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Winter 2014 Volume 31, Number 4

Pat Landry receives An Capall Bán Award

Banquet

CELTIC CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE

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Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy Registration Addresses the Conference

President’s Message Greg Atkinson #1766

If you have not heard already, the Celtic Connections Conference was a resounding success. The conference was truly interna- The Irish Ancestral Research Association tional with speakers and attendees from Ire- 2120 Commonwealth Avenue land, Canada and all over the USA including Auburndale, MA 02466-1909 but not limited to Louisiana, Florida, Cali- www.tiara.ie fornia, and even Minnesota! I must say that Officers Mary Choppa after working for more than a year and a half Greg Atkinson Co-Presidents on organizing the event by conference call Kathy Sullivan Vice President with our colleagues from the Minneapolis Susan Steele Pamela Holland Co-Recording Secretaries based IGSI (Irish Genealogical Society Inter- Gary Sutherland Corresponding Secretary national) it was great to finally meet them. I now have faces to go with voices and names. Committee Chairs Pat Deal Membership Pat Landry Webmaster We have in fact now begun work on the Susan Steele Foresters 2016 conference to take place in the Min- Joan Callahan Library Eva Murphy Volunteers neapolis Minnesota area. You’ll be hearing much more about that in future issues as it Dues: Calendar year membership is (U.S.) $25 per individual comes together. I can say that the 2016 con- & $35 per family. Newsletters sent as a PDF file via email. An additional $5/yr is charged to mail paper copies of the news- ference already has financial support from letters. Canadian and overseas memberships are charged an an Irish sponsor and there may be an oppor- additional (US) $10/yr for paper copies of the newsletter. tunity to travel to the headwaters of the Mis-

Meetings: TIARA meets monthly except July & August sissippi. at locations throughout the New England area. Meanwhile in our own backyard TIARA’s Vice THE TIARA NEWSLETTER The TIARA newsletter is published quarterly and distributed President for Programs, Kathy Sullivan, had to members in good standing. been busy organizing our annual banquet which took place this year on November 15th Editor Virginia Wright Assistant Editors: Richard Wright at the Wayside Inn. During the slide show of Marie Ahearn the Irish Immigrant Experience Mass Memo-

Submit all correspondence to the above address or email to ries Road Show photos, TIARA members who [email protected]. had submitted photos shared the “story be- hind the photo”. Copyright All material in this publication is protected by copyright. Permission must be obtained for use of any material and credit given, including Title, Author, Volume, and At TIARA’s Friday December 12 meeting, to Issue number. take place at the Mandel Center at Brandeis University, we will hear Margo Shea from Sa- In This Issue President's Message Page 74 lem State College speak on, Beyond Recon- Dublin Electoral Registers 1898-1915 Page 75 ciliation: Memory, Truth and Northern Irish TIARA Membership Dues Page 78 Troubles”. Irish Folk Culture on the Move Page 78 (Continued on page 84) Celtic Connections Conference Page 79 ______A Surprise Visitor Page 80 In This issue (continued) Dathi’s Bookshelf Page 81 Archives of the LAOH Page 87 BTOP Page 84 TIARA Book Share List Page 88 Finding Ancestors with Maps Page 85 Members’ Genealogical NLI’s Digitization Project Page 87 Places of Interest Page 89 TIARA Book List and Order Form Page 91 74

Dublin Electoral Registers extended to freemen, generally descendants 1898-1915 of members of now-defunct trade guilds. In the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act John Grenham 1868, the valuation threshold for the rated Irish records associated with voting are occupier franchise was further reduced to much neglected in genealogical research, and £4, and a lodger franchise was introduced for for good reasons. The right to vote in parlia- the first time. mentary elections was heavily limited by property qualifications for most of the 19th But the biggest sea-change came with the century and by additional religious or ethnic Local Government (Ireland) Act of 1898, the qualifications in earlier centuries. first major step towards fundamental reform of the right to vote in Ireland. All men over In a country where a small minority held the age of 21 and women over the age of 30 power over a large majority, records of the were given the right to vote in local elections, workings of democracy are necessarily scant, if they were either householders or lodgers and those few who had the right to vote are occupying a portion of a house. Ratepayers almost always more conspicuous in other and freemen continued to have the vote as sources. Only with (almost) universal suf- before. frage in 1918 do national parliamentary electoral registers become anything remotely like There were now four different classes of mu- a census substitute. And for at least a dec- nicipal voters. Between them Ratepayers, ade after 1918 the complex bureaucratic Freemen and Lodgers comprised about 3% of task of keeping comprehensive voters' lists the total now entitled to vote. But a massive was simply beyond the capacity of the fledg- expansion took place in the numbers qualifying local authorities in the Irish Free State. ing as "inhabitant householders". The reason is the way the qualification was framed. In So, the only real use for voters' lists or elec- order to be entitled to vote, a person (male or toral registers is for tracing possible living female) merely had to be a householder in a relatives from the third decade of the 20th property worth more than £4 annually. Ac- century on, right? Not quite. As ever, the tual ownership was not necessary. devil is right down there in the detail. Most big urban areas had "tenements", large Two distinct layers of electoral activity ex- buildings that were subdivided into many isted in nineteenth-century Ireland. From individual "apartments" (for want of a better 1838, with the implementation of the Poor term) and generally each of these held a Law, local elections to the governing Boards separate household. So it was perfectly pos- of Guardians of each Poor Law Union pro- sible for a large building worth in excess of vided some democratic accountability to the £4 in annual income to contain multiple, of- propertied classes who were paying for the ten quite poor, householders who were now workhouses. Over the course of the next 60 qualified to vote. years, as local and municipal government assumed more responsibility for public infra- Dublin at this time was an urban area structure, the right to vote for these local unique, not just in the United Kingdom, but government representatives expanded much in Western Europe. The great Georgian more rapidly than the national, parliamen- squares and streets of the late eighteenth tary franchise. century had decayed inexorably as the old houses were subdivided and re-subdivided to In urban areas, the changes were striking. accommodate the continuing influx of eco- Under the Municipal Corporations Reform nomic refugees from rural Ireland and (Ireland) Act 1840, the municipal vote was maximise landlords' profits. The slums of initially confined to ratepayers with an an- Dublin were by far the worst in the area now nual valuation of £10 or more. This was later covered by the European Union. reduced to £8 and the right to vote was also 75

