SNIPPET: Encumbered Estates Court, established under the Encumbered Estates Act of 1849 superseded the similar act of 1848. It was designed to facilitate the sale of insolvent landed estates, whose owners had been bankrupted by the Great Famine, and thereby inject new capital, predicted by the government to be British, into Irish agriculture. The court's three commissioners were empowered, on a creditor's petition, to enforce the sale of any land or lease encumbered with debts worth more than half the net annual rental. Creditors, including the petitioner, were entitled to bid for the land. The eventual purchaser could be awarded indefeasible title by the court. No compensation was offered to existing tenants for their improvements, and many new owners, particularly in the west of Ireland, used the opportunity of purchase to evict tenants. By 1859, over 5 million acres worth some 21 million pounds had been sold by the court and its successor, the Landed Estates Court established in 1859. Contrary to the government's expectations, the vast majority of the 7,489 purchasers were Irishmen. Most of these came from the established landed and professional elite, and were not the commercially-minded arriviste businessmen that convention suggests. The general tightening up of estate management in the 1850s was engaged in by both old and new owners, and was a consequence of changing economic conditions rather than of the operations of the court. -- Excerpt, "The Oxford Companion to Irish History," S. J. Connolly, Prof. Irish History/Queen's University Belfast.

PROCESSION On the night before the annual procession we ironed our pale blue Child of Mary cloaks and carefully folded the delicate lacey veils, placing them in a near parcel. Next morning we awoke excited and looked forward to taking part in the annual Corpus Christi procession. Wearing our Child of Mary medals we attended last mass at St. Mary's Church in Carrick. On our bicycles, with parcels on the carrier, we pedalled over the pot holed roads praying that the tyres would survive the rough stones. On the footpaths people gathered and waited to be placed in lines while we donned cloaks and veils, male helpers wearing right hand arm bands arranged us in bunches behind a row of priests who were dressed in long cloaks covered in heavy embroidery that glistened in the sun. Four pall bearers carried a cloth covered in braid ringlets, attached to four long poles held high over the priest, sheltering the golden monstrance from rain. If showers came down, large umbrellas were carried by the tallest men and the choir sang hymns that got us marching in slow motion down the main street as we prayed out loud, our veils blowing in the breeze. Feeling part of this religious celebration we admired altars with large vases full of lavender lilac, red peony roses and pale pink thorny stemmed roses. Honeycombs of lupins in purple and yellow shades filled shop windows, placed in vases around Infant of Prague statues and Our Lady wore a blue veil, other pictures of St. Joseph and the pierced heart of the Sacred Heart filled newly painted shiny doorways. Saying our prayers with enthusiasm, we circled the town before arriving back at the Church. We bought ice-cream in wafers and struggled back to reality facing the journey back to the farm, where many jobs were waiting to be completed. -- Mary Guckian.

SNIPPET: Professor Thomas HALTON, MA, PhD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., shared some childhood memories in the 1996 yearly issue of the "Leitrim Guardian." Here are a few excerpts from his three-page article.... "My late mother's place was Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. As a son of Breifne you could say that I had the best of both worlds, a Cavan Breifne O'REILLY father, and a Leitrim Breifne O'ROURKE mother -- he from Mullahoran, home of the Mullahoran dreadnoughts, and she from outside Dromahair. Both, as luck would have it, from the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. As a very young woman she was a priest's housekeeper to the curate in Killenummery, who got changed to all kinds of places like Ballingar, Strokestown, Newtownforbes, and finally Loughduff, in Mullahoran parish, where she met and married my dad. After she left the National school she was a sort of an au pair girl to a very musical family in Sligo named FRANKLIN who were very big in the early years of the Sligo Feis Ceol. She kept in touch with them all her life and there was always much hilarity and much reminiscences when she visited. They were obviously very fond of her and she was particularly fond of their onlydaughter! , Kitsy, whose portrait I was delighted to have pointed out to me this summer in Sligo County Library and Museum by the Librarian. I vividly remember my first visit to Dromahair and Sligo, around 1936 when my mother took my youngest sister and myself on holidays, leaving my father and three other sisters to fend for themselves. Getting to Dromahair involved using public transportation - a bus journey to Cavan, and then the Great Northern train through stations like Ballyhaise and Clones to Enniskillen, which called for some rapid crossing of a bridge and, I think then on through Manorhamilton and eventually Dromahair. Her family home was a small farmhouse in Killeen which we reached by walking from the station and up a so-called short-cut through some fields. The second half of the holiday was more exciting. It involved visiting Aunt Brigid, who was housekeeper to a Mr. WALKER, in what my mother described to us as "a gentleman's place" in (I think) Rathcarrick, between Sligo and Strandhill. By my young standards it was an enormous house, which had its own gatehouse, or perhaps two, and a long avenue, and many steps up to the hall door, which had glass panels. We rang, and after what seemed forever we could see Aunt Brigid running along a long hallway. She was very petite, all dressed up in a black uniform and starched cap, white filly apron, bouncy, giggly, and very welcoming. Unmarried herself, she kept asking my mother all kinds of half whispered questions to which my mother would invariably reply: "That's beautiful talk in front of the children." The children were all ears - but were clearly out of their depth. Then we were brought down to the basement, two small rooms of which would be our home for several happy days.! Years later when I saw "Upstairs/Downstairs" on television I knew I had seen it all in my childhood. Even as a child Mr. WALKER seemed to me something of a recluse though he brought my sister and myself painfully slowly round his beautiful gardens and told us the names of strange flowers and the ones that would likely win prizes at the Sligo Show. He also had horses and animals but we weren't allowed into that part of the enclosed yard. A highlight of the visit was climbing Knocknarea, which was within walking distance, and a lot of panic because a fog came down suddenly when we were on the top and it took us hours to get back down. Aunt Brigid will remain for ever enshrined in my memory for sending me at Hallowe'en during my first year in St. Patrick's College, Cavan (1938-39) a box with a barm brack, sweets, KitKats, and an envelope inscribed, "with love from your Aunt Brigit," in which nested a ten shilling note, an absolute fortune for a County Council scholarship boy! l! ike myself, whose allowance at any single transaction rarely exceeded a two shilling bit, or, with luck, a half crown. At the time I was a member of Young Crusaders Corner in the "Messenger of the Sacred Heart" which used to run a monthly Essay competition... Mother insisted I write, "how I spent my Summer Holidays," and I got second prize...About the same time and in the same Corner I got a pen-pal and we kept in touch for a couple of years. I remember his name and address: James MENSAH, Box No. 40, Cape Coast, Gold Coast, West Africa, and he used to send me gifts like a copy of "King Solomon's Mines" which I thought was fantastic, and animal skins made into mats or purses."

SNIPPET: The Irish presence in NZ began with the earliest white settlement. Levels of migration of 2,000 persons or more annually characterized most of the period 1870 to 1914. Thereafter, Irish migration dropped sharply. In 1881, the Irish as a multigenerational ethnic group comprised about 18.9% of the pakeha (non-Maori) population. That was their high point and the proportion slid slowly downward thereafter, but as late as 1951 it was 16.7%. Roughly 3 out of 4 persons of Irish ethnicity were Catholic. In the period of heaviest Irish migration to NZ, 1870-1914, the provinces of Munster and Ulster was the largest sources of migrants. Roughly equal numbers came from each. Taken together, they supplied over 80% of Irish migrants. The level of ethnic consciousness of the Irish in NZ has never been very high. The most important Irish influence has been the century-long pressure of Irish-descended Catholics to have the government fully fund a religiously segregated school system! . This battle, begun in the 1870s, was finally won in 1975. -- Excerpt, "The Oxford Companion to Irish History," ed. S. J. Connolly, Prof. Irish History, Queen's University, Belfast.

Hi Bonny: I am curious as to your Peter DILLON who immigr. into Quebec, Canada. Do you know *when/where* he may have entered &/or settled? I have family of that surname living in lower Quebec i.e : Mary Ann DILLON d/o James & Catherine POWER b ca 1858 - ??? d ca 1916 - buried Ste-Clothilde, Chateauguay, QC + Patrick LEAVY s/o Patrick & Mary (Marie) HICKEY b 8 Dec. 1830 - Longford Parish, Co. Longford d ca 1914 - buried Ste-Clothilde, Chat, QC m 14 Nov. 1873 - St-Jean Chrysostome, Chat., QC This is very minimal info I realize, but is all that I have. It does appear that we may be looking @ same time frame in Quebec however as you show your man b ca 1771, fought in France, had a wife & 3 children b/d before immigr. What do you think ??? Bev

Thanks for your response. I have been comparing them to my family tree. As to my Gr.Gr.Grandfather...From what I can gather from family stories, he probably came to Canada circa 1800-1805. He somehow ended up in Ontario and married a lady named Lavinia (we believe she was of a local First Nations Family) in 1820 on Scugog Island at Balsam Lake. They are both buried there at Head Memorial Cemetery. Interesting that you mention a Mary Ann Dillon - as that was my grandmother's name. She was adopted and I have no idea what the surname of her adoptive parents was - her birth surname was Foster, though. On another note I DO have a Mary Power in my family tree born in 1910. I don't have her parents name. As a matter of fact I have all those surnmanes you mentioned in my family tree. I have about 8100 names in my database. It would be interesting to compare notes. You can contact me directly at bonny.d@sasktel.net Thanks again Bonny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Thomson" <b18627t@pronetisp.net> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Dillon's in Ireland? > Hi Bonny: > I am curious as to your Peter DILLON who immigr. into Quebec, Canada. Do > you know *when/where* he > may have entered &/or settled? I have family of that surname living in > lower Quebec i.e : > Mary Ann DILLON d/o James & Catherine POWER > b ca 1858 - ??? > d ca 1916 - buried Ste-Clothilde, Chateauguay, QC > + Patrick LEAVY s/o Patrick & Mary (Marie) HICKEY > b 8 Dec. 1830 - Longford Parish, Co. Longford > d ca 1914 - buried Ste-Clothilde, Chat, QC > m 14 Nov. 1873 - St-Jean Chrysostome, Chat., QC > This is very minimal info I realize, but is all that I have. It does > appear that we may be looking @ same time frame in Quebec > however as you show your man b ca 1771, fought in France, had a wife & 3 > children b/d before immigr. What do you think ??? > Bev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ >

Hi List, I have visited Powerscourt a few years ago and was interested in the cemetery that is on the estate. The problem is that it is locked and was badly over grown. If anyone knows of burial records for this cemetery I would really like to hear from them. My main BRADNER line could be included on the estate cemetery as they worked there for many years. Cheers Bernie Bradner On 4 Dec 2005 at 11:10, Doug Connell wrote: > Hi Simon > I don't have my lists with me at present. in the 1500's I have Elizabeth > Goushill married Sir Robert, son Sir John married Lady Elizabeth Fitzlewew, > son Sir Humphrey married Anne Wiseman their son Robert married Bridget > Pargetor dau of Sir Thomas Pargetor and wife Anne > There are a lot of cadet lines I will get back to you later. > Regards > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Rutter" <simon.rutter@dial.pipex.com> > To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > > > > From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> > > To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:11 PM > > Subject: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > > > > > >> Thanks for the poem My line is from the Wingfields > >> Regrds > >> Mary > > > > > > Mary, > > > > I have one WINGFIELD: Richard, who married Eleanor GORE sometime in the > > late > > 1600s. Eleanor was the daughter of Sir Arthur GORE, 1st baronet, who died > > in > > 1697. > > > > Do we click at all? > > > > Simon Rutter > > > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.11/191 - Release Date: 02-Dec-05 > Visit my Web Page http://www.aztec-net.com/~bradner/ Researching: Bradner, Bryant, Corrigan, Kezar, Whitewood families names -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/192 - Release Date: 05-Dec-05

SNIPPET: Per Edward T. O'DONNELL's "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History" (2002) - the man most responsible for the success by the Irish Republic Army against the British was Michael COLLINS (1890-1922). Born into a farming family in Cork, he grew to embrace the Irish nationalism of his father and schoolmaster (the latter a member of the Irish Republic Brotherhood). At 16, he took a clerkship in London, where he learned finance and developed organizational and planning skills - all of which served him well after he joined the IRB. COLLINS participated in the Easter Rising of 1916, but was not recognized as a leader and spared execution. In 1919 the First Dail Eireann named him minister of finance. He also acted as a director of intelligence, a position that made him a key figure in the buildup of the Irish Volunteers (soon recognized as the Irish Republican Army). In these capacities COLLINS organized the acquisition and distribution of arms for the IRA and established an ingenious intelligence network that kept him informed of British operations. He also devised the successful guerrilla tactics employed with such effectiveness against the British army and Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). In the midst of the mounting violence, COLLINS engineered Eamon de VALERA's sensational escape from prison in April 1919. Unanimously elected president of the Dail, de VALERA immediately set about gaining international recognition of the Irish Republic founded by Sinn Fein. He sent Sean O'KELLY to the Versailles Peace Conference, where the great powers were meeting in the aftermath of WWI. He quickly discovered, however, that U. S. President Woodrow WILSON (grandson of Scotch-Irish immigrants from Co. Antrim) had no intention of upsetting his British allies by pushing for Irish independence. In response, de VALERA decided to tour the U. S. to arouse support for American recognition of the Irish Republic and gather financial donations from Irish Americans. Arriving in June of 1919, he toured the country for a year and a half, drawing widespread popular support and raising the astounding sum of six million dollars. But he failed in his primary goal of achieving officialrecogni! tion by the American government. His stay in America also resulted in a rift with the leaders of Irish American nationalism, John DEVOY and Judge Daniel COHALAN, who resented his effort to organize Irish American support for the Republic independent of their control. Back in March 1916, during the first of three "Irish Race Conventions" convened in NYC by Clan Gael, a new nationalist organization was born, the Friends of Irish Freedom. Dedicated to seeing Ireland "cut off from England and restored to its rightful place among the nations of the earth," the FOIF played a major role in stirring up Irish nationalist sentiment in the U. S. and raising millions of dollars for the independence movement in Ireland. By the time de VALERA arrived in June 1919, membership in the organization had surged to more than 250,000. Statement issued at the Irish American Convention, NYC, May 14, 1917: "RESOLVED, that this assemblage of American citizens of Irish blood, loyal to the United States, and ready to defend her honor and interests, and recognizing that our Government is entitled to the best advice that Irishmen who understand the situation can give, urgently request the President and Congress to demand that England make good her promises in the only way possible in regard to Ireland, namely by according to the Irish people their indubitable right to be regarded as a sovereign people, and by granting to Ireland full national independence...and be it RESOLVED, that we therefore submit to the President and Congress that America's entry into the war for democracy and civilization gives our government the right, and imposes upon it the duty, to demand from England that she settle the Irish Question permanently and finally..." The guerrilla campaign waged by Michael COLLINS and the IRA was to take a severe toll on the Royal Irish Constabulary and British Army by the end of 1919.

