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Wed 11 Nov 2006Farewell to Architect: Stephenson's 'great courage and initiative'Sam Stephenson was a happy, adventurous man who took risks to create buildings that were sometimes regarded as controversial, mourners at the removal of the architect were told.Several hundred family members, friends, colleagues and figures from public life attended the removal in St Francis Xavier church in Gardiner Street, Dublin, yesterday evening.