Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society

Each story keeps the passage it was read from. Open one to read the passage as the book has it, and, where the companion has written its own telling, that too.

1. Statue of William III from Cork Mansion House

   Cork · city · Cork

   A statue of William III, formerly displayed in the Mansion House in Cork, was presented by Mr. J. P. Dalton to the Cork conversazione exhibition.

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   G. quadra, G.rhamni, Dolomedesfimbriata, etc. Mr. Herbert Webb Gillman, vice-president Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, the colours of the Muskerry Cavalry (lent by the owner, Captain R. Tonson Rye, of Rye Court) ; orderly book of the same corps, 1822-44 (lent by Sir Augustus Warren, bart., of Warren's Court), and other exhibits. Mr. J. P. Dalton presented the statue of William III. formerly in the Mansion House, Cork) ; and Mr. Allan P. Swan, F.L.S., pho tographs of micro-fungi, including salmon disease. Mr. W. B. Haynes, coat of an Irish volunteer. Mr. J. H. Bennett, Galway rent roll, temp. Elizabeth ; petition of Kinsale fishermen, temp- Charles I. ; and the Munster Camera Club, frames of photographic transparencies exhibited by Messrs. W. R. Atkins, R. S. Baker, J. Bennett, J. Day, E. Scott, H. Schroter, and C. H. Pearne. The Cross of the Knight of St. Gregory, worn by the late Mr. John Francis Maguire, m.p., Mayor of Cork, and the collar, badge, diploma, and notes of Mr. John Delany, Commendatore of the Order of the Advocates of St. Peter, were to be seen among the exhibits to the conversazione.

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 112

2. Antrim as a prehistoric and early Christian densely populated district

   near Antrim · town · Antrim

   Antrim is described as the home of flint, with vast numbers of stone implements, weapons, flints, arrows, spears, tools, and Celtic bronze objects found there, evidencing a large and thickly-populated district in pre-historic and early Christian times. The Belfast Field Club's members, notably William Gray, pioneered the collection and study of these antiquities in Antrim, Down, and Derry.

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   In opening the conversazione, Mr. Robert Day, j.p., F.S.A., said by the very merest accident of birth his name had been placed first upon the programme, and that because the society over which he had the honour to preside was a little older than its twin sister the Field Club. He took no credit whatever to himself for the happy union of that evening, as he was away from Cork when all the arrangements were made, and when the idea was commenced by Mr. Copeman. On his having informed him of what had been done his only regret was that the conversazione could not have been continued upon a second day, so that a larger number of the country members of both societies would have been afforded an opportunity of seeing the various collections which had been so generously lent for the occasion. In Belfast a Field Club had flourished for a quarter of a century. He was a member of it for quite that period, and he alluded to it because it embraced from its inception archaeology and the study of Irish antiquities. It held its annual conversaziones, at many of which he had been present, and it gave him pleasure to testify that the Field Club of Belfast had done more for the practical study of the archaeology of the north of Ireland than any other kindred society in the kingdom. He well remembered when the flint flake knife and scraper were unknown in Antrim, until they were sought for and gathered by a few of its members, foremost among whom was their old townsman, Mr. William Gray, who had done more pioneer work for his adopted province than perhaps any other man in it. The section which was developed by the antiquaries grew and flourished. In Antrim, the home of the flint, a county of many lakes and upland plains and hills, and within sight of Scotland, there must have been in pre-historic and early Christian times a larger and more thicklypopulated district than perhaps in any other part of Ireland. This was evidenced by the vast number of stone implements and weapons, flints and arrows, spears and tools, with those of more recent Celtic bronze, which occurred there. Prior to the foundation of the Field Club all these, with few exceptions, were either unheeded, thrown away, or sold to dealers and such like, and were thus lost to the country. Among the outside collectors he had done his share, and continued to do so until the members of the club woke up and in their turn became collectors, and so his occupation in the hunting grounds of Antrim, Down, and Derry came to an end. What that club had done for the north their dual clubs should do for the south. He feared that the name and claims of the Archaeological Society were not so attractive to the general public as were those of the Naturalists' Field Club. He knew a little of the enjoyment of the naturalist, the pleasures of the botanist, the patient study of the student of geology, and the

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 111

3. Armoy: the Condons' territory

   near Armoy · parish · Antrim

   The country of the Condons was named Armoy, meaning Freshfield, and sometimes Ur Magh, with the same signification. The territory adjoined Glanworth and the Roche lands in what is still called Roches' country.

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   The country was named Armoy {i.e. Freshfield), and sometimes Ur Magh, which has the same signification. The adjoining lands of Glan Ore, or Glanworth, were granted to Flemming, who by the marriage of his daughter came to the Roches, or de la Roupe, who were Lord Viscounts of Fermoy, and anciently Barons of Pool Castle, alias Castle Lough, and all this tract is still called Roches country. It is said that Roche, who married the heiress of Flemming, ingratiated himself by killing one of the Condons by a crossbow shot in the thigh, which part happened to be uncovered by the raising up of his cuirass, x^my

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 294

4. Brittas estate restored then lost again

   Brittas · townland · Cork · 1666–1696

   Lord Brittas was restored to his property by Charles II in 1666, but the estate was again lost under James II. Theobald and his son John were attainted in 1696.

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   disguise of a priest, being permitted to pass unchallenged through the English lines, but was captured at Carrick-on-Suir and brought back to Limerick and hanged on Gallows Green, Garryowen, 1607. Linehan mentions that Sarsfield's wife was granddaughter to John Burke. John Burke's cousin, Theobald Burke of Castleconnel, got his lands — seven and a half ploughlands — and was made Baron Burke of Brittas in 161 8. In the battle of Liscarroll, September 3rd, 1642, between the English under Lord Inchiquin and the Irish under General Barry, Lord Brittas served under the latter. The Brittas property was confiscated by Cromwell, and the second son of Lord Brittas, Colonel Burke, was hung by Cromwell in Cork in 1653. Lord Brittas was restored to his property by Charles II. in 1666, but the estate was again lost under James II., as Theobald, Lord Brittas, and his son John, both of Ballymoney, county Limerick, were attainted in 1696. The lands of Brittas were purchased in 1703 by Thomas Stepney, the Grange, Portmarnock, county Dublin. Towards the close of last century the lands (j) came

   Who sings, " Lady love, lady love, come to me now, Come and live merrily under the bough ;

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 256

5. Bronze gilt prick-spur found at Ash near Castlering, 1872

   Ash · street · Kerry · 1872

   A bronze gilt prick-spur was found at Ash, near Castlering, in 1872. It is one of only two relics the author recalls from explored barrows in County Louth, the other being the Greenmount bronze plate.

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   That these mounds were sepulchral there is little doubt. The one at Greenmount was so. Only a few have been explored in later times. Many have been dug into in search of treasure in former times. Of those that have been opened, most had an interior passage and chambers of stones flagged over. The only relics I can call to mind are the bronze plate or sword described above at Greenmount, and a bronze gilt prick-spur found at Ash, near Castlering, in 1872 {Journal Royal Historical and ArcJueological Association, vol. iii., 4th series, p, 322).

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   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 232

6. Caherconlish church and graveyard inscriptions

   Caherconlish · town · Limerick

   The church at Caherconlish lacks the characteristics of primitive Irish churches. The graveyard contains tombstones with very old inscriptions that are difficult to decipher. A belief that Ailbe built a church at Cahirelly may stem from an incorrect etymology of the place name.

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   this church has none of the marks of primitive Irish churches, which were of small size and built of very large stones with very little mortar, and with the doors broader at the bottom by some inches than at the top. Ailbe is believed to have built a church at Cahirelly, but this belief arose perhaps from the incorrect explanation of Cahirelly as the cathair of Albe. There are some very old inscriptions on the tombstones in the graveyard, but it is not easy to decipher them. There were two castles in this parish, the one in east Cahirelly, the Black Castle,(l3) built by MacClancy, tumbled down many years ago, and all the stones have been removed ; the other, in west Cahirelly, built by Hynes, is in good repair.

   Sir William King/'4) who was mayor of Limerick three times, 1665, '78, '79, and also M.P. for the county in 1661, '92, '95, got large grants of forfeited estate in this parish.

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 276

7. Castle Mac Auliff near Clonfert graveyard

   Clonfert · townland · Cork

   A second Mac Auliff castle stood about two miles west of Newmarket, not far from the graveyard and the site of the old parish church of Clonfert. The site is still called Castle Mac Auliff.

