In this episode, we talk to architectural historian Merlo Kelly about the Georgian architecture of Dublin. This grand style, built by and for the elite Ascendancy class, is still the defining feature of the modern city centre. Merlo Kelly tells us about the colourful people who built them, who lived in them, and what has happened to this architectural heritage in the intervening centuries. Listeners will certainly notice parallels with the current housing crisis in the Irish capital.