Thursday, June 07, 2012

Turnip House Trassey Valley c.1800's

Thanks to David from Tory Bush Cottages I saw this picture for the first time today:


To the right middle ground is our old house.  Looking great - at least a hundred years ago!


The Lawrence Collection of pictures is renowned around these parts as a fantastic record of the times. I've been meaning to look them up in the records office since coming back in 1987, but never found the time. 


Now thanks to the National Library of Ireland, they are all online:




Fantastic resource, rightly available to all, thanks to the power of the internet!