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located today. It was built around 1940. Designed in the Art Deco
style, Walkers Garage produced caravans in the 1940s and was
founded by Thomas Walker, who was a professional golfer and
made golf clubs of some repute. It was later run by Bill Paterson
and Jack Smallman. The building was demolished to make way
for a more modern Garage for the Hill family, but it too was
subsequently demolished for a commercial development in the
last 10 years.

Watson and Johnson Garage, Church Road

An Art Deco building now sadly demolished and converted to
shops. Built around 1945, though could have been built earlier.

St Patrick’s National School

The school was designed/engineered by James Price of
Knockeevin, Church Road, who was a member of the vestry of
the parish. He was also the designer of Knockdolian, Church
Lane, and of the reservoir for Greystones.

The first stone for the school (under the patronage of the
Church of Ireland) was laid in September 1879 by William Robert
La Touche in La Touche Place. The original contractor was
Richard Henry Ludlow of Willow House, Church Road who built
the walls of the school. George Enright Doyle of Stanley, Church
Road completed the work on the school. The school had a
schoolmaster’s house, named Seamount, located in the grounds
of the school. This house was the original school, with a
teacher’s residence on the first floor. Later the new school was
replaced by a prefab school on the same site in La Touche Place
and Seamount became the sextons’ house.

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