Hi list, from the parish registers of Pleasley ,Derbyshire, England. PLEASLEY BURIALS 13 Sep 1825 John KENNEDY a native of Roscommon about 40 yrs. "The above said John Kennedy was on his return to Ireland after Harvesting on passing through Plealsey he was taken ill and having slept in a barn of Willioam DEAN for several nightsd on his growing worse was removed by him to his house where in a few days he expired. It is supposed that inflamation in the bowels occassioned by drinking cold water when hot was the original cause of his illness which finally ended in death. He never would say his age but the family where he died thought that his appearance warranted his having arrived at the above stated period of life.He was interred by the left side of his countryman Patrick Hagain (mentioned in No 135 of this regiaster) towards the north east angle of the church yard." 20 Sep 1824 Patrick HAGAIN an Irishman at work during harvest time at John EASDONS at Littlewood , 23. mike http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

SNIPPET: Very useful site, CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) now at http://www.cwgc.org/ A site that honors the fallen. Lots of information here, including a soldier name search engine and personal data on military and civilian Commonwealth-related war deaths for WWI and WWII, other. Oftentimes, names and addresses are given of next of kin (at least, in reference to WWI), some of whom were living in Ireland. You can also identify particular military units or regiments such as the Connaught Rangers, etc.

SNIPPET: Author Jim HERLIHY is considered an expert on the military history of Ireland and has published several books to include: 1. "The Dublin Metropolitan Police" A Complete List of Officers and Men, 1836-1925." 2. The Dublin Metropolitan Police: A Short History and Genealogical Guide." 3. The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922." 4. Royal Irish Constabulary Officers, A Biographical and Genealogical Guide, 1816-1922."

SNIPPET: Perhaps you can still find a copy of this 1999 book if the subject interests you: "A Most Delightful Station, The British Army on the Curragh of Kildare, Ireland, 1855-1922" by Con COSTELLO is a fully-documented account of one of the most important military training camps in the former British empire. By examining the everyday lives of the officers, men and their families stationed on the Curragh, and through the use of many previously unpublished b/w photographs, this important study provides a revealing portrait of the changing profile of a colonial army. p/b, 431 pages.

SNIPPET: Per author Donal MacCARRON, a lifelong military history and aviation enthusiast, modern aviation memorials ("markers") have been increasingly evident in the last 20+ years. These take various forms, often a plaque or tablet on a wall commemorating stories of triumph or tragedy related to the years of the Second World War. Over 200 warplanes - British, American, Canadian and German - force-landed or crashed in neutral Ireland during the years of combat, the majority being Allied aircraft. The reasons for their unexpected arrival were usually navigational problems, lack of fuel or engine problems. Tragedy occurred when night-time and fog enshrouded high ground before the development of airborne radar. By today's standards, navigational aids then were quite primitive; often the stars, when they could be seen , were the only guides. The greatest number of incidents, by far, involved lucky escapes, thanks to expert piloting and the grace of God. In those years, few people in Ireland had even seen an aeroplane, and certainly not at close quarters; the various air displays of the 1930s were centered on cities and major towns and flights by the tiny Irish Air Corps would rarely disturb the rural calm. The spectacle of a huge heavily-armed four-engine war machine coming like a bolt out of the blue and performing dramatic maneuvers to effect a landing were the talk of the town and villages. The crew of the United States "Travelin' Trollop" landed safely on morning in 1943 on the golden beach of Lahinch, "T'aint-a-Bird" made a soft landfall near Clonakilty in Co. Cork. At Co. Roscommon, a B.25 "Mitchell" made a superb landing. One humorous story involves the east coast beach area in the vicinity of Cos. Meath & Louth. One morning in 1944 members of a religious order of nuns were alarmed to see a war-weary American "Marauder" aircraft swoop down with its wheels up and come to a dramatic halt in front of their residence. On its nose, and in addition to its name "Range Runner" and the tally of its bombing operations, was a dramatic depiction of a grizzly bear chasing an unclad young lady! Glad to be safe, the airmen sat sunning themselves on a wing while the hospitable nuns dispensed mugs of cocoa, all the while discreetly averting their eyes from the artwork. Per Mr. MacCARRON - As of early 1998, no commemorative tablet had been installed, but no doubt the holy sisters offered up some prayers for the hardy lads who went on to fly and fight another day. If the subject interests you, you can check out MacCARRON's books and/or refer to his article (with old and recent photos and names of some of the airmen involved) in the March-April 1998 issue of "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine published in Dublin. Perhaps there is information on the web about any ongoing reunions.

