THE BUILDINGS OF IRELAND SYMPOSIUM Saturday, 22 November 2014 from 10:00 to 16:30 (GMT) Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin, Ireland This one-day symposium in Freemasons Hall celebrates the work and reviews the objectives of the Buildings of Ireland series in recording the architecture of our island – old and new; urban and rural; from landmark buildings to hidden gems. Directly modelled on Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s original Buildings of England series, four volumes have been published to date by Yale University Press. The series commenced with North West Ulster, written by Alistair Rowan, (1979) and covers the four counties of Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone. This was followed by North Leinster, written jointly by Rowan and Christine Casey (1991); Dublin, the historic city between the canals, by Christine Casey (2005); and the most recent, South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan, by Kevin Mulligan (2013). The series continues apace with the forthcoming publication Cork City and County by Frank Keohane, due in mid-2015; and with Central Leinster, Kildare, Laois and Offaly, by Andrew Tierney expected in mid-2016. Nine further volumes are planned to take this ambitious project to completion. Each volume includes a detailed introduction on the architectural development of the area, followed by a topographical gazetteer giving an account of every important structure – churches, castles, public and commercial buildings, country houses, towns and villages and contemporary architecture – in each of the counties covered. The authors of the published and in-progress volumes will share their experiences. In addition, the relevance of the series as an indispensable reference tool for conservation professionals, planning officials, tourism representatives and anyone with an interest in our built heritage will be explored by a panel of national and international experts. Appropriately, the event takes place in the unique surroundings of Dublin’s Freemason’s Hall and will include a guided tour of this wonderful building. To book tickets, visit https://eventbrite.ie/e/documenting-and-exploring-diversity-in-irelands-built-heritage-tickets-13064340795 PROGRAMME Session 1: Introducing the Buildings of Ireland Chair: Professor Christine Casey, TCD 10.00am (1) Introducing the ‘Buildings of ...’ Peter Burman, Art Historian and Educator in conservation philosophy, practice and skills 10.30am (2) The Pevsner Style - How the books have evolved over time. James Howley, architect 11.00am (3) The Buildings of Ireland – a brief history. Professor Alistair Rowan, Series Editor 11.30am Coffee Session 2: Writing a ‘Buildings of Ireland’ book Chair: William Cumming, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 11.50am (4) The most recent arrival: Armagh, Monaghan & Cavan. Kevin Mulligan 12.10pm (5) Work in Progress: Cork. Frank Keohane 12.30pm (6) Work in Progress: Central Leinster. Andrew Tierney 12.50pm Lunch (tea, coffee and sandwiches) 1.30pm Venue Tour Session 3: Why the ‘Buildings of Ireland’and where to now? Chair: Michael Gleeson, former Secretary, TCD 2.30pm (7) Value of the series – a professional appreciation. Shirley Clerkin, Monaghan Heritage Officer and Nicola Matthews, Dublin City Council Conservation Officer 2.50pm (8) Value of the series – an audience perspective. Mary King, Policy and Planning Officer, Fáilte Ireland 3.10pm (9) Next steps – the challenges of completing the series. Michael O’Boyle, architect Session 4: Keynote Address 3.30pm (10) The Cultural Significance of the Buildings of… series. Professor Roy Foster 4.15pm Open Forum Chair: Peter Burman. PARTICIPANTS Pete Burman is an educator in conservation philosophy, practice and skills and an arts and heritage consultant. He is a former Professor of Cultural Management (half-time), attached to World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg Technical University (BTU), former Director of Conservation & Property Services for the National Trust for Scotland and former Director, Centre for Conservation Studies, Department of Archaeology, University of York. He is widely published and lectures regularly. Professor Christine Casey is Head of Department, History of Art and Architecture and Professor of architectural history in Trinity College Dublin. She has a particular interest in architecture and ornament of the eighteenth century in Ireland and Britain and is also keenly interested in the dissemination of architectural ideas through the medium of print. She is co-author of the Buildings of Ireland volume on North Leinster and author of the volume on Dublin. Shirley Clerkin is Heritage Officer with Monaghan County Council where she co-ordinates heritage programmes for Co. Monaghan including the implementation heritage plan projects, and advises on planning matters relating to protected structures, archaeology and biodiversity. She has worked for An Taisce and the Irish Wildlife Trust, is a member of the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee, and a columnist with The Village magazine. William Cumming is Senior Architectural Adviser in the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with responsibility for the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. He was formerly Senior Architect in the National Monuments Service, Office of Public Works, where he had responsibility for numerous national monuments including Trim Castle. He serves on the boards of the Irish Architectural Archive and the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust. Professor Roy Foster is an academic, critic, reviewer and broadcaster, who specialises in Irish cultural, social and political history in the modern period. He is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford, the only endowed chair of Irish history in Britain. Publications include biographies of Charles Stewart Parnell and Lord Randolph Churchill, The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland (1989), Modern Ireland: 1600-1972 (1988), W.B. Yeats, A