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1764-1840Fr. Coombes a noted Cork historian wrote the following in respect of Robert Swanton.
The Swanton Memorial
An Historical Memorial in Skibbereen
by James Coombes
From the Swanton Family History Worldwide by Louise May Swanton
Two forgotten Ballydehob patriots are linked in a memorial in the old Protestant cemetery in Skibbereen. On the obelisk which surmounts the memorial there is a draped urn with the single word ROBERT inscribed on it. One of the four panels had the following inscription:
Sacred to the Memory of
ROBERT SWANTON
Counsellor at Law
One of the Judges of the Marine
Court of the City of New York
Who departed this life
in Ballidahab
On the 15th of February 1840
aged 76
He was a humble Christian and faithful
Friend and Benefactor
Be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted,
Forgiving one another even as God
for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Epb. iv.3
Do ghradhaigh se na Gaedhil agus an Ghaeilge
Another panel commemorates three children of Thomas Swanton, Maria (d. 21 July 1852, aged 11 years 5 months); Ellen (d. 1 April 1856, aged 17 years 9 months); Annie (. 21 Nov. 1857, aged 17 years 9 months). It also contains the inscriptions: “Omnibus inservientes sed servi unius Domini” and “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”
A third panel commemorates Sarah wife of Nathaniel Evanson, IV July 1830 aged 33. Sarah was almost certainly a sister of Thomas Swanton, who was a nephew of Robert Swanton.
Robert Swanton was born about the year 1764. Richard Deasy of Clonakilty wrote of him in 1845 that he had been a ‘most active agent of the United Irishmen’ and that he had ‘organised the country into a military preparation with sergeants and officers’.
Shortly before the rising of 1798 Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the Sheares brothers and other leaders were arrested. Swanton fled to America. According to one account, he had also been arrested and had escaped from jail. The late Thomas Roycroft of Skibbereen kept alive the tradition that he had been hidden in a butter barrel, smuggled out to sea in a rowing boat, and that he had boarded a ship six miles from the coast.
He soon made his mark in his adopted country, and in the 1820’s, was a leading figure in the ‘Friends of Ireland in New York’. He was the author of ‘A Manifesto to the People of Ireland’ issued by the ‘Friends’. Among his colleagues in this society were Dr. William Power and his brother Father John Power, vicar general of New York, and one of the most eminent priests in America. They were sons of Andrew and Elizabeth Power (1), who lived in the house now (1981) occupied by Mr. Joe Connolly of Deelish Skibbereen. They were nephews of Father John Power, the saintly pastor of Kilmacabea. Further research would probably unearth more details of Robert Swanton’s American career. For the moment, we must be satisfied with the obituary published by the New York Evening Post on 4 April 1840.
“It is with heartfelt regret that we announce the death of Robert Swanton, for many years judge of the Marine Court of this city. He died on the 15th of February last in the County of Cork, Ireland, which place he revisited about four years ago after an absence of more than 36 years. The loss of this inestimable man cannot fail to be severely felt by the poor and oppressed to whom he was an undeviating protector and friend.
Possessed of considerable wealth but disdaining the vanities and luxuries for which wealth is so eagerly sought, he freely contributed to the relief of the indigenous and to promoting the interest of numerous relatives and friends. He was no less alive to the political and moral welfare of his fellow creatures. He was an unswerving and ardent advocate of the rights of man.
In the great effort undertaken at the end of the last century by a magnanimous and self-devoted band of patriots to rescue their native land from the grasp of the oppressor, he nearly sacrificed his life, was driven from his home, to become a friendless and destitute exile. But in the cherished land of his adoption, his sound sense, his intelligence, his integrity and his devotion to popular rights were soon appreciated and earned the esteem and love of a numerous circle of friends.
Neither prosperity nor advancing age dampened the ardor of his philanthropy. We have no doubt that after he had passed the alloted span of man’s existence here, he was willing to sacrifice all for the social regeneration of man as when, 44 years ago, he placed his name on the roll of the “United Irishmen”.
The Truth Teller (2) said of him “To the above just tribute to the memory of a good man – ‘the noblest work of God’ – we add that the following extract of a letter from him, for examination of which we are indebted to one of his distinguished friends, dated Cork 30th November last, showing that in his 80th year he was still the same unchanged, unchangeable and uncompromising Democrat which marked his previous course.
The octogenarian asked an old friend in New York “What are the prospects of my esteemed fellow citizen, Martin Van Buren? Electioneering rumor is busy even here. Well have you tacked British to the self-styled Whigs of the present day”. In allusion to the name the opposition have taken he continues, “You and I have often been amused with names, but never gulled by them. I know that American Democracy will — the people will — be true to themselves and Martin Van Buren will be our next President. I hope to be with you in time to give my feeble support to the good old cause”. The prophetic voice of Robert Swanton is now a voice from the grave: “appreciate, believe, act.”
12 Saturday May 2012
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From Trinity College/Circle.
The K. has considered how the K.’s city of Cork is situated on the frontier of the K.’s Irish enemies and is surrounded on all sides by those enemies, and how the K.’s faithful lieges of the parts neighbouring the city are destroyed and devasted by hostile attacks and daily invasions of those enemies, so that the citizens and commons and the K.’s said lieges cannot reside there upon the defence of that city these days without a great supply of produce [absque magna frugum copia] for their sustenance. The K. has also considered the good place that the K.’s city holds in aid and comfort of his faithful lieges and in resistance of the malice of his Irish enemies.
By advice of the Jcr and council in Ire. and of the K.’s special grace, the K. has granted and given licence to the citizens and commons to buy and load all kinds of grain by themselves or their servants and deputies in ships, barges and boats in any ports in the land of Ire. for their sustenance, as is necessary and fit from time to time; and to transport the grain thus loaded to the same city for that reason, both by land and by sea, and to carry it freely and without any impediment whatsoever, notwithstanding any statutes, proclamations or inhibitions to the contrary made before this time. ORDER not to trouble or oppress them in any way contrary to this the K.’s grant.
CPI, p. 87.
RCH.
The following abbreviations are used within in the text of CIRCLE
This glossary is by no means comprehensive. Readers may also wish to consult standard references books such as Joseph Byrne, Byrne’s dictionary of local Irish History from the earliest times to c.1900 (Cork, 2004); P. G. Osborn, Osborn’s concise law dictionary, ed. Sheila Bone (London, 2001).
| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| advowson | The right of patronage or presentation to a church benefice. |
| allocate, writ of | A writ authorizing allowance to be made by the officers of the Ex. of a specified amount: often this amount is to be off-set against the debts owed to the K. by the beneficiary. |
| alterage | A form of affinity proscribed in late medieval Ireland between the Irish and the English, whereby a man stood sponsor for a child at baptism; (also) gossipred. |
| assize | Technical term for legal proceedings or various kinds. See mort d’ancestor, novel disseisin. |
| avener [Lat. avarius] | provider of oats, esp. for the household of the K. or his chief governor |
| avoirdupois | Miscellaneous merchandise sold by weight. |
| bonnaght [Ir. buannacht] | The billeting of mercenaries or servants. |
| cask | See tun. |
| certiorari, writ of | Letters close issued by the K. to his officers commanding them to supply information to him concerning a specified matter, normally by searching the records. |
| chattels | Property, goods, money: as opposed to real property (land). |
| dicker [Lat. dacra] | A measure of 10 hides. |
| dower | Portion (one third) of a deceased husband’s estate which the law allows to his widow for her life. |
| escheat | The reversion of land to the lord of the fee to the crown on failure of heirs of the owner or on his outlawry. |
| extent | A survey and valuation of property, esp. one made by royal inquisition. |
| falding [Ir. fallaing] | A kind of coarse woollen cloth produced in Ireland; the mantle or cloak made from the same. |
| fee-farm | A fixed annual rent payable to the K. by chartered boroughs. |
| fotmel [Lat. fotmellum] | A measure of lead. |
| engrossment | Technical term: the action of writing out, for instance patent letters and charters; (also) the documents thus written out. |
| enrolment | Technical term: the action of recording in the records of the K., esp. the registering of a deed, memorandum, recognizance; (also) the specific item or record thus enrolled. |
| hanaper | A repository for the keeping of money. The ‘clerk of the hanaper in chancery’ was the chancery official responsible for the receipt of fines for the issue, engrossment and ensealing of writs, patents and charters issued by the chancery. |
| herberger [Lat. herbergerius, hospitator] | One sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train (OED). |
| galangal [AN galyngale] | The aromatic rhizome of certain Asian plants of the genera Alpinia and Kaempferia, of the ginger family, used in cookery and herbal medicine; (also) any of these plants (OED). |
| generosus [Lat.] | Term designating social status: translated as ‘gentleman’. |
| king’s widow [Lat. vidua regis] | The widow of a tenant in chief: so called because whe was not allowed to marry a second time without royal licence. |
