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Dublin: The Buildings of Ireland: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park
Author(s): Christine Casey (Author)
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication Date: 28 Oct. 2005
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 800 pages
- ISBN-10: 3540708227
- ISBN-13: 9780300109238
Book Description
In this uniquely comprehensive guide to the buildings of central Dublin, the city’s churches, public buildings, and streets are described for every district in lively detail. The entire area within the canals is covered as well, along with the Phoenix Park. Illustrations include numerous maps, plans, and new color photographs.
Dublin’s grand eighteenth-century set-pieces―Custom House, Four Courts, Bank of Ireland―are offset by a graceful Georgian cityscape, much of which remains intact. Rich and varied house interiors are also treated in full, many for the first time. The book features civic and commercial Victorian architecture, post-war buildings, and the buildings of a new generation of Irish architects. Two fine Gothic cathedrals remain from the medieval city, the full history of which is traced in an introduction to the volume.
For all who share an interest in the fabric of Dublin―architect or historian, tourist or armchair traveller―this is the essential work.
Dublin’s grand eighteenth-century set-pieces―Custom House, Four Courts, Bank of Ireland―are offset by a graceful Georgian cityscape, much of which remains intact. Rich and varied house interiors are also treated in full, many for the first time. The book features civic and commercial Victorian architecture, post-war buildings, and the buildings of a new generation of Irish architects. Two fine Gothic cathedrals remain from the medieval city, the full history of which is traced in an introduction to the volume.
For all who share an interest in the fabric of Dublin―architect or historian, tourist or armchair traveller―this is the essential work.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“I for one will never visit Dublin again without this volume to
hand.”
— Historic House, Autumn 2006
hand.”
— Historic House, Autumn 2006
‘…This is a book that can be recommended wholeheartedly to anyone.’ —
Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic, April 6 2006‘…a guide that no lover of Dublin’s architecture should be without.’ —
The Word, Christmas 2005‘…quite the best thing on that city since Ulysses.’ —
New Statesman, 28th November 2005‘…the definitive guide to the city’s buildings, the best way to end all arguments.’ —
The Sunday Tribune, 25th December 2005‘Casey’s book is very like its author – small, intense, fiery, and full of information…absolutely essential reading.’ —
John R Redmill, The Victorian, July 2006‘Dublin’s rich in architectural heriatge, but it takes a fine, scholarly study [like this] to enumerate, describe and evaluate them’. —
Mary Leyland, Irish Examiner, November 12, 2005‘Throughout the book the sustained level of historical research and observation is outstanding…a monumental work which celebrates our capital’. —
Peter Pearson, Irish Arts Review, Winter 2005About the Author
Christine Casey is a lecturer in the History of Art Department, University College Dublin.
