Here's some more on Lawrence O'Connor from the bibliography in Rebellion In Kildare: "The martyr of liberty: a poem of the heroic death of Lawrence O'Connor, executed at Naas in Ireland on a charge of High Treason, Sept. 7th, 1796" Charles Hamilton Teeling, Dublin, 1798 "Lawrence O'Connor-a Meath schoolmaster", Irish Ecclesiastical Record, vol. XLIX (1937), pp. 281-7 "A Rebel Schoolmaster (Lawrence O'Connor, executed at Naas in 1795" in Irish Booklover, vol. XXVI (Nov.-Dec. 1938, p. 61 Kevin Kerwin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > Thank you Kevin! I will most definately try to get hold of a copy for myself. Very interesting because my earliest O'Connor/Connor was Patrick O'Connor- my great great grandfather, born in 1798 at Blakestown. He must have been the eldest son because he "inherited" the farm ( Blakestown was 350 hectares and they raised thoroughbred horses.) Since they were Catholic, I am not sure just when they actually began to own the land, but it started out as an outfarm of the Carton Estate- it is adjacent to Carton. Patrick is listed as Patrick CONNOR in Griffiths so it must have been either Connor or O'Connor- but was definately O'Connor by mid 1800's. The very intesting thing is that Patrick had a daughter who married a Byrne! Perhaps there was a long standing relationship between the O'Connors and the Byrnes! Also- my cousin was in Ireland while Intel was renovating House of Blakestown and spoke with the workmen and was told that they found lots of old guns and ammuniti! > on hidden in the walls of the house!!! Perhaps we have hit on some of the history of why! Again - thank you so much- I will persue this some more! > Maura Foster > Virginia- USA > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > Bingo! Don't know about the locale, but here is what it says from page 38: > > "In late 1796 convicts on a prison ship at Cobh offered to give information > > on Defenderism in Kildare {that is, the United Defenders}. In October they > > contacted a Cork doctor through John Kenny a fellow convict. He wrote: > > They are two Defenders and their names is [sic] Patrick Connor and > > Edward Byrne. They say they can make information against thirty men in the > > county of Kildare for high treason and Defenderism and will from that the > > leading men come into the informant's houses and gave them powder balls and > > guns for the purpose of entering gentlemen's housesand say that when they > > refused to be concerned that they threatened their lives in case of their > > refusal and informed them that the high sheriff of the county of Kildare > > (Mr. Aylmer) and a Mr. Brown(e) were Defenders and if they were not that > > they should not live in that county" (this paragraph from a letter of Robert > > Harding , Cork, to Edward Cooke, Dec. 10, 1796 to be found in National > > Archives SOC 1015/28) > > There are several O'Connors, which I will follow with in another e-mail. > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:26 AM > > Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > Kevin- Any O'connor or Connor mentioned. They lived in Blakestown- an > > outfarm of the Carton Estate not far from Leixlip/ Property is now part > > of Intel corp. But the old family home "Blakestown House " has been > > refurbished and is still there on the property! Maura Foster- Virginia- > > USA > > > > > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > > > > > Sorry, no SWORDS mentioned. > > > > > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:06 PM > > > > Subject: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I have never heard of this reference. 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