Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, BANTRY BAY, ROANCARRIG LIGHTHOUSE

Name: HALPIN, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. CORK, BANTRY BAY, ROANCARRIG LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1845-47
Nature: Designed by GH[1] and GH[2]. Contractor: Howard, Limerick. Light first exhibited in 1847.
Refs: John S. Sloane, 'A History of the lighthouses of Ireland…IV', IB 22, 15 Jun 1880, 191; Bill Long, Bright light, white water (1993), 111-112

Name: HALPIN, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. CORK, BANTRY BAY, ROANCARRIG LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1869-70
Nature: Works after great storm of winter 1869, including constrdcution of heavy retaining wall. Cost: £5,260.10s.6d.
Refs: John S. Sloane, 'A History of the lighthouses of Ireland…VII', IB 22, 1 Nov 1880, 305