Londonderry Journal; Tuesday, February 2, 1773 Londonderry. Died: Last Saturday, George Gordon, of this city, apothecary. Martha Lockhart, alias Cook has left her husband, James Lockhart, of Newtown Limavady, baker. The late Andrew Delap's share of the Woods of Ray to be sold; his partner was james Watt of Rathmelton. Londonderry Journal; Friday, February 9, 1773 Corke. Captain Savage of the Industry drowned in a wreck in Dingle Bay. Londonderry Journal; Tuesday, February 9, 1773 Londonderry. Died: on Thursday the fourth, in Capel st, in Dublin, Arthur Dougherty, Register of the Bishop's Court. Sarah Work alias Stephenson has left her husband Frederick Work of Rushhall. Ann Sinclare alias Brown has left her husband John Sinclare, Newtown Limavaddy. Londonderry Journal; Friday, February 12, 1773 Londonderry. Married: Yesterday, Alexander Wilson of this city, merchant, to Miss Elizabeth M'Conegal; yesterday, William Smith of Newtown Limavaddy to Miss Mary Lecky, daughter of Alderman Thomas Lecky of this city. The ship Minerva, Capt. Francis Ferris, 350 tons, lies at Warren-point to take passengers for Newcastle and Philadelphia; a very fine ship, "full 5 Feet 4 Inches high between the decks." Londonderry Journal; Tuesday, February 16, 1773 Ship Jenny, Capt. Arch. M'Illwaine, 250 tons, at the ship quay, for Newcastle and Philadelphia on March 20. Property of the late Capt. Thomas Faulkner to be sold at the house of Raan, near Letterkenny. Londonderry Journal; Tuesday, February 23, 1773 Londonderry. Tradesmen for Baltimore in America wanted; apply to Charles Hamilton, Armstrong's Inn, Enniskillen and later at Glascow's Inn, Omagh, Knox's Inn, Strabane and Pat Bradly's Inn, Londonderry. Londonderry Journal; Friday, February 26, 1773 Galway, Feb. 18. Captain Morgan of the sloop of war Hunter died Sunday before Tuesday last. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

Hi Elaine -- My vote is for Co. Limerick. Any other defining data on it? Year? What is the individual's surname? If found far more often in a particular county, might be a good clue. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Shuman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 6:35 AM Subject: [IRELAND] County Domerick >I just received a naturalization file with place of birth as "County of > Domerick". This is from a Boston court. Has anyone seen this before? > It looks like a combination of Limerick and Donegal. > > Any suggestions on how to figure this out? > > I will contact NARA-Waltham to see if they have any ideas. > > Thanks > Elaine Shuman >

