International 'moderne' - the Irish for art deco

The Irish Times

Unlike England, where the V&A museum in London is hosting the 'Art Deco 1910-1939' exhibition, there wasn't so much an art deco architectural movement in 1930s Ireland as a handful of architects who alluded to the style in their work. The fledgling Irish free state couldn't afford to indulge in the more extravagant art deco designs and materials that reached near-global popularity by the late 1920s.

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