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Anthony Malone (1700-1776), Brilliant Irish 18th Century lawyer, Removal as Chancellor of Exchequer for asserting Independence of Irish House of Commons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Malone
08 Sunday Feb 2015
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Irish proverbs from John Rey’s 1670 Collection:
Dublin Penny Journal 1832
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1832, Four Courts, Dublin , showing River Taxis, before destruction of 1922 and later suggestion that complex be turned into a surface car park together with ruined Custom House.
It shows the integrity of the entire complex. were it not for Mr. Byrne, the Chief Architect of OPW, in the 1920s the then Government may have acceded to the demand of some of its backers to clear the entire complex as a Monument to British Imperialism and turn it into a surface car park as was suggested for the Custom House.
The replacement of the wing to the left in turn in the 1980s was replaced by the hideous Arus Uí Dhalaigh (called after former President). Perhaps if the State Coffers gush again this might be demolished and the original building reinstated.
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From Dublin Penny Journal 1832.
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An historic postcard of the magnificent Christchurch Cathedral.
‘Hell’ was a rather infamous part of Dublin in the eighteenth century,renowned for its drinking culture and taverns, as well as a strange wooden statue of the devil. I first came across ‘Hell’ in the pages of the classic Me Jewel And Darlin’ Dublin, in which it was noted by Éamonn Mac Thomáis that:
‘Hell’ was the site just beyond Christ Church Yard near St. Michael’s Hill. It was a small area of taverns and bed-and-breakfast establishments in the Monto style. Robert Burns, the poet, wrote a few verses about Dublin’s Hell.
He also claimed that the reputation of the area was so bad that “The Provost of Trinity College Dublin told the students on more than one ocasion that ‘Dublin’s Hell’ was out-of-bounds and that he would expel anyone found there at night-time.”
Frank Hopkins writes of the area in his
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Glengariff, West Cork, 1832, from Dublin Penny Journal.
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Cove, Co. Cork, 1832 from Dublin Penny Journal.
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No wrong to be done to seven classes of person excited to anger, a Bard, a Commander, a Woman, a Prisoner, a Commander, a Drunken person, a Druid, a King in his own Dominance from the Book of Ballymote, 1390.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ballymote
From the Dublin penny Journal 1832.
06 Friday Feb 2015
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Death 1983 in Cobh, Co. Cork of Miss Mary Swanton of an old Ballydehob Family, WW1 service, founder with her brothers of bus company serving Cork/Fermoy/Bandon/Macroom/Blarney/ Little Island, a Model of Efficiency before being taken over by CIE, her father Richard Swanton a member of the ‘Bantry Band’ with Tim Healy, Sullivans, Cullinanes later resigned in protest against British policies as a Justice of the Peace, her mother Helene Genis of Paris related to Nano Nagle and Edmund Burke and her family a line of Swanton Political Activists
Obituary by R.C. Thompson in Southern Star, Skibbereen, 5th November 1983 courtesy Ginnie Swanton, Seattle, USA.
The article touches on a tradition of politics with some of the Swantons. Most of the family were Protestant either Methodist or Church of Ireland. A Kilcrohane branch descends from a Ballydehob Mining Captain who married locally and the descendants are Catholic as are a number of branches of the family.
Robert Swanton of Ballydehob was a United Irishman who may have escaped from Gaol in Cork to New York where he was very successful in business and law ending up as a Judge in the Marine Court. He was active in Van Burren’s campaign for the US Presidency. In New York he was associated with other Cork born Lawyers of the time, such as Judge Clerke (Skibbereen) o f theNew York Supreme Court adn robert `emmett’s brother Dr. Addis Emmett and very active in Irish affairs.
In the 1860s in London the Swantons possibly from Durrus were involved with the Dukelows, Hurleys in Fenian Activities. Later one of that extended family was the lady who ran the lodging house where Michael Collins stayed when he came as Post Office Clerk.
The obit refers to Hilaire Belloc and his Swanton connection. This is probably incorrect his Swantons were most likely descended from a Revenue Officer not the West Cork Swantons.
Richard Swanton (1851-1928), 1893, Beach, Queenstown, ‘Davitt Magistrate’, son Richard, Queenstown, UDC, m 1893 Helene d Silvan Genis, Paris, Cork Industrial Development Association 1910. Associated with ‘Bantry Gang’ of William Martin Murphy, Healys, O’Sullivans, Cullinanes. Resigned as J.P. in protest against British Government.
Other Swanton Magistrates:
Edwin Angus Swanton, 1919, The Arcade, Skibbereen, listed 1921. Draper with father which was boycotted during Troubles and Managing Director of Cork County Eagle. Friend of solicitor and Crown Prosecutor and later TD Jasper Woulfe. Kidnapped by IRA on eve of Truce and held for 10 weeks. Later fled to England and eventually returned to Skibbereen.
George Henry Swanton, 1879, Fortview, Ballydehob, sits Ballydehob, Schull, Bantry, resident, April 1879, £189, listed 1913.