Books published in 2002 which might be of interest to researchers: 1. "A Matter of Minutes: The Enduring Legacy of Bloody Sunday," by Joanne O'Brien, Wolfhound Press, 160 pages: This book captures the experiences of thirty-three people whose lives were changed forever by the events of Bloody Sunday. Photojournalist Joanne O'Brien paints a stark and stunning picture of bravery, endurance and survival - not only on 30 January 1972, but in succeeding decades that were lived in the shadow of that disastrous day. This book is a lasting testament to human spirit and the quest for the truth, per book review. 2. "The Inniskilling Diaries 1899-1903," by Martin Cassidy, Pen & Sword,250 pages: One hundred years ago, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, along with many other British regiments, were fighting a desperate campaign many thousands of miles from their native land. The Second Boer War tested the resolve and resources of what was then the mightiest Empire in the world. A succession of reverses raised the real spectre of defeat at the hands of the Boers - an unthinkable humiliation. The depth of public interest and concern felt at the time is reflected in continual fascination in this conflict. Thus Cassidy's careful editing of the graphic diaries of three members of the Regiment's 1st Battalion is to be greatly welcomed. 3. "Compulsory Irish: Language and Education in Ireland 1870s-1970s," by Adrian Kelly; Irish Academic Press, 183 pages: Language and education are both defining elements of a nation. In independent Ireland, the attempt to revive the Irish language was the single most important policy in shaping the education system, with significant negative consequences for both the standard of education and the perceived status of the language. This work, which draws on previously unused government files, is the first detailed account of how the promotion of Irish, the central defining factor in molding the education system and curriculum, was detrimental to the quality of education given and received. It examines why the schools were chosen as the chief instrument of Gaelicisation, why it was thought necessary and acceptable to trade educational achievement for linguistic ability, and why the policy was a significant failure in term of what it set out to achieve. 4. "Irish At Heart," by Marie Gray; Harper Collins New Zealand, 262 pages: In this book, the New Zealand author goes to Ireland to search for her family roots. Per review - it is a highly entertaining account of the Irish and Ireland. Hilarious exchanges with the locals are interspersed with snippets of Irish history, observations on the 'North-South' conflict, and close call with the tragic bombing in Omagh. From ramshackle rural villages and the shabby coastal townships to bustling modern cities and trendy tourist resorts, the author is a witty and intelligent observer on her excursion that is both pleasurable and poignant. 5. "Galloway Street: Growing Up Irish in Scotland," by John Boyles; Black Swan: John Boyle was born and raised in Scotland but he could never feel Scottish. His parents were poor immigrants from the west of Ireland who came to Scotland to find work and eventually settled in Paisley, where John was the first of six children. This book beautifully captures the poverty and the rough humour of the Boyle family's life in the Paisley tenements, the songs and stories of their Irish Catholic relatives and the often uneasy relationships with their Scottish Protestant neighbours. It also shows how John is marked at the age of ten by an extended stay with his spinster aunt on the remote island of Achill, as he begins to understand the life his parents left behind. This is a book about exile and belonging, about the poignancy of growing up Irish in Scotland, so close to the place your mother still calls home. It is a truthful, funny and moving evocation of a unique place and time, experienced through the eyes of a child. 6. "Belfast International Airport: Aviation at Aldergrove Since 1918," by Guy Warner and Jack Woods; Colourpoint, 150 pages, with colour photos throughout: The story of Aldergrove Airport, now Belfast International Airport, is one which, as the authors point out, has touched the lives of many people in Northern Ireland. Tracing the airport's evolution back to its origins as a military airfield during the Great War, the book covers the pioneering days of aviation, through times of peace, war and civil strife to the development of the modern international airport that exists today. The richness of Aldergrove's history is reflected not just in the text, but also in the impressive collection of photographs included. This is a story about an airfield, air station, and airport, but it is above all a human story, about the men and women who served there and continue to serve there today. 7. "Atlantic Crossroads: Historical Connections Between Scotland, Ulster and North America," edited by Patrick Fitzgerald and Steve Ickringill; Colourpoint, 144 pages: This collection of essays, drawn from meetings of the Ulster-American Symposium in recent years, reflects both the depth and breadth of the Ulster-American connection. The essays all by noted experts in their field.

