29 Sept - 01 Oct 2017 | Galway, Ireland
A talk led by Dr. Christy Cunniffe, Galway Community Archaeologist on Norman gate Towers will be held in the Temperance Hall (40 mins) followed by a guided tour of Loughrea’s only medieval town gate.
Close to Lough Corrib, and standing on what is virtually a rocky island, Aughnanure Castle, built by the O’Flahertys c.1500
David Cox of Cox Power Architects will lead a 1-hour tour and presentation that will focus on the conservation work at Saint Mary’s Church.
Located adjacent to Lough O’Grady in East Clare the project is for a small two-storey house and associated external landscape.
Architect led tour by Peter Cody, Boyd Cody Architects.
Awarded RIAI House of the Year, Munster 2017.
The design of this house begins with the vernacular Irish farmhouse typology, and while it adopts the simple volumes.
This 10th-century church is the oldest church in continuous use in Ireland and was built on a site of a monastery founded in the 6th century.
The North Mayo Heritage Centre, housed in the nineteenth-century outbuildings of Enniscoe House, will host the Buildings of Mayo Photographic Exhibition.
Thoor Ballylee, 14th Century Hiberno-Norman tower described by Seamus Heaney as the most important building in Ireland.
Matt Stevens MRIAI will present his approach to the refurbishment of the former Station Master’s House in Mulranny followed by a presentation by Noelle Angley, FRIAI outlining her analysis of Mulranny’s public realm.
Tucked away amid the rolling hills of Quin in Co. Clare lies Knappogue Castle, a 15th century restored medieval tower house that proudly stands as a reminder of our past and reflects the medieval glory in which our nobility of yesteryear lived. Shannon Development purchased the Castle in 1996 with the intention of preserving this important building for future generations.
Open on a ‘First Come’ basis.
Thoor Ballylee, 14th Century Hiberno-Norman tower described by Seamus Heaney as the most important building in Ireland.
Enjoy a guided tour of Enniscoe House, which appears to be a classic Irish Georgian country house.
