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Tithe Defaulters List, Baile Mhuirne (Ballyvourney), Cúil Aodha (Coolea), Co. Cork, 1831 and 1827 Tithe Applotments.

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

http://homepage.eircom.net/~meithealmhuscrai/ballyvourney/

http://homepage.eircom.net/~meithealmhuscrai/coolea/index.htm

Courtesy Susan Beretta, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA:

http://www.corkgen.org/publicgenealogy/cork/titheapplot/ballyvourney/tithe.html

http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?

Tithe Aplottments Cork:

surname=&firstname=&county=Cork&parish=&townland=&search=Search

‘The Coming of Oscar’, collected 1944 from Amhloih Ó Loinsigh (Humphrey Lynch), farmer, Cúil Aodha, Ballyvourney, Co Cork

Ballyvourney (Baile Bhúirne Town of the Beloved) Church of Ireland Marriages 1845-1935 Clondrohid (Cluain Droichead Meadow by the Bridge) 1848-1913 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballyvourney, from Dr. Casey’s collection.

Questions raised in the House of Commons London re Durrus, Kilcrohane, West Cork, Sedition, Evictions, Petty Sessions Clerk, Mail Coach, Distress, Death of Constable Brett 1920 in Troubles.

For much of the period the MP was James Gilhooley, relation of his had a pub in Durrus adn his children went to school there. His sister may have been a teacher in the school.

James Gilhooley (1847-1916), Fenian 1867, Irish Parliamentary Party MP, Justice of the Peace, West Cork, Member ‘Bantry Band’, children at Four Mile Water (Durrus) National School. In later years his election agent was Jasper Woulfe, Solicitor, Crown Prosecutor and later TD, Skibbereen.

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/search/durrus

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sent/14df7912ded720e7

1788, McCarthy, O’Driscoll. Middlemen, Schull area, West Cork Property Transaction with Crookhaven Revenue Officials as Witnesses.

Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project
Memorial No: 263339

Type of deed Date of current deed 9 May 1788 Vol Page Menorial
deed Date of earlier deed 398 433 263339
No Role(s) in earlier deed(s) Role in current deed(s) Family name Forename Place Occ or title A
A P1 MCCARTHY Daniel of Glannin, COR Gent
B P2 BAKER Isaac of Crookhaven COR Revenue officer A
C Grantor TRAVERS Walter of Castleview, COR Esq.
4 REG CHATTERTON Thomas of
5 WD DRISCOLL Daniel of Glenanin, ANT farmer
6 WD;WM GARNETT John of Crookhaven COR Gent
7 WD MCALEXANDER Dennis McCarthy of Sinegborough (?) COR Gent
8 WD MCCARTHY James of Crookhaven COR Revenue officer
9 WM MCGRATH John of Cork city Gent
10 WD ODRISCOLL Daniel of Dunnanus COR Gent
Abstract Comment for person [A] :in consid of £200 to him, A unto B of one moiety of 1/2 of Glannin [1000 acres] in Skull pa, ba of West Cork, Co COR from 29 Sept last for residue of 20 year term in Indenture of lease 24 Apr 1786 by C, to hold unto B.
Person [4] :
Person [5] :
Person [6] :
Person [7] :
Person [8] :
Person [9] :
Person [10] :
MS Date registered 1788-6-21 Date abstract added 20110321
Abstract made by: VancouverMike

A glimpse at the Catholic Gentry, Pre-Marriage Agreement, 1792 Barry to Deasy, Witness Charles McCarthy, Gent., Gortnascreeny, Dunmanway, Co. Cork.

Genealogy of McCarthys of Glenachram from 1366 and history of Dunmanway, Togher Castle, West Cork.

Genealogy of McCarthy family of Gleannacroim (Dunmanway), Co. Cork from c1150 ad by Daniel MacCarthy (Glas)

Memorial extract — Registry of Deeds Index Project
Memorial No: 293636

Type of deed Date of current deed 17 Apr 1792 Vol Page Menorial
Pre-marriage Date of earlier deed 460 166 293636
No Role(s) in earlier deed(s) Role in current deed(s) Family name Forename Place Occ or title A
1 P2D BARRY Anna Maria of Spinster
2 mentioned BARRY Garrett of Leamara, COR deceased
3 P2D BARRY Mary Ann of Co Cork Widow
4 P4D BARRY Standish of Leamara, COR Esq
5 P4D DEASEY Rickard of London City Merchant
6 P1D DEASY Tim of Barry’s Hall the elder; Gent
7 P1D DEASY Tim of the younger; Gent
8 P3D DONOVAN James of Ardagh, COR MD
9 P3D HUSEY John of Rathkeeny, MEA
10 WD WM MCCARTHY Charles of Gortnascreena, COR Gent
11 WD NUGENT John of Mitchelstown, COR Revd
Abstract Comment for person [1] :presumably the bride; daughter of said Mary Ann & Garrett Barry
Person [2] :
Person [3] :widow & executrix of said Garrett Barry
Person [4] :
Person [5] :
Person [6] :
Person [7] :presumably the groom; eldest son & heir of said Tim Deasy the elder
Person [8] :
Person [9] :Baron of Galtrim
Person [10] :
Person [11] :
MS MS Date registered 30 Aug 1792 Date abstract added 20090710

