1958 – Fish Curing Plant, Galway
Architect: Piaras Beaumont, Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Shallow pitched roof modernism with vertical emphasis provided by the ice tower. The original stonework to the office building and the cantilevered roofs over the loading doors can still be seen but the tower was much altered before being removed complet
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1971 – St. Lawrence’s Church, Tynagh, Co. Galway
Architect: Seamus C. Shesgreen & Associates
A square church with a pyramidal roof and deeply recessed windows. The foundation stone for this church was blessed and placed on Sunday 6th December 1970 by the Bishop of Clonfert.
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1969 – Former Ryan’s Hotel, Old Dublin Rd., Galway
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
One of several large hotels constructed in a couple of years for the Ryan Hotel group by Stephenson Gibney & Associates. The Connacht Hotel was first opened in 1969 as The Galway Ryan Hot
https://www.archiseek.com/1969-former-ryans-hotel-old-dublin-rd-galway/
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1974 – Allied Irish Banks, Eyre Square, Galway
Architect: Colm Keogh, H.G. O'Connor Architects
Prefabricated concrete cladding on a corner site in the Eyre Square, Galway. Interesting approach to the parapet with the vertical elements continuing upwards and then just capped off with a
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1821 – Former St Nicholas’ Pro-Cathedral, Galway
Architect: James Cusack
"On Monday last, the first stone was laid in the foundation of a new Parish Chapel, on the site where the old one stood, in Middle Street, in the town. The day chosen for the purpose happening to be the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, the circumsta
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1959 – Community Centre, Roundstone, Co. Galway
Architect: Mary Joan Trimble
Modern community centre from the late 1950s on the shoreline at Roundstone in Co. Galway. Still standing today but in need of restorative work, the building features the use of local stone as decorative elements on the exterior.
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/1959-community-centre-roundstone-co-galway/
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