Hi Simon I don't have my lists with me at present. in the 1500's I have Elizabeth Goushill married Sir Robert, son Sir John married Lady Elizabeth Fitzlewew, son Sir Humphrey married Anne Wiseman their son Robert married Bridget Pargetor dau of Sir Thomas Pargetor and wife Anne There are a lot of cadet lines I will get back to you later. Regards Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Rutter" <simon.rutter@dial.pipex.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> > To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:11 PM > Subject: [IRELAND] RE: VISIT TO POWERSCOURT. > > >> Thanks for the poem My line is from the Wingfields >> Regrds >> Mary > > > Mary, > > I have one WINGFIELD: Richard, who married Eleanor GORE sometime in the > late > 1600s. Eleanor was the daughter of Sir Arthur GORE, 1st baronet, who died > in > 1697. > > Do we click at all? > > Simon Rutter > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

Hi Jean, Thank you for offering that beautiful poem ! And, thank you for telling us about another "vision" from years past ! There seems to be so many of them -- at least in the U.S. -- nowadays ! Some, in some very strange locations ! (news stories) I just thought I'd mention another Joseph CAMPBELL who is famous in the U.S., and possibly the world - for his research and writings on "world myths." I couldn't find a web page describing his "family tree," explaining "his roots," but I did find this biography: http://www.jcf.org/about_jc.php And, here is another page with information on him: http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-campbell Here is a sentence on his parents. Some web sites mention a younger brother, and this site mentions a younger sister, but the following mentions only 2 children of Charles CAMPBELL. So, it seems some of the biographies have it wrong ! Joseph Campbell was the eldest of two children born to Charles Campbell, a merchant, and Josephine Lynch. He grew up in New York state where he enjoyed an upper-class upbringing, attending Canterbury Preparatory School in New Milford. He became fascinated by Native American culture as a child and devoured as much research as he could find on the subject. He was even admitted into the adult stacks at the local library. http://nvnv.essortment.com/josephcampbell_myr.htm And, this page mentions Joseph CAMPBELL's influence on George LUCAS: Campbell was discovered by a new generation when George Lucas based much of his screenplay for Star Wars (1977) on what he had summarized from The Hero With a Thousand Faces. The most successful film series in history was retelling the initiatory adventures that Campbell had so vividly described. Lucas acknowledged using Campbell's work and considered him a mentor. http://www.folkstory.com/campbell/scholars_life.html The LDS site has this family in Troy, NY, in the 1880 Census, where his grandfather is shown with Irish roots: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

