Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architectural partnership, of Dublin, which came into being in 1925, when JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON  JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON and RICHARD CYRIL KEEFE  RICHARD CYRIL KEEFE split away from the partnership of DONNELLY MOORE KEEFE & ROBINSON  DONNELLY MOORE KEEFE & ROBINSON to set up their own practice at 8 Merrion Square. They were joined in the partnership by Robinson's son Patrick J. Robinson in 1945 and by Andrew D. Devane by the beginning of the following year, after which the practice was known as ROBINSON KEEFE & DEVANE. ROBINSON KEEFE & DEVANE. (1) Both Robinson and Keefe died in 1965, but the practice which bears their names has continued to the present day (2001).

The association between Robinson and Keefe originated in 1912, when they formed their original partnership, known as KEEFE & ROBINSON KEEFE & ROBINSON . Early in the First World War Keefe joined the Army Service Corps and was sent to France. In about 1916, while the war was still in progress, Keefe and Robinson formed an association with ROBERT DONNELLY  ROBERT DONNELLY and JAMES MOORE JAMES MOORE , who were also on active service. After the war, in the spring of 1919, the four men moved from their respective offices in Nassau Street and Fleet Street to American Chambers, 14 Lower Sackville Street, and practised as Donnelly, Moore, Keefe & Robinson until 1925. Pupils and assistants in the office of Robinson & Keefe included THOMAS JOHN CARBERRY THOMAS JOHN CARBERRY , JOHN O'GORMAN  JOHN O'GORMAN and EDWIN WILLIAM SQUIRE. EDWIN WILLIAM SQUIRE. (2)

Address: 8 Merrion Square, 1925-1947.

See WORKS; see also works of RICHARD CYRIL KEEFE RICHARD CYRIL KEEFE , JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON  JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON and ROBINSON KEEFE & DEVANE. ROBINSON KEEFE & DEVANE.



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(1) The firm is referred to as Robinson Keefe & Devane in IB 88, 22 Jan 1946, 22.
(2) For O'Gorman's opinion of their work see Sean Rothery, Ireland and the New Architecture 1900-1940 (1991), 122-3.


105 work entries listed in chronological order for ROBINSON & KEEFE


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHANCERY STREET, NO. 019-20
Date: 1924
Nature: Reconstruction.
Refs: IB 66, 13 Dec 1924, 1057

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHANCERY LANE, NO. 013 & 14
Date: 1925
Nature: Demolition and rebuilding, for W.J. O'Hara.
Refs: IB 67, 26 Dec 1925, 1053; 68, 3 Apr 1926, 261

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHFARNHAM, CASTLE GOLF CLUB
Date: 1925-26
Nature: New club house.. Rough cast concrete cavity walls'  'distinctly Italian in feeling'.   Started July 1925; finished about Jun 1926.    Opened by Lord Glenavy, 21 Aug 1926.   Contractors: J.F. Keatinge & Sons, 42 Grafton St.
Refs: IB 67, 30 May 1925, 446;  Irish Times, 26 Aug 1926 (illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HAROLD'S CROSS ROAD, NO. 380-390 (CLARNICO-MURRAY FACTORY)
Date: 1926;1947-48;1954
Nature: New sweet factory. Designed by Keefe, according to McCaffrey. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton. New brick chimney stack, 1947-48. Lavatory extension, 1954.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0402, 0455; IB 68, 4 Sep 1926, 681; obituary of Keefe by Roderick McCaffrey in RIAI Year Book 1967, 19-20

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHANCERY STREET, NO. 019-21
Date: 1927
Nature: 3-storey building in course of erection for W.J. O'Hara, tea, wine and spirit merchant.. Contractor: Bolger, Ardee ST.
Refs: IB 69, 3 Sep 1927, 653

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 035
Date: 1927
Nature: New shop front, for Raymond V. Judd.
Refs: IB 69, 22 Jan 1927, 50

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MARINO MART (FAIRVIEW), NO. 014-20 (TECHNICAL INSTITUTE & PUBLIC LIBRARY)
Date: 1927-1936
Nature: New technical institute and library for Dublin Vocational Education Committee... Tenders invited for erecting same, Jun 1934.  Opened 11 Jun 1936. Contractor: J. Brennan & Son, Xavier Ave, North Strand.
Refs: Drawings, 1934, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.14/1-28; IAA, PKS 0255; IB 69, 1 Oct 1927, 730; 76, 2 Jun,3 Nov 1934, 478,952; 78, 27 Jun 1936, 575;  Irish Times, 7 Jun 1934;  AJ 89, 22 Jun 1939, 1084-5

