Life
Irish architect; practised in modified gothic mode; designed The Black
Church (St Mary's Chapel of Ease, 1828-29), Dublin [above Grantham St.];
built Monkstown Church, Co. Dublin, an edifice much admired by Sir John
Betjeman; also St. John’s Church, Coleraine, Co. Derry; pres. son
of George Semple [see References, infra].
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Criticism
See M. J. Craig, Dublin 1660-1860 (rev. edn. 1980).
Etain Murphy, A Glorious Extravaganza: the history of Monkstown Church (Wordwell 2003), 308pp.
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Notes
Dictionary of National Biography; lists George Semple (?1700-?1782),
Irish architect and author of steeple of St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
Dublin, 1749, and Essex Bridge on the Liffey, 1752-54.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)