Thanks Turtle and Peter, we have a fair bit of detail on Thomas C. Bunbury both from the Pat Purcell Papers and in extracts from The Carlow Sentinel. The newspaper items were transcribed and typed up some years ago, today they are checked for accuracy against the original reports before posting. We have established that the Thomas C. Butler mentioned in an earlier report as being abused on "the publick street at Burrin Street" by Thomas Charles Bunbury was in fact Thomas Crawford Butler of Rose Ville , Carlow, who operated as Attorney in Carlow for over 40 years. He acted as Crown Prosecutor and was also Seneschal of the Manor of Carlow of Ballymoon, Dunleckney and Bagenalstown. His wife died in Dublin in 1835. Thomas C. Butler died in 1876, he is buried in the churchyard of Killeshin Ch. of Ireland on the Ballickmoyler Road. Bunbury himself appears to have been neither a practising Protestant or Roman Catholic !. I should mention here that one of our readers envisions a historical novel herein !. mick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From Turtle Bunbury 13/06/2013. Fantastic stuff Mick. I had no knowledge of Thomas C Bunbury before this but he was clearly quite a man. My cousin Peter Bunbury advises that Thomas Charles Bunbury was the eldest of five illegitimate sons born to Henry Bunbury and Margaret Walsh. He has some kind of connection with Sandgate in Kent as his first son Henry Bunbury was born 7.9.1811 in Sandgate to his wife Sarah Rodwell who in fact died in Brighton in 1857 whilst her husband TCB died 25.2.1852 according to Urglin Parish records. Their son Henry did not marry and became a barrister and appears in several census of England - 1891 living at Camberwell. I particularly like the expression 'the ungovernable ruffians who supported Mr Bunbury'. Here's another detail on Thomas Bunbury for you Mick: On Wednesday June 5th 1850, the Ballina Chronicle reported that 'Mr. Thomas Bunbury, of Russeltown, is committed to Carlow gaol and his son, Mr. Henry Bunbury, is admitted to bail, both for threatening the life of a sheriff's bailiff and discharging a gun at him.' It is not yet known who the sheriff's bailiff was or why they were shooting at him. The High Sheriff was Beauchamp Bartholomew Newton (1798-1850) of Rathwade, the son of Colonel Philip Newton and Sarah Westrop. Mr. Newton held the office of High Sheriff in 1850. Whether the Bunbury's shooting made any impact on this or not, Mr. Newton died on 21 August 1850 at age 51.According to Urglin Parish records, Thomas Charles Bunbury was buried on 25 February 1852.

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 Mob: + 353 (0) 87 6453 486 Office: +353 (0) 5991 80559 Skype: turtle1847 www.facebook.com/turtle.bunbury On 13 Jun 2013, at 18:29, Michael Purcell wrote: > Thanks Turtle and Peter, we have a fair bit of detail on Thomas C. Bunbury > both from the Pat Purcell Papers and in extracts from The Carlow Sentinel. > The newspaper items were transcribed and typed up some years ago, today > they are checked for accuracy against the original reports before posting. > We have established that the Thomas C. Butler mentioned in an earlier > report as being abused on "the publick street at Burrin Street" by Thomas > Charles Bunbury was in fact Thomas Crawford Butler of Rose Ville , Carlow, > who operated as Attorney in Carlow for over 40 years. He acted as Crown > Prosecutor and was also Seneschal of the Manor of Carlow of Ballymoon, > Dunleckney and Bagenalstown. His wife died in Dublin in 1835. > Thomas C. Butler died in 1876, he is buried in the churchyard of Killeshin > Ch. of Ireland on the Ballickmoyler Road. > Bunbury himself appears to have been neither a practising Protestant or > Roman Catholic !. > I should mention here that one of our readers envisions a historical novel > herein !. > mick > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> From Turtle Bunbury 13/06/2013. > Fantastic stuff Mick. I had no knowledge of Thomas C Bunbury before this > but he was clearly quite a man. My cousin Peter Bunbury advises that Thomas > Charles Bunbury was the eldest of five illegitimate sons born to Henry > Bunbury and Margaret Walsh. He has some kind of connection with Sandgate in > Kent as his first son Henry Bunbury was born 7.9.1811 in Sandgate to his > wife Sarah Rodwell who in fact died in Brighton in 1857 whilst her husband > TCB died 25.2.1852 according to Urglin Parish records. Their son Henry did > not marry and became a barrister and appears in several census of England - > 1891 living at Camberwell. > I particularly like the expression 'the ungovernable ruffians who supported > Mr Bunbury'. > Here's another detail on Thomas Bunbury for you Mick: > On Wednesday June 5th 1850, the Ballina Chronicle reported that 'Mr. Thomas > Bunbury, of Russeltown, is committed to Carlow gaol and his son, Mr. Henry > Bunbury, is admitted to bail, both for threatening the life of a sheriff's > bailiff and discharging a gun at him.' It is not yet known who the > sheriff's bailiff was or why they were shooting at him. The High Sheriff > was Beauchamp Bartholomew Newton (1798-1850) of Rathwade, the son of > Colonel Philip Newton and Sarah Westrop. Mr. Newton held the office of High > Sheriff in 1850. Whether the Bunbury's shooting made any impact on this or > not, Mr. Newton died on 21 August 1850 at age 51.According to Urglin Parish > records, Thomas Charles Bunbury was buried on 25 February 1852. > > ------------------------------- > 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