1958 – Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Drimnagh, Co. Dublin
Architect: O'Connor & Aylward

Drimnagh Castle Secondary School opened in 1954 to serve the growing communities of Drimnagh and Walkinstown. For a short time after the school opened, classes took place in the adjacent castle itself, until the current buildi
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1968 – Science Building, University College Dublin, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

The Science Block was completed in 1964 and was the first of the new buildings built on the Belfield campus.Parts of the building have been redeveloped, but two of
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1971 – The Paddocks, Ulverton Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin
Architect: Raymond F. MacDonnell

Collection of seven houses in a cul-de-sac sharing a common design language of elements. Although clearly related, they’re subtly different from each other. While some have been upgraded with garage conversions etc., the group as a
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1958 – House, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Architect: Frank Gibney

The architect and town planner Frank Gibney (1905-1978) was one of the most prolific housing designers of 20th century Ireland. Responsible for over five thousand local authority dwellings in every part of the country, his central concern was for human scale and good living standards and these two tenets
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1954 – House, Templeogue, Co. Dublin
Architect: Dermot O'Toole

Originally a small rural village outside the city, urban expansion of Dublin during the 1950s and 1960s absorbed Templeogue. The area is now largely all developer-led housing developments, mostly semi-detached. This flat-roofed house, with 3 bedrooms, is unusual for the time and area a
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1958 – House, Carrickgolligan, Shankill, Co. Dublin
Architect: Luan P. Cuffe

On a sloping site, and later extended, this house is cleverly designed - its relatively short and unobtrusive frontage to the public road belies the myriad of room functions contained within. Orientated to take advantage of the landscape, the living
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1953 – Chapel, Sisters of Charity Convent, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

Part of an extension to the convent at Rockfield, Blackrock. The sanctuary to the chapel is very similar in design to their chapel at Rossnowlagh friary of around the same time - the slight curvature of
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1955 – Interiors, The Punch Bowl, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Bertie Banahan

Interior redesign of local pub.
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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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1963 – St. Laurence’s Boys National School, Kilmacud, Co. Dublin
Architect: Basil Boyd Barrett, Office of Public Works

Although extended, the main portion of the building remains as completed in the early 1960s. Basil Boyd Barrett specialised in school building - he was chief sch
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