tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35466242760139465872024-03-16T18:50:47.487+00:00Waterford County MuseumNews on upcoming events, exhibitions, latest acquisitions, lectures and opinion pieces from Waterford County Museum, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland.WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comBlogger1279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-42823668735924774482023-08-18T15:36:00.001+01:002023-08-18T15:40:08.978+01:00 Heritage Week Talk<p><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">We
had a full house on Wednesday 16th August for our Heritage Week talk by museum curator
Willie Fraher. His topic was the Municipal history of Dungarvan from the 15</span><sup style="text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">
century. The talk was illustrated with a PowerPoint presentation, prepared by
staff member Stephanie. The curator and trustees would like to thank Anthony,
Mike, Tony and Brid for their assistance with the event. The curator also
acknowledged the Heritage Council grant towards a new display case which was on
show at the lecture, containing a selection of civic memorabilia.</span><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">The new museum display case which has been
acquired and supported by the Heritage Council under the community Heritage
Grant Scheme 2023.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1wCtWfgQVxmnvqWphRY09GwnI3-Yq-zN6hufZ_DhUzHmaudUqtL6BV93Dk8rHW-WUFBRFtSb0A4Iy0PXhNw-8QT5zkOEe1whyBWWqTO1cnLvn1Fvztg3NeWCQsij-s7gsk0_QFK6lXxi2iD4l--jr8v2CKZRHqMzlQ8977lpTKERWl-rmye_Clnmivmi/s1600/Thomas%20Phelan%20and%20Willie%20Fraher%20-%20Heritage%20Event.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1wCtWfgQVxmnvqWphRY09GwnI3-Yq-zN6hufZ_DhUzHmaudUqtL6BV93Dk8rHW-WUFBRFtSb0A4Iy0PXhNw-8QT5zkOEe1whyBWWqTO1cnLvn1Fvztg3NeWCQsij-s7gsk0_QFK6lXxi2iD4l--jr8v2CKZRHqMzlQ8977lpTKERWl-rmye_Clnmivmi/w468-h351/Thomas%20Phelan%20and%20Willie%20Fraher%20-%20Heritage%20Event.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Phelan and Willie Fraher ( Museum Curator)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjZn2LNPq1Zlxa1eMgNzQ6WTnfeRuOMUoXW46Ukr8IfoD7yFR1d3hmFqfSHxOIQd3qJX_RnKzbBNZL-6cmhPDuXZAbpUrri65ExfbrtusTI6bGnD9dQ5gkDumQbmjP20kZXt8BQc9hGdyGSpZyRH2VsYVGHoBAiOoqkz97CLThD-Ph-wUGzRSXjB-9-Co/s1600/Attendees%20at%20Museum%20Heritage%20Event%20August%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjZn2LNPq1Zlxa1eMgNzQ6WTnfeRuOMUoXW46Ukr8IfoD7yFR1d3hmFqfSHxOIQd3qJX_RnKzbBNZL-6cmhPDuXZAbpUrri65ExfbrtusTI6bGnD9dQ5gkDumQbmjP20kZXt8BQc9hGdyGSpZyRH2VsYVGHoBAiOoqkz97CLThD-Ph-wUGzRSXjB-9-Co/w493-h370/Attendees%20at%20Museum%20Heritage%20Event%20August%202023.jpg" width="493" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Some of the Attendees at Museum Heritage Event August 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-55367075392341325942023-08-18T15:19:00.000+01:002023-08-18T15:19:08.741+01:00Visit To Cappagh House<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;">On
12 August we had a very enjoyable visit to Cappagh House with 25 members of the
Museum Society. We were fortunate that the weather stayed fine. The owners
Charlie and Claire Chavasse gave us a warm welcome. Willie Fraher and Julian
Walton gave us a brief account of the families associated with the estate –
Fitzgeralds, Osbornes, and Usshers. Charlie Chavasse told us about his grandparents’
purchase of Cappagh in 1944 from Arland Ussher. After a tour of the house
Charlie brought us on a fascinating tour of the grounds.</span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;">He pointed out Old Cappagh House, the lake,
the castle ruin and the lovely old farm buildings. We concluded our visit with
refreshments and home-made biscuits. All agreed it was one of the most
enjoyable society trips of recent times.</span></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-65585762981812734842023-08-18T15:13:00.003+01:002023-08-18T15:46:17.221+01:00Focus on Museum Collection<p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Pier near Faithlegg House, County Waterford, watercolour by Maud Power c.
1920s.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maud Anne Power (1860-1938) was the daughter of Patrick and
Olivia (nee Nugent, daughter of Earl of Westmeath) Power of Faithlegg House. Maud
travelled extensively with her parents. Her parents leased Temple Hill House in
1875 where she was living in 1911. She was an amateur artist who wrote and
illustrated a book titled </span><i>'Wayside India'</i><span style="background-color: white;"> published in 1907. </span><i>The
Spectator</i><span style="background-color: white;"> reviewed it as follows: 'Miss Power relates her Indian
experiences in a lively fashion, not without a certain tone of satire when she
comes to describe the manners and customs of the British. On the whole,
the pen and ink pictures are effective...the sketches which are by the same
hand, show an elegance'.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;">She died on 10 October 1938 aged 77 at 19 Alma Road,
Monkstown, and is buried at Deansgrange cemetery along with her sisters Ellen
and Mary.</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEU7EAOk7dbht8P6XmmHwquorvD7Hz2WNKZO6AtBg0IaHzw4dg9SoQnVnJ07euDaXLbsXahxZHGjlsQkNKXNdQMv9XJzcuqKlUIyy5OniVz4IDyGipcVehxE-Lt8EQc82cH3ZCkqoMe4uWpCa9kJhwuqm3Gb5E0hYxbB_2rf7tbJfLW1FwOgcelSJdJk8/s4461/The%20Pier%20near%20Faithlegg%20House,%20County%20Waterford%20Circa%201920s..JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3099" data-original-width="4461" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEU7EAOk7dbht8P6XmmHwquorvD7Hz2WNKZO6AtBg0IaHzw4dg9SoQnVnJ07euDaXLbsXahxZHGjlsQkNKXNdQMv9XJzcuqKlUIyy5OniVz4IDyGipcVehxE-Lt8EQc82cH3ZCkqoMe4uWpCa9kJhwuqm3Gb5E0hYxbB_2rf7tbJfLW1FwOgcelSJdJk8/w529-h368/The%20Pier%20near%20Faithlegg%20House,%20County%20Waterford%20Circa%201920s..JPG" width="529" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE"><span>The Pier near Faithlegg House, County Waterford, watercolour by Maud Power c. 1920s</span></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 18.4px;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: medium; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-38590899447478495182023-08-11T12:21:00.002+01:002023-08-11T12:21:35.169+01:00 Can you identify anyone in this Photography<p> <span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Do you know the boy or the lady in this photography?</span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Or have any information about this photo.