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Emo Park, Portarlington, Co. Laois

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • Wendy: said:
    Great place to visit now --inside and the parklands!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview is all through the grounds.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The house dates from 1860 in this form, per the NIAH
  • Stephen Corkery said:
    I was just there yesterday. Thought I had taken, processed and uploaded this pic unconsciously!
  • guliolopez said:
    If the 1900-1920 catalogue date is correct (and no reason to believe otherwise), then this image may have been commissioned or otherwise permitted by the 6th Earl Portalington - Lionel Arthur Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer (1883–1959). A 2nd Lieutenant in the Irish Guards, he served in WWI. (peerage) He left Ireland shortly after the war, and the house, gardens and lands ceded to the state in the 1920s - and were used by the Jesuits from the 1930s. Before eventually returning to the state in the 1990s. (wikipedia)

The castle on the hill

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes Dunamazing! In 2016 via Fergal Gleeson
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Photo of an old print Dunamase castle plate 1 of 3 Antique copper line engraved print By Hooper and Newton for Francis GROSE (c.1731 . .1791) for The Antiquities of Ireland (2 vols., 1st in 1791) Pub. by Mr. Hooper, Sep 17 1794 So, published after his death
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here is the original engraving in the book online. The text ftartf a few pagef before - archive.org/details/GroseFTheAntiquitiesOfIrelandVol21795... And a link to a hi-res version of the image - ia800804.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?z...
  • John Spooner said:
    Those look like cattle in the right foreground, but it's an enchanted ass you'd have to watch out for. If the Kerry Evening Post of Wednesday 11 June 1845 is to believed, (it mentions a policeman called Fox, after all) or rather if Michael Tynan, the defendant in a court case is to be believed, then there's a lot more going on at the Rock of Dunamase than is mentioned in the wikipedia article. The account of the proceedings begins as follows
    MARYBORO’ PETTY SESSIONS-Tuesday THE ENCHANTED ASS OF DUNAMASE. Sub-constable Joseph Fox summoned Michael Tynan for allowing his ass to roam at large about the roads in the vicinity of the ruins of the feudal fortress of Dunamase. Tynan was frequently warned about the animal, but without any effect. Fined 6d. and costs. Tynan, having heard their worships’ adjudication "looked unutterable things.” He was desired go down; and not allow the animal to roam at large any more ; for if again summoned, the penalty would be heavier. He should keep his ass well spancilled.
    That's when it gets weird. The defendant then goes on to explain why his ass is enchanted, recounting an incident involving (amongst many other things):
    - buried gold beneath the ruins, - a ghost "the white lady", - a verse predicting death (our 2nd in 2 days) but which rhymes "death" with "beneath" - a dramatis personae of Mick Hackett, Jack Robinson, Paddy Mara, Mick Reilly and Micky Hegarty. And a quart bottle of whiskey.
    A transcript of the complete article can be found here [BTW I couldn't help noticing that in the next case reported John Burke was fined (also 6d and costs) for "allowing one of his pigs to rusticate on the highway".] PS "Spancil" is a new word to me. I'm going to use it at every opportunity today, should any ass-hobbling work come my way.
  • Brendan Doyle said:
    From 2012, my home county. www.flickr.com/photos/brendan_doyle/albums/72157631694155856

Ireland's answer to the Leaning tower of Pisa?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons