Tag: Lewis Dillwyn

Ireland's first Female Botanist

Breakfast at Ballylickey

When botanists Lewis Dillwyn and Joseph Woods visited Ellen Hutchins at Ballylickey in 1809, they were invited to breakfast with the Hutchins family. Ellen’s letters often mention breakfast: “Mrs Taylor spent a day here lately. She came out to breakfast and did not go home till evening, was in excellent spirits and very pleasant.” Ellen…
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Botanists at Ballylickey 1809

A picture of Bantry Bay and the Hutchins household at Ballylickey Ardnagashel broad, Bantry Bay In the summer of 1809, botanists Lewis Dillwyn, Joseph Woods and William Leach travelled to West Cork, and they had with them a letter of introduction from Dr Whitley Stokes of Dublin to Ellen Hutchins at Ballylickey. From Lewis Dillwyn’s diary…
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