Mick, Trevor, This is from one of my earlier postings relating to Clowry information found Dr. Conry's book "Carlow Granite", a copy of which I have. " On page 290 of the subject book, in the section dealing with Michael Brennan (1844-1909), Royal Oak, Bagenalstown, owner of a monumental stone-cutting business, specialising in limestone work (not granite), I found that one of his employees was a James Clowry (1844-1909) whose address was given as Clorusk, Royal Oak. This would then be in the area between Bagenalstown and Wells, and not far from Paulstown where I see from your other postings you identified the presence of Clowrys. " Bye for now, Roger -----Original Message----- From: Michael Purcell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:52 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Masons / Bricklayers Carlow. Trevor, if you're interested in Carlow based masons / bricklayers etc. try your library for the following books by Dr Michael Conry - I believe Michael is compiling data on stoneworkers in Carlow and beyond, if you need to contact Michael he is at :- conrymj@gmail.com He may have some copies for sale. Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_written_in_stone.html> [image: Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone]<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_written_in_stone.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : With almost 70% of the country underlain by granite bedrock, it is not surprising that granite has made a huge contribution to the geology, landscape and agriculture of Co. Carlow. It has shaped the very lives of the people who inhabited the country... The Carlow Fence <http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> [image: The Carlow Fence]<http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : This simple Quaker-style granite fence is a unique feature of the Carlow landscape - found nowhere else in the World. It was erected mainly as a decorative fence around gardens and between fields. It addition to describing the method of cleaving... <http://conry-michael-books.com/6_picking_bilberries_fraochans_and_whorts_in_ireland.html> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Fantastic Mike big thanks to you. What is the lecture in Trinity about ? I will be in National Archives this morning maybe we could meet, Jean On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com>wrote: > Jean, we have good tickets and your in the pot, we have also negotiated a > good deal with the Gibson Hotel,............. > Leonard and co are staying in their usual place but the Gibson is > a plastic-cup throw from the 02 entrance. > He will be performing at least three concerts and possibly a 4th added on > Sunday night. > > On 17 May 2013 19:57, jean casey <kildaregenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Mike, have you received ticket allocations for Leonard Cohen September > > concerts in the 02, if you have remember to hold two good ones for me > > again, thanks, Jean > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Trevor, I hope to get to a lecture at 1oc today in Trinity College , I'll pop next door to National Library to check for original copy of Carlow Sentinel. I did not realise the Clowrys mentioned in the news article were directly related to you, that leaves us related through the button-hole. Approx first-cousins 4 times removed via the BH. Your great grandmother musta been a "decent auld skin" and she smuggling in a shirt with "novel muffler" attached for me poor granduncle Mick lodged in the Jail of Carlow. !. As we say down the country "you did not lick the dacent streak off the road".

