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Wexford Castles

Author : Billy Colfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859184936
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Wexford Castles written by Billy Colfer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Billy Colfer's Wexford Castles expands the Irish Landscapes series by taking a thematic approach, while still staying loyal to the central landscape focus. Rather than adapting a narrowly architectural approach, he situates these buildings in a superbly reconstructed historical, social, and cultural milieu. County Wexford has three strikingly different regions - the Anglo-Norman south, the hybridised middle and the Gaelic north - which render it a remarkable version in parvo of the wider island. Colfer's wide-angle lens takes in so much than the castles themselves, as he ranges widely and deeply in reading these striking buildings as texts, revealing the cultural assumptions and historical circumstances which shaped them. In this most cosmopolitan of counties, we range far and wide in search of the wide-spreading roots of its cultural landscape - from the Crusades and the Mani peninsula in Greece to the Bristol Channel, from Crac des Chevaliers to Westminster, from the Viking north and the cold Atlantic to the warm Mediterranean south. The book breaks new ground in exploring the long-run cultural shadow cast by the Anglo-Normans and their castles, as this appears in the Gothic Revival, in the poetry of Yeats and in the surprisingly profuse crop of Wexford historians and writers. While most books on a single architectural form can end up visually monotonous, creativity has been lavished on this volume in terms of keeping the images varied, fresh and constantly appealing. The result is a sympathetic and innovative treatment of the castles, understood not just as a mere architectural form, but as keys to unlocking the mentalitae of those who lived in them. Wexford Castles: landscape, context and settlement is a worthy conclusion of Billy's Colfer's superb trilogy of landscape studies."--Publisher's website.

Johnstown Castle: A History

Author : Liam Gaul
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750959010
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Johnstown Castle: A History written by Liam Gaul and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harmony between great castles and their ornamental grounds is rarely seen in such perfect form as at Johnstown Castle. The gardens and grounds were designed by Daniel Robertson, of Powerscourt fame, assisted by Martin Day. The castle itself was home to two prominent Wexford families, the Esmondes and the Grogans, who have between them occupied the grounds from the fifteenth century right up to 1945. Today the castle is owned by Teagasc, the Agricultural and Food Development Authority, who manage the estate and provide access to the public. This book is the first published history of the castle, and in these pages author, historian and Wexford native Liam Gaul, explores the development of this imposing aspect of Wexford and national heritage from its earliest beginnings.

Notes and gleanings relating to the county of Wexford

Author : Martin Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Notes and gleanings relating to the county of Wexford written by Martin Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Town and County of Wexford

Author : Philip Herbert Hore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book History of the Town and County of Wexford written by Philip Herbert Hore and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Johnstown Castle

Author : Liam Gaul
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750959010
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Johnstown Castle written by Liam Gaul and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harmony between great castles and their ornamental grounds is rarely seen in such perfect form as at Johnstown Castle. The gardens and grounds were designed by Daniel Robertson, of Powerscourt fame, assisted by Martin Day. The castle itself was home to two prominent Wexford families, the Esmondes and the Grogans, who have between them occupied the grounds from the fifteenth century right up to 1945. Today the castle is owned by Teagasc, the Agricultural and Food Development Authority, who manage the estate and provide access to the public. This book is the first published history of the castle, and in these pages author, historian and Wexford native Liam Gaul, explores the development of this imposing aspect of Wexford and national heritage from its earliest beginnings.

Castles in Ireland

Author : T.E. McNeill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134708858
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Castles in Ireland written by T.E. McNeill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The castles of Ireland are an essential part of the story of medieval Europe, but were, until recently, a subject neglected by scholars. A lord's power and prestige was displayed in the majesty and uniqueness of his castle. The remains of several thousand castles enable us to reconstruct life in Ireland during these crucial centuries. Castles in Ireland tells the story of the nature and development of lordship and power in medieval Ireland. Ireland formed the setting to the interplay of the differing roles of competing lordships: English and Irish; feudal European and Gaelic; royal and baronial. Tom McNeill argues that the design of the castles contests the traditional view of Ireland as a land torn by war and divided culturally between the English and Irish.

The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles

Author : Ella S. Armitage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles written by Ella S. Armitage and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Little Book of Wexford

Author : Nicky Rossiter
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752498118
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Wexford written by Nicky Rossiter and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Wexford is a compendium of fascinating information about the town, past and present. Here you will find out about Wexford's trade and industry, crime and punishment, music and literature, clubs and societies, and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. It covers not only the famous elements in Wexford's history but also focuses on the details of the everyday man in the street, recording facts that could so easily have been forgotten. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of this ancient county. It is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