They were also a very particular kind of Ninety-seven percent of those 46,055 were slum, with tens of thousands of families inhabitant householders, meaning that they crammed into thousands of buildings worth each represent a household. Given that aver- more than £4 annually. So when Dublin age households at the time were sizeable, to Corporation began the process of registering put it mildly, a very large majority of Dublin local and parliamentary voters under the households are recorded in these lists. terms of the Local Government Act 1898, these households were included for the first There are certainly omissions at the lowest time. The first Dublin City Electoral List was end of the social scale, and some who fell be- issued on 31 December 1898, to take effect tween the cracks of the qualifying criteria. A in 1899. The first local election under the Act lower-middle-class household in single occu- was held in March 1899. The lists were then pancy of a house worth less than £4 would updated annually until 1915 – from 1916 on be excluded, for example. the mechanisms of local government began to crumble in the face of revolutionary vio- But the inclusions are much more impor- lence and civic disobedience. tant. Here, as nowhere else, is the vast standing army of Dublin’s manual workers, The population of Dublin in 1901 was surviving precariously on dockland piece- 290,638. In 1908, the total number of regis- work, living from day to day, from hand to tered voters was 46,055. Does this mean that mouth. Here they are in the great belt of city- only a sixth of the city is recorded? Not at all. centre slums that arced around from East

Freeman Voters - Wood Quay 1911

Lodger Voters. Elizabeth Street, Drumcondra – 1908 76

Freehold and Leasehold Voters - Fitzwilliam Ward- 1909

Inhabitant Householder Voter - Multiple Occupancy - Gardiner St. – 1910 Wall, Monto and Gardiner Street through families. And completely unindexed. Only North King Street, over to the Liberties and digitisation makes it possible to use them. down through York Street to the Quays: household by household, room by room, year Dublin City Library and Archive, part of after year. Dublin City Council, the successor to Dublin Corporation, has committed to making the This is James Joyce’s Dublin, stinking, dingy full set of records from 1898 to 1915 freely and overcrowded to a degree that is impossi- available on its website ble to imagine now. The genesis of his Dub- http://www.dublinheritage.ie liners and Ulysses becomes much clearer as part of the commemoration of the centen- when you grasp the terrible inescapable in- ary of the 1916 Rising. timacy enforced by these teeming streets. Currently, six full years are online 1908 to Why have the records not been more widely 1912 and 1915. The records for 1913 and known before now? Because, quite simply, 1914 are due to go up before this Christmas, the originals are unusable. The 2000-odd and the deadline for the remaining ten years pages of each annual volume is subdivided is clear, April 2016. Even before completion, into more than 140 sections, by electoral the site provides a fully-fledged census sub- ward and voter type, and then further subdi- stitute for the years it covers. It is possible to vided into supplements, cutting across the search by (variant) forename and surname, same streets and sometimes even the same by advanced wild-card search and by full- 77 text search and all the results are linked to Irish Folk Culture on the Move images of the originals. The browse section Pat Deal #3076 also provides a list of the addresses used, unearthing some sub-street terraces that “Irish Folk Culture on the Move” was the title have long vanished. of the lecture by Kate Chadbourne at the Celtic Connections Conference. Per her pre- In all, this is a resource that will be indis- senter profile, Kate is a singer, storyteller, pensable for anyone with ancestors living in and scholar with a PhD in Celtic Languages Dublin in the 1890s and early 1900s. Or and Literature from Harvard University anyone who likes James Joyce. where she teaches. Her lecture description read in part “When the Irish left Ireland for John Grenham is the author of the stan- America, they packed invisible treasures dard guide to Irish genealogy, Tracing Your along with their clothing and personal pos- Irish Ancestors (4th ed. 2012). Since 1998, sessions…” he has developed and run the Irish Times

"Irish Ancestors" website: Immigration brings with it a sense of disloca- (irishtimes.com/ancestor). tion. For the Irish this translated even to the He has written the weekly "Irish Roots" earth of the country they left, referring to it column in The Irish Times since February as the “Old Sod” which current dictionaries 2009. define as “one’s native country.” To offset a His website is johngrenham.com. possible narrowness of heart upon leaving their native country, the home became the model for where they wanted to fit in their TIARA Membership Dues new society. It represented proximity to the hearth and the desire to keep the fire going It is now time to renew your 2015 annual to share warmth, food and hospitality. Even TIARA membership. If you have not renewed though there might not be a hearth in their your membership in the past few months, or new homes the ‘Mother of the Fire” concept joined us as a new member since the sum- continued using the traditions and gifts the mer, your membership will be expiring at the immigrants brought with them. end of 2014 and is now due. The focus of Chadbourne’s lecture was the TIARA has a busy year planned for 2015 in- three cultural bags that the immigrants cluding our monthly meetings, annual brought with them to America: verbal art- luncheon, upcoming research trips and the istry, awareness of mystery and a sense of quarterly newsletter. spirit or celebration. Verbal artistry was described as social generosity or bringing To make sure that you do not miss an event something to share. This includes knowing notice or a newsletter please renew your how and when to speak and how to listen. membership at : http://tiara.ie/memb.php This will allow you to either renew online The storyteller is honored and the tradition is through our safe PayPal account or to print deeply rooted in Irish culture and takes two out the membership form and pay by mail forms. First is the storyteller who is recog- sending the completed form and membership nized as having a special skill and is sought check to the TIARA office at: out. His/her stories are traditional and often TIARA Attn: Membership, long and complex with episodes. The epic 2120 Commonwealth Avenue, story of Finn McCool or Fionn Mac Cum- Auburndale, MA 02466-1909. hailln would be an example of this type of If you are not certain of your membership story and Peig Sayers, of the Great Blasket status, please email Pat Deal, Membership Island was given as an example of such a Chair, at [email protected] to check. recognized storyteller or ‘seanachai’. The Thank you for your attention to this notice. second type of storyteller may be a person Your membership is valued. with a specialty of local stories or short real- 78 istic tales including genealogy. A typical sto- From the initial meeting with Janis Duffy rytelling gathering at a home would follow a and Greg Atkinson, I knew that we were in sequence of tea, food, exchange of local good hands. We met with IGSI members Ann news, drink and then the stories. There is Eccles and Kay Swanson at Piccola’s Italian trust in language itself to heal as ‘conversa- Restaurant in Manchester, NH during tion can be the cure of sorrow’. NERGC 2013 and thus began a beautiful partnership. For the next year or so, almost Mystery was described as awareness of the every Tuesday night was dedicated to plan- unseen and the hand it has in daily life. This ning what would become the Celtic Connec- can include the fairies and banshees that tions Conference. I was worried about con- appear in mythology but may be real. There ducting the business over the phone, but it may be ambivalence toward the fairies but went remarkably well. The planning commit- one should be careful as no one can be sure tee grew to include members from both or- of their existence. They might take the form ganizations. From programming to hospital- of a person from the gentry or the traveling ity, sponsorship to advertising, we talked out folk so this poses a conundrum. An ancestor problems, possible solutions and resolutions. may not have expressed belief in these un- We kept each other on track while laughing seen spirits but would not want to take the and enjoying each other’s company via chance of offending them as they can have phone. an edge or be dangerous and need to be re- spected. The spiritual, luck, destiny, etc. are As the actual date approached, the necessary in play here and even blessings are received fine-tuning and the flexibility to deal with “with God’s help.” last minute details again shone through in the dedication of the committee. Before we Spirit or celebration places a great value on knew it, it was August 14th. Additional volun- hospitality. Gatherings are important as teers joined the ranks before, during and af- people do not want to be alone. Activities are ter the conference. Again, they were ready to scheduled to bring people together. Music, work and helped us out whenever and wher- stories, food and a generous heart are to be ever they were needed. shared and weave people together. We’re still finalizing the 2014 conference; fin- These are traditions that have traveled well ishing up thank-you notes, compiling evalua- even across generations. By the gifts of their tions, and finalizing expenses. Plans for 2016 cultural travel bags Irish immigrants created are already underway. Our Minnesota a virtual hearth that enriched the lives of friends are taking the lead since this one will their families and communities. If, as their be on their home turf. I’m looking forward to descendents, these activities are familiar to a trip to Minneapolis in August 2016. you perhaps you have felt the warmth from the fire that sustained our ancestors in their This was a dream come true for me. I can’t transition to a new country. wait to see how this develops over the years. And I’ll never really be able to express my

true gratitude to those who made it possible Their dedication of time and talent made it Celtic Connections Conference one of the best TIARA experiences for me. Mary Choppa #1791 Here are their names, so you will know I’m always amazed at the dedication of whom to thank: TIARA members. I’ve been privileged to wit- Marie Ahearn, Don Ahearn, Greg Atkinson, ness it in many different places at many dif- Sheila Byrnes, Joan Callahan, Marie Daly, ferent times, but this year topped it all. The Pat Deal, Janis Duffy, Ann Eccles, Sheila efforts of TIARA, along with our partners at Fitzpatrick, Mike Flynn, Mary Flynn, Pam the IGSI (Irish Genealogy Society Interna- Holland, Carolyn Jack, Charlie Jack, Connie tional), were absolutely outstanding. Koutoujian, Pat Landry, Arlene O’Brien, 79

Mary Parent, Kathy Roscoe, Maureen Rossi, by fireside to these tales recounted in Ire- Dottie Ruiz, Sharon Sergeant, Susan Steele, land’s ancient tongue. Members of TIARA hold Kathy Sullivan, Gary Sutherland, Kay Swan- a special place in their hearts for their ances- son, Molly Walker, Mary Wickersham, Fern tral homeland. With great purpose and mean- Wilcox, Mary-Alice Wildasin, Dick Wright. ing they strive to connect with a past hidden by time and circumstance. TIARA exists to I apologize if I missed anyone. help family researchers do just that, discover . their ancestors.

