Last Man Killed in the Irish Civil War

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Full title: Commemoration of Centenary of Death of Neil “Plunkett” Boyle 15 May 1923 – 15 May 2023 Knocknadruce, Valleymount, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Pádraig O’Baoighill (translation by Maureen Phibbs)

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 46p

When Published: 2023

Publisher / Place of Publication: Not Stated / Co. Wicklow?

About: Neil ‘Plunkett’ Boyle was born in County Donegal in 1898 and he reputedly became the last man to be killed in the Irish Civil War when he was shot at Knocknadruce, Valleymount in West Wicklow on 15^th May, 1923. This booklet was published to commemorate the centenary of his death. Most of the content of this booklet is taken from the book ‘Óglach na Rosann’ by Pádraig O’Baoighill (1994). The original Irish text has been translated by Maureen Phibbs.

ID number(s): None

Chapters: [Foreword: Neil “Plunkett” Boyle in West Wicklow 1922-1923] — Dedication — Plunkett of the Hills (ballad) — 1916-1923 — Neil Boyle — Comdt. Neil “Plunkett” Boyle (ballad) / Dominic O’Kelly — Neil Boyle in West Wicklow — Dunlavin — Hempstown (Tinode) — Blessington — Valleymount — Commandant Tom Heavey’s Memories of Neil Boyle — The Killing of John Moore at Mooney’s Pub in Manor Kilbride — Kylebeg — Manor Kilbride — Lacken — Ballyknockan — Knocknadruce — Funeral of Neil “Plunkett” Boyle — Members of Plunkett’s Column — Timeline of Events in Irish History 1914-1949 — “Plunkett” O’Boyle (ballad) / Annie Timoney — Acknowledgements.

Extra #1: Includes six photographs.

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Extra #4: Browse the 1911 Census entry for Neil Boyle, Lackenagh, Co. Donegal.

Jimi’s Genius Loci

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Full title: A beautiful obsession: Jimi Blake’s world of plants at Hunting Brook Gardens

Creator / Author: Jimi Blake and Noel Kingsbury

Item Type / Page count: Book / 224pp

When Published: 2019

Publisher / Place of Publication: Filbert Press / Bath, United Kingdom

About: A handsome full-colour hardbacked book which tells the story of Jimi Blake and his famous gardens at Hunting Brook, Lamb Hill, Blessington in West Wicklow. Apart from a tour of the gardens there is valuable additional information about plants and planting schemes. This is a book that will inspire a visit to the gardens or be a keepsake for those who have already done so.

ID number(s): 9781999734527

Contents: Foreword / Fergus Garrett — [Part 1 Early Beginnings] Welcome to Hunting Brook — A Beautiful Obsession — [Part 2 A Walk Around The Garden] First Impressions — Ashley’s Garden — Fred’s Garden — The House and the Woodland Garden — The Valley and Meadow — [Part 3 Plants And Planting] Practical Work – Jimi’s Plant Directory — Nurseries & Gardens — Index — Acknowledgements — About the Authors.

Extra #1: Illustrated throughout with colour photographs.

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Extra #4: Link to the website of Hunting Brook Gardens

Extra #5: Link to the Publisher’s website

Garden Heaven in West Wicklow

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Full title (1): Tip-Top Tulips: a visit to June Blake’s West Wicklow garden proves a tulip-shaped treat

Full title (2): Wicklow Wonderland: take a tour of Patthana – T.J. Maher and Simon Kirby’s meditative space in the Garden County

Creator / Author: Fionnuala Fallon; photography by Richard Johnston

Item Type / Page count: Magazine Articles / 6p and 7p

Journal Information: Garden Heaven Annual, pp. 26-31 and 74-80, editor, Amanda Kavanagh.

