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The Presentment system worked insofar as special Magistrates Session met locally to approve work on roads, bridges, harbours etc.   Widely seen as corrupt favouring works for certain Landlords at the expense of cess (Rate) payers.  This reform meant that prominent local citizens Catholic and Protestant farmers and business people sat at the Presentment sessions and had to approve work before they went to the Grand Jury sitting at the assizes.

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Cork Grand Jury (Civil Jurisdiction) To 1899

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1794        John Sweetnam        Surveyor        Deed

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1822, 1823, 1830, 1837        John Sweetnam        Last Seneschal  Aughadown and Schull Manors, later president of te Court of Justice before presumably Resident Magistrates         Daughter Frances Gertude married William Clerke (1766-1820) possibly Skibbereen Mills.  1824.  Letter from John Sweetman, seneschal of manor court of Bridgestown, Skibbereen, County Cork, to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, acknowledging directive for removal of four prisoners to the county gaol and communicating discomfort at prospect of releasing two debtors for fear of being sued for debts owed by the men; includes memorial from Swicham to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting clarification on application of a recent prison act to manor courts, especially as it relates to prisoners ‘confined for any sum not Exceeding ten pounds’, with response to same from John Sealy Townsend, KC and legal advisor to Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle.        Died February 1824 at Mardyke House, Skibbereen.  Ffolliott        1823.  Letter from William Hull, Lemcon, Skibbereen, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to his former letter, emphasising the need to provide a simpler and less expensive means for the lower classes to recover small debts owed to them. Encloses, in support of his claim, a document entitled ‘ “a Manor Court Decree” taken by Richard Connell against Edward Butler, both of Kealfada, County Cork, demonstrating that the legal costs far outstrip the amount of the original debt; decree originally signed by John Sweetnam, seneschal [of Aghadown and Schull Manors], 4 October 1823.        .

1876        Mr. John Sweetnam        Last Seneschal  Aughadown and Schull Manors,  until 1859.        Mardyke.  Married Anne d George Beamish, Dunmore, Clonakilty. Not legally qualified, ‘private gentleman’,  paid c £80 per annum not highly regarded.  Manor Courts abolished 1859.  Ballydehob with the Estate of Boyle later Duke of Devonshire.  Son George b 1848 Rectr Creagh c 1900 ed St. Bee’s College.        Evidence of John Jagoe, Bantry to Parliamentary Commission, Bantry c 1838        Correspondence with Chiel Secretary over recent 1822 Prison Act to Manor Courts        Chief Secretary papers        .

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1821        Dr. Stephen Sweetnam MD        Doctor, Airhill, Schull                Guys        .

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Medical

1857-, 1892, 1897        Herbert Molesworth Sweetnam,        Doctor, Skibbereen and Innishannon, General Practitioner B.A.T.C, Dublin T.N.C.S. and P.Ed and Z M: T.F.P.S.G.        “Herbert Molesworth Sweetnam, Westropp House, Innishannon, Co Cork.  Seventh son of Stephen Sweetnam, MRCS Eng of Schull, Co Cork.  Educated at Faughnan’s School, Rosscarbery and at Trinity College, Dublin where he took the degree of BA and half the MB degree.  He subsequently studied at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and took the diplomas of LRCS and P Edin and LFM Glasgow.  After practising in Skibbereen for some years, he settled at Innishannon in general practice. Medical Officer of the Innishannon Dispensary District and medical officer to the Post Office and referee to various Insurance Companies.  Married first in December 1886 Rosa Sydney (who died 1895), daughter of Alexander John Montgomery of Dublin, and secondly in April 1898 Frances Penella, second daughter of Percival Symes Swan of Baldwinstown, Co Wexford, late agent of the Bank of Ireland, Tipperary and had issue by the second marriage, one son and one daughter

”        1899, attending funeral of R. H. Townshend, J.P., Myross Wood, Leap.  Present Airfield, Schull at death of mother Mary Jermyn Sweetnam, widow of doctor aged 83 in 1897.     “1892, attending funeral of Martin Jennings, Oldcourt, Skibbereen                        Southern Star 24th December 1892

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1893, 1895, 1898        J. Sweetnam M.D.        Doctor        1898 donor  to Goleen relief fund        1893, attending funeral of Michael Sheehy, T. C., P.L.G., Skibbereen.  1895 Funeral of Bantry Solicitor  Daniel O’Donovan aged 26.  Native Skibbereen:        Attending the 1894 funeral of George Robinson, Landlord and Magistrate, Southern Star 3rd February 1894, magistrates attending, R. Carey, H. Cullinane, Dr. Jennings, Dr. Levis, Captain Morgan. The O’Donovan, Colonel Somerville.        .

1870        G. Sweetnam        Doctor/Medical Student?                Dary of Geoge Vickery, medical student, 1870.

Died 1879, Burma        Michael Sweetnam M/D.        ”                                                                                                                                                                                                       ”        Died from a fall from his horse in British Burma, aged 29.        “1873        Master in Surgery Queens College, 1873                https://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/15913/pages/420259        .

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..  1863        Dr. Richard James Sweetnam        Qualified Royal College of Surgeons 1863        Air Hill.        British Navy 1870?                        .

1807-1885, 1824, 1829,1835, 1846, 1870s        Stephen Sweetnam M.R.C.S.L. Eng        Dispensary Doctor Schull 1834-1852.  Dispensary Officer 1840.        1829 acting as trustee over Skibbeeen properties from JOhn Attridhe to JOhn Sweetnam, Esq., River Cottage, Skibbeeen.   Cert 1835.  Praised for his work during famine.  Relief Committee 1846. 1849 attending  Ballydehob meeting proposes Agricultural Society for the Schull Union and Durrus/Kilcrohane.  ListerAirfield Schull in Slater 1856        “Active as dispensary doctor in Schull during famine,  2nd wife Maria Jermyn Long 1835, She possbly Westfield, Aughadown.  Possible first wife Jane Clerke 1832.  Buried with Maria Aghadown Lower.  1877.   Opening  Skibbereen Railway

Daniel Donovan

David Hadden

John Levis, Glenview

S. W.  Levis, Coroner

Dr. McCormack, Goleen

Dr. Popham, Bntry

Samuel Robinson

Dr. Swanton, Bantry

Dr. Sweetnam, Schull

Member election committee Nicholas Leader 1865 Cork County election. ”        In the 1870s John (Swetman) Sweetnam of Skibbereen owned over 200 acres in county Cork while Stephen (Sweetman) Sweetnam MD, held over 220 acres in the Schull area. Members of this family held lands in the parishes of Abbeystrowry and Aghadown, barony of West Carbery, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Many were clergymen or medical practitioners. See http://www.learysweetnam.com        “The Cork Southern Reporter : Thursday 10 November 1836

THE REV. MR. BARRY, P. P. OF EAST SKULL, has commenced the erection of a NEW CHAPEL for a poor population, in a remote District.

