William Hague
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. His office was located at 50 Dawson Street, Dublin.
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William Hague

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- Name
- William Hague Jr.
- Born
- 1836
- Birthplace
- Cavan
- Died
- 1899
- Known for
- Prolific church architect
- Occupation
- Architect
- Languages
- English
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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. His office was located at 50 Dawson Street, Dublin.
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• Name — William Hague Jr. • Born — 1836 • Birthplace — Cavan • Died — 1899 • Other Names — William Hague • Known for — Prolific church architect • Occupation — Architect
Life and career
Life and career
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. Following his death, his partner T. F. McNamara took over most of his commissions under the firm name of Hague & McNamara.
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• Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Strabane, County Tyrone (1890–1895) • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Omagh, County Tyrone (1892–1899), designed in the French Gothic style and built by the Colhoun Brothers of Derry at the contract price of £46,000. • St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, County Donegal, completed by his partner T. F. McNamara following his death. • Ballyboy Catholic Church, County Cavan • St Aidan's Church, Butlersbridge, County Cavan • Kingscourt Catholic Church, County Cavan • Presentation Convent, Wexford (western wing only, 1890) • St. Macartan's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Monaghan (spire only, 1882–1892) • Swanlinbar Catholic Church, County Cavan • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Park Street, Monaghan (1900) • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Carrickroe, Emyvale, County Monaghan (1823, enlarged 1885–1888 by Hague with date plaque of 1886) • Kildare Carmelite Church, Kildare (1887) • 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 • Sligo Town Hall, Sligo • Carlow Town Hall, Carlow • Church of the Sacred Heart, Aughrim, County Wicklow • St Rynagh's Catholic Church, Banagher, County Offaly
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William Hague was born at Cavan.
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- Hague, William (c. 1840–1899), architect, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
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- 1."Hague, William". Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940. (accessed 6 Jan 2019)
- 2.Montague, John. Biographical notes: Hague, William (1836–99). Art and Architecture of Ireland. Yale University Press. IV. 529. 2014.
- 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. Historic Ulster Churches. (Belfast: Queens University at Belfast, 2000), p.182.
- 7.Alistair Rowan. North West Ulster: Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Tyrone. Buildings of Ireland Series. (Dublin: Penguin Books, 1979.), p.488
- 8.Northern Ireland Environment Agency Historic Building Details HB Ref No: HB11/11/001 A
- 9.Charles E. B. Brett, Buildings of Monaghan. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1970.
- 10.Kildare History. Carmelites.
- 11.National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 25 January 2023].
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