Hi Dennis, Is there anything like this on-line for Dublin? I don't know where my family was before that but I know that by the 1850s they were in South Dublin City. Sue -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Ahern Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers >From The Cork Examiner, 16 October 1861 - MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE.--We regret to have to announce an accidental loss of life at Maryfort, in this county, under rather painful circumstances. Captain John O'Callaghan, of Maryfort, near Tulla, having had his potatoes stolen from a pit in a field, was determined to capture the thieves ; and on the night of the 9th inst., sent two of his workmen, named William Callaghan and William Holmes, to watch for a part of the night, intending other persons to go to their assistance at a later hour. About ten o'clock of the same night, his brother Mr. Donatious O'Callaghan, and a servant man (who were not aware that the two mentioned men were watching) proceeded in the same direction--and on reaching the place they heard a noise in the thicket or wood. Believing the thieves to be present, Mr. O'Callaghan inconsiderately discharged his gun in that direction, and William Callaghan and William Holmes happening to be the individuals moving through the trees, the latter was shot dead, the contents of the gun having entered his head. Deceased was a faithful and trusty servant. An inquest held on his body by Mr. Canny, coroner, on the 10th inst., and a verdict in accordance with the above facts was returned. The coroner held Mr. D. O'Callaghan to bail in the sum of £100 to appear when called upon, Captain Charles George O'Callaghan, of Ballinahinch, and Captain John O'Callaghan, of Maryfort, being his bailsmen.--Clare Freeman. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message