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Compare with this: the neo-gothic restoration of the Heiglige Bloote Chapel in Bruges which was wrecked at the time of the French Revolution. It is the touchstone for the entire gothic revival movement in Belgium.
Ake!
Here are some shots of the few surviving original fittings left in Killarney Cathedral. Most of them are situated in the mortuary chapel of Earls of Kenmare. Their survival is due to the protests of the Lady Beatrice Grosvenor, the heiress of the Kenmare estate, who refused to allow them to be torn out. She was buried in the vault of the chapel in 1985.
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These shots will give some idea of the sanctuary of Charleville Church. The mosaic work is stupendous and by the Dublin Craftworkers Guild. Unfortunately, it is in a poor state at the moment and in need of conservation and maintenance. Water ingress has caused blistering and sections of it are in danger of falling off of the the wall.
Almost forgot Ballyhooley Church near Fermoy, Co. Cork
By E.W Pugin and G. C. Ashlin, in sandstone with limestone details, 1867.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Charleville, Co. Cork (1900)
This church by Michael Hennessey is one of the last churches to be built in the Gothic Revival idiom in North Cork. The interior contains a sumptuous chancel decorated in neo-Byzantine/Art Deco mosaics executed by the Dublin Craftworkers Guild.
St. Peter and Paul’s, Killmallock, Co. Limerick
Built to plans drawn by JJ. McCarthy in 1879, this church represents a significant advance in the evolution of Gothic revival churches in the North Cork Region – albeit located just over the County Limerick border.
St. Joseph’s Church, Liscarroll, Co. Cork
A simple country church built to plans drawn by J. Thornton in 1869. The church is a competent excercise in Puginian principles and reproduces idiomatic features from several of Pugin’s English and Australian oeuvre.
St. mary’s Church, Castlemagner, Co. Cork
Built in 1865 is a good example of a Gothic revival country church of the period.
St. John the Baptist, Hospital, Co. Limerick (1852)
This church is also pertinent to the ecolution of the Gothic revival in the North Cork Region albeit just over the County Limerick border.
Has anyone a picture?
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Kanturk, Co. Cork (1859-1867)
Another important landmark in the evolution of the Gothic revival church building in North Cork.
This church was built to plans drawn by Patrick Hurley and John O’Callaghan. It is 145 feet in length and 40 feet wide in the nave, side aisles 20 feet wide.
This is fine building, unfortunately, has been subjected to a series of idiotic “renovations” whose cumulatve effect is to delapidate ist structure in a serious fashion. It is to be hoped that something can be done to casue the latest series of stupidity to be reversed.
St. Nicholas, Churchtown, Co. Cork (1839)
Here we have St. Nicholas’ at Churchtown, built in 1839, and one of the earliest examples of a neo Gothic church built to the principles of A.W.N. Pugin in North Cork.
St. Mary’s Buttevant, Co. Cork
Built to plans drawn by the Cork architect Charles Cottrell 1832-1836.
Again, the W window is influenced by the E window of York Cathedral. Much other detail in this church derives from English prototypes of period between 1350-1420.
Somewhat outside fot he North Cork Region but important nonetheless for the evolution of the Gothic revival style of church building is Holy Trinity in Cork City.
Designed to plans by George Pain in 1832, the portico was complete by 1837 but the lantern was not added until 1889.
The influence of the E window of York Cathedral on the central arch of the portico is quite evident.
St. George’s, Mitchelstown, Co Cork (1830)
Another example of early Gothic revival churches in the Noth Cork Region designed by the Pain Brothers. Here the stone work is coursed ashlar.
The 4th Earl of Kingston, “Big George”, genrously gave a prominent site and £500 for the building of St. Fanahan’s Catholic Church at other side of Mitchelstown. St. Fanahan’s was also designed by the Pain Brothers. In 1978, St. Fanahan’s disappeared during the night. Attempts to bulldoze it failed and eventually the army ordinance had to be called in to dynamite the remains. All that remains of St. Fanahan’s is a lone spire now attached to what must be the most hidious modern church in County Cork!
St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Castletownroche, Co. Cork
Built in 1825 to designs by James Pain, the ground plan here is T-shaped. The church is another important example of the Gothic revival churches in the North Cork Region
St. John’s Anglican Church, Buttevant, Co. Cork
Ground plan on a Greek Cross by the Pain Brothers (1826)
Can anyone produce a medieval prototype for a Gothic church on a Greek Cross ground plan? The arrangement seem much more at home with the classical revival and is indeed recommended by Serlio and Palladio.
Another early example of a Gothic revival church in the North Cork Region is the Anglican Church at Buttevant, Co. Cork, built for the Board of First Fruits in 1826 by the Pain brothers to a Greek Cross plan. The church is situated within the demesne of Buttevant Castle and stands on the site of the medieval parish church. So far it has survived and is still situated within its beucholic surrounds of mature beech trees.
Here the stone work is of coursed ashlar.
