Schull:
Rosskerig:
Lease Covenants, Becher estate, Schull 1833, Tenant to Supply Landlord, One fat Hog, of one and a half hundred weight, O’Donovan Estate., Roskerrig, Kilcrohane, 1856, To Supply a Labourer and horse and Guide four days a year
15 Sunday Mar 2015
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Schull:
Rosskerig:
Lease Covenants, Becher estate, Schull 1833, Tenant to Supply Landlord, One fat Hog, of one and a half hundred weight, O’Donovan Estate., Roskerrig, Kilcrohane, 1856, To Supply a Labourer and horse and Guide four days a year
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The old Butter Road runs between Schull and Ballydehob For most of its history, roads were…
15 Sunday Mar 2015
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This gallery contains 13 photos.
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Old vet clinic, Schull I used to live in Vancouver, on Canada’s west coast. It’s a…
15 Sunday Mar 2015
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Wow! A hitherto unrecorded stone circle, a boulder burial, a gigantic standing stone and a dolmen… all found on a Saturday morning walk.
Our expedition began after a great breakfast in Budds – Ballydehob’s newest eating venue: try it out – it has an attractive cheerful atmosphere and the food is excellent. After this sustenance we set out to explore – for us – uncharted territory. Did we travel miles out into the wild hills of West Cork to find these remarkable pieces of archaeology? No, we walked a few metres down the road…
Time for the weekend paper – Robert takes to the Druid’s Chair
Right behind the main village street in Ballydehob is a spectacular example of twentieth century Irish history: a golf driving range with a prehistoric theme!
Ballydehob’s Golf enterprise came with the Celtic Tiger – and went…
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15 Sunday Mar 2015
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Genealogy of Conor McCarthy, (son John McCarthy Mór), Barony of Muskerry, died 1761 assumed his father-in-law’s surname Welply, names include Baldwin, Uncles, Collins, Jagoe, Riordan.
Courtesy Barry Bradfield.
Another family is this type of category are the Shouldhams family of Dunmanway descended from a McCarthy heiress on the female line.
Maps 1801-1803, Shuldham (McCarthy) Estate 10,000 acres Dunmanway, Co. Cork
McCarthy Genealogy: From Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation by John O’Hart
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Magistrate:
Richard Henry (Henry R) Marmion, 1869, Rineen, Castletownsend, Skibbereen, Resident, £150, m Grace Elizabeth d Herbert Moore, Tipperary, runs coaching business with brother, agent Townsend and local estates Marmions came from Dundalk c1740s as agents to Beecher Estates. Father ran shipping vessels during famine giving relief, listed 1886-6. subscriber Dr. Daniel Donovan ‘History of Carbery, (5 copies) 1876. Well regarded locally. Clerk of the Union 1855-59, A Liberal associate of solicitor and MP Mccarthy Downing, and later supported Home Rule.
Skibbereen, West Cork, Descendants of Marmion of Dundalk, Co Louth Norman family intermarried names include Attridge, Beamish, Dowe, Jermyn, Long, Holmes, O’Driscoll, O’Sullivan, Wiseman, family involved in Land Management, Auctioneering, Transport Operators, Progressive Millers, Churchmen descendants England, Tasmania, USA.
Courtesy Owen Marmion from his book of world wide Marmions.
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https://www.google.ie/maps/search/dungiven+co+derry/@54.9132405,-6.974915,11z
Revival of the Irish Linen Industry at Derrylane, Dungiven, Co. Derry.
We sometimes forget how large the Linen industry was in the 19th and early 20th century. Belfast was the world centre the hub of innovation in technology, machinery manufacture, the chemistry of dyeing. It had a world wide marketing and sales network in the English speaking world and Argentina. This helped the northern counties of Ireland to hold onto a larger proportion of their population after the famine then the south.
http://www.flaxmill-textiles.com/index_textiles.htm
https://durrushistory.com/2012/09/18/flax-growing-in-west-cork/
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Sale of Dunmanway Co. Cork, Lordship of Manor 1858, including Tolls of Ballygurteen fair, Patent allows 3 per year, 2 held, 1858, producing £30 per annum.
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Some records of the Kenmare Estate for Bantry District
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