Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society (July-December, 1906) (vol. July-December, 1906)

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1. Greatrakes' Healing Ministry at Affane

   Affane · townland · Waterford · 1662–1665

   About 1662 Greatrakes believed he was given the gift of curing the King's Evil; great multitudes flocked to him at Affane from England and elsewhere, so that his stable, barn and malt house were filled with afflicted people, forcing him to remove temporarily to Youghal.

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   Great multitudes flocked to him from England and elsewhere, for whose benefit he eventually set aside three days in the week from six in the morning till six at night. His stable, barn and malt house were filled with afflicted people and the neighbouring towns were unable to accommodate the great influx of those who resorted to him, so, in consequence, to meet their convenience he removed for a short interval to Youghal. He also, at this period made frequent journeys from his home and established himself for some time in Dublin. His fame was then almost European. The Court of England and the Royal Society even sent for him. Members of that Society, unable to dispute facts, tried to explain the strange effects produced by his stroking as u A Sanative Contagion in his Body, which had an antipathy to some particular diseases, and not to others." This explanation, although coming from such a learned body, can scarcely be regarded as very scientific.

   Like all public celebrities, he had his friends and enemies; there were those who believed in the existence of his strange gifts, and there were those who did not; there were some who wrote in his favour and there were others who ridiculed him. In reply to a book written against him by the Rev. David Lloyd, entitled

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2. Greatrakes as famed healer and mountebank controversy

   Affane · townland · Waterford · 1666

   Valentine Greatrakes of Affane wrote a pamphlet defending his miraculous cures, attracting testimonials from Robert Boyle and provoking a pamphlet war; he charged no fees except from Lady Conway, from whom he took £155 for travel expenses.

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   " Wonders no Miracles," London 1666, Greatrakes wrote the above mentioned " Brief Account " in which he gives testimonials from the Hon. Robert Boyle, the philosopher, and many other eminent men, in his favour. These writings attracted much attention and several people joined in the pamphlet war that followed. He was of a benevolent disposition and made no charges for his functions, except in the case of Lady Conway from whom he demanded and received .£155 for the expenses of his journey, and on account of u the hazards of the enraged seas,'7 and these well-established facts go far to exclude him from being regarded as a mountebank. Mr. Dugan was probably correct in stating that " We cannot by any means brand Greatrakes as a deliberate impostor; he was too charitable and unselfish for that. Like many other good persons he probably laboured under a mental delusion, fostered and strengthened by effects produced by two agencies — the pathological effect of mere mechanical rubbing, and the power of mind over matter produced by strong faith on the part of the patient." (c)

   Greatrakes was sprung from parents of respectable position about whom nothing has been mentioned so far in this introduction as Mr. Palmei gives some details of his family and as the accompanying pedigree condensed from the pages of the Reliquary for the year 1863 is devoted to them. He died at Affane on the 28th of November, 1683 anc^ was buried in pursuance of a desire expressed in his will, in Lismore Cathedral, (d)

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3. Father Christopher's hiding place in the Comeragh Mountains

   near Comeragh Mountains · mountain or mountain range · Waterford · 1700–1759

   During the Penal Laws, Father Garret Christopher, a hidden priest, took refuge in the Comeragh Mountains before secretly emerging to celebrate Mass, then returning there again before daybreak.

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   Under the guise of plain Garrett Christopher, few readers will recognise a former Parish Priest of Dungarvan. Operation of the Penal Laws is responsible for the silence as to his calling observed by the testator. In the early days of his ministry Father Christopher's profession often led him into danger. Thev still point out, to the south-west of Dungarvan, and just outside that town, two small trees planted — so says tradition — to mark the spot in a held where he stealthily celebrated Midnight Mass on a Christmas morning in the early eighteenth century ; he had come from his place of hiding in the Comeragh Mountains for the function, and returned thence again before day broke. The tombstone of the testator may still be seen within the ruined Parish Church of Dungarvan (see Journal, Vol. III., p. 219).

   The special value of these wills to us is the light they incidentally throw oji the customs and methods of thought of a time which, though chronologically unremote, is, in our understanding of it, more distant perhaps than the days of the Commonwealth or the era of Elizabeth. To the imagination of the reader these fragmentary deeds suggest a state of society in all its completeness.

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4. Colonel Roche's Grant of Glen and the Siege of Derry

   Glen · townland · Waterford · 1689

   Colonel Roche received a grant of Glen for swimming the Foyle at Derry to communicate with the beleaguered Williamite army during its historic siege, later receiving from William III all undisposed ferries of Ireland as reward, which embroiled him in lawsuits.

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   " '5 C15 b^CAit tli SfioljtA, (Old Rhyme). Glen, An 5lex\nn. Idem. A famous fair, held here annually on the Feast of the Ascension, is commemorated in the name of a well known air " The Fair of Glen." A second air and song of reputed local origin is the popular " Se-A&Ati O T)ui£>if\ a jleAnnV commonly attributed to Pierce Power of Glen (1685); this air was annexed by Allan Ramsay in 1724 and Burns, who calls it " a favourite Irish air," wrote two songs to it. Dr. Flood, however, (c) thinks " Seaghan O'Duibhir " is not of Waterford origin. The fair of Glen was held on both sides of the river, hence the saying: — " A leAt t^oio map ^on^c a gte-Ann^." The fair and ferry rights were of considerable moment; the latter were held — on the Waterford side — by the Hurleys of Glen and — on the north side — by Captain James Power. Colonel Roche received a grant of Glen for his services in swimming the Foyle at Derry, to communicate with the beleagured Williamite army. Roche was buried in Churchtown graveyard and at his funeral Se^muf da Sfion delivered so sarcastic a il eulogy " in Irish that it split the gravestone. Another quondam owner of Glen was Cullenan from whom the place was called 5^eAnn t)Aile Hi Cuilte*.\ru\in. Burke (" Family Romance ") tells how Colonel James Roche swam up the river at Londonderry during its historic siege in order to tell the besieged of approaching relief, and that William III. gave him all the undisposed ferries of Ireland as a reward for his bravery. This grant embroiled him in many lawsuits, and Roche made fresh application to the Crown that upon surrendering his former patent he might have a grant of the forfeited estate of James Everard in the Co. Waterford, " with some ferries near his habitation " (d). Area (in two divisions), 1,425 acres.

   (c) " History of Irish Music," pp. 121-2.

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5. St. Carthage founds his monastery at Lismore

   Lismore · townland · Waterford · 600–699

   St. Carthage, or Mochuda, expelled from Rahan, founded his monastery at Lismore in the 7th century, probably on the site of an earlier establishment; it grew into a great school attracting students from all over Ireland and beyond.

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   A general outline of its history will serve to make clear the singular place of this parish in such a work as the present. St. Carthage, or Mochuda, expelled from Rahan, founded his monastery here in the 7th century — on the site probably of a still earlier establishment. The monastery soon grew to be a great school, to which students and religious came from all parts of Ireland, and some from beyond the seas. Its bishops, abbots, anchorites and teachers are referred to over and over again in the Irish annals. It was frequently visited by the Northmen intent on plunder. On the other hand, it received many and generous gifts of lands and churches from neighbouring princes. Before the 12th century it had extended its spiritual sway over the Northern Decies, and practically over the present County of Waterford. The Castle of Lismore, originally episcopal, passed, on the dissolution or shortly after, to Sir Walter Raleigh, and from him — through ways that are not above suspicion — to the Great Earl of Cork, by whose

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6. Cathedral of Lismore left ruinous through appropriation

   Lismore · townland · Waterford · 1633–1634

   The ancient Bishoprick of Lismore, once so renowned its bishop served as papal legate and the town was called Civitas Sancta, was stripped of its manor lands, revenues and canonry by the Earl of Cork, leaving the cathedral itself ruinous and waste.

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   3. — The State of the Bishoprick of Lismore in Ireland. The Bishoprick of Lismore and Waterford is one of the ancientest and best sees of the kingdom of Ireland, and heretofore of so great note that the bishop thereof was always to the Pope legatus a latere and the seat of the Bishoprick named Lismore ever called Civitas Sancta : bat now, partly by the corruption and iniquity of former times, but principally by force, fraud and abuse of the episcopal and chapter seals of these bishopricks in broken times have been all unconscionably made away from these churches, either by unreasonably long leases or in fee farm for ever, so that the episcopal house of Lismore, together with the manor lands and lishings of Lismore, as also the manors and lands of Bewley, Ardmore, Kilree, Newathmeane, Bailee, Balin, Balirafter, Balligarran, Kilclohen, with all the rents, royalties and privileges of them, now worth about ^"iooo a year, are all enjoyed by the Earl of Cork at the rent of £20 a year, by grant from our late dread sovereign King James, of famous memory, under colour of Sir Walter Raleigh's attainder.

   IteuK — The said earl hath under the said pretext hath likewise passed from his Majesty the canonry of Lismore, being the parsonage of Lismore and worth ^£100 a year, being given by the foundation of the Cathedral for the repairing and re-edifying of the Cathedral Church of Lismore, which now lies ruinous and waste; and this he hath passed on a concealment.

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7. Gibbet Hill: site of public execution and bishops' residence

   Gibbet Hill · mountain or mountain range · Wexford · 1798–1821

   Gibbet Hill, called also Gallows Road and Crows' Road, was the common place of public execution; the large ancient house at the top of the road was home to Bishop Dr. Hussey (1798-1803) and later Bishop Dr. Robert Walsh (1817-1821).

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   Gibbet Hill, A|vo ua Choice — " High Place of the Gallows." Called also " Gallows Road," " Crows' Road," and (now) " Morley Terrace." As its old name indicates this was the common place of public execution. In the large ancient house at top of the road (on north side) lived the distinguished churchman, Dr. Hussey, Bishop of Waterford (1798 — 1803) and — after lapse of some years — another Bishop, Dr. Robert Walsh (1817 — 182 1). Area, 197 acres.