SNIPPET: FYI - The National Museum of Ireland in May 2004 was organising a major new exhibition, due to open in late 2005, that would tell the stories of Irish soldiers, their families and Irish civilians affected by war, across 450 years of history, from the Elizabethan Wars of the 16th Century to the Irish UN departure from the Lebanon in 1997. "While the National Museum holds what is probably the finest collection of Irish-related military items in the world, forming an outstanding repository of our country's martial heritage, we are seeking the donation of items to add still further to the depth and character of our Collections. If you are interested in donating military material to the National Museum, there are a number of ways in which you can help: The Social & Economic impact of Military Life in Ireland Items associated with the social interactions between civilians and the military in nineteenth-century Ireland (e.g. artefacts and photos relating to sporting events and to the weddings of army men to local women); objects made locally for sale to soldiers' wives and children; samplers with military themes; and other objects showing the economic and social impact of the British garrison in Ireland, and how it was viewed by the local population. Soldiering Any items or documents relating to the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin. Also, objects associated with the Irish Regiments of the British Army that were disbanded in 1922, particularly musical instruments; everyday objects related to World War I soldiering in the trenches such as camp kettles, petrol cans, entrenching tools, helmets, gas masks and material related to gas protection, medical supplies, ID tags. Also, personal objects, letters and photographs used in war that have a link to a particular individual who served between 1550 and 1945. Uniforms The Museum holds a large uniform Collection, which we would like to supplement with Wild Geese uniforms (Irish Regiments in the French and Spanish armies), World War One Service uniforms and trench coats, officer's uniforms from the Volunteer Force (c. 1936), firemen's protective suits from the Emergency period, uniforms of the Local Security Force, Local Defence Force (Emergency period), and. Emergency period de-mobilisation suits 1940s). Civilian objects We are also seeking objects that illustrate how civilians coped with the constraints of the Emergency (1939-1945), particularly the lack of imported goods, fuel and transportation. Examples might include civilian clothing adapted from old military uniforms, turf-burning stoves, special recipes,ration books and so on. As well as this we are interested in objects connected with the German and British internees in the Curragh during the Emergency, and artefacts connected with World War One munitions factories and workers. If you feel you have material you would like to donate, please contact us at: The Military Collections, Art & Industrial Division, National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb St., Dublin 7."

Hi, We are now adding headstones to the IGP Archives. If you would like to contributed we ask that you send a text file with transcriptions so the stones will be searchable. You can send the photos to me and we will get them added. To view those just added you can check out the Headstones section of Kerry, Waterford or Clare. This is all new, so we welcome your contributions. http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlarchive/ Regards, Christina

I'd be interested in any replies to this question. On my Granny's second marriage cert (Belfast 1923) her father George SLEATER is described as "Army Pensioner" - that's the only indication I have that he served in the army, other records only have him as a labourer. I spent most of a fruitless day at The National Archives at Kew (London) to find absolutely zilch about him. I concluded that anything about his army career must have gone up in smoke in 1922. > > Hi List, > Other than the British National Archives, is there any other > place that the names and records of the men serving in Irish Regiments > can be found? > It would appear that there may have been a split between 'War > Office' and 'Irish Command. records at some time in the past or that > some of the records may have been destroyed during the 1940's London > blitz. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html

Hi List, Other than the British National Archives, is there any other place that the names and records of the men serving in Irish Regiments can be found? It would appear that there may have been a split between 'War Office' and 'Irish Command. records at some time in the past or that some of the records may have been destroyed during the 1940's London blitz. Don Dalmeny _________________________________________________________________ Feel like a local wherever you go. http://www.backofmyhand.com

THE OULD PLAID SHAWL Not far from old Kinvara, in the merry month of May, When birds were singing cheerily, there came across my way, As if from out the sky above an angel chanced to fall, A little Irish cailin in an ould plaid shawl. She tripped along right joyously, a basket on her arm; And oh! her face; and oh! her grace, the soul of saint would charm: Her brown hair rippled o'er her brow, but greatest charm of all Was her modest blue eyes beaming 'neath her ould plaid shawl. I courteously saluted her -- "God save you, miss," says I; "God save you kindly, sir," said she, and shyly passed me by; Off went my heart along with her, a captive in her thrall, Imprisoned in the corner of her ould plaid shawl. Enchanted with her beauty rare, I gazed in pure delight, Till round an angle of the road she vanished from my sight; But ever since I sighing say, as I that scene recall, "The grace of God about you and your ould plaid shawl." -- Francis A. Fahy

