POTD: From Ruin to Ruin 4 Comments / By lgb / July 6, 2019 From Ruin to Ruin Burrishoole Abbey, County Mayo Ireland 2019 There are so many interesting old ruins in Ireland you can often see one from another.
Kathy Eyster July 6, 2019 at 7:16 am I love the old gothic window frames in ruins like this. I wonder whether they contained stained or plain glass or maybe neither… Reply
Larry July 6, 2019 at 8:26 am I’ve always assumed they had glass of some sort in them, but who knows? (Well, someone does, but it is not me!) Reply
Steve Johnson July 7, 2019 at 12:21 am There was an art movement of the 19th century themed with old Irish ruins being explored by the gentry of the day very Byron-esque… Reply
Larry July 7, 2019 at 12:06 pm There was also a romantic trend of sorts of about that same period(?) in which well-off folks were building follies on their estates (buildings built for decorative rather than functional purposes) that looked like ruins. Reply
I love the old gothic window frames in ruins like this. I wonder whether they contained stained or plain glass or maybe neither…
I’ve always assumed they had glass of some sort in them, but who knows? (Well, someone does, but it is not me!)
There was an art movement of the 19th century themed with old Irish ruins being explored by the gentry of the day very Byron-esque…
There was also a romantic trend of sorts of about that same period(?) in which well-off folks were building follies on their estates (buildings built for decorative rather than functional purposes) that looked like ruins.