1956 – Filling Station, Ashford, Co. Wicklow
Small country filling station designed for Esso, possibly by an inhouse architect. A softer form of modernism that was quite common around Ireland in the 1950s including some local stone as a foil for the flat roof aesthetic.
1958 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin
Wainsfort Filling Station, designed by architect and poet Niall Montgomery at a time when companies were increasingly aware of their visual appearance and identity.
1958 – Filling Station, Clonskeagh, Dublin
Stylistically linked to their Bridgefoot Street flats for Dublin Corporation (demolished 2006) and the offices for Stewart and Lloyds from around the same time.
1958 – Fire Station, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Modern fire station by Belfast architects Munce & Kennedy. Featuring panels of rubble stone, modern glazing,
1956 – St. Gabriel’s Church, Clontarf, Dublin
Peppard & Duffy produced a couple of churches for the Dublin archdiocese in the 1950s.
1967 – Former Hotel, Castlefreke, Co. Cork
A modern hotel, almost like a 1960s American motel in concept, spread across a hillside with amazing views over the sea,
1970 – St Catherine’s Church, Oristown, Co. Meath
The foundation stone of the church was laid on 7 September 1969 by the Bishop of Meath John McCormack,
1966 – Nurses Home, Drogheda, Co. Louth
The Nurse’s Home in Drogheda was built as part of the International Missionary Training Hospital which was itself finished in 1957.
1968 – Royal Bank of Ireland, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin
Finished in brick with a shallow bronze roof. No longer a bank, the original recessed glazing has been replaced incorporating the space underneath the roofline into the body of the building.
1953 – Telephone Exchange, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Large square block with lower ancillary accommodation, at telephone exchange built for the Department of Post &
1971 – National Bank of Ireland, Wexford
Double height banking hall with mezzanine walkway connecting second-floor offices. The third floor overhung the lower storeys on externally visible columns.
1956 – All Saints Church, Drimoleague, Co. Cork
Very much a local landmark, the massive church was built between 1954 and 1956 of concrete and limestone.
1954 – Church of Our Lady and St Michael, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
The church that launched a career. Liam McCormick, born in Derry, was working as an architect and planner at the Ballymena Urban District Council when he won with Frank Corr (1917 -1986) a RIAI organised competition for a new church at Ennistymon in 1947.
1954 – McCairn’s Motors, Santry, Co. Dublin
During the early years of the Irish Republic, the government using import tariffs made it prohibitively expensive to buy any car which was not assembled in the country.
1953 – Motor Distributors, Shelbourne Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin
Motor Distributors’ started assembling Volkswagen Beetles in Ireland in 1950 in a former tram depot at 162 Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge.
