Following the success of his first book, 'Ballinacarriga Kilworth – A House, a Family, a Village', Moore Park Kilworth – another stately manor, provides the backdrop for Noel Howard's latest publication 'Terror, Tears & Tragedy' – a fascinating account of a notorious divorce case in 1876 between Lady Catherine Louisa Moore Mount Cashell and her husband, Captain Richard Spread Morgan.
A marriage between two titled individuals, the union was never a happy one and based on the grounds of "adultery and cruelty", Captain Morgan, who doesn't seem to have been the most pleasant of characters, initiated divorce proceedings. Not prepared to play the role of subservient wife, Lady Louisa engaged her own legal team and set about presenting her side of the story.
What emerged was a bitter, drawn out case, where generous amounts of dirty linen were washed in public.
At last Saturday afternoon's launch of 'Terror, Tears & Tragedy' in Moorepark's Paddy O'Keeffe Innovation Centre, Noel Howard's good friend Patrick O'Connor, detailed the rise and fall of Moore Park and the Mount Cashells.
Coverage in this week’s Print & Digital Edition
