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The tale of Ireland's 'House Burning Mania' of 1919-1923


January 10, 2021
Muckloon, County Mayo, the ruined house and estate of aristocrat and wine merchant George Henry Moore.
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Between 1919 and 1923, in the War of Independence and the subsequent civil war, nearly 300 country houses were burned in Ireland. To mark the centenary of the events, Terence Dooley re-appraises the motives behind this destruction.
Late on the night of February 4, 1921, a local company of the Irish Republican Army came to Summerhill House, Co Meath, home of the 5th Baron Langford, and knocked very loudly on the back door. The men came on the orders of the Irish revolutionary and politician Michael Collins to burn the house. Local IRA leader Seán Boylan later claimed that Collins had been told that Summerhill a magnificent Palladian pile referred to as ‘the Irish Versailles’, believed to have been designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and built for Hercules Langford Rowley in the early 1730s was to be used ....

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Maynooth book highlights Kilkenny connections


Maynooth book highlights Kilkenny connections
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A new book celebrating the heritage, personalities and life of the historic college campus in Maynooth highlights the role that Kilkenny natives have played in its development.
We Remember Maynooth was planned as one of a number of projects to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the college s founding in 1795 but when Covid struck, many of the events planned had to be canceled, and the book became the focus of attention.
For most of its long life, Maynooth College educated priests for service in Irish dioceses, and for the last one hundred years or so it offered them a recognised university degree in arts or science, as well as conferring degrees in theology and Canon Law as a Pontifical University. ....

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