1805-1818, Fragments of Dunderow Church Records, Rector 1815-1839, Rev. Morgan O’Donovan, Chieftain of The O’Donovan of Clancahill.

He assumed the title on the death of Lieutenant General Richard O’Donovan of Bawnlahan, Leap.  This did find universal approval wit the extended family as evidenced by the papers of Dr. John O’Donovan (Rev.Grave Papers), Royal Irish Academy.

 

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Tgs is an atile by Robert day, Cork businessman and antiquarian.

Click to access b1903-043.pdf

Robert Day, (1836-1914), 1889 City,  Myrtle Hill House, Cork, son of Robert, merchant, ed Hamblins and Dr Porters, Cork, m Rebecca eldest daughter of Robert Scott, J.P., Sydney Ville, Managing Director Robert Scott and Co, Hardware, Day and Co Saddlers, Corks leading antiquary, 11 children.  Probate to John Day, Merchant, 1914, £46,271. Member The Cork Cuvierian Society, writing in 1904 (11) enables the reader to visualize the scenario during the Society’s meetings in a pen picture which reads:

Its monthly meetings for a period of sixty years were held on the first Wednesday of the Autumn and Winter months in the Library of the Royal Cork Institution where the chairs on each side of the long central table were occupied by members many of whose names will be associated with the most highly cultured and learned life of Cork during the nineteenth century.

Freemason Lodge No.  1871. After his death his enormous collection of antiquities was auctioned and acquired among other by William Randolph Hearst and the British Museum. Son John married Susannah d Edwin Pim, J.P., son Richard Welstead m Kathleen d James Ledlie, J.P..

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Dunderrow	Will Burgess	Will Burgess	George Stowers, Nicholas Reynolds	RCB Library, 1781, Bishop Mann Visitation of Church of Ireland Dioceses of Cork. Ref D121.1
Dunderow 1807-1810	John Calanan, Thomas Whitley, applottment 1807	Francis Hayes, Rigsdale, Timothy Cantry, East Ballythomas, Pierce Applebe, Wiliam Lannon, Churcwardens? Thomas Haynes, Dan Calnan, Horsehill, Church wardens	1810 Thomas Barter, Ballinphellig, Samuel Sweenry, Chuch Wardens, Dan Callanan, John Scott, William Jennings,	Other names: Nicholas Roberts. Gurtnaclough, James Heard, Daniel Murphy, Rigsdale, Daniel McCarthy, Skahana, William Desmond	Sampson Sweeney, of Lefay, William Phipps, George Kelly, John Knowles, Benjamin Roberts of Liffroy, John Hayes of Mellifontstown, William Wiseman Senior, Wilton House, William Orr of Innishannon		From papers of The O’Donovan lent to Robert Day article JCHAS 1903 originals destroyed 1922
1827			John Buckley, William Beazley	Vestry returns for 1827, by order House of Commons, London February, 1828.	http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/10167/page/224749
Visitation Dunderow 1851	Francis Johns	Francis Johns teacher. 10 Children?. Incumbent and Church Education Society, 132 children	John Walton, Ben Barter		Representative Church Body Library, Dublin Records of the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. D. 12		112	96 (-14%)
Visitation 1861	Adam Hegarty	none	Richard Gash, Thomas Barter		Representative Church Body Library, Dublin Records of the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. D. 12			95
Visitation 1870	Adam Hegarty	None	John Hornibrook Junior, William Bradfield	23 acres	Representative Church Body Library, Dublin Records of the Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. D. 12			76

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Families of Huguenot Extraction, Durrus/Mizen Districts, West Cork, Camier, Connell, Dukelow, Lavers/Levis, Madras, Peer/Pier.

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Durrus_Mizen_Caheragh Huguenot Families, 2nd March 2019

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Updated, click on link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YDnbrEmU6r9n-HURUU9LnYUat8BFf5IN4T0_7h969Zw/edit

First Sermon Translated from French to be Produced in the Irish Character (Language) 1819.

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1845 Appeal to Enlarge the Churches of Schull Parsh, West Cork, to Accommodate ‘Upwards of Two Thousand Protestants of The Humblest Class’, with a Listing of Subscribers.

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Schull Burials:

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Post 1823 Letter from William Hull, Lemcon, Skibbereen, County Cork, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, referring to his former letter, emphasising the need to provide a simpler and less expensive means for the lower classes to recover small debts owed to them. Encloses, in support of his claim, a document entitled ‘ “a 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. Chief Secretary Papers

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Dominic Coppinger, Cloghane, Caheragh, M.P. Cork City 1634, Recorder Cork City Estates Forfeit and  later Recovered.

 

 

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Atlas 1878, Percy, Seymour, Ontario, Canada Showing Pockets of West Cork Emigrant Named Families.

 

Many thanks to Marthanne Williamson, Nova Scotia.

From the Percy map:

Probably from Rossmore/Brahalish, Durrus, Richard Williamson “cousin  married to Sarah Baker c 1829 -1888.  (This Richard is identified as a cousin to my gr gr grandfather also Richard Williamson 1800-1878 Hallowell. Prince Edward County, married to Susan Baker 1818-1894)

Henry Beamish 1821-1893 married to Sarah Baker 1823-1907( dr of Rebecca Williamson 1792-1859? and John Baker 1795-c 1840?)

