1826.  Follow on From Leslie’s Bank Collapse Cork.

1825, Bantry at a Numerous and Highly Resectable meeting of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the Barony of Bantry held in the Parish Chapel on proposed Bill to Suppress Catholic Association.

Carriganass Castle still there as you approach Kealkil occupied by William O’Sullivan Esq., used to be the home of the Mellefonts later the Barretts.

1825.  Death of  Maurice O’Connell, aged 98, Elder Brother of General Daniel Count O’Connell, Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Ghost, First Cousin of Maurice, Baron O’Connell, Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor of Austria,  Uncle of Counsellor O’Connell (Daniel O’Connell)

1834.  Erin Mavourneen-Erin go Brágh, Protestant Meeting in Bandon, Co. Cork.

At first instance it might appear strange that phrase in Irish would raise a cheer at a Protestant Meeting with a strong tinge of Orange.   However in the early 19th century there was a body of  Irish Protestant opinion that they were the true inheritor of Ireland’s traditions.  The reference to demagogues is to Daniel O’Connell.

A touch from later of the tangled loyalties of Bandon Protestants come up later in Sam Birds memoir, he wrote as ‘Brian Boru’

Memoir of Sam Bird, Bandon and Belding, Michigan, USA, from the 1870s his father’s fondness for a glass of grog at night, The old Irish Church, The King’s James Bible Translated from Irish, Shooting Snipe, Anti Home Rule Politics, the family decimated by TB, Methodist Preachers, writing with the Non de Plume Brian Boru

1828.  The Form of Receiving a Convert From the Roman Catholic Church.

Cork Convert Rolls:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12-TQFfRKt_p6AGtxLaHODge_ReszztDcE-NFF1626_c/edit

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Gortavallig,+Co.+Cork/@51.5754493,-9.7921223,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4845824a7084101d:0x484ae3e00e949aa4?hl=en

1866, Mines at Gortavallig near Evanson’s Cove, Rossmore, Gearhamen, Rooska, Carrigbui, Gortycloona at Muintervara, West Cork.

The Freemasons in Ireland were perceived as sectarian whatever the merits of it.  In many instances the members were engaged in charitable activities.  On the Continent the Freemasons were often associated with Radical Politics.  Here it seems to be the custom that local military officers were in the lodge when their regiment was garrisoned there.

The local Landowners are represented, a number of Methodists, Hadden, Swanton, Levis.

Concert, April 1863 at The Mardyke, Skibbereen, West Cork, in Aid of Masonic Female Orphan Asylum with Patrons Named.

The Worlds Only Female Freemason: In Pious Memory of THE HONOURABLE ELIZABETH ALDWORTH wife of Richard Aldworth, of Newmarket Court, Co. Cork, Esq. Daughter of Arthur First Viscount Doneraile, Her Remains Lie Close To This Spot (St. Finbarrs Cathedral, Cork), Born 1685 Died 1775. Initiated into Freemasonry in Lodge No. 44 at Doneraile Court, In This County A.D. 1712.

Judging a Woman by her Petticoats, Skibbereen Eagle 1866.

The newspaper that was keeping ‘A Close Eye of the Tsar’