Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)

Name: PAIN, GEORGE RICHARD
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1832-1836
Nature: New church, funded by Honan family. Corinthian. Pediment and entablature supported on 8 columns. Lantern of 8 Corinthian columns supporting cirular stele. Begun 1832;  dedicated 10 (or 18?) Oct 1836.
Refs: Southern Reporter, 10 Oct 1836; Catholic Directory (1837), 271; J. Binns, Miseries and Beauties of Ireland (1837), II, 145; APSD II, C,147; VI, P,7; Arthur Hill, 'St Patrick's Church, Glanmire Rd', JCHAS 14 (Jan-Mar 1908), 65-66(illus.); B 100, 23 Jun 1911, 772(illus.); JCHAS (1943), 29; Mark Bence-Jones, 'Two pairs of architect brothers', Country Life 142, 10 Aug 1967, 306-307(illus.); David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 198(illus.);  date of foundation from church leaflet, Feb 2010.

Name: BENSON, JOHN (SIR)
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1872
Nature: Enlargement 'being proceeded with'. Builder: Barry McMullen..
Refs: IB 14, 15 Dec 1872, 339

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1896
Nature: Alts. 'in progress for the last eighteen months will shortly be completed'. Parishioner left £10,000 for enlargement of church. Builder: Sisk & Sons. Clerk of Works: Thomas O'Byrne.
Refs: B 71, 28 Nov 1896, 454

Name: HYNES, SAMUEL FRANCIS
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1904-05
Nature: New benches, tiling and flooring; decoration of interior..
Refs: IB 46, 16 Jul 1904, 458; 47, 15 Jul 1905, 494

Name: RHIND, ETHEL *
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1908
Nature: Opus sectile panel: the Risen Christ.
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (1988), 39

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Sanctuary mosaics. (Now lost.)
Refs: Information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing Oppenheimer brochures, 1915ca & 192? (entitled Mosaics for church decoration), and advertisement in Irish Catholic Directory (1925).

Name: O'CONNOR, DOMINIC MARY
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1946
Nature: New roof to portico.
Refs: IB 88, 30 Nov 1946, 798

Name: BARTER, RICHARD [2] *
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Statue of Our Lady of Good Counsel.
Refs: Information from David Griffin, Feb 2010.