List of Casualties at the Battle of Aughrim

This list is taken from George Story's "An Impartial History of the Wars in Ireland". Story was a chaplain with the Williamite army and recorded events as they took place. It lists some of the officers, soldiers and horses killed and wounded at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Longford Workhouse

The Irish poet Pádraic Colum was born in 1881 at Longford Workhouse, where his father was workhouse master.

Image courtesy of www.workhouses.org.uk

French Landing at Bantry Bay

In late December 1796 Wolfe Tone and a fleet of about 43 ships with 15,000 men set sail from France towards Ireland with the intention of over throwing English rule. However, despite Wolfe Tone's preparations in France, the weather was victorious on this occasion. Before the ships could leave Brest harbour one ship had already been separated from the main fleet. During the night that followed, across the English Channel, 7 other ships separated from the main party. One of the 7 included the ship of General Hoche, one of the Commanders-in-chief of the rising. Bad weather continued splitting the fleet further and preventing Tone and his men from landing, resulting in only 7 'Sail of the line' or war ships and one frigate remaining after a week of bad weather in Bantry Bay. The rebellion was abandoned and Wolfe Tone returned to France.

Patrick Sarsfield, First Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield played an important role on the Jacobite side during the Williamite war in Ireland.

Courtesy of 'The History of County Dublin, 1906'.

Ordnance Survey Ireland Map

Ordnance Survey Map of Waterford City 25" series Published 1907

Copyright Ordnance Survey Ireland

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie Millionaire and Philantropist. One of Carnegie's lifelong interests was the establishment of free public libraries to make available to everyone a means of self-education.

Courtesy of Waterford City Library

Ardkeen Library Reference

Reference area in Ardkeen Library which was opened in 2002

Courtesy of Waterford City Library Services

Queen's College, Galway

A photograph of Queen's College, Galway; this photograph is part of the Lawrence collection at Galway library.

Courtesy of Galway County Library