Those of us who grew up in the shadow of the Edgeworth big house in County Longford in the 1950s and were privileged on this 2018 weekend to attend the Maria Edgeworth 250th Anniversary Conference at Trinity College, came away with the impression… more »
Category: "Edgeworthstown"
The following article was submitted to us by Edgeworthstown-born Poet Dr. Philip Brady about the adaptation of Maria's Edgeworth's book 'Castle Rackrent' staged in the Backstage Theater in Longford on the 8th, 9th and 10th November. Maria Edgeworth… more »
Born Henry Essex Edgeworth into the notable Edgeworth family of Anglo-Irish Protestants, in 1745, his father, a Church of Ireland rector in the local Parish, took the exceptional step of breaking from ‘his class, his culture and his education’ and… more »
The following article was written by Edgeworthstown born poet Dr. Philip Brady about the show 'Maria in Mind' premiered at the 2018 Edgeworth Literary Festival. [image:70] Maria in Mind Edgeworthstown May 2018 Maria Edgeworth is not dead. She came… more »
MARIA EDGEWORTH’S LAST BREATH An account given by Rosa Florentina Edgeworth née Eroles Rosa, the Catalan wife of Francis Beaufort Edgeworth, Maria’s half brother, has been slighted by most of Maria’s biographers. They refer to her just at the moment… more »