The Public Register or Freeman's Journal Dublin, Ireland Tuesday, October 30, 1764 DUBLIN Hugh Hill, Esq; late Collector of Strangford, is appointed Collector of Londonderry, in the Room of Robert Harrison, Esq; who hath resigned. Oct. 24 ] Mr. Sheriff Hart, attended by the City Officers, inspected the several Markets and ins his Progress seized a Quantity of unsound Beef, Mutton and Pork, which were burned on Ormond-Quay. And last Saturday he visited the Markets again, and seized a Quantity of light Bread and unsaleable Meat, which were distributed to the Poor. 26.] At an Adjournment of the Quarters Sessions, Dan. M'Kenzie, a Serjant, in the 59th Regiment, was found Guilty for assaulting Mr. James Hodson, as set forth in this Paper of the 3d of July last. He was fined one Mark, and sentenced to one Month's Imprisonment in Newgate. But on M'Kenzie's begging Mr. Hodson's Pardon in Court, the latter, humanely interceded for him to the Court, to have his Sentence mitigated, when the Court was pleased to reduce the Fine to Six-pence, and his Imprisonment to one Week. - It were to be wished that every Citizen would with equal Spirit and Candour, support the Peace of this City, and maintain the Civil Power. To the Honour of Mr. Hodson, we mention it, that in Court he declared, "His Motive for carrying on this Prosecution was not from any personal Resentment to the Prisoner, but to deter others from disturbing the Peace of the city, and to caution every Order of Men, not to insult the Citizens." And indeed his Conduct has manifested his Intentions. William Kirwan and Anne Sexton were tried and found guilty, at the Commission of Oyer and Terminer, for robbing Peter Malone in Poolbeg-street, and received Sentence of Death. On Saturday last, Michael Lennen, late Servant to Mr. Joseph Rawlins, of Francis-street, was found guilty of robbing his Shop of Goods. BIRTH.] Last Thursday, the Lady of John Rochfort, jun, Esq, a Son. MARRIED.] A few Days ago, John Conry of Portahello, in the County of Roscommon, Esq. to Miss Mary Farrell of Lougherrill, in the County of Leitrim.-- Mr. Thomas Craige, of Kennedy's-Lane, to Miss Moore, of Temple-Lane.-- Mr. Barry, of Strand-Street to Miss Boyle, of the Blind-Quay, with a Fortune of 600l. DEATHS.] Died lately near Tuam, after a short illness, the Rev. Mr. Hector Middleton.-- In Caple-Street, Madame Giordani, Mother of the celebrated Signiora Spiletta. A PROCLAMATION By the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin. WHEREAS great Numbers of idle Vagabonds and vagrant Beggars, of both Sexes, with a Number of clamorcus Children, are observed to strole about the Streets, and this City is become the common Receptacle of Objects, disfigured and frightful, as well as pretending to be miserable, from all Parts of the Kingdom. And whereas, upon Application to the Governors of the Work-house of this City, they have granted out of their Fund a Supply, for maintaining and employing in Bridewel such Beggars as shall be apprehended and sent thither by my Order, which is now fitted up for their Reception; and all Children of such Beggars will be received into the Work-house, in order to be bred up Protestants, and to Industry. In order to carry the said Scheme effectually into Execution, I do hereby require and command all Constables of this City, Beadles and Constables of the several Parishes of this City, from and after the 10th of November next, to seize upon and take up all Beggars of both Sexes and of all Ages, who shall be found begging and asking Alms in any Part of this City without Badges; and all Shoe-boys and idle vagrant Persons, who shall not betake themselves to Labour, and have no visible Way of getting a Livelihood, and bring them before me, so as they may be committed to Bridewel, and be kept to hard Labour; and I hereby command all such Beggars, &c. to depart from this City before the said Day, for if any be found begging after, they shall be punished with the utmost Rigour of the Law. And as such Beggars are injurious to the Inhabitants of this City, and as the Law has directed and enabled every Housekeeper and Inhabitant of this City, to command the Beadle and Constable of his Parish, under the Penalty of Twenty Shillings, to seize and take up such Beggars. I require that every Housekeeper and Inhabitant, but more particularly the Church Wardens, Sidesmen, and Directors of the Watch, in the several Parishes of this City, will give their Assistance to the Execution of this good Design, and return to me the Names of such Beadle or Constable as shall refuse to obey their Commands in Execution of the same, that I may punish them accordingly. Given at the Tholsel Chamber, the 20th Day of October, 1764. BENJAMIN GEALE. [God Save the King.] Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, February 7, 1825 HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1825 ANTRIM - George Hutchinson, of Ballymoney. ARMAGH - Thomas Atkinson, of Crowhill. CAVAN - Bedel Stanford, of Carra-cottage. CARLOW - Wm. Ducket, of Ducket's-grove. CLARE - John Singleton, of Quinville. CORK - Jyhn [sic?] Smith Barry of Foaty. DONEGAL - Sir C. Slyle, of Cloghan-lodge. DOWN- John M'Cance of Bromlough. DUBLIN - John D. Latouche, of Malley. FERMANAGH - John Colpays Bloomfield, of Castle Calwell. GALWAY - Edward Blake, of Castle-grove. KERRY - Richard Mahony, of Dunmore. KILDARE - Edward Connolly, of Castletown. KILKENNY - Clayton Bayly, of Norelands. KING'S COUNTY - Lord Tullamore, of Charleville-forest. LEITRIM - Cairncross Thos. Cullen, of Skreeny. LIMERICK - The Hon. John Massey of Limerick. LONGFORD - Thomas Achmuty, of Longford. LOUTH - Nataniel Manning, of Drakestown. MAYO - Annesley Knox, of Rappa Castle. MEATH - John Thompson, of Rithnully MONAGHAN - James W. Wright, of Gols. QUEEN'S COUNTY - Edward Henry Walsh, of Ballykilcavan. ROSCOMMON - Wm. Lloyd, of Richfield. SLIGO - Robert W. Hillas, Cregg-house. TIPPERARY - Wm. Barton, of Grove. TYRONE - Sir. R. Ferguson, of Earm. WATERFORD - James W. Wall, of Coulnamuck. WESTMEATH - Anthony Doppling, of Lowtown. WEXFORD - Robert Doyne, of Wells. WICKLOW - Sir. R. Hudson, of Hollywood. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

The Public Register or Freeman's Journal Dublin, Ireland Saturday, October 27, 1764 DUBLIN Mr. John Whelan read his Recantation from the Errors of the Church of Rome, and embraced the Protestant Religion at Clondalkin Church. Oct. 22] Edward Ware, a Trooper, was tried and found guilty of the Murder of Jane Sedden in Flood-street, on the 23d of July last, and ordered for Execution. MARRIED.] A few Days since, Henry Irwin, of Rockborough in the County of Roscommon, Esq., to Miss Margaret Irwin, Niece to Wentworth Thewles, Esq; a most amiable and accomplished young Lady, with 3000l. Fortune. -- Dr. Dempsey of Kildare to Miss Broughall of said Town. DIED.] A few Days ago, at Ardress in the County of Armagh, the Rev. Henry Clarke, D.D., possessed of a considerable Living in the Presentation of Trinity-College, of which he was formerly Vice Provost; a Gentleman of singular Piety, Learning and Benevolence.-- In Peter-street, Miles Burke, Gent. -- At Corke, aged 105, Mrs. Pelican. And the Wife of Mr. Samuel Kearden.-- Mrs. Jane Lowther, Relict of George Lowther, late of Kilbrew in the County of Meath, Esq.; aged 70. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

I just received a naturalization file with place of birth as "County of Domerick". This is from a Boston court. Has anyone seen this before? It looks like a combination of Limerick and Donegal. Any suggestions on how to figure this out? I will contact NARA-Waltham to see if they have any ideas. Thanks Elaine Shuman