   11 Gibbets Hill " (D.S.R.).

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8. Strancally Castle and the Desmond robbers' den

   Strancally · townland · Waterford · 1562

   The castle of Strancally, built by the Desmonds in the 16th century atop cliffs called the Hag's Nose, was reputedly the site of an older stronghold. In 1562 the Corporation of Youghal wrote to Elizabeth commending the Earl of Desmond for rooting out a den of robbers who maintained a castle at Strancally, four miles up the river.

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   Strancally (popularly Old Strancally, to distinguish it from next), Sfion ua CAittige — "The Hag's Nose"; from the appearance of the cliff on which ruins of the ancient castle stand. Compare Manx, Stroin, a headland, (e) Possibly the hag was the CAitteAC t)ex\fu\ famed n in local, and indeed, in general Irish legend. The castle of Strancally was erected by the Desmonds in the 16th century, probably on the site of a more ancient stronghold. In 1562 the Corporation of Youghal wrote to Elizabeth commending the Earl of Desmond for his activity in rooting out a den of robbers who maintained a castle at Strancally,

   (c) Moore, " Manx Names," 2nd Ed., p. 94.

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9. Death of Lughaidh MacConn near Athnacarbad/Templemichael

   Templemichael · townland · Tipperary · 225

   Templemichael is identified with the ancient Athnacarbad, 'Ford of the Chariots', noted in the Four Masters as the place near which Lughaidh MacConn was treacherously slain by the druid Ferchis.

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   This is the second parish of the name in Lismore Diocese (for the other see Barony of Coshmore and Coshbride). The scant remains of the ancient church with its cemetery are picturesquely situated on the east bank of the Lingaun stream at a place where an old road crosses the latter. I have little (if any) doubt that Templemichael is the At wa sCAfitut) (" Ford of the Chariots") of the Four Masters and other ancient authorities. In the Visitations of Elizabeth (d) the church of Athnacarbad is twice placed between Grangemockler and Newtown Lennon and as these Visitations proceed in geographical order it seems plain that the present church — between Grangemockler and Newtown — is the place meant. Similarly in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas " Anegarbid " follows Kilmurry immediately and precedes Mouler (Grangemockler). That it was anciently a place of note is evident from the Four Masters' reference to the death of Lughaidh MacConn. Lughaidh, they say, was treacherously slain by the druid Ferchis, " to the west of Athnacarbad {e)." The parish is of average extent, embracing twelve townlands. Through it ran the ancient highway, via the Rathclarish Gap, from Ossory to Magh Feimhin and Southern Decies(/).

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10. Earl of Cork seizes revenues of Youghal Collegiate Church

    Youghal · town · Cork · 1615–1634

    The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Youghal, one of the most ancient religious foundations, was worth about £700 a year but was fraudulently sealed away to the Earl of Cork through the Bishop of Cork's manipulation of the Chapter Seal. Fellows were left unfilled to allow the college's dissolution and absorption into the Earl's estate.

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    Archbishop of Canterbury. Most Rev. — The care which your Grace hath of the good of the Church hath emboldened me, &c. That whereas the Earl of Cork unconscionably holdeth from the Bishoprick of Lismore about ^900 per annum which was sacrilegiously made away with by my predecessor, with reservation only of ^"21,000 money a year: and because the said earl withholdeth the aeconomy from the Cathedral of Lismore, whereby, excepting the chancel, it is altogether ruinous and waste, which the aeconomy being worth ^80 per year, if it had been put to the right use would have long ago sufficiently repaired, with many other spoils which he had surreptitiously made of vicarages and church livings by impropriating them, &c. And whereas the College of Youghal is endowed with about ^700 a year, which should maintain a warden and clivers collegioners, all ministers, is now ready to be swallowed up by the Earl of Cork and the collegioners of predicants are ready to be made mendicants, my humble suit to your Grace is that because the Glory of God, &c, are the sole scope of your Grace's actions, that you will be pleased to procure the King's letter to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland, authorising them to examine the unconscionable leases whereby the Bishoprick of Lismore and the College of Youghal were made away, that restitution may be made1 of part or some competency to support me like myself in the Bishoprick of Lismore, and to the collegioners of Youghal according to the demeans thereof. And seeing that you are willing to do good, and especially to those whom your Grace hath long known to have had their breeding in the self -same college from whence we both had our well-being, in the enlarging and beautifying thereof. I hear your Grace hath left a pious memory to all posterity. If you would be pleased to second the King's Majesties letter, with your letter to the Lord Deputy, for the good of the Church of Lismore and the College of Youghal, I shall acknowledge your Grace, under God, the only atlas and supporter of them both; and I would request your Grace to take special notice that out of my two united Bishopricks of Waterford and Lismore the temporalities whereof are about one thousand and six hundred pounds a year, there is not above fifty pounds rent a

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11. Knockeen Cromlech, a Dolmen near Tramore

    Knockeen · townland · Waterford · 1904

    Knockeen Cromlech, considered the finest dolmen in County Waterford, stands near Sporthouse on the side of Sugar-loaf Hill about five miles from Tramore, in the boundary wall of the old Church of Kilburrin. It is known locally as a 'Druid's Altar' and was described in detail by Eugene O'Curry, consisting of a large table-stone supported by six standing stones.

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    Knockeen Cromlech. — The finest dolmen in County Waterford is said to be that known as Knockeen Cromlech, which is situated near Sporthouse, on the side of the Sugar-loaf Hill, about live miles from Tramore, and stands in the boundary wall of the old Church of Kilburrin. The writer visited and sketched this rude stone monument, which is known in the district as a " Druid's Altar," on the 3rd May, 1904, while cycling from Waterford to Dungarvan.

    The Cromlech consists of a large table-stone, supported on one side by a tall pillar-stone and a horizontal Mag-stone which rests on two smaller pillar-stones, and on the other side by another tall pillar-stone and the same horizontal flag-stone resting here on a single smaller pillar-stone. In the vault underneath the Cromlech stands another pillar-stone, which, however, does not reach the table-stone above it.

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12. Ring's Field: hanging for murder of a tithe-proctor

    Ballyhamlet · townland · Waterford

    A field in Ballyhamlet townland is named for a man called Ring who was hanged there for the murder of a tithe-proctor nicknamed 'Hi-Call,' a member of the family regarded as descendants of the robber of St. Patrick's Cow.

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    (c) " Ring's Field," in which a man named Ring was hanged for the murder of a tithe-proctor, nicknamed " Hi-Call," member of the family regarded as descendants of the robber of St. Patrick's Cow.

    Ballymoat, tD^ile An tflocA — Homestead of (by) the Mote." The mote, from which the village or homestead was named, still exists in a ruinous condition. Area, in two divisions, 350 acres.

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13. Tradition of Father Christopher's secret Midnight Mass near Dungarvan

    Dungarvan · townland · Waterford · 1700–1759

    Tradition holds that two small trees were planted to mark the spot outside Dungarvan where the penal-era priest Garret Christopher stealthily celebrated Midnight Mass one Christmas morning in the early eighteenth century, having come from hiding in the Comeragh Mountains.

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    Under the guise of plain Garrett Christopher, few readers will recognise a former Parish Priest of Dungarvan. Operation of the Penal Laws is responsible for the silence as to his calling observed by the testator. In the early days of his ministry Father Christopher's profession often led him into danger. Thev still point out, to the south-west of Dungarvan, and just outside that town, two small trees planted — so says tradition — to mark the spot in a held where he stealthily celebrated Midnight Mass on a Christmas morning in the early eighteenth century ; he had come from his place of hiding in the Comeragh Mountains for the function, and returned thence again before day broke. The tombstone of the testator may still be seen within the ruined Parish Church of Dungarvan (see Journal, Vol. III., p. 219).

    The special value of these wills to us is the light they incidentally throw oji the customs and methods of thought of a time which, though chronologically unremote, is, in our understanding of it, more distant perhaps than the days of the Commonwealth or the era of Elizabeth. To the imagination of the reader these fragmentary deeds suggest a state of society in all its completeness.

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14. Tradition of underground passage between the Deanery and Abbey Church

    Cathedral Square · street · Waterford

    An old Waterford tradition held that an underground passage once ran from the Deanery in Cathedral Square, under the river, to the Abbey Church on the other side, with possible entrances found in the Dean's Garden and the Abbey Church grounds.

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    The Deanery and the Abbey Church. — There is an old tradition in Waterford, that an underground passage led, some centuries ago, from the Deanery in Cathedral Square and under the river, to the Abbey Church at the other side. An opening in the Dean's Garden is said to be the entrance thereto, and also another opening in the grounds of the Abbey Church, discovered some years ago by Mr. J. N. White and the late Mr. M. J. Hurley, is surmised to be the entrance from that side. If such a passage existed, it would be interesting to know how it was ventilated at that time. Is there any member, or friend, who could kindly give some authentic information on the matter ?

    P. Higgins, Hon. Sec.

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15. Rockett's Castle and the Noted Pirate

    Mayfield or Rocketscastle · townland · Waterford · 1625–1649

    Mayfield, originally part of Knockane, was known in the time of Charles I as Rockett's Castle, conveyed to Sir Algernon May from whom it took the name Mayfield. Rockett was reputedly a noted pirate, possibly the same man whose tragic end gave rise to the name Rockett's Tree near Waterford.

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    Mayfield or Rockett's Castle. This was originally a subdivision of Knockane. It was known (temp. Chas. I.) as Rockett's Castle, by which name it was conveyed to Sir Algernon May, from whom it is called Mayrield. Rockett was a " noted pirate " — the same individual perhaps whose tragic end gave its name to Rockett's Tree, near Waterford; see Par. Trinity Without. Area, 495 acres.

