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Tim Healy had a sardonic sense of humour as witnessed by his census return ‘religon’.

Surname Forename Townland/Street DED County Age Sex Birthplace Occupation Religion Literacy Irish Language Relation to Head of Household Marital Status Specified Illnesses

Healy Timothy Michael Mountjoy Square North Rotunda Dublin 45 M Co Cork Barrister Idolator Read and write Irish and English

Willie Kingston was born into a Methodist family in Skibbereen. He qualified as a solicitor and later worked in the office of his first cousin Jasper Woulfe :

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Wolfe).

He describes WW1 and its effects on Skibbereen and attendance as a Solicitor at Dáil Courts. This memoir was published some years ago in the journal of the Skibbereen Historical Society. He describes his upbringing, the town and the effects locally of WW1. He refers to the huge prosperity the war caused locally and the positive effect on his own family finances. The troubles, are described, in particular the sense of panic that gripped Protestants in West Cork after the killings of firstly Mr. Fitzmaurice, Solicitor in Dunmanway and many other within a few days. He left Ireland at this period and went to South Africa. He later returned and resumed his legal career. He was a founder member of the…

Includes correspondence with George Washington and the genealogy of the Irish Harvey Family (Quakers/Society of Friends) journalofvoyagef00harv

From: Early Irish History and Antiquities and the History of West Cork By Rev. W. O’Halloran 1916, O’Driscoll Genealogy.

The O’Driscolls of West Cork
The O’Driscolls were not exterminated by the newcomers, and remained independent until the year 1232, when Cormac Goth, third son of McCarthy Mor, acquired dominion over the entire region. To the end of the sixteenth century they still possessed Baltimore, Sherkin and Cape Clear, also the adjoining lands, Kilcoe, Creagh, and Aghdown. Having received little quarter at the hands of Irish chiefs, it is no wonder they became loyal to the English crown.
An English title was bestowed on Fineen O’Driscoll for his loyalty, and he so conformed to English customs, as to take his lands by letter patent from Elizabeth.
The O’Driscolls were almost always engaged in petty warfare, smuggling, pirating, and raiding. It was the custom of the country at the time. During the…

From: Early Irish History and Antiquities and the History of West Cork
By Rev. W. O’Halloran
1916

The O’Mahonys of West Cork

Dr. Smith says: ” These Mahowns derive their pedigree from Kean Mac Moyle More, who married Sarah, daughter to Brian Boru, by whom he had Mahown, the ancestor of all the sept. It is from this Kean the village of Iniskeen, in Carbery, has its name, and from this sept that Bandon is sometimes called Droghid Mahon. Mahon was the ancestor of the Mahonys, or O’Mahonys.”
The O’Mahonys, whose stronghold was in the neighbourhood of Bandon (Drohid Mahon), were the first to encroach on the territory of the O’Driscolls. This occurred long before the Anglo-Norman invasion. They possessed themselves of the western portion of Corca Laidhe called Ivahah, which comprised the parishes of Kilmoe, Schull, Durrus, Kilchrohane, Kilmacougue, and Caheragh. They had fourteen strongly built castles.
The Rosbrin…

These maps are taken from the papers of the Chief Secretary 1818-1823, Dublin castle a précis of which is now on line. They are drawn in a very attractive fashion very pleasing to the modern eye. It is unknown which of the proposed works went ahead.

+Maps of proposed road and warerways improvements from Chiel Secretary papers, Dublin Castle, 1819-1822