1955 – Saville Engineering, Dublin Rd., Kilkenny
Purveyors of agricultural machinery – perhaps related to Saville’s who imported International Harvester into Ireland at their factory at Santry,
1971 – Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare
Replacing a church constructed in 1802, this church was dedicated on 2nd May 1971 by the local bishop.
1857 – St. Catherine’s Church, Meath Street, Dublin
Dedicated in 1858 and is the second church to occupy the same site. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 30 June 1852.
1958 – Halycon Hotel, 11 South Anne Street, Dublin
Small hotel, what would now be termed boutique in the centre of Dublin, on a constrained site.
1956 – St. Colman’s High School, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
The school was built in the mid 1950s as a result of the education act of 1947,
1957 – Cyril Lord Carpet Factory, Donaghadee, Co. Down
A factory built for textile entrepreneur Cyril Lord, known as “The Carpet King”. Lord’s diversification into carpet manufacture was prompted by a major technological innovation – the introduction into the UK of “tufted”
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.
