1963 – Cannock’s Department Store, Limerick
Architect: John C. Thompson
Cannock’s department store was a mecca for Limerick shoppers until its sad decline and closure in the 1980s.
Cannock’s department store was a mecca for Limerick shoppers until its sad decline and closure in the 1980s.
Said to be inspired by the Catholic cathedral of Coventry, England, the Church of the Immaculate Conception &
An expressive hyperbolic paraboloid-roofed Catholic church built 1963-65 for the Dominican order. Designed by John Thompson (1917-88) working in collaboration with Father Phillip Pollock,
Replacing a church constructed in 1802, this church was dedicated on 2nd May 1971 by the local bishop.