The History of Drogheda, with its Environs (vol. 2)

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1. Staple of wool and leather fixed at Drogheda

   Drogheda · town · Louth · 1353

   In 1353 Drogheda was designated, along with Dublin, Waterford, and Cork, as an official staple town for wool, leather, skins, and lead, with regulations for weighing and sealing goods under the Mayor of the Staple.

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   having been most vehemently agitated between Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin, and Richard Fitz Ralph, of Armagh, the latter, under the sanction of royal authority, entered Dublin with the cross erect before him, lodged in the city three days, and openly proclaimed the privileges of his province, and the Bulls granted in his favour, in the presence of the Lord Justice of Ireland, the Prior ' of Kilmainham, and such of the peers as were then in town. By their influence, however, he was ultimately sent back to Drogheda, whither, many who had resisted him followed, in the terror of ecclesiastical censures, imtil in time they obtained forgiveness. In 1 352, the King, on payment of a fine of twelve marks, gave license to certain persons therein named, to convey in mortmain, three messuages in Drogheda, with the appurtenances, on the Louth side of the river, to the abbot and monks of St. Mary's Church, of Fumes. In 1353, the staple of wool, leather, skins, and lead, for Ireland, was ordered to be kept at Dublin, Waterford, Cork, and Drogheda, and nowhere else; and regulations were established for measuring and weighing same, and sealing them with the seal of the Mayor of the Staple(a). Under the authority of this oflSce, amongst many others, Richard of Exeter, Lord of Stackallen, was sued in the Court of the Seneschal of the Liberty of Meath, for a debt due by him to Robert

   (a) Rot. Plac C B. 21 Edw. IIL, in Benn, Tur.

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   Drogheda ahead, a town with a commercial past. In 1353, the crown ordered that the staple of wool, leather, skins, and lead for Ireland be kept at Dublin, Waterford, Cork, and Drogheda, and nowhere else. Goods had to be measured and weighed, then sealed with the seal of the Mayor of the Staple. Under that same authority, Richard of Exeter, Lord of Stackallen, was sued in the Court of the Seneschal of the Liberty of Meath for a debt due by him to Robert.

2. Sydney's second landing at Skerries and Drogheda amid plague in Dublin

   Skerries · town · Dublin · 1575

   In 1575 Sir Henry Sydney landed at Skerries on his second deputation and proceeded to Drogheda, where he took oaths and held court, owing to the plague then prevalent in Dublin among its corporate officers.

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   In 1575, Sir Henry Sydney, having been a second time deputed to the government of Ireland, landed in September at Skerries, whence he proceeded hither, where he took the oaths, and afterwards kept his Court for some time; the plague being then so prevalent in Dublin, that its corporate officers were

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3. The Boyne floods, sweeping away all bridges

   near River Boyne · river · Kildare · 1330

   In 1330 the Irish Annals record that the River Boyne overflowed its channel so severely as to carry away all its bridges, including those built of stone.

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   In 1328, Arnold le Poer was accused by the Bishop of Ossory of heresy, at which time, the Bishop also accused Roger Outlawe, Prior of Kilmainham, as Arnold's coimsellor, and a partaker of the same pernicious doctrines. Roger (relates Grace, in his Annals) asked from the Council an opportimity to clear himself, which was granted; and for three successive days proclamation was made, that if any one wished to prosecute the accusation, he should appear, but no one came forward to substantiate the charges. Pembridge, in his Annals, adds, " that when no one answered this proclamation, the Bishop obtained a royal writ, summoning * Majores Hibemiae,' viz. the bishops, abbots, priors, and the four mayors of the four cities, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Waterford, and the mayor of Drogheda, and the sheriffs, seneschals, and knights of the counties, with the best county freemen, and that six examiners were thereupon chosen, in whose presence, on evidence, Roger Outlawe was acquitted." Arnold le Poer died in the lent of the same year, and was long denied the rites of Christian burial. In 1330, as is noticed in the Irish Annals, the Boyne so overflowed its channel, as to carry away all its bridges, not only the wooden, but even those of stone. In the following year, the grant of the prisage of wines here, was confirmed to

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4. Winter quarters assigned after the Boyne including Drogheda, Belfast, Carrickfergus

   Carrickfergus · townland · Antrim · 1690

   Following the surrender of several towns, a project for winter quarters assigned one regiment of foot to Drogheda, two of foot and one of horse to Dublin, one of foot to Belfast, and one of foot to Carrickfergus and Blackwater.

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   Castle to said Secretary of War, in these words. "Upon a debate which happened this day at the Council Board, I am commanded by the Lords Justices and Council Board, to signify to you their Lordships' desire, that in order for public service you will forthwith cause two copies to be made of the several articles, upon the surrender of the places following, viz., Drogheda, Waterford, Cork, Einsale, Gal way, Bophin, Sligo,and the garrisons thereabouts, and Limerick, as also the prolongation of the times given by the General, upon the late proclamations of the Lords Justices, for the encouragement of the Lrish to lay down their arms, and submit to their Majesties' government You are also desired, with the particidars aforesaid, to send one of his Majesty's proclamations, pubUshed when he went first to Ealkenny; and all the particulars aforesaid you are desired to send to their Lordships, as soon as conveniently you can"(o). The project for winter quarters, settled at this period, assigned to Drogheda one regiment of foot; to Dublin, two of foot and one of horse; to Belfast, one of foot ; to Carrickfergus and Blackwater, one of foot; to the county of Down, two regiments of dragoons; to the barony of Glenarm, one of horse, &c.(6).

   A dearth of provisions continuing in Drogheda, the corporation, in this year (1691), ordered that no innholder within the town should charge above four

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5. Art Cavanagh's insurrection prompts Louth subsidy and burgess dispute

   Drogheda · town · Louth · 1360

   A council in Dublin sought a subsidy to oppose the insurrection of Art Cavanagh; Louth granted £20 but Drogheda's elected burgesses failed to comply and were summoned before the Archbishop of Dublin.

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   In 1360, a council was held in Dublin of the bishops, lords, knights, and citizens of Leinster, with the object of raising a subsidy to oppose the insurrection of Art Cavanagh. The county of Louth granted upon this occasion £20, but Adam Gemon and Henry Heyward, who were elected burgesses for Drogheda, did not comply with the king's instructions, and were, therefore, ordered to appear

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   As you pass through Drogheda, you're in a town that defied a king's call in 1360. A council in Dublin sought a subsidy to oppose the insurrection of Art Cavanagh, and Louth granted £20. But Drogheda's elected burgesses, Adam Gemon and Henry Heyward, did not comply with the king's instructions, and were ordered to appear before the Archbishop of Dublin.

6. Death and burial of founder Prince Donogh at Mellifont

   Mellifont · townland · Louth · 1168

   In 1168 Prince Donogh, founder of Mellifont Abbey, died and was interred there.

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   vince; while the ecclesiastics more especially effected the foundation and liberal endowment of this noble bouse, Murtogh O'Loghlen offering on the occasion one hundred and forty cows, sixty ounces of gold, and a townland near Drogheda, called Finabhuair- Naninghean " to God and the Church for the good of his soul ;" O'Carrol, Prince of Uriel, gave sixty other ounces of gold; and the wife of Tieman O'Rourke and daughter of O'Melaghlin, that Dervorgilla, to whose abduction is popularly attributed the English invasion, here, in the pride of beauty and homage of innocence, gave likewise sixty ounces of gold, with a chahce of the same precious metal, for the high altar of the Blessed Virgin, and rich vestments for every other altar that it was intended to erect within the church. In 1168, Prince Donogh, the founder, died, and was interred here; and, in 1177, Charles O'Buacalla, then abbot of this house, was elected Bishop of Emly, where he died within a month after his consecration.

   About the year 1182, Henry the Second granted to the abbot and convent of this house a confirmation of their possessions, as appears by an Inspeximus of King John, renewing same, and which are therein set forth as the site of the Abbey, the granges of Kulibudi and Ogumgatran, Mell, " Drochetatha," Rathmolan, and Linnavar, Teachlenny, Kosnaiigh, Culen, Cnogva, Kalcalma,Tullachnacomary,Callats, and Finnagh, with all their appurtenances. He further confirmed to them Hugh de Lacy's gift of two

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7. Devastation of Meath from Athlone to Drogheda, 1175

   Drogheda · town · Louth · 1175

   English forces retaliated in 1175 by devastating the whole extent of Meath, from Athlone to Drogheda, as a reaction to earlier Irish hostility.

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   liiiDself slain. In 1175, the re-action of English hostility devastated Meath through its whole extent, from Athlone to Drogheda.

   In two years afterwards, King Henry, at a (Jeneral Council held in Oxford, appointed his son John, who was then Earl of Moreton, Lord of Ireland, a measure, which, as that Prince was a younger son, and not heir apparent to the Crown of England, has been assumed by some, as indicating a design to erect Ireland into a separate kingdom for John and his line, but the more probable presumption is, that with his usual foresight, he perceived in the recent events in Ireland, the great advantages and facility that would be afforded in the extension of English dominion in that country, if a Prince of the Blood Soyal was to be resident there, and that being conscious none of his other sons, enriched as they were with foreign dukedoms, would be inclined to gratify such an expatriation, he naturally looked to the only one whose necessities might recommend his object The example, however, of granting away all Ireland, was thought so dangerous, that it never was followed except once by Henry the Third, and then only to the Prince who was his heir apparent, and on the express condition that it never should be separated from the English kingdom. The unaccountable patent of Richard the First to his favourite, Robert de Vere, cannot be considered any conflicting precedent, not only because in that grant there was a tenure by homage reserved, but more vitally, because in point of law, it never took effect.

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   You are passing through Drogheda, and in 1175 this town marked the eastern edge of a wide devastation. English forces, reacting to earlier Irish hostility, laid waste to Meath through its whole extent, from Athlone all the way to Drogheda. Two years later, King Henry held a General Council in Oxford and appointed his son John, then Earl of Moreton, as Lord of Ireland. Some saw this as a plan to make Ireland a separate kingdom for John and his line. The more likely reason is that Henry saw how much easier it would be to extend English dominion if a prince of the blood royal was resident there. Knowing his other sons, enriched with foreign dukedoms, would not accept such a posting, he turned to the one whose circumstances might make it welcome. The example of granting away all Ireland was thought so dangerous that it was followed only once, by Henry the Third, and only to his heir apparent, on the express condition that Ireland never be separated from the English kingdom.

8. Drogheda sacked again by the O'Briens in 1152

   Drogheda · town · Louth · 1152

   In 1152 Drogheda was again sacked by the O'Briens, part of a long sequence of internecine raids afflicting the town and Bregia region during this era of domestic feuding.

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   tribute from the Danes, evidently thoee then occupying Drogheda(a) ; and in 1056, Turlogh O'Brien, leading his adherents from Munster hither, so despoiled Bregia and its vicinity, that, as the Annalist remarks, " Munster never acquired greater spoil of men or cattle"(6). In 1084, Dunslevy, King of Ulster, received tribute, in Drogheda, firom Donogh, the son of Caillach O'Kourke. In 1108 a battle was fought between the people of Meath and those of Uriel (Louth), at Drogheda, in which the latter were defeated. In 1146 this town was burned by Donogh O'Carrol, in hostility to the family of O'Melaghlin. In 1147 all Ulster was devastated by the O'Loghlens ; as it was again in the ensuing year by the same sept, aided by the O'Carrols and O'Kourkes. In 1149 the O'Carrols laid waste the plain of Bregia. In 1150 Meath was forcibly partitioned between O'Conor, O'Eourke, and O'Carrol (O'Melaghlin being ousted of all share in the ancient inheritance of his ancestors) ; and in 1152 Drogheda was again sacked by the O'Briens. In 11 55, Murtough O'Loghlen devastated Meath, while Tieman O'Rourke, after a successful invasion of the country of O'Carrol, imprisoned the Chief of the sept in an island of Lough- Shillen. Thus was it that domestic feuds succeeded foreign ravages throughout the country; the laws of more tractable generations became ineffective, until at length the government was irrecoverably preci-

   (a) Annals of the Four Masters. (b) Ann. Inisf.

