Pat Purcell Papers. Transcribed by Selina Lawlor. Carlow Sentinel. August 1846. ARRIVAL OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT IN CARLOW. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant left Viceregal Lodge, on Thursday last, at one, and arrived by a special train in Carlow, at 20 minutes past two o'clock, the journey, 56 miles, being performed in one hour and 29 minutes - the speed at some parts of the line averaging 50 miles an hour. His Excellency was accompanied by Sir John Macneil, Engineer - in-chief, Mr Durance, head of the locomotive department, who drove the engine himself; and by Mr Elwin, chief superintendent of the traffic department. His Excellency expressed to Sir John Macneil and the officers of the company, his marked approval of the entire arrangements, and observed that hitherto he entertained no idea of the perfection to which railways had approached in Ireland. There were eight horses from the Carlow Club House in readiness at the terminus, and his Excellency, without further delay, accompanied by Ladies Harriett, Emily and Kathleen Ponsonby, the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, Captain Henry Ponsonby, and Mr Gerry Connellan, in two private carriages, proceeded to Bessborough, the family residence of the noble Earl at Piltown. We are happy to learn that his Excellency appeared in the enjoyment of good health. His Excellency travelled in a strictly private capacity, and, consequently, there was no guard of honour in waiting to receive him.

Neill, >From what William's son told me, William's wife gave all of William's documents and paper work to the Carlow Museum. Treacy > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 10:21:35 +0100 > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Gravestone records - All Saints (Church of Ireland), Fenagh > > > I understand that William Dillon, under the pseudonym Reynolds Fieldcrest, transcribed the details of gravestones in numerous burial places and graveyards throughout County Carlow. > > I've seen the work that he did for Sliguff graveyard and which has since been put onto the County Carlow IGP website - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Slyguf_Cemetery.htm > > I understand that a similar piece of work was done by Reynolds Fieldcrest for the graveyard for All Saints (Church of Ireland) at Fenagh. Would anyone know how i could either see or obtain a copy of the Reynolds Fieldcrest transcriptions of the gravestones at All Saints (COI) Fenagh? > > Regards > > Neill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I understand that William Dillon, under the pseudonym Reynolds Fieldcrest, transcribed the details of gravestones in numerous burial places and graveyards throughout County Carlow. I've seen the work that he did for Sliguff graveyard and which has since been put onto the County Carlow IGP website - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Slyguf_Cemetery.htm I understand that a similar piece of work was done by Reynolds Fieldcrest for the graveyard for All Saints (Church of Ireland) at Fenagh. Would anyone know how i could either see or obtain a copy of the Reynolds Fieldcrest transcriptions of the gravestones at All Saints (COI) Fenagh? Regards Neill

The following article appeared in the Carlow Nationalist newspaper today and is well worth a read: "Polish war hero’s part in the struggle for Irish freedom" http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/tabId/369/itemId/190/News.aspx Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm

Message from Andy Goss Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:13 PM Dear All: On the way to work today, I heard that Military Archives was due to release military records online relating to 1913-1921 in Ireland. Here is the link :http://95.45.178.102/ Here is a blurb about the archives and the collection: GUIDE TO THE BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY About the Bureau of Military History, 1913-1921. The Bureau of Military History Collection, 1913-1921 (BMH) is a collection of 1,773 witness statements; 334 sets of contemporary documents; 42 sets of photographs and 13 voice recordings that were collected by the State between 1947 and 1957, in order to gather primary source material for the revolutionary period in Ireland from 1913 to 1921. The Bureau’s official brief was ‘to assemble and co-ordinate material to form the basis for the compilation of the history of the movement for Independence from the formation of the Irish Volunteers on 25th November 1913, to the 11th July 1921’ (report of the Director, 1957). Along with the other major collection at Military Archives covering the revolutionary period from 1913, the Military Service Pensions Collection, the Bureau is among the most important primary sources of information on this period available anywhere in the world. The Bureau was locked away in the Department of An Taoiseach for some forty-five years after the last statement was collected. In 2001, it was decided to transfer the Bureau to Military Archives and prepare it for release into the public domain. A team of archivists and support staff, under the direction of Commandant Victor Laing (former Officer in Charge of Military Archives) successfully prepared the collection for its launch in March 2003. Given that a duplicate set of the statements had originally been prepared by the Bureau, this set was transferred to the National Archives, to allow for greater public access. This website allows people from all over the world unprecedented access to the Bureau on the internet for the first time. Hope you find it interesting. Cathy J

The census was conducted on Sunday 2nd April 1911 Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm 1. 1911 Carlow Town Census (Maribeth Nolan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:22:38 -0400 From: "Maribeth Nolan" <[email protected]> Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1911 Carlow Town Census To: "IRL Carlow" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Does anyone know in what month the 1911 Carlow Town Census was conducted?

