1978 – O2 (Formerly Bord na Mona), Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Designed as the headquarters of Bord Na Mona,
1978 – Pennys, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: W.H. Byrne & Son
Former British Home Stores department store constructed on the site of the still-missed Metropole and Capitol Cinemas.
1978 – St Patrick’s Church, Eskra, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Carr Sweeney O’Farrell
On 20 August 1978 the present St.
1979 – Andersonstown Leisure Centre, Belfast
Architect: Daniel J. MacRandal
The original Andersonstown Leisure Centre building was designed by architect D.J.
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’.
1979 – Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: OMA
Design submitted to architectural competition for an Official residence of the Irish Prime Minister.
1979 – Marks & Spencer, Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker
Grim department store with equally grim frontage onto nearby Liffey and Abbey Streets.
1979 – New Ireland Assurance Offices, Cavendish Row, Dublin
Architect: Campbell Conroy Hickey
“New Ireland Assurance Co Ltd topped out their latest property investment in Dublin last month at 7/8 Cavendish Row,
1979 – School of Agriculture, University College Dublin
Architect: Rooney Associates
A strong, muscular almost brutalist facade treatment gives the Agriculture building a stern and forbidding appearance.
1979 – Shortlisted Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: Lindsay Johnston
One of 15 entries shortlisted from 98 submissions to design a residence for An Taoiseach and state guesthouse at the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
