British Army Tender 1920/1, Rochestown Railway Station (blown up) Cork.
From Colm Creedon’s book on the line.
British Army Tender 1920/1, Rochestown Railway Station (blown up) Cork
22 Monday Dec 2014
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Christmas Cribs
22 Monday Dec 2014
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Bantry Town Square
In this part of Ireland putting up a nativity scene at Christmas time is as natural as breathing. Known as cribs, they appear everywhere at the beginning of December. Every Irish home has one, perhaps passed down through the generations, and they come out from the attic storage boxes along with the decorations to be displayed in a window or on a mantlepiece or hall table. Even for families that consider themselves non-religious, the crib is an essential part of getting a house ready for Christmas.
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Large cribs are erected in town squares and in churches. Sometimes the figures in a church crib will be inserted slowly, one a day, in little ceremonies involving children. Traditionally, the baby Jesus, was not placed in the manger until Christmas Eve. Live cribs, where the nativity figures and animals are alive, are often mounted as fundraisers…
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At the fireplace in the Anchor Hotel Bantry, the Future Governor General Tim Healy (1855-1931) with friends asked as a parting gift that ‘something be done about the path from Adrigole to Lauragh’ now the Healy pass and Bill O’Donnell’s Memoir ‘The Shortest Way Home’
21 Sunday Dec 2014
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At the fireplace in the Anchor Hotel Bantry, the Future Governor General Tim Healy (1855-1931) with friends asked as a parting gift that ‘something be done about the path from Adrigole to Lauragh’ now the Healy pass and Bill O’Donnell’s Memoir ‘The Shortest Way Home’
The Anchor Hotel used to belong to Bill O’Donnell, who a few months ago at the age of 86 brought out a memoir of his journey around the world in the early 1950s. Inspire.ieproduction. He had earlier written a novel ‘The Small Kingdom’ and has a third book in his head.
His brother Brian owns the famous Pub in Cork the ‘Hi B’
Tim Healy Governor General Irish Free State Census Return 1901
Giolla Brighde
21 Sunday Dec 2014
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Images of St Brigid and her Cross by Harry Clarke
It’s St Brigid’s Day, and Danny is teaching Finola how to make a Brigid’s Cross with which to safeguard Nead an Iolair from fire and lightning. When his family and ours lived in Devon, Danny faithfully provided us with a new Brigid’s Cross every year. I always kept the old ones – until they disintegrated: that’s the tradition. Now we have both made our homes in West Cork and it seems appropriate that Danny is still the provider of these essential tokens of protection – which should be placed above the hearth, at the threshold of the byre or in the rafters.
February 1st: Tradition under way in the McCormack household
There are far more stories told about the Irish Saint Brigid, Brigit, Brighid or Bride than there are about Saint Patrick himself: if I wrote down here everything I…
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The Nativity – by Harry Clarke
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Church of St Barrahane, Castletownshend, East Window Images of the nativity are a special part of…
Some West Cork, Placenames and Townlands c 1913, James E. Burke, BL, Justice of the Peace, Member County Council, one time Editor Southern Star
16 Tuesday Dec 2014
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Some West Cork, Placenames and Townlands c 1913, James E. Burke, BL, Justice of the Peace, Member County Council, one time Editor Southern Star
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Sketch by Crofton Croker of South Gate Bridge, Cork, 1831.
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Sketch by Crofton Croker of South Gate Bridge, Cork, 1831.
Medal for John Williams, Sadler, Macromp (Macroom), Co. Cork, for Loyalty and protection of Macromp Town and Vicinity signed by John Colthurst, 4th June 1798.
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Medal for John Williams, Sadler, Macromp (Macroom), Co. Cork,for Loyalty and protection of Macromp Town and Vicinity signed by John Colthurst, 4th June 1798.
Genealogy of McCarthy (Muclagh/Clann Tadhg Ruaidh-na-Scairte) family of Scart (Durrus/Bantry), West Cork, later Cul-na-long, from 1185 AD including descendants of Father/Reverend Daniel McCarthy from Samuel Trant McCarthy, High Sheriff Co.Kerry, Srugrena Abbey 1912 intermarried with O’Learys Incigeela, McCarthys Kilcoe, O’Donovans, O’Mahonys Dunbeacon, McCarthys Dunmanway, Blairs Bantry/Coolculaghta/Blair’s Cove among others, 18th century family members in France.
16 Tuesday Dec 2014
Scart, off Bantry/Cork Road.
Cool-na-Long, Gearhameen:
Genealogy of McCarthy (Muclagh/Clann Tadhg Ruaidh-na-Scairte) family of Scart (Durrus/Bantry), West Cork, later Cul-na-long, from 1185 AD including descendants of Father/Reverend Daniel McCarthy from Samuel Trant McCarthy, High Sheriff Co.Kerry, Srugrena Abbey 1912 intermarried with O’Learys Incigeela, Mccarthys Kilcoe, O’Donovans, O’Mahonys Dunbeacon, McCarthys Dunmanway, Blairs Bantry/Coolculaghta/Blair’s Cove among others, 18th century family members in France.
From Judge Samuel Trant McCarthy’s General McCarthy History.
The Castle was in the townland of Scart around a mile from Durrus Cross adn the family moved to the then new Castle at Cul-na-Long, Gearhameen, Durrus s till well preserved. Their lands partly came into possession of Sir. Walter Coppinger (the Coppingers are of Hiberno-Danish descent) who went into possession when they defaulted on the mortgage c 1640 these would be the eastern end Caheragh and Ballycomane. His land was forfeit due to rebellion and eventually came into the possession of the Frekes, Lord Carbery,
The Western was forfeit due to rebellion and passed to Colonel Reid, then to Evansons who disposed of to the Bernards of Bandon who leased it back to the Evanson. Their lease fell in around 1850 and Bernards the the Earls of Bandon resumed possession. They built the village of Durrus with dispensary, courthouse, housing and shops. The western end ran from around the current Bog Road bounded by the Durrus River and the Northern Hills to Kealties far out into the Muintervara peninsula.
Recently some beautiful stonework from the Castle was located.
The family moved from Scart c 1615 to Cul-na-Long in Gearhameen, Durrus. The substantial Castle still stands in reasonable repair. The family were called ‘Mucklagh’ from their herds of pigs which grazed the then oak woods in hte Durrus lowlands. Interestingly the Dukelow family in Coomkeen Durrus live in a sub-townland called Scrahan na muice (Scrathán na Muice) the hollow of the pigs. In Spain the most expensive cured ham is that from oak acorn fed pigs.
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1834 Cool-na-Long Castle, Gearhameen, technically wrong name Cool-na-Long is 1 mile further west the site of an earlier McCarthy castle adjoining a very deep pool in Dunanus Bay. McCarthy built c 1620 undefended, acquired by Colonel Reid post confiscation, used as British Army Barracks, acquired by Evansons c 1690, thye sold their interest to Francis Bernard (ancestor of Earl of Bandon) c 1710 and re leased it.
Evidence of Daniel O’Connell, Esq., 1st March 1825 to Select Committee of House of Commons, London, on state of Legal Administration, Function of Assistant Barrister in Court, Grand Juries selected from Improper Persons, Low persons Vendors of Spirits and Beer, The Bar in Cork, Mr. Wagget, Recorder of Cork, of Private Means with a small salary which he refuses to to be increased, outside Cork the sessions conducted by Attorneys of low repute the relaxation of Popery Laws has given a better class of Attorney then what existed before., The Mode of Administering the Criminal Law by the Magistrates in Ireland has been very bad, particularly in relation to Tithes, for the last two-an-twenty years Roman Catholic have been eligible to the situation of Directors of the Bank of Ireland but not one elected although an immense deal of Bank Stock belongs to the Catholics, up to 10 Catholics in Bank of Ireland Clerkships.
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Evidence of Daniel O’Connell, Esq., 1st March 1825 to Select Committee of House of Commons, London, on state of Legal Administration, Function of Assistant Barrister in Court, Grand Juries selected from Improper Persons, Low persons Vendors of Spirits and Beer, The Bar in Cork, Mr. Wagget, Recorder of Cork, of Private Means with a small salary which he refuses to to be increased, outside Cork the sessions conducted by Attorneys of low repute the relaxation of Popery Laws has given a better class of Attorney then what existed before., The Mode of Administering the Criminal Law by the Magistrates in Ireland has been very bad, particularly in relation to Tithes, for the last two-an-twenty years Roman Catholic have been eligible to the situation of Directors of the Bank of Ireland but not one elected although an immense deal of Bank Stock belongs to the Catholics, up to 10 Catholics in Bank of Ireland Clerkships.
From Google Books from page 58 others matters are also dealt with.
West Cork History 