The first two weddings are described in Dr. Rachel Finnegan’s ‘The Memoirs and Diaries of Judith Isobel Chavesse. She goes into considerable details and here the full newspaper descriptions of those attending and the presents are listed. The 1893 weddings might be described as Protestant Gentry. The Local gentry had been on a downward spiral from the early 19th century but in 1893 they would have thought it inconceivable that their world would have largely vanished by 1922 excepting the enclave in Castletownshend. The 1910 is a Catholic wedding, again a very detailed listing of those in attendance and the presents. Despite the immense deprivation of many in the general district from the early 19ht century there was a thriving Catholic and Protestant middle class of professionals and merchants and this accelerated post 1922 particularly for Catholics. 1893, 1910 Skibbereen Weddings, Guests, Presents. Hilderard Augusta Somerville, Castletownshend, to Egerton B. Coghill, p. 4 . Presents, p. 8 1893 Henrietta Reeves Fleming, Newcourt, Skibbereen, the Rev. Haythornthwaite, p.14 Brides presents, p. 20 Bridegrooms presents, 27 A Pretty Wedding Jennings/Hayes, Skibbereen, 1910. Presents and Donors Listed, p.27
1893, 1910 Skibbereen Weddings, Guests, Presents. Hilderard Augusta Somerville, Castletownshend, to Egerton B. Coghill, p. 4 . Presents, p. 8 1893 Henrietta Reeves Fleming, Newcourt, Skibbereen, the Rev. Haythornthwaite, p.14 Brides presents, p. 20 Bridegrooms presents, 27 A Pretty Wedding Jennings/Hayes, Skibbereen, 1910. Presents and Donors Listed, p.27 The first two weddings are described in Dr. Rachel Finnegan’s ‘The Memoirs and Diaries of. Judith Isobel Chavesse
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