James Joseph McCarthy
James Joseph McCarthy was an Irish Architect famous for designing many Church and Ecclesiastic buildings. McCarthy was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 6th of January 1817, his parents were from County Kerry,[1] he was educated by the Christian Brothers in Richmond St. and went to on to Study Architecture at the Royal Dublin Society School. He was a follower of the style of the Architect Pugin and of Gothic Revival.
McCarthy served as Professor of Ecclesiastical Architecture at All Hallows College, Dublin, was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Catholic University of Ireland, as well as at the Royal Hibernian Academy. A friend of Dr. Bartholomew Woodlock who had been Rector of both All Hallows, and the Catholic University, McCarthy help find the he Irish Ecclesiological Society in 1849, with Woodlock. He was also a close friend of Charles Gavan Duffy and was a member of the Young Irelanders.
He died in 1882 and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Buildings
J.J McCarthy completed over fifty commissions for Churches, Monasteries, Convents and Cathedrals.
- St. Brendan's, Ardfert, Co. Kerry
- St. Kevins, Glendalough
- St. James's Church, Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- St. Joseph’s, Carrickmacross, Monaghan
- St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan
- St. Mary's Church, Dingle, Co. Kerry
- St. Mary's Parish Church, Maynooth, Co. Kildare[2]
- St. Mary's Church, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick.
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh
- St. Peter and Paul Church, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick,
- Mortuary Chapel, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
- Capuchian Franciscan Church, Church Street, Dublin[3]
- College Chapel, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
- College Chapel, Clonliffe College, Dublin
- Ladychapel Church, Maynooth, Co. Kildare[2]
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References
- ↑ Architect James Joseph McCarthy History of St. Josephs Church, Carrickmacross.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ladychapel Maynooth 150 years www.kildare.ie
- ↑ Capuchian Franciscan Church Dublin.
