Frank Keohane is an architectural historian and Chartered Building Surveyor based in Dublin.
“Frank Keohane…has done a magnificent job with this new work, and
to read his introduction and browse the gazetteer is to have one’s
eyes opened to a wealth of architectural treasures one had perhaps
not realised Cork and its environs…contained.”—Simon Heffer, Daily
Telegraph
“Few pleasures can compare with a passionate expert describing
their work and Frank Keohane constructs an engaging and
idiosyncratic picture...He haunts not just the city, but many
one-street villages, churchyards, out-of-the-way places and
overgrown ruins, coming across oddities and unlocking mysteries
with stimulating detail.”—Paul Clements, Irish Times Weekend
“A great piece of work. It is the most up-to-date reference for
serious researchers and is equally important for those with an
interest in architecture.”— Neil Hegarty, The Royal Institute of
the Architects of Ireland Journal
“This authoritative guide to the architecture of County Cork covers
all sites and buildings of merit, great and small.”—Bryan Smyth,
TheCork.ie
“A comprehensive and easy-to-use guide”—Irish Examiner
“[A] formidably impressive work of reference that will inform and
educate Irish and international readers for many decades to
come.”—Richard J. Butler, Rural History
“This really is a commendable endeavour…[T]he great delight lies in
discovery; even those who think themselves familiar with their
locale will learn something new.”—Robert Byrne, Apollo Magazine
“Cork: City and County...is one of the Pevsner Architectural Guides
(Buildings of Ireland)...These are comprehensive volumes, serious
studies...This is the kind of book that Cork needs, because nothing
is more crucial to acknowledging heritage than cataloguing it; by
establishing exactly what it is, we have a better chance of
preserving it.”—Michael Moynihan, Irish Examiner
“Frank Keohane’s prose is lively, descriptive and opinionated,
evoking the rich architectural heritage of Co Cork...The author’s
extensive research, entailing fieldwork over almost a decade,
reveals forgotten treasures, but also a sense of what is
lost.”—Louise Cotter, Irish Arts Review
“[Keohane] has proved equal to the exacting standard set by
Nikolaus Pevsner over half a century ago...The content is laid out
methodically, the style of the writing is clear, and the use of
overly-technical jargon is avoided...Many of the plans and
elevations are by Keohane himself, which adds to the value of this
excellent publication.”—Peter Murray, Transactions of the Ancient
Monuments Society
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