Georgian Dublin: Ireland’s Imperilled Architectural Heritage by Kevin Corrigan Kearns

The forces behind Georgian Dublin’s deterioration and the flaws and frailties of the Irish Government’s preservation policies

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Title: Georgian Dublin: Ireland’s Imperilled …

Publisher: David and Charles, London

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition Fine hardcover with dust jacket now in removable protective cover. Georgian Dublin is one of the finest surviving eighteenth-century cityscapes in all Europe, but the vicissitudes of history have taken a heavy toll on this historic architecture. The stately Georgian terraces managed to survive into the mid twentieth-century tattered but basically intact. However, beginning in the early “sixties”, the Irish capitol witnessed what has been described as an “orgy of destruction”. Modernization, urban redevelopment and the office-building boom set upon the hapless city with a fury. This book examines the forces behind Georgian Dublin’s deterioration, the flaws and frailties of the Irish Government’s preservation policies and the rise of a fledging preservation movement. Collector’s Item.