Preliminary Investigations into Genealogy of West Cork Lucey Family by Dr. Albert Casey, Alabama, Some Fermanagh, English Connections, Managers of Colthurst Estates Ballyvourney.

Garda Roll of Honour, Eugene McCarthy, Lower Lane, Durrus, West Cork, Born 1908.

Name: Eugene McCarthy Rank: Garda Reg. No: 7912 Station: Union Quay, Cork Years of Service: 2 Background: Eugene McCarthy, born on 15th August, 1908, came from Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork. He worked as a shoemaker before joining An Garda Síochána on 6th March, 1930. He also served at Glenbower, Co. Tipperary and Passage West, Cork. He was one of two brothers who served in An Garda Síochána. Garda McCarthy was single. Circumstances: On 8th January, 1933, a man fell into the river along George’s Quay, Cork. Garda McCarthy together with two local men were the first persons to arrive at the scene in a small rowing boat. In the course of the rescue Garda McCarthy and two local men succeeded in recovering the person onto the boat. However in the process of transferring the casualty onto a larger motor launch, the boat overturned in the strong current and all four occupants were thrown into the water. With the help of others present lifebuoys were dispatched and all except Garda McCarthy, who was a strong swimmer, were successfully rescued. His body was recovered a short time later.

Carrigboy National School:

Ending 1,200 Years of Burials, Order in Council of Irish Privy Council 1870, Closing The Graveyard of St. Finbarrs Cathedral Cork Excepting  Those Listed Families On  Schedule.

The application was grounded on medical evidence that the graveyard was so crowded it was a risk to public health.

1837 Cork Election.  Report on Fictions Votes Electorate 8,600, Appendix Lists many for Cork City, Liberties of Cork and Country Freemen Entitled to Vote, by Address, Occupation, Valuable in view of Total Lack of 1830s Census.

1839.  Tender Office  of Ordnance for Military Works to Whiddy Island, Kinsale (Charles Fort), Bandon Cork Harbour and  Bob Booty (Horse) will Stand This Season at Fethard

The horse is included as an unusual picture.

Proposals invited 1810 for the Supply of Bread to the British Army, on Bere Island and 1818 to Supply Ordnance at Bantry Bay with Candles, Fuel, Coal and Turf.

US Airforce Base Whiddy 1918:

US Navy Airforce base Whiddy Island, 1918.

1828.  High Court Application to Remove Hungerford, Coroner for West Cork.

KENT, SOBER – (20/8/1770) – To be sold by SOBER KENT, at his cellars on the Coal quay, by the hogshead, quarter cask, dozen or gallon, choice claret, Lisbon, Fromiaiac and French white wines … …

CourtesyJean Prendergast

DIRECTORY 1770 & 1772 – Trade, Property & Legal Notices from the ‘Hibernian Chronicle’

Recollections of Colonel George Cotter, at Lake Erie Canada, of Fighting at the Battle of Waterloo, Joined 69th Regiment in 1804, Given Freedom of Cork 1818, Son of Rev. George Cotter, Castlemartyr, Grandson of Sir James Cotter Bart, Died Western Canada (Probably Dunnville, Ontario) 1867.

The Cork Cotters like the Coppingers  are of Hiberno-Danish/Norman descent and anyone with Cotter blood will find DNA matches in Denmark and Norway.

The West Cork Cotters descend from a number of families who moved or were expelled from EastCork to Inchigeela c 1650.  The church there is still used fro family burials.

Same of these Cotters converted to the church of Ireland before adn after the Penal Laws and were prominent in Land, The Church of Ireland. the Military, Law and Medicine.    .  Most but not all of the West Cork Cotters are Catholic.  Probably most of world wide Cotter descent from the West Cork branch, give heavy emigration.

The Cotters Of Inchigeela, Co. Cork.

Sharon Haggerty’s Comment:

I looked in the 1861 Canadian census for George and found George S Cotter, born Ireland, age 73, Church of England, occupation “Arms.” Immediately below him were 3 Cotter women, all born Ireland: Jane 58 married, and two single women, Isabella 60 (sister?) and Catherine 37 (daughter?). These people lived in Dunn twp, Haldimand county, Canada West. Note that “Canada West” became Ontario, so I suspect George died there, rather than “western Canada.” Dunn twp no longer exists, but the town of Dunnville is just a stone’s throw from Lake Erie. Ancestry has more than one public tree for this family.

Thomas Young Cotter 1805-1882, Bantry born First Colonial Surgeon 1835, South Australia. Related to Bantry Young Family, Fish Merchants.

Briseann an Dúchas trí Shúile an Chait, (heritage breaks out through the Eyes of the Cat) Cork families of Danish Origin.