Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, FARRANFERRIS, DIOCESAN COLLEGE OF ST FINBARR

Name: HYNES, SAMUEL FRANCIS
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, FARRANFERRIS, DIOCESAN COLLEGE OF ST FINBARR
Date: 1883-85
Nature: New building on elevated site overlooking city. Main fron 139ft long. Courtyard behind. Chapel with spire. Bridgewater brick with white brick and limestone dressings. For Most Rev. Dr Delany. Cost about £17,000. Contractor: E. & P. O'Flynn, Watercourse Rd, Cork.
Refs: IB 25, 1 Dec 1883, 381; 27, 1 Sep 1885, 243,245(illus.); Dublin, Cork & South of Ireland…past & present (1892), 172; IB Jubilee Number (1908), ?; Architect 31, 16 May 1885, 295(illus.)