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1958 – Aer Lingus, No. 42 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

Stylish shop front to travel booking office for Aer Lingus. The design cleverly incorporates the access to the upper floors while keep the whole look as bright, airy, and minimalist. The small projecting displa
https://www.archiseek.com/1958-aer-lingus-no-42-grafton-street-dublin/
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1960 – Proposed Hotel, Collinstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates

Design for hotel for Collinstown, so presumedly at Dublin Airport. Stephenson Gibney did eventually design a hpotel for the airport which opened in 1972.
https://www.archiseek.com/1960-proposed-hotel-collinstown-co-dublin/
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1960 – Proposed Hotel, Collinstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates

Design for hotel for Collinstown, so presumedly at Dublin Airport. Stephenson Gibney did eventually design a hpotel for the airport which opened in 1972.
https://www.archiseek.com/1960-proposed-hotel-collinstown-co-dublin/
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1963 – Filling Station, Merrion Road, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery

Montgomery was responsible for a few filling stations for Shell around Dublin. They had similar characteristics - long flat roofed buildings with clerestory windows, simple signage, and the maintenance or lubrication bay wit
https://www.archiseek.com/1963-filling-station-merrion-road-dublin/
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1969 – Church of St Laurence O’Toole, Kilmacud, Co. Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates

In the early 1960's the chapel in Kilmacud was proving to be much too small for the growing population, and it was recognised that a new church was needed. The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity do
https://www.archiseek.com/1969-church-of-st-laurence-otoole-kilmacud-co-dublin/
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1965 – Bank of Ireland, Coolock, Co. Dublin
Architect: Lardner & Partners / Kenneth Kiersey

Designed by Lardner & Partners in conjunction with Kenneth Kiersey who was head architect of Bank of Ireland Group.
https://www.archiseek.com/1965-bank-of-ireland-coolock-co-dublin/
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1965 – Bank of Ireland, Coolock, Co. Dublin
Architect: Lardner & Partners / Kenneth Kiersey

Designed by Lardner & Partners in conjunction with Kenneth Kiersey who was head architect of Bank of Ireland Group.
https://www.archiseek.com/1965-bank-of-ireland-coolock-co-dublin/
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1962 – Drive-In Bank of Ireland, Raheny, Co. Dublin
Architect: Kenneth Kiersey

Built as a drive-in bank with a driver accessible hatch behind the internal counter. Still in use by Bank of Ireland today, however the car facility is gone, with the internal space expanded to enclose the area. The architect Ken
https://www.archiseek.com/1962-drive-in-bank-of-ireland-raheny-co-dublin/
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1962 – Drive-In Bank of Ireland, Raheny, Co. Dublin
Architect: Kenneth Kiersey

Built as a drive-in bank with a driver accessible hatch behind the internal counter. Still in use by Bank of Ireland today, however the car facility is gone, with the internal space expanded to enclose the area. The architect Ken
https://www.archiseek.com/1962-drive-in-bank-of-ireland-raheny-co-dublin/
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1962 – Drive-In Bank of Ireland, Raheny, Co. Dublin
Architect: Kenneth Kiersey

Built as a drive-in bank with a driver accessible hatch behind the internal counter. Still in use by Bank of Ireland today, however the car facility is gone, with the internal space expanded to enclose the area. The architect Ken
https://www.archiseek.com/1962-drive-in-bank-of-ireland-raheny-co-dublin/
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1962 – Drive-In Bank of Ireland, Raheny, Co. Dublin
Architect: Kenneth Kiersey

Built as a drive-in bank with a driver accessible hatch behind the internal counter. Still in use by Bank of Ireland today, however the car facility is gone, with the internal space expanded to enclose the area. The architect Ken
https://www.archiseek.com/1962-drive-in-bank-of-ireland-raheny-co-dublin/
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1962 – Drive-In Bank of Ireland, Raheny, Co. Dublin
Architect: Kenneth Kiersey

Built as a drive-in bank with a driver accessible hatch behind the internal counter. Still in use by Bank of Ireland today, however the car facility is gone, with the internal space expanded to enclose the area. The architect Ken
https://www.archiseek.com/1962-drive-in-bank-of-ireland-raheny-co-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1962 #BankOfIreland #banks #CoDublin #Kenneth #KennethKiersey #Raheny

1958 – Elephant House, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

Double height modernist building designed as an enclosure for elephants. It was intended as a replacement for the old giraffe house which had previously been used. Animal welfare was different at thi
https://www.archiseek.com/1958-elephant-house-dublin-zoo-phoenix-park-dublin/
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1958 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery

Wainsfort Filling Station, designed by architect and poet Niall Montgomery at a time when companies were increasingly aware of their visual appearance and identity.
https://www.archiseek.com/1958-filling-station-fortfield-rd-terenure-dublin/
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1958 – Filling Station, Fortfield Rd, Terenure, Dublin
Architect: Niall Montgomery

