1907 – Semi-detached Houses, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Architect: Francis G. Townsend
Design for a pair of semi-detached houses, obviously intended for affluent owners with a servant. F.G. Townsend was a local engineer, who was born in Abersychan, Wales, in 1875 or 1876. He came to Ireland in the later 1890s, to
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1869 – Brookfield Warehouse, 30 Donegall Street, Belfast
Architect: W.H. Lynn, Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon
The Brookfield Linen Company Ltd were flax spinners and power loom linen manufacturers and merchants who operated from their Donegall Street property fro
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1862 – Clontra, Shankill, Co. Dublin
Architect: Deane & Woodward
A small country house erected for James Anthony Lawson QC (1817-87), with the interior completed after the death of Benjamin Woodward in 1861. The exterior is of heavy, cut granite crowned with a steep, hipped, slate roof
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1967 – House, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down
Architect: Robert McKinstry & Associates
Holiday house designed to take in the scenic views of the Mourne Mountains though continuous strip windows and a walkout terrace on the upper floor.
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1965 – Presbyterian Church, Harmony Hill, Lisburn, Co. Antrim
Architect: Munce & Kennedy
The foundation stones for Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church were laid in September 1964. The church was formally opened by the Moderator, the Rev Dr James Dunlop on 29 May 1965. This church has been described as a te
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1971 – Housing, Mayfield, Cork
Architect: Delaney MacVeigh & Pike
Constructed by Sisk for the National Building Agency and designed by Delaney MacVeigh & Pike. Later involved in some controversy over build quality and high rents. There were five of the three-storey blocks around a grassy courtyard, with two-storey terraces surrounding.
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1953 – Nurses’ Home, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Michael Scott Architects
Two long low blocks, slightly offset with connecting social spaces, design as Nurses Home by the office of Michael Scott. Shallow pitch copper clad roofs. Still extant today but in use as administration facilities.
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1924 – Lady of Lourdes Church, Moneyglas, Toomebridge, Co. Antrim
Architect: John J. McDonnell, McDonnell, Lamont & McDonnell
The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1919 built to the designs of a well-regarded Belfast architect in a Victorian Gothic style. McDonnell produ
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1889 – Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast
Architect: William Redfern Kelly
By the mid-1870s the existing drydock, the Hamilton Graving Dock, was too small to deal with the increasing size and numbers of vessels being constructed at Harland & Wolff. Work began in 1885 on what would become Alexandra Graving Doc
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1892 – Bank of Ireland, Clones, Co. Monaghan
Architect: Millar & Symes
Attractive renaissance inspired bank branch – a substantial Victorian form conveying prestige and financial security. The coach-arch led to stables at the rear, the entire bay slightly recessed from the main facade. The architects Millar & Symes were responsib
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1931 – Royal Bank, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: Bradbury & Evans
Demolished but described by Rothery as a good example of “the application of a 'modern' and Art Deco0inspired, look to a stripped Classical elevation". A centrally placed entrance, in a mainly brick elevation, led to a top lit banking hall. The entran
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1917 – Third Premiated Entry for NUI Senate House, Dublin
Architect: Edwin Bradbury
Third placed entry for a new university senate for the National University of Ireland on the corner of Merrion Square at Fitzwilliam and Mount Streets. Received a premium of £50.
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1917 – Second Premiated Entry for NUI Senate House, Dublin
Architect: O'Callaghan & Webb
Second placed entry for a new office building and university senate for the National University of Ireland. The site was on the corner of Merrion Square at Fitzwilliam and Mount Street
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1923 – Design for Municipal Buildings and Town Hall, Cork
Architect: Jones & Kelly
The winning design, estimated to cost approximately £120,000, in the architectural competition for Municipal Buildings and Town Hall for Cork. The second premium of £200 was awarded to Donnell & Dixon, 20, Ely Place, Dublin, and the third premium of £100 to W.H. Byr
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1923 – Unbuilt Design for Church, Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan
Architect: Rudolph Maximilian Butler
Unbuilt design for church in the small village near Monaghan. Described in The Builder, December 14, 1923, as "Funds being insufficient to build a new church, it was decided to convert the old ea
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1962 – Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast
Architect: Frank Gibbberd
Design unveiled in 1957 - the 500-bed hospital opened in 1962. Described at the time of the images release: "The buildings which form the main hospital block are grouped in a cellular pattern around three garden courts. Although the bloc
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1896 – Brownswood, Co. Wexford
Architect: William Wallace
An eclectic brick and Drumfries red stone confection designed for Baroness Gray (formerly Mrs James McLaren Smith, later 19th Baroness Gray in 1895 after the death of her uncle, and the mother of Eileen Gray). Sold in the 1920s it has been used for a variety
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1906 – Annaginny Lodge, Newmills, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Fryers & Penman
Originally a Georgian house that was destroyed by fire in the late 19th century. Rebuilt in a half-timbered style over a stone ground floor by Scottish architects Fryers & Penman for Major Robert H. Howard. The design was publ
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1960 – Outlook House, Holywood, Co. Down
Architect: Ian Campbell
Later extended - according to Campbell’s obituary in the 'RIBA Journal', he and his wife lived in a caravan in the car park at the front of their office while they built this, their house 'Outlook' on a site overlooking Belfast Lough. In different stages of complet
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1956 – Civic Centre, Holywood, Co. Down
Architect: Munce & Kennedy
Civic centre including library, a maternity and child welfare clinic, council chamber, and a public hall for 500 designed in the late 1940s for Holywood Co. Down. Built in two stages. According to The Builder "The immediate problem was one of circulation and access, and
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