Career
At the office of William Hague, an architect who designed many Roman Catholic churches generally in the French Gothic style, McNamara rose from being a pupil to managing assistant. Hague died 1899, the year Omagh’s Sacred Heart was dedicated and consequently it was “a culmination of 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. His office was located at Dawson Street, Dublin until 1911 and at number 50, and number 5 from 1927 until his death.
Working at 192 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin from 1911 to 1927.
In 1912, he was appointed architect to the Dublin Joint Hospital Board.
