Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

According to the history of Kilnasoolagh Church of Ireland church, Ethel Jane, Dowager Lady Inchiquin appears to have been responsible for the design of the lych gate at the entrance to the new graveyard behind the churcht, which she erected in memory of her husband, Lucius William O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin, in 1930.(1) 



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(1) Edwin R. Bailey, Kilnasoolagh Church: an Appreciation (1992), 13(illus.)  for copy of this booklet see http://churchofirelandclare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PG000022.pdf).


1 work entries listed in chronological order for INCHIQUIN, ETHEL JANE, DOWAGER LADY


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Building: CO. CLARE, NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS, CHURCH (CI, KILNASOOLAGH PARISH)
Date: 1930
Nature: 'At a special vestry meeting in September of 1930, the Dowager Lady Inchiquin submitted a design for a Lych Gate which she desired to erect to the memory of her late husband, at the entrance to the new graveyard to the rear of the church. The beauty and appropriateness  of  the  Lych  Gate  was  greatly  admired  by  all  and  permission  was immediately  granted  for  her  to  proceed.  The  Lych  Gate  was  constructed  by  master stonemasons the Clancy’s of Moohaun.'
Refs: Edwin R. Bailey, Kilnasoolagh Church: an Appreciation (1992), 13(illus.)  for copy of this booklet see http://churchofirelandclare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PG000022.pdf).