I never got the family tree to get over to Ireland, but I'm a Bowen. if I had the funds I would buy the land back and rebuild the big house. My grandfather was John Henry Bowen, although he was born in Alabama.
@@irishaesthete4332 Jim, Bowen is well documented to have struggled terribly throughout the 1950s to keep the house going, a losing battle, which ultimately resulted in a form of nervous breakdown and her selling the house. She loved Bowen's Court very much and you only have to read the book Bowen's Court to get a sense of how much. It was such a loss.
Thank you for commemorating both the house and the wonderful Elizabeth Bowen!
Your videos continue to be a source of great interest, great comfort and immense inspiration in these most interesting times
Different glasses and flowers ! I first read about Bowen in Eamon Fitzgerald's Rainy Day blog. Any reason for the house to be demolished?
No reason other than that the buyer was a gombeen who knew the price of everything and the value of nothing.
I lost my spectacles (new ones ordered) so these are temporary stand-ins...
You said the next episode would be more cheery!
It does get more cheerful, I promise...
Why would somebody pay what must have been a substantial amount for the house only to demolish it? Had he a grudge against the family or something.
Hon. Elizabeth Aldworth is my 5 X great grandmother. I’m Suzanne Hamilton-White.
I never got the family tree to get over to Ireland, but I'm a Bowen. if I had the funds I would buy the land back and rebuild the big house. My grandfather was John Henry Bowen, although he was born in Alabama.
Let me know I will do tour guiding 4 you
she can't have loved it that much if she casually sold it to some cretin who promptly destroyed it.
Not everyone can afford to keep a big house going. Many owners sell because they have to do so, rather than because they want to do so...
@@irishaesthete4332 Jim, Bowen is well documented to have struggled terribly throughout the 1950s to keep the house going, a losing battle, which ultimately resulted in a form of nervous breakdown and her selling the house. She loved Bowen's Court very much and you only have to read the book Bowen's Court to get a sense of how much. It was such a loss.