1964 – Atlantic Hotel, Kilkee, Co. Clare
Large 95-bedroom hotel on the Atlantic coastline built by a Dutch company and financed by Irish Life and Bord Failte.
1964 – Silver Springs Hotel, Cork
Architect: Clifford Smith & Newenham
The Silver Springs Hotel,
1965 – Trident Hotel, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Architect: Clifford Smith & Newenham
Originally the site of an 18th-century Royal Navy Dockyard,
1966 – The Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Originally known as the Mount Brandon Hotel,
1967 – Former Hotel, Castlefreke, Co. Cork
Architect: Klaus Kirsten, Kirsten & Nather
A modern hotel,
1968 – Former Ryan’s Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of several large sprawling hotels for the Ryan Hotel group by Stephenson Gibney &
1969 – Clarion Inn Hotel, Kenora, Ontario
Architect: M. MacLeod
Interesting form but could have benefited from some extra storeys in height to make the proportions more pleasing.
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 &
1969 – Óstán na Rosann, Dungloe, Co. Donegal
Architect: Carr Sweeney O’Farrell
Feel the white heat of a modernising Ireland in this cheerful John Hinde postcard.
1969 – The Ardree Hotel, Waterford
Opened in the 1960s, the hotel had 160 beds and was the premier destination for visitors to the city for many years.
