by Irish Beo Author | Jan 15, 2010 | Servants & Farmhands
The Landed Estate – Self-Sufficient in Food During their heyday, the Anglo-Irish landed estates provided a large workforce of servants, craftspeople & farmhands and were pioneers in animal husbandry and crop production. Christy Carroll recounts how the...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 15, 2010 | Servants & Farmhands
Christy Carroll continues his account of Clonbrock Estate with stories of the large staff at the Big House, on rounding up sheep with the dog with the crocked nose & the bog-loving pony. Christy also elaborates on his grandfather’s legendary prowess...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 15, 2010 | Servants & Farmhands
Frank Gavin, Clonbrock’s last gardener, explains in this interview with the children of Fohenagh National School that even in its final days, the gardens were still very beautiful with lawns, rose bushes, heated glasshouses populated with tomotoes, grapes and...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 15, 2010 | Servants & Farmhands
After nearly 400 years in residency the Dillons, once one of the most powerful of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, depart Clonbrock. Frank Gavin was one of the last two staff employed at the demesne. He talks of its final days when everything in the house and lands was put...
by Irish Beo Author | Jan 14, 2010 | To the Manor Born
In this episode, the Hon Edith Dillon Mahon reminisces about the close bond that existed between herself and her nursery maid whom she affectionally knew as ‘Mamie’. She also provides interesting insights on the importance of religion observance in the...
