https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aZ9hceHjvM5ni8TOJEF9s7cJ5b077LIlN7S1uk-fHvs/edit
He spent £4,000 on an ultimately unsuscbssul campaign probably roughly €500k in present money. The unfortunate girl who was to get a guinea for shaving looks like she was left short,
Kinsale Constituency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
The Guinnesses like some West Cork fame of northern origin such as the Crowleys (McDermott), Hegarty’s, O’Neills, O’Donnells, Gallaghers, Wards, probably part of the Northern Úi Neill descending from Niall of the Nine Hostages.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-genetic-imprint-of-niall-of-the-nine-hostages-1.1771373
The Uí Néill clan trace their origins to the perhaps mythical Niall of the Nine Hostages. Niall was supposed to have lived 500 years before the Battle of Clontarf. Using genetics it is possible to trace Niall’s DNA and measure his legacy in terms of how many descendants he left. We can’t go back to AD 500 for a DNA sample, but we can look at modern O’Neills.
Ireland has one of the oldest surname traditions in the world. Also, whereas in other countries names reflect professions or townlands, Irish surnames refer to ancestors. Traditionally, surnames are passed from father to child. Barring adoption and other cases, the handing-down of this outward symbol of family is mirrored exactly by the genetic transmission of Y-chromosomes from fathers to sons. This genetic inheritance forms an unbroken chain from the past to the present.
In a survey of Y-chromosomes of Irish men, Prof Dan Bradley of Trinity College Dublin showed a small number of Y-chromosome types predominate in Ireland. In particular, one of these Y-chromosomes is very common in the northwest, being found in about one in five men there.
The close genetic relationship of these Y-chromosomes to each other suggests a single origin – one or more dominant males. This geographic area coincides with the ancestral seat of the Uí Néill family. Could this be the genetic trace of Niall of the Nine Hostages?
Snapshot of Finances of Bantry Estate, 1888, West Cork, requested by Lord Ardilaun (one of the Guinnesses married to one of Whites of Bantry House) showing rents of £11,600 for Bantry and £4,800 for Macroom, totalling £14,000 (present day €1.5 million), deficit of £2,035, with rent reductions for tenants of 25%.
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West Cork History 