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Westbank Orphanage
Westbank Orphanage (sometimes called Westbank Protestant Orphanage or Westbank Children's Home) was a privately run Protestant orphanage in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, which closed in the 1990s. Westbank was originally founded as the ''Protestant Home for Orphan & Destitute Girls''. It moved from Harold's Cross in Dublin to Wicklow in the late 1940s, and began to accept boys as well as girls. The regime at the orphanage was Protestant evangelical Christian and was run by Miss Adeline Mathers, a born-again Christian. While it attempted to find homes for some children with Protestant families, many were retained as helpers and as a means of raising funds. Some children were sent illegally to families in Northern Ireland, England, and Scotland. The orphanage became controversial when allegations of abuses surfaced. In the 1960s children from another related and equally controversial Protestant home, the Bethany Home, were transferred to Westbank. The orphanage was designated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethany Home
Bethany Home (sometimes called Bethany House or Bethany Mother and Child Home) was a residential home in Dublin, Ireland, mainly for women of the Protestant faith, who were convicted of petty theft, prostitution, infanticide, as well as women who were pregnant out of wedlock, and the children of these women. The home was run by evangelical Protestants, mainly (up to the 1960s) members of the Church of Ireland. It catered to "fallen women" and operated in Blackhall Place, Dublin (1921–34), and in Orwell Road, Rathgar (1934–72), until its closure. The home sent some children to Northern Ireland, England, and to the United States. History Bethany House was founded in Blackhall Place in Dublin in 1921, and moved in 1934 to Orwell Road, Rathgar, where it was based until it was closed in 1972. On opening the home in May 1922 the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg, declared Bethany "a door of hope for fallen women". The Dean of Christ Church Cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greystones
Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray, County Wicklow, Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 18,140 (2016). The town is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east, Bray Head to the north and the Wicklow Mountains to the west. It is the second biggest town in County Wicklow (after Bray, County Wicklow, Bray). The town was named after a half-mile or one-kilometre stretch of grey stones between two beaches on the seafront. The harbour area and Greystones railway station are at the northern and southern ends respectively. The North Beach, which begins at the harbour, is a stony beach, and some of its length is overlooked by the southern cliffs of Bray Head, which are subject to erosion. The South Beach is a broad sandy beach about one kilometre long. It is a Blue Flag beach and receives many visitors and tourists, mainly in the summer. In 2008, Greystones was named as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the counties of Wexford to the south, Carlow to the southwest, Kildare to the west, and South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown to the north. Wicklow is named after its county town of Wicklow, which derives from the name (Old Norse for "Vikings' Meadow"). Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 155,258 at the 2022 census. Colloquially known as the "Garden of Ireland" for its scenerywhich includes extensive woodlands, nature trails, beaches, and ancient ruins while allowing for a multitude of walking, hiking, and climbing optionsit is the 17th largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area and the 15th largest by population. It is also the fourth largest of Lein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PACT (Protestant Adoption Society)
{{Notability, org, date=May 2023 PACT is an Irish adoption organisation founded in 1952, formerly called the Protestant Adoption Society. Its main office, ''Arabella House'' in Rathfarnham, is named after the philanthropist Lady Arabella Denny. PACT is a registered charity, providing a range of adoption services to Irish families and is accredited by the Adoption Authority of Ireland. PACT run the ''Here2Help'' Crisis Pregnancy Service. Following legislation in 1952 which set up a legal framework for adoption in Ireland, the Protestant Adoption Society was set up in the offices of the ''Church of Ireland Moral Welfare Society''. PACT holds the records of closed Protestant-run homes in Dublin, including Denny House ( Magdalene Mother and Baby Home) in Leeson Street, the Bethany Home in Rathgar, the Nursery Rescue Society in Templeogue Templeogue () is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Allen's House At Harold's Cross, Dublin
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harolds Cross
Harold's Cross () is an affluent urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin, Ireland in the postal district D6W. The River Poddle runs through it, though largely in an underground culvert, and it holds a major cemetery, Mount Jerome, and Our Lady's Hospice. Location Harold's Cross is situated north of Terenure and Rathgar, west of Rathmines, east of Crumlin and Kimmage, and directly south from the Grand Canal at Clanbrassil Street. It lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, and straddles the boundary of Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts. The Poddle The River Poddle runs south to north through the area. At the southern end of the district, the river's course splits at the centuries-old "Tongue" or "Stone Boat" with part of its flow diverted underground into the "City Watercourse" culvert, while the mainline continues overground, passing through ponds. The Poddle goes underground between Mount Argus and Mount Jerome, then flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Allen (abolitionist)