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   from the town, on the site of which Neptune Blood built a house early in the century. This may be the castle referred to in the Annals of Loch Ce. This castle is said to have belonged to the Mac Auliffs, but could their territory have extended so close to Kanturk ? The Mac Auliffs held three castles near Newmarket. One was in the present demesne of Colonel Aldworth, just close to the schoolhouse, on the top of a hill called the Mount. Many years ago some coins were found here. Another was about two miles west of the town, not far from the graveyard, and the site of the old parish church of Clonfert. The site of this castle is still called Castle Mac Auliff. About half a mile from this, at opposite side of river, there is a romantic cave in the Island Wood. The people call the rock in which this cave is " Miss Moylan's Rock ;" and they say " Miss Moylan " was a daughter of Mac Auliff, whom her father wished to marry some chief to whom she had a great objection, but Mac Auliff would stand no nonsense, and the wedding day was fixed. On the night before " Miss Moylan" flew from the castle across the river valley, and placing a hand on this rock, which immediately opened, she vanished for ever from human ken. The impress of her hand, or something like it, continued on the rock until about the beginning of this century, when a carpenter, belonging to Newmarket, in a drunken freak, broke it off. The people say his hand withered immediately, and that he came to a bad end. Not far from the rock there is a well, Tober Srulane, whoever drinks the water of which will infallibly have to return to Newmarket.

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 192

8. Charles Oliver of Clonodfoy, MP for Midleton

   Midleton · town · Cork · 1695

   Charles Oliver of Clonodfoy, Limerick, was MP for Midleton in 1695 and served as high sheriff of Cork the same year. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Percy Smith of Ballinatray, in 1670 and died on 13 April 1706 leaving issue.

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   Son of Captain Robert Oliver, m.p. for Limerick county, 1661, by Bridget, daughter of Andrew Ormsby. Was high sheriff of Cork, 1695 ; M.P. also for Limerick, 1703-1706. He married, 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Percy Smith, of Ballinatray, and died 13th April, 1706, leaving issue (see Robert Oliver).

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 85

9. Clonakilty Council Book gap and sessions of the peace

   Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1730–1802

   The Council Book of Clonakilty shows a gap in reports of council meetings between 1730 and 1801, partially filled by sessions of the peace records from 1758 to 1782. These records reveal names of sovereigns and deputy recorders, quaint nicknames, and various details of town life in the period.

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   S will have been observed, there is a gap in the reports of the Council Meetings of Clonakilty, between the years 1730 and 1801. This gap is partially filled by the reports of sessions of the peace dated from 1758 to 1782. In this latter year they were repeatedly adjourned, and then seem to have ceased altogether till revived in 1802, a few months after the Council had begun to meet once more under Commander Townsend as recorder, and the Rev. Horatio Townsend as sovereign.

   It is probable that minor cases of assault may have been disposed of by justices of the peace in their own houses, as a certain Cornelius Twohig was indicted for assault in 1781, and there is no record of his ever having been tried at all in Clonakilty. At that time the Rev. Horatio Townsend seems to have managed affairs in the neighbourhood of Clonakilty very much as he pleased, and probably he dispensed justice without the aid of a jury.

   Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 188

10. Clonakilty market house as public notice site

    Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1723

    In August 1723, Captain John Birde was sworn as a burgess of Clonakilty corporation, replacing the deceased Rev. William Hull. Statutory notice of the appointment was published for eight days at the market house, confirming its role as the town's civic notice board.

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    Clouehnakiltv AuSust> '723> Captain John Birde was sworn a burgess of this corporation in the room of the Rev. Mr. William Hull, deceased, by the undernamed suffrain and burgesses, pursuant to the act in that case made and provided, notice being first published eight days on the markett house.

    Emanuel Moore, Suffr., Randle Warner,

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 83

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Clonakilty in Cork, the market house here was the town's public notice site. In August 1723, Captain John Birde was sworn a burgess of the corporation, replacing the Reverend William Hull, deceased. Notice of the appointment was published for eight days on the market house, as required by the act in that case made and provided.

11. County Cork as mildest county in Ireland

    Cork · city · Cork

    The southern position of County Cork, its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, and the direct influence of the Gulf Stream combine to make it the mildest county in Ireland. It compares favourably in this respect with Cornwall, Devonshire, and the Isle of Wight, though humidity of atmosphere is noted.

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    The southern position of the county of Cork, its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, as well as to the more direct influence of the Gulf Stream, combine to make it the mildest county in Ireland, and in this respect it compares favourably with either Cornwall, Devonshire, or the Isle of Wight. We may have to complain a little of the humidity of the atmosphere, but should remember that to this in a great measure we owe our freedom from sudden changes of temperatures.

    The eastern portion of our island is as a rule drier, colder, and more subject to extremes than the western, and the midland counties experience greater extremes than those situated on the borders of the sea.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 128

12. Daniel MacCarthy "Fion" appointed Sovereign of Clonakilty

    Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1688–1689

    Daniel MacCarthy "Fion" served as the "Sovereign" of Clonakilty after being appointed under a new charter granted by King James on July 12, 1688. He was also the M.P. for Clonakilty in James II's Parliament in 1689.

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    "Sovereign" of Clonakilty, having been appointed by the new charter granted by King James, 12th July, 1688.

    MacCarthy, Sir Donough, knt. (afterwards Viscount Muskerry and Earl of Clancarty).

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 26

    As the companion tells it

    As you come through Clonakilty, this was a town with a political moment in 1688. King James granted a new charter on the 12th of July that year, and Daniel MacCarthy Fion was appointed Sovereign under it. He also sat as M.P. in James II's Parliament in 1689.

13. Dun Drinane church site and cemetery near Castlemore

    Castlemore · townland · Cork

    The site of Dun Drinane church is still pointed out adjacent to Castlemore on the east side. A portion of the cemetery was recently discovered at the foot of the limestone rock during the clearing of a farm yard.

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    tovvnland of Gurranes, about six or seven miles by road north of Bandon, and about three miles south-east of Crookstown station on the Macroom line. This portion of the townland was known by the old people as K4t;-K47r;lju. Probably the small rath on its western side is the one called after Brian's daughter, Sadhbh, 4)110 SAirb 4t) "OUT} yo t)&\i, " Sadhbh's court is this western court." H<xt eujlcjnn was called after CUjlcerjn, Cian's harper ; it still exists and gives its name to the townland lying north of Raithlenn. 4)1111 "Cfl4J5r)e-4jl), " Draighnean's Fort,'; was called after Cian's trumpeter ; it stood on the limestone rock where Castlemore was afterwards built. The site of Dun Drinane church is still pointed out adjacent to the castle on the east side. A portion of the cemetery was lately discovered at the foot of the rock in clearing a farm yard. This place lies two and a half miles in a straight line north-west of Raithlenn. The Ford of the Spoils on the east must have been near where the public road now crosses the stream, north-east of the great rath. The Rath of the Poets, the Rath of the Women, the Rath of Cuan O Lochain (the ollamh), the Rath of the doorkeeper (Dubhthach), stood inside the grounds of Gurranes House, east of high road, and were levelled, and their underground chambers filled with clay within the recollection of the labourers I met there some thirty years ago. The top of the inside rampart of Rath-Raithlenn was covered with small mounds containing cinerary urns, which were broken and their fragments scattered about, doubtless by treasure-seekers. A large number of raths still remain at a little distance to the south and east. These must have been the residences of the guards and military followers of the king. I discovered an ogham stone in one of them; it has some twenty-seven letters, well preserved, and lies where it was found, about half a mile south of the central rath. This identification of Raithlenn fixes also the birthplace of St. Finnbarr, as his father, Amergin, was smith to Tighearnach, the king of Raithlenn, and his mother a ward of the king. I suggest that this district offers a rich field for exploration; its chief features are still preserved. We have records carrying its history back to the dawn of Christianity, and it may have existed long before.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 259

14. Edward Southwell, MP and landholder of Kinsale

    Kinsale · town · Cork · 1692–1730

    Edward Southwell of King's Weston, Gloucestershire, served as M.P. for Kinsale across multiple terms from 1692 to 1730. His 1695 rent roll, recorded in Caulfield's Kinsale Records, showed him to be very wealthy, and his grandfather had been vice-admiral of Munster at Kinsale.

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    He died 4th December, 1730, and was buried at King's Weston, where there is a long inscription on his tomb. His rent roll for the half year 29th September, 1695, *s given in Caultield's Kinsale Records, and shows him to have been very wealthy. He rebuilt King's Weston, the family place in Gloucestershire.

    Southwell, Edward, of King's Weston (afterwards Lord Clifford or de Clifford).

