1822. From Diary of Richard O’Donovan, of Bawnlahan, (Bán Chlocháin), Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland, said the Whiteboys had been caught in a pitched battle with police and troops on January 25th nine had been found guilty of Insurrection Act and hanged. This was prompted by an Excise raid on a Poteen Making Operation which developed into a running battle with the Whiteboys. Some Local Customs Personnel.
Attempt to build new bridge at Bealkenmar (Béal Cinn Mara). Covenant in leases to fertilize with 4 boat of sea sand, he builds his own Sand Boat. Mr Hull calls with News of Failure of Roche’s and Leslies Bank in Cork. Bawnlahan Fair, Ascension Thursday. Flax grown on Estate. Various varieties of early Potato. Tree Planting , Landed by Boat from Cork.
Manor Court Decree” taken by Richard Connell against Edward Butler, both of Kealfada, County Cork, demonstrating that the legal costs far outstrip the amount of the original debt; decree originally signed by John Sweetnam, seneschal [of Aghadown and Schull Manors], 4 October 1823.
Francis Jobson’s Map of West Cork, 1589 including Cape Clear (Iniskyran), Baltimore, O’Driscolls, Rosbrin, Crookhaven, Bantry, Muintervara land of Rymers (O’Daly’s Bardic School), O’Sullivan Bere, Priest’s Leap.
1825, Travails of Blair Family of Blairs Cove, Durrus, with some McCarthy/Patrickson Genealogies.
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CSO/RP/1825/1634. Petition of William Blair, late lieutenant, south Cork regiment of militia, Galway, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of himself or his son to a situation of employment under government. Recall his own loyal contribution to the crown having served for a period of 25 years in the Cork militia and stresses his need to provide for the interests of an elderly mother and family of 7 children. Claims his brother, Thomas Blair, acted as naval surgeon for 19 years on the ship ‘Majestic’ and was ‘present with Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile’. He also refers to the military service and sacrifices of three other brothers. With attached certificate in his favour from Richard White, 1st earl of Bantry, County Cork.
Half Pay Officer on 2s 6 pence a day insufficient to make provision oe educate family of 3 boys, oldest 17 and 4 girls and a delicate wife.
Brother Thomas Blair, a Ships Surgeon on Majestic and other ships. Served with Nelson at the Battle of the Nile died as a consequence of disease contacted while on service.
Alexander Blair, for 6 years a mid ship man in the British Navy
Another brother an Ensign in the 11th Regiment of Foot, died in consequence of fatigue
4th brother Charles Blair, lost his life in the West Indies
A recent loss of property the principal reason for soliciting your Excellency’s aid
The late Paddy O’Keeffe estimated that around 1820 there were around 22 half pay officers in the Bantry area. Post the Battle of Waterloo there was a huge reduction in the British Military forces.
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Under lease 1783. Three lives renewable for 99 years.
This refers to the above lease.
The lives in the lease 31st Jany. 1783 mentioned above were: Richard Blair, aged 14 years, William Blair 13 years, Hamilton Blair, 8 years
FRom a descendant: William Blair, the Attorney, was also a Lieutenant in the South Cork Militia and born in Bantry in 1862. He was the brother of my 4 x Gt Grandparent Sarah White Blair, born 1755 & Reverend Daniel Blair, 1755-1828. Sarah White’s Brother, William Blair of Bantry was born on 20 December 1795. Richard Blair of Blair’s Cove, 1758-1855 was my 5 X Gt Uncle and Father of Richard Lewis Blair, 1793-1858. Catherine Blair, Richard Lewis Blair’s wife, was born in 1803. Elizabeth Lewis, b 1768, was the wife of Richard Blair of Blair’s Cove, 1758-1855. Hamilton Blair, b 1776, was the youngest son of Richard Blair, 17720-1791, and his wife Honora, nee Pattison, my 5 x Gt Grandparents.
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HI sister Sarah married Daniel McCarthy, late Parish Priest Durrus, from whom a very large number of world wide descendants :
Patrickson monument in St. Mary’s Church, Dunmanway, West Cork. Here are Deposited the Bodies of Rev. John Patrickson, AM, Chantor of the Cathedral of Cloyne and Ross who Died 1717 aged 73, Martha his daughter By Frances Daughter of Sir Emanuel Moore Bart, and His 2nd Wife daughter of Colonel Robert Phaire Died 1717, Among connected Families: Blairs of Blair’s Cove, Durrus, Children and Descendants of Father/Rev. Daniel McCarthy (Muclagh) and Sarah Blair, Clearys of Dunbeacon, Durrus.
