BINDON STREET Ennis, Co. Clare

By Lucille Ellis Ennis in the early nineteenth century was characterised by crooked, narrow streets flanked by buildings of post-medieval and eighteenth-century origin. One of the first formal streets developed […]

Captain Watson and the Nelson Arch

THE FIRST MONUMENT ERECTED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO THE VICTOR OF TRAFALGAR By Dennis Kennedy A water-colour sketch of the Nelson Arch near Castletownshend, Co. Cork, painted by the […]

In the footsteps of a king

TRACING THE ROUTE TAKEN BY RICHARD II DURING HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ART MAC MURROUGH IN 1394 By Samuel Kinirons King Richard II (1377–99) was the first English monarch to set […]

Outside 10 Downing Street?

Sir,—I question the attribution to the photograph of the New Zealand prime minister ‘outside 10 Downing Street’ (HI 23.6, Nov./Dec. 2015, p. 35). Wherever it is, it is not 10 […]

European Architectural History Network

Sir,—I am writing to inform your readers that on 2–4 June 2016 the European Architectural History Network will hold its fourth inter-national meeting in Dublin Castle. EAHN is Europe’s largest […]