James (‘The Governor’) Hutchinson Swanton (1815-1891), Rineen Skibbereen, resident, April 1857, £143. 1835 Subscriber Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837. Praised for his personal generosity and practical work in Ballydehob during Famine. James Hutchinson Swanton, 1815 – 1891, son of William Swanton, Ballydehob and Hanna Hutchinson, Clonee, Durrus. Her father, Hugh Hutchinson, landlord and Margaret O’Sullivan, Ballagahadown between Caheragh and Drimoleague. She is probably sister to Eugene O’Sullivan, Gent, middleman on a number of estates including Dunmanway Shouldham Estate. He is a church warden, Drimoleague c 1790. The Hutchinson major property owners in Bantry since at least mid 17th century. Not to be confused with Bantry Hutchins family. Slowly lands including Blackrock House now Bantry House acquired by Richard White (Ancestor of Lord Bantry). Estate sold Landed Estates Court 1850s. Report on 1850 dinner for Sir Robert Kane, President Queens College. Prominent Methodist. In July 1869, it was agreed that Fifteenth Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland purchase Skibbereen premises from James Hutchinson Swanton for £250. From 1875 Carrisbrook House, Pembroke Ballsbridge. Major businessman, shipowner, miller of Lorriga, Faran, Rineen with McNamara, landowner, Bendufff Slate Quarry, Director Provincial Bank, sitting Skibbereen 1861, subscriber (Pembroke Road, Dublin), Dr. Daniel Donovan ‘History of Carbery’, 1876. Major land purchaser post Famine. 1881 Executive Committee associated with campaign against intemperance. 1870, 6,049 acres, 122, Pembroke Rd. Dublin and The Grove, Bray, Co. Wicklow.. Died Cheltenham. Probate to James Swanton, Eastview, Glandore, £3,807
George Henry Swanton -1902), Fortview, Ballydehob, sits Ballydehob, Schull, Bantry, resident, April 1879, £189. Probate 1902, to James R. Swanton, M.D., £325.
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| Surname | Forename | Age | Sex | Relation to head | Religion | Birthplace | Occupation | Literacy | Irish Language | Marital Status | Specified Illnesses | Years Married | Children Born | Children Living |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanton | Richard | 59 | Male | Head of Family | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Shop keeper (Droper) | Read and write | – | Married | – | 18 | 4 | 4 |
| Swanton | Helena | 56 | Female | Wife | Roman Catholic | Paris, France | – | Read and write | – | Married | – | – | – | – |
| Swanton | Mary De Ricci | 17 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Scholar | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Swanton | Richard Joseph | 15 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Scholar | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Swanton | William Aloysins | 4 | Male | Son | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Scholar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Swanton | Annie Margaret | 2 | Female | Daughter | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Harrington | Maria | 36 | Female | Governess | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Governess | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Connell | Bridget | 28 | Female | Drapers Assistant | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Drapers Assistant | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Connell | Catherine | 21 | Female | Drapers Assistant | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Drapers Assistant | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Colman | Annie | 24 | Female | Shop Assistant | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Drapers Assistant | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Pyburn | Eily | 20 | Female | Shop Assistant | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | Drapers Assistant | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
| Sullivan | Elizabeth | 24 | Female | Servant | Roman Catholic | Cork Co | General Servant Domestic | Read and write | – | Single | – | – | – | – |
06 Friday Feb 2015
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Poem ‘Carrigaline’ by Michael Joseph Barry, (1817-1889), Barrister, Poet, Imprisoned as Young Irelander, editor Southern Reporter, ultimately became Police Magistrate Dublin. Lived Highland, Blackrock. Magistrate Dublin, a brilliant songwriter who helped build up a National literature for Ireland.
Poet ‘Kishohue Papers’, Songs of Ireland, The Green Flag, step Together, nephew of Bishop Dr. England of Charlestown, South Carolina. Imprisoned 1843, editor Southern Reporter, ultimately became Police Magistrate Dublin. Lived Highland Cottage, Blackrock.
The extended England family from Bandon in the late 18th and early 19th century were highly influential in Church, Business and National affairs.
Young Irelander editor Southern Reporter, co-author of ‘A Treatise on the Practice of the High Court of Chancery of Ireland with Mr. Justice Sadlier, died early 1889 after a sojourn on the Continent a widower with no children. Highly thought of by Gavan Duffy and others
A notice by Frank MacDonagh in The Nation (16 Feb. 1889) characterises Barry as a ‘brilliant songwriter who helped build up a National literature for Ireland.’
Some Cork Lawyers:
Carrigaline:
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Pre 1787 Custom on the election of Cork Mayor, when he entered office the population enjoyed a day’s saturnalia; they followed the Mayor from the Court, and they threw bran upon him in hope of an abundant year, another Custom then falling into disuse the pageant of riding the franchise.
From Dr. Richard Caulfield.
West Cork History 