Hi, Clare Journal 29 Oct 1846 Marriage At Leckpatrick Church, county Tyrone, John Russell Lynch, Esq., Sub-Inspector of Constabulary, to Frances, only daughter of Joseph K. Crawford, Esq., College Green, Dublin. Clare Journal 18 Oct 1849 Death John Croagh, third son of the late George Hobbs, Esq., Sub-Inspector of Constabulary. Clare Journal 16 May 1859 Ennis Petty Sessions ..... Inspector Gannon, of the Constabulary ..... Clare Journal 21 Nov 1864 Marriage On the 20th inst., in the Roman Catholic Chapel of this town, by the Very Rev. Dean Kenny, Constable Matthew Dowling, to Anna, daughter of Mr. M. M'Mahon, of this town. Clare Freeman 11 May 1861 Marriage On Wednesday, the 8th instant, at Ennis Church, by the Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, Vicar of Killadysert and cousin of the bride, Alexander Wilson Hutchinson Heard, S.I., to Bessie, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Peter Bolton, and granddaughter of the late Thomas Bourchier, Esq., Killiney Castle, county Dublin. Clare Freeman 7 Jan 1865 Death At George's Quay, Limerick, on Monday morning, Mr. Hugh Joynt, retired Head-Constable of Police, aged 50, leaving a large young family to deplore his loss. Clare Freeman 12 Apr 1876 ...... Ennis ....... Acting Constable Mitchell .......... C.H. Frazer, Esq., R.I.C., is about to be transferred from this county to Fermanagh. During Mr. Frazer's residence in Ennistymon for a period of five years he gained the good will of all classes by his strictly impartial conduct in the excercise of his duties as a public officer and will be regretted on account of his courtesy and gentlmanly demeanour. The people of Ennistymon intend presenting Mr. Frazer with a suitable and substantial testimonial on his departure. Clare Journal 14 June 1877 Constable Kelly for several years stationed in Miltown, has been promoted to the rank and pay of Head Constable. Clare Freeman 25 Sept 1880 Ennis Petty Sessions .... Head-Constable Stokes .....Constable Sullivan .... Clare Freeman 22 Feb 1882 ......... as Sergeant Hayes and a party of constabulary were proceeding to Ennistymon, after leaving some prisoners in Ennis gaol ...... Sergeant Cornelius Hayes ...... Sub-Constable John O'Sullivan ..... ........ Mr. Carroll, S.I., appeared for the police .... Clare Journal 19 Oct 1882 Head-Constable Watkins, Tulla, has been transferred to Ennis on temporary duty, vice Head-Constable Stokes, promoted to the rank of Sub-Inspector, and appointed to Cong. ..... Kilrush ....... Sub-Constables Jonstone, O'Reilly, Brennan and Normile, under the command of Constable Brady ...... The Funeral of Mr. Geoffrey Davies .... Then followed thirty of the Royal Irish Constabulary under the command of Sub-Inspector Grehan ....... Clare Journal 19 Apr 1888 The Killing of Head Constable Whelehan - Release of The Brothers Murray At the Wicklow Assizes on Saturday, the two brothers ........... who were indicted at the Winter Assizes in December last with conspiracy to murder Head Constable Whelehan, at Ballygastell, on 11th September last, ........ Clare Journal 1 May 1893 Obstructing the Police Acting Sergeant Callan, Ballyillaun post, ........ .......Constable A. Beatty .... Declan

Declan, Thank you very much for the work you are doing in transcribing these RIC records. A question: are you transcribing this data by hand or are you scanning the Journal pages and using some kind of optical character recognition software to transfer the text ? I'd be interested to know whether old newspapers such as the Clare Journal can be transcribed in this fashion using a digital camera and inexpensive OCR software. I know that the British Library, for example, is scanning and indexing old newspapers but they are using very-big-budget equipment and software and infrastructures which are way beyond the means of our ilk. If a cheap digital camera/OCR solution were