The vision of the Irish Georgian Society is to conserve, protect and foster a keen interest and a respect for Ireland’s architectural heritage and decorative arts. These aims are achieved through its scholarly and conservation education programmes, through its support of conservation projects and planning issues, and vitally, through its members and their activities.
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.
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.
01.02.2018
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Clockwise from top left: Maunsell Chapel, Co. Kildare, O'Brien Column, Co. Clare, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois and St. John's Church, Co. Mayo
The Irish Georgian Society is inviting applications to our 2018 Conservation Grants Programme. Now in its fifth year, the grants programme provides financial support for works to structures of significant architectural merit. A total of €50,000 is available and grants will be awarded with priority given to protected structures and recorded monuments of significant architectural merit. Structures of all periods are eligible but priority will be given to older buildings on the basis of rarity and potential fragility relating to age.
The Irish Georgian Society’s Conservation Grants Programme is supported by Irish Georgian Society London and Irish Georgian Society U.S. Chapters through funds raised from its activities and members’ generous bequests. The programme aims to provide financial assistance for conservation works to structures of significant architectural merit. Over the last four years, the Society has supported over forty significant conservation projects from around the country, that have included works to country houses and castles, thatched cottages and historic townhouses, architectural follies, and churches.
Some projects awarded grants in 2017 include the O’Brien Column (c. 1858), Liscannor, Co. Clare, Stradbally Hall (late 18C), Co. Laois, Town Hall (c.1863), Mountmellick, Co. Laois, St Johns Church, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo and Old Parochial House, Monkstown, Co. Cork
Application forms must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 23rd February 2018 and can be downloaded here. Decisions on the allocation of grants will be made by early May at which time applicants will be informed.
31.01.2018
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The Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council have assembled a team of conservation experts to present a series of talks on the history and significance of Dublin's period houses and practical advice on their conservation. Attendance at the talks will greatly benefit owners of all periods and types of houses, from the modest Edwardian artisan dwelling to the substantial red-bricks of the Victorian suburbs and the fine townhouses of our Georgian city squares, providing an 'A to Z' for their care and conservation.
Talks, which will commence on Tuesday 13th March 2018 from 1pm to 2pm and continue for 12 weeks, will take place in the City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2.
It is possible to attend all, one, or as many of the talks as you wish. The talks are priced at €15, which you may pay for at the door or book in advance for a special reduced price of €125 for all twelve talks. Complementary to the Tuesday talks will be a Saturday morning walking tour, at an additional cost of €15.
These talks are also beneficial to building professionals and practitioners and are approved for CPD by the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Engineers Ireland, the Society of Surveyors of Ireland, the Irish Planning Institute and the Heritage Contractors.
Conserving your Dublin Period House course - €125
Conserving your Dublin Period House course (with Walking Tour) - €140
For full details download the brochure
The Conservation Education Programme is supported by Irish Heritage Insurance, Merrion Property Group and Heather and John Picerne.
26.01.2018
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Click here to watch a video about the Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland exhibition
An exhibition celebrating the restoration of the City Assembly House, Ireland’s first public art gallery
16 June - 29 July 2018
To mark the restoration of the City Assembly House and to celebrate the Society of Artists in Ireland who erected the building over 250 years ago, the Irish Georgian Society will host a world-class exhibition in June and July 2018 of eighteenth-century Irish paintings.
Celebrating the building’s original incarnation as the first purpose-built public gallery in Britain and Ireland, the Exhibition will re-assemble paintings, including those byThomas Roberts, Jonathan Fisher, James Forrester, Robert Carver, Robert Healy and Hugh Douglas Hamilton, in the room in which they were first displayed between 1766 and 1780. What makes this exhibition even more exciting is the intention to hang these paintings in a similar manner as they were first exhibited.
Members will have special access to the exhibition, with guided tours and exclusive events to mark the completion of the City Assembly House. An accompanying publication will offer further occasion to revisit and evaluate these stimulating works; assessing Ireland’s first introduction to exhibition culture and the significant contribution it made to an increasingly self-confident national school of Irish art. This will be one of 2018’s great cultural events in Ireland, and should not be missed.
Our exhibition events programme can be booked online here, or download the full programme here.
The restoration of the City Assembly House was made possible through the support of our donors and project partners: The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Foundation, Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Dublin City Council and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaelteacht
19.01.2018
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The Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council are partnering to deliver our annual spring Conserving your Dublin Period House course. This is an A to Z course on the care and conservation of protected structures. Starting at 1pm on Tuesday 13th March and running for twelve consecutive Tuesday lunchtimes in the octagonal room, City Assembly House, 58 South William Street, D.2. The talks commence with Jacqui Donnelly, Senior Conservation Architect with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht outlining the policy and legislation in place for protected structures.
Booking for the course is open now. Book online here.
2018 Conserving Your Dublin Period House programme
Tuesday 13th March, My House is a Protected Structure: what does this mean? Examining policy and legislation by Jacqui Donnelly, Senior Architect, Architectural Heritage Advisory Unit, Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht.
Tuesday 20th March: Dublin’s Domestic Architecture: its historic stylistic evolution by Charles Duggan, Heritage Officer, Dublin City Council
Tuesday 27th March, Sensitively Conserving and Restoring your Period House by Mary McDonald, Architectural Conservation Officer, Dublin City Council
Tuesday 3rd April, A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: practical building conservation and maintenance by Frank Keohane, Chartered Building Surveyor accredited in Building Conservation & author of Irish Period Houses: a conservation guidance manual
Tuesday 10th April, Historic Windows: their history, significance and conservation by Dr Nessa Roche, Architectural Conservation Advisor, Architectural Heritage Advisory Unit, Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, author of DoCHG’s Advice Series, A Guide to the Repair of Historic Windows
Tuesday 17th April, Historic Pointing Techniques and the Importance of Using Lime by Grainne Shaffrey, Principle, Shaffrey Architects, Grade I RIAI Conservation Practice and co-author of the DoCHG’s Advice Series: a Guide to the Repair of Historic Brick
Tuesday 24th April, Energy Performance in Protected Structures; planning implications and grants by Sarah Halpin and Carl Raftery, Conservation Research Officers, Dublin City Council
Tuesday 1st May, Historic Doors and Staircases; their history and conservation by Peter Clarke, retired DIT lecturer
Tuesday 8th May, Historic Ironwork: its history, significance and conservation by Ali Davey, Historic Environment Scotland & author of DoCHG’s Advice Series, The Repair of Wrought and Cast Ironwork
Tuesday 15th May, Keeping the Water Out and What to Do When the Water Gets In by Lisa Edden, consultant structural engineer & co-author of DoCHG’s Advice Series, A Guide to the Repair of Historic Roofs
Tuesday 22nd May, Historic Bricks: their history, significance and conservation by Susan Roundtree, RIAI Conservation Architect & co-author of DoCHG’s Advice Series, A Guide to the Repair of Historic Brickwork
Tuesday 29th May: Historic Decorative Plasterwork: its history, significance and conservation by Andrew Smith, consultant decorative plasterwork conservator
Booking for the course is open now, book online here.
Conserving Your Dublin Period House is supported by:
