THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, September 27, 1824 PROVINCIAL NEWS LIMERICK, SEPT 22 - Newcastle Races commenced on Tuesday. There was only four horses started, Mr. Caldwell's Noble, Mr. Corbett's Sprite, Mr. Irwin's Petworth, and Mr. Daxon's Giles. The first heat was won by Noble; and the second, which was a very pretty race between Noble, Petworth, and Giles, was also won by Noble. The carriages were very numerous, and crowds of Gentlemen thronged the Course. Edward Croker, Esq., of Ballinaguard, has, we are informed, procured four Foxes, with the intention of bagging one of them on the Race Course at Newcastle on Friday or Saturday, when great sport is expected. The brogue-makers of Rathkeale and its vicinity have entered into combination not to allow any countryman or any other persons, to buy leather for their private use from retailers; no person to be allowed to deal with any leather retailer selling to countrymen, &c, on a fine of 10. They have actually got resolutions to the above effect posted. Tuesday an Inquest was held on a woman who, was found suspended from a bough near Sollihead, Co. Tipperary. John Breen, with whom she left her child, and two others, have been committed to jail on suspicion of having committed this offence as marks of violence were found on her arms. Saturday, a riot occurred in Roche's-street, between some country people and some smiths of this town, when the latter struck some of the countrymen on the hands with hammers, and fractured the skulls of two of them, who are now very dangerously ill under the care of Surgeon O'Donnell and Franklin, jun. At a meeting of the Common Council on Monday, Wm. Piercy, Esq., son of the present Sheriff, was nominated to the office of Sheriff for the ensuing year, in the room of G. Vincent, Esq., resigned. Mr. Maurice Lacy, the harbour master, under the Chamber of Commerce, has been re-elected to that situation by the Bridge Commissioners. Saturday one of the boats engaged to ferry the men employed at the Bridge Works across the Shannon, from Lower Cecil-street, upset in the middle of the river with twelve or fourteen persons in it, who all, fortunately succeeded in swimming to shore. Monday morning, some of the masons, employed at the Bridge Works, turned out and beat another man in the same employment most barbarously. Sunday night, Edward Hickie, butcher, of Market Alley, was robbed of a large sum of money. Saturday two men, Cornelius Smith and Stephen Hafton, were apprehended for stealing hats and materials for hats from Mr. Newell's factory, in Mardyke. The articles were found in their possession. They were committed to the City Gaol for trial. Friday evening, a trunk belonging to Mr. John Crips, was stolen by some fellows, as it was being brought from the steam boat. It was found this morning in a slough, near the Dominican Chapel, rifled of its contents except a few useless papers. ENNIS, SEPT. 23 - Monday last, a man named Madigan, in the service of Mr. O'Regan, fell from the upper left of a Corn Store near this town and was severely injured. Both his wrists were dislocated and one of his arms broken - his head was also hurt. He was carried to the Infirmary, where every attention was paid to effect his recovery. A boat from Querin, with turf, foundered off Kilrush, on Wednesday last. Two men, who were in her at the time, were taken in by a sloop going up to Limerick. On Sunday last, two men, named John M'Shane and Michael Connor, were committed to the Gaol of Dundalk, charged on oath with attacking the sentry at the Gaol on the preceding night, and attempting to take his arms. This is the third attack which has been made within these three weeks on different sentries through that town. The Police of this County, under the Peace Preservation Act, are now undergoing an Inspection by Major Warburton, at Ballinasloe. Major Wilcocks will commence an Inspection of the Constabulary force in the County Limerick in a few days. There has been a considerable decrease in the receipts of butter this year, at the weigh-house in Cork. A few nights ago, the house of John Stapleton, of Boutick, county Tipperary, was broken into by an armed party, who beat him cruelly, and swore him to give up his ground. They fired several shots about the house, which brought out the Police from Killennule, but the Rockites had decamped before they got up. Two of them have, however, been since apprehended. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

I see two Fitzsimons born to John and Isabella, but no Thomas. FITZSIMONS, Robert Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 8 Apr 1866 Birthplace: 631, Strangford, Down, Ire Recorded in: Down, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: John FITZSIMONS Mother: Isabella MAGEE Source: FHL Film 101125 Dates: 1866 - 1866 FITZSIMONS, Robert Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 28 Apr 1869 Birthplace: 631, Strangford, Down, Ire Recorded in: Down, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: John FITZSIMONS Mother: Isabella DENVIR Judy Source: FHL Film 101185 Dates: 1869 - 1870

| | I am looking for information regarding a John Fitzsimons who married | Isabella Carse in 1858 in the Presbyterian Church in Killyleagh, Down | Ireland. I believe this is the same couple who had a son, Thomas, | christened in the same church and location in 1859. His parents were | listed as John Fitzsimons and "Habben" in familysearch.org. | | | | Any information regarding these people or where I could look up more | information would be greatly appreciated. | | Have you checked the following websites? Raymond's County Down Website http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com/ Jane Lyon's Co Down Website http://www.from-ireland.net/contents/downconts.htm Ireland Times Co. Down http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/ulster/index_dn.htm Co. Down Links http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/down.htm