Wainsfort Filling Station, designed by architect and poet Niall Montgomery at a time when companies were increasingly aware of their visual appearance and identity.
https://www.archiseek.com/1958-filling-station-fortfield-rd-terenure-dublin/
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1890 – Former DMP Station & Barrack, Chapelizod, Dublin
Part of D Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. The Arts and Crafts style of this former police station is expressed in the chimneystacks, the shape of the window openings, and the fine limestone entrance arch. Recently a residential care home.

https://www.archiseek.com/1890-former-dmp-station-barrack-chapelizod-dublin/
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1890 – Former DMP Station & Barrack, Chapelizod, Dublin
Part of D Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. The Arts and Crafts style of this former police station is expressed in the chimneystacks, the shape of the window openings, and the fine limestone entrance arch. Recently a residential care home.

https://www.archiseek.com/1890-former-dmp-station-barrack-chapelizod-dublin/
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1896 – Tearooms, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: James H. Owen, Board of Public Works

Small timbered tearoom with a tiled roof. The original verandah has now been absorbed into the internal space. The original intention is visible inside where the original external wall and windows are now an interna
https://www.archiseek.com/tearooms-phoenix-park-dublin/
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1896 – Tearooms, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: James H. Owen, Board of Public Works

Small timbered tearoom with a tiled roof. The original verandah has now been absorbed into the internal space. The original intention is visible inside where the original external wall and windows are now an interna
https://www.archiseek.com/tearooms-phoenix-park-dublin/
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1896 – Tearooms, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: James H. Owen, Board of Public Works

Small timbered tearoom with a tiled roof. The original verandah has now been absorbed into the internal space. The original intention is visible inside where the original external wall and windows are now an interna
https://www.archiseek.com/tearooms-phoenix-park-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1896 #BoardOfPublicWorksOfficeOfPublicWorks #Dublin #JamesHOwen182291 #PhoenixParkDublin #tearooms

1896 – Tearooms, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: James H. Owen, Board of Public Works

Small timbered tearoom with a tiled roof. The original verandah has now been absorbed into the internal space. The original intention is visible inside where the original external wall and windows are now an interna
https://www.archiseek.com/tearooms-phoenix-park-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1896 #BoardOfPublicWorksOfficeOfPublicWorks #Dublin #JamesHOwen182291 #PhoenixParkDublin #tearooms

1896 – Tearooms, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: James H. Owen, Board of Public Works

Small timbered tearoom with a tiled roof. The original verandah has now been absorbed into the internal space. The original intention is visible inside where the original external wall and windows are now an interna
https://www.archiseek.com/tearooms-phoenix-park-dublin/
#ArchitectureOfDublinCity #1896 #BoardOfPublicWorksOfficeOfPublicWorks #Dublin #JamesHOwen182291 #PhoenixParkDublin #tearooms

1889 – Royal Bank of Ireland, No.54 Baggot Street, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan

Demolished to make way for the Bank of Ireland headquarters, now known as Miesian Plaza. The photograph from the Dublin City Collection shows it just prior to demolition for
https://www.archiseek.com/1889-royal-bank-of-ireland-no-54-baggot-street-dublin/
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1897 – 15 Ely Place, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Manly Deane

Designed by Thomas Manly Deane as a home for himself, 'rebuilt in a decidedly picturesque manner' according to the Irish Builder. Used by the Royal Hibernian Academy in the years after 1939 before it was demolished in the early 1970s to make way
https://www.archiseek.com/1897-15-ely-place-dublin/
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1979 – Shortlisted Design for Taoiseach’s Residence, Dublin
Architect: Lindsay Johnston

One of 15 entries shortlisted from 98 submissions to design a residence for An Taoiseach and state guesthouse at the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/1979-shortlisted-design-for-taoiseachs-residence-dublin/
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1860s – LNWR Warehouse, North Wall Quay, Dublin
After the London and North Western Railway Company moved its Irish terminus from Dun Laoghaire to North Wall Quay in 1861, they also constructed several warehouses. This large one just west of the station also included the Gilbeys Bonded Warehouse to t
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/building-north-wall-quay-dublin/
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1959 – Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Dame Street, Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson

New modern facade placed on four existing buildings including their own 1936 head office designed by Vincent Downes. Now refaced in a pastiche style. The Insura
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/1959-insurance-corporation-of-ireland-dame-street-dublin/
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1898 – Proposed Additions to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Drew

"The addition which are now contemplated are not without some connexion with its original scheme, uncompleted since its first design in the thirteenth century." Designed by Sir Thomas Drew,
https://www.archiseek.com/2015/1898-proposed-additions-to-st-patricks-cathedral-dublin/
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1901 – Design for Dublin Bread Company. O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: George F. Beckett

"This building has recently been erected in Sackville-street, Dublin. It was found necessary to build the front in the form of two distinct houses, in order to preserve the lines
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/1901-design-for-dublin-bread-company-oconnell-st-dublin/
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