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It is difficult to express Paddy Cahill's contribution to the culture of Irish art and architecture. Over the weekend, the architecture and film communities were devastated to learn of the death of this young filmmaker. The most humblest of men faced his illness head on with the same dignity and wisdom far beyond his years as seen in his documentaries. The topics of his documentaries were diverse from buildings and cycling to contemporary artists and even pigeons, but what they had in common was that they celebrated the underrated extraordinary around us. We need your consent to load this Vim...

On the 22nd of September 1964, an Irish Independent headline announced 'UCD Design Competition Won by Pole'. Under the headline, a grainy photograph showed the young architect, recently arrived from Warsaw... Listen to Ellen Rowley's compelling audio essay for Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1 above...  Ellen Rowley He was here to realise his design for Ireland’s first modernist purpose-built university campus: at Stillorgan, some 3 miles south of Dublin city centre. His name was Andrzej Wejchert, and his vision had been chosen out of 105 different proposals from over 20 countries. Sund...