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Do bhí trí rud nár thuig Aristocle: Teacht agus Imeacht na Taoide, Obair na mBeach agus Intinn na mBan, there were three things that Aristocle never undrestood, the coming and going of the tides, the work of the bees and a woman’s mind
From Mr O’Connor, Ballydavid, Dingle, Co. Kerry mid 1970s
18 Saturday Jan 2014
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In 1537, four ships from Lisbon, laden with wine, consigned to the Waterford merchants, were, by stress of weather, driven to take shelter at Baltimore. One of these, the Santa Maria de Soci, was boarded by Conoghure O’Driscoll, chieftain of Sherkin, and his sons, and piloted safely into Baltimore Harbour. The officers and men of the ship were invited to an entertainment to Baltimore Castle by the O’Driscolls, and while there enjoying themselves were manacled. The O’Driscolls and their men went in their boats to the ship, took possession of the wine, and freely distributed it among their followers.
The Waterford people, hearing of the seizure, sent an armed expedition under the command of Captain Dobbyn. On arriving at Baltimore, he liberated the crew, and immediately sailed back to Waterford. Of the 100 tuns of wine, 25 only remained unconsumed. Some short time after, an expedition of 400 men, well equipped, set sail from Waterford in two large vessels under command of Bailiff Woodlock and Captain Dobbyn. Arriving in Baltimore Harbour they anchored near the Franciscan Abbey on Sherkin Island. Very soon they commenced operations, attacked and battered the castle of Dunilong, which they entered, and took away large quantities of malt, barley, and salt; they burned forty of the chief pinnaces, and forty more, with the big galley of thirty oars, were conveyed to Waterford as trophies of war. The Franciscan Abbey, with the mill annexed, was greatly damaged, and the inhabitants and houses of the island were visited with fire and sword, and little mercy shown. The islands near were treated in a similar manner, and, to complete the work, the attacking party passed over to Baltimore, stormed the Castle of Dunashad, and burnt and sacked the town.
1537 The O’Driscolls of Baltimore, West Cork and the Sancta Maria de Soci from Lisbon
18 Saturday Jan 2014
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Tribute of O’Sullivan Bere family to McCarthy Mór from the 1300s from Fr. O’Halloran’s Researches 1914
In about the 14th century the O’Sullivan family was divided into two branches; the elder branch was represented by the O’Sullivan Mor, whose seat was at Dunkerron, near Kenmare:
and the other branch by the O’Sullivan Beare, who dwelt at Dunboy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_Cam_O’Sullivan_Beare
The O’Sullivans paid tribute and were under the feudal sovereignty of McCarthy Mor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacCarthy_dynasty
They were bound to attend him in the field, and O’Sullivan Mor was the marshal of his army. He was obliged to pay for every arable ploughland five galloglasses or kern, or six shillings and eightpence, or a beef for each, at the option of McCarthy.
McCarthy was to receive half-a-crown for every ship that came to fish or trade in O’Sullivan’s harbours, and he was to give McCarthy merchandise at the rate he purchased it.
O’Sullivan Beare was bound to entertain McCarthy and his train two nights at Dunboy every year, and whenever they travelled that way.
O’Sullivan was to send horse meat to Palace for McCarthy’s saddle-horses, and pay the groom three shillings and fourpence out of every arable ploughland. He was to find hounds, grey-hounds, and spaniels, when he came, and one shilling and eight-pence annually to his huntsman out of every ploughland.
Their territory extended from Bantry Bay to Castlemain. In a Parliament held at Dublin in 1585 there sat Donall O’Sullivan Mor, also Eogan O’Sullivan Beare. They were concerned in the wars of Desmond and Tyrone. A general pardon was granted by James I., in the first year of his reign, to Owen O’Sullivan Mor of Dunkerron. The 9th James I.—the king granted to Owen O’Sullivan of Berehaven the castle, town, and lands of Dunboy;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunboy_Castle
57 carucates of other lands; and the chief rents out of Dunboy, Glengariff, Bonane, etc., to hold to him and his heirs for ever. The subsequent wars were fatal to the fortunes of these houses.
