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 |