| knights’ fees | Units of assessment of estates in land. Originally a single knight’s fee was the amount of land for which the military service of one knight (=knight service) was required by the crown. ‘Fee’ derives from the Latin feudum, which in other contexts translated as ‘fief’. In practice the descent of landed estates meant that many knights’ fees came to be subdivided and, in the later Middle Ages, personal service was frequently commuted to money payments (=scutage). |
| liberate, writ of | A chancery writ issued to the treasurer and chamberlains of the Ex. authorizing them to make payment of a specified amount, often the annual fees, wages and rewards of the K.’s officers. |
| linch [Lat. lincia] | A measure of tin. |
| livery | The delivery of seisin, or possession, of an estate hitherto held in the K.’s hand, for instance when a minor reaches the age of majority. |
| mainprize | Legal term: the action of undertaking to stand surety (=‘mainpernor’) for another person; the action of making oneself legally responsible for the fulfilment of a contract or undertaking by another person (OED). |
| mass [Lat. messa] | A standard measure of metal. |
| messuage | A portion of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, as the site for a dwelling house; (also) a dwelling house together with outbuildings and the adjacent land assigned to its use (OED). |
| mort d’ancestor, assize of [Lat. assisa mortis antecessoris] | A legal process to recover land of which the plaintiff’s ancestor (father, mother, uncle, aunt, brother sister, nephew or niece) died seised (=in possession), possession of which was since taken by another person. |
| nolumus, clause of [Lat. cum clausula nolumus] | A standard clause inserted especially in letters of protection by which pleas and suits are delayed for a specified period of time. |
| novel disseisin, assize of [Lat.assisa nove disseisine] | A legal process to recover land from which the plaintiff claims to have been dispossessed (=disseised). |
| pensa | See wey. |
| piece [L. pecia] | A standard quantity of merchandise. |
| pendent seal | Seal hanging from engrossed letters patent attached to a tongue or tag of parchment. |
| perpresture | An illegal encroachment upon royal property. |
| plica | A fold along the foot of engrossed letters patent and charters to create a double thickness of parchment, used for attaching the ‘great seal pendent’ to the letters. An incision was made in the plica and through which a tag of parchment was attached. A wax impression of a seal was then affixed to the tag. |
| protection | An act of grace by the K., granted by chancery letters, by which the recipient is to be free from suits at law for a specified term; granted especially to persons crossing overseas or otherwise out of reach of the courts in the K.’s service. |
| quare impedit, writ of | An action brought to recover the advowson of a benefice, brought by the patron against the bishop or other person hindering the presentation. |
| scutage | The commutation of personal military service to the crown for a money payment. Normally called ‘royal service’ in Ireland. |
| seisin | Formal legal possession of land. |
| sendal [Lat. cendallum; ME cendal] | A thin rich silken material (OED). |
| stallage [Lat. stallagium, estallagium] | Payment for a market stall. |
| tun [Lat. dolium] | A large cask or barrel, esp. of wine. |
| valettus | A term designating social status: translated ‘yeoman’. |
| Vidua Regis [Lat.] | See King’s widow. |
| volumus, clause of [Lat. cum clausula volumus] | A standard clause inserted esp. in letters of protection by which pleas and suits are delayed for a specified period of time. In full the clause runs: volumus quod interim sit quietus de omnibus placitis et querelis (=we wish that meanwhile he be quit of all pleas and plaints). |
| waif | A piece of property which is found ownerless and which, if unclaimed within a fixed period after due notice given, falls to the lord. |
| waivery [AN weiverie] | The technical term for proceedings of outlawry in the case of women. |
| wey [Lat. pensa, peisa, pisa] | A standard of dry-goods weight. |
| worsted [ME wyrstede] | A woollen fabric or stuff made from well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool combed to lay the fibres parallel (OED). |
| writ [Lat. brevis] | Letters close containing commands by the K. to certain specified persons, esp. royal officers. Returnable writs, which were not normally enrolled in the chancery rolls, were to be returned by the officer to chancery with details of the actions taken by the officer in response to the contents. See also allocate, certiorari, liberate. |
10 Tuesday Apr 2012
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The Irish Reproductive Loan Fund was a micro credit scheme set up in 1824 to provide small loans to the ‘industrious poor’. Local associations and committees administered the scheme, most often from a small town in a rural area, and county committees oversaw their work. The records of the local associations and county committees are in the UK National Archives and cover the years 1824 to 1846 for county Cork. As well as the notes of security for the loans, there are loan ledgers, repayment books and defaulters’ books. The minimum information supplied is address and occupation, but much additional detail is often given in the local association records, including notes on health, family circumstances and emigration.
