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Freemans Journal 08.10.1824, page 3
The •Rev A. Stoughton, Vicar; and Thomas Stoughton, 'Esq., lay Impropriator have entered in to a composition for the 'tithes, of the parishes of Dysert, Finuge, Listowel, Knockanure, and Liselton;
Thursday .Rev James William Forster, L.L.D. Vicar General of the Diocese of limerick held the Annual
Visitation (in the absence of the Right Rev Doctor Jebb, who is we are sorry to state confined to the See House by indisposition at St Marys Cathedral Limerick. There was a very numerous attendance of the clergy, who were afterwards hospitably entertained at the Bishops Palace.
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Paddy Cronin died 18 July 2020 in Cork, born Knockanure. Aged 91.
Sincere sympathy to the family and many friends of the late Paddy Cronin.
Paddy worked as a trainee chemist alongside my later father John B Keane. They were apprenticed to William Keane-Stack of William Street, Listowel, County Kerry.
The two remained firm friends for the rest of their lives. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha uaisle.
Conor Keane
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Deepest Sympathy Maeliosa, Pádraig & Seán on the passing of your Dad. Paddy spent many a happy day in Knockanure. He was a true friend to us. May he rest in peace
Jerry & Ann Woods Knockanure
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Sincere sympathy to all the family on the death of Paddy, May he rest in peace,
John and Margaret McAuliffe Listowel
LOCAL 1
Mc Kenna Social From Junior Griffin, Listowel.
Seated, left to right; Angela O'Flaherty (maiden name Hayes), A.N.Other but definitely not Kathleen Clifford, Maureen O' Connor (Buckley), Kathleen O'Regan.
Middle row, standing; Eileen O'Mahony (O'Connor), Kathleen O'Brien (Murphy), Mikey O'Connor, Pat Walsh, Junior Griffin, Sean Lynch, Dick Kiely, Willie Barrett,Tim Shanahan, John O'Mahoney,Tom O'Connell (a brother of Ned's who worked in McKenna's), Michael Crowley, Margaret Crowley(Stack). Note; behind the Crowley's are three faces. I would be almost certain that the face looking over Ml. Crowley's right shoulder is Kathy O'Connor, Mikey's wife; other 2 unknown
Back row; Michael O'Neill, Brendan Daly, Kathleen Daly, Tom O'Connor, Mickey O'Mahoney, John Daly
first social held in the Arms Hotel on January 8th, 1962.
MC KENNA SOCIAL 1962
Just a small follow up on our first social held in the Hotel on January 8th, 1962.
It all originated from a Ring of Kerry staff tour that I was asked to organise on the last weekend of August. With 10 shillings left over and a chat with Michael O'Neill down in Waterville on the day of our trip the social seed was planted.
I don't remember who we booked the hotel with but I remember well on New Years Day, which was one week before the social date, the four of our committee, Michael O'Neill , Brendan Daly, Dick Kiely and myself being summoned to the Square by John Joe Kenny, the butcher , where the Veterinary Centre is now based . I can't place whether we were working then on new Year's Day or not but being a Monday it would have been a half day.
At his door John Joe met us. "Lads," he said, "ye will have to call off that do next week. I won't be able to supply the turkeys. Put it off for a week." We were literally stuck to the ground and there was no chatting back with John Joe.
I remember well the four of us standing on a snow clad Square and wondering what in the name of God would we do, with tickets printed and at that stage many sold. We decided to go to the Hotel to see could we change the date.
We met the manageress who was a Miss Olivia Featherston, a native of County Roscommon and who, not too long after that, was to marry Tommy Murphy of William Street.
We asked her was it possible to change our social date for a week. She queried why and we told her that Mr. Kenny could not supply the turkeys. She looked at us and exclaimed, "you are not serious".
She said it was I engaged the fowl from Mr Kenny and he had no right what so ever to consult ye. If Mr Kenny cannot supply me with what I want I have many other contacts who would be only too delighted to supply my order.
To make my story short, our social went ahead as booked on Jan. 8th, and John Joe did supply the turkeys. Miss Featherston certainly put John Joe in his place.
That year, of course, the hotel was called "The White Horse Inn" and was owned by renowned singer Josef Locke. The name of the hotel called after one of his great numbers.
Mr Locke was on tour at that time but to our luck he returned the evening of our social and went on stage during the night for us and sang several of his well known numbers including Blaze Away, Hear my Song, Goodbye and The Drinking Song amongst others. It really made our night for us and indeed it was the talk of the town for a long time afterwards that Josef Locke sang at McKenna's social.
For me personally it was a wonderful thrill as I have always been a great fan of Josef Locke.
Early on in his career it was the operatic scene that Locke had in his mind.
After the death of Enrico Caruso in the 1920's two of the world's most acclaimed tenor's of that era were Italy's Beniamino Gigli and our own John McCormack.
In the 1940's Gigli was in concert in Covent Garden, London and his under study was none other than Josef Locke, such was the esteem that Locke was held in around that time.
Following advice from John McCormack, however, who felt that Locke's voice was more suited to the lighter repertoire rather than the operatic career he had in mind, McCormack urged Locke to find an agent, thus he found the noted impresario, Jack Hylton, who booked him but could not fit his full name on the bill, thus Joseph McLaughlin became Josef Locke, and the rest, they say, is history.
That year, 1962, saw the Arms Hotel change hands and I can't exactly remember the reason but our second social was held in Tralee, the hotel was unavailable for a period of time but we did return to the renamed Arms Hotel for many years to come.
McKenna's Social from Junior Griffin (continued)
At the request of the staff members I organised another trip in 1963, this time to Galway taking in Salthill also. The new Galway Cathedral was almost completed at that time and we spent a long time walking through and admiring this beautiful church.
My most abiding memory of that day was our stop in Ennis.
Through our then local travel agent, the late Michael Kennelly I had organised lunch at the Old Ground Hotel in Ennis and on arriving we all trooped in.There was many non staff members on this tour also and I finished up at a table with just Tim Shanahan and myself. Many will remember Tim from the paint department and from the glass cutting at McKenna's.
We were all viewing our menus when the swing doors from the kitchen area were literally burst open and in a John Wayne like swagger, what I would call a portly, pompous gentleman wearing a dickie bow confronted us.
Standing in the middle of the room and clapping his hands he exclaimed, "Attention please, who is in charge here ?". I'm afraid the eyes of my colleagues turned to me and like a frightened school-boy and putting up my hand I retorted, "I am sir". Turning to the waiter and clicking his fingers and then pointing towards me , "Waiter," he said, "that gentleman is free"
Yes, I did get my free lunch but it proved to be a costly one for many years to follow, as when any discussion of food came up at shop level Tim Shanahan would always remark; "Ah, you did me out of a meal. If you had said that I organized that trip with you, I would have got a free meal that day above in Ennis as well."
Just a few memories of days gone by, as said previously our staff social went from strength to strength for many years after, even getting tickets for McKenna's social at times were harder to come by than a ticket for a Kerry/Dublin All Ireland final.