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1727 Hull/Donovan Deed, 1740 Hull/Johnson Deed of Lands of Cove Drinane Balteen Caheravirane , 1742 Hull Deed, Lease of Three Ploughlands at Ballydevlin (Goleen), West Cork, 1766 names mentioned Hull of Gunpoint, Driscoll of Collisbea. Mahony of Lisgriffin, McCarthy of Bandon, Meade, Brown, Freke.

Cornelius Driscoll features a lot as a Middleman on the Mizen peninsula from this period as do two Alexander O’Driscolls.

From Registry of Deeds Project (Volunteers transcribing):

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/

Memorial No: 163251

Type of deed Date of current deed 17 Feb 1766 Vol Page Menorial
L Date of earlier deed 245 599 163251
No Role(s) in earlier deed(s) Role in current deed(s) Family name Forename Place Occ or title A
A P1 HULL William Richard of Gunpoint, Co Cork Esq
B P2 DRISCOLL Cornelius of Collisbea, Co Cork gent
C WD FRIEKE James of Skull [ ? ] , Co Cork gent
D WD MAHONY Catherine of Lisgriffin, Co Cork widow
E WD WM DRISCOLL James of Collistra, Co Cork gent
F WM McCARTHY Thomas of Bandon, Co Cork gent
G McCARTHY Charles of Co Cork Commissioner
H MEADE David of Co Cork Justice
I BROWNE John of Co Cork Justice
Abstract 3 plow lands, Ballydevlyn, Barony West Carbery, Co Cork
MS Date registered 9 Dec 1766 Date abstract added 20120302

1727 Hull/Donovan Deed.

			Type of deed	Date of current deed		24 May 1727	Vol	Page	Memorial
			L	Date of earlier deed			57	147	36634
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	HULL	William	of	Limcorish, COR		Esq
B		P2	DONOVAN	Daniel	of	Dunmanway, COR		Gent		A
C		WD WM	DONOVAN	Dennis	of	Raghlahave, COR		Farmer
D		WD WM	DONOVAN	Thomas	of	Dunmanway, COR		Gent
E		WD	DONOVAN	Mary	of	Dunmanway, COR		Spinster
F		WM	ST LEGER	J	of	Co Cork
Abstract		Comment for person [A] :plowlands in parish of Killrohane, Barony of West Carbery, COR Person [C] : Person [D] : Person [E] : Person [F] :

			Type of deed	Date of current deed		24 Nov 1727	Vol	Page	Memorial
			L	Date of earlier deed			57	148	37735
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	HULL	William	of	Limcorish, COR		Esq
B		P2	DONOVAN	Daniel	of	Dunmanway, COR		Gent		A
C		WD	LANDERS	Owen	of	Killpatrick, COR		Farmer
D		WD	DONOVAN	Mary	of	Dunmanway, COR		Spinster
E		WD WM	DONOVAN	Thomas	of	Dunmanway, COR		Gent
F		WD	HURLIHY	Timothy	of	Dunmanway, COR		Yeoman
G		WM	DONOVAN	Dennis	of	Raghlahave, COR		Farmer
H		WM	ST LEGER	J	of	Co Cork
Abstract		Comment for person [A] :property in parish of Killmore, Barony of West Carbery, COR Person [C] : Person [D] : Person [E] : Person [F] : Person [G] : Person [H] :

1740 Hull/Johnson Deed

			Type of deed	Date of current deed		12 Oct 1740	Vol	Page	Memorial
			L	Date of earlier deed			113	6	76844
No	Role(s) in earlier deed(s)	Role in current deed(s)	Family name	Forename		Place		Occ or title		A
A		P1	HULL	Richard Edward	of	[Leamcon] co Corke		Esq
B		P2	JOHNSON	Robert	of	City Corke		merch
C		WD WM	JOHNSON	Andrew	of	Leamcon, co Corke		son of Robert Johnson
D		WD	JOHNSON	William	of	Leamcon, co Corke		farmer
E		O	OCALLAHAN	James	of	Leamcon, co Corke
F		WD	SULLIVAN	Benjamin	of	City Corke		gent
G			CAMPION	Row	of	Circuit Court City Corke		Commissioner Exchequer Court
H			OWGAN	Will	of	Circuit Court City Corke		Justice
I			BENNETT	George	of	Circuit Court City Corke		Justice
Abstract		Lands of Cove Drinane Balteen Caheravirane being pt of estate inheritance in Leamcon [Civil Parish Skull], barony West Carbery, co Cork
MS			Date registered	23 June 1743		Date abstract added		20140714

