Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Builder and architect, of Ballina, Co. Mayo, active in the 1850s and early 1860s. Canning designed the Catholic churches at Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, and Skreen, Co. Sligo, in 1859.(1) The building of the former gave rise to a dispute between him and the contractor, John McGurrin, in which JOHN JOSEPH LYONS  JOHN JOSEPH LYONS acted as arbitrator.(2) He may be the same person as - or a relation of - Arthur Canning, listed in I. Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846), 104, as a carpenter in Arran Street, Ballina, who executed the ribbed ceiling in St Muiredach's Cathedral, Ballina, in 1841-42.(3)



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(1) DB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22; 2, 1 Apr 1860, 232; B 18, 11 Aug 1860, 512.
(2) DB 2, 1 Aug 1860, 311; B 18, 11 Aug 1860, 512.
(3) Catholic Directory (1842), 324; Patricia McCarthy & Kevin V. Mulligan 'Unfulfilled mediocrity: the hapless career of Dominick Madden in the west of Ireland', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, 10 (2007), 133.


4 work entries listed in chronological order for CANNING, -


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Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINA, SCHOOL HOUSE
Date: 1859
Nature: Built by Canning for Methodist Society.
Refs: DB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22

Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINA, CATHEDRAL OF ST MUIREDACH (RC)
Date: 1859
Nature: New spire built by Canning.
Refs: DB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22

Building: CO. SLIGO, SKREEN, ST ADAMNAN'S CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1859-1860
Nature: New Gothic church (replacing one of 1828). Similar to church at 'Crossmolyon' (i.e. Crossmolina).
Refs: DB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22; illus. in http://www.killaladiocese.org/parishes/skreen.php (2008)

Building: CO. MAYO, CROSSMOLINA, CHURCH OF ST TIERNAN (RC)
Date: 1859-60
Nature: Gothic, with tower and broached spire (not executed?). Builder: John McGurrin. Dispute between architect and contractor to be settled by J.J. Lyons.
Refs: B 17, 22 Jan 1859, 68; 18, 11 Aug 1860, 512; DB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22; 2, 1 Apr,1 Aug 1860, 232,311; illus. in http://www.killaladiocese.org/parishes/bgimages/crossmolinaout.html (2008)