Monday, 21 May – Friday, 25 May 2012  
 A Four-Night Holiday to ‘Georgian Dublin’
An invitation into some of the most beautiful private houses, estates, gardens and historic buildings in this most elegant of cities and surrounding countryside.  Staying in a luxurious central Dublin hotel, we will show you all aspects of Irish life, which will incorporate culture, theatre, art, history, gardens and invitations by the owners of some of the finest private houses in Ireland.  
It will also introduce you to the fun of the Irish way of life.
















For those members participating in the forthcoming visit to Dublin, the following list of books has been recommended, for those wishing to do a little more background reading before their visit:-

GREAT IRISH HOUSES AND CASTLES      Jacqueline O'Brien & Desmond Guinness
                                                 Weidenfeld & Nicholson  1992

DUBLIN A GRAND TOUR     Jacqueline O'Brien & Desmond Guinness  
                                                  Weidenfeld & Nicholson  1994
GREAT HOUSES OF IRELAND   Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd &
                                 Christopher Sykes  Laurence King   1999

GREAT IRISH HOUSES      Various authors                                    Image Publications 2008
THE ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND        Maurice Craig                                   Batsford  1982
THE HOUSES OF IRELAND              Brian de Breffny                     Thames & Hudson  1975
GEORGIAN DUBLIN     Desmond Guinness                                                 Batsford  1979
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DUBLIN TOWN HOUSE    Christine Casey
                                                                  Four Courts Press  2010
DUBLIN [The Buildings of Ireland]  Christine Casey                     Yale University Press  2005
DUBLIN 1660 - 1860      Maurice Craig                                                    Alan Figgis  1980
DUBLIN UNDER THE GEORGES      Constantia Maxwell                                  Harrap   1936
Dunsay Castle, the private home of Lord and Lady Dunsay
Leixlip Castle, the home of the Irish Georgian Society