Parish Registers of St Fiaac's Church, Clonegal
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THE PARISH REGISTERS OF ST FIAAC'S CHURCH, CLONEGAL BAPTISMS 1792-1831 MARRIAGES 1792-1831 BURIALS 1792-1831 TRANSCRIBED AND INDEXED Diocese of Ferns Counties of Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow The Anglican Record Project The Anglican Record Project - the transcription and indexing of Registers and other documents/sources of genealogical interest of Anglican Parishes in the British Isles. Ninth in the Register Series. CHURCH (County, Diocese) BAPTISMS MARRIAGES BURIALS Longcross, Christ Church 1847-1990 1847-1990 1847-1990 (Surrey, Guildford) Kilgarvan, St Peter's Church 1811-1850 1812-1947 1819-1850 (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe) 1878-1960 Fermoy Garrison Church 1920-1922 (Cork, Cloyne) Barragh, St Paul's Church 1799-1805 1799-1805 1799-1805 (Carlow, Ferns) 1831-1879 1830-1844 1838-1878 Newtownbarry, St Mary's Church 1799-1903 1799-1903 1799-1903 (Wexford, Ferns) Affpuddle, St Laurence's Church 1728-1850 1731-1850 1722-1850 (Dorset, Salisbury) Barragh, St Paul's Church 1845-1903 (Carlow, Ferns) Kenmare, St Patrick's Church 1819-1950 (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe) Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church 1792-1831 1792-1831 1792-1831 (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns) JUBILATE DEO (Psalm 100) O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation. From the Order for Morning Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer (Church of Ireland) CONTENTS Page No Introduction ii Acknowledgements iii Sources iii Distribution iii Abbreviations iii History of the Parish and Church iv Ministers’ Initials v-vi Details of the Registers vii Transcript of the Registers: Baptisms 1-13 Marriages 15-16 Burials 17-19 Alphabetical Index of Entries in the Registers 21-36 i INTRODUCTION Following on from my transcripts of the Barragh and Bunclody (Newtownbarry) registers, the Rector invited me to produce a transcript of the earliest Clonegal register; this document is the result. As with all documents of this nature the original should be consulted to confirm that entries have been transcribed and indexed accurately. The following specific points should be borne in mind when using the transcript: Dates All dates have been standardised as follows; day in numbers, month in three letters (abbreviated as necessary), year. Legibility and Spelling In cases of doubt, the spelling of surnames has been checked against other entries in the index; variations in the spelling of the same surname have been noted. Indecipherable details are marked with a ?. Information which is missing due to page edge damage is indicated by ~~. Additional Information Marginal notes and comments from the Register appear in the text or as footnotes. Chronological Discrepancies Entries out of chronological order by more than a week or so are in italics. The Index The index lists in alphabetical order all persons who were baptised, married and buried at Clonegal over the period 1792- 1831. Where circumstantial evidence points to entries for more than one event for the same person, they have been included on the same line in the index. In the absence of any such evidence they have been listed separately. Abbreviated Christian names have been transcribed exactly as they appear in the Register. Transcriber's Observations Although the register has suffered considerable page edge damage over the years, it has been possible to decipher almost all the entries. All notes regarding the annual submission of register extracts have been included (in the baptism section) to aid the approximate dating of entries for which the actual date is missing. Paris SMW May 1996 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the following for their assistance in the preparation of this document: Rev Canon Nigel Waugh (Incumbent) and Mrs Rachel Warren (front cover illustration). SOURCES Ecclesiastical Commission, Ireland Digest of the Inquiry into the Revenues and Patronage of all Ecclesiastical Benefices etc in the Respective Dioceses in Ireland (1833-8) Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) Fullerton's Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1844) General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland (1861), reprinted 1984 etc by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Rev James B Leslie Ferns Clergy and Parishes (1936) Rachel Warren A short history of St Fiaac's Church of Ireland, Clonegal (1993) DISTRIBUTION Copies of this document have been distributed to the following: Rector of Bunclody Representative Church Body Library, Dublin Society of Genealogists LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Bns Banns Lic Licence Min/Min'r Minister NTB Newtownbarry o t P of this Parish P/ Parish of