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RESOURCES FOR EMO
COURT PROJECT |
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| Research |
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| Dooley,
Terence The
Big Houses and Landed Estates of Ireland – a research guide (Dublin 2007) |
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| General |
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| Feehan, John Laois Introduction: On
Teaching the Local Environment |
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| Attingham
Trust Report 2004 Opening Doors – Learning in the Historic Environment |
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| National Trust
– Vision for Learning, and the Guardianship Scheme |
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| Learning
Outside the Classroom Manifesto DfES 2006 |
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| OPW Heritage Sites of Ireland 2008 booklet |
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| Heritage in
Schools Scheme 2005/6 INTO & Heritage Council |
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| History |
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| Pigott’s
Directory 1824 Portarlington entry |
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| Slater’s
Directory 1846 Portarlington entry |
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| Lewis, S Topographical Dictionary 1837
Queen’s County, Emo and Coolbanagher entries |
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| Parliamentary
Papers on Ireland 1823 Tolls Payable to the Earl of
Portarlington |
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| Parliamentary
Papers on Ireland 1827 Accounts for Coolbanagher parish |
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| Parliamentary
Gazetteer for Ireland 1844/5 Coolbanagher |
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| Bulletins &
Other State Intelligence 1846 3rd Earl’s
sisters elevated |
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| Article on
Borough of Portarlington 1830s |
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| Joseph
Boruwlaski (dwarf who visited Portarlington)
published 1820 |
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| Morrow, Ann Picnic in a Foreign Land – the eccentric lives of the
Anglo-Irish (extract) |
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| Queen’s Co
Militia 1793 – 98 Article (1st Earl of
Portarlington Colonel) |
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| List of MPs,
Deputy Lieutenants, Magistrates etc Queen’s Co 19th century |
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| Laois Heritage
Society Journal 2004 No 2: 3 related articles |
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| Laois Heritage
Society Journal 2008 No 4: 1 related article |
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| Carter, J W H The Land War and
its Leaders in Queen’s County 1879-82 (Leinster Express, 1994) |
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| Dooley, Terence
The Decline of the Big House in Ireland (Dublin 2001) |
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| Feehan, John et
al The Great
Heath |
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| Mathews, Ronald |
Portarlington, The Inside Story (Imperial Print n.d.) |
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| Donegal County
Archives Pack on using archives (on general shelving) |
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| How Irish
Houses looked 100 years ago – article on the
Georgian Society Records by Robert O’Byrne in the Irish Times 19 July 08 |
| Moncrieffe,I
and Pottinger, D Simple Heraldry RD |
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| Maxwell,
Constantia Dublin under the Georges (Faber & Faber 1956) RD |
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| Geography |
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| Dunne, T (ed) Geographical Exploration: investigating Ireland’s heritage Study of a Landed
Estate pp145 – 156 |
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| Transition Year |
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| Tourism
Awareness programme Teacher’s Resource
Manual + CD |
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| Cross-curricular
work – see Curriculum file |
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| Aldo Papone
Award and Teen Travel Essay – see Curriculum file |
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| Organising
Local Historical Heritage Studies – see Curriculum file |
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| A History
Newsletter – see Curriculum file |
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| Emo Court – the
House and Estate |
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| Bence Jones,
Mark Burke’s
Guide to Country Houses Vol 1 Ireland (1978) |
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| De Breffny, B and ffolliott, R |
The Houses of Ireland |
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| Bateman, J Great Landowners of Great Britain (1883) extracts |
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| Griffiths, R
Valuation 1845 – 1865 for Emo Park |
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| Landowners of
Ireland 1876 |
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| Coote, Sir
Charles Survey of the Queen’s County 1801 pp130 -138 |
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| Lyons, M C Illustrated Incumbered Estates Ireland Sale of Emo Park
1852 |
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| Irish Arts
Review 1996 A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court article by Fr A Symondson |
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| Irish Arts
Review Winter 2004 Emo Court: Portrait of a Survival article by Judith
Hill |
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| Country Life
May 1974 Emo Court Co Leix 2 articles Edward
McParland |
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| Ireland of the
Welcomes Vol 55 no 3 May-June 2006 article The Gift
of Emo Court |
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| Irish Roots
2003 no 4 Our Heritage in Stone article by Olive Sharkey |
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| 1901 Census of
