http://ireland.anglican.org/information/dioceses/parish/16310

150th Anniversary of Coolcelure Church of Ireland Church, Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

This was celebrated by a wonderful concert and floral display.

The church is associated with the Shouldham family. Shouldham married a McCarthy heiress early 18th century and the estate extended to over 10,000 acres. She may the Anastasia Shouldham who appears in the mid 18th century Convert Rolls. In the minority of their son, mid 18th century the estate was managed by the Galwey family of Enniskeane.

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Memorial by Colonel Daniel Francis O’Mahony, of Chicago, USA to his Grandfather Daniel O’Mahony (Cianach) died 1857 aged 80, A Giant in Stature, Na a Leader in Nature, O’Mahony Mor The Cianach Mor, Worthy Descendant and Representative of of Mahon Son of Cian and Sabia, Daughter of Brian Boru, under the protection of St. Mocolomóg at Kinneigh, Co,. Cork.

Adjoining St. Bartholomew’s Church of Ireland Church, Kinneigh.

http://ireland.anglican.org/information/dioceses/parish/16340

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Ricard O’Sullivan Burke (1838-1922), Clouneyreague, Kinneigh, Co. Cork, Soldier, Fenian, Patriot, Colonel US Civil War, Member Clann na Gael in USA, his Brother Morgan.

Memorial Kinneigh Graveyard.

Another member Clann na Gael Connie Neenan:

Obituary (Death of Noted Cork Gael) of Connie Neenan (1892-1987), Activist War of Independence, Civil War, Cork, USA Businessman, Benefactor of The “Barrs’ (St. Finbarr’s) Hurling and Football Club.

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Midsummer Athletic Sports, Coolkellure, Dunmanway, West Cork, 1877 under the Patronage of Colonel Shouldham including Throwing a Weight, Throwing Cricket Ball.

Before the establishment of the GAA in the 1802 cricket was relatively popular in Ireland many Estates fielded a team.

Maps 1801-1803, Shuldham (McCarthy) Estate 10,000 acres Dunmanway, Co. Cork

Timothy Mahony (1892-1974), Wyoming’s Rancher Poet

Courtesy Harry Ward.

Nexus Casper, Wyoming, USA, Kilcrohane, West Cork

http://rancherpoet.com/index.htm

Elihu Burritt (1810-1879), ‘The Learned Blacksmith’, of Boston, USA, Visit to Skibbereen, West Cork, 1847 to ‘Fathom The Cause of Extent and Cure of Ireland’s Misery, his Pamphlet ‘Four Months in Skibbereen’ raised $100,000 for Famine Relief and his Project the Jamestown Relief Effort.

Obituary (Death of Noted Cork Gael) of Connie Neenan (1892-1987), Activist War of Independence, Civil War, Cork, USA Businessman, Benefactor of The “Barrs’ (St. Finbarr’s) Hurling and Football Club.

His unpublished memoir of the period in the Cork Archive makes for fascinating reading.

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Memoir of Connie Neenan March 2016

Seán McBride (Later Senior Counsel, Minister for External Affairs and Assistant general Secretary United Nations, High Commissioner for Namibia) at IRA Convention, Exchange Hotel Dublin, June 1922 ”All Those in Favour of The Republic, Come To The Four Courts, Leading Ultimately to The Destruction Of 1,000 Years of Ireland’s Records.

From Connie Neenan’s memoir.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_MacBride

At Post Treaty IRA Convention 1922, General Tom Barry, Cork No. 3 Brigade, suggests Establishment of Dictatorship further Convention June 1922 where He Forwards Motion to Declare War.

This is from the detailed memoir of Connie Neenan of Cork who took the anti-Treaty side and later became a prominent businessman in the USA. He was an organiser of the Irish Sweeps and involved in the sale of Waterford Glass in the USA. He was a friend of Joe McGrath of both businesses.

General Tom Barry’s comment was probably made in the heat of the moment in volatile times. It point out the difficulty of revolutionary heroes finding a place in a decommissioned society. He was one who probably made a poor transition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barry_(soldier)

June 1922 Motion.