The Famine in Edgeworthstown
National Famine Commemoration 2024 held in Edgeworthstown Today, March 1st, 2024, Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, as well
National Famine Commemoration 2024 held in Edgeworthstown Today, March 1st, 2024, Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, as well
A feature of the Arts and Culture Scene in Longford The Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival has been a feature of the Arts and Culture scene
A Visit to Edgeworthstown worth your while? Recently the novelist Amelia Chambers payed a visit to Edgeworthstown and the Maria Edgeworth Center. She gives a
Maria Edgeworth trying to help “Her heart went out to the poor and afflicted…” said “Biddy” from Edgeworthstown about Maria Edgeworth and the Great Famine.
Rare drawings of the Edgeworth Family Being involved with the lives and times of the Edgeworth family often means finding new things of interest about
The Abbé Edgeworth born Henry Essex Edgeworth Born Henry Essex Edgeworth into the notable Edgeworth family of Anglo-Irish Protestants, in 1745. His father, a Church
Despite her work as a novelist, short story writer and playwright, Maria Edgeworth was also a prolific letter writer. Therefore she wrote to family and
Isola Wilde Remembered: A Visit to Edgeworthstown On the 26th February last we hosted a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Isola Wilde’s death. Isola
Emily Crawford – journalist – whose father came from Edgeworthstown. Crawford, Emily was born 31 May 1841, probably in Dublin, daughter of Andrew Johnstone, landowner,