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Architecture of Ireland
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<p>The architecture of <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a> is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside – with remains from all eras since the <a href="/facts/Stone_Age/r1KMneWW">Stone Age</a> abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact <a href="/facts/Norman_architecture/aadgIv9t">Norman</a> and <a href="/facts/Anglo-Irish_people/6pkxMTxU">Anglo-Irish</a> <a href="/facts/Castle/1mKnEHKJ">castles</a>, small <a href="/facts/Whitewash/79dQsUWm">whitewashed</a> <a href="/facts/Thatching/au8ChGBT">thatched</a> <a href="/facts/Cottage/1MNH0Kw2">cottages</a> and <a href="/facts/Georgian_architecture/XS4mqhsc">Georgian</a> urban buildings. What are unaccountably somewhat less famous are the still complete <a href="/facts/Palladian_architecture/vztcDImu">Palladian</a> and <a href="/facts/Rococo/eyKstITz">Rococo</a> country houses which can be favourably compared to anything similar in northern Europe, and the country's many <a href="/facts/Gothic_architecture/uhvWpQ2r">Gothic</a> and <a href="/facts/Gothic_Revival_architecture/gWJmqCH1">neo-Gothic</a> cathedrals and buildings. </p><p>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 <a href="/facts/Stone/FXCJkmop">stone</a> (particularly <a href="/facts/Limestone/8ntvtFnR">limestone</a>, <a href="/facts/Granite/G2evuVKo">granite</a> and <a href="/facts/Sandstone/RP8B6fqL">sandstone</a>), <a href="/facts/Lime_mortar/LpSgBtvn">lime mortar</a>, <a href="/facts/Wood/z13NpHPl">wood</a>, <a href="/facts/Sod/3dpaJTNK">sod</a>, <a href="/facts/Cob_(material)/xIJ2I8Fx">cob</a> and <a href="/facts/Straw/hqULAcwx">straw</a> are prevalent materials in traditional Irish architecture. </p>