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   Up ahead is Drogheda, in Louth, a town that suffered badly in the feuds of the 1100s. In 1152 Drogheda was again sacked by the O'Briens, one raid among many in a long, violent sequence. Back in 1056, Turlogh O'Brien led his men from Munster and despoiled Bregia and its vicinity so thoroughly that, as the annalist wrote,

9. Galley ordered maintained at port of Drogheda in 1222

   Drogheda · town · Louth · 1222

   In 1222 the men of Dublin, Waterford, Drogheda, Cork and Limerick were ordered to maintain a galley in each port for the defence of the land.

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   had for a time incurred the KiDg^s displeasure, obtained, on payment of 4000 marks, a restoration of his estates hereabout, saving to the Crown the possession of the Castle of Drogheda ; and in 1220 he had a further confirmation of all his possessions in Ireland, including the taUiage and aid chargeable on Drogheda, and also a chief rent of £20, payable out of the Castle of Drogheda, and 20 marks out of that of Blackagh and their appurtenances; but the possession of these fortresses was therein declared to be retained to the Crown, and proved a very essential reservation for the safety of the Pale in the immediately ensuing war with Hugh de Lacy the younger. In 1 222, the men of Dublin, Waterford, Drogheda, Cork, and Limerick, were ordered to maintain a gaUey in each port for the defence of the land; and in 1228, as has been seen in the corporate history, certain customs were granted for one year, as an aid for the better construction of the bridge here. In the Close Rolls of the following year in the Tower of London, are recorded proceedings in a suit between Walter le Boquere and Philip de Nugent, concerning a carucate of land lying outside the bridge of Drogheda ; and of another suit between Ralph Bagot and Nicholas de Verdon, concerning the adjacent manor of Rath. The former litigation regarded, as explained in a Close Roll of the 17th of John, a townland denominated " Chilbrid," which the burgesses of Drogheda had theretofore held, but of which they were deprived by the before mentioned Bishop of

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   You are passing through Drogheda, the Louth port town where, in 1222, the men of Drogheda were ordered to maintain a galley for the defence of the land. The same order went out to Dublin, Waterford, Cork and Limerick, each port to keep its own warship. The Crown had reason to be cautious. The Castle of Drogheda was retained as a royal possession, a reservation described as essential for the safety of the Pale in the war with Hugh de Lacy the younger, which followed soon after. In 1228, customs were granted for a year to help build the bridge here, and the following year the Close Rolls in the Tower of London recorded suits over land outside the bridge and the nearby manor of Rath.

10. John Bamewall wrongfully imprisoned in Drogheda by the Treasurer of Ireland

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1455

    An Act of 1455 voided a debt recovery against John Bamewall, who had been wrongfully imprisoned in the house of John Duff at Drogheda by Sir Henry Bryan, Treasurer of Ireland, and charged 100 marks for his table during that imprisonment.

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    In 1455, at a Parliament held in Dublin, it was enacted, that, '' as divers merchants and fishermen are daily robbed and spoiled on the sea by the king's enemies, Frenchmen, Britons, Scots, and others, for want of proper defence, therefore, it should be ordained, that whatever ship or ships should come and guard the sea, between the Northern parts and England, and between the head of Wicklow and Drogheda, should receive certain prescribed dues, from every vessel of merchandize, every boat, every fisherman and his tackle, &c. ;" and receivers were appointed to collect same in the ports of Dublin, Howth, Malahide, Drogheda, Wicklow, Rush, Hogerstown, andPortrane. Another Act of this session prescribed, that the Recorders of Dublin and Drogheda should have but two pence for every plaint. A third maybe here noted, as regarding two families, who were long of tenure and respectability in this town. It was an Act to make void a recovery in debt for lOO marks, had against John Bamewall by John DuflT, the said Bamewall being wrongfully imprisoned in the house of the said Duff at Drogheda, by Sir Henry Bryane, Treasurer of Ireland, firom whose custody said Bamewall made his escape, and said 100 marks were charged for his table during his imprisonment. The king's sessions were, at this time and theretofore, held at both sides of the river, those of the liberties of Meath in an old house and cottage at Castle-Blackagh, and those for the county of Louth or Uriel in a wretched house near the Dominican friary

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this town holds a story from 1455, when a Parliament in Dublin passed an Act to make void a debt recovery of 100 marks against John Bamewall. He had been wrongfully imprisoned in the house of John Duff here in Drogheda by Sir Henry Bryan, Treasurer of Ireland. Bamewall escaped from that custody, and the 100 marks were charged for his table during his imprisonment. The Act voided the recovery Duff had obtained against him for those costs. The same Parliament also dealt with sea defence, ordering dues from merchant vessels and fishermen between Wicklow and Drogheda, and set fees for the Recorders of Dublin and Drogheda at two pence per plaint. The king's sessions were held on both sides of the river here, those for the liberties of Meath in an old house and cottage at Castle-Blackagh, and those for the county of Louth in a wretched house near the Dominican friary.

11. King John's grant of Bridge of Drogheda custody

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1204–1205

    Nicholas de Verdon received the grant of 'Drogheda Pons' and then a grant of custody of the Bridge of Drogheda, to hold as his father had before him, an arrangement intended to prevent collision between rival lords.

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    In 1204, the king issued his mandate, requiring John de Courcy to return to his allegiance, and empowering the Lord Deputy thereupon, to confer upon him eight cantreds of land immediately adjoining the possessions of Walter de Lacy and Hugh, his brother, the two sons of the original Palatine of Meath, to be held of such service as might be thereafter agreed upon. The monarch, however, by a grant of " Drogheda Pons" to Nicholas de Verdon, adroitly interposed a neutral interest to at least prevent collision between these rival lords. In the following year this latter noble had a more emphatic grant of the custody of the Bridge of Drogheda, to hold as his father had theretofore held it The same sovereign, on the occasion of his second visit to Ireland, in 1210, passed in this town two days, the 8th and 9th of August, at which time possibly he despatched that predatory party, to which the "ChroniconManniaB" alludes, where, speaking of this royal excursion, it states, that he then despatched a party of his troops under Fulco, to Man, who in fifteen days totally pillaged that island; and, after exacting hostages, returned home : the Chronicle adds, that neither Reginald, nor any of the nobility, were then in the island. At this time, also, John confirmed Hugh de Lacy's endowment of the Abbey of Mellifoht, with the granges of Drogheda, Mell, &c., as hereafter more particularly set forth, ad ann, 1238. Hanmer, speaking of the sojourn of King John in Ireland, and its consequences so far

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this is a town with a medieval bridge at the heart of its story. In 1204, King John issued a mandate requiring John de Courcy to return to his allegiance, and empowered the Lord Deputy to confer upon him eight cantreds of land adjoining the possessions of Walter de Lacy and Hugh, his brother, the two sons of the original Palatine of Meath. The king then adroitly interposed a neutral interest by granting "Drogheda Pons" to Nicholas de Verdon, to at least prevent collision between these rival lords. In 1205, Nicholas de Verdon had a more emphatic grant of the custody of the Bridge of Drogheda, to hold as his father had theretofore held it. King John later passed two days here, the 8th and 9th of August 1210, on his second visit to Ireland, and confirmed Hugh de Lacy's endowment of the Abbey of Mellifont with the granges of Drogheda and Mell.

12. Natural cave and pier improvements at Clogher Head

    Clogherhead · town · Louth

    On the north side of Clogher Head there is a natural cave in the rocky cliff, about eleven perches by four at high water; the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries funded excavations and a pier there, aided by local gentry, farmers and traders.

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    1 861 Statute acres, chiefly under tillage, while its population amounts to 1371 inhabitants. The rectory and vicarage are in the union of Termonfeckin. On the north side of Clogher-head there is a natural httle cave in the rocky cliflf, about eleven perches by four at high water. The Commissioners of Irish Fisheries granted sums for its improvement, which, with aids from the neighbouring gentry, farmers, and traders, have been appropriated to excavations, to cutting a passage through the beach into it, and to the erection of a pier. Off this head E. N. E. lie Maguire's-Bank, Rough-Ground, and New-Bank, extending six or seven leagues to sea, and stretching six leagues in length, in from five to fifty fathoms water; they afford to the fishermen a great abundance of cod, haddock, conger, ling, mackarel, whiting, herrings, hake, and all kinds of flat fish.

    At the close of the fifth century, St. Nectan, as suggested above, was Bishop here, at which time, and for a long period after, the locality was called Kill- Finnabor. A great portion of the land of this parish also was in ancient time annexed to the See of Armagh, and was as such, during its vacancy in 1257, vested in Commissioners for the Crown, while the tithes formed part of the endowment of the Priory of Louth. In 1388 the king granted license to Edmund Berle, to alienate two-thirds of the manor of Kill- Clogher, with the reversion of another portion held by Sir Maurice Fitz-Eustace, and to enfeoff Robert StakcboU and others therewith; and in 1400, John

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13. Archbishop Luke Netterville buried at Mellifont

    Mellifont · townland · Louth · 1227

    In 1227 Luke Netterville, Archbishop of Armagh, was buried at Mellifont Abbey.

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    and that of Incean, which was granted after the arrival of King Henry the Second, together with their free customs and fishery on both sides of the river Boyne. In 1206, Benedict and Gerald, friars of this abbey, were presented to King John, and made a tender to his Majesty of three hundred marks of silver, and three of gold, on behalf of Eugene, Archbishop of Armagh, for restitution of the lands and liberties belonging to that see. In 1211, the Abbot Thomas was a subscribing witness to the charter of confirmation, granted by Eugene, Archbishop of Armagh to the hospital of St. John of Ardee, and in 1219, Cormac O'Torpa, Abbot of this house, was made Bishop of Achonry, from which see he retired hither in 1226, and here in that year died and was interred. In 1220, Nicholas de Verdon, having sued the Abbot of this house for a carucate and a half in Mellefont, which said Abbot held by gift of the king's father, the proceedings of Nicholas were by royal order directed to be suspended, on account of his Majesty having been prevented, by reason of his tender age, from warranting the premises as he ought. In the following year the correction of Mellefont was committed to the Abbot of Clairvaux, soon after which, on the occasion of the war against Hugh de Lacy, the Abbot having given forty marks and 300 cows towards its prosecution, the justiciary received a mandate in 1225 for reimbursing this house on foot thereof In 1227, Luke Netterville, Archbishop of Armagh, was buried

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14. Bellew homage after Simnel's rebellion

    Bellewstown · townland · Meath · 1488

    In 1488, Christopher Bellew of Bellewstown was among the gentry who did homage before Sir Richard Edgecombe, sent to restore allegiance following Lambert Simnel's rebellion.