The case was brought by John Jagoe, B.L. on behalf of his wife Anne Dowe. The case concerned the authenticity of a will and related to former Coughlan lands at Carrigmamanus.
1844 Jagoe V Hungerford. Throwing light on Genealogy of Mizen Peninsula Genealogies of mid 18th Century Middlemen, Coughlan, Dowe, Driscoll/O’Driscoll
Ann Dowe was the maternal great granddaughter of Charles Coughlan. His son Richard married Miss Anne Driscoll 1768. Through the O’Driscoll connection the family is connected to a large network of O’Driscoll network of middlemen on Mizen, Skibbereen, Creagh, Caheragh, Catholic and Protestant. Another possibly son Benjamin and Jeremiah. Richard and two sons Richard and Cornelius who died without issue and a sister Alice who married Mr. Josiah Dowe in 1793, their eldest son Richard who died without issue as did Alice and through his daughters were parties to the action, Mrs. Jagoe and Alice Jagoe. Jeremiah Coughlan was a brother of Charles Coughlan and Joshua Dowe was in occupation of the Carrigmanus estate for many years.
Post 1768 Charles Coughlan sons, Benjamin, Richard 1768, married Miss Driscoll marriage settlement lands at Gurrycurihane and Carrigmanus, Richard Coughlan’s Cornelius d 1798, Richard d 1804, daughter Alice m 1803, Joshua Dowe, their daughters Alice and Miss Dowe married John Jagoe, Barrister, Bantry. 1844 Court Action Cork Assizes unsuccessful to recover lands at Carrigmanus
Possibly of extended family:
Magistrate, Daniel Coghlan, Seaview, Kilmoe, Lloyd’s Agent, later J.P. brother Naval Commander Jeremiah Coghlan, gun certificate, Crookhaven (Small Landlords, Protestant since 1600), member fishery committee, alleged to have been a smuggler.
Convert Rolls, Driscoll, West Carbery:
Cornelius Driscoll/Driscole, Gent 1766 Skull of West Carbery Dr. Casey has a marriage 1770 Cornelius Driscoll and Rebecca Williamson Appears in 1766 deed for 3 ploughlands from Richard William Hull, Gunpoint. 1766 Cornelius, Denis, Timothy Driscoll make over 3 ploughlands at Dunbeacon to John Townsend
Alexander O’Driscoll Landlord, Magistrate, Skibbereen, In trouble Again before the Lord Chancellor, He Had 40 Men Dig the Potatoes Of a Defaulting Tenant, while there cattle from a neighbouring farm strayed and were seized by his Drivers, Another Incident of Whipping a Boy on the Hunt. Maintains a Local Vendetta Against Him. Charges Concocted by a certain class of Individuals named ‘The Arbitration Committee of the Repeal Association’ consisting of A Dealer of Tapes and Small Cottons, A Village Schoolmaster, A Ci-Devant Village Saddler, A former Maker of Felt Hats and A Bankrupt Corn Dealer.
The the time there was another local Alexander O’Driscoll prominent in Skibbereen and another alos a Magistrate in Passage outside Cork. It is sometime difficult to see who is who.
The was a whole infrastructure of enforcement of tithes, cess, rents. The tithe proctors, drivers, bailiffs. Every village had a pound. Often a Landlord’s driver at midnight would seize cattle of defaulters and place then in the pound for auction. Not only cattle but eggs were restrained as in the Bandon Estate Records.
In extreme cases as in the tithe agitation of the 1830s the police and military were called in. The Rev. Kenny of Kilmeen had a gun boat called to Clonakilty to enforce tithe collection at Kilmeen.
O’Donovan Rossa in his recollection said it was common for farmers corn to be distrained while in the corn mill or store. This happened to his family.
Our Alexander is probably the one who had the tithes of Durrus and Bantry rented and was seeking military assistance to enforce collection.
CSO/RP/1833/3107. Letter from Alexander O’Driscoll, Skibbereen, [County Cork], to John Roberts, Chief Magistrate, Bantry, [County Cork], requesting police protection to recover lay tithes he has on lease in the parishes of Kilmacomogue [Kilmocomoge] and Kilcrohane, [County Cork].
