The Whishaws: From Rudheath to Russia

Aug 11, 2021

(with sub-chapters on the Henley & Yeames families) This story was commissioned in 2006 as a gift for the Green family of Ballyvolane House, Castlelyons, Co. Cork.   The Whishaw Family & the Russian Connection One of the great discoveries in probing the...
The Hon. Jack Bunbury (1851-1893)

The Hon. Jack Bunbury (1851-1893)

Aug 11, 2021

(aka Hon. John William McClintock Bunbury)   Born in Dublin on 1 September 1851, the Hon. John William (Jack) McClintock Bunbury was the only brother of Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury (1848-1929), aka Tom Bunbury, subsequently 2nd Baron Rathdonnell and President of...
Thomas Bunbury (1606-1668) – Oxford Links

Thomas Bunbury (1606-1668) – Oxford Links

Aug 11, 2021

The Bunburys of Lisnavagh descend from Thomas Bunbury, son of Sir Henry Bunbury (1565-1634) of Stanney Hall, Cheshire. This page looks at his links to the Birkenhead family and Balliol College, Oxford, as well as Cromwellian links to Carlow town and the gruesome fate...
Bunburys in the Medieval Age

Bunburys in the Medieval Age

Aug 11, 2021

This section follows on from the earlier remarks about the Baron de St Pierre. It is based upon a family tree, compiled in the 19th century, which I discovered in the attic of Lisnavagh House in 1986. Given the enormous passage of time since these people lived, one...