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Jack Fitzsimons (26 April 1930 – 4 November 2014) was an Irish chartered architect and surveyor based in Kells, County Meath.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meath Chronicle - 'Bungalow Bliss' architect's anger as council imposes 'no warning' code )〕 He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann, who was elected to the Seanad in 1983 by the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and re-elected in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr. Jack Fitzsimons )〕 His contributions to debates such as the amendments to the National Monuments Bill〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seanad Éireann - 17/Dec/1986 Private Members' Business. - National Monuments (Amendment) Bill, 1986: Committee Stage (Resumed). )〕 highlighted a well informed approach to heritage that was both practical and principled. In that debate, he also referred to preservation of thatched cottages which was later to be the subject a detailed book. He lost his seat at the 1989 election.〔 He resigned from Fianna Fail in 1989,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former senator and architect Jack Fitzsimons dies - RTÉ News )〕 within hours of that election and his letter to the then Fianna Fáil general secretary, Frank Wall highlighted his criticism of Charles Haughey on the grounds that there was “no ideology, no consistency, no positive approach’’ within Fianna Fáil, and that debate was stifled, as a key driver in his decision.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Outspoken politician, architect and champion of ‘Bungalow Bliss’ )〕 He subsequently ran as an independent candidate for the 1994 European Parliament elections for the Leinster constituency, getting 6,752 votes (2.6%) based on a manifesto which included a strong anti-hunting and anti-hare coursing policy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack Fitzsimons -Independent -Euro 1994 Leinster | Irish Election Literature )〕 He continued as activist against aspects of planning including the approach of Meath County Council to regulation of septic tanks.〔 ==Publications== He is well known for publishing ''Bungalow Bliss'' under the Kells Arts Studio label. There was a strong social context to this publication as at the time, architects’ fees were high and the book was intended to make affordable designs available at a low cost. (''Bungalow Bliss'' ), which was first published in 1971 and reprinted 10 times, explained the detail of all aspects of building a bungalow, from planning laws to how to put in a septic tank. As a book, its influence has been debated〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The books that define Ireland )〕 as significant and as a phrase it has entered common parlance in mainsteam media〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blot on the landscape or bungalow bliss? - Independent.ie )〕 and was referenced in books such as The Pope's Children. He responded directly to the various controversies that grew up around Bungalow Bliss in his book called ''Bungalow Bashing''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holdings: Bungalow bashing )〕 In an essay titled “The House that Jack Built” in Ireland Unbound〔http://emigrant.scoilpac.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51097&Itemid=378〕 (a collection of 20 essays edited by Michel Peillon and Mary P. Corcoran, on the rapid transformation of Ireland as it entered the 21st century), Stephen Quilley addresses a disagreement between Jack Fitzsimons and journalist Frank McDonald who coined the phrase "Bungalow Blitz" as part of a series of articles attacking the "spreading fungus" of the proliferation of ribbon development bungalows in Ireland. In his contribution Quilley highlights the country's planning laws rather than the architectural qualities of the bungalows as being the main problem. The essay refers to one of the core drivers of Bungalow Bliss which was that "bright modern bungalows were synonymous with an escape from rural poverty and domestic drudgery" (p. 94).〔http://books.google.ie/books?id=_I5_zN9Uqa8C&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=bungalow+bashing&source=bl&ots=oG7uVQDUHy&sig=Y7a6z_ATqTZD3qlbDfL-J0CaVp0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YtxfVJyYIq3B7AbhpoDACQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=bungalow%20bashing&f=false〕 He also published a further range of books on aspects of Meath, heritage, and politics as well as some fiction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Author Search Results )〕 These publications included a detailed and personal study of the thatched cottages of Meath〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holdings: Thatched houses in County Meath )〕 illuminated by his own photographs of these dwellings〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Observations by Jack Fitzsimons )〕 and a history〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish Kilbeg by Jack Fitzsimons - AbeBooks )〕 of his native parish of Kilbeg〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Irish Ancestors/ Placenames and records )〕 in County Meath, where he attended school in the village of Carlanstown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmy Murphy )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Fitzsimons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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