Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)

Name: BYRNE, PATRICK
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1842-1845
Nature: Designed (following plan by A.W.N. Pugin published in Dublin Review) and supervised by PB. FS laid 24 Jun 1842; dedicated 14 Sep 1845. For Dr John Ennis, PP.
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2; Freeman's Journal, 11,15 Sep 1845; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, I, 115; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 37(illus.); Brendan Grimes, Majestic Shrines and Graceful Sanctuaries: the church architecture of Patrick Byrne 1783-1864 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009), 83(illus.), 89,91-94,168(plan).

Name: WAILES, WILLIAM *#
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1845
Nature: Glass in tripartite window & 'catherine wheel' over altar.
Refs: Catholic Directory (1845), 240; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, I, 115

Name: CLARKE, JOSHUA *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1898
Nature: Windows depicting Joyful and Sorrowful Mysteries in choir gallery.
Refs: Information from Rev. Padraig McCarthy, St John's church

Name: BYRNE, RALPH HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1922
Nature: Proposed additions
Refs: Designs, dated 1922, in IAA, W.H. Byrne & Son drawings collection, Acc.2006/142

Name: CLARKE, HARRY *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1925
Nature: 2 windows in nave depicting (on left) Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St Sebastian and St Hubert and (on right) Christ Crucified & St Francis.
Refs: Information from Rev. Padraig McCarthy, St John's church, 2008

Name: EARLEY & CO. *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1930s
Nature: Windows in St Anne's aisle, depicting scenes from life of St Anne.
Refs: Information from Rev. Padraig McCarthy, St John's church

Name: ROBINSON & KEEFE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1931-32
Nature: New wing, 'almost completed' Jan 1932. Contractor: M. O'Callaghan & Co, Charlemont Bridge Works.
Refs: IB 74, 30 Jan 1932, 114