A rare collection of scholarship and literature with over forty contributions from distinguished writers, artists, art historians, architects and archaeologists for the occasion of Maurice Craig’s seventieth birthday. Contributors include: Charles Brett, Hubert Butler, Anthony Cronin, Anne Crookshank, Mark Girouard, Bryan Guinness, John de Courcy Ireland, Benedict Kiely, Rolf Loeber, Tim Robinson, Patrick and Maura Shaffrey, John Summerson, Colm Toibin and Mervyn Wall. Maurice Craig is the foremost authority on Ireland’s architectural history. His many books include The Volunteer Earl, a biography of Lord Charlemont, Dublin 1660-1860, an architectural history, Irish Bookbindings 1600-1800, The Life of James Gandon, Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size, The Elephant and the Polish Question and Mausolea Hibernica.