Hi Mary, I just noticed a extensive featured article (with photos) that you might be interested as you research your WINGFIELDs. 'Family Connections' can be found in the Jan-Feb 2006 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, written by renowned genealogist Paul GORRY about the prosperous Oliver WALSH and Margaret BORROWES family who lived in Ireland in the seventeeth century and their progeny. ( In 1639 Oliver WALSH purchased lands in Ballykilcavan in what was then Queen's Co. (now Laois). He died in 1658, bequeathing his DNA to posterity). Mentioned is Powerscourt House near Enniskerry, home of the WINGFIELD family, who provide a WALSH family link to the well-known Sarah FERGUSON, erstwhile wife of PRINCE ANDREW in Britain. Others mentioned include son Oliver WALSH, and wife Editha HUNT of Dublin, Toby CAULFIELD of Clone, Co. Kilkenny, Frances BEST and husband, Kepple DISNEY (and animator Walt DISNEY), Robert STRATFORD of Warwickshire and Mary WALSH, George CANNING of Garvagh in Derry, Stratford CANNING, Elizabeth STRATFORD and husband Charles PLUNKETT of Dillonstown, Co. Louth, their daughter Anne who married the 5th earl of Antrim, Sir Henry VANE-TEMPEST. Also mentioned are Charles, LORD STEWART, LORD CASTLEREAGH, the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH, Charles Stewart PARNELL, Sir Basil BROOKE, Augusta, LADY GREGORY, one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre, Winston CHURCHILL, artist Sir William ORPEN, architect Sir Thomas Newenham DEANE, Canadian-born actor Hume CRONYN and wife Jessica TANDY, Irish singer-songwriter Chris DE BURGH, and English actors Ralph and Joseph FIENNES, who spent part of their childhood in Ireland. Explorer Sir Ranulph FIENNES, Rosanna DAVISON, Jemina GOLDSMITH, PRINCESSES Beatrice and Eugenie of York, many more. You can obtain a copy, if you are interested, by contacting the "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine website at www.irelandofthewelcomes.com Jean ---- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT -- (WINGFIELD) > Hi Mary - (Love it when somebody responds to my posts with more > information!!!) So your line is from the WINGFIELDs. I understand that the > mansion's interior is partially restored after a 1974 fire, and there are > meticulously kept aristocratic gardens - Ireland's best! The house was > commissioned in the 1730s by Richard WINGFIELD, first viscount of > Powerscourt, as you are no doubt aware. Per a recent guide book - The > gardens were created during the Victorian era (1858-75), and are called "the > grand finale of Europe's formal gardening tradition ... probably the last > garden of its size." As a backdrop is the impressive summit of the Great > Sugar Loaf Mountain, and there is a fine Japanese garden, Italian garden > and what has been called a "goofy" pet cemetery - what would that be like??? > Apparently there was a movie, "Barry Lyndon" filmed in this green, > well-watered aristocratic area of Wicklow. The Gardens of Powerscourt, a > mile above the village of Enniskerry, cover several thousand acres within > the 16,000 acre estate and the "dreamy driveway" alone is a mile long. > There is a nearby waterfall four miles away. Thanks for your comment. > (The correct title of CLEARY's beautiful poem is "A Trip to Powerscourt." - > my subject line was off.) Jean xx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> > To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:11 PM > Subject: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > > > > Thanks for the poem My line is from the Wingfields > > Regrds > > Mary