Castles of Ireland

Author: Mairead Ashe Fitzgerald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847176677
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Castles are the most familiar medieval landmark across the Irish countryside. Their often romantic appearance belies their turbulent history and their lore abounds in stories of sieges, betrayals and daring escapes. From the earliest stone castles such as Dublin Castle to the fortified manor houses such as Red Hugh O'Donnell's Donegal Castle, each has a fascinating and individual story to tell. Castles of Ireland brings the reader on a tour of more than sixty castles, from the biggest and most well-known to dramatic and atmospheric ruins which had a role to play in shaping Ireland's history.

Castles in Ireland

Author: T.E. McNeill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134708866
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
The 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.

Ireland Encastellated AD 950-1550

Author: Tadhg O'Keeffe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846828638
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Despite an ever-expanding literature on Irish castles, the relationships between the castle building tradition in Ireland and those of contemporary Europe have attracted very little attention among Irish scholars. This book seeks to remedy this by approaching the corpus of Irish castles as a non-Irish scholar might do. Is there a case for dating the first castles in Ireland to the tenth century in line with the revised chronology of castle-building on the Continent? Are castles in Ireland typical of their periods by contemporary standards in England and France in particular? Are any castles in Ireland genuinely innovative or radical by those contemporary standards? What inferences about Ireland's place in medieval Europe can be drawn from the evidence of its castles and their forms?

Exploring Ireland's Castles

Author: Tarquin Blake
Publisher: Collins Books
ISBN: 9781848893269
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Blarney Castle

Author: James Lyttleton
Publisher: Four Courts PressLtd
ISBN: 9781846823145
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 157

Book Description
Blarney 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 queuing 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 - now available in paperback - 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.

Chicago's Only Castle

Author: Errol Magidson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578273228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The compelling stories of the five keepers of Chicago's only Castle, located in the Beverly neighborhood, unfold against the backdrop of Chicago's rich history.

Castles

Author: Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715326923
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.

Irish Houses & Castles

Author: Desmond Guinness
Publisher: Outlet
ISBN: 9780517249413
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description

Castles of Britain and Ireland

Author: Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780715312551
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
This text aims to bring to life every aspect of castles and castle life: why and how they were built; the weapons that were used; their social life in ordinary and extraordinary times; their provisioning; their maintenance; and their changing role in a continually evolving political climate.

Irish Houses and Castles, 1400-1740

Author: Rolf Loeber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846828201
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A new volume collecting together, for the first time, the writings of the esteemed academic, Rolf Loeber. This stunning new work also includes a bibliography of the writings of Rolf Loeber on Irish history, architecture, settlement and literature, featuring over 100 maps, photographs and illustrations.00From the contents:0- Chapter One: An architectural history of Gaelic castles and settlements, 1370?1600; 0- Chapter Two: The geography and practice of English colonisation in Ireland, 1534?1609; 0- Chapter Three: Pre-plantation architecture and the early seventeenth-century building conditions for Ulster and the Midlands plantations; 0- Chapter Four: Irish houses and castles, 1660?1690; 0- Chapter Five: Early Classicism in Ireland: architecture before the Georgian era; 0- Chapter Six: The architecture of Irish country houses 1691-1740: continuity and innovation; 0- Chapter Seven: A bibliography of the writings of Rolf Loeber on Irish history, architecture, settlement and literature.