1953 – Synagogue, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Wilfrid Cantwell
At one time, in the 1950s, there were between 4,000 and 5,000 Jews living in Ireland,
Wilfrid Cantwell (1921-2001)
Studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology, graduating in 1944. Worked with Michael Scott on Busaras and J. N. Kidney before practising privately. After 1976 he specialised as a consultant in church design and in the legal aspects of building. Founder member and Chairman of the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and former President of the RIAI (1966-7).
Wilfrid Cantwell on Michael Scott & Busáras
Interview with Wilfrid Cantwell, at his home, 12 March 1996, about Michael Scott and Busaras.
I qualified in architecture in 1944 from UCD.
