Ballymore

Document Type

Book

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3.3 HEALTH SCIENCES, 5.4 SOCIOLOGY, Women's and gender studies, History

Publication Details

Produced by Donovan family at Ballymore Estate.

Hard back note book with handwritten recipes plus cuttings from various publications including 'The matron' & 'Women's Life'.

Abstract

Mary Ogle married Captain John Broughton of Maidstone, Kent in 1720 and their daughter Mary was born in Jersey in 1724. She was an heiress and married Edward Donovan, Barrister at Law, of Ballymore, Co. Wexford and 24, Peter Street, Dublin in 1747. They had 21 children, sixteen lived and five died unbaptized. Perhaps, some of her daughters wrote down some of the recipes, as the family would have employed cooks down through the generations.

Their eldest son Richard inherited Ballymore Estate and married Anne Richards, daughter of Goddard Richards at Grange, Co. Wexford. There is little known about her except they were living in Ballymore in 1798 and had to flee to Dublin and did not return for some time. In turn, their son, also Richard married Frances Westby of High Park, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow in 1816. Their big interest was gardening and they laid out the walled garden and built a large greenhouse at Ballymore. Richard was supposed to be able to identify varieties of apples by their pips.

The next Richard married Agnes Elizabeth Wynne, born in 1829 in Geneva. Her father Henry, a clergyman lived at Ardcrendrick, Wexford. She was more interested in the arts and travelling around Europe. They employed many cooks over the years.

The next generation, another Richard married Constance Elinor Lillingston, daughter of Alfred from Southwold, Suffolk. They met at a tennis party on Kilkenny. She came to Ballymore in 1888 and remained there all her life. She died in 1937 having looked after the place for 21 years as a widow. Constance wrote most of the recipes in the latter part of the book.

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