Desmond Hodges (1928-2012)
Born in Dublin, the son of the Bishop of Limerick and attended St Columba’s, Rathfarnham. He became an apprentice with an architectural firm that specialised in the restoration of 18th century buildings and on qualifying, practised in Belfast before applying for the job of director of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee (ENTCC), the body that revitalised and refurbished some of the grandest squares in the New Town.
Architect: Desmond Hodges & Ian Campbell
A modern church with parish hall in what was then a newer suburb of Belfast.