Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL

Name: ATKINS, WILLIAM
Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1852
Nature: Atkins & Johnson winners of competition, but building erected to designs of Frederick Darley.
Refs: Cork Examiner, 17 Nov 1852 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Nov 2010);  B 10, 13,27 Nov 1852, 728,757; Exhibition of Fine & Ornamental Arts, Dublin, 1861, no. 328; Jeremy Williams, 'William Atkins 1812-1887, a forgotten Cork Pre-Raphaelite' in A. Bernelle (ed.), Decantations: a tribute to Maurice Craig (1992), 244.

Name: BRASH, RICHARD ROLT
Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1852
Nature: Competition entrant; wins premium of £50 for (unselected) design
Refs: Cork Examiner, 17 Nov 1852 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Nov 2010);   B 10, 27 Nov 1852, 757.

Name: DARLEY, FREDERICK [2]
Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1853-54
Nature: Erected to designs of FD although he was not the winner of the competition. Portions of building fall during construction. Eventually opened July or August 1854. Cost £18,000, 3 times more than amount stipulated in terms of competition.
Refs: B 10, 9 Oct,13,27 Nov,18 Dec 1852, 641,728,757,805; 11, 14 May,29 Oct 1853, 315,671; 12, 5 Aug 1854, 418

Name: CARROLL & BATCHELOR
Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1900
Nature: Large scale extension, new lounge, renovation, heating & plumbing
Refs: IAA, PKS B19/37 (pp.491,496), A08 (Jul 1900); IB 42, 1 Apr 1900, 324; B 79, 21 Jul 1900, 54

Name: BATCHELOR & HICKS
Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1906
Nature: Large new hotel to be built by Great Southern & Western Railway Co.
Refs: IB 48, 14 Jul 1906, 545