The Bulletins of The Irish Georgian Society.

While early issues focused on the preservation work of the Society, from the 1960s the Bulletin included essays by pioneers of art, architecture and decorative arts scholarship in Ireland, including Ann Crookshank, C.P. Curran, Ada Longfield, Rolf Loeber, Edward McParland and Alistair Rowan. The appointment of an academic editor in 1995 ultimately paved the way for Irish Architectural & Decorative Studies.

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Volume III — 1960

Issue 1

  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
  • The Greatest Traveller in Eighteenth Century Ireland (John Wesley), Agnes Gilchrist
Issue 1 PDF (839.67 KB)

Issue 2

  • The Tailor’s Hall, Back Lane, William A. Dillon
  • William Tinsley, Victorian or Georgian?, Mark Bence-Jones
  • Russborough, Co Wicklow
Issue 2 PDF (1.204 MB)

Issue 3

  • Irish Rococo Plasterwork, Desmond Guinness
  • Visit to Longueville, Elizabeth Connor
  • Irish Georgian Society
Issue 3 PDF (787.945 KB)

Issue 4

  • Georgian Limerick, The Knight of Glin
  • Landscape Art, John Betjeman
Issue 4 PDF (1.662 MB)

Volume IV — 1961

Issue 1

  • Some Irish Memorials
  • I The O’Brien Monument
  • II The Connolly Monument
  • III The Kildare Monument
  • IV The Coghill Monument
  • V The Flower Monument
  • VI The La Touche Monument
  • VII The Dawson Monument
  • VIII The Foster Monument Rupert Gunnis
Issue 1 PDF (1.779 MB)

Issue 2

  • The Charitable Institution Belfast, R Grenfell Morton
  • Irish Georgian Society
  • Browne’s Hill
Issue 2 PDF (1.269 MB)

Issue 3

  • The ESB Buildings: will they survive?
  • Bowen’s Court: An Appreciation, Mark Bence Jones
  • The Pillar Room (Under the Gate Theatre)
Issue 3 PDF (1.214 MB)

Volume V — 1962

Issue 1

  • Lower FitzWilliam Street (Interviews courtesy of Trinity News), John Mason
Issue 1 PDF (846.3 KB)

Issue 2

  • Architectural Books and ‘Palladianism’ in Ireland, The Knight of Glin
  • Conolly’s Folly
Issue 2 PDF (2.998 MB)

Issue 3

  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
  • Portraits of Irish Houses, Anne Crookshank
  • The Conolly Folly Restoration Fund
  • Books on Georgian Ireland
Issue 3 PDF (1.77 MB)

Volume VI — 1963

Issue 1

  • A Letter from Francis Johnston (1820) Courtesy Armagh Museum
  • The Irish Career of Gilbert Stuart, Charles Merrill Mount
Issue 1 PDF (1.758 MB)

Issue 2

  • Cape Dutch Architecture, Sir Alfred Beit
  • The Problems of House Opening, The Hon. Mrs. Oliver Colthurst
  • House Opening and the Tourist Trade in Great Britain, Country Life
Issue 2 PDF (2.102 MB)

Issue 3

  • The Conolly Folly: a case for Richard Castle, Desmond Guinness & The Knight of Glin
  • Georgian Kilkenny, Peter Smithwick
Issue 3 PDF (84.681 KB)

Volume VII — 1964

Issue 1

  • Irish Georgian Society
  • Georgian Castles in Ireland – I, A.J Rowan
  • Richard Castle, Architect: A Synopsis, The Knight of Glin
Issue 1 PDF (2.719 MB)

Issue 2

  • Preservation in Ireland
  • The Last of the Traditionalists: Patrick Byrne, Architect, 1783-1864, Patrick Rafferty
  • Life in the Irish Country House, John Scott, The 1st Earl of Clonmell (d.1798)
Issue 2 PDF (2.439 MB)

Volume VIII — 1965

Issue 1

  • New Light on Castletown, The Knight of Glin
  • Irish Silver - decoration and redecoration, Francis Townshend
  • Georgian Kinsale - the future?
Issue 1 PDF (2.235 MB)

Issue 2

  • Visiting Georgian Ireland, Desmond Guinness
  • John Nash in Ireland, Terence Davis
Issue 2 PDF (1.285 MB)

Issue 3

  • Sir William Chambers, Friend of Charlemont, John Harris
Issue 3 PDF (1.774 MB)

Issue 4

  • The Building of St. Petersburg, Lord Oxmantown
  • Irish Georgian Society
Issue 4 PDF (1.876 MB)

Volume IX — 1966

Issue 1

  • Riverstown House and the Francini, C.P. Curran
  • T. Kettle and W. Cuming’s Portrait of James Gandon, Architect (1743-1823), James White
Issue 1 PDF (1.946 MB)

Issue 2

  • Francis Wheatley in Ireland, Ross Watson
  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
Issue 2 PDF (2.018 MB)

Issue 3

  • The Edifying Bishop (The Earl Bishop of Derry and his building), T.G.F. Paterson
  • The Life and Work of J. E. Carew, Sculptor, R.H.C. Finch
  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
Issue 3 PDF (2.696 MB)

Volume X — 1967

Issue 1

  • Old Wallpapers in Ireland, Ada K. Longfield
  • Curragh Chase by Jeremiah Hodges Mulcahy, Michael Wynne
  • Irish Georgian Diary
  • Irish Georgian Society
Issue 1 PDF (2.282 MB)

Issue 2

  • Francis Bindon, (1690-1765): His life & Works, The Knight of Glin
Issue 2 PDF (2.784 MB)

Issue 3

  • Peter Turnerelli, Sculptor, 1774-1839, John Gilmartin
  • William Ashford and the Royal Charter School Clontarf, Michael Wynne
Issue 3 PDF (1.497 MB)

Volume XI — 1968

Issue 1

  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
Issue 1 PDF (2.431 MB)

Issue 2

  • Mrs. Delany and Landscaping in Ireland, Edward Malins
  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
Issue 2 PDF (2.316 MB)

Issue 3

  • The Conollys of Castletown, A Family History, Lena Boylan
Issue 3 PDF (2.932 MB)

Volume XII — 1969

Issue 1

  • Irish Georgian Society, Desmond Guinness
Issue 1 PDF (2.218 MB)

Issue 2

  • Irish Portraits in American Collections, Ross Watson
Issue 2 PDF (2.039 MB)

Issue 3

  • Francis Johnston, Architect, 1760-1829, Edward McParland
Issue 3 PDF (5.595 MB)