1965 – Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway
The last large Roman Catholic cathedral to be built in Ireland,
The last large Roman Catholic cathedral to be built in Ireland,
Formerly the Dublin City Architect, Daithi Hanly had resigned in the mid 1960s to conduct private practice.
Prefabricated concrete cladding on a corner site in the Eyre Square, Galway. Interesting approach to the parapet with the vertical elements continuing upwards and then just capped off with a horizontal slab which takes away from the form.
The Chapel of Reconciliation was the award winning entry of an architectural competition held in the autumn of 1989.
The Apparition Chapel is designed to seat 150 people and to house the tableau depicting the apparition of Our Lady at Knock on 21st August 1879.
The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63.
The main goal of the project was to create a new structure with a stronger identity and a more contemporary,
The library wall forms the backdrop to a new square and is made from Limestone,
The project seeks to respond to the cadence of the Sligo landscape. The landscape is characterised by the large scale of the horizons of Ben Bulben,