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 163

    As the companion tells it

    Kinsale was the parliamentary seat of Edward Southwell, MP from 1692 to 1730. His grandfather had been vice-admiral of Munster here. His rent roll from September 1695, recorded in Caulfield's Kinsale Records, shows him to have been very wealthy. He died 4 December 1730 and was buried at King's Weston in Gloucestershire.

15. Fermoy granted to Fleming after English invasion

    Fermoy · townland · Cork

    After the English invasion, the country of Fermoy was granted to Fleming, from whom it passed by marriage to the Roches. John Fleming was later recorded as a bailiff of Limerick city in 1340.

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    (') The Flemings became connected at an early date with the South of Ireland. O'Donovan, in the Book of Rights, says : " After the English invasion the country of Feara, Muighe Feine (Fermoy, county Cork), was granted to Fleming, from whom it passed by marriage to the Roches." In the year 1340, John Fleming was one of the bailiffs of Limerick city.

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    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 272

16. Foss of Ballynowe identified as the Navigation

    Ballynoe · townland · Cork · 1594–1892

    The northern boundary of the Pobul Callaghan territory, referred to in a 1594 patent as the 'foss of Ballynowe,' was identified by Rev. T. Olden as the watercourse now called the Navigation. This identification helps locate the historical boundaries of the territory.

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    (5) If " sinister" refers to a " bar sinister " the writer is, I believe, mistaken ; but the pedigree and history of the chief of Pobul I. Callaghan show that the chieftainship was, by a " surrender and regrant,'' diverted from the true tanist descent. The liants relating to that act of surrender are No. 5903 and 5908 of 2nd and 6th December, 1594. The boundaries of the territory are thus stated, therein : — " From Glanda Ieyghe and Molyne Intryrinane on the west to the water of Clyedagh, Beamy ny Hio/u'r, Beamy Inclynowe on the east, and from Portidieih and Bear Icanhin on the south to the foss of Ballynowe on the north." The toss of Ballynowe has been kindly identilied for me by Rev. T. Olden, as the watercourse now called the Navigation. Can any reader identify the places whose names arc printed in italics in the aboi

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    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 44

17. Franciscan Monastery Founded at Bantry

    Bantry · town · Cork · 1320

    In 1320 the O'Sullivans founded a Franciscan monastery at Bantry, where they and many other nobles chose their burial places.

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    The O'Sullivans appear to have been settled in their new home early in the fourteenth century, as in 1320 we find them founding a Franciscan monastery at Bantry, in which they and many other nobles chose burial places {Annals Four Masters, iii., 523). A century later the line of cleavage between the two families is marked by an entry in the Annals of the Four Masters, iii., 566-7, that O'Sullivan More chose a burial place in another Franciscan monastery founded, by The MacCarthy More, on a site near the Lower Lake of Killarney, which an old legend relates to have been miraculously pointed out. At what time our author's family assumed the cognomen " Bear," I have not been able to ascertain. It first occurs in the Annals of Four Masters under the year 1485. The name is now always spelled O'Sullivan, but our author wrote O'SulWan. The Irish word is O'Suilebhain {O 'Hart's Irish Pedigrees). To count up the various spellings in the patents, etc., of James I. and Elizabeth would be a tedious and profitless task. The deeds of Derring-do, of the historian's father, and the unhappy dissensions in his family, form part of his history, so need not be anticipated here. Apparently the only materials for a biography are contained in O'Sullivan's own works.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 227

    As the companion tells it

    Up ahead, the road passes through Bantry, in Cork. The O'Sullivans were settled here early in the fourteenth century, and in 1320 they founded a Franciscan monastery at Bantry. In it they and many other nobles chose their burial places. A century later the line of cleavage between the two families is marked by an entry in the Annals of the Four Masters. O'Sullivan More chose a burial place in another Franciscan monastery, founded by the MacCarthy More, on a site near the Lower Lake of Killarney, which an old legend relates to have been miraculously pointed out. The cognomen Bear first occurs in the Annals of Four Masters under the year 1485. The name is now always spelled O'Sullivan, but the author wrote it O'SulWan. The Irish word is O'Suilebhain. To count up the various spellings in the patents of James I and Elizabeth would be a tedious and profitless task. The deeds of the historian's father, and the unhappy dissensions in his family, form part of his history. Apparently the only materials for a biography are contained in O'Sullivan's own works.

18. George Wandesford sworn freeman of Clonakilty, 1710

    Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1710

    On 6 March 1710, Captain George Wandesford, second son of Sir Christopher Wandesford, Viscount Castlecomer, was sworn as a freeman of the corporation of Clonakilty alongside several other individuals. Wandesford later succeeded his nephew as fourth viscount in 1736.

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    On the 6th of March, 1710, Capt. George Wandesford, Mr. James r, , *. .J Kingston, Mr. John Kingston, Mr. Samuel Kingston, Mr. Samuel Fitzjames Kingston, Mr. Jeremy Sullivan, and Mr. Edward Goodchild, were sworn freemen of the said corporation before the suffrn. and undernamed burgesses.

    John Honner, Suffrn., Robert Gillman,

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 23

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Clonakilty, there is a small trace from 1710. On 6 March of that year, Captain George Wandesford, second son of Sir Christopher Wandesford, Viscount Castlecomer, was sworn as a freeman of the corporation here, alongside several others. He later succeeded his nephew as fourth viscount in 1736.

19. Glenasmoil near Dublin claims the Birdhill legend

    near Glenasmole · population centre · Dublin

    Glenasmoil, near Dublin, is one of several places that local tradition identifies as the scene of the legend of Oisin, Bran's pup, and the Dord Fiann. The author regards the tale as a rehash of several legends by an old Seanachaidh of the last century.

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    Some other places, Glenasmoil, near Dublin, and Sliab-na-m-ban, county Tipperary, claim to be the scene of this legend. John Sadleir heard it over sixty years ago in Newport. It is, however, a rehash of several legends by some old Seanachaidh of the last century. J. F. Lynch.

    Cork Families.— The following persons, or some of them, were probably natives of Cork, and I shall be glad if anyone can identify them as such : — Mr. Gourney, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fowkes, Mr. and Mrs. May, Mrs. Frank Warden, Mr. William Mawman, Mr. Peter Lucas, Miss Lidia Warden, Mr. Thomas Jacomb, Mr. Whiting, Mrs. Spiller, Mr. Major, Mrs. Crathorn, and Mr. William Foxley. They are mentioned as living from 1742 to 1753 in family notes written in a Prayer Book and Bible by Mr. William Carew, of Lisbon, merchant, son of Mr. Thomas Carevv, of Cork, by his marriage with Susannah Frankland, of Ashgrove, which notes have been printed in the Miscellanea Gcnealogica, second series, vol. iv., p. 321, and third series, vol. i., p. 28.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 114

20. Greenane Castle on hill in Greenane townland

    Greenane · townland · Limerick

    A castle once stood on top of a hill in the townland of Greenane, meaning 'sunny place.' Only one or two stones remain, the rest having been taken away within the century to build houses nearby. Fitzgerald says it was last inhabited by the O'Nunans, who were small farmers.

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    shows that there was one, Cnocatancashlane, that is, Cnoc-a-tseanchaislean, " the hill of the old castle." About a mile to the west of Cnocatana Castle is the castle which the people now call Carrigoreilly Castle, but which I have already pointed out in the Journal is Carrigofarrelly, " the rock of the O'Farrelly," with whom I have already dealt. A large portion of this castle is left ; it is a small square structure. A very good view of this part of the country may be had from the summit. There is some tradition in the district of the castle having been taken by storm, and the last Burke owner being slain. About forty years ago a large human skull was found by some men when sinking a drain near the castle. Lewis, following Fitzgerald, says that this castle was last inhabited by the O'Dalys. These O'Dalys were simply small farmers, who held the land on which the castle is built. Fitzgerald's mode of imparting this information is apt to be misleading. I have already pointed out that there is the site of a large earthen fort a short distance to the south of this castle. It is not very often we can get the name of the people who lived in these raths ; but with regard to this one, I think there can be no mistake, for the name of the rock on which the Burkes built their castle points out that it was the O'Farrelly. When this fort was dug out, the field in which it lies, and the site of the fort, were planted with potatoes ; but the people say not a single potato grew on the site of the fort, and that certain misfortunes happened to the men who dug out the fort. The little stream which runs to the east of the castle is known as Sruhane-na-Gcearc, " the stream of the moor-hen." The cearc has long deserted the stream, and the name itself I had some trouble in obtaining. About a mile and a half to the south-west of this castle, and in the townland of Greenane, that is " sunny place," there was another castle on the top of a hill, called Greenane Castle. Only one or two stones of this castle are now left, the rest having been taken away within this century to build houses in the neighbourhood. This castle, Fitzgerald says, was last inhabited by the O'Xunans, but the same remark will apply which I have made with reference to the O'Dalys. A little north of this, and in the townland of Skehard, there is a fort, around which the whitethorns still linger. East of this, not far from Caherconlish rectory, and in Skehard townland, there is a large earn or burial mound ; about half a dozen of the stones which originally surrounded it are left. Fifty years ago, when an attempt was made to dig out this earn for top-dressing, the skeleton of a man was found buried in(4) standing posture. This was quite enough to put a stop to

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 257

21. Holycross Abbey acquires Rathkellan and Glankeen vicarages

    Holycross · townland · Tipperary · 1452–1485

    In 1452, Holycross Abbey was granted Rathkellan vicarage by Archbishop Cantwell, and in 1485, the vicarage of Glankeen by Archbishop Creagh. Both parishes were located in the diocese of Cashel.