Good morning; I am looking for information regarding a John Fitzsimons who married Isabella Carse in 1858 in the Presbyterian Church in Killyleagh, Down Ireland. I believe this is the same couple who had a son, Thomas, christened in the same church and location in 1859. His parents were listed as John Fitzsimons and "Habben" in familysearch.org. Any information regarding these people or where I could look up more information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Marc Fitzsimmons

SNIPPET: Elizabeth GRANT was born in Scotland and was proud of her old Highland blood. Her father, Sir Peter GRANT, the laird of Rothiemurchus, was a lawyer and a member of Parliament, but ran up such huge debts that he had to take refuge in France from his creditors. In spite of this, he was appointment to a judgeship in Bombay and the whole family sailed for India with the newly-made judge being smuggled aboard the ship from a small boat that put out from Jersey. In Bombay, Elizabeth met and married Colonel Henry SMITH, who was some 15 years older than herself. In 1830, he inherited an estate in Wicklow and they came back to Ireland. Baltiboys, near Blessington, had 1,200 acres that had been much neglected by the previous owner. He had pulled the house down in order to sell the materials and the tenants were so ragged and impoverished that Elizabeth thought a crowd of beggars had come to greet them at the gates. Over the next ten years the SMITHs rebuilt the house and improved the farms, planting the first field of turnips ever to be seen in that part of the world; when they had the money they built chimneys and put windows into the cabins. Elizabeth set up a school. The character that emerges from the diary she kept (and parts of which appear in "Diaries of Ireland, An Anthology," pub. 1998, Lilliput Press) is practical, intelligent. It is clear that much of the management of the estate was in her capable hands. Occasionally she interferes too blatantly - evidently the steward gave notice because she demonstrated to him how to weed turnips with a hoe in the Scotch way! On November 5, 1845, her husband brought in two blighted potatoes, the first they had seen at Baltiboys. By the 11th, the blight had spread through their fields. During the autumn of 1846, with their situation worsening, they worked out a plan to buy flour and coal in bulk. In December, 1847, she wrote: "The people are starving and the poor house has 1,100 where there never used to be 200." At Baltiboys, Elizabeth and her husband were giving milk and soup to their twelve workmen and soup to the sick and aged. Elizabeth was always railing against the improvidence of the Irish. She often wrote of the ignorance and indolence of the other landlords. She said that she "had made up her mind that the distress of the poor demanded a large sacrifice on the part of the richer," and to that end the family gave up many of the luxuries to which they had been accustomed, thought she was rather sad when her husband would not let her daughter attend any of the festivities in Dublin for QUEEN VICTORIA's visit because of the expense. Elizabeth said, "We must all do our utmost, share our all." In January of 1847, a beef was killed "for our poor," and "we make daily a large pot of good soup which is served gratis to 22 people at present." She goes on to say, "I thought it quite a pretty sight yesterday in the kitchen, all the workmen coming in for their portions, a quart with a slice of the beef; half of them get this one day for a dinner with a bit of their own bread; the other half get milk and the cheap rice we have provided for them. Next day they reverse the order. The Colonel is giving them firing too; so they are really comfortable; there are twelve of them and ten pensioners, old feeble men and women, or those with large families of children; some of them no longer living on our ground yet having been once connected with us we can't desert them." Two years later, a discouraged Elizabeth writes, "I was shocked at our own school, no rosy cheeks, no merry laugh, little skeletons in rags with white faces and large staring eyes crouching against one another half dead. How can we remedy it? No way; how feed sixty children? If we were to coin ourselves into halfpence we could not give a meal a day to one hundredth part of our teeming neighbourhood. The poor little DOYLEs, so clean, so thin, so sad, so naked, softened my heart to the foolish parents. They are on our own hill although not our own people, they must not die of hunger. If I could manage to give a bit of bread daily to each pauper child, but we have no money, much more than we can afford is spent on labour, the best kind of charity, leaving little for ought else..." A year earlier, she had written about possibly the same DOYLE family - "Jim DOYLE, the son of those miserable people upon the hill who went out last year to a kind uncle in America, writes home that this uncle met him on the quay and had two suits of clothes ready for him as people must be well dressed in that country and has put him into a factory where his wages are 20/a week. Will the poverty-stricken parents let this well doing lad alone or let him really help them by sending bye and bye for a brother or sister? I fear that neighbour-like they will try to draw all he can spare from him to help them exist in their wretchedness, and they are so wretched, so very nearly destitute all of them, we can hardly wonder at the pauper family clinging to and draining a prosperous member," and in December, 1848, Elizabeth's diary shows that Mrs. DOYLE had come to her "with her tale of destitution, that she had five children at home and a cripple for a husband, an incurable, she was b! lind herself and her only grown up daughter was hopelessly lazy." She advised Mrs. DOYLE to go to the Poor House, but Mrs. DOYLE told her that the poor house was full. At one point, seemingly overwhelmed, Elizabeth writes, "I begin to think a pestilence in this darkened land would be a mercy to it."

