Abbeville: The Family Home of Charles J. Haughey by Mary Rose Doorly (PT56)

Published 1996: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original grey cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 165 very clean and bright pages, mild speckled foxing on the top edge, previous owners signature on the title page. Slight shelf wear might be expected. A scarce original first edition. (PT54)

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Besides a description and history of this lovely mansion, there are biographical sketches of the owners of the estate: John Beresford, tax collector of Dublin in the late 17th century; Austin Cooper, antiquarian, who bought it in 1814; the Cusack family who owned it from 1830-1940; Percy Reynolds, businessman and horse breeder owned it next; and the present owner, Charles J. Haughey, who bought it in 1969. Haughey was a member and Taoiseach of Dáil Éirann.

The book tells the colorful life and history of Abbeville and its owners and occupiers, who presided there during famine times, Independence, and into modern day Ireland. Represents a history of the family home of one of Ireland's most controversial leaders, Charles J. Haughey. Google Books.