Lost Buildings of Ireland

1958 – Carolan Grammar School for Girls, Belfast

Architect: Donald Shanks, Principal Architect to Belfast Education Committee

Constructed over the period 1957-58,

1958 – Convent of the Good Shepherd, Derry

Architect: Corr & McCormick

The Good Shepherd Convent in Derry,

1958 – Elephant House, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

Double height modernist building designed as an enclosure for elephants.

1958 – Filling Station, Clonskeagh, Dublin

Architect: Michael Scott

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 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin

Architect: Niall Montgomery

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 – Fire Station, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Munce & Kennedy

Modern fire station by Belfast architects Munce &

1958 – Textiles Factory, Kitchen Hill, Lurgan, Co. Armagh

Architect: Houston & Beaumont

The factory was built in 1958 for Pinehurst Textiles but the British Army took it over in early 1971 for use as a barracks due to its size and position.