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Book Synopsis Abandoned Mansions of Ireland by : Tarquin Blake
Download or read book Abandoned Mansions of Ireland written by Tarquin Blake and published by Collins Books. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of photographs of abandoned Irish country mansions, offering a glimpse into what were some of Ireland's most distinguished homes.
Book Synopsis Abandoned Mansions of Ireland II by : Tarquin Blake
Download or read book Abandoned Mansions of Ireland II written by Tarquin Blake and published by Abandoned Ireland. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, Tarquin Blake documents the crumbling ruins of more forgotten stately homes, such as Elsinore House in County Sligo, where a childhood ghostly encounter inspired a lifelong fascination with the paranormal in W. B. Yeats. The Great Famine triggered a change of fortune for Ireland's landlords: starving, penniless tenants could no longer pay rent and the landowners' luxurious lifestyles went into decline. Later, the Land Acts transferred land into the ownership of tenant farmers and, with their rental income removed, many landlords locked up and left, never to return. Others frittered away the family fortune trying to maintain a luxurious lifestyle. During the War of Independence and Civil War, country houses became a target for the IRA and many were burned. For the remainder of the twentieth century, the increasing expense of maintenance made these opulent houses unviable and hundreds fell into hopeless dereliction. Beautiful, haunting images accompany the histories of the houses and their occupants, to tell a fascinating story of troubled times and private hardships.
Book Synopsis Abandoned Palaces by : Michael Kerrigan
Download or read book Abandoned Palaces written by Michael Kerrigan and published by Abandoned. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built to last, built to impress, built with style - it is all the more remarkable when grand buildings fall into disrepair and ruination. The reasons for abandonement can be manifold, including political upheaval, economic downturns, shifting borders, changing tastes, natural and man-made disasters. From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, Abandoned Places tells, in 170 striking images, the stories of more than 130 palatial ruins from across the world.
Download or read book Haunted Ireland written by Tarquin Blake and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest book from Tarquin Blake delves into the world of Irish ghosts, vampires, witches, werewolves, and other spectral tales. Collating the ghost stories with powerful images of where these stories played out, Haunted Ireland reveals an engrossing catalogue of tales of the unexplained, the spooky unknown, haunted caves, phantom ships, poltergeists, and many other strange tales. From the curse of Castlelyons in County Cork to Abhartach the vampire dwarf of County Derry, from the Coonian Poltergeist in Fermanagh to the Werewolves of Ossory in Kilkeeny and Laois, these stories will amuse or raise the hairs on the back of your neck.
Book Synopsis Abandoned Churches of Ireland by : Tarquin Blake
Download or read book Abandoned Churches of Ireland written by Tarquin Blake and published by Collins Books. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Tarquin Blake documents eighty abandoned Church of Ireland churches, preserving a record of fragile religious ruins. Blake's haunting images of crumbling ruins and history of the churches tell another fascinating story of troubled times.
Book Synopsis The Art of Falling by : Danielle McLaughlin
Download or read book The Art of Falling written by Danielle McLaughlin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “delicate slow burn of a novel” (Jan Carson), a woman’s marriage and career are threatened by an old indiscretion just as she receives the opportunity of a lifetime—from the award–winning author of the “extraordinary” (Colum McCann) Dinosaurs on Other Planets. Nessa McCormack’s marriage is coming back together again after her husband’s affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibition for a beloved artist, the renowned late sculptor Robert Locke. But the arrival of two enigmatic outsiders imperils both her personal and professional worlds: A chance encounter with an old friend threatens to expose a betrayal Nessa thought she had long put behind her; and at work, an odd woman comes forward with a mysterious connection to Robert Locke’s life and his most famous work, the Chalk Sculpture. As Nessa finds the past intruding on the present, she realizes she must decide what is the truth, whether she can continue to live with a lie, and what the consequences might be were she to fully unravel the mysteries in both the life of Robert Locke and her own. In this gripping and wonderfully written debut, Danielle McLaughlin reveals profound truths about love, power, and the secrets that define us.
