"Is there anybody there?"
Georgiana Houghton (British painter) 1814 - 1884 The Eye of the Lord, 1874 watercolour and gouache on paper on board 25.3 x 35.6 cm (9.96 x 14.02 in.) Victorian Spiritualists [...]
Lilian Bland, anything but………..
Lilian Bland was a woman who made an indelible mark on the world of aviation, ,she was the first woman in Ireland to fly a biplane and was the world’s [...]
Hydro Houses
I have complied a list of the houses listed in the Directories between 1875 and 1940 and the head of the household on those dates. It makes for some interesting [...]
The Hydro today
From the late 1800's where this was the magnificent and grounds, to this decaying ruin today, it is such a sad, pitiful sight to see this once magnificent building [...]
Bridget Forde
In the 1901 census, Bridget Forde, had a job which was vastly different to the standard rural occupations. Instead of the usual domestic servant or kitchen work or farming work [...]
It's a long way from Tipperary but even further from Donegal
Ellen Runciman, what an exotic name. The name first caught my eye when I was compiling the data a few years ago; according to Wikipedia the surname Runciman was first found in [...]
Albert Edward Murray
Dining room at the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney Dinner in the grand dining room of the Hydro Hotel on the 31st March 1901 would have an [...]
Charlotte Catherine Kelly
St Ann's Hill Hydro is, unfortunately, long gone now. However it remains a source of fascination for me, and plenty of others too, and while doing research online last year [...]
Muskerry Light Railway
During the week I came across a fascinating video on the Twitter account of Irish Family Detective (thanks to Fiona for allowing me to share here). It is a video [...]
Elections and divorce
In just over ten days the 2019 Irish local elections will be held for all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 24 May 2019, this happens on the same day [...]