The Lost Houses Of Ireland: A Chronicle of the Great Houses and the Families Who Lived There - Tapa dura

'THE LOST HOUSES OF IRELAND is peppered with almost unbelievable stories andamusing anecdotes about the families that owned or occupied these relics of grandeur ... this engagingly eccentric 'coffee-table book' could barely be faulted.' Frank McDonald THE IRISH TIMES First serial ran in IRELAND ON SUNDAY and IRELAND HOMES & INTERIORS magazine is to feature an interview with Randal MacDonnell.The launch party for the book in Dublin on 7 August was a great success. Other Irish publicity includes: Randall is to do a live half hourinterview on RTE RADIO 1, national radio, with Brenda Power. The SUNDAY INDEPENDENT is to run a half page review. Illustrated reviews also to appear in the SUNDAY TRIBUNE, the SUNDAY BUSINESS POST and the IRISH INDEPENDENT. Magazines to review include: PERIOD IDEAS, ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES MAGAZINE, COU

There is a growing fascination with Irish houses. This important pictorial record, made available for the first time by modern photographic technology, shows 25 houses and castles at the time when the original families were still in residence and their interiors and contents were intact, just before they sank into oblivion, burdened by debt and decay. The text tells the story of the families who owned these wonderful houses, their sometimes ruthless beginnings, their extravagant and often eccentric ends.