    " Rockete's Castell " (Inq. Jas. I.). " Rocket's Castle, afs Knockaine " (A.S.E.).

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16. Lazar house of Lismore for lepers seized as concealed lands

    Lismore · townland · Waterford · 1633–1634

    The lands and manors belonging to the Prior of the Lazar or Lepers' house of Lismore, which supported the superintendent overseeing all lepers in the kingdom, were seized by the Earl of Cork as concealed lands.

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    //. — The said earl hath also passed on the said grant from his Majesty all the lands and manors belonging to the Prior of the Lazar or Lepers' house of Lismore, as concealed lands, who is

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17. Legend of St. Patrick's Cow ends at Kilwatermoy

    Kilwatermoy · townland · Waterford

    According to local belief, Kilwatermoy was the terminus of the legendary route where the enraged cow, whose calf had been stolen, finally overtook the abductor. Up to recent times natives of Kilwatermoy were looked down upon for the disgrace this legend attributed to their parish, and one family was popularly regarded as descendants of the 5th-century thief.

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    From the place-name students' point of view the present parish, though of the same general physical character as the last, is much more interesting. A few of its names are of some historic significance. The half legendary " tli^n t)6 p,AT)f\Ai5 " (see under Lismore par.), which perhaps we may here equate with the " t)e^\tAC CocAitte'' of the Annals, is traceable within its northern boundary. (/) According to local belief Kilwatermoy itself was the terminus of the tli^n, for it was there the enraged cow overtook the abductor of her calf. Up to comparatively recent times natives of Kilwatermoy were looked askance at for the disgrace which the legend of St. Patrick's Cow attributed to their parish. In fact, a certain family, generally known by a nickname, was popularly regarded as the direct representatives of the 5th century thief.

    Along the northern frontier of the parish, bordering on the Bride, a number of modern names, of the usual more or less meaningless character, have within the past generation half submerged the ancient nomenclature. Ce^rm ttltnce (" Pig's Head") has become Headborough. tUite nA m\)ox)AC (" Churls' Homestead ") has resolved itself into Snugborough, and Cnoc SgeAC ("Hill of the Bushes") into Moore Hill! The ecclesiastical remains in the parish will be found briefly described in this Journal (Vol. IV., p. 213).

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18. The Sarcastic Eulogy That Split Roche's Gravestone

    Churchtown · townland · Waterford

    Roche was buried in Churchtown graveyard, and at his funeral Seamus da Sron delivered so sarcastic a eulogy in Irish that it split the gravestone.

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    " '5 C15 b^CAit tli SfioljtA, (Old Rhyme). Glen, An 5lex\nn. Idem. A famous fair, held here annually on the Feast of the Ascension, is commemorated in the name of a well known air " The Fair of Glen." A second air and song of reputed local origin is the popular " Se-A&Ati O T)ui£>if\ a jleAnnV commonly attributed to Pierce Power of Glen (1685); this air was annexed by Allan Ramsay in 1724 and Burns, who calls it " a favourite Irish air," wrote two songs to it. Dr. Flood, however, (c) thinks " Seaghan O'Duibhir " is not of Waterford origin. The fair of Glen was held on both sides of the river, hence the saying: — " A leAt t^oio map ^on^c a gte-Ann^." The fair and ferry rights were of considerable moment; the latter were held — on the Waterford side — by the Hurleys of Glen and — on the north side — by Captain James Power. Colonel Roche received a grant of Glen for his services in swimming the Foyle at Derry, to communicate with the beleagured Williamite army. Roche was buried in Churchtown graveyard and at his funeral Se^muf da Sfion delivered so sarcastic a il eulogy " in Irish that it split the gravestone. Another quondam owner of Glen was Cullenan from whom the place was called 5^eAnn t)Aile Hi Cuilte*.\ru\in. Burke (" Family Romance ") tells how Colonel James Roche swam up the river at Londonderry during its historic siege in order to tell the besieged of approaching relief, and that William III. gave him all the undisposed ferries of Ireland as a reward for his bravery. This grant embroiled him in many lawsuits, and Roche made fresh application to the Crown that upon surrendering his former patent he might have a grant of the forfeited estate of James Everard in the Co. Waterford, " with some ferries near his habitation " (d). Area (in two divisions), 1,425 acres.

    (c) " History of Irish Music," pp. 121-2.

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19. Youghal threatened by Desmond rebels, 1580

    Youghal · town · Cork · 1580

    Thomas Coppinger, Boroughmaster of Youghal, wrote to James Sherlock warning that the traitors Eustace and John Desmond and their forces had reached Aharlow and intended to assault Youghal, praying for aid.

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    " Nov. 15, 1580. From Youghal — Thomas Coppinger Boroughmaster to James Sherlock : The traitors Eustace and John Desmond with their forces are come to Arlagh (Aharlow). They intend to assault Youghal, prays for aid, &c, &c."

    " Nov. 15, 1580. Thomas Wadding Ormonde's Chief Justice in Tipperary to the Mayor of Waterford : — News from the Earl of Ormonde that Desmond, Baltinglas and Sir John of Desmond have with a company of rascals and four Spaniards the fort of Smerwick attacked. News that there is no preparation nor is any army coming from Spain. A report in France that King Philip of Spain is dead. Stir in France for Religion."

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20. German traveller's remarks on the stone walls near Galway

    Galway · city · Galway · 1858

    A footnote quotes German writer Julius Rosenberg describing the bare, purposeless stone walls built throughout the Galway countryside, even around bogs, ruins and wastelands where nothing could be found but morass and stagnant water.

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    " For a while we proceeded under dripping trees; then we had the heath before us, and naked stone walls bordered the road. It is a peculiarity of the Irishman to build walls round everything; he piles up stones without purpose or mortar, as if he had an irresistible impulse to work, and lacked the opportunity for anything better. Walls round forests and meadows; walls round bogs and ruins; walls round rocks — just as the inhabitant of the Schleswig-Holstein marshes raises pleasant leafy hedges round every field of his nourishing farm. The wretched Irishman builds walls round places where neither man nor animal can ever feel an inclination to enter; he builds walls round deserts where nothing is to be found save a red morass, in which you would sink knee-deep, and black stagnating water, which exhales a pestiferous odour." — The Island of Saints, a Pilgrimage Hi rough Ireland, London i$6i, p. 266.

    (k) The curious reservations under this lease are reminiscent of ancient Irish tenure.

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    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Galway, you may notice the bare stone walls that run beside the road and stretch across the countryside. A German writer named Julius Rosenberg remarked on these back in 1858, noting how the Irishman piles up stones without mortar, as if driven by some urge to build walls round everything. He saw walls round forests and meadows, round bogs and ruins, round rocks. What struck him most was that walls went up even round places where neither man nor animal would ever wish to enter, round deserts where nothing stood save a red morass and black stagnating water. He wrote that "it is a peculiarity of the Irishman to build walls round everything," and compared it to the leafy hedges farmers raised round their fields in the Schleswig-Holstein marshes. The contrast, for him, was plain.

21. James Brenagh of Ballynefonshogy hanged for felony

    Ashtown · townland · Kilkenny

    James Brenagh fitz William, who held the town and lands of Ballynefonshogy (now Ashtown, parish of Templeorum), was convicted, attainted, and hanged for felony, causing the land to escheat to the Crown for a year and day before reverting to Walter Brenagh.

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    Which jurors upon their oath say that all the free tenants and inhabitants within the precincts of the manor aforesaid and the domain of the said Walter Brenagh, Baron of Shancahir in Le Walsh Monntayne, are wont and accustomed from time to time to assist the said chief lord of his nation and of the manor aforesaid, in making provision for the marriage of his daughters when they come to the age of seven years, according to the discretion of four of the better sort of the inhabitants of the said nation. They also say that Thomas Butler ritz John, of Cottrellistowne, intruded himself unjustly into one piece of land, at Bantowdery, containing by estimation 20 acres of land, being the inheritance of the said lord of the manor, during his [i.e. the said lord's] minority, within the jurisdiction of this court, &c. They also say that James Brenagh, of Ballynecowly, held the the town and castle of Ballynecowly of the manor aforesaid by fealty and suit of court, and by what other services they are entirely ignorant of, and that he died seised in his demesne, as of fee, of the town and castle aforesaid; and that Robert Brenagh is the son and next heir of the aforesaid James and under the age of nine years; and they further say that Robert Brenagh, father of the said James, was under ward of the lord Robert Brenagh, late lord of the manor aforesaid. They also say that James Brenagh fitz William who held of the lord of the manor the town and lands of Ballynefonshogy by fealty, suit of court, and 10s. per year, and by what other services they are entirely ignorant of, was convicted, attainted, and hanged for felony, in virtue of which attainder the most serene lady, Queen Elizabeth, had year, day and waste, and after the said time the aforesaid lord, Walter Brenagh, ought to have the town aforesaid by escheat by reason of the attainder, &c. They also say that Richard Bolger of Curraghmore intruded himself unjustly into one parcel of land in Lapenekon, by estimation three acres, of the land of the said lord of the manor. They also say that the predecessors of the said lord of the manor used to have and reserve to themselves and their heirs a yearly refection upon the lands of the free tenants of the said manor, and that the predecessors of the said lord from time to time used to receive and have that refection yearly or 10s.

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22. Repeal meeting addressed by O'Connell at Lyrenacarriga

    Lyrenacarriga · townland · Waterford

    The place name 'Mountain Plain of the Meeting' at Lyrenacarriga recalls a Repeal gathering addressed there by Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator.

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    (b) tlei-6 An tTHcwn — " Mountain Plain of the Meeting"; from a Repeal gathering addressed here by the Liberator.

