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Abbeyleix Heritage House
Abbeyleix Heritage House is Laois' biggest history museum, community centre and business hub.
FOUND IN THE ARCHIVES![]()
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1966-67, Senior and Cadette volleyball teams from the Brigidine Convent, Abbeyleix.![]()
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Cadettes (photo 1)![]()
Seated, L to R: Nuala Miller, Kathleen Scully![]()
Standing, L to R: Margaret Haughton, Anna Buttle, Ann Burke, Joan O’Leary, Mary Dunphy, Mary Corcoran.![]()
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Seated, L to R: Rena Egan, Margaret Costigan![]()
Standing, L to R: Marie Donnelly, Mairéad Staples, Geraldine Ryan, Mary Bardon, Joan Burke, Miriam Egan![]()
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Pictured is a postcard of Abbeyleix House. The photograph was taken by William Sheeran, a photographer from Watercastle, Durrow. A photograph commissioned by William Sheeran, ‘A Group of Two’, is held in the National Library of Ireland in the Poole Photography Collection, taken c. 1922. He also has work held in the British National Archives.![]()
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William was born in May 1876, to parents James Sheeran and Ellen Morrissey. Unlike the rest of his family, William carved out an unusual career (for the time) of being a photographer. His brothers, for example, Denis and James, are recorded as being ‘egg merchants’ on the 1911 census. William seems to have lived in England for a short while, and stayed with his brother Henry Sheeran, along with his other siblings William and Anastasia in Manchester. After returning, it seems that he worked both as a farmer and photographer. ![]()
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Sheeran married Mary McKenna of Ballyouskill in 1922. At that time, William was living in Fermoyle, a neighbouring townland of Watercastle. William passed away in 1941. ![]()
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O’Neills Jerseys ☘️![]()
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Found in the Archives![]()
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Photographed: Abbeyleix, 1953![]()
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