Technology and the Big House in Ireland, c. 1800–c.1930
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Jones, William Bence, 230, 253

Kenmare, countess of, 190

Kennedy horse engine, 217

Kennedy threshing machine, 220, 228

Kennedy water turbine, 21, 185

Killarney House, 190

Kylemore Abbey

farm gas plant, 161, 173–174

farm turbine, 225–226

fire hydrants, 51

horticultural boilers, 100

limekiln boiler, 81, 98–100, 109

sawmill, 237

tree planting, 235

turbine and alternator, 182, 186–187

Turkish bath, 77

lake, 1–3, 24–28, 46, 59, 112, 218, 221, 254

lamp fittings conversion of, 195

lamp room, 153, 156, 199

lanthorn, 147

Larchfield, 63–64, 71, 76–77, 81–82, 89, 105–108, 161, 205, 219, 232–233

cast-iron water storage tank, 232

laundry, 71, 89, 107

oil fired horticultural boiler, 105–106, 110

Turkish bath, 76–77, 108

water-pump, 232–233

wood-fired boiler, 82

Leitrim, Lord, 14, 243

Leslie, Seymour, 95, 190, 218

lift pump, 3–8, 10, 12, 27, 55, 58

light intensifiers, 152

light shaft, 143

Limavady Electricity Supply Company, 185

limekiln, 81, 98–100, 109

limestone, 98, 243

line shaft, 21, 221, 223–227, 229, 231

Lismore Castle, 161, 165

Lismore, 165

Lissadell House, 3, 40, 52, 161, 200

Lissan Manor, 182, 188

Londonderry House, 151

Londonderry, marchioness of, 23, 52, 124, 135

Londonderry, marquess of, 151

Longford, earl of, 172, 206, 221

Longleat House, 94

Lough Coole, 218

Lough Rynn sawmill, 236–237

Lough Rynn, 6, 14–15, 54, 236, 241–243, 245, 249–250, 255

Lyons, 15, 25, 147, 161, 166, 205, 217

macadamisation, 149

Malahide, 167

Malahide, Lord Talbot de, 166

manual pumping limits, 13, 15

melon, 83–84, 92, 94

microclimate, 82, 108

Moore Abbey, 66

Mount Bellew, 3, 29, 36, 41, 150

Mount Pleasant, 63, 73–74, 140

Mount Stewart, xxiii, 3, 25, 46, 52, 81, 92, 109, 113, 151, 159, 161, 163–165, 188, 200, 249

coal gas plant, 159, 161, 163, 200

electricity generator, 182, 188

gas retorts, 164–165

horticultural heating, 81, 92, 109

Mourne Park electric light, 188