This necessary and long contemplated object could not, through a want of resources, have been before now carried into effect.

Mr. B. returns his thanks to the benevolent persons who, notwithstanding the many similar appeals and present weighty demands for local charities, have so liberally contributed the following sums : –”        “1876        Dr. Stephen Sweetnam MD        Doctor, Airhill, Schull                Guys        “”Inscription:

Stephen Sweetnam MD

died 8th April 1885

aged 78

Maria Sweetnam

died 11th May 1897

aged 83

“”        “”Additional Information:

Dr Sweetnam was the dispensary doctor in Schull during the Great Famine. He was active in bringing relief to this area and is often referred to in famine reports from Schull. Maria Sweetnam (nee Long of Aughadown) was Dr Sweetnam second wife, his first wife was Jane Clerke of Skibbereen.””        “”        Young Clerke was admitted to membership of the Inner Temple in London in November 1821 28. Another brother Jonathan Clerke 29 gained medical qualifications in Dublin and London in 1828. Stephen, brother of Frances Gertrude Sweetnam also gained medical qualifications at the same time and in a parallel manner to Jonathan Clerke.39 Alexander Clerk

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1866-        George Sweetnam        Probably Skibbereen district, may have gone to TCD        1911 Minister, Co.Derry        Son Thomas William, medical student.                “Son. 1877        Frank A. Sweetnam                Father Stephen, doctor         Aged 18, Midleton College        

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The Sweetnams were Seneschal son the Carbery/Freke Estate.

Seneschals, Petty Session Clerks

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M_f1DiI3Qg-2GtLfe0GOo5OKgixRDKNHDw4xf9iyRtQ/edit?tab=t.0

Naval Officers

Courtesy Brian Limrick

https://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=562167

			Type of deed	Date of current deed		29 Mar 1820	Vol	Page	Memorial
			Lease	Date of earlier deed			837	32	562167
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	BEAMISH	Samuel	of	Mount Beamish [Co Cork]		Rev; Clerk
B		P2	DULLEA	Charles	of	Glaun, Parish of Ballymoney [Glan, Dunmanway], Co Cork		Farmer		A
C		P2	DULLEA	Edmund	of	Glaun, Parish of Ballymoney [Glan, Dunmanway], Co Cork		son of Charles Dullea [B]; Farmer
D		life	DULLEA	Edmund	of			son of Dennis Dullea [E]; aged about 40 years
E		mentioned	DULLEA	Dennis	of	Glaun, Parish of Ballymoney [Glan, Dunmanway], Co Cork
F		life	DRISCOLL	Cornelius	of			alias Behee; son of John Driscoll [G]; then aged about 44 years; Cooper
G		mentioned	DRISCOLL	John	of	late of Ballincoursey, Co Cork		deceased
H		mentioned	DULLEA	Dennis	of
I		mentioned	DULLEA	Edmund	of
J		mentioned	DULLEA	Maurice	of
K		WD WM	MOORE	Jeremy	of	Maulbrack [Skibbereen], Co Cork		Land Steward		A
L		WD	SULLIVAN	Jeremiah	of	Mount Beamish [Co Cork]		Man Servant
M		WD	SULLIVAN	Timothy	of	Newtown, Co Cork		Police Constable
N		WM	FALVEY	Dennis	of	Ballymountain, Co Cork		farmer		A
Abstract		A leased to B & C, part of Glaun, Parish of Ballymoney [Glan, Dunmanway], Co Cork, for a period of lives.
MS			Date registered	12 Jul 1828		Date abstract added		20210502

Abstract made by: RonPrice

Policing in Ireland

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Law and Order
 Policing
 Peace Preservation Force1
 The Peace Preservation Force was established in 1814 by Sir Robert
Peel2
, as a mobile force, supplementary to the pre-existing and underresourced baronial constabulary. The new force was under the
command of stipendiary magistrates (also known as chief magistrates of
police who had the powers of justices of the peace) whose staff each
included a clerk, chief constable and sub constables. The force could be
dispatched to any district which was proclaimed by the Lord Lieutenant
as disturbed. They were paid for by local rate-payers which made the
force unpopular with landlords. Many ‘peelers’ joined the Irish
Constabulary when it was created in 1822 and the force was eventually
fully amalgamated into the Constabulary in 1836.3
 The papers reveal how the authorities began to reduce the force in the
mid-1820s. Included, for example, are requests from former Peace
Preservation Force policemen seeking appointment to the Constabulary
despite being illiterate (CSO/RP/1824/217); efforts to absorb the force
into the Constabulary in Tipperary to deal with increased outrage
(CSO/RP/1828/1631); attempts by a chief magistrate of police in
Limerick, to reverse a government order requesting him not to fill current
vacancies ‘with the view to the gradual reduction of that Force’
(CSO/RP/1829/237).
 Irish Constabulary4
 The Irish Constabulary, a centralized force, responsible for the whole
country except Dublin, was first established in 1822 by act of parliament.
It was a centrally controlled, hierarchical, armed, paramilitary force,
organised on a county by county basis. Constables and sub-constables
lived in barracks and were subject to military type discipline administered
by chief constables who in turn answered to sub-inspectors, county
inspectors, inspector generals and ultimately to the Chief Secretary. The
officer ranks were directly commissioned, with little promotional
opportunity available to the rank and file. Between 1836 and 1846 each
county contributed to the cost of their force but after 1846 the exchequer
shouldered the entire cost. In 1836 the constabulary was consolidated
with the Peace Preservation Force and from 1867 onwards was known
as the Royal Irish Constabulary.
 The papers are filled with letters from individuals seeking positions in the
force; with requests for leave of absence from chief constables and. appeals from constables for reinstatement following dismissal for
drunkenness.
 The papers demonstrate that disobedience or displays of partisanship
was not tolerated. For example constables who refused to take down an
‘Orange’ flag during the long-running dispute in Mountmellick were
dismissed (CSO/RP/1828/1524), as was Captain John Burke, chief
constable who attended a Brunswick Club meeting in Wexford
(CSO/RP/1829/160).
 The papers reveal a tension between magistrates and government over
the precise role and duties of the new constabulary at local level. The
crown law officers made clear that constables were not to be used to
enforce civil bills, magistrates’ warrants, or enforce payment of tithes and
were also not permitted to assist the Revenue police except in cases of
a breach of the peace. These duties were to be carried out by baronial
constables and other officers (CSO/RP/1826/1718).
 The papers contain letters from high-ranking police officers proposing
improvements to the force. It was suggested that policemen be moved
regularly to prevent them from becoming too familiar with their
communities (CSO/RP/1828/1712); that married constables were a
hindrance to the operation of the force (CSO/RP/1828/795) and that
chief constables, who often had military backgrounds, should not be
chosen from the gentry class and should be discouraged from displays
of military pomp (CSO/RP/1828/1361)

A lampoon by Brocas (https://www.dib.ie/biography/brocas-henry-senior-a0968)of John Philpot Curran Master of the Rolls (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Rolls_(Ireland)). From the Irish Legal History Society New Publication

Portrait of John Philpot Curran (1750-1817), Born Co. Cork, Irish Speaker, Author of Patriotic Verse, Master of The Rolls father of Sarah Curran His Youngest daughter Engaged to Robert Emmet.

https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=24333&action=edit

A Rhyming Invitation sent by John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) to Grandfather of Robert Carey, Skibbereen.

