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- 1890-1895 (Création/Production)
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Edward Donough O’Brien was born on 14 May 1839 as the eldest son of Lucius O’Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin of Dromoland by his first wife, Mary née Fitzgerald. He was educated at Cambridge and succeeded his father as 14th Baron Inchiquin in 1872. He served as Representative Peer of Ireland between 1873 and 1900 and held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of county Clare between 1879 and 1900. In 1862 he married the Hon. Emily Holmes à Court as his first wife and by her had four children: Geraldine Mary (1863-1951), Lucius William (1864-1929), Murrough (1866-1934) and Edward Donough (1867-1943). His first wife died in 1868, and six years later he married as his second wife the Hon. Ellen Harriet White (1854-1913). By his second wife, he had another ten children: Clare (1875-1950); Moira (1876-1957), Eileen (1877-1867), Maud (1878-1956), Donough (1879-1953); Beatrice (1882-1976), Lilah (1884-1968), Henry Barnaby (1887-1969), Doreen (1888-1960) and Desmond (1895-1915). Edward Donough O’Brien died on 9 April 1900 and was succeeded by his eldest son from his first marriage, Lucius William O’Brien, as 15th Baron Inchiquin.
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Glass plate negative (215 x 165 mm) depicting a children’s birthday party outdoors. The image features a table covered with a white cloth and laid with cups, saucers and a birthday cake, with the corner of a similarly attired smaller table visible on the right. Wicker armchairs surround the larger table. A woman and nine children aged under 10 are seated in the armchairs or standing next to the table. A second woman, holding a baby in her arms stands at a short distance to the right from the main group. Standing on the left is Henry Barnaby O’Brien, with Doreen and Beatrice standing next to her with Lilah sitting on the grass in front of her sisters.