Life. I: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914 (1997) which won the 1998 James Tait Black Prize for biography, and Volume II: The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939 (2003), as well as Luck and the Irish: a brief history of change 1970-2000 (2006) and several books of essays. His most recent book (2014) is Vivid Faces: the revolutionary generation in Ireland 1890-1923. The holder of honorary doctorates from six universities, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1989, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1986, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1992, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2011. Michael Gleeson is former Secretary and Director of Strategic Planning at Trinity College Dublin. He is Chairman of the RDS Foundation Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Marino Institute, a Member of the Board of St Jamess Hospital, a Trustee of the Mark Pollock Foundation, and a Governor Fellow of St Columbas College. He is also a member of the board of the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust. James Howley is a director of Howley Hayes Architects, a practice that has received many awards for the care, repair, adaptation and reuse of historic buildings and places. He is a grade 1 accredited conservation architect, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the author of The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland, which was first published in 1993, by Yale University Press. Frank Keohane is a Chartered Building Surveyor and a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCSI) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Frank has worked in the field of building conservation in Ireland for the last 15 years and has extensive experience of the different aspects of building repair, restoration, refurbishment, adaptation and conversion. He is passionate about securing sustainable uses for historic buildings and advocating a pragmatic approach to building conservation. He has a keen interest in architectural history in Ireland and, besides ongoing research into the architecture of Cork, has researched the activities of the architects, James and George Richard Pain, pupils of Sir John Nash and the work of the Board of First Fruits and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Frank is an alumni of the internationally regarded Attingham Summer School (2009) for the study of country houses, their collections and gardens. Mary King is Policy and Planning Officer, Fáilte Ireland. A driving force behind the establishment of the Merrion Square Innovation Initiative, she is a member of the board of the Merrion Square Innovation Network. Nicola Matthews is the Conservation Officer for Dublin City Council, a position within the City Architects Department. Nicola’s work as Conservation Officer centres on the conservation of the historic built fabric of the city and entails advising on development control and planning policy, supporting the development of best conservation practice in Dublin City Council and informing on the technical repair of protected structures. A graduate of the School of Architecture, Dublin Institute of Technology Bolton Street, Nicola is a Grade I RIAI Conservation Accredited Architect and a member of the RIAI’s Historic Buildings Committee. Nicola also holds a Masters in Urban and Building Conservation from the School of Architecture, University College Dublin, where her thesis examined the evolution of Georgian Dublin and in particular focused on the chronological development of Merrion Square. Kevin Mulligan is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin. As an independent Architectural Historian he is the author of numerous books and articles on Irish architecture, including the most recent Buildings of Ireland volume, South Ulster (2013). He is a member of the boards of the Irish Landmark Trust and the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust. Michael O’Boyle is a director of Bluett & O’Donoghue Architects and is a grade 1 accredited conservation architect (RIAI). A graduate of the School of Architecture, UCD, he was awarded the Rachel McRory Award for his MUBC Thesis on the Catholic institutional buildings of Ireland in 2003. Michael has completed conservation projects throughout Ireland including Kilkenny Courthouse (with the OPW); the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles; The Chorister’s Hall, Waterford; the Cassandra Hand Centre, Clones; Rothe House, Kilkenny; and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. He is a Member of the Standing Committee on Architecture of the Heritage Council and is a member of the board of the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust. Professor Alistair Rowan initiated the Buildings of Ireland series and is directing the present research and writing. A senior Irish Architectural Historian, he has held positions in the University of Padua (1965-66) and Edinburgh (1967-77) and has been Professor of the History of Art in University College Dublin (1977-1990); Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Oxford (1987-88) and Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art (1990-2000). In 2001 he was invited to set up a new Department of the History of Art in University College Cork which he completed in September 2003. He served as Chairman of the Irish Architectural Archive from 1982 to 1988. Since retiring he has been working to establish an administrative and research structure for the Buildings of Ireland to move the programme forward so that the whole country may be covered within a reasonable period of time. Andrew Tierney studied architectural history and archaeology at University College Dublin, completing a PhD on Irish tower houses in 2006. He has taught in University College Dublin, NUI Maynooth and the University of Liverpool, and has published articles on various aspects of Irish architectural heritage. He is currently working on the Pevsner Guide to the central Leinster region.
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