The Decline of the Big House in Ireland: A Study of Irish Landed Families, 1860-1960
- ISBN-10
- 0863278507
- ISBN-13
- 9780863278501
- Category
- History / Europe / Ireland
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wolfhound Press
- Author
- Terence A. M. Dooley
Description
This is a history of Ireland's big houses from the post-famine years until the 1950s.
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