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please contact the museum on<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tel: (058) 45 960<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 27.6px;">Email:</span></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 27.6px;"> </span><span lang="EN-IE"><a href="mailto:info@waterfordmuseum.ie"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: blue; line-height: 27.6px;">info@waterfordmuseum.ie</span></a></span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 27.6px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5c0srow8Og-AH-KdXMczseJ7g-n530NjUxFdvDhQ--JmDkw5YYR6dNIaEP8X4elGLV9bPGc045EPjOUdi9x7AH4r7VupVQWnpklE6wjbDfb7o-eqdazdC-Vzbk3TfGVpLr234oagKfJPtTEHY8a-qYRNWuAc32s23sYnaGZG5ZYgz8SPW75uRDhcQcMH/s2560/Boy%20+%20Donkey%20and%20Cart%20and%20Women%20at%20Corner%20of%20Main%20street%20and%20Friary%20Street.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2223" data-original-width="2560" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5c0srow8Og-AH-KdXMczseJ7g-n530NjUxFdvDhQ--JmDkw5YYR6dNIaEP8X4elGLV9bPGc045EPjOUdi9x7AH4r7VupVQWnpklE6wjbDfb7o-eqdazdC-Vzbk3TfGVpLr234oagKfJPtTEHY8a-qYRNWuAc32s23sYnaGZG5ZYgz8SPW75uRDhcQcMH/w506-h574/Boy%20+%20Donkey%20and%20Cart%20and%20Women%20at%20Corner%20of%20Main%20street%20and%20Friary%20Street.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-60810391900351690832023-08-11T12:03:00.005+01:002023-08-11T12:25:44.191+01:00Waterford County Museum - Heritage Week Event<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 32px;">Talk & Exhibition</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 32px;">Dungarvan – ‘The most great and antient honour’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 32px;">The Story of Dungarvan’s Municipal History 1463-1950<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By William Fraher<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Wednesday 16<sup>th</sup> August at 3p.m. Admission Free (</span></b><b style="font-size: 16px;">places must be booked in advance)</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The speaker will trace in broad terms the history of town administration from Medieval times to the mid-20th century. The establishing of Burgesses, a Corporation, Town Commissioners, and Urban District Council will be discussed. The talk will look at the people who held office, some of the key issues in Dungarvan during this period, shipping, quay construction, Cunnigar Bridge, waterworks, new Town Park, Swimming Pool, Dungarvan Gas works, new Town Hall, public housing, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">To compliment the talk there will be a display of a selection of civic memorabilia. This will be exhibited in a new museum standard display case which has been acquired and supported by the Heritage Council under the community Heritage Grant Scheme 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cOpywlHILl2Wb7TuMRiq-T9PynnCMQeHPTVtJ3prVAXA6Tr2VHt9LEyhJMLua0Uz2K1kvzOSDMFA6xzunsWvqr53giDXvjkmru8p3FsvqWBn-gGw1MO_tSRDktWPYPj-JMe-DczTc5tTeCYUsqf0vy1DBL4aX-Pvpyx0BpHhxXWx72KWKwQRbht6sejz/s435/The%20Heritage%20Council%20Logo%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="435" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cOpywlHILl2Wb7TuMRiq-T9PynnCMQeHPTVtJ3prVAXA6Tr2VHt9LEyhJMLua0Uz2K1kvzOSDMFA6xzunsWvqr53giDXvjkmru8p3FsvqWBn-gGw1MO_tSRDktWPYPj-JMe-DczTc5tTeCYUsqf0vy1DBL4aX-Pvpyx0BpHhxXWx72KWKwQRbht6sejz/w507-h104/The%20Heritage%20Council%20Logo%202023.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">As space is limited <b><u>places must be booked in advance</u></b> by contacting the museum at <b>058-45960</b> or at <a href="mailto:info@waterfordmuseum.ie">info@waterfordmuseum.ie</a></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-43427905930032615682023-08-11T12:02:00.003+01:002023-08-11T12:02:14.376+01:00Focus on Museum Collection<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Illuminated address presented to Richard Charles
Moore-Smyth (1859-1888) from his tenants on the Ballynatray Estate, to mark his
coming of age.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By
John & Florence Gilbert, Cork<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Watercolour, ink & pencil</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">The address depicts the house on the top left corner
and at the bottom the family coat of arms.</span><span lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sir Walter Raleigh was granted lands by an order
of 28 February 1587, which included the “Castle & Lands of
Ballinatray”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raleigh returned to
England in December 1589, when he sub-let his lands at Ballinatray to Robert
Maule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raleigh subsequently sold the
estate to Sir Richard Boyle in 1603.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1611 Captain Richard Smith came into possession of Ballynatray. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1795 Grice Blakeney Smyth married Mary Broderick Mitchell, daughter and co- heir of Henry Mitchell of Mitchell's Fort, Co. Cork. The Hon. Charles William Moore Smyth was living in Ballynatray in 1870s. he was son of the Earl of Mountcashel and was Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace. He married Charlotte Mary Smyth, an only child and heiress of Richard Smyth. Their son was a recipient of this address. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On
the death of Mr. Horace Holroyd Smyth in 1969 the house passed to his cousins,
the Ponsonbys of Kilcooley Abbey Co. Tipperary. It was sold in 1995 to the
Boissevain family who carried out an extensive reconstruction. In 2004 they
sold it to Henry Gwyn-Jones.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfX_6cE5i-zXvI-f3BNze9pLgRy0FPRCkdZ-QeAfUooF_iM3C2NmaWmT__j3ZtfbIQcn_gU88ac5NyXLRUdh7FcH9ZGSHQ9tukVHrsW9GUhxR5zKXKXAFPbNFamSO3hDv11Gv0j-fDHopiIKhkArM-W3zlIiGr0LZUe17A3K12ROQ-zRwVi5WBH8N7Ik9/s3870/Illuminated%20Address%20to%20Moore%20Smyth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3870" data-original-width="2955" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfX_6cE5i-zXvI-f3BNze9pLgRy0FPRCkdZ-QeAfUooF_iM3C2NmaWmT__j3ZtfbIQcn_gU88ac5NyXLRUdh7FcH9ZGSHQ9tukVHrsW9GUhxR5zKXKXAFPbNFamSO3hDv11Gv0j-fDHopiIKhkArM-W3zlIiGr0LZUe17A3K12ROQ-zRwVi5WBH8N7Ik9/w473-h620/Illuminated%20Address%20to%20Moore%20Smyth.jpg" width="473" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 28px;">Illuminated address presented to Richard Charles Moore-Smyth (1859-1888) </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 28px;">from his tenants on the Ballynatray Estate, to mark his coming of age.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136089204;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-55235688841888484532023-08-04T13:06:00.006+01:002023-08-04T13:06:59.891+01:00Museum Visit to Cappagh House<p>T<span lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">his visit will take place <b>on Saturday August 12<sup>th</sup>
2023</b>, those who have booked a place for this visit and who may need a lift
to Cappagh house, please contact the museum on </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">058-45960</span></b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">.
