CIE XVI I MAY, 19b1, / ~ECIES
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Editorial Schools in Connection with the Kildare Place Society in County Waterford, 1817-1840. Thomas Power The Barkers of Waterford . H.F. Morris *From the Memoirs of Richard Rorke "Dec ie"
WUIB ~elotikto watorfora ; 11 (Sonnings 1 -will ~bst ract o ) Julian C. Walton In Pursuit of Seafaring Ancestors Frank p. I.:urphy A County Waterford Explorer Irene M. Spry The Towland of Callaghane in 1821 Monumental Inscriptions from Stradbally R.C. Church and Faha Chapel-of-ease, J.H. Mulholland Co. Waterford,up to 1880 Reviews An Early Christian Grave-Slab at Mothel, Conleth Manning 82 O.W.S. Programme June - September 1981 *Cover Illustration: Waterford circa. 1820, taken from Ryland, The History, Topography etc. of Waterford, London, 1814. (see pages 28-36 following)
Decies is published thrice yearly by the Old Waterford Society and is distributed free to members in January, May and September.
Correction to Decies XVI: In the article Elizabeth de Clares Pur~artv of Callan, c. 1338-1360 an unfortunate reversal of pages 33 and 34 took place in the Latin text of Appendix I1 beginning on page 32. Thus the first account of 1351-2 was from P.R.O., S.C. 6 1237/9 and is followed by a footnote. The second account was from P.R.O., S.C. 6 1237/8 and should have faced page 35. Our apologies to Mrs. Mary C. Lyons for our mistake in assembling her article.
Thanks are due to Mr. Luke Myers, whose help and advice in the production of Decies has been invaluable. OLD WATERFORD- SOCIETY
OFFICERS & CO?4"IITTFF-- elected 10th April 1981
Chqirmnn E- Nrr.Jis. O'Meara. Vice-Chnirmsnz-Mr.Nocl Csssidy. Hon. Secret3ry:- Yrs. N. Croke, 208, Vicwmount Pnrk,ld\~riterford. IIon.Treqsurcr :- Mrs. R. Lumlcy, 2f1, D~isyTerrsce,Wqterford. flonorwy Press Officer 5 l/Ir. Pstrick Kenneally.
Mr.Stsn Carroll. Mr. Des Cowman. Mrs. Lisa Gallaqher. Mr. Frank Heylin. Mr. John Hodge. Mr. Tom Nolan
EDITORIAL
The publicstion of T journ2l such as Decies is the work of a number of hard-workin? enthusi~stswho cive freely of their time and labour, and to whom our Society must be deeply grateful.1 should like to pay a personal debt of qrstitude to my fellow members of the Editorial Committee for the benefit of their advice and help,particularly technical aspects;our typists,lWs.Nancy Dunphy ~ndMrs. Eileen Johnston. Last but by no mems lc?st,our contributors,who hove entrusted us with mcterinl which is in most cnses the fruit of much rese~rchand thought.
Our Society is engaged in 3 survcy of local historic sitcs, and my predecessor as Editor stressed also the need to rccord oral trnditions before they becsme extinct. I should like to ndd a pleg for the Society to concern itself with thc location nnd preser;nti~n of written records. The destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922 was 1 cntnstrophe thst should serve as 7 warning to all (two of the articles presented below deal with substitute msteriql that we are lucky to have). Yet the sime sort of thins goes on tod3y: it is not long since we hezrd of the wanton destruction of 9 major record collection in Waterford City,while the tre~tmentof records in Y~ughnl~publicizedrecentlyVin the Irish Timespis alnrminq to say the least and cdls for further clarific~tion.Meanwhile,the discarding- of unwanted piles of docu~entsgoes on at 211 levels,from the business firm chznging premises to the ordinery fnmily hsving s clear-out . A few years ago,when co~~ipilinga history of the Aylwards, I visited a number of families of the nnme,mainly rural. These peoplc were of differing soci~llevels,md none of them had forew~rningof my coming,yet in all cases they wers able to produce family documents and knew a aurprising amount nbout their history. This showed me for the first time how much Twsreness exists of family history in our countryside. Local documentwy sourccs,both public and private, still survive in spite of all those vicissitudes. But mony of them will not be there much longer unless those in ch3rge of thein are 3wa.re of their historic value. It is my hope th~tthe Old Waterford Society will invglve itself actively in an endd~vourto bring about such an awareness, nnd will do all in its power to record nnd preserve what might otherwise be lost.
