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 Wilde died in Edgeworthstown on a visit to her aunt and uncle. The Oscar Wilde Society in the UK sent a representative to cover the event for their society magazine […]
Emily Crawford – journalist – whose father came from Edgeworthstown. Crawford, Emily was born 31 May 1841, probably in Dublin, daughter of Andrew Johnstone, landowner, of Corboy, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, and Grace Johnstone, an American. After the death or her husband in 1857 Grace took Emily and her sister to Paris and there Emily attended […]
A visitor to our town – Patrick Dunne – wrote of his visit to the historical sites in Longford and how his pre-conceived notions about Edgeworthstown were changed as a result of his visit. He has written an article about this and we’re grateful for his permission to reproduce the article below. Edgeworthstown boasts with […]
The construction of the Spire in Edgeworthstown Richard Lovell Edgeworth erected a pre-fabricated spire on the Church of St John in 1811 – it lasted until the early twentieth century when it had to be removed for safety reasons. He worte a description of how the Spire was constructed and raised into place in a […]
A new gravestone as a memorial to Isola Wilde In 2012 at the suggestion of Wildean scholar Angela Kingston a decision was made to erect a new headstone for Isola Wilde. Because the original headstone vanished at some point in the past. As a result Chairman Matt Farrell sourced stone in Cong County Mayo. Surely […]
This item is courtesy of the Worcester Journal Why Maria Edgeworth Matters December 14, 2015 by Sean O’Rourke Believe me, I know. A nineteenth- century novelist may not seem the sexiest subject in the world. But try this: think of Maria Edgeworth as a woman who attempted to exert her influence far beyond the boundaries […]
Hall’s Tour of Longford and Edgeworthstown Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), and his wife Anna Maria (1800-1881) compiled a three volume guide to Ireland between 1841-1843. Each chapter is dedicated to a different county. Below is their article on their tour of Longford including a visit to Edgeworthstown and the Edgeworth family. County Longford The inland […]
Michael Pakenham Edgeworth is best known for this work in the field of botany and for his diaries about his time in India. But he also took some photos of his home, Edgeworth House in Edgeworthstown. The Old Edgeworthstown Photographs below are surviving examples of his work. They make up part of a collection called […]
It was not uncommon for books in the 19th Century to feature illustrations – Sidney Paget’s work for Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ series is quite well known. Some of Maria Edgeworth’s books were illustrated by a lady called Chris Hammond who also did illustrations for books by Jane Austen, Oliver Goldsmith and William Thackeray. […]