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, September 27, 1824 The Rev. W. Harrison, Minister of the Presbyterian Congregation of Hollywood, Co. Antrim, was drowned on Wednesday, while bathing in the river near Belfast. Miss Jones, daughter of Captain Jones, of the Donegal Militia, an amiable and interesting young Lady, was drowned last week, while bathing in the sea at Ballyshannon. During last week, 268,900 yards of muslins and calicoes have been exported to New York from Belfast - this is a plain demonstration of the rapid increase of the cotton trade in that part of Ireland. The parishioners of Ringcorrane, County Cork, have refused the Rev. Thomas Graves, Rector, the sum of 445l. as a composition of tithes. Sir Thomas L. Pain, of Cork, is about to establish a general manufactory in that city for the employment of from 500 to 2000 poor children, from seven to 11 years of age, and engage to maintain and clothes them till they are 21 years of age. Every person subscribing six guineas is to be allowed to send one child to this asylum. An iron railway from Dublin to the near part of the Wicklow Mountains, is about to be constructed by subscription. Friday, James Salmon was found guilty, at the Old Bailey, of stealing money from the person of Nicholas Nash, a labouring Irishman, who stated that when at home, he lived at Limerick. Sentence of death was pronounced. Mr. Reardon, an eminent Solicitor of London, and Thomas M'Kiernan, Esq., of Surrey-st., Blackfriars, have transmitted 5l. each to the Catholic Association, Dublin. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, September 27, 1824 ORANGE ASSOCIATION The following Grand Committee of forty-nine were unanimously elected at the last Half-Yearly Meeting:- The Earl of Enniskillen, Florence-Court Earl of Aldborough, Stratford-Lodge Earl of Rathdown, Charleville Earl of Courtown, Wexford Viscount Blaney, Castle Blaney Viscount Valencia, County Wexford Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency, Glassnevin Viscount Lorton, Henrietta-street Right Hon. Sir G.F. Hill, Bart, M.F. Brookhall Right Hon. Sir J. Stewart, Bart. M.F. Ballygawly Hon. Charles J.K. Monck, Templemore Sir Richard St. George, Bart, Drumalgo Lodge Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart, Black Rock General Archdall, M.P. Enniskillen General Hart, M.P. Kildorry Colonel Leslie, M.P. Glassloch Castle Charles Brownslow, Esq, M.P. Lurgan Hall. Thomas Ellis, Esq, M.P. Abbotstown Edmond A. M'Naughton, Esq. M.P., Beardaville Colonel Pratt, Conny Castle Colonel H.T. Clements, Coote Hill Colonel Irwin, Taurago Colonel Phaire, Killoughrim Forest Major John Cape Chetwood, Woodbrook Nicholas D.C. Crumelin, Esq, Down Henry L Tottenham, Esq, M'Murragh Island Major Eccles, Newtown Mountkennedy Henry Alcock, Esq., Wilton Thomas Ball, Esq., Master in Chancery Captain James Verner, Holles-street John Le Poer Trench, Esq, Tuam Palace Richmond Allen, Esq, Eccles-street George Hill, Esq, Killaster William James Alexander, Esq, Boolestown George Farran, Esq. York-street Edward Burrowes, Esq, Mountjoy-square John Radcliff, Esq, Summer-hill, Dublin Edward Verner, Esq, Stephen's-green, Dublin Samuel Thomas Potter, Sheanstown Alexander Fari??, Esq, Gardiner's place George M Knipe, Esq, Belturbet Edward Jones, Esq, Dundrum George Fearon, Esq, Digges-street. Allan Elliston, Esq, Pill-lane Alfred Howard, Esq, Drumcondra Edwin Byron, Esq, College James Cavendish, Esq, Merrion-square T Bolton Sunderland, Esq, Sea-Point, Black-Rock Acting Grand Secretaries: Mr. J.P. Patterson, Globe Insurance, Office, 37, Westmoreland-st. Mr. Q. R. Gowen, Mt. Negro, Gorey 13th September, 1824 Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

