1965 – Bank of Ireland, Coolock, Co. Dublin
Designed by Lardner &
Designed by Lardner &
Miesian infill from Robin Walker of Michael Scott &
Engineers’ offices for M/s A. Guinness Son & Co., constructed by G.
Fitzwilliam Street once the longest expanse of intact Georgian architecture anywhere in the world was destroyed in the 1960s when the ESB a supposedly responsible semi-state body wantonly demolished twelve of the houses.
Until 2021 in use as a branch of Bank of Ireland,
Built to replace the clubhouse of 1936 and designed by architect Desmond Ri O’Kelly who was a member and captain in 1960-61.
Definitely not the most popular building in Dublin but for many years it was the tallest,
An expressive hyperbolic paraboloid-roofed Catholic church built 1963-65 for the Dominican order.
A central hub for blending,
Described by Frank McDonald in ‘The Destruction of Dublin’