Thanks Paddy >From: "Padraig Mor O'Gealagain" <padraigogealagain@rogers.com> >Reply-To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com >To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com>, <irl-clare@rootsweb.com>, ><irl-cork@rootsweb.com>, <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Book - "The Great Migration" >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:52:26 -0500 > >This book by Edwin C. Guillet published in 1937 by University of Toronto >Press, Toronto,(no ISBN #) Canada, provides a great insight about >conditions >encountered by emigrants as they crossed from Ireland to North America. >Some >shocking conditions on board overcrowded ships prevailed; and also on >arrival when many were robbed of their meagre belongs or charged >extravagant >rent in dilapidated slums and whore houses, especially during the great >famine years. It has many illustrations, too. > >If your local library doesn't have it, they might be able to get it by >inter-loan. > >Pádraig Mór >An Sean Gabhar > > ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Share your latest news with your friends with the Windows Live Spaces friends module. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk

Thanks for your ideas, have tried them all. These were all definitely farmers who stayed in the Chatham-St. Andrews-Buckingham-Thurso area in Quebec. They were not part of the Robinson settlers and they never got as far west as Ottawa. It may be that they read about the Robinson plans, but they did come on their own, with wives and children, and bought or 'squatted' on their own farms.The names consisted of Conlin, McCafferty, Lannen, Driscoll, Johnston, Harrison, Spooner, O'Grady, Gleeson, O'Neil, McMillan, O'Donnell (spellings vary). First immigration we can prove was 1828. Diane

The Rideau Canal, connecting Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River was completed between 1826 and 1832 and drew a huge number of Irish immigrant labor. Perhaps they were involved with that historic project? See a history of the canal at http://www.canadiancanalsociety.org/rideau/history.html Chris Kervick Windsor Locks, Connecticut ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Apel" <dianeapel@comcast.net> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] 2 Migrations > I have run into the fact that there were 2 "Great Migrations" in my family to Canada. > > The first was in the 1820-1835 period, when one side of my family immigrated and they all settled in Quebec and intermarried with other Irish. > > The second was the 1847-1852 more common period during the famine > years and interestingly enough they immigrated to Ontario. Perhaps Quebec > was full by that time and land was more plentiful in Ontario. They appear to have been mostly from County Clare and again, all intermarried with fellow Irishmen. > > Would anyone know of a particular reason in 1820-1835 why there would have > been a large migration and what particular part of the country they may have been from, as the Quebec records from then are meager. > > Thanks, Diane > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

WO 97/385/41 MICHAEL BOURKE , Born DORNASS [Doonass?], Clare Served in 18th Foot Regiment; Discharged aged 18, Served 1853-1854 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

WO 97/303/12 THOMAS BOURKE Born KILMARAY (sic) [Kilmurry?], Clare Served in 9th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 22 , served 1847-1850 WO 97/958/57 JOHN BOURKE Born KILLELAGH, [Killilagh?] Clare Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 41, served 1827-1846 WO 97/1030/66 JOHN BOURKE Born DRUMCLIFT, (sic) Clare Served in 95th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 20, served 1837-1837 WO 97/1184/16 WILLIAM BOURKE Born KILLOWEN, (sic) Clare Served in Boyle Roche's Regiment Discharged aged [Not Known] 1775 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

.Would anyone know of a particular reason in 1820-1835 why there would have been a large migration and what particular part of the country they may have been from, as the Quebec records from then are meager.> A major scheme was arranged by ' Peter Robison' ( for whom it was named ) in 1822-1825 - over 2000 were settled in Peterborough County and east to the Ottawa Valley. Those émigrés came from the south - Munster Province mainly. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please ***** -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diane Apel Sent: 28 November 2006 14:39 To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] 2 Migrations I have run into the fact that there were 2 "Great Migrations" in my family to Canada. The first was in the 1820-1835 period, when one side of my family immigrated and they all settled in Quebec and intermarried with other Irish. The second was the 1847-1852 more common period during the famine years and interestingly enough they immigrated to Ontario. Perhaps Quebec was full by that time and land was more plentiful in Ontario. They appear to have been mostly from County Clare and again, all intermarried with fellow Irishmen. Would anyone know of a particular reason in 1820-1835 why there would have been a large migration and what particular part of the country they may have been from, as the Quebec records from then are meager. Thanks, Diane