The German travel writer Johann Georg Kohl 1808-78.came to Ireland in September of 1842 he visited many European countries - including Russia, Hungary, Holland, Denmark, France, Dalmatia and England. He published most of his travel books between 1843 and 1851. He travelled to America in 1854,
Writing in 1843
We had scarcely left Listowel town when an accident occurred which is by no means rare with these cars, when the harness is not good. Our driver, a lively Paddy, probably to show his good-will, gave his steed several strokes of his whip. The animal first kicked, and then dashed forward at full speed. We were quite delighted at starting off in such gallant style, but all at once the leather girth on which the shafts and the whole weight of the sorry two-wheeled vehicle rests, gave way; and as it has no other connexion with the horse, and the principal weight of the passengers and luggage is behind, its usual practice is to overturn; and thus it happened in our case. Our horse ran off, and left us sprawling in the road. As this was the first time I had been thrown from a carriage, I was interested in observing the current of my thoughts, which followed each other with lightning-like rapidity. As, with the car, we began to describe the fatal semicircle through the air, I thought—‘This may be a bad business; the entire car may fall upon my head, and terminate at once all my observations and reflections. How content would I be, and how thankful to Heaven, to escape with a broken finger, a severe contusion, or something similar, that could be quickly healed.’ When, however, we had gathered ourselves up again out of the dirt—for we were scattered on the road in every direction, and no two parcels or passengers lay in the same place—and found ourselves without bruise or fracture, and only smeared with mud from top to toe, with here and there a rent in our clothes, all our gratitude immediately vanished, and we unanimously expressed our dissatisfaction with the conduct of our unskilful driver! Such is man. In misfortune faint-hearted, and ready to make any compact with destiny; whilst in prosperity he is presumptuous, and disposed to quarrel with Heaven on the smallest mishap.
Being thus compelled to continue our journey on foot, we placed our luggage under guard, and dispatched our driver with the horse in search of ropes and thongs whereby the car and its two wheels might be restored to a serviceable condition.
Famine Reports
Soup kitchens:
Rejoice and make merry you’ll hunger no more
John Bull will soon send you all victuals galore;
A French cook to dress them, with boiler and pot
And a kitchen well heated, to keep the broth hot.
Two gallons of water, two ounces of drippin’
A quart of this soup with a biscuit to dip in
Will be doled out to stout men, the papers do say
To provide ample feeding throughout a whole day.
’Tis but to be feared they will all grow too fat
Unaccustomed to fare so nutritious as that;
While famine and fever and dysentery
With soup and the poor laws will vanish away.
For John Bull is bountiful, give him his due,
In dealing with others, just, generous too;
If he got our mutton, beef, butter and grain
He’s now bringing meal for us over the main. …
Fermanagh Reporter, 1 April 1847
Stephen de Vere, an Irish landlord from Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, who made the passage to Grosse Île in Canada, the quarantine station for Quebec, thirty miles below the city, reports on the ship and its passengers:
Before the emigrant has been a week at sea he is an altered man. How can it be otherwise? Hundreds of poor people, men, women and children, of all ages from the drivelling idiot of 90 to the babe just born, huddled together, without light, without air, wallowing in filth, and breathing a foetid atmosphere, sick in body, dispirited in heart … the fevered patients lying between the sound in sleeping places so narrow as almost to deny them … a change of position … by their agonized raving disturbing those around them … living without food or medicine except as administered by the hand of casual charity, dying without spiritual consolation and buried in the deep without the rites of the church.
[cited in Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Great Hunger (London 1962; repr. 1965) 221; repr. in Arthur Gribben (ed), The Great Famine and the Irish diaspora in America (Amherst MA 1999) 137]
Some landlords, for example Lord Mounteagle, assisted emigration generously; others, like Lord Palmerstown (later British Prime Minister) and Major Denis Mahon of Strokestown (assassinated in late 1847), notoriously shipped destitute tenants to North America. Here is an account by George Mellis Douglas, medical superintendant of Grosse Île, of the first ship of Mahon’s tenants to arrive:
The Virginius sailed from Liverpool, May 28, with 476 passengers. Fever and dysentery cases came aboard this vessel in Liverpool, and deaths occurred before leaving the Mersey. On mustering the passengers for inspection yesterday, it was found that 106 were ill of fever, including nine of the crew, and the large number of 158 had died in the passage, including the first and second officers and seven of the crew and, the master and steward dying, the few that were able to come on deck were ghastly yellow looking spectres, unshaven and hollow cheeked, and, without exception, the worst looking passengers I have ever seen; not more than six or eight were really healthy and able to exert themselves. [British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies—Canada, vol. 17, 385; repr. in Arthur Gribben (ed), The Great Famine and the Irish diaspora in America (Amherst MA 1999) 142]
Nineteen more died while the ship lay at anchor, and ninety died in the quarantine sheds.
On 26 May 1847 there were 30 vessels with 1000 emigrants waiting at Grosse Île; on 31 May 1847 there were 40 vessels waiting, stretched in a line two miles long down the St Lawrence river; there were 1100 cases of fever in the sheds and tents of Grosse Île, short of bedding, sanitation and carers, and just as many ill in ships waiting to disembark; and another 45,000 emigrants were believed to be on the way.
Some 2000 of the former tenants of Lord Palmerston, serving Foreign Secretary in Lord John Russell’s Government, were no better off: many were aged, destitute and almost naked, or helpless widows with young children. They had been misled by false promises of clothing and of between £2 and £5 a family on arrival in Canada. A shipload of them that had come in early winter, on 2 November 1847, to St John, New Brunswick, were so miserable that the City Council protested vigorously against such behaviour by a member of Her Majesty’s Government. The protests of Mr Adam Ferrie, member of the Legislative Council of Canada, and of the Council of St John, were met with an arrogant and misleading answer from Palmerston’s agent. That agent had been denounced by Ferrie as a
‘worthless and unprincipled hireling, in whose bosom every principle of humanity and every germ of mercy had become totally extinct’.
Irish arriving at Liverpool
Year Passengers Paupers
1847 296,213 39%
1848 252,772 37%
1849 240,925 33%
1850 251,001 31%
1851 283,503 24%
1852 232,331 34%
1853 233,652 29%
1854 154,489 4%
Total 1,944,886
(Source: Frank Neal, Black ’47: Britain and the famine Irish (Basingstoke & New York 1998) 61)
Nolan.
