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.

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?

Castles of Ireland

Author: Constance Louisa Adams
Publisher: London : Elliot Stock
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Troubled Life of Richard Castle, Ireland’s Pre-Eminent Early Eighteenth-Century Architect

Author: Barbara Freitag
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527528898
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
Richard Castle is widely regarded as one of the most important architects in eighteenth-century Ireland, yet this is the first book devoted to both Castle’s personal history and his professional career. The study builds on a wealth of information concerning his background. It investigates Castle’s Dutch and Sephardic ancestors, his father’s position at the Polish court, the military career of his siblings in the Saxon/Polish army, his wife’s Huguenot family, and his kinship with English economist David Ricardo. Making use of extensive research data, the book refutes commonly held misconceptions about Castle’s name, family, nationality and religion. This book will be of interest to architectural historians, readers interested in Irish/European cultural studies, and researchers into the Jewish diaspora and into early modern Europe in general.

Medieval Castles of Ireland

Author: P. David Sweetman
Publisher: Irish Books & Media
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
This book traces the development of the Irish medieval castle from 1169 onwards, drawing on the research and records of the Archaeological Survey.

Castles of Britain and Ireland

Author: Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
In this new, expanded, and completely revised edition of his classic work, Plantagenet Somerset Fry has researched and included the very latest historical and archaeological findings on these intriguing structures.