Thanks Michael and Tony for your replies! On 08/07/12, Michael Brennan<[email protected]> wrote: The census was conducted on Sunday 2nd April 1911 Regards Michael Brennan [1]http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: [2]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: [3]http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm 1. 1911 Carlow Town Census (Maribeth Nolan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:22:38 -0400 From: "Maribeth Nolan" <[4][email protected]> Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] 1911 Carlow Town Census To: "IRL Carlow" <[5][email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Does anyone know in what month the 1911 Carlow Town Census was conducted? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [6][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 2. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 3. http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected]

Hi I believe it would be on the 2nd April 1911 http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/census.html Kind Regards Tony

Does anyone know in what month the 1911 Carlow Town Census was conducted?

County Carlow Memorials "Journals for the Preservation of the Memorials for the Dead" for Kellistown Parish are now on the Carlow IGP Website thanks to contributions from Michael Purcell and Susie Warren for these records. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/JPMD_Memorials_04.htm Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm

Sorry don't know how that happened. I wasn't trying to respond. My apologizes! Pat Zipf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Zipf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 7, Issue 368 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 3:00 AM > Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 7, Issue 368 > > >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> When replying to a message please don't forget to delete all messages not >> related to your message & change the subject box. >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. 1930 looking for relatives. (Friend of Carlow) >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To contact the IRL-CARLOW list administrator, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> To post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list, send an email to >> [email protected] >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the >> email with no additional text. >> > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 3:00 AM Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 7, Issue 368 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > When replying to a message please don't forget to delete all messages not > related to your message & change the subject box. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. 1930 looking for relatives. (Friend of Carlow) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contact the IRL-CARLOW list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. >

The following was transcribed by my new secretary Selina Lawlor, from documents in the Pat Purcell Papers. In 1930 the law firm of Eugene Flanigan of 100 State Street, Albany, New York requested help from Pat in tracing a beneficiary of the unclaimed estate of Catherine Grimes who had died in Albany, New York. Catherine Grimes died intestate, without issue or descendants at Albany in 1907. She was married to Philip Grimes in the city of Albany in 1856. Her maiden name was Catherine Nolan from Aclare, Myshall, Carlow.and she had a half-sister named Mary, who likewise lived in the City of Albany. Catherine Nolan had an uncle at Newtownbarry who kept a grocery, this uncle was childless and Catherine went to live with him when she was 12 years old. She lived with him till the 6th October 1853 when she left for Liverpool to travel to the United States to join her sister Mary, who had paid her passage over. The following two statements were sent to Pat Purcell to try help identify relatives who might have been alive in 1930. - Statemment of Nicholas Devereaux of 59 Bassett Street, Albany, New York. I was 80 years of age on the 15th of August, 1907; have resided in Albany since 1857, always resided in the south end of the City, and have been a communicant at St. John’s Church since practically the time of my coming to this country; I was born about a mile from Newtownbarry in the County of Wexford, Ireland, and lived there until I came to this country. I being at that time about 28 or 30 years of age; I knew Edward Nolan who lived at Newtownbarry and conducted a general store there, selling groceries, meal, hardware, etc; he was married but had no children; I knew Catherine Nolan who was a niece of Edward Nolan and who resided with him for about 4 years at Newtownbarry, and was a member of his family during that time; I was employed in a Mill in Newtownbarry during the time she resided with her uncle and I remember her frequently coming to the mill, and doing errands for her uncle; when I first knew her I should judge her to be a girl of 16 or 17 years; I spoke with her frequently; she told me came from Myshall, County Carlow; I do not remember that she ever spoke to me about her brothers and sisters; I recollect the time of her leaving Ireland, and was at her uncle’s house at Newtownbarry the day she left; it was on the 6th of October 1853; as I remember it now she left Newtownbarry for Liverpool to sail from Liverpool for New York; I did not hear from her after that; about two years after my arrival in Albany. One Sunday evening while walking on Broadway, near Taylor’s Brewery, I saw two women walking together, one of them I thought I recognised; I walked past them and then retraced my steps and looked again, and asked the woman who I thought I recognised, if she was not Catherine Nolan and if she was not the niece of Edward Nolan of Newtownbarry; she recognised me at the same time; she told me that she had married then as I recollect, about two years; she told me she had a child. She was a tall slim girl, and bore on her face pock marks; I saw her frequently after that; she called at my house with her husband, and we called frequently on her as neighbours; when I first called on her she lived in a small house in an ally off Westerlo St, between Church and Dallius; of my knowledge she had at least two children; both died before she did; her husband died some years before her; I met a woman named Mrs. Kelly who kept a saloon on the corner of Arch and Church Street; I saw Catherine Nolan in her saloon one day; I understood she was a relative of Catherine Nolan, but whether a half sister or whole sister, I cannot tell. She came direct from New York to Albany, her sister being in Albany at the time; I heard that her sister sent for her to Ireland to come to Albany; during the time she was at Newtownbarry she was always employed in her uncles’ store. (signed) Nicholas Devereux. Borris , Carlow, June 1906 Statement of James Nolan of Borris, Carlow. I reside at Borris, County Carlow; I am the son of John Nolan who died at Borris, County Carlow, Ireland on January 27th, 1908; I am unmarried and am [ ? ] years of age; my occupation is labourer; I live with my mother ; the only issue of the marriage of my father and mother were myself and two brothers, Patrick who died many years ago unmarried, and Edward; Edward left Ireland about 16 years ago to enlist as a soldier in the English army; I have never seen him since, nor have I heard directly from him, nor did my father or mother to my knowledge; I have heard several times from friends that he was in the Boer war, what happened to him I do not know; he was not married when he left Ireland; my father was a labourer; I know that he came from Myshall over 50 years ago from conversations and talk, I have had with him, and that he was born at Myshall or Knockbrack, both parishes adjoining each other, in County Carlow, Ireland; my grandfather’s name, on my father’s side, was James Nolan; I have many times heard my father speak of having an uncle named Michael Nolan, but don’t know as I remember him saying where he lived; I never saw him, as he died, I was told by my father, before I was born; he told me that this uncle had children; some of whom had gone to America; I never knew any of them; he never talked much about Michael Nolan’s children until the summer of 1907, when Mr Law of Carlow informed my father of the death of a Catherine Nolan in America Albany; many times after that and up until his death I heard him talk of his cousin Catherine, and his cousin Mary, both of whom he said went to the United States, and that Mary had gone first, and that Mary sent money for Catherine to pay her passage; he could not remember the place they went to; but said that Catherine had gone to America more than 50 years ago. (signed) James Nolan.

