NEWTOWNSANDES
=============================
William Garde Browne (1815-1877), Coolcower House, Macroom, listed 1846, listed 1843, 1875-6. Provisional Committee Cork/Killarney Railway 1845. William Cross,1841, Magistrate, Landowner, Macroom Poor Law Guardian. 1841 enquiry scathing about effects of middlemen, discount banks, from which tenants borrowed for rent, three run in particular by Edward Ash, Macroom, William Guarde Brown, Coolcower, Philip Cross Esq., Shandy House, a Magistrate until deprived, he boasted he acquired a large lot of land from profits of banking. Cross estimated rate of interest at 20% but when legal expenses time etc. factored in at 40%. Probate 1887 £40,000.
============================
Battery life plays a huge role in how well a device holds up over time. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had that passing thought, “Is my laptop still doing okay, or is the battery giving up?” I try to keep an eye on the battery health of my devices, but I’ll admit, it’s not something I check as often as I should.
That’s why coming across this built-in report on my Windows laptop felt like a bit of a reality check. With just a simple command, it pulled up a clear snapshot of my battery’s condition. I was a little worried I'd be staring at a wall of numbers I couldn't make sense of, but it turned out to be quite easy to follow, with everything laid out in a clear way.
=======================
Our Lady of Lourdes Sacred Intercession · Follow
otposdrnSei99:cm01l011g13 51a7r11tlA2f Ahualtpl0049Mf 1ut 61 ·
In 2013, Luke Dolan was a young Irish man whose body had turned against itself.
Crohn's disease. The name sounds clinical, almost gentle. The reality is anything but. Crohn's is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks the lining of the digestive tract. It causes inflammation so severe that the intestinal wall can ulcerate, narrow, and eventually fail. There is no cure. There is only management — medications to suppress the immune response, dietary restrictions to limit flare-ups, and when the medications stop working, surgery.
Luke's medications had stopped working.
The inflammation in his intestines was severe. His gastroenterologist had laid out the options, and they had narrowed to one: an ostomy. A surgical procedure in which a portion of the damaged intestine is removed or bypassed, and an opening is created in the abdominal wall for waste to pass into an external bag. He was young — too young for what was about to happen to his body — and the surgery was not a cure. It was a concession. The disease would still be there. The bag would simply route around the damage.
Most people facing that surgery at that age would feel something close to grief. You are twenty-something years old and a surgeon is telling you that your body will work differently for the rest of your life. You adjust. You cope. You carry on.
Luke went to Lourdes.
He traveled with an Irish pilgrimage group — the kind of organized trip that has been bringing the sick from Ireland to the south of France for over a century. He went to the baths.
The Lourdes baths are not a medical treatment. They are a stone trough fed by spring water at twelve degrees Celsius. Pilgrims are lowered into the water by volunteers — briefly, fully clothed, in silence. There is no medicine in the water. Tests have confirmed this thousands of times. The water is chemically ordinary. It is cold, and it is clear, and it comes from the spring that a fourteen-year-old girl dug from bare rock in 1858.
Luke was immersed.
He returned to Ireland. He went back to his gastroenterologist for the pre-surgical evaluation — the final round of imaging and blood work before the ostomy could be scheduled.
The inflammation was gone.
Not reduced. Not improved. Not "better than last time." Zero. The markers that had been elevated for months — the markers that had driven his entire surgical plan — had dropped to nothing. The intestinal wall that had been ulcerated and narrowing was intact. The disease that had been advancing week over week had simply stopped.
His surgeon had no explanation.
The ostomy was cancelled.
Crohn's disease does not go to zero. That is not how the disease behaves. It flares and recedes, but the underlying inflammation persists. Even in the best drug-induced remissions, there are traces — markers that remind the physicians that the immune system is still mistargeting the gut. In Luke's case, there was nothing to remind anyone of anything. The numbers looked like those of a person who had never had Crohn's disease at all.
There was no new medication. There was no dietary intervention. There was no clinical trial. There was a bath in twelve-degree water in a stone trough in the south of France.
Luke Dolan did not receive an official declaration from the Church. His case was not submitted to the Lourdes Medical Bureau for the years-long investigation that precedes formal recognition. He is not one of the seventy-two.
But his surgeon cancelled the surgery. And his inflammation went to zero. And he is still a young man in Ireland with an intestinal tract that medicine said would fail.
The water does not explain itself. It never has.
=======================
Clancy Ballybunion Birthday April 2026
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CmyZTNs4R/
-------------------------
=====================================
WHITE HIUSE: That decision came after the White House was sued by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In the lawsuit, the preservation group argued that the White House had broken the law by beginning construction without filing plans with the National Capital Planning Commission, by not seeking an environmental assessment of the project and by declining to seek authorisation from Congress.
It also alleged Trump was violating the US constitution, "which reserves to Congress the right to dispose of and make all rules regarding property belonging to the United States".
Trump wrote in two Truth Social posts on Thursday that the project was being constructed on budget and ahead of schedule.
He accused the judge of "attempting to prevent future Presidents and World Leaders from having a safe and secure large scale Meeting Place".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r48mgnzmjo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
=============================
SPACE: Amazon desperately needs a reusable rocket of its own to accelerate its Leo launches. Without one, it’s only been able to launch 241 Leo satellites, putting it well behind schedule. In that same 12-month time period, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was able to deploy over 1,500 satellites to its Starlink constellation.
--------------------------------
The Golden Age of the American Soapbox
Across the country, impromptu speakers drew crowds and arrests alike, turning public oratory into a defining feature of civic life.
-----------------------============================
PRISONERS: Day of support for families of prisoners overseas
Fourteen families travelled from across the country to attend the day and shared their experiences. Some families spoke about the financial strain when a relative is in prison overseas, others about the difficulties of dealing with unfamiliar legal systems, especially when there is a language barrier. One family member shared her experience of having a relative in prison in South America.
https://www.limerickdiocese.org/catholic-news/?ID=3
===========================
Easter Message from Bishop Brendan Leahy 2026
https://www.limerickdiocese.org/news/easter-message-from-bishop-brendan-leahy-2026/
============================
STOKES: King mentions an Ogham inscription on a stone near St. Olan’s Well in the parish of Aghabulloge, County Cork, which scholars interpret as reading: ‘Pray for Olan the Egyptian.’ Professor Stokes tells us5 about the Irish monk Dicuil, who around 825 wrote his Liber de Mensure orbis terre describing the pyramids as well as an ancient precursor of the Suez Canal. It would seem that Egypt was often visited by pilgrims to the Holy Land. Stokes instances the Saltair Na Rann, an anthology of biblical poems attributed to Oengus the Culdee, but containing the sixth or seventh century Book of Adam and Eve, composed in Egypt and known in no other European country except Ireland.
https://durrushistory.com//?s=stokes&search=Go
============================
Some Cork and Kerry families such as Galwey, Roches, Atkins, O’Connells, McCarthys, St. Ledgers, Orpen, Skiddy, in John Burkes 1833 Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland:
===================
https://www.dib.ie/biography/griffith-sir-richard-john-a364
Listowel Search
Griffith, Sir Richard John Contributed by Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse Griffith, Sir Richard John (1784–1878), public servant, surveyor, and geologist, was born 20 September 1784 at 8 Hume St., Dublin (the house is marked by a plaque), son of Richard Griffith (qv), MP for Askeaton, deputy governor of Co. Kildare, and director of the Grand Canal Co. of Ireland, and Charity Yorke (née Bramston; d. 1789) of Oundle, Northamptonshire. His father had made a considerable fortune with the East India Co., but lost a great deal of money during the building of the canals. Griffith spent much of his childhood at his father’s estate at Millicent, Co. Kildare. He was educated at a number of provincial schools, in Portarlington, Queen’s Co. (Laois), and then Rathangan, Co. Kildare, and at the age of 15 joined the Royal Irish Regiment of Artillery in 1800. His army sojourn was short; following the enactment of the act of union in 1801, Griffith resigned his commission (but continued to receive full pay) and went to London, where he studied geology, chemistry, and mineralogy at William Nicholson’s Scientific Establishment for Pupils. At much the same time he also studied chemistry under Robert Perceval (qv) of TCD. In 1806 he was in Edinburgh, where he attended the lectures of Robert Jameson, and moved in the city’s scientific circles, becoming a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh the following year. Between 1809 and 1813 he served as one of a number of engineers appointed to investigate and map bogs for the Irish bog commissioners, and produced a valuable report on the bog of Allen. Recognising his newly acquired geological expertise, the Dublin Society in 1809 commissioned him to survey the Leinster coalfield; his report and map were published in 1814, and he followed this with similar reports for the Connacht coalfield (1819) and that of Co. Tyrone and Co. Antrim (1829). He served as the society’s mining engineer (1812–39), which required him to deliver a public course of lectures, and was engaged in road and bridge building in the south-west of the country (1822–36). During this period he was responsible for laying out 243 miles of roads and erecting eighteen bridges; his finest bridge is that of five arches which spans the River Feale at Listowel, Co. Kerry. Griffith is today mainly remembered for his work as commissioner of the general survey and valuation of rateable property (1830–64). He was responsible for overseeing two important surveys. The first general survey undertaken was the ‘perambulation’ or ‘boundary survey’, which mapped the extent of the 68,000 townlands in Ireland. The second tenement valuation survey, now known as the ‘Griffith valuation’, was established in 1846 and charged with estimating the value of land holdings, data that was then used to determine local taxation levies. From 1836 he was a commissioner of railways (the commission deliberated until 1838 on the most suitable routes for Ireland’s developing rail network), and later was appointed deputy chairman, and subsequently chairman, of the board of works, positions he held between 1846 and 1864. Through his own field observations and through those of a number of members of the valuation staff, most notably Patrick Ganly (qv), Griffith acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the geology of Ireland. He was determined to produce a geological map of the country that would match William Smith’s 1815 geological map of England and Wales, and in 1839 he persuaded the railway commissioners to publish such a map at the scale of a quarter of an inch to the mile; further revised versions appeared up till 1855. Griffith was very proud of his geological cartographic achievement but failed to acknowledge the major contribution of others in its genesis. His fossil collections were described in two monographs (1844, 1846) by Frederick M’Coy (qv), and these remain important sources for modern-day palaeontological research. Griffith was an active and founder member of the Geological Society of Dublin and its successor the Royal Geological Society of Ireland, serving on the council for many years and as its president (1836, 1840). He was elected an honorary member of the Geological Society of London (1808) and an MRIA (1819), and was president of the geological and geographical section at the 1835 Dublin meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. TCD conferred on him an honorary LL.D. (1849) and honorary MAI (1861). In 1854 he was awarded the Wollaston medal by the Geological Society of London. He was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1850–55; 1861–63). Griffith had a remarkable, long, and varied career as a public servant, and he was rewarded for this work with a baronetcy in 1858. He died 22 September 1878 at his home, 2 Fitzwilliam St., Dublin (marked, like his birthplace, with a plaque), and is buried in a prominent position in Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. A marble bust by Sir Thomas Farrell (qv) is in the possession of the RDS. He married (September 1812) Maria Jane Waldie (1786–1865) of Kelso, Scotland. They had one son – George Richard (d. 1889), who later took the surname Waldie-Griffith on inheriting his mother’s family Scottish estate in 1865 – and four daughters. His eldest daughter Jane, was thought to have eloped to America at the age of 16, and was apparently never mentioned in the family circle again. Sources G. L. Herries Davies and R. C. Mollan (ed.), Richard Griffith 1784–1878 (1980); G. L. Herries Davies, Sheets of many colours: the mapping of Ireland’s rocks 1750–1890 (1983); G. L. Herries Davies, article in ODNB (2004); R. Griffith, ‘Autobiography’, MS dated 25 Aug. 1869 (copies in NAI and NLI) PUBLISHING INFORMATION
https://durrushistory.com//?s=listowel&search=Go
-------------==========================
McElligott
1760, Account of General Maguire, Governor of Dresden, Born in the Parish of Ballymageligot, near Tralee, where his grandfather came from Ulster in 1641, his mother Mary MacElligot. He and is sister were carried to Vienna by their father who had relatives in the Imperial service. Miss Maguire married Count O’Kelly, Herald at Arms to the Emperor. Young Maguire entered the Imperial Army, became a Lieutenant General and Count of the Empire. It is to him and his near kinsman Major General Baron MacElligott that their Imperial Majesties’s Army are indebted for forming the Croat Pandours and other Irregular freebooters into disciplined troops.
https://durrushistory.com//?s=tralee&search=Go
======================
============================
=============================
NEW TOWN: Campaigners have said they are "delighted" after the government decided the Cheshire village of Adlington should not be expanded into a new town.
The plans have been controversial in the local area and led to protests, a petition presented in Parliament by local Labour MP Tim Roca and calls for council leaders to resign.
Campaigner Aysha Hawcutt said while residents were "not anti-homes", the Adlington plan was "the wrong proposal in the wrong place".
Developer Belport said while it acknowledged the government's decision, it was of the view that the site "remains a viable proposition that can deliver homes".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew720qj4r0o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb
=============================
Lent
We’re probably more familiar with the Gospel account of the woman caught in adultery, since we have heard it proclaimed at Mass many times, but careful listening reveals greater depth each time Jesus listens to the accusations, true as they are, and forgives her. The accusers don’t fare so well; judge not, remember, lest you be judged.
We less often hear the story of Susanna in Daniel 13, where an innocent woman is falsely accused of adultery. Because of its vivid telling and scene setting, this story would make a great movie, but the theme reflects that of the Gospel story: Be careful when you judge others.
========================
Jobs
=========================
#OnThisDay March 20 in 1921, the Kerry No. 2 Brigade IRA, led by Dan Allman and Tom McEllistrim, ambushed a train carrying Royal Fusiliers at Headford Junction, near Killarney, killing at least 13 people—including 7–9 British soldiers, 3 civilians, and 2 IRA volunteers—in a 50-minute battle, as detailed by Wikipedia and History Ireland Magazine.
The IRA targeted a train carrying off-duty British soldiers returning from a fair in Kenmare. Due to the train arriving early, the IRA was forced into a rushed, chaotic engagement.
The firefight involved roughly 30 IRA volunteers, with heavy casualties inflicted on the British soldiers (Royal Fusiliers) at close range.
Along with the fatalities, 12+ British soldiers were injured, and a three-year-old child was wounded. The IRA withdrew after running low on ammunition when a second train carrying more British reinforcements arrived.
It was one of the largest, most significant ambushes in County Kerry during the War of Independence, often described as a "triumph" for the local IRA despite the casualties.
============================
Cónal Creedon · Follow
ornpSdetso581ah9M49rc584l4u5 c1cc cl haf53g52i:t MA8t0a6c015 ·
My sister Constance sent me this yesterday. My mom and dad had twelve children. That's me sitting on my mom's knee - at the gate of St. Angela's - on the day of my sister Eugenia's Holy Communion. Seen here with seven of my eight sisters and my big brother - Don. My Mom once said I was 5 years of age before my feet touched the ground being handed from sister to sister [That might explain why I have no shoes] – Blessed Was I. Cx
-------------------------------------------------
This is Ireland · Follow
ornpSdetso581ah M41cc588l4u52h0ccacl tf53g52i:t1MP8 5r6c01a ·
#OnThisDay in 1921, the Kerry No. 2 Brigade IRA, led by Dan Allman and Tom McEllistrim, ambushed a train carrying Royal Fusiliers at Headford Junction, near Killarney, killing at least 13 people—including 7–9 British soldiers, 3 civilians, and 2 IRA volunteers—in a 50-minute battle, as detailed by Wikipedia and History Ireland Magazine.
The IRA targeted a train carrying off-duty British soldiers returning from a fair in Kenmare. Due to the train arriving early, the IRA was forced into a rushed, chaotic engagement.
The firefight involved roughly 30 IRA volunteers, with heavy casualties inflicted on the British soldiers (Royal Fusiliers) at close range.
Along with the fatalities, 12+ British soldiers were injured, and a three-year-old child was wounded. The IRA withdrew after running low on ammunition when a second train carrying more British reinforcements arrived.
It was one of the largest, most significant ambushes in County Kerry during the War of Independence, often described as a "triumph" for the local IRA despite the casualties.
#ireland #irishhistory
========================================
Kay Caball
tsnoSdoper0m81f9ty4ua0:ifl7g1i5ag2mAa7u1r MsY 7c3ut 3dei8te0 ·
Owen O'Shea
tsnoSdoper0m81f9t64ua0:ifl7g1i51g9mPa7u1h MrM 7c3uc 2 3i9ta0 ·
DON'T MISS THIS: The Leeson-Marshalls of Callinafercy, 1750-1988 - Last of the Kerry Ascendancy, a public lecture by Dr John Knightly on Thursday, 2 April at 8pm in Milltown Community Hall.
This talk by Dr. John Knightly, will explore the world of the Leeeson Marshall Family of Callinafercy, owners of a substantial estate of nearly 7000 acres across mid-Kerry, focused on the townland of Callinafercy near Milltown where they built a new family seat in 1860.
Unlike so many other gentry families, they remained in Kerry until the death of the last of the family, May Ruth in 1988.. The talk will explore the accumulation of their estate, the building of Callinafercy House, their survival during the War of Independence and Civil War and how they adapted to life in independent Ireland.
======================
COOKING: New research suggests that more than half of young people are not confident cooking a meal for themselves or others. According to the survey, many say they cannot prepare everyday dishes such as soup or curry, while many struggle to identify appropriate portion sizes.
In response, and in partnership with Harriott and HelloFresh, the Scouts have relaunched their chef’s badge for 10-14-year-olds to be more relevant to young people today, including a new focus on reducing food waste, food storage and meal planning.
==============================
Hello! I’m searching for any details about the Stack family from Churchtown, Cork, Ireland. If you have stories, old documents, or even just a memory about the Stacks from this area, I’d love to hear from you—please feel free to leave a comment below. We value every piece of information you provide.
If you’re part of the younger generation of the Stack family, I’m especially glad you’re here. You’re welcome to share this website with any other Stack relatives you know:
https://www.soccerbooks.co.uk/blogs/the-stacks-of-cork/stacky-family-history
==========================
=============================
History from Joe
Griffith family members from Highlands of Scotland, settle in Ballygriffin, County Kerry.
Inbox
Joe Williams
Mon 1 Dec, 21:44 (12 hours ago)
The surname of Sheehy is associated, in a big way, with County Kerry.
The Sheehy 's were Gallowglasses like the Griffiths and settled in County Kerry.
John Joe Sheehy was a famous Kerry footballer.
John Joe Sheehy was also a member of the old IRA and took the Republican side in the Irish Civil War 1922-1923.
Mikey Sheehy was a brilliant forward on the brilliant Kerry gaelic football team of the 1970's and 1980's.
The surname of Sweeney is associated with County Donegal .
The Sweeney clan were equally Scottish Gallowglasses.
That is just to give you two examples.
The Keating family which you are descended from are of Anglo Norman descent.
The Keating 's are not, of Scottish Gallowglasses extraction.
The Keating family, are of Anglo Norman descent.
Very importantly, Edmund Curtis said in the Middle Ages, about this wave of immigrants:
" They became more Irish, than the Irish themselves "
Put simply, these Anglo Norman families married into the Irish people, that were on the island of Ireland and immersed themselves, in Irish language, culture, customs and dress, of the Irish people.
The above quotation, from Edmund Curtis, is very important, in showing how the Keating clan...... " became more Irish than the Irish themselves "
Keating is a very Irish surname !!
===================================
================================
Nicholson kept two diaries of her time in Ireland during the 1840s and many of the scenes that Mulvihill has written are based almost entirely on those journal entries.
"It's about her to an extent, but it's through her that the whole famine unfolds really. If you were going to the cinema and you don't know anything about the famine, it's through her that you will see how the whole thing played out," Mulvihill said.
The Kerry native said he is close to three-quarters of the way through writing the script and aims to have the script completed and edited by next summer when he will begin to shop it around to studios and directors. He said he has already received interest from various directors and film boards and added that he wants to "aim big" with the project.
Mulvihill's research into Nicholson's fascinating life has taken him to her final resting place in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/asenath-nicholson-movie-famine
================================
Memoirs of James Stanley Vickery c. 1889 Australia. The Bantry Schoolmaster Healy Possibly Tim Healys Grandfather
By durrushistory on October 16, 2025
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwugXHb1Be5sqPuvHX2eqWWHrAeKouaQqI8Pp19V3pM/edit?tab=t.0
=====================
Ngorongoro, Tanzania — October 16, 2025
At dawn in northern Tanzania, sunlight spills across Ngorongoro's highlands, where zebras graze on plains once filled with Maasai cattle. The circular bomas — traditional Maasai homesteads — are gone, replaced by scorched earth and silence.
"This land held our lives," said 65-year-old Nkaitole Ole Lengai, pointing to the remnants of his family's hut. "Now they say it belongs to tourism. To carbon. But not to us."
For many here, the loss is not only physical but spiritual. The Maasai see the land as a sacred gift entrusted by God, woven into their prayers, rituals and daily life. Catholic sisters and priests who minister among them say eviction strikes at the heart of both faith and identity.
"When people lose their land, they also lose their dignity and their place in God's creation," said a Good Shepherd sister and pastoral worker in northern Tanzania, who asked not to be named for safety reasons. "Land is not just soil — it is where life and faith come together.
===============================
Now, scientists from Singapore believe almost 40 per cent of autistic children could be deficient in vitamin D and iron.
The researchers, who assessed the dietary habits of over 240 children, also found more than 15 per cent with an iron deficiency had developed anemia—when the body lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to tissues.
=======================================
How to Buy and Use a Burner Phone
https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/how-to-buy-and-use-a-burner-phone/?mc_cid=6303aff521
===================================
On this Mission Sunday, as we reflect together on our baptismal call to be
‘missionaries of hope’, Pope Leo encourages us to “commit ourselves
anew to the sweet and joyful task of bringing Christ Jesus our Hope to the
ends’ of the earth”. Today, reminds us of our fundamental vocation to be,
in the footsteps of Jesus, messengers and builders of hope
========================
=================================
Witness said that some years ago, while a number of local labourers were unemployed, Ben Brosnihan and Patrick Roche, two Newcastle West publicans, were given work by the Council from last October to May of this year, and his wife and child and he had lived under wretched conditions, on 15/- a week dole. (15 shillings). His family had often been short of bread and butter, while other men of reasonable means were working on Council schemes. On one occasion he had to dig a potato patch already dug, to get something for his family to eat.
Replying to Mr. Fitzgerald, witness agreed that he had only worked 17 days in 1947 on Co. Council bogs. In that year he had worked for a farmer in order that his family’s bread ration might be conserved for his wife and child. He wouldn’t go so far as to say that political discrimination was used against him.
===================================
Let the fire of Christ burn within us.