Richard Allen (1803–1886) was a draper, a philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin. Allen raised £20,000 to help the Irish famine by writing letters to America. Life Allen was born to Edward and Ellen Allen at Harold's Cross near Dublin. He was the second of fifteen children. Allen was an orthodox Quaker and his business was in textiles but his interests were in reform, temperance and the abolition of slavery. He married Ann Webb in 1828. In 1837, Allen was one of three founding members, with James Haughton and Richard Davis Webb, of the Hibernian Antislavery Association. This was not the first antislavery association but it was acknowledged to be the most active. Allen served as the secretary of this association. Allen founded the ''Irish Temperance and Literary Gazette'' and used this publication to forward his ideas and those of the Anti-Slavery Association. Opposition to slavery in Ireland had a long pedigree. As was the case in Britain, its most prominent Irish supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvedere Protestant Children's Orphanage
Belvedere Protestant Children's Orphanage or Belvedere Home was a Protestant-run children's orphanage in Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath which had a Church of Ireland ethos. The Orphanage was founded as a charitable institution at the bequest of Jane, the Countess of Belvedere, who left 6000 pounds to set up a girls orphanage. Built in 1842 in the Tudor revival style, off the Mullingar road, the orphanage was set up in 1843 by the established Protestant church in Ireland to cater for orphans from Protestant families. Anne Somerville (née Armstrong) was Matron, of the orphanage and was succeeded by her daughter-in-law also Anne. In 1943 the Orphanage closed and the remaining children transferred to another Church of Ireland run home, Kirwan House, in Dublin. The buildings were sold to Westmeath County Council in 1986, but have fallen into decay in recent times.{{when, date=May 2020 There is also calls for the former orphanage to be developed for some civic use. The Cottages which for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethesda Chapel, Dublin
The Bethesda Chapel, Dublin, was an Episcopal Church of Ireland, church on Granby Row and Dorset Street, Dublin. History Chapel The Bethesda chapel was founded by Dublin merchant William Smyth, nephew of the Bishop of the same name, in 1784. Its development was part of the evangelical movement within the Church of Ireland. It did not secure episcopal recognition until 1825. The Bethesda Chapel was sometimes known as the ''Bethesda Mission'', or the ''Bethesda Episcopal church''. The original 1785 chapel on the site was burned down after a great storm in January 1839: a new chapel was built on the site, designed by Frederick Darley and opened in December 1840. The Bethesda Female Orphan School at 77 then 23 Upper Dorset Street was affiliated to the Chapel from 1787. On the 19th of March, 1794, the Lock Penitentiary was opened by Mr. Walker: it housed females leaving Lock Hospital: as a result of it being part of the site, the church was sometimes called Locks Chapel. The penite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirwan House
Kirwan House or The Female Orphan House was a Church of Ireland-run female orphanage initially at 42 Prussia Street (1790-93), next on Dublin's North Circular Road (1793-1959) and latterly at 134 Sandford Road in Ranelagh (1959-87). Since 1991, Kirwan House has operated as a Trust Fund to award bursaries to assist in the education of children who were Church of Ireland or of other Reformed Faith/Protestant Churches in Ireland, who were in need. History ''The Female Orphan Society'' was established in Dublin, in 1790 and is one of Ireland's oldest extant charities, incorporated in one of the last acts of the Irish Parliament before the Act of Union in 1800. "Destitute Girls" (whose both parents were deceased) were placed in the home, and were instructed in the Protestant faith and were trained to be domestic servants. ''The Female Orphan House'' was founded by Mrs. Ann Tighe and Mrs. Margaret Este (who died in 1791 and was succeeded by Elizabeth La Touche) initially in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabella Denny
Lady Arabella Fitzmaurice Denny (1707–1792) was an Irish philanthropist, and founder of the Magdalen Asylum for Protestant Girls in Leeson Street, Dublin in 1765. Early life and family Arabella Fitzmaurice was born in County Kerry, the second daughter of Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry, and Anne Petty (daughter of Sir William Petty). As a teenager, she ran a basic medical dispensary for the tenants on her father's estate. She married Colonel Arthur Denny, M.P. for Kerry, on 26 August 1727. Lady Arabella was widowed at the age of thirty-five. A nephew of Arabella Denny was William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain. Lady Arabella lived at Peafield Cliff House (now Lios an Uisce/Lisnaskea House), in Blackrock, County Dublin where John Wesley, who founded and led the Methodist Church, visited her in 1783. Philanthropy Lady Arabella Denny was a supporter of the Dublin Foundling Hospital, which had been established to care for children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smyly Homes
Smyly is a surname, and may refer to: * Drew Smyly (born 1989), American baseball player * Ellen Smyly (1815–1901), Irish charity worker * Sir Philip Crampton Smyly (d. 1904), Surgeon-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria and to successive Lords-Lieutenant of Ireland (son of the above) * Sir Philip Crampton Smyly (colonial administrator) (1866–1953), Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, later Chief Justice of the Gold Coast (son of the above) * Sir William Josiah Smyly (1850-1941), President Royal College of Physicians of Ireland The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), ( ga, Coláiste Ríoga Lianna na hÉireann) is an Irish professional body dedicated to improving the practice of general medicine and related medical specialities, chiefly through the accredit ... (son of above Ellen Smyly, brother of Sir Philip d 1904) See also * Smilie (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
