CO. MAYO -- Re: St. Muiredach's College, Ballina. The National Library of Ireland (Dublin) has the roll from 1906-1979. It is located there under these numbers NL Ir 259 m2/Ir. 37941 s 18, per John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors." Your local LDS (Mormon) Family History Centers may also have this data on microfilm. Estate Records -- Landlords in Co. Mayo (mostly 1700s-early 1800s) included Lord Altamont (Westport Estate); Earl of Arran; Col. John Browne (land also in Co. Galway), Lord Clanmorris; Domville; ?first name; Francis Blake Knox (land also in Galway & Roscommon); Henry Knox; Thomas Medlicott; Sir Neal O'Donel; Sir Samuel O'Malley. See John Grenham's book for more details. There is also earlier Mayo landowner data for the 17th century (1600s) in "R. Soc. Antiqu. of Ire. Jnl," 1962. pg. 153-62 in NLI (Dublin). Trade directory with Mayo info. at the NLI: 1824 Pigot and Co., "City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincal Directory; 1846 Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland; 1856 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland; 1870 Slater's Directory of Ireland; 1881 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland; 1894 Slater's Royal Commercial Directory of Ireland. **Also look for MacDonald's Irish Directory (pub. in Scotland), a little-known trade directory for Ireland. Check and see if your local LDS FHC has these on microfilm. Local journals for Mayo include: "Cathair na Mart" (Journal of the Westport Historical Society) "North Mayo Historical and Archaeological Journal." These can be found in the NLI (Dublin). Apparently circa 1796 many Catholics emigrated from Ulster to Mayo including Armagh to the Westport area. The Griffith's Valuation was taken in Co. Mayo in 1856/7. Censuses -- 1901 and 1911.

For your information, per 1999 "Irish Roots" publication, a survey regarding customer satisfaction was conducted in 1998 year by the Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA). Those included in the survey were Armagh Ancestry, Athlone Public Library, Bru Boru Heritage Centre, Carlow Genealogy Project, Cavan Genealogy Research Centre, Cork City Ancestral Project, County Derry Genealogy Center, Cualann Historical Society, Donegal Ancestry, Dublin Heritage Group, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Heritage, East Clare Heritage, East Galway Family History Society, Fermanagh/Tyrone Heritage World, Fingal Heritage Group, Galway Family History Society West, Kildare Heritage & Genealogy, Kilkeeny Archaeological Society, Killarney Genealogical Centre, Leitrim Genealogy Centre, Limerick Regional Archives, Longford Research Centre, Louth Couth Library, Mallow (Cork) Heritage Center, Meath-Louth Family Research Centre, Monaghan Ancestry, North Mayo Family Research Centre, Roscommon Heritage & Genealogy, Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Centre, South Down Family History Research, South Mayo Family Research Centre, Tipperary Heritage Unit, Tipperary North Family Research, Ulster Historical Foundation, Waterford Heritage Centre, West Cork (Bandon) Heritage Centre, Westmeath (Dun na Si Heritage). General questions included timely initial response, fees clearly stated and reasonable, additional fees requested before details of found records would be furnished, did results provide the requested information, did report identify the sources of all information cited, did report cite full information for entries that were found, did report clearly identify what sources were searched, even when nothing found, did customer specify locations to search for records, would respondent recommend using the Heritage Centre, did respondent experience difficulties in obtaining access to records in Ireland, would respondent pay a fee to access records directly at the Heritage Centres, had respondent used other resources in Ireland by mail or in person, were other sources recommended or suggested by the Heritage Centre, had respondent researched relevant sources in their own area, and had respondent ever commissioned a search by a professional genealogist in Ireland - if so, were the results favorable or unfavorable.. It was stressed that many of the centres had very few total responses: two or three, and occasionally only one. Note - such small samples can be skewed by the opinions of one or two people. However, 20 respondents referred to the EAST GALWAY CENTRE and their satisfaction was 100 percent! Other centres were much lower on the satisfaction ratings, although I don't have the ratings. At one time they could be found on the net, but I don't know if they are still there, and the results now are somewhat dated. Keep in mind also that once problems were identified, they may also have been remedied. Questions/Answers: 1. Initial response timely - Y 142, N 67, B (blank) 16. Average wait was 8 weeks but responses ranged from 1 week to over 3 years. 2. Fees clearly stated and reasonable - Y 149, N 44, B 32. Average initial fee was 35 pounds, highest was 150 pounds. 3. Additional fees requested - Y 89, N 71, B 32. Average additional fee was 67 pounds, lowest 1 pound, highest 333 pounds. 4. Did results provide requested information - Y 108, N 78, B 39. 5. Report identify sources of all information provided - Y 123, N 60, B 42. 6. Report cite full info. for entries found - Y 109, N 59, B 57. 7. Report clearly identify sources searched, even when nothing was found - Y 111, N 74, B 40. Parish registers (86); Census (36); Tithe applotment (33); Griffith's Valuation (46); Cemetary records (15); Civil registers (36), Other (10). 8. Customer specify locations to search for records - Y 172, N 22, B 30. These included Townland, Parish, Poor Law Union, Barony, County. 9. Would respondent recommend using the Heritage Centre - Y 130, N 60, B 35. 10. Did respondent experience difficulty in obtaining access to records in Ireland - Y 123, N 48, B 54. 11. Would respondent pay a fee to access records directly at the Heritage Centres - Y 168, N 19, B 38. 12 Had respondent used other resources in Ireland by mail or in person - Y 115, N 49, B 61. National Archives (71); National Library (59); General Registrar's Office (57); Valuation Office (25); PRO Northern Ireland (32), Local Libraries & Archives (62); Historical or Genealogical Societies (66); Local Clergy (91). 13. Had respondent researched relevant sources in their own area? Y 202, N 0, B 23. (185 had used census records; 160 used passenger lists; 143 used naturalization records; 152 had used church records; 156 cemetery records; 170 had used civil records of marriages and births. 14. Had respondent ever commissioned a search by a professional genealogist in Ireland - Y 49, N 151, B 25. Twenty people reported unsatisfactory results; 17 reported satisfactory results; 12 said that professional research was very successful.

Received this further information from a list member re Paul HILL: Paul HILL m Mary Courtney KENNEDY d/o Robert KENNEDY and Ethel SKAKEL > 1 Jul 1993. > This case is dealt with at length in "The Woolwich and Guildford pub-bomb cases" by Bob Woffinden in his 1987 book Miscarriages of Justice covering as the arrest and trial of the four young people who went on to become known as the Guildford Four. Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson were given life sentences for bombing public houses in Guildford, Surrey. Each spent 15 years in prison before their convictions were overturned by the court of appeal in 1989. Twenty-five years after four young people were wrongfully convicted of the Guildford pub bombings in 1974, Tony Blair has become the first person in authority to apologise for the miscarriage of justice. > Hill, 45, has received £200,000 as interim compensation for the time he spent in prison and is still awaiting a final settlement. > Ellen > > "Jean Rice" <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > > >BIO: He raised his hands above his head and said, "You have the wrong man." In 1975, Paul HILL, a 21-year-old man from Northern Ireland, was sentenced to a lifetime in prison for pub bombings in Britain. It was the longest such sentence by a British court. As the years were taken from him, Hill could do nothing but hold onto his innocence. Fifteen years later, including four years in solitary confinement, Hill was set free when the British government finally admitted that officers lied at the original trial. It might not have happened without the help of family, friends, and the organization "Amnesty International." > > > >-- Excerpt, "Irish America" magazine.

BIO: Kate and her family were driven from their home in Gaskinstown, Co. Meath, in 1849 by the potato famine. Settling in NYC, she spent her spare time in preparation for a career in education. In 1856, she moved to San Francisco, where she became a teacher, well-known for her inspirational work. A fervent feminist who worked tirelessly for the woman suffrage and labor causes, KENNEDY successfully campaigned for passage of a bill guaranteeing "equal pay for equal work" for teachers. In 1911, her memory was honored with the founding of the Kate Kennedy Schoolwomen's Club of San Francisco; a public school in that city also bears her name.

BIO: Patrick Augustine FEEHAN (1829-1902). The first Catholic archbishop of Chicago was born in Killenaule, Co. Tipperary. While he was training for the priesthood, his parents left famine-plagued Ireland for America. The young seminarian eagerly seized an opportunity to join them there and completed preparation for his 1852 ordination. As a curate in three St. Louis churches during the next few years, Father Feehan earned the title "priest of the poor" for his good works among those in need. During the Civil War, he tirelessly sought to comfort the wounded of all religions, and as Bishop of Nashville, TN, in the post-war years, he reconstructed the war-torn diocese by rebuilding churches and establishing schools, a convent, and an orphanage for the children of soldiers who had died in the war. In 1880, Feehan was elevated to archbishop of the newly-created Chicago archdiocese, which thrived during his 22-year administration.

