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	Irish Georgian Society - Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society
		The Irish Georgian Society is Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society.
		The Society aims to encourage an interest in and to promote the conservation of distinguished examples of architecture and the allied arts of all periods in Ireland.
		The Irish Georgian Society was founded in 1958 by the Hon.
	www.irishgeorgiansociety.org (148 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
		Although the native Irish were not supposed to live in the city and its environs, many did so and by the 16th century, English accounts complain that Irish Gaelic was starting to rival English as the everyday language of the Pale.
		See Also Georgian Dublin Georgian Dublin is a phrase used that has two interwoven meanings, to describe a historic period in the development of the city of Dublin from 1714 (the beginning of the reign of King George I of Great Britain and of Ireland) to the death in 1830 of King George IV...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Dublin (11298 words)

	Georgian Dublin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first move towards becoming a Georgian city actually occurred during the reign of King Charles II when the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Ormonde (later made Duke of Ormonde) issued an instruction which was to have dramatic repercussions for the city as it exists today.
		Through the Irish Parliament was exclusively made by up of the representatives of the minority protestant community in Ireland, it did show sparks of independence, most notably the achievement of full legislative independence in 1782, where all the restrictions previously surrounding the parliament in College Green, notably Poyning's Law were repealed.
		The world's longest row of Georgian houses, running from the corner of Merrion Square down to Lesson Street Bridge, was sliced in two by the decision of the Irish government in the early 1960s to demolish part of the row and replace them by a modern office block.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgian_Dublin (2228 words)

	Irish Georgian Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Irish Georgian Society (IGS) is a group concerned with conservation of the Irish architectural heritage.
		Many of the fine architectural examples under protection of the society are of the Georgian era, but the IGS does not limit itself to buildings of that period alone.
		The society was founded in 1958 by members of the Guinness family.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Georgian_Society (186 words)

	The Ireland Funds - Your Money at Work : Irish Georgian Society
		The Irish Georgian Society has been instrumental in leading the campaign to save the 18th century Gazebo, in its dramatic setting at Dromoland, Co. Clare; it was on the point of collapse and has now been stabilized by means of intricate scaffolding.
		An area of increasing concern to the Society is the lack of care and conservation of the country's distinctive 18th and 19th century ironwork.
		The Society's aim is to set up a training programme to ensure a supply of ironworkers, this leading to a self-financing project in time.The restoration of No. 2 Pery Square in Limerick has been assisted by the Irish Georgian Society.
	www.irlfunds.org /your_money_at_work/projects_georgian.html (962 words)

	Irish Georgian Society - Conservation
		The conservation of Ireland’s rich architectural heritage is the principal aim of the Irish Georgian Society.
		The Society organises conferences and seminars (click Publication on front page) and awards grants for research, which included, recently, grants towards trawling 18th century newspapers for items of interest, the collection of information on gatelodges and the inventory of historic buildings in Limerick.
		The Society monitors planning applications and makes submissions and objections if the application is considered detrimental to the conservation of Ireland’s built heritage.
	www.igs.ie /conservation.html (200 words)

	Irish Georgian Society - Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society
		The Irish Georgian Society is Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society.
		The Society aims to encourage an interest in and to promote the conservation of distinguished examples of architecture and the allied arts of all periods in Ireland.
		The Irish Georgian Society was founded in 1958 by the Hon.
	www.irish-architecture.com /igs (156 words)

	Irish Times Article - Houses in historic garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Irish Georgian Society has lost its bid to stop three houses being built in the grounds of Traverslea, a six-bedroom Victorian house on nearly four acres at Glenageary.
		The Irish Georgian Society says that the house is not only of architectural interest, it also has historic significance, as the home of the landscape painter Nathaniel Hone: the house was built in 1880 for his sister Ivy Hone.
		The society says the development will alter the character of the walled garden, and points out that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has lost many of its walled gardens in the past "giving this survivor even greater significance".
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2005/0707/3334033068RPTRAVERSLEA.html (257 words)

	Irish Times Article - C of I gets permission for palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The place lies in a 14th century keep, extended and repaired in the 17th century and again in the 18th century, when four apartments and a staircase were added.
		In its appeal, the Irish Georgian Society raised concerns, not only about the break in a long ecclesiastical tradition and use of the building "but because it is recognised that the best and most efficient way to ensure the future of a historic building is usually by maintaining its original use".
		The society maintains that one of the ancillary buildings, a 78 sq m (839 sq ft) addition to the house for a small canteen and toilets "has not been justified".
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2003/1127/3578643592RPBISHOP.html (572 words)

	The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Aubane Historical Society, Jack Lane, Millstreet, Co. Cork.
		Irish Georgian Society - Cork Chapter, Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
		Irish Railway Preservation Society, Tim Nagle, Featherbed Lane, Kinsale, Co. Cork.
	tiara.ie /cork.html (420 words)