    Moorhill, t)Aile ttlic Seoimg — u MacShunoc's Homestead." The personal name still occasionally occurs in the Decies and Desmond. Moorhill and Sapperton are really sub-divisions of the old Irish-named townland. Moorhill is derived from the name of former proprietors. On Moorhill is a fine dallan of altered slate coated with quartz — 7' x 4" x 21". Area, 255 acres.

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23. St Columbkille's Stone Chalice on Tory Island

    Tory Island · townland · Donegal

    A stone vessel resembling a cube with finger holes, preserved on Tory Island, is popularly believed to be the chalice used by St Columbkille. It has been venerated for centuries by the islanders as the identical vessel used by the apostle of the Picts.

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    should have been popularly regarded as chalices. Perhaps the fact of their discovery on early church sites suggested both name and conjectured purpose. There is at least one specimen in the National Museum. While much less rude than any of these now exhibited, the Kildare Street specimen does not differ materially or in general design from the latter. The stem in the case of the Museum specimen is ornamented by a spiral moulding, and the vase and cup by a triple and quadruple moulding respectively. This vessel, which is supposed to have come from one of the Blasket Islands, off the Kerry coast, stands 7J-" high by 4!" in diameter at the top of the cup. (b) Another reputed " stone chalice " is, or was till recently, preserved on Tory Island, off the western coast of Donegal. This is popularly believed to be the chalice of St. Columbkille, and through the courtesy of Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, who kindly lent it to me for purpose of examination, I am enabled to present you with a drawing of it. (c) The Tory Island " chalice" differs in design from the Blasket Island specimen last described and from the specimens herewith exhibited : it is nearly a regular cube in shape (about 2 J" high), and has a deep circular cup and, in the sides, ringer holes to permit a more secure hold. The material, it may be added, is a hard sandstone, now quite dark from long use and constant handling. For centuries this strange vessel has been regarded by the islanders of Tory with deepest veneration as the identical chalice used by the great apostle of the Picts. It is perhaps such a vessel as, in that rude age, a missioner might have made use of whose portion of the vineyard was the storm-swept Hebrides and the wilds of Caledonia. Yet another instance of a <4 stone chalice " was brought under public notice some years since, when at a season of strong political feeling a policeman in Co. Kerry wantonly, it was stated, broke a specimen long preserved in a ruined church. Finally, Wakeman (d) notes two stone vessels which were probably used for purposes cognate with those of the specimens before us. One of these, triangular in shape, lay by the side of a holy well

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 3

24. The Ancient Fair and Ferry of Glen

    Glen · townland · Waterford

    A famous fair was held annually at Glen on the Feast of the Ascension, on both sides of the river, commemorated in the air 'The Fair of Glen'. The fair and ferry rights were held by the Hurleys of Glen on the Waterford side and Captain James Power on the north side.

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    " '5 C15 b^CAit tli SfioljtA, (Old Rhyme). Glen, An 5lex\nn. Idem. A famous fair, held here annually on the Feast of the Ascension, is commemorated in the name of a well known air " The Fair of Glen." A second air and song of reputed local origin is the popular " Se-A&Ati O T)ui£>if\ a jleAnnV commonly attributed to Pierce Power of Glen (1685); this air was annexed by Allan Ramsay in 1724 and Burns, who calls it " a favourite Irish air," wrote two songs to it. Dr. Flood, however, (c) thinks " Seaghan O'Duibhir " is not of Waterford origin. The fair of Glen was held on both sides of the river, hence the saying: — " A leAt t^oio map ^on^c a gte-Ann^." The fair and ferry rights were of considerable moment; the latter were held — on the Waterford side — by the Hurleys of Glen and — on the north side — by Captain James Power. Colonel Roche received a grant of Glen for his services in swimming the Foyle at Derry, to communicate with the beleagured Williamite army. Roche was buried in Churchtown graveyard and at his funeral Se^muf da Sfion delivered so sarcastic a il eulogy " in Irish that it split the gravestone. Another quondam owner of Glen was Cullenan from whom the place was called 5^eAnn t)Aile Hi Cuilte*.\ru\in. Burke (" Family Romance ") tells how Colonel James Roche swam up the river at Londonderry during its historic siege in order to tell the besieged of approaching relief, and that William III. gave him all the undisposed ferries of Ireland as a reward for his bravery. This grant embroiled him in many lawsuits, and Roche made fresh application to the Crown that upon surrendering his former patent he might have a grant of the forfeited estate of James Everard in the Co. Waterford, " with some ferries near his habitation " (d). Area (in two divisions), 1,425 acres.

    (c) " History of Irish Music," pp. 121-2.

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25. Tombstone of Father Garret Christopher in ruined Dungarvan parish church

    Dungarvan · townland · Waterford · 1759

    The tombstone of Garret Christopher, a former Parish Priest of Dungarvan who disguised his clerical calling in his will due to the Penal Laws, may still be seen within the ruined Parish Church of Dungarvan.

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    Under the guise of plain Garrett Christopher, few readers will recognise a former Parish Priest of Dungarvan. Operation of the Penal Laws is responsible for the silence as to his calling observed by the testator. In the early days of his ministry Father Christopher's profession often led him into danger. Thev still point out, to the south-west of Dungarvan, and just outside that town, two small trees planted — so says tradition — to mark the spot in a held where he stealthily celebrated Midnight Mass on a Christmas morning in the early eighteenth century ; he had come from his place of hiding in the Comeragh Mountains for the function, and returned thence again before day broke. The tombstone of the testator may still be seen within the ruined Parish Church of Dungarvan (see Journal, Vol. III., p. 219).

    The special value of these wills to us is the light they incidentally throw oji the customs and methods of thought of a time which, though chronologically unremote, is, in our understanding of it, more distant perhaps than the days of the Commonwealth or the era of Elizabeth. To the imagination of the reader these fragmentary deeds suggest a state of society in all its completeness.

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26. Earl of Cork boasts of no Irish tenants in Coshbride

    Coshmore and Coshbride · barony · Waterford · 1600–1630

    After the Desmond wars, the region was largely cleared of its original Celtic stock. A quarter century later the first Earl of Cork boasted that he had no Irish tenant on his lands here.

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    Historically the present barony may be regarded as belonging more to Cork than to Waterford. As portion of the great Desmond territory it shared in the vicissitudes of the latter for quite 400 years. Previous to the invasion it is not easy to trace its civil history. Since, however, we are immediately concerned with the latter only as far as it bears on, or illustrates, the place names of the barony, it will suffice to note that the denominations derived otherwise than from physical features or proprietorship are practically all ecclesiastical. The school and church of Lismore have left their impress all around on the names of the country extending from the Bride to the boundary of Tipperary, and from the Cork border to Cappoquin. In the light of its later history the region under notice will not be expected to have preserved a continuity of local tradition. It seems to have been largely cleared of its original Celtic stock on the conclusion of the Desmond wars and, a quarter of a century later, the then proprietor, the first Earl of Cork, was able to boast {b) that he had no li Irishe tenant " on his lands. The barony is equally rich in scenic beauty and historic memories. The memories centre round Lismore of the saints, and beauty haunts the Blackwater " From Youghal Harbour to Cappoquin.'' Coshmore and Coshbride signify respectively the countries adjacent to (Coif) the Great River (tTlop) and the Bride (^151-0, gen. bjuj-oe). As Irish is still a living speech throughout the barony, collection of the names and interpretation of them presented comparatively little difficulty. There are in all six parishes, of which one — Lismore and Mocollop — surpasses in size, three or four times over, the remaining five combined. The " Blackwater Fishery Case," so frequently referred to in this section, is a privately printed volume of pedigrees, title deeds, charters, &c, compiled for use of Counsel in the great law case which, with varying success, was carried on for years by the Duke of Devonshire and others, regarding fishery rights in the Great River. It contains, in convenient compass, most

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 6

27. Geoffrey Keating as Parish Priest of Cappoquin and Affane

    Cappoquin · town · Waterford · 1625–1635

    Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Keating is argued to have been Parish Priest of Cappoquin and Affane around 1635, based on a silver chalice dated 1634 kept at Cappoquin. He is thought to have lived with Franciscan Friars at Aglish under the protection of the Fitzgeralds of Dromana, and wrote an Irish elegy on the death of Sir John Og of Dromana in 1626.

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    evidence I relied on will be found at p. 179 of the first volume of the Journal (April, 1895), quoted by Father Burke. His silver chalice at Cappoquin is dated 23rd February, 1634, at which date, probably, he was for some time pastor of Affane and Aglish — including Cappoquin. No doubt he lived with the Franciscan Friars at Aglish, who were under the protection of the Fitzgeralds of Dromana. Indeed, he may have came to Aglish in 1625, as he wrote an Irish elegy, "t,^ X)A TtArxAf a\\ IMamm" on the death of Sir John O5 of Dromana (died March 1st, 1626). My friend, Mr. R. A. Foley, has pointed out that Keating's treatise on the Mass was finished on December 2nd, 163 1 — and it is not improbable that this work was written in Aglish or Affane. I take this opportunity of adding that the date I gave in my il History of Irish Music " for Keating's TMon t^olLac (Preface), namely, 1635, was given in error. This is the date I have seen for a copy, but I prefer the opinion of the Abbe O'Hannigan, in Moreri, who gives the year as 1629. This learned Irish priest, Father DaviVi O'Hannigan, D.D., belonged to the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, and wrote his account of Keating about the year 1750. In 1760, he was one of the Superiors of the Irish College in Paris, and one of his successors, Rev. Dr. Flood (1780), became President of Maynooth College, in succession to Bishop Hussey, in 1798. Mr. Foley may be glad to know that there is a fine MS. copy of Keating, dated 1697, written by an Irish scribe, in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, and another by Michael Gaynor, about the same date. The earliest English translation of Keating's History was that made for the Earl of Orrery, circa 1650, by Tadhg ruadh O'Conor. The next was by Michael Kearney, of Ball^losky, Co. Tipperary, cir. 1660, which was subsequently purchased by John O'Daly at Colonel Howard's auction, in 1847, and sold by him to William Eliot Hudson. A third English versionAdated cir. 1698, is in Trinity College, Dublin. Of about the same\ date is a fourth version in Marsh's Library. I have been told that \ the famous Tom O'Hannigan, the piper, was a grandnephew of Rev. Dr. O'Hannigan. In connection with Aglish it is of interest to add that the Franciscan Friars managed to hang

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28. Greatrakes Retires to Cappoquin Castle in Contemplation

    Cappoquin · town · Waterford · 1647–1648

    After several years absent from Ireland at school in Devon during the upheavals of the 1640s, Valentine Greatrakes returned and retired to Cappoquin Castle, where he spent twelve months in a state of contemplation.