feasible it would leverage the efforts of the zillions of amateurs who are beavering away in the archives and reading rooms. Maybe I'll buy myself an OCR package for Christmas and experiment. If you or someone else who regularly visits the Manse could get a few good shots of Clare Journal pages with a good (e.g. 6+ megapixel) camera and send them to me as JPG files I could have a try. But maybe you have done all this already. Pádraig (the Paddy that was) -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Declan Barron Sent: 03 November 2006 21:30 To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CLARE] RIC Hi, Clare Journal 29 Oct 1846 Marriage At Leckpatrick Church, county Tyrone, John Russell Lynch, Esq., Sub-Inspector of Constabulary, to Frances, only daughter of Joseph K. Crawford, Esq., College Green, Dublin. Clare Journal 18 Oct 1849 Death John Croagh, third son of the late George Hobbs, Esq., Sub-Inspector of Constabulary. Clare Journal 16 May 1859 Ennis Petty Sessions ..... Inspector Gannon, of the Constabulary ..... Clare Journal 21 Nov 1864 Marriage On the 20th inst., in the Roman Catholic Chapel of this town, by the Very Rev. Dean Kenny, Constable Matthew Dowling, to Anna, daughter of Mr. M. M'Mahon, of this town. Clare Freeman 11 May 1861 Marriage On Wednesday, the 8th instant, at Ennis Church, by the Rev. Michael Fitzgerald, Vicar of Killadysert and cousin of the bride, Alexander Wilson Hutchinson Heard, S.I., to Bessie, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Peter Bolton, and granddaughter of the late Thomas Bourchier, Esq., Killiney Castle, county Dublin. Clare Freeman 7 Jan 1865 Death At George's Quay, Limerick, on Monday morning, Mr. Hugh Joynt, retired Head-Constable of Police, aged 50, leaving a large young family to deplore his loss. Clare Freeman 12 Apr 1876 ...... Ennis ....... Acting Constable Mitchell .......... C.H. Frazer, Esq., R.I.C., is about to be transferred from this county to Fermanagh. During Mr. Frazer's residence in Ennistymon for a period of five years he gained the good will of all classes by his strictly impartial conduct in the excercise of his duties as a public officer and will be regretted on account of his courtesy and gentlmanly demeanour. The people of Ennistymon intend presenting Mr. Frazer with a suitable and substantial testimonial on his departure. Clare Journal 14 June 1877 Constable Kelly for several years stationed in Miltown, has been promoted to the rank and pay of Head Constable. Clare Freeman 25 Sept 1880 Ennis Petty Sessions .... Head-Constable Stokes .....Constable Sullivan .... Clare Freeman 22 Feb 1882 ......... as Sergeant Hayes and a party of constabulary were proceeding to Ennistymon, after leaving some prisoners in Ennis gaol ...... Sergeant Cornelius Hayes ...... Sub-Constable John O'Sullivan ..... ........ Mr. Carroll, S.I., appeared for the police .... Clare Journal 19 Oct 1882 Head-Constable Watkins, Tulla, has been transferred to Ennis on temporary duty, vice Head-Constable Stokes, promoted to the rank of Sub-Inspector, and appointed to Cong. ..... Kilrush ....... Sub-Constables Jonstone, O'Reilly, Brennan and Normile, under the command of Constable Brady ...... The Funeral of Mr. Geoffrey Davies .... Then followed thirty of the Royal Irish Constabulary under the command of Sub-Inspector Grehan ....... Clare Journal 19 Apr 1888 The Killing of Head Constable Whelehan - Release of The Brothers Murray At the Wicklow Assizes on Saturday, the two brothers ........... who were indicted at the Winter Assizes in December last with conspiracy to murder Head Constable Whelehan, at Ballygastell, on 11th September last, ........ Clare Journal 1 May 1893 Obstructing the Police Acting Sergeant Callan, Ballyillaun post, ........ .......Constable A. Beatty .... Declan ------------------------------- 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