Ireland: Emo Court House and Demesne |
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| 1911 Census of
Ireland: Emo Court House and Demesne |
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| Irish Georgian
Society Bulletin 1973: 7 Houses in Co Leix |
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| Paper by Lord
Walker Fitzgerald c1900 Emo (Nat Lib Ms18.864) |
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| Sketch Emo
Court house 1808 by P Neale in Famous Houses of Gt
Britain and Ireland (NLI) - nb house without dome – in black folder book |
| Photo back Emo
Court ca 1908 Eason Collection (NLI) – in black folder book |
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| DVD Emo
Court:The Story of a House (Loopline
Films) |
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| DVD Images of
Emo Court OPW on grounds (2 copies) |
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| Plans of the
House |
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| Workmen’s
Account Books from the National Archives (also CD) |
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| List of
photographs of Emo Court in National Photographic Archive |
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| List of prints
and drawings relating to Emo Court in National Library |
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| List of Dawson
Damer papers M6188 in National Archives |
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| Guinness, D & Ryan, W |
Irish Houses and Castles
1971 RD |
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| Hudson’s
Historic Houses and Gardens (National Trust) RD |
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| Earls of
Portarlington |
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| Family Tree of
the Earls of Portarlington |
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| Burke’s Peerage
and Baronetage Portarlington entry |
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| Life of
Viscount Carlow 1907 – 1944, founder of the Corvinus Press |
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| Viscount
Carlow’s Diary c1912 – a memoir written in the 1920s |
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| Laois Heritage
Society Journal No 1 2003 article by J
Powell |
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| Funeral
Expenses of Lady Portarlington February 1874 |
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| Powell,
John Shot a
Buck – the Emo Estate 1798 – 1852 |
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| Powell, John Pavilioned in
Splendour |
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| Powell, John The Family who
Lived Here: the Dawson-Damers of Emo Court (2
copies) |
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| Powell, John |
Lady Portarlington’s Society and Lord
Portarlington’s War |
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| Portraits of
the Earls of Portarlington from 7th Earl – black folder |
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| Paul Nash
& A J Flavell The Corvinus Press 1994 (foreword by the 7th Earl of Portarlington) |
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| Coat of Arms of
the Dawson-Damer Family |
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| James Gandon |
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| Duffy,
Hugo James
Gandon and his Times (Cork 1999) |
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| McParland,
Edward James
Gandon, Vitruvius Hibernicus (excerpts) |
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| Gandon, J and
Mulvany T The
Life of James Gandon Esq (Dublin 1846)
excerpts |
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| Maxwell,
Constantia Dublin under the Georges (Faber 1956) section on Gandon |
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| Coolbanagher
Church brochure 1967 |
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| Coolbanagher
Church photo of Gandon’s plans |
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| St Peter’s
Church Portlaoise – information on church and steeple |
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| Drawing by
Gandon Earl of Portarlington’s Portico 1796 Nat Library (in cylinder) |
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| Drawing Tomb of
Lord Portarlington Coolbanagher 1798 Nat Library (in cylinder) |
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| Architecture |
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| Introduction to
the Architectural Heritage of Co Laois 2002 |
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| History of
Architecture articles on
neo-Classicism and Palladianism |
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| Shaping Space:
architecture in Transition Year |
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| Archaeological
Inventory of Co Laois |
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| Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland article on the
Temple at Emo Court |
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| Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland article on Ice Houses |
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| Howley, James Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland article on proposed summer house at Dawson’s Court |
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| Irish Georgian
Society Newsletter Spring 1986 Article on the Temple |
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| Gandon’s design
for the Portarlington mausoleum at Coolbanagher |
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| Gandon’s design
for the Earl of Portarlington’s portico (see journal below) |
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| Van Lemmen,
Hans Coade Stone extracts |
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| Craig, Maurice
Architectural History Vol 27 1984: The Account Book of William Caldbeck, architect –
article |
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| Meagher, Niall
A Gandon Drawing of the Portico at Emo Journal of the Co Kildare Archaeological Society Vol XIV
1969 no 4 |
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| Photo of
Michael Scott’s plans for attic extension 1954 |
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| Irish
