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Cool hunt

I've been keeping an eye out wondering if the Library has a photograph of my ancestor Charles Brindley, master of the Ward Union Hunt. If NLI has photos of any of my ancestors, I'm betting he's the most likely one you'd have.

Spidra Webster Wow! Just did a bit of Googling, and he was very well-known, including this monument: www.ashbournehistoricalsociety.com/archives/papref_brindl... Will certainly keep an eye out myself... We also have this book: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000142591 presumably Jim Brindley is also a relative?

I've seen the monument (in photos, not in person. I've only been to Ireland once and couldn't do it all in one go). Jim was Charles' son and succeeded him as Master of the Hunt of the Ward Union. So a great-great-granduncle of mine. I found out about the book after my trip and saw that you had a copy. If only I'd known before my trip! Most of the rest of my Irish relatives were farmers from Munster so I doubt there are many photos or mentions of them.

Looks like the two Gentlemen took good care of those Dogs. Nice photo.

The Aylward family, from Bristol, had been granted Faithlegg (originally covering over 7000 acres of pastureland) by King Henry 11 in 1177 and held it until the armies of Oliver Cromwell dispossessed them during the invasions of 1654.The property was then granted to William Bolton. Over a century later, in 1783, the present house was built by Cornelius Bolton, who had inherited the Faithlegg Estate from his father in 1779. Financial difficulties followed and in 1819 the Bolton Family sold the house to the Power Family. Nicholas Mahon Power married Margaret Mahon and her dowry enabled him to buy Faithlegg House and Estate. The Powers were a wealthy merchant family from Waterford City and they adorned the estate with the stags head and cross, which was the Power family crest. It remains the emblem of Faithlegg to this day. On the death of Nicholas Power in 1873 his eldest son, Patrick Joseph (Pat) and his wife, Lady Olivia Nugent came to live in the house and commissioned Samuel Roberts to alter and enlarge the family mansion. The house passed to Hubert Power, the only son of Pat and Lady Olivia, and in 1920 upon Hubert’s death, it passed to his daughter, Eily Power. In 1935 Eilyand her husband sold the House to the De La Salle order of teaching Christian Brothers after which it acted as a novitiate until the 1980’s. The last remaining gap in history is from the 1980’s until 1998 when it was taken over by the Tower Hotel Group.

Munster Express, September 17th 2012

Streetview

Another view of Faithlegg House and the same entrance: flickr.com/photos/breslinarchive/51025953166/

And one more: flickr.com/photos/breslinarchive/51025953151/