Hi, just to clarify, ' Church of Ireland' does not pertain to RCs. The Church of Ireland is Anglican/Protestant. It is, in fact, the Church of England refounded in Ireland. Maggie the Dub On 12 Jul 2011, at 09:39, "Elizabeth Andrews" <[email protected]> wrote: From: Elizabeth Andrews Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Query about 'The Battle of Scariff on New Year's Eve, 1819' in which John Brady, Landlord, was "up for investigation" G’day all, This post is a rare one to this list. I have just visited County Clare. What a lovely place!!! I loved East Clare and the North West of the County, The Burren, “blew me away!!”. I didn’t see the “sun go down on Galway Bay” because it was cloudy but the Aran Isles were another adventure. I even climbed up to the fort on Innismore!!! I’m OLD, 3 score years and 13, and FAT!! The arrangement of those dry stone walls in County Clare around the oh-so-small fields was evidence, in itself, of the oppression of the people in the 1850’sl The first area I went to, of course, after arriving from England at Shannon Airport was – Scariff then Tuamgraney where I purchased “A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff” written by Gerard Madden and published by East Clare Heritage, Tuamgraney in 2000. My query is about the Battle of Scariff as described in the book and the subsequent enquiry by George Warburton – Chief Magistrate, County Clare in 1819. The reference given in the book for p.77 is ”Jimmy O’Toole, The Carlow Gentry, 1993” One of the witnesses cited was one John Gorman of Fossa Beg. They were investigating the landlord, one John Brady (the rotten apple in the Brady Bunch so it seems). Are there any records on line of judicial enquiries around that time apart from unpublished theses or books such as cited above? I have an ancestor – g.grandmother, Cath. Harwood (nee Gorman) – who hails from the Tuamgraney/Fossa Beg/Scariff area. She left there around 1851 – AFAIK! I am still struggling to find how & why she came to the goldfields of Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia. She met, and married, my g.grandfather Joseph Harwood who hailed from Scarborough, Yorkshire and they were the first couple married on the Wedderburn Goldfields. I have a feeling, also, that there might be some connection with St. Cronan’s Church in Tuamgraney as my g.gran. married in Victoria in the Church of England tradition. (I noted that St. Cronan’s seemed to be Church of Ireland) Did she come via England? Canada? America? I live south of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia so don’t have easy access to shipping records and there are MANY! My g.g.grandfather, Hugh Gorman, is listed on the Tithe Applotments as sharing a potato plot with 15 others in Fossa Beg which today just seems to be a very small area with an R.C. Church, a few houses and loads of power poles. The Gormans, obviously, were not the landlords and were possibly Protestants for convenience sake or otherwise. I spoke to one of the residents of Fossa Beg in May 2011 but was loathe to interrupt the local priest to ask questions. He may not have been able to help anyway! Would SKS be able to help??? Thanking you all for a wonderful list! Elizabeth Andrews, Mornington Peninsula, Vic., Australia. ====================================== Remember to stay on Topic. If you have a problem with anything please contact the list admin [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message