1871

Enniskeane Church

Bishop William Delaney laid the foundation stone of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Enniskeane on 7 May 1871. Richard Evans designed the church in the Gothic style of architecture. It replaced a church which had been built about 1750. Richard Evans lived at 1 Ashton Lawn, Blackrock Road and had his business premises at 12 Union Quay.

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Enniskeane Church
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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral - Rose Window

The magnificent rose window dominates the west front of the cathedral. C. W. Harrison of Dublin, using William Burges's design, carved the figures representing Matthew, Mark, Luke and John which surround the window. The style of the carvings was influenced by the carvings of ancient Assyria which Burges had seen in the British Museum. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.13, 2 January 1871, p.6)

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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral - Tympanum Sculpture

The tympanum is over the doorway of the north transept of the cathedral. It shows an angel measuring the temple of the heavenly Jerusalem accompanied by St John the Evangelist. The sculpture was inspired by a passage in the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Revelation. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.13, 1 April 1871, p.89)

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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

The illustration shows a view of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral from the south-east in 1871 before the spires were added. The cathedral was consecrated on 30 November 1870 but the towers and spires were not completed until 1879. Two local businessmen Francis Wise and William Crawford donated Ł30,000 towards the cost of the towers and spires. On 6 April 1878 Bishop John Gregg laid the top stones on the western spires. His son and successor as Bishop, Robert Samuel Gregg, laid the top stone on the central spire in 1879. The perspective taken by the artist is almost the same as the perspective adopted by the photographer who took one of the photographs of the laying of the foundation stone in 1865. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.13, 15 January 1871, p.19)

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