Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KERRY, MUCKROSS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)

Name: ATKINS, WILLIAM
Building: CO. KERRY, MUCKROSS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)
Date: 1859ca
Nature: In course of erection 'for some time past'. Walls of Muckross red and white marble. Exterior not in character with beauty of the interior. Works executed under superintendence of Mr Lee. Expense of building and endowing church defrayed by Rt. Hon. Col. Henry Arthur Herbert and Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert.. (Closed, 1998.)
Refs: DB 1, 1 Sep 1859, 119 (from Tralee Chronicle); DB 3, 1 Jan 1861, 387; Douglas Scott Richardson, Gothic Revival Architecture in Ireland (1983), 533; Jeremy Williams, 'William Atkins 1812-1887, a forgotten Cork Pre-Raphaelite' in A. Bernelle (ed.), Decantations: a tribute to Maurice Craig (1992), 244,249;  illus. in J.B Leslie, ed. D.W.T. Crooks. Clergy of Limerick - Clergy of Ardfert and Agahadoe: biographical succession lists (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2015), 158..

Name: LEE, -
Building: CO. KERRY, MUCKROSS, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)
Date: 1859ca
Nature: 'Mr Lee' superintends erection of church designed by William Atkins for Col. Henry Herbert.
Refs: DB 1, 1 Sep 1859, 119 (from Tralee Chronicle); illus. in Adrian Hewson, ed., Inspiring Stones: a history of the Church of Ireland Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh & Emly (1995), 133