John,I'm not sure exactly where Knockanore is but I quote from a book by Brendan Kiely 'On 29th July 1848 a large force of heavily armed Tipperary constabulary were beseiged by a rebel force,led by Smith O'Brien,at the Widow McCormack's house at Farrenrory near Ballingary.....After some casualities the attack was broken off.Most of the leaders including Smith O'Brien were soon captured but even so the harvest witnessed a Second rising.'..this second uprising occurres in September and in Brendan's book he says..'O'Mahony's northern division began well when they burned the police barracks at Ahenny...but they failed to overrun Glenbower barracks and after their repulse they did not press on to Carrick.' Perhaps your man was in one of these skirmishes Regards Mike Donovan >From: John Hayes <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [WAT] Waterford Uprising 1848 >Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:04:51 -0500 > >In an interview today, I heard for the first time of a family tradition >that James Hennessy, of Knockanore, was ³shot by the British² and that his >son William, at the age of 5, was sent off about 1850 with friends to >Canada, from where he later immigrated to the US. > >There was no more specific information as to how James came to be ³shot by >the British². My recollection is that there was an uprising in Co. >Waterford in 1848. Does anyone know if that involved activity in the >western >part of the county, near Knockanore, that might have resulted in James >being killed in a battle or being executed and whether there would be any >records of this? > >Any other thoughts on why James might have been ³shot by the British² would >be appreciated. > >--John > > >==== WATERFORD Mailing List ==== >** To unsubscribe from the list send unsubscribe to >[email protected] or [email protected] if you >are on digest mode** > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
on 2/24/02 5:29 AM, Michael Donovan at [email protected] wrote: > John,I'm not sure exactly where Knockanore is but I quote from a book by > Brendan Kiely > 'On 29th July 1848 a large force of heavily armed Tipperary constabulary > were beseiged by a rebel force,led by Smith O'Brien,at the Widow McCormack's > house at Farrenrory near Ballingary.....After some casualities the attack > was broken off.Most of the leaders including Smith O'Brien were soon > captured but even so the harvest witnessed a Second rising.'..this second > uprising occurres in September and in Brendan's book he says..'O'Mahony's > northern division began well when they burned the police barracks at > Ahenny...but they failed to overrun Glenbower barracks and after their > repulse they did not press on to Carrick.' > Perhaps your man was in one of these skirmishes > Regards Mike Donovan Thanks, Mike. Knockanore is in the extreme West of Co. Waterford, on the Blackwater River about midway between Youghal and Lismore. Ahenny is about 50 miles away in a straight line; Ballingary is more distant That could be possible if James Hennessy joined a group and traveled where they went, although that would be more likely if he were unmarried at the time. Since he was married with at least two small children, my first thought was that he probably continued to live at home and that whatever brought about his being shot happened closer to Knockanore. If anyone here knows of any activity in that Youghal-Knockanore-Lismore area around 1848 that could have resulted in his being ³shot by the British², I would appreciate your help. --John Hayes