The Landed Gentry and Aristocracy of Co. Wicklow 2005: Vol. 1 - Hardcover

Bunbury, Turtle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0953848574 ISBN 13: 9780953848577

Publisher: Irish Family Names, 2006

Synopsis

Focusing on nine of the most prominent landowning families in Ireland's Garden County of Wicklow, this beautifully illustrated book features many rare and carefully sourced photographs. Turtle begins with a well-crafted study of the Viscounts Powerscourt and their neighbours, the Earls of Meath and Wicklow. Among the other characters under investigation are the epic lives of three different Erskine Childers, General Dennis from County Wicklow who commanded the artillery at El Alamein, the girl from Rossanagh who inspired Mary Shelley to write, the clergyman who taught the Bronte s father how to read, the geologist from Baltinglass who made radio contact with Australia before World War One, the botanical genius behind the gardens at Kilmacurragh, the Glendalough man who took on the Zulus, the Madame of Humewood whose father surrendered Paris to the Germans and the playboy Earl of Wicklow who became an intimate devotee of Dublin pubs in the 1950s.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Turtle Bunbury

Turtle Bunbury was born in 1972 and educated in Dublin and Scotland. After graduating from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Modern History in 1996, he moved to Hong Kong where he spent three years working as a freelance correspondent with the South China Morning Post and Business News Indochina.
Since his return to Ireland in 1999, he has developed his interest in Irish and world history, contributing articles to magazines and newspapers around the world. His subsequent travels have brought him to Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mexico, Sri Lanka and the USA.
His articles have appeared in Vogue Living, The New York Post, The Irish Times, Magill, Cara, Identity, Irish Tatler, Social & Personal, Visitor and Abroad. He works closely with the Alastair Sawday s "Special Places to Stay" series and is an occasional guide with Tailormade Ireland. He is currently Homes Editor of The White Book and The Book of Interiors.
Turtle s debut book, "The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Kildare" was published in 2004. His third book, "Living in Sri Lanka", written in conjunction with the Irish photographer James Fennell, was published by Thames & Hudson in the Spring 2006.

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The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of Co. Wicklow

Following on from the success of his Kildare volume, Turtle Bunbury now turns his attention to nine of the most prominent landowning families in Co. Wicklow. Beautifully illustrated with many rare and carefully sourced photographs, Turtle begins with a colourful study of the Viscounts Powerscourt and their neighbours, the Earls of Meath and Wicklow.
The historical cast of characters contains a constant stream of surprises. General Dennis from Baltinglass commanded at El Alamein. His father invented a radio and made contact with Australia before World War One. Laurette Tighe inspired Mary Shelley to write a fairy tale. Her cousin taught the Bronte s father how to read. The epic lives of three different Erskine Childers are brought under the spotlight. The Actons produced a botanical genius, the Bartons of Glendalough had a son who took on the Zulus, the Madame of Humewood was inextricably bound up in the fall of Paris to the Nazis, the Howards of Shelton Abbey sired Billy Wicklow, an intimate devotee of Dublin pubs in the 1950s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Irish Family Names
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953848574
• ISBN 13: 9780953848577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226