There is a reference to Ballymapatrick which may be Balllypatrick, South Tipperary.  The article was written in 1893 and it is possible that Richard Carey’s grandfather may have been from North Cork.

A Rhyming Invitation sent by John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) to Grandfather of Robert Carey, Skibbereen.

Aiten Alive With Fleas (Dreancaid in Irish) Until DDT Came Along. John Philpot Curran, Eaten alive by fleas while on Circuit in Carlow, wrote ‘An Ode to Fleas’

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From the Dictionary of Irish Biography:

https://www.dib.ie/biography/weeks-james-eyre-a8953

Weeks, James Eyre (1718/19–1775), cleric, poet, and miscellaneous writer, was born in Cork city, son of James Eyre Weeks, described as a gentleman. He was educated at Dr Mulloy’s school in Cork, entered TCD as a sizar (June 1735), and spent four years there but left without taking any degree, although he appears to have returned later to the college and graduated BA (1751). He first made his appearance on the literary scene in 1745 with three long poems published separately: The resurrection, The Amazon, or female courage vindicated, and Rebellion. These were followed in 1746 with A rhapsody on the stage or, the art of playing, in which he describes the style of acting of the principal English-speaking actors of the day – Booth, Betterton, Garrick, Wilkes, Milward, James Quin (qv), and Thomas Sheridan (qv). The poem is addressed to Sheridan, who was a student in TCD at the same time as Weeks. In addition to commentaries on the actors mentioned (among whom Sheridan is singled out for fulsome praise), Weeks proffers advice on the art of acting, and this on the basis of a mere four years’ experience of watching plays. Around this time he also wrote ‘The cobbler’s poem’, a skit on ‘The bricklayer’s poem’ by Henry Jones (qv) (1721–70). In 1753 he wrote the words of ‘Solomon’s temple’, an oratorio.

The date of Weeks’s ordination in the established church has not been discovered. It was quite the fashion in his time for protestant clerics to adopt teaching, rather than pastoral care, as a career. Weeks not only practised as a teacher or tutor but also fancied himself as something of an educationist, for during the 1750s he produced a series of what might be called school texts: The gentleman’s hourglass, or an introduction to chronology (1750), A new geography of Ireland (1752), The young grammarian’s magazine of words (1753), and A praxis of grammar (1754). Weeks appears to have spent some part of his teaching career in Tralee, Co. Kerry, for The young grammarian’s magazine . . . is datelined Tralee and is dedicated to a former pupil there. However, he was back again in Dublin in 1753 when, for a few months, he published the Dublin Spy, an irreverent commentary on the contemporary scene, written entirely by himself, and which, he claimed, ‘spares none’. He was to incur a great deal of unpopularity, culminating in a mock report of his ‘most cruel and bloody assassination and murder’, when he supported Thomas Sheridan in the trouble at the Smock Alley theatre in 1754, which resulted in Sheridan having to leave the country. Weeks’s poem ‘On the great fog in London December 1762’, arguably his best, is evidence of at least a visit to London, if not a protracted stay in that city, in the early 1760s, for the poem was clearly written by someone with personal experience of that fog. This is one of a dozen or so poems that Weeks contributed to the British Magazine in the years 1761–4, but no record has been found of their publication in a collection of verse. He was back in Cork by 1765, where he married (Sept. 1765) Mary, daughter of John Hughes, in St Paul’s church. In February 1769 he was licensed as a curate in Holy Trinity church, Cork. Appointment as treasurer of the Cork diocese and as rector of Ballinadee, Co. Cork, followed in 1770. He died in November 1775.

There are good grounds for believing that he was not the author of Poems on several occasions, a 153-page collection of verse, of considerable promise, published in Cork (1743). The author’s name is given as James Eyre Weekes – note the different spelling of the surname – and he was probably a cousin of James Eyre Weeks, who consistently spelled his surname that way. This question is examined at some length in Patrick Fagan, A Georgian celebration.

Sources
Cork Chronicle, 19 Sept. 1765; Hibernian Chronicle, 23 Nov. 1775; W. M. Brady, Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (1863), i, 22; Alumni Dubl. (1935); Patrick Fagan, A Georgian celebration: Irish poets of the eighteenth century (1989), 120–27

Dereenlomane

Rossmore

Rossmore

Pat, I am one of the folks who you send drafts of your lists, historical documents and odds & ends about Durrus+ West Cork history. Your work is enormously helpful to those involved in family history. Thank you. Thank you.

        Based partially on your research, and the oral and written work of my Dereenlomane and Rossmore-Durrus relations, I have been able to produce a short family history, an  introduction to the genealogy of Susan Baker/Daniel McCarthy and Mary Baker/James Shannon – “Two West Cork Sisters.” Attached is a copy for you.  If you would like to download it to your website (or pass it along to others), please feel free. I believe strongly that information should be shared!!

     A second volume is being brainstormed at the moment.  

Thank you again. I will be in touch more often.

Peace,

Tommy Driscoll

Two West Cork Sisters
Our Ancestors

Susan Baker McCarthy Mary Baker Shannon

Family Stories. Genealogies

Family Stories, Genealogies and Musings Vol. I

Tommy & Michele Driscoll
105 School Street
Victor New York 14564, USA
585-727-5656
thomasdriscoll@hotmail.com

June 2025
Revised

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Our Ancestral Lands: West Cork

County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcai) the southernmost county of Ireland. Often
called “Rebel Cork”, Cork is the largest county in Ireland by land area, and the
largest of Munster’s six counties by population and area. Cork is the second-most
populous county in the Republic, and the third-most populous county on the island
of Ireland.
In the 1841 census, before the outbreak of the “Great Famine”, County Cork had
a recorded population of 854,118. By the 2022 census, Cork City and county had a
combined population of 584,156 people. Cork has not recovered its pre-famine
population.
West Cork is a treasure trove of natural wonders, vibrant towns, and rich
cultural heritage. Its coastline stretches over picturesque inlets, dramatic cliffs, and
inviting sandy beaches, while its inland promises a perfect blend of history, culture,
and idyllic landscapes.

