Managing a portfolio of historic properties presents numerous challenges; Sandra Andrea O’Connell discovers how Irish Landmark Trust has fared as it marks its quarter century!
Ireland’s ‘everyday’ architectural heritage is made up of buildings where people have lived and worked, where families were raised and daily life unfolded – cottages and coastguard stations, old mills and schoolhouses. Irish Landmark Trust (ILT) cares for such ordinary buildings by allowing people to rent them for holidays and experience their extraordinary stories. Many can be found in remote locations of outstanding natural beauty. Their architectural details have been skilfully restored and their interiors beautifully furnished.
Peter Murray recalls the independent spirit Edith Blake, diarist and artist and one-time occupant of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork
While working as an intern at the NPA Mike Bors gained access to a remarkable collection created by talented amatuer, Sir Robert Ball, astromoner and scientific adviser to the Commissioners of Irish Lights
Peter Pearson welcomes a new chapter in the management of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford