There is a towering figure of Irish history which embodies the period which forms the focus of this blog. Much like Benjamin Bloomfield, his life spans the breadth of this period – being born in a dramatically different world than the one he died in. He is also a divisive figure in an Irish context, in that his ‘Irishness’, for lack of a better word, has been disputed over the years and has been since the era of
An especially excellent one, Ruairi.
Have you ever visited Apsley House?