We will be meeting and leaving from the </span><span lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Museum premises in Friary Street at <b>10.30 am on the
morning of the visit.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">We are arranging a
second visit to Cappagh house, provisionally for early September 2023. Those on
the waiting lost will be given priority on this trip.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-51346406216265201162023-08-04T13:06:00.002+01:002023-08-04T13:06:07.924+01:00 Can you identify anyone in this Photography<p> <span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Do you know the boy or the lady in this photography?</span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Or have any information about this photo.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please contact the museum on<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tel: (058) 45 960<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Email:</span></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-IE"><a href="mailto:info@waterfordmuseum.ie"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="color: blue; line-height: 115%;">info@waterfordmuseum.ie</span></a></span><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1KFlOlTlqtjAjY2tASYl_8NcQsAMJFBWylQA2IxhOfkif5OAL8-HyiMt9DZ148II9xJmI3mKcFTndrF2X1-xPFQO_9Cws8DfZsyVInMJDLpQe1i5pU5XeM2D3lHe4PNQaZ9EiZcR97BVrimIhvcvATI-t2VeX90PuyefO3TLAWA6kco2nDsmM9if4CUb/s2560/Boy%20+%20Donkey%20and%20Cart%20and%20Women%20at%20Corner%20of%20Main%20street%20and%20Friary%20Street.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2223" data-original-width="2560" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1KFlOlTlqtjAjY2tASYl_8NcQsAMJFBWylQA2IxhOfkif5OAL8-HyiMt9DZ148II9xJmI3mKcFTndrF2X1-xPFQO_9Cws8DfZsyVInMJDLpQe1i5pU5XeM2D3lHe4PNQaZ9EiZcR97BVrimIhvcvATI-t2VeX90PuyefO3TLAWA6kco2nDsmM9if4CUb/w454-h625/Boy%20+%20Donkey%20and%20Cart%20and%20Women%20at%20Corner%20of%20Main%20street%20and%20Friary%20Street.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-63272960772526261732023-08-04T13:05:00.004+01:002023-08-04T13:05:45.498+01:00Focus on Museum Collection<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Portrait
of Rev James Vincent Cleary (1829-1898), Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario,
Canada.</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Oil
on canvas. Late 19th century, artist unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">James Vincent Cleary was born in
Dungarvan on 18th September 1828. His father Thomas (1792-1871) was a
merchant and ship owner of Main Street. His mother was Margaret O'Brien
(1800-1858) who was related to the Fenian, F.X. O'Brien.</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">He was educated locally at a classical school in
Church Street. He studied for the priesthood in Rome and at St Patrick’s
College, Maynooth. He was ordained on 19 September 1851. He also studied at
Salamanca in Spain before returning to Ireland to become a professor in St
John’s College, Waterford, where he also served as president of the college
from 1873 to 1876. He was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree (DD or STD), by
the Catholic University of Ireland. Rev. Cleary was appointed Parish
Priest of Dungarvan on 13th February 1876. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">In 1881 he was made Bishop of
Kingston when this portrait was made. It originally hung in the convent of the
Presentation Sisters in Dungarvan.</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He died aged 69 on 24 February 1898 and is buried in Saint
Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eHZ3HRa7OIBw_d4bYYIjDw9QeijB8XazDHh1v6zSEVvlVpF9sxaJVsLisNcfdY0UlBTrva0y6kv4P_zHXYFKHWKNLCdNmyjT2w6FSHEkpkrn4MkUMomRp8x6qm80zfFJvi6xkFBlaSU3xgqclrmQQ8ZHc2Os7CFdsBaMEhk3PNHzQf2_XxnqYmahVU4A/s4028/Rev%20James%20Vincent%20Cleary%20Bishop%20of%20Kingston.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4028" data-original-width="3175" height="587" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eHZ3HRa7OIBw_d4bYYIjDw9QeijB8XazDHh1v6zSEVvlVpF9sxaJVsLisNcfdY0UlBTrva0y6kv4P_zHXYFKHWKNLCdNmyjT2w6FSHEkpkrn4MkUMomRp8x6qm80zfFJvi6xkFBlaSU3xgqclrmQQ8ZHc2Os7CFdsBaMEhk3PNHzQf2_XxnqYmahVU4A/w462-h587/Rev%20James%20Vincent%20Cleary%20Bishop%20of%20Kingston.JPG" width="462" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 24px;">Portrait of Rev James Vincent Cleary (1829-1898), Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-2706608903066800902023-08-04T13:02:00.001+01:002023-08-04T13:02:05.616+01:00 National Heritage Week<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">The Waterford Event Guide for Heritage week 12</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"> – 20</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">
August 2023 is now available at the Museum.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mveD6M0cE_0irHEt6YPHhZdDf4wvQWSdI0XrR-Ac4H-Kz-n1_weSDhYUkkH06rrx0MJguMJnr-qCjiybVQJlWZuNIvWyVvQvehBngjE8Yug2tLXMqaZ-1ZphuM88mZPoQ0JDW2ach2H3wGRVnbXwJwzshEOgE0AW9xjpB8851cFwLT38Zf96bDVOgWyB/s434/Heritage%20Week%20%20Waterford%20Event%20Guide%202023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="311" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mveD6M0cE_0irHEt6YPHhZdDf4wvQWSdI0XrR-Ac4H-Kz-n1_weSDhYUkkH06rrx0MJguMJnr-qCjiybVQJlWZuNIvWyVvQvehBngjE8Yug2tLXMqaZ-1ZphuM88mZPoQ0JDW2ach2H3wGRVnbXwJwzshEOgE0AW9xjpB8851cFwLT38Zf96bDVOgWyB/w396-h554/Heritage%20Week%20%20Waterford%20Event%20Guide%202023.JPG" width="396" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"><br /></span></span><p></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-81552499369866891322023-08-04T13:01:00.004+01:002023-08-04T13:01:19.927+01:00Waterford County Museum - Heritage Week Event<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Talk
& Exhibition</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dungarvan – ‘The most
great and antient honour’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
Story of Dungarvan’s Municipal History 1463-1950<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By William Fraher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Wednesday
16<sup>th</sup> August at 3p.m. Admission Free<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
speaker will trace in broad terms the history of town administration from
Medieval times to the mid-20th century. The establishing of Burgesses, a
Corporation, Town Commissioners, and Urban District Council will be discussed.