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    He was born at Affane Castle (b) on the 14th February, 1628 (O.S.) — a date to which he was indebted for his somewhat uncommon Christian name. After he had learned to read he was sent to the free school at Lismore where he remained until he was thirteen years old. The civil war of 1641, which was the natural sequel to the outrageous injustice inflicted on the Irish in the two preceding reigns, during which they were so extensively plundered of their possessions, caused an upheaval from one end of Ireland to the other, and soon after its outbreak many of the newly settled families, including the Greatrakes, fled the country. Valentine was then placed in a school at Stoke Gabriel in Devon, which was conducted by a High German minister named John Daniel Getseus, where he remained a few years. After rive or six years absence from Ireland he returned, and retired to Cappoquin Castle where he spent twelve months in a state of contemplation.

    In the year 1649 Cromwell commenced his Irish campaign and the command of the horse in Munster was entrusted to his fast supporter, the Earl of Orrery. Greatrakes received a lieutenancy in his regiment and remained in the army until the year 1656 when a great part of the forces was disbanded. He then betook himself to his old home at Affane where he led a rural life. At this time, through the influence of Colonel Phaire, the Governor of County Cork, he was appointed Clerk of the Peace, Registrar for Transplantation and Justice of the Peace for that county. From his account book, under notice, he would appear to

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29. Ross feared assault by rebels, 1580

    New Ross · townland · Wexford · 1580

    In 1580 the governor and others wrote from Ross to the Mayor of Waterford warning that rebels intended to assault the town within 24 hours and requesting aid of 100 soldiers.

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    " Ross, 1580. 4 Arthur Renting Gov. and others to the Mayor of Waterford. — The rebels mean to assault the town in 24 hours. We Pray for aid of 100 soldiers.' "

    " Nov. 15, 1580. James Sherlock Mayor to Walsyngham : Soldiers sent towards Youghal and Dungarvan. Captain Cecij with 100 has gone to Ross. The bad life of Marmaduke Middleton, their Bishop and his false reports of the citizens. ' All the men within Waterford do come every Sunday to Church three or four only excepted.' "

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30. Satire on the Minister of the Reformed Church at Lismore

    Lismore · townland · Waterford

    Pierce FitzGerald wrote a bitter satire on Rev. John Power, an ex-Augustinian friar of Tallow who became Minister of the Reformed Church at Lismore, despite being a relative of the poet.

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    Clashmore. In the year 1759 Pierce " recanted," but he does not seem to have been an ideal " convert," for he acknowledged (indeed, proclaimed) in his writings that his change was not from choice or conviction, but rather to preserve to his children his property, &c. Much interesting matter might be written concerning the very beautiful Litany of Our Lady which he penned, and of the reply which he wrote to " Mr. Thomas Barry, of Clonmel, and other gentlemen who busied themselves reproaching and upbraiding him for becoming an innocent child of the Reformed Church." Of course everything he composed was in our own native tongue. The very beautiful " Repentance " which he wrote in 1762 and which has appeared in almost every copy of the poems of Tadg Gaelach, is well known in the Deise. Though they were troubled times, he was busy with his pen in 1743- 1744, when he wrote a humourous Warrant and Summons for William Moran, School Teacher, Sliab gCua ; in 1750 when he penned the Munster War Song, a translation of which (from " Fear Dana ") appeared in th6 u Celt " ; in 1753 when he lamented John Power, senior, of Clashmore, whose wife was the well-known " Kate of Connaught " (Kate Metge). In these years he was busy turning out Jacobite songs, inciting his countrymen in what was a losing and worthless cause. But if there were troubles, there were also moments of pleasure when he composed his humorous songs, such as the song on the murder of his tenant's goat at Ballymacoda. His satires are very bitter indeed, particularly the one on the Rev. John Power (commonly called O Suil-amain, since he had only one eye) who had been an Augustinian at Tallow, and who became Minister of the Reformed Church at Lismore. This John Power, of Ballyhane, was a relative of his own, but this fact did not lead him to temper his satire. This ex-friar however reverted to the faith of his fathers, and I am inclined to think that his reversion was the occasion of that poem of Tadg Gaelach, the refrain of which runs " Oro mar do cas orainn Seon." Another terribly scathing satire was the one he wrote on the Rev. Jeremiah Hart, who had been priest in the mensal parish of Carrigtwohill under the Most Rev. Matthew McKenna in 1774. This priest had also been officiating

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 12

31. Stone Chalice broken by policeman in Kerry

    Kerry · county · Kerry

    During a season of strong political feeling, a policeman in County Kerry wantonly broke a stone chalice specimen that had long been preserved in a ruined church.

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    should have been popularly regarded as chalices. Perhaps the fact of their discovery on early church sites suggested both name and conjectured purpose. There is at least one specimen in the National Museum. While much less rude than any of these now exhibited, the Kildare Street specimen does not differ materially or in general design from the latter. The stem in the case of the Museum specimen is ornamented by a spiral moulding, and the vase and cup by a triple and quadruple moulding respectively. This vessel, which is supposed to have come from one of the Blasket Islands, off the Kerry coast, stands 7J-" high by 4!" in diameter at the top of the cup. (b) Another reputed " stone chalice " is, or was till recently, preserved on Tory Island, off the western coast of Donegal. This is popularly believed to be the chalice of St. Columbkille, and through the courtesy of Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, who kindly lent it to me for purpose of examination, I am enabled to present you with a drawing of it. (c) The Tory Island " chalice" differs in design from the Blasket Island specimen last described and from the specimens herewith exhibited : it is nearly a regular cube in shape (about 2 J" high), and has a deep circular cup and, in the sides, ringer holes to permit a more secure hold. The material, it may be added, is a hard sandstone, now quite dark from long use and constant handling. For centuries this strange vessel has been regarded by the islanders of Tory with deepest veneration as the identical chalice used by the great apostle of the Picts. It is perhaps such a vessel as, in that rude age, a missioner might have made use of whose portion of the vineyard was the storm-swept Hebrides and the wilds of Caledonia. Yet another instance of a <4 stone chalice " was brought under public notice some years since, when at a season of strong political feeling a policeman in Co. Kerry wantonly, it was stated, broke a specimen long preserved in a ruined church. Finally, Wakeman (d) notes two stone vessels which were probably used for purposes cognate with those of the specimens before us. One of these, triangular in shape, lay by the side of a holy well

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    As the companion tells it

    As the road takes you through Kerry, there is a story of a stone chalice that was destroyed in this county. These stone vessels have been found on early church sites, and their discovery there is what gave them the name chalice and set people guessing about their purpose. The National Museum in Kildare Street has one specimen, supposed to have come from the Blasket Islands off the Kerry coast. It stands 7 and a half inches high and 4 and a half inches in diameter at the top of the cup. The stem carries a spiral moulding, and the vase and cup have triple and quadruple moulding. Another reputed stone chalice was preserved on Tory Island off the western coast of Donegal. The islanders there have held it for centuries in deepest veneration as the identical chalice used by Saint Columbkille, the great apostle of the Picts. The Tory Island vessel is nearly a regular cube in shape, about 2 and a half inches high, with a deep circular cup and finger holes in the sides for a more secure hold. The material is a hard sandstone, now dark from long use and constant handling. It is perhaps the kind of vessel a missioner might have made use of in a rude age, when his portion of the vineyard was the storm-swept Hebrides and the wilds of Caledonia. Yet another instance of a stone chalice was brought under public notice some years since, when, at a season of strong political feeling, a policeman in County Kerry, it was stated, wantonly broke a specimen long preserved in a ruined church. Finally, Wakeman notes two stone vessels which were probably used for purposes cognate with those of these specimens. One of these, triangular in shape, lay by the side of a holy well.

32. Stone chalice linked to St Colman at Kilcolman, Ardmore

    Kilcolman · townland · Waterford

    A stone chalice traditionally connected to St Colman, who baptised St Declan before Patrick's arrival, was preserved at the saint's church site on the townland of Kilcolman near a holy well and sacred tree. It was used for generations as a healing stone for cattle plague, and its accompanying stone 'paten' was later removed by boys who also broke the vessel.

