McDonald, Frank / Doyle, Peigin.

Ireland’s Earthen Houses. Photographs by Hugh MacConville.

Dublin, A. & A. Farmar, 1997. 24.4 cm x 17 cm. 32 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Interior near fine condition.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Building Blocks of Ireland / Earthen Houses / The Mayglass Farmstead, Pollwitch- a 250 Year-old Survivor etc.

Ireland’s hidden heritage of earthen houses is one of the country’s best kept architectural secrets. Hugh MacConville’s atmospheric photographs show how thatched clay houses, built from local materials and following local traditions, do not intrude the landscape, seeming to rise from the earth from which they came. Peigin Doyle describes the farmstead at Mayglass, built in the early 1700s, a superb example of the traditional architecture of south Wexford. Ireland’s Earthen Houses is both a celebration of what remains of our traditional houses and a plea to preserve and cherish them. (From cover notes)

• Keywords: Architect · Architecture · Catalogue Four – International Art · Houses · Ireland · Irish Architecture · Irish Houses
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781899047284
• Inventory Number: 200302AB

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