Jan <janfortado@comcast.net> wrote: >I have seen the names of subscribers from Co. Cork and now cannot find >that source. Is there anyone on the list who knows where I could find >subscribers to the O'Connell Tribute in Cork and in Limerick? Thank you, An annual subscription, also known as the Repeal Fund, the O'Connell Trubte totals for each parish were published in the local press in the early months of the year. This was to pay for Daniel O'Connell's movement to repeal the Act Of Union with Great Britain, which in 1801 dissolved the Irish Parliament in Dublin, forcing Members of Parliament to attend sessions at Westminster. Some parishes collected one penny per month from each member, resulting in a shilling donation at the end of the year. Those who could give more, did, and everyone's name, and in some case their townland, was printed up. My great-great-grandfather, John Ahern, was the Repeal Tresurer for the parish of Mallow. There were also lists of subscribers in America published in U.S. papers such as The Pilot and the New York Irish-American. http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1844/JAN.html#24 http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1844/FEB.html#5 http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1846/JAN.html#23 http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1846/FEB.html#4 http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1846/MAR.html#4 http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1841/SEP.html#6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -