For reasons of age and available time, my website has been vastly reduced in size – and the blog – alas, is no more. However, details of “Irish Follies and Whimsical Architecture”, and earlier books can still be found by clicking on the image below: which will be changed each weekend. Enjoy !

Dominant over sea and land…
Helen’s Tower, a 19th-century folly in County Down, Northern Ireland. Built by the 5th Lord Dufferin it was named for his mother, Helen, and intended it as a shrine for poems. The tower, an example of Scottish Baronial architecture inspired the design of the Ulster Tower, a war memorial at Thiepval, France.