Architectural Archive Biographical Index: Vulliamy, Caldbeck, A, M and J
Williamson |
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| The Classical
Portico |
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| Article on
Palladio, life and work, Sunday Times, February 2009 |
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| Maps |
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| 1777
Portarlington Taylor and Skinner map
of roads of Ireland |
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| Ordnance Survey
1829 -41 Emo Court Demesne &
Coolbanagher |
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| Ordnance Survey
1907 Emo Court Demesne & Coolbanagher |
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| Grand Canal
Dublin – Shannon Harbour (Fr K Laheen Tullabeg) |
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| Laois Baronies
1837 |
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| Laois Baronies
1881 |
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| Literature and
Emo Court |
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| Kiely, Benedict |
There was an Ancient House (Wolfhound 1997) |
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| Kiely, Benedict |
There was an Ancient House (Wolfhound
1997) |
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| Annotated By Fr
Conor Harper |
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| O,Meara John |
The Singing Masters (Lilliput
1990) |
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| Fr Matthias
Bodkin |
Borrowed Days (Browne and Nolan 1942) extracts |
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| Articles on
Benedict Kiely and John O’Meara |
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| Lady Caroline
Dawson, 1st
Countess of Portarlington |
Gleanings |
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| from an Old
Portfolio extracts from her letters to her sister |
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| Art and Emo
Court |
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| Jonathan Fisher
painter articles from IT and Painting
History |
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| Jonathan
Fisher article in Irish Arts Review
Spring 2008 |
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| Jonathan Fisher
Irish Artists: 18th Century Painters - biographies |
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| Batoni, Pompei
articles |
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| Bonhams
Catalogue 2007 Sale of ormolu amethyst
quartz vases c1772 originally from Emo Court |
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| Ann Seymour
Damer sculptor 2 articles |
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| Emo Court
Garden and Environment |
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| Red Squirrels Education Pack |
Northern Ireland EHS |
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| Discover Bats! DVD, video and worksheets |
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| The Irish
Squirrel Survey 2007 |
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| All-Ireland
Species Action Plan Red Squirrel May 2008 |
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| Red Squirrel
Conservation Symposium 2005 report |
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| Bat Survey Emo Court |
Scott Cawley |
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| Heron, Marianne
The Gardens of Ireland
(Dublin 1999) entry on Emo |
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| Heron, Marianne
Hidden Gardens of Ireland entry on Emo |
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| Reeves-Smyth, Terence |
The Gardens
of Ireland entry on Emo |
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| Whaley,
Jack The
Gardens of Ireland entry on Emo |
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| Elwes, H J and
Henry A The
Trees of Great Britain and Ireland (Edinburgh 1906) mention of Wellingtonia
avenue at Emo |
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| Tree Council of Ireland |
List of County Champion Trees |
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| Tree Council of Ireland |
Top 25 Trees in Co Laois |
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| Tree Council of
Ireland and Meath Co Council Balrath Wood Notes for Teachers |
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| An Taisce LEAF Project Forestry education as a cross-curricular education tool |
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| Armstrong, Thomas |
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom –
Teaching Strategies for the Naturalist Intelligence |
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| Statues in
Garden – notes |
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| Sculpture Trail |
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| Discover
Primary Science information |
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| The Irish
Garden March 2008 article on
Emo gardens |
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| The Jesuits/ St
Mary’s Emo |
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| Irish Jesuit
Directory and Year Book for 1931 Fr H
King, article on the setting up of a novitiate at St Mary’s Emo |
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| Irish Jesuit
Year Book for 1971 Fr R Brenan,
article on the closing of the St Mary’s novitiate |
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| Province News
Vols IX and X 1956 – 63 excerpts |
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| O’Meara, John |
The Singing Masters
pp 41 – 54 autobiography: the life of
a novice at St Mary’s |
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| Kiely, Benedict |
There was an Ancient House novel: the
life of a novice at St Mary’s |
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| Bodkin, Fr Matthias |
Borrowed Days novel -
excerpts |
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| Irish Arts
Review 1996 A Miraculous Survival: Emo Court Co
Laois Fr A Symondson |
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| List of
clothing: Outfit for the Novitiate |
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| Order of Time:
Weekly Timetable for Novices |