	Georgian architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Georgian architecture is the name given in English-speaking countries to the classic architectural styles current between about 1720 and 1840, named after the four British monarchs named George.
		Georgian architecture was disseminated as much through the medium of engravings as it was through the direct experiences of the apprenticeship system.
		Georgian architecture and elegant dining echo the graciousness of a bygone era.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Georgian_architecture (738 words)

	Seanad Debates - Official Report 5-11-97
		The strongly held view of the Irish Georgian Society and the Honourable Desmond Guinness, who advised me, is that this money should be secured and used by the State to acquire Carton House as a heritage item for the State rather than for this commercial exploitation which will destroy it.
		The society is aware that a cost benefit analysis for the proposed development has been requested but it is extremely sceptical about this.
		I passed on specific concerns expressed to me by the Irish Georgian Society and An Taisce about underlining the importance of the heritage dimension of this project to the director general of Bord Fáilte, who was directly involved in the assessment of this project.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-97/s5nov97/sect4.htm (3655 words)

	Georgian Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During this period, the reign of the four Georges, hence the word georgian, a particular and unified style of architecture was used in erecting public and private buildings;
		Many of the aristocratic families lost their heirs in the First World War, their homes in the country to IRA burnings during the Irish War of Independence and their townhouses to the Wall Street Crash.
		The decision in the late 1950s to demolish a row of georgian houses in Kildare Place and replace them with a brick wall was greeted with jubiliation by a republican minister at the time, Kevin Boland, who said they stood for everything he opposed.
	www.portaljuice.com /georgian_dublin.html (2208 words)

	Georgian treasures still line these streets \| csmonitor.com
		In spite of their efforts, many fine Georgian structures were demolished in the 1960s and replaced by new, modern, but sadly characterless buildings that Dubliners hoped would give them a more up-to-date image.
		Georgian architecture -known for its understated elegance - began to become popular during the reign of King George I, who ascended the throne of England in 1711.
		In 1814, Leinster House was acquired by the Royal Dublin Society, from which the Irish government purchased it in 1925 as the seat of the Irish Parliament, which it remains today.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0226/p20s01-altr.html (2115 words)

	REVIEWS
		In the old days, the theatre the oldest surviving concert hall in the country saw the inside of courts in its role as a litigant, had visits by film stars, and enjoyed much of the kind of drama that made the theatre a lifestyle in itself.
		It was built' incorporating the old town hall of Georgian Limerick, the St Michael's Parish commissioners, and was built by public subscription.
		Catherine Hayes, the world famous Irish soprano, gave her services free for a concert to raise money for a large pipe-organ for the city.
	www.limerick.com /theroyal/reviews.html (1260 words)

	Whytes Biographies of Irish Art and Irish Artists A-E
		An early Irish modernist, a pupil of André Lhote's and a friend and teacher to both Evie Hone and Mainie Jellet, May Guinness was born in 1863 in Ireland as Mary Catherine Guinness.
		In 1922 she was represented at the Irish Exhibition in Paris with five works; later she was included in a similar loan exhibition in Brussels in 1930.
		From 1928 onwards she exhibited regularly at the Belfast Art Society, the Ulster Academy of Arts and at the Royal Ulster Academy and was a founder member and past president of the Ulster Society of Women Artists.
	www.whytes.ie /Biographies/BiogsFtoL.htm (7946 words)

	Dublin Tourism - Georgian Heritage Walking Trail of Dublin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This building was the symbol of Ireland's Georgian era and the one in which it came to an end on the 2nd of August, 1800, when the Irish Parliament voted itself out of existence.
		In 1814 Leinster House was acquired by the Royal Dublin Society, from whom it was bought by the Irish Government in 1925 to become the seat of the national parliament, Oireachtas na hÉireann.
		The square thus neatly spans the entire Georgian period from the accession of George I to the death of George IV.
	www.visitdublin.com /tours/georgian2.asp (5036 words)

	Archiseek - "Tall building plans criticised"
		The Knight of Glin, Sir Desmond FitzGerald, and president of the Irish Georgian Society, says that both developments are too tall relative to the low rise buildings which surround them.
		16th April 2004 07:58 PM i agree with the view that the georgian society should be more concerned with saving whats left of georgian dublin, and not geting in the way of new buildings, which could end up being great additions to the city.
		The Georgians have objected to things I wouldn't have, but their opinion is as valid as anyone elses.
	www.archiseek.com /content/printthread.php?t=2958 (1367 words)

