It may be of interest to some to note that on Easter Sunday, April 30th 1919, ie the day before the abandoned race meeting referred to below, Leonard Hutcheson Poe (1888-1929), general manager of Lisnavagh, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, married Kathleen Gladys Grogan, daughter of William Edward Grogan of Slaney Park, Co Wicklow, (and sometime of Moyle), who was Master of the Carlow Hunt at this time. Leonard was a grandson of the Tipperary solicitor William Thomas Poe. His father was Captain George Leslie Poe (1846-1934), Royal Navy, of Santry Court, Dublin, and Glen Ban, Abbeyleix. His mother was Mary Caldecott (d.28 Nov 1934), eldest daughter of Edward Charley of Conway House, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim. Leonard’s older brother Captain Charles Vernon Leslie Poe, KRRC, was born in 1880 and served in the Boer War and the Great War but was killed in action with the Expeditionary Force in March 1915. (Reported missing March 8th). Leonard’s older sister Violet Mary Poe (1878-1940) was married in 1902 to Gerald Edward Campbell Maconchy, youngest son of George Maconchy of Rathmore, Co. Longford, and has issue. Leonard’s youngest sister Muriel Gladys Poe was born in 1882, won the MBE in 1920 and died unmarried on 30 August 1942. Leonard’s uncle Sir Hutcheson Poe lived at Heywood Gardens and entertained Empress Sisi of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when she visited. It is worth looking at the profiles of both Sir Hutchison Poe and his brother Admiral Sir Edmund Salmon Poe again, as they were considerable achievers in the military, naval and art worlds of late Victorian and early Edwardian era. 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 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 22 Mar 2010, at 19:52, michael purcell wrote: > Note added in 2010. Despite the fact that Fox- Hunting and Race > Meetings > were abandoned all over Ireland, the organisers having yielded to > pressure > from Sinn Fein, the Carlow Hunt Club advertised a Race Meeting for > April > 31st 1919. This was to be the first of many encounters during the > War of > Independence between the Gentry of the county and Sinn Fein. > Carlow Sentinel. April 12th , 1919. > CARLOW HUNT AND SPORTMAN'S RACES. > to be run > OVER A COURSE AT BALLYBAR. > MONDAY APRIL 31st 1919. > STEWARDS. > W.H.Grogan, Master Fox Hounds. Lord Rathdonnell, Michael Governey, > Henry > Bruen, Capt. W.F. Forbes, Resident Magistrate ; . R.F. Bagenal, > Colonel H. > Eustace-Duckett, Major Alexander, J.Fenton, Denis R.Pack-Beresford, H. > Alexander, R.L. Pike, R.W.Hall-Dare, Col. R. Browne-Clayton, D.S.O. ; > General B. Lewis, D.S.O., C.B. > Judge -- General R. Lewis D.S.O., C.B. ; Starter -- Richard > Fenton. Clerk > of the Scales and Course --- H.Herring-Cooper. Hon.Sec.-- H.Herring- > Cooper. > Riders to wear hunting costume. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Carlow Sentinel. April 19th. 1919. > CARLOW HUNT RACES ABANDONED. > The Committee of the Carlow Hunt Sportsman's Races have been forced to > abandon the fixture for Easter Monday. The popularity of this > sporting event > has not lessened, but unfortunately the efforts of a section of the > community to force politics into the hunting field have been > sufficiently > successful to compel the Stewards of the Hunt Club to cancel many > fixtures, > including amongst others such favourites meets as those of > Punchestown and > Fairyhouse, patronised by sporting men all the country over, while > for the > same reason, minor events have had to follow suit. > All the preliminaries for the Carlow races, which were looked > forward to by > the Easter holiday makers, were completed when the obstructionists > intervened, making it a condition that the Stewards should sign a > petition > in connection with the treatment of political prisoners. This > condition, > needless to say could not under the rules of the National Hunt Club be > complied with, and consequently they had no alternative but that of > abandoning the races --- a decision which will necessarily prove a > great > disappointment to the community at large. > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. > No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > 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 >