There are today no magical white horses to A Surprise Visitor help us in our genealogical pursuits but there (and a very surprised Pat Landry) are those who have dedicated themselves Greg Atkinson #1766 quite singularly to building and growing a TIARA organization committed and able to The Celtic Connections Conference 2014 had helping family researchers connect with their a surprise visitor in the form of a mystical roots. TIARA’s present international reputa- white horse, an capall bán. As many of you tion and highly regarded stature within the know An Capall Bán is the name of the genealogical community are in no small part award TIARA gives for outstanding service due to the dedicated service of the out- and dedication to TIARA. It was first standing TIARA members/volunteers chosen awarded at TIARA’s 25th anniversary celebra- to receive this award. tion in 2008. Why An Capall Bán? The white horse of Irish mythology is seen as some- A name had been decided for the award but thing truly special, with great powers and the what form would the award take? Plaque, ability to cross between worlds. The image is award letter, paperweight were all discussed. one of beauty and strength, full of purpose In the end a pewter tankard with a harp like and meaning. It is based on ancient Irish handle was chosen. mythology. The following three paragraphs are taken in part from a speech given by me On July 12th 2008 at the 25th Anniversary at the TIARA 25th anniversary celebration. Event held at the LaCava Center at Bentley College in Waltham MA the award was pre- In the Irish myth of Tír na nÓg, the Land of sented to its first 6 recipients, all past TIARA Youth, Oisín, a Fianna poet and warrior, presidents and to Carlyn Cox, former editor leaves Ireland with the beautiful Niamh, of the TIARA Newsletter. Each in their own daughter of the King of the Land of Youth. way had quite clearly met the criteria for the They travel magically on the back of a white award. On August 15 2014 at the Celtic horse over the sea and into the sunset to her Connections Conference 2014, coincidentally located at Bentley University, Pat Landry was father’s land. After many years pass, Oisín awarded An Capall Bán for her very great asks to see Ireland one more time. The magi- and successful efforts regards designing, cal white horse is summoned to take him building and maintaining the Celtic Connec- across the sea. They pass through storms and tions web site. It was no small feat and inte- time to the land of his birth; but all he knew gral to the overall success of the conference. has of course changed. He was warned never Pat put in many hours and all her heart to to step foot on the Irish soil for if he did he this end. For all that and all her years of would not be able to return to the Land of dedication to TIARA she was selected for this Youth. By accident his foot slips, he falls, and award. As it is engraved on the award’s his feet touch the ground. As this happens the tankard, Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat/A Thou- great white horse turns and disappears into sand Thanks, to Pat Landry and all those the mists leaving Oisín aged and a stranger in who have served and continue to serve a land he no longer recognizes. TIARA with dedication and as volunteers.

