John Windele's Tomb, Cork City, Co. Cork
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I look forward to hearing all about Mr Windele, I for one have not come across that name before.
It is a long time since we had a Limerick from our Chief Antipodean Contributor (CAC), and for some reason this photo reminds me of my favorite Cork Limerick;
There was a young lady of Cork,
Whose Dad made a fortune in pork.
He bought for his daughter,
A tutor who taught her,
To balance green peas on her fork.
And so we learned that this monument is to Cork antiquarian John Windele (1801-1865), and was designed by fellow Cork antiquarian Richard Rolt Brash (1817-1876).
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_02790
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It is a long time since we had a Limerick from our Chief Antipodean Contributor (CAC), and for some reason this photo reminds me of my favorite Cork Limerick;
There was a young lady of Cork,
Whose Dad made a fortune in pork.
He bought for his daughter,
A tutor who taught her,
To balance green peas on her fork.
And so we learned that this monument is to Cork antiquarian John Windele (1801-1865), and was designed by fellow Cork antiquarian Richard Rolt Brash (1817-1876).
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_02790
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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sharon.corbet
According to wikipedia: "John Windele (1801 – 28 August 1865) was an Irish antiquarian, particularly interested in early Irish literature and Ogham inscriptions."
Foxglove
Sharon got here 1st. no Ingham carved into his grave stone ....
sharon.corbet
The Celtic cross in the Botanic Gardens Cemetery, Cork was designed by Richard Rolt Brash and executed by Patrick Scannell. There's a link to an article in "Irish Builder" giving more detail on both the monument and John Windele himself.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet Thank you Sharon
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We have some Windele drawings in the catalogue, such as, catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000746059 Inscribed stone at Riesk [Reask], near Dingle
BeachcomberAustralia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I like the Cork limerick! What does Windele rhyme with - feel, feely, fell, etc?
BeachcomberAustralia
I wonder if this was his house at 'Blair's Hill' in Cork - www.google.com/maps/@51.9010878,-8.4903196,66a,35y,39.55t...
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I am not sure, it is not a very common name at all. For what it is worth I would count the final "E" as silent and rhyme with say Kindle? What do you think?
BeachcomberAustralia
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] I think 'Windle' might be it. Misspelled in the last para here - www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/w/Windele_J/life.htm "Reference to ‘John Windle of Cork’ [sic] ..." His wife was called Margaret (d. 1876) and their son Edwin was a medical student - www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014892...
Niall McAuley
There is no-one at all spelled Windele in the 1901 or 1911 censusseses.
guliolopez
Can't believe I missed this. More than a few of "my people" buried in this cemetery. Know the monument well. The man named on the front of the monument (Windele - the deceased) was a historian and antiquarian. As was the man named on "the back" of the monument (Brash - the designer). They were contemporaries who knew each other - sharing an interest in Ogham in particular. So it's not surprising the latter was asked to design something that reflected the interests of the former :) Windele's book, 'Historical and Descriptive Notices of the City of Cork', is a very useful source for anyone researching 19th century Cork. Brash is perhaps better known for his architecture - and is commemorated on one of those plaques atop the Assembly Rooms on the South Mall.
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Thanks https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected], https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet, https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxglove, https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia, and https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley. I've (very belatedly) updated the map and other details.
jmccfsl
There is a Windele Road in Drumcondra in Dublin, named after him. See OSM osm.org/go/es~U4MQB?m=
Carrignafoy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet The Botanic Gardens was later and still is known as St. Joseph's Cemetery. It is located at Tory Top Road near Ballyphehane, Cork City.