1729.  Daniel O’Donovan, (The O’Donovan) Bawnlahan, Leap, Skibbereen, Renounced Popery.  Late 1844 Sir Richard de Burgo.   Recanted at Castletownroche probably in connection with marriage.

 

From 1590 West Cork experienced very substantial inward migration marking it out as different then most parts of Ireland excepting Dublin, Cork and some of the Northern Counties. Allied to that at 1840 it had one of the world’s largest rural population density. Massive emigration from the 1810 means that many worldwide have connections. DNA testing is now showing that a person’s religion or surname only partly explains their complex genetic inheritance.

 

There was traffic also in the other direction. In the late 1830s the Rev. Fisher of Toormore/Altar said that formerly a large area of Crookhaven was known as ‘Protestant Hill’ but they had gone over to the Church of Rome and had become what he said were ‘Bitter Romanists’

Cork Convert Rolls:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12-TQFfRKt_p6AGtxLaHODge_ReszztDcE-NFF1626_c/edit#gid=0
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Castletownroche records transcribed 1909 by Colonel Grove White.

 

Note by Paddy O’Keeffe, Bantry Historian.

 

Son of Richard and daughter of the Knight of Kerry. ‘The O’Donovan’ the head of the Clan who in his 60s married firstly Miss Anne Kearney, Garretstown, for the second time Jane Beecher aged 15/16 and had a second large family. He renamed the Bawnlahan Estate Castle Jane.

Renunciation after first marriage and The Kearneys of Garretstown House also renounced relations the Franks, Rochfords. 49 years before his death.

His grandson Lieutenant General Richard O’Donovan, married Miss Powell from Wales, they had no children the estate passed to her nephew. The title of Chieftain ‘The O’Donovan’ passed to the Montpelier (Douglas) Cork branch.

Father or grandfather of Lieutenant general Richard O’Donovan, on his death line passed to Rev. Morgan O’Donovan line.  1840s correspondence between Dr. John O’Donovan and Timothy O’Donovan, Magistrate, Durrus suggested rightful Chief may  be a ploughman in Castlehaven or cobbler in Waterford.

 

Lands to let 1769:

To be let for 31 years part of Estate of Daniel O’Donovan, Esq., Kilglinny 760 acres. Keahagh in harbour of Castlehaven 121 acres.  Apply Daniel O’Donovan, Baunlahan or William Heard, Attorney, Cork.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit

 

 

 

 

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Recantations:

https://wordpress.com/post/durrushistory.com/7484  Recantations (Public Conversions to the Church of Ireland), St. Nicholas Church, Cork, 1765-1774, Robert Meakings, Ann Crowley, Stephen Walsh, Walter Reilly, Thomas Byon, James McCarthy of Dunmanway, Catherine Barker, Coleman Walsh (Possibly Drimoleague) and Juli(?) Murphy.

 

https://durrushistory.com/2015/09/09/miss-mary-twomey-from-schull-near-skibbereen-reads-her-recantation-from-the-errors-of-the-church-of-rome-and-embraced-the-protestant-religion-at-st-nicholas-church-cork/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2017/01/23/1718-will-of-james-ohea-killkeirane-clonakilty-co-cork-be-be-buried-in-ancestral-tomb-timoleague-oheas-in-convert-rolls/

 

https://durrushistory.com/2014/05/01/public-renunciations-against-popery-and-conversions-in-clonakilty-inniscarra-kilnagross-and-caherconlish-co-cork-1769-70-from-john-t-collins-newspaper-abstracts/

 

https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?s=popery&post_status=all&post_type=post&action=-1&m=0&cat=0&paged=1&action2=-1

 

https://durrushistory.com/2015/09/29/format-of-converts-affidavits-in-relation-to-conversion-from-the-errors-of-papacy-deponent-swears-that-he-did-not-convert-for-any-temporal-advantage-but-solely-from-conscientious-conviction-an-to/
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1835. Suggested Rail and Sea Link Ireland to St. John’s Newfoundland.

