Rudolf Maximilian Butler

Rudolf Maximilian Butler, RIAI, FRIBA, RSAI, RHA, RIA, (30 September 1872 – 3 February 1943) was a well-known Irish Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architectural historian, academic, journalist, and architect of Dublin active, throughout late-nineteenth-century to mid-twentieth-century Ireland. He resided and worked at 23 Kildare Street, Dublin until he designed a new residence for himself at 73, Ailesbury Road. He was brought up a Moravian and may have remained in that faith throughout his life, however, he designed all of his churches for the Roman Catholic Church, particularly for the Passionist Fathers. He was a founding member of the AAI in 1896, editor of the Irish Builder from 1899 to 1935, and professor of architecture at University College, Dublin.

The RM Butler Architect Collection which covers both his work and his research into James Gandon is held by the library of University College Cork. 1910: St. Colman's Church in Inishbofin, County Galway 1911: St. Colman's Church in Claremorris, County Mayo 1920: His residence at 73 Ailesbury Road. 1923–1926: St. Joseph's Church, Letterfrack 1924–1925: Rebuilt St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Threemilehouse, County Monaghan. 1927: Remodeling and extension of Church of Our Lady and St. Kieran, Ballylooby