Upon chancing on this 18th Century Irish School portrait of a young boy, believed to be Sir Richard Eyre-Cox, 4th Baronet (c.1765–1783) reminded me of a poem that I learnt at the age of 11 in St. Patrick's Boys School, Sackville Street, Dunmanway. It concerned this apparent Richard Eyre-Cox depicted in oil: ...'Mid mountains hoary, … Continue reading The drowning of Sir Richard Eyre-Cox of Dunmanway 4th Baronet (c.1765–1783)