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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Wexford => Topic started by: himself on Sunday 10 October 04 08:59 BST (UK)
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interested to hear from anyone with information on Ravenswood House and Bunclody... DRB
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Surely someone must know something about Bunclody if not Ravenswood House,
Perhaps you have lived in the village or attended the convent .
If you have any information on any of the above PLEASE contact me....
David
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Hi
Bunclody, is a relatively new name (1920ish) for a town that use to be know as Newtownbarry.
John
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Hi, It is totally by accident that I found this site. I am not researching family history ar anything like that, just randomly searching 'google' when I found it. Anyway, to get to the point. I live in Bunclody, Co. Wexford and I lived, until recent years, in Ravenswood House. It's all a bit weird to be sending this to someone who also has lived there but how and ever. Unfortunately, I don't have any information on the history of the house for you. I know of a few previous owners but all in the last few decades. Interestingly though when I was moving to Ravenswood House a lot of people around Bunclody told me and my family that the house was once the home of Brahm Stoker i.e. the Dracula man!!! Now, obviously I couldn't authenticate this nor have I ever really believed it but there you go, loads of people said it to me. Other than that I can't really help you but I'll be happy to answer any other questions that I can about Bunclody for you.
Maudi
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Forgot to say before, I know [color=blue[(*)[/color]but obviously I'm not going to give details of them because I don't know why you ask about these people in particular.
:D
Names of living people removed in accordance with Rootschat policies
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Maudi ,
a picture of one of my danes and me circa 1982 I had not slipped on the steps
but teasing my two other danes which sadly are off camera
The other picture requires no explanation
David[
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My name is Neil carter and I also lived at Ravenswood House Bunclody in the early 1950,s.
In those days, our family put most of the land to barley which we grew for Gulnness brewery.
If you want any further information please get in touch
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My name is Neil carter and I also lived at Ravenswood House Bunclody in the early 1950,s.
In those days, our family put most of the land to barley which we grew for Gulnness brewery.
If you want any further information please get in touch
Maudi ,
a picture of one of my danes and me circa 1982 I had not slipped on the steps
but teasing my two other danes which sadly are off camera
The other picture requires no explanation
David[
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Hi Neil
Welcome to Rootschat ;D
David, who started this topic, hasn't been online here since 2008. As long as he hasn't changed email addresses he should receive notifications that we have posted and hopefully come back soon.
Dawn
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http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gkd/ (http://www.rootschat.com/links/01gkd/)
Images of Bunclody on this link
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Thank you for forwarding me pictures of Bunclody , it takes me back to a part of Ireland I loved. I will pass SME of these
To my brothers and sister . Thanks again. Neil Carter
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Hi Neil,
We are very sorry but David's emails have now stopped working so we were unable to let him know of your new reply. I could not find a new email address for him.
Kind Regards
Sarah
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Hi Sarah thank you very much for trying, I am thinking of popping over to Ireland sometime , so I might call in to see
My old home.
Thanks once again
Neil
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My family currently owns the house and has since 2012.
I have also heard the Bram Stoker rumor, but the house would have been in Newtownbarry while he was living, not Bunclody. However, it is true that Gilbert O' Sullivan once owned the house. Newtownbarry House is very close and I have heard that Ravenswood would have been the dowager house for that estate.
I'd love to gain any knowledge of the history of the home. If you have any information, or once lived at Ravenswood please get in contact with me! :)
Best,
Meredith
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Hi Meredith,it was good to hear from you , and trust that you are enjoying living in Ravenswood.
Our family lived there in the fifties ,our father was managing director at a textile factory in Clohamon not far away .
It really was a beautiful place to live, the majority of the land ,we grew barley for the Guinness brewery, we also had our own
Cow for milk ,a large number of poultry and fattening pigs , are the pig stye,s still intact??.
In those days we had a generator to provide electric,and the water supply was pumped from the bottom of the drive inside a clump of shrubs near the lodge, and was then pumped to a large tank in the top field then free flowed to the house.
A man called George Earl lived in the lodge then and did light work for us and if I remember rightly a fellow called Eddie plunket who lived down the Bunclody road used to help out weeding the drive.
Blissful days ,I am now in my seventies but still remember the good time we spent there, I sincerely hope you will be as happy, Take care and thank you for getting in touch. If I can recall any thing else I will try and write them down . Neil Carter
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Hi Neil,
Once merspal has replied, you will then be able to contact them privately by PM
Regards
Sarah
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built circa 1825
http://www.carlowopendata.ie/opendata/publications/Carlow-County-Development-Plan/appendix-8-record-of-protected-structures.pdf
anyone for cricket
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Pike_Cricketer.htm
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Dear occupier at Ravenswood House Bunclody.
Have just been looking on my table with regard to Bram Stoker did he live at Ravenswood House ,and I have found that he did. I know he was born in Clontarf.
I was interested in this topic as I also lived at Ravenswood in the 1950,s
I did contact you some time ago with a little bit of my memories , but I seem to have lost the notes on rootschat.
Hope this might be of help
Neil Carter.