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Kelly, Spencer Litton Hall, Doctor

  • Person
  • 1 Apr 1859 - 30 Jul 1940

Spencer Litton Hall Kelly, son of Edmund Meares Kelly (1808-1903) and Georgina Eliza Goodwin (1819-1896), was born 1 April 1859. He obtained the degree of LL.D. from Trinity College Dublin, and went on to work for the Solicitor's Department of the Irish Land Comission. around the year. In 1899 he married Frances Sarah Bell (b. 1869), daughter of John Alexander Bell and Frances Sarah Bell. They had two sons: Edmund Alexander Charles Harford Kelly (b. 1900), and John Hubert Thomas Robert Kelly (1903-1989). He retired from the Irish Land Commission in 1929. Doctor Spencer Litton Hall Kelly died 30 July 1940, and was buried at Deansgrange Cemetery in Blackrock, County Dublin.

Parsons, Lois, Countess of Rosse

  • Person
  • 1882-

Daughter of Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet, and Beatrice Adeline Lister-Kaye, she married William, 5th Earl of Rosse in 1905, with whom she had three children, Michael, Bridget and Desmond. Following Lord Rosse's death from injuries sustained in the Great War, she subsequently married Major de Vesci of Abbeyleix. During the war years at Birr Castle she organised a prisoner of war parcel service, mainly for soldiers from the Irish Guards, her husband's regiment.

Carol, Emily

  • Person
  • 30 Aug 1821 - 12 Sep 1906

Emily Shaw, daughter of Bernard Shaw (1775-1826) and Frances Carr (1781-1871) , was born on 30 Aug 1821 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Emily Shaw died 12 September 1906.

Fuller, Abraham Andrew

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  • d. 1859

Abraham Andrew Fuller was the son of Abraham Fuller (1777-1838) and his second wife Frances Anna Armstrong. He served as an Officer in the 15th Regiment in Malta, where he died in the year 1859.

Moore, Sidney Blanche

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Sidney Blanche Fuller was the daughter of Abraham Fuller and Fanny Ann Armstrong. She married Doctor William Moore of Moore Lodge, County Antrim. They had five children: William Moore, John Moore, Alexander Moore, George Abraham Moore, and Sidney William Moore. Doctor William Moored died 17 April 1900 at the age of 71 and left his wife £2000, his plate, pictures, and household effects, as well as an income totaling £7000. His property he left to their eldest son William.

Bulfin, William

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  • 1863-1910

William Bulfin of Derrinlough, near Birr, County Offaly, emigrated to Argentina in the early 1880s to work as a gaucho on the pampas. He met his wife, Annie O'Rourke, while working on the ranch of an Irish landowner, John Dowling. He later moved to Buenos Aires where he worked for The Southern Cross, an Irish-Argentine newspaper, and published stories under the pseudonym 'Che Buono'. He subsequently became the proprietor of the newspaper and its success allowed him to acquire properties in the city and suburbs of Buenos Aires. He corresponded with leading Irish nationalists, setting up a branch of the Gaelic League in Argentina and clearing some of its debts in 1903. William and Annie decided to return to Derrinlough with their young family in 1902 and continuing with his nationalist outlook, William enrolled their son Eamonn in Pearse's St Enda's school.

In 1907 he published his famous volume 'Rambles in Éirinn' based on his bicycling trips around Ireland.

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