Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL
Name: | MCMULLEN, JAMES FINBARRE [1] |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1914-1916 |
Nature: | New chapel of St Finbarre at Honan Hostel, 'a reproduction of King Cormac's Chapel at Cashel', gift of late Miss Isabel Honan . Contractor: John Sisk, Cork (£8,000). FS laid 18 May 1915. Almost complete Oct 1916. |
Refs: | IB 56, 7 Nov,5 Dec 1914, 624,664; 57, 22 May,31 Jul 1915, 242,337; 58. 28 Oct 1916, 529; 59, 31 Mar 1917, 150-151(illus.); 63, 5 Nov 1921, 729 (obituary of Sisk); Building News 107, 20 Nov 1914, 648; 108, 4 Jun 1915, 653; Irish Times, 19 May 1915; Sir John Robert O'Connell, The Honan hostel chapel, Cork; some notes on the building and the ideals which inspired it(1916)(copy in IAA); M.J. O'Kelly, The Honan Hostel Chapel (1955) |
Name: | OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *# |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1914-1916 |
Nature: | Mosaic work on floor and opus sectile Stations of the Cross in nave arcading. For John Robert O'Connell, trustee of Honan family bequest. |
Refs: |
Paul Larmour, 'The Honan Chapel, Cork', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 5 (2002), 29-30(illus.),36-38(illus.); Robert Field, 'A legacy of inspiration and beauty', Andamento (Journal of the British Association for Modern Mosaic), Vol. 7 (2013), 25-26; information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca. |
Name: | CLARKE, HARRY * |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1915-1917 |
Nature: | Stained glass windows:Patrick (3 light), Finbarr, Ita, Albert, Gobnait, Brendan, Declan, Joseph, BVM. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 40 |
Name: | SHEPPARD, OLIVER * |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1915p |
Nature: | Statue of St Finbarr above doorway |
Refs: | Sir John Robert O'Connell, The Honan hostel chapel, Cork; some notes on the building and the ideals which inspired it (1916), 32; Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1st edition, 1996), 605 |
Name: | CHILD, ALFRED ERNEST * |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1916 |
Nature: | 5 windows (Risen Christ; SS Ailbhe, Colman, Fachtna; scenes from St John's gospel) |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 40 |
Name: | REEVES, PERCY OSWALD * |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1916 |
Nature: | Enamelled tabernacle door and panel. |
Refs: | Sir John Robert O'Connell, The Honan hostel chapel, Cork; some notes on the building and the ideals which inspired it(1916), 33; Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1996), 418-9; Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 46 |
Name: | RHIND, ETHEL * |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1916 |
Nature: | Stained glass window: St Carthage. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (1988), 40 |
Name: | SCOTT, WILLIAM ALPHONSUS |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COLLEGE ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, HONAN CHAPEL |
Date: | 1916ca |
Nature: | Wrought iron gates to main entrance and altar and sanctuary furniture. Designs exh. RHA. Gates executed by J. & C. McGloughlin. (Also door hinges?) |
Refs: | IB 58, 11 Nov 1916, 559,567 (illus. of gates); RHA 1918, nos. 331,337; Sir John Robert O'Connell, The Honan hostel chapel, Cork; some notes on the building and the ideals which inspired it(1916), 63; Nicola Gordon Bowe & Elizabeth Cumming, The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925 (1998), 189-90illus.); Jeanne Sheehy, The Rediscovery of Ireland's Past: the Celtic Revival 1830-1930 (1980), 142(illus.) Paul Larmour, The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland (1992), 134,135(illus.),136(illus.); Paul Larmour, '"The Drunken Man of Genius": William A. Scott (1871-1921)', Irish Architectural Review 3 (2001), 38; Paul Larmour, 'The Honan Chapel, Cork', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 5 (2002), 22-47(illus.) |