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    The abbots of Holy Cross were earls of the county of Cross Tipperary, and sat as barons in parliament. This leaning towards secular employment was but one of the many indications that the Cistercians like the Benedictines themselves, soon found the strict letter of the Benedictine rule intolerable ; they stained their glass, frescoed their walls, received grants of churches, and in other ways infringed on their rule. In 1452 Holy Cross was granted Rathkellan vicarage by Archbishop Cantwell, and in 1485 the vicarage of Glankeen, by Archbishop Creagh, both in the diocese of Cashel, for Rathkellan is no doubt the small parish of Rathkennon adjoining Holy Cross. The archbishop was prebend of Glankeen, and appears to have frequently changed its impropriator, for

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 150

22. Kilberehert Rath and Souterrain

    Kilberehert · townland · Kerry

    A circular rath with a single earth rampart, measuring 164 feet in internal diameter, is located in the townland of Kilberehert, northwest of Macroom. It contains an underground souterrain with an entrance passage constructed of rough field stones.

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    In the townland of Kilberehert, parish Ahabollogue, barony West

    Muskerry, count}- Cork, in a field west of the old mansion, and about four miles north-west of Macroom town, is a rath of circular shape, surrounded by a single rampart of earth. The internal diameter of this rath is one hundred and sixty-four feet, proving it a medium-sized

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 241

23. Kilberehert Rath souterrain exploration

    Kilberehert · townland · Kerry

    The souterrain in Kilberehert Rath consists of two chambers hollowed out of hard compacted ground, connected by narrow passages. The exploration was aided by the sons of Captain Woodley, owner of the townland.

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    This souterrain may be compared with the somewhat similar one at Deelish, not far off, described at p. 154 et seq. in Journal, vol. ii., 2nd series. Masters Vere and J. G. Woodley, sons of Captain Woodley owner of Kilberehert townland, afforded all necessary aid in the exploration.

    The peculiarities to be noticed in this souterrain are— (1), the chambers are simply hollowed out of the hard compacted ground, not having any side walls or roofing of stone ; (2), the narrowness of the passage leading into each chamber renders ingress difficult, and a few stones would stop such passages altogether ; (3), there is no sign of a ventilating shaft to the floor of the rath, though it must be added that the air,(l) even in the farther chamber (G), was quite pleasant and pure.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 243

24. Kilcrea Castle's two detached keeps

    Kilcrea · townland · Cork

    Kilcrea Castle, built by the same lord of Muskerry, features two detached keeps connected only by the curtain walls of its bailey or courtyard. One keep is much older than the other, resembling the original small keep of Blarney in dimensions and first-floor entrance arrangement.

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    It may be added that Kilcrea Castle, built by the same lord of Muskerry, has two keeps, detached however, and not united except by the curtain walls of its bailey, or courtyard, and that one of these keeps is much older than the other, and of about the dimensions of the original small keep {a) of Blarney, and that it has, like this latter, its entrance at the first floor at a height of ten feet or so above the ground level, an arrangement found oftner in the older castles than in those of later times.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 201

25. Kistvaens on eastern slope of Carlingford mountains

    Carlingford · town · Louth

    Five somewhat dismantled kistvaens exist in the townlands of Grange-Irish and Commons, parish of Carlingford, on the eastern slope of the mountains. No names have survived for any of them.

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    very simple definition of a cromleac, authorities are not quite agreed on the subject ; we need not however puzzle our heads about it. This one you see has a flat flag" forming a cover to a kind of chamber. Some of those in Palestine are similar. That at Killin is associated with stone circles which are commonly called " Druidical circles," but it is really more of a kistvaen than a cromleac. The kistvaen, rather cistvaen, is a rectangular chamber derived from the word cist or chest, and is supposed always to mark a place of sepulture. There is one beside the Ballymascanlan cromleac. The one in Paddock tovvnland, parish of Monastcrboice, called Calliagh Dirra's house (Journal Arc/uvology, 2nd series, vol. v., p. 498) is one of the best of its kind in the county. There are five others, but somewhat dismantled, in the townlands of Grange- Irish and Commons, parish of Carlingford, on the eastern slope of the mountains. No names have survived with any of them except the one in Monasterboice. Calliagh Vera was a woman celebrated in Irish lore, who gave her name to the Slieve-na-Calliagh hills in the county Meath.

    Two kistvaens of another kind were discovered at Dromiskin, in a field near my gate, in 1862. They were formed of stone flags, and each contained the skull and bones of the person interred there. In one a stone box, containing another of wood, inside which was some unctuous charcoal and a small bronze pin with ring attached. These were given by my father to Lord Clermont, and by him deposited in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy. The other kistvaen contained the skeleton of a female lying on the back, head to the west. How many more interments were made in this field one cannot say. It may have been a cemetery attached to the monastery.

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26. Knockroe stone circle and fairy forts

    Knockroe · townland · Limerick

    The Knockroe hills south of Inch St. Lawrence graveyard contain a former stone circle locally called Shana Cuairt ('old circle'), a small earthen fort on the eastern portion (Knockroe Wilson), and a bush-filled 'scrubby fort' between the two Knockroes. The scrubby fort's invisible fairy inhabitants, the daoine maithe, are said to be peculiarly malignant and to have caused mischief.

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    The range of hills lying about half a mile to the south of the graveyard are called Knockroe, that is, " red hill." The western part is called Knockroe Mason, from a farmer named Mason, who held this portion of Knockroe towards close of last century under Lord Carbery.(ll) On this there is a ring which an old man told me he remembered to have been a stone circle ; the people call it Shana Cuairt, that is, " old circle." The eastern portion of Knockroe is called Knockroe Wilson, as it was the property of the Wilson family. There is a small earthen fort on the top of this hill ; and lying between the two Knockroes there is a large fort full of bushes, which the people call the " scrubby fort." This is a very " airy " (eerie) fort. Its invisible inhabitants, the daoine maithe, or " good people," are said to be peculiarly malignant, and to have done a good deal of mischief from time to time.

    About four miles south of Caherconlish is Cahirelly, that is, the cahir of the aileach, " stone fort," or perhaps " cliff.1* Fitzgerald thinks that the walls of the old church, of which there are considerable portions left, are parts of the church built here by St. Ailbe,(l2) but this is not possible, for

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 275

27. Lilac House and ferry at St. Vincent's Bridge

    Cork · city · Cork

    A house and ferry stood where St. Vincent's Bridge now stands, known as the Lilac House from a fine lilac tree that overshadowed it. The site dates from the last century before the bridge was built.

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    In the last century there was a house and ferry where St. Vincent's Bridge stands ; the house was known as the Lilac House, from a fine lilac tree that overshadowed it. Goule's Weir (or whatever it is called now), across the river above the Lee Mills, belonged, with the fishery thereof, to the monks of Shandon Abbey in times long past. The Dole House belonging to the abbey stood to the east of North Abbey Square where the lane runs up to the rock steps, and it was the place where the monks doled out charity in food or clothing to the poor. It had a little stream from the river leading to a water-gate of its own, but I know of nothing of interest in connection with it, though I know that some of the silver vessels of the abbey are still in existence. Goul-na-spurra, " the centre of the spur," did not form an ornament to our city at that time; it was once a very narrow place for the mail coacli to Dublin to pass through ; it

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28. Marble pulpit inaugurated at St. Mary's Church, Cork

    Cork · city · Cork · 1880

    A marble pulpit, designed in the Italian Renaissance style, was inaugurated at St. Mary's Church, Cork, on 30 May 1880. Bishop Fitzgerald of Ross preached the opening sermon and appealed for help liquidating a debt of £500, most of which was raised by the Confraternity of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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    The marble pulpit^ in St. Mary's Church was inaugurated on the 30th May, 1880, the opening sermon being preached by the Most Rev. Dr. Fitzgerald, bishop of Ross, who made an eloquent appeal to those present to aid in liquidating the debt, £500, most of which was realized by the exertions of the members of the Confraternity of St. Thomas Aquinas, which association is appropriately called the "Angelic Warfare."

