22 Mar 1635: d. David Roche, 7th Viscount Roche of #Fermoy at Castletown Roche #otd
(NLI/ and some images of the surviving covered cloister at Bridgetown Abbey near Castletown, which I took in 2016)
[15:51] ‘He’s a bit of a monkey’ – Irish woman on being a first-time Cheltenham owner after breeding horse on small Fermoy farm
A Cork woman who bred and trained her own horse from a small Fermoy farm, said she is “overwhelmed” at finally making it to Cheltenham Festival.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hes-a-bit-of-a-monkey-irish-woman-on-being-a-first-time-cheltenham-owner-after-breeding-horse-on-small-fermoy-farm/a1873822718.html
#Fermoy #CheltenhamFestival
Late Georgian house with unusual double three-bay bows on the garden facade, the main facade being of 5 bays. Once owned by the controversial UK politician and founder of the British Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley and his Diana, one of the infamous Mitford sisters. The couple were secretly married in 1936 in Berlin
1858 – St. Colman’s College, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Architect: John Pine Hurley
A very large range of buildings overlooking the town finished in red sandstone with limestone trimming. Quite austere, but lifted by the Italianate campanile, Construction started in 1856, and it was further extended 1884. Later chapel added at this time.
https://www.archiseek.com/1858-st-colmans-college-fermoy-co-cork/
#ArchitectureOfCork #1858 #CoCork #Fermoy #JohnPineHurley #schools
Architect: John Pine Hurley A very large range of buildings overlooking the town finished in red sandstone with limestone trimming. Quite austere, but lifted by the Italianate campanile, Construction started in 1856, and it was further extended 1884. Later chapel added at this time.
One man and his goat. Taken near Fermoy, Co. Cork, this is a Royal Welsh Fusilier with the Regimental Goat, complete with strap-on crest. c1887. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.
[21:03] ‘A sad day for Fermoy’ – pensioner (90s) dies and woman (60s) seriously injured after being hit by car in supermarket car park
A pensioner has died after being hit by a car in a supermarket car park in Fermoy, Co Cork this morning.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-sad-day-for-fermoy-pensioner-90s-dies-and-woman-60s-seriously-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-in-supermarket-car-park/a2116917438.html
#Fermoy #CoCork #thismorning
21 July 1603: Henry Danvers (future Earl of Danby) knighted in the Great Hall of Hampton Court for his services at the Battle of Kinsale (National Trust images)
He had been shot in the face near #Fermoy Co. #Cork in 1599…
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