Reproduction Loan Records Durrus/Kilcrohane 1853
Verified by Constable Heffernan, Carrigbui, 1853. The handwriting is somewhat difficult to make out, there are comments like gone to England, America, in poor circumstances or middling circumstances.
| Cruttees | T91/142B | |
| Richard Duklow | 23/3/1848 | |
| Michael Baker | 23/3/1840 | |
| Michael Baker | 13/7/1840 | |
| James Dukelow | 18/1/1846 | |
| Aghagouna (Part Clashadoo) | T91/142B/0136 | |
| John Dukelow | 26/10/1846 | |
| Jehr. Sullivan | 10/5/1846 | |
| Timothy Sullivan | 29/6/1846 | |
| Denis Wholley | 22/6/1846 | |
| John Wholley | 22/6/1846 | |
| Jehr. Sullivan (Comba) | 20/7/1846 | |
| Timothy Sullivan (alias S Kelly) | 13/7/1846 | |
| Michael Coppinger | 20/7/1846 | |
| Ballycomane | T91/142B/0137 | |
| Michael Hurly | 20/4/1846 | |
| Mary Connolly | 13/7/1846 | |
| Coomkeen or Cumkeen | T91/142B | |
| Patrick Horrigan | 20/4/1846 | |
| Denis Carthy | 18/?/1846 | |
| Carrigboy | T91/142B/0139 | |
| Edward Goggin | 20/4/1846 | |
| Patrick Murray | 20/4/1846 | |
| Barth. Mountain | 14/5/1846 | |
| Patrick Murray | 18/5/1846 | |
| Cornelius Curran | 18/5/1846 | |
| Henry Caverly | 8/6/1846 | |
| Richard Caverly | 8/6/1853 | |
| William Goggin | 29/3/1846 | |
| Daniel Minehane | 29/6/1846 | |
| James Mahony | 24/6/1846 | |
| James Harrington | 13/7/1846 | |
| Carrigboy | T91/142B/0140 | |
| Michael Hanly | 10/8/1846 | |
| Denis Sullivan | 13/7/1846 | |
| Patrick Sullivan | 27/7/1846 | |
| James Holland | 10/8/1846 | |
| Patrick Donovan | 10/8/1846 | |
| Michael Walsh | 10/8/1846 | |
| John Mole? | 7/10/1846 | |
| Lar Lyhane | 10/8/1846 | |
| John Mahon | 26/10/1846 | |
| Droumreigh or Droumreagh | T91/142B | |
| Daniel Sullivan | 11/5/1846 | |
| Michael Brien | 11/5/1846 | |
| Denis Carthy | 11/5/1846 | |
| Maurice Brien | 20/7/1846 | |
| Michael Sullivan | 20/7/1846 | |
| Michael Sullivan (Omgh) | 20/7/1846 | |
| Jeremiah Sullivan | 27/4/1850 | |
| Frank Hunt | 3/8/1846 | |
| James Hunt | 20/8/1846 | |
| Coolcolaghta or Coolcologhta | T91/142B/0142 | |
| Denis alias Connie Sullivan Snr. | 18/5/1846 | |
| Mary Carthy | 18/5/1846 | |
| Patrick Donovan | 18/5/1846 | |
| Edward White | 20/7/1846 | |
| Richard Baker | 30/7/1846 | |
| Daniel Donovan | 3/8/1846 | |
| Rossmore | T91/142B/142B | |
| James Callaghan | 20/5/1846 | |
| John Patison | 25/5/1846 | |
| Timothy Driscoll | 15/3/1846 | |
| Timothy Daly | 26/10/1846 | |
| Edward Attridge | 10/8/1846 | |
| Denis Connolly | 26/10/1846 | |
| Brahalish | T91/142B/0144 | |
| Charles King | 27/7/1846 | |
| Mary Sullivan | 8/6/1846 | |
| Owen Sullivan | 8/6/1846 | |
| Timothy King | 10/7/1846 | |
| James Williamson | 27/7/1846 | |
| Kitty Carthy (Silvy?) | 27/7/1846 | |
| Blair’s Cove | T91/142B/0145 | |
| James Sullivan (Barnagh) | 15/6/1846 | |
| Mary Sullivan | 13/7/1846 | |
| Rossnacaheragh | T91/142B/0146 | |
| Timothy Sullivan | 15/3/1846 | |
| Michael Wholahane | 16/7/1846 | |
| Mary Sullivan | 6/7/1846 | |
| John Driscoll | 6/7/1840 | |
| Tom Foley | 20/7/1846 | |
| Michael Donovan | 20/7/1846 | |
| John Daly | 27/7/1846 | |
| Gearameen | T91/142B/0147 | |
| Daniel Hartigan | 22/6/1846 | |
| William Johnson | 29/6/1846 | (possibly also Parkanna and Classadoo) |
