Burning the Big House 4th Edition by Terence Dooley 0300265115 9780300265118

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• ISBN 10: 0300265115
• ISBN 13:9780300265118
• Author:Terence Dooley

The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923

Table contents:

1. ‘The Irish Landlords Have Become the Victims of a Revolution’: Before the Great War, 1879–1914
2. ‘The Un-Martialled Loyalists of the South’: The Great War, Part I
3. ‘All the Gentry Have Suffered’: The Great War, Part II
Part II. ‘A Bonfire for a Generation’: Burning the Big House, 1920–23
4. ‘Castles, Mansions and Residences Were Sent Up in Flames’
5. ‘I Think the Greed of Land Is at the Root of This Class of Crime’
Part III. ‘This is What Your Past Here Means to Us’: Destruction, Looting and Compensation
6. ‘Grass Grows Where the Saloons Were’: A Case Study of Mitchelstown Castle
7. ‘There Were Hens Roosting on Valuable Oil Paintings’: Destruction and Looting, 1920–23
8. ‘Sermons in Stones’: Compensating Country House Owners
Part IV. ‘The Last Remnant of Irish Landlordism’: Conclusion
9. The End of Revolution?

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