1940
Athy
Buckley & O'Gorman
Co. Kildare
schools
1940 – Former Vocational School, Athy, Co. Kildare
Architect: Buckley & O’Gorman
Designed and constructed between 1938 to 1940, the new Vocational School, later known as St. Brigid’s Post Primary School, was formally opened by the then Minister for Education Thomas O’Deirig. Finished in brick. Initially catering for 40 students, it was later extended by Robinson, Keefe & Devane in the early 1960s. The school moved to a new site in 2010, the building is now in use as a further education college.
Published January 20, 2025