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Committed to enhancing scholarly and public understanding of Irish historic houses and estates through education, research & publication. Contact cshihe@mu.ie
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Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates and the Heritage Council.
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We’re thrilled to share that our Assistant Director, Dr Ciarán Reilly, along with Elaine Bean of MU Library, has received the Vice President’s Award for the Maynooth Through the Ages series.
June 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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We are delighted to congratulate our Director, Professor Terence Dooley, on his formal admission to the Royal Irish Academy.

This prestigious recognition honours Professor Dooley’s exceptional contribution to Irish historical scholarship, particularly in the field of country house studies.
May 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Finally, Ciarán Reilly discusses ‘The Irish Country House and the Great Famime’

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May 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Terence Dooley speaks on the future of research in the field of country house studies!

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May 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Mary Heffernan chairing the last panel of the day!

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May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Georgina Laragy closes the session with ‘Suicide in the country house in 19th- and 20th-century Ireland’.

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May 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Up next, Louise Calf discusses ‘Backstage at the country house: The construction and management of Chatsworth’s theatre, 1895–1902’.

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May 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Fergal Browne opens session four with ‘The two ‘lives’ of Ballintober’.

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May 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Kevin James rounds out the session with ‘20th-century incarnations of Duff House, Scotland, 1906–1990’.

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May 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Alyssa Myers follows with ‘Comfort and convalescence in the 18th-century suburban London villa’.

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May 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Daniel Watkins opens session three with ‘Anthony Salvin’s great kitchen at Alnwick Castle’.

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May 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Hélène Bremer wraps up the session with a look at ‘The Ginkel family: two castles, one household?’

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May 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Elizabeth Macknight examining ‘The provisioning of estates or estates that provisioned?’

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May 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Jon Stobart kick started session two with ‘Everyday lives: servants in the Georgian country house’.

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May 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Fiona White rounds off the session with ‘Space, order and commemoration: the built heritage of Moore Hall demesne’.

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May 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Jeremy Hill follows with ‘Tobar na gé and a light-bulb moment at Monksgrange’.

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May 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Session One of day two opens with Simone Donders ‘The Irish country house basement: a survey of floor plans’.

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May 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Meg Nichols rounds off the last session for the day with ‘The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association and the rescue of an American icon’.

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May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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David Murphy rounds off the session with ‘Sir William Johnson and his Johnson Hall in the Mohawk Valley’.

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May 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Robert O’Byrne follows with ‘Diocesan domesticity: daily life in Cashel Palace during the episcopacy of Charles Agar, 1779–1801’.

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May 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Adrian Tinniswood opens the Fourth Session with ‘To catch a thief: crime and the country house’.

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May 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Meinir Moncrieffe rounds off the session with ‘Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass’.

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May 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Angela Alexander opens Session Three with ‘Furnishing the Irish country house as a home in the early 19th century: inventories, letters and diaries’.

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May 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Emma Arthur follows with ‘The bound music book and the everyday musical life of women in the country house’.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM