L’Abbé Edgeworth – An Edgeworth Abroad
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 of Ireland rector in the local Parish, took the exceptional step of breaking from ‘his class, his culture and his education’ and embraced Catholicism instead. ‘The scandal was immense’. Shortly […]
Maria’s 250th anniversary
Celebrating Maria’s 250th anniversary Today – – the 1st of January 2018 – we are celebrating Maria’s 250th anniversary. Daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and heavily influenced by him. She was an enlightenment intellectual, writer and moralist. Also acutely aware of the responsibilities of her class and supported her father throughout his life in affecting […]
Edgeworths experiencing the 1798 rebellion
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 friends about events that they witnessed and lived through. As a result Maria left us letters on how the Edgeworths were experiencing the 1798 rebellion. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 […]
Isola Wilde in Edgeworthstown
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 […]
William Edgeworth – Mapping Roscommon
William Edgeworth the cartographer Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his third wife Elizabeth. William Edgeworth’s practical interests initially followed those of his father, such as surveying; he moved into cartography. His 1813 map of County Longford was noted. Soon William Edgeworth started mapping Roscommon with Richard Griffith. William Edgeworth is Mapping Roscommon A letter written […]
Historical Sites in Longford – Miss Maria
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 […]
Spire construction on St John’s Church
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 […]
Why Maria Edgeworth matters
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 […]
A Tour of Longford and Edgeworthstown
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 […]