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 XXIII — 1980

Issue 1

  • More about Samuel Dixon & his Imitators, Ada K. Longfield
Issue 1 PDF (2.692 MB)

Issue 2

  • ‘Mean Pyratical Practices’: The Case of Charles Brooking, J.H.Andrews
  • A Portrait of the Irish Surveyor-General, William Robinson, Rolf Loeber
Issue 2 PDF (1.309 MB)

Volume XXIV — 1981

Issue 1

  • William Kilburn (1745-1818) and his book of Designs, Ada K. Longfield
Issue 1 PDF (3.322 MB)

Issue 2

  • Madame Tussaud’s Years in Ireland 1804 - 1808, Lady Chapman
Issue 2 PDF (2.019 MB)

Volume XXV — 1982

Issue 1

  • The Stuccoists Lanfanchini in Ireland, Carlo Palumbo-Fossati
  • A Silver Chandelier from Galway, Gordon St. George Mark
Issue 1 PDF (1.83 MB)

Volume XXVI — 1983

Issue 1

  • The Parody of the School of Athens: The Irish Connection, Cynthia O’Connor
  • Mrs Delany - A Talented Lady of the Eighteenth Century, Ruth Hayden
Issue 1 PDF (2.317 MB)

Volume XXVII — 1984

Issue 1

  • Lyons, Co. Kildare, June Eiffe
Issue 1 PDF (3.124 MB)

Volume XXVIII — 1985

Issue 1

  • The Dublin Society’s School of Architectural Drawing, John Turpin
Issue 1 PDF (1.961 MB)

Volume XXIX — 1986

Issue 1

  • Some Irish Bookplates, Gerard Slevin
Issue 1 PDF (1.453 MB)

Issue 2

  • Chinese Armorial Porcelain for Ireland, David S Howard
  • The Source for the La Touche Ceiling, Joseph McDonnell
Issue 2 PDF (2.106 MB)

Volume XXX — 1987

Issue 1

  • The Evolution of Townley Hall, Frank Mitchell
Issue 1 PDF (4.283 MB)

Volume XXXI — 1988

Issue 1

  • Irish Georgian Society: The First Thirty Years, Desmond Guinness
Issue 1 PDF (1.92 MB)

Volume XXXII — 1989

Issue 1

  • The Big House in Irish Literature, Dorothy A. Kennedy
Issue 1 PDF (3.151 MB)