382:, 1898, pp. 1:291-292). In addition, Aubrey T. de Vere also describes his cousin Sir Maurice in Hallam's memoir: "Alfred Tennyson's desire to see cliffs and waves revived, and we sent him to our cousin, Maurice FitzGerald, Knight of Kerry, who live at Valentia where they are seen at their best. . . . The next morning he pursued his way alone to Valencia. He soon wrote that he had enjoyed it. He had found there the highest waves that Ireland knows, cliffs that at one spot rise to the height of 600 feet,
333:. Sir Maurice developed the famous Valentia slate quarry on the island. The blue-coloured slate was especially in demand for billiard tables. It was also widely sought as a roofing slate given its attractive blue shade, and was used on roofs of some of the most famous buildings of the day, such as the
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that no sea winds can intimidate, and the old 'Knight of Kerry,' who, at the age of nearly 80, preserved the spirits, the grace and the majestic beauty of days gone by -- as chivalrous a representative of
Desmond's great Norman House as it had ever put forth in those times when it fought side by side
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Maurice was an enthusiastic botanist, recognised the unique potential of the island's microclimate for sub-tropical plants and laid out a fifty-acre garden, using species just introduced from South America. His efforts won him great acclaim at the time and today his gardens have matured into
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Maurice at the time of Tennyson's visit that: " will hardly have forgotten the old Knight of Kerry, the owner of the Island, his dignified presence and his redolence of
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who was supervising
Valencia Island's quarry at that time. Here Bewicke includes many interesting details of Tennyson's visit to Valentia, and comments about Sir Maurice (Hallam Tennyson,
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