Aug 11, 2021
The Mansfield family have been in Ireland at least since the 12th century. Penalized for their Catholicism in the 17th century, fortune returned when they married the sole heiresses of the Eustace and Lattin families, as well as a fortune from the Danish colony of St....
Aug 11, 2021
Arguably Ireland’s most prominent Huguenot family in the Georgian Age, the La Touche family descend from David La Touche, a refugee from the Loire Valley who served at the Battle of the Boyne and went on to found the bank of La Touche & Sons. His descendants were...
Aug 11, 2021
Kinsfolk of both Jonathan Swift and John Dryden, the Dennis family fortunes rose with a prudent marriage to a sole heiress, netting them extensive estates in Kerry, Cork and Dublin. Family members include the artist Kathleen Marescaux, the Indian tea magnate Maurice...
Aug 11, 2021
The dramatic story of one of the most powerful families in Irish history – their early years as French-speaking adventurers, their rise to being a vital cog in the running of the Irish colony, their rebellions against the kings of England and their stunning...
Aug 11, 2021
Click here for more tales of County Wicklow. “Inservi Deo et Laetare” (Serve God and Rejoice) For close on three hundred years, the Howard family held court at Shelton Abbey, just north of Arklow town in County Wicklow. From the outset they were an unusual clan...
