Excusing an uncle’s mistakes: A handwritten statement by William Carrol on the life of John Parker, 1840
A handwritten statement provides valuable insights into the socio-economic landscape and complex family dynamics of 19th century Ireland
Tag: 19th century
Lady Eva Wyndham-Quin in India, 1887
The diaries of Lady Eva Wyndham-Quin during her time in Madras, India with her husband Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven
Photographs of the 1927 wedding of Lisalie Armstrong and Lieutenant Odo Russell
Photographs of the 1927 Wedding of Lisalie Armstrong and Lieutenant Odo Russell
Fashionable marriage: A list of wedding gifts from the 1920s
This inventory of gifts given to Lisalie Armstrong and Odo Russel on their wedding day provide glimpses of social class, gender, and high society life in Ireland during the 1920s.
Accounting for expenditure at Shanbally Castle, County Tipperary, 1811-13
A ledger pertaining to expenditure at Shanbally Castle can be found today in the Timothy Looney Papers.
Bolton Library: Bolted on #2
Murder and misadventure in the Middle Ages: a 13th century legal resource preserved by a 19th century bookbinder
An architect’s ledger: James Pain and Adare Manor, 1832—1834
The ledger of limerick architect James Pain, the man enlisted in 1832 to design Adare Manor
