1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Owning Convent

School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)

Location:
Owning, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernadette
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 010

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 010

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Owning Convent
  2. XML Page 010
  3. XML “The Local Landlord”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Local Landlord

    Share Share Post
    The ancestry of the local landlord dates back to the ruthless Cromwellian invasion in the year sixteen hundred and fifty. The Earl of Bessborough is now in possession of this demense. The estate formerly belonged to the Daltons of Kildalton, which was the name of the estate until it was taken over by Cromwell.
    In Cromwell's journey through Carrick-on-Suir he became suddenly ill and left his officer Ponsonby in command. Ponsonby took over the Kildalton estate and Cromwell gave it to him in return. The name of the estate was
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Nolan
    Gender
    Female