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Anne Lee Guinness
Anne Lee Plunket, Lady Plunket (née Guinness; 1839 – 8 November 1889) was an Irish philanthropist. Biography Anne Lee Guinness was born in 1839, and was the only daughter of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet. While her father was restoring St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, she became involved in causes helping the poor and sick in that area of Dublin, sponsoring bible readings and basic medical supplies. This led to her establishing St Patrick's nursing home in 1876, which became a training centre for Church of Ireland nurses. Guinness married William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket on 11 June 1863. The couple had two sons and four daughters, William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, Elizabeth Charlotte Plunket, Most Rev. Hon. Benjamin Plunket, Hon. Olivia Anne Plunket, Hon. Kathleen Louisa Plunket, and Hon. Ethel Josephine Plunket. The dowry that Guinness brought to the marriage, £49,000, allowed Plunket to extend their home at Old Connaught House and restore the walled garden. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Connaught House
Old Connaught House is an 18th-century house located in Rathmichael, Dublin, Ireland. Though originally built for bishop William Gore, shortly after his death in 1784 it was leased by William Plunket (later Baron Plunket). The house was occupied by the Plunket family for several generations, before being used by the Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened i ... as a novitiate school in the mid 20th century. The house remained unoccupied for several years before being leased to a non-profit equestrian organisation. It was sold in 2000, renovated, and is now a development of residential apartments. References Buildings and structures in Dublin (city) Country houses in Ireland {{Ireland-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Jerome Cemetery And Crematorium
Mount Jerome Cemetery & Crematorium ( ga, Reilig Chnocán Iaróm) is situated in Harold's Cross on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. Since its foundation in 1836, it has witnessed over 300,000 burials. Originally an exclusively Protestant cemetery, Roman Catholics have also been buried there since the 1920s. History The name of the cemetery comes from an estate established there by the Reverend Stephen Jerome, who in 1639 was vicar of St. Kevin's Parish. At that time, Harold's Cross was part of St. Kevin's Parish. In the latter half of the 17th century, the land passed into the ownership of the Earl of Meath, who in turn leased plots to prominent Dublin families. A house, Mount Jerome House, was constructed in one of these plots, and leased to John Keogh. In 1834, after an aborted attempt to set up a cemetery in the Phoenix Park, the General Cemetery Company of Dublin bought the Mount Jerome property, "for establishing a general cemetery in the neighbourhood of the city of Dubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Irish Philanthropists
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
