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- The current structure, replaced the old City Hall, which was destroyed in ‘The burning of Cork’, in 1920. It was designed by Architects Jones and Kelly and built by Cork Company Sisks.
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The old City Hall was designed by Cork architect Henry Hill in the neoclassical style, built by Sir Thomas Deane in ashlar stone and was completed in 1843. [1] In 1852 the building was altered by Sir John Benson to facilitate the Cork Exhibition, opening on 10 June 1852.
City Hall is one of the most splendid buildings of Cork. The current structure, replaced the old City Hall, which was destroyed in ‘The burning of Cork’, in 1920. It was designed by Architects Jones and Kelly and built by Cork Company Sisks.
Nov 6, 2009 · Architect: Jones & Kelly. The City Hall was opened in 1936 and replaced the previous structure that was burned down on 11 September 1920. Designed by Jones and Kelly, it is a weak reintrepetation of Dublin’s National Concert Hall which is itself an interpretation of the Custom House by Gandon.
Apr 8, 1993 · Multiple-bay three-storey city hall, built 1932-36, built in a classical style with three limestone ashlar facades, each with breakfront, the main facade having paired Doric columns in antis, full entablature and surmounted by copper domed clock tower.
One of the most splendid buildings of Cork is it’s City Hall, a limestone structure which replaced the old City Hall, destroyed by British troops on 11th December 1920 in a event called 'The burning of Cork', which took place during the country’s War of Independence.
It houses Cork City Council, as well as a concert hall, where all the city’s major musical and cultural events take place. Founded in 1936, it was designed by architects Jones and Kelly. Admire the 6 Tuscan columns, the tower and clock, and the green copper dome.
The City Hall was officially opened by de Valera on 8 September 1936. [5] The structure's entry in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as one of the city's "monumental classical buildings" and its site as important.
