Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILKENNY, CALLAN, AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY CHURCH (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. KILKENNY, CALLAN, AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1810p
Nature: New church, 90 x 30ft with 90ft high tower. 'The chapel or…church of the Augustinian friary was erected through the exertions of the very Rev. John Rice, at an expense of £4000: the building , which was commenced in 1810 and completed in a few years, is of hewn stone, in the ancient English style of architecture, and has a beautifully groined ceiling: the altar-piece is the copy of a design by Domenichini, by an Italian artis; and on each side of the altar is a niche, in which is intended to place two marble statues, now in progress of executeion at Rome by Mr Hogan.' (Lewis) Egan gives dates as 1819-1821.
Refs: Catholic Directory (1836), 117; S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 245; P.M. Egan, The illustrated guide to the city and county of Kilkenny [1884?], 282

Name: HOGAN, JOHN *
Building: CO. KILKENNY, CALLAN, AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1836ca
Nature: '...on each side of the altar is a niche, in which is intended to place two marble statues, now in progress of execution at Rome by Mr Hogan.' (Lewis)
Refs: Catholic Directory n(1836), 117; S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 245

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. KILKENNY, CALLAN, AUGUSTINIAN FRIARY CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1923
Nature: Decorative scheme.
Refs: Drawings, 1 dated 1923, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.17/1,2