Roscommon estate takes prestigious heritage award
Dating to the High Kings of Ireland, Clonalis House wins HHI O’Flynn Group Heritage Prize
Ditch that ‘follow your passion’ careers advice
Author urges us to imagine a society that is not not organised so intensely around work
A city centre home hits the right note with an all-white makeover
A singing teacher has brought harmony to a home that was once full of brown
Arts and Crafts wonder in Howth with dramatic views for €1.9m
Charming Howth lodge is listed on a national heritage inventory for its artistic merit, though it's not a listed building
Take a walk on the Wilder side
A former home for ‘bewildered women’ has become Dublin’s latest boutique guesthouse
Literary links at this dapper Synge Street terrace for €950,000
Number 32, next door to the birthplace of George Bernard Shaw, has a wonderfully cool bravura combined with every modern comfort
The lost story of James Joyce’s daughter as a Parisian dancer
James Joyce’s daughter Lucia was a remarkable dancer – something that has been buried in her troubled history
Step back in time to fairytale house on Killiney Hill for €9.25m
St George's, a Gothic Revival mansion comes with its own chapel, an acre of terraced gardens, and exemplary features from the Arts and Crafts era
Are you sitting comfortably? Enjoy the ringside seat
From traditional button back to sculptural shapes – take a seat in these slick styles
Brussels: So much more than the sum of its diplomats
Enjoy layer upon layer of cultural endeavours over the course of a weekend at the Belgians’ inimitably leisurely pace
Give up yer aul tings: decluttering for Christmas
You don't need to live in a minimalist cell, but you can makes some space before Santa visits next week. Three experts advise on how to ‘winter clean’ your home
The elaborate, enduring beauty of Morris & Co textile designs
Gorgeous Victorian creations based on garden plants are still in high demand
A farewell to Number 45, as Helen Dillon closes the garden gate
The horticultural luminary has taught many gardeners innumerable lessons in generosity, bravery, joyfulness, editing and anti-snobbery
Get into some great houses for Heritage Week
Go on, go on: play ‘Game of Thrones’ at Castle Ward, or have a cup of tea at Father Ted’s House. Some of Ireland’s finest big houses are open to the public this week
Hanging out at home: the art of the matter
A restoration project in her Sandymount house led Rercy Flood to establish a vintage art poster company, which has grown into a thriving small enterprise
Author Chris Mullin to speak on Birmingham Six in Cork
Social campaigner Fr Peter McVerry will also appear at Spirit of Mother Jones Festival
Lucy Kellaway: Why estate agents aren’t extinct
Even the sanest people become unhinged when it comes to buying and selling
Abandoned Marlay Park cottage gets new lease
Cottage orné in Rathfarnham’s Marlay Park is new the headquarters and gardening school premises for the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland
Bright four-bed in Dún Laoghaire’s Clarinda Park
Period property has been given a modern overhaul and comes on the market with an asking price of €975,000
Master printer who passed on old skills and traditions
Conrad Devlin: September 19th, 1935 - October 19th, 2014
‘You can’t really be a Viking if there isn’t a bit of bloodshed’
The Vikings are back on our screens and in our galleries but the romantic notions of their wild spirit is a cheerful distortion of their culture
Bad lands: Fahrenheit 451 and other fiery dystopias
Ray Bradbury’s great dystopian vision is 60. Thankfully the book-burning world it depicts has not yet come to pass, so we can still read it and other dark visions
Ireland ill-served as President becomes increasingly partisan and political
Higgins has resorted to tiresome name-calling of the reactionary left, including their favourite term of abuse ‘neoliberal’
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