Thanks a lot everyone. This should keep me busy a while. Elsie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]eb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Area of this site. Northern Ireland Mailing Lists > Hi Elsie - Are you referring to Rootsweb websites or e-mail lists? Go to > the main page of the Rootsweb website and you will see information on > boards > (websites) and e-mail lists. I know that there are some Rootsweb e-mail > lists you may be interested in including: > NIR-DOWN > NORTHERN-IRELAND > NIR-TYRONE > NorthernIrelandGenWeb > SCOTCH-IRISH-CULTURE > Scotch-Irish > ULLANS > Unionist-Culture > IRL-TYRONE > CoTyroneIreland > FERMANAGH > FERMANAGH-GOLD > IRL-ANTRIM > IRL-BelfastCatholic > IRL- FERMANAGH > IRL-ULSTER > N-IRELAND > NIR-ANTRIM > NIR-ARMAGH > NIR-ARMAGH-CITY > NIR-DERRY > When you go to Rootsweb main page, click on Mailing Lists, Find the light > blue information box that asks: "Looking for the old Mailing Lists home > page? You can still find it by selecting "Browse mailing lists" under the > "Find a mailing list" search box or by clicking here." Click on it, go to > the "International" category, scroll down to the Northern Ireland category > and click on it. > > Other lists can be found under the "International" category by clicking on > "Ireland." > > More lists can be found by scrolling down to the "Other" category and > clicking on such lists as Ethnic-Scots, Ethnic-Irish or Immigration. > > There are apparently 30,695 Rootsweb Genealogy Mailing Lists to include > surname and location e-mail lists. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elsie Segura" <[email protected]> > To: "Ireland" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:43 PM > Subject: [IRELAND] Area of this site. > > >> Could someone tell me if there is a web site just for Co. Down? I think >> most of my lines came from that Co. >> Gallagher, Cratin, McCullough, Kelly, Kennedy, etc. >> >> Elsie > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Does anyone have access to the Antrim 1901 and 1911 Census for Ballymena N Ireland? I am looking for my ggreatgrandparents and my grandmother Sarah Jane (nee Darragh) ( her first husband was Matthew Herbison who died 1885) married Hugh Mcilwaine in 1887. Children David Herbison b circa 1883-4 (son of Matthew Herbison) Eliza Jane Mcilwaine (my grandmother) born Jan 1889 (she thought she was born 1891) Hugh Mcilwaine Sarah Mcilwaine Annie Mcilwaine Belle (Isabel?) Mcilwaine On my grandmother’s birth certificate from the High Kirk Presbyterian Church , Kirkinriola my grandfather Hugh was listed as a labourer. Some of my cousins said they thought Sarah Jane and Hugh had owned a pub at some point. Any help is appreciated as I have hit so many brick walls working on my Irish ancestry. Thanks you Elaine Wingrove

SNIPPET: I found a small amount of Co. Down 1901 Census material at the Leitrim-Roscommon.com website. Data pertains to the townland of Dooglen. Hopefully, more will be transcribed. If you are interested, go to the 1901 Census Search Page, click on check mark next to county and set for Down. Another click and you will be returned information on the 15 households in the townland of Dooglen, which is in the Kinelarty barony, Magherahamlet Civil Parish. Head of household surnames: BAIRD w/McVEIGH & DAVISON enumerated in household; CROSKERY (2); GRIBBEN; MAGEEAN (2); McCOY; McKINNEY (2); McMULLAN w/MURRAY visitor; NUGENT; MURRAY (2); O'HARE; HARDY household with notation that the website's host (Roger McDONNELL) is related to that HARDY family. I also came up with five heads of household on the 1901 Co. Sligo census there who were born in Co. Down. (1). William ENGLISH 48 (constable RIC) born Co. Down, living in Riverstown, Co. Sligo with wife Mary E. who was born in Dublin city, and eight children. (2). Richard KOEWN 65 (farmer's shopkeeper) born in Co. Down, living in Ballymote, Sligo on Jail St. with wife Sarah and boarder Frederick BOLAND 28 unmarried (Inland Revenue Officer) born in Co. Clare. (3). Charles P. MACKENZIE 41 (Clerk of Petty Sessions) born in Co. Down, unmarried, living in Coolaney Village. Enumerated in household was servant Nannie MONAGHAN 27. (4). James MONTGOMERY 42 (coachman) born in Co. Down, living in Shannon Eighter townland, Co. Sligo, with wife Jane, their children, and two visitors with the surname of COULTER. (5). James TAYLOR 56 (Army/27th foot pensioner) born in Co. Down living in part of Hazelwood Demesne, Sligo, with wife Mary Anne. Please check my notes. Perhaps this will help someone. Jean

