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| Keywords: curraghmore house curraghmorehouse portlaw ireland munster lady waterford ladywaterford invalid carriage invalidcarriage beresford family big house bighouse donkey a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative hats 1890s lady blance beresford ladyblanceberesford blanche, marchioness of waterford blanchemarchionessofwaterford christiana dowager lady waterford dowagerladywaterford susan de la poer beresford susandelapoerberesford clodagh de la poer beresford clodaghdelapoerberesford waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland curraghmore vehicle monochrome This is Lady Waterford (front left), in what may have been a specially designed invalid carriage, with members of the Beresford family and other guests at Curraghmore House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. Found this great diary entry from Sunday, 2 June 1895, mentioning Lady Waterford: "... She is a great invalid & was given up by the Drs a year ago so it is a marvel she is still alive..." We originally thought this photo was circa 1900, but mogey and John Spooner found that Lady Waterford/Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford died in February 1897. Even better, John Spooner came back with information that this photo was taken at the celebration of the coming of age of the Marquis of Waterford. See the comments below for details... Date: August/September 1896 NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 409 This is Lady Waterford (front left), in what may have been a specially designed invalid carriage, with members of the Beresford family and other guests at Curraghmore House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. Found this great diary entry from Sunday, 2 June 1895, mentioning Lady Waterford: "... She is a great invalid & was given up by the Drs a year ago so it is a marvel she is still alive..." We originally thought this photo was circa 1900, but mogey and John Spooner found that Lady Waterford/Blanche, Marchioness of Waterford died in February 1897. Even better, John Spooner came back with information that this photo was taken at the celebration of the coming of age of the Marquis of Waterford. See the comments below for details... Date: August/September 1896 NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 409 | ||||