Thanks Trevor, I hope to get to a lecture at 1oc today in Trinity College , I'll pop next door to National Library to check for original copy of Carlow Sentinel. I did not realise the Clowrys mentioned in the news article were directly related to you, that leaves us related through the button-hole. Approx first-cousins 4 times removed ?. On 21 May 2013 23:00, Trevor Clowry <trevor.clowry@roomthree.com> wrote: > Mick, > > I got great enjoyment out of this transcription. > > I believe Margaret and Anne(nee Headon/Heydon/Haydon) are related > directly to me. Anne being my third great grandmother. > Her death certificate can be found here: http://url.ie/hgcy and present > at death is Margaret Snoddy. > > Margaret Clowry marriage certificate to Michael Snoddy is here: > http://url.ie/hgd4 > > If you spot any more Snoddy/Clowry tomfoolery in documents it would be > great to see them. If you know anything in particular about Anne > Clowry's family, this would also be of huge interest to me. > I think I mentioned before that Anne's husband Michael was a bricklayer > and four generations later my father was a bricklayer too. If anyone > comes across anything related to bricklayers/masons in Carlow I would be > really really interested. > > Trevor > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Purcell > Sent: 21 May 2013 10:47 > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Clowry+Snoddy 1881. > > [ faded newspaper cuttings in the Pat Purcell Papers, case relates to my > granduncle, Michael Snoddy. ]. > Carlow Sentinel. > September 1881. > Following an assault by Michael Snoddy on Laurence Rorke, Michael was > held > in custody at Carlow Barracks , his wife Margaret Snoddy formerly > Margaret > Clowry was "summoned for a breach of the prison rules, for bringing > into > Michael Snoddy a quantity of spirits in tea". > Margaret stated that she was bringing her husband his breakfast in jail, > she had tea in a jug and William Colquohean, head warder of Carlow Jail > found that there was whiskey mixed with the tea. > There was also a case against Anne Clowry, mother of Margaret Snoddy, > for > sending in a shirt to Michael Snoddy with a quantity of loose tobacco > stuffed into the collar-band, it was claimed that the tobacco was only > used > as wadding to keep the wearers neck warm !. > Both cases were dismissed. > Assault Case. > Magistrates present - Arthur Fitzmaurice, Esquire, Chairman ; Right Hon. > Henry Bruen, Horace Rochfort, and Robert Clayton Browne, Esquires. > Case against Michael Snoddy and Francis O' Neill, both respectable young > men, appeared on bail, charged by the police with having violently > assaulted Laurence Rorke at Carlow on the 15th August 1881. The case was > twice adjourned - first in consequence of Rorke not being able to > appear, > and on the second occasion owing to the absence of Mr Malcomson. > My Tully asked for a further adjournment but further postponement was > opposed as Mr Hickson was going to America. > Laurence Rorke ( whose forehead bore traces of bad usage ) stated that > on > the night of the 15th of August between 8 and 9 o'clock he was going > down > Tullow Street when he met Snoddy and he asked Snoddy what was the reason > he > ( Rorke ) could not get a job on the railway as well as any other man. > Snoddy grabbed hold of him by the collar and the two of them got into > holts. > [ note added by Michael Purcell, June 2009. the remainder of the paper > is > faded, will check case on the microfilm in Carlow Library and complete > the > report later ]. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6344 - Release Date: > 05/21/13 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

How interesting about the Carlow Fence. When first visiting last August, I noticed this pretty fence with plants growing along it. I especially recall one section just outside Bunclody along Barker's Road where the fence edges both sides of the road and is covered with plants creating a tunnel over the road. Enchanting scene to drive through this area. Looks tricky for driving with a 1.5 lane road with no road shoulder and people that zoom around the curves in this same area. I was so happy I could be a passenger and enjoy the views. Tanya -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Purcell Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:52 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Masons / Bricklayers Carlow. Trevor, if you're interested in Carlow based masons / bricklayers etc. try your library for the following books by Dr Michael Conry - I believe Michael is compiling data on stoneworkers in Carlow and beyond, if you need to contact Michael he is at :- conrymj@gmail.com He may have some copies for sale. Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_writt en_in_stone.html> [image: Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone]<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_writ ten_in_stone.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : With almost 70% of the country underlain by granite bedrock, it is not surprising that granite has made a huge contribution to the geology, landscape and agriculture of Co. Carlow. It has shaped the very lives of the people who inhabited the country... The Carlow Fence <http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> [image: The Carlow Fence]<http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : This simple Quaker-style granite fence is a unique feature of the Carlow landscape - found nowhere else in the World. It was erected mainly as a decorative fence around gardens and between fields. It addition to describing the method of cleaving... <http://conry-michael-books.com/6_picking_bilberries_fraochans_and_whorts_in _ireland.html> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Trevor, if you're interested in Carlow based masons / bricklayers etc. try your library for the following books by Dr Michael Conry - I believe Michael is compiling data on stoneworkers in Carlow and beyond, if you need to contact Michael he is at :- conrymj@gmail.com He may have some copies for sale. Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_written_in_stone.html> [image: Carlow Granite: Years of History Written in Stone]<http://conry-michael-books.com/5_carlow_granite_years_of_history_written_in_stone.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : With almost 70% of the country underlain by granite bedrock, it is not surprising that granite has made a huge contribution to the geology, landscape and agriculture of Co. Carlow. It has shaped the very lives of the people who inhabited the country... The Carlow Fence <http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> [image: The Carlow Fence]<http://conry-michael-books.com/2_the_carlow_fence.html> Author : Michael J. Conry Description : This simple Quaker-style granite fence is a unique feature of the Carlow landscape - found nowhere else in the World. It was erected mainly as a decorative fence around gardens and between fields. It addition to describing the method of cleaving... <http://conry-michael-books.com/6_picking_bilberries_fraochans_and_whorts_in_ireland.html>