Newtownsandes, Moyvane
Listowel Church
NameDERMOT NOLAN
Date of Birth16 May 1824 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)
AddressGORTDROMAGONA
FatherDENIS NOLAN
MotherJOHANNA KENNELLY
Further details in the record
Child DenominationRC
Father OccupationNR
Sponsor 1FRANCIS CARROLL
Sponsor 1 AddressNR
Sponsor 2MARGARET AHERN
Moyvane Church;
Name MARGARET NOLAN
Date of Birth 27 July 1831 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)
Address GURTAMAGOUNA
Father JOHN NOLAN
Mother ELIZABETH NOLAN
Sponors
JOHN NOLAN
NR
MARGARET MCCARTHY
NR
Bapt Listowel
Name PETER NOLAN Date of Birth 12 November 1818 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address MOYVANE Father JOHN NOLAN Mother HELEN MAHONY
Bapt. Listowel
Name MICHAEL NOLAN Date of Birth 21 September 1822 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address MOYVANE Father DANIEL NOLAN Mother BRIDGET ENRIGHT
Moyvane
Name CORNELIUS NOLAN Date of Birth 20 July 1875 Address CARRUERRAGH Father
THOMAS NOLAN Mother MARY KENNELY
Name MARY NOLAN Date of Birth 20 January 1867 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address CARHUEIRAGH Father THOMAS NOLAN Mother MARY KENNELLY
Moyvane
Name THOMAS NOLAN
Date of Birth 25 December 1857 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)
Address CARHOOEARAGH
Father THOMAS NOLAN
Mother MARY KENNELLY
Sponsors
CORNELIUS KENNELLY
NR
ANN KENNELLY
Name CATHERINE NOLAN Date of Birth 8 April 1837 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address GORTAMAGONA Father JOHN NOLAN Mother BRIDGET CARMODY
Moyvane
Name JOHANNA NOLAN Date of Birth 28 February 1833 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address GORTAMGONA Father JOHN NOLAN Mother ELIZABETH NOLAN
Moyvane
Name JEREMIAH NOLAN
Date of Birth 28 February 1871
Address KNOCKANURE
Father JEREMIAH NOLAN
Mother HELEN KELLY
Sponsors
PATRICK DILLANE
JULIA KELLY
Moyvane
Con Moore Aughrim Jan 1833 same parents
Margaret Moore Aughrim Sept, 1835.
Name JOHANNA MOORE
Date of Birth 22 December 1837 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)
Address AGHRIM
Father JOHN MOORE
Mother MARY NOLAN
Sponsors
DENIS NOULAN
HONORA REARDON
Moyvane
28th April 1838
HusbandWifeName THOMAS WOOLF ELIZABETH NOLAN Address NR GORTAMAGOUNA
Sponsors
Tom Mulvihill and Mary McDonnell
Moyvane
12 Feb. 1861
HusbandWifeName EDMUND SHEEHY MARGARET NOLAN Address DUAGH
GORTDROMAGOUNA Occupation NR NR Father PATRICK SHEEHY NR NR
Sponsors
John Stack and Tom Woulfe
Name THOMAS NOULAN Date of Birth 13 March 1834 (BASED ON OTHER DATE
INFORMATION) Address GORTAMAGOUGH Father JOHN NOULAN Mother BRIDGET CARMODY
This is a real long shot but I hope someone can help. In checking for
Carmody's from County Kerry I came across a letter to my mother from a Mary
O'Connor dated Dec 7,1977 where her address was Church Road, Ballybunion,
County Kerry, Ireland. Her uncle Maurice Ruddle was a first cousin to the
Carmody's who lived in the area of Uxbridge, Ontario in Canada. She has 3
brothers. Her husband had passed away and her 2 daughters were still in the
area and worked in Limerick city at the time. I am hoping that somebody may
have been researching the O'Connor's or Ruddle and some of this may sound
familiar. I tried a letter to this address but it was returned and I have
not been able to determine if she is alive or dead. If she is alive I would
love to communicate with her. I realize this is almost 30 years ago so I am
not overly hopeful that she is still alive. Any help or direction is
appreciated
Jim Corrigan
The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 14 June 1895
CIVIL BILL OFFICERS.
The following are the persons appointed for the service of Civil Bill Processes for the County:-
DIVISION OF RATHKEALE
Jeremiah Lenihan, Abbeyfeale, Abbeyfeale.
Patrick Fay, Adare, Adare.
John Madigan, Askeaton, Askeaton.
John Hartnett, Ballingarry, Ballingarry.
Daniel Sexton, Dromcollogher, Dromcollogher.
John M'Elligott, Glin, Glin.
Thomas Walker and James Iriwin, Newcastle, Newcastle.
Thomas Coyne, Pallaskenry, Pallaskenry.
James Hennessy, Rathkeale, Rathkeale.
Richard Martin, Shanagolden, Shanagolden.
John Martin, Ballyhahill, Foynes.
The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 14 May 1867
A MONSTER SALMON
An enormous salmon 47 lbs. in weight, was yesterday caught by a rod and line, by Mr. H. N. Seymour in the Shannon. It had to be borne on the shoulders of two men to be weighed! -The fish baffled
the exertions of several tried [sic] anglers before Mr. Seymour took it.
The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 28 September 1866
DEATHS
This morning at Peter's Cell House, in this city, after a truly Christian life, Anne, daughter of the late James Ahern, Esq.
At his residence near Ardagh, on the morning of the 25th inst. Mr. John Ambrose, aged 80 years-A good landlord, a kind neighbour, and a sincere friend. May he rest in peace.
On the 16th July last, at St. Louis, state of Missourie [sic], America, Marion, aged 15 months, daughter of Mr. Andrew Jemaison, and granddaughter of Mr Wm. Moloney, Petty Sessions Clerk,
Patrickswell. R.I.P.
The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 31 May 1864
DECOYING IRISH GIRLS FOR PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION
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The system which has been pursued of hiring girls in the old country, and consigning them to parties here is about to be stopped, it having come to the knowledge of the agent that this is only a
plan for decoying poor girls from their homes in Ireland for the worst of purposes. On Monday a person claiming to be a friend of two young girls who he said were consigned to him, was recognised
as a notorious keeper of a house of ill-fame, and the girls were not permitted to leave Castle Garden.-New York Sun.
The Limerick Reporter & Tipperary Vindicator, 29 January 1864
Mary Hurly, aged 23 years, a victim of leprosy, died in the County Infirmary Limerick, on Sunday last. This disease, it appears, she contracted by washing the clothes of some foreign sailors. The
malady was malignant. In Ireland formerly every corporate city had its regal grants for a Leper Hospital-and the lands of the Limerick Leper House were very extensive. In Waterford the annual
grants of land are still appropriated to the support of the medical institutions, even yet called "The Leper Hospital," and in that county, consequently, there is no county infirmary.
ADARE MANOR-The Earl and Countess of Dunraven have been entertaining at Adare Manor during the last ten days a large and distinguished party of visitors, amongst whom were :- The Earl and
Countess of Erne, Lady Louisa Chrichton, Marquis of Beaumont, Hon. C. Crichton, Lord and Lady Cloncurry, Hon. Emly Lawless, Hon. Valentine Lawless, Miss Cole, Miss Emily Cole, Lord Hastings, Hon.
Gerald Dillon, Hon. Vesey Dawson, Captain Saunderson, Mrs. Gore Booth, Mr. Edward Saunderson, Mr. Brinsley Nixon, Mr. Llewellyn Saunderson, Mr. Burke, of Thornfield ; Stephen De Vere, Esq.,
&c., &c.
