1891 – Second Placed Design for Cork Court House

Narrowly placed second in competition to rebuilt Cork Court House after a fire in 1891. The adjudicator Sir Thomas Drew remarked “of the prize design For Auld Lang Syne, a straightforward notice attached to the section says “All internal walls are new (see plans). They have been coloured black in the sections by mistake. It would be a matter of great regret if the committee were to hold that the letter of the conditions above should be applied what is, in the clearest acceptation of word, a mere clerical error. The plans are all right and indicate perfectly plainly old and what is new work. There is no deception dreamt of, nor could anyone be deceived in any respect by the sections. I not think any other honourable competitor would wish to see advantage taken of a more technical slip of this kind. It has no likeness deliberate infringement of a leading condition, as in the case of Fiat Justicia…. This is an admirable plan, andthe committee would be ill advised indeed not to secure a property in it, having regard to its instructiveness and suggestiveness in framing whatever plan is ultimately carried out. It is not the least expensive plan but it has the merit, if it be an important one, that the courts are not placed next the streets. My estimate of it is 24,800. So nearly balanced are the merits of the two plans by Fiat Justita and For Auld Lang Syne that it much consideration but for definite points which score for Fiat Justitia I place it first in order of merit.”