Hi Mick, It is indeed a great resource - some of the maps are fascinating. As usual I am interested in Clowry articles and found one here: http://url.ie/hgdg "Letter from Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh MP, concerning request of Mary Clowry for free passage to Botany Bay to join her husband husband who was sent there for stealing sheep on 16 June 1819." John Clowry from Australia has visited Ireland many times to try and make a link from the Clowry brothers(John and Thomas) that were sent to Australia in 1819 and an Irish family. John was married to Mary mentioned in the letter above. He will be back in July in Ireland and will be looking for leads to follow up. This document would be one of them. Is there anywhere to find old court records circa 16 June 1819 in Carlow. Thanks, Trevor -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Purcell Sent: 21 May 2013 09:08 To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Significant website. Article titled " It is worth finding money to spend on our archives" in Irish Times, 18th May, 2013 by Catriona Crowe draws attention to a less well known website "of a hugely important collection covering 1818 to 1922. The collection relates to the Chief Secretary's office in Ireland. His office oversaw every aspect of the administration of the country, such as appointments to jobs ; hospitals and asylums; the judicial, penal and transportation systems; public infrastructure; fisheries; trade and manufacture; trade unions; famines; emigration; political disaffection; and Catholic emancipation. Catriona states - "It is the single most comprehensive archival collection relating to 19th and early 20th century Ireland anywhere in the world. The papers were supposed to have been transferred to the public record office in the Four Courts in time to be burned in 1922, but due to bureaucratic inertia, they remained in Dublin Castle and thus survived. A generous bequest from Professor Francis Crowley has enabled the National Archives to allow access online. The website is at - csorp.nationalarchives.ie. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6344 - Release Date: 05/21/13

Mick, I got great enjoyment out of this transcription. I believe Margaret and Anne(nee Headon/Heydon/Haydon) are related directly to me. Anne being my third great grandmother. Her death certificate can be found here: http://url.ie/hgcy and present at death is Margaret Snoddy. Margaret Clowry marriage certificate to Michael Snoddy is here: http://url.ie/hgd4 If you spot any more Snoddy/Clowry tomfoolery in documents it would be great to see them. If you know anything in particular about Anne Clowry's family, this would also be of huge interest to me. I think I mentioned before that Anne's husband Michael was a bricklayer and four generations later my father was a bricklayer too. If anyone comes across anything related to bricklayers/masons in Carlow I would be really really interested. Trevor -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Purcell Sent: 21 May 2013 10:47 To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Clowry+Snoddy 1881. [ faded newspaper cuttings in the Pat Purcell Papers, case relates to my granduncle, Michael Snoddy. ]. Carlow Sentinel. September 1881. Following an assault by Michael Snoddy on Laurence Rorke, Michael was held in custody at Carlow Barracks , his wife Margaret Snoddy formerly Margaret Clowry was "summoned for a breach of the prison rules, for bringing into Michael Snoddy a quantity of spirits in tea". Margaret stated that she was bringing her husband his breakfast in jail, she had tea in a jug and William Colquohean, head warder of Carlow Jail found that there was whiskey mixed with the tea. There was also a case against Anne Clowry, mother of Margaret Snoddy, for sending in a shirt to Michael Snoddy with a quantity of loose tobacco stuffed into the collar-band, it was claimed that the tobacco was only used as wadding to keep the wearers neck warm !. Both cases were dismissed. Assault Case. Magistrates present - Arthur Fitzmaurice, Esquire, Chairman ; Right Hon. Henry Bruen, Horace Rochfort, and Robert Clayton Browne, Esquires. Case against Michael Snoddy and Francis O' Neill, both respectable young men, appeared on bail, charged by the police with having violently assaulted Laurence Rorke at Carlow on the 15th August 1881. The case was twice adjourned - first in consequence of Rorke not being able to appear, and on the second occasion owing to the absence of Mr Malcomson. My Tully asked for a further adjournment but further postponement was opposed as Mr Hickson was going to America. Laurence Rorke ( whose forehead bore traces of bad usage ) stated that on the night of the 15th of August between 8 and 9 o'clock he was going down Tullow Street when he met Snoddy and he asked Snoddy what was the reason he ( Rorke ) could not get a job on the railway as well as any other man. Snoddy grabbed hold of him by the collar and the two of them got into holts. [ note added by Michael Purcell, June 2009. the remainder of the paper is faded, will check case on the microfilm in Carlow Library and complete the report later ]. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6344 - Release Date: 05/21/13

