Download or read book The Castles and Fortified Houses of West Cork written by Michael J. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Norman conquest of West Cork over 150 castles were built, both by the Normans and by local clan chieftains. This reference book gives details of the history and legends of over 100 of these castles, with an abbreviated history of West Cork during the period 1150 to 1700.

Download or read book The Castles of the Kingdom written by Michael John Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval castles of County Kerry, their remains, history and legends. This is a companion volume to the same author's Castles and Fortified houses of West Cork (0-9519415-8-5)

Download or read book Irish Castles and Fortified Houses written by David Sweetman and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the origins, features, & functions of these intriguing relics of another age.

Download or read book The Castles of County Cork written by James N. Healy and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Castles of County Limerick written by Michael John Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to The Castles and Fortified Houses of West Cork and The Castles of the Kingdom of Kerry. This book provides information for those interested in the history of County Limerick. Its 244 pages include a range of historical introduction, colour photographs, a map and line drawings.

Download or read book Fortified headlands and castles in western county Cork written by Thomas Johnson Westropp and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Valley of Squinting Windows written by Brinsley MacNamara and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Valley of Squinting Windows" by Brinsley MacNamara. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book The Fortified Houses of County Cork written by Joseph Nunan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medieval Castles of Ireland written by P. David Sweetman and published by . This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of the Irish medieval castle from 1169 onwards, drawing on research and records of the Archaeological Survey. It begins with the Anglo-Norman invasion and works through to the stronghouses and fortified houses of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The most up-to-date study, with many original drawings and photographs.

Download or read book Allegory Space and the Material World in the Writings of Edmund Spenser written by Christopher Burlinson and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the way in which the material world is depicted in The Faerie Queene. This book provides a radical reassessment of Spenserian allegory, in particular of The Faerie Queene, in the light of contemporary historical and theoretical interests in space and material culture. It explores the ambiguous and fluctuating attention to materiality, objects, and substance in the poetics of The Faerie Queene, and discusses the way that Spenser's creation of allegorical meaning makes use of this materiality, and transforms it.It suggests further that a critical engagement with materiality (which has been so important to the recent study of early modern drama) must come, in the case of allegorical narrative, through a study of narrative and physical space, and in this context it goes on to provide a reading of the spatial dimensions of the poem - quests and battles, forests, castles and hovels - and the spatial characteristics of Spenser's other writings. The book reaffirms theneed to place Spenser in his historical contexts - philosophical and scientific, military and architectural - in early modern England, Ireland and Europe, but also provides a critical reassessment of this literary historicism. Dr CHRISTOPHER BURLINSON is a Research Fellow in English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Download or read book The Irish Aesthete Ruins of Ireland written by Robert O'Byrne and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on a journey with Robert O’Byrne as he brings fascinating Irish ruins to life. Fantastical, often whimsical, and frequently quirky, these atmospheric ruins are beautifully photographed and paired with fascinating text by Robert O’Byrne. Born out of Robert’s hugely popular blog, The Irish Aesthete, there are Medieval castles, Georgian mansions, Victorian lodges, and a myriad of other buildings, many never previously published. Robert focuses on a mixture of exteriors and interiors in varying stages of decay, on architectural details, and entire scenarios. Accompanying texts tell of the Regency siblings who squandered their entire fortune on gambling and carousing, of an Anglo-Norman heiress who pitched her husband out the window on their wedding night, and of the landlord who liked to walk around naked and whose wife made him carry a cowbell to warn housemaids of his approach. Arranged by the country’s four provinces, the diverse ruins featured offer a unique insight into Ireland and an exploration of her many styles of historic architecture.

Download or read book The Coast of West Cork written by Peter Somerville-Large and published by Irish Books & Media. This book was released on 1991-04-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Exploring Ireland s Castles written by Tarquin Blake and published by Collins Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Song at Your Backdoor written by Joseph Horgan and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2010-03-03 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking his backdoor as a starting point, Joseph Horgan explores the natural world. The book spans one autumn and one winter, framed by the departure of the swallows from the author's backyard and concluding with their return. In between, Horgan travels on foot or by bicycle along some still-quiet country lanes of 21st-century rural Ireland. Mingling his observations and thoughts with references from seventh-century poetry to modern geological studies, he encourages us to look again at nature around us and to respect and protect it.

Download or read book The Irish tower house written by Victoria L. McAlister and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social role of castles in late-medieval and early modern Ireland. It uses a multidisciplinary methodology to uncover the lived experience of this historic culture, demonstrating the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment. Of particular interest is the revelation of how concerned pre-modern people were with participation in the economy and the exploitation of the natural environment for economic gain. Material culture can shed light on how individuals shaped spaces around themselves, and tower houses, thanks to their pervasiveness in medieval and modern landscapes, represent a unique resource. Castles are the definitive building of the European Middle Ages, meaning that this book will be of great interest to scholars of both history and archaeology.

Download or read book Castles and Fortifications in Ireland 1485 1945 written by Paul M. Kerrigan and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castles & fortifications in Ireland

Download or read book Castles of Ireland Some Fortress Histories and Legends written by Constance Louisa Adams and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book by Constance Louisa Adams, we explore some of the greatest landmarks in Ireland. "The Castles of Ireland are far too numerous for any single volume to contain their separate histories," but Adams does an amazing job of recounting the history and construction to the ones named within this volume.