SNIPPET: Altamont House, located eleven miles southeast of Carlow town, just off the road to Bunclody and close to the village of Ballon, was featured in the Nov-Dec 1988 issue of "Ireland of the Welcomes." Shared with the readers at that time was some of the interesting history of this beautiful house and grounds in the gentle Carlow landscape where only the fashions and horse-drawn carriages have changed compared to photographs taken of the house a hundred years earlier. The view from the front door leads on over the lush grassy fields of Carlow to the distant Blackstairs Mountains, crowned by the gentle peak of Mount Leinster. The earliest part of the house is circa 1600, and over the years generations of owners have added and adjusted to suit expanding families or current tastes. Mr. and Mrs. NORTH were the current owners in 1988 and the drawing room appeared to have hardly changed in appearance since the middle of the 19th century. A glimpse through the double doors leading to the garden revealed a rectangular lily pool down the long walk lined with yews planted in 1850 which at one point had become "deliciously bulgy" with age, prompting Mrs. NORTH's mother, who died in the 1980s at age 102, to say that they "needed corsets." One of the NORTHs' favorite roses is "Celeste", with its shell-pink flowers and blue-grey leaves. There are breath-taking flowers seen everywhere and carefully tended including the old surviving Irish primrose "Guinevere" bred in Ireland in the thirties, forming several robust clumps of bronze leaves and pink flowers with lemon eyes. Still heard were the calls of the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, blackcap warbler, cuckoo, heron, wild duck, rook, pheasant and fantail dove, and on the premises were found three elegant peacocks. Stories and memories attached to many of the trees at Altamont include a balsam popular, now a hundred feet tall, brought back in a spongebag from Dame Flora MacLEOD in Skye, a silver fir, the tallest in the county. Rolling lawns lead to the back of the house down to the lake created by Mrs. NORTH's ancestors which she has been restoring almost single-handedly. The lake was excavated during the famine to give employment and has three islands, Pearl Island, so-called as it was originally planted with Rhododendron "Pink Pearl" and "White Pearl," Swan Island where swans sometimes nested and the third island, which used to be Mrs. NORTH's secret garden as a child where she would whistle for otters and they would come. The ever-changing light and ever-moving reflections on the water all add to the tranquility of the scene. One can follow the Nun's walk back to the house; in the faint gloom one can imagine the nuns who lived here in the 17th century, gliding under the arch of the ! trees, past the periwinkles, lent lilies and cyclamen. Mr. and Mrs. NORTH shared that her father, Fielding Lecky WATSON, had planted the "Rhododendron augustinii" (found in China by the Irish plant collector, Augustine HENRY) on the west wing of the house. He had been one to exchange seeds with the great Irish gardeners of his day, including Sir Frederick MOORE, the curator of Glasnevin, and LORD HEADFORT. The rhododendron, whose gnarled stems unfailingly display its lavender-blue flowers each year, is fully twenty feet tall. Luxuriating wisteria and Virginia creeper are seen to soften the angular contours of the house facade and one can hear the lowing of cattle in nearby fields and the resonant bell of the angelus coming from afar. In the elegant surroundings of her 18th century drawing-room, Mrs. NORTH relaxed with her dogs after a hard but enjoyable day's work among the plants. A dedicated gardening enthusiast, she has been restoring life and beauty to the landscape transformed by her forebears.