The talk will look at the people who held office, some of the key issues in
Dungarvan during this period, shipping, quay construction, Cunnigar Bridge,
waterworks, new Town Park, Swimming Pool, Dungarvan Gas works, new Town Hall,
public housing, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To
compliment the talk there will be a display of a selection of civic
memorabilia. This will be exhibited in a new museum standard display case which
has been acquired and supported by the Heritage Council under the community
Heritage Grant Scheme 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cOpywlHILl2Wb7TuMRiq-T9PynnCMQeHPTVtJ3prVAXA6Tr2VHt9LEyhJMLua0Uz2K1kvzOSDMFA6xzunsWvqr53giDXvjkmru8p3FsvqWBn-gGw1MO_tSRDktWPYPj-JMe-DczTc5tTeCYUsqf0vy1DBL4aX-Pvpyx0BpHhxXWx72KWKwQRbht6sejz/s435/The%20Heritage%20Council%20Logo%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="435" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cOpywlHILl2Wb7TuMRiq-T9PynnCMQeHPTVtJ3prVAXA6Tr2VHt9LEyhJMLua0Uz2K1kvzOSDMFA6xzunsWvqr53giDXvjkmru8p3FsvqWBn-gGw1MO_tSRDktWPYPj-JMe-DczTc5tTeCYUsqf0vy1DBL4aX-Pvpyx0BpHhxXWx72KWKwQRbht6sejz/w416-h85/The%20Heritage%20Council%20Logo%202023.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As
space is limited <b><u>places must be booked in advance</u></b> by contacting
the museum at <b>058-45960</b> or at <a href="mailto:info@waterfordmuseum.ie">info@waterfordmuseum.ie</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-85930451266352248702023-07-28T13:25:00.002+01:002023-07-28T13:25:09.954+01:00Focus on Museum Collection<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Portrait of Edward O’Dell of Carriglea</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Drawing
inscribed ‘C Grant, del., Oxford.’ Pencil and watercolour.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Irish branch of the O’Dells is said to have come
from the village of O’Dell in Bedfordshire. In 1678 Charles O’Dell of
Castletown McEnery, Co Limerick married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Osborne
of Ballintaylor and built a house called Mount O’Dell, a few miles from
Dungarvan.</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> In 1827 John O’ Dell built a new house in a Tudor Gothic style to a
design by Daniel Robertson, not far from the old family home at Mount O’Dell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1827 he married Caroline Ambrosia King,
daughter of Lieut. Col. Sir Henry King. According to newspapers reports he died
in May 1847 aged 45 of Famine fever which he caught while attending Relief
Committee meetings in Dungarvan. John had no children, so he left Carriglea to
his nephew. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;">Edward
O’Dell (1807-1869) was the brother of John O’Dell (1801-1846) of
Carriglea. Edward was educated at Harrow and at Christchurch, Oxford,
where this sketch was executed. Before moving back to Carriglea in 1846
Edward had been on a continental tour and had visited Sicily with John, 2<sup>nd</sup> Marquis
of Ormonde and was writing an account of this trip. In 1838 Edward married
Harriett Ricarda Nugent-Humble of Cloncoskeran House, and they lived in Malta
before returning to Carriglea. Edward held the post of magistrate and had
a keen interest in history. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;">This
portrait was sketched by C. Grant at Oxford. Little is known of this artist but
there is a lithograph based on a portrait by him of Hugh Gough, 1<sup>st</sup> Viscount
Gough in the National Portrait Gallery, London.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOa66U1NofL_slI8UBntaZnb9U7UCnedZ1VCTeQNlvp6cylEvejja1nMxLJndF6W6Oi087WOxL675m4qMtKodkO4oM66hKHJea0QBV28Es6P2A-gED-KBTQYtgPMDdkWsRqhGGQ7vu7pSwe3e8EUhRWERFxK8b_2kxtOJyaMC-q5Ox_9DXe1FHD9wmMD3/s3823/Edward%20O'Dell%20Carriglea%20House%20Circa%201830.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3823" data-original-width="3222" height="567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOa66U1NofL_slI8UBntaZnb9U7UCnedZ1VCTeQNlvp6cylEvejja1nMxLJndF6W6Oi087WOxL675m4qMtKodkO4oM66hKHJea0QBV28Es6P2A-gED-KBTQYtgPMDdkWsRqhGGQ7vu7pSwe3e8EUhRWERFxK8b_2kxtOJyaMC-q5Ox_9DXe1FHD9wmMD3/w478-h567/Edward%20O'Dell%20Carriglea%20House%20Circa%201830.JPG" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Edward O'Dell Carriglea House 1830</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-10388892533636202172023-07-20T15:28:00.003+01:002023-07-20T15:38:42.954+01:00Summer Opening Times - Waterford County Museum<p><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The museum will now be open
on </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Saturdays</span></i></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">, starting from the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">15<sup>th</sup>
July to 26<sup>th</sup></span></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">of August 2023</span></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> and the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">opening
times</span></i></b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"> are </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">11am to 4pm.</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9A9A9Bs-kY4q8S6psG4V3WU6hJ-9cdrw3Sx70PNp9wXSHMd4wFnNAiIUp1CnkBjdPemkaONSnG3uan1d48S9lTjOPKFumd5bAWE18eb_ftIUKm-5ElAlL0YsYrquBSwrebDP6MTPcpnuVoPSVh68COh_hF1HOxCAjruQAFTlPsT7fqdUfGUD15WxZU7A/s252/Museum%20Image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="172" height="539" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9A9A9Bs-kY4q8S6psG4V3WU6hJ-9cdrw3Sx70PNp9wXSHMd4wFnNAiIUp1CnkBjdPemkaONSnG3uan1d48S9lTjOPKFumd5bAWE18eb_ftIUKm-5ElAlL0YsYrquBSwrebDP6MTPcpnuVoPSVh68COh_hF1HOxCAjruQAFTlPsT7fqdUfGUD15WxZU7A/w500-h539/Museum%20Image.jpg" width="500" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-71062427663209746722023-07-20T15:11:00.000+01:002023-07-20T15:11:23.318+01:00Cumann na mBan Book<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">The last few copies of this excellent account of the Revolutionary
Waterford Women written by Eddie Cantwell and Chrissy Knight O’ Connor can be
purchased at the Museum and retails at €25.</span></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-13857447938788954892023-07-20T15:07:00.000+01:002023-07-20T15:07:23.789+01:00Waterford County Museum - Heritage Week Event<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Talk
& Exhibition</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dungarvan – ‘The most
great and antient honour’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
Story of Dungarvan’s Municipal History 1463-1950<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By William Fraher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Wednesday
16 August at 3p.m. Admission Free<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">More
details to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-57719611025716561702023-07-20T15:05:00.004+01:002023-07-20T15:05:23.782+01:00Focus on Museum Collection <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Irish Prisoner of War Art</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This box was made by an Irishman who was captured
fighting on the side of the Boers during the Second South African War which
took place between 1899 and 1902. There were thousands of Irishmen fighting on
the British side and other Irish who fought for the Boers. The British won the
war, led by Field Marshal Lord Roberts (from the Roberts Family of Waterford).
