posted 03-16-2001 02:19 AM
Spent ten summer holidays between 1987 and 1996 visiting castles through-out Ireland. List of some worthwhile books.Irish Castles and Castellated Houses - Harold G Leask - First Published December 1941 (Reprinted April 1986) No ISBN? - Dundalgan Press (W Tempest) Ltd.
The standard work on Irish Castles - 170 pages but until the 1990's the only general book on Irish Castles.
The Walled Towns of Ireland (2 Volumes) - Avril Thomas - 1992 - ISBN 0 7165 2474 0 (Vol 1) 0 7165 2475 9 (Vol 2) - Irish Academic Press.
Volume 1 is a history and Volume 2 a gazetter.
Castles in Ireland - Feudal Power in a Gaelic World - Tom McNeill - 1997 - ISBN 0 415 16537 7 - Routledge.
The Medieval Castle of Ireland - David Sweetman - 2000 New Edition - ISBN 0 85115 788 2 - The Boydell Press.
Both worthy successors to Leask - excellent books.
Castles and Stronghouses of Ireland - Mike Salter - 1993 - ISBN 1 871731 15 1 - Folly Publications.
Vital if you wish to go castle hunting in Ireland - although the Irish O.S. maps are often necessary to find tower houses.
Castles of Ireland - Brian de Breffny - 1977 - No, ISBN? (1985 paperback ISBN 0 500 27398 7 - Thames and Hudson.
Similar to Christina Gascoigne's book on British Castles.
Castles and Fortifications in Ireland 1485 - 1945 - Paul M Kerrigan - 1995 - ISBN 1898256128 - The Collins Press.
Castles of Ireland - C L Adams - 1904 - Elliot Stock.
An interesting book coving about 75 catles.
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