BIO: He raised his hands above his head and said, "You have the wrong man." In 1975, Paul HILL, a 21-year-old man from Northern Ireland, was sentenced to a lifetime in prison for pub bombings in Britain. It was the longest such sentence by a British court. As the years were taken from him, Hill could do nothing but hold onto his innocence. Fifteen years later, including four years in solitary confinement, Hill was set free when the British government finally admitted that officers lied at the original trial. It might not have happened without the help of family, friends, and the organization "Amnesty International." -- Excerpt, "Irish America" magazine.

BIO: Michael CUDAHY (1841-1910): Michael and his parents left Callan, Co. Kilkenny in 1849. At the age of 14, he became employed at a meat-packing company in Milwaukee, WI. During the next 25 years, he advanced rapidly within the business. His ability was rewarded in 1875 when he accepted a partnership in Armour & Company of Chicago, IL. Cudahy's development of the summer curing of meats under refrigeration, which made fresh meat available throughout the year, was his singular contribution to the industry. He also was involved with the evolution of the refrigerator car that allowed perishable foods to be transported without spoiling. With his brother Edward, he formed the Cudahy Packing Company in 1890, continuing as its president until his death.

COUNTY SLIGO In Sligo the country was soft; there were turkeys Gobbling under sycamore trees And the shadows of clouds on the mountains moving Like browsing cattle at ease. And little distant fields were sprigged with haycocks And splashed against a white Roadside cottage a welter of nasturtium Deluging the sight, And pullets pecking the flies from around the eyes of heifers Sitting in farmyard mud Among hydrangeas and the falling ear-rings Of fuchsias red as blood. But in Mayo the tumbledown walls went leap-frog Over the moors, The sugar and salt in the pubs were damp in the casters And the water was brown as beer upon the shores Of desolate loughs, and stumps of hoary bog-oak Stuck up here and there And as the twilight filtered on the heather Water-music filled the air, And when the night came down upon the bogland With all-enveloping wings The coal-black turf-stacks rose against the darkness Like the tombs of nameless kings. -- Louis MacNeice (1907--1963 ) Born in Belfast, Antrim, Parents from West of Ireland

A LEITRIM WOMAN People of Ireland -- I am an old woman; I am near my end; I have lived, now, for seventy-five years in your midst; I have grown up among you, toiled among you, suffered with you and enjoyed with you; I have given and received in faith and honour; what was to be endured I have endured, what was to be fought against I have fought against, what was to be done I have done; I have married in my country; I have borne two men-children and three women-children, two sons and three daughters of a Fenian father; I have brought them up to love and serve Ireland, to fight for her to death, to work for her at home and abroad, to cherish the old glory of Ireland and to strive manfully to bring in new light -- to go forward; I have brought them up in faith, to know freedom, and love justice, to take sides with the poor against their spoilers, against the leaders who say to a strong class "Hold all thou hast, take all thou canst," to unbind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne from men's shoulders, to render unto the people what is the people's; I have brought them up to believe in our Lord's prayer, to believe in the coming of his Kingdom upon earth and to labour that it come indeed; The strength of my body has gone into the soil of this land, and the strength of my children's bodies; the strength of my soul and the strength of my children's soul has been given in the cause of the people of this land; I have suffered, I have endured, when they were in exile and in danger of death -- now my husband and one son are dead, my last son deported without trial, uncharged -- the spoilers and their friends the strong and their helpers have taken him from me; I am old, now, and near to death; those who would have supported me and eased my going have been taken from me -- I looked for a little peace before the hour of my departure, my last son in the house with me, to see me into the grave, they have drive him forth -- may the curse of heaven, if there be a heaven, light on them; the curse of the widow and childless light on them; the curse of the poor without advocates, the curse of the old without protection, the curse of a mother light on them. -- Lyle Donaghy (1902-1949)

IMMORTALITY Age cannot reach me where the veils of God have shut me in, For me the myriad births of stars and suns do but begin, And here how fragrantly there blows to me the holy breath, Sweet from the flowers and stars and hearts of men, We are not old, O heart, we are not old, The breath that blows The soul aflame is still a wandering wind That comes and goes; And the stirred heart with sudden raptured life a moment glows. A moment here -- a bulrush's brown head in the grey rain, A moment here -- a child drowned and a heart quickened with pain; The name of Death, the blue deep heaven, the scent of the salt sea, The spicy grass, the honey robbed from the wild bee. Awhile we walk the world on its wide roads and narrow ways And they pass by, the countless shadowy troops of nights and days; We know them not, O happy heart, but you and I Watch where within a slow dawn lightens up another sky. -- Susan L. Mitchell (1868-1930)

HERRINGS Be not sparing Leave off swearing. Buy my herring Fresh from Malahide, Better never was tried. Come, eat them with pure fresh butter and mustard, Their bellies are soft, and as white as a custard. Come, sixpence a dozen, to get me some bread, Or, like my own herrings, I soon shall be dead. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Malahide is in Co. Dublin

GLENGORMLEY Wonders are many and none is more wonderful than man Who has tamed the terrier, trimmed the hedge And grasped the principle of the watering can. Clothes-pegs litter the window-ledge And the long ships lie in clover; washing lines Shake out white linen over the chalk thanes. Now we are safe from monsters, and the giants Who tore up sods twelve miles by six And hurled them out to sea to become islands Can worry us no more. The sticks And stones that once broke bones will not now harm A generation of such sense and charm. Only words hurt us now. No saint or hero, Landing at night from the conspiring seas, Brings dangerous tokens to the new era -- Their sad names linger in the histories. The unreconciled, in their metaphysical pain, Dangle from lamp-posts in the dawn rain; And much dies with them. I should rather praise A worldly time under this worldly sky -- The terrier-taming, garden-watering days Those heroes pictured as they struggled through The quick noose of their finite being. By Necessity, if not choice, I live here too. -- Derek Mahon, born Belfast 1941 Glengormley is also in Co. Antrim.

Once upon a time my undrowned father Walked into our yard. He had gone to spray Potatoes in a field on the riverbank And wouldn't bring me with him. The horse-sprayer Was too big and newfangled, bluestone might Burn me in the eyes, the horse was fresh, I Might scare the horse, and so on. I threw stones At a bird on the shed roof, as much for The clatter of the stones as anything, But when he came back, I was inside the house And saw him out the window, scatter-eyed And daunted, strange without his hat, His step unguided, his ghosthood immanent. When he was turning on the riverbank. The horse had rusted and reared up and pitched Cart and sprayer and everything off balance, So the whole rig went over into a deep Whirlpool, hoofs, chains, shafts, cartwheels, barrel And tackle, all tumbling off the world, And the hat already merrily swept along The quieter reaches. That afternoon I saw him face to face, he came to me With his damp footprints out of the river, And there was nothing between us there That might not still be happily ever after. -- From "Seeing Things" (III) by Seamus Heaney, born Co. Derry 1939

HOME RULE AND SOCIAL REFORM: When William E. GLADSTONE became Prime Minister of England in 1868, few Irish nationalists thought he would be very different from his predecessors. He was, after all, widely known for his staunch support for the Ascendancy. The rise of militant Fenianism, however, convinced him that concessions were necessary if Ireland was to remain a peaceful part of the United Kingdom. In short order he pushed through three landmark acts: 1. The Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland (1869); Irish Catholics (and Presbyterians for that matter) had long protested the law that required them to pay tithes to support a church whose membership was less than 1/8th of the Irish population. Henceforth the Anglican Church of Ireland would be a voluntary religion with no special privileges. 2. The Landlord and Tenant Act (1870): At the end of August 1850, nationalists and agrarian activists had formed the Irish Tenant Rights League. Its goal was to gain for Irish peasants the "three Fs": 1. Fair rents: Set by a board to prevent gouging of poor tenants by landlords. 2. Fixity of tenure: Protection from eviction. 3. Free sale: The right of a departing tenant to compensation for any improvements made to the land. Although the League folded by 1858, its main accomplishment was to link land reform (economic rights) with the nationalist cause. Twenty years later the Landlord and Tenant Act (1870) granted some Irish tenant farmers one of the "three Fs" -- free sale, or compensation for improvements they made to their holdings in the event that they were evicted. The law also contained a provision that allowed tenants to purchase their holdings. It was the first of many significant land reform laws enacted between 1870 and 1903. 3. The Ballot Act (1872): Irish tenant farmers could now vote secretly, thus freeing them from political manipulations by their landlords. GLADSTONE's reforms helped revive constitutional nationalism -- the moderate, nonviolent movement to regain an Irish Parliament, or simply, "home rule." In the 1874 election to Parliament, 60 pro-home rule MPs were elected to Ireland. They were led by a Protestant lawyer named Isaac BUTT (1813-79). Immediately, they introduced a home rule bill that was soundly defeated, but the next year the movement was energized by the emergence of a younger, more dynamic voice -- that of Charles Stewart PARNELL.

