Joseph Welland (1798-1860)

1789 – Christ Church, Delgany, Co. Wicklow

Architect: Whitmore Davis / Joseph Welland / John McCurdy

Founded in the late 1780s, built by Peter La Touche at a cost of £5,000 and possibly designed by Whitmore Davis,

1789 – St. John’s Church of Ireland, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Architect: Joseph Welland

The present St. John’s Church was built in 1789 and substantially extended in 1854 by Joseph Welland.

1821 – St Stephen’s Church of Ireland, Mount Street, Dublin

Architect: John Bowden

Centred in the middle of Mount Street Crescent, St Stephens’ is better known to Dubliners as the Peppercanister due its distinctive spire.

1829 – Court House, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Joseph Welland

The Court House was probably designed by Joseph Welland, a student of John Bowden, and cost around £10,000.

1830 – St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Donnybrook, Dublin

Architect: John Semple / Joseph Welland

The foundation stone of St Mary’s was laid in 1827 and the church consecrated in April 1830.

1840 – Corpus Christi Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Architect: Joseph Welland

An early-Victorian Gothic Revival church with an unusual combination of small belfry and large porch. It retains its original form and much of its original fabric and fittings.

1843 – St. John the Evangelist Church, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

Architect: Joseph Welland

Erected in 1840 on top of a Norman motte. Designed by the architect Joseph Welland with a fine pinnacled tower.

1843 – St. Patrick’s Church, Clonevan, Co. Wexford

Architect: Frederick Darley

St. Patrick’s Church at Clonevan (also spelt Clonevin) is in the Church of Ireland parish of Ardamine,

1849 – St. John’s Church of Ireland, Ballinderry, Co. Derry

Architect: Joseph Welland

Fine yet simple Church of Ireland by Joseph Welland.

1849 – St. Peter’s Church of Ireland, Bandon, Co. Cork

Architect: Joseph Welland

The first church built on the present site was in 1614 with the help of Richard Boyle,