Thank you Mick and Turtle for the additional info about Admiral Fishbourne. He will certainly figure in my book about the Carlow Fishbournes, which is currently under construction. Edmund Gardiner looks like a chip off the old block, his father William, but with better morals! Kaye Cole > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:05 +0100 > From: Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1887, Admiral Edmond Gardiner Fishbourne. > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CAKqwSs5zxs7h7xt3QXu0dnPPc4Eh8yrk9k+hT0BZL7To9sK0FQ@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Carlow Sentinel. > May 1887. > [ extract from obituary ] > Death of Admiral Fishbourne, C.B. > We regret to announce the almost sudden death of another illustrious > Carlow > man, YOUNGEST AND LAST SURVIVING SON OF William Fishbourne, J.P. ( last > Sovereign of Carlow ), entered Royal Navy in 1824, distinguished navy > career. Colleague of Lord Shaftsbury. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:53:44 +0100 > From: "Turtle Bunbury (History)" <turtlehistory@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] 1887, Admiral Edmond Gardiner Fishbourne. > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <2AE9D3B6-D67F-4372-877A-7029DD00DC4F@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Thanks for this Mick. > > The Lisnavagh Archives (G4/1/6) contains a letter of 1856 written by a > rather irate Captain Edmund [sic] Gardiner Fishbourne (1811-1887) to > Captain McClintock Bunbury in which he felt the Admiralty had ?cast a slur > on me? when he learned from the Duke of Newcastle that they had rejected > his application for a CB (for his services in the 2nd Anglo-Burmese War of > 1852-1853) ?in favour of [Hardwicke] a man several years my junior.? > > Fishbourne had been the senior officer at Rangoon and was the Second in > Command under Commodore Lambert during the war. However, while his > services were recognized by the Governor General and military top brass, > he was overlooked in favour of Commanders Tarleton and Shadwell. He felt > the Admiralty were unjust in ?reprimanding me and in not making > reparations when they found they were wrong.? He hoped Captain McC B would > mention it to Admiral Beechey, ?not as a matter of friendship or favour > but as of basic justice?. ... >

Found this information on Facebook Ireland Reaching Out.. Do you want to see Ireland's 1926 Census released in time for our 1916 commemorations?  Send your requests to taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie http://irish-genealogy-news.blogspot.ie/2013/05/1926-census-stand-up-and-be-counted.html Treacy

