Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, ANNAKISSA, CHURCH OF ST CRANNACHT (RC)

Name: BENSON, JOHN (SIR)
Building: CO. CORK, ANNAKISSA, CHURCH OF ST CRANNACHT (RC)
Date: 1858-1861
Nature: New Gothic church, 100 x36ft, with 4 windows and porch on N side and 5 windows on S side. Built on site made available by James Hamilton, of Castle Hamilton, Co. Cavan.  Window jambs and mullions by Egan, Cork. Stained glass W window, trefoil E window. JB gave services gratuitously. Builder: P. Coleman, Mallow. Glazing by Maurice Brooks, Dublin. Cost under £2,000.
Refs: Cork Examiner, 23 Aug 1858 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Mar 2011); DB 3, 1 Jun 1861, 530;  illus. in Killavullen Parish Church http://variouscplaces.net/cloyne/parishes/annakissachurch.htm (last visited 15 Oct 2008).