sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:37:32

St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork?

derangedlemur

• 05/Jun/2015 07:38:35

Cork Cathederal

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:39:34

Plus the back of it.

derangedlemur

• 05/Jun/2015 07:39:42

www.google.ie/maps/place/Saint+Fin+Barre%27s+Cathedral/@5...

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 07:42:57

Good Grief, Gorgeous Granite!

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:43:15

According to the DIA record, the towers and spires were only erected in 1876-8.

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:45:50

Whereas the NIAH claims the towers and spires were compeleted in 1876. "The cost of completion exceeded £100,000, despite the original specification that it not exceed £15,000."

Niall McAuley

• 05/Jun/2015 07:48:59

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/47297387@N03] The NIAH says: Cork limestone was used throughout.

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:54:23

The Cathedral website says: The towers and spires were not completed until 1879. The cathedral is built of Cork limestone and the interior of Bath stone and the walls are lined with red Cork marble.

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 07:58:37

There's a Lawrence shot pre-towers in the NLI.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 05/Jun/2015 08:11:14

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129555378@N07 so earliest date is 1876 - I have made the change.

robinparkes

• 05/Jun/2015 08:18:25

I was there five years ago and was suitably impressed but knew the limitations of my camera so I took this. www.flickr.com/photos/13073434@N03/14066730218/in/album-7...

John Spooner

• 05/Jun/2015 08:22:07

Saturday April 8th 1878 was the day on which

"the laying of the top stone of the western tower and spires of the Protestant Cathedral, Cork, was performed by the Right Rev. David Gregg, Bishop. Lines of bunting spanned the space between the towers and a large number of ladies and gentlemen attended to witness the event. The spires, which give a splendid finish to the structure, were erected at the expense of Mr. George Wise and Mr. William Crawford, and in future they will bear the names of their benefactors. After the ceremony his lordship addressed those assembled. The bellringers of the cathedral afterwards rung out a merry peal"

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 08:23:47

https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner So the DIA was right then :-)

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 05/Jun/2015 08:25:57

Golly! Great gradation, graininess, granularity, and grayscale! www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/2019

John Spooner

• 05/Jun/2015 08:40:56

The Morning Post (London), Saturday, May 10, 1862

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 08:43:24

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Sorry Niall. Should have 'lliterated Lordy, Lovely Limestone!

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 08:51:05

If any of ye have nagging points about photos here that you want to investigate further, Ancestry's Irish and UK records are free to access until Sunday night, including a Thom's Directory for 1904, and RIC records, 1816-1921. See the list of records here... Don't know if an Australian IP address will work, [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia].

John Spooner

• 05/Jun/2015 09:06:00

Building work was interrupted in 1870 (The Belfast News-Letter, Thursday, June 30, 1870):

CORK, TUESDAY NIGHT - The strikes continue here, and the excitement is as great as before. The city, during the greater portion of the day, was paraded by mobs on strike intimidating every one if they did not leave work. The mob first visited Saint Finbarr's Cathedral and compelled the labourers there to strike work. The skilled workmen being unable to go on without them the works have been stopped, as also at all the other buildings going on in the city.

sharon.corbet

• 05/Jun/2015 09:15:09

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47297387@N03 Seems to work with my Hong Kong (I think. It may also be Singapore.) IP address...

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 09:16:56

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129555378@N07 Oooh, excellent!

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 09:39:07

GREAT GALES! GUSHING GAS! (Somebody stop me! :) There was a very strong gale in Cork on Sunday, 11 February 1894:

At about 6:30 o’clock last night a tree on the southern side of the entrance of St Finbarr’s Cathedral was blown down, and when falling it struck the spandril of the fine lamp over the entrance, smashing it in atoms. The bells were ringing for service at the time, but fortunately no person was passing in. A short time previously a number of children were playing about the place. Immediately after the occurrence, Mr Peter Doolan, Superintendent of Public Lighting, and a man from the Gas Office were on the scene, and plugged the gas pipe through which the gas was escaping. The damage is estimated at £36.

That the power of the lamp near the eastern entrance to St Finbarr’s Cathedral be increased to 25 feet per hour up to 10 p.m., and then reduced to five feet per hour.

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 05/Jun/2015 09:46:28

https://www.flickr.com/photos/47297387@N03 Thanks Carol. Seems to want me to use the Australian site which requires $$. But there might be ways around using a VPN like Hola - sshh don't tell anyone! Hands off my metadata!

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 09:57:50

https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Loose lips, etc.

Inverarra

• 05/Jun/2015 10:16:23

Many thanks Carol, for the tip about free access this weekend to Ancestry's Irish and UK records.

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 05/Jun/2015 10:43:35

From an 1881 "Handbook to the Cathedral Church of St. Fin Barre, Cork. With engravings and ground plan" via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/] on Flickr - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11278362235/][https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11148081154/]plus a few more illustrations here - www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum000638047 . The whole book is downloadable in PDF form, but might be an ENORMOUS file - my computer says 'no' ...

John Spooner

• 05/Jun/2015 11:05:28

An article in Aberdeen Weekly Journal on Thursday, February 19, 1891, describes the cathedral as "a perfect gem of architecture, built at a cost of over £100,000, and superbly decorated." So much for they £15,000 they budgeted for in 1862. It goes on "The latter part of the work, however, is not yet finished" and "Here the organ is sunk in a pit behind the choir - a most curious arrangement, but resorted to in order to prevent the organ pipes obscuring a beautiful painted window." From corkcathedral.webs.com/the-cathedral-organ

The West Gallery position, while excellent for the organ itself, must have posed problems when the choir at the East End had to be accompanied. After continued controversy, Dean Madden proposed that the organ be moved and, to avoid obscuring the stained glass windows and mosaics, a large pit, 14 ft. deep, was dug in the North Transept. In 1889 the organ was moved into this chamber by the Cork firm T.W. Megahy so that only the tops of the tallest pipes were showing. He added three ‘pneumatic machines’ to the action and three new stops - though it is not entirely clear which these were.

Carol Maddock

• 05/Jun/2015 11:31:57

https://www.flickr.com/photos/75556178@N05 You're more than welcome!

Sunny Harry

• 05/Jun/2015 20:14:58

A rear view of the church here www.flickr.com/photos/frankcawley/9556120262/sizes/h/ they say when the golden angle falls from the roof, then that's the end of Cork. It almost happened a few years back. The church roof was undergoing repairs. A latchico decided to climb up the scaffoldiong and see if he could steal the angel. The gadai did not succeed and Cork is still safe today..... You can really appreciate the immense scale, and craftsmanship of the work from the inside www.flickr.com/photos/frankcawley/9556171574/sizes/l

silverio10

• 08/Jun/2015 19:46:44

Muy buena serie de fotos antiguas .

Niall McAuley

• 08/May/2019 06:15:40

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