Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) was eldest daughter of an Irish landowner, the inventor and scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth (her mentor throughout her literary...
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Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) is a highly distinctive figure – an early 19th-century writer, details of whose life and character were long remembered in her...
72 months ago

The Maria Edgeworth Centre was named as national runners up in the Heritage Council's Heritage Week Awards announced recently.
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Maria Edgeworth was a wildly successful novelist, admired by her contemporary Jane Austen and renowned in literary circles.
174 months ago

Ireland's visionary writer and educator, Maria Edgeworth, who transformed lives amid turmoil – unveiling the legacy of Edgeworthstown...
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The novel centres around the Percy family, an upstanding bunch whose good humour is undented even by the shipwreck, the house fire and the devastating...
161 months ago

Maria Edgeworth of 13 Orchards Lane, Leighlinbridge, Carlow and 50 Belford, Glasthule, Dublin and formerly Moatfarrell, Edgeworthstown, Longford, passed away...
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PICTURES: Sun shines and wonderful atmosphere in Longford for memorable Maria Edgeworth Festival. Have a look through and don't forget to...
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This trailblazer may be the first Anglo-Irish, historical and 'Big House Saga' novel.
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A closer look at the letters and correspondences of best-selling author Maria Edgeworth to examine how the author engaged with debates on Ireland, on slavery...
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