Last week the RIAI announced 23 Award Winners across 14 categories, including Adaption & Re-Use, Culture or Public Building and International. The awards draw a large number of applicants every year and ICS were delighted to see 2 of its clients not only receiving the honour of being shortlisted but also scooping an award on the night.

Leitrim based church furniture manufacturing company ICS Furniture, over the past 6 months, have secured 3 international furniture commissions thus adding to their already impressive portfolio of over 3500 projects which includes a Basilica and 17 Cathedrals across Ireland and the UK, bespoke pieces for Notre Dame, St Patricks Cathedral New York and the Papal chair for the recent Pope’s visit to Knock.

History states that Notre Dame Cathedral has survived revolutions and 2 world wars so we have no doubt that the people of Paris will reinstate this international landmark once again to its former glory.

We were delighted to receive these beautiful  images taken by Sinéad Mallee of the Papal chair from 1979 and the chair for Pope Francis crafted by ICS furniture in 2018. Make sure to visit the museum on your next visit. The Papal chair design designed for Pope Francis is purposefully understated … Continue reading →

Since 1972 Irish Contract Seating (ICS Furniture) nestled in the heart of the little village of Dromod in County Leitrim, have been quietly designing and crafting beautiful bespoke furniture for places of worship right across Ireland, the UK, Italy, France, the US and Australia. The niche market that the company … Continue reading →

The ICON 40 chair by ICS Furniture has just moved to the top of its class! This stackable, linkable and customisable seat was designed by ICS furniture not only for places of worship, but also for contract use in offices, conferences and schools and has just been awarded the BS … Continue reading →

ICS Furniture were delighted to see their specially designed chair featured in this months Stewardship Newsletter.  The newsletter covers the Papal visit to Knock on August 26th this year and features images of our Papal Chair. Described as some of the “Special Elements” of the trip it goes on to … Continue reading →

We at ICS Furniture have been working behind the scenes for a number of months on a specially commissioned chair for yesterday’s Papal visit of Pope Francis to Knock. Having worked on the extensive refurbishment of the Basilica in 2015, the company were once again called upon to produce a … Continue reading →