A Rhyming Invitation sent by John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) to Grandfather of Robert Carey, Skibbereen.

There is a reference to Ballymapatrick which may be Balllypatrick, South Tipperary.  The article was written in 1893 and it is possible that Richard Carey’s grandfather may have been from North Cork.

Courtesy JCHAs, 1893.

Patriotic verse by John Philpot Curran, (1750-1817), Lawyer, Wit, MP. Master of the Rolls and Privy Councillor, father of Sarah Curran, Newmarket, Co Cork, ‘Let us be Merry before we go’, ‘The Monks of the Screw’, ‘Cushla Ma Chree’