Could someone tell me if there is a web site just for Co. Down? I think most of my lines came from that Co. Gallagher, Cratin, McCullough, Kelly, Kennedy, etc. Elsie

Hi Elsie - Are you referring to Rootsweb websites or e-mail lists? Go to the main page of the Rootsweb website and you will see information on boards (websites) and e-mail lists. I know that there are some Rootsweb e-mail lists you may be interested in including: NIR-DOWN NORTHERN-IRELAND NIR-TYRONE NorthernIrelandGenWeb SCOTCH-IRISH-CULTURE Scotch-Irish ULLANS Unionist-Culture IRL-TYRONE CoTyroneIreland FERMANAGH FERMANAGH-GOLD IRL-ANTRIM IRL-BelfastCatholic IRL- FERMANAGH IRL-ULSTER N-IRELAND NIR-ANTRIM NIR-ARMAGH NIR-ARMAGH-CITY NIR-DERRY When you go to Rootsweb main page, click on Mailing Lists, Find the light blue information box that asks: "Looking for the old Mailing Lists home page? You can still find it by selecting "Browse mailing lists" under the "Find a mailing list" search box or by clicking here." Click on it, go to the "International" category, scroll down to the Northern Ireland category and click on it. Other lists can be found under the "International" category by clicking on "Ireland." More lists can be found by scrolling down to the "Other" category and clicking on such lists as Ethnic-Scots, Ethnic-Irish or Immigration. There are apparently 30,695 Rootsweb Genealogy Mailing Lists to include surname and location e-mail lists. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsie Segura" <[email protected]> To: "Ireland" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:43 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Area of this site. > Could someone tell me if there is a web site just for Co. Down? I think > most of my lines came from that Co. > Gallagher, Cratin, McCullough, Kelly, Kennedy, etc. > > Elsie

Hi Elsie, Do you know what area of County Down your family came from? I have Kellys from Clonduff Parish. The following websites are excellent and have a lot of records for County Down. You will also find links to other websites regarding County Down. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/ Ros Davies website http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com/ Raymond Kelly's website Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsie Segura" <[email protected]> To: "Ireland" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:43 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Area of this site. > Could someone tell me if there is a web site just for Co. Down? I think > most of my lines came from that Co. > Gallagher, Cratin, McCullough, Kelly, Kennedy, etc. > > Elsie > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

SNIPPET: The years leading up to the Great War of 1914-1918 were times of uncertainty and turmoil in Ireland. By 1912 it seemed that the British Parliament's third attempt at a Home Rule Bill would bring Ireland's long cherished dream of independence to fruition, albeit in a limited form. In the mainly unionist north-east, however, where the strong opposition to Home Rule was led by Dublin lawyer Sir Edward CARSON, the Ulster Volunteer Force was formed on military lines under the slogan, "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right." In 1914, a large consignment of arms was landed at Larne, Co. Antrim and the UVF began training in earnest. Meanwhile, arms for the nationalist Irish Volunteers, the mirror image of the UVF on the nationalist side, were landed at Howth, Co. Dublin. The stage seemed set for a bitter civil war. It was averted by an even greater calamity and, within a few years, men who had been implacable political and religious enemies became close comrades in arms. Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, and some 30,000 men of the Ulster Volunteers and a similar number from the Irish Volunteers enlisted to serve with the allies. There was no conscription in Ireland, and it is estimated that more than 200,000 Irishmen volunteered to serve in the British forces and that as many as 35,000 of them died in battle. The spirit of comradeship and tolerance that was forged between Ireland's two traditions in the First World War is being kept alive by a unique heritage centre in County Down, the Somme Heritage Centre near Newtownards. Website www.irishsoldier.org

