Great Irish households: inventories from the long eighteenth century

Abstract

"Inventories of fourteen great Irish country houses, three Dublin town houses and one London town house yield remarkable insights into the lifestyle of leading families across Ireland and the households that supported them. With startling directness, they record in detail the goods and chattels inherited, accumulated, or acquired for enjoyment or everyday use"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford, 1702/3 -- The Ormond Inventories. Kilkenny Castle, Co. Kilkenny,1705 ; Dublin Castle, 1707 ; The Duke of Ormonde's House, London, c. 1710 -- Bishop's mansion house, Elphin, Co. Roscommon, 1740 -- Captain Balfour's town house, auction sale, Dublin, 1741/2 -- Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down, 1746 and 1777 -- Kilrush House, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, 1750 -- No. 10 Henrietta Street, Dublin (Luke Gardiner's house), 1772 -- Morristown Lattin, Co. Kildare, 1773 -- Baronscourt, Co. Tyrone, 1782 -- Castlecomer House, Co. Kilkenny, 1798 -- Killadoon, Co. Kildare, 1807-29 -- Shelton Abbey, near Arklow, Co. Wicklow, 1816 -- Borris House, Co. Carlow, 1818 -- Carton House, Co. Kildare, 1818 -- Newbridge House, Co. Dublin, 1821 -- Mount Stewart, Co. Down, 1821.