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The literary legacy and bumpy studies of Limerick’s Bennis family

Summary by Limerick Post Newspaper
For generations, the historic Quin Abbey in County Clare has drawn visitors from Limerick City. Among its more peculiar pilgrims were two brothers, Joseph Fisher Bennis (1839-1928) and Edward Bennis (1838-1918), writes Limerick historian Sharon Slater. In the 1860s, the Bennis brothers were swept up in the popular craze of phrenology — the now discredited study of skull shapes as a means of determining personality traits. Their enthusiasm for ph…
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Limerick Post Newspaper broke the news in on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
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