Hayes family of Salem Place
Edward Hayes married Mary Penniston
born circa 1787 circa 1819 born circa 1799
Co Tipperary
died 21 May 1864 died 20 Mar 1877
Dublin Dublin
Edward Hayes born circa 1787 in Co Tipperary. He studied drawing at the Dublin Society’s
School and practiced as a miniature painter in Kilkenny, Waterford and Clonmel. He married
Mary Penniston of Waterford circa 1819. By 1830 they were in Dublin and living at College
Green. He exhibited three works in the RHA exhibition of 1834, a painting of Captain Higham,
a painting of Charles Bianconi and the other a full length of Major General Sir Hugh Gough. All
were considered by the critics to be extremely good but not perfect, as Bianconi’s nose was
not visible enough and the background of Gough was too busy. By 1835 they were living at 34
Westmoreland Street. That same year he travelled to Limerick and Cork taking commissions.
He had a stopover in Clonmel and invited the nobility and gentry of the area to view some of
his work at Terence Lalor’s residence. They moved to 4 Salem Place, Adelaide Road in 1846.
He was a prolific exhibitor not only portraits but also landscapes including the ‘Old bridge at
Milltown, Co Dublin’, the ruins of Cashel Abbey and views of the River Suir. A lot of his paintings
were reproduced as lithographs. Edward died 21 May 1864 at 4 Salem Place and was buried at
Glasnevin. His death notice records him as brother in law to Alderman Pierce Cox. Mary died
same place on 20 Mar 1877 and was buried at Glasnevin. Her son M Angelo the informant.
1 Michael Angelo born 25 Jul 1820 was initially a student of his father. He was appointed
Military painter in ordinary to the Irish Court by the Lord Lieutenant in 1842 and
secretary of the Society of Irish Artists in 1844. He married Ellen Lalor at Clonmel on
3 Aug 1846. Ellen was the youngest daughter of Terence Lalor, a wool merchant and
tailor/draper of Clonmel. Like his father his was a prolific exhibitor. He was
commissioned by HM the Queen to paint a picture of the exterior of the Dublin Industrial
Exhibition building as it appeared on the morning of her visit in 1853. He was elected a
member of the RHA in 1854. He was secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Peter Paul
McSwiney, his brother-in-law by marriage (married to Ann Lawlor of Clonmel) in 1866. He
was appointed City Marshal in 1867. In 1874 his painting of the Prince of Wales being
installed as a Knight of the illustrious Order of St Patrick at St Patricks Cathedral went on
show at Messrs Hodges Foster & Co of Grafton Street. This painting had taken him nearly
five years to complete and was considered to be a truly magnificent National painting. It
included likenesses of the Lord Lieutenant and the Duchess of Abercorn with six of their
children. It also captured the likenesses of nearly 150 of the leading nobility and gentry of
the day including members of the Guinness family and Dr William Wilde. He also included
himself, with his back to the viewer on the bottom right of the painting. In 1876 he gave a
talk at the RDS about representing horses in rapid motion. He later published a pamphlet
explaining that a horse must gather his legs inwards first before being able to gallop. A
theory that was proved correct, after his death, by a series of photographs. M Angelo
attended the funeral of Charles Bianconi as was noted as a relative. It is thought he banged
his dead and drowned in a foot of water on 31 Dec 1877 whilst trying to repair a water
cistern at his house. He was buried at Glasnevin and left 3k in personal estate. His painting
of the installation which was purchased by Sir Charles Compton Domville at some point at a
cost of 880 guineas and put up for auction in 1895. The painting now belongs to the Guinness
family and is on display in the library at Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park. It was rumoured that
M Angelo was commissioned to paint the original by Charles Bianconi and that he created a
copy for himself which ended up with Henry Vincent Jackson of 12 Merrion Square, who died
in 1896 and was then sold to a Richard Burke.
1 Pauline Mary Hayes, eldest daughter born circa 1857 in Dublin. She was living at 4
Salem place and married George Augustus Dawes of Leamington and Tire Hill,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire on 10 Aug 1874 at St Peter’s Church of Ireland. They had
three children by 1891. George died 21 Aug 1895 aged 49. Pauline was a widow living
at Florence Villa, St Mary Church, Devon in 1911 and died same place on 23 Feb 1923.
2 Catherine (Kattie) Hayes second daughter was living at 65 Waterloo Road and married
Luke Toole on 15 Jan 1879 at St Mary’s Haddington Road. Luke was a merchant of
D’Olier Street and the fourth son of the late Charles O’Toole of Wilford, Bray. Their
son Luke became secretary to the central council off the GAA. Catherine died in 1905.
3 Anne Piersess Hayes born circa 1862 in Dublin. She was living at 65 Waterloo Road
and married James C Cox on 20 Feb 1882 at St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road.
James was a timber merchant with Messrs Cox Brothers of Tramore and the son of the
late Alderman Pierce Cox. James died August 1901 at Tramore.
Piersee secondly married William Dongan on 1 Jun 1905 at the church of the Three
Patrons, Rathmines, Dublin. William was a solicitor of Jane Ville, Sunday’s Well, Cork
and the son of John Nicholas, Dorgan.