And another famous Carlow Person. John Conwill (1802 -1880) The Village Schoolmaster By kind permission of Myles Kavanagh http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/John_Conwill.htm Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm

In January 1996 Professor Oliver MacDonagh sent me the following cutting from The Sydney Morning Herald. The article refers to Oliver's review of "Finding Connections" by P.J.Kavanagh ( ISBN 0-09-173750-5 ) which deals with Carlow / Australian research journey in 1987. Oliver was born in Dublin Street, where the Red Setter B+B is now established, he was related to the family that operated "Oliver's Wool Stores" . I invited him to write about his early days spent in Carlow, he sent us a 7 page article entitled "Carlow Days". SERENDIPITY By Jill Kitson, Journalist. On the grounds that I never win anything and, besides, could not bear to be disappointed every week, I never buy lottery tickets. But when it comes to making a weekly radio program, I blithely put my trust in an utterly inexplicable higher power – one that, as E.M. Forster might have put it, only connects. In the matter of First Edition, serendipity rules, OK? Take the serendipitously named book Finding Connections, by the English writer P.J. Kavanagh. A review copy was waiting for me when I returned last July from a biography conference in Canberra, where I had met Professor Oliver MacDonagh, the biographer of Daniel O’Connell. A year earlier he had reviewed – splendidly – Roy Foster’s History of Ireland for First Edition. Our meeting had made me anxious to find a new title for him to review. As if on cue, here was Kavanagh: an account of his search for his Irish roots, which had taken him to Ireland and to Tasmania and on to New Zealand. I was dubious, though. This book was not a scholarly book, closer to travel than family history: perhaps too slight to interest Professor MacDonagh. He agreed to look at it. Two weeks passed. A three-page fax arrived unannounced on my desk. I began reading: “…in Finding Connections, (P.J. Kavanagh) explores his ancestry in an attempt to discover and account for the very centre of himself. The dominant – though shadowy – character in the book is his Irish great-grandfather, Patrick Kavanagh, who at the age of 23 left Carlow for Launceston in 1842.” Nothing in the opening paragraph prepared me for the next: “Let me declare my interest straight away,” MacDonagh went on. “I, too, come from Carlow; my forebears lived in the same place as P.J. Kavanagh’s Brown Street; I was born in the very street which is used as a principal symbol by the author, Tullow Street, supposed to be the narrow gut in which more than 600 rebels were massacred in 1798. “I have even had my hair cut by the barber (now retired, Alec Burns) who was P.J’s first guide in Carlow history. So I feel a sort of cousinhood or kinship with the author, which, however spurious, allows me to be easily charmed…” That’s serendipity for you. P.J. Kavanagh can rarely have been so fortunate in his reviewer, whose mellifluous Irish accent lent his words added charm. Jill Kitson presents First Edition, a weekly program on books and writers on ABC Radio National, Australia. On 29 July 2012 21:58, Michael Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > Oliver MacDonagh another famous Son of a Carlow family > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Oliver_MacDonagh.htm > > Regards > Michael Brennan > http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 > County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ > My Laois Page: > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you to those who have responded to our request for assistance with Civil War memorabilia. Any photos / memory cards etc. forwarded to us will not be published without the consent of the sender. We will be in touch with each of you by email later this week. On 28 July 2012 13:53, michael purcell <[email protected]> wrote: > Visiting professor from Canada staying with us next week. > The purpose of his visit is to interview relatives or friends of people > who took part in or suffered loss during Ireland's Civil War (1922 - 1923). > Our Carlow County Heritage video interviews of participants and survivors, > recorded in the 1980s and research papers dealing with the period will be > made available to the professor during his stay. > If any of our readers are willing to be interviewed or would like to add > any information, letters, pictures etc, please contact me. > About 20 years ago we were able to provide some assistance to another > visiting historian from Canada, Peter Hart. > Peter went on to publish several works on the War of Independence among > them "The IRA and its Enemies" and "Mick : the real Michael Collins". > Peter's work proved of benefit to our own Carlow author Alan Stanley for > his book "I met murder on the Way, The Story of the Pearsons of Coolacrease" > Peter Hart died in July 2010 at the young age of 46 years. His last work > on the letters of Michael Collins remains unpublished. We are trying to > bring forward a date for publication. > > > >

