Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

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.)