Dear Michael I hope this email finds you well. The following may be of interest to you or your readers - apologies if you know this already. There will be 3 days of DNA lectures at Back to Our Past in October (18th to 20th) which will illustrate how DNA is helping genealogists and family historians. A Press Release in this regard can be found here - http://ggi2013.blogspot.co.uk/p/press-releases.html In addition, there are a limited number of Free DNA Tests available at BTOP and we are running a series of Prize Draws to encourage people to take an interest in DNA testing as an additional tool for their family tree research. Full details can be found here - http://ggi2013.blogspot.co. uk/p/sponsored-dna-tests.html Please feel free to pass on this information to anyone whom you think might be interested, or post it on your website, Facebook page, Twitter, etc. And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Warm regards *Maurice* *Dr Maurice Gleeson MB * *Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2013*<http://ggi2013.blogspot.com/p/overview.html> *Member, **International Society of Genetic Genealogy<http://www.isogg.org/> *

Ladies & Gents I have taken a look at the subscribers list and all your names are still there. I can assure you that you have not been unsubscribed from the Carlow Rootsweb Mailing List. These emails are Spam and should have been blocked. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:00 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 285 Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to the List. Today's Topics: 1. Re: September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed (Richard Wilcox) 2. Re: September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed (Richard Wilcox) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:35:47 +0100 From: "Richard Wilcox" <r.wilcox3@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <182298F69FF344CE96023A058E808222@RichardWilcox> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I did NOT unsubscribe from -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. 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Please keep me on your list Richard Wilcox 0161.962.3764. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. 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Please do not answer or reply to any of these emails Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 8:00 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 285 Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to the List. Today's Topics: 1. Re: September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed (Richard Wilcox) 2. Re: September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed (Richard Wilcox) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:35:47 +0100 From: "Richard Wilcox" <r.wilcox3@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <182298F69FF344CE96023A058E808222@RichardWilcox> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I did NOT unsubscribe from -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. 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Please keep me on your list Richard Wilcox 0161.962.3764. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. 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I did not unsubscribe. Please keep me on your list Richard Wilcox 0161.962.3764. Thank you -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. Please keep me on list On 4 Aug 2013 06:22, "Turtle Bunbury" <turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > ** We have removed your email address from our list. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > We're sorry to see you go. > > Was this a mistake? Did you forward one of our emails to a friend, and > they clicked the unsubscribe link not realizing they were in fact > unsubscribing you from this list? If this was a mistake, you can > re-subscribe at: > Subscribe ( > http://turtlebunbury.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=836b541381dec4842bc5a23 89&id=0460ade12a > ) > For questions or comments, please contact us at: > history@turtlebunbury.com (mailto:history@turtlebunbury.com) > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

I did NOT unsubscribe from -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of annagolan@eircom.net Sent: 13 August 2013 11:22 To: Alice Rumana; irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed i did not unsubscribe......wish to remain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Rumana" <alicerumana@bellsouth.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 10 August, 2013 12:40:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I did not unsubscribe.........Please keep me on ________________________________ From: Nuala Holloway <hollowaynuala@gmail.com> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] September 2011 Newsletter: You are now unsubscribed I didnt unsubscribe from anything. Please keep me on list On 4 Aug 2013 06:22, "Turtle Bunbury" <turtlehistory@gmail.com> wrote: > ** We have removed your email address from our list. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > We're sorry to see you go. > > Was this a mistake? Did you forward one of our emails to a friend, and > they clicked the unsubscribe link not realizing they were in fact > unsubscribing you from this list? If this was a mistake, you can > re-subscribe at: > Subscribe ( > http://turtlebunbury.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=836b541381dec4842bc5a23 89&id=0460ade12a > ) > For questions or comments, please contact us at: > history@turtlebunbury.com (mailto:history@turtlebunbury.com) > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

