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Ancient Irish chair

02 Friday Jan 2015

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Ancient Irish chair.

From 1832 Dublin Penny Journal in a book of the weekly issues owned by Dublin writer Sean O’Casey. This article is probably by George Petrie of Ordnance Survey fame..

Patriotic verse by John Philpot Curran, (1750-1817), Lawyer, Wit, MP. Master of the Rolls and Privy Councillor, father of Sarah Curran, Newmarket, Co Cork, ‘Let us be Merry before we go’, ‘The Monks of the Screw’, ‘Cushla Ma Chree’


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Dublin Penny Journal, Journey to Durrus 1836, from Butler’s Gift (Drimoleague), West Cork, John Windle Cork Antiquarian and Father John Ryan, Drimoleague to the Rev. Alleyn Evanson.

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John Philpot Curran and the Miller’s dog

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James Philpot Curran and the Miller’s dog

From 1832 Dublin Penny Journal in a book of the weekly issues owned by Dublin writer Sean O’Casey. This in turn quotes Jonah Barrington’s sketches.

Patriotic verse by John Philpot Curran, (1750-1817), Lawyer, Wit, MP. Master of the Rolls and Privy Councillor, father of Sarah Curran, Newmarket, Co Cork, ‘Let us be Merry before we go’, ‘The Monks of the Screw’, ‘Cushla Ma Chree’


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Penny_Journal

Dublin Penny Journal, Journey to Durrus 1836, from Butler’s Gift (Drimoleague), West Cork, John Windle Cork Antiquarian and Father John Ryan, Drimoleague to the Rev. Alleyn Evanson.

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Original signature William Penn

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Original signature William Penn. The letter comes from a correspondent in Ballitore, Co. Kildare which had a Quaker settlement and it was where Edmund Burke received part of his education.

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From 1832 Dublin Penny Journal in a book of the weekly issues owned by Dublin writer Sean O’Casey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Penny_Journal

Dublin Penny Journal, Journey to Durrus 1836, from Butler’s Gift (Drimoleague), West Cork, John Windle Cork Antiquarian and Father John Ryan, Drimoleague to the Rev. Alleyn Evanson.

Ancient Houses, Drogheda 1590, Castle Street and Marrowbone Lane, Dublin.

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Ancient Houses, Drogheda 1590, Castle Street and Marrowbone Lane, Dublin.

From 1832 Dublin Penny Journal in a book of the weekly issues owned by Dublin writer Sean O’Casey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Penny_Journal

Dublin Penny Journal, Journey to Durrus 1836, from Butler’s Gift (Drimoleague), West Cork, John Windle Cork Antiquarian and Father John Ryan, Drimoleague to the Rev. Alleyn Evanson.

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Pre 1798 the Women’s Cloaks in West Cork and Kerry were Dark Blue after Grey, Custom of Greeting as a Benediction, the Wench with the family of Bishop Berkeley who refused to carry out cinders as she was descended from the Ancient Kings of Ireland, Marriage Customs, Backaughs (Beggars) from Crofton Croker.

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Pre 1798 the Women’s Cloaks in West Cork and Kerry were Dark Blue after Grey, Custom of Greeting as a Benediction, the wench with the family of Bishop Berkeley who refused to carry out cinders as she was descended from the Ancient Kings of Ireland, Marriage Customs, Backaughs (Beggars) from Crofton Croker.

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Notes on the Movement of the French Fleet in Bantry Bay and Panic in Bantry on Friday the 23rd December 1796, the women seek asylum in Bandon or Cork or to the Kerry Hills from a contemporaneous note by Edward Morgan.

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Notes on the Movement of the French Fleet in Bantry Bay and Panic in Bantry on Friday the 23rd December 1796, the women seek asylum in Bandon or Cork or to the Kerry Hills from a contemporaneous note by Edward Morgan.

Courtesy JCHAS

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The ‘Caoin’ lamentation akin to Hebrew Cina in Cork and Kerry from Crofton Croker including for Sir Richard Cox in 1733 mentioning his relations O’Donovans of Bawnlahan, Townsends of White Court Skibbreen, Dunmanway and O’Donoghue, Aughadown, West Cork.

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The ‘Caoin’ lamentation akin to Hebrew Cina in cork and Kerry from Crofton Croker including for Sir Richard Cox in 1733 mentioning his relations O’Donovans of Bawnlahan, Townsends of White Court Skibbreen, Dunmanway and O’Donoghue, Aughadown, West Cork.

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