X Minister other than Incumbent or Curate Incumbents' and Curates' initials are shown on pages v and vi respectively. iii ST FIAAC'S CHURCH, CLONEGAL alias MOYACOMB HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH Clonegal or Moyacomb is an ancient parish which straddles the Cos Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow. The parish covers some 17,400 acres, contains the town of Clonegal and the village of Johnstown and consists of the following townlands: Co Carlow - Ballyredmond, Clonegal, Clonogan, Coolroe, Laney, Monoughran and Kilcarry, Orchard (5,900 a). Co Wexford - Abbeydown, Ballynastraw, Ballyshonogue, Carhill, Coolmeela, Corrow/Corragh, Drumderry, Garryhasten (5,800 a). Co Wicklow - Ballisland, Coolruss, Drummin, Militia and Ballinavortha, Minmore, Park, Rahingraney, Urelands (5,700 a). The original church was founded at the time of St Patrick by St Fiaac, who is supposed to have been ordained by St Patrick himself. The church was built on a mound, which formed the base of a fortress, surrounded by a fosse (ditch) and a rath (curtain wall), in the picturesque valley of the River Derry. This structure was in use until the early years of the 19th century, when it was agreed, after several years of discussion (1815-1818), to build a new church in the village. The size of the proposed site being insufficient, it was then decided to build the new church in the existing churchyard. The building was erected in 1819 at a cost of £1300, loaned by the Board of First Fruits and repayable over seventeen years. In the 1830s divine service was celebrated twice on Sundays in summer and once on Sundays during the rest of the year. The Sacrament was administered monthly and on the festivals. The church was extended by a chancel, originally proposed at a Select Vestry meeting in 1883 and eventually constructed in 1905, which occasioned a general refurbishment and many gifts, including: A Caen stone pulpit, presented by Mrs Robertson of Huntingdon Castle; a carved oak chair for the new Caen stone prayer desk, given by Miss Robertson, Miss Haines and Mr William Haines; a brass desk for the Communion Table, given by Miss Snagge and Miss Ella MacMahon. A consignment of wood to panel the new chancel was sent from Vancouver by Mrs Ferrier Beasley (formerly Miss Florence Durdin), but it was seized and confiscated at Vladivostock by the Russians during the Russo-Japanese War as contraband of war. The organ was moved from the gallery into the church in 1943. The new graveyard, a piece of land formerly owned by Denis Doyle and given by James Hickey, was concecrated by the Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in 1945. A storm in April 1947 caused damage to the tower and the roof, resulting in a further restoration in 1952. The church car park was extended in 1989 and the church redecorated inside and out in 1993. Up to 1907 the Rector lived in Ballyredmond House. Between 1907 and 1985 his residence was the Glebe House, Clonegal, now known as Clonegal House. The parish was united to the Bunclody Union in 1985 following the retirement of Canon Benson. iv MINISTERS’ INITIALS VICARS OF CLONEGAL -1563 William Kenay 1563- John Bryan 1613- John Lacy 1615- Edward Carter 1691- Thomas Monaghan (or Morghan) RECTORS OF CLONEGAL 1671- Robert (Richard?) Harlouin 1691- Thomas Graves 1703-1703 Maurice Kennelly 1703-1716 Henry Echlin 1716-1749 Charles Baldwin 1749-1759 Henry Duncan 1760-1795 Philip Le Fanu 1795-1825 John Browne JB 1825-1828 John La Touche 1829-1836 Alexander McClintock (also Newtownbarry 1810-1836) 1836-1848 George Stone Swinny 1848-1868 Edward Arthur Tickell 1868-1907 James Frederick Metge ffrench 1907-1939 John Harvey Bradish 1939-1955 William Marshall Talbot 1956-1985 William Fitzgerald Benson RECTORS OF THE BUNCLODY UNION 1985-Present Nigel John William Waugh v CURATES OF CLONEGAL 1671 William Neiland 1708 William Harvey 1767 Champion Brady 1792-1795 John Browne jb 1814-1830 James Breadin jb 1831-1836 John Charles Archdall 1837-1841 Peter Mooney 1843-1849 William Parsons Clemenger 1849-1856 George Stone Swinny 1858-1859 George Prendergast Purefoy 1860-1868 Thomas Henry Hatchell 1870-1871 George Palmer Lane vi DETAILS OF THE REGISTERS This transcript is based on the earliest surviving Clonegal register. It is a combined register entitled: Moyacom Registry AD 1792 two Rev'd Philip Lefanu DD being Rector & Rev'd John Browne AB being Curate and contains: Baptisms 1792-1831 (595 entries) Marriages 1792-1831 (62 entries) Burials 1792-1831 (115 entries) The earlier part of this register appears to have been rewritten at some point, perhaps around 1814. The registers from 1831 on have also survived as follows: Baptisms 1831-1994; 1994-Present Marriages 1831-1906; 1906-1957; 1957-Present Burials 1831-1994; 1995-Present Those up to 1903 will form the subject of a further transcription project.