Now on CD-ROM (see below) (Forwarded from another Irish list with permission) Clergy Relief Fund and the Tithe Defaulters, 1831: A clergyman of the Established Church who was in financial difficulties due to nonpayment of tithes could apply for funds to the Lord Lieutenant. With the refusal of many to pay tithes, many Church of Ireland rectors and vicars found themselves in financial difficulty. In order to alleviate this, the Government created a "Clergy Relief Fund, 1831." Each document is on a standardized form but varies slightly in the amount of information provided; generally speaking, the tithe defaulter's name, his occupation, his address, the amount of tithe due, the amount of arrears, the name of the land for which tithes were due, the address of this tithe land and the barony in which the land lies was recorded, as well as the name of the Rector or Vicar. These and other documents that pertain to defaulters and the "Clergy Relief Fund" can be found at the National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin. These records were "discovered" a few years ago in boxes of "miscellany," and were being indexed in 1997. They are a valuable resource for researchers and often contain more detailed information than the earlier Tithe Applotment books. Information from fifty-four parishes in Co. Tipperary has been located, (per article, "Irish Roots" periodical), as well as much data for Co. Kilkenny, some for Cos. Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Limerick, Laois, and Carlow; there is also a small amount of data pertaining to Co. Offaly. Extraction below of some information for The Parish of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Diocese of Killaloe includes the names of the occupiers of land and/or their representatives for whom the arrears of composition for the year 1831 are due: 1, John Hanly, Surveyor, Pound St. Nenagh, one year, Drummin, 8 shillings, Drummin, Lower Ormond. 2. Dennis Brien, Schoolmaster, Batchelors Walk, one year, Drummin, 8 shillings, Drummin, Lower Ormond. 3. Mr. John Egan Grace, Gent. Atty., Pound St. Nenagh, one year, Drummin, 17 shillings, Drummin, Lower Ormond. 4. James Firth, Farmer, Burrisokane Rd., one year, Burriskokane Rd., 17 shillings, Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 5. James Firth (the same), for a garden, Burrisokane Rd., one year, old Turnpike Birr Road, less than a shilling, Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 6. Dennis O'Brien, Gentleman, or his undertenants, Michael White, and Dennis Harmery (sp.?), Castle St. Nenagh, half year, Ballyvelane, 2 pounds 16 shillings, Ballyvelane, Lower Ormond. 7. Wm. Cleary, Publican, Old Turnpike Nenagh, one year, Burrisokane Rd., 4 shillings, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 8. Wm. Cleary (the same), Old Turnpike Nenagh, one year, Birr Road, 19 shillings, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 9. Wm. Cleary (the same), Old Turnpike Nenagh, one year, Birr Road, 2 shillings, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 10. Wm. Cleary (the same), Old Turnpike Nenagh, for 2 gardens, one year, Birr Road, less than one shilling, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 11. Wm. Cleary (the same), Old Turnpike Nenagh, for 1 garden, one year, Birr Road, less than one shilling, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 12. Patrick Hough, Publican, address Castle St. Nenagh, one year, Birr Road, 5 shillings, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 13. Patrick Hough (the same), Castle St. Nenagh, one year, Castle St. Nenagh, less than one shilling, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 14. Patrick Houragan, Mason, Chapel Lane Nenagh, one year, Birr Road, 8 shillings, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 16. William Houragan, Mason, Old Turnpike Nenagh, one year, Birr road, 8 shillings, Towland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 17. John Clancy, Farmer, Birr Road, one year, Birr Road, 1 shilling, Townland of Nenagh, Lower Ormond. 18. Darby Moloughry, Farmer, Coolholloga, balance of half year, Cooloholloga, 16 shillings, Coolholloga, Lower Ormond. 19. Michael Moloughry, Farmer, Coolholloga, one year, Cooloholloga, 2 pounds 2 shillings, Coolholloga, Lower Ormond. 20. Patrick Gleeson, Farmer, Cooloholloga, balance of half year, Cooloholloga, 1 pound 8 shillings, Cooloholloga, Lower Ormond. 21. Michael Corbin, Quit Rent Driver, Barrack St., one year, Tyone, 13 shillings, Tyone, Upper Ormond. 22. John Cunningham, Farmer, (place of abode not given), one year, Tyone, 9 shillings, Upper Ormond. 23. James Poe, Labourer, Birr Rd. Nenagh, one year, Garden on the Birr Road, 2 shillings, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 24. John Kennedy, Gardiner (sp? gardener), Birr Road Nenagh, one year, Garden on the Birr Rd., 2 shillings, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 25. Michael Andrews, Pensioner, Birr Rd. Nenagh, Garden on the Birr Road, 1 shilling, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 26. Timothy Murnane, Labourer, Birr Rd. Nenangh, one year, Garden on the Birr Road, 1 shilling, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 27. Widow Thaddock, Butcher, Birr Rd. Nenagh, one year, Garden on the Birr Road, 3 shillings, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 28. James Flaherty, Clerk, Birr Road, one year, Garden on the Birr Road, 8 shillings, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 29. James Flaherty, Clerk, Birr Road, one year, Birr Road, 5 shillings, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 30. Timothy Magrath, Labourer, Birr Road, one year, Birr Road, less than one shilling, Nenagh, Upper Ormond. 31. Timothy Magrath (the same) for a 2nd garden, Birr Road, one year, Birr Road, less than one shilling, Nenagh, Upper Ormond Added Note - Thanks Brian! Dear Jean, You posted the following message to a newsgroup which was kindly forwarded to me by a colleague. This source is exceptionally important, and you are right to highlight it. However, you may not know that the 1997 transcript you mention by Stephen McCormac was re-edited by him and published by this company a couple of years ago on CD-ROM. It contains all 30,000 names and the information relating to each, along with an enormous amount of additional information regarding the Clergy Relief Fund. If you would like to find out more have a look at our web CD catalogue at: http://www.eneclann.ie/pub-cat.htm You might like to mention this resource to your contacts on the mailing list, as the CD and Stephen's work deserves greater publicity. Regards, Brian Donovan CEO Eneclann Ltd./Archive CD Books Ireland Unit 1, Trinity Enterprise Centre, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: +353 1 6710338 Fax: +353 1 6710281 www.eneclann.ie www.archivecdbooks.ie :