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Our McCarthy/Baker Ancestors

Susan Baker (1854-1929) was born in the townland of Rossmore. The Baker
homestead sits on Dunmanus Bay with a wonderful view of the Mannion Islands and
Mt. Corin. On the property are the remains of a McCarthy (originally O’Mahony)
castle. The Bakers were on the land at least from the early 1800’s. They farmed the
land, raised cows and pigs. Susan married Daniel McCarthy on 14 Feb 1876 in the
Oratory Chapel at Blair’s Cove, directly across Dunmanus Bay from Rossmore. Daniel
and Susan moved into the McCarthy home at Dereenlomane with his parents. It was
said that Susan was baptized in the Church of Ireland in Durrus. The records of the
Roman Church in Durrus reveal that Susan Baker was baptized Roman Catholic on 12
Feb 1876, three days before she married Daniel McCarthy. She raised the children as
devote Catholics. She read to them from the Bible and prayed the rosary with them.
There were two bedrooms upstairs: one for Daniel and Susan and the newest child, the
other room for all the other children. Susan died at her daughter, Nora’s home at
Crottees near Durrus on 18 Nov 1929, age 75, and is buried in the McCarthy tomb in
Schull Cemetery.
Daniel McCarthy 1847-1910 is believed to be the sixth generation of McCarthys to
live and farm the land at Dereenlomane near the village of Ballydehob. Daniel was
born in 1847 as the “Irish Famine” was near its height. Dereenlomane is located with
a view of Mt. Gabriel. Near the McCarthy homestead was a barytes mine in which many
of the McCarthy’s worked. The original buildings are in ruin with no evidence of the
house. The property is now the home of the Cadogan family, relations of Dannie
McCarthy (1921-1999) of Glaun, son of Thomas (Sonny) and grandson of Daniel
McCarthy. Daniel died at Dereenlomane on 7 Sept 1910 and is buried in the McCarthy
tomb at Schull.

Baker – McCarthy Civil Marriage Record

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The Children of Susan Baker and Daniel McCarthy
Married 35 years; birthed 16 children between 1877 and 1900 (23 years)
Remained in Ireland Sources: Fr. Charles L. McCarthy, John Joseph Driscoll, Fr. Daniel V. Hogan – fr0m Rochester NY, Kitty (Dan F) Keane from Bredagh Cross, Susan Elizabeth McCarthy from
Boston, MA, Mary Catherine McCarthy from Canandaigua, NY
Thomas* (Sonny) 1877-1921. 44 years. Married Julia Cullinane in Schull. As first born
inherited the farm; died of cancer. Buried in McCarthy tomb. Child: Dannie
Florence (Flur) 1878 – 1963 85 years old, worked in barytes mine. Married Annie Nagle
from Dereenlomane in 1911. Emigrated to Boston. Street car mechanic and driver for MTA.
Died 22 Nov 1963. Buried St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury MA, Children: Catherine (Sr.
Aquinas), Tom, Susan, Daniel, Margaret.
Ellen (Nellie) 1879-1970. 91 years old. Married John Driscoll in 1915. Described as “proud
and stately.” Emigrated to Rochester NY. Worked as a domestic and a cook. Took in
immigrants at her home, 12 Holmes St. Developed severe emotional illnesses – hospitalized
for many years. Died 23 May 1970, buried in Holy Sepulchre, Rochester NY. Child: John
Joseph Driscoll
Margaret (Maggie) 1881-1964 83 years old. Worked as a cook and domestic in a fraternity
house at the University of Rochester. Married Richard Fennell in 1921. Lived at 20 Kron St..
described as a “quick talker” Died 8 Nov 1964. Buried at Holy Sepulchre. Children: “Son” 1922,
and Richard C. 1923-1947
Susan Matilda 1882-1954. 72 years old. Described as “hard working”, married to Jeremiah
“Jerry” Healey in 1922. Known for her homemade cookies. Lived at 66 Pomeroy St. Rochester
NY. Died 27 August 1954; buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester NY. No children.
Catherine* (Sister Magdalen) 1884-1937, 53 years old. attended a boarding school in
Crookhaven and a finishing school in Dunmanway; gifted intellectually; studied in Paris;
Member of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 27 years. Became the Mother
Superior. Described as a “very proud person.” Helped establish an orphanage in Dublin; died
of cancer on 24 June 1937; buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. No children.
Mary Elizabeth. 1886-1964. 78 years old. Worked as a domestic and a cook. Everyone loved
Mary. Her father did not want her to emigrate to America; described as “big-hearted soul”
married Thomas Joseph (Joe) Hogan in 1920. Lived at 25 Chatfield Street. Rochester NY; died
from heart disease 9 Dec 1964; buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester NY. Children:
Daniel, Eleanor (Sis), Thomas, Bernard.
Elizabeth * (Lill) 1887 – 1964. 77 years old. Emigrated to Rochester NY, lived with her sister
Susan. Son: Thomas born at Our Lady of Victory, Lackawanna, NY.in 1917. Thomas died in
WWII at age 28. Lill returned to Ireland, married Tim McSweeney in 1925 in Ballydehob. Son:
Patrick. Lived at Knockroe, Ballydehob. Lill died 25 Dec 1964. Buried at Bannaknockane
Cemetery, Ballydehob.
Daniel Frank* 1889-1963. 74 years old. Sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary, served in
Nenagh, County Tipperary. Family legend says that Dan F. was “knee-capped: by the IRA.
Returned to Dereenlomane after the War of Independence. Eventually moved to Lisheen.
Married Catherine (Nurse) Keehan; good neighbor- stopped evictions; generous with money

