1958 – Soil Research Station, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford
Architect: Sidney Maskell, Office of Public Works
Analysis labs and extended facilities at the Teagasc complex at Johnstown Castle.
1958 – St. Columcille’s Church, Kells, Co. Meath
Architect: Simon Leonard, W.H. Byrne & Son
St. Colmcille’s Church was built between 1958 and 1960 and replaced an older church on the same site.
1958 – Technical School, Garristown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Brendan O’Connor
A small modern technical school erected on a tight budget for the VEC.
1959 – Boland’s Biscuits, Deansgrange, Co. Dublin
Architect: Samuel Stevenson & Sons
A new factory designed to replace their old premises at Grand Canal Dock.
1959 – Brown & Polson / Knorr, Davitt Road, Inchicore, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Scott, Michael Scott & Associates
Brown &
1959 – Cerebral Palsy Clinic & School, Sandymount, Dublin
Architect: Brendan O’Connor
The National Association for Cerebral Palsy Ireland (C.P.I.) moved from their first home in Bull Alley to a large house on Sandymount Avenue in 1953.
1959 – Dublin Bus, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Brendan Ellis & G.P. O’Shea
A modern infill building on the western side of O’Connell Street,
1959 – Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including the previous head office of 1936 designed by Vincent Downes for the same company.
1959 – North Terminal, Dublin Airport
Architect: Leo M. Carroll, Department of Transport and Power
Interesting little mid-century modern building with sculpted roof profile.
1959 – Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., 10-12 Trinity Street, Dublin
Costructed on the site of the Sun Alliance offices which had been designed by G.C.