Several of the old Irish castles are still in a good state of preservation, but those of the O’Sullivans are nearly altogether demolished. Of this race the old legend says: Nulla manus, tam liberalis atque generalis, atque universalis, quam Sullivanus.
18 Saturday Jan 2014
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Taoiseach of the O’Mahony Sept an old man Living in a wretched mud hut outside Enniskeane, West Cork, 1900 and the family lineage.
In 1900 Tim Mahony, of New York then finishing his training as a priest in Louvain and destined to be a distinguished Prelate called to see his family relations. His parents were Irish born, one side descending from Barnabas Lantry (Langtree), of Cromwelian Stock who married an O’Leary (her family were large farmers and had a mill outside Drimoleague) and had 23 children in Caheragh. He wrote a letter setting out his experiences and among the O’Mahony realtions he refers to the Head of the family an old man living with his wife in destitution in a hut outside Enniskeane. The O’Mahonys had owned much of the Bandon Valley.
Father O”Halloran describes the family history in 1914:
17 Friday Jan 2014
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Surrender and Re-Grant by Donal O’Donovan, Castledonovan, Drimoleague, West Cork, 1610s
In the 1610s Donal O’Donovan deviated from traditional policy and accepted the English title to his family lands as follows: ‘Donal O’Donovan of Castledonovan, Gentleman of the Castle the called Sowaagh..and a large extent of country specified therein, together with all customs royalties, dues and privileges due and payable to the said Donal and his ancestors in the ports, bays of Castlehaven etc. ‘ The agreement provided for the creation of two Manors, on eat Castednovan and one at Rahine. The lands were reconveyed to Donal O’Donovan for a sum of £447.13 shilling sterling and a remaining part of £45,5s 6d. In 1626 the Castle structure was renewed by him.
from Richard S. Harrison’s book, ‘Four Hundred Years of Drimoleague”, 1999
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US Senator Hammett, Dunmanway and Mississippi (1799-), Senator Patrick Joseph Sullivan (1835-1935), Kilcrohane and Wyoming, Judge Robert Swanton (1764-1840), New York and Ballydehob, New York Maritime Court, Frank O’Neill, Bantry and Chicago, Chief of Police
17 Friday Jan 2014
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Christmas was formerly observed in the Highlands on what is now known as “Twelfth Night”. In the Celtic lands, the people did not at first take to the introduction of the New Style calendar in 1752, and tenaciously clung to the ‘old way’ of things, including their conviction of Jan. 6th as the “real” Christmas day. Still celebrated in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan:
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/womens-christmas-nollaig-na-mban-celebrate-ireland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Christmas
http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/nollaig-na-mban-1251251-Jan2014/
http://bigreaders.myfastforum.org/archive/oiche-nollaig-na-mban__o_t__t_113.html
The Feast of the Epiphany is also called coir-ceim-coilleach, which means ‘the cocks step’; the first noticeable lengthening of the daylight hours.
From Twelfth Day, the day begins to lengthen by a male hen’s span or stride, Breton Proverb.
Meaning a little each day
There is a hint here of how different cultures measure the year and time.
For the Pre Islamic Arab world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar#Pre-Islamic_calendar
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Births, Durrus, Co. Cork, Church of Ireland, Methodist, 1672-1890
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2013/12/15
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Select James H. Swanton J.P., c1815-1891, Leading Methodist and Businessman, Gortnagrough, Ballydehob and Rineen Co. Cork and Wesley College.
James H. Swanton J.P., c1815-1891, Leading Methodist and Businessman, Gortnagrough, Ballydehob and Rineen Co. Cork and Wesley College.