*Michael Smyth died 10th September 2013.* *Eulogy by Michael Purcell following Michael Smyth's burial in Newtowncemetery. * *Michael Purcell recalls the fun times, the music and the man.* * * *AN APPRECIATION.* *With the passing of Michael Smyth, so also passes a chapter of Carlowhistory. Among his many interests Michael loved talking about our heritage and was fascinated by the centuries old Smyth connection with Carlow. The Smyth family were first recorded living in Carlow in 1653 when Robert Smythe from Yorkshire purchased, from a puritan adventurer, 90 acres of land in "Botorduef" (now Newtown, renamed after the Newtown family). * *In 1742 Robert Smyth is recorded as holding a 5-day licence to sell only beer in Newtown.* *But it is as a "singing lounge" that many present-day readers will remember Smyth's of Newtown, with Michael playing the pianos or the Hammond organ.* *Revellers travelled from all over Leinster to entertain and be entertained in the famous cabaret lounge.* *Michael had a flair for encouraging the most reluctant of customers to stand before the mic. If they were offering to sing something he did not know, Michael would simply say "you hum it and I will play it" and in a short time he would be playing the tune as if it was an old favourite.* * For over five decades Michael, with a boyish enthusiasm and a fine ear, unerringly accompanied both amateur and professional singers, he could also manage to make croaky-sounding moaners, like meself, sound good.* *An accomplished pianist, but unfortunately not gifted with a singing voice, Michael loved nothing better than to let his fingers ripple over the keyboards playing everything from the classics to modern-day tunes.* *His love of music was an essential element in the formation of his character, encouraged by his parents from a young age, he attended piano lessons in Dublin and later perfected his musical skills with Dr. Karl Seeldrayers in Carlow. * *Michael played piano at every opportunity, a visit to the pub at any time of the day would find him playing in one of the lounges. Usually when playing for his own enjoyment Michael liked to play the compositions of Chopin, Beethoven or Mozart and often included pieces by neglected composers.* *Michael's favourites were the Irish bard Thomas Moore and the great German and Austrian composers, between tunes he would, with the incisiveness of a philosopher of music discuss their life and times. * *He would often introduce the playing of some classical piece by exclaiming " I will now play the Newtown version of this famous work" ( for us, Michael became our very own "Arthur Rubinstein of Newtown" ) he would then, with a gentle mischievousness, **proceed to play the piece with all the seriousness of a professional concert pianist.* *When in form he could play Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2, filling in for the strings section to perfection.* *In 2008 I gave Michael a Leonard Cohen CD, within a few minutes he was playing his own version of Hallelujah in a style that would have done Jeff Buckley proud. * *Michael held a life-long appreciation of Choral music and travelled long distances to hear choirs perform the classics.* *He travelled widely and claimed that whatever city in the world he found himself in he always managed to play a grand piano at some venue or other.* *He loved the United States of America, having visited there over 20 times. He became involved with the Tempe Sister Cities programme in 1990, and was a welcoming host to visitors from Tempe, Arizona, when he would lecture them on American history and amaze the visitors with his knowledge of the life and times of the US Presidents from Washington to Clinton.* *He would then play pieces from the Great American Songbook covering all styles from Stephen Foster to Michael Jackson.* * * *No matter where in the world he wandered Michael retained a love for his own place and parish and for over 50 years he was organist at St Patrick's Church, Newtown. In July 2006 he was honoured by Pope Benedict when he was presented with the Bene Merenti medal in recognition of his service to the parish.* *During all this time Michael continued to work behind the bar but wisely left most of the management duties to his brother, Paudge. * *Paudge's death in 2004 was a severe blow for Michael and although he never showed it, one got the impression that he never really came to terms with the vacuum created by Paudge's absence but with Michael any setbacks or problems were brushed aside with the comment "it's all going through life".* *Michael was interviewed by journalists and writers many times, we are very fortunate that Turtle Bunbury included Smyths of Newtown in his fine 2008 book "The Irish Pub" with superb pictures captured by James Fennell.* *In 1995 Carlow County Heritage Society recorded on video an interview with the Smyth brothers and filmed Michael, dressed in elegant "concert attire", playing for about an hour on the grand piano as part of the society's Living Memory project.* * **In latter years the handicap of failing health was not allowed to interfere with his piano playing, he sustained his love of music to the end. When he entered a nursing home Michael continued tinkling the ivories on the upright piano entertaining his fellow residents at the HillviewNursing Home in Carlow.* *A man who lived by the rules of truthfulness, honesty and integrity, his courteous approach, quite humour and soft spoken manner, allied to his musical talent served him well throughout his long life. * *Sometimes playing ( illegally ! ) into the early hours during his "concerts" , Michael, with an impish glint in his eye, liked to quote Thomas Moore -* *" Awake !, * *The heavens look bright, my friends* *Tis' never too late for delight, my friends* *And the best of all ways * *To lengthen our days * *Is to steal a few hours from the night, my friends".* * * *The very many grateful friends left behind will not be short of memories, I am privileged to be counted among them. M.P.*