SCAClOh ILUCCII\II~~CTIJA >!ll'ih TXE KILDARE FLACE SOCIETY IN COUNTY b!ATE?FORD, 1817 - 1840.
By Thom3.s Power.
In early 19th century Irel~nda number of bodies were active in the education of the pecszntry. honp these were the London Ribernign society (founded in l806 ), the Sunday School ~ociety(l809)~2nd th2 Irish Soci.ety(l811). Some of these bodies were devoted t? proselytising and also svniled of government funds. The S3ciety for From~ttnyp,the Er!ucatim of the Poor in Irelqnd, more cornmonly kn~wnas the Kildare Plsce Society (fr3m the l~catimof.its estsblishment in Dublin), was fqunded in December 1311 with thc lieclwed oim of pvoviding undenomin~.timlleducztion at "elementrry level far the poore'r clqsses in Irelmrt.. Thc cmmittee of the S~cietywqs composed mainly of philsnthropic Dublin businessmen md brnkers . Th'e Society wns mzinlg Frotestqnt in compositim, though it did for s shqrt period before 1820 enj~yCgtholic support, and counted Daniel OfConncll qmmg its adherants.
The Society rsceived s i~overnmentgrant which incressed annually from C6,980 in 1314 t>£30,000 in 1731. With th5s money ~t its dispossl the Society bey3n to implement its pl2.n to educste the Irish poor on 3 nationwide basis.
OBJECTS : The Society , by providing mmetnry ~rsnts,simed ttr, assist in the estgblishm6nt of new scho~ls,md to help in the impr3vement af thae ~lrendyexisting. This the S >ciety wmld do only if its rules were adhered to by the schoc~lconcerned, and as we shall see this wns s regulqtion strictly irn2os26. In the event the number qf schools ?nr? the number of pugils attending them grew phenomenslly in a short spgce t~ftime. Tkis number of schools under the Society incre3sed from ? meagre 8 in 1816 to a stunnin;; 1,621 in 1831; while the numbdr of pupils rose from 557 t" 137,639 in the same period.
. The Society est1blishe6 twl) mo~ielscho~ls c7t Kildare Fl~ce,the one for boys, the other for girls. Here the teaching methods evolved by the educntimslists Cell, Lqnc4ster, pLnd Pestdozzi were experimented with. Xere nls? tr~inecteqchc~s were intr xluced t.1 more methodic71 f mms 3f tczc%inz. Teacher-tr?ininr: was sn importr.nt ~spcct2f thc; Society's w~rk,2nd it was prepore3 to receive mnsters v,-lmistressas fram the country td trnin in the model schogls. For properly recommended cmllillrites the Society undert 3ok t 2 psy expenses to 2nd frnm Dublin, tt- provifle lodzings qnr! mainten~ncein the cnpital during the 7 or 8 weeks tr~ininqcourse, 3nd to confer m successful cqn4irlq-tcs certificqtes ~f competence at the conclusion of trainin!:. The nunber of m2sters mrceiving- trsininq grew frnm 16 in 1811 to n mqssiv2 1,308 in 1831. There wss no reli:.,ims bnr on admission to the t'rakning course, and in fact of the first 771 ?dmittecl 1.61 were Protestsnt 'nnd 310 Cntholic. In 1325 the Society beg?n ta train mistresses 9-t the moslel school, 2nd in 1331 432 werc trsined. After trainin2 the tenchers returnse tn their country scho31s9 where the Society hope4 they would put its educnti~nslifqe?s into pnctice.
