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Bulletin No. 2

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Michael Seery

Monthly round-up for February:

Websites:

  • “Bray – Did You Know” ran a feature last weekend on Enniskerry with some nice photos and information.
  • This site on Workhouses is very comprehensive and includes page on workhouses in Ireland in general, as well as the two Workhouses relevant to Wicklow – Rathdown and Rathdrum.
  • South Dublin Libraries Local Studies Blog give a nice summary of Frank Tracy’s talk on Glencree Reformatory.
  • Powerscourt Gardens featured as an Irish Times Heritage Hotspot.
  • National Library of Ireland are looking for World War I memorabilia.
  • Find My Past website are moving Petty Sessions online – Enniskerry isn’t there yet though!
  • Read about a Three Day’s Ramble in Wicklow in 1834 in the Dublin Penny Journal.

Enniskerry History

  • Article on a funny dining experience at Tinnehinch Inn in 1781.
  • A description of Enniskerry in 1815.
  • The beautiful Taylor and Skinner Maps of 1777.
  • A nice picture of Lough Bray Lodge, c. 1850.
  • Lists of the pallbearers for 5th Viscount Powerscourt’s funeral in 1809 were Cols Keating & Howard, Peter LaTouche, Mr Knox, Lord Monck & Henry Grattan.
  • A report in the 1814 Freeman’s Journal reports a Rev Robert Daly as rector of Powerscourt. Is this the earliest reference to him?
  • A picture of the Mrs John F Kennedy plaque at Powerscourt.

Calendar

  • 6th March, Glenview Hotel – “Recording Wicklow’s Wildlife” – Éamon de Buitléar, Kilmac History Society.
  • 7th March, National Library of Ireland – “Answering the sick call” – a talk on 19th century medical practitioners.
  • 8th March, Powerscourt Arms Hotel – “Shankill Evictions in the 1860s”, by Rob Goodbody, Enniskerry Historical Society.

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