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The architecture of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the Stone Age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo-Irish castles, small whitewashed thatched cottages and Georgian urban buildings. What are unaccountably somewhat less famous are the still complete Palladian and Rococo country houses which can be favourably compared to anything similar in northern Europe, and the country's many Gothic and neo-Gothic cathedrals and buildings.
Despite the oft-times significant British and wider European influence, the fashion and trends of architecture have been adapted to suit the peculiarities of the particular location. Variations of stone (particularly limestone, granite and sandstone), lime mortar, wood, sod, cob and straw are prevalent materials in traditional Irish architecture.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Wilkinson, George (1845). Practical Geology and Ancient Architecture of Ireland. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street; William Curry Jun. and Co. p. 184.
- ^ "Many in Ireland Once Lived in Irish Thatched Cottages". endureed.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2024.