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Later today and tomorrow, I shall highlight some of the historical references and interesting tidbits from the tour yesterday. I am so glad I went on Thursday as the sun was shining and the temperature about 67 F. Today, it is colder and raining. I shall go back further in history than this second post, the first was written yesterday. http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.ie/2013/08/small-tour-of-dublin-dutch-billys.html
The area of interest is called Aungier Street, one, if not, the first modern street built in Dublin, built over an ancient medieval way. The building up of this area in the 17th century involves a long story, but the Dublin City Council tour guide provided me with a file of information, some of which I shall share here. This history is fascinating. I have a busy day, but will try and provide readers with a few snippets.
I love local history and one of the reasons I love London so much is that thirty years ago, I started studying local history of areas there. One becomes part of what one knows, and knowledge brings love.
The Irish Times has this article today http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/strategy-to-regenerate-one-of-dublin-s-first-post-medieval-streets-1.1502879
Wiki has a short history on the namesake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Aungier,_1st_Baron_Aungier_of_Longford
My information is directly from the report of the Dublin City Council, published today. Exciting. And, to make it all more exciting, the Aungier family had a branch in Wonersh, where someone's very special son is studying to be a priest. Small world. http://www.wonershchurch.org.uk/oldlocalfamilies.htm
This little section is from the Aungier Street Report.
Nuala Burke’s article ‘An Early
Modern Dublin Suburb: The
Estate of Francis Aungier, Earl of
Longford’, published in Irish Geography,
VI (1972), is the definitive work to date on
the Aungier Estate. Primary research
undertaken for this project has been limited
to the examination of leases in the
Registry of Deeds. Research on the
Aungier family has not been pursued but
this is an objective when resources permit.
Sir Francis Aungier,
1st Baron Longford
It is reported that the Aungier family first
came to prominence as a result of their
successful campaigning for Oliver
Cromwell during his conquest in Ireland
in the 1650s.
The estate of Whitefriars (Carmelite)
monastery, dissolved in 1539, was subsequently bought by Sir Francis Aungier,
1st Baron of Longford (1558–1632). Sir
Francis, or Lord Aungier of Longford,
came to Ireland as a man of means
through marriage to the sister of the Earl
of Kildare, one of Ireland premier peers.
He had inherited his wealth from his
father, a bencher of Gray’s Inn in London
and a prominent Cambridgeshire
landowner, who is most remarkable for
having been murdered by one of his own
sons.