[Edgeworth : Longford Album]

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Features photographs of assorted, unidentified country houses and their gardens, farms, village shops, thatched cottages, St. John's Church, Ballinalee, the Aughnacliffe dolmen and post office, men playing cricket and a garden party at a country house. Also included are views of Streete, Co. Westmeath, notably the Streete Institute and Daramona House and Observatory.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Edgeworth, Kenneth Essex, 1880-
Contributors: Edgeworth, Kenneth Essex, 1880- former owner
Format: Photo
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Notes:Some duplicates of photographs in Album 201.

Front cover is missing.

See also Albums 200-213 and Kenneth Edgeworth Photographic Collection vtls 314050.

Engineer, economist and astronomer, Edgeworth (1880-1972) was born in Daramona House, Street, Co. Westmeath. He served in the Royal Engineers and Royal Signals, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1926, after which he worked for the British Department of Posts and Telegraphs in Sudan. During his later years, spent in Cherbury, Booterstown, Co. Dublin, he published work on astronomy and economics.

Physical description: prints 23 : b&w ; 23 x 27 cm.

Physical description: 1 box ; mounted, in phase box.

Physical description: album 1.

Citations/References: "Into The Light: an Illustrated Guide to the Photographic Collections in the National Library of Ireland" by Sarah Rouse, Dublin, NLI Publications, 1998, pp 31.

Finding Aids: See Album List.

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Published / Created: [ca. 1900's]
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