Might find of interest an enormous listing some of the names may be familiar.   His son Robert in particular has a world wide reputation in medical science.

Dr. O’Meara was in a mixed marriage and it seems the children were brought up as Catholics .  At least  in the case of his son Robert Allen Quain O’Meara the parents followed the Church of Ireland tradition of assigning as  one Christian name the mothers maiden name always very helpful in genealogical research. 

These funeral listings capture a moment of time locally showing power structures, family networks and local hierarchies. The funeral attendance follows a regular formula.  A huge attendance presumably the funeral director supplied the names.  The hierarchy is the immediate family then  in order of importance locally. Interestingly, there are a huge number of all religions in the area.  People from different religious background tended to lead lives a little separate from each other but came together on communal occasions such as funerals

A strong representation of  Catholic clergy as well as local Church of Ireland and Methodist clergy.

Magistrate, p. 1

Medical and local career, p. 1

1938 Funeral of Dr. O’Meara Skibbereeen., p.3

Dr. Robert Allen Quain O’Meara, p. 16

Dr. Major F. J. (Frank) O’Meara, p., 18

1938 Funeral of Dr. O’Meara Skibbereeen.

Dr. Timothy Joseph O’Meara BA, MB, (1870-1928) 1910, Curragh Rise/View, Skibbereen, b Knockcurragh Co. Limerick, son of Michael, ed Rockwell, Queens College, Cork, member local associations m 1899 Mary Harriett d Christopher Allen, Stone Hill, Glandore, she Church of Ireland the children Catholic. listed 1921. Appointed dispensary doctor Baltimore 1898 joint medical officer Skibbereen Hospital 1911 with Dr. Burke.  1911 three servants. 1904 involved in the local Industrial Development Association,  Resigned 1921.  Dyed 1938 enormous funeral. Probate son son Dr. Robert Allen Quain O’Meara, Sorrento Road, Dalkey, £2,215.  O’Meara, Robert Allen Quain his son a leading world wide medical scientist.

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1871-, 1901, 1910, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1932, 1935, 1938 Dr. Timothy Joseph O’Meara, A.R.M.B.R.U.I. Former Admiralty surgeon.  Dispensary Doctor including Cape Clear.  Magistrate “Dr. Timothy Joseph O’Meara BA, MB, 1910, Curragh Rise/View, Skibbereen, b Knockcurragh Co. Limerick, son of Michael, ed Rockwell, Queens College, Cork, member local associations m 1899 Mary Harriett d Christopher Allen, Stone Hill, Glandore, listed 1921.  Christopher Allen, (1824-1866),  Roughgrove, Bandon, Stone Hall, Glandore.  Sitting Union Hall, 1861. 1856 Attending Funeral Right Honourable James  Earl of Bandon.  Probate 1866 to widow, £4,000.  Son John Constantine Allen, (1856-1893), Captain, 18th regiment spent a lot of time in India probate  Captain Edward Allen, Royal Irish Rifles, £606.  Daughter France married Dr. O’Meara, Skibbereen.

1899, attending the funeral of R. H. Townshend, J.P., Myross Wood, Leap.  1901, 4 servants.  Subscriber appeal fund 1896 Dorney family. Attending the funeral Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Somerville D.L. (1824-1898), Clontaff, Drishane.

1901 attending funeral of Mrs. Jennings, Oldcourt.  1904 funeral of Daniel O’Donovan, Solicitor and Land Owner, Skibbereen.

Attending the 1917 funeral of Michael Beechinor Collins, JP, Manager 1897-1917 in Skibbereen of Cork and Kerry Central Creamery. 1935 donor to Vincent de Paul.1906 attended the funeral of Frederick Eldon Potter, owner and editor of Skibbereen Eagle.  1909 attending the funeral of Dr. William Jennings, J.P.    1932 attending funeral Skibbeeeen of Henry Grantham rep of drug company  A De. St.Lamas, Leicester        1932 campaigning for Skibbereen hospital.  1938 Funeral of Edwin Angus Swanton, Major Draper, Skibbereen. Wife Maria Allen of Stone Hall, Glandore his 2 sond  distinguished medical careers. “

Dr. Timothy Joseph Meara, (1869-1939), Skibbereen, Evidence to The Royal Commission On Congestion in Ireland.  Nominee of the Bishop of Ross. His area covers 20,900 statute acres, population of 5,750 of whom 1,260 lives on the Islands.  Poor Diet now Tea substituted for Milk in Diet of Infants, Poor People Lives on Bread and Tea with Dried Fish.  Poor Quality Insanitary Housing.  Anaemia, Dyspepsia, Ophthalmia, Typhus Fever Common, Outbreak in 1886 has Schoolhouse on Toe Island Converted to Temporary Hospital, Pulmonary TB Common Blames Returning Irish Americans with TB Coming Home to die. Celtic Race in America prone to TB.  Irish Girls in America get good money but work from 4 am to 7 or 8 pm.”

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Dr. O’Mears was in a mixed marriage and it seems the children were brought up as Catholics .  At least  in the case of his son Robert Allen Quain O’Meas the parents followed the Church of Ireland tradition of assigning as  one Christian name the mothers maiden name always very helpful in genealogical research. 

These funeral listings capture a moment of time locally showing power structures, family networks and local hierarchies. The funeral attendance follows a regular formula.  A huge attendance presumably the funeral director supplied the names.  The hierarchy is the immediate family then  in order of importance locally. Interestingly, there are a huge number of all religions in the area.  People from different religious background tended to lead lives a little separate from each other but came together on communal occasions such as funerals

A strong representation of  Catholic clergy as well as local Church of Ireland and Methodist clergy……,.

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Lissanagle Townland, Caheragh:

From Skibbereen De La Salle School 100th anniversary publication.

Earl of Bandon Estate Rental Records, Durrus area 1854-1909

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The history of the estate is as follows, this was McCarthy land. They moved their castle in Scart about 1 km north of the Bantry Drimoleague road past Durrus cross with no trace left to a very substantial castle at Gearhameen c 1615. Believing that peaceful time had come like Coppingers Court had no defensive features. Seized by the English post 1641 for ‘Rebellion’ it passed first into the hands of Colonel Reid, then about 1690 was acquired by the Evanson family. 

Townlands in the Earl of Bandons Estate.

Briefly, those lands are bounded by the Durrus river and Dunmanus Bay from Crottees to Brahalish on the south side of the Muintervara Peninsula bounded by the high ground dividing the peninsula.

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Durrus  Townlands

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Historical definition of Townland as the area that could be ploughed by a Seisreach (A Six-Horse team) in Forty Eight Days.  This is from Pádraig Ó Loingsigh history of the parish of Caherdaniel.

Ancient Land Divisions:

Thomas Larcom, the first director of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, made a study of the ancient land divisions of Ireland and summarised the traditional hierarchy of land divisions thus:^[9][12]   10 acres – 1 Gneeve; 2 Gneeves – 1 Sessiagh; 3 Sessiaghs – 1 Tate or Ballyboe; 2 Ballyboes – 1 Ploughland, Seisreagh or Carrow; 4 Ploughlands – 1 Ballybetagh, or Townland; 30 Ballybetaghs – Triocha Céad or Barony.

Ahagouna (Irish: Ath Gamhna, meaning ‘Ford of the calves’). In Clashadoo townland.  The ford with stepping stones still extant used before the bridges at Clashadoo built c 1700.

Carrigboy (116 acres) (Irish: Carraig Buidhe, meaning ‘yellow rock’). Location of Durrus village. The high road from here is built over land known as Carrig Cannon.   Village demolished and rebuilt by Bandon Estate post 1853.  Near the former farmyard of Denis John L O’Sullivan now housing the remains of a souterrain partly demolished during house building between the upper and lower road to Bantry.