My understanding is that he fought in France and possibly under Napolean. He apparently had a wife and three children - all killed before he immigrated to Quebec, Canada. He was born about 1771. Bonny PS: thanks for the information you wrote. Some of it is familiar but much of it isn't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "conaught2" <conaught2@charter.net> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Dillon's in Ireland? > Dear Bonny, > > The surname Dillion is a well known Norman name. There are three main > branches of the Dillion family according to MacLysaght's book of SURNAMES > OF IRLELAND, - Counties, Meath, Westmeath and Roscommon. You didn't > mention a time frame for your GGGrandfather Peter Dillion. There were > several regiments in support of King James II against his son-in-law > William of Orange. with the most famous battle being the Battle of the > Boyne in 1690. The war culminated on July 12, 1691 at the Battle of > Aughrim. > > In 1691 many of the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry of Ireland signed > the Remonstrance, Acknowledgment ,Protestations Petition. The following > Dillions signed the Petition: > > Viscount Thomas Dillion, > Colonel Charles Dillion > James Dillion, Knight > Edmund Dillion of Streamstown > > "List of Commissions, received and delivered by Mr. Sheridan since the > earl of Tyrconnel's coming Lord Deputy of Ireland. Feb 12, 1684, for the > Lord Sunderland till June 21st, 1687 > > Commissions of Horse: > Henry Dillion, Lieutenant" > > Commissions Not Delivered Stopped, or Recalled, etc. > > Arthur Dillion, Lieut, Horse > Henry Dillion, Lieut. Horse > > > You might be referring to the following: > > "the brigaded Regiment of Foot formed in France and styled by his name was > distinguished in the Italian camp in 1701; when with Galmoy's Burke's and > Dillion's and with Sheldon's Horse, it formed part of the army that was > led by=on by the Duke of Savoy at the engagement near Chiari. In 1703 it > was incorporated in the Brigade of Piedmont, and actively engaged in its > conflicts. In 1704, the three REGIMENTS, Berwick's, DILLION'S, and > Galmoy's mounted the trenches at Vercelli, Ivrea, and Verrua in Italy." > p.24 > > Dillion's regiment also served in Spain > > > There is also a Garret Dillion, Esq who was Recorder for the City and > County of Dublin. > > Commissioned on April 10, 1690 by King James II: > > Captain Theobald Dillion of County Roscommon as High Sheriff Pro Temp. > Colonel Henry Dillion of County Mayo - as High Sheriff Pro Temp. > > "Captain John Talbot's sought for his daughter, Catherine, a suitable > alliance in the noble family of Dillion, which took place in 1696 by her > marriage with Thomas Dillion of Brackloon, grandson of Theobald the first > Lord Viscount Dillion of Costello-Gallen". > > Also the Dillion Regiment fought in 1745 at Fontenoy. > > Arthur Dillion, second son of the Lord Viscount Dillion led a regiment > under James II in Ireland. > > Colonel Henry Dillion led the Regiment of Infantry under James II in > Ireland. > > There is much much more about the Dillion in the KING JAMES'S IRISH ARMY > LIST by D'ALTON. All the above information was taken from D'Alton's book. > > There is a Peter Dillion listed in the he Dowdall Deeds in November 1517. > > Do you know if your Peter fought in the regiment in Ireland or for France? > Thousands of defeated Irish soldiers left Ireland to serve on the > continent, mainly in the French army but some in Spain as well. > > Beannachtai, > Margaret (Máiread) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bonny > To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:25 AM > Subject: [IRELAND] Dillon's in Ireland? > > > I am still trying to find anything I can about the surname Dillon as it > appears in Irish history. My great-great grandfather was Peter Dillon > and > it is believed he fought with Dillon's Regiment but I am looking for some > actual history regarding the regiment it self. > I have had one response through One Family about him but no evidence to > support the information. > Any suggestions or information??? > > Thanks > Bonny > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ >

Thank you very much. I have heard of Helen Dillon. I'll try that route. Bonny ----- Original Message ----- From: <GDAA@aol.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Dillon's in Ireland? > You might try contacting Helen and Val Dillon in Dublin (She has a garden > show on BBC) and they also have a private garden you can tour in Dublin. > > Go to www.dillongarden.com > > I suggest writing, not calling, to get information. > > > > Ginger Aarons, CTC, Director > Time Travel > P.O. Box 23908 > Portland, OR 97281-3908 > 503-454-0897 > tollfree and fax 877-787-7807 > cell 503-421-0029 > www.timetraveltours.com > MEMBERS OF : ASTA, ICTA & CLIA > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ >

Dear Bonny, The surname Dillion is a well known Norman name. There are three main branches of the Dillion family according to MacLysaght's book of SURNAMES OF IRLELAND, - Counties, Meath, Westmeath and Roscommon. You didn't mention a time frame for your GGGrandfather Peter Dillion. There were several regiments in support of King James II against his son-in-law William of Orange. with the most famous battle being the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The war culminated on July 12, 1691 at the Battle of Aughrim. In 1691 many of the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry of Ireland signed the Remonstrance, Acknowledgment ,Protestations Petition. The following Dillions signed the Petition: Viscount Thomas Dillion, Colonel Charles Dillion James Dillion, Knight Edmund Dillion of Streamstown "List of Commissions, received and delivered by Mr. Sheridan since the earl of Tyrconnel's coming Lord Deputy of Ireland. Feb 12, 1684, for the Lord Sunderland till June 21st, 1687 Commissions of Horse: Henry Dillion, Lieutenant" Commissions Not Delivered Stopped, or Recalled, etc. Arthur Dillion, Lieut, Horse Henry Dillion, Lieut. Horse You might be referring to the following: "the brigaded Regiment of Foot formed in France and styled by his name was distinguished in the Italian camp in 1701; when with Galmoy's Burke's and Dillion's and with Sheldon's Horse, it formed part of the army that was led by=on by the Duke of Savoy at the engagement near Chiari. In 1703 it was incorporated in the Brigade of Piedmont, and actively engaged in its conflicts. In 1704, the three REGIMENTS, Berwick's, DILLION'S, and Galmoy's mounted the trenches at Vercelli, Ivrea, and Verrua in Italy." p.24 Dillion's regiment also served in Spain There is also a Garret Dillion, Esq who was Recorder for the City and County of Dublin. Commissioned on April 10, 1690 by King James II: Captain Theobald Dillion of County Roscommon as High Sheriff Pro Temp. Colonel Henry Dillion of County Mayo - as High Sheriff Pro Temp. "Captain John Talbot's sought for his daughter, Catherine, a suitable alliance in the noble family of Dillion, which took place in 1696 by her marriage with Thomas Dillion of Brackloon, grandson of Theobald the first Lord Viscount Dillion of Costello-Gallen". Also the Dillion Regiment fought in 1745 at Fontenoy. Arthur Dillion, second son of the Lord Viscount Dillion led a regiment under James II in Ireland. Colonel Henry Dillion led the Regiment of Infantry under James II in Ireland. There is much much more about the Dillion in the KING JAMES'S IRISH ARMY LIST by D'ALTON. All the above information was taken from D'Alton's book. There is a Peter Dillion listed in the he Dowdall Deeds in November 1517. Do you know if your Peter fought in the regiment in Ireland or for France? Thousands of defeated Irish soldiers left Ireland to serve on the continent, mainly in the French army but some in Spain as well. Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bonny To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:25 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Dillon's in Ireland? I am still trying to find anything I can about the surname Dillon as it appears in Irish history. My great-great grandfather was Peter Dillon and it is believed he fought with Dillon's Regiment but I am looking for some actual history regarding the regiment it self. I have had one response through One Family about him but no evidence to support the information. Any suggestions or information??? Thanks Bonny ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