The Limerick Chronicle
20 October 1849
The Rathkeale sessions concluded on Wednesday, the number of civil
bills tried having been 600 and 25 ejectments. The grand jury were
sworn on Monday, Edward Brown of Wilton, Esq., foreman. The
following are the convictions: Michael Hannigen, larceny of £5
from his employer, Archdeacon Warburton, to be transported
7 years; Daniel Mulvihane, larceny, 1 month; John Neill do.,
one year; James Ahern, John Hayes, Michl Dillane, John Lacey,
Thomas Flaherty, cow stealing, 15 years transportation; John
Carroll sheep stealing, 15 years; Ellen Dwyer, larceny, one
month; ...John Fraley, Michl Fraley and Edwd. Fraley, cow
stealing, 9 months; John Kiely, do. 1 year; ...Michl Ryan,
cow stealing, 15 years; ... The above prisoners were escorted
to the county gaol on Thursday evening by sub inspector Channer
and Constabulary Adare. Robert Tighe, Esq. Assistant-Barrister,
opened his sessions court at Bruff this day, for trial of civil
business.
The following statement was in this issue of BWN.
Mr Pierce Mahony:
In reference to the incident which occurred in the Four Courts, and in refutation of the statement said to have given rise to the occurrence, we (Irish Times) are asked by Mr.Geo. Gun Mahony to
say that his brother, Mr Pierce Mahony, is the youngest son of the late Mr. P.K. Mahony, J.P., of Kilmorna, County Kerry, by his marriage with Jane, daughter of the late Mr.Robert Gun Cuninghame,
D.L, of Mountkennedy, and his first wife, Elizabeth, only child and heir of Mr Archibald Hamilton Foulkes, of Coolawinna, both in County Wicklow; and that his grandfather, the late Mr Pierce
Mahony, D.L., of Kilmorna, Kerry, was the son of Mr P Mahony, of Woodlawn, in the same county, J.P. for Counties Kerry and Limerick, by his marriage with Anna Maria, daughter, daughter of Mr John
Maunsell, J.P., of Ballybrood, County Limerick.
KS Jan 2nd 1879.
LISTOWEL PETTY SESSIONS-
MONDAY. Before the Hon, J. French, R.M. (presiding), and Mr. P. H. M'Carthy, J.P.
John O'Connor, Meen, was fined 10s and costs for being drunk and disorderly.
John Ahern for allowing an ass and cart on the public streets on the 22nd December, without having anyone in charge, was fined 5s. and costs.
For being drunk in charge of a horse and cart Maurice Lenihan was fined 5s.
Margaret Walsh, Forge Lane, charged Michael Flynn with abusive and threatening language.
The defendant was bound to the peace for twelve months, himself in £5 and two sureties of £2 10s each.
Flynn charged Maurice Walsh, the husband of the last complainant, with assault.
The case was dismissed, as it appeared the defendant interfered when Flynn was abusing and threatening his wife.
A number of parties were fined the usual sums for drunkenness during the holidays.
Some cases were adjourned to convenience Mr. Creagh, solicitor, who was absent.
THREE AT A BIRTH IN KERRY. Killarney, Thursday Night. The night before last a Mrs. Clifford, the wife of a labourer, in humble circumstances, residing at Barley Mount, gave birth to three sons.
Dr. Wm. M'Sweeney, who attended at the accouchement, states that the triplets are exceedingly healthy, and that they and the mother are doing well. Steps are being taken to bring the
extraordinary birth under the notice of the Queen, with a view of securing the Royal bounty, usually given in such cases. Mrs. Clifford is now the mother of fourteen children, all of whom are
living.
The Kerry Sentinel, 27 January 1904
Listowel Petty Sessions
INSUBORDINATE PAUPERS
The Listowel Board of Guardians summoned two able bodied inmates of the workhouse, viz. Thomas Lynch, and James Kissane with being guilty of insubordination to officers by refusing to work on the
13th January.
Mr M. J. Byrne solr represented the Guardians.
Mr Daniel Hickey, Master, and Matthew Riordan, a wardsman, were examined and proved the refusal.
Lynch's case was adjourned for a month to see how he would conduct himself in the meantime, and Kissane was sentenced to one month in jail with hard labour.
The Kerry Sentinel, 30 January 1904
Death of Centenarians, Near Listowel
The death recently took place of Patrick M'Elligott, Lybes, parish of Duagh, at the age of 103 years, and of John O'Sullivan, Islandanny, at the age of 104 years.
The Kerry Sentinel, 27 April 1912
Kerry Surgeon on Titanic.
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Dr Wm F N O'Loughlin, the senior Surgeon of the S.S. Titanic, and who went down with that great steamer on the morning of the 15th inst, was born in Tralee. He was second son of the late Mr
William O'Loughlin, and some of the older inhabitants may remember his grandfather, the late Mr Benjamin Matthews, of Nelson-street, Tralee.
The Recent Illness of Mr T Gibson, Listowel.
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HIS RECOVERY AND WELCOME HOME.
--- After an absence of five months in the metropolis, through illness, Mr Thomas Gibson has returned to his splendid and well-known establishment and home in Listowel fully, we are glad to say,
recovered to health and vigour. Mr Gibson was, needles to say, in the hands of the best members of the medical faculty in Dublin, including his own talented and able son, the distinguished master
of the Coombe Hospital, and as a result of this, of course, considerably aided by his own magnificent constitution, we have once more amongst us one of Listowel's most popular and genial
citizens.
The Limerick Chronicle, 13 July 1786
We are assured by a gentleman just returned from Philadelphia, that the United States are scrupulously watchful in preventing Night Houses ; and as some Irish emigrants have commenced that
dangerous establishment there, an edict has been published, subjecting all housekeepers embarking in that business to the severest penalties that Congress can inflict. For say the American
legislators, youth is thereby initiated into all the mysteries of profligate vice ; servants pillage their masters, and the unthinking masters themselves too often bring bankruptcies on their
families by frequenting these houses of infernal notoriety! - What a salutary example to this country where these dwellings are become so numerous?
The Limerick Chronicle, 27 April 1790
Saturday Michael Carroll, Boatman, fell out of a turf boat, near Cahirron, and was unfortunately drowned.
Thursday last Mr. Tim O'Neill fell from his horse near Pallasgreen, and was killed on the spot.
A respite until Saturday the 19th of Next May, was received of Friday from the Hon. Justice Kelly, for Patrick Murphy who was to have been hanged on Saturday last.
Married. Mr. Quinton, of Briton-street, Sadlier, to Miss Jones of Drogheda.
Last night the wife of Timothy Cunningham, an industrious Labouring man, who lives in the Little Island, was safely delivered of three male children who are all living.
Limerick Chronicle
Limerick, Ireland
Wednesday 6 September 1809:
A List of the Names and Places of Abode of the several persons who had taken
out Licenses for killing Game, agreeable to Act of Parliament, from the
Distributor of Stamps for the Co. and City of Limerick, between the 25th day
of March 1809 and the 4th day of Sept. 1809.
Abraham Abell Esq, Limerick
James O'Brien Esq, Quinpoole
Dennis O'Brien Esq, Newcastle
William Browne Esq, Rathcahill
Saul Bruce Esq, Castle Connell
Jeffery Browning Esq, Carass
Richard Barclay Esq, Ballyartney
Rev. Wm Butler, Castle Crin
Francis H. Bindon Esq, Corbally
Sir John Allen De Bourgho, Bart., Castle Connell
John Baylee Esq, North Strand
John Massy Bolton Esq, Massy Park
Edmond Bourke Esq, Ballyvoreen
John Southwell Brown Esq, Mount Brown
John Copley Esq, Ballyclough
Edward Crips Esq, Kilpeacon
James Cooper Esq, Cooper Hill
Edward Croker Esq, Ballynegaurd
Joseph Condon Esq, Ardgoul
John Clanchy Esq, Limerick
Henry Pierce Carroll Esq, Meelick Lodge
Hunt Walsh Chambre Esq, Rahtkeale
Joseph Crips Esq, Limerick
John Cliffe, Game-keeper to William Smyth Esq, Ballylin
John Eastcott, Game-keeper to Lord Courtenay, Newcastle
Michael Fitz-Gerald Esq, Wood
Benjamin Frend Esq, Boskill
Francis Fosbery Esq, Curra Bridge
Edward Griffin Esq, Glin
Poole Gabbett Esq, Limerick
Rev. John Graves, Fort William
Richard Going Esq, Park Lodge
Gerald Griffin Esq, Corgrigg
Wm O'Hara Esq, Limerick
Patrick Hinchu, Game-keeper to Edward Croker Esq, Ballynaguard
Wm Hen jun, Esq, Dublin
John Harrison Esq, Limerick
Wm. Hammond Esq, Limerick
John Hurst Esq, Pallace
Wm hunt Esq, Friarstown
Robert Levers Esq, Mount levers
Francis Lloyd Esq, Violet Hill
James Langford Esq, Prospect Lodge
John Lowe Esq, Kilfrush
Edward Lloyd Esq, Castle Mahon
Peter Lowe Esq, Rivers Castle
John Lee Esq, Bettyville
Hon. John Massy, Massy Park
Thomas Mark Esq, Limerick
Martin Mara, Game-keeper to Francis B. Wilkinson Esq, Cahirilla
Rev. Charles Massy, Summer Hill
Mr. Patrick Mullins, Ballybriken
Hugh Massy Esq, Glenville
Hon. George Eyre Massy, Riverdale
Wm Odell Esq, Grove
Alexander Odell Esq, Ballyhegran
Richard Crone Odell Esq, Newcastle
Richard Parsons Esq Cragbeg
Richard Philips Esq, Mount Rivers
Wm Parsons Esq, Cragbeg
David Roche jun Esq, Carass
David Roche sen, Esq Carass
George Wm Russell Esq, Limerick
Mathew Reddan Esq, Tomgreany
Christopher Rose Esq, Rathkeale
John Singleton Esq, Limerick
Michael Scanlan Esq, Ballinknockane
Wm Smyth Esq, Ballylin
Thomas Sherlock Esq, Green Hills
Anthony Symes, Game-keeper to David Lynch Esq, Kilmore
George Tuthill Esq, Faha
Luke Tomkins Esq, O'Brien's Bridge
Exham Vincent Esq, Violet Hill
Thomas Tuthill Villiers Esq, Limerick
Rev. John Warburton, Limerick
James Willington Esq, Limerick
Henry Warner Esq, Rathkeale
Certified by me, Philip Walsh, Distributor of Stamps for the Co. and City of
Limerick.
The Commissioners for managing Stamp Duties, give Notice that they have
given positive directions to the several Inspectors and Distributors of
Stamp Duties, to prosecute all Persons who shall be found offending against
the Game Duty Act, and to levy the Penalties prescribed by Law. Sept 6,
1809.
Limerick Chronicle
Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Saturday, 2 Mar 1822
Limerick Special Session under the Insurrection Act; Thurs, February 28, 1822.
Friday March 1, 1822
County court -
EDWARD MARKHAM - charged with having in his possession at Mt. Brown
on 28th ult one case of pistols which he denied possession of and for being an idle and disorderly person.
When the Clerk of the Peace read the indictment, the prisoner desired he should read it again, which was done. He again desired a repetition in a more audible voice, seemed to smile and appeared
to have no concern as to his condition. The Court interposed and remonstrated with the prisoner as to his assumed levity. Sergeant Torrens then repeated the words of the indictment to the
prisoner to which he replied that he was not idle or disorderly, that the arms were certainly found in his house but that no charge was ever before preferred against him.
Thomas McEnnis, private of the Third Dragoons,stated in evidence that he repaired with others on the night of the 28th of February in search of arms in the neighbourhood of Mount Brown
accompanied by Mr. Brown a Magistrate, and demanded arms at the house of the prisoner who said that he had no arms in his possession. Mr. Brown made a diligent search after the soldiers and found
in the
bottom of the cupboard a brace of pistols one of which was silver tipped, the other was of a large size and seemingly a military one.
Witnesses said to prisoner that he was a fool to bring such desolution and trouble upon himself to which he replied that "It can't be helped now!"
John S. Brown Jr. Esquire, a magistrate, said that on the night of the 28th he proceeded to the party of the 42nd and some of the police which amounted to about 19 men. They searched some of the
houses in the neighbourhood of Mount Brown which is distant from Rathkaele about 3 miles. At about 3 o'clock in the morning he proceeded to the prisoner's house. One of the soldiers
searched
the house after demanding arms but could find none. Witness examined after the soldiers and found concealed in the lower part of the cupboard a large pistol mounted with brass and one of a
smaller size tipped with silver both in good preservation.
The prosecution closed and the prisoner had no defence. He was found Guilty.
Pat Barrett, Andrew Kennedy, John Enright, Michael Danneher, James Shire, Pat Corbett, Michael Naughton, Michael Mailey, Daniel Neill, Michael Neill, Thomas Welsh, John Murphy, Patrick Welsh, Pat Fitzgerald charged with idle and disorderly persons did tumultously and unlawfully assemble on 28th February ult at Old Abbey in the daytime against the peace and the statute.
Major Wilcox stated that about the same place where the above prisoners were taken, large parties assembled in open day armed and legislating. 300 appeared in Cop..? Demesne that he had delayed
taking any steps against the insurgents knowing that in a few days the Insurrection Act would be in force and that his
powers would be enlarged, that the parties went out by his directions and took the prisoners at the Bar.
William Smith, Chief Constable, stated that on the 28th he received orders to scour the neighbourhood of Shanagolden near Old Abbey and having come on a hilll he saw a multitude of persons to the number of 100 who had dispersed in all directions when they perceived his party. He however succeeded in taking 14 prisoners which are now at the Bar. They were near the houses of Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Farrell. Mr. Morgan and family were all armed ready for defence. Witness recognised most of the prisoners. They underwent a cross-examination by Mr. Fitzgerald but nothing was elicited.
John Markham, 'fhomas Dallas, Frederick Jackson, Thomas Halloran, 3rd light dragoons, and Thomas Preston of the Police severally gave their evidence as to the number assembled and they severally identified the prisoners arrested.
For the defence, the widow Farrell said that a number of persons came towards her house looking for firing and the country was distressed for fuel, that she sent her son-in-law for one of the prisoners, Naughton, to remonstrate with the party having no brushwood after which they went off peacably and showed no violence. She frequently before this gave them firing. Connors her son-in-law gave evidence similarly.
The Court retired and after some deliberation they brought in a verdict of Guilty against Patrick Barrett, John Enright, Michael Dannaher, James Shire, Patrick Corbett, Patrick Welsh and Patrick Fitzgerald. Naughton, Daniel and Michael Niell, Mealey, Murphy and Welsh were liberated, it having appeared from the evidence that there were some doubts of their guilt. They received the benefit thereof.
EDWARD MARKHAM, first prisoner convicted, was then put to the Bar.
Sergeant Torrens then addressed MARKHAM in a most impressive manner upon the nature of his offence and told him that this very moment, even while the sentence of the Court was pronouncing upon
him, preparations were making for taking him out of the country.He was sentenced to transportation.
The seven persons whose names are already enumerated were then addressed by Sgt Torrens in a very energetic manner, touching upon the disordered, frightful and alarming state of the County, and
the awful consequences which must succeed to the commission of those crimes. He felt it his duty to eulogise the firm, zealous and excellent conduct of Mr. Brown of Mount Brown, the Magistrate,
whose exertions must be a subject of admiration and which, if imitated, the most beneficial results to the peace, order and tranquility to the
County will follow.
In this panegyric the entire Bench fully acquiesced. He then told the prisoners that they were now about the quit their country. This very instant, preparations were making for their bidding adieu to their families, friends and all that they held dear, and he sincerely hoped their punishment would prove a salutary lesson to the misguided.
He then sentenced each of the prisoners to Transportation for 7 years to any of His Majesty's colonies which should be selected for them. Sgt. Torrens then said, "Mr. Sheriff, see that these
men
be removed forthwith for transportation. The promptness of the trial, sentence and the execution of it had a most impressive effect on the Court as well as the populace.
At half past 5 o'clock Captain Thompson, Governer of the County Gaol, placed the above 8 men on two carts at the courthouse door and a detachment of the 43rd Light Infantry, being in readiness, they were instantly forwarded to Charleville on their way to Cork to be put on board the hulks for transportation agreeable to sentence.
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Limerick Chronicle
co. Limerick, Ireland
Wednesday, 6 Mar 1822
County Limerick Special Sessions, Saturday 2 March
Thomas SHAUGHNESSY, an able stout man, was put to the bar, charged with
being an idle and disorderly person under the Act, having been out of his
home at half past ten o'clock on the night of the 28th ultimate.
William JOHNSON, one of the Adare Yeomanry, deposed that he saw a house
burning belonging to Mr. FOSBERY on the 28th ult; when he first saw the fire
he was two miles distant from it; accompanied by a detachment of the 42nd
Regiment, and a policeman hastened to the place; when he arrived there, it
was all in flames, being a thatched house; there was one woman in the house
at the time it was set on fire; and she was got out; some of the 42nd from
Kildimo had arrived there before his party; he and his party then searched
the adjoining houses to see it the inhabitants were within; they went into
SHAUGHNESSY's house and saw an old man sitting by the fire; while they were
interrogating the old man the prisoner rushed in from the back door in great
heat, as if after a chase, and on being asked where he was, he said that he
was feeding the cow, upon which witness to ascertain the truth and found the
cow in the yard without any food before it, but saw another man in the
stable, where there were two horses; the distance from the back door to the
cow was not more than eight or nine yards. (The prisoner addressed the
witness from the dock, denying having said he was feeding the cow, but that
he was feeding the horses).
Daniel ROSS, a soldier of the 42nd Regt. was in the house of the prisoner on
the night stated, and saw him come through the back door; he seemed in a
great heat, as if after running-the witness put his hand upon the Prisoner's
side, and felt his heart palpitate.
COURT: Witness, you know what it is to run after an enemy, and not from
him-was it a state of heat similar to that he was in?
WITNESS: smiling-"Yes, my Lord, as if he was after a chase."
Prisoner told witness also, that he had been feeding cows. Francis MAGINAS,
a soldier of the 42nd deposed that prisoner told him after he had come in,
that he was feeding horses; Prisoner said that after the yeoman and soldier
had interrogated him
The Prosecution closed, and for the defence was called Patrick SHAUGHNESSY,
brother to the Prisoner, who stated that he was not long in bed when the
army came in; that he had given directions to his brother to put the cow in
the stable; his brother was not long gone when the soldiers were searching
the house. On his cross examination, he could not tell whether four or five
minutes or three or four hours in bed, before the soldiers had arrived, but
he believed four or five minutes; he had no watch and how could he tell.
The case closed, and the Magistrates and Court consulted, and the Prisoner
was promptly found Guilty, and as promptly sentenced to seven years
Transportation. The Court and Magistrates were fully of opinion that the
Prisoner was at the burning of Mr. FOSBERY's house. The Court observed, that
a report had been currently circulated that New South Wales was a
comfortable place to be transported to, but the Prisoner would find, and the
Public may be assured, that an Island not so comfortable would be selected
by the Government.
Murtock SULLIVAN, an aged man, was put to the Bar-he was the person found in
the stable of the last Prisoner, hiding behind the door at the tail of the
horses, and the door fastened inside. He had the appearance of fresh mud on
his feet and legs; his case was a short one, he could offer no defence and
it was equally presumed that he had ran in there to hide from the soldiers,
after the burning of the house. He was found guilty and sentenced to seven
years transportation.
Limerick Chronicle August 4 1821
Death
At an advanced age, Mr. Francis McNamara, Castletown.
Submitted by Declan
Limerick Chronicle, Saturday, August 18th, 1821:
LIMERICK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18.
Engagement between the County Limerick Police, and a party of nightly Marauders.
On Wednesday night, upwards of two hundred misguided wretches, mostly armed, many of them mounted on horseback, and the entire dressed in white shirts, surrounded the house of Mr. John Ives,
Tithe-Proctor, at Inchirourke, near Askeaton. After dragging him out of the house on the high-way, they proceeded to administer oaths, prohibiting him from ever interfering in tithe business; and
while thus employed, a party of Mr. Going's Police, consisting of seventeen Sub-Constables, under the command of Thomas Doolan, Esq. Chief Peace Officer, approached the house, having received
private information in Rathkeale that such proceedings would take place during the night. On being challenged by Mr. Doolan, and commanded to surrender, they drew up in regular line for battle,
and immediately commenced firing on the Police, by an order from their leader. In that discharge, one of the Police , named Thomas manning, was shot dead. Mr. Doolan instantly ordered his party
to fire in return, which was quickly obeyed, and a regular volley obliged the assailants to break line and disperse in all directions. A charge was then made by the Police, who succeeded in
taking three prisoners, in full costume; two were also found dead, similarly attired. A pursuit after the fugatives took place, and many skirmishes occurred, in which upwards of sixty shots were
fired by the Police.
