“Truly and sincerely Irish”?:: The medieval sources for the architecture of the Honan Chapel

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dc.contributor.authorÓ Carragáin, Tomás
dc.contributor.editorKreilkamp, Vera
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-18T13:00:01Z
dc.date.available2026-02-18T13:00:01Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe Honan Chapel at University College Cork, the art of which forms the centerpiece of this exhibition, was one of the most historicist of Celtic Revival churches. The writings of John O’Connell, the lawyer for the Honan family trust who was the main driver behind the project, provide us with a unique opportunity to analyze the design choices of those responsible for commissioning such churches. They show how, inspired by recent antiquarian work and responding to cultural nationalist imperatives, he set out to revive a medieval architectural style—the Hiberno-Romanesque—which he considered to be “truly and sincerely Irish.” This essay will approach the Honan Chapel primarily from the perspective of its medieval models. It will focus on architecture, rather than mosaics and stained glass, although it will also look briefly at the sculpture. And it will consider not only the models themselves, but also the ideas they were believed to embody, both in the medieval period and at the turn of the twentieth century.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidÓ Carragáin, Tomás §0000-0001-7227-4287
dc.identifier.authororcidKreilkamp, Vera
dc.identifier.citationÓ Carragáin, T 2016, “Truly and sincerely Irish”?: The medieval sources for the architecture of the Honan Chapel. in V Kreilkamp (ed.), The Arts and crafts movement : Making it Irish. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, pp. 87-99. < https://ur.bc.edu/islandora/arts-and-crafts-movement >
dc.identifier.endpage99
dc.identifier.isbn9781892850256
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7227-4287/work/206113983
dc.identifier.startpage87
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18547
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMcMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
dc.relation.ispartofThe Arts and crafts movement
dc.relation.urihttps://ur.bc.edu/islandora/arts-and-crafts-movement
dc.rights© 2016 The Trustees of Boston College. Published as: Ó Carragáin, T. (2016) '“Truly and sincerely Irish”? The medieval sources for the architecture of the Honan Chapel', in Kreilkamp, V. (ed.) The Arts and crafts movement: Making it Irish. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, pp. 87-99.
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dc.subjectHonan Chapel
dc.subjectUniversity College Cork
dc.subjectMedieval sources
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subject[HumanEnvironment]
dc.title“Truly and sincerely Irish”?:: The medieval sources for the architecture of the Honan Chapelen
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