A scandalous divorce
Another divorce scandal made the papers in Ireland during 1905, four years before Shenstone Bishop divorced his wife. And again, St. Ann's Hill Hydro played a central role [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Denis McCarthy Mahony
Denis McCarthy Mahony, 46, and his wife Mary, 43, stayed in one of the grand rooms in the main part of the Hydro hotel the night of March 31st 1901. [...]
Shenstone Bishop
One of the people who stayed in St Ann’s Hydro on the night of the 1911 census was involved in one of the most talked about sex scandals in Dublin’s [...]