SNIPPET: County Cavan, Ireland, owes its name "Cabhann" (hollow) to its glacial landscape of rolling drumlins of the last Ice Age and corresponding valleys; also found are beautiful lakes with numerous islands, and lofty woods. In Co. Cavan the surname Smith is almost always a synonym of MacGowan rather than of English origin. It means "son of the smith" (blacksmith). "Mac and Ghabhain" and its translation to Smith was very widespread, particularly in Co. Cavan where the MacGowan sept originated. It is included by the chroniclers as one of the principal septs of Breifne. On the borders of Breifne in Co. Leitrim and to the northwest in Cos. Sligo and Donegal, the true form MacGowan is still used in preference to Smith. There was also in east Ulster a distinct sept of O'Gowan which was also anglicized to Smith. Variants of the name include Gow, Gowan and Magone. The pre-famine population of Co. Cavan was 250,000. Its present-day population is approximately 53,000, a decrease of almost 80 percent. This decrease was due to death as a result of fever and starvation, and mass emigration. Principal Gaelic surnames of Co. Cavan include the following: O'Reilly/Reilly (the most common name and associated with Clough Oughter Castle, also found in Co. Longford), Brady (MacBrady), Smith, Sheridan (formerly O'Sheridan and orig. from Co. Longford), MacGovern (found in NW Cavan, Cos. Leitrim and Fermanagh), Donohoe, MacKiernan, Lynch, Maguire, Farrelly/O'Farrelly, Dolan, Clarke, Fitzpatrick, Gaffney, Galligan, MacManus, MacHugh, MacLoughlin and O'Connell. Historically, the MacGoverns were known as Magauran. Apart from Co. Wicklow, Nixon is common only in Ulster, particularly Co. Cavan and Fermanagh. The MacCabes, who came from the Western Isles of Scotland about the year 1350 as gallowglasses to the O'Reillys and O'Rourkes, themselves became a recognized Breifne sept. The main English and Scottish names in Co. Cavan include Wilson, Johnston, Nixon, Bell, Armstrong, Elliott, Acheson, Brown, Campbell, Jackson and Jameson. Some of the more unusual names include Drawnear, Turbett and Jermyn. Some crude anglicizations that have been noted include Halfhead (MacElekin), and Ox (Davin).

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Wednesday, April 10, 1850 EMIGRATION Mr. Buchanan, chief agent for emigration at Quebec, states, in his report for 1849, to the Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin: - The adult passengers on board the whole number of vessels (447) were 31,145. The 134 ships from England might have legally carried 16,569 passengers more than the number embarked; the 59 vessels from Scotland might have carried 8,212 more than they had; the vessels from Irish ports were 150, and these were filled to within 3,852 adult passengers. The average passages were - from England 45 days; from Ireland, 45 1/2; from Scotland 41 1/2. The emigration of 1849 shows a considerable increase in the mortality in comparison with that of 1848. The deaths from cholera on board three vessels from Limerick arrived in May - the Lady Peel, the Jane Black and the Jessie - carrying 1,018 passengers, were 103. These on board the Jane, from New Ross, with 372 passengers, were 33. These on board the Sarah from Sligo with 280, were 81. The greatest proportionate mortality occurred on board of vessels from the ports of Newry, Limerick, Dublin, Liverpool and Greenock. Among 851 persons from Newry, the deaths were 61; those among 7,285 from Limerick were, 353; of 2,274 from Dublin, 91 died; of 4,405 from Liverpool, there died 99; of 625 from Greenock, 79 died. The brig "Hannah" from the port of Newry, was lost in the ice on the night of the 29th April. It appears that she sailed with 176 passengers; 14 persons went down with the vessel, and 35 perished subsequently from exposure. The other vessel was the brig, Maria, from Limerick, with 111 passengers, and a crew of 10 seamen. She foundered at sea on the night of the 12th May, in consequence of her coming in contact with sunken ice. Only nine passengers and three of the crew were saved. The total loss by these two disasters amounted therefore to 151 lives. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Wednesday, April 3, 1850 THE ARMY The following detachments of the 49th move to Fermoy to be stationed: - The company under Capt. Biggs from Tipperary on the 2d. prox.; the company of Lieut. Beresford from Clogheen on the 2d. arriving same day; the company from Cahir on the 3d. First Lieut. Lord Madden, of the Rifle Brigade, has purchased a Cornetcy in the Blues. Lieut. Col. St. John Quentin, 17th Lancers, is about to exchange with Lieut. Col. Lawrenson unattached formerly of the 17th. The first division of the 9th has arrived in Dublin from Newry. A new and lighter bayonet is being constructed for the Infantry. Sergeant Metcalf, 49th, has published a set of plates on Light Infantry drill, dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. The merit of the work is that it conveys, at a glance, the system of light drill, as laid down by Capt. Mitchell, late 60th Rifles. Lord Gough offers to hear the extra expense of continuing the bearskin cap to his gallant regiment the 67th. Lord Lurgan's next move is expected to be a Lieutenancy in the 7th Royal Fusiliers returning from Halifax. Lieut.-General Sir Stephen R. Chapman appointed Colonel Commandent of the Royal Engineers, vice Lt. Gen Durnford, deceased. Lt.-Col. Franks, 10th Foot, has left Mooltan for England, also Brevet Major Kennedy, 18th, from Calcutta. Cornet the Hon. P. Sidney, Royal Horse Guards, Capt. and Brevet Major Hanmer, Inniskilling Dragoons, Capt. D'Aguilar, Grenadier Guards, Lieut. Greathead, 41st, and Captain Whittuck, 83d, sold out of the service on Friday. Cornet and Sub. Lieut. Fitzroy, of the 2d Life Guards, has exchanged to the 41st with the rank of Ensign. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Wednesday, April 3, 1850 SERIOUS ACCIDENT - We deeply regret to announce that on yesterday afternoon, as the Rev. Marcus M'Causland, the highly respectable rector of this parish, was returning from visiting the auxiliary workhouse in Castle Gate, and the rev. gentleman was severely injured - his leg having been fractured in two places. He was conveyed on a car to the rectory. - Medical assistance was immediately procured, and we are glad to learn that he is going on as favourably as can be expected. -- King's Co. Chronicle. ~~~~~ DR. LANGLEY - Dr. Langley, having been acquitted of the charge of murdering his wife, was, by directions of the Court, removed to prison, there to remain till the termination of the assizes, but he has not yet been discharged from custody, as he is ill in the hospital of the jail.--Nenagh Guardian. ~~~~~ Mr. Jones, late 18th Royal Irish, has contracted with the Nenagh Guardians for the supply of beef at 1 1/2d. per lb. and mutton at 2d. per lb for six months. ~~~~~ THE CONVICT JOHN O'GRADY It will be seen by the annexed communication that Government has spared the life of John O'Grady, under sentence of execution in the gaol of Limerick, for the murder of his wife and servant girl, at Martinstown: - "Dublin Castle, 29th March, 1850. "Sir - I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to transmit his Excellency's warrant commuting the sentence of death passed on John O'Grady, prisoner in the gaol of the county of Limerick, to transportation for the term of his natural life. - I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant. "T. N. REDINGTON. "To the High Sheriff county Limerick." When this intelligence was communicated to Mr. O'Grady by the Governor, he evinced no apparent gratification at escaping an ignominious death on the scaffold. ~~~~~ DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE - On the night of Saturday last, or on the morning of Sunday, some miscreant of human shape, set fire to an outhouse at the Four Roads, within six miles of this town, belonging to Mrs. Donlon, of Cloghan Castle, and in which ten heifers, the property of that lady, were being housed, all of whom were utterly consumed, no one being there at the time to give any alarm; and so surely did they go about their business that they placed a quantity of straw outside the door, and then set it on fire least any one should get into their relief. Three tons of hay were also consumed. We have not heard of any reason assigned for this revolting deed. -- Roscommon Messenger. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/

