A Georgian Jubilee

On the occasion of the Irish Georgian Society’s 50th anniversary, John Muclahy looks at the persuasive triumvirate who helped develop a new appreciation for Ireland’s Georgian heritage, as documented in a recently published book


A Georgian Jubilee

The story of the Irish Georgian Society over the past fifty years is essentially the story of three quite remarkable – and very different – personalities. And by far the most remarkable of these was Hermione Marie-Gabrielle ‘Mariga’ von Urach who married Desmond Guinness in 1954 and with him founded the Irish Georgian Society four years later

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