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“Cuimhnigí ar Ár Sinnsir —Remember Our Ancestors” Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette (incorporating “The Genie Gazette”) Vol. 12 No. 2 www.familyhistory.ie February : Feabhra 2017 All Packed Up & Nowhere to Go! GENEALOGY HERALDRY VEXILLOLOGY SOCIAL HISTORY Heritage Matters Book Reviews Open Meetings News & Events

Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held on Tues- day March 14th 2017 at 20.00hrs in the Dún Laoghaire Further The Society’s Archive and Research Centre at Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Education Institute, Cumberland have, thus far, failed to identify a suitable the Carlisle Pier in Dún Laoghaire is now closed Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dub- with all the collections packed and ready to building from amongst a number of unused move to storage. Council owned buildings. Public concern, an- lin. ger and disbelief, have all been vented on Face- The Society is complying with a ‘Notice to The AGM and the lecture thereaf- book and Twitter with many citing the vacant Quit’ issued by the Dún Laoghaire Harbour ter are open to the public, howev- Old Carnegie Library or space in the dlr Lexi- Company. It is the intention of the Harbour er, only fully paid up members con as possibilities. Attempts to effectively Company to have the premises available for can participate in the AGM, vote commercialise the space at the Old Carnegie commercial letting. or stand for election. The Director Library were unanimously blocked by County County Councillors, Teachtaí Dála (MPs), Sena- Councillors in Dún Laoghaire who insisted that of Membership Services, Barry tors and indeed, government ministers have the building must be for public and community O’Connor, will be on hand to supported the call for a new premises to be use. The search continues for a suitable build- check your membership status on found for this unique facility. Talks with the ing for this heritage and educational facility. request. General Secretary

OPEN MEETINGS In this issue……. • The Country House ... Dún Laoghaire Further Education • Précis of January Lecture Institute • Irish Traveller Culture Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire • James Scannell Reports • GSI Lecture Programme Tuesday 14 February —20.00hrs • Local History Journals

• Tuesday 14 March (AGM) —20.00hrs Ships, Mariners etc. ______• Outreach Programme Royal Marine Hotel Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire

Wednesday 22 February —10.30hrs

Wednesday 22 March —10.30hrs

Contribution €3.00 p.p. @GenSocIreland ‘Labour in Kingstown’ Price €10.00 (including Tea/Coffee at the Morning Meeting) Monthly Newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland 2

YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? If you are thinking of starting your family history research and just don’t know where January Lecture to start, don’t despair as Eddie and his team are on hand to show you the ropes. Whilst the Society does not undertake Dr Mary Clark, Dublin City Archivist commercial research assignments, it does made a welcome return as our guest provide research advice to enable you to speaker at the Society’s January open take a D.I.Y. approach to your research. meeting. Also, please note that the Eddie and his team travel around the country promoting Dublin City Council has been gov- the study of genealogy. For more infor- erned by its own elected representa- mation on the Society’s Outreach Pro- th gramme see the article on page 4 tives since the 12 century. Dr Clark used the opportunity to promote the considerable research resource gener- Eddie Gahan and his Team ready to discuss your Family History Research ated over eight centuries and that is now available digitally on -line from The Country House and the Great War the City Council. ‘The Country House and the Great War —Irish and British Experiences’ (ISBN 978 -1-84682 -617 - 7 : 208pp : B+W ills. : P/bk : Web Price €22.45) Terence Dooley and Christopher Ridgeway, Editors The Archives contain records of the and published by Four Courts Press explores the little known world behind the city’s government from the late 12 th gates of the “Big House”. In Ireland our social narrative on the “Big House” is century to the late 20 th century. In variously depicted in terms of agrarian struggles, landlordism, rack -rents, evic- tions, cruelty, excessive privilege and, of course, local employment. addition to maps and plans that docu- Terence Dooley and Christopher Ridgway in their introduction to this excellent ment the development of the city, collection of essays note that the publication of this book in the decade of these records also include City Coun- centenaries is both timely and significant as there is a renewed interest in the cil and committee minutes, corre- country houses and the families that occupied them during World War 1 and, spondence, title deeds, correspond- of course, in Ireland during and after the revolutionary period. The essays are as follows: Browne (ind), ‘The Death of the Pallestown ence, account books and a vast quanti- heir: Lt. Heard, Irish Guards; Edward Bujack (Harlaxton College), ty of reports of various types. ‘Air Power and the country house elite’; Philip Bull (La Trobe U, Melbourne), ‘Behind the front in France: the story of the heir to Monksgrange’; Fidelma She paid particular attention to ex- Byrne (Maynooth U), ‘The impact of the Great War on the Acton and the plaining the importance, not just to French families’: Caroline Carr -Whitworth (English Heritage), ‘Captains and Ireland but to the wider medieval cowmen: Brodsworth Hall’s community during the Great War’; Ian d’Alton (TCD), ‘Norman Leslie’s short war’; Ronan Foley (Maynooth U), ‘Augusta Bellingham and the Mount Stuart Hospital’; Dónal Europe, of the Dublin Guild Merchant Hall (ind), ‘The Bellingham family of Castlebellingham, Co. Louth, 1914 -24’ ; Paul Holden Roll dating from 1190 to 1265. The (Lanhydrock, Cornwall), ‘Lanhydrock: a Cornish parish torn apart’; Christopher Hunwick (Alnwick Roll consists of 43 parchments with Castle), ‘The Percy family and their staff in the Great War’; Brett Irwin (ind), ‘Lady Londonderry the names of some 8,500 men and and the Great War: women, work and the Western Front’; Colm McQuinn (Fingal County Council), three women admitted to the merchant ‘The Hely -Hutchinson brothers of Seafield and the Great War’; Ida Milne (Maynooth U), ‘King Elmes: a Wexford Protestant doctor dies in Messines’; David Murphy (Maynooth U), ‘T.E. Law- guild of Dublin. rence, Pierce Joyce and the Great War in the Middle East’; Ciarán Reilly (Maynooth U), ‘William Upton Tyrrell and the Great War’; and Dawn Webster (Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire), ‘The Talbot It provides important detail of trading family at war’. Terence Dooley is director of the Centre for Historic Irish Houses and Estates, links not just within these islands but Maynooth University. Christopher Ridgway is curator at Castle Howard in Yorkshire. Together with Scandinavia, Spain, Italy and they co -edited ‘The Irish country house: its past, present and future’ (2015). what is modern Germany. FOUR COURTS PRESS Also included is detail of member’s Irish History, Genealogy, Local History and much more. Checkout the new 2017 catalogue and occupations and place names. O’Brien the special offers at www.fourcourtspress.ie was the most common . The database, which has a search fa- Irish Traveller Culture cility, was developed in cooperation The Expert Workshop for February 2017 other cultures and community groups to with Trinity College Dublin (TCD) create better cultural awareness and cele- and involved digital imagery, scanning welcomes Michael & Ellen McDonagh in a workshop on Irish Traveller culture. brate diversity in a mutually comfortable and digital photography. – way. Michael McDonagh, B.A. N.U.I. is Time: 15.00hrs 17.00hrs Date: Friday She also briefly outlined other Dublin also a member of the Traveller community, 17th February 2017 . Venue: Royal Irish City databases. These include some Michael is an expert on Traveller history Academy, 19 Dawson street, Dublin 2 cemetery records, electoral rolls, and culture. He has a passion for the reten- Synopsis: Who are Irish Travellers, and plaques and memorials and Dublin tion of Traveller and Roma identity. A where do they fit in today's society? Come City Fire Brigade’s log book. and learn about the origins of Irish Travel- community activist, he is a founder/ board lers, their unique culture, language and member on national and international or- Because of data protection issues, heritage. Take the opportunity to engage ganisations including Minceir Misle; the electoral rolls unfortunately have had with traditional Travellers who are open to National Council for Travelling People; the to be removed from the City Council’s share their lives with you. It will also be Traveller Prison Initiative Steering Group, website but are available to consult your chance to ask any questions you have and Chairperson of the National Traveller manually in the city libraries. about Irish Travellers. Ellen McDonagh is Partnership. This is a free ticketed event a member of the Traveller community, and therefore, to reserve your place please Further information is available at Ellen has worked as a community activist, email: [email protected] The www.databases.dublincity.ie pre -school teacher, and community devel- Expert Workshops for CPD are open to opment worker for the Meath Travellers everyone interested in Irish social history Séamus Moriarty, FGSI Workshop. She is passionate about Trav- and research, with an emphasis on Family eller culture and enjoys working with History.

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In Brief…. GSI MEMBERSHIP Join this Society on -line at www.familyhistory.ie Please note that GSI Membership is open to all inter- ested in genealogy and related sub- jects. Discounted membership rates available for under 25s and students at recognised genealogy courses. PARKING AT DFEI Car -parking facilities at the Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute . The best Inside the Society’s Archive & Research Centre in Dún Laoghaire option is to use public transport. Dublin Bus nos. 7, 7A, 46A and 75 all serve the college or streets adjacent to the college — JAMES SCANNELL REPORTS... Lower George’s Street, York Road, Clar- ence Street. The DART (suburban rail) WW2 GERMAN INTELLIGENCE Man Monkstown Forgot: the story of a man services to Salthill & Monkstown. On GATHERING IN IRELAND who left to work with some of the world’s street car -parking is usually available in greatest railway engineers, and became a the area also. Members are asked to con- At 20.00hrs on Thursday 16 February great sportsman, soldier, and politician ’ in sider ‘car pooling’ for each month’s open James Scannell will present his lecture the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dún meeting. For details on the Institute and its ‘Captain Hermann Görtz: The German – courses please checkout www.dfei.ie Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. All welcome ad- WW2 intelligence gatherer who landed in mission €3.00 DISCOUNTS uniform ’ to the Bray Cualann Historical Society in the Royal Hotel, Main Street, KILMACUD STILLORGAN LOCAL Exclusive discounts for the Members Bray, Co. Wicklow. All welcome – admis- HISTORY SOCIETY of the Society are available for online sion €5.00 genealogical services and publica- At 20.00hrs on Thursday 09 March Bryan tions, including, Findmypast, Irish WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION MacMahon will present his lecture ‘Captain Newspaper Archives, Forces War (DUBLIN BRANCH) Flora Sandes: an Irishwoman in the Serbian Army in the Great War ’ to the Society in Records and from Flatcapsandbon- At 14.30hrs on Saturday 18 February Ms. nets.com. To avail of any of these Glenalbyn Sports Club, Stillorgan, Co. Dub- Rachel Abraham will present her lecture ‘A lin. All welcome – Contribution €3.00 Member discounts, please contact World Without Men: Women of the Home Barry O’Connor, FGSI, by email at Front ’ to the Association in the Museum MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY OF [email protected] of Decorative Arts & History Lecture Thea- IRELAND IDEAL GIFT IDEAS tre, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dub- At 20.00hrs on Friday 10 March Dr. Bernard lin 7. All welcome - €3.00 donation appre- Kelly will present his lecture ‘Belligerent Genealogists and local historians are relatively easy souls to please when it ciated. Internment in Ireland during the Second comes to gifts —books! So if you THE OLD DUBLIN SOCIETY World War ’ to the Military History Society — of Ireland in Griffith College, South Circular have a birthday gift to buy think At 18.00hrs on Wednesday 22 February books by our Members. Much of the Road, Dublin 8. All welcome – wheelchair Gregory Young will present his lecture access available. research for these books was under- ‘Francis Smyth and Sons, umbrella manu- taken at the Society’s Archive & Re- – — facturers in Dublin, 1836 1967’ to the search Centre An Daonchartlann. Society in the Conference Room of Dublin GSI Lecture Programme ‘Victorian Dún Laoghaire’ by Tom City Library & Archive, 138 – 144 Pearse Conlon —excellent local history of the – On Tuesday February 14th 2017 , the topic Street, Dublin 2. All welcome admission town and the first to deal extensively free. At 18.00hrs on Wednesday 08 March will be ‘Defence Forces: Developments at with the poor and “the courts” where Mark Davies will present his lecture “‘King the Military Archives 2017’ by Captain they lived. Price: €20.00 Daniel Ayiotis of the Military Archives, Dub- of all Balloons’: the first flight across the ‘Labour in Kingstown, 1890 -1920’ Irish Sea to Holyhead in 1817 and other lin. by Charlie Callan —explores a much aerial escapades ” in the Conference Room On Tuesday March 14th 2017, the topic will neglected subject —the working class of Dublin City Library & Archive. All be ‘National Library Ireland : The Manu- of Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire welcome – admission free. script Collections of the Genealogical Of- and the development of organised RATHMICHAEL HIST. SOC. fice’ by Ciara Kerrigan of the National Li- labour and its political representation. brary of Ireland. Price: €10.00 (published privately At 20.00hrs on Wednesday 01 March Ms. Theresa Hicks will present her lecture ‘The Please note the advice regarding ‘Parking at contact: [email protected]) DFEI’ on panel to the left on this page. ‘Twice Built —The Construction of Kennedys of Mount Kennedy ’ to the Society St. Patrick’s Church, Monkstown, in Rathmichael National School, Stone- Tony O’Hara welcomes any of your com- - bridge Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin. All ments on the Society’s lecture programme as Co. Dublin, 1861 66’ by Tom Con- – lon. An intriguing story of “church welcome admission €4.00 this will help us improve the programme. politics” surrounding the building of a THE BRABAZON FAMILY Forward any suggestions that you may have parish church in Dublin. Price €12.00 At 20.00hrs on Tuesday 08 March The for topics or guest speakers by email to Tony O’Hara, MGSI, Director of the Society’s Earl of Meath will speak on ‘The Brabazon Family History & Kilruddery House and Lecture Programme at [email protected] Gardens ’ to the Kilmacanogue History Society in the Glenview Hotel, Glen of the TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS Downs, Delgany, Co. Wicklow. All wel- by John Grenham, MA, MAPGI, FIGRS, FGSI come – admission €3.00 The Society strongly recommends to anyone embarking DÚN LAOGHAIRE BORO HIST. SOC. on their family history quest that one essential piece of kit must be, without doubt, a copy of the latest edition of www.eneclann.ie At 20.00hrs on Wednesday 15 February ‘Tracing Your Irish Ancestors’. Please checkout the Andy Mooney will present his lecture ‘The website www.gillmacmillan.com Price €22.99 [RRP].