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especially with his siblings. Children: Dannie, Kathleen (Kitty). Died 9 June 1963. Buried
Schull Cemetery (not the McCarthy tomb).
Hanorah (Nora)* 1890-1952 62 years old. Stayed home and took care of the homestead.
Described as “very generous” known for cooking great breakfasts of salmon, eggs and sausage.
Married Paddy O’Sullivan in Bantry. Lived on Wolfe Tone Square in Bantry. Children: Pat
Francis, Madeline, Mary Jo. Died 21 Sept 1952. Buried Abbey Cemetery, Bantry.
Charles John 1893-1977. 84 years old. Emigrated to Rochester NY. Worked at Reed Glass
Company on Maple St. Postal worker for many years. Married a cousin: Mary Brigid McCarthy
from Glaun. Took care of his sisters: Nellie, Maggie, Susan, Lill, Annie, Aggie. Considered
himself as head of the McCarthy Clan in Rochester. Known for his vacation property,
“Dereenlomane” at Old Forge NY Lived at 59 Monica Street. Rochester. Children: Charles Leo,
Mary Margaret, Eileen Ann, Catherine Magdalen, Susanne Monica. Died: 30 May 1977 at Old
Forge NY. Buried Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester.
Denis Florence* 1894-1952. 58 years old. Twin of John James. Jailed for republican
activities in Ireland, West Cork Brigade of the old IRA; 32 years selling hardware, seeds and
general merchandise; gentle, married Bea Scanlon in 1930; lived in Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Children: Donal, Rita, Sean, Denis, Madeline. Died: 23 Oct 1952. Buried in St. Michael’s
Church Cemetery, Ballyduff.
John James (Jack) 1894-1982. 88 years old. Twin of Denis. Involved in Republican
activities in Ireland. Married Catherine Foley (1907-1938) in 1929 in Rochester. No children.
Fun-loving, kind, called “honest John” Long time fire fighter for the City of Rochester; rose to
the rank of lieutenant, “They just don’t make people like that anymore.” Married Mary Ellen
Hegarty (1904-2006) in 1941. Children: Mary Catherine, Sean, Daniel. Died 14 March 1982.
Buried White Haven Memorial Park, East Rochester NY.
Anna Mariah 1896-1992. 96 years old. Emigrated to Rochester NY. Wonderful faith in God;
lived a life of honesty, known for her chocolate chip cookies, loved to be with other people.
Married John (Jack) Holland in 1930, Children: Mary Kay, Jack, Daniel, Ann. Lived at 103
Ellicott St. Died: 11 April 1992. Buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester
Sarah Jane* 1899-1901. 2 years old. Described as “sickly” Died of Scarlet Fever. Buried in
McCarthy tomb at Schull.
Agnes Teresa 1900-1987 87 years old. Emigrated to Rochester NY. Worked as a
domestic/housekeeper for Rose Kennedy in Florida. Also, worked as a waitress at Oak Hill
Country Club and the Wishing Well restaurant in Rochester. Lived at 20 Kron St. Generous,
warm, very giving with a great laugh. Always ready to go out. Preferred to play cards with the
men at holiday card games. Died 27 May 1987. Buried at Holy Sepulchre, Rochester

Out-buildings on McCarthy
lands – looking south east.
Building on right is the
piggery

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Children of Daniel McCarthy and Susan Baker

by the Numbers

Shortest Life Spans Longest Life Spans
Sarah Jane 2 years Annie 96 years
Thomas 44 years Ellen 91 years
Catherine 53 years John 88 years
Denis 58 years Agnes 87 years
Nora 62 years Florence 85 years
Susan 72 years Charles 84 years
Dan F. 74 years Margaret 83 years
Lill 77 years Mary 78 years

Marriages { ^ = married in Ireland }
^Dan. F. m Kathleen Keehan 1910
^Florence m Annie Nagle 1911
Ellen m John Driscoll 1915
Mary m Thomas J. Hogan 1920
^Thomas m Julia Cullinane 1920
Charles m Mamie McCarthy 1920
Margaret m Richard Fennell 1921
Susan m Jeremiah Healey 1922
^Lill m Tim McSweeney 1925
^Nora m Paddy O’Sullivan 1925
John m Katie Foley 1929
^Denis m Bea Scanlon 1930
Annie m John Holland 1933
John m Mary Ellen Hegarty 1941

Never Married: Catherine – nun; Sarah Jane – died young; Agnes – single

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Children of Mary Baker (1851-1931) &
James Shannon (1845-1916)

Married 40 years; birthed 14 children between 1871 and 1897 (26 years)

1.John James 1871-1955 m Minta Corey of Rochester NY. Child: Herbert

2. Frances (Fannie) 1872-1958 m George Hegarty of Rossmore
   Children: Dan, Jim, Eva, Bill, Mary Violet, George, Rose, Dick
3. Thomas 1874 – 1950 m Sarah Swanton of Rochester
   Children: Frances, Anne (Teentz), James
4. James 1876 – ? 1. Married: Mary Shannon child: Violet
   2.Married: Mae Swanton from Rossmore

Children: James, Baby, Tom, Mary, William, Matilda, David

5. Maria (Mim) 1878-1956 m William Shannon
   Children: Bill, Mary Jane (Chassie), Jim, Little Lill, Dick, Georgie (Little George)
6. Elizabeth (Lill) 1875-1945. Children: none
7. Anne Christine 1881-1963 m George Sweetnam of Rochester NY
   Children: Florence, Bernice, Louise
8. Sarah Jane (Sadie) 1884-1973 m Bill Kingston of Rochester NY
   Children: Mary Violet, Bill
9. Susan Matilda (Tillie) 1886-1977 m Bill Marsh of Rochester NY
   Children: Lorella, Lester (Bus)
10. Ursula (Tine) 1888-1969 m Albert Dorothy of Rochester NY
    Children: David, Franklin
11. Richard (Dick) 1892-1970 m Ruth Swanton of Rochester NY
    Children: Lee, Bill, Bob, Mary, Tom
12. William 1893-1976 m Teenie Creighton of Crookstown, Co. Tyrone
    Children: Jimmie, Bernard, Eina, Sylvia, David
13. Rebecca (Becky) Rosina 1896 – 1991 m Bob Kingston of Rochester NY
    Children: Peggie, Bob, Jim, Paul
14. David Christopher 1897-1953 m Jessie Seater of Orkney Scotland by way of
    Rochester NY

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St. James Church, Church of Ireland, Durrus
Mary Baker, her dad, Thomas Baker, her mother, Margaret Attridge, and
her brother, James, and many other Bakers, Shannons, Williamsons, and

Attridges are buried in this sacred ground.

May they rest in peace.

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Who are the siblings of Thomas Baker,
Susan Baker and Daniel McCarthy?

Thomas Baker 1810-1878
Richard Baker 1803 – ??
Samuel Baker 1808- 1879 lived at Rooska
Sarah Baker 1820 – 1907
Susan Baker 1854 – 1929
James (or John) Baker 1847 -1864 believed to have died at age 17
Mary Baker 1851 – 1931 m. James Shannon
Daniel McCarthy 1846 – 1910
Thomas McCarthy 1841 – ? single
Elizabeth McCarthy 1843 – died young
Kate McCarthy 1852- 1891 m. Ned Roycroft
Ellen McCarthy 1852 – 1891 m. Maurice O’Keefe
Charles McCarthy 1854 – ? Catherine Sullivan
Mary McCarthy 1858- 1948 m. Mike Sullivan

McCarthy – Baker Trivia
Susan Baker had 16 children; her sister, Mary, had 14 Total = 30
How many grandchildren did they have together? 84
How many of Susan’s children stayed in Ireland ? 7
How many of Mary’s children stayed in Ireland ? 5

Father Charles
Leo McCarthy
1925-1999
McCarthy Family
genealogist until
his death

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The Marriage of Mary Baker
and James Shannon

Notice:

1. They were married in 1869, just after civil registration was
   created
2. The witnesses, Thomas Baker and John Shannon were the
   bride and groom’s fathers – common practice in those
   days
3. The Shannons were from the townland of Brahalish, just
   across the road from Rossmore. Normal in those days to
   not go far to find a spouse.
4. James was 26, Mary was 18 – not particularly young for
   the times! While the legal minimum age for marriage was
   14 for boys and 12 for girls, the average age at first
   marriage was significantly higher, according to the Law
   Reform Commission of the United Kingdom.