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    land in Bellewstown, four in Baronstown and Verdonstown, near the Roche, the manor of Roche, part of that of Dundalk, &c.; and in 1413, he was empowered, jointly with Christopher de Preston, John Loundres, Robert Cadell, Christopher Plimkett, and John Dardis, to hold conventions composed of two of the best men from each barony of Meath, to treat on, and ordain what measures would be most befitting for the good government of said county. Soon afterwards, by marriage with Anastatia, the widow of David Wogan, he acquired her dower income, extending over large and numerous townlands in the counties of Meath and Kildare, with the custody and wardship of the infant heir ; he had also parcels of land within the manor of Duleek, and claimed the advowson of the vicarage of DundalL Another Sir John Bellew, stiled of Bellewstown, intermarried with Catherine Leyns, of the ancient family of Croboy and the Knock, and by her had Philip Bellew, afterwards Mayor of Dublin, and who, dying in 1466, bequeathed to the Priory of Christ Church, " a cope of cloth of gold." In 1474, Richard Bellew enjoyed the honour which has led to this notice, and in 1488, Christopher Bellew of Bellewstown, was one of the gentry who did homage in the presence of Sir Richard Edgecombe, when, after SimneVs rebellion, that officer was despatched to recal the shaken allegiance of the Anglo-Irish. Other notices of Bellews of Roche, of Verdonston, and of Hejrnstown, during this century, occur in the progress of this work. In

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15. Ammunition Intercepted Near Ballyshannon and Enniskillen

    near Enniskillen · town · Fermanagh · 1689

    It was generally believed that several cartloads of ammunition, provisions, and arms intended for Jacobite forces were intercepted and taken by the people of Ballyshannon and Enniskillen during 1689.

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    8un Monday, the town of Drogheda was alarmed by two officers, who rode through it towards Dublin^ telling them, that the Scots were within six miles, and had taken the great guns, carriages, ammunition, and provisions, that were going to Deny, and had killed the convoy, whereupon, the townspeople immediately planted their guns, and shut up the gates, having only two companies of the new raised men, and a few horse of the Lord Galmoy, in the town. An express was sent immediately to Duleek, where the Commissioners of Inquiry into the estates of the absentees, were met (being busied in swearing and examining the tenants of the Earl of Drogheda, and others, as to what rents they paid, and what arrears of rent were due), requiring them to repair to the town, and bring with them what strength they could for its fortification. Some being sent out to know the truth of the matter, returning, told them it was only a false alarm, though it was generally said and believed, that several cartloads of their ammunition, provisions, and arms, were intercepted and taken by the people of Ballyshannon and Enniskillen." The pamphlet, from which this notice is extracted, was originally printed in 1689, and is preserved in Lord Somers's Tracts. Immediately following this passage, is a comment on the legislative body sitting in Dublin, wliich, as a contemporaneous exposition of the fatuitous policy, and delusive jealousies, that marred their councils, and led to the speedy defeat of their presiding Sovereign, stems intimately

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16. Dunslevy of Ulster receives tribute at Drogheda, 1084

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1084

    In 1084, Dunslevy, King of Ulster, received tribute in Drogheda from Donogh, the son of Caillach O'Rourke.

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    tribute from the Danes, evidently thoee then occupying Drogheda(a) ; and in 1056, Turlogh O'Brien, leading his adherents from Munster hither, so despoiled Bregia and its vicinity, that, as the Annalist remarks, " Munster never acquired greater spoil of men or cattle"(6). In 1084, Dunslevy, King of Ulster, received tribute, in Drogheda, firom Donogh, the son of Caillach O'Kourke. In 1108 a battle was fought between the people of Meath and those of Uriel (Louth), at Drogheda, in which the latter were defeated. In 1146 this town was burned by Donogh O'Carrol, in hostility to the family of O'Melaghlin. In 1147 all Ulster was devastated by the O'Loghlens ; as it was again in the ensuing year by the same sept, aided by the O'Carrols and O'Kourkes. In 1149 the O'Carrols laid waste the plain of Bregia. In 1150 Meath was forcibly partitioned between O'Conor, O'Eourke, and O'Carrol (O'Melaghlin being ousted of all share in the ancient inheritance of his ancestors) ; and in 1152 Drogheda was again sacked by the O'Briens. In 11 55, Murtough O'Loghlen devastated Meath, while Tieman O'Rourke, after a successful invasion of the country of O'Carrol, imprisoned the Chief of the sept in an island of Lough- Shillen. Thus was it that domestic feuds succeeded foreign ravages throughout the country; the laws of more tractable generations became ineffective, until at length the government was irrecoverably preci-

    (a) Annals of the Four Masters. (b) Ann. Inisf.

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you're on ground where Irish kings once exacted tribute. The town sat on contested borders between Ulster, Meath, and Bregia, and the annals record it as a place of reckoning rather than peace. In 1084, Dunslevy, King of Ulster, received tribute here from Donogh, the son of Caillach O'Rourke. What form that tribute took, the record does not say, only that it was paid at Drogheda, and that it passed between two of the ruling families of the north. The years around it show how unsettled the country was. In 1108 a battle was fought at Drogheda between the people of Meath and those of Uriel, or Louth, and the men of Louth were defeated. In 1146 the town was burned by Donogh O'Carrol in hostility to the family of O'Melaghlin. In 1152 Drogheda was sacked again, this time by the O'Briens. The annalist sums up the age by saying that domestic feuds succeeded foreign ravages, and the laws of more tractable generations became ineffective.

17. First stone bridge and street lamps in Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1723–1724

    The first stone bridge was erected in Drogheda in 1723, and in the following year night lamps were introduced in the streets at corporate expense.

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    The first stone bridge was erected here in 1723, and in the following year night lamps were introduced in the streets, the mayor directing that a number of them should be fixed up at the corporate ex-

    (a) Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland,

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    Coming up through Drogheda now. The first stone bridge here went up in 1723, and the very next year the streets got night lamps, fixed up at the corporate expense on the mayor's direction.

18. King of Man's annual corn render from Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1213

    Reginald, King of Man, was confirmed a knight's fee near Carlingford and recognized as entitled to receive one hundred cranocks of corn yearly at Drogheda, in exchange for guarding the coasts facing the Isle of Man.

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    to meet Cathal O'Conor, of Connaught, sumamed Crobh-dearg (i.e. of the bloody hand), who there tendered the first allegiance for that province to English government, and, returning with John, proceeded to Carrickfergus, whence that monarch then banished Hugh De Lacy the younger from Ulster, as he did Walter De Lacy from Meath. In 1213, Reginald, King of Man, had a confirmation to him and his heirs, of one knight's fee, near Corlingford, in the territory of Ulster on the sea, which the Bishop of Norwich, then the King's Irish Justiciary, had by the king's command assigned to him; the patent also recognized his right to receive one hundred cranocks of com yearly at Drogheda, A patent, of the 19th year of Henry the Third, throws light on the reasons of this claim of the King of Man, granting, as it does, to Olave, Bong of Man and of the Isles, as a recompense for his expenses in guarding those parts of the coast of England and Ireland, which looked towards each other and towards the Isle of Man, an annuity of forty marks, with a render of 100 cranocks of com and five pipes of wine, all to be received out of Ireland at Easter, by the hands of the Lord Justice for the time being(a). It may be here mentioned that the Norwegian King, Magnus, who preceded both Reginald and Olave, in the government of Man and the Isles, is recorded to have seriously entertained the project of adding Ireland

    (a) Rot Chart, in Turr. Lond.

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this is where an annual corn render was paid to the King of Man. In 1213, Reginald, King of Man, had confirmed to him and his heirs one knight's fee near Carlingford, in the territory of Ulster on the sea, assigned by the Bishop of Norwich, who was then the king's Irish Justiciary. The patent also recognized Reginald's right to receive one hundred cranocks of corn yearly at Drogheda. A later patent, from the 19th year of Henry the Third, explains the reason. It granted to Olave, King of Man and of the Isles, a recompense for his expenses in guarding those parts of the coast of England and Ireland which looked towards each other and towards the Isle of Man. Olave received an annuity of forty marks, with a render of 100 cranocks of corn and five pipes of wine, all to be received out of Ireland at Easter, by the hands of the Lord Justice for the time being. The Norwegian King Magnus, who preceded both Reginald and Olave in the government of Man and the Isles, is recorded to have seriously entertained the project of adding Ireland.

19. Lord Lieutenant lodges at Mellifont after Drogheda visit

    Mellifont · townland · Louth · 1693

    After his ceremonial reception in Drogheda in 1693, Viscount Sydney went to the Earl of Drogheda's residence at Mellifont, where he lay that night before returning to Dublin.

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    met a mile this side of the town by the Lord Drogheda, the Sheriffs of the city, and the militia county troop, who attended his Excellency to the gates of the town, where he was received by the Mayor, Grovemor and Aldermen, in all their formalities. At the entry of the gates the mayor made a speech, and delivered up the keys to his Excellency, who immediately returned them to him, who invited his Excellency to the Tholsel, where he was presented with his freedom in a gold box, and several of the gentlemen, who attended his Excellency, were likewise made free, after which he had a sumptuous entertainment From thence his Excellency went to the Earl of Drogheda's, at Mellefont, where he lay that night, and on his return to Dublin, the day following, he dined at Colonel Coote's at Gormanstown."

    From IC9I to 1696, the following persons of this town and its vicinity were on outlawries attainted, Christopher Bathe, Esq., John Bird, Oliver Bird, Andrew Bathe, James Bellew, and Walter Babe, merchants ofDrogheda; Christopher Cheevers of Camtown; John, Patrick, James and Robert Cheevers of same place; Robert Conly, merchant; Bryan M'Cabe, yeoman; Thomas Cullen, merchant; Thady Duff of Pilltown, county Meath; Henry Dowdall ofDrogheda, Esq.; Christopher Dowdall, John Dowdall, and Robert Dermott, merchants of Drogheda; John, Lord Baron of Duleek ; Patrick Dowdall, of Termonfeckin ; Jenico Viscount Gormanston; Nicholas Gremon of Julianstown ; Bartholomew Gemon, merchant of

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20. Ludlow's Garrison March Through Drogheda to Carrickmacross

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1652

    In 1652, General Ludlow, after subduing Wexford and Wicklow, came to Drogheda where he met the parliamentary commissioners, staying eight days before marching to fortify and garrison Carrickmacross house.

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    wards assumed the command of the army against Scotland, and there effected, what neither the Roman Csesars nor the English Edwards could accomplish, the utter discomfiture of a Scottish army. In 1652, General Ludlow, after scouring the counties of Weirford and Wicklow, and placing garrisons wherever he thought convenient, came to this town, where he met the rest of the parliamentary commissioners. Having staid eight days here, he continued his march hence to Carrickmacross, " a house belonging to the Earl of Essex," which he caused to be fortified and garrisoned, being advantageously situated to restrain the enemy's excursions(a). In 1656, when an assessment was, by an Act of the Protector and his Parliament, laid on, at the^ rate of £35,000 per month in England, £6000 in Scotland, and £9000 in Ireland, to continue for three years ; the proportion chargeable on the county of Louth with Tredagh, was fixed at £590 12^., and that on the county of East Meath, at £1903 18^. Another memorable assessment was, at the same time, ordered to be applotted on the different districts of Ireland, to defray rewards proposed for the destruction of wolves, "which, of late years, had much increased in many parts of this nation ;" the scale proclaimed was, for every bitch dog, £6; every dog wolf, £5; every cub "that preyeth for himself," £2; and for every suckling cub, 10 shillings.

    (a) Ludlow's Memoirs, p. 162.

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this is where General Ludlow arrived in 1652 after scouring the counties of Wexford and Wicklow and placing garrisons wherever he thought convenient. He met the rest of the parliamentary commissioners here and stayed eight days before continuing his march to Carrickmacross, a house belonging to the Earl of Essex, which he had fortified and garrisoned because it was advantageously situated to restrain the enemy's excursions. Later, in 1656, an assessment was laid on Ireland at £9,000 per month, with the county of Louth charged £590 and 12 shillings. At the same time, bounties were ordered for the destruction of wolves, which had much increased in the nation: £6 for every bitch wolf, £5 for every dog wolf, £2 for every cub that preyed for itself, and 10 shillings for every suckling cub.