However, thousands of Boer women and children were held in many concentration
camps established by Lord Kitchener and over 26,000 died, marking this as a
shameful episode in British colonial history. It is important to say that many
thousands of Irish were enthusiastic participants within the colonial empire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A number of Irish who fought for the Boers were
captured at the end of the war and imprisoned in various camps. One of these
was a Mr. O’Haughie who carved this box at Bellary Camp in India which housed
over 800 men and operated between May 1901 and August 1902. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He made the collection box as a gift for a Father
MacNamara of Madras in September 1901. The box is carved on five sides:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">(Top)September 1901-Bellary Camp India<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">From O’Haughie Boer POW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">To Rev MacNamara Madras<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Transbhaal Abu – The coat of arms of the South African
republic or Transvaal and a portrait of the President Paul Kruger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Eire Go Brath -Harp, shamrocks with red hand of Ulster
above<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prof Donal McCracken has indicated that the O’Haughie
referred to is one James O’Haughey of Derrynoose, south Armagh. He suggests
that having fought for a brief period with Colonel Blake and Major John
MacBride he was captured during the retreat eastwards along the railway line
from Pretoria towards Komatipoort. The recipient of the box was Rev T. F.
MacNamara who was a Mill Hill missionary priest in St Mary’s College Madras and
was probably sent as chaplain to the POW camp. His father Michael was believed
to have worked as a butler at Dromana House, the home of the Villiers-Stuart
family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6COdEyxsxhjH_gTyti7RfF7ZnnSVWCuId4B1mu_NpT_oGdMg3hUe4_1O4dMBaMwNM1lhCDYY34j_BLUtMLmbh5Wqw6EWOtr1haMmlH-A95mvCkrXwZKVVayVaN7sx0SW1XnVG__9dts1FG1KcHSbQLDDL0z229DlaQWzB-UMnaaH7ksrzIu4RhALEFgEx/s4160/Boer%20%20War%20Box%20July%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6COdEyxsxhjH_gTyti7RfF7ZnnSVWCuId4B1mu_NpT_oGdMg3hUe4_1O4dMBaMwNM1lhCDYY34j_BLUtMLmbh5Wqw6EWOtr1haMmlH-A95mvCkrXwZKVVayVaN7sx0SW1XnVG__9dts1FG1KcHSbQLDDL0z229DlaQWzB-UMnaaH7ksrzIu4RhALEFgEx/w436-h582/Boer%20%20War%20Box%20July%202023.jpg" width="436" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Boer War Box</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-35647813239207442382023-07-14T12:07:00.003+01:002023-07-14T12:07:26.635+01:00Focus on Museum Collection <p><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Portrait
of Elizabeth Mansfield (n</span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">é</span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e
Woulfe)</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Family tradition states that
this portrait was painted by the Kilkenny artist, John Comerford (1770-1832).
Comerford initially painted full-sized portraits but later specialized in
miniatures, for which he was renowned. These early full-sized portraits by him
are rare. The painting originally hung in the hall at Morristown Lattin, Co
Kildare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The subject of the portrait
is (‘Bess’) Elizabeth Woulfe, of Monadiha, Rathgormack Co Waterford. Her hair
is strikingly decorated with pearls and flowers. She also wears a piece of
jewellery attached to a ribbon and a rose in the centre. She is wearing a blue
silk dress trimmed with lace around the neck. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Her father Walter Woulfe
succeeded to the family estates through his mother, Mary Power, after the death
of his uncles Nicholas and Thomas Power. The Woulfe estates were in
Carrick-On-Suir, Co Tipperary, and Rathgormack, Co Waterford. Elizabeth married
John Mansfield in 1785. By this time, he had moved the family base from
Ballinamultina to Yeomanstown, Co Kildare. John died in 1817 and the estates
passed to his younger son Walter Henry Mansfield. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Mansfield family of
Morristown Lattin date from the time of Henry II when Sir Rodolphus Mansfield
settled in Ireland from Nottinghamshire. He was granted estates in counties
Armagh, Derry, Waterford, Cork, and Limerick. He made his home at Killongford
and Ballinamultina, Co Waterford. The estates of his descendant, Walter Mansfield,
were confiscated due to his participation in the 1641 Rebellion. After the
Restoration he recovered only part of the estate, the lands at Ballinamultina.
In order to build up their estates once again the Mansfields (who remained
Catholic) married into prominent families such as the Woulfes, Eustaces, and
Lattins. Elizabeth’s husband John Mansfield’s great grandfather Richard married
Dorothea Hore of Shandon House, Dungarvan. Richard held a commission in Col.
