Glaslough Gatherings for Heritage Week

Glaslough Gatherings for Heritage Week

Yesterday a number of events were held to highlight the wide heritage values of the architecturally distinctive Glaslough village.

Castle Leslie historian Dr. Jackie Crawley held a talk – Never a Dull Moment – in their beautifully appointed Billiard Room focusing on some of the Leslie family members, including Shane Leslie who was a friend of Tolstoy, Yeats and Padraig Pearse.

People were free to wander around the castle and garden afterwards and then through the private gate to St. Salvator’s Church where Rev Lorraine presented a talk from the historic vestry minute books.  She was previously an archivist, and has been carefully cleaning and conserving the volumes before they are deposited with the Representative Church Body in Dublin.  Wedding photographs on display included of course the Hello magazine issue of Paul McCartny, of the Beatles marrying Heather Mills.  Sir Jack Leslie blew the cover of the wedding at the time, by telling the journalists to keep Tuesday free. The Tidy Towns group brought visitors on a tour of the village afterwards.

       

Photos: 

Rev. Lorraine with one of the Vestry Minute Books from St. Salvators.

The Billiard Room, Castle Leslie.