For those who don’t have access, the article argues that we should seek to restore more historic ruins, rather than preserving them in situ. It looks to Holycross Abbey in Tipperary as an example where we have brought an historic building back into modern use.
The article is rather focused on the religious ruins and such, but I think it would apply to a lot of our built heritage. We see a little bit with castles and historic houses. But you look at things like Charlesfort in Kinsale, or Cork City Gaol, or indeed the examples given in Timoleague and Quin.
My slightly madcap idea is that we should reroof the Rock of Cashel and turn it into the President’s formal summer residence.
Big if true.
Ive been to all 3, and they couldn’t be.
Carcassonne is multiple times bigger than modern Timoleague itself, never mind just the Abbey.
The reason Carcassonne is so popular is its essentially a medieval walled town.
Do you mean that we can all have a fun time building up a little collection of castles only to be screwed over on the last turn by the farmers?
Minus the weather and vineyards
Except Carcassonne is a large town of 46k, while Timoleague and Quin have less than 1300 people _combined_.
>Ireland’s Carcassonne
Where instead of creating castles, rivers, and placing clositers; it’s creating blocks of social housing, greenways, and placing playgrounds burnt-out by scrambler scrotes?
As others have said, the comparison with Carcassonne is pretty ridiculous. I’m just not really sure that restoring either of them would greatly increase their appeal. Personally, if I were in the area I would sooner be drawn to walking in the ruins of a church than visiting whatever cafe and cultural centre would likely occupy it once restored.
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For those who don’t have access, the article argues that we should seek to restore more historic ruins, rather than preserving them in situ. It looks to Holycross Abbey in Tipperary as an example where we have brought an historic building back into modern use.
The article is rather focused on the religious ruins and such, but I think it would apply to a lot of our built heritage. We see a little bit with castles and historic houses. But you look at things like Charlesfort in Kinsale, or Cork City Gaol, or indeed the examples given in Timoleague and Quin.
My slightly madcap idea is that we should reroof the Rock of Cashel and turn it into the President’s formal summer residence.
Big if true.
Ive been to all 3, and they couldn’t be.
Carcassonne is multiple times bigger than modern Timoleague itself, never mind just the Abbey.
The reason Carcassonne is so popular is its essentially a medieval walled town.
Do you mean that we can all have a fun time building up a little collection of castles only to be screwed over on the last turn by the farmers?
Minus the weather and vineyards
Except Carcassonne is a large town of 46k, while Timoleague and Quin have less than 1300 people _combined_.
>Ireland’s Carcassonne
Where instead of creating castles, rivers, and placing clositers; it’s creating blocks of social housing, greenways, and placing playgrounds burnt-out by scrambler scrotes?
As others have said, the comparison with Carcassonne is pretty ridiculous. I’m just not really sure that restoring either of them would greatly increase their appeal. Personally, if I were in the area I would sooner be drawn to walking in the ruins of a church than visiting whatever cafe and cultural centre would likely occupy it once restored.