1940 – Mount Melleray Abbey Church, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
Architect: Jones & Kelly
The monastery was founded on 30 May 1832 at Scrahan,
1940s – Basilica de Macarana, Seville, Spain
This 1940s church, which is home to the most adored religious image in all of Andalucía,
1943 – St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Cork
Architect: Dominic O’Connor
Unusual church embedded into the streetscape following existing parapet and street lines.
1945 – Church of the Sacred Heart, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
Architect: Ralph H. Byrne
Large Roman Catholic church that proclaims its position over the town and countryside.
1950 – Our Lady of the Rosary, Ennis Rd., Limerick
Architect: Corr & McCormick
This was the first completed work of Corr &
1952 – Chapel of Saint Saviour / Robert F. Carr Chapel, IIT, Chicago, USA
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
The chapel is Mies’s only building designed for religious services.
1952 – Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cook’s Creek, Manitoba
Architect: Fr. Philip Ruh
The Church of the Immaculate Conception or as it is popularly known,
1953 – Chapel, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin
Architect: Alan Hope
Cherry Orchard Fever Hospital was commissioned to replace the aging Cork Street Fever Hospital and opened in November 1953.
1953 – Chapel, Sisters of Charity Convent, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
Part of an extension to the convent at Rockfield,
1954 – Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
This is a singular work in Le Corbusier’s oeuvre in that it departs from his principles of standardisation and the machine aesthetic,