The teaching of Jesus demands acceptance or rejection. There is no escape route in trying to play the role of an anonymous Christian. If we accept Christ’s teaching, we will be opposed and ridiculed by those who reject it. What is at stake is the uncompromising nature of the gospel message, which is the light exposing the darkness of a crooked world. Somewhere along the line we must make the choice whether we are going to be followers of Christ or not. If the teaching of Christ does not cause us to question the way we are living, we are falling short of being whole-hearted. Fr Gerard
==============================
History of the Diocese of Brooklyn, 1853-1953
the Catholic Church on Long Island
by John Kean Sharp
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6183991M/History_of_the_Diocese_of_Brooklyn_1853-1953
===============
United Arab Emirates Rose – Ceiline O’Meara
Western Canada Rose – Ciara Confrey
===================================
The most striking example of Salisbury’s ‘doctrine’ in action was the Lords’ rejection of Gladstone’s second Irish Home Rule bill by 419 votes to 41 in 1893, incidentally the largest Lords vote of the century. Salisbury insisted that Irish Home Rule had not been sufficiently mandated at the previous general election and needed clearer national support, as part of what became known as his ‘referendal theory’. In 1894 the Lords threw out other Commons bills on similar grounds, dealing with employers’ liabilities and arbitration for evicted Irish tenants. The result of the 1895 general election then rewarded Salisbury and the Conservative-Unionists with a substantial majority, seemingly vindicating Salisbury’s claims about the Lords being more representative than the Commons and the ‘conscience of the nation’.
https://wordpress.com/reader/blogs/42179464/posts/18174
================================
Evictions were higher in the west, and particularly acute in Co. Tipperary (over 10%), Co. Cork (over 8%), Co. Clare, and Co. Mayo (over 6%). Co Roscommon, Co. Galway, and Co. Limerick (over 4%). These evictions left deep scars from which many rural Irish communities never recovered.
======================================
A new collection of emigrant letters is now viewable at the University of Galway. Thanks to the work of American historian Kerby Miller, we can now get a deeper understanding of our ancestors after the left their homes. The collection spanned several decades, has over 150,000 pages and has 7,000 complete letters, fully searchable under several different headings. The letters take in a period from the late 1600s to the latter half of the twentieth century.
"I wanted to find out what ordinary Irish emigrants thought about life in the United States, about leaving home, the struggle for housing and employment and that really set me off to looking for the kinds of documents that would detail how they really felt," said Professor Miller. Things he says, "be they capitalism or imperialism, that were for the most part beyond these individuals’ control, that created the circumstances that impelled, encouraged, obliged or forced them to emigrate and come to America."
The results make for fascinating, deeply personal letters, that have a universal resonance. You can search the full collection HERE. Let us know if you can contribute something and we'd be delighted to put you in touch with the project team over at the University of Galway. Email us at [email protected]
===================================
A detailed biography of John Dunlap was compiled by Dr Linde Lunney for The Dictionary of Irish Biography. It begins: “Dunlap, John (1746/7-1812), printer, was born in what is now Meetinghouse Street, Strabane, County Tyrone, a younger son among probably three sons and four daughters of John Dunlap, saddler, and Sarah Dunlap (née Ector). He may have been apprenticed to learn the printing trade in Gray's of Strabane; when he was about ten, he was sent to assist his uncle William Dunlap, who had earlier emigrated to America. William Dunlap had married Benjamin Franklin's niece, and was a printer and bookseller”.
----------------------------------------------------
===========================
2025 Theme: Honoring 100 Years
2025 marks the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s 100th Anniversary. After decades of thought and over seven years of construction, the University’s official opening marked the start of a new era, setting the stage for the institution to become a beacon of academic excellence and an internationally renowned incubator of discovery and innovation. It also marked the founding of American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU) and the beginning of an enduring partnership of support.
=========================
April 1, 2025 – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was established 100 years ago today with thousands of guests, dignitaries, and academic delegations from many countries in attendance on its new Mt. Scopus campus.
Among the thousands in attendance were residents of the Land of Israel and international guests, including leaders, clergy, British military and administrative officials, as well as government representatives and academic delegations from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, the Netherlands, Egypt, Switzerland, France, Canada, Poland, and Austria. Notable attendees included Meir Dizengoff, Judah Leib Magnes, Norman Bentwich, Nahum Sokolow, and many others.
=======================================
Inside the Colosseum: Hidden Mechanisms of Ancient Rome
https://youtu.be/bmvxRMYxlhE?feature=shared
========================
VE DAY: The prime minister has given the green light for pubs and bars to stay open two extra hours on Thursday 8 May.
Sir Keir Starmer has called for the nation to unite in honour of the wartime generation as the UK marks 80 years since VE Day.
==========================
ROME: By AC Wimmer
CNA Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 /
Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope Francis, who remains in recovery from pneumonia but whose spiritual presence was palpably felt through his powerful meditations.
=====================
=======================
Kerry County Arts Newsletter 18 April 2025
View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/7ff42f371cfd/arts-events-and-opportunities-in-kerry-and-nationwide-13875579?e=57e387efec)
======================
CROSS: “I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men.
“Honor this Wound with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through Its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no longer remember their mortal sins.”
=======================
The point is that the longer you do this … stuff (gestures again) the more of these set pieces you acquire, like old, comfortable tools you’ve used so long they feel like an extension of your hands. Again, this isn’t just true of me or my profession, it’s true of pretty much everybody. How many baseball junkies do you know who will leap at the opportunity to explain—again!—that Ted Williams was better than Babe Ruth? “His stats would be better but he enlisted in the Navy!”
======================
Space Dust
=========================
New Zealand Tablet 14 January 1887 Page 20
===================================
Irish Roots
• Follow
dotrSspeon3r 5l7i50ttm11: iAt0898ccl3l0h54h01a29agM 32cm uMt •
Over a Century of Football: The First GAA Footage Ever Captured.
Over 100 years ago, on a windswept field, history was recorded—not just in the scorebooks, but on film. The 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Replay between Kerry and Wexford is the earliest known footage of any GAA game, a rare glimpse into the sport as it was played over a century ago.
More than 26 special trains carried spectators from across Ireland to witness the battle. Wexford, in blue and white, took full advantage of the wind in the first half, scoring six points unanswered. But Kerry, with the breeze at their backs in the second, struck back with 2-3 to claim their second consecutive title.
Overseeing it all was Harry Boland, a name that would soon be known far beyond the football field. A dedicated GAA man, he later stood alongside Michael Collins in Ireland’s fight for independence.
The film now rests with the IFI Irish Film Archive, a reminder that the passion, the rivalries, and the pride of the GAA have been woven into Ireland’s story for generations.
#GAAHistory #AllIrelandFinal #KerryVsWexford #IrishSport
Kerry Team All-Ireland Champions 1914 –GAA
------------------------------
Sacred Heart
https://michaelzabrocki.hearnow.com/consecration-hymns-and-prayers-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus?utm_campaign=NCR&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=351962327&utm_content=351962327&utm_source=hs_email
==========================
UKRAINE: By Currents News
It’s been over three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, and while the two countries are still debating a possible 30 day ceasefire.
Tens of thousands are feeling the effects of the conflict, including in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/ukrainian-war-vets-diocese-of-brooklyn-prosthetics/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=351969557&utm_content=351969557&utm_source=hs_email
======================
Minister Norma Foley attends tourism event in House of Lords to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2025
Tourism Ireland co-sponsored a special reception in the House of Lords in London – as part of an extensive programme of St Patrick’s Day 2025 promotional activity in Great Britain and elsewhere around the world. The event, celebrating British-Irish relations, was attended by members of the House of Commons and House of Lords, as well as leaders of the Irish community living in London and influential British travel trade and media contacts.
St Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity for tourism to the island of Ireland. Earlier this week, Tourism Ireland unveiled its extensive programme of St Patrick’s Week promotions, with this time of year both attracting visitors to the island and important for teeing up bookings for the season ahead through the heightened profile created.
https://traleeadvertiser.ie/uncategorized/minister-norma-foley-attends-tourism-event-in-house-of-lords-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-2025/
====================================
THE NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND
5th January 1839.
When the storm had finished up to 300 people were dead, 42 ships had sunk, hundreds of animals had been killed.
Thousands of homes, mainly thatched houses were destroyed.
Locally 37 ships took shelter in Tarbert Bay. The Freeman’s Journal reported ‘In Tarbert every house has been stripped with the exception of Miss McMahon’s hotel. James Royce Yielding narrowly escaped being crushed to atoms by the fall of a chimney. The Chapel, the National School and the Church have suffered.
The latter having been deprived of a pinnacle which in its fall crushed a part of its roof and otherwise damaged the interior of the building. The police barracks was demolished while the house of the Rev. Richard Fitzgerald is totally demolished. The Revenue house in Tarbert island has suffered materially and the bridge leading to the lighthouse being carried away. In and about Listowel the tempest raged with frightful violence. The loss in hay and corn has been immense. It is consoling however to find that no life has been lost. Ballybunion Castle which for centuries has withstood the fury of the elements is now a heap of ruins. Ballylongford and the farmers in its vicinity have suffered severely.’ Taken from Tarbert Notes 5 Feb 2025.
------------------------------
======================================
Carrol from Athea (continued) Taking butter to Cork
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbe/9001898/7322876?HighlightText=+athea&Route=items&SearchLanguage=ga
=========================
John Griffin Carrigkerry
https://www.duchas.ie/en/people/315680389
=========================
The Glensharrold Evictions
Location
Glensharrold, Co. Limerick
Informant
John Joe Griffin
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbe/9000226/7111008/9065927?Route=items
====================================
Canadians are pissed off, like so many others around the world, with the high cost of living, which they attribute to Trudeau. Earlier in his term, he prioritized climate change–related initiatives (like a costly carbon tax) and catering to Indigenous groups. He's prioritized letting in lots of immigrants, which many Canadians have soured on. When the pandemic hit, provincial governments imposed economically ruinous lockdowns, and Trudeau himself imposed a vaccine mandate for all those entering the country, as well as the entire federal work force. The vaccine mandate for all border-crossers, which was in place from October 2021 to October 2022, spurred the Canadian trucker convoy, an occupation of Ottawa that attempted to protest the government to change this freedom-trampling policy. Trudeau's response was to freeze the bank accounts of people involved, in an attempt to suppress the peaceful dissent.
When he first came to power in 2015, the nepo baby (son of another former prime minister) was widely admired due to his purported good looks and charm. When Donald Trump took office in the U.S. in January 2017, Trudeau quickly positioned himself as a foil to Trump, earning adoration from America's #Resistance left. Now, those people's opinions don't really matter (if they ever did at all), and normal Canadians have seen first-hand the impacts of Trudeau's policies.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZSZFTxfnGWhWhMhfLgwdPQqrW
=============================
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
By Alison Weir
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. Learn about the six women behind the rhyme in this New York Times bestselling account of Henry VIII’s wives. “Brilliantly written and meticulously researched” (San Francisco Chronicle), with over 28,900 five-star ratings on Goodreads.
========================================
CLOUNMACON: fundraising event at the Clounmacon Community Centre on Friday 15th November 2024 at 8pm doors open at 7.30pm, two films will be screened on the night, 1.nightmare first time screened, a horror film 30 minutes long filmed in and around Clounmacon in 1979, starring Kathleen Egan, Eleanor O’Sullivan, Listowel, Gerard Moran and Jerry O’Connor, Knockanure, Joe Stapleton, Athea and Eileen Cronin, Moyvane; 2.rolling back the years this is the story of 12 children that attended Clounmacon school in 1962, original footage of the local people. Children coming to school, walking along the black ditch, this film runs for 80 mins. Contact Leo for full film, this is only a sample.
-------------------------------------
November 28, 2009
Taigheen's Farewell, Leo’s movie Taigheen’s Farewell is set in the 1950s and tells the tale of an old man and his son living in the countryside and how an insurance agent and his wife con them of their money. They set up the old man to fake his own funeral for the insurance money but things go very wrong from there. It was filmed around Moyvane, Knockanure and Athea and includes an all-star cast of publican and journalist Billy Keane, Glin Councilor John Sheahan, Frances and Patsy Kennedy, John Bosco McMahon, Donal Woulfe, Larry Burke, Denis Mahony and Jerry Murphy.
https://moyvane.com/interviews-with-leo-finucane/
=================
HANOI, Vietnam — So many young children, hanging off locally made scooters, are flying past the monumental gray façade of St Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi that I can hardly cross the street to get to church.
It’s 4:50 p.m. on my first day in Vietnam and I’m easily distracted. So I head to the nearby school that’s disgorging buoyant scooter traffic.
Parents and grandparents are scooping up youngsters from a driveway bordering a big, cheerful kindergarten. There’s also a statute of Mary in the yard.
Not wanting to be stampeded, I take cover near Mary. A religious sister in a simple gray habit soon approaches me with a smile. Sister Tra belongs to Lovers of the Holy Cross, a religious order flourishing in Vietnam, founded in 1670 by a French priest. Across the country, there are some 4,500 members; 160 women religious live in a convent by the kindergarten.
=================================
Catalina Scheider Galiñanes World
November 15, 2024
The reelection of Donald Trump presents new possibilities for the four American hostages still believed to be alive and held by Hamas. Yet there is an urgent need for action before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, says the father of a Hamas hostage, Jonathan Dekel-Chen, who spoke to EWTN News In Depth about his son and the crisis in Gaza last week.
Dekel-Chen, an American-Israeli citizen, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and father of hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, said, “Simply, if we wait until President Trump and his administration go online, there, in all probability, will be no one to rescue alive,” explaining that in the brief time period in which President Joe Biden remains in office and President-elect Trump prepares for his second term, “Both of them can fully engage in this without any domestic American politics … to apply whatever pressure they can. The U.S. has a lot of levers here, not just on Israel and Hamas, but also on the intermediaries, on Qatar and Egypt, and perhaps Turkey as well.”
A strategic application of influence abroad must happen urgently, Dekel-Chen emphasized: “The hostages who still might be alive, and we really don’t know how many might still be alive, will not survive until Jan. 21.”
The dire situation began with the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis in a single day — and more than 250 hostage abductions. Almost 100 of these hostages are still unaccounted for, with only 60 believed to be alive, including the four American citizens. Three Americans have already been murdered, and their bodies are being kept by Hamas.
Sagui was abducted from the Dekel-Chens’ kibbutz, a rural farming cooperative community on the edge of Gaza during the attacks. He is a 36-year-old father of four daughters — one of whom was born in the months of his captivity.
There have been no reports of his status since early December 2023, when released hostages shared that they had encountered him briefly in captivity in the tunnels beneath Gaza.
Hamas has a history of killing hostages, even after agreeing to terms of release or exchange. Six hostages, including an American citizen, were brutally killed in late August, shortly before they were found by Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF identified the hostages, one of whom belonged to the same farming community as the Dekel-Chens, and three whom were expected to be released during the first phase of a cease-fire agreement, as reported by CNN.
===============================
Francis Spaight (1790-1861), of Kilrush, Limerick and Derry Castle, owned many ships, including two named Thetis, which mostly carried emigrants from Irish ports, including Limerick and Kilrush, to Canada, and then carried timber in the opposite direction.
The first Thetis was shipwrecked off the Kerry coast in 1834 and is the subject of a new book by Paul O'Dowd, due to be launched in Listowel next Friday, 25 October 2024:
https://www.facebook.com/KerryWritersMuseum/posts/pfbid0tcTW5rF8YSqFAb9sVro5pDfb7r84jqxgZx7sBpxv1Bkt5gYFPBEjASxUr47JFbqGl
The second Thetis was shipwrecked off the Welsh coast in 1850 and is the subject of a report by Graeme Perks at
http://www.madu.org.uk/Images/www%20Project%20-%20Thetis.pdf
The life and times of Francis Spaight and the stories of some of his other interesting ships, are the subject of a lecture by Arlene White at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5mEbTd50fM
Some of my own much more limited research on Spaight can be found at
http://pwaldron.info/tng/getperson.php?personID=I16455
(registration required - please note your interest in Spaight if registering).
My Listowel cousin who alerted me to the upcoming book launch told me that there is a statue of Spaight hidden away somewhere near the Clarion Hotel in Limerick, which was news to me.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1081107244016911&set=a.463841179076857
-----------------------
https://www.facebook.com/jeremymurphyeditor
==============================
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State funeral of Kenneth Kaunda Date 2 July 2021
Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia, died on 17 June 2021 at Mina Soko Medical Centre in Lusaka. The government announced a 21-day mourning period. During the mourning period Kaunda's body was taken around all 10 provincial towns and in each provincial capital, and a short church ceremony was conducted by the Military and the United Church of Zambia which Kaunda belonged
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Kenneth_Kaunda
Dr Kaunda Zambia in Limerick 1964
https://limerickslife.com/dr-kenneth-kaunda-of-president-of-zambia-visits-limerick/
=================
Limerick and the Olympics
Posted by Sharon Slater | Sep 11, 2016 | Chronicles
The modern Olympic Games began in Athens in 1896 when fourteen nations competed in forty-three... https://limerickslife.com/?s=athea
=================
October 1, 2024
‘Music by John Williams’: Here's the Trailer and Premiere Date for All-New Documentary on the Legendary Composer
====================
Vicka, visionary in #Medjugorje shares with us:
"Our Lady at this moment recommends us to pray more, above all for her intentions and plans and she also invites us to take the Bible every day in our hands, to read a few lines and then to try to live it during the course of the day."
She also advises us to pray for the Holy Father, the bishops, the priests and our entire Church that needs our prayers.
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/medjugorje
=====================
Frassati Family and Youth Awards
===================================
@Mark3ABE
3 days ago (edited)
Ferdinand and Isabella were great leaders. Even their daughter Katharine of Aragon, as Queen of England, led an army, herself, to Scotland while King Henry VIII was fighting a war in France. I live about half a mile from Tickenhall Palace - I must have a walk over there and have a look at it sometime. It was here that Katharine of Aragon was betrothed to Prince Arthur and Princess Mary, (later Queen Mary I) lived for a while when she was a little girl. History is all around us. It is fascinating to think that the grand daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella lived only half a mile away from where I live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9JicvrzJvg
--------------------------
@IrishSpring444
The first place Christopher Columbus landed was San Salvador, a small Bahamian Island, which means, "Holy Savior" ... a beautiful cross stands on the beachhead where he is believed to have first come ashore in the New World!
================================
Politics & History
Archimedes Rediscovered: Technology and Ancient History
Advanced imaging technologies help scholars reveal and share lost texts from the ancient world.
=======================================
HARP: For more details of all Harpday 2024 events go to: https://www.harpireland.ie/harp-day-2024-schedule/
=========================
sistersreport
Sr. Eilis McCulloh is a Sister of Humility of Mary. She currently serves as the Grassroots Education and Organizing Specialist at NETWORK Lobby.
======================
The National Training Fund will support the growth of key healthcare disciplines, addressing “critical workforce shortages” and “enhancing healthcare education across the country”.
Under this fund, UL will have a direct entry medicine programme. This new programme means that Leaving Cert students who are looking to study medicine can come to UL to study undergraduate medicine, which Minister O’Donovan described as ‘transformative’ for the university.
=========================
FIREFIGHTERS: Earlier this week, a Parliamentary committee hearing revealed that Parks Canada refused help from contract firefighters during the fire that ravaged the historic village of Jasper. Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen joined True North’s Rachel Parker to discuss what happened, and what steps the Alberta government plans to take to avoid similar missteps in the future.
https://tnc.news/2024/10/14/parker-loewen-jasper-wildfire/
======================
KILFLYNN CHRONICLE
Believe it or not it’s been thirty years since the first edition of the Kilflynn Chronicle. It was the brainchild of Fr John Buckley who was curate in the Parish at that time. Since then, fourteen editions have been published. 2024 is also the twentieth anniversary of the first running of the Christmas Cancer Quiz, and the tenth anniversary of the Fairy Festival. To celebrate these milestones, it is intended to publish an ‘Anniversaries’ edition of the magazine, hoping to have it in the shops in early December. The Chronicle is only as good as the material we, the production team, receive. Therefore, if you have an interesting story to tell we would like to hear it. Historical pieces, reports of local groups and organisations, photos, old and new, poetry, indeed, anything of local interest
is welcomed for inclusion. The cost of producing a quality magazine is high, so this year we will again publish a directory of all local businesses, with contact numbers, inside the back cover. The price of inclusion is €20, and we ask all local businesses to please support us. Readers always remark that those living away from home love to receive a copy before Christmas. Therefore, in order that the magazine is printed well in advance of Christmas the production team asks that all content is submitted by Monday 28 October. All content should be emailed to [email protected] or contact John Flaherty at (087) 2352753, Mike Parker at (087) 9794541, Margaret Quille,
Joe McAuliffe, T J O’Sullivan, Brendan Tuomey or Frankie Lynch. Old photographs will be returned promptly when scanned. Anyone who would like to help with producing the magazine is more than welcome to join us. To the contributors, the production team is looking forward to hearing from you
==============================
Old Papers
The dark staining covering the bottom half of the face of the first membrane is not original or contemporary, but the result of galling. This practice, most common in the 19th century, was the brushing of gallic or tannic acid onto documents to improve the readability of faded text. However, galling was only a temporary solution, sometimes only lasting a few hours. Over time, the acid has darkened, reducing the readability of the treated area even further. The person likely responsible for the galling is 19th-century medievalist Henry Savage Sweetman, who produced a partial transcription in 1879. For years, Sweetman’s work was one of the principal means of accessing the history of medieval colony of Ireland.
===============================
Video link
https://youtu.be/zfaw6E8Wux4
Filename
Currow Village and Castleisland History August 2024.wmv
------------------------------
Video link
https://youtu.be/THENYSY4yrA
Filename
Old times Recalled Clounmacon August
====================================
What’s On in September and Beyond
This entry was posted on September 10, 2024
https://tintean.org.au/2024/09/10/whats-on-in-september-and-beyond/
========================
PRESS: Noormohamed is referring to the Trudeau government’s $600 million subsidy fund for large legacy media news outlets from which companies like Postmedia, TorStar, and the Globe & Mail all draw.
Critics of the news media subsidy fund claim that the government’s funding of news journalism breaches the independence of the media, compromising a journalist’s and news organization’s ability to report on the government impartially.
https://tnc.news/2024/09/10/liberal-mps-attempt-bully-media-outlet/
==========================
O Donnell/ Dillon
Taken from TF Culhane letters
After the battle of Kinsale the knight and his wife and family fled to Kerry and stayed with the Fitzmaurices of Lixnaw. There they were nearly captured by the Listowel garrison. They then retired to the fastness of Brosna, where many good friends guarded them zealously until the knight's estates were restored to him in 1603.
Eamann na gCath was succeeded by his son Tomas Spainneach, who with the sons of other Irish chieftains was at school at Compostella. This man played no part in the wars that followed 1641 because of ill-health. There was very little tradition about him, but the state papers and other historical sources tell us a great deal about him and about his nephew, Gearoid na gCapall, who succeeded him. This material will be dealt in a history of Glin parish, as I am only concerned with traditional matter here. Although Tomas Spainneach was an innocent man his estates were confiscated and given to Barker. Several other claimants tried to get them but they eventually were given to Gearoid na gCapall. This man was the son of John FitzGerald and Honoria O'Connor, a daughter of Sean Cathach, the O'Connor Kerry, who died in 1640.
