Blog - Maria Edgeworth Centre

Introduction to Maria Edgeworth

An introduction to Maria Edgeworth – book launch and video. On the 26th of November 2021, the new Edgeworthstown Library hosted its first event. This

Maria Edgeworth and the Great Famine

Toward the end of her life the Great Famine ravaged the land of Ireland and Maria Edgeworth, like other women during those times did all

Rare Edgeworth Images and Maria’s Work

Being involved with the lives and times of the Edgeworth family has often meant finding new things of interest about them. My first Blog post

Literary Festival 2020 Short Story Competition Winners -2nd Place

Here is our second place winner Sharon Black with her story Mollie. Congratulations Sharon MOLLIE ‘SHE’S A REAL BEAUTY. I know I’m always saying it,

Literary Festival 2020 Short Story Competition Winners -1st Place

The second of our judges, John Connell had the task of selecting the winners of the Short Story Competition. John Connell is a multi award winning

2020 Literary Festival Poetry Competition Winners

Although we had to cancel this years 25th Anniversary Literary Festival we were still able to hold our Poetry and Short Story Competitions. We had

Meeting the Edgeworths

Maria Edgeworth Centre, Edgeworthstoown Over the past year a project has been run to look at the collection of Edgeworth materials kept in the Bodleian

THE EDGEWORTH ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY; THE TRINITY COLLEGE MARIA EDGEWORTH CONFERENCE 8.9. DEC 2018

Those of us who grew up in the shadow of the Edgeworth big house in County Longford in the 1950s and were privileged

Castle Rackrent – a view from the audience

The following article was submitted to us by Edgeworthstown-born Poet Dr. Philip Brady about the adaptation of Maria’s Edgeworth’s book ‘Castle Rackrent’ staged in the

Jottings about Edgeworthstown