1941 – Open Air Theatre, Achill, Co. Mayo
Architect: Noel W. Moffett
Designed for for Major D.J.
1953 – Calvary Hospital, Renmore, Co. Galway
Architect: Robinson, Keefe & Devane
Now known as Galvia Hospital,
1958 – Fish Curing Plant, Galway
Architect: Piaras Beaumont, Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Shallow pitched roof modernism with vertical emphasis provided by the ice tower.
1959 – Community Centre, Roundstone, Co. Galway
Architect: Mary Joan Trimble
Modern community centre from the late 1950s on the shoreline at Roundstone in Co.
1965 – Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway
Architect: John J. Robinson, Robinson Keefe & Devane
The last large Roman Catholic cathedral to be built in Ireland,
1966 – Penthouse Grill, Great Southern Hotel, Galway
Architect: Brendan Ellis & G.P. O’Shea
Top floor restaurant on the original wing of the Great Southern Hotel in Galway,
1967 – Our Lady Queen of Ireland Basilica, Knock, Mayo
Architect: Daithí P. Hanly
Formerly the Dublin City Architect,
1968 – Our Lady of the Wayside, Creeragh, Co. Galway
Architect: Leo Mansfield
The Church was designed by Clifden architect Leo Mansfield (1934-98) and dedicated in 1968.
1969 – Former Ryan’s Hotel, Old Dublin Rd., Galway
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of several large hotels constructed in a couple of years for the Ryan Hotel group by Stephenson Gibney &
1971 – St. Lawrence’s Church, Tynagh, Co. Galway
Architect: Seamus C. Shesgreen & Associates
A square church with a pyramidal roof and deeply recessed windows.
