Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, O'CONNELL SQUARE, BUTTER MARKET
| Name: | BENSON, JOHN (SIR) |
| Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, O'CONNELL SQUARE, BUTTER MARKET |
| Date: | 1849-50;1855;1860 |
| Nature: | Remodelled with Doric portico, 1849. Circular. New roof over part of market supported by laminated trusses of bent plank in five thicknesses. Firkin Crane Building, added to meet need for increased space, opened Aug 1855. Cost about £1,500. Alterations almost completed, 1860 (Contractor: Hurley). |
| Refs: | Date inscr. under portico; information from Peter Foynes, administrator of Cork Butter Museum, O'Connell Sq, Shandon, Cork; B 4, 18 Mar,13 Jun 1846, 152,287 (refs. are to 'new markets' in parish of St Ann, Shandon); 8, 15 Jun 1850, 283-4; Cork Examiner, 10 Aug 1855,28 May 1960 (information from Ronnie Herlihy, Cork, Jun 2011); APSD, C, 148 |
| Name: | MCMULLEN, JAMES FINBARRE [1] |
| Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, O'CONNELL SQUARE, BUTTER MARKET |
| Date: | 1886 |
| Nature: | Tender of Edward Fitzgerald, Marina Tce, for erecting new iron shed for Trustees of the Cork Butter Market accepted. |
| Refs: | IB 28, 1 Apr 1886, 106 |