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Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house

Name: Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house
Author: Terence A. M. Dooley

Terence A. M. Dooley

07 February 2020

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Book Synopsis

Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that 'Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.' Throughout Ireland and Britain the country house was a centre of hospitality, entertainment and leisure, with the hosting of house parties, soirees and balls. Pastimes included photography, painting, astronomy and taxidermy. Outdoors the parkland was used for a variety of sporting activities including archery, cricket, croquet and shooting, as well as local sports events, and beyond the demesne activities included hunting, horse racing and yachting. In Ireland demesne lands were developed as golf courses and estates offered land to the nationalist-dominated Gaelic Athletic Association for football and hurling. This volume provides fresh and original insights into how leisure and sport underpinned the social hierarchy of country houses and their local communities in Ireland and Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

About The Author

Terence Dooley is director of the Centre for Historic Irish Houses and Estates, Maynooth University. Christopher Ridgway is curator at Castle Howard in Yorkshire.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781846828065
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Four Courts Press, (07 February 2020)
Number of Pages: 320
Weight: 703 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 229 x 159 x 23 mm
Categories:: European