ROWE, David & SCALLAN, Eithne. Historical Genealogical Architectural Notes on Some Houses of Wexford.

Whitegate, Co. Clare: Ballinakella Press, 2004. pp. 513. First edition. Large quarto. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, architectural drawings and genealogical material. Original purple cloth, title lettered in silver on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy.

A substantial and handsomely produced study of the great houses, demesnes and landed families of County Wexford. Combining architectural history, genealogy and local history, the authors examine a wide range of country houses and estates, tracing their ownership, development and social significance over several centuries. The work is enhanced by numerous illustrations, historical photographs, maps and specially commissioned line drawings by David and Brian Rowe.

The volume provides valuable genealogical information on many of Wexford’s principal families and landowners, making it an important reference source for historians, genealogists and collectors of Irish local history. Professor Kevin Whelan contributes the foreword.

Published in a relatively small edition by Ballinakella Press, this has become one of the more sought-after modern county house studies, particularly among collectors of Irish architectural history and Wexfordia555na.

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