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Acknowledgments
The compilation of this book has been made possible by the enthusiastic help of many people and institutions. I am indebted to the following for permission to quote from manuscripts and reproduce illustrations in their care or ownership: the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland; East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service; the National Library of Ireland; the Director of the National Archives, National Archives of Ireland; the County Librarian, Westmeath County Library; the earl of Rosse for his papers in the Birr Castle Archive; Thomas Pakenham for access to the Tullynally Castle Archive; and the earl of Dunraven for his papers in the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.
I am also deeply grateful to the following people for access to and permission to examine and photograph the technology at various sites and for imparting to me their local historical knowledge: Ann Golden, garden manager, Kylemore Abbey, within the walled garden and the turbine power house at the Abbey; Sister M. Benedict at Kylemore Abbey farm; Noreen Hennegan, head gardener, Turlough Park—now the