Dinnseanachas, in Van Morrison ‘Coney island’ and James Joyce ‘Ulysses’

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dindsenchas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island,_County_Down

Dindsenchas
Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas, meaning “lore of places” is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question. Wikipedia
Published: 1906
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https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Shrigley,+Downpatrick,+County+Down+BT30,+UK/@54.4092594,-5.6636,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48616c9282ef6121:0x0a0f3fb539ae28f0

Coney Island
Coming down from Downpatrick
Stopping off at St. John’s Point
Out all day birdwatching
And the craic was good
Stopped off at Strangford Lough
Early in the morning
Drove through Shrigley taking pictures
And on to Killyleagh
Stopped off for Sunday papers at the Lecale District,
Just before Coney Island

On and on, over the hill to Ardglass
In the jam jar, autumn sunshine, magnificent
And all shining through

Stop off at Ardglass for a couple of jars of
Mussels and some potted herrings in case
We get famished before dinner

On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Heading towards Coney Island

I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comes
Streaming through the window in the autumn sunshine
And all the time going to Coney Island I’m thinking,
Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time.

Joyce:

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Durrus,+Co.+Cork/@51.6114119,-9.5853494,19z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48459fe7ccd270df:0x231e3744ac95441a

Slate at Dunmanus Bay Tailings of Pre 1867 Slate Quarry, Rossmore

Rossmore Slate Quarry, Abuting Dunmanus Bay, Durrus, West Cork, operating from around 1866, with Mining Captain, George Rawlings.

Carrigín Cool na h-Orna, Rossmore, Durrus, West Cork, a hint of Pre-famine Agriculture and other Incorporeal Hereditaments.

Sale August 1867, by Mr. Hall, Engineer, Liverpool, Liquidator, of Rossmore Slate Company Limited, Durrus, West Cork

Jack Dukelow (1866-1953), Rossmore, Durrus, West Cork, linking O’Sullivan Bere to Past and Present Governor of Louisiana and former US Senator for Louisiana.

19th Century Mines and Quarries, Rossmore and Friendly Cove Slate Quarries, Durrus, Copper Clonee, Scart, Bantry Barytes, Rooska and Killoveenogue Silver and Lead Mine, West Cork

1822, Desperate Whiteboy Attack in Bantry 500-700, Further Assembly at Schull, 30th Regiment Called Out.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Shreelane,+Co.+Cork/@51.5738923,-9.1971354,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!1m2!2m1!1sShrilane,+Co.+Cork!3m1!1s0x4845a8d4b9fdc947:0x2600c7a7bb4cad72

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

September, 1806, Died at Skibbereen aged 114 Years, John Blakeney

The name appears in some of the birth records:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m9FgxKSHtnyAvObc6Li4TKTmAaNdKne4P8Z2qRurU4c/edit#gid=0

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.

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.