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"Miss Malcomson and Lady Clodagh on steps" says the title at the NLI. I think Miss Malcomson is the one on the right with the sausage dog due to this - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591180 Ed. And might be called 'Clodagh' from this - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000715343

Lady Clodagh being Lady Clodagh Beresford, whose sister has featured before:

Ooo - were they sisters ? "Misses Malcomson in Trap" - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591181

Sharon Corbet Aha! I have not been keeping up !

From the peerage dot com: Lady Clodagh Beresford was born on 6 August 1879. She was the daughter of John Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford and Lady Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset. She married Hon. Claud Anson, son of Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton, on 27 February 1901. She died on 17 April 1957 at age 77.1 Her married name became Anson. So if this is 1901+ per the catalog, she is most likely Clodagh Anson here.

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This one says "Crypt in Jigginstown Castle." Is that the same as House? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000576851

Mr French / Lawrence was there too - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319537 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319538 - which was used in this 1908 book - www.gutenberg.org/files/44066/44066-h/44066-h.htm#Page_280a

"... It was constructed in the late 1630s when Ireland was under the reign of Charles I (1625–1649).[5] At the time it was one of the largest buildings in Ireland, and the first to be constructed of red brick: the plans provided for pavement and columns of Kilkenny marble. ... - From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigginstown_Castle

Situated on the Newbridge road is the Jigginstown building. It was built in the seventeenth century by the Earl of Strafford who was Viceroy in Ireland. He built it so as to have a mansion suitable for the King in case King Charles ever came on a visit to Ireland.He got the bricks from Denmark. a legend tells us that he had his men lined from Dublin to Naas and they passed the bricks from one to another till they arrived at Jigginstown. It is about one hundred and fifty yards long. There are many underground cellars in it. Before it was finished the Lord Deputy was called over to England and was beheaded formaking friends with the Irish. A legend tells us that in one of the cellars is a spring well which used to supply the house with water. It is said that there is gold buried there and that a black dog minds it. There is a tunnel leading to Killashee from Jigginstown.

From - www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4769952/4762476

The basement is walled with mortared stone, lit by mullioned windows and roofed with brick vaulting while the main floor is walled with brick and lit by large, timber framed windows. A central spine-wall (E-W) supported pitched roofs to each side. Massive brick chimney stacks rise from stone bases in the basement, and have wide fireplaces lined with very small red bricks. from a hard to link record on the buildingsofireland.ie map

That brings back vivid memories