Henry, Mitchell, 51–52, 98, 101, 173, 186, 225, 235, 237

Hickleton Hall, 184

hill reservoir, 229

Hill, Lord George, 236, 253

Hinks, 156

hoist, 3, 17–18, 63, 67–68

horse engines, 217–218, 229, 232–232

horse walk, 205, 217–221

horticultural heating horse dung and tanners' bark, 52, 87–88, 109

hot-bath apparatus, 3, 33–35, 77

hothouse earliest in Ireland, 91

hothouse, 95

house wiring, 186

Huntington Castle, 182, 185

hydraulic log-splitter, 82

ice

bucket, 129, 130, 132

chests, 129

chilled wines, 128

consolidation, 127

cream making, 130

exotic desserts, 128

high purity, 134

imported, 112, 133–134

lasting quality, 128

medicinal use, 114, 133

moulds and sculptures, 130, 135

stack, 120, 126

table decorations, 128, 135

uses, 128, 135

ice houses

air trap, 115, 118

airlocks, 125

basic design, 114

central drain, 118

closing, 120, 125

contribution, 112

cross section, 116

dampness, 114–116, 118, 128

detail, 118–119

doors, 122, 125

entrance, 122, 124–125

filling of, 115, 117, 125, 126–127, 133–134

food preservation, 128

frame, 116–118

heat ingress, 124

hidden in landscape, 112, 120, 122

insulation, 111, 114, 118, 123, 125, 128, 134

labour commitment in filling, 134

meltwater, 115, 118, 121, 127

pitched roof, 118

redundant, 112

siting and aspect, 115, 117, 134

stocking, 112, 115

thatch and shading, 118–119

illumination, 138–139, 141, 144–145, 147–148, 150, 152–153, 157, 175–176, 181–182, 196, 198–199, 254–255, 257

incandescent gas mantle, 181

incandescent lamp, 139, 183, 198, 201, 255

Inch, Arthur, 151

Indian corn, 236

innovation in Ireland, 236

internal combustion engine, 184, 221, 229, 231, 248

Irish bogs survey, 206, 241–242, 246, 250, 252

Irish wheel car, 239