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DATHI’S BOOKSHELF At the same time (Feb. to May, 1660) a Con- Thomas A. Dorsey JD, Ph.D. #2695 vention Parliament was called in Ireland seeking to restore the monarchy, reestablish Irish history (and genealogy) in 1660 be- the Church of Ireland, and return the right of comes momentarily overwhelmed by the Res- the King’s Irish Parliament to tax and legis- toration of Charles II, an action which in- late independently. Charles Coote, a key fig- volved complex maneuvering in all three ure at this Parliament, strongly advanced the kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland. cause of Charles II. On the other hand Lord The drama of the period, and of Charles II’s Broghill withheld his support. In February reign, was a visceral reaction to Charles I’s 1660 Coote sent a representative to Charles beheading by Cromwell and the regicides. in the Netherlands suggesting that he come One aspect of these events, which affected to Cork and assert his rule over Ireland. Ireland, involved George Monck, Charles II Charles declined, seeing England as his pri- and Cromwell’s Legacy which the Crown mary kingdom. would eventually address with a set of laws having a major impacts on Irish society. Meanwhile, in England, Richard Cromwell, lacking the support of the army, was de- The Protectorate began unraveling following posed by the Wallingford House party (senior Cromwell’s death on September 3, 1658. Ini- officers of the New Model Army). The Rump tially, his son Richard assumed the leader- Parliament then created a Committee of ship but, without the support of the military, Safety composed of New Model Army officers, he was forced to resign in May, 1659. Imme- which included General John Lambert (seen diately, in both Ireland and England, a be- as Oliver Cromwell’s successor) and Charles wildering number of power brokers stepped Fleetwood. Lambert actively opposed the res- into the breach seeking to control events. toration of the monarchy, defeating George This posed a problem because the English Booth’s rising at Chester on August 16, 1659 monarchy never had a formal process for or- and promoting himself to be General of the derly succession. Army. The Commons took offense, appointed Fleetwood head of the army and dismissed In Ireland, Royalists tried to recruit Henry Booth; whereupon he barred the doors of the Cromwell and Lord Broghill (Roger Boyle, 1st Rump Parliament. A new Committee of Earl of Orrery, a notorious anti-Catholic) to Safety commissioned him as major general their cause but Henry left Ireland in June reporting to Fleetwood. and the effort collapsed on the head of Booth’s Revolt (see below). Dublin Castle was At this point General George Monck, now seized by Sir Theophilis Jones, Sir Charles commander of English forces in Scotland, Coote (formerly one of Oliver Cromwell’s gen- began a march south to London. Lambert erals) seized Galway, while Lord Broghill held was sent to stop him by force or negotiation. Munster. In January 1660, Edmund Ludlow, Monck, maneuvering deceptively, confused Commander-in-Chief of British forces in Ire- Lambert’s forces which abandoned the field. land tried to reconcile the Army and Parlia- Lambert returned to London essentially ment to the original republican objectives. He alone and was confined to the Tower, escap- was soon declared a traitor. He escaped to ing, only to be captured again. Eventually he Vevey, Switzerland where he died in exile was convicted of treason and exiled to (1692). Next the regicide Hardness Waller Drake’s Island where he died in 1684. took Dublin Castle in February 1660 but quickly surrendered to Charles Coote. Then In the meanwhile, Monck had persuaded Waller and John Cook, another regicide, each faction, republican, military, and resto- were arrested and sent to England. At this ration, that he had declared for Parliament. point the Dublin soldiers consolidated be- However, he kept his own counsel about his hind General George Monck. objectives. Monck’s action was taken when many of the power figures had been neutral- ized. Most of the ex-Cromwellians and mili- 81 tary figures were on the sidelines; most of a sword. To prevent his imprisonment the the Royalists were in Europe trying to influ- family got Richard Grenville to enlist him in ence affairs in absentia. James Butler, 1st the assembled army where George had the Earl of Ormonde was a good example. Their good fortune to serve under experienced offi- physical remoteness at a time of rapid cers. change was a distinct disadvantage. Thereafter George pursued a military career, George Monck, First Duke of Albemarle, was, serving first as a mercenary, then as an offi- in many respects, a silent actor in the back- cer for Charles I and then for the Protector- ground of many of these events. He is an in- ate. He fought under Grenville in Spain and teresting and enigmatic figure who was a de- France, and as a mercenary in the Low cisive fulcrum in the transition from the Pro- Countries. By 1637 religious conflict between tectorate back to the Monarchy. His goal was the King and Scot Calvinists led to Monck not personal aggrandizement but the desire being appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel of to stabilize the government of England. He cavalry. During the 1641 rising in Ireland exhibited the ruthless pragmatism common Monck served under Ormonde and was in- to many military leaders of the period but volved in pacifying the area around Dublin stepped back when his task was done. It was and Kilkenny. After 19 months of successful a remarkable role for a man who had little service the King recalled the troops for ser- outstanding history or connections to the vice in England. All officers were required to power structure of the period. About the only take an oath of allegiance to the King. Monck biography of his life is The Life of General was the only one who refused, apparently George Monck by Peter Reese (Pen and because he despised oaths and felt his ser- Sword Military, 2008). vice was proof of his loyalty. In an audience with the King he roundly criticized the mili- George Monck was born to a family of minor tary, suggesting instead a professional force nobility in North Devon, England on Decem- of 10,000. He returned to service but was ber 6, 1608. The family seat was Potheridge taken prisoner at Nantwich by the Parlia- said to have been granted to William le mentarian forces and imprisoned in the Moyne by William the Conqueror. The family Tower. Lengthy negotiations persuaded him name allegedly came from a monk who, in to take allegiance with the Parliamentary order to inherit the estate, renounced his or- forces and by 1647 he was back in Ireland as ders, thereby giving the family the name of a major general in command of forces in Ul- Monk or Monck. The family had tenuous ster. links to royalty, namely Arthur Plantagenet and King John, but Georges’ father had Eventually he was appointed military gover- fallen on hard times and the boy was raised nor in Scotland where he lived for 6 years by his maternal grandfather. until Cromwell’s death. During his tenure he cultivated the Scot clan leaders and estab- Monck came from a family of military and lished strict codes of conduct which sharply naval officers but his career seems to have reduced the lawlessness in the country. His been determined by an incident when he was consolidation of power was disturbing to the 17. Charles I passed through Devon with an Rump Parliament. The winter of 1659 found army to invade Spain. George’s father, Sir Monck and his troops facing a Parliamentary Thomas Monck, wished to greet his monarch army under Lambert across the Tweed where but was afraid of arrest as a debtor. He both sat out the month of December. By De- asked George to approach the under-sheriff cember 26th Lambert’s troops began desert- with a bribe to allow his free passage to see ing due to lack of supplies, pay and the op- the king. Unfortunately, Sir Thomas’ credi- position of local Scots who had been forced tors offered more money for his arrest. His to billet the troops. On January 2nd Monck father was arrested and put in prison. and his army of 6000 men crossed the Tweed George was outraged and proceeded to beat and began the march to London. the under-sheriff badly and wound him with 82

During the month of January Moncks’ army “Hurrah for honest George Monck.” After a passed through Newcastle, York, Newark, long and difficult period of unrest one man Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton and St. had taken control of the situation and led a Albans reaching Whitehall on February 3, fractured Parliament and a Puritan army to a 1660. Beginning at Newcastle, he was bloodless reconciliation. Moreover he sought greeted warmly and deluged with petitions no reward although he was richly acknowl- and grievances to present to the officials in edged by King Charles following his corona- London, where merchants were refusing to tion. pay taxes. At the same time he was in con- stant communication with Parliament assur- Charles II was restored to the throne on his ing them of his intentions to restore a “free 30th birthday (May 29, 1660). Thereafter all Parliament”. He addressed Parliament on legal documents during his reign were dated February 6th stating that “cavaliers” and “fa- as though he had directly succeeded his fanatics” should not be admitted as members. ther Charles the 1st, thereby deleting the Pro- His address alienated many members. A se- tectorate and Oliver Cromwell from official ries of complicated maneuvers followed as Court history In the remaining ten years of Parliament ordered Monck to bring London George Monck’s life he was well rewarded for to heel. When he did not comply the Rump the tenacity and principles he had displayed. replaced him with Fleetwood but Monck ig- However, his character remained unchanged. nored the reassignment and sent a letter to During The Great Plague of 1664-1666 Parliament giving them 7 days to fill all va- Monck, now a member of Charles’ Privy cant seats before disbanding by April 6th. Council, remained in London administering There was no question of his authority be- relief and sanitation when the King, the cause he still commanded the loyalty of the Court and the nobility had fled the city in army. panic. He survived the plague and died at his estate on January 3, 1670 one week after On February 21st Monck assembled 73 past seeing his son Kit married to Elizabeth members of Parliament and sat them in the Cavendish, daughter of the Duke of Newcas- House of Commons where they completely tle. outnumbered the 18 members of the Rump who attended that day. He assured his offi- George Monck was important because he re- cers that he was reconstituting Parliament to solved a period of social chaos in England. If allow its dissolution and the formation of a the “fanatics” had reasserted power in a new Convention Parliament. There was an in- Protectorate, the impact on Catholics and creasing sense in England that either Monck Ireland would have been significant. Restora- would become king or that Charles II would tion of the monarchy provided an adjustment be restored. Monck refused to commit to any period, continuity, and a government struc- position. Several attempts to take over the ture that could accommodate moderate ele- process occurred but the election of a new ments. The following centuries were not de- House gave control to a balance of Presbyte- mocratic or egalitarian but they were rela- rian royalists and Anglican cavaliers ninety tively benign. percent of whom favored the King’s restora- tion. Charles II died without legitimate issue and was succeeded by his brother James II, a de- On May 25, 1660 the Royal Charles docked cision which would lead to the Hanoverian at Dover carrying Charles II and his two monarchy. However, ancestry can be destiny brothers. Monck was in Greenwich and the and Charles, who was nicknamed “Old Row- King refused to come ashore until Monck ley” after his stallion, had seven illegitimate was present. When the King disembarked children with various mistresses. Diana, Monck knelt and Charles embraced him Princess of Wales, descended from Henry warmly and they rode together to Canter- FitzRoy, Duke of Grafton and Charles Len- bury. Later, as General Monck rode with the nox, 1st Duke of Richmond both sons of King around London, the crowds cheered Charles II. As a result when William, Duke of 83

