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Bessborough House
Bessborough House
Photograph of Bessborough House, Piltown, County Kilkenny
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Railway station, Bagenalstown
Railway station, Bagenalstown
The design for the Railway station at Bagenalstown (Muinebheag) is attributed to William Deane Butler (d. 1857). It is constructed in limestone and granite. The design incorporates a central block with pedimented breakfront, linking arcades and projecting terminal bays. The station platforms have an open shelter resting on paired granite ashlar piers. The station resembles an Italianate Palladian type building.
Carlow County Library
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GBS bust
GBS bust
George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on 26th July 1856. He was the son of George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw (nee Gurly). His formal education finished early and he started work at the age of fifteen. Shaw’s ties with Carlow are particulary noteworthy. His uncle Dr. John Walter Gurly who died in 1899 bequeathed all his properties in the Carlow area to Shaw’s mother and thereafter to his six step sisters should they remain unmarried. However, they all did marry and so Shaw became the owner. One of the properties was the Assembly Rooms donated to the Technical Instruction Committee in 1919. In 1944, Shaw made a bequest of his entire Carlow properties to Carlow Urban Council. This became the basis of the Civic Improvement Fund. Many portraits of Shaw exist but this bust of Shaw is by the Sculptor, Sava Botzaris (1894-1965). He was born in the former Yugoslavia. The bust is housed in Carlow County Library, in Tullow Street, Carlow.
Carlow County Library
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Oak Park House - rear view
Oak Park House - rear view
Oak Park Estate now Teagasc Research Institute is situated about two miles from the centre of Carlow town. The photograph shows the rear of the house which looks towards the gardens. On this side the house had three central windows and single-storeyed bow windows to either side. These were situated on the ground floor and were balustraded. To the left of the entrance were found the service wing and the offices.
Carlow County Library
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Woodstock House, drawing room
Woodstock House, drawing room
Photograph of the main drawing room in Woodstock House
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Ha-Ha
Ha-Ha
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Main Drawing Room, Woodstock House
Main Drawing Room, Woodstock House
Photograph of the Main Drawing Room, Woodstock House, Inistioge, County Kilkenny
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Window detail, former Presentation Convent, Carlow
Window detail, former Presentation Convent, Carlow
The former Presentation Convent is situated at the junction of Tullow Street with College Street. The prominent Gothic Revival window consists of a two-tiered arrangement of stained glass. These tiers are divided by a stone tripartite panel with carved detail. The window has perpendicular tracery with angel lights on either side of the central panes of the upper and lower tiers. It also features a hood mould overhead and block and start dressing on either side. The stained glass is for the most part of simple geometric design throughout.
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Railway station, Carlow
Railway station, Carlow
Carlow Railway Station was built in 1845 and was designed by Sir John MacNeill. It is located in Carlow Town, on the Dublin – Waterford line. The Station is an example of Jacobean Revival architecture. It comprises a two storey central block and two single storey wings. There are two platforms, a signal box and footbridge and the station also has offices and waiting areas. It is built of yellow brick with granite features particularly in the window dressings and drip moulds.
Carlow County Library
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Carlow Grand Jury Presentments 1860
Carlow Grand Jury Presentments 1860
The Grand Jury was the most important local body in rural Ireland during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They were empowered to raise money by means of the county rates. They were responsible for the construction of roads and bridges and the upkeep of the lunatic asylums and hospitals. Members of the Grand Jury were selected by the High Sheriff from the leading property owners in the county. In this cover detail from Grand Jury Presentments for 1860 we can see several well-known names from the landed gentry of County Carlow.
Carlow County Library