The Public Register or Freeman's Journal Dublin, Ireland Tuesday, October 23, 1764 DUBLIN About eight o'Clock at Night, two Men, armed, came to Mr. Connolly, who keeps a publick House at Ballina-flinging Hill, in the Country of Dublin, and after calling for some Ale, insisted on lodging there that Night, as it was too late to come to Dublin, which Mr. Connolly agreed to; and about One o'Clock in the Morning the Villains got up, and tied Mr. Connolly, his Wife, and Child, and afterwards robbed the House of six Guineas and some Wearing Apparel, with which they made off, and left them tied. Being St. Luke's Day, Doctor Barber was elected President, Doctor Nesbitt, Treasurer, Doctors Ferral, Quin, Barry and Archer, Censors, and Doctor Hamilton, Register, of the King's and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, for the Year ensuing. Extract of a Letter from Waterford, Oct. 17 "Yesterday an Account came here, that on Monday Night last, about Eight o'Clock, as Cornet Armstrong and his Servant were riding through the Town of Nenagh, they were both shot dead, without its being known by whom this villanous Act was perpetrated: But it is supposed, as Mr. Armstrong belonged to the Light Horse, it was by some of the White Boys." MARRIED.] On Thursday last, Mr. James Black, of Ormond-Quay, Merchant, to Miss Ann Spear of Caple-street, a young Lady possessed of Endowments that must secure their mutual Happiness.-- Capt. Henry Shaw of Kildare-street, to Miss Waring, of Ballytober in the County of Kilkenny.-- At Kinsale, Mr. Dewhurst of Liverpool, to Miss Smith.-- At Lowgrange in the County of Kilkenny, William Greene, of Kilmanahane in the County of Waterford, to the only Daughter and Heir of Nuttal Greene, Esq.; with a Frotune of 900l. per Ann.-- Mr. John Gilmore of Strand-street, Taylor, aged 54, to Miss Buchannon, of Colloghymore, near Raphoe, aged 28. DIED.] Near Monyglass, the Widow Jones.-- In Meeting-house-yard, the Wife of Mr. William Forster, an eminent Shoemaker. -- At Castletown in the King's Co. Vans Wetheralt, Esq; a Gentleman of a fair Character. -- In Francis-street, Mr. John Moreton an eminent Grocer. -- At Corke, Mr. Samuel Dawson, Shoe-maker.-- At Allenton in the County of Dublin, Miss Isaac, Sister to the Lady of Sir Timothy Allen.-- In Jervais-street, the Hon. John Caulfeild, Esq; one of the Representatives in the late Parliament for the Borough of Charlemont, in the County of Armagh; Brother to the late Lord Viscount, and Uncle to the present Earl of Charlemont; a Gentleman of distinguished Worth and Virtue. -- At his Lodgings on Temple-bar, universally lamented, John Fitzpatrick, Esq., Counsellor at Law. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Co. Mayo Wednesday, October 16, 1850 MISCELLANEOUS An iron lighthouse of vast dimensions, is being erected on the Fastnett, a solitary rock in the Atlantic, off the coast of Cork and Kerry. Patrick Ryne, of Cork, was fined £20 on Saturday by the local magistrates at the prosecution of Lieut. Friend, R.N. for acting as emigration agent without a license. Mr. Sergeant Shee is certainly an eminent and distinguished member of the English bar, but he is not "a large landed proprietor" or our county. He is in reality a tenant and middleman. No member of his family, for the last two centuries, could be numbered amongst the proprietors of Kilkenny. His father was a respectable merchant, and his grandfather was a worthy tithe proctor, whose life was sacrificed to the rage of the lawless peasantry in the first crusade against the tithe system.-- Kilkenny Moderator. A recent number of the Nelson newspaper, New Zealand, announcing the arrival out of the 'Lady Nugent,' passenger vessel, observed: - "Her passengers altogether seem to be of a superior class- We have a favourable specimen of the Scotch farmer in Mr. Wm. M'Rea, brother of Mr. G. M'Rea, of Pitfure. Mr. Wm. M'Rea has been for some years farming a considerable property at Bonavaree, county Clare, Ireland, which he abandoned in consequence of the wretched state of that unhappy country, and his doing so caused no small sensation far beyond his own immediate circle. Anthony Lynch, Esq., has resigned the situation of Post master