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2013/12/12
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Select Excerpt of Unpublished Diary of Rev. John Rogers, Methodist Preacher, Skibbereen, Bantry, Castletownsend, Ballydehob, Schull. Crookhaven, 1803-1804
Excerpt of Unpublished Diary of Rev. John Rogers, Methodist Preacher, Skibbereen, Bantry, Castletownsend, Ballydehob, Schull. Crookhaven, 1803-1804
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2013/12/12
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Select Methodist Marriage Register, Co. Down, 1815-1849.
Methodist Marriage Register, Co. Down, 1815-1849.
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2013/10/25
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Select A journey in troubled times Rev. William Buchanan Methodist Minister’s journey from Belfast to Bantry July 1922
A journey in troubled times Rev. William Buchanan Methodist Minister’s journey from Belfast to Bantry July 1922
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2013/06/08
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Select Some Kilmocomogue (Cill Mocomoge’s Church), (Bantry), Church of Ireland and Methodist, Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1629
Some Kilmocomogue (Cill Mocomoge’s Church), (Bantry), Church of Ireland and Methodist, Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1629
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2013/05/28
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Select Birth Marriage Death and Renounciation Records of Killaconenagh (Cill Church of Eacha Naoineach) (Berehaven), Co. Cork, Church of Ireland, 1787-1850 together with Methodist Records
Birth Marriage Death and Renounciation Records of Killaconenagh (Cill Church of Eacha Naoineach) (Berehaven), Co. Cork, Church of Ireland, 1787-1850 together with Methodist Records
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2013/04/13
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Select James McCarthy, Laurence Coughlan, Arthur Thomey (Twomey), John Stretton. John Fenton and John McGeary, Irish Methodist Preachers Canada and Newfoundland 1750s- 1780s
James McCarthy, Laurence Coughlan, Arthur Thomey (Twomey), John Stretton. John Fenton and John McGeary, Irish Methodist Preachers Canada and Newfoundland 1750s- 1780s
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2013/02/13
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Select Methodist Congregations and Emigration, Cork and Kerry, 1886
Methodist Congregations and Emigration, Cork and Kerry, 1886
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2012/11/13
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Select Baptismal Register (Methodist), Berehaven Mines, Co. Cork 1842-1878
Baptismal Register (Methodist), Berehaven Mines, Co. Cork 1842-1878
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2012/09/08
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Select Clergy Catholic, Church of Ireland Methodist Muintervara/Durrus 1591-
Clergy Catholic, Church of Ireland Methodist Muintervara/Durrus 1591-
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2012/01/30
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Select Protestant Irish Speaking, Co. Antrim, 1901, DNA and the Narcissism of Small Difference.
Protestant Irish Speaking, Co. Antrim, 1901, DNA and the Narcissism of Small Difference.
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2013/12/24
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Select Irish speaking Protestant Co. Tyrone 19th century from 1901 Census
Irish speaking Protestant Co. Tyrone 19th century from 1901 Census
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2013/11/24
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Select Schools in Bantry/Skibbereen/Schull area West Cork 19th century.
Schools in Bantry/Skibbereen/Schull area West Cork 19th century.
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2013/10/04
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Select RIC/Garda Recruitment South West Cork late 19th early 20th century.
RIC/Garda Recruitment South West Cork late 19th early 20th century.
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2013/08/08
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Select Marriages 1856-1893, Cape Clear Island (Cléire), Church of Ireland.
Marriages 1856-1893, Cape Clear Island (Cléire), Church of Ireland.
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2013/06/17
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Select The Bantry Circuit of Methodism from 1783
The Bantry Circuit of Methodism from 1783
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2013/06/08
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Select Ian Paisley, an Irishman in Barry Island, South Wales, August 1942.
Ian Paisley, an Irishman in Barry Island, South Wales, August 1942.
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2013/03/13
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Select Emigration of West Cork Protestant families, from Mizen and Muintervera Peninsulas, to Rochester New York, Wisconsin and Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
Emigration of West Cork Protestant families, from Mizen and Muintervera Peninsulas, to Rochester New York, Wisconsin and Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario.
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2013/03/10
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1866 Ireland and the centenary of American (and Canadian) Methodism referring to Palatines in Co. Limerick and preaching in Irish
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2013/02/12
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1866 Ireland and the centenary of American (and Canadian) Methodism referring to Palatines in Co. Limerick and preaching in Irish
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2013/02/12
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Select Memoir of Willie Kingston (1885-1975), Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Solicitor and Historian, World War 1 in Skibbereen attendance at Dáil Courts.
Memoir of Willie Kingston (1885-1975), Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Solicitor and Historian, World War 1 in Skibbereen attendance at Dáil Courts.
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2012/09/18
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Select Selected deaths Durrus District, Co. Cork 1690-1950.
Selected deaths Durrus District, Co. Cork 1690-1950.
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2012/08/13
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Select Marriages Muintervara (Durrus/Kilcrohane), Co. Cork from 1688-1940
Marriages Muintervara (Durrus/Kilcrohane), Co. Cork from 1688-1940
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2012/07/31
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Select Susannah Beamish (1874-1950) from Dunmanway, Co. Cork to Costa Rica.
Susannah Beamish (1874-1950) from Dunmanway, Co. Cork to Costa Rica.
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2012/06/07
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Select Irish speaking, Protestant west Cork with census 1901 for Cork, 19th century
Irish speaking, Protestant west Cork with census 1901 for Cork, 19th century
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2012/06/04
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Select Recollections of James Stanley Vickery as a grandchild in Molloch, Durrus, Bantry (1829-1911)
Recollections of James Stanley Vickery as a grandchild in Molloch, Durrus, Bantry (1829-1911)
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2011/10/07
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1866 Ireland and the centenary of American (and Canadian) Methodism referring to Palatines in Co. Limerick and preaching in Irish
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2013/02/12
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Select Memoir of Willie Kingston (1885-1975), Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Solicitor and Historian, World War 1 in Skibbereen attendance at Dáil Courts.
Memoir of Willie Kingston (1885-1975), Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Solicitor and Historian, World War 1 in Skibbereen attendance at Dáil Courts.
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2012/09/18
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Select Selected deaths Durrus District, Co. Cork 1690-1950.
Selected deaths Durrus District, Co. Cork 1690-1950.
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2012/08/13
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Select Marriages Muintervara (Durrus/Kilcrohane), Co. Cork from 1688-1940
Marriages Muintervara (Durrus/Kilcrohane), Co. Cork from 1688-1940
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2012/07/31
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Select Susannah Beamish (1874-1950) from Dunmanway, Co. Cork to Costa Rica.
Susannah Beamish (1874-1950) from Dunmanway, Co. Cork to Costa Rica.
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2012/06/07
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Select Irish speaking, Protestant west Cork with census 1901 for Cork, 19th century
Irish speaking, Protestant west Cork with census 1901 for Cork, 19th century
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durrushistory Uncategorized a history of protestant irish speakers (Ulster), ballydehob altar goleen, bantry, Bishop John Gregg, Canon James Goodman, coláiste chairbre, Cole family, cork bandon railway lord bandon earl of carbery earl of bantry duke of devonshire, De Vere Conyer’s dictionary, dunmanus, glandore, irish language gaelige carbery, John Wesley, John WindeleAn t-Athair Donal O Suileabhain, swanton bantry, thomas swanton ballydehob
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2012/06/04
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Select Recollections of James Stanley Vickery as a grandchild in Molloch, Durrus, Bantry (1829-1911)
Recollections of James Stanley Vickery as a grandchild in Molloch, Durrus, Bantry (1829-1911)
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16 Thursday Jan 2014
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Colm Creedon Railway Historian Cork:
https://durrushistory.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/colm-creedon-chronicler-of-west-corks-railways/
16 Thursday Jan 2014
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Among the families involved in the Fishing Business in Bantry in the 18th century were the Jagoes. Families of that name were active in the Pilchard Business in Cornwall in the 17th century
It is now believed that Sir William Hull active in the West Cork fishery also had an operation in what is now Atlantic Canada in the early 17th century.
West Cork History 