Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian

Irish Canadian

Irish Canadian are immigrants and descendants of immigrants who originated in Ireland. 1.2 million Irish immigrants arrived, 1825 to 1970, at least half of those in the period from 1831-1850. By 1867, they were the second largest ethnic group , and comprised 24% of Canada's population...

 architect, born in Limerick

Limerick

Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 design. He is best known for the churches he built throughout Ontario, mainly for the Irish Roman Catholic community, though he also produced some industrial and residential buildings.

Biography

After completing training with James Joseph McCarthy, the 'Irish Pugin', Joseph Connolly advanced to become McCarthy's chief assistant in the 1860s and subsequently went on a study tour through Europe. He started a practice in Dublin in 1871, but moved shortly after to Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 where he partnered with surveyor Silas James, an association that lasted until 1877. From the 1880s, he worked with A.W. Holmes. Joseph Connolly died of bronchial asthma in 1904.

Style

Though he also designed secular buildings, Connolly is known for his Gothic Revival churches. He emulated J.J. McCarthy and George Ashlin

George Ashlin

George Coppinger Ashlin was an Irish architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and cathedrals. He had an early association with leading architect E.W. Pugin.-Work:*Adelaide Memorial Church, Myshall...

, the most successful Roman Catholic church architects in Ireland during Connolly's formative years. His work bears some similarities to his contemporaries in Ireland such as William Hague

William Hague (architect)

William Hague Jr. 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...

.

Works

Building	Year Completed	Builder	Style	Source	Location	Image
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church	1881-5; spire added 1904-5	Joseph Connolly Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design... ; spire - A.W. Holmes	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...	15	Bathurst Street and Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario
Church of Our Lady Immaculate Church of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph Church of Our Lady Immaculate is a Roman Catholic church located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada designed by Joseph Connolly. It is considered Connolly's best work. To serve a Roman Catholic parish of predominantly German settlers this Gothic style-church was built between 1875 and 1883...	1877-1926	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Guelph, Ontario Guelph, Ontario Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Waterloo and west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it...
St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica	1880-1924	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		London, Ontario London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
Church of the Immaculate Conception	1875	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Formosa, Ontario Formosa, Ontario Formosa is a community located in the municipality of South Bruce, in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.Prominent features of Formosa include:* a hilltop church built from 1875-1883...
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church,	1875	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
James Street Baptist Church	1879	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica	1880-1926	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		London, Ontario London, Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church St. Mary's Church (Toronto) St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 130 Bathurst Street at Portugal Square in the Niagara neighbourhood of Toronto's west end. The parish was established by Irish immigrants in 1852. The Gothic Revival church was designed by Joseph Connolly and completed in 1889, with the tower...	1881-1905	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral, also known as St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, is the original cathedral church for the Diocese of Marquette The historic church is located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States. It one of the oldest Catholic parishes in the United States and was listed on the...	1881	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...
St. Basil's Church St. Basil's Church, Toronto St Basil’s Church is a Canadian Roman Catholic church located in Toronto, Ontario. In addition to being a parish church, it is the collegiate church of the University of St. Michael's College which is a Federated college of the University of Toronto...  addition	1886	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Toronto, Ontario
St. Mary's Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston St. Mary's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, Canada is a Roman Catholic cathedral. The building's full name is Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception. It is one of four churches located within 600m along Clergy Street .- History :Designed by architect James R...  enlargement	1889	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
St. Paul's Basilica	1889	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Toronto, Ontario
St. Michael's Cathedral redecoration and alterations,	1890	Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly (architect) Joseph Connolly was an Irish Canadian architect, born in Limerick, Ireland. He trained as an architect under J.J. McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival design...	Gothic Revival Architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...		Toronto, Ontario

• St. Patrick's Church, Kinkora, Ontario
  Perth East, Ontario
  The Township of Perth East is municipality located in Perth County, Ontario, Canada and situated north of Stratford.Milverton is the major community of the township, where the municipal administration is based...
  
  , 1882.
• Holy Cross Church (now Église Sacré-Coeur), Georgetown, Ontario
  Georgetown, Ontario
  Georgetown is a community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada and is part of the Regional Municipality of Halton. It is situated on the Credit River, located approximately 60 km west of Toronto making it part of the Greater Toronto Area...
  
  , 1885.
• Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Kemptville, Ontario
  Kemptville, Ontario
  Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Southern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville...
  
  , 1889.
• St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Gananoque, Ontario
  Gananoque, Ontario
  Gananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,287 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River, Gananoque's most...
  
  , 1891.
• St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church, Picton, Ontario
  Picton, Ontario
  Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southern Central Ontario, Canada. It is the county seat and largest community. Picton is located at the south-western end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario...
  
  , 1891-1893.
• Church of the Good Thief, Kingston, Ontario
  Kingston, Ontario
  Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
  
  , 1892.

External links

• Gothic Revival Architecture and Joseph Connolly