Cpt David O’Flaherty photographed in 1999 in the new Irish Air Corps Dauphin 24hr rescue helicopter when it was launched in Waterford. Just hours later he was killed with the crew, including Enniscorthy man Michael Baker, when it crashed at Tramore returning from a rescue mission. The image was one of the stand-out moments of PJ Browne’s career as a photographer. Photo: PJ Browne
Throughout PJ was working full-time with the ESB, He came to the attention of the Echo newspaper editor after the Wexford hurling senior final in O Kennedy Park New Ross in 1964 between the Shamrocks and the Faythe Harriers.
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Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome, Italy
An inside view of the palace, which was founded in the 17th century. (Image: WorldJuanderer/Twitter)
Flemish tapestries from the 16th century, Greek black-figure vases, Rubelli silks and brocades adorn this four-bedroom villa. It’s also decorated with paintings by Baroque artists Bernardo Strozzi and Anthony van Dyck, and features a main balcony that’s a Baroque masterpiece designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
The palace was founded in the 17th century by a cardinal, before being taken over by the Odescalchis, an Italian aristocratic family. The palace is currently owned by Princess Maria Pace Odescalchi, a descendant of the family, who restored it a few years ago using 1,100 square feet of marble procured from ancient quarries in Italy. An extra payment lets you engage the services of exclusive contacts experts from the worlds of cuisine, fashion and art of the Odescalchi clan for a guided tour in and around the city.
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Peregrine ‘Stoker’ Cavendish recently had his windows done. He had 400 frames gilded with gold at a cost of €33m at Chatsworth House in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
Peregrine, The Duke of Devonshire, argues that gilting your window is thrifty because paint lasts five years, whilst gold endures for decades. The outlook of the Cavendish dynasty has always been golden.
Since surging up the aristo rankings thanks to its support for William of Orange, the clan has navigated successfully through centuries of political upheaval, maintaining constant favour with royalty and dodging the rake seeds that partied and gambled other great dynasties away.