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The statue of Lord Farnham looks down on the people of Cavan from stony heights, and wonders at the changes taking place all about him. His former home is now an hotel and all has changed utterly since he was put in place in solitary splendour!
Posting this morning, I realised that the last four images had connections with Ulster, while bringing Spain and Bray in Co. Wicklow also into the picture.
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_08192
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
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Posting this morning, I realised that the last four images had connections with Ulster, while bringing Spain and Bray in Co. Wicklow also into the picture.
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_08192
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 13674
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derangedlemur
OSI: bit.ly/34XoZ02
derangedlemur
No statue: goo.gl/maps/Kd4fktMqv626JfoL6
Foxglove
from Wikipedia, the photo shows the statue in Casement Street Cavan. the Title continually hopped in the family due to childlessness
derangedlemur
He's still somewhere in Cavan in 2017, annoying the locals: www.anglocelt.ie/2017/04/27/time-to-relocate-statue-of-lo...
Foxglove
oh he is placed in front of the county library
derangedlemur
Here he is, just across the road: goo.gl/maps/8KELc4s4r4FRiVYs8
B-59
The statue "depicts Lord Farnham wearing the mantle and robes of a Knight of St. Patrick" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maxwell,_7th_Baron_Farnham Photo in 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/garymcmurray/2302650634/
suckindeesel
Doesn't look quite so high and mighty now. You can see now why these statues were usually mounted on high plinths. Also made it harder to vandalise, although this one looks like it survived. Both himself and his wife perished in the Abergele rail disaster in north Wales while travelling on the Euston to Holyhead mail. His family motto "Je suis pret" (I am ready) seems appropriate in the circumstances
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Is that why he's all green?
BeachcomberAustralia
Samuel Ferris Lynn 1834 - 1876, Sculptor - www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/samuel-ferris-lynn.php "On the night of 5 July 1912 the statue was maliciously injured by being daubed over with tar." Edit - via Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117681948?searchTerm=f...
BeachcomberAustralia
Lord Farnham was killed in the Abergele Rail Disaster of 1868 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergele_rail_disaster
BeachcomberAustralia
Here is some fun - I thought there might have been a 'brother' statue in the Farnham Gardens as seen in this 'Similar Item' - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319602 . But no, it just requires a quick flip, evidenced by - www.emerald-isle-gifts.com/vintage-irish-town-prints/cava...
B-59
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] Seems so - but he should be blue ... "The mantle was also light blue satin with the star of the Order embroidered thereon." lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/06/order-o...
Bernard Healy
His Wikipedia article throws some shade: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maxwell,_7th_Baron_Farnham “After his death, a statue in his honour was erected in Cavan, allegedly 'by his tenants'.”
silverio10
Buenas fotos antiguas .
suckindeesel
Perhaps a better Lawrence shot of the statue showing it in its Farnham Gardens setting. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319602 Visible in the background is the fine spire of Urney Church, where Lord John James Maxwell, Lord Farnham and his wife are the only people buried in the Church Grounds as they donated the land. www.cavanwalkinghistory.ie/church-ireland/ They had their own private family pew in the upper gallery. "Looking down on the plebs" indeed!
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