Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, BANDON, GALLOWS HILL, CHURCH (RC, OLD)

Name: SHANAHAN, MICHAEL [1]
Building: CO. CORK, BANDON, GALLOWS HILL, CHURCH (RC, OLD)
Date: 1796
Nature: Designed by Mr Shanahan. FS stone laid 28 Apr 1796. While still unfinished occupied by cavalry at time of Bantry invasion.
Refs: RIA, OS MS Box 20; Flyn's Hibernian Chronicle, 12 Sep 1796; Francis H. Tuckey, The County and City of Cork Remembrancer (Cork, 1837), 209; G. Bennet, Hisotry of Bandon (1869), 502; JCHAS, Jan-Jun 1975, 3