Irish Stone Walls

Author : Pat McAfee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847172341
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Stone Walls written by Pat McAfee and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods

Author : Patrick McAfee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862784782
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Stone Walls written by Patrick McAfee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone walls are a remarkable & historic feature of the Irish landscape. This book describes their history, showing the uses of stone in Ireland through the ages in walls & buildings. Includes a how-to section.

Author : Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813147794
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Fences of the Bluegrass written by Carolyn Murray-Wooley and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.

Author : Alen MacWeeney
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711213722
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland written by Alen MacWeeney and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures the spirit of the Irish people, and the wildness of the land and history. Over 110 full colour spectacular photographs conjure up endless beauty from the Dingle peninsula up to County Donegal, from Connemara and the Aran Islands to Country Down and beyond.

Author : Colm Toibin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500545138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sean Scully written by Colm Toibin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, compact edition of Sean Scully’s photographs, featuring horizontal and vertical shards of limestone that echo his painted work and reveal a creative process best expressed through abstract shapes. Sean Scully, one of today’s most esteemed painters and an accomplished photographer, spent time on the remote Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland, photographing the ancient drystone walls that crisscross the stark and barren landscape. Sean Scully brings together his sensitive images, revealing the unexpected yet monumental beauty of these centuries-old structures that meander across the windswept and rocky islands. In their form and spirit, the photographs shed light on Scully’s own sensibilities as an artist. They also capture the stillness and serenity of this rugged, timeless place on the edge of Europe. This new edition features an evocative text by the award-winning Irish writer Colm To´ibi´n, which conveys the mysterious beauty of the three Aran Islands. This volume is a must-have for Sean Scully fans, as well as anyone with an interest in Ireland or photography.

Author : Lew French
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423610962
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stone by Design written by Lew French and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2005-08-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 125 gorgeous photographs showcase the beauty of award-winning stonemason Lew French's work in eight different homes, illustrating how rounded fieldstone, gray slate, rough granite, and even curvy driftwood can be incorporated into stunning pieces of functional art.

Author : Susan Allport
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393312027
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sermons in Stone written by Susan Allport and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1871 there were 252,539 miles of stone walls in New England and New York enough to circle the earth ten times.

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ISBN 13 : 9780956845825
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walls in the Landscape written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alen MacWeeney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733609817
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland written by Alen MacWeeney and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. Gerald Alvey
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878055449
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kentucky Bluegrass Country written by R. Gerald Alvey and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky Bluegrass Country by R. Gerald Alvey Horse breeding, the cultures of tobacco and bourbon, the forms of architecture, the codes of the hunt, the traditions of gambling and dueling, convivial celebrations, regional foodways-all of these are ingredients in the folklife of the Inner Bluegrass Region that is the focus of this fascinating book. R. Gerald Alvey (retired) was a professor of folklore and English at the University of Kentucky.