Liam McCormick (1916-96)

Studied at Liverpool University, graduating 1943, before working as an architect and planner at the Ballymena Urban District Council. Established Corr and McCormick with Frank Corr after winning the competition for a new church at Ennistymon in 1947 and continued to specialise in church design and construction. In 1968 after a bitter disagreement with Corr, founded Liam McCormick and Partners. McCormick continued to be distinguished in church design until retiring in 1982. He received the RIAI Gold Medal in 1971 for Burt chapel. After expansion in the 1970s the practice name changed to McCormick Tracey Mullarkey Architects, when Tom Mullarkey became partner in the firm.