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,
1954 – Church of Our Lady and St Michael, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Architect: Liam McCormick, Corr & McCormick
The church that launched a career.
1954 – Mortuary Chapel, Naas, Co. Kildare
Architect: Andrew Devane, Robinson, Keefe & Devane
From a souvenir book published by the Leinster Leader for the opening of the chapel.
1954 – Stella Maris Church, Rosguill, Co. Donegal
Architect: Brendan O’Connor
Designed to seat 300, this small modern church,
1956 – All Saints Church, Drimoleague, Co. Cork
Architect: Frank Murphy
Very much a local landmark, the massive church was built between 1954 and 1956 of concrete and limestone.
1956 – Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona
Architect: Anshen & Allen
Built on a twin pinnacled spur about 250 feet high,
1956 – Church of the Immaculate Conception, Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Architect: Simon Leonard, William H. Byrne & Son
Unattractive church from the 1950s,
1956 – Presbyterian Church, Rathcoole, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert J. McKinstry
Rathcoole Housing Estate was one of the first large-scale housing schemes in Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 50s.
1956 – St. Gabriel’s Church, Clontarf, Dublin
Architect: Peppard & Duffy
Peppard & Duffy produced a couple of churches for the Dublin archdiocese in the 1950s.
1957 – Augustinian Professorium, Ballyboden, Co. Dublin.
Architect: McCormack Keane
Religious campus that was built around an existing house,