21. Meeting on the Hill of Tara for conscription of horses

    near Tara · hill or hills · Meath · 1642

    The Earl of Fingal caused a summons under pain of death for all with horses to meet at the hill of Tara, according to a conscription list of the horses of county Meath made by Patrick Barnewall of Kilbrue.

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    many professions of their loyalty to the king, and their readiness to assist in suppressing the rebellion ; but this offer being suspected by the government, on account of their being of the Roman Catholic religion, he returned into the country, where he sided with Lord Gormanston and others of the county of Meath; and some time after the coming of Lieutenant Greneral Byrne with his forces to Killsallaghan, his Lordship caused a summons to be issued, that all such as had horses should, on a certain day, under pain of death, meet at the hill of Tara, according to the conscription list made of the horses of the county of Meath, by Patrick Bamewall of Kilbrue. His Lordship was also at the meeting of the Roman Catholic lords and gentry at Duleek, and received orders to raise 500 men for the defence of the county of Meath against the English, which he accordingly raised. He likewise took an active part at the meeting held on the hill of Crofty, between the lords of the Pale and the Northern rebels. In direct reference to Drogheda, he was commander-in-chief of the horse at the above siege, and marched as their general towards Trim, issuing warrants, by which he commanded the inhabitants to meet, on pain of death, and sat in the council of war on the hiU of Tara. For these several proceedings, he was, on seven occasions, indicted and outlawed, and was ultimately taken prisoner in the battle of Rathmines, fourteen days after which he died in the Castle of Dublin, and was buried in St. Catherine's church.

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22. Momington church and Brabazon family burials

    near Mornington · town · Meath · 1794–1815

    The ruins of the old church at Momington (Marinerstown), dedicated to St. Columb, lie close to the shore, with a slab marking ground appropriated in 1794 for burial of James Brabazon, and tombs to the Brabazon, Matthews, Duff and Hammond families.

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    town. In 1793, the vicarages of Colpe and Kilsharvan were episcopally united, which arrangement was, on the recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, subsequently perpetuated In I8O6, the present church was erected, chiefly by the aid of a grant from the late Board of First Fruits, who, in 1811, granted £450 for purchasing a glebe, and lent a further sum towards building a glebe house here. In the Roman Catholic arrangement the parish of Colpe forms partof theUnionof StMaryof Drogheda. Momington, more anciently and appropriately called Marinerstown, the second townland of this parish, had a church also dedicated to St Coliunb, distinct from that of Colpe, and was formerly accounted a several parish, but has since merged into one benefice, as Colpe cum Momington. The ruins of the old church are close to the shore of the haven, a slab on the side wall marks ground appropriated, in 1794, for the interment of James Brabazon of Momington, Esq., recorded as allied in the male line to the Earls of Meath, and in the female to the Earls of Momington. There are also in the little cemetery, tombs to Mrs. Jane Brabazon, of this family, who died in 1815; to the Matthewses of Colpe; the Duffs and Hammonds of Drogheda, &c. Beside this ruin is a fine new Roman Catholic chapel, and at a short distance Momington House, erected on the ancient inheritance of the WeUesley family. So early as the year 1200 this locality is described in records as " Villa Marinarii." In 1301, Nicholas de Geneville

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23. Mountjoy Sojourns at Drogheda Awaiting Reinforcements

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1600

    In May 1600, Lord Mountjoy, newly appointed Deputy of Ireland, stayed at Drogheda for some time, awaiting reinforcements from the garrisons of Kells and Ardee and laying in supplies of ammunition and provisions.

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    In 1600, Lord Mountjoy, having been appointed Deputy of Ireland, sojourned here for some time in the May of that year, waiting with his troops for reinforcements from the garrisons of Kells and Ardee, and laying in supplies of ammunition and provisions,

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    As you pass through Drogheda, in May 1600 the newly appointed Deputy of Ireland, Lord Mountjoy, stayed here with his troops, waiting for reinforcements from the garrisons of Kells and Ardee and laying in supplies of ammunition and provisions.

24. Naul chapelry endowed by Nicholas Bellew

    Naul · townland · Meath · 1537

    In 1537 Nicholas Bellew of Weston made his will establishing and endowing a chapelry in the parish church of the Naul.

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    1537, Nicholas BeUew of Weston, made his will, whereby he established and endowed a chapelry in the parish church of the Naul. His estates lineally descended to Bartholomew Bellew, whose heiress, Mary, in 1628, on her marriage, carried them to the Husseys of GraJtrim. In 1563, Sir John Bellew of BeUewstown and Duleek, was appointed commissioner for the preservation of the peace and good government of the county of the town of Drogheda and county of Louth, during the absence of the Lord Deputy Sussex, on his expedition against Shane O'Neill In 1585, Richard Bellew of Verdonstown, one of his sons, was a representative of Dundalk in Queen Elizabeth's Parliament. At the commencement of the seventeenth century, Sir John Bellew of Willystown, great grandson of the before mentioned Sir John, was representative for Louth in the Parliament of 1639 ; he intermarried with Mary, daughter of Robert Dillon of Clonbrock, from which union have descended the present Baronets of Barmeath and Moimt Bellew. This Sir John Bellew was one of the committee, whom the Irish Parliament deputed to repair to the king in England, and who, as Borlase relates, was there most graciously received ; he was afterwards one of the confederate Catholics who assembled at Kilkenny. Sir Christopher Bellew, of the BeUewstown line, was, shortly previous to the civil war of 1641, empowered to govern and command such forces as he could raise for the defence of the coimtry, and to whom arms should

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25. Parliament held at Drogheda voting state subsidies

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1441

    In 1441 a Parliament was convened at Drogheda, at which certain subsidies were voted for the service of the state.

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    In 1441, a Parliament was held here, when certain subsidies were voted for the service of the state. In two years afterwards the king, from his manor of Shene, commanded the keeper of his privy seal to issue letters unto the sherifis of the town of " Drodaugh," in Ireland, thereby commanding them " to pay out of the fee farm that they be to jdeld unto his Majesty of the same town, thirty pounds unto William Galway, for six horses which Thomas Wyse, Esq., took from him, the which horses came to the king's hands"(6).

    About the year 1443, Sir Richard Fitz Eustace, Lord Keeper; Giles Thomdon, Treasurer; and the other Lords of the king's council in Ireland, then holding court at Drogheda, wrote to his Majesty, reconunending that the Lord Treasurer of England should be directed to reimburse the Earl of Ormond, Lieutenant of Ireland, for the great costs which he had sustained in labouring for the safeguard of the said land, and further praying the king to discontinue for the future any grants to the dimi-

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you are in a town where a Parliament sat in 1441, voting subsidies for the service of the state. Two years later, from his manor of Shene, the king commanded the keeper of his privy seal to write to the sheriffs of the town of Drodaugh, ordering them to pay thirty pounds out of the fee farm to William Galway for six horses taken from him by Thomas Wyse, which had come to the king's hands. Then about 1443, Sir Richard Fitz Eustace, the Lord Keeper, Giles Thomdon, the Treasurer, and the other Lords of the king's council in Ireland, holding court here at Drogheda, wrote to his Majesty recommending that the Lord Treasurer of England reimburse the Earl of Ormond, Lieutenant of Ireland, for the great costs he had sustained in labouring for the safeguard of the land. They further prayed the king to discontinue certain grants, though the record breaks off there.

26. Peppard versus the Mayor of Drogheda Chancery Case

    Drogheda · town · Louth

    A dispute arose over a reversionary lease of the house or hospital of St. James, outside St. James's gate, granted by King James's corporation to Christopher Peppard Fitz George. The corporation later won recovery of the premises in Chancery, a decision upheld on appeal to the English House of Lords.

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    the subject of the above suit, they affected to demise to Christopher Peppard Fitz George, an immediate relative of the said mayor, the house or hospital of St. James, without St James's gate, with all the messuages, houses, wind-mill, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, thereunto belonging, for sixty-one years, after the expiration of a term of which there were then fifty-two years unexpired, at tiie same yearly rent of £8 10*. It may be added, that on the expiration of the old lease, the corporation, having in vain demanded possession of the premises, exhibited a bill in Chancery for their recovery, and were accordingly decreed them discharged of the reversionary lease, a decision, which was confirmed, on appeal to the English House of Lords. The constituent members of King James's corporation have been enumerated, in the portion of this work treating of the Corporate History ; and it is but here to add, that the Lord Lieutenant of Louth and Drogheda appointed by him, was the Lord of Louth ; and the Deputy Lieutenants, Roger Bellew and John Babe, It may be here mentioned, in reference to families projected to notice at this time, that, when Tjrconnel issued a proclamation, dated 11th April, 1687, appointing, in the several counties of Ireland, influential individuals, to aid the Commissioners of Revenue in the collection thereof; those nominated for the county Louth were, John Taaffe, Arthiu- Brownlow, alias Chamberlain, Miu'tough Mac Guinness, Thomas Bellingham, Patrick Bellew, and Richard

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this town was the setting for a long legal fight over a property called the house or hospital of St. James, just outside St. James's gate. King James's corporation purported to grant a reversionary lease of it to Christopher Peppard Fitz George, a relative of the mayor, for 61 years after an existing term of which 52 years still ran, at a yearly rent of £8 and 10 shillings. When the old lease expired, the corporation demanded possession but could not get it, so they brought a bill in Chancery. They won, were decreed discharged of the reversionary lease, and that decision was confirmed on appeal to the English House of Lords.

27. Primate Henry Ussher dies at Termonfeckin, 1613

    Termonfeckin · town · Louth · 1613

    Primate Henry Ussher died in the village of Termonfeckin in 1613, which was also long the country residence of the Archbishops of Armagh.

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    The Crown, soon afterwards, on the dissolution of monasteries, acquired the advowson hereto, as well as the tithes of the parish, on which occasion, the respective rights of the religious houses, here and hereto, were ascertained by inquisitions, and subsequently demised or granted to several patentees. In 1543, Primate Dowdall, the last of the legally acknowledged Roman CathoUc Primates, was interred here. In 1613, Primate Henry Ussher died in this village, and in 1617, the manor was valued to the First Fruits at £23 18^. 6rf., and the rectory at £9 7^.

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28. Recognizance of Irish Marchers of 1524

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1524

    In 1524, numerous landowners of the Drogheda hinterland bound themselves to the Crown not to exact coign or livery, to attend the king in military service, and to assist his officers in enforcing the laws. The recognizance lists dozens of local gentry obligees by name and townland.

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    tenant, writing to Cardinal Wolsey, besought his Grace " to be favourable unto Sir William D'Arcy, of Flatten, that by his good favour he may obtain the king's grant for the term of his life of the office of the customership of the towns of Drogheda and Dundalk, which undoubtedly he hath right well deserved." In that year the inhabitants of Drogheda joined the forces of Surrey in an expedition to put down O'Conor, O'Carrol, and others of the Irishry, who had invaded the Pale. In one of the engagements consequent upon this feud, Edward Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany, was slain. In 1524, the Irish marchers of this vicinity bound themselves in a recognizance to the Crown, not to exact coign or livery, to attend the king in military service, and to aid his ministers and officers in the dispensation of the laws. Amongst the obligees on this occasion, were George Drake, of Drakerath; Oliver Plunkett, of Tallonston; Robert Plunkett, Lord of Dunsany; Christopher Plunkett, of Rathmore; Sir John Plunkett, of Bewly; Sir Walter Bedlowe (Bellew), of Roche; Thomas Verdon, of RafFjm; GreorgeD'Arcy, ofRathvill; Peter Taaffe, of Ballybragan ; Nicholas Hussey, of Galtrira; Walter de la Hoyde, of Moyclare; James Gemon, of Killincool; Peter Leyns, of the Knock; Christopher BeUew, of Bellewstown ; Richard Hadsore, of Drogheda; William More, of Barmeath; Edmund Dowdall, of Rathesker; Nicholas Clinton, of Stabannon; Patrick Gemon, of Gernonstown; James Verdon, of Glennys; Thomas Babe,

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you are moving through a town that was once a mustering point on the edge of the Pale. In 1524, the Irish marchers of this vicinity bound themselves in a recognizance to the Crown. They pledged not to exact coign or livery, to attend the king in military service, and to aid his ministers and officers in the dispensation of the laws. Dozens of local gentry signed on. Among them were George Drake of Drakerath, Oliver Plunkett of Tallonston, Robert Plunkett Lord of Dunsany, Christopher Plunkett of Rathmore, Sir John Plunkett of Bewly, Sir Walter Bedlowe of Roche, Thomas Verdon of Raffin, George D'Arcy of Rathvill, Peter Taaffe of Ballybragan, Nicholas Hussey of Galtrira, Walter de la Hoyde of Moyclare, James Gemon of Killincool, Peter Leyns of the Knock, Christopher Bellew of Bellewstown, Richard Hadsore of Drogheda, William More of Barmeath, Edmund Dowdall of Rathesker, Nicholas Clinton of Stabannon, Patrick Gemon of Gernonstown, and James Verdon of Glennys. Just before this, the town's inhabitants had joined the forces of Surrey against O'Conor, O'Carrol, and others who had invaded the Pale. Edward Plunkett, Baron of Dunsany, was slain in one of those engagements.

