by Paul Gorry | Dec 19, 2022 | Baltinglass, Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001, Battle of Baltinglass, Books, Claude Chavasse, The Story of Baltinglass, West Wicklow Historical Society, Wicklow, Wicklow Marketplace |
On 16 December 2022 I sold my last copy of Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001. What that means is that it’s now more or less out of print after a sixteen-year span. On 14 December I received an order for a copy on the Wicklow Marketplace. That went to someone in the...
by Paul Gorry | Feb 18, 2021 | Baltinglass, Genealogy, Graveyards, Joseph Jackson, Kilmurry, Kiltegan, Rathvilly, Scarlatina |
It is impossible to imagine the mental state of John Jackson during his meeting with Dr. Dockeray 150 years ago this very day. John’s mind may have been in turmoil; it may have been numbed by grief. Whether Dr. Dockeray visited his farm in Kilmurry or John travelled...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 30, 2020 | Carlow, Carrig Mountain, Charles Drury, Englishtown, Finn McCool, Humewood, Keadeen, Kilranelagh, Rathvilly, Talbotstown, Wicklow |
St. Brigid’s Church, Talbotstown, has a really beautiful backdrop, with the twin mountains of Keadeen and Carrig dominating the view. The small car park beside the church is one of the best vantage points for admiring those mountains and for seeing Finn McCool and...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 19, 2020 | Aldborough, Baltinglass, Belan, Dennis Family, Dunlavin, Fortgranite, Hacketstown, Hartpole, Mountneill, Powerscourt, Rathvilly, Shrule, Stratford Family, Tynte family, Tynte Park |
There must have been much rejoicing when John and Martha Stratford’s eighth child arrived in the mid-1730s, about a decade into their marriage. According to Martha’s second cousin, Pole Cosby, that eighth child, Edward, was their first son. It is said that John and...
by Paul Gorry | Jul 6, 2020 | 1798, Baltinglass, Derrynamuck, George Smyth Sculptor, Glen of Imaal, Local History, Michael Dwyer, Sam McAllister, Stratford-on-Slaney, Wicklow |
At the age of 116, Sam McAllister is the oldest resident of Baltinglass. He has stood at the centre of Main Street since his unveiling on 8 May 1904. He has become a symbol of Baltinglass and even a minor place-name. People often meet ‘at McAllister’. Pop-up...
by Paul Gorry | Mar 22, 2020 | Carlow, Carrig Mountain, Farming, Finn McCool, Folklore, Keadeen, Killalesh, Lugnaquilla, Mountkelly, Seasons, Wicklow |
These photographs were taken at various times from more or less the same location between July 2018 and March 2020. The field in the foreground is at the very edge of Co. Carlow. It is in Mountkelly townland. Beyond the trees is Killalish (pronounced...
