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Sean Sheehy Dec 11^th 2024

 

What Should I Do?

 

 

 

   Morality is distinguished from all other behavioral sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc. because it alone prescribes or judges what we should or ought to do. The others describe what and why we do what we do. Morality asks and answers three basic questions: What kind of person should I be? What kind of action should I do? What kind of relationships or communities should I build? The reasonable answers provided by morality to these questions are: 1. You should be a person of good character. 2. You should do right actions. 3. You should build just relationships and just communities! Christian morality, based on God’s revelation and affirmed by reason, tells us the truth about what constitutes good character, right action, and just relationships. It’s important for us to examine what kind of character we’re  building, what kind of actions we’re performing, and what kind of relationships and communities we’re building.

 

 

 

   The question of what we should do is one we need to continually ask ourselves and answer as we live our daily lives. This is why we need an objective standard of morality as a measuring rod. What we do flows from our character, our sense of right and wrong, and the kind of relationships and communities we’re in. Our actions in turn affect our character and our relationships either positively or negatively. They’re all inter-related. As we continue our Advent preparation for the celebration of the sacred occasion of Christ Jesus’ birth and the cosmic event of His Second Coming, what should we be doing?

 

 

 

   There is a marvellous scene in the Gospel according to St. Luke (3:10-18) which helps us answer the question of what we should be doing as preparation for celebrating Jesus’ birth, His sacramental presence now in His Church, and His second coming. John the Baptizer was preaching repentance of sin to the crowds. Their spiritual hunger drove them to seek out John’s guidance. The lies, deception, insincerity, violence, political intrigue, and materialism offered by false prophets have left them confused about what they should be doing. So, they’re curious to hear what John has to tell them. They want to know what they should be doing in order to find happiness and joy in their lives.

 

 

 

   John gave them a lesson on moral living. He told them that, “Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.” To be moral we must practice charity by developing the virtue of generosity. Our Christian morality tells us we should practice a spirit of poverty by sharing our time, talent, and treasure with others who are less fortunate and voiceless. Jesus teaches that, “Whatever you give to these the least of my brothers and sisters you give to me” (Mt 25:40). Jesus cautions us that “the measure you use to give to others will in turn be used to measure back to you” (Lk 6:38). Paradoxically, you will only get what you give. We receive only in proportion to what we give. If we give our all we’ll receive God’s all, which far outweighs our all. There are no misers in Heaven.

 

 

 

   John told the tax collectors that they must, “Stop collecting more than what is prescribed.” He tells them to practice the virtue of honesty. We must be truthful in our dealings with others. There are no dishonest people in Heaven.

 

 

 

   John told the soldiers that they must, “not practice extortion, (or) falsely accuse anyone, and be satisfied with your wages.” We must practice the virtue of justice and not abuse our authority or power for our own gain at the expense of others well-being. We must be fair, truthful and grateful in our attitude. There are no greedy people or liars or ungrateful people in Heaven.

 

 

 

   John’s morality is clear, simple, and direct. If we want to be Jesus’ disciples our conduct should be studded with charity, honesty, justice, truthfulness and gratitude. These virtues dispose us to the peace Jesus brought into the world and promised to all men and women of goodwill. This is a peace the world cannot give because it supports the opposite of these virtues. All human beings crave the peace Jesus offers but many deprive themselves of it because they choose vices instead of virtues and so do what they should not do. It was the absence of this peace in their hearts that drove the crowds out into the desert in hopes that John would show them how to possess it. He did so by telling them that Christ, the Prince of Peace, was coming and would give them His peace if they embraced Him as their Messiah and Saviour and did what he asked.

 

 

 

   What should we do to receive Jesus’ peace? We should be charitable, practice poverty, be honest, tell the truth, and be just in carrying out our obligations in our relationship with God, ourselves, and with one another. The result will be that, “God will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in His love” (Zeph 3:14-18). Knowing Jesus as the giver of the peace we crave and knowing what we must do to receive it motivates us to “Rejoice in the Lord always … our kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:4-7). So let us rejoice because now we know what we should do to have peace of mind, heart and soul. So, without further delay, let’s do it! (fr sean)

 

 

 

 The 7 Ups for Advent

 

1. Wake Up !!  Decide to have a good day. "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

 

2. Dress Up !! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. It is the most inexpensive way to improve your looks. "The Lord doesn’t look at the things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1st Samuel 16:7

 

3. Hush Up!! Learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He means for us to spend twice as much time twice as talking. "He who guards his lips guards his soul." Proverbs 13:3

 

 4. Stand Up!! … for what you believe in. Stand for something or you’ll fall for anything. "Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..." Galatians 6:9-10

 

 5. Look Up !! … to the Lord. "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13

 

6. Reach Up !! .. . . for something higher. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6

 

 

 

 7. Lift Up !! … your prayers. "Don’t worry about anything; instead PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING." Philippians 4:6

 

 

 

                 Prayer for the Week

 

God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the Lord, and He has been my Savior. I thank You Lord, I acclaim Your Name; I will make Your actions known to everyone I meet. I will proclaim how exalted is Your Name. I will sing praise to You Lord for Your glorious achievement. I want this to be known throughout the land. I will shout with joy, for You are in our midst, O Lord, Holy God. Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ is present in His Word and Sacrament in His Church, Christ will come again. Amen. (Based on Is. 12:2-6)

 

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In this episode of "The Catholic Gentleman," John Heinen, Devin Schadt, and Sam Guzman discuss how marriage enriches Catholic life. The gentlemen unpack three joys of sacramental marriage—and why it’s worth fighting for in today’s culture.

 

Here’s what they had to say!

 

https://www.churchpop.com/3-surprising-joys-only-marriage-can-bring-to-your-catholic-life/?utm_campaign=ChurchPop&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=338039065&utm_content=338039065&utm_source=hs_email

 

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In Part 3 we will look at what happened after Ireland finally won her independence with the birth of Saorstát Éireann/The Irish Free State.

 

Tomás Ó Dúbhda grew up on the Mayo/Galway border in the 1960s. He studied Archaeology, History and Irish at the University of Galway and has maintained an active interest in each of these areas throughout his life, including the derivation of placenames, the Great Famine period, and the Land Ownership question. He has been involved with a number of heritage and historical groups, attending seminars and field trips in counties Clare, Galway, Longford, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath.

 

https://tintean.org.au/2024/09/10/land-ownership-part-2/

 

 

 

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LISTOWEL; One of the charms of small towns is that they can throw up characters who are special – actors or singers, writers or sports people who go on to wider fame. Take the town of inpho_004189621-390x285.jpg Listowel in North Kerry for example. Notwithstanding the sporting success of its former resident Tadhg Kennelly, Listowel and its hinterland is best known as a place which has produced more than its fair share of writers. John B Keane is an obvious example as are his son Billy and nephew Fergal. Then there is the short story writer Maurice Walsh (The Quiet Man), the poet, playwright and balladeer Bryan MacMahon, the poet Brendan Kennelly, the dramatist George Fitzmaurice and the philosopher-poet John Moriarty, all from the town or outlying district.

 

https://tintean.org.au/2019/05/07/a-town-in-print/

 

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A PILOT initiative aimed at assisting people who are experiencing situational trauma or a mental health crisis was launched today in Limerick city.

 

Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, and Minister for Law Reform, International Law, and Youth Justice, James Browne launched the national pilot initiative.

 

https://www.ireland-live.ie/video/limerick-live/1624140/hse-and-gardai-launch-joint-mental-health-initiative-in-limerick.html

 

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Canada’s public service integrity watchdog has asked the federal government to double its budget, funding it says is necessary to keep up with the growing number of tips it receives about departmental wrongdoings and mismanagement.

 

The agency is requesting an immediate sum of $1.3 million and wants to see its annual budget double, asking for an additional $7.6 million per year until 2028-29, followed by a permanent increase of $7.2 million from then onward.

 

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway called the situation a “crisis” that could undermine her office’s mandate, which is to investigate malpractice in the federal public sector and protect whistleblowers after coming forward.

 

https://tnc.news/2024/10/09/federal-malpractice-watchdog-overwhelmed-with-complaints/

 

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CELEBRATING THE BAPTISMS OF 2023: As we celebrate the Baptism of our Lord this weekend, we welcome into our Parish all 66 babies who were baptised here at St. Mary’s Church in 2023.

 

Tadgh Leahy, Kilmorna / Pippa Wilson, Derry & England / Francis Lyons, Willow Court / Jack & Josh Barry Scannell, Skehenerin / Culann Forde, Tanavalla & Cork / Noah Murphy, Ennismore / Thalia Galvin, Old Rd., Clieveragh / Spencer O Connor, Cois Baile / Gavin O Connell, Kenny Heights / Zach Kerin, Ballygrennan / Charlotte Chute, The Forge / Rylann Neill, Liosarda / Daisy Mai Griffin, Ferndene / Shay Keane, Woodlawn / Ronan Galvin, The Square & California / Warren Ryan, Cois Baile / Irwin Jack, Gurtinard Mews / Rían O Mahony, Lisselton / Ollie Toomey, Feale Drive / Marie Griffin, Slí na Collie / Jay McElligott, Stokers Lawn / Anastasia Stack Bieszczanin, St. Brendan’s Tce. / Conor O Donnell, Ballygologue Pk. / Lucy Mai Flynn, Kilmeany / Kyra Broder Harding, Cashen Court / Luca Noonan, Clieveragh Downs & Dublin / Theo Wrobel, Lissaniska, Kilmorna / Daisy Casey, Feale Dr. / Emily Rose Kelly, Stoker Place / Kieran Boyer, Clieveragh / Allie Boyer, Clieveragh & Dublin  / Samuel Feran, Cahirdown & Co Meath / Jack Magee, Derry, Listowel & Armagh / Amber McCarthy, Cois Baile / Siún Galvin, Woodview / Destiny Rose Evans, Stokers Grove / Clodagh Kenny, Dun Alainn / Luke O Connell, Coolaclarig & London / Finn Harris, Willow Court / Callum Downey, O’Connell’s Ave. / Billy Byrne, William St. & Dublin / Darragh Henry, Woodlawn / Daniel Harty, Liosarda / Jason Bird, Cashen Court / Aodhán Somers, Feale Dr. / Clara Walsh, Dromin / Eliza Rose Stackpoole, Knocknagorna, Athea / Cooper Holden, Clieveragh Pk. / Robyn Holden, Annacotty, Limerick / Lucas Keane, The Writings / Reuben Hart, Gurtinard & England / Fionn Ring Browne, Dromin Upper / Kylie McCarthy, Slí na Speire / Hannah Borowiak, Lixnaw / Lauren O Connor, The Paddocks / Saorla Lee  Zaffino McGibney, America / Eden Loughnane, Cashen Court / Éabha Corridan, Bunagarha / Daithí Dillon, Curraghtoosane / Cadhla McKenna, Cluainin / Ellie Flynn, Patrick St. / Joshua Duncan Kinross, Asdee & London / Mathéo Nadal Long, Asdee & Dublin / Addison Moohin, Queensland / Mia Stackpoole, Cahirdown Woods.

 

Congratulations - May God Bless them all – Fr. Declan

 

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Poetry

 

Sweet Listowel

 

 

 

A song by John B. Keane as promised to Eric

 

 

 

Oh sweet Listowel I’ve loved you all my days

 

 

 

Your towering spires and shining streets and squares

 

 

 

Where sings the Feale it’s everlasting lays

 

 

 

And whispers to you in it’s evening prayers

 

 

 

Chorus

 

 

 

Of all fair towns few have so sweet a soul

 

 

 

Or gentle folk compassionate and true

 

 

 

Where’er I go I’ll love you sweet Listowel

 

 

 

And doff my distant cap each day to you

 

 

 

Down by the Feale the willows dip their wands

 

 

 

From magic bowers where soft the night wind sighs

 

 

 

How oft I’ve roved along your moonlit lands

 

 

 

Where late love blooms and first love never dies

 

 

 

Chorus

 

Of all fair towns few have so sweet a soul

 

Or gentle folk compassionate and true

 

Where’er I go I’ll love you sweet Listowel

 

And doff my distant cap each day to you.

 

 

 

(A link to one of the best singers of this song…Louis O’Carroll R.I.P. recorded and produced by Denis Carroll of Fealegood Productions ….

 

https://youtu.be/jvvNfEQVNRY?si=zM3m9jNir0-srrj0

 

Sweet Listowel by John B. Keane)

 

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Obituary to Paddy Fitzgibbon

By listowelconnection

 

On January 12, 2023

In Listowel

+ R.I.P. Paddy Fitzgibbon+

Paddy Fizgibbon R.I.P. and his wife Carmel with Mary Keane R.I.P. at the unveiling of the Tarrant sculpture to John B. Keane in The Garden of Europe in 2008

 

The March of Time

 

A few years ago Paddy Fitzgibbon sent us this picture of his bookshelf with the above caption. I think it is a fitting memorial to open my tribute with.

 

Paddy was an extraordinary man. I have never in my lifetime met a man of such intellect, such wit and such diverse talents.

 

He was a scholar, a reader, a writer, a photographer, an artist, a garden designer, a linguist and of course a lawyer. He was also a husband, a father and a friend. He will be missed by many.

 

I didn’t know Paddy in his professional capacity as the Fitzgibbon in Pierse and Fitzgibbon. This example of the beautiful artwork that was his signature style is on display in his former workplace.

 

This witty photograph is typical of the man who rarely saw the world as dull and ordinary as you or I see it.

 

Paddy snapped this full nest a few years ago and in his usual insightful way captioned it “The Supreme Court”.

 

Isn’t this the best ever photograph of Charlie Nolan? Paddy caught Charlie, a keen photographer, in a setting so dear to his heart, beside his beloved River Feale where he enjoyed so many happy hours.

 

Closer to home, he called this one “Florist in Dromin”

 

I will never forget his exhibition of photographs in St. John’s a few years back. Every image raised a smile. The pictures were of weird and wonderful signs and names that he spotted on his travels. The pictures had little commercial value but that was Paddy’s way. He framed them and exhibited them to entertain us. It was just one of his many contributions to our enjoyment of the town he loved so well.

 

Paddy is on the far right of Junior Griffin’s photograph with Mervyn Taylor T.D. and other Jewish dignitaries at the Holocaust Memorial at the official opening of The Garden of Europe in 1995.

 

The Garden of Europe today is a beautiful legacy this marvellous man conceived and, with the help of his friends in The Rotary Club and his hard working and supportive wife, brought into being.

 

…………….

 

Now to Paddy Fitzgibbon, the playwright, poet and writer.

 

I have a confession to make. Much of Paddy’s writing was way too scholarly for me. When I think of him I think of the lines from Goldsmith’s Village Schoolmaster

 

“And still they gazed and still the wonder grew

 

That one small head could carry all he knew.”

 

I’m going to repeat here in full an old Listowel Connection post from a few years back….

 

You would never know what you might encounter on Listowel Connection. This next must be the most unusual item I’ve yet posted. It is a Listowel sequel to a Victorian translation of a poem by an 11th century Persian poet.

 

This is how Paddy Fitzgibbon introduced his poem to us;

 

“Attached is a sequel to Edward Fitzgerald’s 1859 translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Kayam. It is written by the entirely fictitious North Kerry poet Tomaisin Og McDoodle, a son of the equally fictitious North Kerry statesman Tom Doodle.”

Seán Moriarty as Tom Doodle and Paddy Fitzgibbon during Vincent Carmody’s Writers’ Week Tom Doodle walk in 2017

 

(First of all let me fill you in on the original. In case you were wondering, no, I didnt know this stuff. I looked it up.

 

Omar Kayam was a Persian poet and astronomer who lived from 1048 to 1131. During his lifetime he was most famous as a scientist and mathematician. His poetry might never have gained its worldwide acclaim were it not for the English translation by Edward Fitzgerald in 1859. 

 

Apparently the translation was not over faithful to the original.

 

A rubaiyat is a poem of four lined stanzas. Fitzgerald translated hundreds of them. These translations are widely available and very popular.

 

The theme of the Rubaiyat of Omar Kayam is Carpe Diem. It chimes well with mindfulness and other philosophies that are currently having a moment. 

 

Here is an example

 

26.

 

Oh, come with old Khayyam, and leave the Wise To talk; 

 

one thing is certain, that Life flies;

 

One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies;

 

The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.

 

Now to our modern day Kerry Rubaiyat. Like the original, it is very long so I’m only giving you a taste. M.C.)

 

One evening, when the Sun began to sink,

 

Greatrakes  FitzGodward calmly deigned to think,

 

Then gulped his wine, to celebrate and wake, 

 

His sixty- ninth sincere farewell to drink.

 

The evening of his own wild days grew late,

 

The storm curls of his brain grew limp and straight;

 

So, should he hurl invectives at the gods,

 

Or kneel, and pray, and tintinnabulate ?

 

FitzGodward  filled another glass; bombast

 

And blighted folly then combined to  cast

 

One marching, flashing, laughing glance, that left

 

The cavalries of misery aghast.

 

           ……………..

 

          The solstices of good and evil came 

 

And went; no one can bridge with praise or blame,

 

The endless chasm between Is and Ought,

 

The raftless river between Pride and Shame.

 

…………………….

 

He took to sportsmanship in Cork and Clare,

 

( His winters shortened by a well – turned hare );

 

He once fell off a horse, near here or there,

 

And licked the lattice work of life, but  where?

 

( Our reformed hero took Holy Orders and soon rose through the ranks to become pope)

 

Then at theology he made a start,

 

And tore both schisms and heresies apart;

 

He thrived, and soon became an expert in

 

Aortic aspects of the Sacred Heart.

 

( His conversion was short-lived, He returned to his old ways)

 

Old Earth still calmly went around the Sun,

 

And soon Greatrakes returned to sin and fun,

 

He drained a barrel then, to eulogise

 

The obsequies of piety undone.

 

(When we all come to the end this is how Tomaisín sees it.)

 

“Come now old friend  Khayyám, and while we can

 

We will proclaim some sort of well laid plan,

 

Conceived in wine by Zeus or Proust or Faust,

 

Or someone’s cousin’s father’s Uncle Dan. 

 

When, towards our one last hideous latch we’re drawn,

 

We’ll greet its rusty  hinges with a yawn,

 

Then whistle a rattling randy tune beside

 

A wren wrung river, or a lark bossed lawn.

 

Go ndéana Dia Uilechumhachtach trocaire ar anam uasal dílis ár gcara Paddy Fitzgibbon. Braithfimid uainn é. Cinnte ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.

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kerryman

 

Donal Nolan

 

October 04 2022 12:03 PM

 

IT felt like a shared act of healing as scores of descendants of those involved in the War of Independence in North Kerry gathered together at the Kerry Writer’s Museum in Listowel on Monday for the launch of a very special film.

 

And there was a very special figure in Listowel to launch it, one with an incredible stake in the whole story – Irish International rugby legend Donal Lenihan.

 

Lenihan was delighted to officiate at the launch of The War of Independence in North Kerry; a forensic account in film of the conflict as it played out in this region – particularly in the six-month period from January to July of 1921.

 

Written and produced by former Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan, narrated by RTÉ’s Joe Stack and published through the Kerry Writers’ Museum to mark the Decade of Centenaries, The War in North Kerry has as its great strength the presence of the relatives of those involved front and centre.

 

Numerous descendants of combatants and innocents caught up in the struggle were interviewed by Jimmy – on the very centenary to the minute and on the very location of the historic action under discussion.

 

“We had a full house for the launch on Friday and I was delighted so many of the relatives we interviewed for the DVD could join us for the launch,” Jimmy told The Kerryman.

 

“Indeed it is their contributions that really make the film so special,” he said.

 

“And it was wonderful to have relatives of people caught up on all sides of the conflict.”

 

Iva Pocock, a granddaughter of Arthur Vicars, of Kilmorna House who was infamously slain by the IRA in the period, was an honoured guest on the night.

 

As was Terry O’Sullivan, the grandnephew of District Inspector Tobias O’Sullivan who was executed by the republican side during the war.

 

Indeed, it was the shooting of DI O’Sullivan that led to Donal Lenihan’s presence on Friday night. For Donal’s Listowel grandfather Jack O’Lenihan was wrongfully charged with the inspector’s execution in its aftermath. “Jack was to have been executed on the Monday after the Truce was signed, thereby ending the war. But for the Truce, there would be no Donal Lenihan.”

 

Donal’s father Gerard later moved to Cork, but the family never lost their connection with Listowel returning again and again during the holiday’s when the rugby star was growing up.

 

“According to Donal his grandfather was revered in North Kerry afterwards because, although he knew the identity of the three IRA men who shot the DI, he never revealed their identity to the authorities and was prepared to die for an action he had no involvement in,” Jimmy explained.

 

Also covered in the comprehensive narrative was the brutal fatal beating of John Lawlor by the Black and Tans in Listowel on New Year’s Day 1921, the death of fisheries inspector James Keane killed for informing by the IRA; the burning of Ballylongford; the killing of Arthur Vicars and the burning of Kilmorna House; and, of course, the subsequent summary executions of Jerry Lyons, Paddy Walsh and Paddy Dalton at Gortaglanna amid many other bloody events.

 

It also includes contributions from a number of local historians while firmly retaining the focus on the personal stories of family members who were directly involved.

 

The War of Independence in North Kerry was edited by Dan Devane and filmed by Charles Nolan. Copies can be ordered now from the Kerry Writers’ Museum on (068)22212.

 

It was produced with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/north-west-kerry-news/ireland-rugby-legend-donal-tells-of-grandfathers-war-of-independence-heroism-at-launch-of-dvd-42038729.html

 

Stories from Listowel Connection .com

 

Talk of the old days and old Radio Eireann programmes reminded Mattie Lennon of a piece he wrote once about one of the most familiar and best loved voices on radio in the 1950s and 60’s, Eamon Kelly, The Seanchaí.

 

 

 

It was 1959. The National Council for The Blind of Ireland gave my visually impaired mother a wireless. It was our first radio. At the time my contemporaries were clued in to the highlights of Radio Luxemburg and the Light Programme. But, always one to live in the past, I had a preference for the folk programmes on Radio Eireann. My adrenalin was really let loose by the prologue to one in particular:

 

 

 

The rick is thatched

 

The fields are bare,

 

Long nights are here again.

 

The year was fine

 

But now ’tis time

 

To hear the ballad-men.

 

Boul in, boul in and take a chair

 

Admission here is free,

 

You’re welcome to the Rambling House

 

To meet the Seanachi.

 

 

 

The Seanachi was, of course, Eamon Kelly.

 

 

 

I was to follow Eamon’s stories, on the air, and later in Dublin theatres, through his one-man shows, for decades.

 

 

 

His trademark introduction was: “In My Father’s Time” or “Ye’re glad I came.” In between tales of “The King of England’s son” and “The Earl of Baanmore” he would tell his own life-story.

 

 

 

And those who knew his style could always differentiate between the fact and the fiction.

 

 

 

He was born in Rathmore, Co. Kerry, in March 1914. In his autobiographical work “The Apprentice” he tells of how the family moved when he was six months old. He was brought to Carrigeen on Maurice O’Connor’s sidecar. (Of course when he’d be wearing his Seanachi’s hat he’d tell you he remembered it).

 

 

 

Eamon grew up in a Rambling House and in later life said: ” … my ears were forever cocked for the sound that came on the breeze. It wasn’t the Blarney Stone but my father’s house which filled me with wonder”.

 

 

 

He was only a child when this country gained independence but he had his Kerry ear cocked long before that to accumulate stories such as this: ” ‘Will I get in this time’ the sitting MP said once to one of our neighbours, coming up to polling day.

 

 

 

‘Of course you will’ the neighbour told him. ‘Didn’t you say yourself that it was the poor put you in the last time and aren’t there twice as many poor there now?’ “

 

 

 

Eamon didn’t lick his storytelling ability off the ground. He said of his father that he was ” … a friendly person, a good talker. Neighbours and travelers were attracted like moths around a naked flame into his and my mother’s kitchen”. Their kitchen had ” … all the rude elements of the theatre; the storyteller was there with his comic or tragic tale, we had music, dance, song and costume”. When he left school Eamon became apprentice to his father who was a master carpenter and wheelwright.

 

 

 

The young apprentice missed nothing; seventy years on he could mimic a verbose mason who described how to put a plumb-board against the rising walls to “ascertain their perpendicularity”.

 

 

 

He also began taking a correspondence course with Bennett College in England. Then it turned out that the architect of a hotel enlargement project that he was working on was the craftwork teacher at the local Technical School. Eamon enrolled for a night course. The teacher’s name was Micheal O’ Riada and, in his autobiography, Eamon told how he ” … was the means of changing the direction of my footsteps and putting me on the first mile of a journey that would take me far from my own parish. He taught me and others the craft of wood and in time we passed examinations set by the technical branch of the Department of Education in carpentry, joinery and cabinet making. He taught the theory of building and how to read plans: he taught solid geometry which holds the key to the angles met with in the making of a hip roof or staircase”.

 

 

 

No matter how far from home Eamon was working he cycled two nights a week to Tech. He was soon to learn that Micheál O’Riada’s interests were not confined to sawing and chiseling. He introduced his pupils to books, writers and the theatre. On the head of this Eamon went to see Louis Dalton’s company, at the town hall, in “Juno and the Paycock”.

 

 

 

“It was my first time seeing actors on a stage and the humour, the agony and the tragedy of the play touched me to the quick”.

 

 

 

He was mesmerized by the actors and ” … their power to draw me away from the real world and almost unhinge my reason long after the curtain had come across”.

 

 

 

Micheál O’Riada was impressed with Eamon’s reaction to the theatre. He discussed O’Casey, Synge and Lennox Robinson with the young carpenter and advised him if he ever went to Dublin to go to the Abbey Theatre.

 

 

 

Mr. O’Riada also told him that if he kept making headway in his studies and passed the senior grade in the practical and theory papers he would enter him for a scholarship examination, to train as a manual instructor, in Dublin. Since Eamon had left school at fourteen, he also had to do additional study in English, Irish and Maths. He passed his scholarship examination, and the interview in Dublin, with flying colours.

 

 

 

He trained and worked as a woodwork teacher for years until he became a full time actor. His first acting role was as Christy Mahon in “The Playboy of the Western World” along with the Listowel actress, Maura O’Sullivan. He would later marry, and spend the rest of his life, with Maura.