From every information that can be collected, great numbers have been wounded , and, we are told, several dead bodies are concealed in the neighborhood. Those found by the Police, in the first
instance, were taken to Rathkeale, where they were interred on Thursday, without coffins, in a large hole dug up by their companions, in a piece of waste ground, near the Guard-house. The two
prisoners were compelled by Mr. Going to perform all offices at the burial -- after digging the hole, they were obliged to bear the bodies and place them beneath, and afterwards to shake
quick-lime plentifully over them.
Another of the gang died last night in a hut on the mountain, where he had been removed from the scene of the action; his name is Moran, and was brother to one of the prisoners in custody -- he
was shot through the abdomen.
Many more would have been shot by the Police, but after the first volley, the fellows all dismounted and took shelter behind their horses.
The road in the neighborhood of Askeaton present a most horrid appearance --- streams of blood in various parts, and the different gaps, across which the wounded were borne away, are all
besmeared with blood.
There were fifteen horses brought into Rathkeale by the Police, upon which those wretches were mounted, but had deserted --- many of them were dreadfully wounded.
A considerable number of spits, old scythes and some firearms, were brought into Rathkeale by the Police.
On the return of Mr. Doolan's party to Rathkeale, on Thursday, there was a meeting of Magistrates sitting in the Sessions-House, and who had been called a few days previous, to take into
considration the state of that part of the County. A Resolution of Thanks was immediately voted to Mr. Doolan, and the Police under his command, for the very spirited and determined conduct which
they evinced on this occasion, the result of which, it is hoped, will have a happy and lasting effect on the peace of the County.
Mr. Doolan missed fire twice at the leader of the gang, his pistol having got wet. He was very close to him at the time, and would certainly have shot him dead, had the pistol gone off.
Before the Police came near Ives's house, there were regular sentinels placed at different points to give the main body notice of any alarm. When they were challenged, the answer was, "We are
Christians."
After the volley fired by the Police, the Captain, or Leader of the gang, who was attired in a most conspicuous manner, with a white dress, a cocked-hat and feathers, endeavoured to rally his
troops, but without effect.
It is supposed, from the numbers, that the Police would have suffered severely, were it not for the extreme wetness of the night, which must have had its effect upon the fire-arms, with which
they seemed to be well stocked.
Yesterday a strong cavalry detachment of the Police, well equipped, convoyed three of this notable gang to the County Jail -- they were brought in on horseback, and exactly in the dress as when
taken. Their names are, Michael Moran, Michael Halloran, and Michael Fitz-Gerald. One of them, we are told, is willing to give full information against the entire party.
The Sub-Sheriff, in remonstrating with the prisoners while in the yard of the County Jail, asked them whether they had not been at prayers last Sunday, and whether they had not heard a very
strong and impressive exhortation from the Clergyman, to desist from illegal proceedings, which were freely answered in the affirmative.
The committal of those persons, by Richard Going, Esq. Chief Magistrate of Police, runs thus: -- "For being three of a Body of armed Rebels, (consisting of about 200), apprehended on the night of
the 15th instant, at Inchirourke, near Askeaton, in an engagement between said Rebels and the Vounty of Limerick Police, in which Thomas Manning, Sub-Constable was shot dead."
Yesterday, a strong party of the Police went to Askeaton and Newbridge, in search of some of the wounded persons; we have not yet heard whether they discovered any.
Inquests were held on the bodies by Mr. Cox, Coroner.
Submitted by Jim
Note: The Morans mentioned are from my Askeaton Moran family history. I would enjoy hearing from anyone with additional documentation about this event. The illiterate Irish peasant version passed by word of mouth can be found at http://www.askeatonbynet.com/rising_of_1798.htm and I would like to find the historical documentation with reference for this version as well
Limerick Chronicle, Co Limerick, Ireland, 2 July 1831
On Thursday, at his house in Day Place, Tralee, much and
deservedly lamented, Stephen Henry Rice, Esq. for a periof of thirty
years the highly respected Assistant Barrister of the County Kerry.
Wednesday night, at his seat, Six-mile-Bridge, County Clare,
aged 80 years, William Russell, Esq. formerly a resident for over
forty years of Bank-Place, Limerick. This venerated and lamented
Gentleman carries with him to the grave the respect of that numerous
circle, with whom his long course of business made him acquainted, -
the gratitude of relatives, whose interests he anxiously promoted, -
and the affectionate attachment of those who, unrelated to him by
blood, have the more cause to retain in lasting recollection the
disinterested zeal, the ardent friendship, the strict integrity, and
unerring judgement, which distinguished him through life.
The Limerick Reporter, 6 September 1839
LIMERICK POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
Presiding Magistrate-Alderman H. WATSON.
A miserable looking creature named Ellen Foley, was brought up. She slept for the last three or four nights-so stated the intelligent policeman-near hall-doors, without hardly a screed to cover
her.
Mr. Alderman Watson-This is a very hard case, but what can we do for her. The House of Industry is full. They sleep in that establishment, three in a bed ; and at this moment there are 580
inmates in an institution, originally intended for no more than 250, and really, the funds are so low, that we cannot support the poor creatures as we would wish ; however, I'll give an order for
the poor girls admission-and let a policeman accompany her, but not as a prisoner.
A young woman of rather patagonian stature, applied to his worship the Alderman, for a summons against her landlady, for keeping her in the house against her will.
Alderman Watson-Sure she is not keeping you now (laying hold of her arm), aren't you not here standing in this office?-(laughter.)
Complainant-I am your Worship, but it is my things she's keeping. I offered her the money for the lodging rent, and she wouldn't take it.
Alderman Watson-I think by the flash of your eye, you appear a little inclined to litigation. I would advise you to bring the matter before the Petty Sessions, and not make a criminal case out of
it. The black eyed damsel withdrew, first making a theatrical curtsey.
Limerick Reporter 13-3- 1840
A bird was shot on the Shannon, on Friday last by Richard Gason, jun. Esq., of Richmond, near Nenagh, the name of which the boatmen of the Shannon and many gentlemen have declared themselves to
be ignorant. It is somewhat larger than a duck, has no tail, and its standing position is perpendicular, the legs being placed in the extremity where the tail in another bird would appear ; the
feet are webbed like those of a duck, but the talons are much wider ; its neck and bill are long, and the feathers near the head ruffled. Mr. Gason, has sent this rara avis to Glennon,
Suffolk-street, Dublin, to be preserved.
The Limerick Reporter, 19 June 1840
MARQUIS OF CUNNINGHAM AND HIS TENANTRY.