I have run into the fact that there were 2 "Great Migrations" in my family to Canada. The first was in the 1820-1835 period, when one side of my family immigrated and they all settled in Quebec and intermarried with other Irish. The second was the 1847-1852 more common period during the famine years and interestingly enough they immigrated to Ontario. Perhaps Quebec was full by that time and land was more plentiful in Ontario. They appear to have been mostly from County Clare and again, all intermarried with fellow Irishmen. Would anyone know of a particular reason in 1820-1835 why there would have been a large migration and what particular part of the country they may have been from, as the Quebec records from then are meager. Thanks, Diane

Ref. Number (Covering dates give year of enlistment to year of discharge) WO 121/178/179 PATRICK BURKE Born ST JOHNS, Clare 1798-1814 Served in 4th Royal Veteran Battalion; 30th Foot Regiment, Discharged aged 36 after 15 years 9 months of service Residence or place where pension paid stated in document. WO 121/5/156 EDWARD BURKE Born BALLANAKILL, Clare - 1788 Served in 34th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 41 after 25 years of service WO 121/53/86 PATRICK BURKE Born MELICK (sic), Clare - 1802 aka PATRICK BURK, Served in 30th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 22 after 4 years of service WO 121/111/189 HUGH BURKE Born DRUMCLIFFE, Clare 1805-1811 Served in 99th Foot Regiment; 4th Garrison Battalion, Discharged aged 27 after 5 years 9 months of service Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

This book by Edwin C. Guillet published in 1937 by University of Toronto Press, Toronto,(no ISBN #) Canada, provides a great insight about conditions encountered by emigrants as they crossed from Ireland to North America. Some shocking conditions on board overcrowded ships prevailed; and also on arrival when many were robbed of their meagre belongs or charged extravagant rent in dilapidated slums and whore houses, especially during the great famine years. It has many illustrations, too. If your local library doesn't have it, they might be able to get it by inter-loan. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

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An ex Irishman you say. I thought once an Irishman always an Irishman??? With a surname like I have what else would else would I say but a big congrats to him. Helen MCNAMARA NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Goopy" <cgoopy@optusnet.com.au> To: "Y-ireland" <Y-IRL@yahoogroups.com>; "Clare" <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:17 PM Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Irish not only beat Aussies at Rugby,now Australian Idol > Some of you may have been watching this contest or noted my posting a > week or so ago, but it's actually happened... > > Damien Leith from Miltown, Co Kildare, has last night, taken out the > title of Australian Idol...not bad for a 30 year old ex Irishman, > married with a young baby! > > His voice is absolutely wonderful, almost hypnotic in some songs... > > If you want to read about him or claim him as kin see > http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/idol > > > Chris > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Helen McNamara wrote: > An ex Irishman you say. I thought once an Irishman always an Irishman??? > With a surname like I have what else would else would I say but a big > congrats to him. > Helen MCNAMARA > NZ > Hi Helen, that was the bait to get a response... and it did! :-) To be perfectly honest, Damien is still and always will be an Irishman, but he had announced his intention to become an Australian citizen next year... I call myself an Aussie with Irish and Greek heritage... or Irish Stew, as I told my then small children! His voice entranced me from the start...can't wait for the first album. Chris

Hickman Ann, 22, Dressmaker, Schooner Ariel dept. Kilrush, arrived Boston May 22 1850 Sarah, 18.

Some of you may have been watching this contest or noted my posting a week or so ago, but it's actually happened... Damien Leith from Miltown, Co Kildare, has last night, taken out the title of Australian Idol...not bad for a 30 year old ex Irishman, married with a young baby! His voice is absolutely wonderful, almost hypnotic in some songs... If you want to read about him or claim him as kin see http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/idol Chris

ANDREW BOLAND Born OGONNELLY, Clare Served in 40th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 38, Service Years: 1821-1839 THOMAS BOLAND Born TOMGRANY, Clare Served in 87th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 41, Service Years: 1831-1852 Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

MICHAEL BLOOD Born ENNIS, Clare Served in 67th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 36, Service Years: 1804-1825 NEPTUNE BLOOD Born INNIS, Clare Served in 12th Dragoons; 24th Foot Regiment Discharged 1802, aged 46 after 28 years 7 months of service Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

