60th anniversary membership offers!
26.02.2018
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Lecture: Conservation of the O'Brien Column, Co. Clare
21.02.2018
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6.00pm, Wednesday 21st March, Irish Architectural Archive, Merrion Square, Dublin 2
The Follies Trust, in partnership with the Friends of the O'Brien column, and the support of the Irish Georgian Society, has completed the conservation of this memorial column in County Clare. SPAB Fellow and stone mason, Eoin Madigan, was the main contractor and in this lecture he will explain the conservation of the O'Brien column from a craftsman's perspective. This talk is free to attend, but donations are gratefully accepted toward the conservation of the column.
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Ficino Ensemble play the Knight of Glin Exhibition Room, March & April 2018
19.02.2018
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7 March 2018, 6.30pm
Beethoven: String Trio in G Major 0p 9 no 1
Mozart: Divertimento K563
Tickets €10, available on the door
MUSICTOWN FESTIVAL
18 April, 7.00pm
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 op.132
Thomas Ades: Four Quarters
Ficino Ensemble and Olwen Fouéré present THE STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD In association with MusicTown
Tickets €20 from www.eventbrite.ie
Please note: None of the events listed above is affiliated with the Irish Georgian Society.
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New edition: 'Ballyfin, The Restoration of an Irish House and Demesne'
16.02.2018
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A new edition of Ballyfin, The Restoration of an Irish House and Demesne is available exclusively from the IGS bookshop. Priced at €60.
‘Kevin Mulligan’s learned and beautiful account of this magnificent house does justice to the triumphant rescue of Ballyfin. Scholarship and conservation working together like this give us all hope.’ (Edward McParland, Trinity College Dublin)
Copies of this magisterial account on a great Irish house are available exclusively from the IGS bookshop. We are the only outlet that stocks the book outside of Ballyfin itself! All proceeds from the sale of Ballyfin will support the Irish Georgian Society's upcoming exhibition 'Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland'.
For other publications by Churchill House Press visit www.churchillhousepress.com
Buy the book directly from our online shop here.
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Telephone and email disruption
08.02.2018
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Due to ongoing maintenance works, we will be without telephone and email access for the next 2-4 hours (8th February). Service will resume mid-afternoon. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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Irish Georgian Society Trip to Poland - 24th to 30th May 2018
02.02.2018
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Rogalin Palace, Poznan
We are delighted to offer a very unusual itinerary to Poland. Warsaw was obviously much restored after the war, but in recent years there have major new palace and garden refurbishment projects. Poznan is lesser known but has a wonderful town centre, and by going there allows us to visit the heartland of Poland. Returning with Ryanair flight from Wroclaw allows a brief visit to another charming Polish town. In between there will be many fine Neoclassical country house with superb parks and arboreta.
Download the itinerary here and a booking form here.
A non-refundable deposit of €250 per person is due by Wednesday 28th February.
Full payment will be required by Monday, 2nd April.
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