Tag Archives: Irish historic houses

Dromana 800: a celebration of the FitzGerald/Villiers-Stuart family in Waterford

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Emer Twomey

Not many of us can say we can trace our family back to the same home for the last 800 years but 2015 marks this very special anniversary for the Villiers-Stuart family living in Dromana, Villierstown, Co. Waterford. The family are celebrating … Continue reading →

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Grand Designs from a Grand Tour

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Emer Twomey

To complement the current exhibition in UCC Library – A Grand Tour, paintings by Geraldine O’Riordan – UCC Library Archives Service has organised a display of photographs of Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork. The photographs selected from the Bantry Estate Collection can be … Continue reading →

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A grand tour – an exhibition of paintings in the Boole Library

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Breeda Herlihy

An exhibition of paintings by Geraldine O’Riordan is about to open in the Boole Library, University College Cork. These paintings will provide glimpses of some of the finest Irish Georgian architecture. They were inspired by tours of approximately 200 buildings … Continue reading →

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