DAVID BARRY Born KILLALOE, Clare Served in 2nd Foot Regiment Discharged 1823 aged [Not Known] Covering date gives year of enlistment. Pádraig Mór An Sean Gabhar ***** Reply to List Only Please *****

Hi, Clare Journal 9 Jan 1832 The Newgrove Volunteers Come all ye gallant heroes To Tulla that do belong, I'll sing of the Newgrove corps, And I hope you'll like my song; Commanded by a gentleman, His dwelling is at Newgrove, And his name is Tom Browne. With my whack fal la la. Pat Molony our first Lieutenant Is a worthy man and stout, Who, for to dine and sup with him, Does oft give us the rout- For genuine hospitality At Cragg is to be found, And it is very well known to be In all the county round. Then next our Second Lieutenant, John Westropp is his name, All for to fight our battles, >From Fortanebegg he came; A riding on his black mare, With sabre in his hand, Fall out and take a glass of grog My boys, was his command. Then out spoke Ned O'Callaghan, Our trumpeter was he, Saying I have no objection, For to take two or three; Hurra, then cried the Corporal, Arthur Brew was he called by name, Saying come down, dear Ned, into your house, And faith I'll do the same. For shame then, cried the Doctor, For shame, my boy, for shame, Is it in the nick report You want to have your name; For drinking grog in the morning, It does create much bile, I tell it to the officers, As well as the rank and file. Then out spoke John Molony, A private man was he, Then tell me how, dear Doctor, It's how this thing can be; For surely I have seen yourself The very same thing to do, Then say to us, poor fellows, Who do you look so blue. Oh bravo; cries the whole corps, A glass of grog we'll take, in spite of all the Doctors, And all the fuss they make; For a glass in moderation It never can do harm, 'Tis better than the tinctures, Their balsatus (??) or their balm. Then out spoke Georgy Sampson, A dandy man was he, Saying whilst you are a drinking grog, I'll go and get some tea; For I hold it is much better Of tea to take a dose, Than for to have grog blossoms A growing on my nose. the next who spoke, for mischief Declared himself quite ripe, But he thought it was a better plan To be smoking of a pipe Well loaded with tobacco, >From sweet Virginia town, His name it was Con Bindon, A ???? of such renown. Then here a success to the Newgrove corps And great prosperity In all their undertakings, Succesful may they be - Long may their gallant commanders Command their valiant men, And when they die, in Heaven May they all rest - amen. Declan