You might try contacting Helen and Val Dillon in Dublin (She has a garden show on BBC) and they also have a private garden you can tour in Dublin. Go to www.dillongarden.com I suggest writing, not calling, to get information. Ginger Aarons, CTC, Director Time Travel P.O. Box 23908 Portland, OR 97281-3908 503-454-0897 tollfree and fax 877-787-7807 cell 503-421-0029 www.timetraveltours.com MEMBERS OF : ASTA, ICTA & CLIA

O GLORIOUS CHILDBEARER O glorious childbearer, O secret womb, O gilded bridechamber, from which hath come the sightly Bridegroom forth, O amber veil, Thou sittest in heaven, the white love of the Gael. Thy head is crowned with stars, thy radiant hair Shines like a river thro' the twilight air; Thou walkest by trodden ways and trackless seas, Immaculate of man's infirmities. -- Joseph Campbell (1879-1944) Knock, a parish in Co. Mayo where a vision of the Blessed Virgin was reported by 15 local people on 21 August 1879. Two ecclesiastical commissions examined the affair, one in 1879, the second in 1936, their conclusions permitting Knock's establishment as a centre of Marian pilgrimage. The Knock Shrine Committee was set up in 1935, and a folk museum in 1973, while a basilica was completed shortly afterwards . Knocks early success was part of the worldwide growth in devotion to the Virgin Mary and, in Ireland, was an arm of the so-called devotional revolution. The devotion associated with Knock was personal with a strong emotional appeal. Since the second Vatican Council more attention has been paid to its theological content and Knock's mission has extended itself into a broader pastoral programme. Like Croagh Patrick and Lough Derg, it has retained its popularity despite the changes in devotional practice associated with Vatican II. -- Excerpt, "The Oxford Companion ! to Irish History," ed. S. J. Connolly

I am still trying to find anything I can about the surname Dillon as it appears in Irish history. My great-great grandfather was Peter Dillon and it is believed he fought with Dillon's Regiment but I am looking for some actual history regarding the regiment it self. I have had one response through One Family about him but no evidence to support the information. Any suggestions or information??? Thanks Bonny

Born 10 Jan 1813 probably in Dunmanyway, County Cork, Ireland ELEANOR BROADFIELD married about 1830 Goodhand Clark; left Ireland for USA in 1852 with family. Husband apparently died aboard ship. She and children settled in Caneadea, Allegany Co, NY where she died about 1892. Most interested in learning more on family in Ireland. Please email response: RuthThoden@aol.com

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Wednesday, April 17, 1850 OUTRAGE - A few evenings since eight or ten idle ruffians assembled outside the residence of Captain Hamilton, the Inspector of this Union, and in the absence from home of this gentleman, commenced to throw stones through the windows and were proceeding with this work when they were stopped by Mr. William West who happened to be going by at the time, but not before they had broken several panes of the glass. Some, of them were given in charge to the police and committed to bridewell, their only excuse being hunger. The truth is that they were too lazy to work; though stout fellows and considered that they would succeed in compelling the Government or the Guardians to support them in their idleness by attacking Capt. Hamilton's house, not that they could have any personal enmity towards this gentleman. Yesterday, also, two fellows came towards his house with no good design, as was evident from their taking to their heels the moment they saw Captain Hamilton approach the door with a stick in his hand. EARLY POTATOES - We have seen a small dish of potatoes, called Ash-leaf Kidneys, grown in an open garden belonging to Mr. Robert Scott, on his well-managed farm at Scott's-grove, near this town. They are of a tolerable size, about thirty drills of which Mr. Scott expects will be fit to dig out for general use in a few weeks. SWINFORD UNION - The first meeting of the newly-elected guardians of this union was held on the 10th instant. Charles Strickland, Esq. was appointed chairman, E.P. MacDonnell, Esq., vice-chairman, and G.J. O'Malley, Esq., deputy-vice-chairman. ARREST OF PICKPOCKETS - A gang of pickpockets, made up of persons from different counties, found their way into this town on Monday and commenced, their trade of picking pockets and shoplifting. Head Constable Dillon and Constable Lougheed, to whom much credit is due for their alertness in the matter, kept a close watch upon seven or eight suspicious looking characters, and had four men and two women arrested immediately after they heard that £2 15s. was abstracted from the pocket of a woman who had just received it for a pig she had sold. Some shop goods belonging to Mr. Little and Mr. Nealon, were found on their persons. We also heard that silver had been stolen from Miss Hamilton of Newpark, while making purchases at Mr. Nealon's. The party was brought before the magistrates on yesterday and committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions. Had not these persons been arrested early in the day there can be no doubt there would be many more victims. THE CHURCH On Sunday last, the 14th instant, the Rev. Samuel Stock, A.M., was installed in the Cathedral, Killala, as Prebendary of Kilanley, and preached his first sermon for the year. The Rectory of Ballyhean, near Castlebar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Pasley, is in the gift of the Bishop of Tuam. WESLEYAN MISSIONS - The annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society of this circuit was held in the Wesleyan Chapel of this town on yesterday evening, the chair being occupied by John Faussett, Esq. After the reading of the report by the Rev. N. Bass, the meeting, which was very numerously attended, was addressed by the Rev. W.O. Croggan, Superintendent of the Home Missions, the Rev. John Thomas, late Missionary to Western Africa, and other Ministers, and a collection made in aid of the funds of the society. FEVER HOSPITAL REPORT Remaining in hospital on previous Saturday.....146 Admitted during the week............................... 19 Total treated during the week.........................165 Died.............................................................. 19 Remaining in Hospital Sat. April 13, 1850.......149 WM. KEARNEY, Steward Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

Just found out about Limerick City Council Website and found the following while researching JOYNT surname. Graphic of Map is included at site but too small to find JOYNT'S LANE for now. From Limerick City Council Website http://www.limerickcity.ie/ Click Recreation, Amenities & Culture Click Museum Click Museum Catalog On-line Search box - Keyword - JOYNT Map, part coloured, Insurance Plan of Limerick, March 1897. Sheet 3 (Blocks 8 - - 57, in whole or in part. Charles E. Goad, Civil Engineer, 53 New Broad St. London, E.C. Map, partly coloured. Top left, and top right, 3. Bottom left, Ent. Sta. Hall. Top right, Limerick / Mar: 1897. Bottom, left, Scale - 80 Ft. = 1 Inch. / (linear scale below). Lower, left, compass 'star. Bounded by the following streets etc: Sexton St, Cathedral Place, St. John's Place, New Road (part of), Johnson's Lane, Broad St (part of), Michael St, Denmark St, William St (part of), Wickham St. Other streets etc in area: Michael Lane, Mardyke, Punch's Lane, Punch's Row (part of), Ellen St (part of), Robert St, Upper Denmark St, Lillis Lane, Ryan's Lane, Carr St, Corn Market Row, West Water Gate, Alley Lane, Humphrus_? Lane, Milk Market, Rosemary Pl, Jones Place, White Wine Lane, Joyce's Lane, Johnston's Lane, Scott's Lane (twice), Mungret Lane, Sherry's Lane, Mungret St, High St, High St, Joynt's Lane, Market House Lane, Curry's Row, Miller's Row, Curragh Lane, Lynch's Lane, Bieyrey Lane (sic), Billy White's Lane, Forker's Lane, Walsh's Lane, Quinn's Lane, John St, Little John St, Hatter's Lane, Hinch's Lane, Church St, Old Francis St, Kerry Row, Benson's Lane, Black Bull Lane, Playhouse Lane, Pike's Row, Palmerstown, James St, Osborne Lane, St. John's Square, Barrack Lane, Smyth's Lane, Karwick Lane, William's Lane, Summer St, Thomas Court, Old William Road, William St, Newtownmahon (part of), Upper William St, Upper and Lower Gerald Griffin streets. Each building shown, use named, no. of floors given, street no. given. Width of larger streets given, water hydrants? identified by a black circle filled in blue. Buildings shown in pink, some few in blue, grey or yellow also. Large business premises named. Waterfront shown. References to sheets adjoining given at boundaries of map, eg See Sheet No. 5. The map is printed on cream paper. Date Period:Modern Early:1897 Late:1897 Century:19 Q4 Other info Inv.No.:1987.0183.3 Dynasty:Victoria Maker: Location Townland:Newtownpery Parish:St Michaels Barony:Limerick Borough County:Limerick Town:Limerick

Just found out about Limerick City Council Website and found the following while researching JOYNT surname. From Limerick City Council Website http://www.limerickcity.ie/ Click Recreation, Amenities & Culture Click Museum Click Museum Catalog On-line Search box - Keyword - JOYNT List, manuscript. Family burial plots St Marys Cathedral, Limerick, graveyard. Five sheets lined foolscap, 1 + 2 +2 List, manuscript. Burials in St Marys Cathedral, Limerick, graveyard. Headed sections 1, 2 and 3, 2 and 3 double sheets. Foolscap, feint lined, each sheet divided into two columns in red ink, family name l., details, if any, r. Section 1: Bernal, John 17.9.1898; McKiernan, Arthur Bernard, 20.10.1875; Jones Price 1876; Cleland; Bannatyne, infant sons of J Fitzgerald B, 1880; Clayton, William, 25.8.82; Day, Fanny Laurie; LeGear; Reid; Drought, Thos Herbert 17.1.31; Christie; Tristram; Johnston, Arthur Hallam; Foster; Hawker, Chas Ed 22.7.1888; Caffrey, Moses; Griffiths, Eliz 31.10.1881; Elliot, Andrew 27.11.73; Enright, Joseph 9.10.96; Armston; Lorrens, Emily Frances 1.10.95; Hon E J Aylmer, dau Lord Aylmer 28.2.93; Dean Chas Gregg; H G Maxwell Gregg; Benn, Mary 1.5.1906; Longbotham; Boyd, Wm 26.7.1905; Verschoyle, Catherine Margaret 9.11.83; Col Samuel Bradshaw Hunt of Friarstown; Barnett; McKern; Bunbury; Fogerty; Jacob; Hunt; Cox Wm Sidney; R/ Townsend - Slade; Rice Thos Mulholland; Russell R Harris; Macnamara, Wm James, Bushy Park, Ennis 23.2.1931; Finch, Alice Westropp; Joynt; Goodwin; Lee, Richard John; Cleeve; Hamilton; Boyd, John mcD; Stewart; Kidd, James F 16.3.93; Matthews; Fogerty, Cecil Jean 26.2.22; Vanderkiste; Lefroy, Anthony Langlois O'Grady; Franklin. Section 2, with K for kerb or headstone, or D for derelict, to l. of each, details of date and maintenance r. (surnames only catalogued, all K unless D noted): Gabbett; Shaw; Kinsman; Thompson; Dewar; Murray; Welply; Hackett; Rose (D); Ievers; Crawford; Thompson (Ceckett in pencil over); Shiel; Paterson; F.H.S. O'Brien; Hickson; Stokes; D O'Brien (D); Ellis; Vickery; Sands; Luther; Bonhill (D); Ievers; Hawkins; Toppin; Popham (D); heavenor; Ferguson (D); Martin (D); McClatchey; Haydn; Cleeve; Pierson; Brady; Switzer (D). R/ hawker; Scales (D); Ewart; Bramall; Collison (D); Deane; King; Gullen; Wickham; Harding; Holliday; Owens; Scott; Holliday; Bell; Whittaker; Smyth; Kirby; Kennedy; Goodbody; McDermaid / Park (D); Sinon (D); Mitchell; Mahony; Hassett; Marley. Sheet 2, no names. Sheets joined by stuck on paper spine. Section 3: harris (D); Carroll (D); Copley (D); carpenter; delacy; MacLean; Sackville-Taylor; Devlin (Orr); Foley; Thompson; Hazel; Malkowski; Payne-Galwey (D); Woodrow (D); Rose; Walsh; Capsey; Pearson; Hutchinson; Ranalow; Clarke; Russell; Taylor; Dowling (D); Blake; Alton; Petty; Busterd (Busteed in pencil) (D); Raulson; Plant; Watts; Brislane; Walker; McCarthy (D); White. R/ Walpole; Gellally (D); Knight (D); Shekleton (D); James (D); Farmer; Hodgetts (D); Mulligan; Cutbush; Phillips (D); Ewing (D); Reynolds; Bingham; Muspratt; Johnston; (rest of column, surnames in pencil only) Conroy; Mortimer; Jennings; Creaney; Irwin; Hassett; Williams; McKay; Malone; Caffrey (?); King. Sheet 2: Gubbins; Dodds; Hewson; Blood-Smyth; Cleeve; Mulligan; Fitt (D); King; Weld. In pencil, 64 graves, 9 subscribers. R/ blank. Some staining, right edges badly scuffed, some edge tears Date Period:Modern Early:1920 Late:1950 Century:20 Q2 Other info Inv.No.:2001.0117 Dynasty:Free State Maker: Location Townland:Englishtown Parish:St Marys Barony:Limerick Borough County:Limerick Town:Limerick Cathy JOYNT Labath Joynt / Joint Family Chronicles http://www.celticcousins.net/joynt/