tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post3834785608291184207..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: Clarina Lodge tells the story of a long-lost country housePatrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-18129601421243433302024-01-26T05:08:42.376+00:002024-01-26T05:08:42.376+00:00I visited Ned and Babs Quinn in 1980 in the Castle...I visited Ned and Babs Quinn in 1980 in the Castle gate, Clarina. Ned is a relation to my father Allen Stanley Valentine Howard of New Zealand. Dad's mother was Margaret Allen from Derk County Limerick. She came to NZ as a young girl. I'm not sure how we are connected but I do remember Babs and Ned and a daughter Josephine.<br />Rosemary Howard New ZealandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-74276944487052937512024-01-01T02:12:51.563+00:002024-01-01T02:12:51.563+00:00My great grandmother was born here. We’ve been loo...My great grandmother was born here. We’ve been looking into our family history and their connections. It’s amazing to see a visual representation of our past Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-20056424195873620352022-12-29T19:18:28.030+00:002022-12-29T19:18:28.030+00:00Fascinating to learn about history....wonder why t...Fascinating to learn about history....wonder why they demolished a beautiful house<br />My Aunt Babs quinn lives at Clarina lodge and raised 10 children. She still lives there. I used to stay there on holiday as a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-5492756409698093582022-10-03T12:53:58.590+01:002022-10-03T12:53:58.590+01:00Five years ago I inherited a wonderful set of nine...Five years ago I inherited a wonderful set of nine Regency Dining Chairs with the Crest of the Clarina Family carved into the frame work backs. They came from Elm Park and were from the Estate of the late Elizabeth Perceval,the last descendant of the Massey afamily Lords Claina, also the only direct femal descendant of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, Son Frye Earl of Egmont. Bothe Claina and Egmont being Irish Peerages. The chairs are used and surround a circular dining table.,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-14286960973872740412021-12-12T09:59:53.307+00:002021-12-12T09:59:53.307+00:00An old lady on the Aran islands worked for the las...An old lady on the Aran islands worked for the last Lord Clarina up to his death in 1952. She died in the 1990s at the age of 99. <br />Wish we had asked her a bit more about her younger days. AboutAran.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862507083033666086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-46583010962347253432020-09-03T18:16:51.317+01:002020-09-03T18:16:51.317+01:00Having read "If those trees could speak"...Having read "If those trees could speak" by Frank Tracy, I am doing a project on the Massy familybrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383706387230359342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-68767758724433550612020-06-15T23:22:51.387+01:002020-06-15T23:22:51.387+01:00My Aunt Bab Quinn lives.and raised her family in C...My Aunt Bab Quinn lives.and raised her family in Clarina Lodge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087289073075777492noreply@blogger.com