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Thomas Duff

Thomas John Duff (1792-1848) was an Irish

Ireland

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architect

Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
from the town (now city) of Newry

Newry

Newry is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, forms the historic border between County Armagh and County Down: Newry was included entirely in the latter by the Local Government Act 1898....
, County Down

County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
. Duff was the principle architect of a number of Roman Catholic churches and cathedral

Cathedral

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s in the northeast of Ireland.

His work included three churches dedicated to St.Patrick: St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, Dundalk

Dundalk

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Republic of Ireland, situated close to the border with Northern Ireland. It takes its name from , Dalga's Fortification home closely associated with the famous mythical warrior C?chulainn, and was granted its charter in 1189....
(modelled on King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel, Cambridge

King's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College, Cambridge of the University of Cambridge, and is one of the finest examples of late Gothic architecture English architecture....
); the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick and St. Colman, Newry, and Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh city.

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Thomas John Duff (1792-1848) was an Irish

Ireland

Architect

Newry

County Down

Cathedral

Dundalk

King's College Chapel, Cambridge

Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
, the city's first National School

National school

In education in the Republic of Ireland, a National School is a type of primary school that is financed directly by the State, but administered jointly by the State, a Patron body, and local representatives....
and believed to be the last remaining Gothic Revival building in Belfast.

The Cathedral Church of St. Patrick and St. Colman, Newry

The cathedral in Newry was constructed between 1823 and 1829, and was the first Catholic church to be erected following Catholic Emancipation

Catholic Emancipation

Catholic Emancipation or Catholic Relief, was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the Penal Laws....
. The cathedral was described by a contemporary guide book in glowing terms: "This ediface may be ranked among the finest public buildings in Ireland, and is another enduring monument of the genius of Mr. Duff, who has studded the north of the kingdom, as it were, with evidence of his own ability, and of the good sense of his countrymen in employing a native artist."

St. Patrick's, Armagh

The construction of St. Patrick's in Armagh began in 1840, but was suspended due to the intervention of the famine. Duff had died by the time construction resumed in 1854, the project being completed by J.J. McCarthy who finished the project in a decorated gothic style as opposed to the 16th century gothic preferred by Duff. This led to the situation, more familiar in genuine Gothic churches, whereby the cathedral was constructed in one style up to the aisles and a different style above this point.

St. Patrick's, Dundalk

St. Patrick's, Dundalk was also under development at the time of Duff's death and was likewise completed by McCarthy .