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Family Pictures

Children: Dannie 1917-1977 and Kathleen (Kitty Dan F.) 1922-1992
Adults: Dan F. McCarthy, Catherine (Sister Magdalene DC) McCarthy,
Kathleen (Nurse) Keehan McCarthy, Susan Baker McCarthy.

Dereenlomane c. 1928 or 1929

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Uncle Flur married Annie Nagle in 1911 in Ireland. This appears to be a
gathering of friends and relatives at Flur’s newly built home. At
Dereenlomane to celebrate their wedding.
On the extreme right might be the bride and groom. Susan Baker
McCarthy is the person on the extreme left.

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Some of the “Rochester” McCarthys

Back: Margaret McCarthy, Charles McCarthy, Susan McCarthy

Front: Lill McCarthy, Mary McCarthy

c. 1918 – 1919

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More “Rochester” McCarthys
Charles McCarthy (Left)
John McCarthy
Agnes McCarthy (Left)
Annie McCarthy
Probably 1924

Visiting Boston Massachusetts

Back: Uncle Flur, Uncle Charlie, Aunt Mamie, Uncle Joe Hogan
Front: Mary McCarthy Hogan, Catherine McCarthy? or Susan
Elizabeth McCarthy?, Charles McCarthy Jr., Annie Nagle McCarthy

Early 1930’s ?

Family Story: The
“Tradition” among the
Rochester McCarthy’s
was to visit Uncle Fleur
and Aunt Annie in
Boston as the first stop
on the honeymoon.

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Top Row: Agnes McCarthy, Mary McCarthy Hogan, Mamie McCarthy,
Charles McCarthy.
Middle Row: John Holland, Annie McCarthy Holland, Mary Ellen
Hegarty McCarthy, Jack McCarthy.
Front: Father Chuck McCarthy, Father Dan Hogan.

Perhaps taken at the time of Aunt Maggie’s Funeral in November 1964.

at 59 Monica Street, Rochester

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August 1944 Ballyduff, County Waterford
Back: Mary Jo O’Sullivan, Madeline McCarthy, Etta McCarthy, Jo
Hickey
Front: Denis McCarthy, Nora McCarthy O’Sullivan, Bea Scanlon, Eileen
Driscoll (Rochester NY), Denis McCarthy Jr.

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June 1915

Wedding of Nellie McCarthy
(right) and John Driscoll

(seated)

Witnesses:
Margaret McCarthy
Eugene Driscoll

Blessed Sacrament Church,
Rochester NY

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c. 1923 Dereenlomane

Back: Kathleen Keehan McCarthy, Dan F. McCarthy,
Harriet Roycroft, James O’Sullivan, Agnes McCarthy,
James Roycroft, Nora McCarthy
Front: Susan Baker McCarthy (Baby in arms Kitty Dan
F.) Michael O’Sullivan, Missie Roycroft, Dannie McCarthy

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Thomas (Sonny) McCarthy, 1877-1921 – the first-born son of
Susan and Daniel. Julia Cullinane 1883-1951 came from
Dunmanway.
They married in 1920. After Thomas’ death in 1921 she
married Con Cleary. Thomas and Julia had one child,
Dannie (1921-1999)

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The Ancestors of the Dereenlomane McCarthys

and the Rossmore Bakers

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A Vital Village for us: Ballydehob

Irish: Beal an Da Chab, “mouth of the two river fords”, is a coastal village in the
southwest of County Cork. During the Bronze Age (2200-600 BCE) copper was
mined on Mount Gabriel, just west of the village. About the same time, stone circles,
wedge and boulder tombs were constructed in the area. The Celts arrived some time
later in the early historic period. Various clanns fought for dominance, until the
eventual emergence of the McCarthys and the O’Mahonys as the rulers of the region.
A string of castles was built along the coastline. Kilcoe Castle was the most westerly
stronghold and their only coastal foothold. It has been renovated and rebuilt by
owner, actor Jeremy Irons. Irish Actress, Saoirse Ronan, has a family homestead in
Foilnamuck very near Ballydehob on Roaring Water Bay From: Wikipedia

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Mt. Gabriel: A West Cork Legend

Long ago the devil was flying over Mount Gabriel and he was flying so low that he hit his
wing against a rock. He got so cross that he took a bite out of the rock. When he had gone
eight or nine miles from Mount Gabriel, he left the rock fall into the sea. The rock was so
large that a part of it remained over the water and it is on that rock the lighthouse is built on
now and it is known as the Fastnet Rock. There is a large lake where he took the bite and the
water in that lake is of a black colour. From The Roaringwater Journal, Jan. 2021.

Genocidal Famine
In the first house I entered there as a
lying in fever and wife and a child
sitting up. There was a can of water
near the bed: four of the family had
died. The sick people said they had eaten
nothing and expected nothing that day.
F.F. Trench, “Famine in Schull” in
Realities of Irish Life. Wm Stewart,
1868

Genocidal Famine
In the first house I entered there as
lying in fever and a wife and a child

sitting up.

There was a can of water near the
bed: four of the family had died. The
sick said they had died. The sick
people said they had eaten nothing
and expected nothing that day.
F.F. Trench, “Famine in Schull” in
Realities of Irish Life. Wm. Stewart

1868

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On the Farmlands: The Rundale System
According to the evidence, the civil parishes of Kilmoe and Schull practiced a
modified form of the ancient Gaelic system of “rundale.” Under this system, the land
was held communally by the cineadh, the extended family which roughly consisted of
all those with a common great grandfather. The rundale system of agriculture
consisted of nucleated villages known as clachans.
All the sheep or cattle of the village were grazed together to alleviate pressure on
growing crops, providing fresh pasture for livestock. The land was a complex mixture
of arable, rough and bogland. The extended family lived in the clachan, a cluster of
huts which included an “infield” of tillage plots and an “outfield” of pasturage. The
infield was re-distributed after a death or an emigration.

