Longfield House

Boherlahan signpost with Church in the back ground

Boherlahan signpost with Church in the back ground.

© Waterford City Library

Boherlahan signpost with Church in the back ground
© Waterford City Library

Boherlahan signpost with Church in the back ground

Boherlahan signpost with Church in the back ground.

© Waterford City Library

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Bianconi aged 60 and his family moved to Longfield House and its 1000 acres in 1846. It was located near Boherlahan, Cashel in County Tipperary. The tenants welcomed him greatly as he was known as a kind man. During the famine, he gave great assistance and provided much needed work.

Bianconi's son Charles married Daniel O'Connell's granddaughter in 1859 and his daughter Mary Anne (Minnie) married O'Connell's nephew Morgan John O'Connell in 1865. Bianconi and his family made a grand journey back to Italy in 1851.They travelled in three carriages, with their own horses and servants. They travelled much of the country. In 1853 Bianconi returned to Ireland for business reasons, with his family remaining in Italy for a while longer.

His daughter Catherine died in 1854 aged 25, after years of ill health, from the effects of fever in Pisa. His son Charles or Charley as he was known died aged 32 in 1864 at Holyhead, he had incurred reckless debts and his health had declined as a result.

In 1866, following the deaths of his son Charley and Dan Hearn, Bianconi decided to break up his coaching business and sell it at favourable terms to his agents and employees. Bianconi was the owner of substantial land and property and was a wealthy man.The following year in 1867, Charles then aged 78 had a serious riding accident. On the 22nd September 1875 Charles Bianconi died following a stroke in Longfield House. He was buried in the Bianconi Mortuary Chapel in Boherlahan. He was survived by his wife Eliza and his daughter Mary Anne.