Recreating History with 21st Century Technology Heritage Week 2024, with its theme “Connections, Routes & Networks,” kicked off with the simulation of Edgeworth’s Optical Telegraph event from 1804. On 17th August, the first day of Heritage Week, history was revived through a remarkable simulation connecting the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin to the Insight Centre […]
A recreation of the 1803 event where Richard Lovell Edgeworth sent a message by his telegraph from Dublin to Galway
A Day at the Semaphore Philip Brady enthusiastically shares his experience of our recreation of Edgeworth’s Telegraph! On Sunday, September 3, 2023, we successfully duplicated the transmission of a signal, thanks to the outstanding teamwork led by Ray Jordan. Dive into the details of the original event and Edgeworth’s Telegraph – learn more here! The […]
History made in a little town in County Longford – Ireland’s Midlands Richard Lovell Edgeworth’s Optical Telegraph In the late eighteenth century, Edgeworthstown in County Longford, Ireland was the site of experiments in a cutting-edge communications technology – Richard Lovell Edgeworth’s Optical Telegraph. In the old days people used smoke signals, beacon fires, flags or arms […]
Reflections on the 1st Edgeworth International Education Conference Rich heritage and history hidden in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford Like most Longford denizens I know Edgeworthstown like the back of my hand. Or that’s what I thought until the rich heritage and history hidden behind the streets of this small town, were brought to light recently by […]
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 […]
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 […]
