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2920/ (last visited, Sep 2018).
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CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, JAMES'S STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY (RC) |
| Date: |
? |
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3-light window presented by Alderman Cullen, JP (The Assumption); 6 single-light windows in apse erected at expense of Dr Walshe, Bishop of Ossory (The Prophets); 2-light windows in side chapels. |
| Refs: |
George Henry Bassett, Kilkenny City and County (1884), 54 (advertisement)
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CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF THE PRIORY OF THE HOLY TRINITY (RC) |
| Date: |
? |
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High altar and 4 3-light windows (Subjects: (1)Transfiguration, Resurrection and Ascension; (2)Vision of St Catherine of Siena, Baptism of Christ, St Thomas Aquinas and the Crudcifixion; (3)Nativity of Christ;(4)St Dominic and Pope Pius V.) Also 2-light window (St Patrick & St Bridget). |
| Refs: |
George Henry Bassett, Kilkenny City and County (1884), 29,54 (advertisement)
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CO. CLARE, ENNIS, STATION ROAD, PRO-CATHEDRAL OF SS. PETER & PAUL (RC) |
| Date: |
? |
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Ceiling decoration. |
| Refs: |
Patricia McCarthy & Kevin V. Mulligan 'Unfulfilled mediocrity: the hapless career of Dominick Madden in the west of Ireland', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, 10 (2007), 134, citing J. Williams, Companion guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 (1994), 5
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