{"product_id":"the-irish-aesthete-buildings-of-ireland-known-and-unknown","title":"The Irish Aesthete: Buildings of Ireland, Known and Unknown","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince 2012, Robert O’Byrne’s \u003ci\u003eIrish Aesthete\u003c\/i\u003e has shed fresh light on Ireland’s architectural inheritance. In this new volume, \u003ci\u003eBuildings of Ireland: Known and Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e, he turns his discerning eye to a remarkable selection of sites in the care of the Office of Public Works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom celebrated landmarks like Castletown House and the Rock of Cashel to lesser-known ruins tucked down quiet boreens, these pages uncover a country layered with memory: grand houses and fragile abbeys, castles and gardens, round towers and forgotten churches. Some are familiar, many are not – but all are open to be seen, and to be understood anew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith text and sumptuous photographs by O’Byrne, this book offers more than a guide: it is an invitation to travel, to look closely, and to discover the stories held in stone across Ireland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e‘In putting together the present book, making a selection was perhaps the greatest challenge … my wish is to offer a mixture of the familiar and the unfamiliar. This is a personal selection: someone else compiling the book might have made different choices. But it is intended to act \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eas an introduction and a guide to the rich diversity of Ireland’s architectural heritage, a gazetteer that encourages readers to set out on their own voyages of discovery.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"O'Byrne, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53113716441355,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/5953\/6907\/files\/9781843519997.jpg?v=1780063146","url":"https:\/\/www.lilliputpress.ie\/products\/the-irish-aesthete-buildings-of-ireland-known-and-unknown","provider":"The Lilliput Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}