When Published: 2017

Publisher / Place of Publication: Image Publications Ltd. / Unit 3, 3 Harbour Square, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

About: This issue of the magazine Garden Heaven has a distinct West Wicklow flavour as the reader is taken firstly on a tour of June Blake’s renowned garden and later on a visit to Patthana Garden, both of which are located in West Wicklow. The text of both articles is accompanied by several feature photographs.

ID number(s): 0791-7570

WW Connection #1: June Blake’s Garden is located in Tinode in West Wicklow.

WW Connection #2: Patthana Garden is located in the village of Kiltegan in West Wicklow.

Extra #1: Link to June Blake’s Garden website

Extra #2: Link to Patthana Garden website

In an Irish Country Garden

© RHS Media (image Carole Drake)

Full title: Wicklow Work of Art: superlative garden of Irish plantswoman June Blake

Creator / Author: Jane Powers; photography by Carole Drake

Item Type / Page count: Magazine Article / 6p

Journal Information: The Garden, Volume 141, Part 9, pp. 68-73, editor, Chris Young.

When Published: September 2016

Publisher / Place of Publication: RHS Media / Churchgate, New Road, Peterborough PE1 1TT, England

About: The Garden is the title of the monthly magazine of The Royal Horticultural Society and has been published since 1871. This article is the cover story feature of the September 2016 issue and describes what the magazine calls “a contemporary and plant-filled country garden, influenced by the surrounding rural landscape”.

ID number(s): 0308-5457

WW Connection #1: June Blake’s Garden is located in Tinode in West Wicklow.

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

Extra #2: Includes numerous colour photographs and a plan of the garden.

Extra #3: Link to the Publisher’s website

Extra #4: Link to June Blake’s website

Hat-Tip: To photographer Carole Drake who produced the image featured on the cover above. Link to Carole’s website at www.caroledrake.com

Gardens of Ireland

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Full title: The Irish Garden

Creator / Author: Jane Powers, with photographs by Jonathan Hession

Item Type / Page count: Book / 400pp

When Published: April 2^nd, 2015

Publisher / Place of Publication: Frances Lincoln Limited / 74-77 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF

About: This is a grand book of the coffee-table variety which has received glowing reviews everywhere. In its 400-page extent, the author visits over forty of Ireland’s most beautiful gardens. These range from demesnes attached to ‘Big Houses’ to those of a more modern and intimate nature. Of the gardens visited and gloriously photographed, seven are located in County Wicklow and two of those are in West Wicklow.

ID number(s): 9780711232228

Contents: Preface — Introduction – [Grand Big Gardens] Bantry House, Co. Cork — Mount Stewart House, Co Down — Birr Castle, Co. Offaly – Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow — Killruddery, Co. Wicklow – [Romantic Interludes] Altamont, Co. Carlow — Mount Usher, Co. Wicklow – [Taming the Wilderness] Caher Bridge Garden, Co. Clare — Kylemore Abbey, Co. Galway — Ilnacullin, Co. Cork — Rowallane Garden, Co. Down — Glenveagh, Co. Donegal – [Painting with Plants] Mount Congreve, Co. Waterford — Talbot Botanic Gardens, Malahide, Co. Dublin — The Dillon Garden, Dublin — Hunting Brook, Co. Wicklow – [Lovely Day for a Walk] Woodstock, Co. Kilkenny — Tullynally, Co. Westmeath — National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh, Co. Wicklow – [A Few Follies and Fancies] Belvedere, Co. Westmeath — Kilfane Glen and Waterfall, Co. Kilkenny — Corke Lodge, Co. Wicklow — The Japanese Gardens, Co. Kildare — National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin — Tropical Ravine and Palm House, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, Co. Antrim – [Fields of Dreams] June Blake’s Garden, Co. Wicklow — Salthill House, Co. Donegal — The Bay Garden, Co. Wexford — Lakemount, Co. Cork — Ardcarraig, Co. Galway – [Paradises Reinvented] Oakfield Park, Co. Donegal — The Master’s Garden, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin — Kells Bay Gardens, Co. Kerry — Heywood, Co. Laois — Glenarm Castle Walled Garden, Co. Antrim – [Good Enough to Eat] Ballymaloe Cookery School, Co. Cork — Glebe Gardens, Co. Cork — Dunmore Country School, Co. Laois – The Gardens: contact information – Select bibliography and sources – Index — Acknowledgements.