Bagnall’s regiment of infantry in the army of James II and was present at the
Battle of the Boyne.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYidptZAvPALQQxiAZYT4-he2iA6KhNJOdPOyPAc_3TTtF36m-BbJI510frFFrv7n6xKKSVBmQxbz6At308xohbOTie-jL07PrYIca3gOwG6g6D8l_WeM8GEZhRqkGknFKE933JQNlikDMG_NKisg9Idue_mlL2lhwvhNKK1Otx6-2lC1rcnyC8FZVO5vy/s3469/Elizabeth%20Mansfield%20(nee%20Woulfe)%20Circa%201790.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3469" data-original-width="2970" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYidptZAvPALQQxiAZYT4-he2iA6KhNJOdPOyPAc_3TTtF36m-BbJI510frFFrv7n6xKKSVBmQxbz6At308xohbOTie-jL07PrYIca3gOwG6g6D8l_WeM8GEZhRqkGknFKE933JQNlikDMG_NKisg9Idue_mlL2lhwvhNKK1Otx6-2lC1rcnyC8FZVO5vy/w410-h479/Elizabeth%20Mansfield%20(nee%20Woulfe)%20Circa%201790.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Mansfield (nee Woulfe)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-13568900835459807562023-07-14T12:06:00.004+01:002023-07-14T12:08:01.937+01:00Opening of Bad Times Exhibition at Museum<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span face="Arial, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;">The
museum had a very successful opening of The Bad Times Burning Big Houses in
County Waterford 1923 exhibition, which is based on the book “Bad Times” by
William Fraher.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;">The
event was well attended with over 70 people turning up at the museum, to see
this new exhibition. The opening speech was given by Museum President Thomas
Phelan, followed by historian & author Mr. Pat McCarthy who officially
opened the exhibition and the launch of the second edition of The Bad Times
book. Next to speak was Chairperson of the Waterford City & County Centenary
</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;">Commemorations</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"> Committee Mr. Michael
Farrell. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exhibition curator thanked
the decade of Centenaries Committee for grant aiding the display. He commented
on the lack of a permanent- temporary exhibition space within the museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He acknowledged the assistance of all those
who had allowed access to private documents and loaned items for the
exhibition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In conclusion the thanked the
museum staff without whom the exhibitions would not be possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
evening was a great success, and the museum would like to thank the following
people who contributed to the organisation and preparation of the catering and
distribution of the food & drinks on the evening. We would like to extend a
big thank to, Stephanie, Anthony, Marie, Tony, Mary, Áine, Christine and Mike,
and to our chair movers<a name="_GoBack"></a> and helpers Alex and Kyle.</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUxCVxRBf0t7pPC-UfNppQO1cKBf9G5vndr4XGRHW36h3EhWGMWmH3V3LLgf5argv5YSFS3kzshkkgVz7W6R3W4jMf9sUjSAf_JU745zJC82ZpyRS2oRYpVnjzF4kBkYgkT3guyl8MnP9vYz-n2uZbtOJ6AeiTeCgFf3nY686u1R1mW-j6bst4iH_JJNa/s4160/The%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibition%20June%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUxCVxRBf0t7pPC-UfNppQO1cKBf9G5vndr4XGRHW36h3EhWGMWmH3V3LLgf5argv5YSFS3kzshkkgVz7W6R3W4jMf9sUjSAf_JU745zJC82ZpyRS2oRYpVnjzF4kBkYgkT3guyl8MnP9vYz-n2uZbtOJ6AeiTeCgFf3nY686u1R1mW-j6bst4iH_JJNa/w548-h411/The%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibition%20June%202023.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bad Times Exhibition 2023</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5jkQ897mRF9pNbWraGd1xs8svjAiDOqFJRRTtN6WdS3FlZxK95mOj46DU4GlEGSTAch0CF2lEb936UJh2_6KJ1beJTeeZR6FjRb7a4jTqypWqmY08q1BGqc7dwAflpaGDxTTe7YAIOK8X4L_mUSdWuHDigScKk51-FIsUXPVwi7BdW3Mv0P19uFuC433/s1600/Bernadette%20Guest,%20William%20Fraher%20Joeanne%20Rothwell%20-Bad%20Times%20Exhibition%20June%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5jkQ897mRF9pNbWraGd1xs8svjAiDOqFJRRTtN6WdS3FlZxK95mOj46DU4GlEGSTAch0CF2lEb936UJh2_6KJ1beJTeeZR6FjRb7a4jTqypWqmY08q1BGqc7dwAflpaGDxTTe7YAIOK8X4L_mUSdWuHDigScKk51-FIsUXPVwi7BdW3Mv0P19uFuC433/w361-h482/Bernadette%20Guest,%20William%20Fraher%20Joeanne%20Rothwell%20-Bad%20Times%20Exhibition%20June%202023.jpg" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bernadette Guest ( City & County Heritage Officer) William Fraher ( Curator of Waterford County Museum) And Joanne Rothwell ( City & County Archivist)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFoh_34aD2E5ZpEdyPTKEkTBwGmHksbZN5sZisLN4ot6SfYy0m4gm4mRZexYv60a7G1exRt_hLk6oaikZC5CbCdJcNGOdJe-ZNskZIW8cVCPx7ka1vJuVPZDJ9kTcd4T4-Kk7ueVtcPrmtxAxkpoCvW-Os7kdN0p6VmSzXre_RfsoZb_xSAb0YS7hwynL/s1600/Group%201%20The%20%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibtion%20June%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1600" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFoh_34aD2E5ZpEdyPTKEkTBwGmHksbZN5sZisLN4ot6SfYy0m4gm4mRZexYv60a7G1exRt_hLk6oaikZC5CbCdJcNGOdJe-ZNskZIW8cVCPx7ka1vJuVPZDJ9kTcd4T4-Kk7ueVtcPrmtxAxkpoCvW-Os7kdN0p6VmSzXre_RfsoZb_xSAb0YS7hwynL/w515-h329/Group%201%20The%20%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibtion%20June%202023.jpg" width="515" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Group of attendees at the opening of The Bad Times Exhibition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hq6NDISrLU_Cgr9f_PfOQ3gXWjGgfqCI5m8T83sEIoItE71zZrjLh66TuS-FiUe15EXEINETiCc_gj3ThX5High9y9xTvbna1DMnmuP8ZKQVzDlCRD0gHc-2gZQzSbGQ0vu33XVFzUU69cZa76NybptYEPgUIxTU4KD3JJ-hAsQhhCUBlYpc85AiqeS0/s4000/Group%206%20The%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibtion%20June%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hq6NDISrLU_Cgr9f_PfOQ3gXWjGgfqCI5m8T83sEIoItE71zZrjLh66TuS-FiUe15EXEINETiCc_gj3ThX5High9y9xTvbna1DMnmuP8ZKQVzDlCRD0gHc-2gZQzSbGQ0vu33XVFzUU69cZa76NybptYEPgUIxTU4KD3JJ-hAsQhhCUBlYpc85AiqeS0/w506-h380/Group%206%20The%20Bad%20Times%20Exhibtion%20June%202023.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">William Fraher, Christine King , Aine Ui Fhoghlu, Thomas Phelan and Eddie Cantwell<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-34516534011086364302023-07-07T14:20:00.003+01:002023-07-07T14:20:13.224+01:00Cumman na mBan Book<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;">The last few copies of this excellent account of the Revolutionary
