Tag: #AngloIrish
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St Edmundsbury Hospital by Joe Byrne
Lucan St Edmundsbury House and Demesne was acquired as a branch of St Patrick’s Hospital James Street in 1898. [Editor’s note: St. Edmundsbury started off life as just “Edmundspery” after its owner “Edmund S. Pery” who was an Anglo-Irish politician. Edmund Sexton Pery was the Speaker of the Irish House…
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Woodville House Archive: an update from Dave Power, SDCC Local Studies
Last year I reported here about Lucan’s Woodville House Archive which had, over the years, ended up in Yorkshire in the custody of a descendant of the Scott family who offered us the archive. I can now report its arrival in Tallaght Library, and can share some random examples of…
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Two hogsheads of claret and a pair of silk stockings
A ledger for Lucan Manor by Agmondisham Vesey (the elder) – by Elaine Hurley, SOL. Searching archives online can throw up intriguing documents in unexpected places, such as this listing I spotted last year in the archive of Columbia University, New York, USA: Account book showing receipts and expenditures of…
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Lucan Lodge by Barry Mahady
Out of general interest I decided this morning that I would do some light research into Lucan Lodge, a Georgian House that is currently a nursing home in the centre of the Ardeevin Housing Estate, at the back of the Ball Alley Pub. This was largely prompted by Helen Farrell’s…
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The Forgotten Child by Lesley Jenkins Blairsdale (SOL Committee)
Within the northern perimeter of the Blessed Virgin graveyard in Lucan village is a small grave that leans against the wall. The gravestone, despite its age, remains remarkably clear. This grave belongs to a small child, named Miss Emily Packenham. Her parents, as transcribed on her gravestone, were Admiral Sir…