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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 (1948-68) after winning the competition for a new church at Ennistymon in 1947 and continued to specialise in church design and construction. Formed McCormick Tracey Mullarkey in 1968 and continued to be distinguished in church design until retiring in 1982. He received the RIAI Gold Medal in 1971.

1967 – St. Aengus’ Church, Burt, Co. Donegal

Architect: Liam McCormick

The eminent Donegal architect Liam McCormick designed St. Aengus’ Church or “˜Burt Chapel’ as it is locally known during the period of 1964-67.

Dream buildings, drawn in bed

Liam McCormick (1916-1996) was close to being Ireland’s Alvar Aalto. Like the great Finnish architect, he was a committed but not doctrinaire modernist who found inspiration in the context of place and produced some of the finest buildings of the 20th century,

North by northwest, a celebration of Liam McCormick

Liam McCormick, regarded as the “father of modern church architecture in Ireland”, was a giant of Irish architecture throughout the second half of the 20th century and one of only a handful of Irish architects to attract an international reputation.

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