 

 

 

They moved to Dublin and Eamon was employed by the Radio Eireann Repertory Players and later by the Abbey Theatre Company. He drew large audiences in villages during the ’50s as he traveled around Ireland with his stories. He was to spend more than 40 years as a professional actor. Working with the top actors and leading producers of his day, he performed in New York, London and Moscow.

 

As a storyteller, his vivid and evocative descriptions are unsurpassed. Whether it was about an emigrant-laden train gathering speed before fading from view at Countess Bridge or sparks flying when the blacksmith struck red hot iron, nobody could tell it like Eamon. Once, in the Brooklyn Academy, while telling one of his famous stories he mentioned an Irish town and drew a graphic word-picture of emigrants at the station. From the audience he heard; “Divine Jesus” and a man crying. Ever the professional, Eamon instantly changed gear, swung to comedy and in seconds had the homesick exile laughing.

 

 

 

Watching him on the stage, the Paps-of-Anu and Dooncorrig Lake almost materialized around you. There was a temptation to look up for the rising ground above Barradov Bridge.

 

 

 

In the Peacock Theatre in the 1980s, you were standing beside the young Eamon Kelly as he made a Tusk Tenon at the workbench beside his father or walked barefoot on the submerged stepping-stones with his first-love, Judy Scanlon.

 

 

 

As Anette Bishop described it in the Irish American Post:

 

“It’s a case of the past returning to raise a charming blush on the cheek of the present”. Everything Eamon Kelly did was tried, tested and honed to perfection. And he always expressed appreciation of the crafts, skills and talents of others. “The correct actions of a craftsman sawing, planning or mortising with the chisel were as fluid as those of an expert hurler on the playing field”.

 

 

 

When rehearsing for Seamus Murphy’s “Stone Mad”, which he adapted as a one-man show, he spent days observing stonecutters at a quarry in the Dublin mountains. In the course of the show he “lettered” a stone on stage.

 

 

 

With little or no interest in money himself, he was always on the side of the underdog and the marginalized. He was playing S.B. O’ Donnell in “Philadelphia Here I Come” on Broadway, in January 1972, when he heard the tragic news of Bloody Sunday. There and then he decided to play his part in trying to rectify man’s inhumanity; he became a vegetarian.

 

 

 

Eamon was shy, by nature. And even in his eighties he would be, by far, the most nervous artist backstage. This was because he was a perfectionist. A year before he died I saw him in a hotel about to do a piece he had performed hundreds of times. With the utmost humility he asked a staff member about facilities to do a last minute rehearsal: “Do you have anywhere where I could talk to myself for a while?”

 

 

 

More tomorrow…..

 

http://listowelconnection.com/

 

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Lead Up to the Mutiny

 

 

 

The Listowel RIC Mutiny had all the ingredients of high drama.  It was triggered off by the visit of ex-war hero, Colonel Gerald Bryce Ferguson Smyth, Divisional Police Commissioner for Munster. However, the situation had been building up for some days.

 

 

 

On the night of 16th June 1920, RIC constables in Listowel received orders to hand over their barracks to the British military effective at noon the next day. They also received orders that they were nearly all re-assigned to other stations in Kerry to act as scouts for the military. Three sergeants and one constable were to stay in Listowel as scouts.  None of the men were from the area, because the RIC always stationed men away from whence they came; but these men had acquired valuable local knowledge from their duties and experience in the area.

 

 

 

The constables held a meeting and decided unanimously not to obey these orders. They saw that they were going to be used in a war against their own people. They reasoned that whatever the outcome, the British soldiers could go home; but the constables would have to live in Ireland with the consequences of their actions. They even considered the possibility that they may have to resist by force. They figured there were enough bombs, rifles, and revolvers there to hold out at least a few days.

 

 

 

They telephoned the County Inspector in Tralee at 9pm and told him they were refusing to leave their barracks. There was no immediate response, but District Inspector Thomas Flanagan later got orders by phone from County Inspector Poer O’Shea to have the constables assemble at 10am the next day.

 

 

 

County Inspector O’Shea arrived at 10am on the 17th to address the men.  He chastised them and advised them about the seriousness of their refusal to obey these orders. He told them the military were required to be installed in the barracks at noon and that this applied to all headquarters in the Province of Munster. O’Shea demanded: “Do you refuse to obey the order of the Divisional Commissioner, an order that applies to all Munster, and bring discredit on the Police force?”

 

 

 

Thirty-one year old Constable Jeremiah Mee from Glenamaddy, Co. Galway; whom the constables had chosen as their spokesman, affirmed his refusal.  O’Shea advised him that he should resign. Mee offered his resignation immediately. O’Shea asked if anyone else was prepared to resign. Thirteen other constables each stated “I resign” in turn.

 

https://www.kerrywritersmuseum.com/listowelpolicemutiny/

 

by the Kerry landlords below lookout for the weekly blogs with information on each:

 

 

 

Benn-Walsh (Lord Ormathwaite), Blennerhassett, Boyle (Earl of Cork), Browne (Earls of Kenmare), Collis, Crosbie, De Moleyn (Lord Ventry), Denny, Fitzgerald (Knights of Kerry), Fitzmaurice (Earls of Kerry), Gun, Hare (Lord Listowel), Lady Anne Headley,  Herbert, Hurley/Fuller, Petty-Fitzmaurice (Earls of Lansdowne), Locke, Mahony (Dromore & Dunloe), McGillycuddy of the Reeks, O’Connell of Derrynane, Rowan, Sandes, Spring-Rice, Stoughton, Trinity College Estates.

 

https://mykerryancestors.com/kerry-landlords/

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Families

 

 

 

    Benn-Walsh (Lord Ormathwaite)

 

 

 

Description

 

The Benn-Walsh family, Walsh baronet and Baron Ormathwaite, had their principal seats in Cumbria and also at Radnorshire in Wales. Lord Ormathwaite's estate in county Kerry amounted to almost 9000 acres in the 1870s while he held 2,206 acres in county Cork. Much of it was purchased from George Ogle, heir to the Anglesey estate in the late 1760s and from the 3rd Earl of Kerry. Sir John Benn-Walsh was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Duagh, Kilcaragh, Kilfeighny and Kilshenane, barony of Clanmaurice as well as a townland of 1900 acres in the parish of Galey, barony of Iraghticonnor, county Kerry at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In 1840, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books indicated that the agent was Joseph Gubbat, of Mount Street, Dublin. At the time of Griffith's Valuation he held land in the parishes of Aglish, Athnowen and Magourney, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork.

 

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=2022

 

Vincent Carmody had this to say on the matter;

 

 

 

Mary,

 

I was interested in the advert for the new police force. At one time I made a lot of esquires when I  was researching details of an uncle of mine, Patrick Walsh of Pollough, who joined the new force in 1924.

 

When plans for the new force were been drawn up,  Michael Collins was very anxious to have a crossover of serving R.I.C. officers and constables join the new Irish Police force. This was,  of course, to avail and use their expertise. However there was a lot of bitterness and resentment among many of the men who had been active in the I.R.A. and who would still have regarded these ex- R.I.C. men  as the enemy. This movement would have spawned the Kildare Mutiny,

 

From figures that I have since gleaned from that wonderful historian, ex Chief Super. Donal O' Sullivan,  between 150 and 200 from the R.I.C. would have signed up initially, with many of these resigning through intimidation, of the total number who joined, 60 men stayed in the Garda Force until their proper retirement age.

 

Back to my uncle Patrick, I checked with Garda Archives  and found that he had served in the old I.R.A. and then joined the pro Treaty side during the Civil War. He joined the Guards on the 28/8/1924 and his first posting was to a town in Co. Cork on 8/1/1925. He remained there until he resigned on the 5/9/1928. The official reason was that he was intending to emigrate to America.

 

However like all family history, I found that there were stories behind the story. Patrick would have been the eldest son of the Walsh family and as Irish tradition goes, he would, if he had wanted, been likely to inherit the Walsh family farm, My grandmother Mary Walsh, however, had a wish that her eldest son to go for the priesthood as soon as he had completed his time at St. Michael's. After his leaving certificate, and deciding against the priesthood, he joined the local I.R.A. along with his cousin and friend Con Brosnan and many others from the Clounmacon and Moyvane areas. Following the Treaty, he, again like Con, joined the new Free State Army as a private. Following the Civil War and reluctant to return to farming he joined the Gardai.

 

According to Con Brosnan, who once told me, Patrick was an above avarage footballer and when based in Cork, he played with distinction with the Cork Junior team beaten by a point in Killarney by Clare in the Munster Junior Final of 1925. Football was to figure again in the story of his early retirement from the force, whereas the official line was that he resigned voluntary as he had intended to travel to America, I have found out the he, along with the rest of his team-mates from the club which he was playing for, had won a divisional championship and were celebrating in a number of local pubs on the Sunday night of the final. In those days, Sunday drinking was taboo, so people found on, if caught, would be taken to court and fined. In Patrick and his teammates case they were caught in two different pubs by the Sargent of the Gardai, who was on duty that night. Whatever about the general public, it would have been regarded as a major scandal for a serving Guard to be found drinking outside regular hours. So, in order to avoid an inquiry, my uncle took the easiest way out and made a clean break, voluntary retiring, saying he wished to go to America. Instead of which, he went to Australia, where he lived until his death in the late 1960's.

 

In John Bs, 'Self Portrait', he describes how, when in England, he and his friend, Murphy,  saw joining the British Navy, would have been an ideal way of seeing the world, having filled up the entry forms and listed themselves as been Irishmen, the petty officer having read the forms, duly told them that they were British as were their parents. Unwilling to give way in terms of nationality, John B and Denis Murphy retreated, with John B later recalling in his book, " The Royal Navy suffered a terrible defeat on that day, even if it doesn't know about it. It lost a probable Drake and a possible Nelson.

 

In that sense and in the same vein  I wonder, did the Gardai lose a possible future  Commissioner when Pat  Walsh resigned in 1928 !!!!

 

(From Listowel Connection Nov 2019)

 

Dingle Food Festival 6^th Oct 2019.

 

Dé Domhnaigh/Sunday 3.00 - 3.30p.m.Lizzy Lyons, Lizzy’s Little Kitchen, Listowel Cooking for the Stars! Lizzy’s Wagon Wheel Orchard Lane Marquee Lizzy Lyons from Listowel, Co Kerry is a noted advocate for healthy eating. A former  catering  manager  at  Universal  Music in London, Lizzy always wanted to  work  in  hospitality  and  her  passion  for  cooking  began  at  an  early  age.  While friends were counting their confirmation money, Lizzy was investing in a Kenwood mixer!

 

 

 

25 DEMONSTRATIONS                         TAISPEÁNTAIS ÍIn winter 2014 Lizzy’s Little Kitchen was born when Lizzy started selling her nutritious, tasty and affordable dishes using locally sourced ingredients at the Friday market in her hometown. It was always her dream to open a restaurant and she described the launch of her LLK Ballybunion Pop Up in June 2015 as a “step in the right direction”. Such was its success it earned her a place in John & Sally McKennas’ “Where to Eat and Stay on the Wild Atlantic Way” as well as a best newcomer nomination at the RAI Irish Restaurant Awards. In 2018 she relocated to a larger permanent premises in Ballybunion. In summer 2016 Lizzy’s Little Kitchen put down roots on Lower William Street in Listowel. A collection of 10 of Lizzy’s favourite dishes has been published in collaboration with Flogas Ireland who appointed her as brand ambassador in 2017. Equipped with a Flogas demo unit, Lizzy is a regular at events to showcase her cooking skills and expertise and has a regular cookery slot on Virgin Media One’s Weekend AM.

 

From Listowel Connection: When I posted this photo of Peggy and her family a while ago, Mattie Lennon saw it and remembered a lovely piece that he had written about Peggy and her relationship with the great Seán MacCarthy. Mattie sends us the piece here and I'm going to give it to you in two instalments.

 

Peggy will be singing the songs of Seán MacCarthy at the memorial weekend on the August bank holiday in Finuge...well worth a visit.

 

 

 

What could I say about Peggy?

 

Nothing but the truth.

 

I loved her songs and her singing

 

I heard away back in my youth.

 

Her songs were food to my Soul

 

Her voice was a thrill to my ear.

 

I loved her then as a child,

 

It was mutual and sincere.

 

 

 

I love her today as a friend

 

And the memories shared together.

 

Her songs still lift my soul

 

Like the lark warbling o'er the heather.

 

What can I say about Peggy?

 

Thanks for the joy she has given.

 

Blest be the dawn of our friendship

 

When Peggy was only seven. ----

 

Dan Keane

 

 

 

The above, written in perfect Copperplate, was handed to me by octogenarian Kerry poet Dan Keane when I told him I was writing a piece about Peggy Sweeney.

 

Fisheries Officer:  Darren Halpin

 

From:  Listowel, Co. Kerry

 

River Basin District (RBD):  Shannon River Basin District

 

How did you become a Fisheries Officer?

 

I was always fishing as a young fella. My uncle was in fisheries for over 30 years so I was always intrigued about what he did. He was a good influence in my life and I followed his footsteps right into my career.

 

What does an average day look like?

 

I go into the office in the morning, meet the Assistant Inspector and go through any emails that have come through. Then we plan out our day and what we’re going to do – it might be a spawning patrol, estuary patrol or coastal patrol.

 

What is your favourite part of the job?

 

There’s a lot to be said about getting up in the morning and wanting to go into work. You’re outdoors, out walking, you’re allowed work on your own initiative a lot of the time, too, which is great.

 

 

 

I’m interested in nature and wildlife. I love walking the banks of the rivers just to see the fish and wildlife along the river. There is such variety in the job – you could be doing boat patrols, estuary patrols, jet ski or kayak patrols. There is always something different.

 

What is the most challenging thing about the job?

 

Sometimes dealing with the public can be challenging. You could be dealing with a pollution incident on a farm – one farmer might be very accommodating and there is no issue and then another farmer could be argumentative or confrontational. You have to be able to handle that.

 

You do a lot of unsocial hours, too. But you get used to it.

 

What do you think are the most important skills needed for the job?

 

Communication skills are important. You are dealing with the public all the time. Every situation can be different – there are different ways in how you communicate and react to situations.

 

Teamwork is also a big thing, you are working as a team all the time so you need to be comfortable with that.

 

What would you say to someone considering a job in fisheries?

 

If you’re really into the outdoors and fishing, then it’s definitely the job for you. You will get as much out of it as you put in.

 

Source; Off the Scale Magazine online

 

A snippet from play by Bryan McMahon of Listowel, presented by Tarbert Theatre Players at St John's Theatre Listowel November 2018. Cast from Tarbert area in County Kerry.

 

A story of some traveller families. Play directed by Maureen Considine and Mary Lavery Carrig. Among taking part were; John Dowling, Yvonne O'Keeffe Fox, P J Normile, Tom Stack, Priscilla Donovan, Trisha Healy, Padraig O'Connor, Shane Wall, Cormac Wall, Les Pledge, Sean Carrig, James Enright, Niamh Wall, Gerry O'Connell, Shane Wall, John Dowling, Noelle McGibney, Cormac Wall, Thomas Mulvihill, Helen Enright, Angela O'Connor, Trish Healy, Cian McGibney,. Set Manager Johnny Block Mulvihill, Costume and Make up - Maura McDermott, Back Stage Manager Eithne Griffin, Sound Manager- Helen Enright. lighting Manager Trish Griffin. Many more were involved Joe Murphy, Tom Moore, Liam and Brian Lynch and Thomas at Coolahan's Bar, Aine Enright and many more.

 

Tarbert Theatre players 2018. The honey Spike, by Bryan McMahon.

 

https://youtu.be/IlhpfzQH8TQ

 

Here is an  article by Colm O'Connor about Jerry Hannon from  Irish Examiner Sept 2018.

 

 

 

Almost 20 years after beginning his career at a pony meeting in Athea, Jerry Hannon became Ireland’s primary racecourse commentator in July following the retirement of his ‘inspiration’, Dessie Scahill.

 

Q: How did it all start?

 

A: “The seed was planted in my hometown of Listowel. It seemed that all of North Kerry would grind to a halt for the annual festival every September. People who might never step inside a racecourse from one year to the next would be there.

 

My first memory of the races down at ‘the island’ was when I was about seven or eight. I had a black and red BMX that I would park up at the finishing post — but then I would turn my back on the racing itself.

 

Instead of watching the horses, I would watch Dessie Scahill who was the course’s racing commentator. He was my inspiration. I was just in awe of him and what he was doing.

 

I’m not from a big racing family but my late dad, Joe, would have been into it and I would travel with him to race meetings like Killarney and Galway as a child. The more I went, the more interested I became.

 

People might remember that Sports Stadium used to have racing highlights back then. I would sit in front of the TV on Saturday afternoons and record the commentary sections on cassette and play them back over and over again. When I got older I had this impression I would do of Micheal Ó Hehir’s famous commentary of Foinavon’s win in the 1967 Grand National.

 

The Racing Post had a transcript of what he had said that day and I learned it off by heart. I used to do it for friends and family but I’d be so shy that I would only do it if I was behind a door or under a table. Liz Horgan, who was from Listowel, heard it and was really impressed.  Her dad, James, was hugely involved in the pony circuit at the time and she twisted his arm to let me commentate on some races one day.

 

And so I did on October 17, 1999, in Athea in Limerick. I can remember the day clearly — Chris Hayes, Nina Carbery, Billy Lee, and Davy Condon were all there that afternoon, starting out, just like me.

 

And look where we all are 19 years later.

 

Q: But you were more than just a commentator?

 

A: My dad was very good friends with Liam Healy, the legendary racing photographer from Listowel. I used to go up to his office as a child and soon started to help out, numbering and indexing the pictures. From there I progressed to being his bagman at race meetings throughout my teenage years. Then he gave me a camera — he always said I had a great eye for a photo! Would you believe that I had visited every Irish racetrack by the time I was 17 in my work with Healy Racing. So when I finished secondary school at St Michael’s College I went straight to work with him on a full-time basis. He had a huge influence on my career and I’m eternally grateful to him for the support and advice that he gave me. So when I started doing more and more commentaries at the point-to-points, I’d often be double jobbing. I’d call a race and then sprint down to take pictures of the winning connections in the parade ring afterward.

 

Q: Your progress was remarkably quick?

 

A: It was. A few months after that pony debut in Athea I started out working at point-to-points which was a very big career step. But the connection with the Healys was perhaps a help as I wasn’t a complete unknown around the circuit (in fact my first racecourse access card read Jerry Healy, not Jerry Hannon). I started off doing point to points in Askeaton and Bruff in Limerick and it took off from there.

 

Q: And then came a slice of luck?

 

A: I was up in Downpatrick in May 2000 taking pictures for Healys. It was a two-day meeting and on the Friday night we were out for dinner with the Polly Family and it turned out their dad’s memorial race — the Willie Polly Memorial Handicap Hurdle — was on the next day. I did one of my commentary party pieces that night and they enjoyed it so much that they asked me to do the commentary on their dad’s race the following day. The racecourse manager Iain Duff and the inhouse commentator Neville Ring happily acceded to their request and that is how I got my break into racecourse commentary. Neville stood down from the role a few months later and asked me if I would like to take over. Needless to say I’ve had a soft spot for Downpatrick ever since.

 

Q: So you were up and running, if you pardon the pun, but it wasn’t an overnight success?

 

A: It has been a hard slog to get to where I am. I grafted very hard and made a lot of sacrifices. I missed so many family occasions like weddings, communions, birthdays because of racing commitments. I also had to hold down other jobs as well because the number of racing commentaries I was doing simply wasn’t enough to keep me going alone. So I had stints working with Cadburys and Paddy Power over the past 19 years.

 

Q: What’s more important — talent or hard work?

 

A: I’d say hard work first and foremost but you still need a sprinkling of talent as a foundation.

 

Q: What is the secret to a good commentator?

 

A: The soundest piece of advice was from Pat Keane (former Irish Examiner racing correspondent). He told me to ‘keep it simple and don’t add anything that is unnecessary.’ And I’ve worked to that mantra since then. And my Dad used to tell me that I should treat every single race like a Derby or a Grand National. And those are words that I never forget. I’m a bit of a traditionalist, I’m not paid to be a comedian or have these flashy one-liners. My job is to call it like I see it. That is what I aim to do with every race I commentate on.

 

Q: Has technology made your life easier?

 

A: Yes, nowadays all the racecards are in colour so it is easier to work out the jockeys and so on. When I started out in point-to-points the cards would be in black and white so I would bring my own pencils to add the colours!

 

Q: Technology is a double-edged sword. Is your job more difficult in the social media age?

 

A: Yes. You are very exposed and quite vulnerable to keyboard warriors. It is a bit like being a jockey, you are only as good as your last performance. Nowadays your commentary is more than just at the racecourse. T

 

his week gone by. I was working at Listowel but that commentary was going out on At the Races, SIS, on Radio Kerry, on phonelines. It means there’s no room for complacency if you are doing a midweek meeting or the major weekend race. You have to be thick-skinned in that regard and for the most part I stay away from forums and the like. But thankfully I’ve never had any issues in terms of trainers, jockeys, or owners.

 

Q: Your toughest commentary?

 

A: A 30-runner, five furlough maiden up the Curragh. Which is all done in less than a minute. Now that is a challenge.

 

Q: Your favourite commentator in any sport?

 

A: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

 

Q: What does this new role mean to you?

 

A: I’ve been lucky in life, not everyone’s dream becomes reality. I’m 37 and landed the senior racecourse commentary role through nearly 20 years of hard work and hard graft. The Association of Irish Racecourses are my employers and they realised and rewarded me for my loyalty over the years. I have to punch in 220 racing days from July to July around Ireland. I completed the full set the week before last, with my commentary at Laytown meaning that I’ve commentated at every racecourse in Ireland. It is an honour and a privilege every day and hopefully there are more wonderful days ahead.”

 

Listowel Connection info

 

More Library Memories from Billy McSweeney

 

Billy has shared some more of his family and library memories with us.

 

 

 

Here is what he wrote;

 

Attached please find a copy of a brochure issued in 1995 about the

 

opening of the 'New' Kerry Co Council Branch Library. You can see that

 

'Fake News' about the burning down of the original Library in the Bridge

 

Road was still being spread in 1995.

 

 

 

I also include a photograph of my mother Maisie with my Grandparents Ned

 

and Annie Gleeson (nee Carmody). Annie was the very first Librarian in

 

the Bridge Road. She was later also Town Clerk.

 

 

 

You may not know that the top floor of the Church St Library was used

 

extensively as an infant classroom for the National School ; the teacher

 

was Mrs Scanlon (nee Pierce) from Market St. It was also occasionally

 

used for putting on 'Entertainments' by an adventurous group of locals

 

which, to my knowledge, included John B. Keane, his brother Eamon ('The

 

Joker') the actor and the Stack brothers of William St, among others.

 

The members of this group were the forerunners of the 'Tom Doodle

 

Society' of later fame.

 

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

 

 

Billy McSweeney

 

From Listowel Connection

 

Today's library remembrance comes from Vincent Carmody.

 

 

 

 

 

The Library has special memories for me, the large upstairs room, the full length of the building, housed our babies class, when we went to school first.

 

 

 

On a personal note, I often think how amazing our particular senses are to us, many times in the past, even as late as last year, I have had occasion to climb the beautiful original stairs to the upper floor, every time I have done so, the same type of smell and empty sound the building emits comes flooding back, identical to the smell and sound of nearly 70 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

Our teacher was Mrs Pidge Scanlon (Bean Uí Scanláin, Eleanor Scanlon's mother) from Scanlon's pub on Market Street. She was (to me anyway) a very kind woman, as my story will tell.

 

 

 

 Mrs Scanlon, over the years, had built up a very sizeable collection of toys. Among these were a lot of little tin soldiers and cowboys and Indians. These she would keep on display on the many window sills, facing on to the street. On many a day, when she would have her back turned, I would stuff as many of these as I could manage, into my pockets and take them home. When at home I would take them out and start playing with them. Invariably, my mother would see them, ask me where they came from, and when I would say the school, she would put them back in my bag the following morning, warning me to hand them back to Mrs Scanlon.  This happened on many occasions, and I would hand them up. Mrs Scanlon would never say a word, only take them and put them back on the windows. Years later, she had retired, and had filled me a drink in the pub, I reminded her of the robberies and asked, why did you never give out or beat me. She put my drink on the counter, looked at me and said, "To tell the truth, I was very fond of your father and mother."

 

Jimmy Hickey

Before he became a dancing teacher, Jimmy was one of the most successful dancers of his day.

 

 

 

I spent a great morning with Jimmy Hickey, dancer, choreographer and cultural ambassador for Ireland. Jimmy has a great story to tell and no better man to tell it. He told me how his lifetime of involvement with Irish Dancing began.

 

 

 

Jimmy was first introduced to dancing while a schoolboy in the old boys’ national school in Listowel. Bryan MacMahon who was a great champion of Irish traditions, in song, music, dancing and folklore invited the local dancing master, Liam Dineen, to come into the school to teach the boys. The arrangement didn’t last very long but it was long enough for Jimmy to be bitten by the dancing bug. His mother saw his obvious talent and his enthusiasm for the dance so she sent him to dancing lessons in Liam Dineen’s hall in Church Street on Saturdays. This was the start of Jimmy’s long and successful career in Irish dancing. He went from one success to another locally and nationally. And he is still going strong today.

 

 

 

He won the O’Hagan cup which was a National competition and he also won the Munster Belt, in a competition in which he, as a juvenile, had to compete against senior and far more experienced dancers.

 

 

 

He counts among the highlights of his dancing career, appearances on BBC, on RTE, in the National Concert Hall, on countless foreign TV stations and the greatest glory of all bringing international honour to Listowel with appearances at the Harmonie festival of culture in Germany on three occasions. I'll tell you more about these foreign trips in the next few days.

 

 

 

http://listowelconnection.blogspot.ie/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Hickey; The Early Days

 

 

 

Jimmy Hickey's dancing teacher was Liam Dineen.

 

 

 

Who was Liam Dineen?