Oliver MacDonagh another famous Son of a Carlow family http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Oliver_MacDonagh.htm Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm

Visiting professor from Canada staying with us next week. The purpose of his visit is to interview relatives or friends of people who took part in or suffered loss during Ireland's Civil War (1922 - 1923). Our Carlow County Heritage video interviews of participants and survivors, recorded in the 1980s and research papers dealing with the period will be made available to the professor during his stay. If any of our readers are willing to be interviewed or would like to add any information, letters, pictures etc, please contact me. About 20 years ago we were able to provide some assistance to another visiting historian from Canada, Peter Hart. Peter went on to publish several works on the War of Independence among them "The IRA and its Enemies" and "Mick : the real Michael Collins". Peter's work proved of benefit to our own Carlow author Alan Stanley for his book "I met murder on the Way, The Story of the Pearsons of Coolacrease" Peter Hart died in July 2010 at the young age of 46 years. His last work on the letters of Michael Collins remains unpublished. We are trying to bring forward a date for publication.

Thanks to everyone for your help Just what I was after. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Sean_Prendergast.htm Regards Michael Brennan http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm

I can remember Mrs Prendergast, I think my eldest sister used to "do" for them. I can remember running along a long narrow passage that led to the kitchen from a doorway in Cox's Lane. I was born in Cox's Lane and lived at the top end opposite where the water fountain was. It was a rat infested place. I was only 4 years old then, that was 1950. This brings back memories. Regards Margaret Ayres ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael purcell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:17 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Sean Prendergast+Pearse Prendergast. > Sean Prendergast died in September 2009. I compiled Obituary for him at > the > time of his death but unable to locate it now. A lifelong de Valera and > Fianna Fail supporter, Sean served as County Councillor and Town > Councillor > for many years. > He was born at Evergreen Lodge, ( now demolished ) Cox's Lane. His family > operated the firm "Carlow Woodworkers". > His brother Pearse Prendergast of Rathnapish, died a few weeks ago ( 7th > July 2012 ) at the age of 95. > Pearse was the last survivor of the famed Carlow Septet founded by Aidan > Murray to raise funds for the building / re-erection of St Clare's Church > in Graiguecullen. (see picture # 76 "Carlow in Old Picture Postcards" ). > > . > > On 24 July 2012 00:03, Terry Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found a reference to Sean Prendergast, a lot closer to home, on your >> own >> web site, on a page about the late Tom Haughney which states Prendergast >> was from Cox's lane >> >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/tom_haughney.htm >> >> >> all the best Terry >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Michael Brennan <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, 23 July 2012, 22:58 >> Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Sean Prendergast >> >> Thanks Terry >> >> I discovered this website yesterday unfortunately it tells us nothing >> about >> where in Carlow Sean Prendergast comes from >> >> >> Regards >> Michael Brennan >> http://www.facebook.com/michael.brennan.3152 >> County Carlow Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/ >> My Laois Page: >> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm >> >> .Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:53:17 +0100 (BST) >> From: Terry Curran <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Capt. Sean Prendergast >> >> Hi Michael? >> I will see what i can fid out, meanwhile I found this on the internet "on >> February 19 >> 1939"?? >> http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/statues-of-dublin-the-phibsborough-volunteer/ >> >> all the best Terry >> >> . >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >