John Benjamin Keane was an Irish

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

of the 19th century. (d.1859). He was engineer on the

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navigation.

Buildings

* Mercy International Centre,

Baggot Street Baggot Street () is a street in Dublin, Ireland. Location The street runs from Merrion Row (near St. Stephen's Green) to the northwestern end of Pembroke Road. It crosses the Grand Canal near Haddington Road. It is divided into two sections: ...

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(c1827) * Tullamore Courthouse (1835) *

Carlow Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, it had a population of 27,351, the List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, ...

County Infirmary, Carlow (1838) *The

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at Oak Park (c 1841) * Nenagh Courthouse (1843) *St. John's Church,

Waterford Waterford ( ) is a City status in Ireland, city in County Waterford in the South-East Region, Ireland, south-east of Ireland. It is located within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford H ...

(1845) * Waterford Courthouse (1849) *

Ennis Courthouse Ennis Courthouse () is a judicial facility in Gort Road, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. History The courthouse, which was designed by John Keane and Henry Whitestone in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1852. T ...

(1852), with architect Henry Whitestone *Barmouth Castle,

County Louth County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...

*Carlow Gaol * Saint Francis Xavier Church, Dublin *Ballybay Courthouse, Monaghan

References

19th-century Irish architects 1859 deaths Year of birth missing {{ireland-architect-stub