The Houses of Guinness - a talk and Q&A by author Adrian Tinniswood

Join us in the RIAI on Monday, 8 December for an enlightening talk by author Professor Adrian Tinniswood OBE FSA, who explores the history of the Guinness family in his book The Houses of Guinness. Through their grand mansions and townhouses, Tinniswood traces the journey of the Guinness dynasty from their Georgian Dublin beginnings to becoming one of the most influential families in the British Isles. This engaging history is abundantly illustrated with a selection of new and archival photographs and paintings.

The book will be available for purchase at a discounted price, and the talk will be followed by a Q&A and wine reception.

The event is free, but booking is essential. With places limited, we encourage anyone interested to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.  

Speaker 

Adrian Tinniswood, OBE FSA, is a true chronicler of the country houses of the UK and Ireland, having published nineteen books on social and architectural history, including The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and The Verneys: a True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England, which was shortlisted for the BBC/Samuel Johnson Prize. He is Professor of British Cultural History at the University of Buckingham and Adjunct Professor of History at Maynooth University. He lives in the west of Ireland with his wife Helen and their cat.