of Galway, to which office he was inducted on the 15th ult. On Wednesday the ceremony of a reception took place at the Presentation convent, Tuam. The postulant was Miss O'Connor, Willsbrook, Roscommon. Archbishop M'Hale officiated on the occasion. John Shouldham, Esq., High Sheriff of Longford, has established a Flax Mill and introduced the manufacture of linen into the town of Ballymahon. There has been grown this year, on the land surrounding the Nenagh Workhouse, four acres of Flax, and vegetables which are used in soup for the diet of the paupers. There is a Capstan mill, which grinds all the corn into flour necessary for the house; there is also an excellent bakery, weavers, tailors, shoemakers, and carpenters' workshops where the boys are instructed. The women daily engaged in knitting, spinning, combing, washing, and in preparing flax for the weavers' loom. BIRTHS At Longford Castle, the Viscountess Felkestone, of a son, which only survived a short time. At Rockville, county Roscommon, the Lady of Lieut-Colonel Wm. Lloyd, of a daughter. At 16 North Great George's-street, Dublin, the Lady of Hamilton Smyth, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On Monday, the 14th instant, in the Parish Church of Kilcommon, Belmullet, by the Rev. Mr. Lees, Jane Adelaide, second daughter of Robert R. Savage, Esq., of Bangor, to Mr. Michael Gallagher, of Coolamore. DEATHS On Friday, 4th inst., at Rose Cottage, Westport, Lieut. Peter O'Malley, aged 67, of the South Mayo Militia, the oungest son of the late Owen O'Malley, Esq., of Burrishoole, and cousin of the late Gen. [?] O'Malley, and Sir Samuel O'Malley of Kilboyne. The deceased has left a widow and a large family. On the 6th inst., at Cullane, Francis Fenell, Esq., for 40 years a J.P. of the county of Mayo. At Michael's Grove, Brompton, Elizabeth, wife of Eneas MacDonnell, Esq. EX OFFICIO GUARDIANS The following are the ex-officio Guardians of this Union [Ballina] for the ensuing year: - Colonel F.A.K. Gore- Belleek Manor Edward Howley, Esq., Belleek Castle Captain W. Atkinson, Rehins Captain John Knox, Greenwood Park William Malley, sen, Esq., Ballina Henry Wm. Knox, Esq., Netley Park. Thomas Paget, Esq., Knockglass William Gardiner, Esq., Cloonagh John Bourke, Esq, Ballina William Symes, Esq., Ballina Arthur Ormsby, Esq., Curimbla Mervyn Pratt, Esq, Enniscoe Edward Orme, Esq., Ballycorroen Thomas G. Bourke, Esq., Richmond John Walsh, jun, Esq., Castlehill Major J.F. Knox, Mountfalcon Annesley Knox, Esq., Rappa Castle James K. Gore, Esq., Broadlands T. Jones, Esq., Castletown and Ardnaree James V. Jackson, Esq., Caramore Lord Arran, Saunderscourt. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE - On the night of Sunday last, some miscreants posted a threatening notice on the house of Mr. Wood, an English gentleman residing at Tallagh, within a short distance of Belmullet. They afterwards set fire to his haggard, which, we have been informed, was totally consumed. Government has offered a reward of £100 for the apprehension of the ruffians concerned in this wanton and unprovoked attack on an unoffending gentleman. We trust the vigilance of the Constabulary of that remote district will speedily bring the perpetrators to justice. CASTLEBAR UNION - At the last meeting of the Guardians of this Union, Ignatius Kelly, Esq., was appointed Solicitor to the Board, having a majority of two over Mr. Myles Jordan, the only other candidate. THE HARVEST - Several farmers have sustained very considerable loss in the grain crops which unfortunately they were unable to gather home before the late high winds and rain. The potato blight seems to have been entirely stayed but in many instances the potatoes which were planted late have not grown to the full size. THE CONSTABULARY - Constable Phibbs, for some years in charge of the Ardnaree party of Constabulary, has been removed to Coolany, in the county of Sligo. Phibbs has been generally esteemed as a most active and efficient officer while at the Ardnaree station and we believe his removal to Coolany to be a preparatory step towards his promotion, which no man in the service better deserves. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

