The eighteenth century is in many ways the most problematic era in Irish history. The years from 1700 to 1775 have been short-changed by historians, who have co

Based on the author's PhD thesis, Studies in eighteenth-century building history, Trinity College Dublin, 1998.

Illustrates the impressive achievement of the great writers in the Irish literary arena and shows the varied accomplishment of others, providing unexpected, ent

Winner of the inaugural John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize, given by the The Foundation for Landscape Studies A detailed and original study of 17th and 18th c