Cambridge, ascends the throne he will be the Cork Summer School program chatted with first descendant of Charles II to be England’s us about getting a break or two if we bring a monarch. group over at the end of June for their pro- NEXT: Irish Life in the 17th Century. gram. http://www.ucc.ie/en/ace-genealogy/ Comments/suggestions to: [email protected]. Brian invited us back for next year and Janis and I both feel it’s a worthy endeavor for BTOP TIARA. We would like to revise and expand Mary Choppa # 1791 our handouts and develop a program for getting representatives over there. Lots of work Thanks to Brian Donovan and our friends at to do to prepare for this, but it’s well worth Eneclann, TIARA was able to participate in the effort. And who doesn’t like to visit Dub- the Back To Our Past (BTOP) show in Dub- lin in October? lin, Ireland again this year. Brian offered a corner of their space for TIARA to help our Irish friends find their American cousins.

Janis Duffy joined me for the extended week- end and our only regret was that we could not stay longer. Eileen O’Duill provided us with transport from the airport to Bewley’s Hotel Ballsbridge by way of her own home. She treated us to tea, toast and jam…a nice way to ease into the day after the flight over and Sean was there as well for a chat.

We managed to get into our rooms early and rested a bit before heading over to the RDS to set up that afternoon. Laura and Paul from Eneclann were very hospitable and helped us get situated. Ever the archivist, Janis figured out the best way to display the records we had brought.

For the next three days, armed with our iPads and a Wi-Fi connection, we helped out when we could. It seemed that people had Janis Duffy manning the TIARA table at BTOP more details this time and some really interesting stories emerged from the person seek- President’s Message (continued) ing information on the women traveling to

Danbury CT to work at a hat factory to the There is a new deadline for registering for story of five little girls, ages 11 months to 6 TIARA’s upcoming trips to Ireland in the years traveling to the United States with no spring of 2015. It is now December 1. Re- apparent adult supervision. We had some member all those cute, frolicking spring nice talks with genealogy groups in Ireland lambs on the green Irish hillsides. You can’t such as the North of Ireland Family History miss that and you most certainly should not Society. We renewed acquaintances with miss the opportunity to travel to Dublin and some old friends, including Gregory or Belfast with TIARA and its experts who O’Connor from the National Archives of Ire- will help you discover those ever elusive Irish land. Janis made some arrangements for the ancestors. From your elusive Co President Dublin trip and I scoped out some possibili- Slán go fóill! ties for the Belfast trip. Lorna Moloney of the 84

Finding Ancestors with Maps to each house. Thomas Toohey # 2705 Detailed blowups of various neighborhoods When I was a boy I was fascinated by maps. I within the towns are a special feature of the would stare at them for hours and imagine Beers Atlas. The blowup of Dorset center the roads and buildings shown on them. shows the home of James and Mary McBride Therefore it was natural that when I became at the junction of a road called “The Lane.” interested in genealogy I would look to maps Across The Lane is a house occupied by for the home places of my ancestors. This Daniel Daly and on the other side of the article will show how I traced my McBrides main road is the family of John and McDevitts with the help of maps. McPhilomaney. When I researched these families, I found that Dan Daly was married My maternal grandmother was Anna to Mary McBride’s sister Susan; John was McBride. Anna’s parents were James and married to her sister Jane. I also found Mary McBride from Dorset, Vermont. One of several other relatives nearby. This my mother’s stories about Mary always information confirmed the concluding phrase ended: “and the three sisters lived together in my mother’s story. along the main road in Dorset.” In the 1970s my genealogy skills were limited and I Prior to this time I had found James searched for their homes along that road McBride’s naturalization papers in the without success. county courthouse. They gave Tyrone as his Irish county of origin. Later, I found the A breakthrough occurred one day when I was family gravestones in the local cemetery and doing research in the Bennington, Vermont hit pay dirt. John McPhilomaney’s stone Library. I stumbled across a copy of the 1869 listed his townland of birth as Lisleen. An Beers Atlas of the towns in Bennington online search of Tyrone townlands showed County. This book is fantastic. It shows the that Lisleen is in Ardstraw Civil Parish. location of all the properties in the county. The owner's name is listed on the map next I also expanded research into the McBride/McDevitt vital records. These records revealed that James McBride’s father was John and Mary’s father was William McDevitt. When I searched Griffith’s Valuation I located John in house 4c in Castlebane townland and William in house 2b in Drumnabey, the adjoining townland, in Ardstraw Parish. The Griffith’s Valuation maps show the location of their cottages and I have visited there several times.

