This is of particular interest to me....thanks for all your hard word, Roger! Roger Nowlan <RNowlan@primus.ca> wrote: >Mick, > >In the transcription of the obituary below I note in particular that: >“ON Saturday, 19th December 1795 the funeral procession took place from his >house at Oak Park Estate to his new town of Nurney of the late Colonel Henry Bruen.” > >As a Nolan researcher, the fact that Col. Bruen was interred in the “new town” of Nurney in 1795 is of interest. >A Patrick Nolan who was Col. Bruen’s junior by 10 years is also buried there (in the St. John`s Church of Ireland cemetery) >and his tombstone inscription reads as follows: >" >Erected by ADAM NOLAN of >Bagenalstown >in memory of his beloved Mother >DORATHE NOLAN Al's WALKER >who dep'd this life >May the 14th 1835 >Aged 69 yrs. >Also his Father PATRICK NOLAN >who departed this life March the >29th 1847 aged 97 years. (=>c1750-1847) >" > >Until now I believed that this Patrick Nolan/Nowlan was a son of Matthias Nowlan (1715-1793) of Kilconnor (just south of Ballon) but now I have some doubts. Matthias’ family was evicted from the Kilconnor townland, near Ballon, by the Watson family (most likely after 1793, after his death) and it is said that when his son John moved the family’s chattel to Rathvinden near Leighlinbridge, it was several miles in length. Patrick’s name appears as a sibling of John on a handwritten genealogy chart made by a Fr. O’Leary ( a descendant of the Kilconnor Nolans) in the early 1900s with the only information given being that he “had issue”. This seems strange as much more information is provided for John and his other siblings. This suggests that, for whatever reason, the main body of the Nolan family lost touch with Patrick’s side of the family ... or simply that Fr. O’Leary may have been wrong about the family link ... perhaps this Patrick was a cousin as oppo! sed to a sibling to the others. > >Coming back to the Patrick Nolan buried in Nurney, we do know that he had a son named Adam, the one who had the tombstone erected, and, based upon strong circumstantial evidence which follows, I believe that he had another son named William. > a.. Patrick’s son Adam, married to Catherine Byrne, had his children in baptized in the Catholic church > as follows, in Bagenalstown : Dorothy (1820), Patrick (1822), twins John and James (1824), Mary-Anne (1827). > > b.. Patrick’s assumed son William, married to Valinda Webster, had his children baptized in the Catholic church > as follows: in Bagenalstown: Edward (1827); in Quebec city: John (1829), Patrick (1830), Dorothy (1832), Adam Peter (1835). > NOTE: An Anne Nolan and a George Webster, godparents to Edward in 1827, may have been an aunt and an uncle. >Based upon the names of Adam and William’s children given above, it would appear as if their grandfather was named Edward, not Matthias. The Nolan book (published in 2000) states that Matthias Nowlan of Kilconnor was a first cousin to the Ballinrush Nolans and this is where we first look for Adam and William’s grandfather Edward. As it happens, from a previous posting, I recall that the Thomas Nolan of Ballon who died in 1832 had a lease on lands in Myshall which, from the 1850s Griffith’s Valuation, I identified as being in the Ballinrush townland and owned by a Mr. Baggott. Having, by association, worked our way back to the Ballon area, from previous known records, I now recognize that the Edward Nowlan of Ballykealey (near Ballon) whose will was proved in 1814 may have been the father of Patrick Nolan of Nurney. > >What we do know is that the Edward Nowlan who died in 1814 was a farmer, married to a Margaret and that, at the time of his death he had sons named Patrick and James. Therefore, If I am right so far then we are dealing here with the Killane and Kilkey Nolans, referred to as the Killane and Kilkeen Nolans in Fr. MacSuibhne’s writings, as previously owning much of the Lecky lands. Some of Fr. MacSuibhne’s notes about the Killane and Kilkeen Nolans are reproduced on the following Cummins family webpage (see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cummins/HXballonRathoe.htm ). > >Pulling all this together, I now believe that, in the late 1700s, the Nolans leasing land in the Kilconnor townland and in the neighbouring Killane and Kilkey townlands, were more closely related to the Nolans working the land for the Lecky family at Ballykealey (the former Nolan chief’s seat), i.e. the Ballykealey Nolans, than the other major Nolan line, the Shangarry Nolans. It would also appear that representatives of both Ballykealey Nolans AND the Shangarry Nolans leased lands in Ballinrush in the early 1800s. > >Also, what is becoming more evident is that the association of one line to a particular townland is a somewhat unreliable piece of information given the large number of Nolans who lived in the Myshall-Ballon area in the early 1800s. For Nolans at least, signature first names seem to be a more reliable measure for identification of a particular Nolan line. > >As regards the genealogy of the Shangarry Nolans, I now believe that “John the Poet” O’Nowlan whose genealogy is documented in O’Hart’s belonged to the Ballykealey Nolan line. Based upon my experience, some of the signature first names which seem to be associated with the Ballykealey Nolans are Edward (?from Eochaidh, found several times in the O’Hart documented genealogy of the O’Nowlans), Charles (from Cahir), Garret, Philip and Felix (from Phelim as in Tullowphelim), Stephen, ... > >Coming back to Col. Henry Bruen himself, Patrick Nowlan of Nurney, was likely one of his tenants. Another Nowlan tenant of the Bruen family at the time was a Garret Nowlan leasing land Linkardstown (Tinryland area). It is possible the two Nowlan tenants were related, being both, in my opinion, of the Ballykealey Nolan line in the Ballon area. I know of one Kilkeen Nowlan, a Garret Nowlan married to an Anastatia Hennessey who had a son named Daniel in the early 1790s and he could have been the same one leasing land in Linkardstown in the early 1800s [RN: This Garret also had a son named Patrick who emigrated to the Halifax area in Canada.] > >Well that’s it for today! > >Bye for now, >Roger > >http://nolanfamilies.