Irish Country Houses
Author: David Hicks
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781848891616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA photographic chronicle of Irish country houses from their heyday to contemporary times.
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Author: David Hicks
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781848891616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA photographic chronicle of Irish country houses from their heyday to contemporary times.
Author: Mark Bence-Jones
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780094699908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNearly 2000 Irish country houses are feature d in this book, each having an alphabetical entry describing it. Almost all the entries give information on the history and ownership of the houses; many of them are enlivened with anecdotes and details. '
Author: Knight of Glin
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780500515471
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book takes the reader on a tour of ten grand Irish country houses, provided an intimate look at a marvellous hotchpotch of rooms and decoration.
Author: Peter Somerville-Large
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor 700 years the Ascendancy dominated Ireland: landlords built their great houses, landscaped their parks and spent wealth gathered from rents, before disappearing in the 20th century. Making use of letters, diaries, memoirs, estate documents, inventories, travellers' tales and family reminiscences, Peter Somerville-Large examines the lifestyle of the so-called rural sovereigns, describing the elegance, discomfort, and danger associated with castle and mansion, and the lives of many famous figures who created or inhabited the great houses.
Author: Terence Dooley
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2022-04-19
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 0300265115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the ground. These “Big Houses” were powerful symbols of conquest, plantation, and colonial oppression, and were caught up in the struggle for independence and the conflict between the aristocracy and those demanding access to more land. Stripped of their most important artifacts, most of the houses were never rebuilt and ruins such as Summerhill stood like ghostly figures for generations to come. Terence Dooley offers a unique perspective on the Irish Revolution, exploring the struggles over land, the impact of the Great War, and why the country mansions of the landed class became such a symbolic target for republicans throughout the period. Dooley details the shockingly sudden acts of occupation and destruction—including soldiers using a Rembrandt as a dart board—and evokes the exhilaration felt by the revolutionaries at seizing these grand houses and visibly overturning the established order.
Author: Frank Keohane
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780953689910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patricia McCarthy
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300218862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA deft interweaving of architectural and social history
Author: Terence A. M. Dooley
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846826474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years, the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus of greater attention. Chatelaines, mothers, wives, daughters, widows, sisters, housekeepers, and maids were ever-present figures in the microcosm of the country house. New research has begun to reveal the extent of their involvement in managing households and estates, influencing design, adopting public roles, championing good causes, as well as raising families and committing their thoughts to paper in literary expression. This volume of essays, many of which draw on hitherto unseen family archives, will bring new perspectives to our understanding of the country house as a place where many women often held powerful roles. Contributors include: Amy Boyinton (U Cambridge), Kerry Bristol (U Leeds), Philip Bull (La Trobe U, Melbourne), Anne Casement (ind.), Jonathan Cherry (Maynooth U), Arlene Crampsie (Maynooth U), Caroline Dakers (Central St Martins), William Fraher (U Limerick), Judith Hill (Trinity College Dublin), Edmund Joyce (Carlow IT ), Ruth Larsen (U Derby), Anna Pilz (University College Cork), Lowri Ann Rees (Bangor U), Ciar���¡n Reilly (Maynooth U), Regina Sexton (University College Cork), Brendan Twomey (Trinity College Dublin), and Fiona White (Galway-Mayo IT). [Subject: History, Women's History, Gender Studies, Archives, Home Design, Sociology, Irish Studies, British Studies]
Author: Terence A. M. Dooley
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReaders receive step-by-step guidance as to how to conduct their research and are alerted to some of the problems they might encounter in working with particular collections. Possible avenues for research are suggested and relevant secondary works are also recommended."--Jacket.
Author: Mark Purcell
Publisher: National Trust
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780707804163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1850 there were perhaps 2000 country houses in Ireland. Standing at the heart of its demesne, each Big House dominated its locality, but by the end of the 20th century, only a few hundred survived intact. No more than a handful were still in the possession of their original owners, or contained many of their original contents, including a substantial library. In some cases, this might well have been the only library in the district, though whether it was a carefully assembled collection or a haphazard accumulation of ancestral books would have varied from place to place. The National Trust in what is now Northern Ireland is responsible for most of the survivors. These collections have survived almost like time capsules, never subject to atmospheric pollution or the attentions of reforming librarians, and not heavily used in modern times. Many of their books contain the bookplates and ownership inscriptions of their long-dead owners, as well as instructions to binders, handwritten marginal notes and prices, and even the odd pressed flower; most are also in their original bindings. Together these features tell us a good deal about the tastes and interests of the people who owned them, and about the use, abuse and circulation of print across the whole of Ireland over a period of more than 400 years. Drawing on a wide range of previously untapped sources and evidence from the collections themselves, this lavishly-illustrated book is a must for anyone interested in the history of reading, collecting or country houses in Ireland.