    (0 It was designed according to the Italian renaissance, a style which prevailed in Italy during the fourteenth and two succeeding centuries.

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29. Noblett Dunscombe's connections to Rathcormac

    Rathcormack · town · Cork · 1727–1744

    Noblett Dunscombe, admitted as a freeman of Clonakilty in 1729, married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel T. Barry of Rathcormac. Dunscombe also purchased the estates of Mount Desert.

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    Noblett Dunscombe, son of W. Dunscombe and Mary Roberts; high sheriff 1730; M.P. for Lismore, 1727-44 ; married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel T. Barry of Rathcormac (The McAdam Barry), and Susanna Townesend, and left no children. He bought the estates of Mount Desert. The Dunscombe family came from Devonshire.

    , , At a court held for the sd burrough on Saturday the 1 8th day of

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 159

30. O'Callaghan entered Dominican noviciate at Tallaght

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin · 1857

    In 1857, Dr. O'Callaghan entered the Dominican noviciate at Tallaght, where Father Thomas Burke was master of novices. After profession he studied philosophy under the same teacher before departing for San Clemente in Rome.

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    On account of his intimate connection with the Dominicans of Ireland, and more especially those of Cork, it is with pleasure I would ask my readers to dwell with me for awhile on the distinguished career of our present bishop, the Most Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan. The South Parish claims to be his birthplace. He was born in 1839, and at an early age was placed in the North Monastery, under the care of the Christian Brothers, who instilled into his mind not only the principles of solid piety, but likewise those of profane learning, for which he manifested a great aptitude. As he grew up he attended a school at Sunday's Well conducted by Mr. D. O'Connor, and afterwards received lessons in the classics from Mr. O'Sullivan, South Mall, whence he passed to the grammar school of St. Mary's Priory, where his desire to enter the Order was matured. In 1857 he entered the noviciate at Tallaght, the Rev. Father Thomas Burke being then master of the novices. Having made his profession, he studied philosophy under same gifted teacher. Then he left for San Clemente, Rome, and attended

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 59

31. O'Sullivan's book on Patrick's Purgatory

    near Lough Derg · lake or lakes · Donegal

    Philip O'Sullivan Bear dedicated an entire book of his history to Patrick's Purgatory. A Spanish viscount provided an account of his experiences at the site for this work.

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    The third chapter on the size of Ireland exhibits a strange ignorance of geography, but I cannot stay to go through the first volume in detail. Suffice it to say that an entire book is devoted to Patrick's Purgatory, of which a Spanish viscount relates his experiences. The origin, nobility, and language of the Irish occupy the seven chapters of the second book, and the fourth book treats in fourteen chapters of their manners and religion. The second volume opens with an examination of the methods by which England obtained Ireland and discusses their justice. A book Is devoted to the persecutions under Henry VIII., another book summarises the events of that and two following reigns, and then we come to the reign of Elizabeth, and I propose in next issue to begin O'Sullivan's own account of this period, and thenceforward carry on his history to its end in reign of James I.

    (To be continued.)

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 248

32. Rathreagh fort giving name to townland

    Rathreagh · townland · Kilkenny

    Near the site of the Barry house is an old fort or rath called Rathreagh or Rathrarege, which gives its name to the townland. It is associated with the Barry family's former residence in the Caherconlish area.

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    again under the hammer, and were bought by Sir Nicholas Lawless, a rich Dublin merchant, raised to the peerage by the Irish Parliament with the title of Baron Cloncurry. His descendant now holds the land-. About a mile north of Brittas Castle, at opposite side of river, arc the fragments of an old building ; this is supposed to be the remains of a house erected by the Barry family, who had a mural monument with arms and date 1633 in Abington Church. Dineley gives a copy of the Latin inscription. Dulamus Barry erected it in honour of his parents, his wife, Joanna Burke, and his sons. Linehan says that it was lying in the churchyard of Abington, but I have not been able to find it. Near the site of the Barry house is the old fort or rath, Rathreagh or Rathrarege, which gives name to the townland.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 257

33. Rebel attack on Naas in 1798

    Naas · town · Kildare · 1798

    In September 1798, United Irishmen launched a regular attack on the town of Naas. This was part of a wider series of open rebellions occurring in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Kildare.

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    N the early part of the year 1798 so many strong symptoms of disaffection were manifested in Ireland that it became necessary for Government to use the most active measures to check the progress of the repeated outrages which were daily committed by parties of malcontents (well known by the appellation of United Irishmen) whose partizans were in readiness to rise at a moment's warning from any of their respective leaders ; notwithstanding those measures many acts of open rebellion took place in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Kildare, and in particular a regular attack was made upon the town of Naas sometime in the month of September in the above-mentioned year. Having occasion to go from

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 248

    As the companion tells it

    Coming through Naas now. Back in 1798, this was one of the towns where open rebellion broke out. Early that year, strong symptoms of disaffection showed across Ireland. The government took active measures to check the repeated outrages committed daily by parties of malcontents known as United Irishmen. Their partisans were ready to rise at a moment's warning from any of their respective leaders. Despite those measures, many acts of open rebellion took place in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Kildare. A regular attack was made upon the town of Naas sometime in the month of September that year.

34. Rebels quartered in Lismore School-house and Alms-house

    Lismore · town · Waterford

    During the siege of Lismore Castle, rebel forces quartered in the town's School-house and Alms-house and other houses free from the Castle's shot. Their sentinels in the churchyard received fire from a turret of the Castle.

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    That night they quartered in the Schoole-house and the Almes-house

    Tl • b Is be- °f Lismore, and in other houses in the Towne, which were

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 173

35. Richard Tonson of Newcourt, Skibbereen, and Spanish Island

    Skibbereen · town · Cork

    Richard Tonson, son of Henry Tonson of Newcourt, Skibbereen, and Spanish Island, served as member of parliament for Baltimore for forty-six years. He married Elizabeth Tynte and then Peniel, widow of Michael Becher of Aughadown.

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    Richard Tonson, son of Henry Tonson of Newcourt, Skibbereen, and Spanish Island, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir R. Hull. He was forty-six years member for Baltimore. He married first Elizabeth Tynte, and second Peniel, widow of Michael Becher, of Aughadown. He died 1773, leaving his estates to William Hull, who took the name of Tonson, and was created Baron Riversdale of Rathcormac, 1783.

    At the court held for the said burrough the 24th of August, 17 16,

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36. Sir Robert Travers killed at Knockanass

    Knocknanuss · townland · Cork · 1647

    Sir Robert Travers, M.P. for Clonakilty and registrar of the Diocese of Cork, was killed at the battle of Knockanass near Mallow in 1647. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Boyle, bishop of Cork.

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    Registrar of the Diocese of Cork, 162S. Killed at the battle of Knockanass, near Mallow, 1647.

    He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Boyle, bishop of Cork, and had issue a son, Richard, and a daughter, Martha, who married, first, Captain Robert Stannard (ancestor of Eaton Stannard, m.p. {q.v.), and secondly, Sir Richard Aldworth.

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37. Sir Robert William O'Callaghan, MP for Bandon, 1797-1800

    Bandon · town · Cork · 1797–1840

    Sir Robert William O'Callaghan, second son of the first Lord Lismore, served as MP for Bandon from 1797 to 1800. He was colonel of the 39th Regiment, a lieutenant-general, and commanded the forces at Madras. He died unmarried in 1840.

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    M.P. Bandon, 1797-1800. Second son of first Lord Lismore.

    Born October, 1777; colonel 39th Regiment; lieut.-general ; commanded the forces at Madras; k.c.b. He died 9th June, 1840, unmarried.

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38. Slievenamon in Tipperary claims the Birdhill legend

    near Slievenamon · mountain or mountain range · Tipperary

    Sliab-na-m-ban (Slievenamon) in county Tipperary is named alongside Glenasmoil as a place claiming to be the scene of the legend of Oisin, Bran's pup, and the Dord Fiann. The author considers the tale a composite assembled by a Seanachaidh of the previous century.

