The Irish Tower House
Author: Victoria L. McAlister
Publisher: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781526155931
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Blarney Castle
Author: James Lyttleton
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846822742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlarney Castle, the medieval home of the MacCarthy lords of Muskerry, is one of Ireland's best-known castles. Many visitors to Ireland include a trip to the castle in their itinerary, often lining up to kiss the Blarney Stone in hope of acquiring the 'gift of the gab.' Yet despite the castle's ubiquitous image on postcards and tourist promotional literature, there is little acknowledgment of the building's historical and archaeological significance as a native lordly residence. This book brings the castle's architecture to the fore, placing it in the context of an expansive native lordship in late medieval Munster, and showing how changes in the layout and appearance of the building can be attributed to the castle's occupants, who continued to redefine their social standing and cultural identity through the Tudor reconquest and beyond.
The Irish tower house
Author: Victoria L. McAlister
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2019-07-04
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1526121255
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the social role of castles in late-medieval and early modern Ireland. It uses a multidisciplinary methodology to uncover the lived experience of this historic culture, demonstrating the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment. Of particular interest is the revelation of how concerned pre-modern people were with participation in the economy and the exploitation of the natural environment for economic gain. Material culture can shed light on how individuals shaped spaces around themselves, and tower houses, thanks to their pervasiveness in medieval and modern landscapes, represent a unique resource. Castles are the definitive building of the European Middle Ages, meaning that this book will be of great interest to scholars of both history and archaeology.
The Irish Aesthete: Ruins of Ireland
Author: Robert O'Byrne
Publisher: CICO Books
Published: 2019-02-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781782496861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGo on a journey with Robert O’Byrne as he brings fascinating Irish ruins to life. Fantastical, often whimsical, and frequently quirky, these atmospheric ruins are beautifully photographed and paired with fascinating text by Robert O’Byrne. Born out of Robert’s hugely popular blog, The Irish Aesthete, there are Medieval castles, Georgian mansions, Victorian lodges, and a myriad of other buildings, many never previously published. Robert focuses on a mixture of exteriors and interiors in varying stages of decay, on architectural details, and entire scenarios. Accompanying texts tell of the Regency siblings who squandered their entire fortune on gambling and carousing, of an Anglo-Norman heiress who pitched her husband out the window on their wedding night, and of the landlord who liked to walk around naked and whose wife made him carry a cowbell to warn housemaids of his approach. Arranged by the country’s four provinces, the diverse ruins featured offer a unique insight into Ireland and an exploration of her many styles of historic architecture.
The Irish Tower House
Author: Victoria McAlister
Publisher: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
Published: 2019-05-22
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781526121233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTower houses are the definitive building of medieval Ireland. This study investigates their significant social role, which has previously gone underappreciated. Innovative conclusions stem from an interdisciplinary methodology that demonstrates the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment in medieval culture.
Space and Settlement in Medieval Ireland
Author: Terence B. Barry
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846825002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a selection of some of the most inspirational papers given at the first three 'Space and Settlement' conferences held annually at Trinity College, Dublin. Each contribution represents the 'new frontier' of research in this growing field of academic endeavor, which broadly embraces the disciplines of history, geography, and archaeology. Contents include: Space, Settlement and Medieval Atlanticism * Viking Age Hoards: Trade and Exchange * Mapping Urban Space and Settlement * Castlemore Deserted Medieval Village * Reconstructing Battlefield Landscapes * The Tower Houses of Co. Down, Stylistic Similarity, Functional Difference * Decline of Tower Houses * Medieval Rural Settlement * Viking Waterford * Leinster Ringworks * Deer Parks. [Subject: History, Medieval Studies, Irish Studies, Archaeology, Geography]
Medieval Irish Buildings, 1100-1600
Author: Tadhg O'Keeffe
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846822483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIrelands landscape is dotted with remains of medieval buildings, most of them in ruins. As works of architecture, these buildings have very specific stories to tell about the people who built them and about the societies in which they functioned, but it is hard for historians to hear those stories without some knowledge of architecture. This guide seeks to provide historians with the knowledge they need to tap into this great reservoir of information. It reviews the different types of medieval building that one encounters in Ireland, discusses their measurements, materials and construction techniques, explains their functions, and provides a checklist of datable features and includes a guide to recording buildings.
Once More to the Sky
Author: Scott Raab
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-08-31
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1982176148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn late 2014, One World Trade Center-- or the Freedom Tower-- opened for business. It had taken nearly ten years, cost roughly four billion dollars, and had suffered setbacks that would have most likely scuttled any other project. Today it serves as a reminder of what America is capable of when we put aside our differences and pull together for a common cause. Raab's articles appeared in the pages of Esquire between 2005 and 2015, and here are accompanied by many never-before-seen photos. -- adapted from back cover.
Castles in Ireland
Author: T.E. McNeill
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-18
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1134708866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe castles of Ireland are an essential part of the story of medieval Europe, but were, until recently, a subject neglected by scholars. Dr McNeill weaves the evidence from the castles into the story of lordship and power in medieval Eire.
The Fields Of Athenry
Author: James Charles Roy
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008-11-10
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0786742542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Fields of Athenry , James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present with the central theme of his own personal experience with the renovation of a run-down castle -- really a crumbled tower -- that he purchased more than thirty years ago. Moyode Castle, located near the County Galway market town of Athenry, was built in the sixteenth century by the Dolphins, an Irish-speaking family directly descended from French-speaking Norman adventurers who had invaded Ireland four centuries earlier. This old tower house and the rich agricultural lands it guards has witnessed every strand of Irish history, from the heroic exploits of Celtic warriors long celebrated by Yeats and Lady Gregory, through the Easter Rising of 1916 when IRA insurgents used the building as a lookout. It stands today as a powerful, timeless symbol of the tumultuous ebb and flow of fortune, both good and bad, that characterizes Irish history. Roy weaves his personal story of the purchase and renovation of Moyode into a wide ranging historical conversation, leading us to a topic of real interest to Ireland today and our sense of history more broadly: the historical nostalgia we attach to Ireland and the fact that our romantic image flies directly in the face of development and boom times in the "Celtic Tiger" of the twenty-first century. Few know, for example, that today Ireland produces and ships more software abroad than any other country in the world with the exception of the United States, though we all know the story of Angela's Ashes. With this theme in mind, Roy leads us to question what attracts us -- or perhaps more aptly him -- to the rubble of a castle from Irish days long past.
