30 April 2020

George Evans-Freke (Lord Carbery), 1810-1889 - an Irish Deaf member of the gentry

 



George Evans-Freke (Lord Carbery), 1810-1889 - an Irish Deaf member of the gentry. Educated in the Paris Deaf school and lived in Bandon, Co Cork (as well as London). Because he was Deaf he was unfortunately not permitted to manage his estate by himself - a group of Trustees managed it for him. He was from a Protestant family but contributed to the Catholic Institute for the Deaf, as well as the St Saviours church for the Deaf in London.

Source: "Peeps into the Deaf World", by W. R. Roe

29 April 2020

On This Day, 72 years ago... Deaf Tailor seeks Deaf Worker

On This Day, 72 years ago:  
 
Source: http://irene.ie/archives/2496
 
 
A job offer specifically looking for a deaf tailor.
It may have been placed there by a Deaf tailor who wanted a Deaf co-worker alongside him.
 
 
 
Source: Irish Press Apr 29, 1948, p. 9.