Shipping container and rambling houses in the running for Ireland's favourite building title

The library/former grain store in Kinsale, Co Cork, left, Barney's Ruins, Derry, top right, and High Street, Balbriggan, below right.
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SUBSCRIBEThe library/former grain store in Kinsale, Co Cork, left, Barney's Ruins, Derry, top right, and High Street, Balbriggan, below right.
What do a shipping container, a 19th-century grain store, and a series of old rambling houses have in common?
Clever design has gifted them a whole new lease of life.
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