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OverviewNumber One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pat McAfee , Pat McAfeePublisher: O'Brien Press Ltd Imprint: O'Brien Press Ltd Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9781847172341ISBN 10: 1847172342 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 07 March 2011 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'truly outstanding. One should not be distracted by the word Irish in a title. I'm not an art historian, but expect the principles and techniques described apply to any traditional masonry construction with English or Irish (and to some extent any Europea -- Lawrence L. Lindsey (Princeton, NJ), on Amazon.com 'Pat McAfee communicates with a clarity that is based on knowledge. This book should be on the desk of every local authority architect, engineer and planner.' -- Prof Loughlin Kealy, School of Architecture, UCD 'A very satisfactory and pleasant book that provides everything most people could want to know ... most useful. First-class illustration.' -- Books Ireland 'A new bible for stone workers and stone wall fanatics everywhere. inspirational. Pat McAfee is a one-man geological Faith of Our Fathers.' -- Sunday Independent 'It's splendid. The wealth and variety of the Irish stone tradition is displayed as never before. A source of joy ... written with feeling, even with passion.' -- Maurice Craig 'Great photos and line drawings and really good step-by-step stuff. For all of you who wish to preserve a time-honoured tradition, this book's for you!' -- Floral and Nursery Times, California 'Dry stone walls are an icon of Ireland and, as McAfee shows, have been used here since ancient times ... Very well illustrated with photos, drawings and diagrams, this is of real value as much to the professional as to the amateur stonemason.' -- Books Ireland 'In his book, Irish Stone Walls, Patrick McAfee, an expert stonemason, covers the history of dry-stone walling from as early as 7,000BC.' -- Irish Farmers' Monthly 'truly outstanding. One should not be distracted by the word Irish in a title. I'm not an art historian, but expect the principles and techniques described apply to any traditional masonry construction with English or Irish (and to some extent any Europea -- Lawrence L. Lindsey (Princeton, NJ), on Amazon.com 'Pat McAfee communicates with a clarity that is based on knowledge. This book should be on the desk of every local authority architect, engineer and planner.' -- Prof Loughlin Kealy, School of Architecture, UCD 'A very satisfactory and pleasant book that provides everything most people could want to know ... most useful. First-class illustration.' -- Books Ireland 'A new bible for stone workers and stone wall fanatics everywhere. inspirational. Pat McAfee is a one-man geological Faith of Our Fathers.' -- Sunday Independent 'It's splendid. The wealth and variety of the Irish stone tradition is displayed as never before. A source of joy ... written with feeling, even with passion.' -- Maurice Craig 'Great photos and line drawings and really good step-by-step stuff. For all of you who wish to preserve a time-honoured tradition, this book's for you!' -- Floral and Nursery Times, California Author InformationPat McAfee is a stone mason and lectures widely, both in Ireland and abroad, on all aspects of stonework. You can visit his own website here. Pat McAfee is a stone mason and lectures widely, both in Ireland and abroad, on all aspects of stonework. You can visit his own website here. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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