While I was in Tyrone I met Frank Daley, a distant relative of Dan Daly from Dorset. Frank referred me to a poem written by William McDaid (McDaid is a variant of McDevitt). McDaid’s poem was about his fond Dorset, Bennington County, VT, F. W. Beers & Co 1869 Atlas memories of “Spamount,” a 85

Griffith's Valuation and Map for Castlebane Townland John McBride – Lot 4c

bucket list includes a trip to Scotland to meet Hugh and search for the McBride/McDevitt home places. To do so I will have to expand my knowledge of West Lothian maps.

Perhaps I’m entering my second childhood but my early interest in maps has led to some amazing discoveries. I hope that this article helps others make similar findings. subdivision of Drumnabey. He wrote it from his new home in West Lothian, Scotland. Sources: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/75 The McBrides and McDevitts were Scots- 6/Bennington+County+1869/ Irish and were moved to Tyrone by their landlord, the Marquis of Abercorn. Some Griffith’s maps: http://www.askaboutireland.ie evidently were moved back by him to meet http://mapquest.com his needs in Scotland. I then researched the Duke and found his estate in West Lothian, http://www.googlemaps.com Scotland. When I looked at maps of the area I noted that many of the nearby roads have http://www.osi.ie the same names as roads in Northern Ireland.

A search of the BT online phonebook led to a Hugh McDaid, the great-grandson of the William who wrote the poem. He and I compared notes and we believe that his great-grandfather and my great- grandmother were siblings. My

National Library of Ireland’s able online – we are delighted to em- Digitization Project bark on this major digitization project.”

The National Library of Ireland’s charter, in The National Library of Ireland (NLI) recently addition to its role as library, is to be the na- unveiled details of its project to digitize the tional repository of public and cultural re- Library’s entire collection of Catholic parish cords for Ireland. Access to its resources and microfilms and make them accessible online. records are, for the most part, free to the The microfilm reels of the parish registers public. The Genealogical Office, the Office of have been converted into approximately the Chief Herald in Kildare Street, and the 390,000 images. By summer 2015, these im- National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar ages will by freely available on a dedicated are all part of the National Library. website. Although the images will not be in- dexed, anyone researching their Irish family history will be able to choose from a list of registers available for a parish and browse Archives of the Ladies through the selected register. Ancient Order of Hibernians

The Catholic parish records are the most im- The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) was portant source of information on Irish family founded in 1836 in the United States as a history prior to the 1901 Census. Dating movement of Irish Catholics in opposition to from the 1740s to the 1880s, they cover the growing atmosphere of anti-Catholicism 1,091 parishes throughout Ireland, and con- in the United States. The AOH had the sup- sist primarily of baptismal and marriage re- port of women but the women were not al- cords. The information in the registers varies lowed to join. In 1894 the women formed from parish to parish but usually includes their own group, the “Daughters of Erin.” the dates of the baptisms or marriages, and The name was changed in 1906 to the Ladies the names of the key people involved, includ- Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, ing godparents or witnesses. and again in 1984 to the Ladies Ancient Or- der of Hibernians (LAOH). Colette O’Flaherty, Head of Special Collec- tions at the NLI, said that the registers are a The John J. Burns Library at Boston College wonderful legacy of the Catholic Church to is the official repository for records of the Ireland. LAOH. The collection documents LAOH ac- “The role of the Catholic Church in creat- tivities across many divisions and chapters ing and maintaining these records dur- in several states. The records date from 1894 ing some of the most turbulent times in to 2010. The collection contains correspon- Irish history must be acknowledged and dence, meeting minutes and convention in- praised,” she said. “Most census re- formation from the LAOH central office, Mas- cords from this period were destroyed sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, in the Four Courts fire of 1922, so and various other states. Newspaper clip- these parish registers are the most pings, photographs, awards and other LAOH- comprehensive surviving source of in- related artifacts are included in this archive. formation on Irish families in the 1700s and 1800s. The processed accessions are open for research with the exception of financial records “The NLI has worked with the Catholic and personnel records, (including member- Church to preserve these registers ship lists) which are closed. The Burns Li- since the 1950s, when we were initially brary has put an extensive online aid to re- invited to make microfilm copies. Now, searchers at: in the 21st Century – and in keeping with our aim of enhancing accessibility http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3895 through making our collections avail- 87

TIARA Book Sharing List Depicts life in Ireland during the first couple Marie Ahearn #0097, of decades after Independence Pat Deal #3076, Seek the Fair Land, Rain on the Wind, Susan Steele #1025 The Silent People Trilogy that spans Irish history from the arri- In the fall of 2013, a group of TIARA's mem- val of Cromwell to the Famine bers spent an enjoyable Sunday afternoon talking about Irish authors and books. A list McCann, Colum of books was produced from the recommen- Transatlantic: A Novel dations made at this Sunday Book Share The story weaves together three historical meeting and some of us have been using the “crossings” to Ireland and the story of four list ever since. Now that winter is setting in women – four generation of a family – in a and more time is spent indoors, perhaps sit- beautifully written tale. ting down with a good book is part of your plans. We offer part of the list of recom- McDermott, Alice mended titles and authors from our Sunday Someone, At Weddings and Wakes, Book Share. Charming Billy, After This, Child of My Heart FICTION Beautifully written novels by a Brooklyn– born author dealing with the Irish immigrant Blee, Jill experience and the lives of Irish Americans. Brigid Jill Blee, an Australian, visits Ireland and is O'Brien, Edna drawn to her ancestral home. She traces the Wild Decembers history of her family during the Famine us- Main character returns to Ireland and being her great Aunt Brigid's story. friends neighbors but a long standing feud is revived with tragic consequences de Fougerolles, Paula Chronicles of Iona bk.1: Exile bk 2: O'Carroll, Brendan Prophet The Young Wan, The Mammy, The Chisel- The author, a Celtic scholar and wonderful lers, The Granny storyteller, has set her novels in Scotland – Stories of a woman and her family set in the fictionalized story of Columcille/Columba working class Dublin from the 1940s and Aedan MacGabran, the two historical through the 1960s. figures who founded the Scottish nation. Taylor, Patrick Eden, Dorothy An Irish Country Doctor, An Irish Country Never Call It Loving Village, An Irish Country Christmas, An 19th century Irish politics. Fictional version Irish Country Girl, A Dublin Student Doc- of the relationship between Charles Parnell tor... (8 books in all) and Kitty O'Shea Series of books following the life of a country doctor in rural Ireland Hitzenbuhler, Maura Rooney The Lane: A Young Woman's Tale in the Tremayne, Peter (Peter Ellis Beresford) Heart of Dublin Sister Fidelma Mystery series A novel set in a tight–knit community in The author is a Celtic scholar who sets his 1950s Dublin about a young unwed mother mysteries in 7th century Ireland. An interest- who manages to keep her baby and support ing look at early Irish history and the history both of them of the Church.

Macken, Walter Quench the Moon

Members’ Genealogical Irish Places of Interest

On the membership form, TIARA asked members for their genealogical interests to allow members to get in touch with researchers with common geographic areas of interest. The submissions for Counties Antrim to Dublin were published in the Summer Issue of the TIARA newsletter. Part II of the table was presented in the Fall Issue. The final Part III is here. If your interests match those of a member, and you would like to contact them, write or e-mail TIARA with member number of the re- searcher you would like to contact. TIARA will forward your message.

Member County Townland or Other Area Surname Other Information Number

1794 Mayo Louisburg Grady 2139 Mayo Louisburg area 2983 Mayo Farrell, Higgins

3584 Meath McKone/McKeon 3413 Meath

2509 Monaghan Ematris/Aghnamullen McNally, Hand, Lee 2092 Monaghan Baxter, Breadon 3644 Monaghan Monan, Finnegan

3113 Roscommon Ballinasloe area Kenny, Mulvey 3262 Roscommon Frenchpark Higgins, Croghan 2509 Roscommon Strokestown/ Kilglass Riley, Colligan to RI and CT 129 Roscommon Dolan, Flynn, Fallon, Graham, to Roxbury MA 1794 Roscommon Casserly 2092 Roscommon Spellman, Mulvey, Maxwell

2480 Sligo Creevagh-, Kilmactranny Lavin 2271 Sligo Lyons, Abercrombie 2850 Sligo Dwyer, O'Laughlin/McLaughlin 3151 Sligo Cregg 3300 Sligo Foye, Gallagher 3604 Sligo 3505 Sligo

97 Tipperary Clogheen Collins/Prendergast/Cleary settled in Danvers, MA 2983 Tipperary Clonmel area Gordon 2494 Tipperary Nenagh 3595 Tipperary Newport 1964 Tipperary New Inn Tobin to Boston

Member County Townland or Other Area Surname Other Information Number

230 Tyrone Gallagher 3589 Tyrone McQuaid, Barrett, McCourt, Galagher 3653 Tyrone Sproules/Sprowels

1401 Waterford Ballyduff Downing, Miles (Myles) 2119 Waterford Murphy, Ahearn, Kilmartin, Power 806 Waterford Knockeylan, Kilrossanty, Lonergan, Linehan Lemybrien, Carrick-on-Siuir 806 Waterford Kilmasthomas May(e), Powers, Rockett, Troy 97 Waterford Tallow O'Connor/Fitzgerald 2119 Waterford Murphy, Flynn, Ahearn, Barrett

2659 Waterford Dooley 1882 2783 Waterford Quinn, Geary, Long 2859 Waterford Dooley, Griffin

2787 Westmeath Athlone Clasby Westmeath Lakentown L'Estrange-Thomas (1837), John 951 (1840); Quest (~1800) 899 Westmeath Fury, Killian, Dean, McKeon 2271 Westmeath Bower(s) 3502 Westmeath Fay 1800's

577 Wexford New Ross Wadden 3054 Wexford Redmond 3449 Wexford Foley

2653 Wicklow Arklow

885 Northern Armstrong, Cain, Gallagher Ireland 3362 Northern Robinson Ireland

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Next Issue Do you use newspapers in your genealogical research? Have you discovered an interesting story or helpful information about your ancestors; confirmed or disproved a family legend; or perhaps learned about their work, the area where they lived or the historic events that may have impacted their lives. Share your research and write an article for the next issue of the TIARA newsletter. Any other articles of Irish or genealogical interest are also welcome. Please send submissions for the newsletter to [email protected] or mail to TIARA. Submis- sions for the Spring 2015 Issue are requested by January 30th.