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Poetry & Short Story Writing Competition To all aspiring, talented writers the Maria Edgeworth’s Centre is pleased to announce the annual, Maria Edgeworth Festival of
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Poetry & Short Story Writing Competition To all aspiring, talented writers the Maria Edgeworth’s Centre is pleased to announce the annual, Maria Edgeworth Festival of
BOOK NOW Festive Things to Do in Longford: Celebrate the Holiday Season at the Maria Edgeworth Centre Looking for unique festive things to do in
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
A Historic Acquisition: The Maria Edgeworth Centre Secures the Honora Edgeworth Medallion The Maria Edgeworth Visitor Centre & Museum in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, is proud
National Famine Commemoration 2024 held in Edgeworthstown Today, March 1st, 2024, Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media, as well
In the Footsteps of Maria Edgeworth in England – a literary journey by Matt Farrell Having lived most of my life in Edgeworthstown – the
Amorous and Airborne Adventures: the Edgeworths in Oxford, Paris, and Dublin I have lived in Oxford for more than 30 years. Oxford, where Richard Lovell
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
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