Talk about it: Art and architecture talks in Dublin and Cork

From Augustus Pugin to French postcards, a guide to lectures taking place this autumn

Great 18th-century Irish art and crafts that took the boat

There was extensive and sophisticated patronage of the arts in Ireland in the 1700s, but much of the work emigrated. A new show in Chicago celebrates the Irish as artists, collectors and patrons

Walks: A Ramble in Glassan Village, Co Westmeath

Take time to walk some Westmeath country roads with a literary twist

Around the block: Original architectural drawings on display

Buildings at Risk: Hazelwood House, Sligo

Palladian mansion set on 80 acres has been for sale since May 2013 for €2.5 million