 

 

 

Liam Dineen was born in Ballyduff, the second eldest of eight boys. Both of his parents died when he was very young. He was a keen Irish dancer. In the early 1930s he emigrated to Australia. While there he worked hard but still found time to teach Irish dancing. After four or five years he returned to the family pub in Ballyduff and he set to studying Irish dancing in earnest. His teacher was the great Jerry Molyneaux.

 

 

 

Dineen's pub became the meeting place for master and pupil and, it seems, the more liquid refreshment that was consumed the more steps that were passed on to the receptive Liam.

 

 Soon the student became the master.

 

 

 

It was to this master in his dancing school in Forge Lane, Listowel that Jimmy Hickey headed out with his sixpence clutched tightly in his fist on that first Saturday. Little did he realise that he was embarking on a course that would change his life.

 

 

 

Liam Dineen was the finest dancing teacher of his day. He loved the dance and he enjoyed teaching. He grew to love his star pupil and he took him to concerts, feiseanna and every traditional gathering they could get to. He entered Jimmy in competitions, local, Munster and All Ireland.

 

 

 

"As a hard task master, he expected me to win. As a good student I obliged!" recalls Jimmy.

 

 

 

Having won several local competitions, it was time for Jimmy to take his place in a national competition. He did this in the O hUigín  Cup competition in Ballyheigue. Jimmy went on to win this competition three times, the first time when he was only 15 years old and dancing against senior dancers with much more experience of competition.

 

 

 

The master was justifiably proud of his pupil and Jimmy recalls dancing in every pub in Ballyheigue, Ballyduff and Listowel on the way home. The cup was filled and emptied in every one.

 

 

 

Jimmy comes from a family of shoemakers. He learned the trade from his father and this was the path laid out for him. Jimmy had other ideas. He had to make a choice between shoe repairs and dance teaching. The choice was an easy one.

 

 

 

Dancing has brought Jimmy a lifetime of enjoyment, fun, travel, shows, concerts, competitions, TV appearances and international festivals.

 

 

 

 

 

Let me fill you in on the background.

 

 

 

This is how his involvement started. Jimmy’s dancers from Sliabh Luachra were performing in a hotel in Killarney. The organisers of the Welsh Eisteddfod were there and were very impressed with what they saw.

 

 

 

 (An eisteddf is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. The tradition of such a meeting of Welsh artists dates back to at least the 12th century, when a festival of poetry and music was held by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan in 1176, but the decline of the bardic tradition made it fall into abeyance. The current format owes much to an 18th-century revival arising out of a number of informal eisteddfodau.   Wikipedia)

 

In lay man’s language it is a kind of Welsh fleadh cheoil.

 

 

 

The directors of the Eisteddfod saw Jimmy and his dancers in Killarney and invited them to come to Wales. They were only delighted to go and they returned there to great success year after year.

 

On one occasion Prince Charles attended the eisteddfod and he asked Jimmy if he could teach him to dance. He was asking the right man.

 

Terry Wogan was the M.C. another year.

 

 

 

dancers performing at the Harmonie Festival in 1999.

 

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Jack Leahy R.I.P. used to work as a ticket collector on the trains in London. He remembered watching the hoards boarding the train for the Eisteddfod every summer and  he envied them. He had to pinch himself to believe that not only was he finally attending the festival but he was participating.

 

 

 

Here is a link to video footage of Jimmy and crew chatting with Prince Charles and then putting on their show with the prince in the audience. Around 7,000 people attend the Eisteddfod every year.

 

 

 

 If you keep watching you will see the dancers performing at the Harmonie Festival in 1999. I'll tell you more about that anon.

 

 

 

Jimmy Hickey and Sliabh Luachra Dancers in Wales and Germany

 

 

 

I talked to one of the ladies, Sheila O’Connell of Ballydesmond, who went on that first trip to the Eisteddfod and she remembers it very fondly, They were all very aware that they were representing Ireland. They dressed in Irish traditional costumes and they carried the flag everywhere they went. They were accommodated in local houses and became firm friends with their local hosts.

 

 

 

A Lixnaw Farm featured in Irish Tractor and Agri Magazine in September 2015

 

THE BARRY FAMILY FROM LIXNAW

 

Brothers James and Padraig Barry run separate farms in Lixnaw and Listowel, Co. Kerry along with their uncle Con. The family has also recently set up an agricultural contracting business to cater for the needs of local farmers.

 

The Barry’s operate enterprises which include a large dairy farm in Lixnaw and a dry stock and tillage farm in Listowel. As well as milking 300 cows, they finish about 1,000 beef cattle every year and also grow winter and spring wheat, spring barley and maize.

 

In the past year, they have branched into the agri contracting sector with the formation of J, P & C De Barra Contracting Ltd. There is no such thing as a quiet time of the year for this well-respected family, who wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

For James and Padraig, farming has always been a way of life. The excellent working relationship that exists between the brothers and their uncle makes the task of milking 300 cows twice-a-day a good deal easier.

 

“We share the milking duties between us. When you have three pairs of hands, you are able to do other things. We are not ‘tied’ to the milking parlour like some people are,” James says.

 

The Barry’s have travelled a rocky road to get to where they are now with their dairy enterprise. In 2000 and 2002, their herd was devastated by separate brucellosis outbreaks. Undeterred, the family bought in 140 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows in 2003. Two years later, they purchased a 200-acre farm in Listowel, which allowed them to more than double their milk quota from 180,000 to 380,000 gallons.

 

“The farm in Listowel, which is eight miles from our home farm in Lixnaw, came with its own milking parlour,” James explains.

 

“But having invested in a new milking parlour in Lixnaw just a few years earlier, we decided to keep our dairy operations there. Our farm in Lixnaw is 120 acres and is big enough to cater for our dairy herd.”

 

Two separate calving seasons between mid-October to early December, and mid-January to mid-April, means there are always cows to be milked. The pedigree herd is milked at a 20-unit Dairymaster parlour which features swing-over arms, automatic feeders and automatic cluster movers.

 

Headquartered in nearby Causeway, Dairymaster is recognised as a world leader in dairy equipment manufacturing with customers in over 40 countries worldwide.

 

“After 15 years, the parlour is going like a bomb,” James enthuses.

 

“While Dairymaster have become a global company, they still look after the locals. Their aftercare service has always been top-class.”

 

The Barry’s supply their milk to the Kerry Group plant in Listowel. Kerry Group has enjoyed phenomenal success since commencing operations in the north Kerry town in 1972. It is now a leading player in the global food industry with current annualised sales of approximately €5.8 billion. Well-known butter spreads and margarine spreads, such as Dairygold, Kerrymaid and Low-Low, are produced in Listowel.

 

There were many column inches given to the lifting of milk quotas on March 31stlast after 30 years in which Irish dairy farmers were restricted on the amount of milk they could produce. Now, new rules mean they can produce as much milk as they want, leading to fears of overproduction.

 

“I believe they went a step too far by abolishing milk quotas completely,” a sceptical James says.

 

“I would be fearful for the future of people who have borrowed heavily to increase their herd size and invest in new equipment. We were tempted to add to our herd, but have decided to adopt a ‘wait-and-see’ policy. What happened in places like New Zealand, where huge losses were experienced after milk quotas were lifted, should be a lesson to Irish farmers.”

 

“Milk is heading to a price that’s unsustainable for farmers. Ideally, we should be getting 35c a litre rather than the 27c we are getting at the moment. There is no point in producing more milk for less profit.”

 

He adds: “Instead of abolishing the milk quota overnight, I think Europe should have considered the French and German model which suggested that milk quotas be raised by five per cent each year over the next four years. I hope I’m proved wrong, but I’m very worried about where the Irish milk industry is heading.”

 

The calves born on the Barry farmstead are a mixture of Holstein Friesian, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford. They keep the Friesian heifers as replacements for their dairy herd, while the Angus and Hereford are reared for beef.

 

Listowel Macra na Feirme. From Vincent Carmody.

 

Macra na Feirme, was founder nationally in 1944, its aim was to create an educational and social outlet for members of the general farming community. A Listowel branch of Macra was formed after a meeting at St. Patrick's Hall, on November 4th 1954. The first officers elected were,

 

Chairman, Sean Hayes,

 

Secretary, Tom Costello,

 

Treasurer, John Dillon.

 

From the outset, the members, who were mainly, the sons and daughters of the local the farm community, warmly embraced the concept of their new club. From the outset, local agricultural adviser, John McNamara was to the forefront, helping with, lectures, farm tours, etc. At one such lecture, which drew over 300 attendees, they were addressed by nationally known, General M.J. Costello, chairman, Irish Sugar, and well known Donegal Priest, Fr. McDyer, a practical socialist, who campaigned tirelessly about the continual Government rural neglect.

 

Among social outings participated in, were Gymkhana, Quiz's and regular outings at the county farm task's events, which were won in 1974, '75 and 76, that year they narrowly lost the National Final held regularity at the R.D.S.

 

Perhaps, one of the branches highlights, was the annexation of Macra's, All Ireland Drama Festival title in 1963 , which was won in Kilkenny. The

 

winning play, Old Verily, was produced by local teacher, John O Flaherty. They had previously won the Kerry Macra Drama Festival in Brosna and the Munster Macra Drama Festival, in Listowel. The actors were , Matt Dillon, Duagh, Mary Molyneaux, Woodford, Angela Hayes, Bridge Road, and John Flaherty of Colbert Street, (John, already had made national headlines in 1959,due to his memorable performances playing, Pats Bocock, in John B Keane's, powerful drama, Sive). Angela Hayes won, Best Actress awards at both, Listowel and Kilkenny Festivals.

 

Listowel People

 

 

LISTOWEL USA

 

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11 Nov 1911, The Sacred Heart Review.

 

The Right Rev. Richard A. O'Connor, D. D., Bishop of Petersborough, Canada, recently celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. Bishop O'Connor was born at Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, April 15, 1838.

 

 

 

 

 

5 March 1910 SHH

 

Mrs. Bridget Doherty, mother of the late Rev. Daniel Doherty, died this week at her home, 8 East Concord street, after a sickness of several months. She was seventy-three years of age and was born in County Kerry, Ireland. For several years she taught in St. Stephen's Sundayschool. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.

 

 

 

 

 

SHH 22 Feb 1913

 

The Right Rev. Denis Mary Bradley, first Bishop of Manchester, N. H., born at CastleIsland, County Kerry, Ireland; consecrated June 11, 1884; died Dec. 13, 1903; first alumnus of St. Joseph's seminary, Troy, to be elevated to the episcopacy.

 

 

 

SHH 21 March 1903

 

The Very Rev. Dean Healy, pastor of St. Augustine's Church, Balmain, Sydney, NSW., died Jan. 11. 1903 was born in County Kerry, Ire., in 1837; studied at the Irish College, Paris, and at Maynooth College, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1864 in St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney. Two months later he started for the Australian mission for which his life was spent. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

 

 

 

 

 

13 Nov 1915 SHH

 

John Shay, 113 years old, the oldest man in Louisiana, was buried in New Orleans, Oct. 24. Mr. Shay was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1802, according to members of his family. He came to this country in 1850 and settled in New Orleans. During the Civil War he served as a Quartermaster in the Union Army.

 

 

 

SHH 20 Dec 1913

 

Michael Shine, a native of Co. Kerry, Ireland, died recently in Holyoke aged seventy-one years. He had been a policeman in Holyoke since 1869, and during his long term of service never had a complaint entered against him, and never received a reprimand from the head of the department. He retired from the police force last June.

 

 

 

SHH 26 Sept 1903

 

 

 

A RELIC OF O'CONNELL.

 

Mr. Maurice Murphy writes as follows from the Crown Hotel, Castleisland, to the Kerry People, his letter being dated August 6th 1903: " Sir—Miss Leahy gave me enclosed copy of letter from Daniel O'Connell which she found recently amongst her father's papers. It appears he was in the habit of travelling to Dublin by coach from Castleisland and Abbeyfeale, the old coach road. I thought it may interest your readers, especially that part where he shows great regard for the Mass." The copy of O'Connell's letter is as follows : " Tralee, 15th January, Friday.1836. Sir: I will be at your house about 2 o'clock on Sunday. Have four horses ready for me by 2 o'clock. Take care the driver hears Mass. I will not arrive until after the last Mass, and will not allow any man to drive me who lost Mass. Truly yours, Daniel O'Connell."

 

The letter was written on Jan. 15 Jan 1836. Mr. Leahy, to whom it was addressed, was an innkeeper at Abbeyfeale.

 

 

 

PAT SHUGRUE, THE SHERIFF. SHH 8 Nov 1902

 

Among the features of Everybody's Magazine for November is a paper entitled " The Bound Table of Dodge City, " an account of some of the men, good and bad, ( but generally bad ) whose deeds on the Western border, twenty years ago or more, have been the bases of many romances. This article in Everybody's does not pretend to be a romance, however. It pays some attention, it is true, to the curious chivalry which, despite its lawlessness, obtained on the Western border in those days, but the writer gives, we believe, a plain, unvarnished tale of flesh and blood characters. Among those who figured prominently at that place and period was Pat Shugrue, who, says the writer, " was neither a killer nor a gambler." His position as sheriff brought him into direct conflict with the worst of the bad men of the border, but he disclaims ever having had any difficulty in arresting them. He and his twin brother Mike were the sons of an Irish schoolmaster born in County Kerry, Ireland. The writer describes Pat (who is still living) as five feet seven inches high, weighing about one hundred and sixty pounds. " His sturdy and

 

rather awkward figure; his strong' shrewd face, as homely as Abraham Lincoln's ; his unique and original, though simple and unaffected, utterance, mark him as a peculiar man." The simple formula, "You may consider yourself under arrest," this plucky little Irish-American found all-sufficient in dealing with tough characters, and the writer tells as follows of his self-restraint and cool courage:— "Shugrue served two terms as sheriff of Ford and the fourteen counties attached to it for judicial purposes. He never lost a prisoner, and he got the man he went after, but he never found it necessary to kill anyone. When one remembers that some of the worst men in the world were included within his jurisdiction, it must be conceded that Pat and his brother Mike, who was for ten years sheriff of Clarke county, with a similar record, though Mike killed two men, were two of the most efficient police officers the

 

 

 

 

 

IRISH LETTER SHH 26 Oct 1895

 

 

 

Our Irish Letter.

 

It is generally believed that the original coffin which enclosed the remains of the great liberator, — the illustrious Daniel O'Connell — during the transit from Genoa to Ireland, is deposited in the tomb at Glasnevin cemetery. Few people know that the coffin was changed when the tomb was constructed in 1867 and a new oak case for the shell substituted. The original coffin, which was manufactured at Genoa, is at present in the studio of John Early, No. 1 Cambden street, Dublin, and this announcement, coming to many for the first time, will cause considerable surprise. The contractors who built the tomb at Glasnevin were Messrs. Early and Powell, and when the oak case was substituted for the original coffin, the latter was given in charge to the contractors by Mr. John O'Connell of Derrynane, county Kerry. It has since remained in Cambden street and has been religiously preserved by the late Mr. Early and the present Mr. John Early. The coffin lid, which is of cedar, has been cut by order of Mr. O'Connell of Derrynane and a frame made out of the cuttings for the writ for the ever memorable Clare election, from which the existence of a Catholic Irish party may be said to date. Other fragments have been taken away by relic hunters who have visited the studio, and to their depredations are to be attributed the many notches in the sides of the coffin. The coffin is made of various woods, oak, walnut and pine, and the shoulders are formed by pieces attached outside. It was covered with crimson velvet studded with brass nails, but the cloth is worn away, though some of the nails and portions of the trimmings are preserved by Mr. Early. These relics are enclosed in a curious twelfth century chest, purchased by the late Mr. Early in England. Four massive handles adorned the sides of the coffin, and two of these are now in America in the possession of friends who know how to cherish relics from the historic treasure which at one time enclosed all that was mortal of the liberator. The dimensions of the coffin are seven feet long by two feet broad. " American citizens of Irish descent " says Doctor O'Connell, it w hose fathers fought in the Revolution may well be proud of the record made by their race in every battlefield from Siony Point to Yorktown. There was not a battlefield upon which Irish blood did not flow freely and the sunburst was side by side with the red, white and blue. General Sullivan and John Langdon struck the first blow of the Revolution General Sullivan's father was born at Limerick, Ireland He left four sons, one of them, John Sullivan was a delegate to congress and would have been one of the signers o the Declaration of Independence had no! his sword been mightier than h.s

 

pen. He commanded one of the two divisions of the army at Trenton. Joseph Reed was born in Trenton, N. J., and was the son of an Irishman. He was Washington's private secretary and bosom friend, and was one of the most prominent figures in the Revolution. Who will ever forget Reed's memorable reply to the offer which the British Government made him — $50,000 and the best gift in his Majesty's keeping — if he would desert the cause of General Washington? "I am not worth purchasing, but the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." Reed was in the fight at Monmouth and figured in the thickest of that contest. General John Stark, of New Hampshire, was born of Irish parents and was thoroughly Irish himself. He commanded at the battle of Bennington and covered himself with glory in preventing the British from gaining control of the Hudson river. General Richard Montgomery was a native of the county Donegal, Ireland, and laid down his young life for the cause of American liberty six months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Daniel Morgan was a native of the same Irish county and was the hero of one of the proudest events of the Revolution. At the head of 500 IrishAmerican soldiers at the battle of the Cowpens he captured the British general and his force. It was one of the grandest achievements of the war to see each of the 500 Irish lads returning triumphantly with a British prisoner. Major Stephen Moylan was an native of the City by the Silvery Lee and became a prominent officer in the war. His brother, who entered the priesthood, became bishop of Cork, and the diocese prospered under his able administration. The O'Briens of Machias were also rebel Corkonians, and were proud of dear old Cork. They organized the " Sons of Liberty," and carried "liberty poles," — tall trees stripped of their branches except a tuft of Irish green at the top — "the wearing of the green." They fought the English ship Margaretta with a lumber sloop and captured her. This was the first naval engagement of the war. General Edward Hand was born in county Kerry, Ireland, and was invaluable to Washington. Another of Washington's warmest friends was General William Irvine, who was born in the county Clare. General Henry Knox was the son of Boston Knox, a true son of old Erin. The order of the Cincinnatus was founded by General Knox and he was probably the most illustrious soldier of the Revolution. When he fled from Boston his wife followed him and carried his sword concealed on her person. General Andrew Lewis was another native of Donegal who cut a conspicuous figure in the war, and at one time he came very near being placed at the head of the army. General William Thompson, a native of the ever faithful isle, commanded eight divisions of the Pennsylvania Irish riflemen and was com-mander-in-chief of the Army of the North. Anthony Wayne was born in Pennsylvania of Irish parents. He was made a general in 1777. At the battle of Germantown the right was commanded by two Irishmen, Wayne and Sullivan; Wayne carried his part of the field ; his horse was shot under i him. Wayne and Ramsey, both Irish,

 

saved the army from Lee's disaster at Monmouth. General John Armstrong, another Irishman, distinguished himself at Germantown and Brandywine; in the latter conflict Wayne was superb. General Campbell, born of Irish parents, commanded at King's Mountain, the most important battle of the South except the battle of the Cowpens, and that was fought by another Irishman. General Graham showed his Irish blood by fighting nineteen engagements before he was nineteen years old. With only 100 men he captured 600 British, and had his name covered with honor and his body covered with the honorable scars of warfare. Colonel Ephraim Blame and Doctor Caldwell, the fighting preacher of New Jersey, whose house and church the British burned, and whose wife they shot amid the flames, were Irish. William Livingstone, the noted Irish Presbyterian preacher, and William Patterson, member of congress, United States senator and judge of the supreme court, were born of Irish parents. Thomas Fitzsimmons, of Pennsylvania, was born in Ireland. Delaware sent George Reed, whose father was born in Dublin. James McHenry, of Maryland, was secretary of war, and had the honor of being a son of old Ireland. Doctor Rodgers of New York, Doctor Allison of Baltimore, and all- the Catholics, with Bishop Carroll at their head, were with Washington and independence. The most eloquent and enthusiastic leaders of the Revolution were found among the Irish contingent of American patriots. Rutledge and Lynch of South Carolina, Reed and McKean of Delaware, Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, were signers of the Declaration of Independence. When Colonel Dilman, of Maryland, rode from Yorktown to Philadelphia with the gladsome tidings that Cornwallis had surrendered, he rode direct to the house of Thomas McKean, the Irish-American president of the continental congress. The foregoing list of Irish-Ameri-can heroes who gallantly upheld General Washington and the American patriots in their efforts to sunder the chains which b3und them to merciless England, is well worthy of being preserved by the readers of " Our Irish Letter," as it affords us excellent material to answer the defamers who are today engaged in a vain effort to belittle the loyalty and patriotism of the Irish-American race.

 

M. J. Roche.

 

 

 

DUAGH CHURCH

 

Name DENIS SCANNELL

 

Date of Birth 12 September 1832 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)

 

Address NR

 

Father BARTHOLOMEW SCANNELL

 

Mother MARGARET LYNE

 

 

 

Dromtariffe Church

 

Marriage of DENIS SCANNELL of NR and MARY CONNELL of MUHUR on 16 February 1836.

 

 

 

Husband Wife

 

Name DENIS SCANNELL MARY CONNELL

 

Address NR MUHUR

 

Occupation NR NR

 

Father NR SCANNELL NR NR

 

Mother NR NR NR NR

 

 

 

DUAGH: Marriage of MICHAEL SCANNELL of KNOCKVALLIG and MARGARET DALY of NR on 29 November 1845

 

 

 

Husband Wife

 

Name MICHAEL SCANNELL MARGARET DALY

 

Address KNOCKVALLIG NR

 

Occupation NR NR

 

Father NR SCANNELL NR DALY

 

Mother NR NR NR NR

 

 

 

LISTOWEL Baptism of PATRICK SCANNELL of BUNAGARA on 2 February 1859

 

 

 

Name PATRICK SCANNELL

 

Date of Birth 2 February 1859 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)

 

Address BUNAGARA

 

Father MICHAEL SCANNELL

 

Mother MARGARET DALY

 

 

 

KILLARNEY: Baptism of DENIS SCANNELL of KILLARNEY on 29 June 1840

 

 

 

Name DENIS SCANNELL

 

Date of Birth 29 June 1840 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)

 

Address KILLARNEY

 

Father DENIS SCANNELL

 

Mother ELLEN MANSEL

 

 

 

 

 

SHH 26 Sept 1896

 

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Scannell Kerry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST. ANN'S PARISH.

 

In the month of Dec, 1852, the French-Canadians of Worcester and vicinity, wishing to form a congregation, secured a lot of land on Shrewsbury street, paying thereforssoo.oo ; and they enlarged this lot in the following April at an expense of $02.00. They thereupon began to lay the foundation of a church that was to be sixty feet long by thirty feet wide, anticipating the securing of old Christ's Church building ; but, through some disappointment, the edifice was not obtained. Afraid to undertake the erection of a new church, the Canadians prepared to buy a small Protestant meeting-house that stood on Thomas street. The price was agreed upon, and the bargain all but closed, when the owners, or holders, hearing of the building's destined use, refused to sell. Disappointed thus a second time, and deprived of the services of their priest, Rev. Napoleon Mignault, they gave up all notion of building at that time, and formed a society, '« St. Jean Baptiste," every member agreeing to pay fifty cents monthly, in order that a building-fund might be secured. After this society had been in existence about a year, the plan of forming an exclusively Canadian congregation was abandoned, and the money already collected, together with the land and foundation, was turned over to Father Gibson of St. John's, who immediately undertook to start a general subscription towards erectiDg another church. Enlarging the foundations on Shrewsbury street, he contracted with Henry Murray, in Aug., 1855, to build and finish a church for $0,500. The work was begun, and was, through lack of means, more or less interrupted until March of the ensuing year, when Father Gibson left Worcester. The construction of the church was then stopped, as funds had fallen and payments had not been made. While the church had been under process of erection, a first and a second mortgage had been given to two different individuals; and when, after Father Gibson's departure, the mortgage notes were not met, the unfinished building was sold at public auction, and was bought in by the second mortgagee, the price paid by him being $725.00. A lock was immediately put upon the church door and the Catholics were shut out. On the sixth day of August, 1850, Rev. John J. Power, now the Very Reverend Vicar-General, was installed as pastor of St. Ann's Church. His first step in administration was to bring the edifice back into Catholic hands. For this, $1,000.00 was demanded, though the demanding party had bought the property in for $275.00 less than that amount. There was, moreover, a bill of $742.54 due to the same party for lumber. In this difficulty, Bishop Fitzpatrick produced the amount demanded, and the church was soon afterwards completed by Father Power. St. Ann's Church was dedicated in 1858, Rev.

 

James A. Healy, now Bishop of Portland, preaching the sermon. When Father Power first came to Worcester, he lived in an old house on Shrewsbury street; in 1803, however, he built a rectory close by the church, turning it over, in 1804, to a community of the Sisters of Mercy, whom he had brought from New York, and moving the parochial headquarters to a house farther down Shrewsbury street. Shortly after the 'arrival of the Sisters, he built, near the church, a hospital for sick servant girls, giving this into the Sisters' charge. In Aug., 1800, he purchased a lot of land on Main street for a new church, and in 1872 he assumed charge of the new parish of St. Paul, appointing Rev. Denis Scannell (his assistant), pastor of St. Ann's Church. Father Scannell, pastor of St. Ann's for almost a quarter of a century, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in July, 1840. After a rudimentary course in the national schools of Ireland, he entered St. Charles' College, Maryland, in 1863, and studied philosophy and theology in Allegany, New York, where he was ordained in June, 1870. From the time of his ordination until the following October, he took temporary charge of the parish of Blackstone, whence he came to Worcester as assistant to Very Reverend Doctor Power, remaining with him until appointed pastor of St. Ann's, Oct. 10, 1872. Two years after assuming charge, he renovated and frescoed old S*. Ann's Church, having shortly before the beginning of that enterprise built a new parochial residence on Shrewsbury street. In 1881, Father Scannell secured from the State authorities four acres of land on Normal Hill. At that time the land was a State pasture, not a house standing in the neighborhood. He broke ground there for a new church before the year was out; and in 1882 he began building the basement of the new St. Ann's Church. The corner-stone of the new structure was laid in June, 1884, Doctor McGlynn preaching the sermon ; and Mass was said for the first time in the basement in the autumn of 1885, Rev. R. S. J. Burke delivering the morning discourse, and Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D.D., speaking in the evening. St. Ann's Church was dedicated Oct. 21, 18'J1, its cost, up to that time, inclusive of the grading of the property, amounting to $85,000. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Very Rev. Doctor Power, and the evening discourse by Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, now the Right Reverend Bishop of Springfield. Father Scannell began building the present fine rectory in the spring of 1890, occupying it Jan. 28, 1891 ; and notwithstanding the expense entailed in this work, together with that incurred in the building of the church and in the dillicult grading of the property, the total parish debt today is only $35,000. Rev. Eugene F. Brosnihan, Father

 

Scannell's senior assistant, was born in Worcester May 1, 1800, was graduated from the Worcester High School in 1878, and took his degree at Holy Cross in 1881. After a three years' course of theology in Montreal, and a year or so in Brighton, he was ordained in the Boston cathedral in June, 1887. He was immediately thereafter assigned to St. Ann's, where he has remained ever since. Rev. William F. Hartigan, the junior assistant, was born in Worcester Dec. 16, 1861, went to school in this city, and was graduated from Holy Cross in 1886. He made his theological studies in Montreal, where he was ordained Dec. 21,1889. He has been at St. Ann's ever since. St. Ann's Church, situated on the hill above the juncture of Gage street and Eastern avenue, is the first object in the city that strikes the eye as one enters Worcester by rail from Boston. It is 14H feet long and sixty-nine feet wide, and is constructed of brick, with trimmings of Fitzwilliam granite, the basement course being laid in Millstone Hill granite. It is an eight-bay edifice with a vestry ell projecting laterally, its brick buttresses being tastefully barged. The facade is variegated by neat stone work, the two towers standing up boldly and being relieved of what might be an over-severity by nicely disposed win-

 

dow and lattice-work. The front doors, four in number, are arched in alternate sections of stone and brick. The basement interior is quite lightsome, and seats 1,100 people; and it has three altars, the central one, prettily pinnacled, niched, and canopied, being the very altar which Father Scannell put into old St. Ann's in 1874. Under the basement, at one side, is a sub-cellar, the sloping grade of the hill favoring such an arrangement. Th« interior of the upper church is done in Ford's best style. Clustered columns, with harmoniously wrought capitals, serve as fundaments for a series of smaller cluster-columns, at the level of whose capitals, and stretching along both sides of the clerestory, is a bronzed entablature, with plain architrave and cornice and a beautifully arabesqued frieze. From every one of the capitals of the upper columns rise three carved pendants, spreading away from one another and forming ogee arches that cross at the nave-centre in medallion bossings. The arches between the main pillars are set off by moulded stucco whose arch-points pierce the long entablature above. The nave pendants cut the ceiling into triangular spaces, which are grounded in gold-lined blue and bordered in decorated buff, while the nave-centre is longitudinally bordered in well wrought terra-cotta. At the top of the triforium wall is a battlemented moulding set in terra-cotta tinting. The nave ceiling shows small embrasures, ending in stainedglass windows. • The side-aisle ceilings harmonize with the nave ceiling, their beautifully carved pendants resting, at the wall, [on embellished corbels. An entablature, very like that on tbe clerestory wall, Btretches along at the level of these corbels.

 

Below this moulding the wall is in terra-cotta, and above it, in Hushed buff; and the same contrast is to be observed on the triforium wall. The side-windows, in foliated diaper, show two arcade and four large quatrefoil openings; while the great window of the facade is a fif-

 

teenth-century complexus of laigeand small octofoil studies, the four upper openings depioting scenes in the life of Christ. The three inner vestibule doors have their Gothic tympana done in stained glass. The chancel is lighted by a magnificent Gothic window, which has

 

twenty-four foils and five arcade bays, the former containing angelic and symbolic figures, and the latter a broad picture of the Christ-Child flanked by two studies of angels. The chancel is separated from the nave by a double-haunched compound arch, rising from clustered columns and filled in delicate leaf-work. The clerestory entablature, with its splendid frieze, is carried around the chancel walls, while another moulding, of similar design and finish, stretches along at a lower level, the chancel walls thus being divided into three tiers. The topmost level is colored to harmonize with the trif orium walls ; the central level is splendidly bordered, and is exquisitely filled in gold designs ; while the lower wall is in dark terra-cotta, and is divided into sections by a series of arch-mouldings. Six double-haunched pendants, that spring from doubly-bracketed corbels on the side walls, support a series of six heroic angelic figures in bronzed stucco, and meet at the chancel

 

crown, which is finished in an embossed medallion surrounded by a finely filled terra-cotta circle; and from this dart out gilt rays over the azure surface of the chancel ceiling. The side altars, in white and gold, are appropriately ornamented, and stand well within the chancel alcoves. The main altar, symmetrically set under the great window, is in white and gold, the lower part being elaborately carved. Its three long baldachins, with tapering spires, are profusely crocketed, pinnacled, pedimented, and finialed; and the reredos, quite lofty, is made ornate by a good disposition of arcades and pinnacles. In the central niche, over the tabernacle, is a fine crucifix, the side niches holding statues of St. Ann and St. Joachim. Father Scannell has a beautiful church and a splendid parochial site, and St. Ann's parish, begun, one might say, in bankruptcy, is today in splendid condition, materially and spiritually.

 

Rev. Denis Scannell, Pastor St. Ann's Church, Worcester, Mass.

 

Rev. E. F. Brosniban, St. Ann's Church, Worcester, Mass.

 

Rev. W. F. Hartigan, St. Ann's Church, Worcester, Mass.

 

St. Ann's Ciiruon, Worcester, Mass. Rev. Denis Scannell, Pastor.

 

St. Ann's Parochial Residence, Worcester, Mass. Rev. Denis Scannell,'Pastor.

 

St. Paul's Church, Worcester, Mass. Very Rev. John J. Power, D.D., V.G., Pastor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rev. James O'DONNELL native of Co Kerry, Catholic priest, visa to visit friends in NY date 1919-03-15

 

Thomas O'HALLERAN born circa 1898 of Ballyduff, Co Kerry, stowaway on SS New York, date 1920-05-08

 

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Edward BRICK born circa 1867 Lixnaw, Co Kerry, emigrated 1890, naturalized Greensburg, PA, visit sister Mrs Nora KINLEY, Lixnaw, returning to wife & 5 children, North Irwin, PA date 1914-12-16

 

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Mrs Mary CARROLL died 1908-01-31 Dublin, resided Oakland, CA; cousin Richard REID resides Carrigfoyle, Ballylongford, Co Kerry date 1908-02-10

 

 

 

William Joseph COLLINS born 1933-10-23 at Knockgoshel, Co Kerry, son of William & Catherine COLLINS- father born circa 1900 at Mt Collins, Co Limerick, mother born circa 1906 at Knocknagoshel date 1934-09-17

 

Mrs Margaret COLLINS (nee ? SCANLON) born circa 1867 in Ireland wife of Peter COLLINS, deceased, visiting her brother Michael SCANLON at Ballylongford, Kerry; US Addr with her brother-in-law Rev William COLLINS, Dahill Rd, Brooklyn, NY date 1925-06-02

 

Rev. Cornelius CURTIN born 1891-01-06 Bunagara, Listowel, Co Kerry, clergyman visa to reside at Great Falls, MT date 1917-10-30

 

Miss Mary CURTIN born 1901-09-29 Co Kerry ? Emigrated 1922, maid for H. J. MILLER, Pittsburgh, PA date 1925-06-15

 

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Elizabeth DILLANE baptized 1873-11-26 at Duagh, Kilmorna, Co Kerry daughter of Michael DILLANE & Johanna AHERN date 1935-01-18

 

Miss Margaret DILLANE lived in US 34 yrs, 1918 returned to Templeglantine PO, Co Limerick, brother Patrick DILLANE, NYC policeman resides W 50th St, NYC, also sister Minnie date 1919-04-16

 

Mary Margaret DILLON born 1891-04-14 at Kerry, nun in the order of the Little Sisters of the Poor immigration visa from US Consul at Nantes, France date 1924-07-24

 

Thomas C. DOHERTY died 1918-10-19 Private, Co I, 58th Infantry, parents Cornelius & Johanna DOHERTY, Sorahanagullane, Co Kerry; cousin Mrs Catherine REYNOLDS & sister Julia & brother Patrick DOHERTY, Annis St, Methuen, MA date 1922-05-01

 

Patrick DOODY deceased, estate settlement in San Francisco, CA 7 heirs - Mrs Mary O'DONOGHUE resides Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick; Daniel DOODY resides Purt, Co Limerick, also Maggie, Elizabeth DOODY, James DOODY resides Tralee, Co Kerry & Mary SHEEHY resides Kilcara, Co Kerry date 1923-06-25

 

James DOWER died 1921-07-26 at Coblenz, Germany, Private, Co G, 8th Infantry, uncle Daniel O'CONNOR, Duagh, Co Kerry; sister Mrs Josephine O'CONNOR, E 85th St, NYC date 1922-05-01

 

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Patrick FENNELL deceased of Chicago, IL ?; next-of-kin Mrs Margaret GILBERT, Ballingara, David FENNELL, Lenamore, Co Kerry, Eugene, Michael, Hannie, Maggie SULLIVAN, children of Mary, deceased wife of Michael SULLIVAN, Bumgara, Listowel, Co Kerry, Sister Hannah FENNEL, Convent of Mercy, Warrenbrook, Victoria, Australia date 1906-01-30

 

 

 

Thomas FORAN President of the Irish Transport & General Workers Union refused visa to US date 1919-12-22

 

John FORAN resided on 58 acres, Coolaclarig, Listowel, Co Kerry died 1888-07-29 from gunshot, his daughter Mrs Nora SCANLON resided Ridge Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, her son served in US Army & died in WWI; son William FORAN resided at Coolaclarig unti 1892 date 1923-10-02

 

John FORAN died Mar 1887 in Eaton, OH, - 3 sets of claimants - see entires for James & Patrick FORAN date 1898-04-19

 

 

 

Joseph GREEN born 1914-05-03 at Waterbury, CT now residing Tullamore, Co Offaly; father John GREEN born Co Kerry died in 1918; mother Mary nee NEVILLE is deceased; grandmother Mrs NEVILLE and brother John N. GREEN and aunt Mrs RICHMINER reside Waterbury, CT; sister Gertrude GREEN resides Tullamore date 1935-09-04

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs Elizabeth HARTLEY (nee DILLON) born March 1871 Knockabeka, Co Kerry daughter of Edmond & Mary DILLON date 1934-08-21

 

Rev. Cornelius HAYES born 1883-06-24 Farranfore, Co Kerry, RC Clergy, visa to Hartford, CT date 1917-10-15

 

Edmund HORGAN born 1894-10-04 Clandouglas, Co Kerry, student visa to Philadelphia date 1917-10-30

 

John Joseph HORGAN 22 yrs, resides Bow Bridge, Dublin, local board Louisville, KY date 1918-09-16

 

Michael HORGAN born 1893-09-10 Clandouglas, Co Kerry, student visa to Philadelphia date 1917-10-31

 

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Bartholomew B. KELLIHER born 1862-12-26 Castle Island, Co Kerry, civil engineer, visa to reside NYC date 1917-12-18

 

Jeremiah LEAHY deceased, of Knockanure, Co Kerry, his sister Margaret LEAHY married Mr SHEEHY, had a daug Bridget SHEEY who married Mr TOOLE - her son Alphonsus TOOLE resides Waterbury, CT date 1914-09-22

 

Rev. Timothy LEAHY born 1894-11-09 at Athea, Co Limerick, son of James LEAHY; emigrated 1919, resided Muscatine, IA; brother William LEAHY resides S. Spalding Ave, Chicago, IL date 1930

 

 

 

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Hannah BRODERICK born 1874-12-10 at Dingle, Co Kerry spouse Thomas Broderick born at Arthen, Co Limerick resides Hartford, CT, daughter Johanna b 1910 Hartford CT

 

Sarah HERLIHY born 1881 at Knocknagashel, Co Kerry age is 34 on 1915-07-24 spouse Richard Herlihey went to US 1899 married 1911 South Boston he is deceased was naturalized 1907 Circuit Court of District of Mass at Boston

 

John McAULIFFE born 1876-08-08 at Scarth, Co Kerry cousin - Florence D. McAULIFFE, D St, Washington, DC

 

William McAULIFFE born 1890-06-21 at Cork City age is 25 on 1915-11-17 went to US 1911 declared intent to become US citizen 1913 NYC

 

Michael MOORE born at Brosna, Co Kerry age is 40 on 1915-08-07 went to US 1891 naturalized 1898 Supreme Court of NY reside W 50th St, NYC

 

Jerry J. MORIARTY born circa 1874 at Rusheen, Co Kerry age is 41 on 1915-05-01 went to US in 1891 naturalized in 1898 Montana came 3 yrs ago and lived principally in Ireland

 

Daniel SULLIVAN born 1897-07-17 at Somerville, MA age is 17 on 1915-05-01 my father was killed my aunt brought me to Ireland live with my uncle at Knopogue, Co Kerry received money from my mother to return to US

 

 

 

 

 

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Hannah ORCHARD born 1883-10-15 at Newtownsandes, age is 38 on 1920-08-06,… temporarily at Newtownsandes … permanent residence Densmore Ave, Seattle; spouse Robert E. Orchard, b Cleveland, OH, daughter - Martha Orchard b 1912 Seattle

 

Mrs Mary Elizabeth SWEENEY (nee LYONS) born 1890-09-21 at Tarbert, Co Kerry; age is 28 on 1919-03-26; spouse is Patrick William Sweeney b Kansas City , US Navy, married on 1918-10-08 at St Colman's, Queenstown; ... residence is Lexington Ave, NYC

 

Mary MALONEY born 1895-05-18 at Chicago, IL, age is 25 on 1920-05-14,… temporarily with grandparents at Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry … permanent residence NYC; father John Maloney born Ireland now deceased, mother Catherine Maloney resides 9th Ave, NYC,brother - James Maloney

 

Elizabeth MANNING born 1906-02-01 at NYC, NY; age is 14 on 1920-10-16; My legal domicile is East 97th St, NYC … I left the US June 1914 arriving Queenstown … temporarily resided at , Co Kerry & Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick … my mother died and I was sent to Ireland to be brought up and educated; father Edward MANNING born Roscommon

 

Ellen McCARTHY born 1898-12-03 at Tuxedo, NY, age is 21 on 1920-04-21,… temporarily with grandparents at Tarbert, Co Kerry … permanent residence Water St, NYC; father John McCarthy born Ireland now deceased, mother Minnie McCarthy

 

Bernard MURPHY born 1905-03-01 at Jersey City, NJ; age is 15 on 1920-09-01; residence is Eighth St, Jersey City, NJ … I left the US June 1908 arriving at Ballyduff, Co Kerry … residing with my aunt … I was in delicate health and my parents sent me to Ireland to live with my relatives here.; father Bryan MURPHY Causeway, Co Kerry deceased; mother Margaret MURPHY resides Jersey City; sisters Nora & Margaret Murphy; brother Michael MURPHY MURPHY

 

Charles A. O'BRIEN born 1905-08-05 at Portchester, NY, age is 15 on 1920-11-02,… temporarily at Ballyline, Ballylongford, Co Kerry … permanent residence Harrison, NY; father Charles A. O'Brien aunt - Mrs Mary FULBACK , uncle - John F. FULBACK

 

 

 

Daniel Emmett O'BRIEN born 1903-10-26 at Hartford, Conn; age is 16 on 1920-10-12; My legal domicile is Hartford, Conn … I left the US May 1915 arriving Minard, West Lispole, Dingle, Kerry … live with uncle … my father died and my mother sent me to live with my uncle; father Daniel O'BRIEN Co Kerry; mother Elizabeth O'BRIEN resides Beech St, Hardford, Conn; three brothers and two sisters

 

Nora O'CONNELL born 1907-01-21 at NYC, NY; age is 13 on 1920-09-08; residence is East 62nd St, NYC … I left the US 1908 arriving at Ballybunion, Kerry lived with my grandparents … now returing to live with my father & mother in NY; father Daniel O'CONNELL Ireland father resides NYC works in brewery; mother Mary B O'CONNELL

 

 

 

Cornelius Joseph O'CONNOR born 1899-03-14 at Boston, Mass; age is 21 on 1920-10-20; My legal domicile is in Boston, Mass … I left the US Aug 1899 arriving Knockbrack, Co Kerry … my mother died in the US I was brought to Ireland to be cared for by my grandparents; father Francis O'CONNOR Knockbrack, Kerry Boston, Mass; three uncles James, John and Denis O'CONNOR; two aunts Margaret & Mary O'CONNOR

 

Michael O'CONNOR born 1905-04-22 at Boston, MA, age is 15 on 1920-03-18,… temporarily at Dromin, Co Kerry … permanent residence Boston, MA; father Michael O'Connor born Dromin, Co Kerry , Boston, MA

 

Jeremiah SULLIVAN born 1913-10-14 at St Louis, MO; age is 6 on 1920-10-18; My legal domicile is Whittier St, St Louis, MO … I left the US May 1918 … temporarily residing at Ardfert, Co Kerry … to visit my grandmothers … I came over to Ireland with my aunt who intended bringing her mother to America but found her too feeble to travel ...; father Jeremiah SULLIVAN Kenmore, Kerry St Louis, MO; mother Deborah SULLIVAN; sister Julia Marie SULLIVAN; two uncles Patrick & Michael CONWAY

 

Mrs Mary Elizabeth SWEENEY (nee LYONS) born 1890-09-21 at Tarbert, Co Kerry; age is 28 on 1919-03-26; spouse is Patrick William Sweeney b Kansas City , US Navy, married on 1918-10-08 at St Colman's, Queenstown; ... residence is Lexington Ave, NYC

 

Mrs Bridget Mary WALLACE (nee CARROLL) born 1898-05-06 at Queenstown; age is 21 on 1919-05-13; spouse is Kenneth Rueben Wallace b USA , US Navy, married on 1919-04-22 at St Colman's, Queenstown; … residence will be Eggleston, Chicago, IL; father Richard Carroll b Co Kerry; mother Bridget SHEEDY b Castle Oliver, Co Limerick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Daniel Joseph KISSANE born 1901-06-30 at Chicago, IL, married Mary O'CONNOR born Ballylongford, Co Kerry Ireland ; father Thomas KISSANE b 1866-12-14 Ballynoneen, Co Kerry; left the US July 1920 … temporarily at Asdee, Ballynoneen, Co Kerry … looking after property

 

 

 

 

 

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1.02 Extracts from correspondence - part 2 Apr 3, 2013, 10:45 AM by Robin Bird

 

... City, OR date 1900-07-30 Rev. Cornelius CURTIN born 1891-01-06 Bunagara, Listowel, Co Kerry, clergyman visa to reside at Great Falls , MT date 1917-10-30 Miss ...

 

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4.02 Extracts from passport applications - part 2 Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

... at Jersery City , NJ , age is 16 on 1919-10-21,… temporarily at Tullamore, Listowel … permanent residence Jersey City ; father Garrett Scanlon born Ireland Winifred SCANLON born 1899-10-18 ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... residence is Fleming Ave, Pittsburgh, PA … left the US Nov 1924 … temporarily at Behins, Listowel, Co Kerry … visit sister William STACK born 1861-08-01 at Duagh, Co Kerry, sister ...

 

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4.01 Extracts from passport applications - part 1 May 2, 2012, 12:11 PM by Robin Bird

 

... is 40 on 1920-04-27,… joined the British Army … temporarily visit mother at Listowel, Co Kerry … permanent residence NYC; brother - Joseph Coghlan resides Bronx , NY ,sister - Mrs Mary McAULIFFE ...

 

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3.0 Extracts from Report Death of American Citizen 1910-1929 Feb 2, 2012, 10:05 AM by Robin Bird

 

... 1924-06-03 at Limerick , Ireland ; born 1881; Spouse's name - Louise Mulvihill HERLIHY Listowel, Co Kerry; brother - Michael HERLIHY resides Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry brother - John HERLIHY resides Franklin Ave ...

 

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1.04 Extracts from correspondence - part 4 Apr 3, 2013, 10:47 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Eugene, Michael, Hannie, Maggie SULLIVAN, children of Mary, deceased wife of Michael SULLIVAN, Bumgara, Listowel, Co Kerry, Sister Hannah FENNEL, Convent of Mercy, Warrenbrook, Victoria, Australia date 1906-01-30 ...

 

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1.08 Extracts from correspondence - part 8 Apr 3, 2013, 11:09 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Mary, 40 yrs - no burial case file date 1923-03-03 William MURPHY of Listowel, Cleveragh, Co Kerry, served Co G, 23rd KY Infantry, US pension date 1906-04-19 ...

 

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1.09 Extracts from correspondence - part 9 Apr 3, 2013, 11:08 AM by Robin Bird

 

... CONNOR resides Chapel St, Dundalk date 1922-01-23 Thomas O'CONNOR born 1886 ? Listowel, Co Kerry emigrated 1896 now resides Syracuse , NY date 1935-07-18 Mary O'CONNOR ...

 

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Ballybunion

 

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... 08; residence is East 62nd St, NYC … I left the US 1908 arriving at Ballybunion, Kerry lived with my grandparents … now returing to live with my father & mother in NY ...

 

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3.0 Extracts from Report Death of American Citizen 1910-1929 Feb 2, 2012, 10:05 AM by Robin Bird

 

... WOLFE resides Creston, Iowa Pauline Ursula WREN - date of death: 1920-07-02 at Ballybunion, Co Kerry; born 1904; mother - Josephine H WREN resides East 64, NYC uncle - Michael HICKEY ...

 

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... at Tuxedo, NY, age is 21 on 1920-04-21,… temporarily with grandparents at Tarbert, Co Kerry … permanent residence Water St, NYC; father John McCarthy born Ireland now deceased, mother ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... IL, arrived Dublin Aug 1914 touring Rev Edmund FITZMAURICE born 1881-06-24 at Tarbert, Co Kerry, naturalized 1910-06 at Philadelphia PA ; arrived Dublin Aug 1914 touring Mrs Annie ...

 

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Thomas BURNS born 1852-03-15 at Dublin, married Mary M. BURNS born about 1853 Ballylongford, Co Kerry; notify Mrs John DAMMAN Ogden Ave, Jersey City, NJ, permanent residence is Jersey City, NJ … restore health, left the US Aug 1912 … temporarily reside Church Ave, Blackrock, Co Cork

 

 

 

Maurice J COSTELLO born 1857-04-04 at Laxaus, Co Kerry, notify - Mrs Jane Costello, arrived Ireland July 1914 visit

 

 

 

Rev Edmund FITZMAURICE born 1881-06-24 at Tarbert, Co Kerry, naturalized 1910-06 at Philadelphia PA; arrived Dublin Aug 1914 touring

 

Daniel Joseph KISSANE born 1901-06-30 at Chicago, IL, married Mary O'CONNOR born Ballylongford, Co Kerry Ireland ; father Thomas KISSANE b 1866-12-14 Ballynoneen, Co Kerry; left the US July 1920 … temporarily at Asdee, Ballynoneen, Co Kerry … looking after property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John J LYNCH born 1877-04-07 at Balleymoney, Co Cork, spouse Julia LYNCH born Certdresnakerry, Co Kerry resides 1025 Main St, Worcester, MA; son - John A b 1902 Worcester, MA, daug - Eileen b 1906 Worcester, MA; naturalized 1900-08-21 at Central District Court Worester; arrived Ireland May 1915 visit relatives

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Julia Theresa O'HANLON born 1894-06-06 at Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry, married Patrick O'HANLON born 1894-05-24 Co Louth Ireland; son James Patrick b 1921 Chicago, daughter Mary J b 1924 Knocknagoshel, cousin Mrs M. CAVANAGH resides Melrose Park, Berkley, Chicago, residence is University Ave, Chicago … left the US Sep 1921 … temporarily at Knocknagoshal, Co Kerry … visit mother

 

 

 

Denis STACK born 1882-08-27 at Co Cork, father William STACK b Ireland; brother Cornelius STACK resides Wanamaker Store, NYC, residence is E 19th St, NYC … left the US May 1924 … temporarily at Woodview, Glanmire

 

Thomas STACK born 1857-07-28 at Co Kerry, father James STACK b Ireland; niece Mrs CALLAGHAN resides Woodland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, nephew Thomas COSTELLO resides Pittsburgh, PA, residence is Fleming Ave, Pittsburgh, PA … left the US Nov 1924 … temporarily at Behins, Listowel, Co Kerry … visit sister

 

William STACK born 1861-08-01 at Duagh, Co Kerry, sister Nora SHEA resides N. Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN, temporarily residing Listowel, Co Kerry

 

 

 

 

 

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4.02 Extracts from passport applications - part 2 Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Mullane; ... residence is Kansas City … I left the US Dec 1914 … temporarily reside Inchreigh, Athea, Co Limerick; two daughters Mary & Bridget Mullane b 1900 & 1905 Kansas City; son James Mullane ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... 05-17 at Loughill, Co Limerick, married Margaret MULLANE born 1869-05-03 Inchreigh, Athea, Co Limerick Ireland; two daughters Mary & Bridget MULLANE b 1900 & 1905 Kansas City, son James ...

 

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1.06 Extracts from correspondence - part 6 Apr 3, 2013, 10:48 AM by Robin Bird

 

... A. McHUGH date 1923-12-12 Rev. Timothy LEAHY born 1894-11-09 at Athea, Co Limerick, son of James LEAHY; emigrated 1919, resided Muscatine, IA; brother William LEAHY resides ...

 

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1.02 Extracts from correspondence - part 2 Apr 3, 2013, 10:45 AM by Robin Bird

 

... father born circa 1900 at Mt Collins, Co Limerick , mother born circa 1906 at Knocknagoshel date 1934-09-17 Mrs Margaret COLLINS (nee ? SCANLON) born circa 1867 in Ireland wife ...

 

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4.02 Extracts from passport applications - part 2 Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

... at Chicago, IL, age is 25 on 1920-05-14,… temporarily with grandparents at Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry … permanent residence NYC; father John Maloney born Ireland now deceased, mother Catherine Maloney ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Aug 1914 purpose travel Mrs Julia Theresa O'HANLON born 1894-06-06 at Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry, married Patrick O'HANLON born 1894-05-24 Co Louth Ireland; son James ...