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    Our third (D) specimen hails from Co. Waterford, where local tradition connects it with St. Colman. This, it is to be observed, is neither the Colman of Cloyne, nor Colman who is named in connection with Lismore, but Colman, a bishop in the Decies, who is recorded in the Life of St. Declan to have baptised the latter before the coming of St. Patrick. The chronology of St. Declan's life is, as they phrase it in St. Declan's region, " too cross" a question to be discussed here. Declan's spiritual father, Colman, who had probably got the faith through a British channel, had his church within the territory afterwards appropriated to Declan's parish and monastery. The church site, marked by the saint's tree close to his holy well, is still traditionally pointed out on the townland of Kilcolman, parish of Ardmore. On this site the " chalice" had been preserved from time immemorial. There is no record of the date or circumstances of the original discovery. Like the Ballypatrick specimen, the present object was accompanied by a stone " paten," but the latter was removed by boys some years since ; the boys in question must I fear be also held responsible for the breaking in two of the vessel itself. The dimensions are : — Height, ipf ; diameter of cup, 3V x 3 J". It tapers slightly towards the centre of the stem. I think the worn condition of this specimen is explained by the fact that, like B, it was used extensively, and for a long period, as a healing stone in cases of cattle plague.

    The next " chalice" (E) is the smallest and most perfect of the group. Its perfection it owes perhaps entirely to its relatively late discovery. It was found, some eight or ten years since, on the site of an early Celtic church, known locally as Cill Cu^ntUA (" Cuanna's Church "),on the townland of Decoy, in the parish of Inishloimaght, about six miles north of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Cill Cu^rm^ was, unfortunately, situated on the summit of a small gravel ridge, or hillock, the materials of which were coveted by a local road contractor — with the result that the hillock (minus a quantity of

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33. Cornelius Gaggry's letter inviting the Earl of Cork to his tenant's poor house

    Tircullen · townland · Cavan · 1600–1625

    In the first quarter of the 17th century, tenant Cornelius Gaggry farmed Tircullen under the Earl of Cork and wrote a letter inviting his landlord, when passing that way, to partake of a 'dish of broth' at his tenant's 'poor house.'

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    Tircullen, Cty CtnUirm — " Holly Land." One Cornelius Gaggry farmed Tircullen under the Earl of Cork in the first quarter of the 17th century. See Gaggry's letter to his landlord inviting the latter, when passing that way, to partake of a " dish of broth" at his tenant's "poor house." (/) Area, 185 acres.

    Leitrim Parish (part of).

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34. The Song on the Murder of a Goat at Ballymacoda

    Ballymacoda · townland · Cork

    Amid his more serious and Jacobite compositions, Pierce FitzGerald wrote a humorous song on the murder of his tenant's goat at Ballymacoda, illustrating the lighter side of his poetic output.

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    Clashmore. In the year 1759 Pierce " recanted," but he does not seem to have been an ideal " convert," for he acknowledged (indeed, proclaimed) in his writings that his change was not from choice or conviction, but rather to preserve to his children his property, &c. Much interesting matter might be written concerning the very beautiful Litany of Our Lady which he penned, and of the reply which he wrote to " Mr. Thomas Barry, of Clonmel, and other gentlemen who busied themselves reproaching and upbraiding him for becoming an innocent child of the Reformed Church." Of course everything he composed was in our own native tongue. The very beautiful " Repentance " which he wrote in 1762 and which has appeared in almost every copy of the poems of Tadg Gaelach, is well known in the Deise. Though they were troubled times, he was busy with his pen in 1743- 1744, when he wrote a humourous Warrant and Summons for William Moran, School Teacher, Sliab gCua ; in 1750 when he penned the Munster War Song, a translation of which (from " Fear Dana ") appeared in th6 u Celt " ; in 1753 when he lamented John Power, senior, of Clashmore, whose wife was the well-known " Kate of Connaught " (Kate Metge). In these years he was busy turning out Jacobite songs, inciting his countrymen in what was a losing and worthless cause. But if there were troubles, there were also moments of pleasure when he composed his humorous songs, such as the song on the murder of his tenant's goat at Ballymacoda. His satires are very bitter indeed, particularly the one on the Rev. John Power (commonly called O Suil-amain, since he had only one eye) who had been an Augustinian at Tallow, and who became Minister of the Reformed Church at Lismore. This John Power, of Ballyhane, was a relative of his own, but this fact did not lead him to temper his satire. This ex-friar however reverted to the faith of his fathers, and I am inclined to think that his reversion was the occasion of that poem of Tadg Gaelach, the refrain of which runs " Oro mar do cas orainn Seon." Another terribly scathing satire was the one he wrote on the Rev. Jeremiah Hart, who had been priest in the mensal parish of Carrigtwohill under the Most Rev. Matthew McKenna in 1774. This priest had also been officiating

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 12

35. British Association visit to Rock of Cashel and Holycross Abbey

    near Rock of Cashel · rock or rocks · Tipperary · 1906

    On 5 September, members of the British Association visited the Rock of Cashel and Holycross Abbey, where Dr. Robert Cochrane explained the Board of Works' role in preserving Ireland's ancient monuments.

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    The interesting and useful information furnished by Dr. Cochrane, in regard to the preservation of our ancient monuments by the Board of Works, on the occasion of the visit of a party of members of the British Association to the Rock of Cashel and Holycross Abbey, on the 5th of September last, deserves the more permanent record its reproduction here will fitly afford. " When the party had assembled within the ancient Cathedral, Mr. Robert Cochrane, LL.D., I.S.O., who acted as conductor, explained that the Government had taken over the care of national monuments in Ireland, and he pointed out that the question of the preservation of ancient monuments in England and Wales and Scotland was at present being inquired into by Royal Commissions. As regarded Ireland, the preservation of ancient and mediaeval monuments and buildings was entrusted principally to the Board of Works, and, in

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    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere about Rock of Cashel, members of the British Association came on 5 September 1906. Dr. Robert Cochrane acted as their conductor and, inside the ancient cathedral, explained that the Government had taken over the care of national monuments in Ireland. He noted that preservation of ancient monuments in England, Wales and Scotland was being inquired into by Royal Commissions. In Ireland the care of ancient and mediaeval monuments and buildings was entrusted principally to the Board of Works.

36. Death and Burial of Valentine Greatrakes

    Lismore · townland · Waterford · 1683

    Greatrakes died at Affane on 28th November 1683 and, in accordance with his will, was buried in Lismore Cathedral rather than at Affane as erroneously stated in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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    Greatrakes was sprung from parents of respectable position about whom nothing has been mentioned so far in this introduction as Mr. Palmer gives some details of his family and as the accompanying pedigree condensed from the pages of the Reliquary for the year 1863 is devoted to them. He died at Affane on the 28th of November, 1683 and was buried in pursuance of a desire expressed in his will, in Lismore Cathedral, (d)

    This MS. account book, however well it may serve in particular instances to illustrate local history and topography, does not readily lend itself for publication, piecemeal or entire, in an antiquarian journal; but inasmuch as it discloses the nature and extent of the property and admits some new light on the domestic concerns and various transactions of such a well-known WTaterford man the following selections from it, now printed for the first time, may be found acceptable in these pages.

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37. Municipal Toll on Stockings Dispute in Waterford

    Waterford · city · Waterford · 1704–1810

    In 1810, John Emerson refused to pay a toll on stockings brought into the City of Waterford, based on an old docket of tolls made in 1704 engraved on a stone in the Market House wall. The dispute led to a legal opinion from Sir Francis Hassard, who ruled the Corporation should not support the toll collectors' excessive charge.

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    " For every dozen pair of Stockings brought to be sold here — " two pence."

    It has been the custom during the memory of the oldest persons in the city acquainted with the business, for the toll gatherers to demand custom on the sellers entering the city, and if it be not paid to take a pledge which was redeemed on the seller's return after selling and returned if the article was not sold.

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38. O'Neills of Ballyneal near Carrick-on-Suir

    Ballyneal · townland · Waterford · 1601–1641

    The O'Neill family pedigree traces Con O'Neill of Ballyneal from around 1601, whose descendant Hugh O'Neill joined the 1641 Uprising, was outlawed, and died in exile in Spain.

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    u Con O'Neill, of Ballyneal, near Carrick-on-Suir, c. 1601 ; whose son was

    John O'Neill, of Ballyneal, who married Honora Purcell, daughter of the Baron of Lough moe ; whose son was

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39. Stone chalice unearthed at Ballypatrick church site, Kilcash

    Ballypatrick · townland · Tipperary · 1850–1856

    About half a century before writing, a stone chalice was found during farming operations on the site of an early church in Ballypatrick, along with quern stones, a mutilated stone cross, and a stone object dubbed a 'paten'. The vessel was later used as a folk charm against cattle disease, placed in running water, and carried as far as County Waterford.

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    The hrst (B) of the four vessels, was found, about half a century since, during farming operations, on the site of a citUn or early church, in the townland of Ballypatrick, parish of Kilcash, Co. Tipperary. With it were dug up, besides some finely wrought and much worn quern stones, a small stone cross (mutilated) and a rude object of stone, which, because of its association with the 44 chalice," popular imagination has designated "a paten." The " chalice" is about 7§" high by 3^" in diameter at summit of cup, and 6" in circumference at the slenderest part of the stem. Both ends are hollowed out into cup-like depressions, so that, like the " Legs of Alan," quocunque jeceris stabit — standing on either base it is a cup. Perhaps the end aimed at by the duplicated bowl was only a lightening of the object, to render it more portable. Since its discovery this vessel has been subjected to much bad usage. It has ^een used extensively in seasons of cattle disease as a charm, to place in running water where the cattle drank. For this and allied purposes our li chalice " was in fact in much demand, and was sometimes carried miles away — even into the County of Waterford. In these peregrinations &c. it no doubt suffered a considerable amount of rough treatment.

