Pat Purcell Papers. 1844. THE INFORMATION of Anthony Fanning of Ardenteagle, Parish of Killeshin, Barony of Slivemarige, Queen's County, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith that on the fourteenth day of March 1844~~~ I went into the shop of Thomas Conoran of the town of Carlow, I asked him what his Salt fish was a pound - he said 2 pence - I asked had he none at less price - he said he had and shewed me some fish at 1 penny per pound - I asked him if he was sure it was good ; he said it was quite good , but that it had been injured in the Carriage ; I then bought some of this fish / about 6 pound / . I took it home - and on Cooking it, it had proved to be not fit for food, quite rotten - my wife and child eat a bit of it - and both of them have been sick ever since - . I called again this morning on the said Conoran to complain about the fish - I asked him to give me some in place of it = he refused to do so or to give me back my money insisting that the fish was quite good - . I now Swear that the fish so bought from the said Conoran is not fit for human food ~~ (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning. Sworn before me at Carlow this 18th March 1844 - having been first truly read to Informant by me (signed) Matthew Esmond White. The above-named Anthony Fanning hereby acknowledgeth himself to be indebted to our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the Sum of Ten Pounds Sterling. Conditioned that he be and appear at the next Sessions to be held at Carlow and do then and there prosecute the above-named Thomas Conoran and do also produce the Fish above alluded to and do attend from Sessions to Sessions for such purpose until discharged by the Court. Taken and acknowledged before Me, this 18th day of March 1844. (signed) Matthew Esmond White. (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning.

Matthew Esmond White, Justice of the Peace, was Medical Officer at Carlow Lunatic Asylum. His sister Amelia entered the Mercy Order of nuns in 1833. The Foundress of the Mercy Order, Catherine McAuley said of her : "Of all the Sisters, Sister M. Teresa has more of my spirit and I trust more to her guiding the Institute as I wish than to any other Sister." . Sister M. Teresa (Amelia) White was the eighteenth woman to enter the Mercy Order of nuns in Dublin. In 1837 she travelled to Carlow to establish a Mercy Convent on the Dublin Road. Born in 1809 in Kilcarry Cross, Co. Carlow, Amelia was daughter of Stipendiary Magistrate Laurence White and his wife Jane Esmond White. She had three sisters - Jane who became Sister M. de Sales, Caroline - Mrs. Plunkett and Christina - Mrs. Scallon. Her brother Matthew Esmond White became a doctor, while another brother William died in 1839. There may also have been a third brother. In May 1832 Amelia and Jane had went to Dublin to be presented at the Vice-regal Lodge. Their aunt who had met Catherine McAuley asked them to visit the Mercy Convent in Baggot Street before returning to Carlow. Amelia was so struck by the austerity of the convent and the charm of the Superior, that she immediately requested to be admitted as a postulant. Catherine in her wisdom, sent the girls home, but very soon Amelia returned, followed by Jane two years later. The family seem to have been personal friends of Mother McAuley as evidenced by the letters she wrote to Sister Teresa and her sister, Sister de Sales. She also wrote to their sister Caroline about another sister Christina who was ill at the time. There are in fact, eight extant letters from Catherine to Sister Teresa and she is mentioned several times in letters to other Sisters. In 1837 Sister Teresa set out to establish a Convent for Carlow from Baggot Street with Mother McAuley and two other sisters. She was again the travelling companion of the Foundress to the new convent in Cork later in 1837. In 1839 she went on a foundation to Bermondsey with Mother McAuley and returned with her to Dublin two months later. She later established a Convent in Galway and remained there until her death. On 26 May 2012 18:38, michael purcell <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat Purcell Papers. > 1844. > THE INFORMATION of Anthony Fanning of Ardenteagle, Parish of Killeshin, > Barony of Slivemarige, Queen's County, who being duly sworn on the Holy > Evangelists deposeth and saith that on the fourteenth day of March 1844~~~ > I went into the shop of Thomas Conoran of the town of Carlow, I asked him > what his Salt fish was a pound - he said 2 pence - I asked had he none at > less price - he said he had and shewed me some fish at 1 penny per pound - > I asked him if he was sure it was good ; he said it was quite good , but > that it had been injured in the Carriage ; > I then bought some of this fish / about 6 pound / . I took it home - and > on Cooking it, it had proved to be not fit for food, quite rotten - my wife > and child eat a bit of it - and both of them have been sick ever since - . > I called again this morning on the said Conoran to complain about the fish > - I asked him to give me some in place of it = he refused to do so or to > give me back my money insisting that the fish was quite good - . > I now Swear that the fish so bought from the said Conoran is not fit for > human food ~~ > (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning. > Sworn before me at Carlow this 18th March 1844 - having been first truly > read to Informant by me > (signed) Matthew Esmond White. > The above-named Anthony Fanning hereby acknowledgeth himself to be > indebted to our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the Sum of Ten Pounds Sterling. > Conditioned that he be and appear at the next Sessions to be held at Carlow > and do then and there prosecute the above-named Thomas Conoran and do also > produce the Fish above alluded to and do attend from Sessions to Sessions > for such purpose until discharged by the Court. > Taken and acknowledged before Me, this 18th day of March 1844. (signed) > Matthew Esmond White. (signed) Anthony, hisXmark, Fanning. >