Autor/-in: Robert O'Byrne

A former Vice-President of the Irish Georgian Society, Robert O'Byrne. is today one of Ireland's best-known writers and lecturers specializing in the country's historic houses and gardens. He is the author of more than a dozen books, among them Hugh Lane: A Biography. (Lilliput, 2000, 2018), Luggala: The Story of a Guinness House. (CICO Books, 2018), Digging New Ground: The Irish Country House Garden 1650-1900. (Irish Georgian Society, 2022), Left without a Handkerchief. (Lilliput, 2022) and Romantic Irish Homes. (CICO Books, 2023). For many years a contributor to Apollo Magazine, The Burlington Magazine. and the Irish Arts Review. During 2021/22 Robert curated a number of events, including exhibitions, lectures and a conference, all on the theme of Ireland's country house gardens for the Irish Georgian Society.