Three of Gearoid's brothers perished in the Cromwellian wars. One of them, Sean Og, married a Miss Hickey of Dunmoylan. His descendants were known as the Ridire FitzGeralds. The Glin branch of this family became known as the Regan FitzGeralds, as one of them married a relative of Tim Regan of Ardagh, well-known Irish scribe and teacher. Margaret FitzGerald (Mrs. John Dillon) is now the last survivor of this ancient family
==============================
MAYA: Analysis of skeletons can only reveal so much
The lurid notion that the Maya only sacrificed young women or girls is largely a myth that originated from early and romantic accounts of Chichén Itzá’s sacred sinkhole, or cenote, said Rubén Mendoza, an archaeologist and professor in the department of social sciences and global studies at California State University, Monterey Bay. He wasn’t involved in the study but is an editor of a new book on ritual sacrifice in Mesoamerica.
“This characterization of Maya sacrifice was catapulted to the forefront through media depictions of young maidens (aka virgins) being hurled to their deaths at the Sacred Well,” he said via email.
However, the mystery of exactly whom the Maya sacrificed has been hard to untangle because it’s impossible to identify the sex of a child’s skeleton by analyzing bones alone.
=============================
Video thumbnail: Athea Graves part2 29March2024
Athea Graves part2 29March2024
Video link
https://youtu.be/oODpHBDvzH4
=======================
Music
https://youtu.be/HwUGHKbk_gU?si=E8Ys40TfWOL2zGj1
=========================
Cork History
=========================
https://durrushistory.com/2024/04/07/1849-villicus-report-on-ballydehob-petty-sessions-labourers-on-new-line-of-road-from-schull-to-dunbeacon-through-mount-gabriel-gap-unpaid-for-16-weeks-contractor-richard-hedges-becher-hollybr/
===================
===========================
==============================
https://archives.parliament.uk/collections/getrecord/GB61_HL_PO_PB_1_1896_59and60V1n200
1 Act of Parliament
Category:
Acts of Parliament/Laws/Legislation
Description:
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Local Government Board for Ireland under the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 relating to the Rural Sanitary District of Listowel. (Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 11).) (Public Act of a Local Character)
Access Status:
Open
Copies Exist:
A digital copy of this record is available. For information about how to view it, which may include online access, please follow the link below.
URL:
http://digitalarchive.parliament.uk/HL/PO/PB/1/1896/59&60V1n200
===============================
Workhouse
A "House of Industry" for the employment and maintenance of the poor was a 17th-century English concept. The able-bodied were expected to work and could be imprisoned for refusing to do so. First introduced to Ireland in 1703, it was also known here as the poorhouse or Poor House. The Irish for workhouse is Teach na mBocht (lit. the House of the Poor).
2. Where is Ireland's oldest Workhouse building?
The construction of Ireland's first house of industry began in 1703 in the parish of St James, Dublin (on the site now known as St. James' Hospital). The only 18th-century buildings still extant today are the former master's house and adjoining linen factory (now The Haughton Institute). To put this in context, the Guinness Brewery nearby was not established until 1759. Both Johnathan Swift and Arthur Guinness were board members when this workhouse was renamed the Foundling Hospital and Workhouse of Dublin City (1727). By the time it was renamed the South Dublin Union (1839) it was Ireland's largest workhouse. The 18th century saw a workhouse established in most cities across Ireland: Cork (in 1735), Belfast (in 1752), Dublin North (in 1772), Limerick (in 1774), Ennis (in 1775), Waterford (in 1779) and so on. Compared to England or Wales, such houses of industry were far less prevalent in Ireland however.
----------------------------------------------------------
Kennelly, Arthur Edwin (1861–1939), electrical engineer
Ronald M. Birse
Published online:
23 September 2004
Kennelly, Arthur Edwin ( 1861–1939 ), electrical engineer , was born on 17 December 1861 at Colaba , near Bombay , India , the only son of David Joseph Kennelly and Kathrine (or Cathrine) Heycock. His father, a native of Cork, Ireland , was then harbour master at Bombay; he later became a barrister in England and king's counsel in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Kennelly's mother died a few years after her son's birth. Kennelly was educated at University College School, London (1873–6), and at other private schools in England , Scotland
https://www.oxforddnb.com/search?q=kennelly&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true
=================================
Old West Cork News
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yoNjmDNQKT_pk3nvlCsT72YWYoDENcs--uaJxh2ber8/edit
-----------------------------------
Video link
https://youtu.be/8V-pVGMYmyk
Filename
Gougane Barra July2023.wmv
----------------------------
Munster Fleadh 2023 Tralee
========================
Dead Whale Ballyheigue
Video link
https://youtu.be/ANIJa9wHVGA
========================
Dominican Publications was founded in April 1897. Its first publication was The Irish Rosary, a monthly journal that continued to appear until 1961. Dominican Publications now bring out three journals - Doctrine and Life, Scripture in Church and Spirituality. Our book publishing is in line with the interests of the journals, the main focus being on homiletics, the Bible and liturgical aids, current theological problems, comment on political and social issues from a Catholic viewpoint, spirituality, biography, Church documents, and religious life. ---------------------
‘Woe be to the Sinner’ - Eamon Maher
Ireland is experiencing a renaissance of writers who are being recognised internationally.. Eamon Maher singles out two female authors who are being acclaimed far and wide as they tackle social issues that are shared throughout other cultures.
https://dominicanpublications.com/products/spirituality-subscription
==========================
Their findings show that the Irish have considerable Norman and Viking ancestry in their blood – just like the British.
It has long been assumed that most of the blood coursing through Irish veins is Celtic – but as evidenced by the map, the reality is far more complicated.
The study, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, could also shed fresh light on genetic diseases and lead to better treatments.
In both the Ireland and Britain, for example, the prevalence of multiple sclerosis increases the further north you go.
===========================
===================
Event by Kilrush and District Historical Society, Lisa Walsh O'Sullivan and 2 others
Teach Ceoil, Grace Street, Kilrush, County Clare
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
The April KDHS lecture, entitled ‘The government wants a terrible lot of light’: Clearing the ‘slums’ in 1930s Kilrush, will be given by Peter Connell.
With government housing policy currently a highly topical issue, a look back at housing policy in the early years of the Irish Free State promises to be of great interest.
In 1932 the new Fianna Fáil government embarked on a nationwide building programme to address the chronic housing conditions in Irish cities and towns. In the years that followed almost 10,000 houses were condemned as unfit for human habitation and 12,500 new council houses were built in provincial towns. Housing conditions in Kilrush at this time were poor; almost one third of the population in 1926 lived in over-crowded and/or sub-standard conditions. Kilrush Urban District Council played an active part in this programme. Areas in the town including The Glen, Ballalley and Malthouse Lanes, Burton St, Pound St, Hector St and Crofton St. were defined as ‘Clearance Areas’, public inquiries were held and houses scheduled for demolition, with those displaced offered new council houses. Based on surviving files in the National Archives, this lecture tells the story of these places in the 1930s - the housing conditions, the attitudes of the professionals who inspected them and the voices of those whose homes were to be demolished.
Peter Connell, a native of Navan Co Meath, completed a PhD in Trinity College Dublin in 2017 on the provision of public housing in Irish towns between 1890 and 1945. He is author of The land and people of County Meath, 1750-1850, published by Four Courts Press and has contributed to the Atlas of the Great Irish Famine (Cork University Press), amongst other publications. He is convenor of the Meath History Workshop, editor of Ríocht na Midhe, the journal of the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society and joint editor of Navan – Its People and Its Past, the journal of the Navan and District Historical Society.
KDHS lectures are free to members, EUR5 for non-members, payable on the night only. New members are welcome. The annual membership fee (July-June) is EUR20.
The membership form can be downloaded from our website at
http://kdhs.ie/assets/files/general/membership_form.pdf
For new members joining now, their first year's membership will run to June 2024.
If you are not able to attend this event, or any of our lectures, then you can participate via Zoom. Details of how to watch the lecture via Zoom are circulated by email shortly before the event to those on the Society's mailing list. There is a mailing list sign-up form at kdhs.ie
=============================
1941, Drinagh Co-Op, A Real West Cork Success Story Report 1942 Effects of 'Emergency', Attempting to Trucks Driven by Gas from Irish Anthracite, Visit by Committee Members R. Ellis, T. Sweetnam, to Pig Farm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oSMXarHmtP51W3j5B2WGk5kgi_mhY1R7Zi0y9CVyMvs/edit
=========================
West Cork Magistrates:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iUWLnMdEXFgyt6IlrIj-t50Zy6-zHlB9SYcgvi7anJw/edit
Ignatius O’Brien, Cork born former Lord Chancellor in his memoir praises the Cosgrave administration decision post 1922 to replace the Magistrates with professionally qualified lawyers as District Justices. The other area of praise was the introduction of an unarmed police force, the Gardai. Bram Stoker (former Inspector of Petty Clerks) Manual for Petty Court Clerks was widely used in the Irish District Court until the mid 1930s.
====================================
Latest Limerick mural captures moment from 1976
==============================
Teachta Béaga Gaedhilge, by Norma Borthwick with Illustrations by Jack B. Yeates. The Irish Alphabet in Irish and English Characters.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNSww7iHkEvrYWqajZOiKrQfFrW3VR57Vfg2CYHHeQPslIRaLdHo8NLw6sf_udapg?key=djVmZkc5UTItTmhrMGdUc2pmT29UMVNnY2cxdEFn
https://www.ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=125&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
================================
===============================
Sat 14th Jan 2023; Spent most of day transcribing from old papers, as the day was showery,
======================================
How Catholic Priest “collected material” for Book on History of Catholic Church in Kenya
Fr. Lawrence Njoroge, author of the book, "Beyond the Century of Endeavour: History of Catholic Church in Kenya” during the November 19 Book Launch. Credit: ACI Africa
By Jude Atemanke
Nairobi, 22 November, 2022 / 9:25 pm (ACI Africa).
A member of the Clergy of Kenya’s Nairobi Archdiocese has recounted how he gathered content for his new book about the history of the Catholic Church in Kenya that Paulines Publications Africa published.
Speaking on November 19 during the official launching of his book that was published under the title, “Beyond the Century of Endeavour: History of Catholic Church in Kenya”, Fr. Lawrence Njoroge said the archives of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) and Consolata Missionaries were instrumental in gathering content for the book.
Fr. Njoroge recalled, “20 years ago as a student, soon after my ordination, I collected material from various archives, especially from the Kenyan National Archives, from religious archives here in Kenya and in Europe.”
Credit: ACI Africa
“The result of that effort was a book titled, ‘Century of Catholic Endeavour: Holy Ghost and Consolata Missionaries in Kenya’, which was published by Pauline Publications in 1999 and then it was reissued in 2021,” the Kenyan Catholic Priest said in reference to his initial publication.
The 1999 publication became inadequate in answering the question of the history of the Catholic Church in Kenya, he said, and in response to the gaps in the book that “many people” had expressed, he went on to say, “I took the old book and I rewrote that material.”
“I went to the two old Congregations: the Holy Ghost and the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and I also looked for new information,” Fr. Njoroge said, and further recalled how he “sourced new information from the 26 Dioceses in the country” as well as the archives of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB).
Credit: ACI Africa
The member of the Clergy of Nairobi Archdiocese who was appointed Vice Postulator of the cause for the canonization of the Servant of God Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga in December 2019 said he sourced information from the 167 congregations of the Association of the Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) and the 79 congregations of the Religious Superiors' Conference of Kenya (RSCK).
In putting together content of the 528-page book, Fr. Njoroge said that he also “got material from the opus Dei, some from the Focolari, and virtually all the sectors of the persons engaged in the apostolate in Kenya.”
More in Africa
Kenya
Initiate “popular devotion” to Boost Kenyan Cardinal’s Cause for Sainthood: Archbishop
Read the article
“This book is filled with the spirit of the servant of God Maurice Cardinal Otunga,” Fr. Njoroge said in reference to Kenya’s first Cardinal who shepherded the people of God in Nairobi Archdiocese from October 1971 to August 1997 when he retired aged 74.
Credit: ACI Africa
He recalled that it was the Servant of God “who sponsored the launch of the initial book at the Holy Family Cathedral. He is one who sponsored my studies at the University of Notre Dame.”
“This present book has as its center, pinnacle, and climax the process of Beatification and Canonization of the servant of God,” the Vice-Postulator of the Beatification of the Servant of God Cardinal Otunga said during the November 19 event that was held at St Mary's Msongari Grounds.
“If truth be told, that is the main reason I wrote this book, because of the person of Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga, the Servant of God,” he said referencing the Kenyan-born Cardinal who died after suffering a cardiac arrest on 6 September 2003 at the age of 80.
Trending
1
Caritas Freetown Partners with Relief Agency in New Health Program in Sierra Leone
2
“Distasteful, disrespectful”, Archbishop in Kenya Faults State Official’s Remarks on GMO
3
Pope Francis Declares July 28 Feast Day of Comboni Priest Who Ministered in Uganda
4
How Catholic Priest “collected material” for Book on History of Catholic Church in Kenya
5
Catholic Archbishop in Kenya Urges Young People to “live according to the Beatitudes”
The Professor of Development Studies and Ethics at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) said he conducted 32 structural interviews with people who were involved in the Kenyan apostolate “right from catechists up to the Archbishop”.
Credit: ACI Africa
The new book details the history of the Catholic Church in Kenya from April 1498 when Vasco Da Gama arrived in Mombasa and Malindi to April 2022, the Catholic Priest who ministers at St. Augustine’s Juja Parish of Nairobi Archdiocese said.
Some of the themes the book discusses include, Christianity and Islam; Culture, Missionary Theories, Chiefs; Nationalism, Church and State; Land and Freedom; Christian Leadership Training; Some Thought on Catholic Education; and Beyond Century of Endeavour.
In the Preface of the seven-chapter book, Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo observes that the author “has completely re-written his previous work… which had focused on the evangelisation efforts of the Holy Ghost and Consolata Missions.”
(Story continues below)
Credit: ACI Africa
“What makes the book exciting and easy to read is the way the author tells the story of the different belief systems including Islam, African traditions, and Christianity,” Prof. Judith Mbula Bahemuka notes in the book’s Foreword.
A reviewer of the publication has described the book as “a fairly comprehensive and definitive story of the Catholic Church in Kenya.”
Also speaking during the November 19 book launch, Fr. Joseph Healey challenged Kenyans to remember their history “repeat it, learn from it and pass it onto others.”
Fr. Joseph Healey. Credit: ACI Africa
“Let us work hard and pray hard for the process of beatification and canonization of Servant of God Cardinal Otunga,” the member of the Maryknoll Society known for his passion for Small Christian Communities (SCCs) said, adding that the Servant of God has a “special place in Kenyan history, in the Catholic Church.”
The new book published by Paulines Publications Africa goes for KES. 2,500 (USD 25.00).
Also speaking during the book launch, the Directress of Paulines Publication Africa said the new book “celebrates the specific aim of our publishing apostolate: glory to God and salvation of people.”
Sr. Praxides Nafula, Directress of Paulines Publication Africa. Credit: ACI Africa
“This apostolate does not only consider the church as one, holy, Catholic, indefectible, infallible, and visible society instituted by Christ, but it further demands of those who engage in the apostolate that, putting to one side their private opinions, they always incline their mind, heart and will to think, work and feel with the Church and, hence to write in conformity with her teaching; in word, they have to have a childlike heart for her who has a mother’s heart for all,” Sr. Praxides Nafula said.
Fr. Njoroge’s writings “have become a loudspeaker that extends and reinforces the same voice, bringing to all the benefits of the truth, of holiness and of the life of the Church,” Sr. Nafula added.
Credit: ACI Africa
“This historical book, records with incontrovertible proof how much the hidden sacrifices of unseen people, in the absolute quiet of the cloisters, parish houses, homes or before the altar, have contributed to the propagation of the faith,” the member of the Institute of Daughters of St. Paul (FSP) said during the November 19 event.
=========================================
The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
The media, this week paid much attention to Puck Fair in Killorglin and the fact that the goat, “King Puck”, was suspended up in the air in a cage for a period that would last for three days. Concern for the animal’s welfare in the midst of a heat wave started the controversy but it soon developed into animal’s rights and whether a wild animal should be removed from his natural environment and held captive for three days. Assurances that the animal was well looked after and attended by a vet regularly got short shrift from those who believe that all animals should be allowed roam free, unhindered by human interference. This idea that animals have a great time in the wild and frolic gaily from morning to night is very far from reality. The animal world is a savage, eat or be eaten place where the smaller you are, the cuter you have to be to survive. If some of the people who took part in the discussion were alive when I was growing up there wouldn’t be much work done. Farmers used animals for centuries to draw carts and heavy farm machinery. It was far worse for a horse to be tackled to a plough or a mowing machine, all day long and day after day, than for a puck goat to be fed and found in a cage for three days. The old donkey earned his keep as well, going to the creamery or drawing out turf in the bog and sometimes he had to be encouraged with a belt of a stick. Even today, animals are regularly kept in confinement to be used for people’s entertainment. Wild horses and bulls are a big part of rodeos in America and there was bull fighting in Spain. Today we have horses who are bred and trained for racing. Their whole life is managed and when they are racing they have to take a jockey on their backs and will get beaten with a whip to make them go faster. They won’t have the luxury of being released after three days. I am not saying it is right but I just want to make the comparison with Puck Fair and the “over the top” comments of some of the contributors to the debate. This tradition, of hoisting a goat over the fair, goes back some four hundred years and yet this is the first time I have heard anyone complaining about it. I agree with points made about the excessive heat and that the animal should not be unduly exposed to it and maybe it is time to look at replacing the living animal with a statue. Those who are completely opposed to it are alerted now and will be watching out next year. It is all great publicity for the festival in Killorglin which is enjoyed every year by so many visitors to the town. On one occasion, back in the 1960’s, I was home on holidays at this time of the year. My mother asked me if I would bring some meat from town so I went to Louis Ahern’s butcher’s shop and got what she wanted. I put it into the back seat of the car and turned for home. As was the custom at the time, I pulled up at Jim Lane’s Bar to have one drink so as not to take the curse of the town with me! My neighbour, Donie Cusack, God be good to him, was inside and he asked me if I would go for a bit of a drive with him. I said Ok, locked my own car and we headed off out the Killarney road. Every time I asked him where we were going he said it wouldn’t be long now until we eventually finished up at Puck Fair which was in full swing. Two days later we arrived back in Abbeyfeale after having a whale of a time. but my mother wasn’t too impressed, I can tell you. I can’t let the topic of Puck Fair go without mentioning the behaviour of Joe Duffy on the Liveline programme that hosted the debate. Anyone who reads this column will know that I am not Joe’s biggest fan and this time around he gave me more cause to dislike the way he conducts himself. Instead of facilitating the debate in an impartial manner he came down strongly on the side of those who are totally against using the goat at the fair. The show should give everyone an opportunity to express their opinions but Joe succeeded in shouting down a member of the Killorglin organising committee and wouldn’t let him be heard. There were more than enough people to make the case for the prosecution without Joe becoming judge, jury and executioner. He could learn a lot from Katie Hannon and how she runs the show when he is absent. Maybe the animal rights people are correct but when I hear of animals being “stressed” I can’t believe it I don’t think it is right for us to attribute emotions to them as if they were human. No animal should be mistreated and the majority of owners take great care of their stock but when you think of all the animals who are regularly killed so that people may eat, the keeping of a goat away from his natural environment for a few days pales into insignificance.
On the lighter side, a holiday maker in Madrid during the bull-fighting season, asked for the delicacy of the house on his first night in the hotel restaurant. The waiter brought him what looked like two big meat balls on a plate. They were delicious and when he asked what was in them the waiter told him they were the testicles of the bull who had died in the ring that day. The next two evenings he had the same but on the third evening the contents of the plate were much smaller. When he asked the waiter if they were from the bull fight he was assured they were. “Why are they so small?” he asked, to which the waiter replied, “Sadly, Senor, the Matidor, he do not always win”. Food for thought!!
https://www.athea.ie/category/news/
============================
Durrushistory- 2022 Jun 30
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tzeEpz3y8ULwHNdBsKmzJgWNDOUxdr1dCyFzyjTaWxs/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JCiy6SrfhgWPMBSwm2r180BcGBOqwiecajz7EHKl9Js/edit
1580 Bandon Settlers, p. 1
1641, Depositions, Individuals, Bantry, Durrus, Schull areas, p.4
1659, Bandon District, Census of Ireland 1659 with supplementary material from the Poll Money ordinances 1660-1661
1688, Jurors, Inquisition, Ballinspittle. Initiated by Mary de Courcy, Lady Kinsale, Widow of Patrick to Recover Dower
1732, Subscription list of donations by the Gentlemen of the Parish of Bantry, sent by Father Peter O'Sullivan, Parish Priest of Bantry, West Cork, 8th January 1732 to Bishop Doctor Teige McCarthy Rabagh, against Penal Laws
1766, Probable West Cork Subscribers of 1766 'The History of the Irish Rebellion', Cork,
1778, UNDERNAMED SUBSCRIBERS; DO AGREE TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE PEACE OF THIS CITY AND THE PROPERTY THE INHABITANTS THEROF: CORK 26th March, 1778"
1780, West Cork Subscribers, John Fitzgerald’s Cork Remembrance.
1787, Subscribers to William Collins Poetry, West Cork
1787, Lucas Commercial Directory, Bandon
1789-1839, Churchwardens, Kilbrogan, Bandon
1794, On the eve of the Assizes The Minister, Churchwardens, and the Principal Inhabitants of Kilmeen thank the Government for their aid when their property was attacked by a deluded mob. p. 36
1796, Spinning Wheel Premium, Irish Flax Growers, 1796, p. 4
1799, Game Certificates, p. 89
1799, West Cork Supporters, Act of Union
1822, West Cork Subscribers Dr. Wood’s primitive Inhabitants of Ireland
1822 Local Fishery Committees
1825, Donors New Catholic Chapel, West Schull.
1826, Teachers of Baronies of East and West Carbery, Bantry and Bere, West Cork, p. 72
1826, United Parishes of Durrus and Muintervara, The Rev. Richard Quinn P.P. begs leave the undermentioned Ladies and Gentlemen by which he has been enable to nearly complete two churches in the United Parishes.
================================
========================
Such as we know it, Castle Magne is a scattered
hamlet on the banks of the Maine, ten miles south
of Tralee, and some three miles in a bee-line from
the head of Dingle Bay. It has one main street
or roadway leading to the south, and bending
https://archive.org/stream/kerryarchaeologicalmagazine/Kerry_Archaeological_Magazine_djvu.txt
=============================
Thomas Adderley was an active and involved stepfather to James Caulfeild, providing advice and help to him throughout his transition to adulthood and after. Thomas, who became MP for Charlemont, built Marino House in 1753 on property he had acquired, and presented it to his stepson, Lord Charlemont. While Charlemont was away – in London or travelling through Europe – Thomas Adderley developed and managed the Marino estate on his behalf.
https://www.patrickcomerford.com/search/label/Listowel
St Oliver Church Mungret
https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2020/01/the-church-in-mungret-was-built-to.html?m=1
=====================================
Banking Collapse in Cork in the 1820s Roches and Leslies Bank and House of Commons, London, Select Committee Query re Collapse, only functioning Bank left Pikes. First run 1820 Deputation including Messrs Crawford and Gerard Callaghan deputed to see Lord Lieutenant in Dublin to solicit loan o £100,000. 2nd failure of Leslies 1825.