| Coolnahorna (Upper Clashadoo) | T91/142B/0148 | |
| David Hartigan | 22/6/1846 | |
| Daniel Callaghan | 13/7/1846 | |
| Boulineagh | T91/142B/0149 | |
| Daniel Holland | 29/6/1846 | |
| Coalta (Kealties) | T91/142B/0151 | |
| John Shanahan | 29/6/1846 | |
| Kitty Sullivan | 29/6/1846 | |
| Patrick Donovan | 22/6/1846 | |
| Jude Martin | 27/7/1846 | |
| James Donovan | 27/7/1846 | |
| Maurice Foley | 27/7/1846 | |
| Cornl. Flynn | 2/8/1846 | |
| Clossadoo (Clashadoo) | T91/142B/0153 | |
| James Mahony | 22/3/1846 | |
| Norry Mahony | 22/6/1846 | |
| David Hartigan | 22/6/1846 | |
| Norry Smith | 6/7/1846 | |
| John Canty | 13/7/1846 | |
| Ellen Driscoll | 13/7/1846 | |
| Moulimill or Moulemil | T91/142B/0153 | |
| Corn Mahony | 22/3/1846 | |
| William Patison | 3/8/1846 | |
| Tom Baker | 2/8/1846 | |
| Susana Levis | 3/8/1846 | |
| Richard Patison | 3/8/1846 | |
| Tullig | T91/142B/0155 | |
| Timothy Coghlan | 10/8/1846 | |
| Glebe (Clashadoo) | T91/142B/0155 | |
| John Carthy | 18/1/1846 | |
| Jehr. Hayes | 6/7/1846 | |
| Jehr Hayes | 27/7/1846 | |
| Filechilla | T91/142B/0156 | |
| Eileen Flynn | 3/8/1846 | |
| Upper Glen | T91/142B/0157 | |
| Richard Hunt | 13/7/1846 | |
| Glenloch | T91/142B/0158 | |
| Timothy Connolly | 107/1846 | |
| Mary Regan | 13/7/1846 | |
| Daniel Whollehane | 13/7/1846 | |
| Denis Carthy (Down) | 30/8/1846 | |
| Daniel Lairin Laurin? | 20/7/1846 | |
| William Scott | 20/7/1846 | |
| James Harrington | 27/7/1846 | |
| Murthy Donovan | 27/7/1846 | |
| Daniel Holland | 2/8/1846 | |
| John Driscoll | 10/8/1846 | |
| Mary Connell | 10/8/1846 | |
| Glenloch | T91/142B/0159 | |
| Daniel Carthy | 10/8/1846 | |
| Daniel Carthy | ||
| Patrick Donovan | 10/8/1846 | |
| Kilcrohane | T91/142B/0161 | |
| Michael Gallagher | 7/10/1846 | |
| Rouska (Rooska) | T91/142B/0162 | |
| Richard Varian | 10/8/1846 | |
| John Murphy | 27/7/1846 | |
| Timothy Driscoll | 3/8/1846 | |
| George Varian | 3/8/1846 | |
| Craghamadra | T91/142B/0163 | |
| Timothy Mahony | 27/7/1846 | |
| Moreigh | T91/142B/0164 | |
| James Brian? | 27/7/1846 | |
| Keelovenogue | T91/142b/0165 | |
| John Murphy | 3/8/1846 | |
| Skehaneyleary | T91/142B/0166 | |
| Vincent White | 20/7/1846 | |
| Reenachappil | T91/142B/0167 | |
| Jesey/ Lynch | 3/8/1846 | |
| Cumachee | T91/142B/0168 | |
| Jerry Mahony | 18/8/1846 | |
| Daniel Donovan | 10/8/1846 | |
| Aghaville | T91/142B/0169 | |
| Ellen Spelane | 10/8/1846 | |
| Skrehanamuclla (lower Coomkeen) | T91/142B/0170 | |
| Charles Dukelow | 26/10/1846 | |
| Parkaeuina | T91/142B/0171 | |
| William Johnson | 26/10/1846 | Classadoo |
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Bantry Barony, Durrus Parish. |
Population
1841 |
1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 |
| Booltenagh | 107 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 18 |
| Curraghavaddra | 115 | 50 | 37 | 43 | 35 |
| Dromreague | 28 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 9 |
| Gurteen | 62 | 51 | 38 | 49 | 49 |
| Lissareemig | 10 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| Mullagh | 93 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
| Rooska East | 132 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 25 |
| Rooska West | 155 | 160 | 97 | 89 | 79 |