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Local History Journal Review IRELAND’S GENEALOGICAL Local History Journals are always a very useful resource for genealogists, however, the importance GAZETTE of these journals in providing invaluable insights into the social history of an area is frequently is published by the overlooked by genealogists and others. Genealogical Society of Ireland ‘Dun Laoghaire Journal No.26 – 2017’ is published by the Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Limited - Society ISSN 0791 3680 and priced at €6.00 11, Desmond Avenue, Variety of content covering a diverse range of subjects is the feature of this year’s journal in which - Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 AD76, Ireland Brendan McGovern in ‘Bellevue Park’ provides a brief history of this former house built in the 1830s and some of its residents, better known today as Cluny Convent. E-mail: [email protected]

Those who served as TDs for Dún Laoghaire since 1947 when the seven seat of Dublin South Charity Ref: CHY 10672 : CRO: 334884 was abolished and replaced by the initial three seat of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown which over time The Society is a Nominating Body for has been reconfigured as four and five seat constituency , are recalled by Smith in ‘The Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) Election of TDs for Dún Laoghaire’. Anna Scudds contributes a brief history of ‘Beeches Lawn Tennis Club, Glenageary’; Séamas Cannon looks at ‘Some Local Placenames and Street Signs’; Rosaleen Hicks highlights ‘Hicks of Board of Directors 2016 -2017 – Dún Laoghaire Celebrating 90 years in business’, while James Scannell continues his long run- Gerry Hayden (Cathaoirleach : Chairper- – ning article ‘Dún Laoghaire Prelude to the Emergency’. son); Tony O’Hara (Leas -Chathaoirleach : The important role that The Gas Company Theatre contributed to the cultural life of the town and Vice -Chairperson, Lecture Programme); Mi- acted as a training ground for numerous performers who went to achieve greater things is chael Merrigan (General Secretary, Company heighted by Mary Grogan in ‘The Gas Company Theatre, Dún Laoghaire’. Secretary, ‘Gazette’ Editor, RF: - Oifigeach na Gaeilge, Vexillological and Heraldic Services, Cormac F. Lowth provides a fascinating biography of his great great grandfather in ‘Inspector and Irish DNA Atlas); Billy Saunderson Thomas Lowth, D.M.P.’ which includes a selection of the cases he was involved in. Another family (Finance and pro tem An Daonchartlann Foun- article is provided by Marilyn Walsh in ‘Walking with my Aunt’ based on a family photograph dation, Philanthropy); Eddie Gahan taken by a Dún Laoghaire seafront street photographer in the 1960s. (Outreach Programme, GSI Exhibitions); Tom Colin Scudds in ‘Dún Laoghaire’s Iron Age’ looks at the various type of ornamental metal work Conlon (Internet Services, Sales and Market- that can be found throughout the town which enhances the appearance of the town and embellishes ing, and the Annual Journal); Barry O’Con- the streetscape. nor (Membership Services & Cemetery Pro- jects); Séamus Moriarty (Building and Utili- All in all, the publication committee of Mona O’Donnell, Séamus O’Connor, Anna and Colin ties, Health and Safety Officer); Lua Ó Scolaí Scudds, have managed to produce an another excellent issue of this journal which records various (Archival Services, RF: - Education Services) aspects of the town’s past, copies of which can be obtained from local booksellers, or from the Society at its month meetings in the Royal Marine Hotel, or via their web -site www.dunlaoghairehistorical.com. Back issues of journals 15 to 25 also available. James Scannell INDEX TO 11 VOLUMES The “Gazette” is Ireland’s longest running monthly genealogical newsletter and it is read by thousands each month around the world. All Checkout the Society’s website www.familyhistory.ie the past issues of this newsletter and its prede- cessor back to 1996 have been fully indexed by Brendan Hall, MGSI and they are available SHIPS, MARINERS, PASSENGERS AND EMIGRANTS in pdf format to read or to download free of With much talk of emigrants and emigration on both sides of the Atlantic these charge on www.familyhistory.ie Although days, it’s worth remembering that emigration and migration is part of the human we’re not members of the National