Clik here to view.
Intervention Minimal but Masterful
Everywhere one travels in Ireland, ranges of abandoned old farm buildings can be found in varying states of dereliction. It’s easy to understand why this should be the case; in many instances, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A European Record
‘There are probably more derelict buildings in Ireland than in any other country of Western Europe,’ opens a television report on the rescue of Damer House in Roscrea, County Tipperary (see:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Old Buildings Speak
Time knows no beginning or end Old Buildings wave and wend, And the words live on in the wind… Old Barns Speak Of braying donkey and milking cow; Hens and ducklings, screeching and scratching In the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Need of Attention
Castle Farm, County Longford, a handsome early 19th century residence that is believed to have been built on the site of, and may incorporate elements of, a late-medieval tower house originally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haunted Houses
All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Through the open doors The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, With feet that make no sound upon the floors. We meet them at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good Housing Stock
An abandoned farmhouse in Rathaspick, County Westmeath. When the present crisis has passed, let us remember that Ireland does not suffer from a shortage of housing, but only a want of preparedness to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Source of Salvage Sought
The decoration on a roof of a single-storey cottage close to the remains of Clongill Castle, County Meath. A pair of wonderfully carved limestone sphinxes flank what might be either an eagle or a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Fine Example
Killaster is – or rather, could be – a particularly good example of Irish rural vernacular architecture. A sturdy, three-bay, gable-ended farmhouse, it probably dates from the early years of the 19th...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Pocket Mansion
Currently for sale, this miniature Tudorbethan house stands a short distance north-east from the site of Kiltanon, County Clare. A substantial property, the latter was built in the 1830s for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beaten by the Wind and Covered with Rime
‘. . . A wise man will perceive how mysterious will be the time when the wealth of all this age will lie waste, just as now in diverse places throughout the earth walls are standing beaten by the wind...
View Article
