Seaview, Timothy Nunan's Cottage |
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| Author:
| Nunan, Terry |
| ISBN: | 978-0-6453247-2-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2023 |
| Publisher: | Nunan, Wendy
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Photographic and written account of the ruins of a replica Irish farming cottage built on the Illawarra escarpment in the 1860s-70s and the Irish heritage it represents. The book begins with background to the Nunan family in Limerick Ireland, including photographs of ancestral headstones and farms, historic maps of farmlands etc. Masonry craftsmanship used in the construction of the cottage is examined in detail, as is the effort expended elsewhere on the mountainside property in the...
More DescriptionPhotographic and written account of the ruins of a replica Irish farming cottage built on the Illawarra escarpment in the 1860s-70s and the Irish heritage it represents. The book begins with background to the Nunan family in Limerick Ireland, including photographs of ancestral headstones and farms, historic maps of farmlands etc. Masonry craftsmanship used in the construction of the cottage is examined in detail, as is the effort expended elsewhere on the mountainside property in the way of flagstoning areas, erecting rock walls and clearing fields for cultivation.