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From, at the end there is a searchable index :

http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/10920/page/244269

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1804, Loss of Nabby, En Route from Liverpool to Bandon on South Shore of Bantry Bay. Contents Pillaged by Two Hundred Men and Women. Crew Sheltered by Richard Donovan, Esq.,  David Mellifont, Esq., Magistrate, Donemark, Bantry, with Captain Scott adn Lieutenant Griffin and 40 Soldiers went to Bantry to Search for Stolen Property, assisted by Jonas Baldwin, Esq.

 

Thanks to David Coffey, Melifont descendant.

 

Local O’Donovan family, Landlords and Magistrates:

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit#

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Magistrate: David Mellifont, 1794. Donemark house of Carrignarontha, Bantry. May have freedom of Cork 1761 as Esq. Appears in frequent deeds as witness 1761-1775 including soe in Bandon area. 1779 Lieutenant Bantry Volunteers, Superseded 1810-30, Middleman on Lord Kenmare estate. Game Cert 1802. 1820 signed Memorial for new road Glengarriff to Castletownbere. 1822 his house and those of Pattison, Doyle, McCormack, Kingston attacked by over 400 Whiteboys searching for arms. William O’Sullivan, Esq., Carriganass Castle, native Ahill purchased Carriganass from David Mellifont, Donemark in 1817 for £250 and £50 rent. O’Sullivan prominent in anti tithe, repeal. Married 1804, Sophia Grey, Wexford, address given Mardyke, Co. Cork probably Skibbereen. Sophia Mellifont Nee Gray wife of David Mellifont had a brother called Nicholas Gray,he was secretary to the Wexford Insurgents 1798. Gray went to America and was involved in the 1812 War,he was Inspector General of the American Army. The Grays were from Whitfort House Wexford and Jamestown Co Wexford. Mellifont died Donemark 1835, significant debts, estate in Chancery and litigation.

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Irish Translation of Massahalah, Alexandrian Jewish Astronomer 815 AD, Medical Treatise

 

Online at http://www.isos.dias.ie.

 

Held by Royal Irish Academy..

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Early Appearance of Woulfe Family (Merchants) in Durrus 1730s possibly in connection with Pilchard Trade.

Deeds from Registry of Deeds project:

https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=62742

https://durrushistory.com/2016/11/06/woulfe-family-of-west-cork-10-generations/

https://durrushistory.com/2015/09/23/an-account-of-the-kilgariff-clonakilty-west-cork-eedy-family-to-clifton-and-bathurst-new-brunswick-canada-some-of-the-names-mentioned-knowles-bateman-beamish-french-morris-stanley-woulfe-c-2/

In a series of deeds transcribed by Ron Price the Woulfes appear, for the first time to my knowledge in the Durrus area.  David, Merchant, Four Mile Water (Durrus), Robert Woulfe, Merchant, Dublin, later in 1737 David wife appears with a clerk John Flanagan. Other names are Robert Winspear who is a farmer in nearby Rossmore but described as Gentleman aged 45 in 1727 (born 1682). The Winispeares are shipwrights in Bantry since around 1630. A Winispeare Toye appears in Clonakilty around 1810.  Richard Coppinger Gent appears 1737 as does Andrew Beazley. A lot of the old Cork Merchant families are in the Bantry area early 18th century as merchants in connection with the pilchards.

 

There are Beasleys in Cork early 19th century coopers. They are related to the Harris family.  The Harris are married into Evenson family mid 18th century with a base in Four Mile Water related to Harris medical family in Cork.