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Could be what was called here in the States in the 1800's - Drover My Gr-GR-GF HALL was a Drover in Charlemont Mass - he drove cattle to market in Boston - along the way there were rest-stops called Drover's Inns - Housing for overnight stays - Hope this may be a clue Mimi Taylor Hi All: On my Grandfather David John McCreadys Registration of Marriage in Belfast in 1909 it lists my Grandmother Margaret Quinns Father John Quinns Occupation as Driver. Would some kind lister please enlighten me as to what he would have been doing as I don't think they had many cars at that time did they? Thanx Dave

Dave - By "googling" word group Belfast 1901 occupation driver, I came upon a PDF file entitled SN 1660: Segregation and Social Structures in Early 20 Century Belfast. (See below) I clicked on html version to view the several pages. Lists pages of interesting occupations. Scroll down to page 11, regarding "Codebook Columns 51-61" with six-digit occupational codes for Belfast 1901. (Correct me if I am wrong, but may correlate with columns in the 1901 Census, but you can check it out). http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/doc/1660%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Ccode.pdf. or www.data-archive.ac.uk/doc/1660%5Cmrdoc%5Cpdf%5Ccode.pdf Many occupations were listed. A few included the word driver: Coach Driver; Engine Driver; Engine driver (railway spec.); Cab Proprietor & Driver; Cab Proprietor, Owner, Master, Hackney Cab-Driver; Omnibus Driver; Driver; Cattle Driver; Driver (harbour, dock, lighthouse category); Tramdriver; Carman, Driver, Vandriver; Cast Driver; Traction Engine Driver; Mill Driver; Coach Driver, etc. (I noticed that Drover was an occupation listed, too.) They all have number keys and categories and perhaps helpful to you in some way. Looked to me like Driver was 544 016. Have you found your person on the 1901 Census? If so, see what it says in columns 51-61. Any occupational letter codes there? Other websites had researchers who said their kin was a driver for a tea company, and there are some military websites with occupation driver listed. You might try a Google search for your surname of interest and 1901 Belfast, see what comes up. Maybe find something definitive in pension applications, records databases. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Holt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Occupations > Hi All: > On my Grandfather David John McCreadys Registration of Marriage in Belfast > in 1909 it lists my Grandmother Margaret Quinns Father John Quinns > Occupation as Driver. > Would some kind lister please enlighten me as to what he would have been > doing as I don't think they had many cars at that time did they? > Thanx > Dave

AN IRISH CHILDHOOD IN ENGLAND: 1951 The bickering of vowels on the buses, the clicking thumbs and the big hips of the navy-skirted ticket collectors with their crooked seams brought it home to me: Exile. Ration-book pudding. Bowls of dripping and the fixed smile of the school pianist playing "Iolanthe," "Land of Hope and Glory" and "John Peel." I didn't know what to hold, to keep. At night, filled with some malaise of love for what I'd never known I had, I fell asleep and let the moment pass. The passing moment has become a night of clipped shadows, freshly painted houses, the garden eddying in dark and heat, my children half-awake, half-asleep. Airless, humid dark. Leaf-noise. The stirrings of a garden before rain. A hint of storm behind the risen moon. We are what we have chosen. Did I choose to? -- in a strange city, in another country, on nights in a north-facing bedroom, waiting for the sleep that never did restore me as I'd hoped to what I'd lost -- let the world I knew become the space between the words that I had by heart and all the other speech that always was becoming the language of the country that I came to in ninteen fifty-one: barely-gelled, a freckled six-year-old, overdressed and sick on the plane, when all of England to an Irish child was nothing more than what you'd lost and how: was the teacher in the London convent who, when I produced "I amn't" in the classroom turned and said -- "you're not in Ireland now." -- Eavan BOLAND

NIGHTS OF CHILDHOOD My mother kept a stockpot -- garlic cloves, bones, rinds, pearl onions and the lacy spine and eyes of a trout went into it -- When the window cleared, the garden showed beyond the lemon balm, through the steam, cats: Bucking. Rutting. All buttocks and stripes. Up on the wall and wild, they made the garden wild -- for all the gelded shrubs and the careful stemming on trellises, of a bushed-out, pastel clematis. One summer night I went out to them. I looked up. Their eyes looked back -- not the color of fields or kale -- the available greens -- but jade-cold and with a closed-in chill I was used to -- lucid as a nursery rhyme and as hard to fathom, revealed by rhythm, belied by theme, never forgotten in those nights of childhood in a roomful of breathing, under wartime sheeting. Outside, the screams and stridency of mating. -- Ms. Eavan Boland has lived at various times in Ireland, England and the USA - Teacher, writer. Her volumes of poetry include "New Territory," "The War Horse," "In Her Own Image," "Night Feed," "The Journey," "Outside History."

PIED BEAUTY Glory be to God for dappled things -- For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings; Landscape plotted and pierced -- fold, fallow, and plough; And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him. -- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) A native of England, the eldest of nine children in a High Anglican family, Gerard Manley HOPKINS is one of the great unsung poets who was virtually unknown in his lifetime. We have his poetry only because it was collected and published in 1918 after his death. HOPKINS came to Ireland in 1884, and was professor of Classics, University College, Dublin. He lived for a time in Wales, where he learned Welsh. He was a convert to Catholicism from the Church of England and served variously as preacher, parish priest, and a professor of Greek and Latin. He was a frequent visitor to the CASSIDY family of Monasterevin House, in Co. Kildare.

SNIPPET: The first three decades of the 19th century saw a wave of immigration of Irish Protestants, most of them from Ulster, who arrived with skills and at least enough money to establish a business or buy a piece of land. Many were weavers, blacksmiths, stonecutters, and tailors, and they knew nothing of the hardship, deprivation, and discrimination that the next generation of Irish immigrants would face. Nor did they share the hard life of the pioneer Ulster Protestant Irish who had preceded them. In the 17th and 18th centuries, these immigrants had fanned out into the wilderness of Appalachia and the Blue Ridge Mountains, carving farms out of the rugged terrain rather than settling in the cities of colonial America. From these pioneering farming families came familiar names from early American history, including Daniel BOONE, the son of Ulster immigrants. For the skilled Irish immigrants, most of them Protestant, who arrived at the beginning of the 19th century, America was everything it was promised to be. Their view of the New World was summed up by John DOYLE, who arrived in NY in 1818 and described his adopted land as a fine country and a much better place for a poor man than Ireland." Adjustments were necessary, he noted, and life surely was different; still, "an enterprising man is allowed to thrive and flourish without having a penny taken out of his pocket by government; no visit from tax gatherers, constable or soldiers."

Hi All: On my Grandfather David John McCreadys Registration of Marriage in Belfast in 1909 it lists my Grandmother Margaret Quinns Father John Quinns Occupation as Driver. Would some kind lister please enlighten me as to what he would have been doing as I don't think they had many cars at that time did they? Thanx Dave

List of Seamen that sailed from or to Southwest Ireland - Yates to Young 1851 http://gilchegenes.blogspot.com Have been added to the site if anyone is interested in these surnames Gill

THE QUEEN'S LAST RIDE The Queen is taking a drive to-day, They have hung with purple the carriage-way, They have dressed with purple the royal track Where the Queen goes forth and never comes back. Let no man labour as she goes by On her last appearance to mortal eye; With heads uncovered let all men wait For the Queen to pass, in her regal state. Army and Navy shall lead the way For that wonderful coach of the Queen's to-day. Kings and Princes and Lords of the land shall ride behind her, a humble band; And over the city and over the world Shall the Flags of all Nations be half-mast-furled, For the silent lady of royal birth Who is riding away from the Courts of earth, Riding away from the world's unrest To a mystical goal, on a secret quest. Though in royal splendour she drives through town, Her robes are simple, she wears no crown: And yet she wears one, for, widowed no more, She is crowned with the love that has gone before, And crowned with the love she has left behind In the hidden depths of each mourner's mind. Bow low your head -- lift your hearts on high -- The Queen in silence is driving by! (Note, in 1861 Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died of typhoid). SNIPPET: I found a little volume of poetry entitled "Poems of Power" by Ella Wheeler WILCOX, published in London in 1910 by Gay & Hancock, Lt., 12 & 13, Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London. Per the poetess, the title of her volume refers to the divine power in every human being, the recognition of which is the secret to all success and happiness and that is the idea which many of her verses endeavour to illustrate. When Queen Victoria died, Ella, who was born in WI in 1850, was invited to join reporters of the NY "American" as their official poet at the royal funeral. The Britons already loved Ella's poems, which were taught in schools. (See her poem, "The Queen's Last Ride" below). Ella's burning desire as a child was to lift herself and her family out of poverty, and she chose writing as her means. Her father, Marcus Hatwell WHEELER, was a dance teacher, music teacher and farmer. Her mother was Sarah PRATT, a woman who sought solace in literature and who encouraged Ella to write. Ella's maternal grandmother from Boston, Abagail CONNOR, was of Irish ancestry and the wife of William PRATT, Bradford, VT. Ella produced an eleven-chapter novel when she was only nine, bound in kitchen wallpaper! Her professional career began at 14 when she submitted prose to the NY "Mercury" to pay for an expired subscription. Her work appeared in "Leslie's Weekly" & "Waverly" magazine. Ella, who died in 1919, made a small fortune writing. She was married to Robert Marius WILCOX; after he died from pneumonia Ella tried to reach him in the spirit world by means of a Ouija board. She is best remembered by these famous lines from "Solitude." Laugh and the world laughs with you/Weep, and you weep alone/For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth /But has trouble enough of its own/Sing and the hills will answer/Sigh, it is lost on the air/The echoes bound to a joyful sound/But shrink from voicing care. Another of her verses is entitled "The World's Need" - So many gods, so many creeds/So many paths that wind and wind/While just the art of being kind/Is all the sad world needs.

