1952 – Former Blackwater Cottons Factory, Youghal, Co. Cork
Architect: Chillingworth & Levie
Corkman William Dwyer started a cloth manufacturing plant,
1952 – International Harvester, Santry, Co. Dublin
Architect: T.J. Cullen, Nolan & Quinlan
Also known as “Harvester’s Corner”,
1954 – McCairn’s Motors, Santry, Co. Dublin
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
During the early years of the Irish Republic,
1954 – Stewart & Lloyds, East Wall Road, Dublin
Architect: Patrick Hamilton, Michael Scott Architects
Small office building attached to a larger warehouse behind.
1954 – Sunbeam Wolsey Nylon Spinning, Blackpool, Cork
Architect: Buchan Kane Foley
Now largely unrecognisable, this is one of the last remnants of the vast Sunbeam Wolsey work in Blackpool,
1955 – Booth Poole & Co., Islandbridge, Dublin
Architect: Samuel J. Hurd, Hurd & Squire
The Government of the Irish Republic,
1955 – James Hennessy & Co., Davitt Rd., Crumlin, Dublin
Architect: J. Arthur Douglas & Associates
Fronting a large saw-toothed warehouse space with north facing windows,
1955 – VW Assembly Plant, Naas Road, Dublin
Architect: Nathaniel Martin / Beckett & Harrington
In June 1950,
1957 – Cadbury’s, Coolock, Dublin
Architect: C.J. Wilkinson
Cadbury’s was established in 1824 in Birmingham with its first Irish factory at Ossory Road,
1957 – Cyril Lord Carpet Factory, Donaghadee, Co. Down
Architect: McAlister, Mather & Partners
A factory built for textile entrepreneur Cyril Lord,