Thank you Jean for the SNIPPET Janet. j

Hi Jean Thanks once again for your info. The confirmation card of 1857 I have for my grandfather Robert James Henry Graham does not have an s on the Andrew. Sorry it was Monkstown. parish. which the incumbent at that time was Rev. Rand?(Randolph) MacDonell. I would think the church St. Andrew would be Presbyterian. When they came to Toronto Canada a Presbyterian Church opened in 1891 which was named Cook's most of the members were Irish. I have printed out your message and I will again, thank you for your help. Regards Mary

Hi, Mary - How neat to have that preciousconfirmation card! You are correct, there ARE Presbyterian churches in Dublin which you can call up in a list at the website DublinChurches.com. So you think it is referring to a church in Dublin or Dublin city in the Monkstown CP rather than the village of Monkstown? At that website there is a "contact us" e-mail address, and perhaps someone interested in genealogy, church history could assist you. Meanwhile, if I find anything else, I will post same to list. You can also do a "google" search for St. Andrew Presbyterian Dublin OR St. Andrew Presbyterian Toronto - Lots of hits come up and you might find something about the history of the church that fits with what you have, especially if there is a connection between the Dublin church and the Toronto church. . You could modify on the "advanced search" with some of your keywords like Monkstown or Graham. Check out the all-Ireland IreAtlas townland search engine at the Leitrim-Roscommon website. You can do a search by entering Monkstown in the Civil Parish field. You will get back 39 townlands in Dublin (several in Cork and one in Meath) are all in that parish. (You don't need to "dot" the CP search, just leave it dotted opposite townlands but do your typing in the CP field.. Maybe something will ring a bell. If I find anything more, I will let you know. Jean . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Connell" <doug.connell@sympatico.ca> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: [IRELAND] TO JEAN R. RE ST. ANDREW CHURCH > Hi Jean > Thanks once again for your info. The confirmation card of 1857 I have for my grandfather Robert James Henry Graham does not have an s on the Andrew. Sorry it was Monkstown. parish. which the incumbent at that time was Rev. Rand?(Randolph) MacDonell. I would think the church St. Andrew would be Presbyterian. When they came to Toronto Canada a Presbyterian Church opened in 1891 which was named Cook's most of the members were Irish. > I have printed out your message and I will again, thank you for your help. > Regards > Mary