SNIPPET: The Virginia, Co. Cavan estate was eventually sold around the year 1750 by the absentee PLUNKETTs to pay off mounting debts, setting the way for a new landlord Thomas TAYLOR, Lord Headfort to continue in building the town where others had failed. It is recorded that TAYLOR's grandfather, also a Thomas TAYLOR, was a cartographer who assisted Sir William PETTY with the Down Survey during the previous century. The TAYLORs (later TAYLOUR) had built a substantial mansion (now the Headfort school) beside Kells in County Meath and turned their attention to making the unproductive lands around Virginia into profitable farms through land drainage and afforestation of low lying areas. The results of which brought employment and quickly led to the setting up of local markets and fairs in Virginia where produce was traded on the streets. Virginia's population grew to double from 467 inhabitants between the census years of 1821 to 1841, as did the rapid construction of the town with the Main street as we know it today. Successive Lords Headfort, later became Earl of Bective and Marquess of Headfort, created their own private demesne and a hunting lodge (now Park Hotel) overlooking Lough Ramor. The Irish Potato Famine of 1845-49 caused by successive failures in the potato crop brought with it extreme hardship for the poorer classes, death was widespread caused by diseases like typhus and cholera, the result of poor sanitation and deplorable living conditions. Starvation which ravished many parts of the country was averted in Virginia due to the efforts of the local Famine Relief Committee, who made extra rations of Indian meal available in return for hard labour, this included women and children breaking stones for making roads and the building of the local Catholic church which took place during 1845 on lands donated by the landlord. In subsequent years Virginia prospered with the introduction of a Butter market in 1856, followed by the building of a railway line between Kells and Oldcastle by around 1865. Cattle and livestock could then be moved for export, however this also meant that produce such as coal and beer could be transported from the larger towns into rural areas which led to the closure of the local malt brewery and several bakeries in the town. Until relatively recently emigration was a feature of rural Irish life down through the centuries and Virginia was no exception to this. Perhaps the most famous Virginia emigrant was Philip H. SHERIDAN, whose parents came from nearby Killinkere, left Ireland around 1830 and settled in America. SHERIDAN achieved success through a military career, particularly during the American Civil War. PRESIDENT LINCOLN stated, "this SHERIDAN is a little Irishman, but a big fighter", eventually became commanding General of the US Army and had many honours bestowed upon him. Other famous people who have associations to Virginia are Dean Jonathan SWIFT who penned his well known novel Gullivers Travels while staying nearby at Quilca, the home of his cleric friend Thomas SHERIDAN who also kept a classics school and later became headmaster of Cavan's Royal School. Playwright Richard Brinsley SHERIDAN was also descended from this family, while anothor reputable Virginian from the nineteenth century was Thomas FITZPATRICK a noted London physician. Admiral Sir Josias ROWLEY had links here through his brother Rev. John ROWLEY whom was an Anglican clergyman and incumbent at Virginia during the period that the First Fruits church was built. Admiral ROWLEY also helped to finance the rebuilding of the church after a major fire destroyed the roof on Christmas night 1830. The Township of Cavan-Monaghan is located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada in Peterborough county, Ontario, Canada about twenty kilometres southwest of the city of Peterborough. The original township of Cavan and Millbrook was surveyed by John DEYELL in 1817, and was named after County Cavan in Ireland, from which many of its settlers had emigrated. By 1819 there were 244 settlers, and by 1861 the population had risen to 4901, many of whom were descendants of United Empire Loyalists, veterans of the War of 1812 who had been granted land there, or the original and later settlers from Ireland. After Confederation in 1867, the population began to drop as many families left for Western Canada. The original Irish settlers were Protestants, and many of them were associated with the Orange Order. In the mid-19th century the "Cavan Blazers" were established as a fiercely Protestant vigilante group, who often burned down the farms of Catholic settlers. -- Excerpts, article "Wikipedia," the free on-line encyclopedia.

Hi list, from Ockbrook Moravian burials Dbys. 21 Apr 1810 James COLLIS Co Clare Ireland. mike http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm