Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland
- ISBN-10
- 0948018089
- ISBN-13
- 9780948018084
- Pages
- 161
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Irish Architectural Archive and the Irish Georgian Society
- Authors
- Desmond FitzGerald Glin, David J. Griffin
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