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Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh
Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh
Here is a portrait of Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh. He was remarkably intelligent, and had a passion for the classics. On his travels he befriended Arab and Persian poets and kings.
Borris House Collection
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Oak Park Archway and Driveway
Oak Park Archway and Driveway
Oak Park Archway is a magnificent example of a triumphal arch. It leads to the main driveway of Oak Park House, former home of the Bruen family.
Courtesy of Carlow County Library.
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Plaque to William Dargan
Plaque to William Dargan
The plaque to William Dargan at Carlow Railway Station. This plaque commemorates the engineer and builder of Irish railways, William Dargan. It was erected by the Old Carlow Society, which is now the Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society.
Image courtesy of Carlow County Library, 2005.
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Oak Park Arch detail
Oak Park Arch detail
The twin columns in this architectural detail flank the archway leading to the main entrance drive of Oakpark House former home of the Bruen Family.
Image courtesy of Carlow County Library.
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Seventeenth-Century Sketch of Carlow Castle
Seventeenth-Century Sketch of Carlow Castle
This is a late seventeenth-century sketch of the then-intact Carlow Castle. It is found in 'Grose's Antiquities of Ireland'. Two late seventeenth-century sketches can be seen in 'Thomas Dineley's Journal' (1680). This was more than 100 years before the castle was ruined by explosion.
'Thomas Dineley's Journal' (1680).
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Michael Collins (1890-1922)
Michael Collins (1890-1922)
Born in Cork, Michael Collins was a revolutionary. He took part in the 1916 Rising in Dublin and became head of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was part of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, the terms of which led to the Irish Civil War in 1922. Collins became the commander-in-chief of the Government forces. He was killed in an ambush in his native Cork in 1922.
Image courtesy of the Michael Collins Centre , Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
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Pat Reid escaped
Pat Reid escaped
This photo shows Pat Reid shortly after making it over the Swiss border in October 1942.
Wikimedia Foundation
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Patrick Robert Reid
Patrick Robert Reid
P.R. Reid was born in Ranchi, India, on 13 November 1910. He was the son of John Reid who was born at Mount View, Grange, Tullow, Co. Carlow in 1874. Patrick was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, and later at Wimbledon College, London. Aged 28 on the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Army Service Corps and was comissioned but shortly afterwards, in May 1940, he was captured and brought to Germany.
The Hulton Getty Library, London
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Rev. Fr. J. Killian
Rev. Fr. J. Killian
Rev. Fr. J. Killian, curate at Carlow Cathedral of the Assumption, was involved in the organising committee for the establishment of the sugar beet factory in Carlow. He was also organiser of the All-Ireland Feis, which opened at Tullow, County Carlow in 1913.
Courtesy of Examiner Group and Carlow Nationalist.
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The McMurrough Kavanaghs
The McMurrough Kavanaghs
Back row from left to right: Arthur's daughter Eva, his son Walter, Walter's wife Helen, Henry Bruen. Front row: Arthur's wife Frances McMurrough Kavanagh, JH Stock, daughter Agnes and son Osborne.
Borris House Collection