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  • Eoghan O’Keeffe 1656-1723, Glenville, Co. Cork later Parish Priest, Doneralie 1723 Lament in old Irish
  • Historic maps from Cork City and County from 1600
  • Horsehair, animal blood an early 18th century Stone House in West Cork and Castles.
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  • Jack Dukelow, 1866-1953 Wit and Historian, Rossmore, Durrus, West Cork. Charlie Dennis, Batt The Fiddler.
  • Kilcoe Church, West Cork, built by Father Jimmy O’Sullivan, 1905 with glass by Sarah Purser, A. E. Childs (An Túr Gloine) and Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited
  • Late 18th/Early 19th century house, Ahagouna (Áth Gamhna: Crossing Place of the Calves/Spriplings) Clashadoo, Durrus, West Cork, Ireland
  • Letter from Lord Carbery, 1826 re Destitution and Emigration in West Cork and Eddy Letters, Tradesmen going to the USA and Labourers to New Brunswick
  • Marriage early 1700s of Cormac McCarthy son of Florence McCarthy Mór, to Dela Welply (family originally from Wales) where he took the name Welply from whom many West Cork Welplys descend.
  • Online Archive New Brunswick, Canada, many Cork connections
  • Origin Dukelow family, including Coughlan, Baker, Kingston and Williamson ancestors
  • Return of Yeomanry, Co. Cork, 1817
  • Richard Townsend, Durrus, 1829-1912, Ireland’s oldest Magistrate and Timothy O’Donovan, Catholic Magistrate from 1818 as were his two brothers Dr. Daniel and Richard, Rev Arminger Sealy, Bandon, Magistrate died Bandon aged 95, 1855
  • School Folklore Project 1937-8, Durrus, Co. Cork, Schools Church of Ireland, Catholic.
  • Sean Nós Tradition re emerges in Lidl and Aldi
  • Some Cork and Kerry families such as Galwey, Roches, Atkins, O’Connells, McCarthys, St. Ledgers, Orpen, Skiddy, in John Burkes 1833 Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland:
  • Statement of Ted (Ríoch) O’Sullivan (1899-1971), Barytes Miner at Derriganocht, Lough Bofinne with Ned Cotter, later Fianna Fáil T.D. Later Fianna Fáil TD and Senator, Gortycloona, Bantry, Co. Cork, to Bureau of Military History, Alleged Torture by Hammer and Rifle at Castletownbere by Free State Forces, Denied by William T Cosgrave who Alleged ‘He Tried to Escape’.
  • The Rabbit trade in the 1950s before Myxomatosis in the 1950s snaring, ferrets.

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The analogy of the Pucán, use of Gaelic Poetry and Genealogies to Buttress Hopeless Cause of Restoring Lost Estates of Irish Catholic Gentry 18th century.

21 Saturday Feb 2015

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The analogy of the Pucán, use of Gaelic Poetry and Genealogies to Buttress Hopeless Cause of Restoring Lost Estates of Irish Catholic Gentry 18th century.

From Kevin Whelan’s article on Catholic Middlemen.

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Methodist Minister, Rev. Adam Averill, 1799, on possible Scottish Origin, of West Cork, Swanton family and reputed Scottish Plantation, Castlehaven/Skibbereen c 1690s, Andersons, Hamiltons.

20 Friday Feb 2015

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Adam Averill, Methodist Minister, Scottish Origin, Scottish Plantation, west cork, West Cork Somervilles


https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Castlehaven,+Co.+Cork/@51.5108647,-9.1919606,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4845af85f3f3c235:0x1800c7a937dfd780

Methodist Minister, Rev. Adam Averill, 1799, on possible Scottish Origin, of West Cork, Swanton family and reputed Scottish Plantation, Castlehaven/Skibbereen c 1690s, Andersons, Hamiltons.

It is interesting that the West Cork Somervilles, descend from a Rev. Somerville who fled to Ireland from persecution in Scotland c 1690 and may coincide if there was such a Plantation.

Re the names Hamilton may be Scottish or a corruption of an old Gaelic name.

The Swantons have a tradition of industry, hard work and dissent which some would say are Scottish virtues.

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Some Birth, Marriage and Death Records from 1592 of Church of Ireland, Methodist, Quaker and old Catholic Families, Skibbereen District, West Cork and Rochester, New York.

19 Thursday Feb 2015

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Methodist, Quaker, Skibbereen District


https://www.google.ie/maps/search/skibbereen,++Cork/@51.5559239,-9.2621303,11z

Some Birth, Marriage and Death Records from 1592 of Church of Ireland, Methodist, Quaker and old Catholic Families, Skibbereen District, West Cork and Rochester, New York.

