1958 – Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Drimnagh, Co. Dublin
Architect: O’Connor & Aylward
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School opened in 1954 to serve the growing communities of Drimnagh and Walkinstown.
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 – Halycon Hotel, 11 South Anne Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick H. Corcoran
Small hotel, what would now be termed boutique in the centre of Dublin,
1958 – House, Carrickgolligan, Shankill, Co. Dublin
Architect: Luan P. Cuffe
On a sloping site, and later extended,
1958 – House, Leixlip, Co. Kildare
Architect: Desmond Ri O’Kelly & Raymond F. MacDonnell
Sited on columns,
1958 – House, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Architect: Frank Gibney
The architect and town planner Frank Gibney (1905-1978) was one of the most prolific housing designers of 20th century Ireland.
1958 – Petrol Filling Station, Rathmines, Dublin
Architect: O’Brien, Morris, & McCullough
The golden years of modernist filling stations in Ireland as the population entered the automobile age –
1958 – Social Housing, Dale View, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin
Architect: Daithi Hanly
A mixed development of semi-detached and terraced housing by Daithi Hanley who was with Dun Laoghaire Borough Council at this time.