 

It is likely they are all involved in the pilchard industry which collapsed in 1745 where the fish disappears

 

			Type of deed	Date of current deed		11 Oct 1737	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Demise	Date of earlier deed			90	102	63144
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	EVANSON	Elizabeth	of	Four Mile Water. COR		Mrs
B		P2	WOULFE	David	of	Four Mile Water. COR		Mrs		A
C		O	WINSPEARE	Robert	of	Rossmore. COR
D		WD+WM	GERAN	Michael	of	Four Mile Water. COR		Gent		A
E		WD	CALLAGHAN	Charles	of	Four Mile Water. COR		Gent
F		WM	FLANAGAN	John	of	Four Mile Water. COR		Clerk to B		A
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MS			Date registered	22nd Mar 1737/8		Date abstract added		20161222

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed		3 Mar 1727	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Assignment	Date of earlier deed			82	159	57378
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A	P1		BERNARD	Francis	of	Castlemahon [Bandon], Co Cork		Esq; The Hon
B	P2	P2	EVANSON	Charles	of
C	P2	P1	EVANSON	Nathaniel	of					A
D	P2	P1	COUGHLAN	Jeremy	of					A
E		WD	BEAZLY	Andrew	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Gent
F		WD WM	WINSPEARE	Robert	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Gent; aged about 45 yrs		A
G		WD	EVANSON	Arthur[?]	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Gent
H		WM	COPPINGER	Richard	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Gent		A
I		mentioned	EVANSON	Elizabeth	of			Widow & Adm of Charles Evanson [B]		A
Abstract		C&D assigned to B, their share of a lease from A of lands of Coulnahorna, Rossmore, Rossavan, Gerameen [Gearhameen, Durrus] & Classadoo [Clashadoo, Durrus].
MS			Date registered	16 Dec 1735		Date abstract added		20180730

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			Type of deed	Date of current deed		3 Oct 1735	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Demise [Lease]	Date of earlier deed			87	503	62839
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	EVANSON	Elizabeth	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Widow
B		P2	WOULFE	Thomas	of	City of Dublin		Merchant		A
C		O adj	EVANSON	Nathaniel	of			had adjoining land
D		O adj	WINSPEAR	Robert	of			had adjoining farm
E		WD	WOULFE	David	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Merchant
F		WD WM	GERAN	Michael	of	Four Mile Water [Durrus], Co Cork		Gent		A
G		WM	FLANAGAN	John	of	City of Dublin		Gent		A
Abstract		A leased to B, that part of the lands of Gearymine [Gearhameen, Durrus] called Rossavany, for 24 years
MS			Date registered	11Feb 1737		Date abstract added		20180730

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The record of Bishop Dives Downs’ visits to Bantry in 1699 referred to ‘a lack of pilchards’.  In an article by the Archbishop of Dublin in the 1726 Edition of ‘Boates Natural History’ it was stated that prior to 1688 there was good fishing of pilchards in the South coast, but since the fight in Bantry Bay the pilchards have not been seen on the coast.  There is however reference in 1735 by Mr. Jenkins, giving evidence before a Commission on the state of Irish fisheries. He had seen the books of Mr. Meade who was involved in the fisheries in Bantry Bay from 1730 to 1745, and exported enormous quantities of pilchards. In 1749 Meade of Bantry obtained a premium from the Royal Dublin Society for having caught and cured 380,000 fish.  Horatio Townsend 1810 writes of the disappearance of the pilchards and the gradual disappearance of herring and sprats. He says that by Smith’s time 1750 the pilchards had disappeared.

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Possibly Beasley connection

 

P2	P1	KINGSTON	Samuel	of	Gurtnahorna. COR		Gent
B		P2	MOORE	John	of	Inishonan. COR		Cleric		A
C	P1		MOORE	Hannah	of	Inishonan. COR		Spinster
D		WD	HODNETT	William	of	Trinity Coll. Dublin
E		WD+WM	BEASLEY	James	of	Inishonan. COR		Farmer		A
F		WM	MOORE	Charles	of	Inishonan. COR		Rev		A
G		W Reg	KELLY	William	of	City of Cork		Justice
H		W Reg	MEADE	William	of	City of Cork
I		W Reg	SPREAD	William	of	City of Cork
Abstract		C leased lands in Gurtnahorna, Co. Cork to A who then deeded them to B
MS			Date registered	1st Feb 1737/8		Date abstract added		20160301

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