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Later Life and Death:
Rudolph Maximillian Butler left as editor of the Irish Builder in 1935, with his position being taken over by Harry Allberry. Butler continued on with his work as an architect and in the years leading up to his death, in February 1943, he would be involved in the creation of two more buildings.

The first of these buildings was a church, Chapel of the Passionist Fathers in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and it was finished in 1926. This church was contained to house a Novitiate but that was then moved to Scotland and the church was left being way too large for it’s actual needs. The second of these buildings was a department store, Gorevan’s Department Store on Camden Street in County Dublin and this building was finished in 1927. The former department store is a fine concrete building and was used as the headquarters of the Irish Nationwide Building Society but now it has been left empty. In 1926 Butler received the Mullins Silver Medal of the ICEI which he received for his paper on ‘Architectural Engineering’.

Butler was known as a character and would often be called R.M and was apparently quite a pleasurable man to talk to. Butler announced his intention to retire at the end of 1942 from his position as chair of architecture citing health reasons. Butler lived in a house that he designed himself at 73 Ailesbury Road in County Dublin. Butler then died on the 3rd of February 1943 and was then buried in St Mary's Church in Donnybrook, County Dublin. His practice, R.M Butler & Co., was carried on by his children, his son John Geoffrey and also his daughter Eleanor Grace Butler.

References:

 * 1) Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 2021. Rudolph Maximilian Butler (1872-1943) – Archiseek – Irish Architecture. [online] Available at: < https://www.archiseek.com/tag/rudolph-maximilian-butler/ > [Accessed 24 November 2021].
 * 2) Dia.ie. 2021. BUTLER, RUDOLF MAXIMILIAN - Dictionary of Irish Architects. [online] Available at: < https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/807/BUTLER%2C+RUDOLF+MAXIMILIAN > [Accessed 24 November 2021].
 * 3) Dib.ie. 2021. Butler, Rudolph Maximilian | Dictionary of Irish Biography. [online] Available at: < https://www.dib.ie/biography/butler-rudolph-maximilian-a1288 > [Accessed 24 November 2021].