From around 1820 Catholic Records are generally available on irishgenealogy.ie. There was significant intermarriage in the 18th and 19th century and by looking up a ‘Protestant’ name on this site you come across intermarriage or neighbours acting as sponsors in baptisms or witnesses on marriage.

Protestant records suffered from being sent to Dublin Public Records Office for safe keeping and may were destroyed in 1922.  Sometimes by accessing Canadian, US, Australia an British records it is possible to make up some of the gaps.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/search.jsp?namefm=&namel=&location=skibbereen&yyfrom=&yyto=&submit=Search

These records are a mere snapshot.

Births:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m9FgxKSHtnyAvObc6Li4TKTmAaNdKne4P8Z2qRurU4c/edit

Marriage:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i1w4CiMviphSsz3jOEMvF_3uw-F04ksPFgmdjum2y0Y/edit#gid=0

Deaths:

https://www.google.ie/maps/search/skibbereen,++Cork/@51.5559239,-9.2621303,11z
Courtesy Susan Beretta, Salt Lake City:

Local Loan Reproduction Records 1830s:
http://corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/reproloan/Schull.html

https://durrushistory.com/2012/09/02/schull/Tithe Aplotments 1820s:

http://corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/reproloan/Schull.html

Griffith 1850s:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/

Rochester,New York, there was mass emigration from the 1820s and many names in the greater Schull area (as well as Durrus) appear in church and other records of Rochester, new Yorkm in the 1820s a boom town now those days sadly past:

Extracts from the Parish Register of St. Marks and St. Simon Cyrene, Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York. United States, for interconnected West Cork families from Schull, Durrus, Drimoleague and Dunmanway areas from c 1830s.

Emigration from the Bandon/Rathclaren area, Co Cork from c 1815 to Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

19 Thursday Feb 2015

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Bandon, Bathurst, Battle of waterloo, Canada Sharon Haggerty, new brunswick


Eedy family history:

http://studylib.net/doc/6811055/excerpt-from-2001-eedy-history

 

 

Rathclaren:

https://www.google.ie/maps/search/Rathlaren+Cork/@51.656201,-8.7002135,14z

Bathurst, New Brunswick:

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Bathurst,+NB,+Canada/@47.6259605,-65.6281926,8z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4c98941b3ad5d61d:0x505c13c653ce030
The ending of the Napoleonic Wars withe Battle of waterloo caused a huge collapse of farm prices and triggered a widespread depression. In the greater Bandon area this was worsened by the dependance of the textile industry much home based which could not withstand competition from England.

There are many accounts of widespread distress among Bandon weavers.

Emigration from the Bandon/Rathclaren area, Co Cork from c 1815 to Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Sharon Haggerty, in Vancouver, British Columbia, has set up a focus e mail for those interested.

An account of the Kilgariff, Clonakilty, West Cork, Eedy family to Clifton and Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada some of the names mentioned Knowles, Bateman, Beamish, French, Morris, Stanley, Woulfe, Crowley, O’Donovan, Cahalane, Donoghue, A Glass of Whiskey Ballygurteen Fair prior to Emigrating.

can-chaleur-bay-irish@rootsweb.com.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sharonmh

Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, CONSTITUTION and SESSIONAL STANDING ORDERS of the SOLICITORS’ APPRENTICES DEBATING SOCIETY OF IRELAND, 1962-4

19 Thursday Feb 2015

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Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, CONSTITUTION and SESSIONAL STANDING ORDERS of the SOLICITORS’ APPRENTICES DEBATING SOCIETY OF IRELAND, 1962-4

At that time the Law Society operated out of a few rooms of the Fur courts.   Due to the foresight of Reginald Prentice the former Blue Coat School was acquired and restored against trenchant opposition.

1773 – Blue Coat School, Blackhall Place, Dublin

The Irish have a great love of disputation, standing committees and constitutions. This  was drafted in 1962 by a gifted group of Young Lawyers and formed the basis of the still current Solicitors Apprentices Debating Society (SADSI).

Among the group mentioned in  1962-4, were Larry Farrell, Later Chief State Solicitor, Thomas C. Smyth later transferred to Bar and became a High Court Judge, Michael O’Mahony, formerly Senior Partner, McCann Fitzgerald, President of Law Society, Returning Officer Dáil Elections, related to Michael Collins brother of former TD Nora Owen, MEP Mary Banotti.  Interestingly only two women are included now they form a majority of qualifying lawyers in Ireland.

https://plus.google.com/photos/100968344231272482288/albums/6117495955284949345

Extracts from the Parish Register of St. Marks and St. Simon Cyrene, Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York. United States, for interconnected West Cork families from Schull, Durrus, Drimoleague and Dunmanway areas from c 1830s.

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

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Episcopal Church, New York, Rochester, Rochester New York, St. Simon Cyrene, United States


Extracts from the Parish Register of St. Marks and St. Simon Cyrene, Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York. United States, for interconnected West Cork families from Schull, Durrus, Drimoleague and Dunmanway areas from c 1830s.

In the late 1820 Rochester New York was a boo town arising from the building of the Erie Canal.  There was substantial emigration commencing c 1820s.  There was emigration in the 18th century various members of the Balllydehob, Swanton family were going back and from.

The chain emigration continue until the 20th century.  Girls from the Durrus area continued to secure employment in the Kodak factory until at least the 1920s.

Courtesy Sharon Haggerty.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U9RSzEX3Eqf89Dr7v-qHZAZ3SW2uyHzlq810iob66b0/edit#gid=0

Records of South West Cork families such as Dalys, Haggertys, Swanton, Jagoe. Lannin, Levis, Dukelow, Beamish, Harrington, Mahony, McCarthy, Stout, Kingston, Raycroft, Jennings. Skuce, in Registers of Rochester New York, Register Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Rochester Genealogy Relevant Canadian Records.

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Durrus,+Co.+Cork/@51.6217107,-9.521993,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48459fe7ccd270df:0x231e3744ac95441a

Records of South West Cork families such as Atteridge, Brooks, Coghlan, Daly, Haggertys, Gallagher, Gosnell, Lannin, Hithcock, Justice, King, Levis, Love, Dukelow, Beamish, Stout, Jermyn, Kingston, Raycroft, Jennings, Pick, Riordan, Sullivan, Skuce, Shannon, Swanton, Woulfe, Young, in Registers of Rochester New York, Register Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Rochester Genealogy Relevant.

 

DNA evidence suggest the Hegarty/Haggerts originated in Derry/Donegal possibly came down to west Cork for Battle of Kinsale , 1600, like O’Neills, O’Donnell, Gallaghers, Wards.

Canadian Records.

Often through going through these records and the Canadian and USA Census and death and marriage it is possible to establish the dates of birth and marriage of Irish born, North Americans.   This is of particular value in view of the loss, destruction or non availability Irish Records.
Many thanks to Sharon Haggerty for this.

Population Density and Emigration of West Cork Protestant families, from Mizen and Muintervera Peninsulas, to Rochester New York, Wisconsin and Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario from early 19th Century.

Emigration from West Cork, 19th century, Dukelow family

Nexus: Picton, Ontario and Muinterbhaire and Mizen Peninsulas, Williamson, Baker, Attridge, Dukelow, King, O’Sullivan and Hurley families

https://durrushistory.com/2014/09/02/prized-aim-of-irish-emigrants-us-certificate-of-citizenship-issued-new-york-1859/

Some of the work done by Sharon Haggerty in extracting records:  She extracted what are probably thousands of records from parish registers. In the case of Cork they include many of the parishes extending from Skull to roughly Innishannon and south to the coast.
Those she personally extracted can be found at:http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sharonmh/Cork.Registers
The website for The Rochester Genealogical Society: http://crpc.nyrgs.org/
Website for Mt Hope Cemetery in Rochester, and that was a real find, but this site is even better. They have scanned numerous church registers—mostly not indexed. She has  been through three of them so far, starting with the 266 pages of one Episcopal register:
http://nyrgs.org/chRecImages/Episcopal/StLukes/1866_88ParRegV4.pdf
This one that has the families I am interested in. There are lots of SW Cork names, many of them found in Skibbereen and/or Ross parish: a few Haggertys plus Swanton, Lannin, Levis, Dukelow, Bemish [sic], Stout, Kingston, Raycroft, Jennings. Skuce, others, some of which indicate where the person came from. e.g., image 160 shows Dukelows came from “Scull”, Cork, Ireland; image 135 shows Hosfords from Bandon.
Some other examples that Sharon  picked up on [square brackets are a comment from me]:
List of Communicants 1887:
image 135 of 266 – 3 Lannins said to have been born in S Johns, Peterboro Ont”
Martha (McCullagh) Lannin
Fannie Willis Lannin
Eva Lannin
[1871 census for Peterborough shows following Ch of England family: Thomas 33, Martha 29, Fanny 10, William 8, Frank 5, Eva 3 and Fredrick 1. Thomas was a merchant, Martha born Ireland but all others born Ontario. In 1881 Martha is a widow and there is one more child, Thomas. Also of interest, William is then said to be Willie—I’ll bet the record showing a child Fannie Willis is actually 2 children, Fannie and Willis/Wm/Willie—I also found an ancestry tree for this family-
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/54021928/person/13915104382?ssrc=&ml_rpos=1 ]
Communicants 1846:
image 158 of 266
Eliza (Haggerty) McCue born Scull, Cork. Ire. 1836 (birth year? more likely immigration year?)
[does the name McCue ring any bells for you?]
1847 image 159
Cath. (Williamson) Tanner
[this one is interesting as I had found a marriage record in the marriage license bonds listing and had suggested the Catherine Tanner in Rochester might have been Catherine Williamson
So if you find you have time on your hands and want to do some browsing, go to http://crpc.nyrgs.org/  and pick a register to browse!
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sharonmh

1636 Inquisition on death of Donald McCarthy Reagh, Families mentioned Dalys, Crowleys, O’Driscolls, McCarthys, O’Mahonys, Areas include, Aughadown, Caheragh, Castlehaven, Drimoleague, Kilgariff, Kilcoe, Muintervara/Kilcrohane, Myross, Schull

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1636 Inquisition on death of Donald McCarthy Reagh, Families mentioned Dalys, Crowleys, O’Driscolls, McCarthys, O’Mahonys, Areas include, Aughadown, Caheragh, Castlehaven, Drimoleague, Kilgariff, Kilcoe, Muintervara/Kilcrohane, Myross, Schull

From Samuel Trant McCarthy, Sheriff of Co. Kerry, History of McCarthys 1913.

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Earliest Irish script in Latin Antiphony of Bangor, 680 AD, Irish Scribes First to use initials for articulating texts, Late Printing in Irish with Kearney’s Catechism 1571, examples of Gaelic Script, Elizabethan 1571 AD, Vatican, 1675 AD, Jacques Guerin 1732 AD, Petrie 1841 SD.

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Earliest Irish script in Latin Antiphony of Bangor, 680 AD, Irish Scribes First to use initials for articulating texts, Late Printing in Irish with Kearney’s Catechism 1571, examples of Gaelic Script, Elizabethan 1571 AD, Vatican, 1675 AD, Jacques Guerin 1732 AD, Petrie 1841 SD.

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Cork Constitution 13th October 1833, By their marriage the ancient honourable and distinguished house of O’Donovan Carbery and O’Sullivan Bere are linked together, the Mailed Hand is now bound to protect and succour the Gentle Robin’

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Cork Constitution 13th  October 1833, By their marriage the ancient honourable and distinguished house of O’Donovan Carbery and O’Sullivan Bere are linked together, the Mailed Hand is now bound to protect and succour the Gentle Robin’

 

Walls and gate remnant of Estate of Timothy O’Donovan Esquire, O’Donovan’s Cove (Kealties/Tullig) Durrus, West Cork.

Richard O’Donovan – Mary (Maria) O’Sullivan, ‘at Keamatringane House, Berehaven, on the 13th October 1833 by the Rev. Ml. Devine P.P. Richard O’Donovan of Fort Lodge, Co. Cork, second son of Late Richard O’Donovan of O’Donovan’s Cove, Esq. to Maria lovely daughter of the late Morty O’Sullivan of Coolach and Reane (Reen?) and sister of the present head of the Clan Sullivan. By their marriage the ancient honourable and distinguished house of O’Donovan Carbery and O’Sullivan Bere are linked together, the mailed hand is now bound to protect and succour the gentle robin’ (Cork Constitution). Morty O’Sullivan’s father was John of Coulagh (his father also John of the same address) and his mother was Maria daughter of John Segerson.   From Durrus parish Register Children:
Maria 10 May 1835 Tullig Richard O’Donovan Hanora Sullivan
Richard 4 June 1836 Fort Lodge John Sullivan Mary Baldwin
Timothy 20 June 1843 Tullig William Donovan Anne O’Donovan
Catherine (Miss Katty) 31 May 1846, Tullig, Daniel and Mary Sullivan, died 1928 buried in Durrus Chapel yard with her cousin Jane Blair.
Finn’s journal 2nd May 1782, ‘Died Thomas Donovan of North Lowerton near Skibereen left the bulk of his large fortune to Rev Mr Walsh co-adjutor to parish of Schull and his well chosen library of thousands of volumes, gold watch and gold repeater to Rev. Jas. Crowley, P.P. of above parish’ (POK). Is this father Walsh the one who baptised the Ardahill O’Donovans?

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