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24 de ago. de 2020 · This important building, the first great Palladian house in Ireland, dating from the early 18th century, was at risk of being lost forever when Desmond Guinness stepped in and used his own funds to save the property. Today Castletown is owned by the state, held up as a splendid example of Irish design and craftsmanship.
5 de dic. de 2023 · A judge has granted orders to facilitate the completion of the sale of some property in the estate of the late Desmond Guinness in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The High Court orders, made by Ms Justice Siobhán Stack, relate to 14.1 hectares of land at Leixlip and a property known as the Back Lodge. Separate issues concerning the construction and ...
17 de dic. de 2020 · Jacqueline Kennedy and Desmond Guinness at Castletown House in 1967 (Photo: David Davison). For those of us too young to remember the Guinnesses in their prime I refer you to a 1970 ITV programme interview by Alan Whicker, it is riveting — sharp, witty, edgy even indiscreet but their charisma, impatience and beauty explain why they achieved so much against the odds.
Desmond Walter Guinness ( 8 septembre 1931 - 20 août 2020) est un auteur anglo-irlandais d'art et d'architecture géorgiens, un défenseur de l'environnement et le cofondateur de l'Irish Georgian Society. Il est le deuxième fils de l'auteur et brasseur Bryan Guinness, 2e baron Moyne, et de son épouse d'alors Diana Mitford (plus tard Lady ...
Desmond Guinness at the Conolly Folly, Castletown, Co. Kildare. The needless demolition in 1957 of two fine eighteenth-century houses on Dublin’s now bleak Kildare Place by a State agency — the Office of Public Works, shamefully — spurred Desmond Guinness and his first wife Mariga to reestablish the Irish Georgian Society six months later and then lead a campaign to preserve as much as ...
21 de ene. de 2024 · Desmond Guinness, the Irish aristocrat and Guinness heir who was worth more than €14m, died without leaving a will. The failure to do so has been described as “extraordinary” for someone ...
20 de ago. de 2020 · Desmond Walter Guinness. Birth. 8 Sep 1931. London, City of London, Greater London, England. Death. 20 Aug 2020 (aged 88) Burial. Saint Mary's Churchyard. Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland Add to Map.