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    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere around here, about half a century before it was recorded, a stone vessel was found during farming operations on the site of an early church in Ballypatrick, in the parish of Kilcash. With it were dug up some finely wrought and much worn quern stones, a small mutilated stone cross, and a rude object of stone that, because of its association with the vessel, popular imagination has designated a paten. The so-called chalice is about 7 inches high, 3 inches in diameter at the summit of the cup, and 6 inches in circumference at the slenderest part of the stem. Both ends are hollowed out into cup-like depressions, so that, standing on either base, it is a cup. Perhaps the duplicated bowl was meant only to lighten the object, to make it more portable. Since its discovery this vessel has been subjected to much bad usage. It has been used extensively in seasons of cattle disease as a charm, to place in running water where the cattle drank. It was in much demand for this and allied purposes, and was sometimes carried miles away, even into the county of Waterford. In these wanderings it no doubt suffered a considerable amount of rough treatment.

40. Cromlechs and Ogham Stone of Ballyquin

    Ballyquin · townland · Waterford

    On the townland of Ballyquin were two cromlechs and one remarkable ogham-inscribed pillar-stone reading 'Catabar Moco Virigorb'. One cromlech has been recently destroyed; the other survives as an earthfast primary type.

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    Ballyquin, tXaile tK Cuinn — " O'Quinn's Homestead." On this townland are, or were, two cromlechs and one remarkable pillar-stone, ogham-inscribed. The reading of the ogham here is certain though the characters are worn: it rims: — " Catabar Moco Virigorb." Virigorb = the old Irish personal name Fearcorb (g). One of the cromlechs has been recently destroyed; the other is of the earthfast, or primary, class. It is probable that this cromlech is, like perhaps most of those of primary character, artificial in only a minor degree. Area, 471 acres.

    " Ballyaquin, alias Ballykneene " (A.S. & E.).

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41. Julia Crotty's novel echoes the Lismore evictions

    Lismore · townland · Waterford

    Julia Crotty, a native of Lismore, drew on the memory of the local eviction clearances when writing her eviction campaign scenes in her novel 'Neighbours'.

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    descendants have since wrung a living from the grudging soil. Julia Crotty, herself a native of Lismore, must have had this clearance before her mind when describing the eviction campaign in her novel — "Neighbours."

    As might be expected from the character of the region, mountain names are well represented. They are, however, hardly as numerous as might ordinarily be expected ; the explanation is the comparatively recent occupation of the higher lands. Many names of historical and ecclesiastical interest occur in the plain and along the river banks, and a few, even in the mountain district.

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42. Pierce FitzGerald's Burial at Kilmacdonogh

    Kilmacdonogh · parish · Cork · 1791–1800

    Pierce FitzGerald was buried in his family's tomb at Kilmacdonogh, only three or four fields from the house in which he was born, a house still held by his descendants at time of writing.

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    Pierce composed altogether about fifty pieces of poetry. These are free-flowing and not by any means difficult. For fifty years at least he had been " High Sheriff " of the Poets of Munster, as he always terms himself in his writings and Warrants. He had this title in the year 1744— August — and bore it all through until the year 1791 — 4th July — when he voluntarily surrendered it to a younger man, named John Cunningham, of Ballynoe, Co. Cork, on account of his own great age. This surrender is dated from Kilmaloo, and here he died about the same time. He was buried in the family tomb at Kilmacdonogh, just three or four fields from the house in which he was born and which is still in the hands of his descendants. His eldest son, Michael, died at Prospect Hall (Monetrea) about the beginning of the 19th century. Michael's first wife was a Mary Maher, whose father, a ship owner, traded between Cork and Cadiz. I think she too belonged to the Co. Waterford, as well as the second wife, Catherine Cunningham. A son of this Michael FitzGerald married a Miss McGrath, whose father, John McGrath, of Grange, Co. Waterford, a very wealthy man, gave to the mother of the late Councillor M.J. FitzGerald, as dowry, the fee-simple of Ballymacart, near Ardmore, which was sold afterwards to Sir H. Barron.

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43. Rev. Jeremiah Hart's Conversion and Ministry at Killeagh

    Killeagh · town · Cork · 1774–1775

    Rev. Jeremiah Hart, priest of Carrigtwohill, converted to the Reformed Church on 23rd December 1774 and became Minister of Killeagh the following year, with the parish of Boughillane-Ladysbridge added shortly after; he later turned back to his old faith before death.

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    in Carbery (he belonged to the Gourdes district), and 'verted on the 23rd December, 1774, becoming Minister of Killeagh in the following year, and the parish of Boughillane — Ladysbridge district — was added shortly afterwards. This man's will shows that he died possessed of property value over ^300, which he left to his sisters, one of whom he had married to a well-known Youghal man named Gimlett. The Rev. Jeremiah too turned back to his old fold before death.

    Pierce composed altogether about fifty pieces of poetry. These are free-flowing and not by any means difficult. For fifty years at least he had been " High Sheriff " of the Poets of Munster, as he always terms himself in his writings and Warrants. He had this title in the year 1744— August — and bore it all through until the year 1791 — 4th July — when he voluntarily surrendered it to a younger man, named John Cunningham, of Ballynoe, Co. Cork, on account of his own great age. This surrender is dated from Kilmaloo, and here he died about the same time. He was buried in the family tomb at Kilmacdonogh, just three or four fields from the house in which he was born and which is still in the hands of his descendants. His eldest son, Michael, died at Prospect Hall (Monetrea) about the beginning of the 19th century. Michael's first wife was a Mary Maher, whose father, a ship owner, traded between Cork and Cadiz. I think she too belonged to the Co. Waterford, as well as the second wife, Catherine Cunningham. A son of this Michael FitzGerald married a Miss McGrath, whose father, John McGrath, of Grange, Co. Waterford, a very wealthy man, gave to the mother of the late Councillor M.J. FitzGerald, as dowry, the fee-simple of Ballymacart, near Ardmore, which was sold afterwards to Sir H. Barron.

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44. Thomas McCabe's Bed cromlech at Matthewstown

    Matthewstown · townland · Waterford

    A well-known cromlech at Matthewstown is called 'Thomas McCabe's Bed', and this name curiously matches an identically-named oblong depression in a limestone rock at Ballintemple on the Middle Island of Aran, suggesting a widely distributed legend.

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    S.D. te^bA torhxMf ttlic CaKa—1' Thomas McCabe's Bed"; also called Calais ttlic Ca\)a; a well-known cromlech. The name suggests some widely distributed legend, for an oblong depression in a limestone rock at Ballintemple, Middle Island of Aran, bears, curiously enough, exactly the same name.

    Reisk, KiAfS — 44 Morass." Area, 273 acres. " Reisk " (D.S.)

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45. Franciscan Friars' Temporary Convent at Aglish

    Aglish · town · Waterford · 1625–1680

    The Franciscan Friars maintained a temporary convent at Aglish for nearly two centuries, protected by the Fitzgeralds of Dromana. In December 1680, an examination of persons at Waterford concerned 'Mr. Gaghagan and the Friars of Aglish'.

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    around their temporary convent for nearly two centuries. In December, 1680, there was an examination of some persons at Waterford relating to "Mr. Gaghagan and the Friars of Aglish" (Hist. MSS. Com., 7th Report).

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46. Greatrakes family origins and estate at Affane

    Affane · townland · Waterford · 1662

    Valentine Greatraks was son and heir of William Greatraks of Affane, grandson of a companion of Sir Walter Raleigh; he was made Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of Waterford in 1662, and his extensive estates were later sold by his descendant Edmund Greatraks Hill.

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    " Valentine Greatraks was son and heir of William Greatraks of Affane, Esq. by a dr. and heir of Sir Edward Harris of Cornworthy, Devon, Chief Justice of Minister (son of Sir Thos. Harris of Cornworthy by Elizth Pomeroy) and grandson of William Greatraks of Affane (a companion of Sir Walter Raleigh) by Ann d. of Richard Croker Esq of Kill, Co. Waterford. He was made Clerk of the Peace for Cork and Justice of the Peace temp. Cromwell, and in 1662 (e) was Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff of Waterford. His younger son and eventual heir, Edmund, married a da. and heir of Sir John Godolphin Knt. (/) Mr. Greatraks estates, which were very extensive, were for the most part sold by Edmund Greatraks Hill, Esq., whose mother was the sole dr. and heir of Edmund Greatraks above mentioned.

    William Greatraks, the brother of Valentine, left posterity from the last of whom I received this manuscript.

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47. The Citadel fort with four bastions on site of present gaol

    Waterford · city · Waterford

    'The Citadel' was a square fort mounted with great guns which stood on the site of the present gaol, consisting of four bastions with curtains.

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    (f) " The Citadel "; this was a square fort, mounted with great guns, which stood on site of the present gaol. It consisted of four bastions with curtains (i).

    (d) " Barrack Street," An £,Aitce— The Fair (or Hurling) Green." Here stood, at present entrance to Christian Brothers' residence, the thatched chapel of Trinity Without. Barrack Street, with the present Mayor's Walk, constitutes the " Common Greene " of the original Down Survey Map.

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48. The Monumental Stone of Lugna at Inchagoill

    Inchagoill · townland · Galway

    Dr. Joyce's essay discusses the much-debated monumental stone of Lugna, said to be St. Patrick's nephew, located at Inchagoill in Lough Corrib, arguing in favour of the traditional identification against other scholars.

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    of the Royal Society of Antiquaries " for March is of much greater than usual importance. It opens with a valuable essay by Dr. Joyce on the much discussed monumental stone of Lugna (St. Patrick's nephew) at Inchagoill in Lough Corrib. The writer argues forcibly — against Dr. Whitely Stokes, Sir S. Ferguson and Miss Stokes — in favour of the St. Patrick's nephew theory. To Dr. Joyce's paper succeeds a scholarly and specially important and lengthy disquisition by Mr. Goddard Orpen on the site of the ancient Fair of Carmen. Hitherto the claim of Wexford to be the ancient site has been practically unquestioned. Mr. Orpen makes a formidable case against Wexford and in favour of the Curragh of Kildare. Other notable articles in the same Journal are : — Mr. Milligan's — on an urn cemetery in Co. Antrim, and Mr. Stanley Howard's—

    on the Faughart (Co. Louth) of St. Brigid. The second No.

