1942 – Lyric Cinema, Brew’s Hill, Navan, Co. Meath
Architect: John F. McGahon & Son
Many cinemas in smaller urban centres in Ireland were designed in an Art Deco or early modernist style.
1943 – Former Munster & Leinster Bank, Inchicore, Dublin
Architect: McDonnell & Dixon
Former branch of the Munster &
1943 – Golden Falls Power Station, Co. Kildare
The hydroelectric development of the River Liffey comprises three stations, Pollaphuca,
1943 – National Concert Hall, Ormond Quay, Dublin
Architect: Daithi Hanly
A sketch design for a new National Concert Hall on the quays near the Four Courts.
1943 – Restaurant, Amiens Street Station, Dublin
During the Second World War, materials for new construction was sometimes scarce but Great Northern Railways saw fit to create this new buffet restaurant within their Dublin terminus.
1944 – Ffrench-Mullan House, Charlemont Street, Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott
Designed and built during The Emergency (Second World War),
1945 – Proposed Davis Memorial, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Architect: Raymond McGrath, Office of Public Works
Unconstructed design for a memorial for Thomas Davis in St.
1946 – Archer’s Garage, Fenian Street, Dublin
Architect: Arnold F. Hendy / Kaye-Parry, Ross & Hendy
Illegally demolished in 1999 over a long holiday weekend by property developer and hotel owner Noel O’Callaghan.
1947 – Former Aldephi Cinema, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Architect: Robinson & Keefe
Opened in 1947 as an entire entertainment complex,
1947 – Holiday Camp, Red Island, Skerries, Co. Dublin
Holiday camp constructed in the late 1940s and early 1950s by the Quinn family.