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Purcell >Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 1:55 PM >To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] 1795,Colonel Henry Bruen. > >The printer of this Pamphlet was George Cooke, Carlow, dated 1796. > >On 16 June 2013 18:24, Friend of Carlow <friendsofcarlowtempe@gmail.com>wrote: > >> [ 4 page brochure in the PPP, among the papers bearing the >> stamp T.C.Crawford. ] >> Printed for Distribution to the Family and Friends of the late >> Colonel Henry Bruen. >> Oak Park Estate, Carlow. >> FUNERAL CEREMONY AND PROCESSION >> of the Late and Lamented >> COLONEL HENRY BRUEN. >> 1741 - 1795. >> Soldier - Officer - Gentleman. >> Member of Parliament. >> Magistrate. >> Governor and Custos Rotulorum for County of Carlow. >> ON Saturday, 19th December 1795 the funeral procession took place from his >> house at Oak Park Estate to his new town of Nurney of the late Colonel >> Henry Bruen. >> The Carlow Militia quartered at Waterford, paraded for the purpose of doing >> military honors to the memory of their deceased Commandant. >> The whole regiment were in mourning ; and the late Colonel's sword, sash, >> gorget, spurs, etc. were bound with crape and borne by an officer. >> Arms were then ordered to be reversed, and the regiment were put in march >> by Captain Wolsey, the band playing a Dead March. >> In this order the regiment proceeded to the review-field, opposite Oak Park >> House where they formed a line, rested on reversed arms, and gave room for >> the officer carrying the late Colonel's sword etc. to pass through, the >> band playing and drums beating a Dead March. >> The commanding officer, claimed the attention of the Regiment, and with >> much pathos addressed them. >> Address by CAPTAIN WOLSEY [ abbreviated ]. >> " SOLDIERS - >> BY the grief which I observe in the countenance of this Corps, I am, >> convinced that it joins heartily with me in the high opinion I had formed >> of its much lamented late Colonel ; and I shall try to suppress my feelings >> while I endeavour to explain to you your loss. >> HE was the soldiers steadfast friend ; as a soldier, he was high indeed in >> the estimation of veterans, he knew and was known to them all ; and by all >> was respected. >> At a very early time of life, as a volunteer, he carried arms on actual >> service ; soon distinguished himself - and was promoted. >> >From this period, his military career was a continued train of honourable, >> intrepid and generous actions ; raised during the late WAR in America, to >> one of the highest and most important posts in the army, he acted with >> great gallantry, pushing himself forward in every enterprize of danger. >> HIS diligence, his generosity, his hospitality, had no bounds; helping his >> fellow officers in their promotion ; and furnishing an open, a princely >> table for the whole army -- an army of ABOVE TWENTY THOUSAND MEN ; not >> merely confining himself to officers of high rank, but embracing the whole >> of every corps, the navy as well as the army. >> THE name of - BRUEN AND ABUNDANCE - went hand in hand, were echoed and >> re-echoed by the unanimous voice of an approving and GRATEFUL ARMY. >> SUCH were the outlines of his military life ! --- >> SEE him in the calm retreats of peace !. >> VIEW him as a citizen, establishing manufactures ; rewarding industry, and >> rendering by his liberality, a thinly-inhabited and sterile part of Oak >> Park into a populous and fruitful area. >> VIEW him as a magistrate ; you recollect the disturbed state of the >> Collieries in the neighbourhood Carlow in 1793, and their threats against >> the Inhabitants of Carlow ; you were witness as to how the late Colonel >> brought these lawless people to a proper sense of their duty and restored >> confidence to the well-affected and loyal. >> YOU saw him, in person, apprehend several men in your own County of Carlow, >> of the most desperate characters ; men who were a pest to society, were in >> possession of arms, were the terror of their neighbourhood, and had set all >> law at defiance. >> In a word you saw him one of the most active magistrates in Carlow. >> BUT, how shall I talk of him in private life ? - >> He was the most happy, the most indulgent of husbands, the best of fathers, >> and a warm and faithful friend. >> AND, soldiers ! let me not forget on the Solemn occasion, and as the moment >> of his interment draws near, to remind you, above all, of his acts as a >> moral man and as a Christian. HE FED THE HUNGRY ; HE CLOATHED THE NAKED ; - >> HE GAVE PRINCELY SUPPORT TO THE NECESSITOUS ; he built a sanctuary to his >> God ! - >> Within the consecrated walls of the Church of Nurney of which his corpse is >> now about to be deposited." >> GOD SAVE THE KING. >> [ end of abbreviated version Captain Wolsey's speech ]. >> An awful silence followed - the regiment leaning on their reversed arms -- >> when the band commenced solemn music ; a signal was then given, and the >> regiment fired three volleys with great precision, the band filling up the >> interval of time required for reloading. >> Upon the whole we never were witness to a procession and ceremony more >> solemn and affecting. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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