A Death on Main Street
Portarlington, County Laois has featured here on a couple of previous occasions (see A Boarded Up Boarding School « The Irish Aesthete and On the Market « The Irish Aesthete). In both instances, astonishment was expressed that so many historic buildings in what could be a jewel of a town – and a magnet for tourism in Ireland’s Midlands – were being left to fall into ruin. In Andrew Tierney’s 2019…
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National Celtic Festival 2016, Portarlington, Australia
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Irish Auto Trail-Monasterevin to New Inn, County Kildare and County Laois
Irish Auto Trail-Monasterevin to New Inn, County Kildare and County Laois
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This Irish auto trail passes from County Kildare to County Laois, passing from Monasterevin to Portarlington and ending at New Inn.
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Last night after dinner at pier front pizzeria I was ready to cross the road when I caught sight of the moon 🌙 WOW ! I had to take a photo and share #portarlington #fridaynight #moon #moonlight #victoria #grainfreeandhappykitchen https://www.instagram.com/p/CqxRGCUPoJg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#IndiePoetryPlease #redbookswexford #redbookspublishing #wexfordbohemian #wexfordwriters #wexfordartscentre #wexfordtown #enniscorthy #gorey #newross #portarlington #wexfordwriters #writebytheseakq #poertycommunity #poetryisart #poetsofinstagram #poetrybook #publishedauthor #manshedpoetrybitsandbobspodcast #anchorfmpodcasts #Spotify #listentopoetry #goodtobeback #poetryfromthemanshed (at Wexford, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7BH-lMD5D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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2022 August 27 - Fishing Portarlinton
2022 August 27 – Fishing Portarlinton
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Imk Art Photography is the right place for you if you are looking for the Best Wedding Photographer in Portarlington. Visit them for more information.
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Father Francis Browne. Man Seated on Fallen Signpost, Portarlington, Laois, 1927.
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#OTD in Irish History | 31 March:
1711 – Seven women from Island Magee, Co Antrim were imprisoned and pilloried for ‘bewitching’ a woman named Mary Dunbar, who had experienced strange fits and visions.
1790 – A quarrel between John Philpot Curran (MP for Kilbeggan) and Robert Hobart (MP for Portarlington) resulted in a duel in which Hobart allowed Curran to fire and then refused to return fire.
1855 – Charlotte Brontë, daughter…
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National Celtic Festival 2016, Portarlington, Australia
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It’s 1847 -
Top: 1847 Anna Pavlovna of Russia by Nicaise De Keyser (Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van het Huis Oranje-Nassau - Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). From Wikimedia 1684X2560 @300 1.1Mj.
Second row left: ca. 1847 Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies by Giuseppe Bezzuoli (Galleria d'Arte Moderna - Firenze, Toscana, Italy). From Wikimedia; increased sharpness and exposure 990X1216 @72 282kj.
Second row right: ca. 1847 Lady Alexandrina Octavia Maria Vane (1823–1874), Countess of Portarlington by James Godsell Middleton (Mount Stewart - Newtownlands, County Down, Northern Ireland) From bbc.co (now artuk.org); enlarged by half 739X1200 @72 166kj.
Third row: 1847-1848 Duke Joseph von Sachsen-Altenburg family portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler (Hermitage). From Wikimedia; increased exposure 2536X2107 @96 814kj.
Fourth row left: 1847 Lola Montez by Joseph Karl Stieler (Schönheitengallerie, Schloß Nymphenburg - München, Bayern, Germany). From historyofyesterday.com/trouble-in-a-mantilla-and-dancing-slippers-15e39847166; fixed spots & edges w Pshop 1260X1551 @72 378kj.
Fourth row right: 1847 Lola Montez by Carl Buchner (location ?). From Wikimedia 850X1107 @72 429kj.
Fifth row: 1847 María Josefa Corral Suelves, Marquesa de Narros by Federico de Madazo y Kuntz (location ?). From pinterest.com/anavegamedina5/retratos-de-federico-de-madrazo-y-kuntz/; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1388X1859 @200 1.6Mj.
Sixth row left: 1847 Leocadia Zamora y Quezada by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (private collection). From Wikimedia 1200X1881 @600 1.3Mj.
Sixth row right: 1847-1848 Teresa Borri, widow of Stampa, 2nd wife of Alessandro Manzoni by Francesco Hayez (Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo - Brescia, Lombadia, Italy). From Art Renewal Center; removed more obvious spots w Pshop 1998X2601 @144 5.1Mp.
Bottom: 1847 Princess Julia Luisa Golitsyna, née Baranov by Franz Schrotzberg (location ?). From Wikimedia; fixed larger spots & flaws w Pshop 1674X2052 @72 1.3Mj.
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