The effects of the banking collapse were felt in all area and made a bad situation immeasurably worse. For example in Dunmanway the Church of Ireland Vestry return for 1827 state that the previous years collection was deposited with Leslie's Bank in Cork and lost when the Bank collapsed even though that happened in 1820.
https://wordpress.com/post/durrushistory.com/3440
=====================================
WEST Cork History
https://durrushistory.com/2021/12/13/lisavaird-clonakilty-agricultural-show-1930/
This is only a drop in the ocean but you can see family names clustering:
Fairly common from mid 18th century for schoolmasters to be witnesses to deeds and memorials. Some seem to be on pretty good terms with various Landlords.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Eg1XT1Z9dnB0wf0B7dGZX_r85d8EwjnpBLxqCv0M9ck/edit#gid=0
============================
Leprosy
NEW research suggests that the Vikings brought leprosy to Ireland. Sun Newspaper
BACTERIA IN INVADERS' BONES New research suggests the Vikings brought leprosy to Ireland as remains from Irish cemeteries examined
Researchers focused on five cases of probable leprosy which were identified in human skeletal remains excavated from burials in Ireland
Fiona Ellis 31 Jan 2019
Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Surrey and the University of Southampton focused on five cases of probable leprosy which were identified in human skeletal remains excavated from burials in Ireland.
New research suggests the Vikings brought leprosy to Irish shores
Three of the individuals were from a cemetery in Dublin and two came from Co Kildare and Co Antrim.
Professor Eileen Murphy, from the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast said: “Relatively little is known of leprosy in Medieval Ireland. As an island located at the far west of Europe, it has the potential to provide interesting insights about the historical origin of the disease.
“Ireland is of particular interest in the history of leprosy as it was never part of the Roman world nor underwent any significant occupation by later Anglo-Saxon settlers.”
Genetic investigations, also known as genotyping, were carried out on the leprosy bacterium (M. leprae) strains in two of the Dublin individuals.
The strains, which were dated from the early 10th century through to the 13th century, revealed that the individuals had been affected by two different strains of leprosy. One had probable origins in Scandinavia (Type 3), while the other first developed in the Middle East (Type 2).
Professor Mike Taylor, Bioarchaeological Scientist at the University of Surrey, said: “As past leprosy strains evolved, the genetic fingerprint of an archaeological case of leprosy can tell us about the possible movements of that individual. The two strain types discovered are highly similar to those present in cases in medieval Scandinavia, increasing the likelihood that this is the origin.”
The Dublin skeletons were also chemically examined to determine where the individuals had spent their early years.
None of the three individuals appear to have been local to Dublin and, while one may have been British or from the north of Ireland, the remaining two grew up in Scandinavia.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/3695873/vikings-leprosy-ireland-new-research/
==============================
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.
But precisely when the Vikings journeyed to establish the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement had remained unclear - until now.
Scientists on Wednesday said a new type of dating technique using a long-ago solar storm as a reference point revealed that the settlement was occupied in 1021 AD, exactly a millennium ago and 471 years before the first voyage of Columbus. The technique was used on three pieces of wood cut for the settlement, all pointing to the same year.
The Viking voyage represents multiple milestones for humankind. The settlement offers the earliest-known evidence of a transatlantic crossing. It also marks the place where the globe was finally encircled by humans, who thousands of years earlier had trekked into North America over a land bridge that once connected Siberia to Alaska.
"Much kudos should go to these northern Europeans for being the first human society to traverse the Atlantic," said geoscientist Michael Dee of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
The Vikings, or Norse people, were seafarers with Scandinavian homelands: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. They ventured through Europe, sometimes colonizing and other times trading or raiding. They possessed extraordinary boat-building and navigation skills and established settlements on Iceland and Greenland.
"I think it is fair to describe the trip as both a voyage of discovery and a search for new sources of raw materials," Dee said. "Many archaeologists believe the principal motivation for them seeking out these new territories was to uncover new sources of timber, in particular. It is generally believed they left from Greenland, where wood suitable for construction is extremely rare."
Their wooden vessels, called longboats, were propelled by sail and oars. One surviving example, called the Oseberg ship, is roughly 70 feet (21.6 meters long).
The Viking Age is traditionally defined as 793-1066 AD, presenting a wide range for the timing of the transatlantic crossing. Ordinary radiocarbon dating - determining the age of organic materials by measuring their content of a particular radioactive isotope of carbon - proved too imprecise to date L'Anse aux Meadows, which was discovered in 1960, although there was a general belief it was the 11th century.
The new dating method relies on the fact that solar storms produce a distinctive radiocarbon signal in a tree's annual growth rings. It was known there was a significant solar storm - a burst of high-energy cosmic rays from the sun - in 992 AD.
In all three pieces of wood examined, from three different trees, 29 growth rings were formed after the one that bore evidence of the solar storm, meaning the wood was cut in 1021, said University of Groningen archaeologist Margot Kuitems, the study's first author.
It was not local indigenous people who cut the wood because there is evidence of metal blades, which they did not possess, Dee said.
The length of the occupation remains unclear, though it may have been a decade or less, and perhaps 100 Norse people were present at any given time, Dee said. Their structures resembled Norse buildings on Greenland and Iceland.
Oral histories called the Icelandic Sagas depict a Viking presence in the Americas. Written down centuries later, they describe a leader named Leif Erikson and a settlement called Vinland, as well as violent and peaceful interactions with the local peoples, including capturing slaves.
The 1021 date roughly corresponds to the saga accounts, Dee said, adding: "Thus it begs the question, how much of the rest of the saga adventures are true?"
Reporting by Will Dunham in Washington, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/goodbye-columbus-vikings-crossed-atlantic-1000-years-ago-2021-10-20/
---------------------------------
https://youtu.be/vQlp9V1oPvM
Filename
Football back again May 2021.mp4
=========================
The tomb, which is on private land, is in a vulnerable condition and there are concerns that people visiting the site may cause further damage to the structure.
The National Museum of Ireland said it wishes to thank the landowner and all those involved in the prompt reporting of the find.
More stories on
====================================
Names and Races
By Domhnall de Barra
Last week I wrote a bit about the name Patrick, a name that is so common throughout the country, due to our patron saint, and the variations of that name that we use. It got me thinking about the names we call each other and the terms of endearment, or worse, that we use. We are seldom satisfied with our proper names. Take the name Michael for instance; very few christened in that angel’s honour are known by the proper name. We have Mike, Mikie, Micheál, Haulie, Hauleen Mickeen, Michealeen etc. A bit like my own name, Daniel. I am called Dan, Danny, Donie, Domhnall but never Daniel except for my mother, on occasions, when she might not be too pleased with me. She always called me Dan but if she wanted to emphasise something or tell me off she would refer to me as Daniel P. – Patrick is my middle name. Then there was the custom of calling people by their middle name instead of the first one. This was often done because a child had to be named after some relation who might not have been too popular with one of the parents. They could pick any name they liked for the middle one and nobody raised an eyebrow when that was the preferred title. Sometimes people avoid using names altogether. A husband might refer to his wife as “the missus” or “herself” or a caller might ask a woman “is himself at home”. This drives my wife Noreen mad. She says every one has a name and is entitled to be properly addressed. She also hates being addressed as “darling” – don’t blame her. Some of these terms of endearment are kind of ridiculous and come to us via films and television.. Why anyone would want to be called “baby” is beyond me and the abbreviated version “babes” is even worse. Honey, sweetheart, sweetcheeks, lovie, dearie, are all nauseating to me. I particularly find the term “honey bunch” laughable. Honey might come in a lot of ways but in a bunch?- give me a break! Our children are not spared either as we often call them by animals’ names. Kids is more used nowadays than children. A kid is a young goat, not a human being. We also use “pet” but they are not dogs or cats. Adults don’t escape either. A woman who complains a lot may be described as a “bitch” although most female dogs are very placid creatures. She might also be referred to as a “cow” again one of the quieter animals. A “gligeen” was a young skittish girl A pretty woman could be referred to as a “fox”. Stupid people were referred to as “apes”. They could be a fierce ape, an awful ape, a desperate ape or, most comical of all a “printed” ape! A big man was often called a bear or a bull. There was one of these in every Murphy’s or McAlpine’s gangs in England long ago, the most famous being “The Bear O’Shea” who featured in the ballad “McAlpine’s Fusiliers”. The old folk had some very funny phrases for describing a particular type of person, especially in a derogatory fashion. A smaller offending person might be called “a little sparrow fart” or even worse “a little shitty-arse”. One who misbehaved was a “pup” or a “caffler”, a silly woman was an “óinseach” and a foolish man was an “amadán”. A strong man might be referred to as a ”hoor” of a man. John B. Keane always maintained this word had nothing to do with the one that describes a lady of the night, hence the different spelling. It could be used almost as a compliment.
There was the story of the tourist who was standing on the pier in Dingle one morning as two fishing boats pulled out to sea. A man on one of the boats shouted to a man on the other boat; “hi O’Hara, O’Hara you hoor you how’re you”. The tourist was convinced that they were speaking Japanese and said he never thought that they would be fishing so far from home.! Times are changing and we are losing a lot of the terms and names that were once so common. I suppose, at the end of the day it does not really matter as long as the persons themselves are happy with their titles and our loved ones are reassured by how we address them so take no notice of me and my ranting.
It was a fantastic week of sport culminating in the great win over the English rugby team on Saturday. Horse racing took centre stage during the week with the annual Cheltenham festival dominating the airwaves. This festival is the highlight of the jumping season, the champions league and the world cup all rolled into one. Not that long ago an Irish win at this meeting was a rarity and we went there more in hope than anticipation. The tables have now turned with most of the winners at the meeting going to Irish horses, trainers and jockeys. The icing on the cake was twofold; Rachel Blackmore, leading Jockey and Henry De Bromhead, leading trainer. Rachel grabbed all the headlines, not just because she was the first lady to win the title but for her ability as a master jockey. She has opened the door for young girls all over the country who can now see themselves in the winners enclosure. I have mixed feelings about this. Of course it is great that women are treated as equals in sport but being a jump jockey is a very dangerous occupation. I listened lately to a leading jockey listing the amount of bones he had broken falling off horses. I would not like to see a grand daughter of mine putting herself in such danger or a grandson either. Anyway it was a great occasion and I want to compliment the producers of the programme each day on Virgin Media 3. It was light-hearted, informative, entertaining and you didn’t need to know much about racing to be caught up in the excitement of the moment. They did all this despite the fact that there were no crowds to create an atmosphere, especially in the winners circle. Then came Saturday and I don’t think any of us anticipated the performance of the Irish team as they took England apart. Any victory over England is good but this was especially pleasing because it finished the season on a high note and gave a great send-off to C. J. Stander, a rugby player who has been phenomenal both in the jerseys of both Ireland and Munster. He will be sadly missed but I think he is right to go now, while he still is relatively injury free. This is another sport that can be dangerous due to over physicality. Head injuries are a major worry with many past players, who are now in their middle ages, showing signs of brain damage. We all love sport but we have to ensure that we look after the welfare of those who give us so much entertainment week after week.
https://www.athea.ie/category/news/
----------------------------------------------------
Patneen Ahern Remembered By Tom Aherne
2013 is the 25th anniversary of the passing of the master fiddle player Paddy Ahern (affectionately known as Patneen) from Glenagore, Athea; He died on Saturday 26th November 1988 aged 87 years old. I compiled the following tribute to him about 10 years ago which I would like to share with our readers. Traditional music has been played for centuries all over Ireland. It has been handed down from father to son, mother to daughter, and from neighbour to neighbour, for Irish music is a living tradition. Since the dawn of time people have enjoyed making and listening to music. We are fortunate in Ireland to have a very rich tradition of instrumental music.
It is a most enjoyable pastime with much fun generated at the many sessions that take place, on a regular basis all over the country. Somebody once said music resembles poetry, -‘in each are numerous graces, which no methods teach and which a master hand alone can reach.’ Today the fiddle is one of the most popular instruments for playing traditional music in Ireland. Over the years we recall many famous fiddle players, such as Michael Coleman, Johnny Doherty, Padraig O’Keeffe, Sean Maguire, Denis Murphy, Seamus Connolly, Paddy Glackin, Martin Mulvihill and Johnny Donegan.
West Limerick has also produced many top class exponents of the fiddle and bow over the years, too numerous to mention here. An expression you often hear nowadays is ‘if the cap fits wear it.’ It was the name of a recording by fiddle player Kevin Bourke back in 1978. The expression brings to mind memories of the man with the cap in musical circles, in our locality Patneen Ahern, from the Glenagore/Knockfinisk border in the parish of Athea. He came from an area rich in music and he dedicated his long life to the promotion of fiddle playing.
Paddy Ahern from Glenagore was born in 1901 the eldest of five children. He had three brothers, Con Mick and Dan, and one sister Catherine, who died at a young age. His father was Patrick and his mother was Ann Madigan from Rooskagh. His grandmother was a woman by the name of Woulfe, from Athea, whose brother was a teacher there in times past. A very interesting link with his past relations was his great-grandmother, who was a woman by the name of Coll from Bruree. She was probably a relation of Eamon De Valera and they met up when Paddy’s great grandfather was in service around that locality.
Paddy went to Carrigkerry National School where his teacher was Master Halpin and he was a keen scholar, being especially good at Maths. It was all walking in those days and the two miles plus journey was done morning and afternoon in all types of weather. When school days were completed along with his brothers and friends he entered service with farmers around the West Limerick area. His social life centred around the Village of Carrigkerry where his music was highly regarded and valued.
Paddy Inherited his music from the fine fiddle player ‘Jackson’ and he could trace back his relationship to the great man who was a legend at playing and composing music. Paddy’s ability to read and write music and to play the fiddle and tin whistle, helped him greatly to develop into a master musician and to be regarded as one of the best fiddle players of his generation. His collection of Irish traditional tunes was enormous, and many were from O’Neill’s Collection of music, which was the good musician’s bible at that time. He could play away all night without repeating a tune. In the early days of the century he was in his prime, playing for gambles, raffles, dances, weddings, socials and wren nights. His name was renowned not alone in Limerick but also in adjoining counties.
His distinctive style of music attracted a host of top class musicians who wanted to claim the honour of playing with the master of fiddle and bow. Down the years he taught many pupils the art of fiddle playing at his cottage overlooking Ahern’s Glen. They included Sean Lynch, Glenagore, George Walker, Rooskagh, Tom Ahern, Knockfinisk and John and Mike O’Sullivan, Carrigkerry. They are now scattered to the four corners of the World and to Heaven above, but his music has been transferred and still lives on. His style of penning down a tune was unrivalled at the time considering that he had very poor eyesight. It is true to say that he kept the Céilí music going when it was not fashionable or rewarding and that he left a legacy of his music and good musicians after him to carry on the tradition.
Timmy Woulfe, from Athea (who has done great work teaching and collecting dances over the years), has great memories of Paddy which he shared with me at the time. Timmy recalled many visits to Ahern’s house in Glenagore over the years. Colm Danaher and he would attend music sessions there along with many others from the locality. A gentleman by the name of Lynch, who was a bank manager in Newcastle West, was amongst the callers. Paddy was regarded as an icon by the people, who came from far and wide to play with him and also to hear him display his great talent. Timmy said ‘He had a rake of music and tunes, which many others had never heard of and he was always on the lookout to collect more new tunes. Timmy recalled writing out Cooley’s Reel for Paddy on one occasion. A warm welcome awaited all who came to his house, and tea and refreshments were always served.
Paddy is still remembered by the older generation around Athea, twenty four years after his death. He would attend Irish Nights arranged by the local Comhaltas branch and other events around the Village. Timmy recalled a Radio recording that featured Paddy which was held in Kelly’s Hall and Mick Lynch’s Bar. Ciarán Mac Mathúna visited Kelly’s Hall to record material for his Radio programme ‘A Job of Journeywork.’ The Hall was packed and the noise levels high, making recording near impossible. The crowd went wild when Paddy commenced his performance, stamping their feet and urging him on. To help the recording Dinny Kelly, a player from Knocknaboul, shielded Paddy from the crowd by opening his overcoat wide and turning his back to the crowd.
In frustration Ciarán left by a side window for the sanctuary of the pub and the enjoyment of a few drinks. The late Seán
O’Ríada made a recording one fine summer’s day at Mick Lynch’s which Paddy attended. A famous fiddle player John Kelly from Carrigaholt in Clare took a shine to him and the two spent a lot of the day playing together. Timmy concluded by saying that Paddy Ahern and Con Greaney were the two outstanding talents that came from the locality. They were generous with their time and music and singing was their fulfilment in life. They were blessed with great talent, but both remained modest and unassuming and a credit to their parish.
Paddy Ahern was always referred to as Patneen or Padneen in local circles. He was humorous and full of wit and many stories were told about him over the years. One of his famous sayings was that he could play the fiddle as good as Geraldine O’Grady (the famous violin player) if only he had her fiddle. He was asked on one occasion if he could play a certain tune. His reply was swift saying if it was in the book he could play it. Paddy never married, similar to the great Sliabh Luachra fiddle player Pádraig O’Keeffe. The latter always called his fiddle, ‘the missus’ because he thought so much of it. It was much the same with Paddy as he was always minding his fiddle, and being very careful where he left it.
A couple of more stories that come to mind are as follows: – He was at a wren party on one occasion and enjoying himself to the full. It was to finish up at a certain hour of the morning to allow the owners of the house to tidy it up and to get a few hours sleep. The leader of the wren boy group had a job to get Paddy out, but after some persuasion he got him out and pointed him in the direction of his home which was only a short distance away. When the leader had the house sorted out and all things put back in place he also headed for home. He received a big surprise when he lifted the latch and walked into his own kitchen, to see Paddy sitting on his armchair and fast asleep in front of the open fire.
On another occasion Paddy was in Stack’s Bar, Carrigkerry after collecting his pension. He was playing a few tunes for those present when one person asked for a loan of his fiddle. He played a few tunes and was inclined to boast of his ability as he handed back the fiddle. Paddy and a few others were discussing the merit of his playing a while later. Paddy’ sight was failing badly at this time and he turned to the person next to him, unaware that it was the fiddle player. ‘Take no notice of that family’ said Paddy ‘they are only a crowd of blow holes.’
My own memories of Paddy are mainly from the 1960s and the wren parties he attended at Kennelly’s house in Glensharrold. He was in advancing years at the time, but he was still very much sought after for his expertise on the fiddle. A driver was always sent for him, as he had no means of transport. He would sit near the fire and play away to his heart’s content. The slant of his cap and the head shaking as his foot kept time are visions I still retain after close on fifty years. He would keep the floor going for long periods, with rousing polka sets, siege of Ennis, foxtrots, and waltzes.
His only reward would be a few pints of porter and plenty of food to eat. Paddy had a habit of falling asleep and when he awoke rested would play on with renewed vigour. At one party the dancing continued late into the following morning until Paddy fell asleep. As he awoke from his slumber, he came out to the back yard to answer a call of nature. Rubbing his eyes that January evening as the dusk was falling, he looked to the sky and declared. ‘It’s a grand morning thank God; it’s breaking fine and clear.’
Paddy Ahern died in the Regional Hospital Limerick on Saturday 26th November 1988 aged 87 years. His remains were removed to Athea Church, and the burial took place in the family grave in Holy Cross Cemetery on the Monday. Musicians provided a guard of honour and traditional music was played at the graveside. It was one of the first times music was played there, and that would have made Paddy really proud.
Now close on a quarter of a century later it would be nice to see his memory recorded in some way in the parish. A memorial could be erected, or a music competition held annually to commemorate his name. A true son of Ireland, he deserves continued recognition for keeping the music alive, and teaching others to preserve our great musical heritage. I dedicate the following lines in his honour.
In Carrigkerry so fair, his music filled the air from June to May, through night and day,
Much music he taught, to all who were brought, and the tunes they sought, sure they were taught for naught,
He travelled the west, and played with the best, with fiddle and bow, he was always on the go,
His mind was at ease, from Glenagore’s heather breeze, with the jigs and the reels; sure, the music filled his needs,
Paddy is now at eternal rest, under a headstone three miles west, he should be forever blessed, as he was simply the best.
================================
================================
Foynes Flying Boat Museum
Sharing from our archives - December 2nd 1935
The background to Foynes: In 1935 the Irish government began to see the very important role that the country would play in the development of transatlantic air services. In December that year, a three man group of government members attended the Ottawa Conference. At this, the British, Newfoundland and Canadian governments agreed to co-operate in the development of transatlantic air services. A route was decided that would fly between Ireland and Newfoundland and a target date of 1938 was set for its start. Following this conference, the Irish delegation traveled to the USA and signed a similar agreement with the US government.
Sharing from our archives - December 2nd, 1935 r part of the development plans which included the construction of a flying boat base. In an effort to choose a suitable place, a six-man group from Ireland and England toured the coast looking for a suitable location on the west coast for the base. It was finally decided to build facilities in the Shannon Estuary at Foynes. This location was chosen because the area was very flat and provided a good location for a normal airfield also. This airfield was to become Rinneanna airfield and is the present day Shannon International Airport
======================================
Old Site local history
http://www.geocities.ws/dalyskennelly_2000/irishcan.html
==========================================
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennelly-244
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennelly-502
==================================
Observer 1915
http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/wo%201915%2008%2021.pdf
=======================
==========================================================
Note on Ballyhennessy House
In 1830, Ballyhennessy, containing about 150 plantation acres, was part of the estate of Mrs B Harenc. Ballyhennessy House, with 40 to 60 acres, was advertised for lease, proposals to Stephen Edward Collis Esq, Listowel. It had been in possession of Ferdinand Lyne (or Lynne).
