Pugin���s mark, his presence, is felt in every room at Lismore.
The castle contains the largest privately owned collection of
Pugin furniture in the world. My bedroom furniture was all
Pugin: the tea table, Pugin; the dining room furniture, Pugin;
the entrance hall furniture, Pugin, and so on. The preponderance of this particular master���s work is unique, even in Ireland
and Great Britain. Its presence affords the visitor a cognitive
experience unique to Lismore. Although Pugin never visited
Lismore, each time I viewed his ingenious designs in my bedroom, I imagined that he knew each one of them intimately,
before they made their way to these rooms.
HYLAND