*From the Pat Purcell Papers.* * [ with corrections to previous submission from Michael Purcell, Sept. 2008 ]* *Relating to 1803 Statement signed by "Kilwarden" - - Viscount Lord Kilwarden ( Arthur Wolfe of Forenaughts, a Kildare man) he served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland.* *He was piked to death by followers of Robert Emmet on Thomas Street, Dublin on 23rd July during the failed Rising of 1803.* * He was travelling in a coach with his daughter, Marianne and his grandnephew, Rev. Straubenze Wolfe, when their coach was attacked by some of Emmet's group.* * When requested to identify themselves it is recorded that Lord Kilwardenput his head out through the coach window and exclaimed "It is I, Kilwarden, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench". The insurgents could hardly believe their luck at such a prize. All three passengers were dragged from the coach by the mob.* *Lord Kilwarden was piked, some soldiers came to his aid, he died a few hours later. * * His last words were "murder must be punished ~ but let no man suffer for my death, but on a fair trial, and by the laws of this country".* *His grandnephew was piked to death, his mangled body was removed to Dublin Castle. * *Kilwarden's daughter, Marianne was rescued by a local man who brought her to his house on Thomas Street.* * In 1798 Lord Kilwarden made representation to have Wolfe Tone's life spared. It was hinted at the time that Wolfe Tone was the illegitimate son of Lord Kilwarden* *Lord Kilwarden was a regular visitor to the Browne family in Carlow, on many occasions he presided at trials in Carlow Court House.* *Rev. Richard Struabenze served for a short time as Rector at Dunleckney, Carlow.* *A portrait of Richard Wolfe was sold in 2010 at a Dublin auction house, I drew attention of the sale to a present-day descendant of the Wolfe family, I was requested to purchase the picture on their behalf, when handing over the picture I gave the original of the 1803 "Kilwarden" document from the PPP to the family*

Thanks Turtle for your very good explanation. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:00 AM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 282 Before you send an email to this List you must first of all subscribe to the List. Today's Topics: 1. Re: Place names? (Turtle Bunbury (History)) 2. Re: IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 281 (Michael Brennan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:10:37 +0100 From: "Turtle Bunbury (History)" <turtlehistory@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? To: Brian Walsh <sm082987@sbcglobal.net>, irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <D6BF6081-8EF3-4EC2-8B2E-EC1910B1D341@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii That sounds right to me Brian. I would also suggest that the Mote refers to an old Norman motte and bailey at a crossroads 1.2km outside Rathvilly en route to Lisnavagh / Hacketstown. It's sometimes called Knockroe and its very easy to miss: http://www.megalithicireland.com/Knockroe%20Motte,%20Rathvilly,%20Carlow.html On 16 Sep 2013, at 03:05, Brian Walsh wrote: > I went to Failte Romhat website and looked up the Rathvilly townlands in > Griffiths. I would guess they would be Lisnevagh and Knockevagh for the > LVa and KVa. Don't know about Mote, unless it was an abbreviation for a > Mount... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Michael Brennan <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:24 PM > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? > > > I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in > the Rathvilly Baptism records. > > In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there > are > a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of > K~Va,' > another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'. I have also found a place by > the > name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. > > Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? > > Regards > Michael Brennan > County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce > My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:44:34 +0100 From: "Michael Brennan" <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 281 To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0ECCD4187B0E4FB1B78B00AFB4AE3593@HomePC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Thanks Brian it sounds like a good explanation. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE Message: 3 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:05:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Walsh <sm082987@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? I went to Failte Romhat website and looked up the Rathvilly townlands in Griffiths. I would guess they would be Lisnevagh and Knockevagh for the LVa and KVa. Don't know about Mote, unless it was an abbreviation for a Mount... I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in the Rathvilly Baptism records. In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there are a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of K~Va,' another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'.? I have also found a place by the name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? 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Thanks Brian it sounds like a good explanation. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE Message: 3 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:05:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Walsh <sm082987@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? I went to Failte Romhat website and looked up the Rathvilly townlands in Griffiths. I would guess they would be Lisnevagh and Knockevagh for the LVa and KVa. Don't know about Mote, unless it was an abbreviation for a Mount... I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in the Rathvilly Baptism records. In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there are a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of K~Va,' another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'.? I have also found a place by the name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE ------------------------------- 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 contact the IRL-CARLOW list administrator, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of IRL-CARLOW Digest, Vol 8, Issue 281 ******************************************