In 1822, Ferdinand Lyne and two of his nephews, Lieut Supple and his brother, beat off a party of Whiteboys who attacked Ballyhennessy House for arms. The following may assist with Lyne ancestry. In 1965, Rev Brother Amedy Lyne of the De La Salle Order was being held by Communists in Burma and sought help in seeking details of his Kerry ancestry to enable him to leave the country. His address there was c/o Arthur Lyne, 10 Myaunggyl Road, Yeggaw, Rangoon, Burma. He wrote to Kilflynn-born Rev Brother Pius Kelly in Hong Kong for help, who in turn forwarded his letter to his brother Michael Kelly in Kilflynn, with a covering note which stated, ‘You know that all our schools have been taken from us. We can teach there no more. Just think of it. The work of 105 years gone, or so it seems’. Rev Bro Amedy wrote: ‘This is your old blind friend writing to you from far-off Burma. I am sure you are keeping fit and fine. I am also keeping fine with the only drawback that my eye is getting dimmer. The object of my letter is to ask of you a big favour which I think is going to give you a bit of a headache. I am trying to trace the particulars of grandparents and parents. My grandfather, Ferdinand Lyne, hailed from Listowel. He enlisted in Cork on July 27 1849. He was aged 20. He embarked for Madras in the ship Castle Eden in 1850. He was a Gunner in the 2nd British Madras Artillery. He volunteered for General Service in 1861 and made QMS in 1862. As far as I know he had two sons, Edward and Daniel Lyne, although it is possible that he may have had more children as I am not very sure. Could you write and find out if there is anybody who could throw some light about my grandfather? … Here are some details of my uncle, Edward Lyne … He was born on October 2 1863. He was baptised on December 13 1863 by Rev Father P Doyle. At the time his parents (my grandparents) were living at Cuddapah, Madras … Daniel Lyne, who is my father, settled down here in Burma. But I do not know where he was born and baptised.’ Rev Brother James Amedy Lyne appears to have died at Myanmar in 1985.
In 1906, the house was in possession of Mary Wilhelmina Eagar when she sold her interest in it. Timothy O’Carroll appears next in possession when in 1925, he instructed the auction of the house and farm, vested in the Irish Land Commission, as he then intended to reside at his former residence in Pallas. The property was described as a substantially built residence of two storeys, with sitting room, kitchen, six bedrooms and storeroom. There was a stall for 25 cows, stable for 3 horses, 3 piggeries, large calf-house, 2 fowl houses, cart house, turf shed, boiler house, etc.
In 1927, bailiffs seized six greyhounds for rates at Ballyhennessy.
http://www.odonohoearchive.com/ballyhennessy-sandhills-portrait-of-a-north-kerry-wonder-dog/
=======================================================
Tom Lynch dabbled in a bit of poetry from time to time but from whom he inherited the gift he could not say. He couldn’t recall there being any poets or sages in the Lynch family. One of his poems that springs to mind was one he wrote in the early 1980’s known as ‘Modern Progress’ It was around the beginning of the computer era and it went as follows –
I dream of the days and old-fashioned ways
Before life got confused with inventions
That has addled our brains, brought stresses and strains
And left us with headaches and tensions.
To move with the times is called progress alines
Where life’s a continual rat race
To reach for the stars after stopping in Mars
If ever they jet us to that place.
But that as it may but I’ll venture to say
That predictions too often come true
And before very long unless science is proved wrong
There’ll be nothing for man left to do
Take the silicon chip with a built-in horse whip
To make robots perform just like men
Who will work night and day without overtime pay
And wont stroke over tea-breaks at ten.
They can wire TV sets and put engines in jets
They can make the spare parts for our trains
And they never get tired for their bodies are wired
To a mass of mechanical brains.
I have no crystal ball to tell what may befall
In the forthcoming decade or two
But computerised schemes will put paid to our dreams
Of a future with skies over blue.
Now heaven forbid but I’ll bet you a quid
Or a dime to a fistful of dollars
That the whole human race will be launched into space
Lest we stop teaching science to our scholars.
In a less sombre view let me add a refrain
To this preview that’s only hear-say
For no matter how great are the threats to our fate
Where there’s a will there’s always a way.
When the oil wells run dry don’t sit down and cry
Just because you can’t drive your new rover
Get a good lively ass that will take you to Mass
And your problems of travel are over.
https://langangeorgedotcom1.wordpress.com/?wref=bif
===========================
============================================================
The following is my tribute to the aforementioned Micheal, 217 yrs after his death -:
The Bard Of Carrignavar.
Micheal O Longain was his name Ballydonoghue was his home,
As a poet and ‘script collector ‘round Munster he did roam.
With the passing of the Penal Laws from the Knight he hath to flee,
To the capital town of Munster, Cork city by the Lee.
As a famous Irish scholar he was known both far and near,
From Bandon by the Atlantic to the Shannon by Glin pier.
Two brothers and a sister he left behind that day
And the ‘Castle’s rich green meadows where he oft times saved the hay.
To his new home near Cork city where each day he toiled with pride,
Then fell in love with a local lass that soon would be his bride.
A famous son soon to be born thus preserving the Irish brogue
The darling son of Micheal, the famous Micheal Og.
By the ways of the Lord, we must abide, hence the end was drawing nigh
And he soon would be departing to that land beyond the sky.
As we gaze upon the Heaven’s seeking out the falling star,
Let’s say a prayer for Michael, the Bard of Carrignavar.
George Langan,
November 21st 1987.
https://langangeorge.wordpress.com/author/langangeorge/
=============================================
John Langan (2) Knockanure.
John Langan was born in the parish of Knockanure, Co. Kerry in the year 1856. It is feasible that John was either the grandson or grandnephew of Tom Langan (1), more than likely the latter as Tom’s son Patrick was born in 1841 and it is unlikely that he, Patrick would have been married and have a son by the age of fifteen. John joined the British Army’s 67th Brigade of The Leinster Regiment on October 26th 1880. His description on enlistment as follows:
Age Apparently – 24yrs.
Height – 5ft- ¾ inches.
Chest Measurement – 36 ½ inches.
Complection – Fresh.
Eyes – Blue.
Hair – Brown.
Religious Denomination – Roman Catholic.
Distinctive Marks – Old wound between elbow and shoulder.
His Trade or Calling given as a Labourer.
Military History Sheet.
Service at Home and Abroad.
Country – Home. From 21-10-1880 to 10-12-1882 – 2yrs-51days. Country – India. From 11-12-1882 to 15-03-1889 – 7yrs-93days. Country ====. 16-03-1890 to 24-04-1890 – 40 days. Country – Home.25-04-1890 to 20-10-1892 – 2yrs-179days. Discharged on 20-10-1892 on termination of first period of limited engagement. Enlisted for a second period of duty for 4 yrs from 21-10 1892. At Birr, Co. Offaly Discharged on 20-10-1896 on termination of his engagement.
Next of kin given as follows:
Mother – Ellen Langan, Knockanure. (Could be sister-in-law to Maurice Langan, my greatgreatgrandfather)
Brothers – Thomas and Patrick, Knockanure. (Could be nephews of Maurice Langan, my greatgreatgrandfather.) It would appear that John spent the greater part of his life in the British Army. On September 4th 1914, at Cork, he enlisted with the Special Reservists under the term of ‘one year unless War lasts longer in which case you will be retained until War is over’, for which he was. On enlisting, for some reason or other, he gave his age as 40 years when in fact he was 58yrs of age. He gave his trade or calling as a Clark. He was passed fit to join the Leinster Regiment on said date. This latest term of duty would appear not to have run that smooth as can be seen from the following: 11-12-1915 – Went A.W.O.L. – 14 days F.P. No 2 by Co for absence. Forfeits 8 days pay for absence. 29-12-1916 – Deserted. 13-02-1917 – Rejoined. In arrest awaiting trial. Tried by Court Martial for desertion. 18-02-1917 – Found not guilty of desertion but guilty of absence without leave. (56 days detention) 26-03-1917 – Released from detention. Special remission by G.O.C. of 20 days. 15-05-1917 – Awarded 28 days detention by C.O. for absence. Forfeits 17 days pay. 11-06-1917 – Transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers. 26-11-1918 – Transferred to Res. E. Co. 26-06-1919 – Transferred to the Dorset Regt Discharged from the army December 14th 1919 and retired to the Soldiers Home, King St. Cork. Next of kin given as Ellen Langan, Knockanure. No mention of his brothers Thomas or Patrick. From ‘Missing Friends’ we find an advert in the Boston Globe newspaper looking for a John Langan by his brother Thomas, home address given as Knockanure.
https://langangeorge.wordpress.com/author/langangeorge/
=======================================================
Hotel, Bantry. Famous Visitors to Vickery’s Hotel.
11 Friday Sep 2020
Posted by durrushistory in Uncategorized
https://durrushistory.com/2020/09/11/1912-henry-ford-of-detroit-in-vickerys-hotel-bantry/
From Hazel Vickery who donated Vickery papers UCC, Boole Library:
https://libguides.ucc.ie/ld.php?content_id=32363594
In 1912, Willie’s cousins, Herbert & Tommie Vickery, sons of George J. Vickery, of Vickery’s Hardware Shop,opened a motor repair garage behind the hotel. As they were Ford dealers, they needed a showroom on the street. This was in the new hotel building between the front door and the archway, with petrol pumps on the footpath. The hotel was used by the Cork Ford Company for regional meetings and Henry Ford, his wife Clara and daughter stayed in the hotel on the night of the 10th August 1912.
Corktown, Detroit, Michigan being Revitalised by Henry Ford The Third.
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/durrushistory.com/35978
Henry Ford, Madame, Ballinascarthy, West Cork and the Uilleann Pipes
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/durrushistory.com/699
Famous Visitors to the Hotel:
Noel O’Sullivan a porter in 1940 wrote that he remembered opening the door for the then, Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera; General Tom Barry; Dan Breen, Eoin O’Neill, Dr Noel Browne, the singer Delia Murphy and actresses
Kathleen Ryan and Hermione Badderly. In 1961, during the making of the film “I Thank a Fool” on the Mizen Head Peter Finch stayed with his wife Yolande. Susan Hayward and Diane Cliento who were starring in the same film were regular clients for meals at that time. Trevor Howard, Cyril Cusack and Geraldine Plunkett (Glenroe) visited when making a film in Baltimore. Trevor was so pleased with one of the photos of him taken by Ian that he ordered 100 copies to use as a publicity photograph. Maureen O’Hara and her husband Charles Blair stayed when looking for property in the area which they eventually found in Glengarriff. She became a regular client as was Christy Moore when he had a house in Durrus – much to excitement of the staff. Before the private sitting-room/guest lounge became
the dining room I have fond memories of great sing-songs with various friends and guests playing the baby grand piano which had come from Elsie and Ian’s home in Reenmeen, Glengarriff after it was sold. Pianists included Donal Crosbie of the Cork Examiner family, Joe Lynch (Dinny in Glenroe), Maureen Potter and Jimmy O’Dea who stayed when they were staging their revues in the Parochial Hall. Later the old bar became the venue for the Young Musicians’ Platform during the West Cork Chamber Music Festival until they outgrew the room.
===================================
The Finucane family had a proud history of participation in British conflicts. The hero’s grandfather had fought in the British Army in World War I while, in a different twist, his father. Andy, had been an active member of the Old IRA, fighting against the Black and Tans in the Irish War of Independence
https://tintean.org.au/2020/08/10/heroes-like-finucane/
WAR Independence
RIC Barracks Hugginstown Kilkenny Attacked by IRA, Constable Thomas Ryan killed. 08.March.1920 On 8 March 1920, the peaceful village of Hugginstown in County Kilkenny was shook when the IRA mounted a daring attack on the RIC barracks. One of the police in the barracks on that occasion, Constable Thomas Ryan was fatally wounded during the night. Although IRA attacks on the police barracks were by March 1920 commonplace, it appears that this attack took them by surprise. The police were startled at 11.30pm by the noise of gunfire and bombs thrown at the building. Constable Ryan rushed downstairs shouting at his colleagues ‘come on boys, we're under attack’. Constables Tighe and Conroy fired from the day room while Ryan raced upstairs with a box of bombs. The IRA then spotting Ryan in the upstairs room managed to throw a bomb of their own into the room. A few moments later the police heard Ryan moaning and crying stating that he was dying. Coming downstairs he was bleeding profusely and his arm had been completely shattered by the blast. His last words to his comrades were: ‘I am done. They got me through the window’. The Irish Bulletin (1918-1921), March, 1920, reported that on the 10th police and army raided 200 houses in Hugginstown, https://bit.ly/2TOqp5X #history #archive
=================================================================
#OTD 100 Police Barracks Burned 04.April.1920 April 1920 started with the largest scale IRA activity to date in the War of Independence with the systematic targeting of abandoned RIC barracks and other buildings. It was a month during which the issue of Irish independence would be brought to an international audience, while it continued to be time of terror in Ireland. The RIC remained the open target of the IRA, but on a number of occasions in April the RIC would claim victory. Elsewhere, land related issues continued to flare as anarchy set in across the country. In what was a perfectly executed plan, involving IRA units all across the country, the IRA burned over 100 abandoned RIC barracks in rural areas and almost 100 income tax offices. The Evening Herald newspaper estimated that large parties of men must have been involved in this well coordinated plan across the country. ***Read more & Download Source**** Evening Herald, 5 April 1920, page 1 ; See also Kerryman, 10 April 1920, page 1 https://bit.ly/2X4ONDz #history #library #irishhistory #librarians #archives
======================================================
#OTD 05.April.1920 100 Prisoners Hunger Strike In early April 1920 IRA prisoners, some held with a charge for over six weeks, began to formulate a plan to carry out a hunger strike in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin where they demanded prisoner of war status. ‘Great excitement’ reigned in Dublin on Monday night 5 April when it was learned that the hunger strike had commenced. The previous Thursday the prisoners, all held in one wing started to destroy all the furniture and fittings in the cells, and in a number of instances, the walls of cells were broken allowing prisoners to mix together. In total about 100 prisoners held under the Defence of the Realm Act commenced a hunger strike, refusing food. Crowds of sympathisers have gathered outside the prison and have started to sing songs in an effort to help the prisoners during their hunger strike The hunger strike would last for two weeks as the crowds began to mass in huge numbers outside the prison. Led by members of Cummann a Mban an estimated crowd of 20,000 people gathered. A general labour strike commenced across the country before the British government were forced to back down and released the hunger strikers. Source: Irish Examiner, 7 April 1920; https://bit.ly/2V4drS3 #history #irish #library #librarian
Fri, Mar 6, 2020, Maureen Kennelly has been announced as director of the Arts Council. Currently director of Poetry Ireland
(Break)
Originally from Ballylongford in Co Kerry, prior to Poetry Ireland, Kennelly’s wide experience included curator with the Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival; programme director of the Cuirt International Festival of Literature, Galway; curator of the All Ireland Performing Arts Conferences in Belfast and in Derry; director of Kilkenny Arts Festival; and artistic director of the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray. She has also worked with Fishamble New Writing Theatre Company, Druid Theatre Company, and with the Arts Council. In March 2011, she was creative producer of DublinSwell, staged at the Convention Centre, Dublin as the first major celebration of the Unesco City of Literature designation. She has also worked extensively as an arts consultant and producer.
Sophie Peirce-Evans
Better known by her second married name, Lady Mary Heath, Sophie rose to fame as Ireland’s Amelia Earhart when she completed the first flight from Cape Town to London in her small open-cockpit plane. The journey was a harrowing one that took her five months to complete. Yet this was not Sophie’s first taste of fame.
https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/news/chronicles-insight-pioneering-irish-women-sport
Earlier Epidemics
Before the advent of modern medicine, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 was the last known deadly pandemic on a global scale. An estimated 50 million people died of the Spanish Flu, 675,000 of whom were in the United States.
In Philadelphia, one of the hardest-hit cities, the Church offered buildings as temporary hospitals, and priests and especially religious sisters played an indispensable and heroic role in fighting the flu, bringing patients the Blessed Sacrament and caring for patients, according to the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/coronavirus
The Influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, also known as the Spanish Flu, is considered one of the worst epidemics in history.
Throughout the course of the flu, over 2,000 nuns, about two-thirds of all sisters in the archdiocese, helped care for the sick, functioning mainly as nurses in hospitals across the city.[6] The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for instance were sent to the Municipal Hospital as well as acted as private nurses, going door to door in poor neighborhoods to find and care for the sick. The sisters who taught as St. Peters Claver’s School helped turn the building into an emergency hospital and served as nurses for the close to 50 patients who would be treated in the building.[7] The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis also were deeply involved in the fight against the flu as the sisters ran three hospitals, St. Agnes, St. Mary, and St. Joseph, which together saw over 1,300 patients.[8] Other religious orders that sent nurses to various hospitals across the city included Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, Sisters of Saint Joseph,
https://chrc-phila.org/influenza-pandemic-and-the-sisters/
Evaluating Educational Interventions
Neuroimaging also may help us discern the precise instructional elements that work best for teaching students with dyslexia how to read, write, and spell.
Video link
https://youtu.be/vB5n5xyOfCw
Filename
Rambling House Knockanure March 2020a
1921 Treaty Ireland
And now by that Treaty I am going to stand, and every man with a scrap of honour who signed it is going to stand. It is for the Irish people—who are our masters (hear, hear), not our servants as some think—it is for the Irish people to say whether it is good enough. I hold that it is, and I hold that the Irish people—that 95 per cent of them believe it to be good enough. We are here, not as the dictators of the Irish people, but as the representatives of the Irish people, and if we misrepresent the Irish people, then the moral authority of Dáil Éireann, the strength behind it, and the fact that Dáil Éireann spoke the voice of the Irish people, is gone, and gone for ever…
More at
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/90764843/posts/2524781183
All Military results for Newtownsandes
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/39/?keyword=newtownsandes
Results 1-12 of 12
RecordsCategories
To get better results, add more information such as First Name, Last Name, Birth Info, Death Info and Location—even a guess will help.
or learn more
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Pension Records
View Image
Record information.
Name
John Kelly
Birth
Newtownsandes, Kerry abt year
Residence
year
UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920
Draft, Enlistment and Service
Record information.
The Queen has sent the following message to The President of the United States of America and to the people of America following the death of President George H W Bush.
“It was with sadness that I learned of the death of President George H W Bush last night,” Her Majesty said.
President Bush was a great friend and ally of the United Kingdom. He was also a patriot, serving his country with honour and distinction in Office and during the Second World War.
Prince Philip and I remember our days in Texas in 1991 with great fondness.
My thoughts and prayers are with President Bush’s family and the American people.”
Read in the message here: https://bit.ly/2zyJBve
Congratulations and best wishes for the future to Nora Ambrose, Dunganville, who celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends at the Ballintemple Inn, Newcastle West on Sunday, September 9. 2018, She attended and enjoyed the Ardagh Chalice Festival last weekend.
From Tom Ahern Sept 2018; The Ardagh Chalice 150 festival commenced on Friday night last (which was Culture Night) with a parade from Rearasta Fort led by the Fenian Pike men and bodhrán players to St Molua’s Church. Fr Michael Noonan concelebrated Mass and the six parish quilts were blessed. Minister of State for Finance Patrick O’Donovan performed the official opening which was followed by a History Seminar and an Address by Sean Kelly M.E.P. The Hunt Museum Ardagh Chalice Replica, Sam Maguire Cup, and numerous other replica chalices were all present and greatly admired and photographed. The events on Saturday featured GAA Blitz, genealogy workshop, busking, Rearasta Fort walk and talk, Comhaltas performance, Art Prize presentation and GAA talks. The festival continues this weekend and to keep informed people can source news on the following sites: www.stkieransheritage.ie https://twitter.com/StKierans
A Free State Army report of 21 January 1923 states, “with depleted numbers, lack of resources and unified control and almost complete ineffectiveness from a military standpoint, their [Anti-Treaty IRA] policy of military action is slowly changing to one of sheer destruction and obstruction of the civil government.”
https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/timeline/blitz-big-houses
In studying Irish history I am forcibly struck by the number of people born into the Protestant or Dissenter tradition who became involved in the campaign for Irish independence, many in leadership positions. By Willie Methven.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/68065011/posts/1088
The Irish Palatine Association Ltd.,
Old Railway Buildings, Rathkeale,
Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Tel. +353 (0)69 63511
e-mail: [email protected]
www.irishpalatines.org
In 1709 several hundred families of German
origin settled in Ireland. Known as the
Palatines, they established roots mainly in
Counties Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary and
Wexford. From there they emigrated to many
parts of the English-speaking world including
Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand
and the United States of America.
Wordpress
Getting back to her death certificate, it states that she was 79 years old, making her year of birth around 1836. Her father is given as Martin Flanagan. She was born in County Clare, Ireland. She spent 6 years in Victoria before leaving for New Zealand. After returning to Australia, she spent 32 years in NSW, putting their arrival in NSW around 1879. Age at first marriage is unknown and his name is given as __Flanagan. Age at second marriage was 26. Spouse: John Johnston. These details conflict a little with her marriage certificate, which said she as 23, making her date of birth closer to 1841.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/35828219/posts/58976
Of Irish Interest.
The Sacred Heart Review, Volume 29, Number 22, 30 May 1903
THE IRISH IN AMERICAN LIFE.
Mr. Edward F. McSweeney's address on the Irish element in our population, before the Charitable Irish Society, last week, was not of the kind which we usually hear at St. Patrick's Day banquets and other occasions sacred to fiery oratory and race-glorification. It was, on the contrary, a thoughtful, well-prepared presentation of the position which the Irish have attained in American life, and contained striking arguments to prove that people of Irish blood must not, unless they wish to deteriorate, be content to rest on the laurels of their fathers. The following passages from Mr. McSweeney's address are well worthy of serious consideration: — The Irish-American can not ape Americanism; he must be content to be what he is, a member of a cleanblooded race, witlt honorable traditions and a magnificent history, if he wants to amount to anything. If he must set up some American for a model, let him try and live up to men of whom not only America, but the world, is proud. Loyalty to the government of the republic, fidelity to its political system and polity and a willingness at all times to preserve its integrity and defend its gooil name, are the tliin_s the United Stales requires from its citizens. The man who strives to make an Irishman into a Yankee, or a Yankee into an Irishman, spoils two fine types of humankind, and injures the republic
The Sacred Heart Review, Volume 28, Number 6, 9 August 1902
A resolution has been proposed and adopted without opposition in the Prussian Diet, requesting the ministry to prepare a bill to impose more rigid restrictions on the liquor traffic, says the Philadelphia Record. Count Douglas asserted that the Germans spend :!,0 ,0,000,000 marks ($750,000,000) a' year in drink; twice the amount of the combined army and navy budgets. One-third of the inmates of insane asylums in Germany are victims of intemperance, eighty per cent, of the idiots are the offspring of intemperate parents, and the number of persons convicted of crimes has increased from 299,249 in 1882 to 478,139 in 1899. -- i m The Irish magistrates seem to be waking up to a sense of their duty in the matter of license-granting. There is, at present, as we have before stated in these columns, a bill before the House of Lords which, if passed, will put an end to the promiscuous granting of licenses to
sell liquor in Ireland. Meanwhile we note that the deputy-lieutenants and magistrates of Kerry have met and passed the following resolution :— " That we approve of the bill now before the House of Lords putting a stay to the issue of new licenses, and for other purposes, and recommend that during the interval before it becomes law its enactments be taken as binding."
Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932) Thu 23 Sep 1915 Page 10
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115595806?searchTerm=Irish%20pattern%20day&searchLimits=
A deputation of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation waited upon Mr. Augustine
Birrell at the Home Office in reference to the mode of payment of teachers' salaries. At
present the salaries are paid quarterly. The desire of the teachers' is that they should be
paid monthly. The Chief Secretary was in full sympathy with the teachers,' but. said
that he was hampered by the Treasury
RACING: The 2014 Ballyheigue Races will take place on Sunday 28th December at 12:30pm.
