1909 – Post Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: J. Howard Pentland, Board of Public Works
An unusual Post Office building on O’Connor Square,
1910 – Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: T.F. McNamara
Nicely sited on the bank of a small river,
1914 – Scally’s, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: T.F. McNamara
Built by T. F. McNamara for Malachy Scally as a drapery emporium between 1911-14 at a cost of £5,000,
1926 – Durrow Abbey, Durrow, Co. Offaly
Architect: Ralph H. Byrne, W.H. Byrne & Son
After the second Durrow Abbey House was gutted by fire during the Civil War in 1923.
1937 – Tullamore General Hospital, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: Scott & Good
Scott’s hospital at Tullamore, although faced with traditional limestone masonry,
1979 – Birr Community College, Birr, Co. Offaly
Architect: Peter & Mary Doyle
In 1974, the Irish Department of Education organised an open architectural ideas competition for the design of a new type of building – a ‘community school’.
2002 – Offaly County Hall, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: ABK Architects
Occupying the site of a Victorian house in the main affluent area of the town,
2009 – Civic Offices and Library, Birr, Co. Offaly
Architect: McCarthy O’Hora
Now home to Birr Civic Offices and Library,
2011 – Unbuilt Offaly – Tullamore Arts Centre
Architect: Ciarán Ferrie Architects
The brief describes a complex arrangement of specialist interior spaces with an intricate set of inter-relationships and the design challenge is to order these spaces in a commodious,