ENGLAND DURING THE WAR (1940s) -- If you get a chance, try to catch "1940s House," an excellent television documentary about a modern British family who live for a period of time "experiencing" war-time England in 1940s with its food and soap rationing; women working outside the home for "the war effort," and everyone trying to stay focused and sane with the bombing and air raids, too much work and little sleep - as many as 17 trips to the air-raid shelter in one day. Hard to imagine the courage it must have taken to stay calm and focused in the midst of the chaos during the real events for the sake of the children. This family really pulled together and became closer for the experience, finding a greater appreciation for the small things in life - a bit of sugar for tea, cycling, family homemade board games, picnics. Segments include war-time planes, music and lifestyles. Since I have English cousins I found it extremely interesting! I may have been watching KSPS (Public Broadcasting System) in the States. I am sure that one can purchase the documentary on the Internet. The format is similar to "1900 House" and "Frontier House" documentaries and every bit as good! Contains actual broadcasts, music, sounds of bombing, products and dress from that period. Very affecting and makes you have a new appreciation for our allies.

WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS The first real grip I ever got on things Was when I learned the art of pedalling (By hand) a bike turned upside down, and drove Its back wheel preternaturally fast. I loved the disappearance of the spokes, The way the space between the hub and rim Hummed with transparency. If you threw A potato into it, the hooped air Spun mush and drizzle back into your face; If you touched it with a straw, the straw frittered. Something about the way those pedal treads Worked very palpably at first against you And then began to sweep your hand ahead Into a new momentum -- that all entered me Like an access of free power, as if belief Caught up and spun the objects of belief In an orbit coterminous with longing. But enough was not enough. Who ever saw The limit in the given anyhow? In fields beyond our house there was a well ("The well" we called it. It was more a hole With water in it, with small hawthorn trees On one side, and a muddy, dungy ooze On the other, all tramped through by cattle). I loved that too. I loved the turbid smell, The sump-life of the place like old chain oil. And there, next thing, I brought my bicycle. I stood its saddle and its handlebars Into the soft bottom, I touched the tyres To the water's surface, then turned the pedals Until like a mill-wheel pouring at the treadles (But here reversed and lashing a mare's tail) The world-refreshing and immersed back wheel Spun lace and dirt-suds there before my eyes And showered me in my own regenerate clays. For weeks I made a nimbus of old glit. Then the hub jammed, rims rusted, the chain snapped. Nothing rose to the occasion after that Until, in a circus ring, drumrolled and spotlit, Cowgirls wheeled in, each one immaculate At the still centre of a lariat. "Perpetuum mobile." Sheer pirouette. Tumblers, Jongleurs, Ring-a-rosies. "Stet!" -- Seamus Heaney, born Mossbawn, Co. Derry, 1939