The Society 3.1~3aim33 t 3 publish Nmorql,instructivc , nnd entertqiningu bodks to replqce thosz already in use in some schools. It was a .tidely held belief among the rulinp classes in Ireland at the time thpLt mkch of what W?-S tsught in the so cslled llhcdge schoolsn WRS nvowedly anti-authoritnrian. Eo7ks then in use in such scho )ls, such 8s the Hist lry of Captain Freney, Irish Roques ane Rappvees, an11 the Sistory of Re5nond OIBanlon, were considered ns helping to faster sn attitude hostile to the rule of l2w an4 order among the Irish peasmtry and lower class. It wqs believed by those in ~uthqritythqt if such works c,mld bc renl~ce4and Rproper education, inculcnting desir~blemornl an3 social m~fesof behciviour, m?de more svlilsble, then gre~terh~.bits 3f industry woulf! result qmonp; the impoverishc4 cl~sscs,snrl ultimztely it wns hope? n yrcnter respect for the institutions of l~w9.nd order.
The Society accorded with the view that mqny of the b3~ks in use in schools were Zccidelly objectionsble, m3 so it aimed to replace them by publishin2 wxks af its own at Q cheap price. Its publicqtims covered. such topics 3s travel in f3reign 1~nds and exemplary stories from thc Bible, By 1825 the S3ciety had 52 titles civailaplc for purchnse by sch?ols.
me provision of school requisites such as spelling books, alstes,and writing m~teri~ls,nnd of schosl furniture (eesks
and seqts), became rn importnnt nspect rjf the Society's wo~k,+-.- 11 lar~eproqortion of thc Society's cnnurtl p?rliamcntary grant went towards fulfilling this P-ren of its work. It became the policy of the Society t? institute a system of annual inspection of ?l1 schools in its connection. The country' was divided into inspectoricl districts or circuits, with esch inspector tryinq to visit eqch school in his nreR nt lc3st once a yeor, nn3 if his re~ortwns f~vour~blethe particulnr school w,~ul$cc~ntinuc to receive finnncinl znd other aid from the Society, Finally, the Smiety s~ughtto encourn2e competent masters and mistresses by awardins them grqtuities for effective te~chingsn.1 sch~olmcinagement . Those worthy of receiving such would be reported on by the inspector. In 1824 the Society pni4 out over E4,000 in grntuities.
The Kildare Flnce Society's advancement of s regular school inspectorote, its prombtion of teacher-tr~inin~,~nd , its publicctions pr9;:rQnune were 911 uniqus fe9tures of education in e&lN 19th century Irelqnd, 2nd were-later to be incorpor:? ted into the Nntional School system.
THE 1820's : The fortunes of the Society were incre~singlyupset in the 1820's due to tw2 inter-relatezl f:xct~rs : chopges of proselytism, and Cstholic opposition. From the start the Society wrs committed to fosterinq educatian without pr~selytisin~~,and this continued to be its state-l aim. However suspicions were rqiser: after 1820 when the Society began to appropriste sgme of its funrls to schools conducted by prdselytisiny bodics such ?S the BJunster IIib3rnign School Society operntinp in Lismore. In the 1020's s.lso the loc~lFrotestant clergy qnd gentry increzsingly tende2 to disregard the Bocietyfs rule concernin~
Bible-rea.ciing. ' Fram the outset the Society hs.3 lai4 down ss me of its rules thq.t the Pible be rend in its scho3ls without' note or comment; i.e. without explgining the re1ip;ims content of particul~rpnsssges. However in the 18201s exposition of the Scriptures took pl?ce more frequently,md this was instrumental in heighten in^ (htholic opp~sitionto the schools. As a response to Catholic agitntion on this issue c. parliamentary commission was est9blished to enquire' in't~the stnte of educstion in Irelnnd. Its report published in 1825 recommended th?t the Kilchre Flgce Society shoulcl rtiscontinua providins assistsnce to the proselytising groups. With the establishment of the Natimql Scho~lFonrd in 1831, the fortunes of the Society be,~~nto decline. Its pnrli~ment~rypant wss withdr?wn,and so it could not opernte on the nationwide scqle it hsd hith~rto~thouqhthe Society did continue to subsidise s.)me schoals from voluntary subscriptions.
