oldnick
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 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:59 am Post subject: Patrick Bernard O'Kelly |
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Patrick Bernard O'Kelly (1852-1937) lived at Glenarra House, Ballyvaughan, Co Clare:
'A Burren native who played a huge role in collecting and popularising the unique Burren flora in the early 1900 ‘s.
Glenarra House – the site of O Kelly’s “Botanic Gardens and Fern Nurseries “ will be open to the public for the week and an exhibition in Ballyvaughan village hall will display for the first time samples of plants O Kelly sent to the National Botanic Gardens together with memorabilia and photographs of his life.
Dr Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens will open the exhibition on Monday, July 1st at 6pm and will then lead an “orchid hunt” in search of the famous O Kellyi orchid, named after him. '
http://www.burrenbeo.com/news-events/burren-news/jun-13-flower-power |
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