Horse racing on the beach has been a traditional event in Ballyheigue for many years and generally takes place around the Christmas/New Year period. It is a fantastic spectacle that has to be seen to fully appreciate. The sight of the horses galloping along the strand with backdrop of Tralee Bay and a snow capped Brandon Mountain is one you will be sure to remember. The 2014 event marks the 46th meeting of racing in Ballyheigue with the original races dating all the way back to 1853.
In 2012, Mooney was awarded the Stalwart Award by the Cherokee National Historical Society. The award is given to a Cherokee Heritage Center supporter who has served as a longtime member, volunteer, employee, board member or associate and has significantly contributed to the center’s success.
Restored memorials to Thomas Scaife and Joseph Rutherford who both died in 1840 when the boiler of the locomotive they were working on exploded, they were buried in St John’s Church Graveyard, in Bromsgrove. The accident led to the formation of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME)
Read more: Railwaymen gravestone project wins national recognition | Bromsgrove Standard
POPE and HITLER
Snippet
from Dr Robert Moynihan.
historical truth about Pius' response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Hence, this brief report to clarify the facts.
The petitioning organization, which does not claim to represent all Holocaust survivors, misrepresents Pius XII's actual record of constant help for the victims of the Third Reich's murderous racial policies.
And this was well known at the time, and not just by Catholics, but by many Jews and their representatives.
On November 29, 1945, a large group of Jewish survivors came to the Vatican, specifically "to thank His Holiness personally for the extraordinary generosity which he had shown them when they were persecuted during the frightful period of Nazi-Fascism."
Pius XII embraced them, saying: "The Holy See, faithful to the eternal principles, never has agreed, not even in the most hazardous moments, with concepts which the history of civilization will range among the most deplorable and ignominious aberrations of human thinking and feeling. Your presence here is meant to be an expression of gratitude from men and women who have experienced that in the exercise of charity, the Catholic Church and her real children know how to rise above the narrow and arbitrary limits drawn by human selfishness and race hatred." (Angelic Shepherd: the Life of Pope Pius XII, by Jan Olav Smit, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1950, p. 154)
The claim that Pius XII was "silent" during the Holocaust is contradicted by his own wartime statements, and those who praised them after the war. When he died in 1958, the Jewish community hailed his wartime leadership, above all because he did "speak out."
Golda Meir, then Israel's Foreign Minister, reacted with this tribute: "We share in the grief of humanity at the passing away of His Holiness, Pope Pius XII. In a generation afflicted by wars and discords, he upheld the highest ideals of peace and compassion. When fearful martydom came to our people in the decade of Nazi terror, the voice of the Pope was raised in compassion for the victims."(Reuters, October 10,1958)
In his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus (October, 1939), in his Christmas addresses, in his radio appeals, in his allocution to the College of Cardinals on June 2, 1943, Pius XII condemned race-based murder, and thus came to the clear, public defense of European Jews - a fact recognized at the time, even if it is generally ignored or denied today.
On October 1, 1942, the Times of London editorialized: "A study of the words which Pope Pius XII has addressed since his accession in encyclicals and allocutions to the Catholics of various nations leaves no room for doubt. He condemns the worship of force and its concrete manifestation in the suppression of national liberties and in the persecution of the Jewish race."
Charles Pichon, a leading wartime correspondent, described Pius XII's wartime addresses succinctly: "The pontifical texts condemned most strongly the anti-Semitic persecutions, the oppression of invaded lands, the inhuman conduct of the war, and also the deification of the Race, the State and the Class." (The Vatican and its Role in World Affairs, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1950, p. 167)
In reaction to his 1942 Christmas address, the Nazis themselves, furious about Pius XII's public stand, railed: "That this speech is directed exclusively against the New Order in Europe as seen in National Socialism is clear in the Papal statement that mankind owes a debt to ‘all who during the war have lost their Fatherland and who, although personally blameless have, simply on account of their nationality and origin, been killed or reduced to utter destitution.' Here he is virtually accusing the German people of injustice towards the Jews, and makes himself the mouthpiece of the Jewish war criminals." (The Vatican in the Age of the Dictators, 1922-1945, by Anthony Rhodes, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973, p.273).
Similar examples of Pius's anti-Nazi, pro-Jewish statements are found in the wartime issues of the Palestine Post, the New York Times, the Tablet of London and the Jewish press of various countries.
How is it possible, then, that anyone could say Pius XII was "silent" in the face of Nazi mass murder? There must be a reason - but perhaps the reason is not based on fact and truth. And this could be due to disinformation.
One source of what seems to be slander against Pope Pius is the Soviet propaganda machine which directed some of its efforts against Pius after the Second World War.
The Soviets had good reason to wish to weaken the moral authority of the Popes and of the Church: the Church was opposed to them in Eastern Europe, and elsewhere around the world.
The Communists employed the techniques of "misinformation" and "disinformation" with considerable skill - although in retrospect, the efforts sometimes seem clumsy enough, once the truth is made clear.
In the case of Pope Pius XII, this campaign climaxed in the now-discredited propaganda play, The Deputy, by Rolf Hochhuth (1963), which had a powerful impact on a world trying to understand the horror of Hitler's "Final Solution."
Suddenly, public opinion was mesmermized by Hochhuth's grotesque allegations that Pius was in a sense "Hitler's deputy," despite the actual historical record.
Among the first to refute the allegations against Pius was Robert M. W. Kempner, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Nuremberg and a Jewish refugee from Hitler's genocide. Having mastered the "relevant archives," he exposed the false allegation that Pius XII was silent, and that he failed to protest Hitler's unspeakable crimes, and that that is how they came to reach the proportions they did: "Both the premise and the conclusion drawn from it are equally untenable. The archives of the Vatican, of the diocesan authorities and of Ribbentrop's Foreign Ministry contain a whole series of protests - direct and indirect, diplomatic and public, secret and open." (Hungarian Jewry and the Papacy: Pius XII was Not Silent, by Jeno Levai, London: Sands and Company, p. X).
As for the claim that the Vatican is holding back key documents regarding Pius's actions, thousands of relevant documents have already been made public, and thousands more are being prepared for release. The process is slow because of the number of documents and necessity that each be carefully handled. From 1965-1981, the Holy See published 12 thick volumes of wartime documents (Actes et Documents), four of which deal with the Holy See's humanitarian assistance alone. It's clear that many of Pius's most inveterate critics have never even consulted them, much less fully acknowledged what they contain. Father Robert Graham, one of the 12-volume collection's editors, describes their importance: "They embrace every imaginable form of activity to help stricken mankind without discrimination."
With regard to the Pope's impassioned response to the Holocaust, Graham continued: "It is impossible to portray in a few words the extensive correspondence of the Vatican in reference to the deportation of the European Jews, particularly for the years 1942 to 1944. Nearly every world Jewish rescue organization at work in the field is represented. Appearing in the list of organizations whose appeals to the Holy See were readily acted on are: the World Jewish Congress (both the London and Geneva centers), the American Jewish Congress, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, Agudas Israel, the Emergency Committee to save the Jews of Europe, the American Jewish Committee, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada.
Prominent Jewish leaders in view included Rabbi Isaac Herzog of Jerusalem, and Chief Rabbi Hertz of England." ("The Good Samaritan in World War II," Catholic League Newsletter, May 15, 1989)
As Dimitri Cavalli showed, in his article, "The Good Samaritan: Jewish Praise for Pope Pius XII," originally published in Inside the Vatican (October, 2000), Actes and Documents, as well as the Jewish wartime press, chronicle and record Pius XII's extraordinary efforts on behalf of persecuted Jews, and the Jewish community's extremely high praise of him. (Here is a link to the story: http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/PIUS12GS.HTM).
The War Refugee Board, created by President Roosevelt to aid Europe's persecuted Jews, was keenly aware of the key role the Vatican played. In his final Summary Report (September 15, 1945), Executive Director John H. Pehle wrote: "The Holy See and the Vatican hierarchy throughout Europe were solicited time and again for special assistance both as a channel of communication to the leaders and people of enemy territory, and as a means of rendering direct aid to suffering victims of Hitler. The Catholic clergy saved and protected many thousands and the Vatican rendered invaluable assistance to the Board and to the persecuted in Nazi hands." (Cited in "Relations of Pius XII and the Catholic Community and Jewish Organizations," by Father Robert A. Graham, S.J., in The Italian Refuge: Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust, edited by Ivo Herzer, Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1989, p. 232)
Among Pius XII's impressive (but least known) achievements are the establishment of the Pontifical Relief Commission, and the Vatican Information Office. The first distributed massive amounts of food, medicine and clothing to people of all creeds and nationalities, throughout war-torn Europe; the second fielded millions of wartime inquiries, on prisoners of war and other missing or displaced people, helping re-unite countless desperate families. In 2004, the Vatican, adding to the abundance of material in Actes et Documents, released over 1,500 pages of new documentation on this extraordinary agency, showing the depth and breath of Pius XII's creation. Some of Pius XII's interventions for Jews was so great that it actually stirred complaints from others who believed Pius had a "preference" for them ("Pius XII's Aid to Jews was so Great that it Stirred Protests," Zenit News Agency, July 4, 2004; Link: http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/ZP12JWS.HTM.)
In a sense, that was true: those most at risk garnered Pius's most immediate attention, though everyone suffering came under his loving concern.
A prime example of the Pope's concerted efforts on behalf of Jews occurred during the German Occupation of Rome (Sept. 1943-June, 1944), as both Michael Tagliacozzo and Sr. Grazia Loparco have documented. Tagliacozzo, a Roman Jew who was himself a survivor of the Nazi roundup of Rome's Jews in 1943, and the outstanding authority on that event, has testified that Pius XII "was the only one who intervened to impede the deportation of Jews on October 16, 1943, and he did very much to hide and save thousands of us. It was no small matter that he ordered the opening of cloistered convents. Without him, many of our own would not be alive." ("Jewish Historian Praises Pius XII's Wartime Conduct," Zenit News Agency, October 26, 2000; link: http://academics.smcvt.edu/pcouture/jewish_historian_praises_pius_xi.htm).
Sr. Loparco, also a top scholar of the period, adds: "From the documentation and testimonies emerges evidence of the full support and instruction of Pius XII.... Many concrete events, such as the opening of cloistered monasteries and convents, prove the fact that many Jews were lodged because of the direct concern of the Vatican, which also provided food and assistance." ("When Rome's Religious Houses Saved Jews," Zenit News Agency, January 21, 2005; link: http://www.zenit.org/article-12040?l=english).
The Underlying Meaning
Pope Benedict will visit Rome's synagogue to promote Catholic-Jewish understanding.
The half-truths and propaganda concerning Pius XII should not cloud the occasion.
Anyone inclined to confront Benedict with historical myths and inaccuracies would do well to recall the message of gratitude Isaac Herzog, the chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, sent to Pius for his efforts to confront the Nazi terror in 1944: "The people of Israel will never forget what His Holiness and his illustrious delegates, inspired by the eternal principles of religion which form the very foundations of true civilization, are doing for our unfortunate brothers and sisters in this most tragic hour of history, which is living proof of divine providence in this world." (February 28, 1944, Actes et Documents, volume X, pp. 291-292).
In addition, Pius's detractors might want recall what Rome's former chief rabbi, Dr. Elio Toaff, said at the time of Pius XII's death in 1958: "More than any other people, the Italian Jews had experienced the great pity and supreme generosity of the Pontiff during the unhappy years of persecution and terror, when it seemed to them they had no way of escape. His Jewish compatriots will everlastingly remember with gratitude the papal ruling to open the doors of convents and parish houses to them. The Jewish community is in mourning for the death of Pius XII and with sincere sentiments it raises its prayers to the Lord that he may grant his generous and chosen soul every beatitude." (The Tablet of London, October 25, 1958).
The Martyrs of the September Massacre
http://www.regnumnovum.com/2011/09/02/the-martyrs-of-the-september-massacre/
Sep 2nd, 2011 by Omar F. A. Gutierrez
Imagine a slaughter of over 1,200 people in two days, almost 200 hundred of them Catholic priests. Imagine a slaughter performed by a maddened mob, a slaughter justified by the hope for a godless future where only the mind was of import. Well, this is what is commemorated on this day for the Feast of the Martyrs of September.
King Louis XVI
In the rancor of the late Summer of 1792, the revolutionaries who were building their great society in France were becoming more and more impatient with the pace of change. It seemed clear to many that King Louis XVI was only stalling on reforms in the hope that foreign monarchs might come to his rescue. Fredrick Wilhelm II of Prussia, for instance, didn’t want this revolution business spreading and saw the unrest in France as a chance to take Alsace and Lorraine.
Invasions into France by Prussia and Austria had already began in the Spring, and the French had already mobilized a larger but less organized army to meet the oncoming forces. Indeed, it was at this time that Roget de Lisle wrote “The Marseillaise,” which is today the French National Anthem.
Back in Paris various revolutionary factions came to an agreement that with war in the Northeast and so close to the capital, extreme measures needed to be taken against any royalist sympathizers. Though the constitution allowed for salaries for priests, the Legislative Assembly voted to strip priests and religious of their funds and throw them all into jail.
At the King’s palace, known as Château Tuileries, huge crowds demanded the King reverse his vetoes protecting the priests and imprison them as they were doubtless collaborators with the invading armies. One man, with sword pointed at the King who sat at a large outdoor table calmly and mildly perturbed, said,
I demand the sanction of the decree against the priests; …either the sanction or you shall die!
“Liberty, equality and fraternity” was the motto for the French Revolution but those words applied only to some. Despite the law, mobs of revolutionaries led by men like Georges Danton and Jean-Paul Marat rounded up priests and sent them off to be imprisoned at various monasteries within the city.
This was June, and the Assembly decided the King needed to be gotten rid of, so they called for national guards. The contingent from Marseilles sang “The Marseillaise” all the way to Paris, which is why it has its name.
In July, the city received a shock. The Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg, Charles William Ferdinand, issued a manifesto pledging that the armies of the King of Prussia had their sites on Paris in order to liberate King Louis XVI from the revolution. He wrote:
The city of Paris and all its inhabitants shall be required to submit at once and without delay to the King…. Their Majesties declare…that if the Chateau of the Tuileries is entered by force or attacked, if the least violence be offered to…the King, and the Queen, and the royal family, and if their safety and liberty be not immediately assured, they will inflict an ever memorable vengeance by delivering over the city of Paris to military execution and complete destruction.
The response from the revolutionaries? On August 10, a mob of nine thousand persons, eight hundred of whom were national guards, were sent by Marat and the Commune of Paris – a kind of city council – to depose the King.
Louis XVI was being protected by about 900 Swiss guards. In order to avoid bloodshed, he opened the gates to the Tuileries in order, one imagines, to try to calm the crowd down and listen. The mob refused to be swayed, though. The Swiss guards pressed them back. A shot was fired, and hell let loose. The Swiss were slaughtered or imprisoned, where they were later tortured and killed anyway. The cooks and servants at the palace were all killed. It was a festival of violence, and the Legislative Assembly charged with maintaining the constitution did nothing. The King and his family were imprisoned in the Temple.
The Attack on Tuileries
The next day the Assembly ended all Catholic schools in Paris. The day after that it outlawed the wearing of religious habits or vestments in public. On August 18, the Assembly passed a national suppression of all Catholic institutions and religious orders, and ordered that any priests who did not swear an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which in 1790 had already banned monastic vows, and had seized all Church property for the State, would have two weeks to leave the country. Some 25,000 priests left then, and so it was that the French Revolution had begun to supplant the Catholic faith in France with a new religion, a new faith in the State.
At this same time Marat and others in the Commune of Paris were pressuring the Legislative Assembly to just dispatch the prisoners right away. On August 19 he wrote in his newsletter:
The wisest and best course to pursue is to go armed to the Abbaye [a prison], drag out the traitors, especially the Swiss officers [of the royal guard] and their accomplices, and put them to the sword. What folly it is to give them a trial.
What folly indeed.
On Sunday, September 2, news reached Paris that the Prussians had taken Verdun. The path was open for the Duke of Brunswick to come and enforce the terror he had -promised if the King were harmed. Thus, it was now or never. A force had to be sent to meet the oncoming army, but the soldiers in Paris would not leave while all the sympathizers in prison still lived. Their new faith would not allow such heresy to remain. This is how William and Ariel Durant put it:
On September 2 [the new religion] put on its Sunday clothes, and expressed its devotion in diverse ways. Young and middle-aged men gathered at recruiting points to volunteer for service in the Army. Women lovingly sewed warm garments for them, and grimly prepared bandages for prospective wounds. Men, women, and children came to their section centers to offer weapons, jewelry, money for the war. Mothers adopted children dependent upon soldiers or nurses who were leaving for the front. Some men went to the prisons to kill priests and other enemies of the new faith.
Danton, a mountain of a man who’s ugliness was rivaled only by his remarkable ability with rhetoric, addressed the Legislative Assembly and asked for the permission to kill. He said,
The tocsin we shall sound is not the alarm signal of danger; it orders the charge on the enemies of the France. To conquer we have to dare, to dare again, always to dare – and France is saved.
Dare they did. At 2:00pm that same day thirty priests were being transported to the Abbaye jail. As the carriages arrived, they were attacked. The guards joined in and all the priests were killed. But the mob had only started. They continued to the former Carmelite convent at which 150 priests, religious and one layman were being held.
Blessed John Mary de Lau, the Archbishop of Arles, Blessed Francis Joseph de la Rochefoucauld, the Bishop of Beauvais, his brother Blessed Peter Louis, the Bishop of Saintes and several others were praying Vespers in the chapel when the mob attacked. Nearly all were killed with only about 40 who were let go or who managed to escape. Says Fr. Butler:
Among the victims were Blessed Ambrose Augustine Chevreux, superior general of the Maurist Benedictines, and two other monks; Blessed Francis Louis Hébert, confessor of Louis XVI; three Franciscans; fourteen ex-Jesuits; six diocesan vicars general; thirty-eight members or former members of the Saint-Sulpice seminary; three deacons; an acolyte; and a Christian Brother. The bodies were buried some in a pit in the cemetery of the Vaugirard and some in a well in the garden of the Carmes.
At one point the mob brought the priests forward to face a mock judge and to be invited to take the oath once again. When the oath was refused, the priest was sent down a gauntlet of swords, pikes, cudgels, foul language and spittle.
Eventually these demonic actors became tired. So they stopped, only to take up the work the next day. The mob went to the Lazarist seminary where many other priests were held. They too lost their life, one of them being thrown out a window. When there were no more priests, the mob moved on to other prisoners. All in all, the September Massacre lasted three days, with death figures between 1,247 and 1,368. Of these 191 were Catholics who refused to compromise their faith, and so were beatified in 1926 by Pope Pius XI.
For my part, I cannot help but wonder where we are today. The bitterest of atheist anger that is seemingly so often leveled against Christians concerns me. Matthew Archbold notes how the great atheist movie “The Ledge” bombed at the theatre, but isn’t it astonishing that an atheist felt a ham-fisted, propagandist movie was necessary in the first place? Then the venerable William Odie notes how the London Times has just so matter-of-factly decided that God doesn’t exist. Take all that with the news from Illinois that the State may break ties with Catholic Charities there because they won’t place children for adoption with homosexual couples…never minding the fact that the policy also extends to non-married hetero couples. Then of course there is the attack against conscience from Health and Human Services requiring health-care plans to cover contraceptives.
Georges Danton
I’m not saying that I suspect priests or you or I will be rounded up tomorrow and slaughtered. What I am saying is that the world hates us. The devil and the world want to see us fail, and while the tools of the enemy may not be swords and pikes, the attack on the family and on conscience is an attack nonetheless. The motivation and the end are the same.
But also, there is hope. The list of martyrs on this day, which you can find below, reminds us that our sufferings are minor compared to theirs. A bishop from a troubled African nation visited recently, and he related how he lost a few priests in the civil war there. The rebels were not particularly anti-Christian. They just wanted to throw their weight around and so killed a couple of priests. Such perspective is good for us. We are not being shot at.
Furthermore, we are reminded of the consolation of heaven, that sweet homeland which deserves the kind of dedication to take a priest to lay their life down. Do I love heaven and the Christ who is King there enough? About this King, do I serve Him well? Am I a loyal subject, or a revolutionary who wants to do my own thing, carry on my own revolution.
I thought you should know that Jean-Paul Marat was murdered by a young woman named Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793 while he was taking a bath. As she was taken up to the guillotine to die, she is reported to have said, “I killed one man to save 100,000.” Well, perhaps we might forgive her her moral relativism. It was a tumultuous time.
As for Georges Danton, he converted to the Catholic Faith thanks in part to his wife. He was arrested by the revolution for daring to demand that the continued massacre of people end. So on April 5, 1794 he was guillotined, though not before prophesying the mess left behind. He said:
I leave it all in a frightful welter; not a man of them has an idea of government. Robespierre will follow me; he is dragged down by me. Ah, better be a poor fisherman than meddle with the government of men!
The “poor fisherman” remark was probably a reference to St. Peter, and Robespierre was also executed just was a few months later.
Asylum for widows and children Toronto 1847/48
Matt Tierney a 14y sent to Dr Barton, Ellen Nash a 25y sent to W H Edward,
Hugh Tierney a 10y sent to James Johnson Wagon Maker,
John Gallivan a 16y sent to Richard Butler a Smith, Peggy Purcell a 7y sent to John Desmond, Kitty Casey a 12y to John Connor a Farmer, Mary Casey a 10y to Peter Ouster, Peter Kearns a9y to Michael O Connor a farmer,
Michael Kearns a 7y to Michael Noland a farmer, Pat Grant 13y to Chas Doherty a farmer of Toronto Town'p, Martin Grant a 6y to Joe Auger a Farmer, Anne Noon a10y to Tom Cunningham a farmer, John Noon a 10y to Do, Bernard Flaherty a 10y to John Callaghan,
Data Old 3
Duagh Cards
Fr John P Kennelly Mill Hill d Aug 4th 1965 a 65.
Br Bonifice Dower Enniskillen d 24-1-1958.
Br Eugenius Dower Cobh d 29th July 1954. A 57.
Mary Dower Rathoran d 14-3-1976.
Tim O Brien Purt d 28-41966 a 85.
Ellen O Connell Rea d 14th Oct 1967 a 77.
Jer Hickey Rathoran d 27-12-1957 a 69.
Sean Harnett d 6-3-1974 a 53 Sydney Hospital.
Pat Dower Rathoran 23-3-1954 a 70.
Wm. Sexton Rathoran d 18-2-1962 a 70.
John Joe Dower USA ? d Sept 8th 1957.
Ml O Sullivan Rathoran d 19th June 1948 a 27.
Liom O Dobair Seanamaca d 1-12-1941 a 73.
Wm. Dower Lexington Ave d 11-2-1956.
Sean O Keane Terenure d 2nd Nov 1983 a 62.
Sheamus Kennelly Smearlagh d 4-4-1987 a 61.
Bridget Harnett Rathoran d 20th Aug 1957 a 74.
Wm. M O Donnell Kilconlea d 10-12-1963 a 74.