Wexford

Author : Billy Colfer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wexford written by Billy Colfer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book details the origins and growth of Wexford town since its establishment by the Vikings in the early tenth century. The influence of the broader environment on the foundation, expansion and economic development of the town is also examined. Periods covered include the Anglo-Norman, the Cromwellian settlement and eighteenth-century expansion. Detailed sections will include medieval churches, town wall and castle, the 1798 Rebellion and nineteenth-century church expansion. As a maritime town, shipping and trade for the different periods will also be examined. The growth of the town down to the present time will be analyzed by using a series of maps and aerial photographs. Wexford town has a long and rich history, a varied archival record, and a powerful personality embedded in its tight streets. The landscape layers that underpin the town are painstakingly built up, period by period, component by component. The focus of this volume is different from a conventional history because the concentration is on helping the reader to understand how the landscape of the town is evolving. To achieve this understanding in this most cosmopolitan of towns, the book ranges far and wide--from the Viking north to the Mediterranean south, from privateers to navy commodores, from croppies to entrepreneurs. The history of the town leaps into vivid life through four hundred illustrations, including fifty new maps, historic prints, photographs and paintings. The result is a comprehensive treatment of the evolution of Wexford town, understood not just as an abstract pattern of bricks and mortar, but as a real place where people lived and loved, shopped and traded, fell and rose, all the time creating through their accumulated efforts a rich communal fabric. Wexford town has its own distinctive setting on its shallow harbor, its own way of doing things, its own accent, its own inheritance of streets, buildings and spaces. Together, they create the town, whose story is so evocatively recorded here.

An account of the Anglo-Norman family of Devereux, of Balmagir, county Wexford

Author : G. O'C. Redmond
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5873084572
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book An account of the Anglo-Norman family of Devereux, of Balmagir, county Wexford written by G. O'C. Redmond and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1994 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical account of the Devereux family in Ireland from the time they left Normandy and settled in Wexford county, Ireland about 1300 until about 1820. This history discusses their contribution to Irish society and history and gives biographical information on many family members up to 1890.

Castles of Ireland

Author : Constance Louisa Adams
Publisher : London : Elliot Stock
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Castles of Ireland written by Constance Louisa Adams and published by London : Elliot Stock. This book was released on 1904 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Castles in Medieval Society

Author : Charles Coulson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198208243
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Castles in Medieval Society written by Charles Coulson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Coulson overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle-building in the Middle Ages.

Castles and colonists

Author : Eric Klingelhofer
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847797733
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Castles and colonists written by Eric Klingelhofer and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castles and colonists is the first book to examine life in the leading province of Elizabeth I's nascent empire. Klinglehofer shows how an Ireland of colonising English farmers and displaced Irish 'savages' are ruled by an imported Protestant elite from their fortified manors and medieval castles. Richly illustrated, it displays how a generation of English 'adventurers' including such influential intellectual and political figures as Spenser and Ralegh, tried to create a new kind of England, one that gave full opportunity to their Renaissance tastes and ambitions. Based on decades of research, Castles and colonisers details how archaelogy had revealed the traces of a short-lived, but significant culture which has been, until now, eclipsed in ideological conflicts between Tudor queens, Hapsburg hegemony and native Irish traditions,

Cromwell at War

Author : Martyn Bennett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178672247X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Cromwell at War written by Martyn Bennett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martyn Bennett here provides the first military biography of Cromwell in the context of the seventeenth century Military Revolution. After commanding a small troop in 1643 and, without prior military experience, Cromwell rose to lead the cavalry regiments of the Eastern Association Army and the New Model Army to final victory at Worcester in 1651 and sealed the victory of the Parliamentary forces in Ireland and Scotland, becoming Lord General in 1650. Martyn Bennett analyses Cromwell's military talents and generalship, in addition to his well-attested powerful and even brutal discipline and religious fervour. He examines the controversial Irish campaigns as well as modern accusations of genocide. In providing new perspectives on Cromwell's military career, Bennett adds to our understanding of England's only non-royal head of state.

A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland

Author : Samuel Lewis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland written by Samuel Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440842949
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book treats 30 important civil wars and revolutions across the world, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, covering a broad swath of recorded history from ancient times to the present. Human history as a whole results from social changes, technological advances, and evolutions in thinking and religion—all of which often lead to wars and conflicts. Behind each major war are myriad interrelated causes. This book examines 30 of the most significant civil wars and revolutions in recorded history, from ancient times to the modern era, identifying the origins, consequences, and subtle impacts of many of these conflicts that are still being felt today. A comprehensive overview essay as well as explanations of the causes and consequences of each conflict give readers the context needed to understand the importance of these seminal events. Additional learning tools include a detailed timeline that sets all of the key events in the conflict in the proper context, maps of several of the key battles that help readers visualize the strategies of both sides, and a lengthy bibliography that offers a wealth of options to students looking to investigate any of the conflicts further.

Famous Wexfordians

Author : Liam Gaul
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750991631
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Famous Wexfordians written by Liam Gaul and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written and reported on the broad canvas of the history of County Wexford over the centuries, but Famous Wexfordians seeks to revitalise interest in some of the principal players that have almost faded into obscurity. This book tells the story of maritime adventurers, sports personalities, artists, musicians, soldiers, political eladers and princes of the Church, who have all left an indelible mark on the south-east corner of Ireland. Author Liam Gaul offers a thorough and absorbing account of Wexford's lesser-known history through these who have lived in and visited the county.