1913 – Baldoyle Racecourse, Dublin
Architect: Batchelor & Hicks
Illustration from The Building News showing the reinforced concrete stand under construction, Designed by Messrs.
1947 – The Submarine Bar, Crumlin, Dublin
Architect: T.P. Kennedy and Dermot O’Toole
Opened as Mills, later known as The Submarine Bar. Originally the structure included accommodation for the publican.
1936 – Leinster Cinema, Dolphins Barn, Dublin
Architect: Robinson & Keefe
Opened late 1936 and was designed to seat 1250 patrons. Opened by the Lord Mayor Alfie Byrne,
1870s – Arnott’s, Henry Street, Dublin
Architect: G.P Beater
Like others of the Dublin department stores of its era, the original Arnott’s started life as a brick faced building that was later extended and stuccoed over to present a consistent facade.
1880s – Carleton’s, No.33 Westmoreland Street, Dublin
Extensive drapers store with a manufactory on Castle Street. Described in a visitor book on Dublin: “No visitor to Dublin should neglect a visit to the well stored and handsome premises of Mr Carleton in Westmoreland street”.
1927 – The Plaza, Middle Abbey St., Dublin
Architect: Donnelly Moore & Keatinge
A large canopy over the entrance signaled the Plaza, an entertainment complex built after the reconstruction of the area post 1916.
1882 – Exhibition of Arts & Manufactures, Rotunda Gardens, Dublin
Architect: George C. Ashlin
A smaller exhibition held in the gardens of the Rotunda Hospital. The manufactured good were mainly of the cottage craft industry while the artistic works exhibited were mainly by Irish artists.
1890s – Findlater’s, Nos.30-31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan
Former store belonging to the celebrated Dublin grocery chain Alex Findlater & Co. Extended over many years into the adjacent buildings.
1931 – Wiggins Teape, East Wall Dublin
Architect: Samuel Stevenson & Sons
Originally a factory for Fry-Cadbury and later Wiggins Teape, this large 1930s complex was demolished in 2001.
1900 – No.65 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Charles Ashworth
Originally the Alliance and Gas Companies Showrooms, later the Dublin Gas Company. Later still it was part of the Woolworths store next door.