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| Letter to
parents prior to son’s admission |
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| Postcard of St
Mary’s Emo donated by Father C Harper |
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| Father Browne |
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| O’Donnell, Fr E
E Fr Browne – a life in pictures (Dublin 1994) |
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| Photographs by
Fr Browne – database for Co Laois and Emo Court |
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| Selection of
photos from the Father Browne collection – black folder |
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| Jesuit Province
News Vol X July 1960 Obituary Fr Browne |
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| Jesuit
Province News Vol X July 1961 Obituary Fr Browne from the Irish Guards’
Association Journal February 1961 |
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| Article:
Moloney, Senan Fr Browne defamation, anonymity and
some missing photographs |
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| Mr
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| DVD 1995 The
Story of a House (Loopline Films) |
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| 1995 Transcript
of interview with CH about Emo Court |
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| Irish Times
article by Sylvia Thompson September 1995 |
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| Advertisement
of Sale of Emo Court September 1969 |
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| Sir Albert
Richardson architect and specialist in Georgian renovation, article |
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| Burke’s Irish
Families: Cholmeley Harrison family entry |
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| Obituaries from
newspapers |
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| Memorial
service leaflet |
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| Local Schools |
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| Extracts from
“Blue Book”: government report on schools in the Dioceses of Kildare and
Leighlin 1824 |
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| Emo NS record
1855-58 (teacher admonished for backwardness of pupils) from the National
Archives |
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| Coolbanagher
NS record 1874 (teacher declines to alter timetable) from the National
Archives |
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| Advertisements
Leinster Express local schools 1853 and 1891/2 |
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| Drawings of
Mary Armstrong 1854 pupil Miss Dunne’s School Portarlington |
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| Information on
Other Big Houses |
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| Laois |
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| Irish Georgian
Society Bulletin 1973: 7 Houses in Co Leix |
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| Articles and
excerpts on Ballyfin, Heywood, Abbeyleix, Stradbally |
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| Elsewhere |
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| Castle Coole
Enniskillen Co Fermanagh Teachers’ Resource Book |
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| Florencecourt
Enniskillen Co Fermanagh leaflet |
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| Co Fermanagh |
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| Castletown Co
Kildare |
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| Strokestown Co
Roscommon |
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| Kenwood House
London |
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| Stowe School
and Park, Bucks. |
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| Kilkenny Castle |
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| Butler Family
History |
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| Newbridge House
Co Dublin leaflet |
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| Damer House
Roscrea Co Tipperary leaflet |
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| Servants |
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| Adams, Samuel & Sarah |
The Complete Servant
(Southover 1989) |
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| Horn, Pamela |
The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant (Sutton 1990) |
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| Emo Court
Workmen’s Accounts Feb 1898 & Jan 1905 from the National Archives M6188 |
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| List of Names
of Servants at Emo Court 1790 – 1920 see Servants |
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| Food |
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| Letter in Gleanings 7 August 1781 |
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| Dinner is
served! From Life Below Stairs by Frank E Huggett (John Murray London) |
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| You were what
you ate – article in the Irish Times 6 Sept 08 by
Sylvia Thompson on the role that food played in Georgian society |
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| Articles from
The Times of London |
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| 1852 January |
Sale of Emo Park |
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| 1862 January |
Colonel Taylor shot in hand |
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| 1927 November |
Sale of Portarlington Pictures |
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| Articles from
the Irish Times 1861 – 1923 concerning Earls of Portarlington |
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| See under
separate heading |
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| Articles from
the Leinster Express 1834 – 1920 concerning Emo Court |
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separate heading |
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Leinster Express Articles concerning Emo Court |
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Photocopies of these articles are in Laois Education
Centre |
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Please check with the Centre for updates to this list |