Captain Alexander O’Driscoll, 1827, Clover Hill, Superseded 1810-30, Restored 1843. Norton Cottage, Skibbereen (two of same name at time), Ancestor Alexander married daughter of McFineen Dubh O’Sullivan, son of Tim ‘The Gauger’, sister Mrs Freke of Baltimore Castle. 1820 signed Memorial for new road Glengariff to Castletownbere. Married to the daughter of Thomas Attridge, Ballydehob. Correspondence with Chief Secretary appealing dismissal of 1820. 1822 subscriber as Clover Hill, Church Building Fund Durrus, he held tithes in Kilcrohane with Rector and Rev. Alleyn Evanson. Present at enquiry Skibbereen 1823 into enquiry into fatal affray at Castlehaven caused by Rev. Morritt’s tithe extraction. Grand Jury Presentments attending 12 from 1838-1840 at Norton Cottage. Probably engaged with his crew in marine salvage of Clio out of Crookhaven 1825. 1826 City election voted O’Callaghan conservative. Voted 1835 election as out of town Freeman address Shepperton. Public support for him on dismissal 1835 by fellow Magistrates Lord Bantry, Simon White, John Puxley, Samuel Townsend Senior, Samuel Townsend Junior, Hugh Lawton, Thomas Somerville, Rev. Alleyn Evanson, Richard Townsend Senior. Enquiry attended in Bandon 1841 into suspension arising from conduct with Stipendiary Magistrate J. Gore Jones and Sub-Inspector Andrew Creagh attended Earl of Bandon, Lord Viscount Bernard, on. H. White Hedges, Macroom Castle, Henry Bernard, Castle Barnard, Abraham Morris Dunkettle, Captain Henry Wallis, Drishane Castle, Lieutenant Colonel St. John Clerke, Overton House, William Cooke Wallis Junior, Castlecook, Mathias Hendley, Mountrivers, Henry Leader, Mount Leader, George Browne, Coolcower, St. Ledger Aldworth, Newmarket, Charles Evanson, Carlemont, Cork, Sir Thomas Deane, Thomas Hungerford, The Island, Nicholas Dunscomb, Mount Desert, Richard Henry Hedges Becher, Hollybrook, Skibbereen, John Isaac Heard, Kinsale, John Wheeler, Junior, James Gillman, Retreat, MD, Clonakilty, Thomas Herrick, Coolkerry, Captain R.A. Rogers, Petersfield, Michael Gallway, Gurtnagreena, John Nason, G. Nagle, Ballinamona Castle, Samuel Wallis Goold Adams, Jamesbrook, Jeremiah E. McCarthy, Rathduane, William F. Austen, Greenshela, Thomas R. Sarsfield, Ducloyne, Arthur Pery Aylmer, Castlefreke, Thomas Cuthbert Kearney, Garretstown, Joseph Haynes, Maryland House, Charles Connell, Cloverhill, John Barter, Cooldaniel, Francis G. Woodley, Leeds, Lawrence Corban, Maryville, E. Millett, MD, Cove. 1841 supported Conservative Longfield Longueville, Mallow even though Catholic hosted meeting attending John Ross, Rossford, Thomas Morris, Mahonagh, Thomas Wood, Dereeny, Listed 1838, dead….. with address Mount Music/Bunaulin, Caheragh when daughter Kate married Herbert Baldwin Esq., 1845. 1835 Subscriber at Gortnascrena, Skibbereen, Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837. Suspended for a period as J.P. reinstated after altered by a sitting of over 70 Magistrates in Bandon from both political sides. 1828 Bandon Quarter Sessions. His lands managed by Bird. Member Provisional Committee projected Bandon to Bantry Railway 1845, address Norton Cottage. Believed to have been committed to a debtors prison in Cork by his wine merchant where he died. Norton Cottage was lived in once by Dr. O’Donovan, J.P., and bought 1925 by Jasper Woulfe, Solicitor, Crown Prosecutor and TD,
CSO/RP/1829/905. Letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne [Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis Lansdowne], Bowood [House, Derry Hill, Wiltshire, England], to Francis Leveson Gower, Chief Secretary, forwarding memorial of nobility, magistrates and gentlemen of counties Cork and Kerry, to Hugh Percy, Lord Lieutenant, requesting the construction of a new line of road from Bantry to Skibbereen, containing 46 signatures, with covering note by Henry Greville, [Irish Office, London]. [Contains list of names not given in this description]
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Some of the names are very indistinct
Lansdowne, Marquis of Lansdowne [Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis Lansdowne], Bowood [House, Derry Hill, Wiltshire, England],
Bantry, Lord Bantry
Berehaven, Richard White (1800-1868), 2nd Earl of Bantry, Lord Berehaven. As Berehaven travelled extensively he was often absent from Bantry. He visited the usual sites of the nineteenth century Grand Tour, also visiting Spain, Russia, the Baltics and Scandinavia. There were two activities he invariably participated in while travelling: sketching and collecting. The latter activity led to the creation of one of the most eclectic collections of art to grace an Irish home.
J. Herbert, Sheriff of Kerry
James Hickson, J.P.
Wiliam Godfrey, Rector of Kenmare and J.P.
Edward Godfrey
Daniel Cronin, J.P.
Daniel Mahony, J.P.
Christopher Gallwey, J.B. lives in Killarney manages Kenmare/Brown Estate in Bantry/Beara
John O’Connell, J.P.
J. D. Godfrey, J.P.
Thomas Marshall, ?, J.P.
Robert Blennerhassett, J.P.
T. C. Bland, J.P.
J. Bland
Thomas H. Fuller
Samuel Mathews, Clerk
Edward Donnell, P.P
Sylvester McSwiney possibly of the extended O’Sullivan family of Beara
Magistrate: Rev. Edward Herbert Kenny, 1799, died 1842. Freeman of Kinsale 1797. Subscriber, at Moviddy, James Mullalla, Review of Irish Affairs 1688-1795. Major figure in road building praised by Horatio Townsend for road work enabling sea sand to go through Kilmeen to interior. Present at enquiry Skibbereen 1823 into enquiry into fatal affray at Castlehaven caused by Rev. Morritt’s tithe extraction. 1822 received £50 for distress in Kilmeen from Lord Lieutenant. 1830 subscriber Robert O’Callaghan Newenham ‘Views of the Antiquities of Ireland’. 1833 tithes. 1831, Ballineen 1835, 1835 Son of Rev. Dr. John Kenny, rector of Kilbrogan which he spent £3. 104 on, his father had married sister of Emmett Archbishop of Tuam. Family based in Bandon area. Subscriber at Kilmeen Glebe where he was rector for 43 years. Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837. Rector of Durrus for 6 years. Edward Herbert Kenney 1793-1799, a Justice of the Peace 28th May 1799. He was later Rector Rosscarbery and his work in organising relief work (in the famine of 1822) and paying the workers in money or meal was praised by the Parish Priest for his ‘meritorious conduct’. Family buried at Ballymartle. County Freeman Kilmeen of Cork City voting in Cork City Election 1837.
Rev. Edward Herbert Kenny, Rector of Kilmeen, Widely Praised for Work on Road and Bridges enabling Sea Sand to be used as Fertilizer in Interior of West Cork. 1832 calls in Gunboat to Clonakilty, 69th Regiment and Police in Attempt to Collect his tithes at Kilmeen and Ballygurteen.
It is difficult to reconcile his altruism and industry wiht his tithe collecting attempts. Reading the Chief Secretary Papers the military and Dublin Castle Authorities wee thoroughly sick of him and his high handed antics.
Kilmeen Herbert Gillman, Edward O’Brien. Rev. Edward Herbert Kenny £750 entirely to Rev. Edward Herbert Kenny. Special Vestry chaired by Robert Sealy, William Buttomere (Buttimer), John Bateman, John Collins approved no variation for 21 years rector assented. 1833 For 7 years ending 1821 barrel of wheat £1 18 shillings 8 and a half pence grown in said country
CSO/RP/1832/5791. Letters from EH Kenny, Rector of Kilmeen and magistrate, Clonakilty, [County Cork], to Edward Smith Stanley, [Chief Secretary], stating that his bailiff was assaulted while attempting to distrain livestock in lieu of tithe arrears in his parish and that a party of police was stoned while attempting to restore order; seeking the stationing of a military force in the parish and suggesting that the military commanders be appointed to the commission of the peace.
Also letter from Daniel Conner and NS Shuldham, magistrates, to Stanley, reporting on the incident. CSO/RP/1832/6119. Letter from the [Maj Gen Edward Blakeney, Commander in Chief], Major General Commanding, Royal Hospital, [Dublin], to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], forwarding a report [not extant] from Col Wilson, commanding the 65th Reserve concerning the enforcement of tithes at Kilmeen, [possibly County Cork]. CSO/RP/1832/5562.
File containing police reports of a serious attack on the police and military while attempting to assist Rev Edward H Kenny with the enforcement of his tithes at [Ballingurteen, County Cork] CSO/RP/1832/6335.
Letter from [Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron] Templemore, Military Secretary, Royal Hospital, Dublin, to Sir William Gosset, [Under Secretary], referring to military reports from Maj Gen James Douglas and Capt Patience, 65th Reserve at Clonakilty, [County Cork], concerning an unnecessary request made to Capt Patience by Rev EW Kenny, magistrate. Also copy of letter from Gosset, Dublin Castle, to Kenny, Kilmeen, Clonakilty, informing him that the troops should not have been required to march 18 miles on unnecessary business.
West Cork History 