Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LAOIS, RATHSARAN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LAOIS, RATHSARAN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI)
Date: 1814a
Nature: 'According to Lewis the modern church was built in 1797, but the Eccl. Commrs. report of 1837 says in 1807.  It was consecrated on Sep 23. 1814.'(Leslie)
Refs: J.B. Leslie, Ossory Clergy and Parishes (1933), 341;  exterior illus. in Clergy of Ossory (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2013), 51;  National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA&regno=12802704 (last visited, Dec 2016).