"THE IRISH COUNTRY HOME"

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF IRELAND ARE NOT AS WELL KNOWN AND CELEBRATED AS THOSE OF ENGLAND, YET NO SERIOUS STUDENT OF THE FORM CAN AFFORD TO MISS WHAT ARE UNDOUBTEDLY SOME OF THE MOST STUNNING EXAMPLES ON THE EMERALD ISLE. TEN EXQUISITE IRISH COUNTRY ESTATES ARE GIVEN LAVISH TREATMENT IN THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE, A BEAUTIFUL NEW BOOK BY IRISH ARISTOCRAT THE KNIGHT OF GILN, WHOSE OWN CASTLE IS AMONG THE FINEST, AND JAMES PEILL FROM THE VENDOME PRESS. ALL OF THE HISTORICAL HOUSES AND CASTLES FEATURED IN THE BOOK ARE STILL OWNED AND LIVED IN BY THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES, AN INCREASING RARITY, AND MANY HAVE NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES FENNELL SHOW GRAND BUT INVITING LIVING ROOMS, HALLWAYS LINED WITH HUNTING PRINTS, WELL-TRAMPLED MUDROOMS AND RICHLY-FURNISHED LIBRARIES. THE DECOR OF THE HOUSES HAS 'EVOLVED OVER GENERATIONS, FURNISHED WITH HEIRLOOMS AND CHERISHED HAND-ME-DOWNS, EXUDING THE MOSSY SCENT OF PEAT FIRES', FULL OF TELLING DETAILS CAPTURING THE DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITIES OF THE COLOURFUL INHABITANTS WHOSE STORIES ARE RECOUNTED IN THE TEXT.