An exploration of the origins, features, & functions of these intriguing relics of another age.

A handy guide to around 140 of Ireland’s most dramatic castles and strongholds, all of which are open to the public, with structures from across the whole island of Ireland. A handy 8-page map of all locations featured is included.

Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean is a complex and ground-breaking collection of essays. Grounded in history, it integrates perspectives from art historians, architectural and landscape historians, and literary scholars to produce a genuinely interdisciplinary collection that spans from 1620-1830: the high point of European colonialism. By exploring imperial, national and familial relationships from their building blocks of plantation, migration, property and trade, it finds new ways to re-create and question how slavery made the Atlantic world.

Ireland's architectural heritage is richly portrayed here as never before. Key masterpieces are included from every period--the imposing medieval Dunsany Castle, elegant Palladian style country houses, Regency and Gothic Revival houses, and more. Guinness is a roving editor for Architectuaral Digest. 306 full-color illustrations; map.