Hi All, Surname Request: MERNAGH, John b.1770 Ballinaskea, Glenmalure, Wicklow. Any information welcome re his family in Ireland. I have been absent for a while and read with great interest about the discussion of the treatment of the Irish here in Oz. As John Mernagh was one of the first Political Prisoners to be sent here along with the others of the Tellicherry Five they left their mark here. The appear in NSW State Government Hansard and John was one of the first customers of the Bank of New South Wales to sign on. All water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned, our family is just proud of their achievements. Regards Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:00 PM Subject: IRL-WICKLOW Digest, Vol 4, Issue 78 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. HERRINGS ALIVE 1935 (Cara_Links) > 2. ARKLOW SHIPS AND OWNERS PAST (Cara_Links) > 3. JAMES POSTLETHWAITE (Cara_Links) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:57:59 +1000 > From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] HERRINGS ALIVE 1935 > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > It happened at Arklow, on a bright moonlight night, > A man on the beach saw a wonderful sight, > Forninst his two eyes, right there on the shore, > Were herrings alive, herrings galore. > > He ran up the town to spread the news there, > Somd didn't believe him, they thought he was quare, > An oul one remarked, you've had too much strong tay, > Herring sez he walking out of the say. > > > Are you dotin or wat, said a man on the street, > Ye'll be telling us next the herrings have feet, > But your man doesn't mind and he shouts out loud, > Free herrings for all on the beach to the crowd. > > He goes back to the beach with a crowd on his tracks, > With boxes, tin baths, buckets and sacks, > be the hokey we are rich says old Mickey Leech, > When he saw all the herrings right there on the beach. > > There were hundreds of thousands of fish on the sand, > All driven ashore by some unseen hand, > The fish market's loss was Arklow's gain > With this gift from the depths of old Neptunes Domain. > > Those times were hard and the purse strings tight, > But the people of Arklow on that fine moonlight night, > Had free herrings for supper and the next evenings tea, >>From the Herrings that swam from the sea. > > Now I cannot vouch for the end of this poem > That in Arklow next morning in one certain house, > On going downstairs the man of the house > Found herrings in the mousetrap instead of a mouse. > BR > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:39:25 +1000 > From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] ARKLOW SHIPS AND OWNERS PAST > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > George Kearon Ltd- South Quay Arklow > 1- MS Gloria -580 tons D.W. > 2-MS Reginald Kearon - 520 Tond D.W. > 3-MS Seabank- 365 Tons D.W. > 4- MS George Emilie -265 Tons D.W. > > > John Tyrrell 51 Ferrybank > 1-M/V Alford Mason 350 Tons D.W. > > James Tyrrell -Crinnis Ferrybank > 1-M/V- Murrell - 390 Tons D.W. > 2-M/V/ Halronnell - 350 Tons D.W. > 3-M/V Tyrronall-330 Tons D.W. > 4- W/V Windamere - 270 Tons D.W. > > > Just as a bit of trivia there is a place named Windamere in Tasmania > wonder what the connection to this name might be? I know ships were built > in and around the area in times gone by. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:31:23 +1000 > From: "Cara_Links" <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] JAMES POSTLETHWAITE > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > In the April of 1909 an auction of Sailing Vessels was held at Connah's > Quay North Wales. > The schooner fleet of Mr Ashburner of Barrow was for sale and among them > was the James Postlethwaite she was built at Barrow in 1881, and named > after a local ship-owner, she was 99 feet long and could carry 190 tons of > cargo. > Purchased for 995 pounds by George Kearon and Job Hall and Edward Hall, > Job's boy was her Captain. > She was plied to the trade in the coasting and north European trades but > this ended on August 3rd 1914 when she was captured in Hamburg as World > War 1 began. > Her masts removed and she was used as a barge on the Elbe. > Captain Ned Hall and his crew were removed to a prison camp established > at Rublehen racecourse Berlin. > There these men lived for four years - six to a room in the stables under > the grand stand. > Also in this camp was one Captain George Tyndall he himself having been > removed from the Palgrave Murphy steamer "City of Belfast". > A week before the war ended, the two Arklow Captains were among a group of > sick prisoners released into neutral Holland, but Captain George Tyndall > seriously ill died 10 days later. > > The James Postlethwaite was eventually liberated towed across the North > Sea to South Shields and their under the loving hands of Captain Edward > ( Ned) Hall, she resumed trading in 1920. > > January 1929 saw Captain Hall retire, and Captain Daniel Breslin of > Meadows Lane replaced him until April 1929, when Captain William Hagan of > Upper Main Street, stepped in as the Captain of the ship. > William was born in 1884 at 17 Fair Green Arklow son of Patrick Hagan a > lightship man. > One of five sailor brothers, he went to sea in a variety of schooners, > from 1903-1906 and then went on to Steamships. He gained his Mate > Certificate in 1913 whilst working at the Irish Lights he left there in > 1916 and joined as Mate the "Braegrove" owned by Coal importers Thomas > Collier/ > 1918 he passed for Master then he joined a Dublin firm named Michael > Murphy Ltd., trading to France. > 1928 he joined the O'Toole steamer "Deansgate". A year later he returned > to the "James Postlethwaite " and became her master having purchased > shares in her. > But on the 11/5/1929 the James Postlethwaite was rammed in bad weather by > the J.J.Moncks and she sunk. Without loss of life. > Captain William Hagan > Mate-Patrick Byrne of Gusset Lane > Engineer - Myles Donovan of Probys Row > A.B.- Laurence Donovan of Probys Row > OS -Laurence Byrne > Boy- William Canterbury > The wrecked ship was raised and in 1930 was trading yet again. > > Captain Hagan died in Upper Main Street in the August of 1935 aged 51 > years. > His shares in the ship being left to his wife Julia > > *Trivia > In June 1954 the James Postlethwaite was towed to Youghal by Kearon' ship > George Emelie to star in the film "Moby DIck" starring Gregory Peck. Sad > to say at the end of filming, she was damaged in a gale and she lay > beached and derelict in Youghal until she was destroyed by Fire on > 7/10/1957 > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the IRL-WICKLOW list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the IRL-WICKLOW mailing list, send an email to > [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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of IRL-WICKLOW Digest, Vol 4, Issue 78 > ****************************************** >