Hartstonge Legacy
The Hartstonge and Pery families became closely bound through two marriages that brought together political...
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Mallow Inheritance
William Cecil Pery’s choice of “Mallow” as the territorial designation of his barony appears to...
Dynasty Secured
Edmond Sexten Pery retired as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons in 1785 after...
Georgian Vision
Edmond Sexten Pery emerged as one of the most accomplished Irish parliamentarians and urban improvers...
Civic Inheritance
Edmond Pery successfully asserted a remarkable inherited privilege in 1677 when he claimed two votes...
Estates United
The landed inheritance that later sustained the Pery family’s influence in Limerick was assembled through...
Civic Defiance
Edmond Sexten inherited his family’s extensive Limerick property around 1594 and became one of the...
Pery Foundations
The Pery family’s rise in Limerick began not with the Georgian streets that later carried...
Statistician Dies
Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, physician, public-health reformer and former registrar-general for Ireland, died at his residence...
Painter Born
Maurice Joseph MacGonigal was born in Ranelagh, Dublin, on 22 January 1900, the only son...