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LEINSTER MARKET (& D'OLIER STREET, NO. 024A) (ALLIANCE & DUBLIN CONSUMERS' GAS CO.)
Date: 1928-29;1930-33
Nature: New office premises replacing group of derelict buildings.  Leinster Market facade built of special Ruabon bricks with Portland stone dressing.  Irish oak used for half timbering of upper portion.
Refs: Drawings, 1930, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.3/1-32; IAA, PKS 0087, 1001; IB 70, 23 Jun 1928, 550;  Irish Times, 3 Oct 1929 (illus.); Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 418;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009), 22,24(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 072 (GRAFTON CINEMA)
Date: 1929
Nature: Alts. & adds.
Refs: IB 71, 12 Oct 1929, 920

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BOLTON STREET, NO. 004-9 (DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, FORMERLY CITY OF DUBLIN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS)
Date: 1929-1930
Nature: Extension. Contractor: J. & P. Good, Pearse St.
Refs: IB 71, 16 Mar 1929, 240; 72, 10 May,8 Nov 1930, 432, 1008

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 035 (RALEIGH CYCLE CO.)
Date: 1929-30
Nature: Rebuilding of former RHA premises as Irish HQ for Raleigh Cycle Co. Opened Jul 1930. Contractor: J. & P. Good. Architects desigring to retain as much as possible of Johnston's oroignal design, upper part of fine granite front carefully taken down and re-erected..
Refs: IB 71, 6 Jul 1929, 623; 72, 19 Jul 1930, 643

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, GEORGE'S STREET LOWER, ST MARY'S DOMINICAN CONVENT
Date: 1930
Nature: Proposed oratory.
Refs: Drawing in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.7/1

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, TIVOLI ROAD, ST JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE
Date: 1930-31
Nature: Additional hostel. Contractor: T. McGovern, Summerhill, Sandycove.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0522; IB 72, 8 Nov 1930, 1011

Building: CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, GAS SHOWROOMS
Date: 1930s
Nature: New Art Deco style premises attr. to Robinson & Keefe by Garner.
Refs: W. Garner, Bray Architectural Heritage (An Foras Forbatha, 1980), 21

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 052
Date: 1931
Nature: Alts.
Refs: IB 73, 20 Aug 1931, 763

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MARY STREET, NO. 013 (MARY STREET PICTURE HOUSE)
Date: 1931
Nature: Plans for alterations approved by City Architect, Apr 1931. Being built. Contractor: M. & J. Greene, Donnybrook.
Refs: Irish Times, 16 Apr 1931;  IB 73, 6 Jun,4 Jul 1931, 514,605

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST MARY'S PLACE, NO. 002-3 (CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOL)
Date: 1931
Nature: Sanitary block.
Refs: IB 73, 1 Aug 1931, 685

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SYNGE STREET, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS
Date: 1931
Nature: Addition. to sanitary block.
Refs: IB 73, 1 Aug 1931, 685

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RAMLEH PARK (MILLTOWN), HOUSES (020)
Date: 1931
Nature: Development of 20 houses for Civil Service Building Society. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton.
Refs: Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 108-109(illus.).


Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BEAUMONT ROAD, HOUSES (010)
Date: 1931
Nature: 10 houses, for Civil Service Public Utility Society. Plans approved by City Architect, Nov 1931. Builder: G. & T. Crampton, Dublin.
Refs: Irish Times, 26 Nov 1931;  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 109.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date: 1931-32
Nature: New wing, 'almost completed' Jan 1932. Contractor: M. O'Callaghan & Co, Charlemont Bridge Works.
Refs: IB 74, 30 Jan 1932, 114

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CABRA, ANNAMOE ROAD, CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING (RC)
Date: 1931-33
Nature: New church, designed by Robinson.FS laid by Dr Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, 4 Sep 1932. Dedicated 29 Oct 1933. Contractors: Fitzgerald & Leonard.
Refs: Drawings, 1931, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.4/1-25; design exh. by Robinson at Oireachtas Art Exhibition 1932, no. 274; IB 73, 20 Jun,26 Sep,10 Oct,7 Nov 1931, 246,557,884d,974; 74, 13 Feb,10 Sep,22 Oct 1932, 164,805,948; 75, 7 Oct,4 Nov 1933, 845(illus.),925; Capuchin Annual 11 (1940), 226(illus.)

