A talk by Terence Dooley, Professor of History, Head of Department, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish houses and Estates at Maynooth University. The burning of around 300 Big Houses in Ireland during the War of Independence and Civil War 1920-23 is a phenomenon of the revolutionary period not tackled by historians until recently. This talk provides a broad overview of the reasons for this destruction, the consequences of the same, and delves into other related issues including looting and compensation, thereby offering fresh and original insights to the history of the revolutionary period. Terence Dooley is Professor of History, Head of Department, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish houses and Estates at Maynooth University. He is the author of many books relating to country houses and landed estates. His most recent is the best-selling and highly acclaimed Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country house in a Time of War and Revolution (Yale, 2022), recently released in paperback.

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