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| 1852 January |
1. Incumbered Estates Ad re Emo Park |
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| 2. Letter re
the late Lord Portarlington |
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| February |
1.Sale of the Portarlington estates |
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2. Celebrations re purchase by Lord
Portarlington |
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| April |
1. Address to John Sadleir from tenantry |
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2. Letter to John Sadleir |
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| June |
1. Return of Lord and Lady Portarlington |
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2. Rejoicing at their return |
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| 1853 January |
Ball at Portarlington |
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| 1853 October |
Court Case: Lord Portarlington vs. James Rourke |
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| 1861 January |
Game bag following shoot |
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| 1861 February |
St Michael’s Pres Convent Port. Fancy Bazaar |
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| 1861 June |
Opening of RC Church Emo |
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| 1861 July |
Prince of Wales on The Heath. Dinner at Emo |
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| 1867 March |
Fenians intend to burn Emo Court |
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| 1867April |
Tenants apologise for Fenian intent;Lord Portarlington |
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| 1872 January |
1. Lord
Portarlington and the Poor |
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| 2. Lord
Portarlington on Irish Education |
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| 1872 February |
Queen’s County Hunt Ball |
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| 1872 August |
Man in Steeple (Maryborough) |
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| 1876 August |
Queen’s Co Horticultural Show |
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| 1876 December |
Visit of HRH the Duke of Connaught to Emo Park |
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| 1879 January |
Ball at Emo Park – Duke of Marlborough |
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| 1879 February |
Investiture of Order of St Patrick of 3rd Earl of Portarlington |
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| 1879 August |
Queen's County Horticultural Show |
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| 1879 November |
1.Duchess of Marlborough visits Coolbanagher NS |
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| 2. Threatening
notices at Emo Park (8th & 29th) |
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| 3. Dinner party
at Emo Park |
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| 1879 December |
Ball at Emo Park |
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| 1883 January |
Deputation to Earl re St Paul’s Church
Portarlington |
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| 1883 |
January |
Visit of Lord Lieutenant and Lady Spencer to
Emo |
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| 1883 |
June |
School fete at Emo Park |
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Queen’s County Rose Show The Heath |
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| 1885 April |
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1.Earl at Royal Levee Dublin |
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Portarlington school sold |
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| 3. Royal train
stops at Portarlington |
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| 1885 July |
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Queen’s Co Rose Show at Emo. Lord
Lieutenant |
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| 1892 January |
The Servants’ Ball |
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| 1892 June |
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Cricket Match at Emo vs Geashill |
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| 1892 July |
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School Fete at Emo |
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| 1892 October |
Portarlington Sports |
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| 1892 |
November |
Fancy Bazaar in Maryborough |
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| 1898 January |
1.Festivities for children at Emo Park |
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| 2. Lord
Portarlington conjures in Abbeyleix |
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| 1898 June |
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Lord Portarlington at Masonic Hall Newbridge |
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| 1898 November |
Lady Portarlington presides over the basket
stall |
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| 1907 February |
Marriage of Lord Portarlington |
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| 1907 March |
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Homecoming of Lord and Lady Portarlington |
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| 1907 April |
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1. Gymnastic Display Portarlington |
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| 2. Speeding
Charge Lord Portarlington |
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| 1907 June |
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Barrow Drainage Scheme |
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| 1907 December |
Birth of an Heir to Lord Portarlington |
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| 1912 January |
Ball at Emo Park |
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| 1914 January |
Entertainment for 3 schools |
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| 1914 November |
Belgian Refugees relief |
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| 1914 December |
Pictures of the War at Maryborough |
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| 1995 |
January |
A New Era for Emo Court by John Whelan |
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