you are right Turtle, it should read Katherine A. Rathdonnell, thanks for your comments , much appreciated, mick On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Turtle Bunbury <turtle@turtlebunbury.com>wrote: > Many thanks for this Mick. All fascinating to me. I think 'Kathleen A. > Rathdonnell' should probably read 'Katherine' - she was one of the > Bruens of Oak Park and married Tom Bunbury (later Lord Rathdonnell) in > 1876. I believe she was instrumental in sending soup wagons to > Rathvilly during the Spanish Flu epidemic earlier in that year. > > I have seen a certificate given to someone for their help in the > National Egg Collection. I have also seen one of the quilts sold at a > Lisnavagh fete, perhaps this one although I'm not sure what an > "Autograph Quilt" is!? > > I feel like I am now living parallel lives, 2010 and one in 1919-1921 > but I am very much enjoying this snippet updates. They really do slows > history right down to a pace where you can see how things might have > unfurled the way they did. > > Incidentally, I wrote a story about the Irish tricolor which was > hoisted over the GPO in 1916 and went on sale in New York today. My > story ran in yesterday's Irish Daily Mail and can be read here: > http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_irish/history_irish_flag.htm > As it happens, the flag did not sell today. > > Best wishes, > > Turtle > > Turtle Bunbury > www.turtlebunbury.com > Old Fort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland > Mob: + 353 - (0) 87 - 6453 486 > Skype: turtle1847 > > Turtle Bunbury is a best-selling author and travel writer based in > Ireland. He has lately launched www.HistoryinaBook.com<http://www.historyinabook.com/>which offers an > innovative way to transform your family history into a compelling > read. Turtle's seventh book, Vanishing Ireland - Further Chronicles of > a Disappearing World, with photographer James Fennell, was the top- > selling Picture Book in Ireland over Christmas 2009. > > On 23 Mar 2010, at 17:31, michael purcell wrote: > > > [ Note added 2010. About this time a new directive was issued from > > Sinn > > Fein in Carlow requesting that fund raising activities for veterans > > of the > > Great War were not to be approved or supported. It was further > > requested > > that dances or events organised by the "Comrades of the Great War" > > were not > > to be approved or supported. > > The following collections were recorded in The Sentinel. The total > > collected > > in the Rathvilly / Hacketstown area for May, 1919 was £501, twelve > > shillings > > and eleven pence. The President and main fund-raiser was Kathleen > > A.Rathdonnell ( Bunbury) of Lisnavagh.] > > Carlow Sentinel, May 1919. > > BRITISH RED CROSS. > > Rathvilly and Hacketstown District. > > Part proceeds Rathvilly R.C. Church Collection per Rev. J. O' > > Callaghan -- > > £2 - 8 shillings. > > Hacketstown Church Collection per Rev. C.S. > > Ellison-----------------------£1 > > - 17 shillings. > > Part proceeds Fete at > > Lisnavagh-----------------------------------------------------£50 -- > > Part proceeds Concert at D'Israeli School per Mrs > > Anderson--------------£11 > > --6 shillings > > L.H.Poe > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------£ > > 1.--one > > shilling. > > Miss Green, > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 > > shillings. > > Rev. Ellison and Mrs. > > Ellison............................................................5 > > shillings. > > Mrs. > > Earl > > > .........................................................................................2 > > shillings and six pence. > > Under 2/6 (two shillings and six pence) Mrs. Taylor, Parkin Recipe. > > OUR DAY. > > Part proceeds of Fete at Lisnavagh Autograph > > Quilt-----------------------------£18--one shilling. > > Hacketstown Church, per Rev. > > Ellison-------------------------------------------------£3 -- eleven > > shillings. > > Hacketstown School, per Rev. > > Ellison--------------------------------------------------£1----three > > shillings. > > Lisnavagh, Sale of Game > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > £7--twelve > > shillings. > > Etc. > > IRISH COUNTIES' WAR HOSPITAL, COUNTY CARLOW WARD. > > Lord Rathdonnell, £50. > > Lady Rathdonnell, £10. > > L.H.Poe £5. > > Hon. T.L. McClintock-Bunbury £1. > > Very Rev. J. Delaney, P.P., V.F. Etc. > > PRISONERS' OF WAR FUNDS. > > Leinster Regiment, £56. > > Royal Dublin Fusiliers, £72. > > South Irish Horse, £25. > > OTHERS. > > Nation's tribute to Nurses, £10. > > Belgian Relief Fund, £5. > > Instructional Workshops, Military Orthopedic Hospital, Blackrock, £36. > > National Egg Collection, 2,712 Eggs. > > Men's Work, Lisnavagh --- 18 Bed-rests, 6 Bed Tables, 20 Crutches. > > K.A, RATHDONNELL, President County Carlow Branch. > > ________________________________ > > Death. Glover --- On Wednesday, May 21st 1919, in Montreal, Canada, > > at the > > age of 22 years, Henry Victor, youngest son of the late John Geo. > > Glover, > > Carlow, Ireland, and Mrs. Glover, 3163 St. James Street, West, > > Montreal. > > ======================================= > > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > > subscribe to the List. 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