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Burning the big house : the story of the Irish country house in a time of war and revolution
Yale University Press [2023]

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

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Título:
Burning the big house : the story of the Irish country house in a time of war and revolution / Terence Dooley
Editorial:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Descripción física:
1 online resource (xvi, 350 p.) : ill
Mención de serie:
Yale scholarship online
Nota general:
Previously issued in print: 2022
Bibliografía:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contenido:
Frontmatter -- ; CONTENTS -- ; ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS -- ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ; ABBREVIATIONS -- ; I. 'DAYS OF GRANDEUR AND GRAVITY': The Great War, 1914-18 -- ; 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 -- ; 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' -- ; 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 -- ; IV. 'THE LAST REMNANT OF IRISH LANDLORDISM': Conclusion -- ; 9. THE END OF REVOLUTION? -- ; ENDNOTES -- ; BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ; INDEX
Audiencia:
Specialized
Nota biográfica o histórica:
Terence Dooley is professor of history at Maynooth University and director at the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates. He is the author of numerous books, including The Decline of the Big House in Ireland
ISBN:
9780300265118 ( electronic bk.)
9780300260748
Enlace a formato físico adicional:
Print version: Dooley, Terence. Burning the Big House, New Haven : Yale University Press,c2022 9780300260748
Punto acceso adicional serie-Título:
Yale scholarship online

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