{"product_id":"abandoned-mansions-of-ireland","title":"Abandoned Mansions of Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2008 Tarquin Blake found his first abandoned \"\"Big House\"\" and so began exploring the lost architecture of Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese mansions were built in the mid-eighteenth century onward and were gradually abandoned and forgotten. Here, Blake documents what is left of fifty mansion houses with brief histories and beautiful photographs of the haunting ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded are Mountpelier Lodge (Dublin Hellfire Club), the birthplaces of Daniel O'Connell and the Duke of Wellington, and the one-time homes of Grace O'Malley and the Smithwicks brewing family of Kilkenny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A handsome and immensely sensitive study of some of the most haunting and unforgetable mansions ever to have been built in Ireland.\" - Irish Voice \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hauntingly beautiful pictures...accompanied by fascinating historical information\" - Irish American News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"`Abandoned Mansions of Ireland' should prove to be an endlessly fascinating coffee table work.\" - Midwest Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tarquin Blake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46123368054953,"sku":"9781848890619","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781848890619.jpg?v=1753502988","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/abandoned-mansions-of-ireland","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}