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49. The Ogham Pillar-Stone at Windgap Church Site

    Windgap or Ardmore · townland · Waterford

    At Windgap or Ardmore stands an early church site, bramble-overgrown, surrounded by a circular fence, within which lies an ogham-inscribed pillar-stone read by Mr. Macalister as commemorating Moddagni Maqi Gattagni Mucoi Luguni.

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    Windgap or Ardmore, t)e<\f\tiA x\a ^Aoite — u Gap of the Wind." On the townland is a citUn, or early church site, bramble o'ergrown and surrounded by a circular fence. Within the enclosure — towards its centre — lies an ogham-inscribed pillar-stone. Mr. Macalister (e) reads the legend thus: — li Moddagni Maqi Gattagni Mucoi Luguni." Area, 76 acres.

    Fenough Parish.

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50. Old Court ruin at Kilmeadan overlooking the railway

    Kilmeadan · townland · Waterford

    The ruined mansion known as 'Old Court' at Kilmeadan, now reduced to a single standing gable, replaced the ancient castle of the Barons of Dunhill and Kilmeadan. The ruin on the river bank is a familiar sight to travellers on the Waterford to Dungarvan railway.

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    (c) u Old Court," An cSe^n^ Cuifit. Idem. This is a sub-division, regarded locally as an independent townland. The " Old Court " in question was the mansion — only a solitary gable of it now stands — which replaced the ancient cattle of the Barons of Dunhill and Kilmeadan. This ruin, on the river bank, is familiar to all travellers by rail from Waterford to Dungarvan.

    Kilmoyemoge, Citt mo >Oiom6i5 — " (St.) Dimoc's Church." (g) The site of this early church is an untilled patch in a field by east side of the avenue between railway and public road. Some years since, when the church site was cut through to form the avenue alluded to, a bullan of sandstone, was unearthed. As the object has not been removed it may still be inspected on the spot. Area (in two divisions), 895 acres.

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51. Dorcas Greatrakes buried at Affane, keeper of the Stroker's Diary

    Affane · townland · Waterford · 1833

    Dorcas Greatrakes died unmarried at Cappoquin aged 81 and was buried at Affane on 13 December 1833; she reportedly possessed the 'Stroker's Diary' and other family papers which she gave to a kinsman shortly before her death.

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    {g) The following statement appears in a paper on the Greatrakes family, contributed by the Rev. Samuel Hayman to the Reliquary for the year 1863 (No. xiv. p. 94) " Dorcas (a name inherited from the Percivais), d. unm. at Cappoquin, setate 81. Buried at Affane, 13 December, 1833. Will is dated 27 September 1833. Probate with the writer. This lady is said to have had in her possession the Stroker's Diary and other papers; and to have given them a few years prior to her death, to a kinsman of hers, by whom they were lost." If not the Diary, this is one of the other papers referred to.

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52. Gatchell's glass factory remembered in Glass House Lane

    Waterford · city · Waterford

    Glass House Lane perpetuates the memory of Gatchell's famous glass factory, whose products were sent all over Western Europe.

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    (e) "Glass House Lane"; it perpetuates the memory of Gatchell's famous factory, which sent its inimitable products all over Western Europe.

    (/) "Glen Road "; joining Bridge Street to the Glen.

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53. O'Neills of Mt. Neill, Mooncoin

    Mooncoin · town · Kilkenny · 1390–1775

    A pedigree from Father Shearman's MSS traces the O'Neills of Mt. Neill back to a son of the O'Neill of Ulster around 1390, through generations including a Mayor of Waterford in 1570, down to John O'Neill who became Protestant and died unmarried in 1775.

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    u (1.) Con. or Constantine O'Neill, son of O'Neill of Ulster, c. 1390 ; his son was (2) John, whose son was (3) William, whose son was (4) Thomas, whose son was (5) Philip, whose son was (6) John, whose son was (7) John O'Neill, Mayor of Waterford in 1570, whose son was (8) John, who died in 1570, whose son was (9) Thomas, born in 1561, whose son was (10) Thomas (married Mary Bogan), whose son was (11) John, whose son (12) Laurence married Catherine Power, and had (13) John O'Neill, of Mt. Neill, who became a Protestant, and died in 1775 unmarried."

    W. Carrigan, C.C.

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54. Pierce FitzGerald's Later Life and Death at Kilmaloo

    Kilmaloo or Clashganny · townland · Waterford · 1791–1800

    Pierce FitzGerald lived much of his life at Kilmaloo in the parish of Clashmore, and died there between 1791 and 1800. He was buried in the family tomb at Kilmacdonogh, just a few fields from his birthplace.

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    HOUGH born in County Cork, at Ballykineally, in the parish of Kilmacdonogh ( Bally macoda), Pierce Fitz- Gerald may well be claimed as a Deiseach on many counts. Both his parents came of a Waterford stock, as we shall see presently. He twice married spouses from the Deise ; he wTrote much concerning the district ; lived a considerable portion of his life at Kilmaloo (parish of Clashmore), and ultimately died

    there some time between the years 1791 and 1800.

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55. St. Martin's Well and lost castle at Adamstown

    near Adamstown · townland · Waterford · 1846–1906

    A holy well near the site of an ancient castle at Adamstown was reputed to cure headaches, with 'rounds' performed there up until about sixty years before writing. A curious carved stone is set into the well's masonry, with a duplicate hidden beneath a thorn bush nearby.

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    S.DD. (a) « St. Martin's Well " (O.M.). It is close by site of the ancient castle. " Rounds " were made here up to sixty years

    (e) "Vet. Monumenta" — Pius II., A.D. 1459.

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56. Bricken's Mill and Ballybricken Fair Green

    near Ballybricken · street · Waterford

    Ballybricken, named for Brickin's homestead, in its minimum extent includes the whole Fair Green; the Great Parchment Book mentions Bricken's Mill and Garden, and it is identified as the 'Great Greene' of the Down Survey Map.

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    S.DD. (a) Ballybricken, t).Aile "Ofiicui — 44 Brickin's Homestead." This is a sub-division of somewhat indefinite extent. In its minimum extension it includes the whole Fair Green (no longer green, by the way). The Great Parchment Book makes mention of Bricken's Mill and Garden, while 44 Bricken's Town " is referred to in A.S.E. Ballybricken is the 44 Great Greene " of the Down Survey Map.

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57. James MacShane MacGerrot of Strancally attainted

    Strancally · townland · Waterford · 1579–1583

    James MacShane MacGerrot of Strancally was attainted in connection with the Desmond rebellion, linking the townland to the fall of the Desmond lordship.

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    four miles up the river. James MacShane MacGerrot of Strancally was attainted in connection with the Desmond rebellion. Area, 256 acres. <

    " Shroncally, alias Stroncally" (Inq. Jas. I.).

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58. Keating's Burial Chapel at Tubrid

    Tubrid · electoral division · Kerry · 1669

    The reviewer notes that the sacellum at Tubrid where Geoffrey Keating's ashes rest appears to have been merely a mortuary chapel, too small for a full church. In 1669 Father William English, Parish Priest of Tubbrid, willed to be buried in St. Kyran's Chapel there among the reverend fathers.

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    [I have to confess that Mr. Flood's argument, as above, leaves me still unconvinced. We may pass over the fact that Cappoquin, in the 17th century, was portion of the Parish of Lismore, as indeed it still is — in the civil sense. The existence of the Keating chalice in Cappoquin proves — just nothing. There is preserved (still in use) in Fermoy a similar (17th century) silver chalice bearing the name of " Sir Darby O'Quinlan," priest, of Lismore. But will anyone seriously maintain, because his chalice is in Fermoy, that *' Sir Darby" was Parish Priest of that place ! Instances ad indefinitum could be enumerated of early chalices preserved and in use elsewhere than in the church or parish to which they originally belonged. Half a dozen such instances perhaps, or more, could be quoted from Keating's own diocese. I do not argue against the alleged pastorship ; I only complain that the data do not sustain the theory. By the way, the sacelliun at Tubrid in which the historian's ashes rest would appear to have been merely a mortuary chapel. At any rate it looks too small for a church — even of the penal times, and ecclesiastics of note willed to be buried therein, for instance, Archbishop Brennan of Cashel (see Journal, Vol. I., p. 230). In 1669 a fellowdiocesan of Keating's, Father William English, Parish Priest of Tubbrid, who must have known the historian well, orders by his will proved that year — " My body to be buried in St. Kyran's Chapel in Tibbrudd, in the Burial of the Reverend ffathers there."— Reviewer.]

    Redmond Fitzgerald of Ballycrinan, Pirate, &c. — It may

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59. Local tradition of St. Patrick's road at Templemichael

    Templemichael · townland · Tipperary

    Local seanachies claim that the road leading north from the ancient graveyard at Templemichael is the very road by which St. Patrick travelled, reflecting a folk memory tied to the former importance of a nearby ford.

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    Templemichael, Ce-Atnpult ttlicit — u St. Michael's Church." Local seanachies say that the road leading north from the ancient graveyard is that by which St. Patrick travelled. I take this tradition to be a faint echo of the former importance of the ford hard by. Area, 183 acres.

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60. Malicious killing of a goat gives name to 'Field of the Murder'

    Ballylegat · townland · Waterford

    A small field at Ballylegat known as 'Little Field of the Murder' derives its name from the malicious killing of a goat there, a piece of local folk naming tradition.

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    (e) pAincin a rhttjvoAifi — 11 Little Field of the Murder "j from the malicious killing of a goat here !

    (/) P^incm n.A White Eyes: from a variety of potato grown therein.

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