SNIPPET: Richard LOVETT, enthusiastic and observant Victorian traveller to Ireland, kept an account of his journey which was published in 1888 by The Religious Tract Society. "Dublin is favoured with suburbs that are easily accessible, beautiful in their scenery, and rich in historical and antiquarian associations. It is in this connection, although it hardly comes under the description of a suburb, that reference must be made to Phoenix Park. The name has no reference to the ancient fable, but is derived from 'fionn uisge,' clear or limpid water, the name originally given to the beautiful spring near the Phoenix Pillar. This being pronounce 'feenisk,' was easily corrupted into Phoenix. The park was seized by the Crown on the suppression of the Knights Templars, whose residence was at Kilmainham, and who owned the land on both sides of the Liffey . It is a magnificent piece of country, seven miles in circuit, with many level open spaces, in which hurling, football, a! nd other games are eagerly played by the youth of Dublin; and, from different points of vantage, very fine views are obtained. Within its limits stand the Viceregal Lodge, the houses of the Chief and the Under-Secretaries for Ireland, a military school and infirmary, and the building in which the Ordnance survey work is carried on. It also contains a review ground and, a People's Gardens, and a Zoological Gardens. The military prowess of Ireland is commemorated here by an imposing, if not beautiful, obelisk to WELLINGTON and a statue of Lord GOUGH.. The Botanical Gardens at Glasnevin, hard by the large cemetery in which the modern round tower in memory of O'CONNELL rises to a great height, are also very lovely, well kept, and so laid out as to enable the frequenter easily and considerably to increase his knowledge of flowers and shrubs. The Curator's house was once the abode of the poet TICKELL, and a grove of aged yew trees is still known as 'Addison's Walk.' No place could well be prettier, or more attractive to a lover of botany than Glasnevin on a fine afternoon in early summer."

Hello, I have an ancestor from Ireland and I am having a hard time also trying to locate the family. I am by no means a genealogy expert but I looked up and found that the name Casey is principally located in counties: Cork, Kerry, Dublin, and Limerick. This family tree endeavor is unfortunately a "long hard road". In your note am I to assume that Eugene was James' son? What was Eugene's wife's name? If you need some websites I might be able to give you a few if you are interested. I noticed that you are in Fort Collins, well I am in Colorado Springs. So hello neighbor! Please email me if you would like some more information. Barbara

Per article in 1999 "History of Ireland" periodical - Study, Tyrone/Fermanagh Border, (including Fivemiletown), showing differences in naming patterns: Rural Ireland (c. 1892-1911) JOHN: 15.7% Catholic - 14.4% Protestant JAMES: 15.7% Catholic - 8.1% Protestant PATRICK: 13.7% Catholic - 0% Protestant THOMAS: 12.7% Catholic - 10.8% Protestant MICHAEL: 7.8% Catholic - 0% Protestant EDWARD: 5.9% Catholic - 0% Protestant FRANCIS: 4.9% Catholic - 0% Protestant JOSEPH: 4.9% Catholic - 4.5% Protestant WILLIAM: 4.9% Catholic - 19.8% Protestant PETER: 3.9% Catholic - 0% Protestant ROBERT: 0% Catholic - 8.6% Protestant GEORGE: 0% Catholic - 5.0% Protestant FREDERICK: 0% Catholic - 4.1% Protestant SAMUEL: 0% Catholic - 3.6% Protestant ALEXANDER: 0% Catholic - 3.2% Protestant OTHER: 9.9% Catholic - 17.9% Protestant MARY: 28.4% Catholic - 15.5% Protestant CATHERINE: 15.8% Catholic - 5.0% Protestant ANNE: 9.5% Catholic - 9.0% Protestant ELLEN: 8.4% Catholic - 5.5% Protestant MARGARET: 7.4% Catholic - 12.0% Protestant ELIZABETH: 6.3% Catholic - 10.5% Protestant ROSE: 5.3% Catholic - 0% Protestant BRIDGET: 3.2% Catholic - 0% Protestant AGNES: 3.2% Catholic - 0% Protestant SUSANNA: 2.1% Catholic - 0% Protestant SARAH: 2.1% Catholic - 7.5% Protestant JANE: 0% Catholic - 4.0% Protestant EMILY: 0% Catholic - 3.5% Protestant MARTHA: 0% Catholic - 2.5% Protestant ALICE: 0% Catholic - 2.5% Protestant OTHER: 6.3% Catholic - 18.0% Protestant Note, This northern area contained a substantial Protestant majority. The Protestant community used a wider range of names than the Catholic a century ago for both sons and daughters and children were often named after their grandparents, although there was a trend for first sons to be named William in the Protestant community. There were three Eileens during this period, all born to Protestant families. Note was also made of two pairs of sisters in Tyrone with what was felt to be "similar" names: Maria Isabella MONTGOMERYand May Eliza MONTGOMERY and Lily Maud IRWIN and Elizabeth IRWIN.. During this time period there was not a single Patrick, Michael, Bridget or Rose born in the Protestant community and the reverse held for names like Robert, George, Samuel, Emily and Jennifer, which were entirely absent in the Catholic community. William and Sarah were also predominantly Protestant names

Dave Could not find any FLYNN's in Roscommon Co. Cork. Plenty in Townlands of Rathcormac, Rathclarin and Rincurran. If you get any more info, drop me a line and I will look up for you. David At 02:54 PM 22/10/2005, you wrote: >I would like to find a Stephen Flynn who lived in RosCommon, CORK, Ireland >around in 1951.Do not know of his age although I think he was born around >the 1880's. Any help or direction would be appreciated. > >Dave Springer >BOSTON, MA >USA > > >==== 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/