In conversation with Rachel McKenna

Heart to Hearth by SPAB Ireland

Sep 25, 202301:03:26Society & Culture

We talk to Rachel McKenna, the architectural Conservation Officer for Co. Offaly about her book “Traditional Architecture in Offaly” and get a wonderful insight into the vernacular traditions of the county and the outcom...

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