1895 – Post Office, Anne Street, Wexford
Architect: Board of Public Works
Date stone 1894, but opened in 1895. Finished with brick with moulded brick decoration and terracotta date stone now minus it's Queen Victoria cipher.
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1958 – Soil Research Station, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford
Architect: Sidney Maskell, Office of Public Works
Analysis labs and extended facilities at the Teagasc complex at Johnstown Castle. The centre conducts research on soils, nutrient efficiency, recovery and losses; air and water
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1957 – National School, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Basil Boyd Barrett, Office of Public Works
Now extended to the rear, the original work of the Chief Schools Architect to the Office of Public Works is still discernable. Basil Boyd Barrett worked for the OPW from 1934
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1901 – Post Office, Westport, Co. Mayo
Architect: J. Howard Pentland, Board of Public Works
Domestically scaled post office - the large semi-circular windows of the public office and the rock faced limestone are particularly attractive aspects of the design.
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Architect: J. Howard Pentland, Board of Public Works Domestically scaled post office - the large semi-circular windows of the public office and the rock faced limestone are particularly attractive aspects of the design.
1969 – National Gallery Extension, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Frank du Berry, Office of Public Works
An extension added to the north side of the National Gallery in the late 1960s by the Office of Public Works. A plain stone-clad box externally, its most dram
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Architect: Frank du Berry, Office of Public Works An extension added to the north side of the National Gallery in the late 1960s by the Office of Public Works. A plain stone-clad box externally, its most dramatic feature is the fabulous curving and cantilevered staircase running the height of the building, toplit allowing light to
1966 – Thomas Davis Memorial, College Green, Dublin
Sculptor: Edward DelaneyArchitect: Frank duBerry, Office of Public Works
The memorial is the work of sculptor Edward Delaney with further design by Frank du Berry of the OPW. The bronze sculpture stands facing
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Sculptor: Edward Delaney Architect: Frank duBerry, Office of Public Works The memorial is the work of sculptor Edward Delaney with further design by Frank du Berry of the OPW. The bronze sculpture stands facing his former university on a granite pedestal accompanied by an adjoining fountain with four trumpet-blowing heralds representing the four provinces of
1953 – Telephone Exchange, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Architect: Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan, Office of Public Works
Large square block with lower ancillary accommodation, at telephone exchange built for the Department of Post & Telegraphs. The architects Seymour Ri
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Architect: Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan, Office of Public Works Large square block with lower ancillary accommodation, at telephone exchange built for the Department of Post & Telegraphs. The architects Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan of the Office of Public Works were responsible for many smaller projects including post offices or telephone exchanges around Ireland.
1956 – Shelter, Peoples Park, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: Raymond McGrath, Office of Public Works
A curvilinear profile on a rectangular plan, the shelter by Raymond McGrath is often overlooked in the park. A concrete structure, the inner rear wall is finished with stone.
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Architect: Raymond McGrath, Office of Public Works A curvilinear profile on a rectangular plan, the shelter by Raymond McGrath is often overlooked in the park. A concrete structure, the inner rear wall is finished with stone.
1954 – Telephone Exchange, Foxrock, Co. Dublin
Architect: Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan, Office of Public Works
Telephone exchange built for the Department of Post & Telegraphs. A low-key modernist building with a shallow roof profile clad with copper. The architects Seymour Rice
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Architect: Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan, Office of Public Works Telephone exchange built for the Department of Post & Telegraphs. A low-key modernist building with a shallow roof profile clad with copper. The architects Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan of the Office of Public Works were responsible for many smaller projects including post offices or
1952 – Irish Pavilion, Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany
Archiseek: Gerald McNicholl, Office of Public Works
The Irish Pavilion at the Frankfurt Trade Fair was intended to develop industrial exports to Western Germany and the continental markets. The Pavilion was utilised by Irish firms during the Spring
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Archiseek: Gerald McNicholl, Office of Public Works The Irish Pavilion at the Frankfurt Trade Fair was intended to develop industrial exports to Western Germany and the continental markets. The Pavilion was utilised by Irish firms during the Spring and Autumn Fairs. Designed by Gerald McNicholl of the Office of Public Works, later its Principal Architect
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