| Tedagh | 30 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 30 |
| Total | 752 | 389 | 336 | 318 | 275 |
| Carbery West, West Division, Durrus Parish | |||||
| Ardgeena | 69 | 46 | 14 | 35 | 42 |
| Ballycomane | 381 | 223 | 185 | 210 | 205 |
| Brahalish | 277 | 147 | 131 | 113 | 109 |
| Carrigboy | 190 | 137 | 200 | 12 | 26 |
| Clashadoo | 263 | 162 | 141 | 147 | 130 |
| Clonee | 95 | 30 | 27 | 34 | 25 |
| Coolculaghta | 474 | 215 | 193 | 231 | 217 |
| Coomkeen | 164 | 120 | 131 | 140 | 134 |
| Crottees | 146 | 76 | 63 | 52 | 51 |
| Dromatanaiheen | 50 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Dromreagh | 263 | 119 | 105 | 101 | 101 |
| Gearhameen | 263 | 134 | 105 | 107 | 95 |
| Kealties | 419 | 186 | 178 | 175 | 100 |
| Kilvenoge | 207 | 121 | 78 | 69 | 75 |
| Murragh | 121 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 38 |
| Rossmore | 177 | 94 | 112 | 113 | 70 |
| Rusheenaniska | 35 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| Tullig | 116 | 94 | 35 | 57 | 52 |
| 3731 | 2003 | 1501 | 1703 | 1581 | |
| Total | |||||
| Bantry Barony, Durrus Parish. | Houses
1841 |
1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 |
| Booltenagh | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Curraghavaddra | 15 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Dromreague | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Gurteen | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Lissareemig | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Mullagh | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Rooska East | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Rooska West | 23 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
| Tedagh | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Total | 114 | 79 | 61 | 54 | 64 |
| Carbery West, West Division, Durrus Parish | Houses | ||||
| Ardgeena | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Ballycomane | 60 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 29 |
| Brahalish | 41 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| Carrigboy | 20 | 20 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| Clashadoo | 46 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
| Clonee | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Coolculaghta | 76 | 40 | 36 | 41 | 40 |
| Coomkeen | 27 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| Crottees | 22 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Dromatanaiheen | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Dromreagh | 48 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 20 |
| Gearhameen | 38 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
| Kealties | 75 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 23 |
| Killavenoge | 28 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| Murragh | 18 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Rossmore | 26 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 11 |
| Rusheenaniska | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Tullig | 18 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Total | 395 | 374 | 322 | 291 | 236 |
These figures are obtained from the Census Commissioners report to the House of Commons, 1884.