29. Redmond Mac Mahon dies in captivity at Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1484

    In 1484 Redmond Mac Mahon, Lord of Oriel, died in Drogheda while held there in captivity.

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    In 1479, Ireland was so universally aflSiicted with the plague, that, after several adjournments of Parliament from one town to another, the legislature was only enabled at length to hold a short session in Trim. Drogheda was decimated in this visitation; and it is of tradition, that the malady was so violent at Leytown, a little village at the mouth of the Nanny, not far from this town, and which was theretofore a thriving fishery port, that all its wherries, without hands to man them, were left rotting on the beach. The little harbour that then existed there was much used for surreptitious traffic, as a place where no customs or duties were exacted. It has been long since choked up, by the action and reaction of the alluvion of the river, and the silt of the sea. In 1484, Redmond Mac Mahon, Lord of Oriel, died in this town, where he was then held in captivity. Another Act of Resumption, which took place in 1485, on the accession of Henry the Seventh, in reference to the grants made by Richard the Third, specially excepted that which had been made to

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    Coming up through Drogheda now. This town holds a grim piece of history from 1484, when Redmond Mac Mahon, Lord of Oriel, died here in captivity. Who held him or why is not recorded. Five years earlier, in 1479, a plague had swept through Drogheda so badly that the town was said to be decimated. The parliament of Ireland could barely meet at all that year, managing only a short session in Trim after repeated adjournments from town to town. Nearby Leytown, a small fishing village at the mouth of the Nanny, suffered so severely that its boats were left rotting on the beach with no hands to man them. That little harbour had been a busy spot for trade where no customs were paid, but it has long since silted up. Mac Mahon's death here in captivity is all the record gives us, but it tells you Drogheda was a place where a lord could be held and die behind walls.

30. Sickness among troops at Ardee

    Ardee · townland · Louth · 1689

    A report referring to 20 March 1689 noted the forces of James at Dundalk, Ardee, Cavan, Castleblayney and Drogheda were in bad condition, with 300 sick soldiers in Ardee alone due to lack of provisions.

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    in Ardee alone, there were at that moment 300 sick. A third pamphlet of the time states a circumstance, 80 thoroughly in keeping with the fatuity that influenced King James's actions, as to leave little doubt of its occurrence. " On Saturday last, passed through Chester for London two gentlemen, who lately made their escape from Dublin, by whom, amongst other relations, we have it confirmed, that three regiments of French marched into Dublin, upon whose arrival King James ordered Colonel Dorrington and Colonel Fitz James, to march their forces towards Drogheda, and to deliver their posts to the French; which so alarmed the chief of the Irish, that, after a short consultation amongst the principal of their oflicers, it was agreed, that Dorrington, accompanied with some others, should wait upon the late king, to know if by this his Majesty's orders it was intended, the French should have the guard of his person, which, after some small time of cabinet consultation, the king declared it to be his pleasure; which words so surprised and incensed Dorrington and his party, that immediately himself, Colonel Barker, and about twelve other chief officers went to the king, and delivered up their commissions, telling him withal, that many more resolved to do the like. The proceeding startled the late king and his council, and put them on this medicine, to prevent the evil consequences of disobliging either faction, that the oldest battalion of Irish guards should keep their place as before, and that a battalion of French should join

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31. Tombstone of Christopher Cheevers, proprietor of Camtown Castle

    Ballymakenny · townland · Louth · 1687

    In the graveyard at Ballymakenny church, one of only two notable monuments is a tombstone to Christopher Cheevers, old proprietor of Camtown Castle, who died in 1687.

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    modatingabout 150 persons. It was originally erected by Primate Bobinson, and has been lately repaired by a grant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There are no monuments within it, and but two worthy of notice in the graveyard, one being to the memory of Christopher Cheevers, the old proprietor of Camtown Castle, who died in 1687, and the other, a joint tombstone to the memory of the Rev. James Reid, parish priest of Termonfeckin, who died in 1815; the Rev. Richard Trenor, pastor of the Roman Catholic Union of Disert ; and the Rev. Patrick Murphy, parish priest of Haggardstown, who died in 1831. Near the church is the glebe house, surrounded by a glebe of twenty-two acres, plantation measure ; and near it is a national school, at present attended by about ninety boys and thirty girls.

    In 1422, the king committed to the custody of Richard Rede, one messuage and a carucate of land in Baling ; one messuage and two carucates of land in Dysert ; one messuage and a carucate in Ballymakenny -; one messuage and a carucate in Philipstown- Kenveck ; forty acres in Stone House of Moylary ; one messuage and a carucate in Tully-escar, &c., to hold same while vested in the Crown, the said Rede rendering, however, the true value therefor. In 1613, King James granted the rectory and tithes of Balljrmakenny to the Archbishop of Armagh and his successors, whose title thereto, inter (dia^ was distinctly found by inquisition taken in 1621. A return, which was made in 1622, of the " State of the

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32. Treasury Purveyance for Scottish War via Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1308

    In 1308 treasury payments were ordered for purveyors who purchased corn, wine and victuals in Drogheda on the Louth side and exported them to Scotland for the war effort there. The Mayor and bailiffs were commanded not to permit unlicensed export of goods or arms to foreign parts.

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    In 1308, certain treasury payments were ordered, for the purveyors who had purchased corn, wine, and victuals in Drogheda, at the Louth side, and exported same to Scotland for the service of the war

    (a) This Richard de Bereford had, at the same time, commission, with others, to oversee the weirs on the Liffej, between Dublin and the Sahnon Leap, and to inquire, on oath, whether said weirs had been used by any, and if so, by whom, in any manner different from the rights of usage; and to abate all nuisances. He was afterwards Lord Chancellor of L-eland, while Walter I'Enfant, his associate in this notice, was subsequently appointed Governor of the County and Castle of Carlow.

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    Drogheda here in Louth was a supply point for a war not its own. In 1308 the treasury ordered payments for purveyors who had bought corn, wine, and victuals in the town and shipped them to Scotland for the war effort there. The same record names Richard de Bereford, who later became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Walter l'Enfant, who went on to govern the county and castle of Carlow.

33. James II Advances to the Bridges of Aflane and Maplestown

    Ardee · townland · Louth · 1689

    Not finding Schomberg at Ardee, King James advanced as far as the bridge of Aflane and subsequently removed to that of Maplestown while gathering intelligence on his opponent's movements.

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    With the wish, however, of a prompt encounter with Schomberg, King James advanced to Ardee, " which," says a Report, dated October 16, 1689, " is now his head quarters, and where salt, brandy, and tobacco are not to be had." Not finding Schomberg there, he advanced as far as the bridge of Aflane, and subsequently removed to that of Maplestown> where he learned that his opponent had begun to

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34. Sir John Bellew granted forfeited Roche's Castle

    Roche Castle · monument · Louth · 1403

    In 1403 Sir John Bellew received a grant in fee of Roche's Castle and its demesne, which had been forfeited by James White.

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    places of their early settlement in Ireland, and the first notice of record connects them with Bellewstown, to which they had given name; it occurs at the commencement of the fourteenth century, and purports to be a royal mandate to the king's escheator, to assign dower over Bellewstown to Alicia ly Alton, the widow of James Bellew, whose nephew John, the son of John Bellew, is therein stated to be heir male of said James. In 1373, this John Bellew was summoned to a great council, and in 1375 was commanded to attend Parliament, as one of the " Fideles" of Ireland. In 1376 James Bellew obtained a royal grant for his life, of parcels of the possessions of the Abbeys of Newry and Armagh, then in the hands of the Crown, by reason that those religious fraternities were mere Irish, and established amongst the Irishry. In 1399 Walter, the son of Roger Bellew, was seised in tail male of a carucate of land at Bellewstown, with pasture, wood, bog, a miU and two weirs. About the same time Sir John Bellew was knighted by the Earl of March; he was afterwards sheriff of the county of Louth; in 1403 had for his especial services a grant in fee of Roche's castle, and its demesne which had been forfeited by James White, and in the following year was joined in commission with the Archbishop of Armagh, and John D'Arcy, to hold in the king's name, convocations of the clergy, magnates, peers and commons of the coimty Louth, in the absence of the Lord Deputy. In 1408, he was foimd seised of three carucates of

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35. Assizes at Drogheda adjourned by royal order in 1320

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1320

    In 1320, because the Earl of Kildare, then Lord Justice, could not personally attend the assizes to be held at Drogheda, the King directed Walter de Cusack and Stephen Roche to adjourn the sitting.

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    herents, and banishing themselves into Connaught, when he publicly denounced them as traitors, and so returned to Dublin by the way of Drogheda. In the following year, the same Viceroy caused John de Lacy to be " pressed to death" at Trim, because he would not plead to the indictment against him for the above offences, and immediately afterwards he returned to England(a). In 1320, in consequence of the Earl of Kildare, then Lord Justice, being unable personally to attend at the assizes to be held at Drogheda, the King directed Walter de Cusack, and Stephen Roche, to adjourn same. [Of the former it may be mentioned, that he had previously distinguished himself in the legal and legislative annals of his country. Various summonses had been directed to him, requiring his military and parliamentary services, and especially to attend a Parliament at Kilkenny, as one of the Magnates or Peers of Ireland. In the same year (1311), he was one of the Justices in Eyre of the county Dublin, when he receiveda very extraordinary mandate, illustrative of the state of the law in Ireland, and in confirmation of what was before remarked. It recites, that the people of that county complained, that pleas were adjudged to their prejudice, according to the law and custom of England, and not according to the law and custom of Ireland, and they besought a remedy; it was, therefore, a direction to the Justices in Eyre, to suspend the con-

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    As you pass through Drogheda, there is a legal story from 1320. The Earl of Kildare, then Lord Justice, could not personally attend the assizes to be held here, so the King directed Walter de Cusack and Stephen Roche to adjourn the sitting. Cusack had already distinguished himself in the legal and legislative annals of Ireland. He had been summoned for military and parliamentary services, and told to attend a Parliament at Kilkenny as one of the Magnates or Peers of Ireland. In 1311, he was one of the Justices in Eyre of county Dublin, when he received a striking mandate. The people of that county complained that pleas were adjudged to their prejudice according to the law and custom of England, and not according to the law and custom of Ireland, and they sought a remedy. The direction was for the Justices in Eyre to suspend the contrary practice.