I have posted two more documents: Jacksons of Co. Carlow. <http://www.thesilverbowl.com/history/JACKSONs-NashesQuarter.html>This page pulls together references to deeds and a few other bits that I have surrounding Esther JACKSON and her leases at Coolmana, aka Nashe's Quarter in Co. Carlow. I have also appended a tentative family tree - rather more of a shrub actually, as well as a similar one for her SHARP family. This is all in the hopes that we may be able to tie them into another tree of JACKSONs. Possibilities include JACKSONs in Carlow, Wicklow, Kildare as well as Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada. 1794 July 16 Lease <http://www.thesilverbowl.com/documents/1794Jul16-WICKLOW-JACKSON.html>. NAMES: Right Honourable Robert Lord Viscount Wicklow aka Robert HOWARD; Esther JACKSON née SHARP of Coolamanna aka Coolmana aka Nashe's Quarters; Joseph BARKER; Sarah BARKER née SHARP; Samuel ALCOCK; Elizabeth ALCOCK née SHARP; Samuel SHARP late of Knockballystine; Benjamin BURTON of Burton Hall; Robert SHARP of Garretstown; James McNAVIN; John WILSON; William SALE or SALL; John PIRIE; John CAHILL; Edward KANE. If the hyperlinks do not work, then you can always find the pages by clicking on "NEW" on my website (address below) and looking under the date of this email. For a couple of days recently, the server hosting my site had some issues which resulted in broken links. They appear to be all right now. Please let me know if you encounter any problems. Ta, Sharon -- Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/

That sounds right to me Brian. I would also suggest that the Mote refers to an old Norman motte and bailey at a crossroads 1.2km outside Rathvilly en route to Lisnavagh / Hacketstown. It's sometimes called Knockroe and its very easy to miss: http://www.megalithicireland.com/Knockroe%20Motte,%20Rathvilly,%20Carlow.html On 16 Sep 2013, at 03:05, Brian Walsh wrote: > I went to Failte Romhat website and looked up the Rathvilly townlands in Griffiths. I would guess they would be Lisnevagh and Knockevagh for the LVa and KVa. Don't know about Mote, unless it was an abbreviation for a Mount... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Michael Brennan <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:24 PM > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? > > > I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in > the Rathvilly Baptism records. > > In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there are > a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of K~Va,' > another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'. I have also found a place by the > name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. > > Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? > > Regards > Michael Brennan > County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce > My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

I went to Failte Romhat website and looked up the Rathvilly townlands in Griffiths. I would guess they would be Lisnevagh and Knockevagh for the LVa and KVa. Don't know about Mote, unless it was an abbreviation for a Mount... ________________________________ From: Michael Brennan <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:24 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Place names? I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in the Rathvilly Baptism records. In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there are a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of K~Va,' another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'.  I have also found a place by the name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE ------------------------------- 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

I need someone's help in identifying some initials / names which appear in the Rathvilly Baptism records. In the RC Parish of Rathvilly Baptism Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Baptism_Rathvilly_02.htm there are a number of entries where the residence has been put down as 'Mote of K~Va,' another 'K~Va' and another one is 'L~Va'. I have also found a place by the name of Mote; I cant fine this name listed on any of my maps. Can someone through any light on these initials or Mote please? Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE

Thanks Turtle http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/John_Ryan.htm Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE -----Original Message----- From: Turtle Bunbury Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 3:49 PM To: Michael Rootsweb Brennan Cc: Michael Purcell Subject: Chaplain Major John Ryan of Leighlinbridge Hi Michael, Could be of interest to the list ... am sending to you because it has image also and I don't think we can upload images to the list ... Hope all well, TB > Steve Mad Paddy Murtagh: 'This original photograph by Associated > Press and from my own collection, has a caption that reads: ' Mass > Held at ' Happy Valley ' Monument. Chaplain Major John Ryan of > Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Eire, conducts mass at the Dedication > Ceremony of a Monument to 200 British dead who fell in ' Happy > Valley ' Korea, fighting a rearguard action in January. The Monument > constructed by a Korean stonemason is to the men of the 1st > battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles, The 8th King's Royal Irish > Hussars and the 170th Independent Morar Battery, Royal Artillery.' >

