Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MAYO, BALLINTUBBER, CHURCH (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINTUBBER, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1847ca
Nature: Restoration and roofing of Ballintubber abbey for use as church.
Refs: Catholic Directory (1845),276; Catholic Directory (1847)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINTUBBER, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1889-1890
Nature: Re-roofing and restoration of chancel of mediaeval abbey used as RC church. For Fr Tom J.Reidy, who superintended the work. Labour given free by local people..
Refs: IB 62, 31 Jan 1920, 69; Thomas A. Egan, 'Ballintubber Abbey', Capuchin Annual (1963), 199; 'The abbey that survived', Irish Times, 16 Feb 1963; Douglas Scott Richardson, Gothic Revival Architecture in Ireland (1983), 182

Name: SHARP, EDMUND *
Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINTUBBER, CHURCH (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Altar ('The Adoration of the Host') and life-size statue of St Joseph designed and executed by E. Sharp, Dublin, for Fr. Reidy.
Refs: E. Sharp's publicity booklet (1920s), 42