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    Some other places, Glenasmoil, near Dublin, and Sliab-na-m-ban, county Tipperary, claim to be the scene of this legend. John Sadleir heard it over sixty years ago in Newport. It is, however, a rehash of several legends by some old Seanachaidh of the last century. J. F. Lynch.

    Cork Families.— The following persons, or some of them, were probably natives of Cork, and I shall be glad if anyone can identify them as such : — Mr. Gourney, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fowkes, Mr. and Mrs. May, Mrs. Frank Warden, Mr. William Mawman, Mr. Peter Lucas, Miss Lidia Warden, Mr. Thomas Jacomb, Mr. Whiting, Mrs. Spiller, Mr. Major, Mrs. Crathorn, and Mr. William Foxley. They are mentioned as living from 1742 to 1753 in family notes written in a Prayer Book and Bible by Mr. William Carew, of Lisbon, merchant, son of Mr. Thomas Carevv, of Cork, by his marriage with Susannah Frankland, of Ashgrove, which notes have been printed in the Miscellanea Gcnealogica, second series, vol. iv., p. 321, and third series, vol. i., p. 28.

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39. Smallpox epidemic in Cork city, 1872

    Cork · city · Cork · 1872

    A Dominican friar sent to Cork contracted smallpox in 1872, during an outbreak that raged in the city. He suffered a long illness before recovering.

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    the theological lectures delivered by a Dominican at the famous college of the Minerva. He was elevated to the priesthood in 1864. After twelve months he returned to Ireland, and was assigned to the convent of Tallaght, where for six years he was employed in teaching. He was then sent to Cork, but in 1872 contracted the smallpox which then raged in the city, and after a long illness was again restored to his usual

    Mm 1 R] Vi Dr. O'Callaghan, <>.!'.

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40. Souterrain at Deelish near Leades House

    Deelish · townland · Cork

    A souterrain in the townland of Deelish, parish of Ahabullogue, north of Leades House, contains an entrance passage and two chambers. It is notable for not being connected with a rath, lacking any trace of circumvallation, and differing in construction from underground passages typically found in raths in south-west Ireland.

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    X the southern part of the townland of Deelish, parish of Ahabullogue, and immediately to the north of Leades House, the seat of Captain F. W. Woodley (whose youngest son was a most efficient guide), there exists a souterrain in the corner of a field, containing an entrance passage and two chambers, as will be described presently. It is worthy of note in that it does not appear to be connected with a rath, there being no trace of circumvallation about or close to it. In construction also this souterrain is different from the underground passages usually found in raths in the south-west of Ireland. Smith(,) describes the latter passages as " vaults

    0> Hist. Cork, book iv., chap. 10.

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41. St. Leger Hayward MP for Mallow, of Castlemore

    Castlemore · townland · Cork · 1661–1672

    St. Leger Hayward of Castlemore was MP for Mallow in 1661 and was sworn a freeman and burgess of Kinsale gratis in 1672. He held grants of land under the Acts of Settlement and was also of 'Hayward's Hillhouse,' county Cork.

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    Third son of Sir William St. Leger, M.P. (q.v.), and brother at John St. I Was in 1672 (then "Colonel St. Leger") sworn a freeman and burgess of Kinsale gratis; was also of " Hayward's Hillhouse," county Cork; a commissioner for "the arrears due the officers," 1662 and 1675; had grants of land under the Acts of Settlement. He married Barbara, widow of Sir Andrew Barrett, m.p. (q.v.), (she died 1685), and had issue four sons and three daughters. He died before 16S5.

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42. St. Patrick comforted weeping women at Pallas Grean

    Pallas Grean · town · Limerick

    When St. Patrick was leaving Pallas Grean, the women bewailed him bitterly. He comforted them by prophesying that their children would be an honour to Ireland.

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    is said to have been a swineherd in the employment of the king of Ara. Lug and Fintan were natives of Pailis Greine, where their parents resided. St. Lug, who was also called Finnlug, was appointed the first abbot of a monastery founded by St. Columb Cille in 585 in the townland of Tamlaght, near Newtown-Limavady, and the parish is named Tamlaghtfinlagan, from Lug. When Columb Cille went to Scotland Lug accompanied him, and there is an island on the west coast of Scotland, containing the ruins of an old church, called the island of St. Finlagan. In the " Feilire of vEngus" Lug and his brother are referred to, and the attribute of truthfulness is applied to Finnlug of Dun Bleisce. Talking of saints, it may be well to mention that St. Patrick spent a considerable time at Pallas Grean, and built a church there, as well as at Kilteely, before going to Cnoc Aine ; near which he also built a church at Patrick's Well, lying at north side of Cnoc Derc, and baptised the men of Thomond in the Tir-glais, "the river of Tir or Ara" (the two names are the same, and mean "land"). This river is now called the Commoge, or "winding river." Cnocatana is the filled up neck of a submarine volcano of the late carboniferous period. When St. Patrick was leaving Pallas Grean the women bewailed him bitterly, but he comforted them by telling them their children would be an honour to Ireland. We await the fulfilment of this prophecy.

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43. Territory of Cliu Mail named from slain king's son

    Coshlea · barony · Limerick

    The old territory of Cliu Mail, south of Cnoc Aine, took its name from Mai, son of Ugaine, king of Erin, who was slain there. The author derives cliu from the Latin clades meaning 'slaughter,' connecting the placename to the violent death of Mai.

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    cooled down, and then by the Almighty Word land and water were made separate. Sir Robert Ball says that the fluid mass went at such a speed that a portion was sent flying off into space and formed the moon. I cannot say whether our old language gives any information about the loss of the moon, but it certainly alludes to the rising of the earth from the waters, and this was what the old myth-makers meant when they said that Aine, "the earth," was the daughter of Manannan, the god of water; and the reason why Aine and Manannan, undernamed Eogabhal, are specially remembered at Lough Gur is that this part of the county Limerick was one time overwhelmed by a flood, caused probably by some sudden settling down of land from the volcanic eruption which occurred here, and which is still remembered in the name of Lake Gar, which comes from root ga "water"; compare Ganges, Lake Geneva, and Loch Garman (Wexford Haven). The people who first settled in this Loch Gair district were Iberians who came originally from Asia Minor, and who, from these neolithic remains at Loch Gair, must have come at a very early period. This district they named Ariu, which means "earth," and is, in fact, the word "earth," the Greek epa8, in epa£e, and Eradne, the daughter of Peleus, the German erde, the Anglo- Saxon eord, the Gothic airtha, the Armenian ard, the Latin terra, and the Hebrew 'erets, all formed from this old root er or il which also occurs in Ararat. In old Irish these people of Ariu were called Araid, and the Ara, name of a barony in north-west Tipperary, is a contraction of Araid, and Uaithne and tir, which are sometimes applied to this barony and the one south of it in county Limerick, are simply glosses upon the old names Araid and Ariu. Dr. Keating was also not very far wrong when he derived Erinn from Eriu, a de Danand queen, and though such a scholar as Dr. Whitley Stokes has rejected this derivation, and is followed by Dr. Joyce in connecting Erinn with Sanscrit avara, " western," Dr. Keating is correct in deriving Erinn from Eriu, for this is the same word as Ariu, and means "land." The old words for "west" and "land" are very much alike, but they are clearly distinguished in Ptolemy's Map of Ireland. Iernus, meaning " west," is the name of a river in Kerry, and Ivernis, meaning "land of the rivers" [iv, Sanscrit ipai denotes "rivers") is the capital of the Iverni ("the people of the rivers"), the Ariu of the Araid, the only city in the south of Ireland in the second century, the prehistoric capital of Munster built on Cnockaney. This is the reason why the three Eochaidhs of Aine were among the noblest and proudest that answered the tryste at Loch Lein, and this is the reason why in that ancient volume, the Book of Rights, the hero of Cashel is called "the hero of Cliach, or "the hero of the woods of Ara," for Cliach means "woods," and this is the reason why so many remains of antiquity have been discovered at Loch Gair, and this is the reason why around Cnoc Aine so many de Danand legends cluster. The ages of Emania and Tara are but as yesterday to the age of this city, the oldest settlement in Ireland. Here still at Loch Gair is the temple in which the sun was worshipped for ages, older by far than the boasted Stonehenge, and here still are cromlechs in which were interred the kings and chiefs of ancient Ariu ; cromlechs as old as those of the land of Moab. The glories of Cnoc Aine had faded shortly before the dawn of history in Ireland. We can just catch a fleeting glimpse of these glories in Ptolemy and in those grand de Danand myths, but Loch Gair has for long been wrapped in eternal night. Eriu, though a very old form, is still in a state of decay when first mentioned in our documents. Comparison with the Hebrew 'erets shows at once that the prehistoric form of Eriu is Ereds, or perhaps Eredes. Compare the Irish clu, "fame," with Sanscrit cravas. An interesting example of a similar formation occurs in the name of an old territory south of Cnoc Aine, Cliu Mail mine Ugaine. This district took its name from Mai, the son of

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44. The Wilson family branch at Bilboa

    Bilboa · townland · Limerick · 1798

    A branch of the Wilson family settled at Bilboa in the parish of Doon. Bilboa Court was attacked by rebels during the 1798 rebellion. The last male of this branch was Edward Warter Wilson.