Union of story from the beginning. For anybody seeking photographs of the vessels and Journalists (NUJ), the team at the “Gazette” in particular, those crossing the North Atlantic from Europe to the United States always endeavour to operate in accordance with and Canada carrying emigrants and general passengers, checkout: ‘Ships of our the NUJ Code of Conduct www.nuj.org.uk/ Ancestors’ by Michael J. Anuta and published by the Genealogical Publishing about/nuj -code/ and in line with the 'National Co. Inc, ISBN 978 -08063 -1381 -1. Another set of records that may also be of Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integ- interest are the ‘Records of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, rity in Ireland' which was endorsed by the 1860 -1921’ . This database from the National Archives of Ireland provides a Genealogical Society of Ireland back in June wealth of information on shipping activities and the people who sailed in them. 2014 soon after its launch at the Royal Irish It provides crew lists, and agreements with seamen regarding wage rates, Academy. (see the June 2014 issue at conditions of service and related information, of ships registered in www.familyhistory.ie ) what is now the Republic of Ireland between 1860 and 1921. These records came to the National Archives of Ireland in 1971 and 1978 from the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom. See: http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/home.jsp FREE RESEARCH ADVICE An Daonchartlann , the Society’s Archive and Research Centre in Dún Laoghaire is now GSI Outreach Programme closed. The Society is currently looking for a new home for its collections and its research The Society’s Director of the Outreach at events or to give talks on genealogy facilities. Programme, Eddie Gahan, took the Socie- and related subjects. The Society con- Up to the time of closure, the use of our exten- ty northward again this month for ‘The siders its Outreach Programme as an sive archival resources was reserved for fully Belfast Telegraph Holiday World Show’ essential free service to the public. paid -up GSI members, however, day research at the Titanic Centre which was held on membership was available for €5.00. If you would like to help out with the January 20th, 21st and 22nd, 2017. Resources freely available to Members include Outreach Programme contact Eddie a number of excellent pay -for -view websites The Society’s stand at this event was ex- on [email protected] tremely popular with the thousands of including Ancestry.com, Findmypast, Forces War Records, Newspapers.com, British News- visitors to the show. Eddie would like to IRISH DNA ATLAS sincerely thank all the volunteers who paper Archives and Irish Newspaper Archives. The Irish DNA Atlas is collaborative aca- The Board of the Society sought space in the travelled up to Belfast to help out on the demic project undertaken by Prof. Gianpie- dlr Lexicon in order to provide the above ser- stand. It was a great success. ro Cavalleri and Edmund Gilbert, PhD vices on Wednesdays and Saturdays, however, Over the coming months, although, the student, of the Royal College of Surgeons in the County Librarian for Dún Laoghaire Archive and Research Centre is closed and Ireland, and Séamus O’Reilly, Michael Rathdown was not in a position to provide any the collections and shared online resources Merrigan, Dr. Darren McGettigan from the space to the Society. Genealogical Society of Ireland. The main The Board of the Society will continue to currently inaccessible, Eddie and his very objectives of the project are 1) to further our - search for an alternative venue to provide this dedicated team will continue to roll out an understanding of the population history of very popular and much needed service to Mem- ever -expanding Outreach Programme. Ireland, and 2) to help us understand how bers and the public in Dún Laoghaire, if availa- genes influence disease within Ireland. Local History Societies, Ladies’ Clubs, ble space can be found, or in the City of Dub- Contact Séamus O’Reilly, FGSI by e -mail Active Retirement Clubs and others are lin. Please check the Society’s website for on [email protected] Please check- constantly seeking the Society’s presence updates —www.familyhistory.ie out the project newsletter on the website. Monthly Newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland