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"&amp;quot;Luggala Days&amp;quot; Goes Inside the Guiness Familiy&amp;#39;s Irish Mansion\nThe scandals, intrigues, and heartbreaking beauty of one of Ireland\u2019s grandest homes is explored in a unique new book\nLuggala\u2019s dining room features a rare 1764 upright harpsichord made by Ferdinand Weber (to the right of the door). Above the mantel is a 1968 Edward McGuire portrait of the house\u2019s present owner, the music producer Hon. Garech Browne.\nA handmade Gothic-style wallpaper by David Skinner lines Luggala\u2019s entrance hall, which also served as a dining room on occasion. The large buckets by the fireplace hold turf\u2014dried, compressed vegetation that is harvested from bogs and burned like coal.\nThe creation of a new library was part of an extensive restoration of Luggala in the 1990s by Dublin architecture firm Sheehan &amp;amp; Barry and interior designers David Mlinaric and Amanda Douglas. At the desk is a Gothic Revival armchair, and the lancet windows are curtained with custom-made watered poplin.\nA slice of life at Luggala, preserved in one of Lady Oranmore\u2019s photo albums.\nOn one side of the entrance hall stands a Gothic-style mahogany bookcase. Above the door to the dining room is a portrait of King Charles II, from whom Luggala\u2019s owner, the Hon. Garech Browne, is directly descended.\\n\\nLuggala Days: The Story of a Guinness House (Cico Books, $45)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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