Abandoned mansions of Ireland II : more portraits of forgotten stately homes / Tarquin Blake.
By: Blake, Tarquin
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BookPublisher: Cork : Collins Press, 2012Description: ix, 338 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9781848891555; 1848891555.Other title: Abandoned mansions of Ireland 2 | Abandoned mansions of Ireland two.Subject(s): Mansions -- Ireland -- History | Abandoned houses -- Ireland -- History | Upper class -- Dwellings -- Ireland -- History | Mansions -- Ireland -- History -- Pictorial works | Abandoned houses -- Ireland -- History -- Pictorial works | Upper class -- Dwellings -- Ireland -- History -- Pictorial works | Architecture and Planning | Photographs: collections | Local history | "Architecture: palaces, stately homes & mansions" | Ireland | European historyDDC classification: 728.809 BLA Summary: From the mid-18th century Irish country houses flourished. Then, during the War of Independence, the mansions became an IRA target and many were deliberately burnt. In 2008 Blake found his first abandoned 'Big House' and began exploring the lost architecture of Ireland. Here, he documents a further 47 lost houses.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Following the success of Abandoned Mansions of Ireland, Tarquin Blake documents more forgotten stately homes. These include Elsinore in County Sligo, where William and Jack Butler Yeats spent many childhood summers, and Gortnamona House in County Offaly, built by the 'heir to the principality of Ofelia' in 1803. Auburn House in County Westmeath was named after the 'deserted village' immortalised by the poet Oliver Goldsmith, whose father was a tenant on the estate. The heyday of the Irish country house began in the early 1700s, when most farmland in Ireland was owned by Anglo-Irish Protestant landowners. The land, worked by tenant farmers, fi nanced the increasing opulence of landowners' mansion houses. The Great Famine triggered a change of fortune: starving, penniless tenants could not pay rent and the landowners' fi nances went into decline. Later, the Land Acts transferred land into the ownership of the tenant farmers and, with their rental income removed, many landlords locked up and left. Others frittered away the family fortune trying to maintain a luxurious lifestyle.During the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, country houses became a target for the Irish Republican Army and many were burned. For the remainder of the twentieth century, the increasing expense of maintenance made these houses unviable and hundreds fell into hopeless dereliction. Beautiful, haunting images of these crumbling ruins accompany the histories of the houses and their occupants to tell again a fascinating story of troubled times and private hardships.
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From the mid-18th century Irish country houses flourished. Then, during the War of Independence, the mansions became an IRA target and many were deliberately burnt. In 2008 Blake found his first abandoned 'Big House' and began exploring the lost architecture of Ireland. Here, he documents a further 47 lost houses.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Tarquin Blake, photographer and historian, is author of www.abandonedireland.com and the best-selling Abandoned Mansions of Ireland. He has extensively explored the architectural relics of Ireland and his passion is unravelling and documenting the mysteries of lost heritage. He lives in County Cork.