Bridget Walsh Seanamhaca d 19-3-1963 a 87.
Risteard Breathnach Seanamhaca d 12 Nov 1950 a 86.
Maurice Twomey Rathoran d 19th May 1936 a 72.
Esther Dillon Knockanoone 27-12-1973 a 81.
Eileen Dower Dromcondra d 16-1-1993.
Elizabeth Dower d 10-4-1969.
Mary Broderick Purt d 12-2-1961.
Fr Dan J Keane Co Durham Ord. 1929 d 23-4-1962.
Pat O Donnell Dromtrasna d 10th Nov 191951 a 73.
Wm. Dillon Knockanoone d 12th July 1952 a 74.
Mce O Donnell Convent St. d 19-2-1974 a 83.
Nora Broderick Knocknisnaw d 7-2-1969.
James Kennelly Woodford d 30th July 1951 a 54.
Mrs Catherine Kennelly Smerla d 28-2-1953 a 58.
Pat O Sullivan Rathoran d 24-1-1963.
Eileen Kirby Rylane d 10th Nov 1952 a 31.
Mrs Mary Relihan Knockadireen d 4-4-1959 a 40.
Pat Carroll Purt d 22-3-1966 a 54.
Ann Flynn Annestown Waterford d 28-2-1994 a 44.
Pat Harnett Magheramore Wicklow.
Eliz Twomey Rathoran d 4th July 1972.
Fergus Mc Donald Banagher Co Offally
Philomena Mulvaney Kells 13th Aug 1988 a 58 .
Brid O Sullivan Rathoran d 29-12-1988 a 90.
Wm. O Shea Rathoran d 9th Nov 1990 a 76.
Edward Twomey Rathoran d 27th Aug 1976 a 78.
Francis Carroll Purt d 11th July 1976 a 79.
Anna M Crowe AIB House Hospital d 7-12-1972.
Ml Broderick Purt d 8th Aug 1987 a 77.
Stephen Galvin Gortaclahane d 22nd June 1971 a 89.
Mary Kelly Lahardane D 24th Oct 1985 .
Jack Relihan Knockadireen 13-4-1995 a 92.
Wm. O Connell Kilmorna d24th Sept 1994 a 70yrs.
Denis O Sullivan Rathoran d 9-12-1991 a 54.
Dan Heffernan Kilmorna d 12-2-1990 a 66.
David Pat Mary O Connor Rathoran d 29-4-1983 a 21.
Breda Lenihan Kingsland d 1991.
Sean Harnett Purt d 1994.
Rina Quirke Rathoran d 1st Aug 1991 a 70.
Bridget Mc Carthy Meenoline Templeglantine.
Philomena Mulvany Kells d 13th Aug 1988 a 58.
Pat Lenihan Purt d 10-1-1978 a 70.
Oliver Harnett Rathoran d 25th Aug 1958 a 6 yrs.
Sr. M Patricia Dillon Pres. Waterford d 31st Aug 1987 a 61.
Mrs Ellen [Ciss] O Brien Purt d 7th Nov 1977 a 73.
Mary HeneghanJames Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
Maynooth d 9th Aug 1987 a 75.
David Lenihan Purt d 25-12-1982 a 74.
John O Sullivan Station House Castleisland d 1982 a 57.
Michael O Donnell Purt died 7th October 1984 a 72
Mrs Mgt Enright Purt d 22- 4- 1987 a 86
Pat Broderick Purt d 8- 1- 1987 a 84
Tom Relihan Knockadireen d 25th - 3- 1982 a 80 years
Fr Michael Leen CC Duagh Ord 1947 d 1975, 28th Jan.
Cathleen Begley Bridge Street d May 1981 a 52
Ellen O Shea Rathoran died 23rd 4th - 1971 a 89
Mce O Donnell Convent Street d 19 - 2nd - 1974 a 83
Nora Mary O Brian Purt d 20th - 3rd - 1985
Larry O Brian Purt d 18th - 3- 1994 a 85y
Hannah Stack Rea d 21st of May 1984 a 84
David O Connor Rathoran d 13th June 1989 a 75.
John O Connor Rathoran d 6th May 1966 a 91.
Mgt O Connor Rathoran d 13-3-1980 a 95.
Bridget O Sullivan Rathoran d 1988.
Jer Lenihan Purt d 29th May 1984 a 81..
Pat Broderick Purt d 8-1-1987 a 84.
Catherine Begley Br. St Abbeyfeale d 3-1--1990 a 89.
Jim Harnett Rockmount Ennis d 22-12-1987 a 60.
Brid Mc Carthy Meenoline d 19th June 1989 a 72.
James Quirke Rathoran d 10th Nov 1983 a 64.
Mgt O Donnell Bogmount d 14th Aug 1975 a 81.
James O Shea Rathoran d 12-3-1973 a 67.
Mrs O Donnell Purt d 21-2-1986 a 72.
Mrs Nora Broderick Purt d 11-2-1985 a 68.
Donald F. Kennelly of Bellevue died Nov. 2, 2000, in Bellevue. He was 79.
Born Oct. 15, 1921, in Camden, N.J., he moved to Washington in 1966 and to Bellevue in 1988. He served in the Army and Air Force, was a World War II Bataan survivor, prisoner of war in Japan and a Purple Heart recipient. After the war, he worked as a steel mill finisher and became a member of the Disabled American Vets.
Survivors include his son, Donald J. Kennelly, of New Orleans; brother, John M. Kennelly, of Kirkland; sister, Catherine Botch, of Bellevue; and three grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will take place at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Following the service and reception, the burial will take place at 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Hills Memorial Park.
Green's Bellevue Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Doherty
Shanahan Bishop
Dear Jer,
How have you been? I am sending this note to both addresses - I am not sure which one you prefer (or check more frequently), but please let me know.
I have "Newtownsandes Online" bookmarked and check it periodically. I was just looking at the section on Knockanure and Moyvane Sisters and saw the 3 children of Matt Doherty and Ellen Lyston who
became nuns. The latter two I found in the Annals of the Presentation Sisters in Tralee (through the auspices of Fr. Jimmy Kissane - R.I.P.). I am sure I wouldn't have seen these records had he not
interceded for me. I will miss my visits with him. He was so interested in the family history. Here is some information from the Presentation Annals:
Kate (or Catherine) Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary Austin Joseph of the Sacred Heart" entering the convent on 16 February 1871, took the habit of the congregation on 15 September 1871,
and made her profession on 16 September 1873.
Ellen Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary David Joseph of the Face of Jesus" entering the convent on 23 February 1869, took the habit of the congregation on 14 September 1869, and made her
profession on 15 September 1871.
Obviously, the Loreto Sister would not appear in the Presentation Annals, but I assume that Cyril Jane Doherty was Janette, the youngest child of Matt and Ellen.
I am glad to see more being added to the web site. I see extracts from the 1901 Census (Irish Speakers), Tithe Applotment Books, etc. Keep it up!
I hope all is well with you and your family and look forward to seeing you in September, God willing.
Richard M. DohertyDear Jer,
How have you been? I am sending this note to both addresses - I am not sure which one you prefer (or check more frequently), but please let me know.
I have "Newtownsandes Online" bookmarked and check it periodically. I was just looking at the section on Knockanure and Moyvane Sisters and saw the 3 children of Matt Doherty and Ellen Lyston who
became nuns. The latter two I found in the Annals of the Presentation Sisters in Tralee (through the auspices of Fr. Jimmy Kissane - R.I.P.). I am sure I wouldn't have seen these records had he not
interceded for me. I will miss my visits with him. He was so interested in the family history. Here is some information from the Presentation Annals:
Kate (or Catherine) Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary Austin Joseph of the Sacred Heart" entering the convent on 16 February 1871, took the habit of the congregation on 15 September 1871,
and made her profession on 16 September 1873.
Ellen Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary David Joseph of the Face of Jesus" entering the convent on 23 February 1869, took the habit of the congregation on 14 September 1869, and made her
profession on 15 September 1871.
Obviously, the Loreto Sister would not appear in the Presentation Annals, but I assume that Cyril Jane Doherty was Janette, the youngest child of Matt and Ellen.
I am glad to see more being added to the web site. I see extracts from the 1901 Census (Irish Speakers), Tithe Applotment Books, etc. Keep it up!
I hope all is well with you and your family and look forward to seeing you in September, God willing.
Richard M. DohertyDear Jer,
How have you been? I am sending this note to both addresses - I am not sure which one you prefer (or check more frequently), but please let me know.
I have "Newtownsandes Online" bookmarked and check it periodically. I was just looking at the section on Knockanure and Moyvane Sisters and saw the 3 children of Matt Doherty and Ellen Lyston who
became nuns. The latter two I found in the Annals of the Presentation Sisters in Tralee (through the auspices of Fr. Jimmy Kissane - R.I.P.). I am sure I wouldn't have seen these records had he not
interceded for me. I will miss my visits with him. He was so interested in the family history. Here is some information from the Presentation Annals:
Kate (or Catherine) Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary Austin Joseph of the Sacred Heart" entering the convent on 16 February 1871, took the habit of the congregation on 15 September 1871,
and made her profession on 16 September 1873.
Ellen Doherty was called in Religion "Sister Mary David Joseph of the Face of Jesus" entering the convent on 23 February 1869, took the habit of the congregation on 14 September 1869, and made her
profession on 15 September 1871.
Obviously, the Loreto Sister would not appear in the Presentation Annals, but I assume that Cyril Jane Doherty was Janette, the youngest child of Matt and Ellen.
I am glad to see more being added to the web site. I see extracts from the 1901 Census (Irish Speakers), Tithe Applotment Books, etc. Keep it up!
Re: Shanahan Family History
Posted by: Mary Fennell Date: April 21, 2001 at 05:57:54
In Reply to: Re: Shanahan Family History by Jer Kennelly of 388
Hi Jer,
We've corresponded re Kennelly family of Ballylongford, but I also have Shanahan ancestors. A Sylvester Shanahan came to US in about 1825. Had offspring, Jeremiah and John, who became Catholic bishops ofarrisburg PA. Any connection?
Mary
Mulvihill ; Hello Jer ( what is that short for ? Jeremy ) Enclosed is info. re Mulvihill line that we are trying to find help with. Geneaologosists seem to recommend working backwards through the
family tree, so that is what I am attempting.
DETAILS. ( Dorothy sent a few of these queries )
1. Is there a contact to find out information re. Baptismal records from diocese of Kerry for Parish Church of Moyvanne for Thomas Mulvihill, born 1830.
2. Is there a listing for Johanna Scanlan Born 1826 ? 1827 for the same area.
3. Help to obtainn a marriage certificate from Guernsey re Thomas and Johannas marriage 1855.
4. Any helpful sites on the internet to help us in our research.
Furhter info re MULVIHILL.
Thomas Mulvihill son of Micheal and Ellen Mulvihill of Newtown Sandes County Kerry Civil Parish of Murher Poor Law Union. Listowel Iraghticonnor Barony.
I feel all Mulvihills are related ( one of the replies per. e-mail " we are knee deep in Mulvihills !! ) It is just trying to obtain the history of at least 3 of the above mentioned names to help
push us further along the branch.
It is the Year Of The Volunteer here in Queensland australia, doyou have that over your way. Areas wouldn't function without volunteers. I am a volunteer with Little Haven Palliative Care and also
the Cancer fund.
Thank you in anticipation of receiving some help, no matter how samll. If there is any other info. you may need, please e-mail and I will respond.
Postal address - Anne Morrisson,
' Freshwater '
M.S. 372,
Cullinane Road,
SEXTON 4570
Queensland - AustraliaHello Jer and thanks for the info. The Kennelly you mention is that a different or correct spelling of the Ellen Connell / Connolly / who married a Mulvihill we are looking for
? Do you know of a web site for the Catholic church in Guernsey ( i.e. similar to the page I found re. Newtonsandes ) I have a scanner but haven't had any success at the moment using same. The name
we are looking for initially is MULVIHILL, but any info you send is greatly appreciated. With thanks Anne MStill hoping that I can receive some information with regard to MULVIHILL. Micheal and Ellen
of Newtown Sandes town County Kerry Civil Parish of Murher Poor Law Union ( what does that mean ? ) Listowel. One of their children - Thomas married Johanna Scanlon in Guernsey Channel Isles and came
to Australia as assissted passengers on the ' Mary Ann ' settling in Tumut New South Wales Australia. I have some details on them but would like more family history. Kind regards Anne M
Griffin / Mc Nally
21 Mar 1999 12:00 PM
Surnames: Griffin, McNally, Hughes, McEvoy, Branagan, Martin, McMahon, Bough, Walsh, Search, McCormick
Classification: Obituary
1-28-1912
MRS. EDWARD McNALLY
Died Early Sunday Morning After a Long Illness
Sunday morning Mrs. Edward McNally passed away at her home in this city. She was taken ill during the latter part of January. She was given the best of medical attention and she had the assistance
of a trained nurse during her long and most trying illness, but it seems that death had claimed her. She retained her courage to the last, ardently hoping that she might be spared to give for a few
years longer the loving, motherly attention that her family required; but such, it is evident, was not the will of Providence. She died fully fortified by all of the spiritual advantages that the
fervant, confiding Christian could possess in passing from time to eternity.
The funeral was held Tuesday. There was a requiem high mass at Assumption church. Father Conway was the celebrant. The interment was in St. John's cemetery. There was a large attendance. The W.O.O.F.
and the L.A. of the A.O.H. were present. The pall bearers were Bert Hughes, E.J. McEvoy, W.I.Branagan, J.R. Martin, P.F. McMahon and Peter Bough. There were a number of beautiful floral offerings,
the gifts of friends and societies to which Mrs. McNally belonged.
Jane Griffin was born at Caledonia, Houston county, Minnesota, March 1, 1865. She came to Palo Alto county about thirty years ago. July 23, 1888 she was united in marriage to Edward McNally at
Assumption church in this city, Rev. Daniel Murphy officiating. Mr. and Mrs. McNally subsequently made their home in Emmetsburg. The surviving members of the family are the husband, three sons and
four daughters. The sons are Raymond R., Clement J., and Maurice Edward. The daughters are Elizabeth Genevieve, Mary Bernette, Veronica Kathlene and Mildred Irene. One daughter died in infancy. Her
father, Maurice Griffin, who is quite aged, lives at Red Wing, Minnesota, as do also two sisters, Mrs. Richard Walsh and Mrs. Wm. Search. Another sister, Mrs. C.P. McCormick, resides at Houston,
Minnesota. There are two brothers, John Griffin of Graettinger and Michael of Seattle, Washington. Mrs. McNally was a member of the W.O.O.F. the L.A. of the A.G.H., the
????????????????????????.
The death of Mrs. McNally is not only an irrepable loss to her devoted husband and seven sons and daughters, but it is keenly felt by our entire community, of which she was an acitve, worthy, and
helpful member for nearly a quarter of a century. She was a lady of more than average intelligence, of keen discernment, and of true zeal for the attainment of all that is elevating and edifying in
the lives of individuals as well as in the organized efforts of communities. Those who knew her intimately were fully convinced of this predominating purpose in her character. No woman in Emmetsburg
understood better her responsibilities in her home and none, we are sure, gave to them closer, more far seeing or more self-sacrificing attention. That her love, care, devotion and maternal ambition
had more than ordinary influence on the members her household was unmistakably manifested by them during the uncertain, slowly passing, painful hours of her last illness. To their spiritual and
temporal welfare she had given the best years of her pious, thoughful, industrious, helpful life and they, in return, did everything that affection could suggest to assist her, to comfort her and to
cheer her. Mrs. McNally was not only one of the most anxious, prudent, and provident of mothers, but she was a warm-hearted friend, an obliging neighbor, a practical social planner, and an
exceptionally willing worker in church affairs. In fact she was never indifferent if any local activity in which she felt it her duty to make herself useful. She was always willing to undertake her
part and to do it as well as her ability and time would permit. Her confidences in God's goodness, her readiness to do his holy will as best she could, and her disposition to make any sacrifice that
he might require of her earned for her the high regard of those who appreciate sincere motives and enobling Christian deeds, nd they did much to make her laudable efforts successful. She was called
at a comparatively early age from those whom she so fondly loved and for whom she had so anxiously and helpfully toiled. May Providence comfort and guide them, during the coming years, and lighten
the burden of anguish that now weighs heavily on their tender hearts. The sympathy of all is extended to Mr. McNally, to the sons and daughters, and to the other relatives in their bereavement.
Griffin Manley
Hello from California!
Wow! The Griffin ancestors must be pulling some strings from above! My sister and I have been looking into this line since we started going through my father's papers, shortly after he passed away. They actually belonged to my Great Aunt Hortense J. White. He was busy working in Honolulu at the time and had to rush over to Los Angeles to clear out her apartment when she could no longer live on her own. At first we were disappointed because he only saved papers. Now that we have found out what they are, we are very grateful, that he had the presence of mind to do so.
Recently, we have been able to hook up with 3 other Griffin researches. One is here in California, one on the east coast in the Carolinas and the other in Notingham, England. We are trying to get something together where we share all information and perhaps accomplish more.
As for my situation, I have some of our papers and my sister has the others. I live in Northern California and she lives in the southern part of the state. We have an elderly mother that we both take care of, that lives up here, so she comes up about once a month. We also send things back and forth via email, of course. She is also on her way to visit both her daughter in Spain and then go to Ohio to help her son, daughter-in-law and new grandchild move into a house. She is able to do this with little expense, because her husband is a captain with a major airline. She has the info on the White aunts that entered ordered. I believe that nearly all of the girls that immigrated to American in the 1820's became nuns. One was fairly famous at the time for writing the first textbooks used in the US parochial schools. I have a copy of one of them about Mythology, published in 1876. It was written by C. A. White. I think she was a Catherine.
Right now we are both quite busy because my other sister, who lives in Virginia, is coming out with her family for her annual visit. We are both tied up, helping to get my mom's house ready for her visit. Then, after she is here for a week, I plan to take a week's vacation with my family while my sister is here to watch over my mom. My son is 16 and studying American History in school next year, so we are going to the east coast, especially Boston, so that he can at least get a glimpse of "the real thing".
I don't remember if I told you the exact connection that I have with the Griffins, so excuse me if I repeat. My great x 3 grandmother was Brigid (Bridget) Griffin White, Gerald's sister. She
immigrated with her husband to Friendsville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, about 3 years after her father and mother did, about 1823. (There is a website, by the way, for the little church the
family founded there, let me know if you'd like the site).
Brigid's son, my grx2 grandfather was William Francis White. He married Frances (Fanny) Russell, also born in Ireland. She was an orphaned as a baby and adopted by her much older cousin, Stephen Russell Mallory. He was a US Senator from Florida and became Confederate Secretary of the Navy (Ironclads--CSS Virginia (Merrimack) vs the Monitor) during the Civil War. He raised Fanny in Key West, FL and Wm evidently discovered her on a business trip to the area. He married her in 1849 in Savannah, Georgia, and then headed for New York harbor (after gathering supplies) and headed off to be a merchant in the California Gold Rush. They settled in San Francisco for about 3 years and made enough money to buy a fairly large piece of property in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County and founded the church there, as well as the first frame house in the county (shipped as a "kit house" from Boston, said to be of Maine timber). The house still stands, in the middle of a huge strawberry field. It was obviously built by New Englanders who knew how to build both houses and ships.
Fanny and William's son was Stephen Mallory White, my great grandfather. He was the first native born Californian to serve in the US Senate. His major accomplishment, career-wise was fighting the Railroad tycoon, Colis Huntington and placing Los Angeles Harbor where it is today. He has a statue there and fairly recently, one of the new state-of-the-art pilot boats was named after him and Christened by my son, a great thrill for him. SM White married Hortense Sacriste (1/2 French, the other half O"Neill or O'Neal) and their son was my grandfather, William Stephen White. My dad was Stephen William Nolting White. My son is John Stephen, so you can see we've kept the name of the man who graciously took in my gg grandmother years ago.
It is said that the money from the sale of Gerald's Collegians was sent to PA to help start the family on their way here, so you can see why we hold a great debt to his generosity.
The man that I mentioned before in Nottingham thinks his connection is Daniel, Gerald's brother who wrote the bio of him. He has an inscribed book, passed down through the generations stating so. The one in California is looking for an elusive "Honora" Griffin. In his search, he has found out more about MY family than his so far, even a connection in Ireland, where someone there was wondering what happened to our branch of the family and found the Catholic Encyclopedia article, but not us. My dad was trying to do the reverse. He brought us to Ireland in 1968, but we were only able to stay a short while and the only connection we were able to find was Gerald Griffin St. in Limerick.
So how are you related? I saw the Griffin names on your list and was wondering. I take it that you live in the Clare, Limerick area?
As for me, I ended up more than 1/2 Irish, the rest being English (my mom's family left England with nearly the first colonists about 1640 for Jamestown, VA, the first permanent English settlement
here. Oddly enough, they left for Religious and Political reasons as well, as they were Quakers. I also have a small amount of French and German as well. The interesting mix is my son, who is half
Italian as well. Someday I just have to get him over there to actually see his heritage. This year would have been a great year, the airfares were so low, almost cheaper than going to the East Coast,
but we still don't have passports and they take a while to process. My sister usually does a walking tour over there every year, but had to cancel this year due to the mad cow outbreak.. She has
walked by many places with significance to the family, not knowing it until later.
No, I don't know anything about the Manley's of California. How are they related and what do you know about them so far? Supposedly, more Griffins made it to California than I released. Some are supposedly buried in the closest Mission Cemetery at San Juan Bautista. I just found this out and have not had the time to drive down there and check it out. It's only about a half an hour or so from here, so I plan to pop down there as soon as I have the chance to see what I can find. We did have mention of it in the family letters, but didn't know that they stayed in California and were buried so close. I have been to the mission more than a few time and wasn't aware of it. I always take visitors there because it is right on the San Andreas earthquake fault and is quite impressive, especially for those not used to earthquakes.
Let me know what, if anything you do know about the Manleys and I will attempt to see if I can add anything to it.
I don't know if the talent is inherited or not, but my son seems to be a natural at poetry. He's even been able to write poems for his French class. They just pop out without much effort at all. I was never good at it, so it has me baffled. My grandfather's brother, Gerald Griffin White, also seemed to have quite a talent. We have found stacks of his that were evidently read on major San Francisco and Los Angeles radio stations in the 1930's.
Must go. I have to pack early for the trip so that my nephew can spend the week with us when he comes. He's the same age as my son and the cousins only get to see each other once a year. My son is an only child, so they are like brothers.
Nice hearing from you. I really enjoyed your website, by the way. We are trying to get one up at this end. My son knows how to design them but we are in the process of upgrading our system. My husband is a systems operator for the county. We live in Silicon Valley, by the way, which explains why we even have a system at all. I'm aiming for an iBook, so that I can go off into my corner and not be disturbed while I'm doing my genealogy. The word I dread from the office is "OOPS!" The two are constantly upgrading everything and occasionally there's a BIG mistake. Of course they always blame it on the machine.
Thanks for getting in touch!