Waterford Women written by Eddie Cantwell and Chrissy Knight O’ Connor can be
purchased at the Museum and retails at €25.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknqTNCWf0G1tfu3yn0PhQNDEM9TKNZfAxYXGTkFyPn4sB9Eu1ZJl_QFvpbeOAWoJzt5RuKMRHLG7yIwNCU_7qZtocJF-CjETCorjL8gzK5fQYzNXi9naWKnzYY9dWl1hBucjw_eYSYBgykynqffEikUUW0wGPT-E1tW3b28XjFDcuiURT-hKjMid8tZ-B/s4160/WWOR%20Banner%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="2131" height="656" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknqTNCWf0G1tfu3yn0PhQNDEM9TKNZfAxYXGTkFyPn4sB9Eu1ZJl_QFvpbeOAWoJzt5RuKMRHLG7yIwNCU_7qZtocJF-CjETCorjL8gzK5fQYzNXi9naWKnzYY9dWl1hBucjw_eYSYBgykynqffEikUUW0wGPT-E1tW3b28XjFDcuiURT-hKjMid8tZ-B/w472-h656/WWOR%20Banner%202023.jpg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Waterford Women of the Revolution 1914-1923</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-91988446323165279692023-07-07T13:03:00.004+01:002023-07-07T14:21:13.424+01:00Focus on Museum Collection County Waterford Lace<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;">In the 19</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;"> century lace making was
encouraged as a suitable occupation for young girls and women. It allowed them
to also earn a living and provided an income for married women giving them some
financial independence. In 1868 Miss Keane of Cappoquin, began to teach lace
making to the local girls using Italian patterns. For about ten years thirty
girls were employed. ‘Miss Keane [Francis Annie Keane 1849-1920, Glenshelane
House] and one of the women unraveled some old Venetian rose point, and so
learned the method of working. Only Venetian laces and the finest kind of
Reticella are made at this school. At the annual Exhibition of Industries at
Lismore Castle for the cottagers of the Duke of Devonshire’s estate, specimens
of Maltese lace are still shown, the workers being the remnant of a number once
employed at the convent, Tallow, Co Waterford.’ (</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; text-align: justify;">The Woman’s World</i><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;">,
1888).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the 1880s James Brenan, head of the Cork School of
Art visited convents throughout Munster to instruct the nuns in the art of lace
making. In 1885 Queen Victoria ordered a fan of Cappoquin lace for Princess
Beatrice’s wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-CTLtT_VU2c7IfRHt459cCe5iwZ29wPpLWWZK44Tdm1RcxVTwxEIF6DRDWgpUnRtF4kOGAAv_mtEg2lqBXkqDC4yhpWXTIQM1rDKUreptn2MojSxTpVq0DR9DdXpt__ffNDPOqynOyupVZ3VXSCE1nOhameBLtIVkz-n84GBAuCt2r0k-i0EUZ3UfgJb/s4052/Lace%20Image%20@%20Museum%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4052" data-original-width="3120" height="595" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-CTLtT_VU2c7IfRHt459cCe5iwZ29wPpLWWZK44Tdm1RcxVTwxEIF6DRDWgpUnRtF4kOGAAv_mtEg2lqBXkqDC4yhpWXTIQM1rDKUreptn2MojSxTpVq0DR9DdXpt__ffNDPOqynOyupVZ3VXSCE1nOhameBLtIVkz-n84GBAuCt2r0k-i0EUZ3UfgJb/w458-h595/Lace%20Image%20@%20Museum%202023.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lace Circa 1880</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-20164419420096954612023-06-30T12:17:00.001+01:002023-06-30T12:17:04.319+01:00Stories from Old Newspapers<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;">Waterford
Standard</span></i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"> 1 October 1938</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%;">Auction
at The Island<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 150%;">‘The
auction of household and outdoor effects which Mr John D Palmer, Auctioneer, is
conducting next Tuesday is creating wide interest, and a most successful sale
is assured at The Island [castle], Waterford. The goods will be on view on
Monday next only, from 12 noon to 3p.m…Amongst the lots for sale are many
choice antique pieces, including a beautiful Chippendale settee with silk
tapestry; Chippendale chest of drawers on fretted brackets; William and Mary
chest of drawers; miniature bow front sideboard; French hand-painted side
table; mahogany tallboy, and many equally attractive pieces. The lots include
Indian carpets in various sizes; Turkish and Persian rugs…excellent
Chesterfield and two divan armchairs; plated ware, table linen, bed linen,
‘Beautyrest’ mattresses, bedroom suites, toys, Mecanno outfits, model boats,
model railway with engines, hunting kit, nursery furniture, enamelled
‘Frigidaire’ and 12 h.p. Armstrong Siddley Saloon car. A charge of one shilling
will be made for admission’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In
1895 the owner Gerald Purcell Fitzgerald, J.P. & D.L. (1833-1879)
commissioned William Henry Romaine Walker (1854-1940) assisted by Albert Murray
(1849-1924) to rebuild a plain house containing the remains of a medieval
towerhouse. It was one of the last great houses to be built in Ireland on this
scale.</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AQf05Tcbq-SNxxApDd-W_5gc94z3569uwZqFBXkOjnWYejIiG4pLDJ2ZImeVnJh-WgIWdUjk5yNd2IWtWEO0rAm8koFP4pyljd9OLi3tenQqG42lIMu3Ocy_m9Ifkk7-FOd4Cbcx0LD1F_N4KjieGc8Cx34uA-cddfrKaFU75U4ZlJlpyomOrJgaKBWk/s3228/The_Island_Castle,_Waterford%20Circa%201915.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="3228" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AQf05Tcbq-SNxxApDd-W_5gc94z3569uwZqFBXkOjnWYejIiG4pLDJ2ZImeVnJh-WgIWdUjk5yNd2IWtWEO0rAm8koFP4pyljd9OLi3tenQqG42lIMu3Ocy_m9Ifkk7-FOd4Cbcx0LD1F_N4KjieGc8Cx34uA-cddfrKaFU75U4ZlJlpyomOrJgaKBWk/w624-h406/The_Island_Castle,_Waterford%20Circa%201915.jpg" width="624" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Island Castle -Waterford - Circa 1915</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN-IE" style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IE;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-69390665255905760482023-06-30T12:15:00.004+01:002023-07-14T11:06:33.327+01:00Master McGrath painting Donated<p> <span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We
were delighted to receive a donation of an historic oil painting featuring the
famous greyhound Master Mcgrath and James Galwey of Colligan Lodge. The
painting was donated by Prof. James Mason in memory of his late wife Gertrude