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    Branches of the Wilson family settled also at Boher, near Caherconlish, and at Bilboa, in the parish of Doon. The last male of the Bilboa branch was Edward Warter Wilson, who married Frances Anne, daughter of the second Lord Carbery, and had issue one daughter, who married Sir John Rouse, but had no family. Bilboa Court was attacked by the rebels in 179S.

    The name Wilson is said to be derived from Wolf Son ; a Saxon bishop, Wulfsin, is mentioned in the time of Edward the Confessor. Most families of the name of Wilson*2) retain the wolf, or wolf's head, sometimes along with three stars, which in heraldry are stated to be " the emblems of prudence, the rule of all virtues, enlightening us through the darkness of this world."

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45. Underground caverns near Rosscarbery cathedral

    Ross Carbery · town · Cork

    Smith described caverns discovered near Rosscarbery cathedral consisting of oval chambers mostly twelve feet long and six broad, connected by narrow passages only eighteen inches wide and three feet high. The roofs were Gothic arches of stiff clay, with walls of smoothly finished stone.

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    For an account of a similar work I would refer to Smith's description^ of "some caverns" discovered near Rosscarbery cathedral. He says — " By descending, several oval chambers were discovered, being mostly twelve feet long and six broad, having long, narrow passages leading from one to the other. These passages were but eighteen inches broad and three feet high, so that it was necessary to creep from cell to cell. . . . The roof of each cell consisted of a Gothic arch formed of a stiff clay, from the centre of which to the ground it was no more than five feet two inches high ; the walls were made of stone, smoothly

    (2) Book iv., chap, io, quoted supra.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 98

    As the companion tells it

    As you come through Ross Carbery in Cork, there are underground caverns near the old cathedral that Smith described. By descending, several oval chambers were found, mostly 12 feet long and 6 feet broad, with narrow passages leading from one to the other. These passages were just 18 inches wide and 3 feet high, so it was necessary to creep from cell to cell. The roof of each cell was a Gothic arch formed of stiff clay, no more than 5 feet 2 inches from the centre to the ground, and the walls were made of stone, smoothly finished.

46. Candidates elected for suffrain presented to Henry Boyle

    Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1713

    On 25 July 1713, the Clonakilty corporation court elected Joseph Jervois, Arnold Gookin, and William Hull to be presented to the Rt. Hon. Henry Boyle, so that he might nominate one of them as suffrain for the ensuing year, according to her Majesty's grant. William Lukey, John Sweet, Francis Beamish, and Lt. John Clerke were also sworn freemen.

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    At a court held for the s<* burrough on Saturday, the 25th of July, Burrough of Joseph Jervois, esq', Arnold Gookin, and William Hull were

    CloughnakiUy. ^^ ^ dected tQ bg presented unto the Rt. HonoWe Henry

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 24

    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Clonakilty, on 25 July 1713 the corporation court here elected Joseph Jervois, Arnold Gookin, and William Hull to be presented to Henry Boyle, so he might choose one as suffrain for the year. William Lukey, John Sweet, Francis Beamish, and Lieutenant John Clerke were sworn freemen the same day.

47. Crawford School of Art honours sculptor Richard Barter

    Cork · city · Cork

    The committee of the Crawford Municipal School of Art in Cork passed a resolution regretting Barter's death, noting that his admirable sculpture sustained the highest traditions of art in Cork for many years.

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    On the Monday following his death the committee of the Crawford Municipal School of Art passed the following resolution :— " Resolved, that the Committee of the Cork School of Art have learned with regret the death of Mr. Richard Barter, who for so many years by his admirable sculpture sustained the highest traditions of art in Cork."

    Since then a small committee has been formed with the intention of erecting a

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 52

48. Hanging of William Drew and Caherconlish Yeomanry

    Caherconlish · town · Limerick · 1798

    A man named William Drew was hanged after informing General Uniacke in Limerick that all members of the Caherconlish Corps of Yeomanry were croppies (United Irish sympathisers). This incident reflects the turbulent local conditions around 1798.

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    ago, hung a man named William Drew, who informed General Uniacke, in Limerick, that all the men of the Caherconlish Corps of Yeomanry were croppies.

    The following extracts I take from Linehan : —

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 209

49. Inchiquin sails from Youghal to Cork

    Youghal · town · Cork

    Lord Inchiquin traveled by sea from Youghal to Cork to visit the Lord President and report on negotiations in England. Youghal served as a key landing point for royalist troops arriving from England.

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    be garrisoned, and the other at Doneraile, both which places were then well furnished and accommodated for horse and man. The Lord of Inchiquin went by sea from Youghal to Cork to visit the Lord President and give him an account of their journey and negotiations in England, and came thence to Moyalloe, where he met Captain Jephson, who had come with both the troops from Youghal about 25th 2-tlj 0r of March. But, before he alighted from his horse he was

    March. greeted with a short letter subscribed by Lord Roche, the

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 46

50. John Townesend of Courtmacsherry

    Courtmacsherry · town · Cork · 1726

    A John Townesend was elected and chosen as a burgess of the Clonakilty corporation in 1726. The text identifies him as potentially being John Townesend of Courtmacsherry.

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    It is not easy to identify this John Townesend, as he may have been John Townesend of Skirtagh, born 1691, third son of Bryan, or John of Courtmacsherry, son of the above John, or John, born 1698, grandson of Cornelius Townesend, eighth son of Colonel Townesend.

    At a court held for the said burrough on Tuesday the iSth of 8ber r/ , jLjif 1726 being St. Luke's day and the day appointed by the charter for swearing a suffrain for the ensuing year, a letter was produced and signed Andrew Crotty, signifying that the Lord of the Burrough elected Richard Cox to be suffrain for the ensuing year, and the Lord not sending the letter, and the said Cox not appearing the Honoble David Barry was unanimously re-elected and sworn suffrain for the year ensuing and had the ensigns of authority delivered to him by the undernam'd burgesses and deputy recorder.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 109

    As the companion tells it

    Coming up now is Courtmacsherry in Cork. In 1726 a man named John Townesend of this place was among those who could have been chosen as a burgess of the Clonakilty corporation. The record is not certain who he was. He may have been John Townesend of Skirtagh, born 1691, third son of Bryan. He may have been John of Courtmacsherry, son of that same John. Or he may have been a John born in 1698, grandson of Cornelius Townesend, eighth son of Colonel Townesend. What is certain is that on Tuesday, St. Luke's Day, the 18th of October 1726, a court was held for the borough. A letter signed Andrew Crotty was produced, signifying that the Lord of the Borough elected Richard Cox to be sovereign for the ensuing year. The Lord did not send the letter, and Cox did not appear. David Barry was unanimously re-elected and sworn sovereign, receiving the ensigns of authority from the burgesses and deputy recorder.

51. Legend of Birdhill

    Birdhill · townland · Meath

    An old man from Newport related a legend accounting for the name of Birdhill, located a few miles north of Limerick. The story involves Oisin, son of Fionn MacCumhaill, returning from Tír na nÓg, losing his youth upon touching Irish soil, and later debating with St. Patrick.

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    The Legend of Birdhill. — Some time ago in the Journal I had occasion to refer to Birdhill, a few miles north of Limerick, and not far from Newport. It occurred to me then that there was some old story told about the hill to account for the name, and on enquiring from an old man named John Sadleir, now living in Caherconlish, but a native of Newport, he gave me an interesting legend, the substance of which I now give, merely adding a few particulars respecting the personages mentioned.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 113

52. Lord Roch of Castletown pardoned with Munster septs

    Castletownroche · town · Cork · 1583

    In 1583, Lord Maurice Roch of Castletown was pardoned alongside many Roches, O'Hennessys, O'Aherns, Nagles, and several Synans of Doneraile and Castletown, reflecting the Crown's efforts to pacify Munster families.