How did this system affect agricultural productivity? The rundale system was
designed to ensure equitable distribution of land and resources. It allowed for a
sustainable approach to farming by matching the land allocated to the productive
capacity of the livestock a family owned.
What is the historical significance of the Rundale system? Rundale is significant as
it represents a communal approach to land management and agriculture, contrasting
with the individualistic methods introduced during the English colonization.
Source: Wikipedia “Rundale”
Our ancestors in Rossmore and Dereenlomane surely shared in the
rundale

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OUR ANCESTORAL TOWNLANDS

Dereenlomane

944 acres. Doirin na Loman “Little oakwood of the bare patches or the
bare tree-trunks.” At the northside of Mt. Corin – Meall Cairn, a heap of
stones probably used as a landmark. At the east-side is a disused cillin
burial ground, a burial ground in which at one time there was a church
or Mass-house. From Parish Histories Place Names of West Cork by
Bruno O’Donoghue, 1985

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Barytes Mine

This was originally worked as a copper mine by the Rev. Traill of Schull
assisted by Captain William Thomas in 1840; they sold 19 tones of
copper. They discovered barytes or barium sulphate, a heavy white
mineral used for paint and paper-making for which in the 1850’s there
was a limited market. An early use was by Josiah Wedgewood in the
making of pottery. The material was washed, dried, crushed and milled.
It was then produced as barytes flour, packed into bags and sent to an
island jetty in Dunmanus Bay by an aerial ropeway 1.23 miles long.
Source: http://www.durrus-history.com

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Rossmore

310 acres. Ros Mor – Large promontory. On the sea-coast are remains of Rossmore
Castle of the O’Mahonys. It later belonged to the Clan Muclagh McCarthys. A slate
quarry was worked near the coast. Off the coast are Mannion’s Islands Large (4
acres) and Small (1 acre) – Oileain Ui Mhainchin. From Parish Histories Place
Names of West Cork by Bruno O’Donoghue, 1985

The ”later” Shannon/Baker house at Rossmore

Photos taken in 1985

The oldest building on the Baker – Shannon property at Rossmore,

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“MCCARTHY CASTLE ROSSMORE,
(IRISH: ROS MOR, MEANING ‘LARGE
COPSE OR LARGE PROMONTORY’),
DURRUS, WEST CORK, WITH DEEP
WATER ANCHORAGE OPPOSITE.

Susan Baker came from the townland of Rossmore very near the village
of Durrus, at the end of Dunmanus Bay. The Baker homestead originally
was a fisherman’s cottage. Our ancestors walked over or around Corin on
the way to Rossmore to spend Sundays with the Shannon/Baker
relatives.

The farm yard nearby was in the Baker family and in the 19th century
became Shannon by marriage. The Bakers are probably in the area since
the 1600s possibly in connection with fishing. The farmyard ‘on the
water’ was originally a thatched fisherman’s cottage later raised and
lengthened. The adjoining farm is Hegartys, originally Attridges, related
to Hegartys by marriage.
Location of Rossmore Castle in ruins, former McCarthy (sometimes
ascribed to O’Mahony) tower house and location of a former slate
quarry. In the field west of Attridges off the road there is believed to be
a famine graveyard as told to Nancy Dukelow by her father Tom. This
may be in fact the graveyard marked ‘cillín’ on the ordnance survey map
to the east of Attridges in Jimmy Hegarty’s yard which David Shannon of

Rossmore says may also have been the site of an old church or a pre-
workhouse refuge for destitute people.

During World War II the German U-Boats would land at Mannion
Island. The sailors would play football on the island in the moonlight and
return to the war before daylight. More recently fish farms have been
developed in Dunmanus Bay raising salmon, oysters, mussels as well as
sea urchins and seaweed.
Sources: Kitty Dan. F. Keane, and Pat Crowley in Durrus History.

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Dunmanus Bay – with a view of Mt. Corin

(in the distance on the left)

The remains of an O’Mahony Tower House are well hidden down a little boreen
and are to be found right at the seashore gazing down into the expanse of Dunmanus
Bay. Not a huge lot remains – a three storeyed wall, some windows, a chimney
breast, the remains of a garderobe, a stairwell and a cluster of little outbuildings plus
farm house. Probably built in the 14C, the castle seems to have been owned by the
McCarthy family who later built themselves a fine modern building at Cúl na Long.
This is a wonderful, well- hidden spot at the end of a little boreen. The old tower
house has been customised with farm buildings being built on its walls, and tiny
windows placed in its original huge ones. The whole area is peppered with little
buildings – a farm house right at the water’s edge and a cluster of outbuildings. A
resident donkey regarded me with gentle interest. (from durrus-history.com)

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Back: James O’Sullivan, Kitty Dan F. McCarthy, Frances Roycroft, Ella
Moynihan, Father Daniel V. Hogan

Front: Harriet O’Sullivan, Mary McCarthy Hogan, Margaret McCarthy
Fennell, Agnes Teresa McCarthy

July 1951

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Our research into the McCarthy-Baker history has been inspired, encouraged
and commissioned by Father Charles Leo McCarthy (1925-1999), a lover of
family, collector of connections, conversations, singing and the relations, a
gentle soul with a radiant smile. Just weeks before he died, he handed us an
envelope of old McCarthy charts, saying “See what you can do with this.” We
consider that a divine mission.
Ballydehob, from the Skibbereen Road/Bantry Road Intersection c. 1905

Mary Baker Shannon
1851 – 1931
James Shannon
1845 – 1916
Married in 1869
St. James Church,
Church of Ireland, Durrus

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The Connell refrerrd to her may of Huguenot ancestry

Timothy O’Donovan, Justice of the Peace, Durrus, and his Extended Family Network, The O’Donovans of Squince (Myross), The Clonakilty Deasys, a Survival of Catholic Gentry in the 18th and early 19th century in West Cork

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eq_IayaxdUyWZWbpDf6LWlLNg7o-3tNJiqPGYIALy80/edit?tab=t.0

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15U1K6eXyU9zuFc9YPh2ZBCnV9FJmaJrEsYTUx7Do9QU/edit?tab=t.0

Dr. Daniel O’Donovan M.D., Edinburgh. 1818, Norton Cottage, Skibbereen, listed 1838, son Richard Esq. O’Donovan Cove, and Jane d Alexander O’Donovan, Squince.  Fond of dogs.  Brother of Timothy and Richard O’Donovan J.P. and uncle of Richard O’Donovan J.P..  Daniel O’Donovan MD has land in Knockeens, Glanroon in Griffiths.  Rented Ahakista Cottage from Charles Evanson. On the 14th August 1846, at Lee View, Cork, the residence of the Lady’s father William Harrington, Druggist, Daniel O’Donovan, M.D., J.P. Ahakista, Agnes, eldest daughter of William.  Subscriber at Woodview, Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland  1837.  1850 His boat was involved in the rescue of Mountaineer at Dunmanus Bay at O’Donovan’s Point.  Buried in Harrington tomb.