BIO: Elizabeth SULLIVAN's remains lie within sight and sound of the Shannon, flowing swiftly and majestically past. The weather-beaten marble headstone marking her burial place, partly obscured by a more recent headstone, bears the simple, poignant inscription: Sweet Jesus Grant Her Peace, Erected by Mr. and Mrs. WHYTE of Carrick-on-Shannon In Memory of Elizabeth Sullivan, Beloved daughter of Thomas and Julia Sullivan of Little Bray who died in faithful discharge of her duties as nurse at Hatley Manor, July 21, 1885, aged 18 years. Elizabeth's story is a sad and tragic one. On July 21, 1885, an unprecedented accident occurred in Leitrim's capital, Carrick-on-Shannon, an event which shocked and saddened the entire community and left an indelible memory in the minds and hearts of the people of the town and district for decades to follow. On that fateful July evening, Wicklow girl Elizabeth Sullivan, nurse and nanny to the children of the Whyte family, Hatley Manor, landlords of the town and district around Carrick-on-Shannon, lost her life in faithful discharge of her duties, when she was killed in a freak accident at Hatley Manor. The local newspaper, "The Leitrim Advertiser," in the issue of July 23, 1885, reported: "A most shocking accident occurred on Tuesday evening which cast a gloom over the town of Carrick-on-Shannon and its vicinity. Between six and seven o'clock in the evening a crash was heard at the residence of Mr. C. C. B. Whyte, D.L., Hatley Manor. Many of the townspeople rushed to s! ee what had occurred, and they discovered that a portion of Mr. Whyte's residence was wrecked. In the nursery, which was situated on the third floor, were four of Mr. Whyte's children and two nurses, one of the latter sitting at the window, when at the hour mentioned, an ornamental chimney fell through the roof, crashing through the nursery floor, the drawing-room, and on to the ground floor, bringing with it the four children and one of the nurses named Sullivan, the other nurse having had a miraculous escape, only the board on which she was standing at the window remaining. The large crowd which gathered seemed to be awestruck, until a man named Patrick McMANUS, of Drumshanbo, who happened to be in the town that day, made the first attempt to rescue the inmates, and he was soon joined by others. For some minutes McManus worked hard removing the debris, when he found the dead body of the nurse. In a few minutes after he recovered the body of one of the children, and a s! hort time after that of another. As each body was handed out the expressions of sorrow were many and deep. But as the explorers worked on, and McManus brought out two of the younger children alive, a feeling of thankfulness prevailed. Those children were only saved by a piece of masonry becoming jammed. One of the children had an arm broken. The deep sympathy that is felt for Mr. and Mrs. Whyte (who were away from home at the time of the occurrence) in their affliction is widespread, and shutters were at once put up throughout the town, which is another proof to the many of their popularity. Great credit to McManus for his praiseworthy exertions on the occasion. He is the same person who saved a man from drowning at Ballyheady bridge. On Wednesday, Felix QUINN, Esq. Coroner, held an inquest (Mr. Robert BOURNES, foreman) on the remains of Miss Ingri M. B. G. Whyte, aged 9 years, Lucille D. M. G. Whyte, aged one year and seven months, and Elizabeth Sullivan, the nursemaid, aged eighteen years. The following evidence was given: Kate HOGAN disposed - "About ten minutes past six o'clock yesterday evening I was sitting in the nursery at the window when the slates and ceiling fell to the nursery floor; a second flash of the slates and ceiling fell down through the nursery and drawing-room and on to the ground; each of the deceased were in the nursery at the time; after the second crash I missed the deceased children and the nurse; they had fallen through the nursery floor and the drawing-floor also. I then came downstairs and saw that the ceilings had fallen to the ground. I saw the deceased Elizabeth Sullivan and Miss Lucille Whyte taken out of the debris about a quarter of an hour later; they were quite de! ad. There were two other children of Mr. Whyte's in the nursery when the crash came, and they also fell through the floor but were not killed. " Patrick McMANUS deposed -- "I was in Carrick on Shannon on business between 6 and 7 o'clock. I heard a crash as I thought about Mr. WHYTE's premises. I did nothing till I saw a man running for the police. I then heard an alarm, and saw a crowd running with the police towards Mr. Whyte's house and I joined them. Seeing the hall suffocating with dust I called for a candle, but I then saw we had enough of light; I then began to clear the room that was filled with the slates and the ceilings of the rooms above it...I found two children alive afterwards, one with its arm broken, the other I found under a solid lump of masonry like part of a chimney." At the suggestion of Coroner the jury adopted the following: "We beg to express our deepest sympathy and heartfelt sorrow with Mr. and Mrs. Whyte in the sad bereavement which has befallen them, as also the parents of the poor girl who lost her life with them. The jury cannot separate without expressing in the strongest possible manner their approval of the courageous way in which Patrick McManus, of Drumshanbo, acted throughout the occasion in assisting to save the lives of the children, and the willing assistance rendered by everyone present." Elizabeth Sullivan was laid to rest in Jamestown's historic graveyard, three miles from Carrick, while the Whyte children, Ingri and Lucella, were interred in the grounds of Hatley Manor, in the family mausoleum erected by Ingrid Christina St. GEORGE, the Whyte children's Grand-Aunt, for the mortal remains of Charles Manners St. George, their Grand Uncle-in-law, laid to rest there some 20 years earlier. In recognition of his humane, heroic efforts, and selfless valour, Patrick McManus as presented with a solid gold pocket watch by the Whyte family, bearing the following inscription: "Gold watch presented to Patrick J. McManus, Drumshanbo, who, on July 21, 1885, risked his life, with other kind friends, to save the lives of Hilda and Petronella Whyte, Hatley Manor, Carrick-on-Shannon." The gold watch was in the possession of Tony DUIGNAN, Galway, a distant relative of the late Patrick J. McManus in 1996. Note - The graveyard of the historic village of Jamestown, near Carrick, was the scene of a famous Synod of Catholic Bishops in 1650, and captured by Patrick SARSFIELD during the Nine Years War. -- Leitrim Guardian (1996)

