Recording No: 21
The Landed Gentry in Ireland | Oral History Collection
Interviewee: Benjamin and Jessica Bunbury. Lord and Lady Rathdonnell
Date of Birth: 1938 and 1941
Interview Location: Lisnavagh, Co. Carlow
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: The Landed Gentry in Ireland Oral History Collection
Date Recorded: 27/6/2022
Recording Length: 1 hour 12 mins
Keywords: Restoration work on Lisnavagh House; William McClintock Bunbury (1914-1959) 4th Baron; Rathdonnell gentry; Benjamin’s succession in 1959; the Peerage of Ireland; saving an Irish country house; domestic staff in the Big House; estate manager Jessica Butler, the present Lady Rathdonnell; Pamela Drew, artist; importance of title.