Marilyn There are quite a few Crawfords in Ireland but it is essentially a Scottish name. The son of a Co Wicklow family that I am researching married in Wicklow in 1871 a lass named Turnbull whose father was serving in the Wicklow Rifles. The whole family had come from Roxburgh in Scotland where the father had been demobbed from a British regiment. So, I am just offering the possibility that your George Crawford "may" have been recruited to the Irish Constabulary from Scotland. Bill -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Purcell Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013 4:20 PM To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Crawford Tullow. Email this morning from : Ippm2003@yahoo.ca Hello Michael, My husband and I met you last May in the Carlow Library. We were visiting from Canada and looking for information about the Crawfords of Tullow. You might remember that George Crawford was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary and you subsequently sent me a newspaper article about him. Just to refresh your memory: My great great grandfather, William Crawford married in Ottawa, Canada, 26 May 1874 at the age of 28. His marriage record says that he came from "Ireland" and that his parents were George and Margaret Crawford. Family lore is that he came from Carlow, Ireland. Crawford appears to be a somewhat uncommon name in Carlow. In the Griffith's Valuation (1852) there is only one George Crawford in Carlow, living at The Course, Parish of Tullowphelim, Townland of Tullow. A George Crawford died in Tullow on November 21, 1885. His death certificate indicates that he was on a police pension. There is a service record for a George Crawford in the Royal Irish Constabulary which states that his home county was Cavan and that he was posted to Kildare and then Carlow. According to his service record, this George retired from the RIC in 1862 after 25 1/2 years of service. He received a pension. In Slater's Directory of 1870 for Tullow and the Village of Ballon, there is a George Crawford listed as a provision dealer, Market Square, Tullow. This may be the same George, now in a retirement occupation. There is a burial record for a Margaret Crawford (April 18, 1886) in Tullow. I have not been able to find a copy of her death certificate at the Office of the Registrar General. According to George's RIC record his (unnamed) wife came from Kildare. George's police record states that he was transferred to County Carlow in August of 1843. My great great grandfather William Crawford was born about 1846/47. I have not been able to find a record of the birth of William or any siblings in County Carlow. I wonder if William's baptism might be recorded in the Carlow Presbyterian or Methodist records (or possibly some other Protestant group)? You mentioned that you had a transcript of some of these records that your uncle had made. Could I prevail upon you to have a look? This is a brick wall that seems almost unsurmountable and I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me. Marilyn Lappi Edmonton, Alberta Canada ------------------------------- 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

Letter to Pat Purcell dated July 1977 from Public Record Office, Melbourne, Vic. Australia. [ this enquiry may be a search for relatives of deceased person in order to distribute estate ! ] Dear Sir, We have the following entry for Michael Holligan, aged 36, Agricultural Labourer, his wife Margaret, aged 30, both were able to read only, and their children Patrick, aged 3 and infant Ann. They came from Carlow, Ireland. Departed from Liverpool on 18/05/1851, arrived in Melbourne on 21/09/1851 on the ship "Stamboul", having sailed for 126 days. They moved to Geelong on 28/09/1851. Is it possible for you to enquire if there are relatives living in the Carlow area today ?

Thanks for your work Michael ________________________________ From: Michael Brennan <mb006r9209@blueyonder.co.uk> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Voters List for Carlow I have created a Voters List for Carlow and you can find the Index on this page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Pat_Purcell_Papers_Index.htm go to the left side of the page and scroll down. There is a selection of transcripts and images of documents to search through. Regards Michael Brennan County Carlow Website: http://goo.gl/67Vce My Laois Page: http://goo.gl/Bn5KE ----- ------------------------------- 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

