Slate Tailings Dunmanus Bay of Pre 1867 Slate Quarry, Rossmore


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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

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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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