Barney’s Cottage Barney’s cottage is a simple single storey building near Downpatrick in Co. Down. It was built from local stone around 1834 and unlike ...
Cabin Cottiers and landless labourers usually lived in one-roomed cabins. If there was no local stone available the cabins were made from sods.
Eviction Scene Sometimes, landlords wanted to make agricultural improvements to their estates. To do this they had to remove many of the smallholders. ...
The Workhouse For many poor people all over Ireland the workhouse became home during the Famine years. Ireland had 130 workhouses and they were ...
Drawing Room The drawing room at Lissadell House, the home of the Gore Booth family, has a beautiful white marble fireplace and magnificent ceiling.
Powerscourt Gardens Powerscourt in Co. Wicklow is one of the most famous country houses in Ireland. These beautiful gardens at Powerscourt were laid out ...
Castle Ward, Co. Down In the middle of the 19th century there were about 20,000 landowners in Ireland. Many of them lived in stately homes like this one at ...
Regency House Regency houses referred to the period of the regency (1811-20). This fine example was built in 1830 in Skibbereen, West Cork. Also in ...
Wilmont House Wilmont House was built in 1859 for James Bristow, the Chairman of the Northern Bank. Like many fine 19th century houses, Wilmont House ...
English-style Cottages These English-style cottages were built near Caledon, Co. Tyrone. They belonged to workers on the nearby estate.