Richard O’Donovan 1818, Fort Lodge, Durrus listed 1838, son Richard Esq. O’Donovan Cove, and Jane d Alexander O’Donovan, Squince.  Father of Richard O’Donovan J.P. History  Brother of Timothy and Dr. Daniel O’Donovan J.P.  He married Maria O’Sullivan on the 15^th October 1833Her father was Murty Og, of Ceimatringane House, Castletownbere. She died at Fort Lodge, aged 52. In the summer of 1847, when the Dublin Poor Law Commission published guidelines for the distribution of aid to people outside the workhouse (‘Outdoor Relief ’), the elected Guardians, all with the exception of Richard O’Donovan, vetoed  a raise in rates for this purpose. As a result of the Board’s ‘duties not being effectively discharged’, the Poor Law Commission (PLC)  dissolved the entire Board in October 1847.20.  He voted in 1850 for Denis Galwey as High Constable for Ibane and Ballyroe (Clonakilty). Lease Richard O’Donovan, Magistrate,  of Glanlough, Cork Esq. and Francis Lisabe of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, civil engineer, of a slate and a flag quarry, and 2 acres of land near the slate quarry in Gouladoo in the parish of Kilcrohane, West Cork, 6th Feb. 1854, Solicitor Desmond, Son-in-Law of John Jagoe, Fishery Commissioner and father of Mother Beninga Townsville, Australia. Member election committee 1865 George Barry Cork, Liberal,  County Election Committee. Land record, in Chancery as ‘Donovan’ 1870, 205 acres. Land record, Carrigboy,1870, 193 acres. Member election at Ahakista committee McCarthy Downing, Skibbereen, 1868.  1879 bequest in will of Rickard Donovan, Clerk of the Peace and Crown, Co. Cork, to Mary O’Donovan, of Blackrock near Cork daughter of the late Rickard O’Donovan, of Fort Lodge near Bantry.Timothy O’Donovan (1790-1874), 1818, O’Donovan’s Cove, in ruins 1875, Durrus, listed 1823, son of Richard Esq. and Jane d Alexander O’Donovan, Squince. 1820.  Memorial to Lord Lieutenant William Swanton, Gortnagrough, Ballydehob, West Cork. High Constable (Rate and Tax Collector), Barony of West Carbery For Relief on Losses Caused to Him in Banking Collapse when He had transmitted Due Amount to Co. Treasurer, Leslies, Stephen and Roches Bank, Supported by Lord Bantry and Magistrates Timothy O’Donovan (Durrus), William Hull (Schull), Richard Townsend (Skibbereen), Rev. Edward Jones Alcock (Durrus), Nathaniel Evanson (Durrus), Robert Kenny (Bantry).  In 1823 he applied for relief of the poor of Ballydehob, which he had founded. Present at enquiry Skibbereen 1823 into enquiry into fatal affray at Castlehaven caused by Rev. Morritt’s tithe extraction. Correspondent with Antiquarian Dr. John O’Donovan re O’Donovans of Carbery.  Brother of Dr O’Donovan and Richard O’Donovan J.P. and uncle of Richard O’Donovan J.P.. His son’s wife is the granddaughter of Daniel O’Connell, the mother of his wife was Miss Lavellan, Co. Limerick, a daughter of Philip Lavellin of Water Park, Carrigaline.  in the Co. of Cork.  Her sister was married to Mr. Puxley of Dunboy Branch. The grandson the present (1860) Mr. Puxley is a man of immense wealth and the principal owner of the famous Allihies Mines in the Barony of Bere.  Signed public declaration in Skibbereen to Alexander O’Driscoll on his removal as Magistrate 1835 with Lord Bantry, Simon White, John Puxley, Arthur Hutchins, Thomas Baldwin, Samuel Townsend Junior and Senior, Thomas Somerville, Richard Townsend Senior, Rev. Alleyn Evanson, Richard Townsend, Lyttleton Lyster. 1835 Subscriber Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837.  In 1838 in the Liberal interest where at Bantry voter registration 15 were registered as opposed to 6 ‘Orangemen’ the tenants of Timothy O’Donovan J.P. were chiefly among those who registered.  Among these were probably McCarthys of Tulig later prominent in Nationalist politics of whom John McCarthy (1859-1931) became a leading politician  in Nebraska and wrote a poem in praise of Timothy O’Donovan.  Attended Great Meeting in Bantry 1840 re Poor Laws.  Chaired 1846 distress meeting Bantry on the proposition of Father Michael Barry PP Bantry.  Landlord and political organiser. Member Election Committee, Rickard Deasy, Clonakilty (later Attorney General) 1855  Member election committee McCarthy Downing, Skibbereen. 1857 Vice Chairman of Bantry Union.  Juror Cork Spring Assizes 1863. Member election committee 1865 George Barry Cork, Liberal,  County Election Committee.   Land record, 1870, Kate O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove, 1,940 acres and Reps Timothy O’Donovan 1,940 acres. 1874, Death at 85 of Timothy O’Donovan, J.P., Esq, O’Donovan Cove, Durrus, West Cork, The Last Survivor of the Ancient House of O’Donovan Bawn or Clann Cahill, Justice of the Peace since 1818 Probate to daughter Mrs Anne Barry, widow, effects £2,000, attended 8, Grand Jury Presentments

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William O’Sullivan Esq., Carriganass Castle, John Edward Barrett , Kealkil, Bantry.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DfY6LtHGH1thZeYqY3lhch9EmrjBkW4l/edit

Son of William O’Sullivan, Senior

William O’Sullivan Junior, TCD, B.L., (1818-pre 1854), Carriganass Castle, Bantry.   1850.  On recommendation of the Earl of Bandon superseded after two days. Called to the Bar 1844.  William O’Sullivan presumably Junior  and John Shea Lalor also a lawyer  were arrested outside Killarney, pistols in hand.  They were bound to keep the peace  when the casus belli arose at a Relief Committee meeting.  They were both on the Bantry Relief Committee in 1847.He did not practise and presumably was engaged in land management on behalf of his father 1847 seizing cattle at Scart, Bantry for alleged overdue rent to his father William  Esq., with Daniel, John and Cornelius Manning and Eugene and Stephen Sullivan he was imprisoned for 3 months and fined £20 for assault.  Assisting 1848 Henry J. Fawcett, Practical Instructor on Husbandry of Visit to Bantry, father’s land being drained.   Prosecuted in Cork for criminal libel.  His married John Edward Barrett who took over the estate.  Father acquired the Cariganass estate from David Mellefont, Donemark in 1817.  By the time of his fathers will in 1854, he was dead, the will made modest provision for William Juniors  illegitimate son.

Old Kinsale, 1819 the Peasants of Tracton Play Hurling, Sunday Evening at the Ale Houses, Pipers and Fiddlers Add to The Gaiety. Fiddler: Abraham Watkins Esq, Cork Extensive Property Owner in Bandon, Will dated 12th July 1715, My Daughter Mary Watkins ‘Not to have one penny if she marries Darby Cartie the Fiddler’, Deed of 1718 between William Bailey, Ballinacolle, Myross, West Cork wherein Charles Stanton is to teach his daughter and four children dancing, jigs, hornpipes, minuets and country dances.