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 |