Old Kinsale, 1819 the Peasants of Tracton Play Hurling, Sunday Evening at the Ale Houses, Pipers and Fiddlers Add to The Gaiety. Fiddler: Abraham Watkins Esq, Cork Extensive Property Owner in Bandon, Will dated 12th July 1715, My Daughter Mary Watkins ‘Not to have one penny if she marries Darby Cartie the Fiddler’, Deed of 1718 between William Bailey, Ballinacolle, Myross, West Cork wherein Charles Stanton is to teach his daughter and four children dancing, jigs, hornpipes, minuets and country dances.

From ‘A Kinsale Scrapbook. Phil O’Neill, Southern Star, 6th April 1935 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EOxt8dq8L11PmSSGTpCHPKhnCRdwqJrvO9GprR6gMvM/edit Fiddler: Abraham Watkins Esq, Cork Extensive Property Owner … Continue reading Old Kinsale, 1819 the Peasants of Tracton Play Hurling, Sunday Evening at the Ale Houses, Pipers and Fiddlers Add to The Gaiety. Fiddler: Abraham Watkins Esq, Cork Extensive Property Owner in Bandon, Will dated 12th July 1715, My Daughter Mary Watkins ‘Not to have one penny if she marries Darby Cartie the Fiddler’, Deed of 1718 between William Bailey, Ballinacolle, Myross, West Cork wherein Charles Stanton is to teach his daughter and four children dancing, jigs, hornpipes, minuets and country dances.