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.Gerry Convery. Poetry in Stone: Sacred Heart Church. (Omagh: Drumragh RC Parish, 1999), p.57
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.Richard Oram Expressions of Faith-Ulster’s Church Heritage. (Newtownards, Co. Down: Colourpoint, 2001.), p.126. Following his death, his partner T. F. McNamara took over most of his commissions under the firm name of Hague & McNamara.Gerry Convery. "Poetry in Stone: Sacred Heart Church." (Omagh: Drumragh RC Parish, 1999), p.8.
Works Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Strabane, County Tyrone (1890–1895)Simon Walker. Historic Ulster Churches. (Belfast: Queens University at Belfast, 2000), p.182. 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.Alistair Rowan. North West Ulster: Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Tyrone. Buildings of Ireland Series. (Dublin: Penguin Books, 1979.), p.488Northern Ireland Environment Agency Historic Building Details HB Ref No: HB11/11/001 A 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)Charles E. B. Brett, Buildings of Monaghan. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1970. 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 OffalyNational Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 25 January 2023].
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