1959
Dame Street Dublin
Downes Meehan & Robson
Dublin
Insurance Corporation of Ireland
Lost Dublin
Random Building
1867 – Zoological Society House, Phoenix Park, Dublin
1959 – Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including their own 1936 head office designed by Vincent Downes. Now refaced in a pastiche style. The Insurance Corporation of Ireland finacially collapsed in 1985 with losses of over £200m. At the time it a wholly owned subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks.