Women participating in otter hunt, Curraghmore, Portlaw, Co. Waterford, May 1901. Life at Curraghmore revolved around various types of hunting activities
A day's shoot, Ashford Castle, Cong, Co Mayo, 1900. Birds were beaten out of their hiding places towards the guns of the tweed-suited shooting partyHouse party, Oak Park, Carlow, October 1901. Oak Park was home to the Breun family. House parties were a significant feature of big house life.Two of Lord Clonbrock's labourers, 1836Family group, Maretimo, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 1865. Maretimo House was built as a summer residence for Lord Cloncurry in the 1770s.Tennis match, Bessborough, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, August 1910.
Boat harbour, Rockingham, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (undated). Tunnels ran from Rockingham to the harbour so staff would move from the house unseen.Lord Clonbrock, Ambrose Congreve, Augusta Congreve and two of the Dillon sisters at Mount Congreve, Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford, 1865.Departure of royal party, Adare Manor, Co Limerick (undated) Here, the Royal party had a police escortHorse and carriage, Bellamont Forest House, Cootehill, Co. Cavan, 1870. The carriage here, a Tilbury, was designed in the 1820s.Bellamont Forest House`, Co Cavan, 1870. The carriage here, a Victoria, was fashionable among wealthy families from 1869.The garden under snow, Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co. Galway , December 1870. Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), 4th Baron Clonbrock.