Clashadoo (749 acres) (Irish: Claise Dubha, meaning ‘dark hollows’). Burial ground last burial 1930s layout of stones suggest an adult as well as children.. To the north on high boggy ground is Coolnaheorna or Coornaheorna (this appears in the 1740 deed to Francis Bernard as a half ploughland) covering the former farms of Kellys and Sullivans leading to the ‘Cumar’, and beyond to Loch na Fola (lake of the blood).  This may have been far more extensive in former times as the stream feeding it may have been diverted; the stream (Moire or in Irish Maighre) on the western end has a deep hole formerly known as Poul Nora Poll Nora (Nora’s hole).  Between Rossmore and Mannion’s Island at half tide a rock ‘Carrig Coolnaheorna’ is visible; this marked the spot where people from Upper Clashadoo were entitled to take seaweed to fertilize their smallholdings.  On the road to Coomkeen, at the eastern end is a graveyard used for unbaptised infants, small stones, adults large stores,  probably the site of Dun Clashadoo marked on the Ordnance Survey map.  The ordnance survey map of 1842 shows ‘Cappanamanna’ on high ground to the west of the old rectory, it appears as ‘ a half ploughland at Cappamonagh’ in the 1740 deed to Francis Bernard and perhaps it may have some old connection with monks.  Football field in the 1930s opposite the old rectory near the bridge.  Fort Lís Clashadoo.  The name  Brookfield or Durrus Court is derived, I suppose, from the little brook which flows in front of Evanson’s house, and which was  formerly called Moire (Maighre) by the old people.  On the high northern ground there is 280 acres undivided held in common in 15 shares.

Coomkeen (915 acres) (Irish: Cum Caoin, meaning ‘gentle valley’).  Mass rock on the lands of Timmy Whelehan deceased known as Tober an tSagairt, on the south side is Screathan na Muice (stoney slope of the pig) this is given as the address of one of the Dukelows in the 19^th century, c 1850, marriage register of St. James’s church., and deed of 1862, to the north is Crock a wadra.  On the flat bog before the turn for Clashadoo are clay pits on the right used for road making.  The Coomkeen farmers had rights to sea wool between what is now the pier and the sand quay used to fertilize their holdings.

Crottees (490 acres) (Irish: Cruiteanna, meaning ‘humpy ridges’), location of large stone associated with Dukelow family.  On the bounds with Clonee an area known as ‘Chapel Brake’ according to Dan Burke, Coomkeen, RIP, used as a church pre 1794 before new road built.

Dromatiniheen (97 acres) (Irish: Drom a’tSionnaichin, meaning ‘ridge of the little fox’). Ringfort on the south side. Fulach Fia discovered 2016 in works fro new GAA pitch.  1624 Inquisition Car 1.Rossmore (310 acres) (Irish: Ros Mor, meaning ‘large copse or large promontory’). Location of Rossmore Castle Rossmore Castle in ruins former McCarthy sometimes ascribed to O’Mahony  tower house and location of former slate quarry.  May have been a centre of pilchard industry 1730s.  In the field west of Attridges off the road there is believed to be a

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Mathieu (also spelled Matthew) Belsaigne, buried Innishannon, (1704-1761), Possible Founder of part of West Cork Huguenot Community, Descendant Matthew Belsange/Belsaigne, Freeman of Cork Landlord, Dunmanway Union, Kilmurray East, 1847

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Durrus, Mizen, Caheragh, Bandon, Kinsale West Cork Huguenot Families

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Mathew Belsange/Belsaigne

Freeman of Cork:

Belsaigne Mathew Esquire 

Landlord KIlmichael East, Dunmanway Union 1847

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Mount Pleasant Cottage

Estate(s)	Baldwin (Mount Pleasant)
Townland	Curravordy
Civil Parish	Templemartin
PLU	Bandon
DED	Templemartin 21
County	Cork
Barony	Kinalmeaky
Description	Leased by Mathew Belsange from the Baldwin estate in 1851 when it was valued at £10 10s. This property no longer exists.

His ancestor buried Innishannon:

Mathieu (also spelled Matthew) Belsaigne was an important figure in organising the Irish Huguenot Settlement Plan of 1751-1753 to bring persecuted Huguenot Protestant refugees from France to Ireland. He aided many families that sought a new home and freedom to practise their religion.

Mathieu, a woollen merchant associated with a woollen factory co-owned by his wife’s family, had refused to renounce his faith following the Treaty of Nantes.

Belsaigne (also spelled Bellesaigne or Belesaigne) settled in Innishannon in 1752 with a handful of Huguenot families and apparently was a merchant, perhaps in silk. He was associated with the Rev. Pierre Corteiz, a minister granted permission to read services in French and administer the Sacraments according to the rules of the Church of Ireland.

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Memorials: