IRISH HERITAGE STUDIES | vol. 2 – The annual research journal of the Office of Public Works

ed. Caroline Pegum ISBN 978 1910140 574 224pp (paperback) 24x17cm 115 illus The IRISH HERITAGE STUDIES journal showcases original critical research rooted in the substantial portfolio of material culture in the care of or managed by the Office of Public Works: built heritage; historic, artistic, literary and scientific collections; the national and international histories associated with these places and objects; and its own long organisational history. Papers will contribute to a deeper understanding of this important collection of national heritage and investigate new perspectives on aspects of its history. The journal is designed for a broad public, specialist and professional readership. Established in 1831 (and with antecedents dating back to 1670), the OPW is a central government office with responsibility for managing much of the Irish State’s property portfolio, and maintaining and presenting 780 heritage sites, including national monuments, historic landscapes, buildings and their collections. CONTENTS Introduction – Caroline Pegum, editor A reassessment of the Romanesque church of St Saviour’s at Glendalough, co. Wicklow – part 1 –Christiaan Corlett In search of the lost priory of the Knights Hospitaller Kilmainham – Barry Kehoe ‘A Garden of Pleasure’: the creation of a formal garden in the mid-seventeenth century at Kilkenny Castle – Jane Fenlon Captain Pearce’s genius? The eighteenth-century painted hangings of Dublin Castle – William Derham Further evidence for a servant of South Asian ancestry in Georgian Dublin’s Ely household – Eoin O'Flynn Hibernia and Irish ceiling decoration at Dublin Castle: personifying Protestant politics, c.1750–c.1802 – Ciarán Rua O'Neill The evolution of Doneraile Demesne, co. Cork – part 2 – Michael O’Sullivan Symbolic protest at Sligo Abbey: flag-raising and nationalist expression, 1869–1920 – Melissa Melanephy Transient hands: a case study of graffiti and interpretation at the Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, Oldbridge Estate, co. Meath – Ellen Brickley publ. 05/2026