IRISH ARCHITECTURAL AND DECORATIVE STUDIES – Vol.28

The annual Journal of the Irish Georgian Society, 2025 (ed. David Fleming) ISBN 978 1910140 581 144 pages (pb) 24x17cm 110 illus This annual journal reflects the Irish Georgian Society’s present remit, which ranges from Georgian architecture to the entire spectrum of Ireland’s post-Medieval architecture and its special need for protection, interpretation, understanding and appreciation. The content of each volume is wide and varied, testimony to the diversity and scholarship of the series. ESSAYS (alphabetically by author) • The Shillelagh oak woods, and the use and decline of oak timber in Trinity College Dublin — R.A. Somerville • William Maynard and Cork’s new Custom House, 1723-25 — Tom Spalding • John Sutherland at Leixlip Castle — Patrick Bowe • ‘I judged, my heart, that you preferred everything Irish’: the Donovans and the Dublin ceramics trade, c.1775-1829 — Toby Barnard Texts and contexts: • A 1742 inventory of Jonathan Swift’s household goods and chattels — Brendan Twomey Review article • Complicating the Big House: new perspectives on country houses and the Irish Revolution — Karol Mullaney-Dignam Book reviews: • "The Language of Architectural Classicism: from looking to seeing" • "Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830" • "The Metal Stamp’d by Honest Fame: gold and silver boxes in Dublin, 1662-1830" • "The intellectual world of the Country House in Ireland and Britain" • "The origin of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey" • "The irresistible Frank O’Meara (1853-1888): an Irish artist in France" • "Ulster Modern: Modern Movement architecture: in Northern Ireland: 1921-1949" publ. 04/2026