Book Synopsis A Thousand Moons by : Sebastian Barry
Download or read book A Thousand Moons written by Sebastian Barry and published by Viking. This book was released on 2021 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling new novel about memory and identity set in Paris, Tennessee in the aftermath of the American civil war from the Booker Prize shortlisted author Winona Cole, an orphaned child of the Lakota Indians, finds herself growing up in an unconventional household on a farm in West Tennessee. Raised by her adoptive father John Cole and his brother-in-arms Thomas McNulty, this odd little family scrapes a living on Lige Magan's farm with the help two freed slaves, the Bougereau siblings. They try to keep the brutal outside world at bay, along with their memories of the past. But Tennessee is a state still riven by the bitter legacy of the civil war and when first Winona and then Tennyson Bouguereau are violently attacked by forces unknown, Colonel Purton raises the Militia to quell the rebels and night-riders who are massing on the outskirts of town. Armed with a knife, Tennyson's borrowed gun and the courage of her famous warrior mother Winona decides to take matters into her own hands and embarks on a quest for justice which will uncover the dark secrets of her past and finally reveal to her who she really is. Exquisitely written and thrumming with the irrepressible spirit of a young girl on the brink of adulthood, A Thousand Moons is a glorious story of love and redemption.
Book Synopsis Burning the Big House by : Terence A. M. Dooley
Download or read book Burning the Big House written by Terence A. M. Dooley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.
Download or read book Ancient Ireland written by Tarquin Blake and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing catalog of Ireland's remarkable heritage sites, with beautiful color photographs on nearly every page, an an account of the history of each site. Over 140 sites across the 32 counties are presented.
Book Synopsis The Irish Aesthete: Ruins of Ireland by : Robert O'Byrne
Download or read book The Irish Aesthete: Ruins of Ireland written by Robert O'Byrne and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go 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.
Book Synopsis Exploring Ireland's Castles by : Tarquin Blake
Download or read book Exploring Ireland's Castles written by Tarquin Blake and published by Collins Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether ruined or opulant, castles can fire the imagination. Here is a breathtaking tour of some of Ireland's lesser known castles, accompanied by hundreds of color photos, and true stories of duels, derring-do, and defiance.
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Book Synopsis The Moores of Moore Hall by : Joseph M (Joseph Maunsell) 18 Hone
Download or read book The Moores of Moore Hall written by Joseph M (Joseph Maunsell) 18 Hone and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Daughters of Ireland by : Janet Todd
Download or read book Daughters of Ireland written by Janet Todd and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Amanda Foreman's bestselling "Georgiana," this novel traces the defiant lives of two women, set against a glittering backdrop in an age of revolution.
Book Synopsis The Open Secret of Ireland by : Thomas Michael Kettle
Download or read book The Open Secret of Ireland written by Thomas Michael Kettle and published by London : W.J. Ham-Smith. This book was released on 1912 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Woodbrook written by David Thomson and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-02-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delicate, lyrical picture of a gentle pre-war society, of Irish history and troubled Anglo-Irish relations, and of a delightful family. This story reverberates with the enchantment of falling in love and with the desolation of bereavement.
Download or read book Derelict Britain written by Simon Sugden and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting collection of images from photographer Simon Sugden revealing the beauty in decaying buildings around Britain.
Book Synopsis Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War by : Gemma Clark
Download or read book Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War written by Gemma Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday Violence in the Irish Civil War presents an innovative study of violence perpetrated by and against non-combatants during the Irish Civil War, 1922–3. Drawing from victim accounts of wartime injury as recorded in compensation claims, Dr Gemma Clark sheds new light on hundreds of previously neglected episodes of violence and intimidation - ranging from arson, boycott and animal maiming to assault, murder and sexual violence - that transpired amongst soldiers, civilians and revolutionaries throughout the period of conflict. The author shows us how these micro-level acts, particularly in the counties of Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, served as an attempt to persecute and purge religious and political minorities, and to force redistribution of land. Clark also assesses the international significance of the war, comparing the cruel yet arguably restrained violence that occurred in Ireland with the brutality unleashed in other European conflict zones.