Galwey Foley. The painting will be exhibited after restoration and framing.</span></span></p><p><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZNbnmALp93J7KZaOENBHLaQrE_DESi5kkXA1V01waKmTW6vNqpMwoeaPNipYY-MzzzyMXTMjeBolJuRBRrF4-um8qbXOPi6mTeicbvLeuVKd7I4BdfXnvj5nlrBHk-MZdC7hLl5wIckhq99aqtXILh0bG2y_3atkkdjoDOdSPam_dqksc2Nm7PQQ_ZFW/s4160/Prof.%20James%20Mason-%20Master%20McGrath%20Painting%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZNbnmALp93J7KZaOENBHLaQrE_DESi5kkXA1V01waKmTW6vNqpMwoeaPNipYY-MzzzyMXTMjeBolJuRBRrF4-um8qbXOPi6mTeicbvLeuVKd7I4BdfXnvj5nlrBHk-MZdC7hLl5wIckhq99aqtXILh0bG2y_3atkkdjoDOdSPam_dqksc2Nm7PQQ_ZFW/w483-h643/Prof.%20James%20Mason-%20Master%20McGrath%20Painting%202023.jpg" width="483" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prof. James Mason- and painting of Master Mcgrath. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-9134153725477856522023-06-23T12:06:00.002+01:002023-06-23T12:06:17.598+01:00Stories from Old Newspapers<p> <b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Louis
Claude Purser (1854-1932) Classical Scholar from Abbeyside</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Louis
was born in The Hermitage, Abbeyside on 28 September 1854 to Benjamin and Anne
Purser. His sister Sarah was the distinguished artist. He was educated at
Middleton College, Co Cork, and Portora Royal School in Enniskillen. A fellow
pupil was Oscar Wilde whom he described as ‘more careful in his dress than any
other boy’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In
1871 he attended Trinity College Dublin where he was part of a group of
classical scholars that included Robert Tyrrell and J.P. Mahaffy. Because of
family financial difficulties Claude had to take on teaching work before
finishing his degree. He graduated as senior moderator in classics in 1875,
followed by an MA in 1879, and a D.Litt in 1891.In 1882 he worked on ‘The
Correspondence of Cicero’ with Robert Tyrrell. ‘His meticulous attention to
detail and wide-ranging historical and literary knowledge were most
productively deployed in the revision and completion of scholarly texts’. He
edited critical texts of Cicero’s letters: <i>Ad Familiares</i> 1902, <i>Ad
Atticum</i> 1903, and Apuleius’ <i>The Story of Cupid and Psyche</i>. He taught
in TCD from1881 until 1898 when he was appointed as professor of Latin. In 1923
he was elected a fellow of the British Academy, and received honorary degrees
from Glasgow University 1914, Oxford 1923, and Durham 1931. He was elected a
member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1884 and was secretary from
1902-1914.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never married and lived at
8 Waterloo Road, Dublin. He did have a close friendship with ‘Lollie’ Yeats.
His other interests included ancient law, history of modern literature and
cricket. The writer William Murphy described him as ‘miserly, fearful and
selfishly conservative’. R B McDowell and D A Webb stated that he was an
‘urbane and courteous host, a generous lender of books and a man who was able
to fuse the roles of teacher and student’. His portrait was painted by his
sister Sarah and by Leo Whelan and both are in Trinity College. He died on 20 March
1932 and is buried in Mount Jerome next to his sister Sarah and his brother
John Mallet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd21Cwb0ugBqtJMyTKoRwrVfaU7VygPmkpVOpU-Y81ALAld35rU_x7bJUfQNEjlzJtf69rD0l9VdCugxZadzwoYHO1XavaQtuxbjZWhWB-HqDwWb777mv8xDYdKYtmTFgFIzCbvnwT49znHiK1349NCvnpsggVqVP5qgIIloKmBvKdDyHGFsapskdsthL/s621/Louis%20Claude%20Purser..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="455" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrd21Cwb0ugBqtJMyTKoRwrVfaU7VygPmkpVOpU-Y81ALAld35rU_x7bJUfQNEjlzJtf69rD0l9VdCugxZadzwoYHO1XavaQtuxbjZWhWB-HqDwWb777mv8xDYdKYtmTFgFIzCbvnwT49znHiK1349NCvnpsggVqVP5qgIIloKmBvKdDyHGFsapskdsthL/w359-h491/Louis%20Claude%20Purser..jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif"; line-height: 21.4667px;">Louis Claude Purser (1854-1932)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-36882418705914608542023-06-23T11:17:00.003+01:002023-06-23T11:17:13.152+01:00New Irish Wake Museum<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"">Waterford Treasures
has just opened a new museum exploring the story of life and death from early
Christian times to the 20</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">th</sup><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif""> century. The museum is housed in a
restored 15</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, "sans-serif";">th</sup><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"">-century Alms house, at Cathedral Square. We would like
to wish former director Eamon McEneaney well on his retirement and congratulate
Rosemary Ryan, who will take over the role.</span></span></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3546624276013946587.post-73843363602368997122023-06-23T11:16:00.005+01:002023-07-14T11:07:09.718+01:00Master McGrath Painting Donated<p><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">We
were delighted to receive a donation of an historic oil painting featuring the
famous greyhound Master Mcgrath and James Galwey of Colligan Lodge. The
painting was donated by Prof. James Mason in memory of his late wife Mary
Galwey Foley. The painting will be exhibited after restoration and framing.</span></p><p><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKd667Jnlw2CMkdy9Wj-bqQzyxnBvSPEPPEBN2jy6baw4rc15EBH8CXDc7jgd-4HR4h1Xpc-OmyqoaV8L-m3ERskwCiPH3n4EiAyRDHH9Xutn5mq9i3eUed-hpZ4JYPYxzBp_9h7crb8-2-ni4RmVlmxxXynK79WaoaBZFg-LqB083tGBKW1AtIL3YgU4b/s4160/Image%20of%20Mary%20Crowley%20and%20Prof.%20James%20Mason%20-%20Picture%20Donation%20%2021st%20June%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKd667Jnlw2CMkdy9Wj-bqQzyxnBvSPEPPEBN2jy6baw4rc15EBH8CXDc7jgd-4HR4h1Xpc-OmyqoaV8L-m3ERskwCiPH3n4EiAyRDHH9Xutn5mq9i3eUed-hpZ4JYPYxzBp_9h7crb8-2-ni4RmVlmxxXynK79WaoaBZFg-LqB083tGBKW1AtIL3YgU4b/w322-h429/Image%20of%20Mary%20Crowley%20and%20Prof.%20James%20Mason%20-%20Picture%20Donation%20%2021st%20June%202023.jpg" width="322" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Crowley and Prof. James Mason, donating the painting of Master McGrath.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="Verdana, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p>WATERFORD COUNTY MUSEUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14286787980432999196noreply@blogger.com