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Howard Mausoleum, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow
The mausoleum was constructed in 1785
By Deirdre Burns (22/09/2023)
Howard Mausoleum, Kilbride, Co. Wicklow
How long has the pyramid been there for
By Killian (21/09/2023)
Contact
Nancy Ann Ashford is my 5 times great grandmother. Her Father is Michael Ashford , mom is Rachael Neville. I want to come to Ireland and find their church?anything ? Nancy married John Walker ( they are buried here in mebane NC ) Says she was born Dec 13, 1725 in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Thank you!
Candy Thomas Aldridge Woertman
By Candy Woertman (09/09/2023)
2. Administrative Divisions in 19th Century Ireland
Thank you, I am glad you are finding our genealogy guides useful!
By Catherine Wright (21/08/2023)
The Last County – Lifestyles
Thank you for the information – we appreciate you taking the trouble to contact us. I have corrected the year to 1795 in the text.
By Catherine Wright (21/08/2023)
2. Administrative Divisions in 19th Century Ireland
Best explanation I have read so far.
By Debbie Alfano (18/08/2023)
The Last County – Lifestyles
Hello, just a minor correction about a date: the quotation from Samuel Hayes (1743-1795) about “the needs of a standard family of four children” dates to 1795, and not 1797. Although the printed book was published in 1797, Hayes’s contribution to it is signed and dated on page 17, “Samuel Hayes, Avondale, March 22, 1795.”
By Erin Blake (15/08/2023)
Contact
Dear Wicklow Heritage Society,
I work at a nursing home in Arklow and would love to know if you offer history lectures to residents. I know the residents would love to hear the histories of their towns, contribute their own knowledge and just have someone who shares their passion for where they grew up.
Thank you for your time.
By Brooke (15/08/2023)
Wicklow Case Study: The Shorts of Killoughter, County Wicklow
Lovely to read your research Catherine. My great grandmother was Mary Short- she was the 3rd or Daniel and James children. She was known as Polly(not sure why).
She moved to Dublin where she had 6 children- my nana being the youngest Bridget(Bebe).
By Jill allen (01/08/2023)
Contact
Hi Seamus, thanks for getting in touch. This is an open access website administered by the Heritage Officer, Archivist and Local Studies librarian in Wicklow County Council. We are part of a network that includes six other community heritage sites, each of which is managed by local volunteers. If you visit the landing page http://www.wicklowheritage.org you will see each of the sites. There is no membership required, you can browse the content at any time for updates and contribute as you wish. Our network partners always appreciate new volunteers and members so if this is of interest please get in touch with them directly through the revelant website contact.
Hope that this helps, Deirdre
By Deirdre Burns (01/08/2023)
Contact
How do I become a member or/and receive updates?
Thanks
By Séamus (01/08/2023)
Michael Dwyer 1772 -1825
Thanks for a wonderful insight into the life of my 3 times great Grandfather, Michael Dwyer.
I have visited his and Mary’s impressive resting place at Waverley Cemetery in Sydney several times.
Over the last 6 months I have read a few books & been researching him more actively in preparation for our first visit to Ireland & Wicklow in early August. Any information you may have to share would be greatly appreciated. We look forward to spending time exploring the Wicklow area and the family.
Kind Regards
Lyn Stevenson (NSW Australia)
By Lyn Stevenson (23/07/2023)
Michael Tolstoy of Delgany
In 1964, I we nt to the Tolstoys in Wicklow for 3 weeks at Easter to improve my French, The Count had a bunch of Russian students and I was the only French student, My tutor was his wife, the Belgian princess (ahem) whose French accent was awful. i hardly learned anything except the manners the old witch expected us all to observe as if she were some kind of royalty. the count was a nice old buffer and loved to show off his objects d’art from Russia. I was glad to get back to college.
By James (20/07/2023)
Burning of the home Dick Smyth, Ballyduff Upper, Ashford by Sheila Clarke
Hi John,
If you forward your contact details to me at archives@wicklowcoco.ie – I will pass on your request to Sheila.
Regards, Catherine Wright, Wicklow County Archives Service
By Catherine Wright (19/07/2023)
About Us
Hi Shane,
The best sources for historic maps are Heritage Maps at https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/projects/heritage-maps and Ordnance Survey maps (including historical maps) at https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html . Wishing you every success with your project.
By Catherine Wright (19/07/2023)
Burning of the home Dick Smyth, Ballyduff Upper, Ashford by Sheila Clarke
Hi Sheila,
Is it possible to get copies of your books Ashford through the shed, pictures of Ashford 1860 to 1960?
If possible I would like to purchase.
By John Thomas Bell (14/07/2023)
About Us
Hello, I am an artist and I am looking to do a series of drawings based on, and using copies of historic maps of the areas surrounding The Great Sugarloaf mountain.
Is it possible for me to study the relevant maps and to receive copies of these maps?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
By Shane Malone-Murphy (09/07/2023)
Evans Family of Arklow
Hi, a little bit more information from my late father’s research when visiting Ireland some years ago.
My father’s grandfather was William Evans. He lived above the shop opposite the Catholic Church in 1 Upper High St, Arklow. His father was a bailiff and Councillor and Secretary to the Earl of Salisbury and immigrated to Australia about 1880. William Evans was educated at Dublin University.
William had a daughter Susan Jane Evans, born 23 January 1892, in Camperdown Syd. Australia. She married Frank Burfield Barton and had 5 children, Bruce ( my father), Frank, Max, Elizabeth and Laurie.
Hope this helps.
By Elizabeth Ovens née Barton (06/07/2023)
How The Devil’s Glen Gets Its Name
I would like to know more about “How Devil’s Glen Got its Name”.
Is this commonly known folklore? Or is it a story written by Siobhan Doyle?
Either way, I would like to read more about it.
Thank you.
By David (02/07/2023)
Contact
I understand that Newtownbarry Circuit Merhodist Records from about 1833 exist in “local Custody” and at Proni.
Is there some way I can access them on the internet?
By Ross Hopkins (26/06/2023)
The Fitzwilliam Estate Clearances Lists, 1847 to 1856
Hello again,
In regard to the “Aghold records for c1760 – c1780 are missing” comment that I previously posted, I have since discovered that the last entries for 1766 are on a page which has the first entries for 1782. This would indicate that the entries in question are not lost or destroyed but that they were never kept!
By Ross Hopkins (24/06/2023)
Three Mile Water, Brittas Bay: PURE Mile
Thanks Joe for sharing those lovely memories.
By Deirdre Burns (22/06/2023)
Three Mile Water, Brittas Bay: PURE Mile
Hi all
As a child in the 1970’s we would visit three mile water for two weeks holidays. We stayed in O’Briens cottage. We had a good walk from there to the beach.
With our pocket money on a sunday we would visit slatterys shop. I will always remember the two ladies that were there. They were so nice to us and never got cross with us when we took a long time deciding what we wanted.
Happy days
Joe
By Joe Rossa (15/06/2023)
Contact
Hi Janet, I am sorry that you are having difficulty making contact. I am one of a number of administrators of this community heritage website. Can you let me know what publication and/or contact person your query relates to and I will try to help.
regards
Deirdre
By Deirdre Burns (19/05/2023)

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