1952 – Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport

The original terminal was planned to handle a maximum of 250,000 passengers per annum, by 1951 it was handling 276,000 passengers a year. The traffic continued to increase, and it became obvious that another terminal was needed to avoid delays. This design by Desmond Fitzgerald, dated late 1952/53 is quite probably an attempt to get the project to extend his original terminal.

But studies by the Department of Industry and Commerce led to plans being sketched out for a new passenger building on the northern flank of the main terminal. The new North Terminal was opened in June 1959, designed by Leo M. Carroll of the Department of Transport and Power.