Sixteenth Baltinglass Parish Review

Cover photo by Nigel Gillis

Full title: The Review 2019: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Mary Hanlon, Bernie Doogue, Renee Wall…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 102pp

When Published: 2019

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the sixteenth issue of an annual publication and the last issue pre-Covid. It remains to be seen if any further issues are to be published. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Fr. Gerard Ahern PP — From the Editor / Mary Hanlon — The Hillfort Capital of Ireland — Lalor Centre — Baltinglass Courthouse — Senior A Post-Primary Schools Football Final — Baltinglass Street Walk — Scoil Chonglais Girls Win All-Ireland Final — Rathmoon Success Story / The Humphries Family — Stratford on Slaney New National School / Mary O’Keeffe — West Wicklow Veteran & Vintage Car Club — Stratford Grangecon GAA — Tearmann Community Garden — Down Home / Celina Kelly — Grangecon News — Baltinglass Hospital — Cosy Corner Crafters — Enactus / Kate Dowling — Bigstone National School – Our Favourite Events — Great Performances for Scott at Three European Athletic Championships — West Wicklow Voices Goes Spanish / Joanne Mather — Balto Kayak Club — Baltinglass Golfers Win Provincial Towns Cup — Stratford Community Cafe & Shop — Bigstone Community Centre — Going Green at Grangecon N.S. — Photo Galleries — A Fallen Hero / Tommy Doyle — Weddings Photo Gallery — Greetings — Stratford Social Scene — Baltinglass District Forum / Frank Quaid — Wicklow Older People’s Council / Mai Quaid — The Night that Michael Came to Town / Mary Hayes — India Experience / Catherine Whelan — Flustered (poem) / Kathleen Fleming — Baltinglass Parish Fun Day — Canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman — Changing Times / P. J. Hanlon — Medjugorje — 80th Birthday Celebration for Fr. Tommy Dillon — Max Hart — Tuscany host Traditional Irish Dancers — Chess in Scoil Naomh Iosaf — Baltinglass GAA Club — Liam Fitzgerald — On the Top of Griffinstown Hill beside the Fairy Rath / Betty Norton — Scoil Chonglais Golf — Scoil Chonglais Rugby — Bereavement — Deaths in Baltinglass Parish — Art Competition Winners — First Holy Communion & Confirmation [Photo Gallery].

Extra #1: Contains two full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

The Other House at Russborough

© IPC Inspire
 (cover Andrew Butler/NTPL)

Full title: Mount Temple Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: David Watkin; photographs by Paul Barker

Item Type / Page count: Magazine Article / 6p

Journal Information: Country Life, pp. 68-73, editor, Mark Hedges.

When Published: November 8^th, 2007

Publisher / Place of Publication: IPC Inspire / Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU, United Kingdom

About: Described by the author as a “handsome Classical country house”, Mount Temple was built in 1981-82 on an elevated site overlooking the more famous Russborough House. This highly illustrated article describes the house and the architectural inspirations underpinning John Redmill’s design.  

ID number(s): 0045-8856

Extra #1: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #2: Browse to a 3-page article by John Redmill, architect of Mount Temple. Courtesy of the Georgian Group Report and Journal 1986