McCalmont Family Photo Album - Miscellaneous

McCalmont Family Photo Album - Miscellaneous

A family photo album with handwritten captions dating from April 1910 - February 1911 which includes photographs of hunting, holidays and a family wedding.

This photo album gives us a real sense of the lifestyle led by the McCalmont family and associates. It includes three photographs of Lady Helen B. Conyngham (1893 - 1938) who was Major Dermot McCalmont's first wife and daughter in law to Lady Rose McCalmont.
It features photographs of bullfighting in Spain, otter hunting in Dundalk and Wicklow in 1910, 'cubbing' at Slane in 1910, golfing at Woodenbridge Hotel Co. Wicklow, a trip to Dublin's Stephen's Green, the building of the new kennels in September 1910, Slane Castle and surroundings, a skiing trip in Gstaad, Switzerland in January 1911 and hiking to the summit of the Lyskamm and Col du Géant. The album also includes photos from the marriage of Lady Edina Conyngham and Mr. Thomas Ainsworth at St Patrick's church in Slane, Co. Meath on February 9th 1911. Lady Edina is the sister of Lady Helen B. Conyngham.

Kilkenny County Council Library Service

April 1910 - February 1911 (from handwritten photograph captions)

McCalmont Family
Kilkenny County Council Library Service

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Cover: Two-tone blue; stone blue, with spine and corners in navy blue.
Medium: Photographs of various sizes glued onto pages with handwritten captions beneath photographs.
Dimensions: 24 x 28 x 4.5 cm

English