Object of the Week - Lithograph of Castellated Bridge & Lodges, Ballysaggartmore Lismore 1853

This fantastic structure was built by Kiely on part of the avenue which was intended to lead to a large Neo-Gothic castle which was never built.  The castle was intended to surpass that of his brother John at Strancally Castle.  

During the Famine Kiely evicted many tenants which earned him a bad reputation as a landlord.  An assassination attempt was made on his life.  

In 1903 the house was acquired by the Hon Claud Anson and his wife Clodagh and sold by him in 1930.  The lodges and bridge fell into neglect and the main house was demolished.  

The lodge and bridge are now a major tourist attraction in Lismore.

Cruinniú na nÓg National Day of Creativity for Children at Waterford County Museum

Object of the Week - Catechism of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore being the Most Rev. Dr. James Butler's Catechism Revised, and the Smaller Catechism c.1920. Printed by Guy and Co. Ltd, Cork

Butler's Catechism was compiled by Dr James Butler in 1775 and was revised in the late 19th century and a new edition produced in the early 1950s was popularly known as the 'Green Catechism' because of the colour of its cover.

These rare examples of the Waterford catechisms are inscribed Con Sheehan, Dungarvan 1920.

Object of the Week - 'The Exhibition Display Outfit' 1940s

This boxed set of letters and symbols was produced to enable shop owners to print their own notices and prices on paper or card.  

Unfortunately there is no maker's mark or label on this set, but it was probably manufactured in England.  

Other examples of printing sets like this were also made for children.

Object of the Week - Book Jacket for the Trail of the Black & Tans

This book, published in the autumn of 1921 was written under a pseudonym 'The hurler on the ditch' and the true author was Emily Ussher (nee Jebb) 1872-1935 of Cappagh House.  

She married Beverly Grant Ussher (1867-1956).  On his retirement in 1914 they settled at his family home at Cappagh.  They had one child, Percival Arland Ussher, writer and philosopher

Emily recorded life at Cappagh and West Waterford during the revolutionary period in an unpublished manuscript.

Object of the Week - DSC Central Dairies Perpetual Trophy 1960s

Object of the Week - Erinox Cubes Tin

These cubes were made at Clover Meats in Waterford who opened a factory at Christendom in Ferrybank in the 1920s.  

They introduced Erinox Cubes in 1937.  They were very popular during 'The Emergency' and were used as a substitute for tea.