My thanks to Edward Ruadh Butler, Isobel Butler and David K’Eogh who collectively provided me with almost all of these photographs of Lisnavagh House, Farm House, farmyard and what appears to be Germaine’s. ***** Charlie Butler was agent to...
The pub has been frequented by some of the most powerful minds of the 21st century, who swing by after (and occasionally before) their performances at the nearby Festival of Writing and Ideas at Borris House, which began in 2012. Unlimited access for €1 a month / €12...
P.F. Smyth’s, now sadly closed, was one of Ireland’s longest family-run licensed premises, with records dating to the mid-1740s. It was also once the premier music hall in County Carlow - a piano lounge with the sort of pin-striped, red leather ambience you’d expect...
Following the final quarter of a century of Tom Rathdonnell's life from the outbreak of the First Word War through the Irish revolutionary period to the Wall Street Crash. Unlimited access for €1 a month / €12 a year...
A remarkable hunter, bred at Lisnavagh, who competed at the International Horse Show in London before going off to the Western Front as the mount of Captain Eustace Mansfield. Unlimited access for €1 a month / €12 a year...