I believe Hanover in Carlow is called after the House of Hanover since early Victorian times. On 9 September 2013 10:41, Turtle Bunbury (History) <turtlehistory@gmail.com > wrote: > Fantastic, I didn't know he was in Carlow. > > Painestown, now Oak Park, belonged to Colonel Henry Bruen who had been > deputy quartermaster to the British Army during the American War of > Independence. > > Raspe was born in Hanover - is there a connection between him and the > Hanover street-name in Carlow? > > > > On 8 Sep 2013, at 19:39, Michael Purcell wrote: > > > Undated letter from Jeffery Wandesforde of Sussex Court, London addressed > > to Pat Purcell > > [ circa 1930s, the following is abbreviated from a six page letter ]. > > Your name was given to me by the County Hall in Carlow as a person > > that might possibly help me trace information on Rudolph Erich Raspe who > > lived in Carlow during the 1790s. > > He went to Ireland following the gold find in county Wicklow where he > > lived at Avoca near Wicklow town. He was living in Carlow in 1793 where > he > > is recorded from family letters as living in Painstown. He was > > associated with the Wandesforde mining enterprises in the area. > > He is next recorded as visiting the Mint Office in Cork City to assess > > finds from the area, he contracted cholera and died at Muckross in 1795. > > He was well known as the author of The Fabulous Adventures of the Baron > > Munchausen. > > Any assistance you can give will be much appreciated. > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >

Fantastic, I didn't know he was in Carlow. Painestown, now Oak Park, belonged to Colonel Henry Bruen who had been deputy quartermaster to the British Army during the American War of Independence. Raspe was born in Hanover - is there a connection between him and the Hanover street-name in Carlow? On 8 Sep 2013, at 19:39, Michael Purcell wrote: > Undated letter from Jeffery Wandesforde of Sussex Court, London addressed > to Pat Purcell > [ circa 1930s, the following is abbreviated from a six page letter ]. > Your name was given to me by the County Hall in Carlow as a person > that might possibly help me trace information on Rudolph Erich Raspe who > lived in Carlow during the 1790s. > He went to Ireland following the gold find in county Wicklow where he > lived at Avoca near Wicklow town. He was living in Carlow in 1793 where he > is recorded from family letters as living in Painstown. He was > associated with the Wandesforde mining enterprises in the area. > He is next recorded as visiting the Mint Office in Cork City to assess > finds from the area, he contracted cholera and died at Muckross in 1795. > He was well known as the author of The Fabulous Adventures of the Baron > Munchausen. > Any assistance you can give will be much appreciated. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Email this morning from : Ippm2003@yahoo.ca Hello Michael, My husband and I met you last May in the Carlow Library. We were visiting from Canada and looking for information about the Crawfords of Tullow. You might remember that George Crawford was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary and you subsequently sent me a newspaper article about him. Just to refresh your memory: My great great grandfather, William Crawford married in Ottawa, Canada, 26 May 1874 at the age of 28. His marriage record says that he came from "Ireland" and that his parents were George and Margaret Crawford. Family lore is that he came from Carlow, Ireland. Crawford appears to be a somewhat uncommon name in Carlow. In the Griffith's Valuation (1852) there is only one George Crawford in Carlow, living at The Course, Parish of Tullowphelim, Townland of Tullow. A George Crawford died in Tullow on November 21, 1885. His death certificate indicates that he was on a police pension. There is a service record for a George Crawford in the Royal Irish Constabulary which states that his home county was Cavan and that he was posted to Kildare and then Carlow. According to his service record, this George retired from the RIC in 1862 after 25 1/2 years of service. He received a pension. In Slater's Directory of 1870 for Tullow and the Village of Ballon, there is a George Crawford listed as a provision dealer, Market Square, Tullow. This may be the same George, now in a retirement occupation. There is a burial record for a Margaret Crawford (April 18, 1886) in Tullow. I have not been able to find a copy of her death certificate at the Office of the Registrar General. According to George's RIC record his (unnamed) wife came from Kildare. George's police record states that he was transferred to County Carlow in August of 1843. My great great grandfather William Crawford was born about 1846/47. I have not been able to find a record of the birth of William or any siblings in County Carlow. I wonder if William's baptism might be recorded in the Carlow Presbyterian or Methodist records (or possibly some other Protestant group)? You mentioned that you had a transcript of some of these records that your uncle had made. Could I prevail upon you to have a look? This is a brick wall that seems almost unsurmountable and I would greatly appreciate any help you could give me. Marilyn Lappi Edmonton, Alberta Canada