 

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4.01 Extracts from passport applications - part 1 May 2, 2012, 12:11 PM by Robin Bird

 

... He has now written asking me to return to him.; father John CURTIN Glashanon, Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry NY; brother Jerome CURTIN Mary Anne CURTIS (nee BARRY) born 1882-04-03 ...

 

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3.0 Extracts from Report Death of American Citizen 1910-1929 Feb 2, 2012, 10:05 AM by Robin Bird

 

... 1897-02-01 Thomas Michael DILLION - date of death: 1924-04-21 at Behenagh, Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry; Ireland killed in argument with nephew; Spouse's name - Margaret DILLION; father - Michael ...

 

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Mrs Julia Theresa O'HANLON born 1894-06-06 at Knocknagoshel, Co Kerry, married Patrick O'HANLON born 1894-05-24 Co Louth Ireland; son James Patrick b 1921 Chicago, daughter Mary J b 1924 Knocknagoshel, cousin Mrs M. CAVANAGH resides Melrose Park, Berkley, Chicago, residence is University Ave, Chicago … left the US Sep 1921 … temporarily at Knocknagoshal, Co Kerry … visit mother

 

 

 

 

 

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4.02 Extracts from passport applications - part 2 Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

... NYC … I left the US June 1914 arriving Queenstown … temporarily resided at , Co Kerry & Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick … my mother died and I was sent to Ireland to be brought up ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Ireland May 1913 pleasure William Cornelius O'KEEFE born 1860-02-01 at Meenscooane, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick , brothers reside W 146th St , NYC, residence is Yale Ave , Chicago … left the ...

 

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1.03 Extracts from correspondence - part 3 Apr 3, 2013, 10:46 AM by Robin Bird

 

... deceased, estate settlement in San Francisco, CA 7 heirs - Mrs Mary O'DONOGHUE resides Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick; Daniel DOODY resides Purt, Co Limerick, also Maggie, Elizabeth DOODY, James DOODY resides ...

 

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1.12 Extracts from correspondence - part 12 Apr 3, 2013, 11:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

... and aunt Mrs E. BRADY resided Dublin date 1927-01-11 James WELLS of Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick , US pension 177130 date 1893-12-13 Mrs Annie WELSH (nee CALLAGHAN) was ...

 

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2.0 American Registration documents May 2, 2012, 11:22 AM by Robin Bird

 

... at Behins, Listowel, Co Kerry … visit sister William STACK born 1861-08-01 at Duagh, Co Kerry, sister Nora SHEA resides N. Delaware St , Indianapolis , IN , temporarily residing Listowel, Co ...

 

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1.03 Extracts from correspondence - part 3 Apr 3, 2013, 10:46 AM by Robin Bird

 

... in Auckland , NZ date 1905-04-15 Elizabeth DILLANE baptized 1873-11-26 at Duagh, Kilmorna, Co Kerry daughter of Michael DILLANE & Johanna AHERN date 1935-01-18 Miss Margaret ...

 

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1.11 Extracts from correspondence - part 11 Apr 3, 2013, 11:08 AM by Robin Bird

 

... the US date 1934-03-06 Miss Mary STACK born circa 1875 in Lower Duagh, Co Kerry; daughter of Mary & Michael STACK; died April 1932 perhaps at Pittsburgh, PA date ...

 

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4.02 Extracts from passport applications - part 2 Feb 2, 2012, 10:07 AM by Robin Bird

 

 

 

GLIN

 

... 1909-11-19 at NYC, age is 10 on 1920-06-10,… temporarily at Glin, Co Limerick … permanent residence NYC; father Simon Ronayne born Ireland, brother - William Ronayne ,two sisters ...

 

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ARDAGH

 

 

 

 

 

5.0 Irish in England documents May 2, 2012, 12:18 PM by Robin Bird

 

... Court NYC reside Hudson St, NYC Thomas J. ENRIGHT born 1869-03-19 at Ardagh, Co Limerick went to US in 1889 naturalized 1903 Nevada County, California Patrick FINNERTY born ...

 

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4.01 Extracts from passport applications - part 1 May 2, 2012, 12:11 PM by Robin Bird

 

... Birr, Ireland; mother Mary Lally b Fethard Edward DOWNEY born 1875-04-04 at Ardagh, Co Limerick ; age is 40 on 1915-12-10; residence is Birmingham , Alabama , occupation is ...

 

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1.07 Extracts from correspondence - part 7 Apr 3, 2013, 11:09 AM by Robin Bird

 

... Vardon & Perry, American Variety Actors date 1914-12-24 Maurice MACK of Bradford , then Ardagh, Co Limerick , US pension 8029 date 1888-11-19 John MACKEN born 1897-06-18 ...

 

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Michael Joseph NOLAN died 1931-05-14 on board S. S. STUTTGART approaching Galway, Ireland; wife resides New Brighton, Staten Island, NY sister Mrs Martin SHEEHY resides Renagown, Co Kerry date 1931-05-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortimer O'CONNOR of Abbeydorney, Co Kerry, declared intent 1892 at Seattle, WA, resided Alaska, visiting friends in Ireland date 1916-05-19

 

 

 

Thomas O'CONNOR born 1886 ? Listowel, Co Kerry emigrated 1896 now resides Syracuse, NY date 1935-07-18

 

Thomas O'HALLERAN born circa 1898 of Ballyduff, Co Kerry, stowaway on SS New York, date 1920-05-08

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Margaret DILLON born 1891-04-14 at Kerry, nun in the order of the Little Sisters of the Poor immigration visa from US Consul at Nantes, France date 1924-07-24

 

James DOWER died 1921-07-26 at Coblenz, Germany, Private, Co G, 8th Infantry, uncle Daniel O'CONNOR, Duagh, Co Kerry; sister Mrs Josephine O'CONNOR, E 85th St, NYC date 1922-05-01

 

Edward BRICK born circa 1867 Laxnaw, Co Kerry, emigrated 1890, naturalized Greensburg, PA, visit sister Mrs Nora KINLEY, Laxnaw, returning to wife & 5 children, North Irwin, PA date 1914-12-16

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Cornelius HAYES born 1883-06-24 Farranfore, Co Kerry, RC Clergy, visa to Hartford, CT date 1917-10-15

 

 

 

 

 

Michael HORGAN born 1893-09-10 Clandouglas, Co Kerry, student visa to Philadelphia date 1917-10-31

 

 

 

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Mrs Bridget NERLIN (nee NAILER) born circa 1861 died Aug 1897 NYC - son Martin b 1892 Ennis, Co Clare, now resides W 11st, NYC has 5 younger siblings date 1900-02-23

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Joseph NOLAN died 1931-05-14 on board S. S. STUTTGART approaching Galway, Ireland; wife resides New Brighton, Staten Island, NY sister Mrs Martin SHEEHY resides Renagown, Co Kerry date 1931-05-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas BURNS born 1852-03-15 at Dublin, married Mary M. BURNS born about 1853 Ballylongford, Co Kerry; notify Mrs John DAMMAN Ogden Ave, Jersey City, NJ, permanent residence is Jersey City, NJ … restore health, left the US Aug 1912 … temporarily reside Church Ave, Blackrock, Co Cork

 

Thomas BURNS born 1852-05 at Dublin, Ireland, spouse Mary Ann BURNS born Ballylongford, Ireland; notify - Miss ? C Belle SWEETING, 254 Lexington Ave, Rochester, NY, arrived Cork Sept 1912 health

 

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Hannah BRODERICK born 1874-12-10 at Dingle, Co Kerry spouse Thomas Broderick born at Arthen, Co Limerick resides Hartford, CT, daughter Johanna b 1910 Hartford CT

 

 

 

Jeremiah Joseph GRADY born 1882-05-26 at Co Kerry emigrated to US 1904 naturalized Worcester, MA 1909 arrived 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland

 

 

 

Sarah HERLIHY born 1881 at Knocknagashel, Co Kerry age is 34 on 1915-07-24 spouse Richard Herlihey went to US 1899 married 1911 South Boston he is deceased was naturalized 1907 Circuit Court of District of Mass at Boston

 

 

 

John McAULIFFE born 1876-08-08 at Scarth, Co Kerry cousin - Florence D. McAULIFFE, D St, Washington, DC

 

 

 

Michael MOORE born at Brosna, Co Kerry age is 40 on 1915-08-07 went to US 1891 naturalized 1898 Supreme Court of NY reside W 50th St, NYC

 

Jerry J. MORIARTY born circa 1874 at Rusheen, Co Kerry age is 41 on 1915-05-01 went to US in 1891 naturalized in 1898 Montana came 3 yrs ago and lived principally in Ireland

 

Daniel SULLIVAN born 1897-07-17 at Somerville, MA age is 17 on 1915-05-01 my father was killed my aunt brought me to Ireland live with my uncle at Knopogue, Co Kerry received money from my mother to return to US

 

 

 

 

 

Correspondence

 

John W. MAHONEY Private, Co F 30th Inf mother Mrs Bridget MAHONEY, Coolheragh, Co Kerry, date 1919-01-27

 

 

 

Michael MAHONEY died 1922-05-10, served in Battery D, 14th Field Artillery, US Army, survived by his mother Mrs Norah MAHONEY resides Knockneeahone, Co Kerry date 1923-01-11

 

 

 

 

 

Michael MANGAN born 1895-10-07 Kilfeighney, Co Kerry, student, visa Philadelphia date 1917-10-20

 

Patrick J. McDONNELL born 1894-04-07 Ballylongford, Co Kerry, emigrated 1913, served in 61st Infantry, 5th Division, AEF, resided West Hoboken, NJ & Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, NY date 1920-12-04

 

John W. MAHONEY Private, Co F 30th Inf mother Mrs Bridget MAHONEY, Coolheragh, Co Kerry, date 1919-01-27

 

 

 

1.01 Extracts from correspondence - part 1 Apr 3, 2013, 10:43 AM by Robin Bird

 

... circa 1867 Laxnaw, Co Kerry, emigrated 1890, naturalized Greensburg, PA, visit sister Mrs Nora KINLEY, Laxnaw, returning to wife & 5 children, North Irwin, PA date 1914-12-16 Peter BRIDE ...

 

 

 

ARDAGH

 

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1.11 Extracts from correspondence - part 11 Oct 14, 2013, 8:12 AM by S Strickland

 

... date 1923-12-12 Rev. Timothy LEAHY born 1894-11-09 at Athea, Co Limerick, son of James LEAHY; emigrated 1919, resided Muscatine, IA; brother William LEAHY resides S. Spalding ... 1914 to fulfill Theatrical Engagement date 1914-12-24 Maurice MACK of Bradford , then Ardagh, Co Limerick , US pension 8029 date 1888-11-19 John MACKEN born 1897-06-18 ...

 

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5.0 Irish in England documents May 2, 2012, 12:18 PM by Robin Bird

 

... 1874-12-10 at Dingle, Co Kerry spouse Thomas Broderick born at Arthen, Co Limerick resides Hartford, CT, daughter Johanna b 1910 Hartford CT Thomas BRODERICK born 1865 at Woodford ... Court NYC reside Hudson St, NYC Thomas J. ENRIGHT born 1869-03-19 at Ardagh, Co Limerick went to US in 1889 naturalized 1903 Nevada County, California Patrick FINNERTY born ...

 

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4.01 Extracts from passport applications - part 1 May 2, 2012, 12:11 PM by Robin Bird

 

... Loughlynn, Co Roscommon, age is 43 on 1920-07-21,… temporarily at Pallas, Co Limerick … permanent residence Detroit , MI John aka Jack BYRNE born 1906-08-28 at NYC, age ... Birr, Ireland; mother Mary Lally b Fethard Edward DOWNEY born 1875-04-04 at Ardagh, Co Limerick ; age is 40 on 1915-12-10; residence is Birmingham , Alabama , occupation is ...

 

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PRIEST HARTFORD

 

5.0 Irish in England documents May 2, 2012, 12:18 PM by Robin Bird

 

... in Ireland from 1876 to 1897, lived in US from 1897 to 1914 Catholic priest at Turlock, CA John BANNON born 1853 at Michigan, USA brought to Ireland when I ... 10 at Dingle, Co Kerry spouse Thomas Broderick born at Arthen, Co Limerick resides Hartford, CT, daughter Johanna b 1910 Hartford CT Thomas BRODERICK born 1865 at Woodford, Co Galway ...

 

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Priest Listowel

 

4.01 Extracts from passport applications - part 1 May 2, 2012, 12:11 PM by Robin Bird

 

... is 40 on 1920-04-27,… joined the British Army … temporarily visit mother at Listowel, Co Kerry … permanent residence NYC; brother - Joseph Coghlan resides Bronx , NY ,sister - Mrs Mary McAULIFFE ... is 44 on 1914-10-07; residence is Clyde, Cloud Ct, KS, occupation is priest … left the US June 1914 Helen COLLINS born 1897-02-11 at Boston , Mass; age ...

 

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1.06 Extracts from correspondence - part 6 Oct 14, 2013, 8:19 AM by S Strickland

 

... Eugene, Michael, Hannie, Maggie SULLIVAN, children of Mary, deceased wife of Michael SULLIVAN, Bumgara, Listowel, Co Kerry, Sister Hannah FENNEL, Convent of Mercy, Warrenbrook, Victoria, Australia date 1906-01-30 ... date 1904-03-16 Rev. Maurice J. FITZGIBBON born 1892-06-04 Limerick , RC priest, visa enroute to Wellington , New Zealand date 1917-11-15 Ann FITZPATRICK died 1931, was ...

 

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1.04 Extracts from correspondence - part 4 Oct 14, 2013, 8:22 AM by S Strickland

 

... 01-07 Rev. Matthew Joseph CURLEY born 1893-01-20 Garra, Co Galway , RC priest, visa to US enroute to Auckland , New Zealand date 1917-11-01 John G. CURRAN ... Pittsburgh , PA date 1933-10-05 Rev. Cornelius CURTIN born 1891-01-06 Bunagara, Listowel, Co Kerry, clergyman visa to reside at Great Falls , MT date 1917-10-30 Miss ...

 

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1.07 Extracts from correspondence - part 7 Oct 14, 2013, 8:18 AM by S Strickland

 

... emigrated to US date 1893-10-11 John FORAN resided on 58 acres, Coolaclarig, Listowel, Co Kerry died 1888-07-29 from gunshot, his daug Mrs Nora SCANLON resided Ridge ... Co Westmeath date 1918-09-26 Father Thomas GALLIGAN died June 1918, was parish priest at Park City , UT , niece Mrs Rose GALLIGAN, nephew P. LEE, Lislea, Co Armagh date ...

 

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1.17 Extracts from correspondence - part 17 Oct 14, 2013, 8:40 AM by S Strickland

 

... 1871, Bridget went to England date 1912-05-07 Thomas O'CONNOR born 1886 ? Listowel, Co Kerry emigrated 1896 now resides Syracuse , NY date 1935-07-18 Mrs Mary O ... Ireland date 1917-12-07 Rev. James O'DONNELL native of Co Kerry, Catholic priest, visa to visit friends in NY date 1919-03-15 John O'DONNELL born 1901 ...

 

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1.16 Extracts from correspondence - part 16 Oct 14, 2013, 8:39 AM by S Strickland

 

... old, brother Robert MURPHY, Ormeau Ave, Belfast date 1902-08-27 William MURPHY of Listowel, Cleveragh, Co Kerry, served Co G, 23rd KY Infantry, US pension cert # 1015966 date 1906 ... of deceased brother John date 1900-02-27 Rev Martin NOWLAN deceased, was parish priest of Newbridge, Diocese of Kildare, niece Angela C. GORMELLY, Dearborn Ave , Chicago , IL date 1890 ...

 

Information extracted to connect people to Irish townlands ‎>‎ 1.16 Extracts from correspondence - part 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knockanure

 

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Jeremiah LEAHY deceased, of Knockanure, Co Kerry, his sister Margaret LEAHY married Mr SHEEHY, had a daug Bridget SHEEY who married Mr TOOLE - her son Alphonsus TOOLE resides Waterbury, CT date 1914-09-22

 

 

 

Listowel Papers

 

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11 March 2008 Dail Report

 

Senator Donie Cassidy: I pay tribute to Kit Ahern, a former member of this House and Dáil Éireann, who died recently at the age of 92. [1717] Although a native of Limerick, she spent her adult life in Ballybunion, County Kerry, following her marriage to Dan Ahern and went on to become an active member of Kerry County Council.

 

I had the pleasure of knowing Kit personally. She was a truly wonderful person, a formidable woman who worked tirelessly promoting the welfare of rural Ireland and, in particular, the quality of life for Irish women. Kit was passionate about the Irish language, our culture and the arts and used every opportunity to promote all things Irish. She first came to prominence as president of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, ICA, between 1961 and 1964. Kit and her ICA colleagues travelled the length and breadth of Ireland recruiting new members and instilling a sense of optimism for the future of rural Ireland. The ICA was involved in many battles to bring running water and electricity to rural Ireland, the basic essentials of day-to-day living.

 

Kit was appointed to Seanad Éireann by the then Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, in 1964 and subsequently retained her seat on the cultural and educational panel in 1965. She contested the general elections in north Kerry in 1965, 1969 and 1973 and secured a seat in the Dáil in 1977 under the then Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. It was the first time two Fianna Fáil Deputies were elected to the north Kerry constituency, the other being the late Tom McEllistrim, also a Member of this House and whose family continues to be represented in Dáil Éireann. She served one term in the Dáil as a Deputy and, on losing her seat in 1981, subsequently retired from national politics. However, despite all her achievements, Kit never lost sight of her humble roots and once described herself as “the first pleb to be elected president of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association”.

 

She was a wonderful woman and a great person to know. She worked tirelessly on behalf of the people of north Kerry and rural Ireland. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her. We on this side of the House will remember her as a great friend who served in both Houses of the Oireachtas. The people of Kerry have lost a loyal and true person. Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senator Ned O’Sullivan: Kit Ahern was a cousin of mine. She was a person I greatly [1721]admired and whom I was proud to support during her long and successful political career. She was an individual of great vision and with a strong sense of duty to serve her country and community. She was driven primarily by a desire to ensure women received political equality at a time when that principle was not universally acknowledged. She was president of the ICA prior to her involvement in politics and she worked hard to develop home industry for housewives at a time when there were few opportunities for women outside the home.

 

Kit was honoured to receive a nomination to the Seanad from the then Taoiseach, Seán Lemass, on two occasions, in 1964 and 1965. As Senator Alex White observed, she accepted the nomination to the Seanad as a tribute to mná na hÉireann. She was subsequently elected to the Seanad in 1969 and 1973 on the cultural and educational panel before finally being elected to Dáil Éireann in 1977, on the fourth attempt, after coming close on two occasions prior to that. Just before her death she joked to me that the new configuration of north Kerry and west Limerick gave her reason to think of coming out of retirement at the age of 92. Her political battles in north Kerry, not all of them with members of other political parties, are part of the folklore of political life in the county. Kit used to say it is not a question of the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. She always displayed great courage in adversity.

 

She was a great supporter of all things Gaelic. Bhí fíor-ghrá ag Kit dár gcultúr dhúchais. Bhí sí dílis don teanga Gaeilge i rith a saol. She was a loyal and dependable individual. Her integrity was important to her and there could be no compromise on matters of principle. This was the reason for her decision to join the Progressive Democrats Party under the leadership of her close friend, Des O’Malley, a man she admired greatly and who is admired by many of us in north Kerry. This decision was respected by her former colleagues in Fianna Fáil and although she made many new friends, she never lost her old ones. However, her decision gave me many sleepless nights at the time.

 

Her late husband, Dan, and her brother, Eoin, were her greatest supporters. She was proud of all her family, with a special pride in the achievements of her nephew, Eoin “The Bomber” Liston. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue her work in the Seanad and to pay tribute to her in this Chamber. I thank the Leader for arranging this tribute to Kit. On behalf of her family, I thank all those who have spoken so kindly of her.

 

 

 

 

 

JOBS Tralee and Listowel

 

27 Nov 2007

 

Deputy Martin Ferris:I have raised this issue to highlight the worsening situation in Tralee and the surrounding area with the loss of 44 jobs at the Denny plant. Just over a week ago the workers were told their jobs would be gone from 31 January 2008. It is not just those 44 jobs that will be lost. I am reliably informed that a further eight jobs in the office will follow. In addition, hauliers and part-time workers will lose their jobs. These losses need to be viewed with further Denny losses of 20 jobs in May and 25 jobs in June, resulting in the loss of almost 100 jobs in one small plant in Tralee. Denny is one of the longest-standing businesses in the town and is a very significant loss, not just to the workers but also to the wider community.

 

These losses come on top of job losses at other companies based in the town, including Glen Dimplex, Tralee Beef and Lamb, and Klopman in recent years. This has added to an already serious unemployment problem. There are now 1,300 people out of work in Tralee which has an unemployment rate of 14.2% — the second highest in the State for a town of its size. Apart from those who have no jobs, there is the growing problem of under-employment, casual employment and part-time employment, often at very low wages. There are almost a further 2,000 people in that position bringing the total signing on the live register to 3,286. That means that almost 40% of the total workforce in Tralee are either fully or partially unemployed. Where, it has to be asked, are the benefits of the Celtic tiger to the south west? They are certainly nowhere to be seen in the town of Tralee.

 

The unemployment rate in Tralee has hardly changed in the past 11 years. In 1996, unemployment in Tralee town was 15.3%. It is now 14.2%, an improvement of a mere 1.1%. Tralee has not seen any benefit from the overall economic gains of recent years. Without doubt one of the key reasons has been the failure to promote the town properly as the centre for investment. On a number of occasions I have asked successive Ministers, including the present Minister for Health and Children when she was Minister for [780] Enterprise, Trade and Employment, to state how many companies have been targeted by IDA Ireland for Tralee. I was told it was a manufacturing and technology town. However, on each occasion the Ministers avoided the question. It is my understanding that IDA Ireland has been instructed not to go into the south west. When I met representatives of IDA Ireland, they told me they were told to promote the area within a 50-mile radius of Dublin where the infrastructure is suitable.

 

While Tralee has an educated workforce along with Kerry Technology Park and the Institute of Technology, it has not been exploited for the benefit of the people of the south west. Without a proactive approach by the Government towards addressing that disadvantage for Tralee and north Kerry, this will continue to be the case. North Kerry in general has suffered. Listowel has lost three businesses in recent years and it is now proposed to close the ESB facility in Tarbert. These losses, along with what is happening in Tralee, highlight the lack of commitment of successive Ministers to proactively create jobs in Kerry in general and Tralee in particular. I ask the Minister of State to consider the situation. Given that 14.2% of the workforce in the town is unemployed, it should be top of the Government’s agenda to reverse that unemployment rate.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr J Phelan, Dail Statement; 16 May 2006. [1210]All politicians can run up against their own organisation from time to time and Pat Codd had his difficulties with Fine Gael. He stood for a selection convention in February 1982 and was beaten by one or two votes by a 20 year old town councillor from Enniscorthy called Ivan Yates, who also went on to have a distinguished career in politics. He was upset at the time but afterwards became very actively involved in Fine Gael despite his disappointment. As Senator Brian Hayes has said, he was the organiser of the Self-Help Ireland charity in the south east region. He collected vast amounts of money and dedicated much of his latter years to that worthy cause, putting in a tremendous effort in that regard. He was a treasurer of the Wexford GAA County Board in years gone by and was very dedicated to that organisation.

 

I was pleased to have been able to attend his requiem mass on Holy Thursday night in Marshalstown church, just outside Enniscorthy. I had the privilege of going to college with his grandson, as well as knowing Pat for a number of years and I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to his family.

 

An Cathaoirleach: I also want to be associated with the tributes to the late former Members of this House, John M. Mannion and Pat Codd. I knew both of them. When I entered the House in 1977, Senator Mannion had already been a Member for the two previous terms. On that occasion, 1977, he was elected to the Dáil. We stayed in the same hotel and a friendship developed between us. Since he left parliamentary politics I had occasion to meet him nearly every year at the Listowel races, where he stayed with his long-time friend, the former Deputy and Senator, Gerard Lynch. I attended his funeral and was pleased to do so. I always found John Mannion to be a gentleman who never let politics come between him and friendship.

 

I also knew Pat Codd after he had left the Seanad. He was elected in 1975 in a by-election. There were five Seanad by-elections the same day. Fine Gael won three and the Labour Party won two. Pat Codd, who stood on the agricultural panel, won the seat by 20 votes from another Fine Gael candidate on that occasion, Joe Lennon, from Louth. Subsequently, when I was campaigning for the Seanad and when Pat Codd had a vote——

 

 

 

7 July 1983Dail

 

339. Mr. McEllistrim asked the Minister for Industry and Energy the number of jobs created by the IDA in the North Kerry constituency within the last five years.

 

Minister for Industry and Energy (Mr. J. Bruton): The Industrial Development Authority's Industrial Plan 1978-82 set job creation targets for North Kerry based on two town groups which cover the entire constituency of North Kerry and part of the South Kerry constituency.

 

The number of new first time jobs created [2241] by the IDA in these town groupings in the past five years is as follows: Ballybunon, Ballylongford, Listowel and Tarbert, 287; Ballyheigue, Castleisland, Farranfore, Killarney, Killorglin, Rathmore, Tralee, 1,049. These figures represent 64 per cent and 70 per cent respectively of the job creation targets set for the town groupings in the Industrial Plan.

 

 

 

19 July 1962 Dail

 

11. Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the embankments on the upper stretches of the Feale River from Listowel town are badly in need of repair owing to erosion; and that this river was surveyed by the Office of Public Works some years ago with a view to carrying out arterial drainage; if he will have repairs carried out as some very valuable land has been washed away by floods; and if he will state on whom rests the responsibility for maintenance of these embankments.

 

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance (Mr. O'Malley): The responsibility of the Office of Public Works in regard to the Feale River is limited to the maintenance of the works completed under the Feale catchment drainage scheme. The question of extending the scheme to take in the upper reaches of the Feale river was very fully considered in the past and was found to be so uneconomic that it could not be justified.

 

The maintenance of the embankments referred to by the Deputy is not a responsibility of the Commissioners of Public Works.

 

 

 

 

 

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26 Nov 1953

 

Mr. Aiken: The people of the country and the representatives of the people were very grateful to the men who had been in the R.I.C. prior to 1916 and who, when the revolution started, resigned their posts in that [1159] British organisation and helped the people to get rid of foreign occupation in this part of the country. Round 1919 an appeal was made to them by the Dáil or the Sinn Féin organisation to throw off their uniforms and to go out and join the forces of the country fighting for freedom at that time. In 1922 a committee was set up consisting of three men who were sympathetic to any of the applicants who could prove to their satisfaction that they had resigned from political motives or motives of sympathy with the national cause. They were also sympathetic, of course, to such members of the R.I.C. as were dismissed by the British Government because they displayed sympathy with the national cause. The first committee, the committee of 1922, which went into this matter had before them in all 1,136 applications and they recommended awards to 631 of these applicants. Their terms of reference were to go into all these applications and make a recommendation to the Minister for Finance of the time. The recommendations they made were accepted by the Minister and pensions were granted.

 

In 1934 another committee was set up to review the cases of those who had been turned down by the 1922 committee. Again that committee was manned by people who were sympathetic to any member of the R.I.C. who had resigned or who was dismissed for political reasons. They examined each case very thoroughly. They had before them 330 applications. The original committee had 1,136 and they recommended awards to 631. About half of those who had been turned down in 1922 appealed to the 1934 committee. Going into these 330 cases, the 1934 committee found that 115 were outside their terms of reference—I shall explain that term shortly—and they gave awards to an extra 50. So we have the situation that of all the members of the R.I.C. who had resigned during the Black and Tan War or who were dismissed and who came before the committees about half of them had their applications accepted and got pensions.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. J.J. Collins: That is so. The one objection I have to the findings of the commissions in 1922-23 and 1934 is that these men were not treated equally favourably with the men who served with the British Forces up to the 11th July, 1921. I have in my native town one of the men who came out at that period. After he came out, he gave service to the I.R.A., not possibly sufficiently active to come within the category which Deputy Flynn mentioned. He might not have the chance of taking part in a major engagement but still he served with us until 11th July, 1921, and rendered us great service. We had another case in North Kerry of an R.I.C. sergeant [1177] who arranged with the boys in County Clare to hand them over a police barrack. He was also from my area. He and the men who resigned in Listowel were very badly and poorly treated by successive Governments we have had in this country.

 

We have, thank God, as a result of the agitation carried on by the Fianna Fáil Administration, cast back on the British Government the onus for the payment of the R.I.C. pensions.

 

Dail 29 April 1925

 

Mr. CROWLEY: Yes. All the yearlings and young animals died of fluke, except the calves. I can prove to the Minister that in the Rural District of Listowel approximately 4,000 or 5,000 yearlings died. You can estimate the loss if you take an average value of £8 per head. I was in our own firm's [512] premises a fortnight ago and in half-an-hour I saw fifteen cow-hides coming in, some farmers having two. These cows died generally at calving or before calving. Many cows have “missed” and there are many cases of contagious abortion. The Department's inspectors and the agricultural instructor in North Kerry would be able to assure the Minister of the accuracy of these facts.

 

I say again that the Executive or the Government should take serious notice of this matter and try and help some of these farmers. If they do not, they cannot go on, and the Land Commission will not get their annuities next year. How can they hope to get them? There is nothing there. The sub-sheriff, even at present, cannot get anything to seize.

 

 

 

 

 

8 July 1932 Finance Bill Dail

 

Mr. Finian Lynch: I move amendment 212:—

 

To delete “No. 35 of 1926” where it first occurs and all references in columns 2, 3 and 4 thereto.

 

The main object of this amendment is to exempt coursing from the entertainment tax. I urge it rather from the business end than the sports end, though, of course the sporting end should not be overlooked. Coursing is an open air sport, and there is as much reason for exempting persons looking on at a coursing match as those at a football match. The business end of greyhound rearing in this country has become of considerable importance since the advent of greyhound racing. It is the small coursing clubs in the country that feed the racing tracks, and the racing tracks give very considerable employment apart altogether from the value that has accrued in the breeding of greyhounds.

 

The only “livestock” for which there is sale is the greyhound. I have resolutions from various clubs in my county urging the removal of this tax, and I, therefore, move this amendment. I do so from very full conviction, because I know there are big interests in Kerry involved in the breeding and sale of greyhounds. I have not the figures, but I presume the Minister can get them as to the value of our export in greyhounds per annum. It must be quite a considerable amount. I have known dogs from Tralee sold for 200 guineas.

 

Mr. MacEntee: How many?

 

Mr. Lynch: Not many, but I have known dozens sold at figures of 20, 30, 40 and 50 guineas. It is quite a big business, especially in the belt of the northern county from Tralee on towards Listowel. I might mention that there is also the question of manufacturing these tracks, for which a person in the Free State has the patent. He has installed them in Tralee, Galway, Bundoran and other places. I do not know that there is very much labour involved in the making of the tracks, but I urge the amendment from the point of view of the breeding of greyhounds. Greyhound coursing clubs encourage the breeding of these dogs.

 

 

 

 

 

28 Jan 2004 Emigrants

 

Mr. Treacy:Is cúis áthais domsa seans a bheith agam labhairt ar an rún seo faoi dhroch riocht eacnamaíoch eisimircigh ár dtíre. Aontaím leis an óráid a thug an t-Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha, Deputy Cowen, aréir agus leis an óráid a thug mo chomhghleacaí, an t-iar Aire Stáit, Ms O'Donnell, anocht.

 

[919] I would be concerned that, as a result of the recent “Prime Time” programme the impression might be created that the Government has not been addressing the needs of our emigrants abroad over the years. Nothing could be further from the truth. My Government colleague, Deputy Cowen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, spelt out in great detail last night the continual yearly increases in support for our emigrants which the Government has allocated. The increase of €1 million for this purpose this

 

destination of our emigrants in the 1950s and 1960s.

 

The DÍON fund is the major vehicle through which Irish Government support is channelled to the most needy and vulnerable of our emigrant community in Britain. This fund has been increased substantially over the last few years. It has more than trebled since 2000. This represents a record level of support for Irish emigrant welfare services in Britain. The additional €1 million allocated for this year was a recognition of, and a continuing financial support for, the essential work of Irish welfare organisations which assist the most disadvantaged groups in the Irish community throughout Britain.

 

This increase in funding over the last few years has had a number of positive outcomes. It encouraged new applicants for DÍON grants and new projects so that 57 organisations were approved for grants in 2002 and 2003 compared with 40 in 1999 and 2000. A total of 21 agencies were awarded funding on a three-year basis in 2002 and this accounted for 44% of the fund. Eighteen agencies are currently in receipt of three-year funding, accounting for 47% of the 2003 fund. This has created a degree of stability and permits multiannual programming.

 

About a quarter of the fund went to capacity building posts and projects in 2001 and 2002. This helps to secure funding from other sources and to develop organisations and allow them to operate more efficiently and will ultimately benefit the Irish community. Many of these capacity building projects continued to be funded in 2003.

 

The size of the grants is now substantial. There is a maximum grant of €82,530 per project, so agencies with more than one project can receive substantial amounts. In 2003, for example, €138,000 went to the London Irish Centre in Camden, €106,000 to Irish Community Care Manchester, €102,000 to the Irish Welfare and Information Centre in Birmingham, €88,000 to Brent Irish Advisory Service and €77,000 to Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy.

 

The salaries of 100 workers dedicated to the welfare of the Irish community are currently supported by DÍON. Others, of course, are funded from UK statutory and other charitable sources. This is double the level of three years [920] ago. Since the doubling of the fund in 2001, almost 30% of jobs in specifically Irish organisations have been supported by DÍON and in 2003 DÍON was supporting 35% of the jobs in the Irish voluntary sector.

 

From the information supplied to DÍON in 2003, it is estimated that the number of Irish people assisted by Irish welfare organisations in 2002 was in the region of 23,000 while up to 7,500 were helped by non-Irish managed organisations, a total of approximately 30,500.

 

Funding for older Irish people and Irish Travellers, one of the main priority areas of DÍON, has increased significantly. Almost half the fund, €1.3 million, went to these groups in 2003. Of this, €873,000 went to elders' projects, €332,000 to Traveller projects and €119,000 to repatriation projects.

 

As the Irish-born population grows older, the demand is growing for advice and support for repatriation of elderly people. For the past three years, DÍON has funded two organisations, the Return to Ireland Aisling project in Camden and the Safe Home programme in Mulranny, County Mayo. I am sure we will hear more about that later this evening. These two organisations co-operate with each other and both do great work advising and assisting elderly Irish people who wish to return to live in Ireland. Through their efforts, about 220 elderly people have returned to Ireland permanently. I know some of them myself.

 

Since 2002, DÍON has provided a small amount of funding to a number of welfare organisations for social and health related activities for the elderly. These include keep-fit classes and lectures on benefits, health and so on. This funding amounted to €25,280 in 2002 and €13,570 in 2003, due to a lower level of such applications.

 

We must look at this question on a global basis. We can be proud of the contributions our emigrants have made, both to their countries of adoption and to this country. The last census in the United States of America showed 42 million people claiming Irish descent. More than 100 million people claim Irish descent throughout the world.

 

The International Fund for Ireland, which has been so beneficial to this country and, particularly, to development in Northern Ireland, is supported by Irish emigrants in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and across Europe, who work assiduously to ensure that funds are put in place to sustain, expand and renew on an annual basis the International Fund for Ireland. That is a credit to our emigrants. We can be very proud of them and we must be grateful to them for that.

 

I am proud to be part of a Government that has shown its appreciation for our emigrants through the generosity of the increased cash support we have constantly given through DÍON over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The veteran patriot, James Kissane, of Moybella, has Just passed away, having attained the extraordinary age of 111 years. During the late Kerry election this old gentleman walked in from his residence to the polling booth at Listowel, a distance of five miles, and record a his vote in favour of the Home-Rule candidate. Besides this daring offender, old Houlihan of Ballydonoghue." and Mrs. Benson, of Listowel, have, it appears, just paid the debt of nature at the age of 104 and 109 years, while Listowel is still enlivened by the presence of old Nancy Trent of Ennismore," who, at the age of 103, walks eight miles to church every Sunday,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 94, Number 42, 12 July 1903

 

The Rev. E. P. Dempsey, assistant vicar general of St. Mary's Cathedral, left Friday morning for an extended tour of Europe. He will visit Rome, Paris and London. He will also spend several weeks visiting his sister. Mrs. Thomas Galvan, at Listowel County. Kerry, Ireland. On his return to this continent he will make a tour of Mexico before returning to this city. He expects to be back in San Francisco in December. 1903.

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 135, 14 April 1893

 

Another Missing Man. Mayor Ellert has received a latter dated William street, Listowel, Ireland, March 27, 1893 from M. W. Mulville, C. E., a relative of Patrick Melville or Mulvllle or Mulvihlll. who was in San Francisco In 1870, 1871, 1872, asking for information of his whereabouts. Mulvihill was then 5 feet 10 inches high, 24 years old, and had received a classical education. He was a clerk in the Federal War Department during the civil war. He had many friends In San Francisco, among whom was CD. Stanton, agent of the Boston Financier and Operator. The missing man was In Los Angeles in December, 1872.

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN R Rice MD 1864 adv.

 

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JOHN R. RICE. li. A. sand JI. D. Trinity « oltrcrr. Uabllai. SUR3EOS. Royal College of Surgeons, England. ACCOUCHEUB, Royal Lying-in Hospital Rotunda. Duhlin. Registered No. 6W7. Act XX and XXL Victoria. November. H'S. MEDICAL OFFICER. Listowel Union Workhouse. Ireland, six years. SURGEON. Hospital Ship in the Crimea during the war. two years. SURGEON SUPERINTENDANT Government Civil Hospitals. Hongkong;. two years Resident and Office. 254 fourth street, betweea Howard and Folsom. N. W. corner. del4-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Alta California, Volume 42, Number 14323, 22 November 1888

 

 

 

Curtin and Fitzmaurice murder

 

 

 

The taking of testimony was resumed, and George Curtin gave the details of the murder of his father. After the murder the Curtin family were boycotted and their servants were compelled to leave their service. ■ Curtin testified that he was a member of the league when it was first organized. His father was vicepresident of a branch. Witness had no reason to believe that the league was implicated in the crimes • against hia . family. Various branches of the league had denounced the murder of his father. Norah Fitzmurice deposed that in June, 1887, a letter signed by a maa named Dowling, secretary of a branch of the league, was received by her father, requesting him to attend a meeting. Her father did not go. After thia the people's demeanor toward her father changed and he obtained police protection. The witness gave in detail facts in connection with the shooting oi her father while on his way to the Listowel Fair. Her father and uncle had disagreed respecting a farm on which her father resided, and the people sided with her uncle. She knew the League had been suppressed in the county of Kerry. Counsel for the Parnellites here read an article in the Kerry Sentinel condemning the murder of Fitzmurice and regretting that the League had been suppressed, and shaking of the beneficial effects which arose from tho organization.

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

STACK— In this city. April 8, 1904. Miss Johanna Stack. Sister of the late Michael Stack, a native of Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 68 years. (Los Angeles papers please copy.) Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Sunday), at 1 o'clock, from the residence Of Mrs. P. J. Halllean. 3528 Twenty-third street, between Valencia and Guerrero, then to St. James Church, where services will be held at 1:30 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

San Francisco

 

O'CONNOR— In this city. October 7. 1894. Edward O'Connor, a native of Listowel, County Kerry. Ireland, aged 55 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY (Tuesday), at 10 o'clock a. m . from the parlors of J. C. O'Connor Co., 767 Mission street. thence to St. .mines Church, corner Twenty-third and Guerrero streets, for services. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 96, Number 35, 5 July 1904

 

 

 

BARRY — In Paskenta, Tehama County. Cal.. July 1, 1904, William, dearly beloved brother of James. Rev. "Father Barry of St. Patrick's Church, and Sister Damien of Dominican Convent of San Rafael, a native of Listowel, County Kerry. Ireland, aged 20 years. E7"The funeral will take place to-day {Tuesday) at 9:30 o'clock from St. Patrick's Church, where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Remain at the parlours of J. C. O'Connor & Co.. .767 Mission street. The members of Division 5. A. O. H. In A., are requested to attend the funeral of the late William Barry, brother of James J. Barry, the Rev. Father Barry and Sister Damien of the Dominican Order, San Rafael. Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock, from St Patrick's Church. R. J. CURTIN. President E. P. HOGAN, Secretary. All members of the A. O. H. in A. are Invited to attend the funeral of William Barry, brother of James J. Barry. Rev. Father Barry and Sister Damien of the Dominican Sisters; San Rafael, Tuesday morning at 0:30 o'clock.- from St Patrick's Church.

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco 20 Feb 1898

 

WALSH— In this city, February 19, 1898. James E. Walsh, a native of the parish of Listowel. County Kerry, Ireland, aged 33 years. funeral will take place this day (Sunday), at 10:45 o'clock, from the parlors of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, by 11:30 o'clock train from Third and Townsend street.

 

Y. M. I.— Members of Cathedral Council No. 59, Y. M. I.: You are requested to assemble this day (Sunday), at 10 o'clock, at the parlors of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street, to attend the funeral of our late brother, James E. Walsh. By order of JOHN D. MAHONEY, Pres. ED L. MINAN, Cor. Sec.

 

Y. M. I.— lgnatian Council No. 35. Y. M. I.: The annual requiem mass for our deceased brother members will be celebrated in St. Mary's Church (Paulists) Tuesday, February 22, beginning at 10 o'clock. All members of the order and friends are respectfully Invited to attend. J. J. O'TOOLE, Pres. CL Ebner. Sec.

 

 

 

18 May 1912 San Francisco

 

MALONEY—In Pacific Grove, Cal., May IT. 1912, Parick C. Maloney. husband of the lute Fannie A. Maloney, and' father of J. F. Maloney and the late James D. Maloney. a native of Listowel, Ireland, aged 72 years. Interment St. Helena, Cal., tomorrow (Sunday) morning.

 

 

 

13 April 1905 San Francisco check fate of death.

 

SHAW— In this city. April 12, 1906, Mrs . B. A Shaw relict of Daniel -J.Shaw, and beloved aunt of Thomas J. Lennon and Evelyn O'Connor, a native of . Listowel, ; County Kerry Ireland, aged 60 years. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Friday), at 8:30 a. m.. from her late residence. ' Marguerite Hotel, 421 : Larkin street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul at 9. a. m. Interment private.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco 12 Dec 1902

 

HENNEQUIN— In San Diego. December 10, 1902, Mrs. Nellie Hennequin, beloved wife of August Hennequin, mother of Louis, John and Leo Hennequin, and sister of Thomas Lynch, Mrs. J. W. Dyer and Mrs. H. E. Bodmer, a native of Listowel, County Kerry, . Ireland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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San Francisco 20 Sept 1902

 

McKENNA. In this city, September 18 1902, Margaret McKenna. a native of Listowel County Kerry. Ireland, aged 76 year. Mother of Mrs Fitzgerald, M W McKenna and Margaret McKenna. The funeral will take place. (Saturday), at 9:30 o'clock from her late residence. 110 Perry street, thence to St Rose's Church, where a solemn requiem mass for her soul at lO o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 26, 26 June 1893

 

Died in Ireland. John Kirby, a young man well and favourably known in this city, died recently in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, after a lingering illness. The deceased was a brother of Rev. T. Kirby of St. Francis de Sales Church and Key. W. Kirby of St. Mary's Cathedral. San Francisco. To-morrow morning a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated in St. Francis de Sales Church for the repose of his soul

 

 

 

PARISH PRIESTS NAMED

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 77, Number 133, 22 April 1895

 

 

 

Father Kirby Assumes Charge of the New St. Agnes Church.

 

Rev. Father Kirby has been appointed pastor of the new parish of St. Agnes by the Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan, and Rev. Father Wyman has been named superior of the Paulist community at old St. Mary's Church on California street to succeed the late Father Brady. Father Kirby preached his first sermon

 

at St. Agnes Church, which is a neat little edifice on Masonic street, near Page, at the high mass yesterday morning. The church was built as an outside mission to the Sacred Heart parish, and was under the jurisdiction of Rev. Father Flood. Father Kirby is a young man of zeal and talent. He was born at Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, on April 16, 1860. His early education was gained at Mount Mellery and at All Hallows. Later he attended the seminary of St. Sulpice in Paris. On the 17th of March, 1883, he was ordained by Bishop Higgins of Kerry, Ireland. He "came to San Francisco in the spring of 1883. His first appointment was as chaplain of St. Mary's College, from where he was transferred to Father King's church in Oakland. Later he served two years as assistant to Father Serda at Temescal. On September 2, 1885, he was appointed as assistant at the cathedral, where he has since resided. Of his family a brother is a priest, Rev. Thomas Kirby, at Mission Dolores, and two Sisters are members of the Presentation Order, Sister Augustine in Berkeley, and Sister de Sales in the Powell-street convent, this city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Call, Volume 95, Number 65, 3 February 1904

 

 

 

FATHER KIRBY DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS

 

Rev. Father William P. Kirby. the beloved rector of St. Agnes parish. Masonic avenue and Page Street, passed peacefully away at his residence yesterday evening after an illness of two months. .At the time of his death he was still a young man. Father Kirby 'was born in Listowel. County Kerry, Ireland. April 15, 1860. He spent his boyhood days in his native town, which is near the famous Lakes of Killarney, and received his early education in the little parish school.

 

After finishing his "primary education Father Kjrby attended Mount Mellery Academy. When his course at that school was completed he was sent to All Hallows College, Dublin, where he graduated with honours and gained the distinction of being one of the, brightest pupils in his class. From there he went to the. noted college of St. Sulpice. Paris, to finish his education. When his course at that institution was completed Father Kirby returned to his native town, where he was ordained a priest on March ' 17, 1883. .

 

Shortly 'thereafter" he sailed for the United States and came direct to San Francisco. He was first assigned to old St. Mary's College on the Mission road. After remaining' there for several years he, was transferred to Oakland, acting as Father King's assistant for some time. From there he went to assist Father Serda in another Oakland parish. He was next assigned to St. Mary's Cathedral where he remained for a long time and became very popular with both the priests and parishioners. In 1895 the Archbishop, recognizing the ability of Father Kirby, placed him in charge of St. Agnes Church. From the time he, went, to the parish he made, his presence felt. He did much good in the vicinity of the park and was the most popular priest that ever had charge of the parish.

 

No arrangements have been made for the funeral. The body will lie in state at St. Agnes; Church to-day and all the of the city will gather around the bier and pay their last respects to the departed rector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Elections Sacred Heart Review 4 Feb 1899

 

all the old ideas of electing men of property and social standing seem to have been completely upset. In Listowel, a small town in Kerry, the whole district board, except one merchant, is composed of labourers.

 

 

 

 

 

11 Nov 1911 Saced Heart Review Boston College.

 

The Right Rev. Richard A. O'Connor, D. D., Bishop of Petersborough, Canada, recently celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. Bishop O'Connor was born at Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, April 15, 1838. He went to Canada in 1841 with his parents, and settled in Toronto.

 

Also in paper

 

Diamond jubilee year of the A. 0. H. in the United States, the order puts forward the following interesting figures: Membership, 160,--000; membership of Juveniles, 20,000; membership of the Ladies' Auxiliary, 66,000; membership of the Ladies' Auxiliary Juveniles, 4,000; values of real estate, $1,002,000; values of personal property, $200,300; value of Ladies' Auxiliary personal property, $49,132.58; cash in Division treasuries, $1,153,--030.49; cash in Division treasuries, Ladies' Auxiliary, $201,--545.75; expended for charity, sickness and death, 1909, $1,160--932.51; expended for charity, sickness and death, Ladies' Auxiliary, 1909, $888,019.20.

 

 

 

1889 Oct 19 Sacred Heart Review

 

Captain Massey, who, with Cecil Roche, passed a six months' sentence upon Mr. William O'Brien, at Killarney, died suddenly at Listowel on Saturday last. The captain, it is stated, was engaged to be married.

 

 

 

 

 

Sacred Heart Review 10 June 1905

 

An interesting light is thrown on the Catholicity of the Church when we read of a Father Kennelly, S. J., in China, who has a brother a parish priest in South Australia, and two sisters belonging to the Mercy Order in California. They belong to a North Kerry family in Ireland. The Chinese priest speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and several Chinese dialects, and is proud of his knowledge of his Irish tongue.

 

 

 

Sacred Heart Review 13th Nov 1915

 

John Shay, 113 years old, the oldest man in Louisiana, was buried in New Orleans, Oct. 24. Mr. Shay was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1802, according to members of his family. He came to this country in 1850 and settled in New Orleans. During the Civil War he served as a Quartermaster in the Union Army

 

 

 

 

 

Sacred Heart Review 23 May 1908.

 

A writer in a Dublin paper makes the interesting and very satisfactory statement that all the country people of the Dingle peninsula in Kerry are total abstainers. He says The movement was commenced about three years ago in Ballyferritor parish by Father O'Connor, a young priest. Very few ever broke their pledges, and the whole lot of the fishermen renewed their pledges for three years a few months ago. The parish of Dingle is following Ballyferriter. In fact the temperance movement is moving all over Kerry. The young men that in the past used to spend their evenings in the public-houses now spend them playing football or hurling. Nearly all the Pubs (saloonkeepers) in the country districts in the "West of Dingle " have closed, taken the pledge, and now earn an honest living, fishing or farming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sacred Heart Review 18 July 1914

 

 

 

DEATH OF A NOTEWORTHY IRISH NUN.

 

In the Convent of the remote little village of Lixnaw, in the County of Kerry, there has just passed to her reward (says the Dublin Freeman) one of the most remarkable nuns in Ireland, and known in religion as Mother Mary Dympna. The Lixnaw Convent is well-known to Gaelic Ireland. Few, if any, convents in the country have done so much for the Irish language and for Irish history. Standing in the centre of the village, in close association with the handsome parish church (which is a credit to the priests and people of Lixnaw), it presents a very imposing appearance. But no stranger visiting it would venture to connect it in any way with an old semi-dilapidated building of a few rooms, situated on the roadside a short distance beyond, and

 

locally known by the name of the "Old Convent;" yet it was there that the founders of the Presentation Convent, Lixnaw, first took up their abode. Mother Dympna was one of these founders, and the history of the convent is the history of her life since 1877, when the foundation was made. Mother Mary Dympna Godfrey—to give her full name — was born in 1851. The founder of the Irish branch of the family was Colonel Godfrey, who came over here from Romney, in Kent, (the ancient seat of the family) in 1641, and having got some considerable grants of land in Kerry, as a reward for his services to the Crown during the great .Rebellion, which began in that year, settled at Bushfield (subsequently better known as Kilcoleman Abbey), near Milltown, where his descendants, now represented by Sir William Cecil Godfrey, Bart, have lived to this day. But if Mother Dympna was Anglo-Norman and Protestant on the father's side, she was Celtic and Catholic on the mother's, and as so frequently happened in the case of the children of such unions, the Celtic and Catholic in her nature early asserted themselves, and as a mere child she entered the Loretto Convent, Lismore. She remained several years in Lismore, and in 1871, took the veil in the Presentation Convent, Castleisland. She had only been there six years, when, at the request of the then parish priest of Lixnaw, her superiors decided to establish a branch of their convent in that then little known village. The circumstances in which this little community found themselves when they came to Lixnaw were such as to "daunt the stoutest hearts. Their greatest want was a suitable convent house and schools; and these, though penniless, they had to find for themselves, for Lixnaw could not afford them. That they did work the miracle and find them —find them even within four years-their present fine convent and schools are solid and certain proof. Mother Dympna to pay off the debt in the convent took up her pen, and wrote a number of books which found a ready sale.

 

 

 

LIMERICK.

 

BY T. A. KAVANAGH. May 2 1914

 

Oh, far away is Limerick: My thoughts are always there; Oh, many's the mile to Limerick, The town beyond compare. My limbs are weak and weary; The way is long and dreary; God bring me back to Limerick Is night and day my prayer. Between its child and Limerick Lies many a wasted year; Between its child and Limerick Lies many a bitter tear. What memories come thronging My wide-eyed dreams of longing ! Oh, kindly hearts of Limerick, The hearts that have no peer ! I'm facing now for Limerick — My hopes are always there — For Limerick, for Limerick, The town beyond compare. With joy my heart is leaping; I scarce can keep from weeping; I'm winning home to Limerick; With no king would I share. I see the lights of Limerick Shine out to cheer me on; The mother's heart of Limerick Opens to her homing son. A friend's near ev'ry light of it; I'm mad with the delight of it; 'Tis home again and Limerick Lord grant my roving's done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBITUARY. 30 May 1918 Sepparton News Vic.

 

Dr McKenna.

 

It is with the greatest regret that we announce the death of Dr. McKenna, which took place at his late residence, Maude street, Shepparton, last Tuesday after noon. Though the sad event was not unexpected, it nevertheless ,'caused general feeling of deep sorrow throughout this community, among whom Dr. McKenna's long and blameless life and valuable services had earned him universal esteem.

 

The deceased gentleman' who was 60 years of age, was born at Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland and was educated .for the, most part at Cork, taking his degree as M.D. at Queen's University. He came to Australia 33 years ago, and for a short time he practised at Brunswick and at South Melbourne, but soon came to Shepparton, where he followed his profession, till attacked by the lingering illness to which he eventually had to succumb. His chief medical advisor, during his long sickness, which he bore with exemplary patience, was Dr. Dcvlno, of Melbourne.

 

Dr. McKenna married Miss Elizabeth O'Callaghan, of Hawthorn, who survives' him. Their family consisted of five sons and four daughters, all of whom are alive. One of his brothers is Arch priest McKenna. of Geelong, and one of his daughters is a nurse, and is at present working in a military hospital in France.

 

Dr. McKenna, so long as he was

 

able, look an active part in the public life of Shepparion. For a long period lie was health officer to the Shire council, and lie was also an efficient J.P., being noted on the J.eneh for the shrewdness which enabled him to seize upon the salient points of a case, ar.'< for bis unvarying resolve |o .

 

justice. He was well versed in current literature, and one of his menial relaxations was the study of astronomy'. But he was no recluse, and look a keen interest in the turf, being always ready to do his best for the local racing- club, and he was. also, for some time, a well-known figure on the bowling green. Although his illness had for a considerable lime forced him to withdraw from anything public, he was none the less one' of the prominent members of the community, and throughout the large circle of his friends and acquaintances. I here, is to-day a general feeling of loss, combined with one of genuine, sympathy for those he has left behind him.

 

The funeral, which look place this afternoon, was very largely attended, representative men and old friends' assembling from long distances, in .spite of bad. roads and threatening weather, to pay the last tribute of respect to a man of such sterling merit. Ser vices were held in the Roman Catholic Church and at the cemetery. The Rev Fr. Hogan officiating on both occasions

 

The funeral arrangements .were in the bands of Mr. \V. F. .Bowen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Late Mrs. Johanna Geary,

 

22 Jan 1925 from the Catholic Press

 

AN OLD RESIDENT OF TUMUT.

 

At the ripe age of 94 years, every one of which had been well spent — there passed away a fine old Irish lady and a devout and practical Catholic, in the person of the late Mrs. Johanna Geary. The deceased lady died at the Mater Hospital, North Sydney, where she had been on a visit to her daughter, Sister Mary Paul. Notwithstanding her great age, the deceased was mentally and physically vigorous right up to the time of her death, and she passed peacefully away, fully fortified by the rites of Holy Church, and consoled and comforted in her last hours by the care and loving attention of the hospital staff, and of Monte Saint Angelo. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland,

 

the late Mrs. Geary came to Australia nearly 80 years ago, and soon after her arrival was married to Mr. Patrick Geary, in the picturesque little Catholic chapel at Tumut. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Geary settled at 'Wyangle, and there established a typical Irish home, the predominating characteristics of which were unbounded hospitality and a never-failing observance of their faith and religion. For over 75 years 'Wyangle' has been the home of the Geary family, and during the whole of that time the late Mrs. Geary had resided there. The late Mr. Patrick Geary, who predeceased his wife about 14 years ago, was a well-known grazier, and during his life heartily co-operated with his wife in kindly acts and neighbourly kindness, and in making the hospitality of their home proverbial. "Cead Mille Failthe" was ever and always the greeting extended to visitors to 'Wyangle,' and both Mr. and Mrs. Geary gained and retained the esteem, respect, and goodwill of a very large circle of friends. Even to those who knew her great age the news of Mrs. Geary's death came as a shock, as she was a woman who enjoyed robust health, and possessed re- markable vitality; but age and nature asserted themselves, and her life flickered out like a blessed candle flickering out on the altar of God. The Rev. Father J. Gartlan, S.J., attended the deceased during her last days, and administered spiritual consolation and comfort to the departing soul. The late Mrs. Geary is survived by two sons and one daughter. The sons are Mr. Michael Geary, grazier, of 'Wyangle,' Tumut, and Mr. James Bede Geary, Crown Lands Agent and Clerk of Petty Sessions, Kempsey. The only surviving daughter is Sister Mary Paul, of Monte Sant' Angelo, North Sydney, who is also connected with the Mater Hospital. Mrs. Geary was predeceased by three sons and two daughters. A Requiem Mass was celebrated in the Mater chapel for the repose of her soul, the Rev. Father Luke Murphy, S.J., being the celebrant. The body was taken to Tumut for interment. It was encased in a richly mounted polished oak casket. The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Messrs. Wood, Coffill and Co.. As the body was being removed from the chapel the "Dead March" was played on the church organ by one of the Sisters, and a solemn procession of nuns and lay Sisters followed the cortege to the outer gates. The funeral, which took place in Tumut on the day following her death, was very largely attended. On arrival of the train from Sydney the remains were taken to the church — the shrine in which the deceased had worshipped for over three-quarters of a century. The cortege moved from the church in the afternoon, and the interment took place in the old Catholic Cemetery, the body being laid to rest alongside that of the fate Mr. Patrick Geary. "She lived in peace; her end was peace. May she rest in peace."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Martin Galvin. 28 Jan 1932 Catholic Press NSW

 

 

 

On Christmas Eve, at his residence, 5 Cromwell-street, Leichhardt, Mr. Martin Galvin collapsed and died. His family was entirely unprepared for this sudden shock, as deceased had been apparently in the best of health. Mr. Galvin, who was in his 63rd year, was born in Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1887. Shortly after his marriage, in 1894, to Kitty, a daughter of the late Patrick and Joanna Dwyer, of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Mr. Galvin settled in Balmain, where he resided for over 25 years, moving thence to Leiehliardt, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was an exemplary Catholic, a member of the Irish National Foresters, and a sincere and loyal member of his industrial organisation. He is survived by Ids widow and a grown-up family of four sons and three daughters. The prayers «in St. Fiacre's Church and at the graveside were read by Rev. Father S. O 'Sullivan, of Kensington, a relative of the family, in the presence of a large concourse of mourners. — R.I.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 11 1913 Northern Times

 

Australian Heirs wanted.

 

Owen Gallivan, or Galvin, who emigrated from Ireland to N.Z; the nest of kin. of Andrew and Norah Gallivan, or Galvin, formerly of -Co". Kerry .

 

 

 

 

 

Fr James Galvin Williams Tralee and India died 1892 May 14.

 

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Fr Galvin 6 Nov 1941

 

Catholic press

 

Revered Parish Priest.

 

DEATH OF FATHER M. GALVIN.

 

After a long illness, Rev. Father Michael Galvin, parish priest at Footscray, died in St.' Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, on Thursday, 23rd ult. In country parishes where he had laboured, and at Footscraj1, where he had been stationed since 1937, his death is deeply regretted. A kindly, genial priest, he served the Archdiocese

 

faithfully for over 30 years, and he was widely esteemed by the clergy and laity. Born in Kerry, Ireland, Father Galvin received his early education at St. Michael 's, Listowel, and later he entered All Hal lows College, Dublin, where he was ordain ed in 1910. Shortly afterwards, he came to Melbourne, and had since been attach ed to the Archdiocese. He was an assist ant priest for several years in different parishes, where he laboured untiringly. Ap pointed parisli priest of Wonthaggi, he worked with characteristic zeal and suc cess. He left in 1931 to take charge of the Trentham parish, where he remained till 1937. Two years earlier he had celebrated his sacerdotal silver jubilee. From Tren tham, Father Galvin was appointed to St. Monica's, Footscray, where he has left en dearing memories. Father Galvin was one of three brothers in the priesthood, the other two being Eev. Father P. Galvin, Katoomba, N.S.W., and Rev. Father D. Galvin, Springwood, X.S.W. An uncle was the late Father J. J. Gallivau, P.P., Northcote. There was a large and representative congregation at the Solemn Office and Re quiem Mass fdr the repose of the soul of Father Galvin at St. Monica's Church, Footscray. His Grace Archbishop Mannix, who presided and also delivered the pane gyric, was attended by Rev. Father T. Power, P.P., and Rev. Father A. Rohan, P.P. Ninety regular and diocesan priests formed the choir, and the cantors were Eev. Fathers W. Ebsworth, P.P., J. F. Egan, P.P., C. Hanrahan, P.P., and J. Egan. The Lessons were recited by Rev. Fathers L. Godwin, P.P., T. O'Callaghan, P.P., and A. May, P.P. The celebrant of Requiem Mass was Eev. Father T. Fitzpatrick, P.P., with Eev. Father P. Ryan, deacon; Eev. Father E. Murtagh, P.P., sub-deacon, and Eev. Father L. P. Moran, assisted by the Ca thedral sacristan (Mr. H. P. Cooney), mas ter of ceremonies. — B.I.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"PLAIN MISTER" Evening Post Oct 1928.

 

EARL'S SON DROPS TITLE .Australian. Press .Association..:. (Received' 23rd October, 12 p.m.) LONDON, 22nd October. 1928 Viscount Ennismore, heir to the Earl of Listowel, announces that 'he desires to be known as Mr. W. F. Hare, the family name. "Servility is given to titles to -which I object," he says. "When one is plain Mister, one's conscience is clear. Mine is a courtesy, title, which is different from others. The real distinction between men is not. titles, but character and distinction, I feel that-1 have been carrying a lie about with me. I'm not a. man of real distinction." Lady Listowel regards her son's decision as purely a private matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manawatu Herald , 11 January 1894, Page 3

 

 

 

An Extraordinary Mistake.

 

Mr Sexton, M.P., has been asked by the Town Commissioners of Listowel, North Kerry, to bring under the notice of Parliament early in the winter session an extraordinary instance of blundering and miscalculation in connection with an important public work. Some time ago the Town Commissioners decided to improve the water supply of Listowel by tapping the River Feale, some seven miles distant. The scheme was arranged. The engineering inspector of the Local Government Board held an official inquiry, and, on the faith of his report, Parliament sanction was given to the scheme, and the necessary loan for the purpose was obtained from the Board of Works. All the preliminaries having been arranged, proper means of filtration were provided. Piping was laid down from the intake to the town, and through all the streets and lanes, and the supply of taps provided. The people of Listowel rejoiced at the near prospect of an abundant supply of pure water. When, however, all was complete, it was found that the water would not come. Through some extraordinary oversight the river Feale was tapped at a point below the level of the town. It will now cost £3000 additional to extend the pipes to a point higher up the river, which will afford the necessary gravitation The Listowel Town Commissioners, through motives of economy, refused to employ an independent engineer. They are now relying upon their representative in Parliament to induce the Government to complete the works and defray the extra expense. They base their claim on the fact that the scheme was inquired into and sanctioned by the Local Government Board and the Board of Works. Exchange.

 

 

 

1895 Irish Bishops

 

 

 

Michael Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland. William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland. Thomas W. Croke, Archbishop of Cashel. John McEvilly. Archbishop of Tuam. Thomas Nulty, Bishop of Meath. James Lynch, Bishop of Kildare. Francis .1. McCormack, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, and Ap. Adm. of Kilfenora. Patrick Duggan, Bishop of Clonfert. William Fitzgerald, Bishop of Boss. Thomas A. O'Callaghan, Bishop of Cork James Browne, Bishop of Ferns. Abraham Browning, Bishop of Ossory. Edward T. O'Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick. Thomas McGivern, Bishop of Dromore. Patrick O'Connell, Bishop of Raphoe. John Lyster, Bishop of Achonry. Edward McGennis, Bishop of Kilmore. John Coffev, Bishop of Kerry. Thomas J. McRedmond, Bishop of Killaloe. John Keys O'Doherty, Bishop of Deny. Richard A. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford. John Con my, Bishop of Killala. Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne. Richard Owens, Bishop of Clogher. Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh. John Clancy, Bishop of Elphin. Henry Henry, Bishop of Down and Conner. John Healy, Coadjutor-Bishop of Clonfert. Bartholomew Woodlock, Bishop of Trapezepolis. Nicholas Donnelly, Bishop of Canea. M.J. Roche.

 

 

 

 

 

ABBEYFEALE: San Francisco

 

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COLLINS— In Yatena, Contra Costa County. July 27, 1894 of heart disease, John, beloved son of Daniel and Nora Collins, and brother of Delia. Thomas, Daniel, James, Nora and Katie Collins. Mrs, Henry Williams and Mrs. Nicholas Nolan, a native or Abbeyfeale. County Limerick. Ireland, aged 27 years and 4 months. [Hoston (Mass.) and Limerick (Ireland) papers please copy i Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW (Monday), at 8:03 o'clock a.m.. from the parlors of Mcvoy Gallagher, 20 Firth street, thence to St. Patrick’s Church, where a solemn requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9 o'clock a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

20 April 1908 San Francisco Call.

 

. HARTNETT— In this city, '' April 17, 1908, Luke M. Hartnett, beloved brother of James M: and ' Frank 'M. Hartnett, a native of the parish of Abbeyfeale, County "Limerick, Ireland, aged 2S years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully .. Invited to attend the funeral today (Monday), at 9 a.m from the funeral parlours of Samuel McFadden @ Co. 1070 Haight 1 street near Baker,' thence to St. Agnes .church, where a requiem high mass for the repose of his soul will be celebrated at 9:30 'o'clock. Interment, Holy Cross cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 June 1913 San Francisco Call

 

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County Kerry.

 

A bank manager was held up by masked thieves and a great sum in gold was taken from him.

 

The Provincial - bank in Listowel. County Kerry, has a branch office at the neighbouring town of Abbeyfeale, in County Limerick, which is only opened on market and fair days for the convenience of clients.

 

It was market day In Abbeyfeale and, as was customary, the manager of the bank in Listowel, Mr. Chambers, with a clerk, set off on a sidecar , for Abbeyfeale, taking with them a bag containing gold, silver and: notes. When they were midway between the two towns five masked and armed men suddenly appeared in the road and ordered the bank officials to stop. While some of the gang preceded to cut the traces others went ;to the well of ' the sidecar, from which they took the bag containing the money. The five men then jumped the ditch by the side of the road and disappeared in a wood.

 

The clerk ran to the nearest police station, at Duagh, and reported the matter. In a short time police from all the surrounding stations were scouring the country. The bag is said to have contained more than $5,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARDAGH:

 

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San Francisco Call 2 Jan1901

 

ENRIGHT. In this city. December 31, 1900, Cornelius Enright, .a. native of Ardagh, County Limerick. Ireland. aged 55 years. funeral will take place this day (Wednesday), at 10:30 o'clock, from the parlours of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission streets. Interment Holy" Cross Cemetery by 11:30 b" clock train from Third and Townsend streets.

 

 

 

San Francisco call 1 June 1894.

 

CONWAY-In this city. May 31, 1894. at his residence. 35 Grand avenue. David beloved husband or Nellie Conway, a native or the parish of Ardagh, Newcastle West. County Limerick. Ireland, aged 39 years 3 months and 20 days Notice of funeral heieafter. • Y. M. C. U. — The officers and members of St Joseph's Assembly No. 3 are requested to attend the funeral or our late brother. D. G. Conway M. MURPHY, President. D. J. Moynihan, Secretary.

 

 

 

June 4 1899 San Francisco Call

 

GREANY. In this city, June 2. 1899, Bridget, beloved wife of Captain M. Greany. sister of Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald, and mother of XV. F. and John T. Greany, a native of the parish of Ardagh, County Limerick, Ireland, aged 63 years. Friends are Invited to attend the funeral this day (Sunday), at 7:30 o'clock, from her late residence. 602 Seventh Street, thence to St. Joseph's Church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the pose of her soul at 8 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

ATHEA

 

15 July 1912 San Francisco Call

 

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ROCHE—In this city, July 12, 1912, John Stephen, devoted husband of Hanoria Roche, and loving father of Stephen, Thomas, John Jr., Joseph and the late Catherine Roche, a native of Athea, County Limerick, Ireland, aged 64 years, a member of the San Francisco Police Department; Widows' and Orphans' Aid Association of San Francisco Police Department; Division No. 2, A. 0. H.; S. P. M E. B. Association, and Gentlemen's Sodality of St. Peter's church. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral today (Monday), July 15, 1912, at 9 a. m., from the funeral parlours of William O'Shaughnessy & Co., 551--555 Valencia street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, thence to St. Peter's church, Twenty fourth and Alabama streets where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 a m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery, by carriage.

 

 

 

16 Dec 1911 San Francisco Call

 

 

 

COLBERT—In this city, December 13. 1911, Ellen Colbert, loving wife of William C.Colbert, and mother of Maria. Ann; Margaret and William Colbert, and "sister of John Houlihan and Mrs. Thomas Doyle, and sister in law of Ann and John Colbert, a native of: the parish of Athea, County Limerick, Ireland, aged 33 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited 'to attend the funeral Monday, at 8:15 o'clock a. m.. from the parlours of J. ; C O'Connor & Co.. 532-834 ' Valencia street, thence to St. Peter's church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of her soul. Commencing at 9 o'clock a. m. Interment Holy Cross cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Alta California 1 June 1870

 

DUAGH

 

In Hollister, Monterey county, May 30th,1870, John Maloney, late of the United States Hotel in this city, a native of the Parish of Duagh, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 45 years. Albany N. Y. papers please copy. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral this day (Wednesday), at 2.30 o'clock P. M., from his late residence, U. S. Hotel, cor. Folsom and Beale streets.

 

 

 

 

 

28 Feb 1900 San Francisco Call

 

McELLIGOTT— In this city. February 26, 1900, Mary, beloved wife of James McElllgott. and dearly beloved mother of Mary and Gerald McElligott. a native of the parish of Duagh, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 52 years. -

 

Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Thursday), at 1:30 o'clock, from the parlors of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street, thence to St. Joseph's Church for services at 2 o'clock. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

 

O'CONNOR— In this city, February 27, 1900, Jeremiah M. O'Connor, brother of Nellie O'Connor, a native of Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 27 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow ' (Thursday) at 10 o'clock, from the parlors of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

29 Sept 1893

 

KANE— in this is city. September 16th. 1893, Daniel Kane, beloved brother or .U§ Kane, a native or the parish of Tarbert. Co Kerry, Ireland, aged 39 years. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY' (Wednesday), at 2:30 o'clock- a., from the parlors of .1. ('. O'Connor 7 Mission street. Interment Mount Calvary (cemetery.

 

1 March 1900

 

O'CONNOR—In this city, February 27, 1900, Jeremiah M. O'Connor, brother of Nellie O'Connor, a native of Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 27 years. Friends and respectfully Invited to attend the funeral this day (Thursday) at 10 o'clock, from the parlors of J C O'Connor & Co.. 787 Mission street. Interment Holy Cr ss Cemetery.

 

 

 

24 Jan 1898

 

O'CONNOR— this city. January 24. 1898, Michael, beloved husband Of Hannah O'Connor, father of John and Willie O'Connor, son of Mary O'Connor. ■ and brother of John, Thomas and Stephen ' O'Connor and Mrs. John McGrath, a native of the parish of Tarbert. County Kerry, Ireland, aged 44 years. (Buffalo. NY papers please copy). (friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Wednesday), at 9:30 o'clock, from the parlors of McAvoy & Co., 1235 Market street, thence to St. Patrick's Church for services. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

25 June 1898

 

MAHONEY —In this city, June' 23, 1898. Thomas, dearly beloved son of John and Nora Mahoney a native of Tarmons Tarbert, County Kerry. Ireland, aged 32 years 1 month and 5 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral this day (Saturday), at 10 o'clock, from the parlors of J. C. O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street, thence to St. Peter's Church, Twenty-fourth and Alabama streets. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

30 Jan 1897

 

MANGAN-In this city, January 18, 1897, William, beloved brother of 1 hernias, James and Michael Mangan, Mrs. D. Carroll, Mrs. Dan Quiil and Delia Mangan, a native of the parish of Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 46 years. Friends and acquaintance are respectfully Invited to the funeral TO-MORROW (Sunday), at 8:30 o'clock a. _. from the residence. of his brother, Thomas Mangan. 601 Vfc Sixth street, thence to St. Rose's Church, Brannan street, where a requiem high - mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9 o'clock Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Please omit flowers.

 

 

 

30 May 1903

 

DUNLEAVY— In this city. May 27, 1003. Nellie, dearly beloved wife of Daniel Dunleavy, and mother of James. John and Julia Dunleavy, a native of Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 33 years and 6 months. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral Sunday. May 31, at 12 o'clock, from her late residence, 4244 Twenty-fourth Btreet, thence to St. James Church for services, commencing at 12:30 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 

13 Oct 1891 San Francisco Call

 

O'CONNOR Tiburon, Marin County, CaL.October 11. 189I, William, beloved husband of Margaret O'Connor, and brother of John O'Connor and Sirs. Ellie Donleavy, a native of Tarbert, County Kerry. Ireland, aged 38 years Friends and acquaintance are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral THIS DAY on the arrival of the boat from Tiburon; thence to St. Patrick's Church. a requiem mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul, commencing at 10 o'clock Interment in Calvary Cemetery.

 

 

 

ST. MARY'S Los Angeles 7 April 1901

 

Ma*<i» Leonard s mass in T* flat, "Kyrle." solo. Prof. Sirria. soprano solo, Miss Moloney; offertory, solo. Mrs. Sirria. assisted bv chorus; "Benedictus; " "O Saluburls Bordlse," solo, Miss Moloney; "Tautun Ergo, ' chorus.

 

 

 

31 Jan 1900 San Francisco Call

 

Violated the Game Law.

 

Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 30. 1900, John Moloney, the

 

market man who was convicted of selling quail in violation of the county ordinance, was to-day fined $20 by Justice Wallace. Moloney has appealed the case and will test the ordinance.

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. William Moloney Los Angeles Herald 9 Aug 1903 of Knockanure

 

SUTTER CREEK. Aug. 8.1903 Father William Moloney, a native of Ireland, aged til years and for almost a quarter of a century in charge of the Catholic churches of Sutter Creek, Amador City, Drytown, Plymouth and Volcano, died suddenly this morning cf heart failure.

 

 

 

5 Jan 1900 Amador Ledger

 

Remembered the Unfortunates.

 

Father Moloney of Sutter Creek did not forget the patients at the County Hospital on New Year day. Visiting the hospital he took along with him a line box of Havana cigars, and all those who indulge in the weed smoked and smoked to their hearts' content. Needless to say, that the good father took along with him at his departure the blessing and thanks of every patient in the County Hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPILY MATED COUPLES 12 Jan 1900 Amador Ledger

 

People Married in Amador 1899-.Sample of long list.

 

'TWAS A GOOD SHOWING FOR AN OFF YEAR

 

Good People {Who Tookfonjthe Joys and Sorrows of the Matrimonial

 

, at Sutter Creek. January 17— Bore Lusich 21. and Ida Lubitich 17; by Rev. W. Moloney, at Jackson. January 30— Frank 43, and Giovanni M. Zenl 28; by Rev. W. Moloney, at Sutter Creek.

 

, at Jackson. February 14 James Whelan 26, and Mary E. O"Connell21; by Rev. W. Moloney. at Sutter "Creek., at Jackson. April 12— John B. Grlllo 30, and Mary Grasso 20; by Rev. W. Moloney, at Sutter Creek. May 3— James C Van Wicklin 38, and Catherine Fagan 30; by Rev W Moloncy, at Sutter Creek. May 3at lone.

 

.October. 25— Thomas D Valentine 30 and Evelyn Payne 21; by Rev. W. Moloney, at Sutter Creek.

 

November 29— John Noce 30, and Mamie Garibaldi 18: by Rev. W Moloney, at Sutter Creek.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Dec 1889, Daily Alta Calfornia

 

A Prison Official Discharged.

 

The sudden and unexpected removal of Captain P. H. Moloney, who for the past ten years has held an important position at the San Quentin Prison, has been a subject of considerable comment in political circles. Moloney has always been regarded as a faithful officer, and so popular that he has been exempt from partisan changes that have been made in the management of the Prison; It is alleged by Moloney's friends that he was detailed to attend the funeral of a guard by order of his superior officer, and that Deputy Warden Chambers thereupon dismissed him for being absent from his post.

 

30 Nov 1895 San Francisco Call

 

 

 

MOLONEY YET AFTER TRUST.

 

Gas Stock Sold on a rumor That He Was very 1ll.

 

CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29. 1895. Attorney General Moloney, who has been ill at the Leland Hotel here for a week, was able to come to his Chicago office to-day, and while there announced that the reorganization plan of the Chicago gas trust was given him at his hotel last Wednesday. The Attorney-General said : "I have not examined the document closely, and beyond reading it I have given the contents no consideration. I cannot say now whether the plan will be acceptable to me. It will have to conform strictly to the laws of Illinois against such combinations." After a brief stay at his office, Mr. Moloney left for Ottawa, where he will remain until he has entirely recovered his health. News came to the Stock Exchange to-day that Wall street was selling Chicago gas on a report that Attorney-General Moloney was dangerously ill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19 July 1895

 

 

 

After the Gas Trust.

 

CHICAGO, 111., July 18. 18, 95Attorney General Moloney intends going to Philadelphia next week to take depositions concerning the connection of the Fidelity Company of that city with the companies comprising the Chicago Gas trust. Judge Windes of the Circuit Court, before whom the litigation is pending, will authorize a commission to take testimony.

 

 

 

STILL BELIEVES IN AEROPLANE 16 Aug 1905 SFCall

 

SAN JOS E. Aug. 1905 , Undaunted by the destruction of his aeroplane and the death, of Aeronaut Moloney on July 19, Professor John Montgomery of Santa. Clara College has begun the construction of two new aeroplanes on similar. lines. Some modifications however, will be made, and for some parts of the machine will be substituted for wood.' Several experienced balloon men have applied for the position of aeronaut and Eastern parties have made propositions to him for an aeroplane exhibition circuit. Montgomery feels confident that he has the right principle, but he says that he will not take up the Question of a motor, which is essential to the practical use of his aeroplane, until his machine has been thoroughly perfected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles 16 July 1905

 

AEROPLANE TRIAL HAS UNSATISFACTORY ISSUE

 

By Associated Press. SAN JOSE, July 15 1, 905Another free exhibition , of Professor Montgomery 1 ! aeroplane' was made today, with unsatisfactory results. Aeronaut Daniel Moloney went up with it attached to a balloon to a height of 3000 feet, but some obstruction in the ropes prevented him from cutting the 'aeroplane 'Loose and he was compelled, to descend.

 

 

 

 

 

A THRIFTY CORPORATION. 26 Jan 1896 San Francisco Call

 

Accused of Watering Its Stock and Other Doubtful methods.

 

CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 25. — Attorney General Moloney this morning brought : into the Circuit Court his petition for leave to file an information against the Illinois Steal Company. He did not file the information, but held a consultation with Judge Tuley for the purpose of having one of the Judges assigned to hear his case. Mr. Moloney said that Judge Tuley would make the assignment on Monday. The petition recites the incorporation of the company to acquire the properties known as the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company and the Union Steel Company, and alleges that the defendant company has usurped its powers by issuing ! capital stock greatly in excess of that of the combined corporations and by acquiring much more real estate than is required to carry on its necessary business. For these reasons the court is asked to dissolve its corporate existence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 May 1897 SFCall

 

Decision "Prohibiting the Tobacco Trust From doing business in Illinois. CHICAGO, 111., May 15. 1897, Judge Gibbons of the Circuit Court gave a decision to-day declaring { the American j Tobacco Company an illegal corporation and prohibiting its agents from carrying on business within the State. The decision sustains the information filed last December by Attorney-General Moloney asking that the company be enjoined from selling paper cigarettes on the ground that it was an illegal trust. The defendants filed demurrers, general and special, but all were overruled. Representatives of the tobacco trust in court when the decision was read said they 'would give notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF Call 25 Oct 1898

 

 

 

DECISION AGAINST THE PULLMAN COMPANY

 

Supreme Court of Illinois Restricts Its Operations to Charter Limitations.

 

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.— The Supreme Court of Illinois decided to-day that the action Instituted by ex-Attorney General Maurice T. Moloney during his term of office to compel Pullman's Palace Car Company to restrict its operations to charter limitations should stand, and remanded the

 

case to the Circuit Court of Cook County, where it will now be tried. Ex-Attorney General Moloney had contended that the Pullman company was incorporated simply for the purpose of making, selling and leasing railroad and street cars. His object was to compel the company to retire from the real estate, gas, water, heating, brick making and other enterpriser conducted by it at the town of Pullman and In Chicago. The case was fought by counsel for the company and was thrown out by the Circuit Court. Counsel for the State demurred and appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, which was decided In favour of the former Attorney General.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF Call 23 Dec 1896

 

ARE WAREHOOSEMEN ONLY

 

Elevator Companies Hive No Right to Speculate in Grain. CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 22. 1896. The bill for an injunction brought against the Central Elevator Company by Attorney General Moloney to restrain the company from dealing in grain was decided this morning by Judge Tuley against the elevator people. The court holds that by dealing in grain or mixing its own holdings of grain with that stored with it in its capacity as an elevator company the Central Company exceeded the legal scope of its authority, license or charter. This is practically a test case and is part of the fight being waged on elevator companies by the Board of Trade, although the latter is not a party to the case so far as is shown by the court records. The decision is against the elevators and sustains the contention that they are warehousemen only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moloney 22 Sept 1907 Los Angeles Herald

 

To Wed at St. Agnes'

 

A marriage to be celebrated this week is that of Miss Katherine E. Teahan of this city and John Clark of Washington, D. C, the ceremony to take place in St. Agnes' church at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Father Maloney will be the officiating priest. Miss Katherine Clark of Hollywood will act as bridesmaid and Mr. Clark will be attended by his nephew, E. Houghan. Miss Teahan has been a resident of Los Angeles since childhood and has been a teacher in the Los Angeles city schools for a number of years. Mr. Clark has been a member of the engineer corps of the war department at Washington, D. C, for eight years Recent social affairs in Miss Teahan's honour Included a tea with which Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moloney and Miss Moloney entertained at their home. 527 Prospect place, and a luncheon given by Mrs. Catherine Fitzgerald, 920 South Union avenue.

 

 

 

 

 

Moloney for President Los Angeles Herald 7 June 1900

 

New York, June 6 1900, The Socialist Labour party, in convention in this city, today nominated Joseph V. Maloney of Lynn (Mass.) for president of 'the United States. But one ballot was taken, and Mr. Maloney received the votes of 60 delegates, Valentine Rommel of Pittsburg getting seven and W. B. Hammond of St. Paul 1. Mr. Maloney made a brief speech of acceptance. Valentine Rommel of Pittsburg was nominated for vice president on the first ballot.

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday Surprise 5 June 1904 LA Herald

 

A stag party was given L. P. Paulsen. at Fourteenth and Essex streets, Friday evening. Cards were played and prizes were awarded to A. S. O'Niel, E. Rudolph and R. Ohlf. A. supper was served. Those present were Dr. William Moloney, Ferd Keim, C. C. F. Hoist, Frank Gillespie, Jacob Schrleber, R. Ohlf, George Thompson, E. Rudolph, A. S. O'Niel, E. Luentzel, William J. Dorr, S. Buhr, L. P. PaulBen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA Herald 16 Dec 1879

 

 

 

Meeting of Irish Citizens.

 

A meeting of Irish citizens In aid of the Irish National Relief Fund was held at Merced Theatre Sunday. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Richard Moloney and Mr. John Kenealy was chosen Chairman; Mr. Pat Connolly, Secretary.

 

The address of the National Committee wits then read by the Chairman. Mr. A. J. Norton addressed the meeting on the question of immediate relief for our suffering people in Ireland.

 

On motion it was resolved that a committee of ten (with power to add to its number) be appointed to open a subscription list and arrange for a ball to be held in aid of said Fund. The committee was appointed as follows: For the city—Richard Moloney, Thomas McCunn, Captain Darcy, Peter Keenan, John O'Neil, John Kennealy. For the country—J. J. Bodkin, of Savanah; Martin Golden, of Ceinega; Samuel McKinley, of Vernon; Kern Whalen, of Santa Monica; Timothy Carroll, of Anaheim; Dr. McFarland, Compton; Tim Bresnahan, Cucamongo; P. Downing, Wilmington; M. Byrne, San Bernardino. A subscription list was then opened and the sum of $90.50 was subscribed, $50.50 of which was paid. Richard Moloney was elected Treasurer. The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman. Pat. Connolly, Sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF Call 15 March 1907

 

DIVORCE IS NOT WORTH WHILE WITHOUT ALIMONY

 

So Declares Mrs. Martha Hanson, Whose Former Husband Cannot Support Two Families

 

"What's the use of having a divorce unless you can. get alimony with it?" Such was the query of Mrs. Martha Hanson directed to Judge Graham yesterday in a hearing before him to determine whether or not the decree of divorce by "-which her former husband, Henry A. Hanson, was ordered to pay her $15 per month alimony should be modified. She failed to see the logic of Hanson's contention that because he has married, 'again and has another family to support he should be relieved from the responsibility of assisting her. He admitted that several back payments had not been made, but Informed the court that he only earned $65 a month and could not stand the financial strain. Judge Graham took the matter under advisement and continued the case two weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF Call 7 Dec 1898 Dr O Connor.

 

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MENTEL'S SISTER MINNIE

 

The Young Lady Is on Her Way From Germany to This City. She Will Furnish Funds for a Vigorous Prosecution of Her Brother's Slayer.

 

A determined effort ■will be made by the sisters of the late William Mentel to bring about the conviction of the woman who shot him in Alameda last Thursday evening. The Mentels are members of an old, wealthy family in Germany, from which will come funds that will materially assist in the prosecution of the dead man's wife. Immediately after the tragedy a cablegram was sent to Miss Minnie Mentel in Hamburg conveying in a minimum of words the sad intelligence of ncr brother's death. Minnie was his favourite sister, and the news that ' throbbed over land and under sea almost prostrated her. But she immediately cabled back that she would start as soon as possible for San Francisco. In all probability she 'would be accompanied by her uncle, a wealthy retired merchant of Hamburg. His name is Louis Koch, a relative of the celebrated Dr. Koch, a consumption specialist of several years ago. Being a widower and childless he adopted Minnie, making her

 

the principal heiress-presumptive of his property. It is his intention to assist financially in the prosecution of his nephew's layer. The friends of the deceased, of whom he appears to have had a large number in this city, are gathering evidence tending to establish the fact that it was almost morally and physically impossible that Mantel could have abused or even threatened to do his wife bodily harm. He is said to have been as gentle as a lamb and as timid as a schoolgirl. It is claimed that his wife drove him into matrimony with a revolver, and held that potent weapon over his head till the day she shot him with it. Prominent among those who make this statement is John Dixon. 106 Powell street, who was the most intimate friend of the deceased. He loaned Mentel money for fares to San Josh, whither the couple went to be married, and he was the last to speak to the pair when they started for Alameda on that fatal Thursday afternoon. Mr. Dixon will state in the witness stand that Mrs. Mentel, moved by her fierce and unreasonable jealousy, menaced her husband with her revolver till the timid fellow was in deadly fear for his life. 'Dr. Connor. 602 Sutter street, stated that a week after the marriage Mentel came to his office for safety. It was about 7 o'clock in the evening, and the young man was frightened almost out of his wits. His wife was after him, he said. and would shoot him on sight. Presently they saw from the doctor's office window a female, her form enveloped in a dark

 

11 ce O a a k theta te her Statl °" On the sidewalk thl\ e Tw^ h h& erin .? ly told Dr - Connor office, from the window of which he watched the woman keep a lonely md him scurrying up the street for s\e was thhVk%h^° rable 'r said th * doctor. P "I and out of all reason in her demands ' Aiameda. He. was employed in this city ; and the price of his ferry tickets was an item of considerable moment to t^f oTVhf faoh h f ?"°^- He^nTade'nosecret listen to it. I advised him to use a little diplomacy to treat her pentlv. acquesce in her wishes and v'J. necessary for his ; safety, when Dr. d'Evelvn sent for him. ! I'snt out without the formality of a , good-by. and make it all right when he !B. t^hTl '-? Calif °™»a with g the doctor ■ But he had not tact, and their disagree Talk about her being afraid of him-she weighs about 140 pounds and he no? over " c ww u aS K So . s LlßhtL lßht that whp n hp Jock--\f£ - H °bart he mounted at 92 pounds without working off any weight Tod Sloan's success as a Jockey fired the little chap up to follow in his tracks "hut he in* curred the displeasure of a trainer at the stables and came back to San Francisco " Mrs. J. L. Ansell, one of the sisters In Alameda. is very ill. and has been in a :^ r V O T.n physical state for some time. She is still unaware that her brother is , dead ,u and buried and her relatives are taxing their powers of caution and secrecy to keep the sad news from her. All references to the tragedy are carefully torn from the newspapers- by the family centh ' bn?, 1 ny,n v,° n< ? Of the younger members of LV ,. l : ou^; no d m *y learn and impart the story. On the day of the funeral they jv r .re put to their wits' ends to account to • In invited friends for their absence at the cemetery. She often asks for her broths Will and wonders why he does not visit the sick room as was his/custom 1o rs - T , Jam Kirwin. a sister living at 1211^ Powell street, in this city states that the gold watch which her "broth" wore and which contains his wife's picture, once belonged to his father and is a sacred keepsake in the family. The dead man relatives fear that Mrs. Mentel will SSSuH husband 6 as the Pr ° Perty ° f her , Mrs. Anna Mentel has not recovered fully from the shock she experienced a

 

week ago when she found that she hart not committed suicide but had murdered her husband. Dr. Porter has ordered that she be kept quiet and that her visitors be limited. Her mother is an almost daily caller at the prison, and spends hours with her daughter. Her father has also visited the prisoner several times. Although she has been formally charged with murder, no day has been set for her arraignment. The fact that the Coroner's jury did not charge Mrs. Mentel with the crime is regarded as significant, as it will doubtless be used by her counsel to try to secure her discharge at the preliminary examination.

 

Left a Fortune in Ireland. SF Call 18 March 1895

 

SIOUX CITY, lowa, March 17. 1895. Jack Kerry left here for Ireland to-day in response to a cablenrain informing him that he had fallen heir to an estate in County Kerry and £60,000 in the bank. Kerry has been a professional gambler in Sioux City, Omaha, Denver and Deadwood for the last ten years.

 

 

 

 

 

Stack Theatre SFCall 2 Oct 1904

 

 

 

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MARCONI'S MOTHER IS IRISH. 13 Oct 1899 SFCall

 

Has Lived in Ireland a Great Deal and His First Practical Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy Were Conducted There.

 

WILLIAM MARCONI, whose wireless telegraphic invention has made him a peer of Edison and Tesla in the scientific world, is not altogether an Italian. His mother has something to do with it, and she is Irish of the Irish. Marconi himself betrays the nativity of his mother in his Irish blue eyes and his tone of "devilment." It came about in this way: About a half a century ago an Italian of the name of Charles Bianconi settled in Ireland He was thrifty and enterprising. He located in Clonmel, the capital of Tipperary. He established a stage line and within a dozen years controlled nearly all the usual routes of transportation in the southern province of Ireland. In a little while— this, it ought to be remembered, was before the development of railroads— Bianconi had the contract for carrying nearly all the Irish mails. He got "rich, bought an estate and a castle, and his children are now numbered among the Irish country gentry. Bianconi had a nephew of the name of Marconi, who went to Ireland as chief veterinary surgeon for the Bianconi stage routes. This Marconi was a civil engineer as well as a veterinary surgeon. He was also an all-around sportsman.

 

It takes a very daring rider to win distinction in Ireland, a country of daring riders, but Marconi accomplished that feat. He did 'something else. He captured the daughter of Power of Gurteen, one of the haughtiest of the rural Irish aristocracy, and took her to Italy on a bridal tour. The fruit of that union is the present distinguished inventor of wireless telegraphy. Marconi has lived a good deal in Ireland among his mother's relations, but he was born and educated in Italy. He considers himself fully half Irish, and many of his characteristics are more Irish than Italian.

 

Marconi's first practical experiments with wireless telegraphy were made in Dublin Bay. The first wireless telegraphic newspaper dispatch was printed in the Dublin Independent, a not very enterprising paper published at the Irish capital. Marconi has a relative living in this city engaged in Government employment. His name ls Power and he is a special inspector, of the Treasury Department. Marconi's Irish relatives are well off, while his Italian relations are poor. His education was at the expense of his Irish kindred. If Marconi is not already engaged, he hopes to be, to marry a Miss Fitzgerald, a not very distant relative of the Irish Duke of Leinster.

 

 

 

 

 

Father Scanlan's Will. May 31 1904

 

The will of. Father Patrick Scanlan. who died in New York on May 31.1904 was | filed for probate in the Superior Court yesterday with the petition of Fathers Patrick J. Keane of St. Joseph's Church and Father M. D. Slattery of St. Agnes Church for appointment as executors. The estate is said to consist of a library of unknown value and of seventy-two shares of stock in the Spring Valley "Water Company, valued at $2880. The will was dated March 9. ' 1904, and his heirs are a brother, James Scanlan of Listowel, County Kerry,, Ireland, and a sister, Margaret Murphy of Ballybunnion, County Kerry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music Notes 30 Aug 1910 Los Angeles Herald article and picture

 

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Miss Fannie Dillon has been appointed head of the composition and theory of music department at Pomona college and will begin her work there with the opening of the school, September 25. Miss Dillon is one of the best known of the local music writers and probably stands at the head of the women composers of Los Angeles, both in the ambitious nature of her compositions and in the number which she has written. She will also continuejier teaching at Cumnock school, where she has charge of the piano and theory department. At least four, perhaps five, of the most famous living composers will in all probability visit thlß country during the coming winter. Sir Edward Elgar, the greatest living English composer, is coming over to direct performances of his symphony and other works. Humperdinck hopes to be present at the promised production of his new opera, "Children of Kings." Mascagni is engaged for the production of his "Tsobel" and Puccini is expected to superintend the first performance of his "Girl of the Golden "West." A fifth celebrity, the priest-composer, Don Perosi, director of the Sistine chapel choir and author of many successful oratorios, may also visit tnis country before spring. Those who saw "The Alaskan" remember "The Totem Pole" song and chorus which was the big number of the production. In "The Maid of Manalay " which will be presented at the bankers' show at the Auditorium, September 26 to October 1, Harry Girard has put a number that will rival the "Totem Pole" for originality and beauty. It is "King Conch," the story of the sea shell. The idea was taken from the mueic of the sea shell and has been incorporated Into a beautirui bass solo, which will be sung by Edward Philbrook, who takes the part of Prince Mehoku. Great shells will be used in the chorus and all the music of the sea sounds in the melody of the song. Miss Mary E. Gowans of Redlands is In New York city, where she will pass the winter coaching with BernsteinRegn^as. It was Miss Gowan's intention to go abroad, but the best advice from musical friends in New York has persuaded her to remain in this country for the present. She will return to California in the spring and will make a tour of California in song recitals. # . . Four singers of individual merit, presenting a variety of songs ranging from coon imitations to opera selections, is the order of entertainment offered at Levy's Cafe Chantant for the coming week. Countess Olga Rossi, the newcomer, is a stunningly attired woman and her clear, lyric voice was well adapted to the songs presented. There are few more popular singers of ballads and serio-comic songs than Grace Belmont. From the time of her entrance to the final exit she proves herself altogether fascinating. Especially delightful was her singing of "The Silver Bell Ringing," bringing as it did the clear bell-like tones of her voice into prominence. The selections from "Arcadia" and "Havana" were equally enjoyable. Bob Albright entertains audiences with the ease of a genii performing his magic tricks, and his efforts to amuse are highly entertaining Among tfie new things in his series this week Ethel Lincoln's song, "Love's Promise, was especially deserving of mention. Madge Maitland, contralto, rollicked through her several popular songs. Ihe swing and rhythm contained in 'Highland Mary" and the tantalizing pnmise contained in "You'll Come Back-. Maybe," are peculiarly suited to her broad style of singing. Kwrnnermeyer ■ orchestra offers an entirely new series of programs for the week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irish Giant in. Poorhouse. SF Call 25 Dec. 1904

 

'NEW YORK, Dec. 24. 1904. After having been exhibited for more than five years, during which time he has visited nearly, all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. William Connery, known as "the Irish giant." To-day was sent to the City Almshouse. Connery is 7 feet 1 inch in Height.

 

 

 

 

 

25 Aug 1911 Amador Ledger

 

An Irish Giant.

 

The Irish giant Patrick O'Brien, who lived from 1761 to 1808, was eight feet seven inches high and for many years exhibited himself In London and at fairs at Smithfleld. His band from the commencement of the palm to the extremity of the middle finger measured twelve inches, and his shoe was seventeen Inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles Herald 10 Dec 1902

 

A Boyish Experiment

 

MARYSVILLE, Dec, 9. 1902. A Southern Pacific detective named Ahern has discovered the parties who attempted to wreck the Oroville train three times last week. They are two boys, aged 7 and 11, and explain that they fastened the iron plates to the tracks so that the train would smooth them out. Ahern. took the youngsters to the police station. Just what disposition will be made of them has not yet been determined.

 

 

 

Sacramento Daily 29 Sept 1864

 

The O'Connell Monument m Dublin.— On the Bth of August 1864 Ireland celebrated a great National Festival. The first stone of the intended O'Connell monument in Dublin was laid by the Lord Mayor, amidst an immense concourse of people from all parts of the Island. It was, of course, chiefly the Irish Catholics who gathered to do honour to the memory of the "immortal Liberator," but many liberal Protestants had cheerfully joined the movement ; only the Tory organs seized the occasion to denounce O'Connell and his work. Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and other cities were represented by their Mayors ; and the Church, which owed its emancipation in Ireland to O'Connell, sent a large number of her Archbishops and £ishop9. The papers of Dublin generally, even those of the Tories, admit that the demonstration was one of the greatest that had ever taken place in that city, and that the conduct of the people was most orderly and quiet. The services which O'Connell rendered to his country have not been forgotten. Heartfelt gratitude toward the Emancipator still animates the nation which owes to him her liberty. Yet the meeting in Dublin was far from being altogether cheerful, and most of the speakers mingled with the praises of O'Connell bitter complaints of the present condition of the Irish people. It was deeply felt by many that the work of O'Connell had not been continued, and that he has never found a successor. The National Party of Ireland has split into factions, neither of which has retained any influence in Parliament or in the country. The agitation for Repeal has been abandoned, and ail attempts to revive it have failed. Other movements, aiming not at a repeal of the legislative union between Ireland and England, but for achieving her total independence, have been started, but failed to gather any strength. They have only caused a new split among the National Party, and more clearly manifested its weakness. Thousands of young men, while revering the memory of O'Connell as the greatest of their countrymen, have begun to look upon his efforts for a repeal of the union with England as a failure, and believe that it is the interest of Ireland to cultivate friendly relations with the rest of the kingdom. And it was, therefore, remarked with deep regret by the Archbishop of Cashel and Sir John Gray that many, especially the members of the Irish bar, who" had profited in social position by the labours of O'Connell, were not present at the great National Festival, and that' they made themselves conspicuous by their absence." But not only have the Irish people failed to find another leader like O'Connell— they have discarded even J the very principles for which O'Connell. battled all his life. One of the representatives of Young Ireland at the Dublin meeting. Alderman Dillon, well remarked that O'Connell was an " advocate of a persecuted creed and an oppressed nationality," an advocate of the oppressed of every clime and "of every hue," and that his heart had "a pulse for universal man.": We j know how earnestly and how uncompromisingly O'Connell denounced the slaveholders of this country. This love for liberty and hate of oppression has departed from a large portion of the Irish people. They show no sympathy with the battle of liberty in other countries, and, the consequence is that very little sympathy is. shown to them in their struggle against England. It is not possible, in the middle of the nineteenth century, to oppose oppression in one country and to support it another: : * /Ireland must find another leader like O'Connell, who will again teach her. that her "pulse must beat , for universal , man," for the "oppressed of every clime and hue," if she wishes sympathy Tor herself. New York Tribune.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HENNESSY San Francisco Call 5 March 1900

 

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NOTED PRELATE TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF DEATH

 

Career of Catholic Archbishop Hennessy Brought to a Close.

 

Orator and Profound Theologian Who Was Named "the Apostle of tho . American Parochial School."

 

DUBUQUE, lowa, March 4.—Archbishop Hennessy died at 2:25 p. m. to-day. Archbishop John Hennessy was recognized as one of the greatest orators and most profound theologians in the Catholic hierarchy, and because of his zeal in his educational matters has been named "the apostle of . the American Catholic parochial school." • " ' ¦' His latest work in the cause of education was the founding of a seminary here, designed to be one of the largest in the country. ¦ j '¦•-'.¦ ' ; -¦ "--•.• Since he first came to , Dubuque Archbishop Hennessy has seen the Catholic church in lowa increase from a membership of a few hundred to a quarter of a million. •¦ "> . ¦ ' . Archbishop Hennessy was born in County Limerick, Ireland; August- 20, 1825. In 1847 he came to America, going to Carondelet Seminary, near St. Louis, where he commenced the study of theology and was ordained priest November 1. 1&50. His first mission was at New.Madrid. Mo., embracing 6000. miles of territory without a single 1 mile of railroad and where he endured the hardships and privations of the pioneer. In 1854 he was Installed as professor of dogmatic history at Carondelet. and. became president In 1857 The next year he went to Rome as the representative of Archbishop Kendrick In IS6O he went to St. Joseph; Mo:, where he remained untilappointed bishop of Dubuque in 1866. He was- consecrated September SO of that year by Archbishop Kendrick of St. . Louis. His silver Jubilee was celebrated with great pomp in 1891. He vas made archbishop on September 17 1893 Monslgnor Satolll, then papal delegate, and Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore conducting the i ceremonies. AH the American archbishops except one, nearly all the bishops and upward of 400 nrlests and hundreds of leading Catholic laymen of the country were present. In March of last year: the Archbishop was stricken with paralysis of the brain. On February 15 - last ..he was -.again Ftricken and Friday night was seized with another stroke. ¦ Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia arrived. this morning. The sufferer showed signs- of recognition, though unable, to speak. He then began to sink, and at 2 o'clock ft passed quietly. The funeral 'will- be held, Thursday morning. ; -.•'J- - :': '- ."'¦ : ''- , Among the candidates ¦ for , the vacant archdiocese ..-•• Archbishop ¦ Kane. Bishop Lenahan .of .'..Cheyenne ; . and . Monslgnor Ryan are ; mentioned. ;..'¦ '. . . _ ;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sacramento Daily Union 19 June 1889.

 

Died at Santa Rosa.

 

Santa Rosa, June 18th. 1889. Mother Alphonse Costello, Lady Superiors of the Ursuline Academy in this city, died Sunday after a long illness of consumption. She was born in Limerick. Ireland, came to the united States at the age of 20 years. and very soon afterward entered the Ursuline Convent at St. Martins, Ohio. She was one a board sent to establish a school at London, Ohio, in 1874. In 1880 she was one of two Sisters selected to visit Santa Rosa to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a school for young ladies. 'She was a model religious in the Roman Catholic faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1882

 

Two More Arrests on Suspicion. DUBLIN, July 13th. 1882 Two brothers named Flaherty, recently returned from America, have been arrested in the north part of County Kerry, on the suspicion of complicity in the Phoenix Park murder. They were remanded for a week.