Poetry Competition 2017 There were some great entries for this year’s Literary Festival 2017 Poetry Competition. Professor Iggy McGovern was adjudicator and picked out three
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 – born in Edgeworthstown Crawford, Emily (1831?-1915) Born in Corboy, Edgeworthstown and educated by her mother, Emily Crawford, née Johnstone and
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
A visitor to our town – Patrick Dunne – wrote of his visit to the historical sites in Longford and how his pre-conceived notions about
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
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
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
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.
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