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The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923
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monografia Rebiun36529634 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36529634 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr#cnu|||||||| 230526r20232022ctua fob 001|0|eng|d 9780300265118 electronic bk.) 9780300260748 10.12987/9780300265118 doi UAM 991008423433904211 StDuBDS eng StDuBDS rda pn e-ie--- ctu US-CT Dooley, Terence A. M. 1964-) author Burning the big house the story of the Irish country house in a time of war and revolution Terence Dooley New Haven Yale University Press [2023] New Haven New Haven Yale University Press 1 online resource (xvi, 350 p.) ill 1 online resource (xvi, 350 p.) Yale scholarship online Previously issued in print: 2022 Includes bibliographical references and index 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 The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923 Specialized 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 Print version Dooley, Terence. Burning the Big House New Haven : Yale University Press,c2022 9780300260748 Yale scholarship online