James Wyatt’s Irish Masterpiece: Castle Coole Study Day

The Irish Georgian Society, in partnership with the National Trust, Northern Ireland, is delivering a study day celebrating the rich architectural heritage, decorative interiors and designed landscape of Ireland’s finest eighteenth-century neo-classical house, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

Castle Coole has been home to the Lowry Corry family since the late seventeenth century. A Queen Anne mansion built by John Curle replaced the earlier defensive castle and at the close of the eighteenth century this in turn was replaced by a house of unparalleld architectural grandeur, built to designs by James Wyatt for Armar Lowry-Corry, the 1^st Earl of Belmore. Castle Coole continues to be home to Lord Belmore and his family.

The keynote speaker will be Dr John Martin Robinson, the acknowledged authority on James Wyatt. Other distinguished speakers include: Frances Bailey; William Laffan; Dr Patricia McCarthy; Dr Edward McParland; Christopher Monkhouse; Terence Reeves-Smyth; Dr William Roulston; and David Skinner. The study day commences at 11am with tea and scones and a welcome from Lord Belmore. In addition to the study day lectures, there will a tour of Castle Coole and lunch.

Tuesday 12 November 2019
Castle Coole, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh

Tickets: €90 to include tea/coffee and lunch
Tickets (with coach): €120 (departing at 8.30am from the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin, returning to Dublin for 7.45pm)
Click here to download the full programme.

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Image: John Preston Neale (1780–1847), A View of Castle Coole (National Library of Ireland