Building: CO. WESTMEATH, MULTYFARNHAM ABBEY
Date: 1932
Nature: Adds. & alts. Contractor: Murphy Bros, Castlewood Ave, Dublin.
Refs: IB 74, 13 Feb 1932, 163

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CAHIR, HOUSE
Date: 1932
Nature: Bungalow, for Mr Mulcahy of Ardfinnan. Builder: Walsh Bros, Emmet St, Clonmel.
Refs: IB 74, 23 Apr 1932, 392

Building: CO. WEXFORD, GOREY, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1932
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 74, 13,27 Feb,8 Oct 1932, 163,207,910

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, KHYBER PASS, HOUSE
Date: 1932
Nature: House for Mrs. McConnell. Builder: M.P. Kennedy.
Refs: IB 74, 7 May 1932, 436

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONTARF ROAD (DOLLYMOUNT), HOUSES
Date: 1932
Nature: 'a number of modern 'sun' dwellings with flat roofs and elevated balconies'. Developer and builder: P.J. Wallace, Vernon Ave, Clontarf.
Refs: IB 74, 23 Apr 1932, 376(illus.);  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009),26,29(illus.); illus. in Claire Gogarty, From Village to Suburb: The Building of Clontarf since 1760 (2013),188.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COOLOCK, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1932
Nature: Extension. Contractor: S. Phillips, 2 Ormond Rd, Drumcondra.
Refs: IB 74, 17 DEc 1932, 1136

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 072 (GRAFTON CINEMA)
Date: 1932
Nature: Emergency exit, new lavatories in basement &c. for Grafton cinema (work includes rebuilding of front wall at Prost's, No. 73)
Refs: IAA, PKS 0371

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 052 & 53 (NOBLETTS)
Date: 1932
Nature: Reconstruction of premises on corner of Grafton St and S King St; described as 'recently completed' in Dec 1932. . Contractor: James Clarke, Clanbrassil St. Bronze metal shop fronts by O'Connor & Bailey..
Refs: IB 74, 7 May,8 Oct 1932, 436,908;  Irish Times, 8 Dec 1932 (illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NORTHBROOK ROAD, NO. 006-9 (ST ANNE'S HOSPITAL)
Date: 1932
Nature: Conversion of terrace of houses into hospital. Attr. to Keefe by McCaffrey. £197,547.
Refs: IB 74, 2 Jul 1932, 611; obituary of Keefe by Roderick McCaffrey in RIAI Year Book 1967, 19-20

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PARNELL SQUARE, NO. 018 (TECHNICAL INSTITUTE)
Date: 1932
Nature: Tenders invied for erecting fire escape for City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
Refs: IB 74, 4 Jun 1932, 526

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHMINES ROAD LOWER, NO. 052 (PRESBYTERY)
Date: 1932
Nature: Extension. Contractor: T. Higgins & Son, 11 Ushers Quay.
Refs: IB 74, 17 Dec 1932, 1136

Building: CO. DUBLIN, SANDYCOVE, FORTY FOOT
Date: 1932
Nature: Bathing shelter. Contractor: Ed. Gibbons, Albert Rd.
Refs: IB 74, 16 Jan 1932, 71

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, GRANITE HALL ESTATE, ROSMEEN GARDENS & PARK
Date: 1932-1936
Nature: Housing development in grounds of Granite Hall, for and by M.P. Kennedy.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0538 (includes drawings); IB 74, 22 Oct 1932, 950; 75, 14 Jan,25 Mar,20 May,29 Jul 1933, 30,247,430,654;  Irish Times, 10,12,19,26 Aug 1933, 26 Mar 1934 (illus), 9 Jun,10 Nov 1934 (illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HERBERTON ROAD, JOHN BARRAN & SONS
Date: 1932;1946
Nature: New factory.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0609, 1431

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SUTTON, BELLEVUE SCHOOLS
Date: 1933
Nature: Alts. & adds. Contractor: John Cleary, Grantham St.
Refs: IB 75, 7 Oct 1933, 865

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WESTLAND ROW, NO. 045-6 (CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOL)
Date: 1933
Nature: Fire escape stairs. Contractor: Smith & Pearson.
Refs: IB 75, 26 Aug 1933, 737

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WHITEHALL ROAD (KIMMAGE), NO. 022?
Date: 1933
Nature: House, for Mr Thunder. Contractor: J. O'Connell, Harold's Cross.
Refs: IB 75, 11 Mar 1933, 201

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PARNELL SQUARE, NO. 023-26 (CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOL)
Date: 1933-1938
Nature: Alts.
Refs: Documentation and drawings, 1933-38, in IAA, PKS 0277, 0464 (includes drawings), 0513

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, EGLINTON STREET, SAVOY CINEMA
Date: 1933-35
Nature: Rebuilding of Empire Theatre as cinema, for McNally Provincial Cinemas, 73 Middle Abbey St, Dublin. Estimated cost. £18,000.
Refs: Documents and drawings, 1933-38, in IAA, PKS 0515; IB 75, 23 Sep,7 Oct 1933, 826,841; 77, 20 Apr 1935, 314; Architect & Building News 131, 8 Sep 1933, 282

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 006-7 (GRAND CENTRAL CINEMA)
Date: 1933-36
Nature: Reconstruction of part of building and refurbishment after fire of Dec 1933. For Walter McNally. Contractor: Hodgins & Waters?.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0476

Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINROBE, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOL
Date: 1934
Nature: Addition.
Refs: IB 76, 10 Feb 1934, 116

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, INCHICORE, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1934
Nature: New pitch pine seating.
Refs: IB 76, 15 Dec 1934, 1101

Building: CO. DUBLIN, LUCAN, SPA HOTEL
Date: 1934
Nature: Remodelling 'as an up-to-date hydropathic establishment'.
Refs: IB 76, 21 Apr,16 Jun 1934, 353,494

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LONGFORD ST LITTLE, L. CASSIDY
Date: 1934-1936
Nature: New factory at rear of premises at No. 53-54 South Gt George's St.. Designed by Keefe according to McCaffrey. Contractor: T. & R. Macken.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0284, 0356, 0555; IB 77, 6 Apr 1935, 269; obituary of Keefe by Roderick McCaffrey in RIAI Year Book 1967, 19-20

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 052-54 (CARLTON CINEMA)
Date: 1934-1938
Nature: Rebuilding;  In progress 1937. Approaching completion, Apr 1938. Steel framing by Smith & Pearson, Ltd.
Refs: Drawings in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.17/1-8; IB 76, 3 Nov 1934, 936; 79, 6 Feb 1937, 103(illus.); 79, 6 Feb 1937, 103; 80, 2 Apr 1938, 265;  biography of J.J. Robinson in  'Architecture Yesterday and Today', supplement to Irish Times, 21 Jun 1939, 28;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 216.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH STREET, CAPUCHIN FRIARY
Date: 1935
Nature: New library.
Refs: Bill of quantities, 16 May 1935, in IAA, PKS 0611

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EMMET ROAD (KILMAINHAM), KEOGH BARRACKS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SCHOOL
Date: 1935
Nature: Addition.
Refs: IB 77, 23 Feb 1935, 164

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SEVILLE PLACE, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1935
Nature: New building in Modernist style.
Refs: IB 77, 21 Sep 1935, 880;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),  180

Building: CO. DUBLIN, MONKSTOWN, RICHMOND HILL ESTATE, HOUSES (100)
Date: 1935
Nature: -
Refs: IB 77, 29 Jun 1935, 545

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 023-28 (DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY & COMMERCE)
Date: 1935
Nature: Competition entrants.
Refs: IB 8, 8 Feb 1936, ? (critique of entries by 'Wisbech', i.e. John O' Gorman).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, USHER'S ISLAND, NO. 025-26 (CITY OF DUBLIN FLOUR MILLS)
Date: 1935
Nature:  Reconstruction, for Byrne, Mahony & Co.
Refs: Irish Times, 15 Mar 1935 (illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FRANCIS STREET, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS NATIONAL SCHOOLS (RC)
Date: 1935-36
Nature: New schools. FS laid Spring 1936.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0363, 0606; IB 77, 21 Sep 1935, 872; 78, 30 May 1936, 481;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 665.

Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, FACTORY (IRISH TEXTILES LTD)
Date: 1936
Nature: New factory for manufacture of cotton goods for Irish Textiles Ltd..
Refs: IB 78, 4 Apr 1936, 297

Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, BROAD STREET, CINEMA
Date: 1936
Nature: New. Contractor: John Hearne & Son.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0244, 0520

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST MARY'S ROAD (CRUMLIN), SCHOOL
Date: 1936
Nature: New? school. Contractor: Long & Fitzpatrick? Proposed designs for alterations and additions submitted to Dublin Board of Public Health, Aug 1936.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0202;  Fingal County Council, Public Health Housing Collection, no. 1609.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST MARY'S ROAD NORTH (EAST WALL), NO. 016-26 (ST JOSEPH'S NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS)
Date: 1936
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 78, 16 May 1936, 433

Building: CO. DUBLIN, KILMASHOGUE, NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1936
Nature: Extension & alts.
Refs: IB 78, 8 Feb 1936, 118

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CATHAL BRUGHA STREET, COLLEGE OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Date: 1936-1941
Nature: New. Contractor: H. & J. Martin. Sculptural group on corner with Thomas Lane by Gabriel Hayes.
Refs: Drawings, 1939, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.12/15-24; IB 78, 25 Jul 1936, 667; 81, 5 Aug 1939, 661; 82, 30 Mar,9 Nov 1940, 213,673; 83, 7 Jun 1941, 279-80;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009), 70,71(illus.);  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 157.


Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SEAFIELD ROAD (CLONTARF), BELGROVE HOUSE
Date: 1936-1941
Nature: Conversion into National Schools. Contractor: P.J. Wallace?
Refs: IAA, PKS 0472; IB 79, 3 Apr 1937, 314,318

Building: CO. KERRY, GREENEEVEQUILLA?, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1936-39
Nature: New church, for Very Rev. Canon J.J. O'Sullivan. Contractor: Dan Dennehy.
Refs: Bills of quantities, correspondence, drawings, &c., 1936-39, in IAA, PKS 0204, 0435 (includes drawings); IB 78, 2 May 1936, 390

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BOOTERSTOWN, TRIMLESTON ESTATE
Date: 1936;1944
Nature: New housing development? in grounds of Trimleston House? For M.P. Kennedy.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0380 and 0480

Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, MORRISON'S AVENUE (BALLYBRICKEN), CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1936;1951
Nature: New parish church to be built, 1936. Built, 1951. Contractor: E. & J. Hodge, Waterford.
Refs: IB 78, 28 Nov 1936, 1090; 79, 13 Nov 1937, 1014; 93, 28 Apr 1951, 452.

Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, VIOLET HILL, ST COLMAN'S DIOCESAN COLLEGE
Date: 1937-38
Nature: New Romanesque chapel. by J.J. Robinson with Denis Neary, CE, Newry. Consecrated 26 Oct 1938. Contractor: Felix O'Hare, Newry & Warrenpoint. May also have designed cloister.
Refs: IB 79, 29 May 1937, 500; 80, 26 Nov 1938, 974; E. Campbell & B.J. Mooney, History of St Colman's College, Newry (1944), 49-61

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BALLSBRIDGE, IRISH HOSPITALS' SWEEPSTAKE HALL
Date: 1937-38
Nature: New building in International Modern style, 'concrete-walled with a rendered finish and long horizontal strips of glazing' (Larmour).
Refs: Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009), 70.


Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1937-38
Nature: New technical school, opened 21 Feb 1938. Contractor: Naughton Bros. Clerks of Works: Paddy Colleran and T. McGowan.
Refs: Tuam Herald, 26 Feb 1938.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, FOXROCK, BRAY ROAD, KNOCKSINNA
Date: 1937a
Nature: International Modern style house. ?For W.J. Earnshaw.
Refs: IB 79, 30 Oct 1937, 968; Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009), 45,48(illus.).