[ faded newspaper cuttings in the Pat Purcell Papers, case relates to my granduncle, Michael Snoddy. ]. Carlow Sentinel. September 1881. Following an assault by Michael Snoddy on Laurence Rorke, Michael was held in custody at Carlow Barracks , his wife Margaret Snoddy formerly Margaret Clowry was "summoned for a breach of the prison rules, for bringing into Michael Snoddy a quantity of spirits in tea". Margaret stated that she was bringing her husband his breakfast in jail, she had tea in a jug and William Colquohean, head warder of Carlow Jail found that there was whiskey mixed with the tea. There was also a case against Anne Clowry, mother of Margaret Snoddy, for sending in a shirt to Michael Snoddy with a quantity of loose tobacco stuffed into the collar-band, it was claimed that the tobacco was only used as wadding to keep the wearers neck warm !. Both cases were dismissed. Assault Case. Magistrates present - Arthur Fitzmaurice, Esquire, Chairman ; Right Hon. Henry Bruen, Horace Rochfort, and Robert Clayton Browne, Esquires. Case against Michael Snoddy and Francis O' Neill, both respectable young men, appeared on bail, charged by the police with having violently assaulted Laurence Rorke at Carlow on the 15th August 1881. The case was twice adjourned - first in consequence of Rorke not being able to appear, and on the second occasion owing to the absence of Mr Malcomson. My Tully asked for a further adjournment but further postponement was opposed as Mr Hickson was going to America. Laurence Rorke ( whose forehead bore traces of bad usage ) stated that on the night of the 15th of August between 8 and 9 o'clock he was going down Tullow Street when he met Snoddy and he asked Snoddy what was the reason he ( Rorke ) could not get a job on the railway as well as any other man. Snoddy grabbed hold of him by the collar and the two of them got into holts. [ note added by Michael Purcell, June 2009. the remainder of the paper is faded, will check case on the microfilm in Carlow Library and complete the report later ].

Article titled " It is worth finding money to spend on our archives" in Irish Times, 18th May, 2013 by Catriona Crowe draws attention to a less well known website "of a hugely important collection covering 1818 to 1922. The collection relates to the Chief Secretary's office in Ireland. His office oversaw every aspect of the administration of the country, such as appointments to jobs ; hospitals and asylums; the judicial, penal and transportation systems; public infrastructure; fisheries; trade and manufacture; trade unions; famines; emigration; political disaffection; and Catholic emancipation. Catriona states - "It is the single most comprehensive archival collection relating to 19th and early 20th century Ireland anywhere in the world. The papers were supposed to have been transferred to the public record office in the Four Courts in time to be burned in 1922, but due to bureaucratic inertia, they remained in Dublin Castle and thus survived. A generous bequest from Professor Francis Crowley has enabled the National Archives to allow access online. The website is at - csorp.nationalarchives.ie.

Thanks again Mick for these transcriptions. Here is a photo of Edward Clowry born 1855 - http://url.ie/hg24 Do you have any idea when James Clowney may have been born? I added some noted below. Thanks, Trevor CLOWRY. Mary, 29/08/1852, father Edward, mmn, Mary Waddock, Ballinvalley. Edward, 01/07/1855, father, Thomas, mmn, Margaret ? - Cranemore. (Surname is Waddock. The family moved to Canada in the late 1800s) Ellen, 20/02/1859, father, Thomas, mmn, Isabella [ ? ] , Ballinvalley. (surname is Kelly) CLOWNEY. James Clowney ?, father, Thomas, mmn, Margaret Kehoe, Barragh. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6332 - Release Date: 05/17/13

