West Cork History

1778. Page 109 dinner with Celebrated Father O’Leary, born Acres, Dunmanway, West Cork, His Father a Scholar. Salmon, Lamb, Braised Hare, Poteen, Gooseberry Wine. The Mad Parson, Poet Rev. De La Cour.

Dunmanway, Acres Townland (276 acres) Na hAcrai, Acres. Townland in which the fields were divided into acres. Here was born Fr Arthur O’Leary Capuchin, in 1729. He died in London in 1802

. Screen Shot 2019-05-07 at 16.30.07.png

Screen Shot 2019-05-07 at 16.30.38

https://books.google.es/books?id=Q5ez99ruMJ4C&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=hunting+bantry&source=bl&ots=egEuyARP-u&sig=GypMUKj5XtOZ1EgYGqFZMVeEKVs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHnJfHjvfRAhVMVhoKHUblA8g4MhDoAQgLMAE#v=onepage&q=hunting%20bantry&f=false

Father Arthur O’Leary, born Acres. Fanlobbus (Dunmanway), West Cork, 1729-1802, Hedge School to Capuchin College, St. Malo, ‘A poor Friar buried between salt houses and stables poring over his books’ at his foundation Blackamoor Lane, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, ministering to Irish speaking prisoners St. Malo, Chaplin to Spanish Embassy London, British Government Pension, elected as member of Monks of Screw, friend Baron Yelverton ‘a fine smooth brogue, his learning extensive and his wit brilliant’. His father by his own admission was a scholar. Arthur O’Leary, born Acres. Fanlobbus (Dunmanway), West Cork, 1729-1802, Hedge School to Capuchin College, St. Malo, ‘A poor Friar buried between salt houses and stables poring over his books’ at his foundation Blackamoor Lane, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork, ministering to Irish speaking prisoners St. Malo, Chaplin to Spanish Embassy London, British Government Pension, elected as member of Monks of Screw friend Baron Yelverton ‘a fine smooth brogue, his learning extensive and his wit brilliant,.

Roaringwater Journal

We have received a unique and treasured gift – a sketchbook from the 1980s of prehistoric and historic sites around West Cork. It’s the work of our good friend, and national treasure, Brian Lalor, artist, writer and printmaker. For an overview of his style, check out the retrospective of his work at Graphic Studio Dublin. Or browse the long list of his books, including the magnificent Encyclopaedia of Ireland, which he edited.

Brow Head: (above and below) on the right is the Napoleonic-era Signal Tower; the other buildings date mainly from the time of the Marconi Telegraph Station, taken from a different angle than the sketch above

Brian has studied both architecture and archaeology and to that adds the keen observant eye of the artist. As a result these sketches, although, as he explained, often hastily done during a brief visit to a site, are accurate, detailed and charming…

View original post 1,118 more words

West Cork History

~ History of Durrus/Muintervara

1807, Crookhaven, West Cork, Traveller’s Tale

Marriage Elizabeth Tonson to Colonel Daniel O’Donovan, Bawnlahan, (Myross), West Cork, MP for Baltimore, Chieftain Ancient Sept of The O’Donovans.

Theophilus Amyas, Born 1641, Crookhaven, West Cork, Cambridge University, England 1658 died 1673

1831. Former Bantry Postmaster Robert Clarke, Sureties Young Lavers (Levis), William Trenwith.

1778. Page 109 dinner with Celebrated Father O’Leary (1729-1802), born Acres, Dunmanway, West Cork, His Father a Scholar. Salmon, Lamb, Braised Hare, Poteen, Gooseberry Wine. The Mad Parson, Poet Rev. De La Cour.

1768. Cork Subscribers to ‘The State of Irish Protestants under Late King James’

1832. Persons in Cork Licensed to Bear Arms

Shared from WordPress

1813. AMONG LLOYD’S IRISH AGENTS DENIS GALWAY BALTIMORE DENIS COUGHLAN CROOKHAVEN

Brian’s Sketchbook: The Signal Towers

Brow Head: (above and below) on the right is the Napoleonic-era Signal Tower; the other buildings date mainly from the time of the Marconi Telegraph Station, taken from a different angle than the sketch above