Hi Liam, Are you having a little joke perhaps? St Patrick's day in July? The closing of the gates each year is celebrated on the 18th December and the relief of the City on 12th August. In the old calender it would have been the 1st August. The beseigers as you know are well documented in many journals,including "Walkers Seige of Derry" and numerous others since. Most as I'm sure you also know were French. The boom to which you refer was cut through by the crew of a longboat from the frigate "Swallow" which then rebounded and ran aground. The first ship through was the "Mountjoy". The Captain, Micah Browing lost his life during the action. He was a local Derry man married to Elizabeth Ash of AshBrooke,Ballyshaskey, Ardmore. My regards Robert >From: "L.Martin" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 >Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:47:04 -0000 > >Hi the list > >Is there any account of the names of the fighters outside the City of >Derry who were trying to get in during 1688-1689 affray? > >I recollect stories a group of chaps holding on to a boom of logs and >chains across the River Foyle. > >There is also the tale of the Jacobite gunners in Culmore fort who >were drunk, celebrating St Patrick's Day, when three vessels made >their way up the Foyle led by the Mountjoy which broke through the >boom to get up to the walls on the evening of 28 July 1689. Who were >these gallant men? > >Liam > >"A bird in the bush is worth two in the Cat" > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:25 PM >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > > > Robert, > > > > If you would also check ARTHUR and MacARTHUR, I would appreciate it > > immensely! > > > > Sincerely, > > Robert W. Arthur > > [email protected] > > > > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > > Don't overlook the broad resources available from RootsWeb, >WorldGenWeb > > or Ancestry. If you don't know where to look, this is the place to >ask! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > >==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== >NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this >list! Okay? Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times >of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
Hello Robert I am hoping you may be able to do me a favour please. Could you tell if my forebear James BLAIR and his brother Abraham are mentioned. They were from Aghadowey but moved in to Derry when their homes were burnt and families threatened. Thank you in anticipation Ron Blair Warragul Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "robbie williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > Hi Liam, > > Are you having a little joke perhaps? St Patrick's day in July? > The closing of the gates each year is celebrated on the 18th December and > the relief of the City on 12th August. In the old calender it would have > been the 1st August. > > > The beseigers as you know are well documented in many journals,including > "Walkers Seige of Derry" and numerous others since. > Most as I'm sure you also know were French. > The boom to which you refer was cut through by the crew of a longboat from > the frigate "Swallow" which then rebounded and ran aground. > The first ship through was the "Mountjoy". The Captain, Micah Browing lost > his life during the action. He was a local Derry man married to Elizabeth > Ash of AshBrooke,Ballyshaskey, Ardmore. > > My regards > Robert > > > > > > >From: "L.Martin" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > >Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:47:04 -0000 > > > >Hi the list > > > >Is there any account of the names of the fighters outside the City of > >Derry who were trying to get in during 1688-1689 affray? > > > >I recollect stories a group of chaps holding on to a boom of logs and > >chains across the River Foyle. > > > >There is also the tale of the Jacobite gunners in Culmore fort who > >were drunk, celebrating St Patrick's Day, when three vessels made > >their way up the Foyle led by the Mountjoy which broke through the > >boom to get up to the walls on the evening of 28 July 1689. Who were > >these gallant men? > > > >Liam > > > >"A bird in the bush is worth two in the Cat" > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:25 PM > >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > If you would also check ARTHUR and MacARTHUR, I would appreciate it > > > immensely! > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Robert W. Arthur > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > > > Don't overlook the broad resources available from RootsWeb, > >WorldGenWeb > > > or Ancestry. If you don't know where to look, this is the place to > >ask! > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > >NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > >list! Okay? Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times > >of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to County Derry, N. Ireland. If you have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact the Kathleen off-list at [email protected] Thanks. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >