The Magnificent Seven Churches in Donegal by Liam McCormick – #3 – Murlog

Following on from THIS POST on Glenties and THIS POST on Donoughmore; stop 3 is at Murlog. Click HERE for the directions (note you may be starting in a different place! – It’s the route we took from Killybegs!) Murlog Read More …

The Magnificent Seven Churches in Donegal by Liam McCormick – #2 – Donoughmore

Following on from THIS POST on the Liam McCormick (one of seven Donegal churches). This is the link for our journey for the first 2 churches: CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE MAP DIRECTIONS This next church at Donoughmore was unfortunately the Read More …

The Magnificent Seven Churches in Donegal by Liam McCormick – #1 – Glenties @Gilleeece mentioned

As the faithful follower may know that I had a short break in Donegal recently where as a ‘busman’s holiday’ I dragged my better half and youngest (19) around the seven churches in County Donegal by Liam McCormick. Many have Read More …

Getting ready for planning on this contemporary extension to Irish Cottage

Currently getting everything together on this contemporary rear extension to a traditional 3 room Irish cottage. the project includes the full refurbishment of the existing property: I’ve also been messing about with some new software that gives a better idea Read More …

Planning granted on this deep retrofit & contemporary #extension in #Mayo

Just received notification that planning has been granted on this deep retro fit to a bungalow bliss house and contemporary extension in County Mayo:

Is this the most important job I’ll work on? #Restoration #Lighthouse #Cottage

The work of an architect is an interesting one. From large to small practice. From public to private sector. From residential to commercial. And then there’s restoration.: The work of the conservation architect may involve building nothing. Just to bring Read More …

#House #Extension #Retrofit #Refubishment to Irish Cottage

I revisited this project that completed a short while back to let some of the landscape take hold and include the gorgeous flowers that the clients have grown. So the project was to retain an existing cottage that had been Read More …

Student work from #Architecture @atusligo_ie #Showcase

Well the Atlantic Technical University Showcase is over and below is a slideshow of just a couple of examples from the Architecture students work (Years 2 & 3 that I’m involved with): You can see the YAADA Architecture Yearbook featuring Read More …

Planning going in for this vernacular yet contemporary extension to Irish #Mayo cottage

Just about to go in for planning on this contemporary yet vernacular extension and reworking of a traditional Irish Cottage in County Mayo:

Yeats Academy of Arts Design & Architecture – Showcase 2022

After the Covid gap – the YAADA Showcase of the Architecture Course at Atlantic TU (formerly IT Sligo) is back! You can see a blog post of the last Showcase way back in 2019 HERE Details below: