Oral folklore project ‘last chance’ to record the legacy of great houses

IN many cases, only the ivy-wreathed ruins and the memories remain.

Most of the great houses, their surrounding estates and the landed gentry that occupied them havevanished from the Irish landscape, becoming part of history and folklore.

But, the descendants of such families, including a handful with centuries-old titles, are still around and can recall life behind the high stone walls that enclosed the tree-lined parklands.