CO. NATE3FORD SCT-IOOLS ( 1 ) At vfirious dqtes between 1817 zn~!1810 there were 29 schools in connection with the Kildare Plqce Society in County Waterford (see Appendix). Thou,gh there wqs 2 wiPLe distribution, most ~f these schools ware situnte-3 in the west of the count-g ( see msp). E?,rliest to apply for 2ssist~nce and longest t3 st~yin connection WIS E~llin?tr~yschool. This school wys unc-~erthe pqtronoge of the local Smith family, and it was in JsnuQry 1817 thqt Mrs.Smith first scuyht 3id. from the Socisty. The school wos still functioning in 1840, though it ceased oper2tion for 9 short period in 1825-6. Next eapliest to ~pplyfor assistance wis Villierstwn scho?19whose c~rrespmlentor msn2ger Rev. Vil1i.m Fower in Februqry 1810 requested aid t? fit up and furnish the school. The Society in due course made s print of £20 far this purpose. -. It will be clear from the Appendix th2.t the connection of most schg<3ls in the county with the Society d~tesfr3m the 1820's. This is so in the c9se of 23 schools. In December 1823 Hev. WiTliam Mackssy of Annest?wn cpplie.? f 2r school requisites for 30 ,a~iliiren,mmeyto furnish the scho~l,and assistance for the teacher. In Auyust of the ssme year R.S. Carav requested a b~rantof S40 from the Society towcirds Suildin~and furnishing a school cit Voo3stown9 and he slso asked thqt the master be sent to Dublin for trsinin~. Both requests were duly camplied with. Six other schools applied for ail in 1823,includin~~thode at Lismore, Clashmore ,Kilmenclen, m2 Windpp. Some scho3ls only remine(: in clnt~ctwith the Sochty for a short period. There were 10 schoals which were in' connectim f~ronly about 2 yesrs 1 duration. The mmsger of Glinn school, Plr . Edwor3 Roberts, in Narch 1824 apjlied for finzncial qid t3 reprlir and fit up a school. The Society made n grant of £20, but the inspect?r mhis tour in June 1324 reported that the school-house h213 not yet been built, and there w~sno improvement in the situntion when he cpme agRin in June 1825. ?P. R~bertsin n letter of thnt m~nthto the Sxiety explained thnt the :1el?y was due t~ the lsck of co-operation on the pqrt of the pe~smtryfor whose bcnefit the schc121 was intenr!ed.
