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
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
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
Those of us who grew up in the shadow of the Edgeworth big house in County Longford in the 1950s and were privileged
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
Bernard Canavan – an Edgeworthstown artist living in London attended the recent Maria Edgeworth Conference in York University held on the 29th and 30th June
Born Henry Essex Edgeworth into the notable Edgeworth family of Anglo-Irish Protestants, in 1745, his father, a Church of Ireland rector in the local Parish,
The following article was written by Edgeworthstown born poet Dr. Philip Brady about the show ‘Maria in Mind’ premiered at the 2018 Edgeworth Literary Festival.
Today – – the 1st of January 2018 – is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria Edgeworth. Daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria was
Apart from her work as a novelist, short story writer and playwright, Maria Edgeworth was also a prolific letter writer and wrote to family and
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