hi paula.........my grandfather was a skipper on a boat. the best person to contact is mary hoare walsh who is an expert in those canal boats..........here is an article just published today................. http://www.independent.ie/regionals/carlowpeople/news/3-2-1-liftoff-27041378.html this is how you contact Mary.......................Ms. Mary Hoare Walsh, Cappalug, Killeshin. Co. Laois. Tel: +353 87 276 8279. Genealogy (especially Co. Laois) and the history of the Grand Canal... good luck and I am sure mary will be able to help you anna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Miska" <ptmiska@umich.edu> To: IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 20 May, 2013 2:27:04 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Boat Builder in Graigue 1820 http://www.independent.ie/regionals/carlowpeople/news/3-2-1-liftoff-27041378.html I am interested in information about the boat transport system that ran from Carlow to Athy, and Dublin and other towns north. My 4x ggfather John Flood was a boat builder in Graigue in the 1820's to 1850's. In one of the directories it states that he also ran the water transport service. Is there any was to find out more about this service, if he really owned it and when it went out of business. Thank you for any information about this aspect of Graigue Carlow life. Regards, Paula Tuohy Miska Ann Arbor ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jean, we have good tickets and your in the pot, we have also negotiated a good deal with the Gibson Hotel,............. Leonard and co are staying in their usual place but the Gibson is a plastic-cup throw from the 02 entrance. He will be performing at least three concerts and possibly a 4th added on Sunday night. On 17 May 2013 19:57, jean casey <kildaregenealogy@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, have you received ticket allocations for Leonard Cohen September > concerts in the 02, if you have remember to hold two good ones for me > again, thanks, Jean > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Turtle, would this piece of trivia be too trivial for Beat 102-103 snippits project ?, if they want to use it suggest 10 euro donation to Carlowigp site ? ( we might be on to something here ! ). Carlow Sentinel. 20th May 1887. ( page 3, column 4 ). BALLICKMOYLER DISTRICT NOTES. An Enormous Hen Egg. We were shown this week an egg which weighed four ounces, and was laid by a hen which is at present rearing a clutch of chickens.

It is a good idea to get youngsters interested in history but besides the financial aspect it should be requested that the submitted snippets / trivia be factual, we have had too much of the other type "history facts". Have you any idea Turtle of what funding Beat 102-103 are making available for this venture ?. Beat 102-103 were more than generous with me some months back, I directed the payment to some of the girls that were assisting me here at the time, transcribing, cataloguing etc. for the Carlow website. I think it's only fair that any info collected via the carlowigp website that the payment intended for subscribers or collected for harvesting same should be put into the running of the site. Have you any idea if this "offer" applies to other county sites ?. On 14 Mar 2013, at 11:43, Turtle Bunbury <turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am helping Beat 102-103, a local Waterford radio station, with a project they’ve initiated to try and get more young people interested in history. > > Students were assigned particular towns and asked to find out curious facts about each area. These are to air as one-minute snippets on a daily basis over the next few months. I'll be editing and fact-checking beforehand. > > Beat have given me the go ahead to contact the Carlow listers to see if they have any further fun or interesting trivia they might like to add to the 'discoveries' of the students outlined below. > > The producer writes: ‘Each town is just a minute long so it's just about making what they say more comprehensive and with some added info.’ > > As such, if you’ve any further tidbits to add, do please let us know. > > Cheerio for now, > > Turtle >

Arless Marriage Reg. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/Marriage_Index.htm Regards Michael Brennan Message: 4 Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:28:32 +0100 From: "McKenna" <michaelmckenna@iolfree.ie> Does Areles Marriage Register show the Father's name of the Bride and Groom? Thank you to anyone who can help. Kathleen ------------------------------

Carlow Sentinel. May 1887. Accidental Drowning - Dr O'Neill, Coroner for County Kildare, held an inquest at Athy on view of the remains of a young man named Conville, a native of Carlow Graigue, who was found drowned in the canal the previous day. Deceased was a driver in the employment of Mr John Kelly, agent to the Grand Canal Company, and was sent to Athy on the Wednesday with a pair of horses to haul a boat to Carlow the next day. The boatman found the horses in the stable, but the driver was missing, and it was thought he had probably gone to the Curragh to enlist in the army. On Sunday, however, the canal level was emptied for the purpose of a search and his remains were found. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned.