36. Bellewstown named for the Bellew family

    Bellewstown · townland · Meath · 1300–1330

    The earliest record connecting the Bellew family to Bellewstown dates to the early fourteenth century, involving a royal mandate assigning dower over Bellewstown to Alicia ly Alton, widow of James Bellew.

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    places of their early settlement in Ireland, and the first notice of record connects them with Bellewstown, to which they had given name; it occurs at the commencement of the fourteenth century, and purports to be a royal mandate to the king's escheator, to assign dower over Bellewstown to Alicia ly Alton, the widow of James Bellew, whose nephew John, the son of John Bellew, is therein stated to be heir male of said James. In 1373, this John Bellew was summoned to a great council, and in 1375 was commanded to attend Parliament, as one of the " Fideles" of Ireland. In 1376 James Bellew obtained a royal grant for his life, of parcels of the possessions of the Abbeys of Newry and Armagh, then in the hands of the Crown, by reason that those religious fraternities were mere Irish, and established amongst the Irishry. In 1399 Walter, the son of Roger Bellew, was seised in tail male of a carucate of land at Bellewstown, with pasture, wood, bog, a miU and two weirs. About the same time Sir John Bellew was knighted by the Earl of March; he was afterwards sheriff of the county of Louth; in 1403 had for his especial services a grant in fee of Roche's castle, and its demesne which had been forfeited by James White, and in the following year was joined in commission with the Archbishop of Armagh, and John D'Arcy, to hold in the king's name, convocations of the clergy, magnates, peers and commons of the coimty Louth, in the absence of the Lord Deputy. In 1408, he was foimd seised of three carucates of

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37. Clarendon Reviews Newcomen's Regiment at Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1686

    During his 1686 visit, Clarendon observed nine companies of Sir Thomas Newcomen's regiment quartered at Drogheda, drawn out and exercised, and dined with the mayor before returning to Mellifont.

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    In October, 1686, on its being intimated, that the Earl of Clarendon, then Lord Lieutenant, was to visit the town, the Assembly ordered, " that there be all due preparations made to receive his Excellency, and that provision be made to give him a decent treat at the Tholsel, at the discretion of the mayor." A gold box was also directed to be prepared, to present to him with the freedom of the corporation, and all charges to be defrayed by them. His Lordship's account of this visit, is given in his letter to the Earl of Rochester, preserved in " Singer's Correspondence." It is dated from Dublin Castle, October 23rd, 1686. " I went on Tuesday to Drogheda, as I told you in my last I intended. I lay at Mellefont, the Earl of Drogheda's, being earnestly invited thither. The next morning I came back to the town, and saw nine companies of Sir Thomas Newcomen's regiment (who are there quartered), drawn out, and exercised. They seem to be very good men, are very well sized, and as adroit as can be expected from new men. I dined at the mayor's, in the evening I returned to Mellefont ; and the next

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this is the town the Earl of Clarendon came to visit in October 1686, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He had stayed overnight at Mellifont, the Earl of Drogheda's seat, and came back here the next morning to find nine companies of Sir Thomas Newcomen's regiment drawn out and exercised. In his own letter to the Earl of Rochester, written from Dublin Castle on the 23rd of October, he called them very good men, well sized, and as adroit as can be expected from new men. The town Assembly had ordered all due preparations for his arrival, with provision for a decent treat at the Tholsel at the mayor's discretion, and a gold box to present him with the freedom of the corporation. After dining with the mayor, Clarendon returned to Mellifont that evening.

38. Commissioners of Inquiry Examine Estates at Duleek

    Duleek · town · Meath · 1689

    During the false alarm, an express was sent to Duleek where Commissioners of Inquiry into the estates of absentees were examining tenants of the Earl of Drogheda about rents paid and arrears due, and were called to help fortify the town.

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    8un Monday, the town of Drogheda was alarmed by two officers, who rode through it towards Dublin^ telling them, that the Scots were within six miles, and had taken the great guns, carriages, ammunition, and provisions, that were going to Deny, and had killed the convoy, whereupon, the townspeople immediately planted their guns, and shut up the gates, having only two companies of the new raised men, and a few horse of the Lord Galmoy, in the town. An express was sent immediately to Duleek, where the Commissioners of Inquiry into the estates of the absentees, were met (being busied in swearing and examining the tenants of the Earl of Drogheda, and others, as to what rents they paid, and what arrears of rent were due), requiring them to repair to the town, and bring with them what strength they could for its fortification. Some being sent out to know the truth of the matter, returning, told them it was only a false alarm, though it was generally said and believed, that several cartloads of their ammunition, provisions, and arms, were intercepted and taken by the people of Ballyshannon and Enniskillen." The pamphlet, from which this notice is extracted, was originally printed in 1689, and is preserved in Lord Somers's Tracts. Immediately following this passage, is a comment on the legislative body sitting in Dublin, wliich, as a contemporaneous exposition of the fatuitous policy, and delusive jealousies, that marred their councils, and led to the speedy defeat of their presiding Sovereign, stems intimately

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39. Drogheda Regarded as Strategic Prize in 1641

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1641

    At the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion, Drogheda was considered an object of the greatest importance for possession by the contending parties, owing to its strategic location and fortifications.

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    Drogheda was then justly considered an object, the possession of which was of the greatest impor-

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    Coming up near Drogheda now. At the outbreak of the 1641 rebellion, this town was "justly considered an object, the possession of which was of the greatest importance" to the contending parties. Its strategic location and fortifications made it a prize both sides needed to hold.

40. Forfeited lands claims at Chichester House

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1702

    Various claimants prosecuted rights over forfeited Drogheda properties at Chichester House in Dublin in 1702, including houses in Peter-street, Shop-street and Windmill-lane forfeited by Christopher Cheevers and Nicholas Peppard.

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    Of the claims entered and prosecuted in 1702, at Chichester House in Dublin, on the occasion of demands and rights attaching upon the forfeited estates, the following connected with Drogheda, were established ; Thomas Stoker, as Administrator of John Stoker, for a term of 31 years, from 1669, of a house in Peter-street, and a garden plot in Fair-street, forfeited by Christopher Cheevers, — John Curtis as assignee of a term for 61 years, from 1652, of a close and garden in Windhiller-lane, forfeited by Nicholas Peppard; Anne Ley, as widow of John Ley, claimed dower of the town and lands of Portlester, a house in Deer-street, &c., forfeited by Patrick Ley. Mary Peppard, by Nicholas Peppard, her husband, for a jointure to herself, and a remainder in tail to her right heirs, of several messuages in this town, and other premises forfeited by Nicholas Peppard. Robert Conly, as mortgagee of two houses in Shopstreet, and an orchard near St. Peter's church, forfeited by the said Nicholas Peppard. Christian Newton, on behalf of herself and three infant children claimed the residue of certain terms of 41 years, in two houses in Peter-street, forfeited by Christopher Cheevers. Henry Earl of Drogheda, for £600, the penalty of a Statute secured upon a house in Deer-

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this town was at the centre of property disputes settled in 1702 at Chichester House in Dublin, where claimants pursued rights over forfeited estates. Thomas Stoker, as administrator of John Stoker, claimed a house in Peter-street and a garden plot in Fair-street, forfeited by Christopher Cheevers. John Curtis, as assignee, claimed a close and garden in Windhiller-lane, forfeited by Nicholas Peppard. Anne Ley, widow of John Ley, claimed dower of the town and lands of Portlester and a house in Deer-street, forfeited by Patrick Ley. Mary Peppard, through her husband Nicholas Peppard, claimed a jointure and remainder of several messuages in the town, forfeited by Nicholas Peppard himself. Robert Conly, as mortgagee, claimed two houses in Shop-street and an orchard near St Peter's church, also forfeited by Nicholas Peppard. Christian Newton claimed on behalf of herself and three infant children the residue of terms in two houses in Peter-street, forfeited by Christopher Cheevers. Henry, Earl of Drogheda, claimed 600 pounds secured upon a house in Deer-street. So several of the street names you see in Drogheda today were bound up in these forfeitures and claims.

41. Fortress construction at Liscartan using Barfortstown limekiln

    Liscartan · townland · Meath · 1403

    Jenico Darditz was granted underwood in the forest of Barfortstown, county Meath, to fuel a kiln producing lime necessary for the construction of a fortress at Liscartan.

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    at Fore, with the inhabitants of the baronies of Fore, Delvin, and Mullingar, and their vicinity, on the government and condition of the marches thereabout ; he appears to have also, at this time, the custody of the manor of Trim, and was obliged to sue out a pardon for waste and destruction committed in its castle. In the same year, on the petition of Johanna, the wife of said Jenico, the king granted him the underwood in the forest of Barfortstown, county Meath, for the use of a kiln, the Ume of which was necessary to the construction of a fortress at Liscartan. He also gave him all the com in a certain haggard, in the parish of Kilclogher, county Louth, being in the king's hands by reason of the forfeiture of Richard Fitz Richard, and 120 oak trees and large beeches, growing in the lordship of Maundevilleston, forfeited to the Crown by Bartholomew de Verdon. He had likewise the custody of the estates of Christopher de Preston, in the county Kildare, and of the manor of Ardmulchan, during the minority of the respective heirs. In 1404 he was made Admiral of Ireland, and in 1406 was one of the commissioners appointed by the Crown, to inquire into an alleged violation of the Statute of Provisors, which had occurred in the appointment of the Treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 1409 he had a grant of various lands near Lucan, after which he was appointed Constable of the Castle of Dublin. In 1421 he had a grant for his life, from Henry the Fifth, of the manors of Esker, Newcastle of Lyons, and Saggard; and

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    Somewhere around here, in 1403, a fortress was under construction. Jenico Darditz, who at this time held the custody of the manor of Trim and had to sue out a pardon for waste and destruction committed in its castle, received a royal grant of underwood in the forest of Barfortstown, county Meath. That wood was to fuel a kiln, and the lime from that kiln was, in the words of the record, "necessary to the construction of a fortress at Liscartan." The grant came on the petition of Johanna, Jenico's wife. In the same year the king also gave him all the corn in a haggard in the parish of Kilclogher, county Louth, forfeited to the Crown by Richard Fitz Richard, and 120 oak trees and large beeches from the lordship of Maundevilleston, forfeited by Bartholomew de Verdon. He likewise held custody of the estates of Christopher de Preston in county Kildare and the manor of Ardmulchan, during the minority of the respective heirs. In 1404 he was made Admiral of Ireland.

42. Killineer House and its ruined church and chapel

    Killineer · townland · Louth

    Killineer House, near Listoke, takes its name from the small parish of Killineer, anciently a curacy appertaining to Mellifont, whose church and chapel have long been ruinous.

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    land, with a water-mill, was, in the time of James the First, the property of Edmund Plunkett of Castle- Lumnagh, whose lineal descendants, Oliver and Nicholas Plunkett, subsequently enjoyed it Near this, on the townland of Camtown, stood formerly the castle of a branch of the Cheevers' family, whose representative in 1687, lies buried, as above mentioned, in the churchyard here. A little west of Listoke, is Killineer House, so called from the little parish of that name, in which it stands, anciently a curacy appertaining to Mellefont, but now annexed to the vicarage of St. Peter's, Drogheda, the church and chapel having been long ruinous. The townland of Phillipstown was accounted within this parish, and was in the l7th century forfeited by Patrick Netterville, and granted to Erasmus Smith.

    The remaining chief objects of interest, in the vicinity of Drogheda, will be found on the banks of its river, which, therefore, demands a preliminary notice.

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43. Lord Moore made governor of Louth for defence of Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1642

    King Charles I constituted Lord Moore governor of the county of Louth and barony of Slane, in consideration of his services and sacrifice for the preservation of Drogheda during its siege.

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    him to levy forces against his government in Ireland, he yet firmly refused to save himself, by a declaration so scandalous and unwarranted, and was, accordingly, executed ; while, in direct contradiction to any such inference of King Charles having participated in his movement, it appears, that monarch, by his privy seal, dated at York, the 30th of June, and at Stoneley Abbey, the 20th August, 1642, constituted Lord Moore governor of the county of Louth and barony of Slane, whereof he had a grant by commission on the 10th of September, with the fee of ten shillings per day, and power to prosecute all rebels, traitors, &c., " in consideration," as his Majesty expressed himself, " that, to the hazarding himself, and the loss of all his estate, he had contributed very much, as well before as during the siege of Drogheda, to the preservation of that town, and performed many other acceptable services there, since the beginning of that detestable rebeUion, towards the suppression thereof, for his better encouragement to proceed cheerfully in the said service, and to the end he might be the better enabled thereunto."

    One individual more, in connexion with the above events, claims some especial notice — Christopher, the second Earl of FingaL He had taken his seat in Parliament in 1639, and was immediately appointed a member of the Committee for privileges and grievances. On the breaking out of the rebellion, he repaired to Dublin, accompanied by other noblemen, who with him waited on the Lords Justices, with

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this is a town with a siege in its story. In 1642, King Charles I gave Lord Moore a commission as governor of the county of Louth and the barony of Slane, with a fee of ten shillings a day and power to prosecute all rebels and traitors. The king's privy seal was dated at York on the 30th of June and at Stoneley Abbey on the 20th of August, with the commission following on the 10th of September. Charles said it was, in his own words, in consideration that, to the hazarding of himself and the loss of all his estate, Moore had contributed very much, as well before as during the siege of Drogheda, to the preservation of that town. The king credited Moore with performing many other acceptable services there since the beginning of what he called that detestable rebellion, and gave him the commission for his better encouragement to proceed cheerfully in the said service, and to the end he might be the better enabled thereunto.

44. Pagan monuments of Bregia at Rath, Dowth, New Grange and Knowth

    Newgrange · townland · Meath

    The plain of Bregia, on whose skirt Drogheda stood, was the capital and theatre of Pagan gentilism, as testified by surviving remains at Rath, Dowth, New Grange, Knowth, Bellewstown and Grenanstown.

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    The Annals of Drogheda, in the ensuing century, connect in a very remarkable manner with the mission of the Apostle of Ireland, in its earliest auspice. The plain of Bregia, on the skirt of which this town was situated, as it included the seat and stronghold of Irish sovereignty and power, so was it the capital and theatre of gentilism, and all the Pagan rites then venerated; as the remains at Rath, Dowth, New Grange, Knowth, Bellewstown, Grenanstown, &c., still testify. Thither, therefore, after some unsuccessful efforts to effect a landing in other parts of Ireland, St. Patrick in 432 resolved to direct his steps, and, in accordance with that resolution, ran his little vessel into the harbour of Colpe, as the nearest and safest place of debarkation. Thence he and his companions, with the exception of St. Loman (afterwards firstBishop of Trim), whom he left at the mouth of the Boyne to guard his boat and aid the mission thereabout, proceeded to Slane; where, while King Leogaire was celebrating a heathen festival, and his Magi were about displaying that sacred flame, that Baal-tinne (i. e. simfire), until the lighting of which on May eve, as before alluded

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45. Ruinous barracks of Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1745

    In 1745 inspectors of barracks informed Parliament that £314 was required for repair of Drogheda's barracks, which were in a very ruinous condition due to neglect by an absentee barrack-master.

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    friars of the Augnstinian order ; and four, then or late of Broadstone-well, as regulars, or reputed regular friars of the Franciscan order. In 1745, the inspectors of barracks informed Parliament, that a sum of £314 was required for the repair of the barracks here, which were in a very ruinous condition, by reason that the barrack-master, Cuthbert Brown, resided in England, acting by deputy ; and that so great favour had been shown to him, that one surety was accepted for him, a resident of England, and who executed his bond at the place of his residence. In 1749, the map of the town, of which the annexed is an engraving, was drawn by Bavel. The fortifications and walls of Drogheda appear to have been then supported by eleven towers or castles on the Louth side, and seven on the Meath side, but no names are identified with those towers, except in the instance of three, Pigeon Tower, Taylor's Hall, and Shooting Tower, corruptly called Tooting Tower, and the castles that guarded the respective gates. The public buildings and places of interest are pointed out through the marginal references.

    In 1756, the corporation, in consequence of a prevalent scarcity, voted £1000 for the purchase of oatmeal, to be retailed in small quantities to the poor, when the market price was too high for them to buy at. The former Recorder, the Right Honourable Henry Singleton, then Master of the Rolls, also lent another £1000 for the same purpose. De Burgo gives a list of the Dominican friars at this time residing in Drogh-

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    As you pass through Drogheda, the town had barracks here that were falling apart in 1745. The inspectors of barracks reported to Parliament that 314 pounds was needed to repair them, as they were in a very ruinous condition. The cause was neglect: the barrack-master, Cuthbert Brown, lived in England and operated through a deputy. A favour had been shown to Brown, since his surety was also a resident of England, who signed the bond at his own home rather than locally.

46. 1661 Remonstrance Signed by Dominican Prior of Drogheda

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1661

    On the occasion of the celebrated Remonstrance in 1661, the only Roman Catholic clergyman in Drogheda to sign it was Reverend John Scurlock, Prior of the Dominicans of the town.

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    said house should be so employed. In the same year, in King Charles's Declaration for the Settlement, several clauses were inserted, in favour of Erasmus Smith, whereby the Irish Council was directed to satisfy his deficiency, as an adventurer, in some convenient forfeited lands in the county of Louth, " that he might be better enabled and encouraged, to answer those public pious uses, in incorporating five free schools in Ireland, and to reprise him such lands, now or lately in his possession, that are restored, or restorable, to the former proprietors ;" all which possessions were confirmed to him by a subsequent Act of Parliament Those so referred to, as in the county of Louth, extended from TuUyesker to Clogher, and, according to the royal intention, he obtained a charter for the establishment of the five incorporated schools in Ireland, one of which is that before alluded to, as stiU existing here. In 1661, on the occasion of the celebrated " Remonstrance," the only Roman Catholic clergyman, who signed it in Drogheda, was the Reverend John Scurlock, Prior of the Dominicans of that town. Primate Bramhall, about this time, repaired the archiepiscopal palace here, which he had found in a ruinous state; and the Corporation soon afterwards granted to him and his successors, the guard-house by St. Laurence's gate, at one shilling yearly rent, with a proviso, " that if any rebeUion happen, the same is to be made use of for a guard-house as formerly, if it shall be thought fit."

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    As you pass through Drogheda, this town carries a moment from 1661. That year, the celebrated Remonstrance went round, and the only Roman Catholic clergyman in Drogheda to sign it was Reverend John Scurlock, Prior of the Dominicans of the town. Around the same time, Primate Bramhall repaired the archiepiscopal palace, which he had found in a ruinous state. The Corporation then granted him and his successors the guard-house by St. Laurence's gate, at one shilling yearly rent, with the proviso that if any rebellion happened, it would be made use of as a guard-house again, if thought fit. One of the five free schools chartered by Erasmus Smith in Ireland was also established here, on forfeited lands in the county of Louth.

47. Drogheda harbour described as bad in 1543 report

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1543

    A 1543 report on Irish harbours characterized Drogheda's haven as bad, in contrast with good havens noted at Carrickfergus, Strangford, and Carlingford.

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    In 1543, a report was made relative to the condition of the harbours of Ireland; it of course includes those at this side of the channel, and represents Carrickfergus as a good haven; Strangford a good haven; Dundrum a creek; Carlingford a good haven; Dundalk, a creek; Drogheda a bad haven ; Skerries a good road, &c. In the following year O'Neill, after his being created Earl of Tyrone, wrote a letter of remonstrance from Armagh to the king, complaining, amongst other matters, thatno house was assigned for his residence near Dublin, Drogheda, or Dundalk, or any of those great towns where Parliaments and Councils are held. In 1545, Sir Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy, after acquainting his royal master, that a fleet of seventy ships or more had appeared off the coast, and taken divers small boats, adds in a postscript.

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    As you pass through Drogheda, it's worth knowing that a 1543 report on Ireland's harbours gave this town a blunt verdict: a bad haven. Neighbouring Carlingford was called a good haven, and Strangford and Carrickfergus too, but Drogheda did not measure up. The report listed Dundalk and Dundrum merely as creeks, so Drogheda was not alone in falling short, but it was the one singled out as bad among the east coast ports.

48. Market cross erected in Drogheda by John Ball

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1501

    In 1501 the market cross was erected in Drogheda at the expense of John Ball.

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    dence tliere(a). In 1 501 the market cross was erected here by John Ball, at his own expense. In 1504, a provincial Synod, convened here by the aforesaid Octavian, was, on account of the prevalent plague, adjourned, as before mentioned, to Ardee, and even thence " sine die,'^ from the same cause. In this latter year the Annals record, that the townsmen of Drogheda, with the Mayor of Dublin, the Viscount Gormanston, Barons Slane, Delvin, Howth, Trimleston, and Dunsany, and William OTarrel, Bishop of Ardagh (previously Lord of Annaly), even after his consecration, joined the forces of the Earl of Kildare, then Lord Deputy, and encountering Ulick Burke, the Lord of Thomond, O'Carrol, and others of their party, signally defeated them at Knocto, or the Mount of Axes, a few miles from Gralway. The fight was sharply continued for some hours with equal loss on both sides, but at last victory fell to Kildare's; each party, however, lost about 1000 men. Only half of the county of Louth (Uriel) was at this time subject to English dominion, while the other half paid a yearly tribute of £40 to " the great O'Neill." In 1506, during the Mayoralty of John Wyrral, the bridge of Drogheda was rebuilt after its destruction before alluded to.

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you are in a town where a market cross once stood, erected in 1501 at the expense of John Ball. He paid for it himself, and it marked the place where trade and public business were done. The same years brought trouble to the town. A plague in 1504 forced a church synod to move away, and only half of county Louth was under English rule, the other half paying a yearly tribute of 40 pounds to the great O'Neill. The bridge of Drogheda was rebuilt in 1506 after its earlier destruction.

49. West gate built and Mill Mount fortified at Drogheda

    near Millmount · feature · Louth · 1643

    Amid heavy financial exactions from townspeople for the garrison, the corporation of Drogheda disbursed funds toward repairs of the town gates and bridge; the west gate was newly built and works thrown up to strengthen the mill mount.

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    tenant Colonel Bjrron, and Major Edward Billingsley. Amongst the disbursements appear, £90, for Lord Brabazon's Company; £79, for Captain Greene's; £69, Captain Bainbridge's; £92, Captain Hamond's; £73, Colonel Tyler's ; £80, Colonel SaveU's; £79, Captain Farrel's ; £101, Major Peasley's ; £239, Captain Bolton's; £413, Sir Henry Tichbume's; and £261 for Sir Henry himself; £259, for Colonel Byron's company; £258, Captain Tichburne's; £279, Captain Billingsle/s; £169, Captain Loftus's; £259, Captain Ponsonb/s ; and £l 97, for Captain Cadogan's. In consequence of which heavy exactions on the townspeople, the Marquess of Ormond issued an order from Dublin Castle, that, upon the corporation contributing thenceforth £15 weekly for the support of the garrison, the town should not be further burdened. The corporation did, however, also, more locally and for municipal purposes, disburse, as appears from their books, a sum of £98, towards the repairs of St. Sunday's, St. John's, St. James's, and St. Laurence's gates, and of the town bridge. The west gate was then also built, and opened, new locks, as especially mentioned, put to all the gates, and works were thrown up to strengthen the mill mount; while, on the part of the government, for the encouragement of persons who would bring provisions and other commodities, to Drogheda, Dundalk, Carlingford, &c., for the relief of his Majesty's army and good subjects, it was ordered in council, that they should

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    Somewhere about Millmount, in 1643, the corporation of Drogheda was under heavy financial strain from the garrison. Companies under officers like Sir Henry Tichborne, Colonel Byron, and Captain Bolton drew hundreds of pounds from the townspeople, sums ranging from £69 to £413 per company. The Marquess of Ormond issued an order from Dublin Castle that if the corporation paid £15 weekly for the garrison's support, the town would not be further burdened. Beyond those exactions, the corporation also spent £98 on municipal repairs, fixing St. Sunday's, St. John's, St. James's, and St. Laurence's gates, and the town bridge. The west gate was newly built and opened, new locks were put to all the gates, and works were thrown up to strengthen the mill mount. On the government's part, council ordered encouragement for anyone bringing provisions and commodities to Drogheda, Dundalk, and Carlingford, for the relief of his Majesty's army and good subjects.

