{"product_id":"ireland-in-brick-and-stone","title":"Ireland in Brick and Stone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIreland in Brick and Stone\u003c\/em\u003e takes 50 buildings and other man-made constructions from different parts of Ireland and uses them to illustrate the history of the island over 1,500 years. All but three of the buildings are still surviving and they offer us a very personal way into history by teasing out the context in which the building was constructed, the uses to which it was put and the people associated with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, Rockfleet Castle is a tower house in Co. Mayo, typical of a kind of building from the late medieval period to be found all over Ireland. It was a stronghold of the Burkes of Mayo, into which family Grace O’Malley otherwise known as Granuaile married in the 1540s. \u003cem\u003eIreland in\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBrick and Stone\u003c\/em\u003e says very little about the castle itself but uses it as a chance to discuss the Burkes and other Norman settlers in late medieval Connacht, as well as the story of Granuaile herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnother example from more modern times is the small Marian Shrine in the Liberties in Dublin, built for the centenary of Catholic Emancipation in 1929. It is used as a starting point to describe religious devotion and the power of the Catholic Church in twentieth-century Ireland. Other buildings in the book include Robinson \u0026amp; Cleaver’s department store in Belfast; the English Market in Cork; Pearse’s cottage in Connemara and Newtown Pery in Limerick.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLiberally illustrated with evocative photographs this is a quirky and accessible take on Irish history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes 50 buildings and other man-made constructions from different parts of Ireland and uses them to illustrate the history of the island over 1500 years. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55123909673347,"sku":"9780717153602","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/73f29921275750744c3158f13072ac0a.jpg?v=1741012898","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/ireland-in-brick-and-stone","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}