William Hague (architect) explained

William Hague Jr.
Birth Date:	1836^[1] ^[2]
Birth Place:	Cavan
Death Date:	1899
Other Names:	William Hague
Known For:	Prolific church architect
Occupation:	Architect
Nationality:	British / Irish (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)

William Hague Jr. (1836–1899) was a well-known Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architect active throughout mid- to late-nineteenth-century Ireland, particularly in Ulster. He is known as a protégé of A.W.N. Pugin. His office was located at 50 Dawson Street, Dublin.^[3]

He was born in County Cavan, the son of William Hague, a builder, and there designed several Roman Catholic churches, many in the French Gothic style. Hague died the year Omagh’s Sacred Heart was dedicated and consequently it was "a culmination of his amazing catalogue of completed ecclesiastical designs and his continuous championship of the Gothic Revival style," according to Richard Oram in Expressions of Faith-Ulster’s Church Heritage.^[4] Following his death, his partner T. F. McNamara took over most of his commissions under the firm name of Hague & McNamara.^[5]

Works

• Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Strabane (1890–1895)^{[5] [6]}
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Omagh (1892–1899), designed in the French Gothic style and built by the Colhoun Brothers of Derry at the contract price of £46,000.^{[3] [6] [7] [8]}
• St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal, completed by his partner T. F. McNamara following his death.^{[5] [6]}
• Ballyboy Catholic Church, County Cavan^[6]
• Butlersbridge Catholic Church, County Cavan^[6]
• Kingscourt Catholic Church, County Cavan^[6]
• Presentation Convent, Wexford Town, County Wexford, (Western Wing only, 1890)
• St. Macartan's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Monaghan, County Monaghan, (spire only, 1882–1892), County Monaghan^{[6] [9]}
• Swanlinbar Catholic Church, County Cavan^[6]
• St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Park Street, Monaghan, County Monaghan (1900)^[9]
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Carrickroe, Emyvale, County Monaghan (1823, enlarged 1885-1888 by Hague with date plaque of 1886)
• Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Kilkenny (1903-1908)
• St Patrick's College, Cavan
• St. Brigid's Catholic Church, Killeshandra, County Cavan
• St. Clare's Catholic Church, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim
• St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Milltown, County Cavan
• Archbishops Palace, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.
• Sligo Town Hall, Sligo, County Sligo
• Carlow Town Hall, Carlow, County Carlow
• Church of the Sacred Heart, Aughrim, County Wicklow.
• St Rynagh's Catholic Church, Banagher, County Offaly.^[10]

Notes and References

1. "Hague, William". Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940. (accessed 6 Jan 2019)
2. Encyclopedia: Montague . John . Donovan . Kevin . Biographical notes: Hague, William (1836–99) . Art and Architecture of Ireland . IV . Yale University Press . 2014 . 529.
3. Gerry Convery. Poetry in Stone: Sacred Heart Church. (Omagh: Drumragh RC Parish, 1999), p.57
4. Richard Oram Expressions of Faith-Ulster’s Church Heritage. (Newtownards, Co. Down: Colourpoint, 2001.), p.126.
5. Gerry Convery. "Poetry in Stone: Sacred Heart Church." (Omagh: Drumragh RC Parish, 1999), p.8.
6. [Simon Walker (author)|Simon Walker]
7. [Alistair Rowan]
8. http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/content-databases-buildview?id=15115&js=true Northern Ireland Environment Agency Historic Building Details HB Ref No: HB11/11/001 A
9. [Charles E. B. Brett]
10. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14810005/saint-rynaghs-catholic-church-upper-main-street-curraghavarna-and-portavolla-banagher-offaly National Inventory of Architectural Heritage