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3. Lady Campbell authored several books. She was renowned as a great conversationalist due to her 'wealth of anecdotes
about the leading celebrities of Europe, such as Wellington, Lord Byron, & Thomas
Moore, whom she had met over the course of her life.' https://t.co/KMjCSnwRWf
Our Sixmilebridge Historical Society has been very busy putting up historical plaques! This one in honour of Georgina Frost, first woman to hold public office (Clerk of Petty Sessions) in the UK/Ireland during the early 20th century. 2nd image courtesy of Marie Connole.
1. Belmont house in Castleconnell then & now. Belmont was once home in c19 of Thomas “Spectacles” Grady, barrister & poet. After a falling out w/his banker, George Evans Bruce, Grady wrote & published a satirical poem called “The Nosegay”. Bruce quickly took out a libel action…
2. It would be wonderful to somehow honour Vera Frances Bryce Salomons and her outstanding achievements. A huge thank you to my friend & local Limerick historian, Tony Browne, for telling me about Vera—may her memory be a blessing. @Cooplafocal @LmkCivicTrust
What a wonderful thread on the Steyn family of Dublin/Limerick. One of Stella Steyn’s lovely paintings is up for sale today at Adams. https://t.co/OICaN8baGl
Happy New Year’s Eve! May the New Year ring in lots of good health, happy tidings & success for you & those you love. 🥂☘️🎉🎆
1/2 Ch. 1 of Maria Edgeworth’s Leonora (1806) begins with the memorable sentence “What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!” In an unsigned letter from 1806, Francis Beaufort (step-uncle & later brother in law of Maria) writes to his sister Louisa & critiques Leonora...
Art Forum by John FitzMaurice Mills, The Irish Times, Feb. 18, 1974. 2nd image, Westport Demense (George Moore, 1761). 3rd image a mural (in desperate need of cleaning) depicting Mount Ievers w/Bunratty Castle in distance. Crack in the mural was caused long ago by heat in flue.
4/4 By the 1940s, he is listed as unemployed on his World War II draft card. Frank never married. He died June 1, 1964, at his home on Green Street (Philadelphia) of natural causes at age 73. He was buried at Mount Peace on June 11, 1964. Sourced from
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