4 Ellen Angela (Nellie) Hayes youngest daughter married Robert Crilly at Our Lady of
Refuge Church, Rathgar on 6 Jul 1891. Robert of Fethard, Co Tipperary was a widower,
the manager of the Munster Bank and the son of the late William Crilly, a farmer.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2025
Edward Hayes married Mary Penniston
born circa 1787 circa 1819 born circa 1799
Co Tipperary
died 21 May 1864 died 20 Mar 1877
Dublin Dublin
Edward Hayes born circa 1787 in Co Tipperary. He studied drawing at the Dublin Society’s
School and practiced as a miniature painter in Kilkenny, Waterford and Clonmel. He married
Mary Penniston of Waterford circa 1819. By 1830 they were in Dublin and living at College
Green. He exhibited three works in the RHA exhibition of 1834, a painting of Captain Higham,
a painting of Charles Bianconi and the other a full length of Major General Sir Hugh Gough. All
were considered by the critics to be extremely good but not perfect, as Bianconi’s nose was
not visible enough and the background of Gough was too busy. By 1835 they were living at 34
Westmoreland Street. That same year he travelled to Limerick and Cork taking commissions.
He had a stopover in Clonmel and invited the nobility and gentry of the area to view some of
his work at Terence Lalor’s residence. They moved to 4 Salem Place, Adelaide Road in 1846.
He was a prolific exhibitor not only portraits but also landscapes including the ‘Old bridge at
Milltown, Co Dublin’, the ruins of Cashel Abbey and views of the River Suir. A lot of his paintings
were reproduced as lithographs. Edward died 21 May 1864 at 4 Salem Place and was buried at
Glasnevin. His death notice records him as brother in law to Alderman Pierce Cox. Mary died
same place on 20 Mar 1877 and was buried at Glasnevin. Her son M Angelo the informant.
1 Michael Angelo born 25 Jul 1820 was initially a student of his father. He was appointed
Military painter in ordinary to the Irish Court by the Lord Lieutenant in 1842 and
secretary of the Society of Irish Artists in 1844. He married Ellen Lalor at Clonmel on
3 Aug 1846. Ellen was the youngest daughter of Terence Lalor, a wool merchant and
tailor/draper of Clonmel. Like his father his was a prolific exhibitor. He was
commissioned by HM the Queen to paint a picture of the exterior of the Dublin Industrial
Exhibition building as it appeared on the morning of her visit in 1853. He was elected a
member of the RHA in 1854. He was secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Peter Paul
McSwiney, his brother-in-law by marriage (married to Ann Lawlor of Clonmel) in 1866. He
was appointed City Marshal in 1867. In 1874 his painting of the Prince of Wales being
installed as a Knight of the illustrious Order of St Patrick at St Patricks Cathedral went on
show at Messrs Hodges Foster & Co of Grafton Street. This painting had taken him nearly
five years to complete and was considered to be a truly magnificent National painting. It
included likenesses of the Lord Lieutenant and the Duchess of Abercorn with six of their
children. It also captured the likenesses of nearly 150 of the leading nobility and gentry of
the day including members of the Guinness family and Dr William Wilde. He also included
himself, with his back to the viewer on the bottom right of the painting. In 1876 he gave a
talk at the RDS about representing horses in rapid motion. He later published a pamphlet
explaining that a horse must gather his legs inwards first before being able to gallop. A
theory that was proved correct, after his death, by a series of photographs. M Angelo
attended the funeral of Charles Bianconi as was noted as a relative. It is thought he banged
his dead and drowned in a foot of water on 31 Dec 1877 whilst trying to repair a water
cistern at his house. He was buried at Glasnevin and left 3k in personal estate. His painting
of the installation which was purchased by Sir Charles Compton Domville at some point at a
cost of 880 guineas and put up for auction in 1895. The painting now belongs to the Guinness
family and is on display in the library at Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park. It was rumoured that
M Angelo was commissioned to paint the original by Charles Bianconi and that he created a
copy for himself which ended up with Henry Vincent Jackson of 12 Merrion Square, who died
in 1896 and was then sold to a Richard Burke.
1 Pauline Mary Hayes, eldest daughter born circa 1857 in Dublin. She was living at 4
Salem place and married George Augustus Dawes of Leamington and Tire Hill,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire on 10 Aug 1874 at St Peter’s Church of Ireland. They had
three children by 1891. George died 21 Aug 1895 aged 49. Pauline was a widow living
at Florence Villa, St Mary Church, Devon in 1911 and died same place on 23 Feb 1923.
2 Catherine (Kattie) Hayes second daughter was living at 65 Waterloo Road and married
Luke Toole on 15 Jan 1879 at St Mary’s Haddington Road. Luke was a merchant of
D’Olier Street and the fourth son of the late Charles O’Toole of Wilford, Bray. Their
son Luke became secretary to the central council off the GAA. Catherine died in 1905.
3 Anne Piersess Hayes born circa 1862 in Dublin. She was living at 65 Waterloo Road
and married James C Cox on 20 Feb 1882 at St Mary’s Church, Haddington Road.
James was a timber merchant with Messrs Cox Brothers of Tramore and the son of the
late Alderman Pierce Cox. James died August 1901 at Tramore.
Piersee secondly married William Dongan on 1 Jun 1905 at the church of the Three
Patrons, Rathmines, Dublin. William was a solicitor of Jane Ville, Sunday’s Well, Cork
and the son of John Nicholas, Dorgan.
4 Ellen Angela (Nellie) Hayes youngest daughter married Robert Crilly at Our Lady of
Refuge Church, Rathgar on 6 Jul 1891. Robert of Fethard, Co Tipperary was a widower,
the manager of the Munster Bank and the son of the late William Crilly, a farmer.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2025