Good morning all and welcome back after the May weekend (here in Ireland) at least! The sun shone, we've had our summer and now we can settle back to three months of steady rain. This Mason shot of the Earl of Meath's house in Kilruddery seems to be almost as attractive as the lovely part of Wicklow in which it is located....
With thanks in particular today to
BeachcomberAustralia we learned that the foundations of
Kilruddery House derive from 17th century works by
second Earl of Meath. The structure we see here however dates to significant 19th century revelopment by his ancestor,
John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath. The Earls weren't finished however, and
due to degradation and rot, much of the righthand side of this structure (as we see it here) was demolished in the mid 20th century. Thankfully however much of the rest remains. And, somewhat unusually for great houses of this type in Ireland, is still maintained by the Brabazon/Meath dynasty.....
Collection:
Mason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910
NLI Ref:
M22/44/5
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at
catalogue.nli.ie
Info:
Owner:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Source:
Flickr Commons
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Foxglove
a lot of the window glass in the upper levels is broken. any reasons. was the house still occupied when the photo was taken ?
abandoned railways
Its just reflection, the glass process was very different then, and panes were very slightly convex or rippled during manufacture.
Foxglove
thanks Fred
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In 1821 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000546682 Wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killruddery_House
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Flickr is sometimes amazing! I think this is the same facade (east?) in 2017 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/gentiane/, showing how much of the building was demolished and/or remodelled in the 1950s (see wiki link above) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gentiane/35542888524/
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The 3D GoogleMapsSatelliteView is helpful - www.google.com/maps/@53.1818011,-6.1006035,97a,35y,270h,3...
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Mr French / Lawrence was also there, of course, and took this wonderful photo of the family near the gate and demolished bell tower (north facade, to the right of this one) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326052 Similar view in 2014 via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shayc/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shayc/15110056676/]
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The Earl of Meath and Kilruddery's finances in 1921 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212496260
B-59
OSI 25" archiseek.com/2010/1820-killruddery-bray-co-wicklow/
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks all - especially to https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia. Have updated the map/description/etc!
Dr. Ilia
remarkable image