>From a long biographical sketch (which strikes some themes familiar to us family researchers) at: http://www.wiisonline.org/resources.php?type=bio&file=Quigley.xml "Much of what has been written about Quigley derives from his last book, The Irish Race in California and on the Pacific Coast (1878). As the original and only extensive published biography, the eight-page introduction to his book, Biographical Sketch of the Author by the anonymous W. M., provides a detailed account of Quigley's youth in Ireland, along with brief descriptions of his missionary work in the United States... Discrepancies between W. M.'s Biographical Sketch and other authorities commence with the date of birth of Hugh Quigley. W. M. cites Quigley's birth date as December 1819 (iii). Subsequent sources all supply the year 1818 as his birth date.Troy, New York. Bureau of Vital Statistics; Death of Father Quigley; St. Mary's Cemetery; Brown 257; Hickey 34. Despite this consensus of 1818 as his birth year, Quigley's baptismal record establishes that he was born in 1819 and was baptized in February, not December, of that year (Baptisms 1819-1846). W. M. next provides an incomplete designation of Quigley's place of birth. He identifies the location as within two Irish miles of Tulla, in the County of Clare (ix). He further mentions that Quigley's father leased three small farms, Affogh, Derrygariff, and The Rhea (v). Derrygariff, a subtownland in the townland of Affogh, or Affick, is cited as the birthplace of Hugh and his siblings in the Tulla Parish Baptismal Register, which is presumabley where Quigley spent his early years. Later in his life Quigley would identify another subtownland, Knockjames, as his home in his youth (St. Mary's Cemetery). Knockjames, about one mile east of Derrygariff on the east side of Affick, is probably the same property that W. M. identifies as Affogh.In 1855 in Griffith's Valuation (57) Quigley is listed as a co-tenant of this sixty-acre property along with his brother Michael, to whom he later bequeathed his share in his will (Surrogate Court Wills and Proofs 274). Additionally, the same sixty acres, identified as Affick, but in the same location as Knockjames, was owned by Michael Quigley in 1873 (Weir 4). .... Fr. Quigley is said to have privately encouraged parishioners in Tulla to steal food from their wealthy landlords to feed their starving wives and children... [As of 1847] Irish Catholics coming from Quebec populated the border region of northern upstate New York in large numbers. Those immigrants debarking in Montreal often crossed the St. Lawrence River, a developing waterway, and settled in Waddington, New York. In addition, Irish immigrants already settled in Ontario and Quebec began to relocate to Waddington, driven by the economic and political downturn in Canada after 1837 (218). Quigley worked with these Irish immigrants during his first American mission at St. Mary's church in Waddington from January 1848 to June 1849 (St. Mary's Church)." The Quigley book appears in full at: http://www.wiisonline.org/resources.php?type=html&file=QuigleyIR_final.xml Surname descriptions (see below, given verbatim) are provided in the Quigley book, interspersed with descriptions of Irish who re-settled to the U.S. The individual descriptions includes those of these Clare men: McMahon O'BRIEN Rev. William MOLONEY Daniel O'CONNELL John TWOHY Surname descriptions: The Connesses, "ua Coinnise," were of very ancient date in Connaught, bordering on the County of Clare, where several families of the name are found to the present day. Dugan, Ua Duibhgaun; an ancient family of Clare, who were poets and literati for centuries. Hence, also Duggan. Flannery, Flannaghrah; an old name distinguished for the number of its eminent ecclesiastics. They dwelt in Clare. McAnerheny, Mac an Airchina; an old family of Clare, and still numerous around Tradere and Inchiquin. The word is derived from Mac In Erenagh, Erinagh being a trustee or lay deacon of cathedral churches. Hon. Thos. McAnerhany represents time name here. McMahon, MacMathghamna (pronounced Mahona); descendants of Brian Borumba, and lords of Corcovaskin, in Clare. They were also kings of Oriel, in Ulster. The President of the French Republic is the descendant of the Clare branch of this illustrious family. Dr. A. McMahon, of San Jose, is of that race. MacMurrough, MacMurchadha; too famous a name to be forgotten, were kings of Leinster from before the 11th century. The infamous Diarmid na-n'Gall was the one who, having sold his country to the English and his soul to Satan, in 1167 brought foreign adventures to murder his countrymen. He died in 1171. His only legitimate son, Conor, was put to death by Roderic O'Connor. The Kavanaghs and the Kinsellas were his descendants. McNamara are of a very ancient stock, being descended from Cumara, the ancestor of the McNamaras. They trace themselves up to Nial, and were lords of Clan Cuilein. One of them was called Donal Reogh, another Mac Con Ceanmor, and were of Siol Aodh or Hugh. The McNamaras were connected by marriage with the O'Briens of Thomond. Mary, daughter of Shaun Reogh, having married Donough, grandson of Turlogh O'Brien. The seat of the McNamaras in Clare is at Moresk in the West and Oyl in East Clare, near Feacle. McGrath, Macrahig; was a tribe of Eogan