	Irish Georgian Society
		The Irish Georgian Society is a membership society that promotes interest in Ireland's architectural heritage and is actively involved in the protection of Ireland's historic building stock.
		Fundraising initiatives provide valuable grant assistance to conservation projects on historic buildings throughout the country as well as providing resources to assist in the promotion of traditional building skills and the provision of conservation advice.
		The Society is also involved in the planning process, monitoring planning applications that may impact on the built heritage.
	www.buildingconservation.com /directory/ad121.htm (112 words)

	Irish Geography Ireland Geographical Society
		In that role, she became one of the most familiar figures upon the Irish geographical scene as her responsibilities took her from sub-committee to sub-committee, and from geography department to geography department.
		She was a member of Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, of the Irish Astronomical Society, of the Irish Georgian Society, and of An Taisce.
		Her Irish cartographic memorial is to be found among the several hundred maps which are the Atlas of Ireland.
	www.ucd.ie /gsi/journal/v32-1.html (1180 words)

	Irish Georgian Society - Events
		Many buildings were constructed on their Royal orders, the last of which was not completed until after Irish independence in 1922.
		This is an exceptional opportunity to visit this beautifully restored and furnished Dublin city quayside house, which is not usually open to the public, except by special arrangement.
		He has a special interest in Irish furniture and has developed the Irish furniture section in Christies.
	www.irish-architecture.com /igs/fownes.html (777 words)

	The Architecture of Armagh Observatory
		However, on closer inspection, one becomes aware of a building with a number of rare, if not unique, features and one that tells us not only something of its architect, Francis Johnston, but also something of the history of astronomy over the past two hundred years.
		One of the most famous of these was the `Great Southern Telescope', built by Grubb of Dublin, for the state of Victoria in 1869.
		Regrettably, this unique telescope was largely broken up in the early 20th century, but sufficient parts remain of its drive, mounting and mirror support that it may, one day, be possible to have it reconstructed.
	star.arm.ac.uk /history/architecture.html (3291 words)

	Find it Ireland.com. Irish Sites Listings - Arts
		Irish realist artist, specialising in surrealist still life and tropme l'oeil oil paintings, featuring Venetian masks and birds such as macaws, falcons and canaries.
		Irish watercolour artist Kate Bedell's Gallery of paintings : Kate Bedell comes from the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland, and is a member of the Water Colour Society of Ireland...
		The Royal Irish Academy is the principal learned society in Ireland, founded in 1785 as a society for "promoting the study of science, polite literature and antiquities".
	www.finditireland.net /links/arts.html (2842 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Nation's wrath falls on bishop who wants to redesign cathedral
		Although Cobh town council has approved the proposal, the decision has met with a huge number of objections and is now the subject of a legal challenge from the Irish government.
		The state versus Church row has also been fuelled by objections from the Irish Georgian Society and the Friends of St Colman's Cathedral, who have collected the signatures of 24,124 people in the diocese.
		Donough Cahill, of the Irish Georgian Society, said: "The cathedral, and specifically its chancel and sanctuary, are an intact masterwork of high Victorian Gothic Revival design and craftsmanship.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/19/ncath19.xml (655 words)

	Trovare® - International News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Irish Georgian Society is a membership organization founded in 1958 by Desmond and Mariga Guinness to protect buildings of architectural merit throughout Ireland.
		In the longer term the society hopes to establish a permanent facility for teaching architectural conservation skills, such as stone-welling, lime plastering, joinery, forging, and decorative finishes.
		The Society recently received an anonymous two-year challenge grant of $250,000 and was recognized with an award from the Toepfer Foundation in Germany for its work in protecting Europe's shared heritage.
	trovare.com /newsInt.html (838 words)

	The DiCamillo Companion - Educational Opportunities
		The Georgian Group campaigns against the neglect, maltreatment,
		The Irish Georgian Society encourages an interest in and
		The Victorian Society is the national society responsible
	www.dicamillocompanion.com /Education.html (285 words)

	Links Page at the WorldWide Irish Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Irish first names, or fore names, reflect the variety of traditions and languages that have been integrated into the modern Irish culture.
		Irish Diaspora Studies, the world-wide, scholarly, inter-disciplinary study of the Irish Diaspora, and its social, linguistic, economic, cultural and political causes and consequences.
		The Irish Ancestral Research Association is a nonprofit organisation for Irish genealogical and historical research and education.
	members.aol.com /irishworld/links.html (2778 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Observers Comments The Irish Georgian Society has submitted an observation describing the dwelling as of both architectural and historic importance because of its association with the Commercial Cable Company.
		Technical Reports and other correspondence There is no planner’s report on file A letter from An Taisce on the original planning file notes the importance of the house and states that ‘it is important that any changes made to the building are appropriate and do not damage its architectural character’.
		The Irish Georgian Society made a number of comments in their response to the original application.
	www.pleanala.ie /REP/201/R201999.DOC (2053 words)

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