Nature: |
New church (designed by Goldie while with Weightman, Hadfield & Goldie?) in Geometrical Decorated style, consisting of have and aisles, transepts, chancel with apse, tower at S angle of transept and chancel, sacristy with chamber over, and four porches. For Canon Jeremiah O'Brien, PP 1853-1878. Mallow and Cork limestoneFS laid St Patrick's Day, 1856. Consecrated 9 Jun 1861. Resident clerk of works: Baker. Contractors: Mahoney and Hickey. (Steps added 1883-1884. Tower not built until 1929). |
Refs: |
Design exh. Exhibition of Art and Art Manufactures, Dublin, 1861, no. 327, and Dublin International Exhibition, 1865, no. 143 (IALE, I, 275); Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 21 (Aug 1858), 252 (illus. in issue for Jun 1858, Pl. 19); 22 (Apr 1859), 107; B 17, 2 Apr 1859, 230; DB 3, 15 Jun 1861, 536; 7, 15 Jun 1865, 147; Charles Eastlake, A History of the Gothic Revival (1872), 392-93; D.J. O'Donoghue, Historty of Bandon (1970), ?.
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