The records were transcribed my Margaret Griffith, Assistant Keeper in teh Public Records Office, Dublin 1961 from papers deposited by the Rector.
Apart from local families there are many references to personnel in the Royal Navy, British Army and Allihies Mines, many of whose personnel came from Cornwall. The Puxley family who owned the mines and who are the model for Daphne du Maurier’s book ‘Hungry Hill’ are frequently mentioned
Down Survey 1665-68
Cole:
http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/batch3/cole_cropped.pdfMilitary Units Mentioned
Royal Navy throughout
70th Regiment 1788
2nd Regiment 1789
24th Regiment 1789
1st or Royal Regiment 1789
51st Regiment of Foot 1790
41st Regiment o Foot 190
Royal Veterans Battalion of Foot 1800 Royal Artillery 1805 many years to 1826
Leitrim Militia 1806, 1807
4th Royal Veteran Battalion 1808
1st Garrison Battalion 1807. 1808, 1812, 1813 1814
34th Regiment 1808
3rd Garrison Battalion 1812
Tipperary or Munster Regiment 1815
2nd Garrison…
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