07 Wednesday Dec 2011
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The original manuscript is held at the Lambeth Library in England and is written after the Battle of Kinsale and prior to the storming of the O’Sullivan Castle at Dunboy by SIR GEORGE CAREW to LORD DEPUTY MOUNTJOY. MS 624, p. 141 13 May 1602
02 Friday Dec 2011
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Sarah Dukelow is still alive, formerly a National Teacher, July 2016. The teacher in her school, St. James, Durrus, Líam Blennerhassett, from Tralee was particularly inspiring. Part of the collection has now gone online the rest in phases will happen. The collection is the most extensive in the world. It was saved from possible destruction in the 1960s by TK Whitaker who ordered it be placed in the new UCD campus from the dangerous store at Stephen’s Green.
She said that two of her informants were Jack Dukelow and Mick Bohane the parish Priest’s manservant. Her father used to have ‘scoraoichts’ in his house at Sea Lodge. Some distance away on Sundays there used to be a pattern for local dances in the afternoon.
From Mick she got a poem in Irish which she transcribed. He did not speak Irish but this was by his grandmother in the style of the lament composed by Eibhlín Ni Chonaill on the death of her husband, ‘Caoineadh Art Ó Laoighre’. She wrote it in the jotter supplied but the teacher did not send all the jotters to Dublin. She said that went to Dublin was only a fraction of what she collected.
Jack Dukelow died in around 1954 and was from Rossmore, grandfather of the present Eric Dukelow. On his mother’s side he was Sullivan one of the Hurrigs who claim descent from O’Sullivan Bere. He told her that during the Famine boats from America used to come with meal to the pier near her house at Gearhameen. On one occasion the meal landed it the man in charge called out names from a list. On man from Kilcrohane was in a terrible condition but as his name was not on the list he got nothing. Jacks usual greeting to people was ‘T’anam an diabhal.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gnw2LsIbV0Wxk2bGjzCPq9sH9rCCQOrYTh5c0bG7vf0/edit
She mentioned that in the long hot summer of 1940 Tuna arrived in Dumnanus Bay and the pilchards returned. Her father used to cure them on slabs on the pier in front of their house at Sea Lodge, Gearhameen..
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27 Thursday Oct 2011
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Parliamentary Commission on Law and Practice In Respect of the occupation of Land in Ireland, Evidence taken at Bantry, Bandon, Kinsale, Bandon, 1844 re Land, Michael Murphy, Donemark, Farmer and Miller, 200 years under Lord Kenmare, William O’Sullivan Esq., his Son a Barrister in Dublin, Carriganass Castle, has 500-600 acres, in Youth put out of Family Lands by Lord Kenmare, John Collins Gent., Farmer, Oldcourt, Skibbereen, Labourers Wages 6d to 8d a day, Patrick Tobin, Gortavallig, (Kilcrohane), No Oppression on Estate of Lord Bantry, his Brother Richard White Exemplary, Allegations of Bribery against Denis Sullivan, Driver to Christopher Gallwey, Agent to Lord Kenmare, James McCarthy, Middleman, Goleen, Difficulty of Eliminating Middle men due to Complex Marriage settlements, Large Middleman, Rev AlLeyn Evanson Durrus, Timothy O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove holding from Mr. Congreve, Waterford and Lord Riversdale.
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Michael Murphy, Donemark, Farmer and Miller, 200 years under Lord Kenmare, William O’Sullivan Esq., his son training to be Barrister, Dublin, Carriganass Castle has 500-600 acres in youth put out of family lands by Lord Kenmare, John Collins, Oldcourt, Skibbereen, Labourers Wages 6d to 8d a day, Patrick Tobin, Gortavallig, No Oppression on Estate of Lord Bantry, Allegations of Bribery against Denis Sullivan, Driver to Christopher Gallwey, Agent to Lord Kenmare, James McCarthy, Middleman, Goleen, Difficulty of Eliminating Middle men due to Complex Marriage settlements, Large Middleman Rev AlLeyn Evanson Durrus, Timothy O’Donovan, O’Donovan’s Cove holding from Mr. Congreve, Waterford and Lord Riversdale.
The Donemark Murphy family were Church of Ireland, a long line of Clergymen. In the mid 19th century Eva Murphy married Rev. Pratt of Durrus. They may have originated from around Rosscarbery. The Rowa factory is in the general area of Newtown House.
Online evidence taken at Bantry p 923, Skibbereen 947, Bandon 969, Kinsale 988, schedule of witnesses iv
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/11941/eppi_pages/282459
27 Thursday Oct 2011
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West Cork History 