In our advertising columns appears the copy of a memorial from over twenty of his lordship's tenantry, who were lately served with notices of ejectment by the agent of the noble Marquis, not for
non-payment of rent, but for non-title. We put it to the feelings of the noble Marquis, acknowledged as he is by memorialists never to have disturbed any of his tenantry ; whether in the present
instance, and at this season of the year, when those poor people anticipate very shortly to reap the reward of their hard spring-labours, they are to be now thrown adrift upon the wide world from
the little spot that gave them birth and reared them, and their forefathers before them. We rest satisfied that that nobility of mind which has hitherto swayed the Marquis of Cunningham, in not
depriving honest and industrious tenants of their little shelters, will now prevail upon his lordship, in immediately ordering a suspension of those notices served on memorialists. We therefore
anticipate the pleasure of recording that the noble Marquis will not be inexoreable to the humble entreaty.
During the summer of 2004 Michael Finucane was on holiday in Killarney with his family so I travelled there to meet him. Michael was born in Newtownsandes, later known as Moyvane, in May 1903. He was taught in National School by John B. Keane's father and Bryan McMahon's father - a literary education indeed. News of the Rising in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916 took some time to trickle t h rough to New t ownsandes. Not many people locally we re too interested in Republican matters, and felt that the Rising was a somewhat similar event to that organised by Jim Larkin in 1913. Later in life Michael worked in the Civil Service with a man named Paddy Boland who had been imprisoned in Germany during the Great War. He recalled an occasion when Roger Casement visited the prison camp in an attempt to get the Irish inmates interested in a potential Rising at home and he said that not one prisoner was prepared to become involved with him, as most people were loyalist, on Home Rule terms, and had been fighting with the British during the war. After the Rising the mood of the people in Ireland swung towards the Volunteers and Michael's elder brother, Paddy began "training' in a local field with his friends in an atmosphere more reminiscent of a football match. During June 1921, there was an air of quiet around the countryside but Michael recalls that during that month, as he was retuning from holidays in Clare by boat to Tarbert, he was met in the village by a British soldier who demanded that his suitcase be opened, whereupon he searched carefully among the contents with his bayonet before allowing Michael to proceed. He recalled that directly before the Black and Tans left Ireland he was walking through Listowel with IRA man Con Brosnan when they spotted twelve Tans standing outside the Barracks in the town. He remembers Con crossing the road and introducing himself. The men were stupefied, saying that they had been hunting for him for the previous two years without success. During his years in the Civil Service, Michael worked with many people who had been involved with the fight for freedom, and knew David Neligan, who played a prominent part in the events of the Civil War. My day in Killarney with Michael Finucane was very well spent, and I was very glad to have had an opportunity to listen to his fine reminiscences and recollections.
The AIF Project |
Thomas Edmond CRONIN
Regimental number 4283
Place of birth Newtownsands, Co Kerry, Ireland
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Clerk
Address Police station, Mitcham, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 21
Height 5' 9.25"
Weight 160 lbs
Next of kin Mother, Mrs Margaret Cronin, Knockanure, Newtownsands, County Kerry, Ireland
Previous military service Nil
Enlistment date 19 April 1915
Place of enlistment Keswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Australian Stationary Hospital 1, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number 26/70/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Morea on 26 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km
north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.
On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.
After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in
Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried
in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to
the links between the two towns.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 58
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Thomas and Margaret CRONIN, Knockanure, Newtownsandes, Limerick, Ireland
Other details War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front
Embarked Adelaide, 26 August 1915.
Attached to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, for duty, 28 October 1915; transferred to Lowlands Casualty Clearing Station, 13 December 1915; transferred to South Pier for Hospital Ship, 17 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 29 December 1915.
Admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 18 July 1916 (sick); discharged to duty, 24 July 1916.
Marched in to Royal Army Medical Corps, Mustapha, 24 August 1916; proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 14 September 1916; marched in to Weymouth Command Depot, England, 28 September 1916; marched in to Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, 28 September 1916; marched in to Hurdcott Command Depot, and classified 'Class A', 28 October 1916; transferred to Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, 27 November 1917; transferred to 10th Bn Details, 24 February 1917; proceeded overseas to France, 25 February 1917; marched in to 1st Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, France, 26 February 1917; marched out to unit, 2 March 1917; taken on strength of 10th Bn, 4 March 1917.
Killed in action, France, 7 May 1917.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources NAA: B2455, CRONIN Thomas Edmond
KNOCKANURE
Old Church in Knockanure was a ruin according to Charles Smith in 1756.
O Donovan letters 1841 describes the old Knockanure church on the hill situated about three miles east of Listowel as a well preserved ruin.
The Dominicans had a Friary nearby in Barrett's land where there is a well called friars well. They Dominicans came to Knockanure after they were banished from Tralee c1652, they left Knockanure c 1804 to take up parish duties, among names mentioned were Fr Edmond Stack died 1781Fr Bartholomew Shine came to Knockanure 1791 and made PP of Brosna and died in 1827.
Knockanure was part of Listowel Parish from 1803 to 1829.
Lewis tells us that there was a thatched Chapel in Knockanure in 1837 it was replaced in 1865 by a stone and slate church. It was a plain church with a single chamber and three rows of seats and a small gallery at the back to accommodate abut 12 families.
The church was entered by a small side porch. Windows in stained glass at the back of the altar were erected by the young ladies of the parish c1908, the church was sold and demolished in 1968.
The building of the present flat roofed church with glass ends in Knockanure started in 1963, it was to cost £12,000 but soon ran to over £20,000.Michael Scott and Partners were the architects, who promised a maintenance free building, it has a litany of defects since it was built costing thousands. The Church was dedicated on the 21st of April 1964.
The woodcarving of the Last Supper coat £700 in 1964and was executed by Oisin Kelly. The Stations of the Cross in Tapestry were designed and executed by Leslie McWeeney
In 1824 Knockanure had two schools one attached to the Church and another run by Michael O Mahony. The National School opened in 1851 and another school now the Community Centre was built in 1874and closed in 1966 with the opening of the present flat roofed school
Ellen Walsh was born 1855 in Meenanare, Duagh (twin sister of Sean Rua Walsh of Knockaclare) She married Daniel Brown, son of John Brown, in 1879 in Lixnaw her parish church as the family had moved to Knckaclare. She lived in Listowel with Daniel her husband. Daniel also had a brother Robert and I believe they were from Listowel.
Children of Ellen Brown [Walsh] and Daniel Brown
Johanna Brown was born in 1880 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Ann Brown was born in 1882 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
John Brown was born in 1884 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Margaret Matilda Brown was born in 1886 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Ellen Brown was born in 1887 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Edward Brown was born in 1889 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Mary Gertrude Brown was born in 1890 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Christina Brown was born in 1893 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Daniel Joseph Brown was born in 1895 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
Michael Francis Brown was born in 1897 in Listowel, Co Kerry and died on an unknown date.
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