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Irish houses have substance and style

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2001 / November 25 2001: Irish houses have substance and style

Not surprisingly, the house is the most common type of building in Ireland. Housing, or domestic architecture, has evolved over the centuries so that today we have a wide variety of styles but little sense of tradition. What is the characteristic nature of this country's domestic architecture? In towns and cities, there is everything from large mansions such as Leinster House to humble one-roomed cottages.

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