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    Fiant 2,840 (June 6, 1576), is a pardon for " Williom oge Syrian fitz William of Downeraylle, county Cork, gent. ; Philip Synane of same ; his brother, Richard Synan fitz Wm. of Downerayle, gent. ; and a host of others ; " provided that within six months they appear before commissioners in their county (Cork), and give security to keep the peace and answer at sessions when called upon." Fiant 2,961 (February 4, 1577 . is a pardon to " Maurice Roche of Cahirdowganc, county Cork, esq. ; Win. Synan of Meadstown, same count)-, gent. ; Wm. fitz Nicholas Synane of Cahirdowgune, gent.," and others (Nagles and Roches, etc. , "provided they appear, etc.," and give similar security. Fiant 4,111 (January 20, 1583), is a pardon (at the suit of John Fitz Edmond Fitz- Gerald) for, among others, " Wm. Shynan of Downeraill." Security as above. Fiants 4,256 and 4,257 (November 28, 1583), arc pardons for " Maurice Roch, lord Roch of Castleton, county Cork, and a host of the Roches, O'Hennessys, O'Ahcrns, Nagles," etc., etc., and "Win. Synan, alias Syvan of Downraill, gent. ; Gilleduff Synan of same ; James Synan fitz Edmd. of Castletowne ; Wm. crone Synan of Downraile ; and John Synan of same, kern." Fiant 6,302 (July 24, 1599), is a pardon to " Maurice Roche, viscount Fermoy, and a host of Roches, Nagles, O'Hennessys, O'Mullownys, etc., etc., and to James Synane and John

    (2) This fiant (S36) is published in lull in the Unpublished Gcraldinc Documents.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 304

53. Muskerry yeomanry meeting at Macroom Court House

    Macroom · town · Cork · 1796

    On 17 October 1796 the gentlemen of East and West Muskerry were called by public advertisement to meet at the Court House in Macroom on 24 October to embody themselves under Government sanction to preserve the country's tranquility. The advertisement emanated from the Warrenscourt family.

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    The Gentlemen of the baronies of East and West Muskerry are requested to meet at the Court House in Macromp, on Monday, the 24th of Oct. inst., for the purpose of Imbodying themselves, under the sanction of the Government, to preserve the present tranquility of the country.

    October 17, 1796.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 119

54. Sortie from Cork and routing of the Irish army

    Cork · city · Cork

    Lord Inchiquin and Colonel Vavason led about 400 musketeers and 90 horsemen out of Cork to confront Irish forces provoking the garrison. After a skirmish in which Captain Suggane (Florence McDonnell McFynyne) was slain, the English routed the entire Irish army, which disbanded in shame.

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    President, issued out of the town with about four hundred musketeers

    and ninety horsemen, and marched near a mile before they could descry

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 48

55. Army quarters at Tallow near Lismore

    Tallow · town · Waterford · 1642

    Following the Dungarvan action, the army quartered at the town of Tallow, two miles from Lismore, on Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night before marching onward to Castle Lyons on Monday morning.

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    Satturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night our army quartered at Lismore and at the Towne of Tallow two miles from it. [16]

    Monday morning being the seventh day of March we marched to The army Castle Lyons, and in our march wee had routed the Rebles

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 175

56. Attainder of Lord Brittas and son at Ballymoney

    Ballymoney · parish · Cork · 1696

    Theobald, Lord Brittas, and his son John, both of Ballymoney, county Limerick, were attainted in 1696, resulting in the loss of the family estate.

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    disguise of a priest, being permitted to pass unchallenged through the English lines, but was captured at Carrick-on-Suir and brought back to Limerick and hanged on Gallows Green, Garryowen, 1607. Linehan mentions that Sarsfield's wife was granddaughter to John Burke. John Burke's cousin, Theobald Burke of Castleconnel, got his lands — seven and a half ploughlands — and was made Baron Burke of Brittas in 161 8. In the battle of Liscarroll, September 3rd, 1642, between the English under Lord Inchiquin and the Irish under General Barry, Lord Brittas served under the latter. The Brittas property was confiscated by Cromwell, and the second son of Lord Brittas, Colonel Burke, was hung by Cromwell in Cork in 1653. Lord Brittas was restored to his property by Charles II. in 1666, but the estate was again lost under James II., as Theobald, Lord Brittas, and his son John, both of Ballymoney, county Limerick, were attainted in 1696. The lands of Brittas were purchased in 1703 by Thomas Stepney, the Grange, Portmarnock, county Dublin. Towards the close of last century the lands (j) came

    Who sings, " Lady love, lady love, come to me now, Come and live merrily under the bough ;

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 256

57. Bridgetown Abbey at the river junction

    Bridgetown · townland · Cork

    The River Awbeg flows to its junction with the Blackwater beneath the venerable walls of Bridgetown Abbey. The text uses this landmark to describe the landscape along the river.

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    intended should serve as his residence and workshop during life, and afterwards as a monument to associate his name with fame and future ages, when all other minor recollections of him had vanished in the mist of time. It is located quite close to the mill on the south bank of the Avvbeg, a short distance from the village of Shanballymore, about three miles below Doneraile and about the same distance from Castletownroche, which is situate lower down the stream. It has been not inaptly, although it may be facetiously, ycleped " Castle Curious," and of a verity is one of the most stately and picturesque of the many historic edifices that adorn the banks of the " Shiny Mulla" from its source in " old father Mole " to its junction beneath the venerable walls of Bridgetown Abbey with that noble flood the Blackwater.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 102

58. Caherconlish graveyard: burials of parish incumbents

    Caherconlish · town · Limerick · 1835–1867

    The old graveyard at Caherconlish holds the remains of two former parish incumbents: Rev. Richard Cox (died 1835), father of Sir Hawtry Cox, and Rev. Matthew Moore (died 1867), a member of the Tipperary Moores of Moorefort.

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    In the old graveyard rest the mortal remains of two former incumbents of Caherconlish parish. The Rev. Richard Cox, father of Sir ITawtry Cox. Mr. Cox died in 1835. Particulars of his family were recently given in the Journal. And the Rev. Matthew Moore, a member of the old Tipperary family of the Moores of Moorefort. Mr. Moore died in 1867, and was succeeded in 1867 by the Rev. James Carson, a member of a clever family, and uncle to Mr. Edward Carson, Q.C., M.P. for Dublin University. Mr. Carson resigned in 1888, and was succeeded in 1889 by the writer.

    The following inscription on the monument slab of a little babe in the old graveyard calls up before us a terrible epoch in the history of Caherconlish : —

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 224

59. Castlefreke and the Freke family seat

    near Castlefreke · street · Cork · 1699–1728

    Percy Freke, sworn a freeman of Clonakilty in 1715, was likely the son of Sir Ralph Freke of Castlefreke. He was born in 1699 and died in 1728, linking the Castlefreke estate to the borough's governance.

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    Mr. Percy Freke, probably son of Sir Ralph, of Castlefreke ; born 1699, died 1728. See Journal C.A.&H. Society, " Cork M.P.'s," P- 379-

    John Townesend was probably of Skirtagh ; born May 26, 1691 ; died 1756 ; third son of Bryan Townesend, of Castletownshend. He married Catherine, daughter of Colonel Barry, of Lisnagar, his first cousin, and left four sons and four daughters. Richard Townesend was probably of Castletownshend, the eldest son of Bryan, and grandson of Colonel Richard Townesend, the founder of the family in Ireland. He was born 1684, and died 1742. He married twice, first his first cousin, Mary Synge, by whom he had a son, who died young, and a daughter ; and second Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Becher, of Aughadown, by whom he had Richard, his heir John, of Shepperton, and three daughters.

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 49

60. Castletownshend seat of the Townesend family

    Castletownshend · town · Cork · 1684–1742

    Richard Townesend, eldest son of Bryan and grandson of Colonel Richard Townesend—the founder of the family in Ireland—was likely of Castletownshend. Born 1684, he died 1742 and married twice, producing several heirs.

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    John Townesend was probably of Skirtagh ; born May 26, 1691 ; died 1756 ; third son of Bryan Townesend, of Castletownshend. He married Catherine, daughter of Colonel Barry, of Lisnagar, his first cousin, and left four sons and four daughters. Richard Townesend was probably of Castletownshend, the eldest son of Bryan, and grandson of Colonel Richard Townesend, the founder of the family in Ireland. He was born 1684, and died 1742. He married twice, first his first cousin, Mary Synge, by whom he had a son, who died young, and a daughter ; and second Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Becher, of Aughadown, by whom he had Richard, his heir John, of Shepperton, and three daughters.

    n 7 At a court of record held for sd. burrough on St. Luke's day, being

    Internet Archive journalofcorkhisv21896cork, Chapter 49