More, located near Cashel. Sleiv-na-banfion was included in their territory according to annals of Innisfallen. They are numerous in Tipperary and Clare. Neylan, Niallain; was a family of note. In the 9th century one of the name was Bishop of Slane. Another venerable member of that name, Shane oge O'Nialain, was Bishop of Kilfenora, in Clare, in the 16th century. In 1093, both the Annals of Ulster and those of the Four Masters record the death of Ailell O'Niallian, corb of Sts. Kieran and Cronan and Abbot of Cluan Macnoise. The Nialans had possessions in Temple Malley, Barony of Bunratty, Clare. Nunan, Noenan; a very ancient name of unquestionable Milesian origin. They were of the order of olaves, poets and brehons in the pre-Christian ages, and had possessions in Thomond. The traits of the ancient stock have been retained by the modern Nunans in Clare and Limerick. Hon. Ed. Nunan and Sheriff Matthew Nunan worthily represent the name in this city. O'Brien; is one of the most illustrious in the annals of Erin. They were monarchs, kings, princes and chiefs in Ireland. The O'Briens were from different sections in Ireland, but Thomond was the original inheritance of the most illustrious race of the O'Briens. Brian Borumba, or Boru, from being a petty king of the Dalcassians, became Ardrigh, after having deposed Maelshaughlin in 1002. He crushed the Danish pirates at Clontarf and, though he lost his life, he left his country independent. Turlough O'Brien, his grandson, succeeded him as monarch, and, though the O'Briens lost the supreme sovereignty, yet, as kings of Munster and Thomond, their power lasted for centuries. Lord Inchiquin, of Dromoland, in Clare, represents the old kingly race, as did Smith O'Brien, his brother, and, in this city, McMahon, John and Thomas O'Brien have unquestionably the most direct descent from the O'Briens of Thomond, and, consequently, of Brian Boru. O'Connells, O'Counell; were descended from King Oilioll Ollum. They were numerous in Kerry and Clare. Cromwell sent several families of this name into Clare, the leading representatives of which were O'Connell, of Kilgory, near Tulla, and Charles O'Connell, of Ennis. The illustrious Daniel O'Connell, of Kerry, the Liberator of his country, the wisest and most successful Irishman since the English invasion, restores the name of O'Connell to the highest celebrity. He laid down a new principle in seeking for political redress, namely, that peaceful and legal means are better than forcible or warlike efforts. All civilized people are gradually adopting these great principles of O'Connell. O'Corrys, or Currys, Ua Corra; an ancient Sept in Dalcas. The late Eugene Corry was the direct representative of that family, and a native of Clare. Another branch of that name, from Ulster, is represented by the Curry brothers, of Sansome street. O'Deas, O'Deadhagdh; were an old family in the Barony of Inchquin, Clare, where there is a township called Fany O'Dea, from its ancient owners. O'Dooly's, Ua Dubhlaic; lords of Fear Tulla in the 11th century. They are numerous in Clare and in Limerick. O'Deegan, or Dugidan, O'Duigedain; were an old race, near Kildalua or Killaloe and Ennis, in Clare. O'Aherns, or Hearne, O'Ectighern; are an ancient family of Tipperary, and Waterford, and Clare. Six-mile Bridge, in Clare, was their largest territory. O'Flynn, Ua Floinn; were Lords of Ui Tuotha, the ancient name of a territory in Antrim, East of Lough Neagh. Five or six parishes were comprised in the territory. They were a branch of the clan Rury, of Ulster. They have a very exact and old pedigree, in which the names--1, Rory; 2, Donel; 3, Cumee; 4, Murtagh; 5, Alexander; 6, Aodh, or Hugh; 7, Donagan; 8, Forgartagh, are enumerated in succession of descent. A townland in Clare, called Enagh O'Flynn, belonged to people of that tribe. O'Gradys, Ua Grada; a sept of Cinel Dangaille, in Thomond. This clan gave abbots to the celebrated monastry [sic] of Tom-Grany, in Clare. O'Hares, or O'Hehirs, O'heticher; an ancient family in Limerick and Clare, where they are numerous at present. O'Kirwan, O'Ciordubhain and O'Kerwick, O'Ciarmhaic; are names very common in Galway and north Clare, written Kirwan, Kerwick and Kierucan. O'Loughlins, Ua Loughlain; were Kings of Cinel Eagan, and Monarchs of Ireland at an early age, while the O'Loughlins of Burren were Lords of Corcomroe, in Clare. Sir Michael O'Loughlin and Sir Coleman, his son, represented that name in our days, as does Mr. O'Loughlin, of this city, and McLoughlin of San Jose. O'Morony, O'Morounhna; a sept in the East of Clare, between Glenomera and Tulla, distinguished for antiquarian research. Some are of the opinion that it is only an abbreviation of Mulrony, by elypsis, who were Lords of Fermanagh. John Morony, Esq., of Bush street, represents that name in this city. O'Scanlan, Ua Scainlain; a very old clan, and distinguished for the many bishops, abbots, and prelates it gave the Church. Their territories were in Clare and Kerry. O'Shaughnessy, Ua Seachnasaig; Chiefs of Kinelea, in Galway. They were also distinguished in Clare and Tipperary. From the branch of the latter country came the O'Shaughnessy who effected such great reforms in Australia, and who was at first but a workingman. posted by Sharon Carberry, Georgia

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