The lost village of Ballybought in the city of Kilkenny
Most Kilkenny people are aware that Ballybought Street is a street located in the eastern environs of Kilkenny City adjacent to Kilkenny Military Barracks, rena...
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Most Kilkenny people are aware that Ballybought Street is a street located in the eastern environs of Kilkenny City adjacent to Kilkenny Military Barracks, rena...
In a current discussion about Haringey Council's Review on monuments, building, place and street names in Haringey, a comment was made about the origin of the…
After I added the story about Goulding Courton Turnpike Lane recently, someone asked if the site of that building had also been the site of Prospect Place. Hav…
“…there is hardly a parish of any considerable extent in which there may not be found some unfortunate human creature who, if his il-treatment has made him phrenetic, is chained in the cellar or garret of a Work-house, fastened to the leg of a table, tied to a post in an out-house, or perhaps shut up in an uninhabited ruin; or, if his lunacy be inoffensive, left to ramble, half-naked, half-starved, through the streets and highways, teased by the scoff and jest of all that is vulgar, ignorant or unfeeling.” Such was the plight of insane poor in 18th century Britain and Ireland when men...
After I added the story about Goulding Courton Turnpike Lane recently, someone asked if the site of that building had also been the site of Prospect Place. Hav…