Building: CO. WICKLOW, RATHDRUM, CONVENT OF MERCY SCHOOL
Date: 1938
Nature: New school.
Refs: IB 80, 20 Aug 1938, 710

Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, MAGAZINE ROAD, HOUSES
Date: 1938
Nature: Housing development? fo Athlone Property Co., Ltd.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0043

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COOK STREET, ST AUDOEN'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS
Date: 1938
Nature: Works at same or plans for new school?
Refs: IB 80, 20 Aug 1938, 710

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHMINES, NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1938
Nature: New school.
Refs: IB 80, 2 Apr 1938, 285

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TERENURE ROAD WEST, ST JOSEPH'S PRESENTATION CONVENT NATIONAL SCHOOLS
Date: 1938
Nature: New school.
Refs: IB 80, 23 Jul 1938, 631

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOME FARM ROAD (DRUMCONDRA), CHURCH OF CORPUS CHRISTI (RC)
Date: 1938-1941
Nature: New 'modernised Romanesque' church to accommodate nearly 1,600, for Rev. J. Dwyer. FS laid Sep or Oct 1939. Dedicated Jun 1941. Contractor: John Sisk & Son. Cost: £70,500. (Design as executed very different from and better than original design which illustrated programmefor fun-raising carnival, May 1937 (copy in IAA.)
Refs: Drawings, 1939, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.13/1-37; IAA, PKS 0334; IB 81, 14 Oct 1939, 870; 82, 14,28 Sep 1940, 576,602; 83, 5 Jul 1941, 325(illus.); illus. in
The Bell 4, no. 1 (April 1942), 34 (copy in IAA, RPC.96.5);  RIAI Year Book (1943 & 1944), 19(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BALLSBRIDGE, IRISH HOSPITALS' TRUST
Date: 1938-39;1946;19
Nature: New buildings.. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton (steelwork by Smith & Pearson). Store & cycle shed, 1955. Office extension & new canteen, 1960.
Refs: Drawings, 1938,1939,1946, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.16/1-169; IB 80, 30 Apr,11 Jun 1938, 366,492; 81, 14 Oct 1939, 851(illus.); 97, 7 May 1955, 465; 102, 15 Oct 1960, 767; AJ 89, 22 Jun 1939, 1087;  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 121,123(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LARKHILL ROAD (WHITEHALL), SCHOOLS
Date: 1939-44
Nature: New schools. Contr: T. & J. Macken, Dun Laoghaire.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0451 (includes drawings); IB 81, 14 Oct 1939, 872; 82, 14,28 Sep 1940, 576,602; 84, 9 May 1942, 173

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WESTLAND ROW, ST ANDREW'S CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1940
Nature: Important renovations. Contractor: Murphy Bros.
Refs: IB 82, ;8 Jun 1940, 386(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHARLEVILLE ROAD (RATHMINES), ST LOUIS CONVENT SCHOOLS
Date: 1940a
Nature: New. Bulder: Murphy Bros.
Refs: IB 82, 3 Feb,16 Mar 1940, 68,171(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MILLTOWN, NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1941
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 83, 8 Nov 1941, 517

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST LAURENCE PLACE EAST, ST LAURENCE O'TOOLE'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS
Date: 1941-42
Nature: Alts. For Rev. M. O'Daly. Contractor: Creedon Bros.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0200; IB 83, 20 Dec 1941, 578

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MOUNT STREET UPPER, NO. 014
Date: 1942
Nature: Reconstruction at rear.
Refs: IB 84, 7 Nov 1942, 420

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CRUMLIN ROAD (DRIMNAGH), CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1942-44
Nature: Works comprising porter's lodge, boundary wall, not begun until winter of 1943-4..
Refs: IB 84, 9 May 1942, 181; 86, 15 Jan 1944, 32

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHMINES ROAD LOWER (& LEINSTER ROAD), CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Date: 1942-44
Nature: Extension to Technical School.. Contractor: H. & J. Martin.
Refs: IB 84, 4 Jul 1942, 248; 86, 15 Jul,23 Sep 1944, 288,373-4(illus.)

Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, GEORGE STREET, CINEMA
Date: 1943
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 85, 4 Dec 1943, 468

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CABRA, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1943-46
Nature: New. For Dublin Vocational Education Committee. Contractor: T. & J. Macken. Furniture, 1946.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0333; IB 85, 23 Oct 1943, 410; 88, 7 Sep 1946, 568

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RUTLAND AVENUE (DOLPHIN'S BARN), CHURCH OF ST BERNADETTE (RC)
Date: 1944
Nature: Temporary church to seat 1,000. Contractor: Murphy Bros, Rathmines.
Refs: IB 86, 4 Nov 1944, 439(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOLPHIN'S BARN, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF DOLOURS (RC)
Date: 1945
Nature: Confessionals, porch & mortuary chapel, for Very Rev. G.W. Turley. Contractor: Murphy Bros.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0224, 0557

Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ADELPHI CINEMA
Date: 1945-47
Nature: New cinema, for Eastern Cinemas. Contractor: P. McKenna.
Refs: IB 87, 14 Jul 1945, 346; 89, 31 May 1947, 404

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BLESSINGTON STREET, NO. 091-93
Date: 1945-49
Nature: Alts. & adds. to Nos. 91 & 93 Blessington St and to Nos. 1 & 3 Dorset St, to create(?) public housing flats. For Hardwicke Ltd. Contractor: P. Fearon & Co.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0213 and 0571

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DORSET STREET UPPER, NO. 001- 3
Date: 1945-49
Nature: Alts. & adds. to Nos. 91 & 93 Blessington St and to Nos. 1 & 3 Dorset St, to create(?) public housing flats. For Hardwicke Ltd. Contractor: P. Fearon & Co.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0213, 0571

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DENMARK STREET, NO. 003
Date: 1946
Nature: New lavatories, for Comhairle Le Leas Oige.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0428

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ERNE STREET LOWER, NO. 005-13 (ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BOARD)
Date: 1946
Nature: New stores.
Refs: IB 88, 23 Mar 1946, 170,176

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 006-7 (GRAND CENTRAL CINEMA)
Date: 1946
Nature: Proposed alts.
Refs: Drawings, 1946, in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.1/1-5

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NORTH STRAND ROAD, NO. 171B (COMHAIRLE LE LEAS OIGE)
Date: 1946-1952
Nature: Reconstruction of Aldborough Court for City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, 1946. Extension of boys' school (into Aldborough Parade?), 1950.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0330, 0459, 0612; IB 92, 4 Mar,22 Jul 1950, 224,776

Building: CO. MAYO, BALLINA, GARDEN STREET, SAVOY CINEMA
Date: 1946-47
Nature: New. Contractor: Kilcawley & Co., Sligo. Cost:£35,000.
Refs: Drawings in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.2/1-20; IB 88,. 12 Jan 1946, 23; 89, 22 Feb 1947, 136

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 060 (ELLIS & CO.)
Date: 1946-49
Nature: Refitting after fire?. Contractor: Murphy Bros.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0446

Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, ABBEY THEATRE
Date: 1947
Nature: Contractor: Martin Breen, Waterford.
Refs: IB 89, 8 Feb 1947, 96

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, CASTLE STREET, CINEMA
Date: 1947
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 89, 6 Sep 1947, 668

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, SALTHILL, CINEMA
Date: 1947
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 89, 14 Jun,20 Sep 1947, 450,706

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, NO. 183 & 184 (BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO.)
Date: 1947
Nature: Extension.
Refs: IAA, PKS 1137; IB 89, 4 Oct 1947, 738

Building: CO. DUBLIN, MOSNEY, BUTLIN'S HOLIDAY CAMP
Date: 1947
Nature: New holiday camp, for Butlin's Irish & Continental Holidays.
Refs: IB 89, 28 Jun 1947, 482

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CRUMLIN ROAD (DRIMNAGH), CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1949-1956
Nature: New hospital, with Edwin Stanley Hall (d.1940) and Easton & Robertson, London. Not built until 1949-56. Opened Nov 1956. Contractor: J. Sisk & Son.
Refs: IB 86, 15 Jan 1944, 32; 91, 17 Sep 1949, 870; 98, 1 Dec 1956, 1093;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009)  94.



Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME COURT, IRISH HOSPITALS TRUST
Date: ?
Nature: Propoased new building.
Refs: Undated drawings in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.11/1-12

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 051 (SACKVILLE CINEMA)
Date: ?
Nature: Works at same?
Refs: Undated plans in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.6/1-2

Building: CO. DUBLIN, THE NAUL, CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Works at same?
Refs: Undated plan of sanctuary in IAA (on deposit from Robinson, Keefe & Devane), 86/93.86/93.8/1