1937 – Library, Drumcondra, Dublin
Architect: Robert S. Lawrie
One of four public libraries built during 1937 by Dublin Corporation in the suburbs of Phibsborough,
1937 – Ringsend Public Library, Dublin
Architect: Robert S. Lawrie
One of four public libraries built during the period 1937 by Dublin Corporation in the suburbs of Phibsborough,
1937 – St Peter and Paul’s Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Ralph H. Byrne
This imposing if somewhat bland-looking church, sometimes mistaken for a cathedral, was designed by Ralph Byrne and completed in 1937.
1937 – Technical College, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Still in use today but as part of a larger campus. Unusual design with a classically inspired pediment on the main door surround,
1937 – Tullamore General Hospital, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: Scott & Good
Scott’s hospital at Tullamore, although faced with traditional limestone masonry, has a very strong horizontal linearity and glazed stairwell that show a Dutch Modernist influence in the massing and the use of a round bay in the centre of the main block.
1937 – War Memorial Reading Room, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Thomas Manly Deane
Small classically inspired reading room, connected by tunnel to the Long Library and intended for the use of Postgraduate students.
1938 – County Hospital, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Architect: John F. McGahon & Son
Built on the site of the old county gaol and incorporating some of the footprint of the demolished building.
1938 – Former Aldephi Cinema, Abbey Street, Dublin
Architect: W.R. Glen
Open until the early 1990s, the Adelphi was demolished and part of its façade retained to provide car parking for the expanded Arnott’s Department Store.
1938 – Former Classic Cinema, Terenure, Dublin
Former cinema, now like many in the suburbs, used as a commercial premises. The building along with a smaller light industrial premises alongside has Art Deco touches.
1938 – Irish Sweepstakes Building, Ballsbridge, Co. Dublin
Architect: Robinson & Keefe
Office complex built in 1937-38 as the administration centre of the world wide business (and possibly world wide con job) that was the Irish Sweepstakes.
