What is recorded here
William Desmond Taylor is a birthplace in County Carlow, Ireland. Perhaps the boy who left for American screens first watched shadows dance on Carlow walls. Maybe his camera eye began in that small county light. Imagine him still framing ordinary rooms like cinematic sets.
Why this person is known: Irish-American film director and actor (1872-1922)
- Birthplace
- Carlow
Places near here
Courthouse in CarlowCourthouse · 629 yd
Enclosure in CarlowEnclosure · 688 yd
Carlow County MuseumMuseum · 741 yd
CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 755 yd
Carlow CastleRuined medieval castle · 759 yd
IndicatedChurch · 779 yd
Pedunculate OakPedunculate Oak · 1372 yd
Killeshin Churchchurch/chapel · 1510 yd
White willowWhite willow · 1.5 mi
Clogrenan CastleCastle, tower house · 2.0 mi
Graveyard in Tomard Lower (3 Detached Portions)Graveyard · 4.8 mi
Kilmurry Church (in ruins), GraveyardChurch · 5.8 miOther information
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