50. Dispute over Chilbrid townland outside Drogheda bridge

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1229

    A suit between Walter le Roquere and Philip de Nugent concerned a carucate of land called 'Chilbrid' lying outside the bridge of Drogheda, previously held by the burgesses of Drogheda but taken from them by the Bishop of Norwich.

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    had for a time incurred the KiDg^s displeasure, obtained, on payment of 4000 marks, a restoration of his estates hereabout, saving to the Crown the possession of the Castle of Drogheda ; and in 1220 he had a further confirmation of all his possessions in Ireland, including the taUiage and aid chargeable on Drogheda, and also a chief rent of £20, payable out of the Castle of Drogheda, and 20 marks out of that of Blackagh and their appurtenances; but the possession of these fortresses was therein declared to be retained to the Crown, and proved a very essential reservation for the safety of the Pale in the immediately ensuing war with Hugh de Lacy the younger. In 1 222, the men of Dublin, Waterford, Drogheda, Cork, and Limerick, were ordered to maintain a gaUey in each port for the defence of the land; and in 1228, as has been seen in the corporate history, certain customs were granted for one year, as an aid for the better construction of the bridge here. In the Close Rolls of the following year in the Tower of London, are recorded proceedings in a suit between Walter le Boquere and Philip de Nugent, concerning a carucate of land lying outside the bridge of Drogheda ; and of another suit between Ralph Bagot and Nicholas de Verdon, concerning the adjacent manor of Rath. The former litigation regarded, as explained in a Close Roll of the 17th of John, a townland denominated " Chilbrid," which the burgesses of Drogheda had theretofore held, but of which they were deprived by the before mentioned Bishop of

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you are near ground fought over in the courts back in 1229. A Close Roll from that year, held in the Tower of London, records a suit between Walter le Roquere and Philip de Nugent over a carucate of land lying outside the bridge of Drogheda. The land in question was a townland called Chilbrid. The burgesses of Drogheda had held it before, but the Bishop of Norwich had deprived them of it. A separate suit at the same time, between Ralph Bagot and Nicholas de Verdon, concerned the adjacent manor of Rath.

51. Ancient Annuity from Drogheda and Castle of Blackagh

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1310

    Theobald de Verdon junior had livery of his father's estates in 1310, with a royal mandate for payment of the ancient annuity that his father and ancestors had received out of the town of Drogheda and the castle of Blackagh.

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    lice, appear to have been his cousins. Nicholas, previous to this act of disaffection, had summons, and 8at as a peer in an Irish Parliament; and, on the royal reconciliation, obtained a grant from Edward the Second, then at York, of the manor of Maundevillestown, county Louth, which had vested in the Crown, on the surrender of Kalph Pipard. — To return to Theobald de Verdon, junior, he had livery of his father's estates in 1310, with a royal mandate for the due payment of the ancient annuity, which his fether and all his ancestors had received out of the town of Drogheda and the castle ofBlackagh. Theserjeantship of the Lordship or county of Meath was then found byinquisition to belong to him, with other rights within that liberty, which he acquired by marrying one of the co-heiresses of Hugh de Lacy. In 1313, he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland; when leaving England, where was then his residence, he empowered the Bishop of Bath and Wells to present to all his churches in that kingdom. In 1314 he was simimoned to attend the English Parliament, to treat, as is expressed in the writ, with the king, his prelates and nobles, about the affairs of Ireland, and other of the king's arduous and urgent concerns. At the close of that year he died, leaving no issue male, whereupon his portion of the De J^acy estates vested in his daughters that were married to noblemen, who, as Baron Finglas remarks in his Breviate, ** dwelled still in England, and took such profit as they could get for awhile, and sent small defence for VOL. n. F

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    Coming up through Drogheda now. In 1310, Theobald de Verdon junior had livery of his father's estates, and with it came a royal mandate for payment of an ancient annuity that his father and all his ancestors had received out of this town of Drogheda and the castle of Blackagh. He also held the serjeantship of the county of Meath, which he acquired by marrying one of the co-heiresses of Hugh de Lacy. In 1313 he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland, and in 1314 he was summoned to the English Parliament to treat, as the writ expressed it, with the king, his prelates and nobles, about the affairs of Ireland and other urgent concerns. He died at the close of that year, leaving no male issue, and his portion of the de Lacy estates passed to his daughters, who, as Baron Finglas remarks in his Breviate, "dwelled still in England, and took such profit as they could get for awhile, and sent small defence."

52. Baronial Military Obligations Around Drogheda

    Duleek · town · Meath · 1584

    A defined schedule of hosting and military service obligations was recorded for landowners in the baronies of Duleek, Slane, and Ferrard near Drogheda, specifying numbers of archers and horsemen owed by named landholders including Viscount Gormanston and the Baron of Slane.

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    those chargeable to the duties of hostings and military service, and the extent of their responsibility, were defined as follows, so far as relates to this vicinity. In the barony of Duleek; Viscount Gormanston to furnish eight archers on horseback; Christopher D' Arcy of Flatten, four ; James Aylmer of Dullardstown, two ; Preston of the Inch, one ; Oliver Darcy and William Bath, one ; the Recorder of Drogheda, one ; Edward Plunkett of Bewly, one ; Talbot of Dardistown, three ; Caddel of th§ Naul, two ; De la Field of Faynestown, one ; Hamlin of Smithstown, two ; Bath of Colpe, one ; the Fortrirf of Duleek, one ; Sir John Bedlowe of Bedloweston, one, &c. In the barony of Slane ; the Lord Baron of Slane, six archers on horseback ; John NetterviUe of Dowth, two ; Robert Froudfort of Froudfortstown, one ; the Fortrief of the town of Slane, two, &c. In the barony of Ferrard; the Lord Frimate of Armagh, six archers on horseback; Dowdall of Termonfeckin, three; George Flunkett of Bewly, three; Edward Dowdall of Glaspistol, two ; Edward Moore of Mellefont and Edward Brabazon, three ; Patrick Verdon of Clonmore, one ; John BamewaU of Drogheda or Hunterstown, one ; Nicholas Drumgoulle of Walston, one ; More of Barmeath, one, &c. In the baronies of Louth and Dundalk Sir John Bedlowe and the Bedlowes, six horsemen and twelve kerns, &c.

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53. Bridge of Drogheda rebuilt in 1506

    Drogheda · town · Louth · 1506

    During the mayoralty of John Wyrral in 1506, the bridge of Drogheda was rebuilt after its earlier destruction.

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    dence tliere(a). In 1 501 the market cross was erected here by John Ball, at his own expense. In 1504, a provincial Synod, convened here by the aforesaid Octavian, was, on account of the prevalent plague, adjourned, as before mentioned, to Ardee, and even thence " sine die,'^ from the same cause. In this latter year the Annals record, that the townsmen of Drogheda, with the Mayor of Dublin, the Viscount Gormanston, Barons Slane, Delvin, Howth, Trimleston, and Dunsany, and William OTarrel, Bishop of Ardagh (previously Lord of Annaly), even after his consecration, joined the forces of the Earl of Kildare, then Lord Deputy, and encountering Ulick Burke, the Lord of Thomond, O'Carrol, and others of their party, signally defeated them at Knocto, or the Mount of Axes, a few miles from Gralway. The fight was sharply continued for some hours with equal loss on both sides, but at last victory fell to Kildare's; each party, however, lost about 1000 men. Only half of the county of Louth (Uriel) was at this time subject to English dominion, while the other half paid a yearly tribute of £40 to " the great O'Neill." In 1506, during the Mayoralty of John Wyrral, the bridge of Drogheda was rebuilt after its destruction before alluded to.

    In 1520, Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, Lord Admiral of England, Wales, and Ireland, came over as Lord Lieutenant, with 100 of the guards, and a

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    As you pass through Drogheda, you are crossing ground where a bridge once stood that had been destroyed before its rebuilding in 1506. That work was done during the mayoralty of John Wyrral. The record gives no detail of how the earlier bridge came to grief, only that it had fallen or been broken and was put up again under Wyrral's term. The years around it were unsettled. In 1504 the townsfolk of Drogheda joined the Earl of Kildare, then Lord Deputy, along with the Mayor of Dublin and several lords, and fought Ulick Burke and his allies at Knockto, a few miles from Galway. Each side lost about 1000 men. A provincial synod had been called to Drogheda that same year by Octavian, but plague forced it first to Ardee and then to be adjourned with no set date. Only half of the county of Louth was under English rule at the time, while the other half paid a yearly tribute of £40 to the great O'Neill.

54. Grant of Bull ring house near Beamore bog

    Bey More · townland · Meath · 1703

    Charles Campbell received a patent for a house and rear on the Bull ring near Beamore bog, amounting to sixteen acres, as part of the forfeited estates purchases in Drogheda.

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    To Alderman Thomas Stoker, two houses, with a horse-mill and garden adjoining, consideration, £74, annual rent, 1^. To John Newton, the town and lands of Camaghtown, Ballymakenny, and Succletshamlets, 539a., consideration, £2015, annual rent, Is. To Robert Curtis, three small parks near Sunday's gate, containing IOa. 3r., purchase money, £l66. To Charles Campbell, " eight acres of arable land within the dissolved hospital of St. James's, bounding on the east, west, and north to the lands of St. James, and south to the road; ten acres of pasture and furze on the mountains of St. James's, so anciently called, bounding north and east to Taylor of Swords's lands, south to Fisher's Batter, and west to the town lands; three acres of rough meadow, near the causeway leading to Dublin, bounding east and north to said causeway, west to the town grounds, and south to said Taylor's lands; a park westward of Yellow Batter, 4a.;" total, 25a., consideration, £199, annual rent, 2^. The last mentioned patentee had also a grant of a house, garden, and rear in Deerstreet, called the Blue Boar's Head; a house, garden, court, and rear, on the south quay, or south side of the river; a house and rear on the Bull ring, near Beamore bog, 16a., consideration, £30, total annual rent, 6d. He also passed patent for a house in Shopstreet, ahas Booth-street, bounding north to the Tholsel, east to Shop-street, and west to Brandon's lands; a parcel of ground, with a garden and two cabins thereon, bounding west to St. Peter's church-

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55. Ordinance to break down weirs on the Boyne

    near River Boyne · river · Kildare · 1550

    In 1550, an ordinance was promulgated for breaking down fishing weirs on the River Boyne between Drogheda and Trim, opening up the fishery of the river.

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    In 1550, an ordinance was promulgated for breaking down the weirs on the Boyne, between Drogheda and Trim, and opening the fishery of the river. In 1552, a contest arose between the Mayors of Dublin and Drogheda, concerning their precedency in marches, when it was adjudged, that he of Dublin should have the foreward going out and the rereward coming home, " as was accustomed;" and in

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