SONG OF THE PLOUGH Turn down the green, O man who ploughs: Guide thou the plough with sharpened share! Turn up the brown to sapphire skies! Mankind on thee for bread relies. Bright shines the sun and God looks down On man, on beast, on hill and town Then sow the seed in mellowed earth to harrow's away and wild birds' mirth. The joyful hum of threshing time, And later drone as mills make flour, Mankind gets bread: but what man thinks It was your sweat that forged the links? But, sure, the world must bend its will In every age to ploughman's skill: Then, Oh! Hurrah, all men who toil, You're masters of the sullen soil. Turn up the brown, O man who ploughs! The waken'd earth to warming sun, And give all men their daily bread, Your work is God's for He has said He'll bless your work, your plough-team too, Reward is sure for what you do. Then, Oh! Hurrah, sons of the soil, God speed the plough, God bless your toil. Composed by the founder of the National Ploughing Association, J. J. Bergin, Athy, which apparently is in Co. Kildare.

Hi, Kristan, I know that there are Newcastle placename in Cos. Down, Dublin, Tipperary, Wicklow and a Newcastle West in Limerick, perhaps elsewhere. Check with the IreAtlas for more information: http://www.seanruad.com/ Then do a "Google Search" to learn more. Read about your surnames in a good Irish surname book for history behind name, variations, distribution in Ireland. Your surnames are not terribly common so may easier to trace than most. Find your living relatives for more puzzle pieces. Since they immigrated to the US, enlist the help of the historical society in the known county in the US in which they lived and raised their family, offer them a modest "donation" in exchange for their help in obtaining documents, information on your particular family. To demonstrate your interest in "their" US county (in which they have much expertise) subscribe to their periodical and it will be something interesting to look forward to in the mail and you can place a query that will be seen by both Internet and nonInternet researchers. The winter issues have an "every-name" index. Another resource could be history books of that county. I didn't expect to, but found two pages written up on one of my humble families because they were early settlers, belonged to particular agricultural, religious, fraternal organizations, were school teachers, held office and/or participated in the Civil War. Check your genealogy library for these history books, others can be obtained with the help of your reference librarian and free interlibrary loan. The Baxter given name could be a "surname in disguise," i.e. mother's maiden name.... Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristan Anderson" <kristancarol@yahoo.com> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:16 AM Subject: [IGW] DARTNELL, PALMER, EADS > > HI!! > > I'm new to the list and looking for any hint, help, hopefully a match!!?! Please let me know if any of these names look familiar or if you have an idea where I can look!! > > Isabel (Isabella) PALMER (b. abt. 1843 in Ireland) father: Dr. Arthur PALMER of Newcastle. > > spouse: William Baxter DARTNELL (b. about 1830) > > William and Isabel migrated to Canada first? then Kentucky, Ohio, and died in Chicago, ILL. > > On the 1870 Cincinnati census they have Anne EADES (b. abt. 1799 in IRELAND) living with them. > > Please.... any Irish Palmers out there? I can't find Isabel or Arthur Palmer anywhere?! Does anyone have any idea where Newcastle is (where Arthur is from?) > > Thank you for your help. Looking forward to your reply! > > Kristan Anderson > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD > > > ==== IrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > Please make sure to visit RootsWeb, our hostmaster, at http://www.rootsweb.com > >

HI!! I'm new to the list and looking for any hint, help, hopefully a match!!?! Please let me know if any of these names look familiar or if you have an idea where I can look!! Isabel (Isabella) PALMER (b. abt. 1843 in Ireland) father: Dr. Arthur PALMER of Newcastle. spouse: William Baxter DARTNELL (b. about 1830) William and Isabel migrated to Canada first? then Kentucky, Ohio, and died in Chicago, ILL. On the 1870 Cincinnati census they have Anne EADES (b. abt. 1799 in IRELAND) living with them. Please.... any Irish Palmers out there? I can't find Isabel or Arthur Palmer anywhere?! Does anyone have any idea where Newcastle is (where Arthur is from?) Thank you for your help. Looking forward to your reply! Kristan Anderson --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD