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Architecture of Leinster

28 March 2008
1973 – River House, 21/25 Chancery Street, Dublin

1973 – River House, 21/25 Chancery Street, Dublin

Architect: Patrick J. Sheahan & Partners Formerly the Motor Tax office, now empty, and possibly awaiting demolition. Abhorantly ugly development that was slated for demolition and redevelopment into an even more horrible building....

27 January 2010
1973 – St Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1973 – St Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Architect: C.J. McCarthy / Sean Rothery, Pearse McKenna, Naois O’Dowd In 1968, the fine Gothic church design by Dublin City Architect C.J. MaCarthy, himself the son of leading church architect J.J. McCarthy, burned...

28 January 2010
1973 – St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton, Co. Dublin

1973 – St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton, Co. Dublin

Architect: Robinson Keefe Devane Modern catholic church built to cater for the expanding population of the village and area in the 1970s. St Fintans is a stark excample of churches from the period...

15 August 2010
1974 – Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin

1974 – Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin

Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates Massive and obtrusive, Agriculture house is a large office block of concrete aggregate panels shoehorned into a tight site on Kildare Street. Replacing several older buildings, there is...

07 July 2010
1974 – College House, Townsend Street, Dublin

1974 – College House, Townsend Street, Dublin

Architect: Sir Thomas Bennett / Henry J. Lyons and Partners One of the ugliest buildings to grace the city centre of Dublin, College House is a grim concrete slab with no redeeming features.

01 April 2013
1975c – ILAC Centre, Moore St., Dublin

1975c – ILAC Centre, Moore St., Dublin

Unbuilt proposal for the Moore Street facade of the Irish Life constructed shopping mall known as the ILAC – Irish Life Assurance Company. The properties in the area had been acquired over many...

20 January 2010
1978 – Allied Irish Banks Headquarters, Merrion Road, Dublin

1978 – Allied Irish Banks Headquarters, Merrion Road, Dublin

Architect: Robinson Keefe Devane A commercial headquarters on a US model with its heavily landscaped grounds, the AIB Bankgroup building was developed on lands belonging to the Royal Dublin Society across the road....

19 February 2010
1978 – Bank of Ireland, Baggot Street, Dublin

1978 – Bank of Ireland, Baggot Street, Dublin

Architect: Scott Tallon Walker The Bank of Ireland in Baggot Street is most notable for two things other than its architecture: the amount or Bronze Manganese used in its construction – a commonly...

23 April 2010
1978 – Clancourt, Mount Street, Dublin

1978 – Clancourt, Mount Street, Dublin

Architect: Austin Murray Grotesquely offensive scheme whose long bland elevations and repetitive detailing do much to deaden Mount Street.