SNIPPET: "For those who stayed in Ireland throughout the Famine, either by force or circumstance or by personal good fortune, the most significant event of 1849 was the visit of the British monarch, Queen Victoria, who enjoyed a great welcome despite Anglo-Irish hostilities. Cheering crowds turned out in August to greet the Queen and her husband, Prince Albert, son of the German Duke of Saxe-Coburg. The royal couple visited Dublin and Cove, the magnificent harbour town 13 miles to the east of Cork. Though Ireland's political leaders were opposed to the royal visit, the Queen was aware of Ireland's suffering and was intent on judging the situation for herself. It is, of course, doubtful that she was able to witness the full horrors of the Famine, the starving beggars and overcrowded workhouses. Instead, she was honoured with lively and expensive festivities. At Cove, the royal yacht was greeted by rockets launched from her naval ships stationed in port; and local residents lit huge bonfires. The servants of one country house were so enthusiastic with their firework display that they set fire to 14 acres of woodland. The next day, at the official welcoming ceremony, the Queen surprisingly announced, 'I have much pleasure in giving my sanction to the change of name which has been sought by the inhabitants and direct that this town shall in future be called Queenstown.' The port had been known as the Cove of Cork, or Cove for short, but it retained its royal name until 1922 when Ireland achieve her independence, and Queenstown was re-named Cobh, which is the Gaelic for cove. Cove is probably the largest and most natural harbour in the world. Its share of maritime tragedies are by no means confined to the Irish Famine and Emigration. Cove was the last port of call for the Titanic, the safest liner afloat, on her fateful maiden voyage, ending in disaster. Nearby, in 1915, the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine -- an act which pre cipitated America's participation in the First World War. As years rolled by there can have been little comfort for the local population of Queenstown." -- Excerpt, "The Famine Ships," Edward LAXTON, (Henry Holt NY/1996).

DROMAHAIRE TURKEY MARKET OF YESTERYEAR Oh, Christmas must be drawing near, Narrow winding busy roads, Lead into Dromahaire. Distant rolling rattling wheels Of turkey carts. I hear, 'Tis the big turkey market, I declare. Strike a tough bargain folk, For our hard earned pay, Today our selling price shall be Two and sixpence a pound for hens, And two shillings for cocks, not a penny less, Cash tightly grasped in our fists, Can buy our chosen Christmas gifts. Sure its time to join in celebration, Enter Tom O'Brien's friendly old pub, Strong unshaven menfolk Leisurely sit on polished high stools, Drink black porter by the pint, Comely womenfolk tiptoe into darkened snug, Fresh turf fire kindles slowly, A glimmer of heat not so cosy, Sip glasses of port wine, their own little treat. Its getting late now, I see the falling dusk Descend on grey castle walls, Patient donkeys tied on 'back-line' Now are restless and cold. Soon they will remind us As their rebellious roars unfold. Hastily I enter gaily lit Gillmor's shop, To buy some currants and raisins For my Christmas cake to bake, Bulls-eye sweets for the children at home, I take. Homeward I stroll now, Behind my ass-cart weary and cold, Grey winters frost stiffens canvas Draped over my empty cart. Dim street light on 'castle hill,' Guides me slowly out of town, Happy I am, as I reach my little home, My once noisy turkey shed, Now stands vacant and still. -- Michael Hamilton, 2005 issue "Leitrim Guardian" yearly magazine.