{{short description|Irish architect, 19th century}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''John Benjamin Keane''' (d. 7 October 1859) was an Irish architect of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/tag/john-b-keane/ |title=John B Keane | Architecture News & Discussion - Archiseek.com |publisher=archiseek.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref>
== Life == Keane first appears in record in 1819-1820, as an assistant to Richard Morrison. By 1823, he was working independently. He exhibited regularly with Royal Hibernian Academy between 1828 and 1841. Older biographical works state that Keane was trained as an architect at the office of works, Dublin, but this has been questioned. He was a fellow of Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=KEANE, JOHN BENJAMIN |url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/2896/KEANE-JOHNBENJAMIN |access-date=2025-07-30 |website=Dictionary of Irish Architects}}</ref>
Keane entered designs for the competitions for courthouses in Tralee (1828), Carlow (1828), and successfully for Tullamore (1832). He designed the gothic style buildings in the former Queen's College, Galway.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grimes |first=Brendan |title=The Architecture of Dublin's Neo-Classical Roman Catholic Temples 1803-62. Doctoral Thesis. |date= |publisher=National College of Art and Design |year=2005 |location=Dublin |publication-date=}}</ref> He was engineer on the River Suir navigation from 1846 to 1848.<ref name=":0" /> He worked Mabbot Street,<ref name="Fallon">{{cite book |last1=Fallon |first1=Donal |title=Three castles burning: a history of Dublin in twelve streets |date=2022 |publisher=New Island Books |isbn=9781848408722 |location=Clonskeagh, Dublin |pages=136-157 |chapter=James Joyce Street}}</ref> from various addresses on the street and later from Lower Mount Street. Towards the end of his life, it appears that Keane suffered from alcoholism, falling into debt and was jailed in Marshalsea gaol. Keane died on 7 October 1859.<ref name=":0" />
==Buildings== *Mercy International Centre, Baggot Street, Dublin (c1827)<ref>{{cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2023-04-15 |url=https://www.archiseek.com/1827-mercy-international-centre-baggot-street-dublin/ |title=Mercy International Centre, Baggot Street, Dublin (John B. Keane) - Irish Architecture |publisher=archiseek.com |accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref> *Ballybay House, County Monaghan (1830)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2014-02-18 |title=Archiseek.com - 1830 - Ballybay House, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan |url=https://www.archiseek.com/1830-ballybay-house-ballybay-co-monaghan/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Belleek Manor, Ballina, County Mayo (1831)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2023-04-15 |title=1831 – Belleek Manor, Ballina, Co. Mayo {{!}} Archiseek.com |url=https://www.archiseek.com/1831-belleek-manor-ballina-co-mayo/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin (1832)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grimes |first=Brendan |date=2015 |title=Patrons and architects and the creation of Roman Catholic church architecture in nineteenth-century Dublin |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24616063 |journal=Dublin Historical Record |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=6–20 |issn=0012-6861}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2010-07-01 |title=Archiseek.com - 1832 - St. Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street, Dublin |url=https://www.archiseek.com/1832-st-francis-xavier-gardiner-street-dublin/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Tullamore Courthouse (1835)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/14807047/tullamore-court-house-spollanstown-county-offaly|title=Tullamore Court House, Spollanstown, County Offaly|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref> *Carlow County Infirmary, Carlow (1838) (demolished)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2017-02-09 |title=1838 – Carlow County Infirmary, Carlow {{!}} Archiseek.com |url=https://www.archiseek.com/1838-carlow-county-infirmary-carlow/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> *The Mausoleum at Oak Park (c 1841)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?county=CW&checkbox1=true&datefrom=0&dateto=2000&checkbox2=true&classification=mausoleum&checkbox3=true&name=&checkbox4=true&town=&checkbox5=true&townland=&type=advanced&page=1 |title=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage : Oak Park House, Oak Park Demesne, County Carlow |website=Buildingsofireland.ie |accessdate=2016-04-10}}</ref> *Nenagh Courthouse (1843)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22305007/nenagh-courthouse-nenagh-north-tipperary-north|title=Nenagh Courthouse, Nenagh North, Tipperary North|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> *St. John's Church, Waterford (1845)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WA®no=22502996 |title=Saint John's Catholic Church, Parnell Street, Waterford, County Waterford: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |publisher=Buildingsofireland.ie |date= |accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref> *Waterford Courthouse (1849)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22504492/waterford-courthouse-waterford-city-county-waterford|title=Waterford Courthouse|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref> *Ennis Courthouse (1852), with architect Henry Whitestone<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CL®no=20000114|title=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref> *Barmouth Castle, County Louth *Carlow Gaol *Saint Lorcan Ua Tuathal
==References== {{Reflist}} -------------- * {{cite DNB|wstitle= Keane, Joseph B. |volume= 30 |last= Cust |first= Lionel |author-link= Lionel Cust |page= 268 |year= 1896 |short=}}
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