Killarney, Eire
Killarney photos
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Killarney maps
Historic maps of Killarney and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Killarney maps
Killarney books
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12 Killarney photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Killarney
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Eire memories
My grandmother (name of McDonagh, nee Faherty) lived in a place I believe is called 'Ryn' (not sure of the spelling) in Connemara. She had a beautiful cottage a short walk from the sea. I would like to be able to take my husband to visit this area and catch up with family who I have sadly lost touch with who... [more]
Shared on 23 September 2009
18th July 1959 my honeymoon was spent in Bray, County Wicklow. We stayed with Mrs Madge McGrath, a cousin of my father (Joseph Devlin). My strongest memory is the friendliness of the people, and my husband enjoyed the Guinness.
Shared on 07 September 2009
For a 9 year old boy from Edinburgh the travel arrangements for our family holiday to Dublin in 1958 were quite an adventure.
Embarkation on the steamer at the Broomielaw in Glasgow and our billet turned out to be in the hold along with up to a 100 or so others. In view of this the tension between my parents on... [more]
Shared on 21 August 2009
I spent my honeymoon in Bray and also stayed with a Mrs McGrath who was related to my father (Joseph Devlin). Do you have any photos of the family or the house or address as I will be visiting Bray this year tracing my roots. The name Curtis is also a connection. Can anyone help in any way at all? Thanks.... [more]
Shared on 16 August 2009
My Ancestors from Howth, Eire. 1800s on
My Great Grandfather John Angus, was skipper of a 3-masted ship, which I believe
was called 'Rokeby' . John Angus started a little church which was a tin chapel in Hillside Terrace (now called Thornmanby Road) John also built houses in Hillside Terrace. The little tin church is now deralict. Who did John marry?
Two of my great... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2008
ihad a wonderful holiday with my friend john morrison from cambuslang,we stayed with a mrs mcgrath.i came from hamilton and we sailed from glasgow to dublin and then by bus to bray.we met a young hairdresserin bray JUNE ONEILL,and she kept me on the right road for my 2 weeks holiday.
Shared on 15 September 2007
Extracts From Killarney & Eire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Killarney, inspired by Frith photos.
An evocative view of this Victorian Tudor mansion, destroyed by fire prior to World War I. It is shown here in its former splendour, with its famous gardens that sloped down to Lough Leane.
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The castle, situated about one and a half miles south of Killarney, is close to the shore of Lough Leane. The keep dates from the fourteenth century and was surrendered by Lord Muskerry to Cromwell's troops in 1652.
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This old weir, where the river rushes through the gap, is near the end of the Long Range, and close to 'The meeting of the waters'. Here, a man in a rowing boat is surveying the weir.
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