A Future for Irish Historic Houses - Irish Heritage Trust
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Acknowledgements<br />
The author would like to acknowledge the kind support of the officers and staff of the<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Georgian Society, particularly Desmond FitzGerald Knight of Glin; Sir David<br />
Davies; Mary Bryan; Donough Cahill; Estelle Gittins, Lisa Lambert and Elspeth<br />
O’Neill; Dave Fadden and Liam O Connell of the Department of Environment,<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> and Local Government; John Ducie, vice-chairman of An Taisce; Frank Carr<br />
of KPMG; those at Bord Fáilte and the <strong>Heritage</strong> Council who answered my numerous<br />
queries, and most particularly those house owners, managers, representatives and<br />
architects who so willingly gave of their time and offered much appreciated<br />
hospitality: Lord Altamont; Brian Bellew; Michael Bolton; Hon.Garech Browne;<br />
Charles Clements; Rebecca Cogan; John Coote; Martin Corrigan; Thomas Cosby;<br />
Jean Costello; Barbara Dawson; Lord Dunsany; Laurence Feeney; Bill Finlay,<br />
Desmond FitzGerald Knight of Glin; Mother Magdalena Fitzgibbon; Sir Josslyn and<br />
Lady Gore Booth; Major and Mrs. Hamilton; James Howley; Breda and Norman<br />
Ievers; Andrew Kavanagh; Brendan Kiernan; Susan Kellett; Margaret and Patrick<br />
Kelly; Knights of Columbanus [Billy Roe]; Eileen Lawlor; Samantha Leslie; Michael<br />
Lynch; John Madden; Lord and Lady Meath; Sean Moran; Lord Henry Mount<br />
Charles; Pyers O’ Conor Nash; Sir John and Lady Nugent; John O’Driscoll; Austin<br />
O’Sullivan; Thomas and Valerie Pakenham; Sandra Peavoy; Michael Penruddock;<br />
Alexander Perceval; Jim Reynolds; Lord Rosse; Sisters of Sion [Sister Phil]; Michael<br />
Sword; Mrs. Sidney Waddington; David Wall; Lord Water<strong>for</strong>d; Egerton Shelswell-<br />
White. Finally the author would like to express his gratitude to the National<br />
University of Ireland and to the Department of Modern History, National University<br />
of Ireland Maynooth.<br />
The author<br />
Dr. Terence Dooley is author of The decline of the big house in Ireland: a study of<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> landed families, 1860-1960 (2001). He is currently NUI Fellow in the<br />
Humanities, attached to the Department of Modern History, National University of<br />
Ireland Maynooth.<br />
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