1809, Cattle Houghed and Killed, Later 4-5 Houses Burned at Farm at Shrilane, Skibbereen, West Cork Recently Let By Samuel Jervois, Brade.


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Cattle Houghed and Killed, Later 4-5 Houses Burned at Farm at Shrilane, Skibbereen, West Cork Recently Let By Samuel Jervois, Brade.

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Death of Captain Stephen Sweetnam, 70th Regiment of Foot, of Skibbereen, Co. Cork, 29th September 1805 in the West Indies, Involved in Storming of Deig and Bhurtpore, India.


Death of Captain Stephen Sweetnam, 70th Regiment of Foot, of Skibbereen, Co. Cork, in the West Indies, Involved in Storming of Deig and Bhurtpore, India.

Some Sweetnam Genealogy:

Genealogy of Sweetnam family of Clehane/Cloghane, Caheragh, West Cork, arising from Marriage 1812 of Matthew Sweetnam (Murrahin) to Elizabeth Connell with descendants, USA, Canada, Australia, England, Northern Ireland compiled 1952 revised 1988.  Sweetnams of Kinsale 1676.

1852 Tribute to Doctor Stephen Sweetnam Esq., Dispensary Doctor, Schull, West Cork, For 18 Years, Praised for Efforts during Famine, with List of Local Subscribers.

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August 1786, 1,500 Whiteboys Assemble in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, at Bridewell and Liberate All Their Companions Imprisoned Therein Further Tiding From west Carbery August 1786 , 800 Whiteboys March on Magistrate, Archdeacon Tisdall, Later under Captain Right (O’Driscoll) Break into Jail With Sledge Hammers, Release prisoners Reinforced from Bantry.


James Swanton Vickery (C1837-1908) from West Cork, to Stockbroking in Australia.


James Swanton Vickery (C1837-1908) from West Cork, to Stockbroking in Australia.

The Vickery and Swanton families were active in various businesses in Bantry, Skibbereen and Bandon.

The web site has him born at Mollock, Durrus. This may not be correct. Most likely Skibbereen with the Vickeries originally from Bantry. James Stanley Vickery probably a cousin, lived there with his sister in the early 1830s after the death of their parents with cholera.

Recollections of James Stanley Vickery as a grandchild in Molloch, Parish of Durrus, Bantry (1829-1907), Parents died of Cholera in Skibbeeen. House c 1740-70 and Probably Prior House in ruins Pre-1740, Teacher Healy, Bantry, probably Grandfather of Tim Healy, M.P., Barrister, Governor General of the Irish Free State, Grandfather’s 2 Day Wake with Professional Keener.

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1786, Clonaklty and Skibbeeen Designated Post Towns with Additional Postdays from Bandon and Kinsale, Co. Cork.


1786, Clonaklty and Skibbeeen Designated Post Towns with Additional Postdays from Bandon and Kinsale, Co. Cork.

In 1842 the novelist Thackery who was also a Post Office Inspector traveled through West Cork.

Thackeray visit to Bantry 1842

Thackeray’s Journey from Skibbereen to Bantry via Caheragh, August 1842

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August 1786, 1,500 Whiteboys Assemble in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, at Bridewell and Liberate All Their Companions Imprisoned Therein Further Tiding From west Carbery August 1786 , 800 Whiteboys March on Magistrate, Archdeacon Tisdall, Later under Captain Right (O’Driscoll) Break into Jail With Sledge Hammers, Release prisoners Reinforced from Bantry.


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August 1786, 1,500 Whiteboys Assemble in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, at Bridewell and Liberate All Their Companions Imprisoned Therein Further Tiding From west Carbery August 1786 , 800 Whiteboys March on Magistrate, Archdeacon Tisdall, Later under Captain Right (O’Driscoll) Break into Jail With Sledge Hammers, Release prisoners Reinforced from Bantry.

John Wesley’s Cork Visitations, 1750, 1752, 1762, including Bandon, Kinsale, meeting Whiteboys and their Oath to Queen Sive and overview of Methodism in West Cork.

Raparees, Tories, Whiteboys, Anti-Tithers of Muskerry, The Mellifonts, First Boycott, Wife of the Bold Tenant Farmer, his cottage at Ballinascarty and Michael O’Riordan’s (Communist Party of Ireland) tribute to the Keohane Sisters Clonakilty, Co Cork.

Meeting at the Kings Arms Tavern, Cork, on 15th November 1791 of Named (Listed) Gentlemen of the City and County of Cork with Lord Mayor and Sheriffs forming as Hanover Association to Combat Whiteboys

Recollections of O’Donovan Rosa, pre Famine West Cork Beggars, Cripples, Fair at Newmill, Faction Fights, ‘The Nation’, Whiteboys, ‘Keepers’ minding Corn before Seizure by Landlord During Famine.

The Reverend Alcock, Church of Ireland Minister, Journey in a Gig from Durrus to Gougán Barra, West Cork, 1827, aftermath of Whiteboys 1823 at Keimineagh, attempts to use Irish Testament complaint about futility of Holy Wells unsuccessful attempt to set up Irish school in the area.


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August 1786 Episode:

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Aftermath for O’Driscoll, January 1787:

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