Abstract made by: SW

1742 Deed

‘Keep your Water Boys’, Exhortation from Woman of The House at Ardfield, Clonakilty, West Cork, 1890s to use Urine for Clothes Washing in Lodging House Attached to Cramming School where Boys, including Michael Collins, prepared for British Civil Service Examinations and collection of Urine by Donkey and Cart in Kilcrohane 1810s.

In Ardfield there was a gifted teacher who after school prepared boys for the British Civil Service Exams. The boys came from a wide area and lodged in an attic in a local house. the woman of the house was anxious that the night water be retained for clothes washing.

It recalls many old uses for urine in dyeing wool for example in Kilcrohane in the early 19th century.

Day with Destiny, Michael Collins, leaving Eldon Hotel, Skibbereen, West Cork, 22nd August 1922

Abbeystrewry (Skibbereen), West Cork, Church of Ireland Memoir, 1890-1990, The last ‘Caoin’ in Skibbereen, the Wren Boys, the day World War 1 ended, Tom Hosford’s school, Michael Collins on the day of his death, the first Airplane in West Cork, Protestant Businesses in Skibbereen 1890-.

Sir Michael Henry Gallwey (182-1912), mother Margaret McCarthy, Greenfield, Ardfield, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, K.C.M.G., Q.C., Leading Member of the Munster Circuit, Attorney General, Natal, South Africa, Chief Justice, Acting Governor, president Arbitration Commission of the Land Dispute between the Transvaal Republic and the Zulus, brother-in-law of James J. Murphy, Brewer, Cork

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/mar/10/unusual-uses-of-urine
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/from-gunpowder-to-teeth-whitener-the-science-behind-historic-uses-of-urine-442390/?no-ist

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Legal Tenure of Some Townlands in Durrus District, West Cork, from c 1600.

Some of the surnames associated with the general area such as O’Mahony, O’Sullivan, O’Donovan and McCarthy are comparative Johnny Come Latelys arriving from around 1250. The names of the older population probably include the O’Driscolls, Coughlans, Whoolehan/Hoolihan/Wholly. Moynihan, Cronin.

In the upheaval of the 17th century the old Gaelic overlords were displaced and the spreadsheet shows some of the effect locally. This process culminated with the Land Acts so by 1910 most of the tenants had become owners of their holdings subject to the payment of annuities to the Land Commission. The Landlords were handsomely compensated.

Contrary to popular perception most of the Landed Families (Whites/Evansons/Hutchinsons/Beechers) by the early 19th century were hovering on the threshold of bankruptcy through a combination of over borrowing, a collapse in agricultural prices and the onset of emigration. Many estates were sold in a NAMA type process in the 1850s through the Landed estates Court. Many of the purchases were local merchants and lawyers, the odd one from England such as Lord Clinton (Beara, Goleen, Hutchinson estate) and they tended to reap the benefit of the Land Acts.

An early draft of a work in progress:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ASX2u0qoIxsBW1YhlYSawdLX2Y_XpL_vXcpblsgApXY/edit#gid=0

The property marked Israeli Embassy is in Carrisksbrook House, home of The Swanton Family:

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Bloomsday 16th June 1904, in James Joyce’s Ulysses, the Lord Lieutenant Passes Carricksbrook House, Ballsbridge, the home of the Family of James Hutchinson Swanton.

James Hutchinson Swanton J.P., 1815-1891, Grandmother, Margaret O’Sullivan, Ballagahadown, Caheragh, Leading Methodist and Businessman, Gortnagrough, Ballydehob and Rineen Co. Cork and Wesley College.

Click to access james-hutchinson-swanton.pdf

Click to access 005014891_00738.pdf

The Swantons had a milling business at Rineen and umerous other businesses in West Cork. Along with local lawyers such as McCarthy Downing they invested heavily in landed estates when they were sold by the Landed Estates Court in the 1850s and 1860s and became extremely wealthy.

Their house Carricksbrook house was demolished and replaced by the present hideous eyesore in 1967. Maybe with the grace of God in time it too will be demolished and replaced by something more pleasing to the eye.