WW Connection #1: Hunting Brook Gardens, Lamb Hill, Blessington is described and pictured on pages 184-191.

WW Connection #2: June Blake’s Garden, Tinode, Blessington is described and pictured on pages 286-299.

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

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Extra #3: Contains 250 large colour photographs.

Extra #4: Link to the Publisher’s website.

Households in Kilbride Parish in middle of 19th century

Full title: Parish of Kilbride

Creator / Author: Richard Griffith

Item Type / Page count: Book Chapter / 6pp

When Published: 1853

Publisher / Place of Publication: Alexander Thom and Sons for Her Majesty’s Stationary Office / 87 & 88 Abbey Street, Dublin.

Parent Publication [book]: County of Wicklow: valuation of the several tenements comprising that portion of the Union of Naas situate in the county above named / Richard Griffith, General Valuation Office / 27pp

About: The property tax system of 1850’s Ireland, otherwise known as Griffiths Valuation. It was the first major attempt at valuing property. This section lists householders in the Parish of Kilbride in North West Wicklow, part of the area covered by the Poor Law Union of Naas in Co. Kildare.

ID number(s): None

Contents: Aghfarrell — Athdown – Ballyfolan – Ballyfoyle – Brittas – Butter Mountain — Carrignagower – Cloghleagh – Goldenhill – Kilbride – Kippure – Kippure East — Knockatillane – Knockbane – Lisheens – Moanaspick – Scurlocksleap – Shankill – Tinode.

Extra #1: Read the entries for Griffiths Valuation Kilbride Parish (pdf file). The entries for Kilbride commence at the bottom of the first page.

Extra #2: Search Griffiths Valuation and link to contemporary maps at AskAboutIreland.ie

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The Garden of Ireland’s Top Gardens

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Full title: The 100 Best Gardens in Ireland

Creator / Author: Shirley Lanigan

Item Type / Page count: Book / 275pp

When Published: 2011

Publisher / Place of Publication: Liberties Press / Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8

About: This is the author’s personal selection of the 100 Best Gardens in Ireland. Of this 100, seven are located in County Wicklow and 3 of those are in West Wicklow. Apart from multi-page descriptions of the gardens, useful information on directions, opening hours, facilities etc. is included. Overall, this is a lovely guidebook for tourists and green-fingered natives alike. Gardens in West Wicklow that are described are (1) June Blake’s Garden, Tinode, (2) Hunting Brook Gardens, Lamb Hill, Blessington and (3) Patthana Garden, Kiltegan Village.

ID number(s): 9781907593161

Contents: Introduction – Leinster – Munster – Connaught – Ulster – Acknowledgements.

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

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Extra #3: Contains numerous colour photographs.

Extra #4: Link to the Publisher’s website.

Extra #5: Also available in a compact edition: The Pocket Guide to the 100 Best Gardens in Ireland

Lake Blessington, not Blessington Lake

© Taylor & Francis

Full title: Glacial lake Blessington

Creator / Author: Anthony Farrington

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 7p

Journal Information: Irish Geography, Vol. III, No. 4, pp. 216-222

When Published: 1957

Publisher / Place of Publication: Geographical Society of Ireland, Dublin

About: This article describes a lake, notionally called Lake Blessington, which existed during the Ice Age. It would have shared some of the area of the modern Poulaphuca and was estimated to have extended 13 miles long and 3 & 3/4 miles at its widest.

ID number(s): 0075-0778

Extra #1: includes a map.

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Extra #3: Preview the first page of the article via Taylor & Francis Online