Other familiar names- Allen, Atkinson, Attridge,, Barry, Beamish, Brickley, Brooks, Clark, Collins, Driscoll, English, Fleming, Forde, Johnson, Love, O’Sullivan, Thomas King, McCarthy, McGuire, Melville, Miller, Richardson, Shannon, Tobin, Wood, Young.

This and another page, Seymour, of the 1878 Ontario atlas show two pockets of families who likely came c 1840 to Ontario from the Durrus area.  Same concentration in nearby Hastings County,

 

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Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000Seymour , Northumberland

 

 

 

Co, Ontario 1878 Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000

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Population Density and Emigration of West Cork Protestant families, from Mizen and Muintervera Peninsulas, to Rochester New York, Wisconsin and Percy Township, Northumberland County, Ontario from early 19th Century.

 

Nexus: Picton, Ontario and Muinterbhaire and Mizen Peninsulas, Williamson, Baker, Attridge, Dukelow, King, O’Sullivan and Hurley families

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Here is the on- line Gazetteer of 1865-66 for these communities- Seymour and Percy- and the notes show population changes. eg Township of Percy 1842- 920 pop. By 1850.. Pop. 2162 . By 1861, pop 3,515 of which 438 were ‘natives of Ireland’.

The information provides concession and Lot numbers, also christian names for many of those indexed.

Here is Thomas King, married to Mary Baker, living at Concession 10 lot 8, Percy. https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusines1865suth/page/72

Percy p 70- Atkins R ( Robert) Con. 8, Lot 19 and other spellings- Akins, on marriage record eakens ( no caps) , Aikens Robert Aikins (1818-1889) married Eliza Williamson, (sister to my gr gr grandfather Richard Williamson 1800-1878). Robert’s sister, Ann Aikins ( 1822-1902) , married Thomas Williamson ( 1815-1905), second eldest son of Mary ( 1779-1873) and Robert Williamson (c 1780-c1830?) The Aikins’ were strong methodists- and may have come from Co. Cork, definitely from Ireland.

Beamest ( Beamish) Charles Con 1, Lot 12 Beamish, Henry Con , Lot 8

Collins, Jeremiah, Morris, and Patrick all at Con 9 Lot 24 Collins, Timothy Con 9 L ot17

King, A con 10, lot 9 King , James con 10, lot 8 King, Charles con 9, lot 11 King, Joseph con 12, lot 11. King, Thomas Con.10 lot 8

McCarthy Charles Con 7 lot 13 McCarthy James Con 11 lot 12 McCarthy John Con 11 lot 12 McCarthy P Con 11 lot 10 McCarthy Thos. Con 11 lot 10

Shanahan James Con 11, lot 24

Sullivan, John f. Con 10, lot 18 Sullivan: Timothy jr. f. Con 9 lot 6 Sulivan: Timothy h. Con 10 lot 10 Sullivan: Timothy sr. f. Con 10 lot 6 Sullivan, A f Con 10, lot 6

?Swinton D f Con 4, lot 11 ( Swanton? )

Tobin C Con 7 lot 14 Tobin Wm. b Con 10 lot 12

White J sr f Con 8 lot 10 White J jr f Con 8 lot 10 White, M f Con 9 lot 3 White, William con 5 lot 5

Williamson, R ( Richard) con 8, lot 7 ( ‘cousin’ to my direct family) Willamson James Con 11 lot 8( I can’t place him yet- could be my family?)

Seymour https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusines1865suth/page/70

a bigger community 1850, 2117 inhabitants. 1861 3, 842 inhabitants. Irish 328 King, Wm. Con 14 lot1 9 ( out of alphabetical order on the page)

Beamest ( Beamish) Charles Con 1, Lot 12 Beamish, Henry Con , Lot 8 Hopkins, B Con 8, Lot 9 McCarthy Charles Con 7 lot 13 McCarthy James Con 11 lot 12 McCarthy John Con 11 lot 12 McCarthy P Con 11 lot 10 McCarthy Thos. Con 11 lot 10

Peters, Charles sr and jr Con 10 lot 7

O’ Sullivan C h Con 7 lot 10 O’Sullivan D f Con 1 lot 4 O’Sullivan J h Con 9 lot 10 (others “Sullivans” listed in Percy) Tobin, Cornelius Con 7 lot 14- from 1861 census 100 acres Tobin, Wm Con 10 lot 12

White J sr and jr Con 8 lot 10

White R f Con 5, lot 15 White, James f Con 4, Lot 16 White John and Andrew h Con 5, lot 19 White R f Con 3, lot 11

Willamson James Con 11 lot 8 Also listed in Percy Williamson, R ( Richard) con 8, lot 7 ( ‘cousin’ to my direct family)

Daily line to Rochester NY https://archive.org/details/gazetteerbusines1865suth/page/172

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Historical Maritime Input to West Cork Economy

 

Historical Maritime Input to West Cork Economy, 16th February 2019

1834 Grand Jury Presentments Barony of West Carbery, West Division, Magistrates, Cess Payers, Contractors, Road Works.

West Division, West Carbery, Contractors, 1832, 1833, 1834.

