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Bellevue Conservatory, Delgany, Co. Wicklow

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Bellevue was a Big House, now gone. GeoHive OSI 25", I think all the crosshatched buildings are glasshouses.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    A google maps aerial view shows the walls standing, but the glass is all gone.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Many entries in the DIA including a 264 ft range of conservatories in 1796, for Peter La Touche.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    " ... a 650-feet conservatory, which would house many exotic plants as well as an orangery, a cherry house, a peach house and a vinery. Completed in 1793, this magnificent creation was then the largest conservatory in Europe. ..." From www.greystonesguide.ie/requiem-for-the-big-house-on-the-h... - includes a YouTube video of a walk around the grounds with locals holding a copy of this photo.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Ha ha! Beautiful gardens were laid out with winding paths and "extras" built by David and his son, Peter, when he inherited in 1785. Among these was the Octagon, built in 1766, with a panther on springs, which could be made to jump out at unwary visitors. The house was most famous for its huge glasshouse, built between 1783 and 1793, in which many exotic plants were grown.

Octagon, Westport, County Mayo

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Streetview 25" OSI Map
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Owen O'Malley is in the census in 1901 and 1911 as a grocer and publican. Similarly there are Kelly's next door in both 1901 and 1911 as publican/grocers. So no help there.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    The church tower is from Holy Trinity Church which was built from 1869 to 1871 according to the NIAH
  • O Mac said:
    We came on similar early electric lamps (outside Townhall above) in Dublin and Derry Archiseek maintain they appeared in Dublin from around 1903.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Drama in 1918 ! Presumably after this photo was taken ...
    APPARENT ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP MONUMENT. About 2.30 a.m. on Sunday, January 13, the people of Westport were startled by the loud report of an explosion. In the centre of the octagon near the town hall stands a monument 60 ft. high, erected to the memory of George Clendinning (1770-1843), who was a banker, land agent to the Marquis of Sligo, Magistrate, &c. Persons going to early Mass noticed that portion of the granite stone work tapering from the base was displaced, while fragments were strewn around the base to some distance outwards on the pavement. It was evident that an unsuccessful attempt had been made to blow up the monument, but the damage caused is slight.
    From trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/166986207 - Southern Cross (Adelaide, South Australia) 19/4/1918, p.19