1953 – Calvary Hospital, Renmore, Co. Galway
Architect: Robinson, Keefe & Devane
Now known as Galvia Hospital,
1958 – Fish Curing Plant, Galway
Architect: Piaras Beaumont, Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Shallow pitched roof modernism with vertical emphasis provided by the ice tower.
1959 – Community Centre, Roundstone, Co. Galway
Architect: Mary Joan Trimble
Modern community centre from the late 1950s on the shoreline at Roundstone in Co.
1965 – Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway
Architect: John J. Robinson, Robinson Keefe & Devane
The last large Roman Catholic cathedral to be built in Ireland,
1968 – Our Lady of the Wayside, Creeragh, Co. Galway
Architect: Leo Mansfield
The Church was designed by Clifden architect Leo Mansfield (1934-98) and dedicated in 1968.
1969 – Former Ryan’s Hotel, Old Dublin Rd., Galway
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of several large hotels constructed in a couple of years for the Ryan Hotel group by Stephenson Gibney &
1971 – St. Lawrence’s Church, Tynagh, Co. Galway
Architect: Seamus C. Shesgreen & Associates
A square church with a pyramidal roof and deeply recessed windows.
1974 – Allied Irish Banks, Eyre Square, Galway
Architect: Colm Keogh, H.G. O’Connor Architects
Prefabricated concrete cladding on a corner site in the Eyre Square,
2001 – O’Donnell + Tuomey: Letterfrack Furniture College, County Galway
Some buildings have savage histories. Histories that can leave a place –
2003 – Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway
Architect: Murray O’Laoire Architects
The main goal of the project was to create a new structure with a stronger identity and a more contemporary,