 

 

There are frequent reference to new lines of road. At that stage Richard Griffith and Alexander Nimmo had completed their grand roads from Skibbereen to Crookhaven, Skibbereen to Bantry via Letterlickey Durrus, Ballylickey to Castletownbere, Glengarriff to Kenmare partial, Crookstown to Bantry over Cousane Gap.  These road unlike the Grand Jury roads were built to  a very high engineering standard with robust bridges, all the more remarkable given the primitive state of equipment.

 

In the road contractor shere apart from the landlords they were a prosperous network up to now hidden from view.

In other presentments from 1800 onwards for the area between Kinsale to Skibbereen there is huge work on the roads network to link the interior of West Cork to beaches and  sand quays.  On the Red Strand outside Clonakilty there could be up to 1,000 horse and carts a day drawing sea sand for fertilizer.

Many of the secondary bridges were built between 1790 and 1820.

 

1811 Grand Jury Map, Goleen, Schull, Ballydehob, Durrus, Kilcrohane, West Cork.

1839 Applications for presentments to be laid before the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Cork, Spring Assizes, 1839. Contains applications for Payment to B.Neenan £3 for half year’s salary as interpreter of the Irish language. Seneschals with Irish Language Competence.

 

1846. Further from Villicus of Ballydehob, Pigs Wandering and their Owners fined. Cause of Mischief Abuse of Grand Jury presentments by Land Owner in building Mount Gabriel Road to Favour his Land in time of Great Distress. High Praise for the action of James Hutchinson Swanton (O’Sullivan descendant) in practical Relief and in the Middle of Starvation Cattle Being Distrained for Rent.

 

Under the Radar: Roads are discovered to yield a more profitable crop than farming, 1809 Cork Grand Jury Presentments: John Arundel, William and John Swanton, Ballydehob, Alexander O’Driscoll, Skibbereen, John and William Warner, Bantry, Samuel Townsend, Henry Ryan, Skibbereen, Later, Birds and Tobins of Kilcrohane, Moss and Nicholas Families, Durrus, Shanahans of Dunbeacon, Vickeries of Ballycomane, Fitzgeralds of Baltimore.

 

1832. Lord John Carbery (Evans-Freke) 6th Baron Carbery (1765-1845), 1821, Castle Freke, Rosscarbery. Pamphlet urging Reform of Cork Grand Jury Places mentioned Parishes of Kilmeen, Kilmacabea, Parish of Rosscarbery, Bohanagh, Ardagh, Mealmoreen, Carrigluskey. Ploughlands, Gneeves Cuasses

 

1850 Roadworks Report to Grand Jury, of Mr. W. A. Treacy, County Surveyor, West Riding on Road Progress, Dunmanus Bay, Snave/Borlin, KerryBounds, Schull/Bantry, Bantry/Dunmanway, Leap/Glandore.

 

Cork Grand Jury/Agents 1765.

 

 

1674, Bounty for Wolves, Kinsale. Parish of Desertserges (Enniskeane) there is a townland of Breaghna means a place with plenty of wolves,  Dunmanway, Cnoc na gConallach- Hill of the dogs or wolves.

From Richard Caulfield’s Annals of Kinsale, his mother was Gosnell possibly far back from Schull area, the Gosnells are interrelated to Evans, Youngs, O’Regans, Crowleys, Prittie O’Sullivans (Caheragh):

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In the Parish of Desertserges (Enniskeane) there is a townland of Breaghna means a place with plenty of wolves, Bruno O’Donoghue, Parish Histories of West Cork. In Bennetts History of Bandon he describes the same Parish as a retreat for wolves.

The late Dick Warner in Irish Examiner:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/dick-warner/how-the-irish-wolf-went-to-the-dogs-136443.html

In 1698 a Cork alderman made a written complaint about the number of foxes and wolves in and around the city. But the fate of the wolf in Ireland was sealed in the 1600s and Oliver Cromwell is probably responsible. During the Cromwellian Plantation the first settlers to arrive in the country were horrified to find it full of wolves. The animals had long been extinct in England and Wales, the only British survivors were in remote parts of the Scottish Highlands.

So in 1653 the Cromwellian government placed a bounty on them –- £5 for a male wolf and £6 for a female. This was a massive amount of money in those days. Persecuted by bounty hunters and with their forest habitat dwindling, wolves started to decline in numbers.

Dunmanway townland:

Derrylahan (508 acres) Doire Leathan- Broad oakwood. It might read Doire leacan-wood of the slope. At the southside is Mount Gunnery- Meall gConai (mound of the paths). Canon Lyons wrote it Cnoc na gConallach- Hill of the dogs or wolves. Present Local name is Yew Tree Hill. According to Bennett (history of Bandon) here grew a remarkable specimen of old Irish yew, and its bulk was such that at a distance of two yards from the ground it had a circumference of eighteen feet. A boulder on its south side is called An Marcach- The rider.

From Dorothea History of Townsends, p.146

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