Lindalouise White De Mattei
Sr Mary Ita O Sullivan
She is gone, that gentle Sister ,
Kindly ,gracious, blest,
Gone to the Heart of Jesus,
Sweet home of peace and rest.
Like him in far off Nazareth.
The hidden life she led,
She walked the lowly ways of earth
But angels knew her tread.
Like him was pain her portion ,
Like him she bore the cross
Even to Calvarys summit ,
There learned the gain of loss .
At length the roseate tinted clouds
Athwart the Eastern way
Proclaimed the glad approach of dawn ,
The dawn of the Perfect Day .
And now in spheres celestial
Her soul by love possessed
Will know the deep , ecstatic joy
Of Mary and the Blest .
Bishop Brendan O'Brien asked me to send you this information about Bishop Windle.
We are not really sure of Bishop Windle's ancestry but this may help you.
Most Reverend Joseph Raymond Windle
Joseph Raymond Windle was born in Ashdad, Ontario, Canada, August 28, 1917; the son of James Windle and Bridget Scollard.
After completion of his studies at Calabogie High School in 1936, he studied Philosophy at the Classical College of St. Alexandre, Limbour, Quebec. Between 1939 and 1943 he pursued theological
studies at the Grand Seminary of Montreal. He was ordained to the priesthood in his home parish, Most Precious Blood, Calabogie, Ontario, Canada, on May 16, 1943
Following his ordination, he was assistant in Mattawa for seven years. In 1950, he pursued post graduate studies in Canon Law in Rome at the Lateran University, and on his return to Canada, he served
as Secretary to Bishop Smith and Vice Chancellor. He was then appointed assistant at Temiscaming, where he served from 1954 to 1957.
In 1957 he became part time assistant at Campbell's Bay, Quebec and served on the Regional Matrimonal Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, Ontario. He was named Parish Priest of Campbell's Bay in
1958 and continued his work in Ottawa at the same time.
On November 15, 1960, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa. His Episcopal Ordination took place in Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario, on January 19, 1961. Bishop Windle remained Auxiliary
Bishop of Ottawa and Pastor of St. Patrick's Parish for eight years.
On January 25, 1969, he was named Coadjutor Bishop of Pembroke with the right of succession and became Bishop of Pembroke in February 1971.
Pope John Paul II accepted Bishop Windle's resignation as Bishop of Pembroke on May 5, 1993.
Bishop Windle died suddenly on September 24, 1997.
Hope this is helpful
Sr. Marie for
Bishop Brenday O'Brien
Post Card Old Data
Key Words
Brooklyn 1906 Miss B M Hayes Fairy St.
Miss Hurley Presbytery Bulgaden 1906 . Athea , Pat , Sheehy.
Portland Ml ? Longfellow ?
Miss Blake School House Ardleigh, Colchester [Venesia Farrovia]
Pittsburgh Pa, The Point By Night .
Miss Lucy Magrane ? Loretto Abbey Rome , Farrovia 1925.
Fr J M ? sent card from Rome.
Liverpool Card to Miss Moya O Neil 2 Jocelyn Place from Rita 1931.
Student Margarita Moloney Loretto Abbey.
Miss Bridie Hayes Fairy St . 1931 B Dalton Posted Limerick.
Miss M Moloney from Violet 16-4-1903.
1902 Card from May Carroll ?.
Remember 24th June 1903 from Violet.
Mr J Walsh RIC ? Athea Jan 1927.
Miss Hurley Mountain View Hotel Lisdoonvarna 1906.
D W Hurley Merchant Athea.
9th Regimental Armoury 14th St NY near 6th Ave Brooklyn Stamp , Mr J M Hayes Fairy St 1906 [ M Greany].
Miss Nora Guiney Knockavinna London Card Half Penny Stamp , Xmas .For D W Hurley [Cupid] .
Mary Mc Elligott ,Ellen Cullen, Sr. Dolores,Rathfarnham From Sheffield to Mgt Moloney.
Miss K O Connor Athea 1907 .
Chicago 1907 to Miss B W Hurley Athea.
Agnes Mc Gill to Mgt Moloney from Toronto 14-12- 1905 Jarvis St,
Coborg Canada Abbey St Card . P Roche there for 6yrs ,Dear Friend Denis Moloney,Abbeyfeale . Old Card.
Lucy writes to Miss M Moloney.
Miss Kelly Publican Athea 1905 from Mary A Casey.
Mr James N Cotter Knockbrack Knocknagoshel . From N Healy wanted to talk about work in ?.
From Evelyn to Loretto Abbey.
Mountain View Hotel , Ballybunion Post Mark 1906 to M Hurley.
Card from J O B ? Xmas England going to Paris to Mgt Moloney [old card[
Miss ? Kitty Healy Ballygrennan 1920 ?. Wishing Dearest Kate a Happy Xmas.
Harriet ? Love to Mrs Barrett ? The Sq. Listowel.
Miss Moloney Clare View Lodge Ballybunion.
Miss H Cleary ? @ Mrs Mc Donnell Bulgaden.
Mrs A F Keeffe 596 Wartington St Springfield,1910. Would you like a bunch of Shamrocks Mother.
Marie a Listowel friend has collected 450 Post Cards . c1904.
Brooklyn Card to Mr James Moran Gortnagross 1906.
Directory Dr T L Moloney Ballarat 1867-70.
26 Wood Grimsley Mrs A Bevan ?Cross Roads Ditchingham ? NR Norfolk .
Death of Miss Smith from Jim.
Maggie Mc Coy of Cortland NY wrote to Miss B Hurley.
Miss K O Connor Athea . Paddy talks of Marriage to Earl c1906.
Miss Mollie Kenny Kenny Lodge Ballybunion 1916. SS Peter + Paul Church . Wolverhampton Card.
Rev John B Moloney CC The West Inn Abbeyfeale.
South Leigh Brighton 1905 to Miss Moloney Abbeyfeale from Maya ?
Master F O Donnell The Cottage Kiladysert.
Her Dearest from Berlin to Mgt Moloney.
Maggie Moloy ? Cortland NY to Bridge . Principal School there.
Miss Mary Jo Liston Athea from Mary Scannell Abbeyfeale.
San Francisco P Hurley to D W Hurley.Note Pat J Hurley returned Home died1943 Buried Killahenny with his Wife Mc Enery.
Leytonstone Posted Cousin Tommie to Miss Hurley at Lisdoonvarna.
Pittsburgh PA For Mary T Moloney Church St.
Master Joe Moloney Hope your hand is well again St Vincent's Limerick.
Jose Liston Athea Village 1912 Jim.
Miss J W Booth @ Mr B White Glenagore Athea 1906. Post Mark Leytonstone from Kitty.
7.30 March 7th 1905 Card.
D W Hurley Card from San Francisco 19??.
Pat in San Francisco , J B coming home after 12yrs.
From Maggie Mc Coy to Miss B Hurley 1907. Mamaroneck NY Post Mark.
Joe Fitzgibbons Chicago to Miss B Hurley Athea 1906.
Card from Freiburg to Miss M Moloney 1905.
Ellie Fitzpatrick Upper Knockbrack Knocknagoshel .
John Mc Grath Athea got card from Chicago with Picture of Union Station Yard From Joe.
Mrs Joe Corridan Main St Listowel 1913 post from Kilmallock.
Sr. Assumpta Hurley Professed Ennis 1943.
Wm. Moloney a Limerick Man Won Irish and Greek Medals in Inter Cert. Exam 1901.
KEP list 14th Oct 1841 John Moloney Duagh had Duagh Meadow.
Matt Moloney had Duagh Meadow also called Carrolls Meadow.
Victoria Cross Est. 1856.
Some Winners
P. Mullane, Action 27th July 1880.
J. Connors, born Duagh 1830. Action Crimea 8th Sept. 1855 .
W. E. Costelloe Died Sussex 7th June 1949.
W. Coffey action Crimea 29-3-1885.
W. Shelton Agar action Russia 17 June 1919.
J. W. Adams action Afghanistan 11-12-1879.
P. Grant India 16 Nov. 1857.
R. Clare Hart action Afghanistan 31-1-1879.
R. Kelliher Tralee action New Guinea 13Sept. 1943.
W. Keneally Wexford action Gallipoli 25-4-1915.
H.E. Kenny action France 25Sept. 1915.
P. Mahony action India 21st Sept.1857.
H.G. Moore action S. Africa 29-12-1877.
W. Nash Newcastlewest action India 11-3-1858.
M.J. O Rourke action France Aug. 1917.
C.Raymond action Burma 21-3-1945.
J. Weir Foote action Dieppe 19 Aug. 1942.
Fr D. Kelliher Military Cross April 1944.
J. Danaher action S. Africa 16-1-1881.
J. Cunningham action France 12-4-1917.
Sir O Moore Creagh action Kabul River 22-4-1879.
W .Keneally 1915 Gallipoli. Of Wexford.
Fr Dan Kelliher Military Cross 1944.
Surname First Name Reb Ship Tried Trial Place Term DOB Native Place DOD Death Place Remarks
Downes Thomas Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Clare Life 1782 Co Limerick Labourer
Doyle Nicholas Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1778 Rathkeale Co Limerick Labourer
Driscoll Florence Minerva (1800) 1798 Limerick 7 1776 Limerick Labourer Turner
Dunden Thomas Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Limerick 7 1796 Friarstown Co Limerick Labourer
Dwyer Cornelius R Atlas II (1802) 1801 Limerick Life 1766 Limerick 1866 Campbelltown
Dwyer John R Atlas II (1802) 1801 Limerick Life 1776 Limerick 1844 Appin Quarryman
Edwards John Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Cork City 7 1797 Limerick Servant
Fahily Andrew Tyne (1819) 1817 Limerick City 7 1797 Limerick City Victualler Labourer
Fehany Timothy Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick Life 1788 Co Limerick Labourer
Fitzgerald John Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Tipperary 7 Co Limerick Flax & Hemp Dresser Quarry Blaster
Fitzgerald William Minerva (1800) 1798 Limerick Life 1777 Limerick Tobaconist
Fitzgerald William R Minerva (1800) 1800 Kilkenny Life 1777 Limerick City Tobacconist
Fitzgibbon Patrick Chapman (1) [1817] 1816 Co Limerick 7 1785 Co Limerick Labourer
Fitzpatrick James Atlas III (1816) 1815 St John's Canada Life 1783 Limerick Labourer
Fitzpatrick Thomas Canada (3) [1815] 1814 Dublin City 7 1793 Co Limerick Servant
Flanagan James Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1778 Co Limerick Teacher
Flanigan Thomas Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1796 Limerick City Labourer
Flynn Jeremiah Hadlow (2) [1820] 1818 Co Limerick Life 1794 Co Limerick Stable Man
Flynn John Canada (3) [1815] 1814 Dublin City 7 1796 Co Limerick Groom
Glenney John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1800 Limerick City Labourer
Gorman John Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Limerick Life 1779 Limerick Quarryman
Gorman John Daphne (1819) 1819 Co Cork Life 1785 Co Limerick Soldier Labourer
Grady Henry Minerva (1800) 1798 Limerick Life 1780 Limerick Labourer Cooper
Haley Dennis Atlas III (1816) 1815 Wiltshire Gaol Delivery 14 1793 Limerick Soldier
Halpin James Tyne (1819) 1818 Limerick City 7 1784 Limerick City Labourer
Healy Charles Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Tipperary 7 1778 Co Limerick Labourer
Healy Joseph Daphne (1819) 1819 Kings Co 7 1791 Limerick Woollen Weaver
Hefferan Stephen Minerva I (2) [1819] 1818 Co Tipperary 7 1791 Limerick Labourer
Higgins Thomas Surrey I (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1791 Limerick Labourer
Hogan John Guildford (3) [1818] 1817 Limerick 7 1789 Co Limerick Labourer
Hogan Thomas Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Limerick City Life 1789 Limerick Stonemason
Hogan Thomas Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1778 Co Limerick Labourer
Holmes Robert Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City Life 1797 Kilmallock Co Limerick Farmers Servant
Jordon Miles Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1799 Co Limerick Apprentice Horse Shoer
Kelly Edmund Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1791 Bruff Co Limerick Labourer
Kelly John Three Bees (1814) 1812 Co Clare 7 1744 Limerick Peddler
Kelly William Canada (5) [1819] 1818 Guines France Court Martial 7 1796 Limerick Soldier Seaman
Kiernane Michael Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Limerick City 7 1765 Limerick Labourer
Landers James Hadlow (2) [1820] 1818 Co Limerick Life 1773 Co Limerick Labourer
Landers Michael Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1887 Limerick City Labourer
New Search Back to Convicts Page Home Email Peter
Primary Sources Secondary Sources
Your search returned 154 records
Displaying records 1 to 40
Surname First Name Reb Ship Tried Trial Place Term DOB Native Place DOD Death Place Remarks
Barrett James Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Kerry 7 1792 Co Limerick Labourer
Begley Michael Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1784 Co Limerick Bagpiper
Bourke Patrick Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1801 Limerick City Shoemaker
Brandon Thomas Tyne (1819) 1818 Limerick City 7 1796 Limerick City Slater Plasterer
Brodrick Daniel Ocean II (1) [1818] 1817 Kent Assizes 14 1787 Co Limerick Labourer
Brown David Isabella I (1) [1818] 1817 Norfolk QS 7 1792 Limerick Seaman
Brown Edward Indefatigable (2) [1815] 1813 Chatham Court Martial 7 1783 Limerick Joiner Carpenter
Bryan James Larkins (1) [1817] 1817 Kent (Canterbury) QS Life 1794 Co Limerick Labourer
Burke Michael Mariner (1) [1816] 1815 Kent QS Canterbury Life 1790 Co Limerick Soldier Labourer
Burke William Larkins (1) [1817] 1817 Southampton QS 7 1795 Limerick Soldier Servant
Byrne Michael Agamemnon (1820) 1820 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1767 Co Limerick Labourer
Callaghan James Surrey I (2) [1816] 1816 Co Kilkenny 7 1767 Limerick Dealer Labourer
Carey Denis Tyne (1819) 1818 Co Cork 7 1793 Co Limerick Labourer
Carmody Michael Tyne (1819) 1818 Limerick City 7 1796 Limerick City Baker
Carroll Edmund Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1788 Bruff Co Limerick Labourer
Casey Connor Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Limerick 7 1779 Limerick Labourer
Clanchy James Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1790 Limerick City Labourer
Clancy Cornelius Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Cork Life 1793 Limerick Quarryman
Clancy John Tyne (1819) 1817 Limerick City 7 1768 Limerick City Assistant Surgeon
Clogan James Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1793 Co Limerick Labourer
Cockerry Timothy Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1784 Co Limerick Labourer
Collins Maurice Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1760 Co Limerick Labourer
Condon James Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1770 Limerick Farmer
Connor Charles Martha (1818) 1817 Kings Co 7 1780 Limerick City Indoor Servant
Connors Denis Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1798 Co Limerick Tobacco Spinner
Conway Patrick Sir William Bensley (1817) 1815 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1782 Limerick Labourer
Conway Thomas Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Kilkenny 7 1783 Co Limerick Labourer
Cooke Nicholas Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1790 Co Limerick Labourer
Cooney Michael Hadlow (2) [1820] 1818 Limerick City Life 1775 Limerick City Labourer
Cronin Michael Tyne (1819) 1818 Co Dublin 7 1796 Limerick 1832 Moreton Bay QLD House Painter Paper Stainer Colonial sentence
Curtin William Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick Life 1791 Co Limerick Labourer
Curtin William Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1794 Co Limerick Labourer
Daly Daniel Chapman (1) [1817] 1816 Co Limerick 7 1785 Limerick Groom's Clerk
Daly John Surrey I (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1776 Limerick Labourer
Darcy George Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Kerry 7 1783 Limerick Sailor Labourer
Day James Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1796 Co Limerick Labourer
Dillon Thomas R Minerva (1800) 1798 Limerick 7 1774 Limerick 1818 Parramatta Labourer Carpenter
Donagher John Baring (1) [1815] 1814 Montreal Court Martial Life 1789 Limerick Labourer
Donahoe Edward Chapman (1) [1817] 1816 Co Tyrone 7 1793 Limerick City Seaman
Downes Patrick Tyne (1819) 1817 Limerick City 7 1771 Limerick City Labourer
New Search Back to Convicts Page Home Email Peter
Your search returned 154 records
Displaying records 81 to 120
Surname First Name Reb Ship Tried Trial Place Term DOB Native Place DOD Death Place Remarks
Lynch James Guildford (3) [1818] 1817 Limerick 7 1782 Co Limerick Horse Shoer Blacksmith
Maloney James Hadlow (2) [1820] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1800 Co Limerick Labourer
Mangin Thomas Canada (3) [1815] 1814 Co Cork 7 1758 Limerick Attorney Clerk
Marooney Henry Dorothy (1820) 1820 Dublin City 14 1794 Limerick City Solicitor's Clerk
Massey Hugh Three Bees (1814) 1813 Cork City 7 1766 Limerick Servant
McAllister Thomas Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Cork 7 1754 Limerick Soldier
McCarthy Daniel Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1786 Co Limerick Labourer
McCarthy John Mangles (1) [1820] 1819 Barbados Court Martial Life 1795 Limerick Soldier Labourer
McDonnell Mathew Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick Life 1794 Rathkeale Co Limerick Tallow Chandler Soapboiler
McElligott Thomas Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1785 Limerick City Merchants Clerk
McGeary William Surrey I (1) [1814] 1813 Lisbon Court Martial Life 1789 Limerick Gunner Engineer
McMahon Bryan Atlas III (1816) 1815 St John's Canada Life 1791 Limerick Labourer
McMahon Francis Minerva (1800) 1798 Limerick 7 1759 Limerick Labourer
McMahon Michael Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1785 Limerick Farmer
McNamara Denis Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1787 Co Limerick Labourer
McNamara Michael Shipley (1) [1817] 1815 Upper Canada Court Martial Life 1788 Co Limerick Labourer
McNamara Thady Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1799 Limerick City Labourer
Meara Bryan Canada (3) [1815] 1814 Co Limerick 7 1781 Limerick Labourer
Moloney William Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Tipperary 7 1778 Co Limerick Setter & Cutter Stonemason
Mooney John Lady Castlereagh (1818) 1816 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1794 Limerick Plasterer
Mooney Maurice Mary I (1819) 1818 Cork City 7 1802 Limerick City Labourer
Murphy Patrick Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Limerick 7 1787 Limerick Quarryman
Murphy Patrick Ocean I (1816) 1814 Palermo Court Martial Life 1788 Limerick Soldier Tailor
Murphy William Minerva I (2) [1819] 1819 Waterford City 7 1800 Limerick Seaman
Neagle John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Clare Life 1800 Limerick Stable Servant
Neil Patrick Eliza I (1) [1820] 1819 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1791 Co Limerick Labourer
Neil Simon Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1785 Limerick Labourer
Nelson Jane Mary Anne I (1) [1816] 1815 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1795 Limerick Servant
Nolan William Minerva (1800) 1797 Life 1773 Limerick Labourer Servant
Noonan David Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Limerick 7 1791 Limerick Quarryman
Noonan John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Clare Life 1765 Co Limerick Labourer
O'Brien Daniel Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1790 Limerick City Coachman
O'Donnell Michael Guildford (3) [1818] 1817 Limerick 7 1789 Co Limerick Horse shoer Blacksmith
O'Donnell Patrick Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1794 Limerick Gardener
O'Meara Thomas Bencoolen (1819) 1818 Dublin City 7 1784 Limerick Soldier Colonial Sentence for Life in 1826
Quane Patrick Three Bees (1814) 1813 Cork City 7 1782 Limerick Labourer
Ready Edmund Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1818 Co Limerick 7 1783 Bruff Co Limerick Labourer
Ready John Three Bees (1814) 1812 Co Tipperary 14 1784 Limerick Gardener Labourer
Ready Thomas Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick Life 1768 Limerick Bullock Driver Carter
Reddy John Minerva I (2) [1819] 1819 Co Tipperary 7 1786 Rathkeale Co Limerick Labourer
Your search returned 154 records
Displaying records 121 to 154
Surname First Name Reb Ship Tried Trial Place Term DOB Native Place DOD Death Place Remarks
Reidy Daniel Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Clare Life 1790 Limerick Labourer
Reilly Thomas Guildford (3) [1818] 1817 Limerick 7 1795 Co Limerick Labourer
Reynolds Maurice Dorothy (1820) 1820 Cork City 7 1798 Co Limerick Labourer
Rice Eleanor Northampton (1815) 1814 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1787 Limerick Servant
Riordan Callaghan Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1786 Limerick Farmer
Roache Maurice Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1785 Limerick Farmer
Ryan Denis Surrey I (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1784 Limerick Labourer
Ryan James Mangles (1) [1820] 1819 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1773 Limerick Seaman
Ryan John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick Life 1785 Limerick City Labourer
Ryan John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1780 Co Limerick Butler Servant
Ryan Margaret Northampton (1815) 1814 Middlesex Gaol Delivery 7 1792 Limerick Servant
Ryan Martin Tyne (1819) 1818 Co Dublin Life 1780 Gormanstown Cos Kildare Meath Limerick Tipperary Westmeath Wicklow Labourer
Ryan Mary Francis & Eliza (1815) 1813 Kilkenny City 7 1789 Limerick Servant
Sage Henry Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1787 Limerick City Butler Servant
Scott Patrick Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Limerick 7 1797 Friarstown Co Limerick Labourer
Shea Patrick Guildford (3) [1818] 1817 Co Cork 7 1787 Co Limerick Farmer Labourer
Sheahan Darby Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1783 Co Limerick Labourer
Sheedy Michael Earl St Vincent (1) [1818] 1817 Co Limerick 7 1794 Co Limerick 1865 Middle Harbour Sydney Labourer
Smith John Earl St Vincent (2) [1820] 1819 Stafford QS 7 1792 Co Limerick Footman
Smith William Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1794 Limerick City Soldier Servant
Stanton James Indefatigable (2) [1815] 1814 Chester Sess Life 1769 Limerick Labourer
Sullivan John Surrey I (2) [1816] 1815 Co Limerick 7 1792 Limerick Labourer
Supple Patrick Tyne (1819) 1817 Limerick City 7 1796 Limerick City Butcher
Thorpe Mary Francis & Eliza (1815) 1814 Dublin City 7 1785 Limerick Servant
Toomey John Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Limerick 7 1797 Limerick Labourer
Wall James Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1797 Co Limerick Labourer
Wall Timothy Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Limerick City 7 1800 Co Limerick Labourer
Walsh James Canada (3) [1815] 1814 Co Cork 7 1765 Limerick Labourer
Walsh William Guildford (2) [1816] 1815 Limerick City Life 1794 Co Limerick Labourer
Webb Henry Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Co Limerick 7 1791 Limerick City Labourer
Whelan Patrick Three Bees (1814) 1813 Co Limerick Life 1788 Limerick Labourer
White John Hadlow (2) [1820] 1819 Clare Life Co Limerick
Wholahan Cornelius Pilot (1817) 1816 Co Limerick 7 1794 Friarstown Co Limerick Labourer
Wise John Minerva I (2) [1819] 1819 Cork City 7 1799 Co Limerick Groom