Turtle and readers, I believe Beat 102-103 may have some funding available to pay for " tidbits" collected from readers on the Carlow IGP website .....they contacted me earlier this year and willingly paid for snippets relating to Carlow, perhaps they might pay via the contribution button on the Carlowigp to assist Michael Brennan in running the site, ?? On 14 Mar 2013, at 11:43, Turtle Bunbury <turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am helping Beat 102-103, a local Waterford radio station, with a project they’ve initiated to try and get more young people interested in history. > > Students were assigned particular towns and asked to find out curious facts about each area. These are to air as one-minute snippets on a daily basis over the next few months. I'll be editing and fact-checking beforehand. > > Beat have given me the go ahead to contact the Carlow listers to see if they have any further fun or interesting trivia they might like to add to the 'discoveries' of the students outlined below. > > The producer writes: ‘Each town is just a minute long so it's just about making what they say more comprehensive and with some added info.’ > > As such, if you’ve any further tidbits to add, do please let us know. > > Cheerio for now, > > Turtle > > > Ballinkillen > Teresa Malone is buried at Ballinkillen Chapel yard. She features in the ballad of Kilcumney and is a heroine of 1978 because she distracted the crown army as they chased after rebels of 1798. She shot a soldier and rode off to the rebels. It is said that Teresa Malone lived until she was 90 and died around the time of the Fenian rising and because of this there was a big media presence at her funeral as they feared there would be trouble. > > > Bilboa > Bilboa is known as the mining village of Carlow. Only the church remains where once there was other buildings revolving around the mining industry. Bilboa is a deserted mining village- it was part of three mining settlements in the Carlow/ Laois area. The others where called Newtown and Moscow. They mined for coal there. There is still a community living in Bilboa but only the church has survived from those times. Ireland has a long tradition of mining dating back to the bronze age. > > Aghade > The Bullaun Stone is in the grounds of the All Saint Church in Aghade and it’s a small and simply stone. Blink and you could miss it as it’s covered in moss. A bullaun comes from the Irish word for bowl and it’s a stone that has a dip in it that water can be filled into. Some people think that water collected in these type of stones has magical and healing powers. Another stone is the holed stone which is also in Aghade. This is quite unusual. It’s quite big and people argue about what it was for. Some think it was for rituals and there is evidence that babies used to be passed through the hole to cure sickness. > > Ballymurphy > > Patrick Breen was from near Ballymurphy. He was born in 1795 and in 1846 to 1847 himself and his family were part of 87 pioneers in America who set off on a wagon train for California and found themselves trapped by snow in Sierra Nevda. They were called the Donner Party volunteers- named after George Donner, their leader. Patrick Breen from Ballymurphy brought his wife and seven children and they all survived. Of the 87 pioneers on this journey, 39 died. Patrick Breen kept a diary of his time. It was reported that some of the people who survived did so by eating the flesh of their dead companions and the indian guides. They were trying to find a faster route across Utah and Nevada. The Breens ended up living in California in a place called San Juan Bautista, California. > > Milford > Milford is about 5 miles from Carlow town and it was the place that first supplied electricity to Carlow in 1891. The public supply of electricity was generated by the Millford Mill. Because of Milford Mill and the electricity it made, Carlow town became the first inland town in Ireland and England to receive electrical power. The Millford Mills was almost destroyed by fires twice in 100 years. The first, in 1862, destroyed metal, machineary and corn. It was thought that the friction of gricing stones caused spakrs and this set a lot of corn on fire. > > Clonegal > Castle is also called Huntington Castle. One of the few left in Ireland owned by the family who built it. Captured by Cromwell when he marched on Kilkenny in 1650 (Some of the students also talk about the movie Barry Lyndon that was filmed there) > > Old Leighlin > John Tyndall is from there. First scientist to discover why the sky is blue. Called the Tyndall effect. Explains how it happens….dust particles. > > Owning > During the Cromwellian invasion the bell in the church in Owning was buried in a bog but they never found it since. It’s rumoured that Hugh O’Neill from the Flight of the Earls is buried in Owning. > > Paulstown > There was a well there called the well of the retching Cure. It was thought it had a cure for an upset stomach. > > Hugginstown > Locals stood up to the local landlord for the unjust system of tight taxes. Called the battle of Carrigshock . Dec 1831. Main tax collector was a man called Butler and his bodyguard was Gibbons who had served in the battle of Waterloo where Napoleon had been defeated.