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The Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Glasgow built by James Graham in 1817 at a cost of £13,000. This work is said to have influenced Dominick Madden in the building of Tuam Cathedral:
St John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh built 1816-1818 by the Scottish architect WIlliam Burn who also built Muckross House in Killarney. Burn is believed to have been an influence on Thomas Duff and Dominick Madden in Ireland.
And so is the Anglican parish church in Collon, Co. Louth built in 1810 by Daniel Augustine Beaufort
A question: can we say that the gothic revival began in Ireland with the building of the Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle by Francis Johnson in 1807?
The following pace Archiseek:
http://irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/dublin_castle/chapel.html
@Rhabanus wrote:
Volume I: Catholic Cathedrals in Ireland
Volume II: Catholic Churches in Ireland
Volume III: Catholic Cathedrals in the United Kingdom/Britain
Volume IV: Catholic Churches in the United Kingdom/BritainEach volume stands on its own yet cross-references are possible.
On the left page the reader sees the church in its pristine glory or even in several stages over the course of a few decades, if interesting. Insets of a founding/influential prelate or the architect appear at top or bottom.
On the right page the reader sees the renovated version post-1970. Some cathedrals like Armagh have undergone several ‘renovations.’ the page could be splayed or foldouts inserted so that one can see the full development and decay.Fearg has the equipment for modern photos and access to the archival shots.
Go for the gold!
Vol. I would include 27 entries; divided into 4 provinces (Armagh, Cashel, Tuam, Dublin)
From this morning’s quondam Cork Examiner:
27 February 2007
Flights of fancy
DUBLIN Airport needs a second terminal and Cork has a fully operational spare one. Ryanair has clearly indicated its desire to take over the old terminal — and the Cork Airport Authority has a rather large loan to repay.
Surely it’s a no-brainer? Ryanair flies to 27 destinations from Shannon and only four from Cork.
Kevin Dwyer
Ballycrenane
Cloyne
Co CorkWhat happened the pinnacle of the throne? The truncation of the pinnacle is what makes it now look absurdly LARGE – and Dromore’s being one of the smallest dioceses in the country can only lend it an air of the mock-comical!!
James 16852 is correct in saying that there is an increasing interest in restoring original stencil work in churches – a lot of work is currently going on the U.S.A..
Here we have an example of the work done in the Redemptorist church in Kansas CIty:
St. Patrick’s cathedral, Billings, Montana
From this morning’s quondamCork Examiner:
26 February 2007
Long haul for airport
BILL HURLEY (Irish Examiner letters, February 17) asks why Cork airport cannot emulate Knock?
Firstly, Knock’s runway is longer than Cork’s and is likely to remain so as long as Cork is controlled from Dublin.
Maybe if Cork can get the freedom of action — even with a big debt — it may somehow find the money to extend the runway to facilitate long-haul flights and to install a landing system that can deal with fog. It might also be able to promote the use of the airport in the south.
John Whelan
1 Edenbrook Park
Rathfarnham
Dublin 14@james1852 wrote:
I just want to give some indication of the material we have. Unfortunatly we don’t have photographic or drawings of all the churches and chapels that the firm completed over the past 150 years. We would have 60 – 70 detailed perspective drawing/paintings , dating from approx 1870 to 1950s ,showing proposed and completed decoration schemes.We would also have maybe 200 black and white photos dating from1920 to 1960. We then have alot of photos taken in recent years of completed decoration or decoration still in existence.We also have estimate and wages books dating to 1900 and correspondence from churches over the years too.Unfortunatly a lot of our records dating pre 1900 were burnt by my grandfather who was a very private man and reckoned in the 1940s that they were’nt relative to the time.While we have a lot of the actuall cut out stencil designs, all of which we design and cut out by hand ourselves, these olny have a certain life span as when the’re in use they get clogged up after time and are then discarded.The problem with all this material is we haven’t got around to cataloging it, so at times it can be a nightmare trying to find things,but thats a job for another day.
Even so, there is an awful lot more of this archive extant than is the case with the archives of Mayer of Munich (bombed in 1942) and of Oppenheimer’s of Manchester (disappeared 1960s when the firm closed). It is still an invaluable source especially when you think of what happened to many churches in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s.
Any body come across pictures of modern Irish cloisters?[/QUOTE wrote:Here is one I forgot, although not “modern”: the Augustinian friary in Adare Co. LimerickRe St. Francis in Liberty Street, Cork, much of the brickwork is still exposed because it is not yet complete and covered in mosaic! It is a project as long termed as Westminster Cathedral.
Et ditto:
24 February 2007
Independent, debt-free airport all that matters
I REFER to your editorial (Irish Examiner, February 21) in which you question my motives for speaking out against the proposal to saddle an independent Cork airport with a debt of €100 million.
I have always been, and will continue to be, a staunch supporter of an independent, debt-free Cork airport.
A year ago I was the first politician to obtain from Transport Minister Martin Cullen an admission that Cork airport may have to carry some of the debt from the building of the new terminal.
That admission came in an answer to a motion tabled by me during an adjournment debate in which I asked the minister: “Does he intend to honour the previous commitment to leave Cork Airport Authority debt-free, or has he decided on an alternative structure?â€
I never considered the answer to my motion to be fair or to be the end of my campaign for a debt-free airport.
Subsequent to that debate I wrote an opinion piece for the Evening Echo in which I outlined the minister’s response to my motion and stated that “every Oireachtas member representing Cork must come together and cooperate to overcome this deficitâ€.
The viability of Cork airport and development in the region have always been my major considerations and any suggestion that I would ‘play politics’ with these hugely important issues is completely unfounded.
I will always stand up for the interests of Cork, no matter what. That’s more than can be said of some who would put career before city.
So I’ll say it again, as I’ve been saying for so long, Cork airport should be independent and debt-free or at the very least asked to carry a debt that does not make it unviable.
The airport board has to be satisfied it can operate competitively. I will stand with any politician willing to continue the fight for that.
It’s not about party politics — it’s about Cork and its future.
Senator John Minihan
9 Clermont
Douglas Road
CorkFrom this morning’s quondam Cork Examiner:
24 February 2007
Airport needs 500,000 fares to take-off
By Stephen Rogers and Sean O’Riordan
CORK airport will have to attract an additional 500,000 passengers to break even this year, after posting a €5.8 million loss in 2006.That is before it starts to budget for the cost of shouldering its €100m share in the cost of its new terminal building, estimated at between €8m-€10m per year.
According to figures obtained from Dublin Airport Authority, Cork Airport made substantial losses last year due to higher than expected operating costs, particularly staff overtime. The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) board was told Cork needs a 14% increase on the three million passengers using the airport in 2006.
DAA chairman Gary McGann told the board meeting that operating costs in Cork were higher than expected, especially as overtime costs had risen.
Another factor was the loss of flights from Dublin due to competition with CIÉ’s hourly rail service and the improving road link between Dublin and Cork, he said.
“Finding the extra 500,000 or so passengers they need to break even is not going to be an easy task, especially with passenger charges about 25% higher than in Dublin,†he said, according to a report obtained by Business and Finance magazine.
By contrast, figures expected to be published in the coming weeks by the DAA will show Dublin airport had a good year, posting a €78m profit thanks to increased passenger figures.
Shannon Airport also had a profitable 2006 with a €4.9m profit, but that has been attributed to US troop traffic through the airport, which has now been moved to Leipzig.
Cork Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen said he had been told that Cork Airport was considering shutting the airport at night in order to reduce costs.
Mr Allen claimed that would turn the airport into a “glorified airfieldâ€.
However, a spokeswoman for the airport last night said it was no longer going to comment on its finances.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Cork Airport Authority (CAA) has said he won’t be stepping down from his post, countering speculation that he was about to resign due to the ongoing controversy over the airport’s €100m debt.
Joe Gantly said that he intended to lead the board into the future and claimed that recent speculation about his position had been damaging to the airport, its staff and management.
The fallout from the Government’s decision to lumber the airport with such a debt, despite promises to the contrary by former Transport Minister Seamus Brennan, continued yesterday as unions said they were planning a major meeting to discuss the situation.
Representatives from Mandate, SIPTU, Impact and the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) are to meet with workers on Monday.
SIPTU branch secretary John Pearson said that there was huge resistance among staff to news that the airport is beginning its new independent life with a financial millstone around its neck.
