19th Century, ‘The O’Donovan’, Colonel Morgan Henry and his Father Henry Winthrop, of Clan Cathal, Liss Ard, Skibbereen, West Cork.

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19th Century, ‘The O’Donovan’, Colonel Morgan Henry and his Father Henry Winthrop, of Clan Cathal, Liss Ard, Skibbereen, West Cork.

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Dan Callaghan, Cork Multi Millionaire in the 18th century Provisioning Trade at his height worth c€150 Million (£250,000)
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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.

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
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Ripening Grapes in the Open Air in Bantry pre 1832, Mr. Kenny, Mr.Tuckey of Bantry, the late Mrs Taylor East of Bantry Mr Hutchins of Adnagashel near Glengariff. The botanist Ellen Hutchins was of this family the house is now gone but some rare plants remain.
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
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History Townlands and Place Names of Cape Clear (Oileán Cleire), 1918
Marriages 1856-1893, Cape Clear Island (Cléire), Church of Ireland.
https://durrushistory.com/2014/01/27/an-logainmniocht-in-oilean-cleire/
17 Thursday Dec 2015
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Antiquity of Irish Music, prohibition in 1300 of Six Classes of ‘Irish Minstrels’ from English Pale in Ireland.
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
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Losses of Sir William Hull Leamcon, Schull, West Cork, 1641 and his Fishery at Newfoundland, part of greater Fishery which suffered from Bank failure in Bilbao in Basque Country 1641, Cornish Mining links.
Hull’s fishery at the end of the 16th and early 17th century was part of a larger fishery at Baltimore, Crookhaven and Whiddy/Bantry Bay. It is probably that may involved came from Cornwall going on names Hull, Symms etc. Recent research suggests that Hull also had interests in Newfoundland at the time.
Incidentally there were further close Cornish links in the 19th century Mining in West Cork with the Mining Captains and many of the miners in Allihies Copper Mines were Cornish.
It is probably that the fisheries were financed from London and the produce exported widely later to Spain where political conditions allowed.
In 1836 in evidence to a Parliamentary Enquiry Mr Young then still active…
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17 Thursday Dec 2015
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‘Justice’ Administered in the Front Room of the Landlord’s House, Macroom District, Co. Cork, 1835
One of the widespread criticism of the administration of law in early 19th century Ireland was that it was dispensed often from the drawing room of the local Landlord’s house. This added to the perception that justice was not meted out by an overwhelming landed Protestant Magistracy to a largely Catholic population at least in the southern counties of Ireland.
This table is from a Parliamentary return for Macroom 1825, gives detailed evidence of the practice. The number of Magistrates present varied from 4 to 6.
From around this time on the practise was slowly eradicated and the Petty Sessions administered from Court Houses many specially built. This was accompanied by the recruitment of professional Resident Magistrates not always legally qualified who sat with local magistrates.


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The Linen and Flax Industry in Dunmanway, West Cork, Fines for Steeping Flax in the River Bandon and other Rivers , 1835.