Mr. R2berts 1 fqilure t~ .get 9 scho9l going was experienced by others in the county. Very often success 3r failure would llepend on the dispositim of the lm~llsndlorr~ or gentlem~n. Thus at Windq?p, near Glinn,the effwts of the corres~~ndent Vx. E. Yqhesy t.1 estnblish a femsle scho~lthere were frustrqted by thc inrle?endent line 9doptecl by Sir M. Disney, the local grsndee. A simil7.r situatiln is evident at Mshon Bridge school, where Col. Palliser after two yems of initiol enthusiasm suddenly on 15th July 1829 informed the Society thst he h~dclosed the schoal and hsrl no intentim ~f re-openinp it. Other schosls fnilel-1 t~ endure sirnply because they did not continue to adhere to. the Sacietyfs regul?,tions. ,Thus Ballintsylqr school was struck off the Society's list in December 1824, bdcsuse John Uusyrave its patron refused to run the scha,:l on the lines laid down by the society. In July 1821 the Society admonished the pntrmess of C)urryplzss evenine school, Miss Crdker, becsuse thc m~sterwas not being sufficiently vigilqnt in his cmduct. Things. must h?ve gone from bad t~ worse , far in 1822 the sch~3lw?s discontinuecl. The Dungarvnn Hibernim scho3l wqs excluded fr.3m the Sxiety'S patrfmttge in 1026 because the inspector found, thst the Scriptures were bein2 resd with notc snd comment. Villierstmn wns struck off in thc smc= yeqr becquse the Scriptures were not beinp rend by pupils of 911 ieelieions. The short existence of Prospect Hall schosl is expl?ine,q by the fact thpt in 1819 its resources were trnnsferred to Clqshmore school, which continue1 ta function up to 1133. The school at Annestown censed to remain in connection with the Society in 1829 becnuse it was not being conducted on its principles. The same happened nt Woodstown (1826) and Mount Rnrron (1829).
OTHER SOCIETIES :
Of the 29 schol~ls,at lenst 9 2ppeqp tt? h~vebeen receivinq assistance, at one time or ansthar, from other s3cieties. Scho~lsin L?smore 2nd Dungsrvan, in ~dditionto avpilin~of sssist~ncefrom thz Kildare Fl?ce Society, were slso receiving funds frqm the London Hiberninn Society, or its local branch the Munster Xiberni~nScho3l Society. The latter, with the Duke of Devonshire, supported the Lismore male school established in 1521. The school first came into contact with the Kildsre Plpce Society in Septe~ber1822 when Col. Curry, the manqaer, npplizd for the trsinin; of the msster William Wall. This w~sduly given, ancl in December 1822 Wall was awarded q gratuity for his good conduct . By Octaber 1824 the average fittendance 2t the schoal wps 120 boys , nnd in 1826 tha scho~l recciveJ a complete set of requisites. However, l?te in 1932 the Lismore mqle school wns struck #off the Societyts list of schools, not, we msy note, becnuse of non-observhce of its rules, but bec~useit hsd pl9ced itself l under the new National Schaql systen. The ssme h2ppeneJ with the Lismore femgle sch)ol, als~jointly under the Hibernim Society snd the Duke of Devmshirer These we the only two instances in the county 3f schmls receiviq7 Kildare Flace Society aid going over to the new Pation~lBoard. The Hibernim Society also had on interest in the school pqtronised by Ca1.Curry ~t Dungsrvnn. In 1824 he applied to the K.F.S. for the training of the mnster Thomss Creagnn, and this wns accordingly done. The school gnly st3ye-1 in connection with the Society until February 1826, when it was struck off. But it may hyve re-applie8J for sid in 1836. In that yesr the scho01,then under the mgns~ementof Rev.Stephen ' Dickson,was still in cmtact with the Sibernian Society, and for this reacs.m the Society in Dublin refused it halp.
There are same hints thnt other schoals wdre qetting assistance fr~mother b2dies besirles the Icil3qre Plsce Society. For 2 period the Cnp,)oquin school obtained funls frc3m the Hibernim Society, while nt Tnllow the mzst2r was supplied with a salary out of the funds of the Erasmus Smith schoals, and it was eventually exclude4 frm the Society aid. in l827 for this reason. The Society informed Ftichsr3 Ussher in 1825 that unless he severed links with the Hibernian Society, he would not receive any grants for his scho9l at Cappsqh. This he agreed to do, and in 1326 he got aid from the S3ciety. At Kilrosssnty school we had the unusu2l situ~tionwhere John Falliser wished one of the rnlms t2 b? place2 under the Hiberninn Society for the education of girls, and the boysf room under the K.P.S. The latter w~sprepared to ngree to this as long as the r jams were separate and under different teachers. Everything seems t9 have w~rlreciaut satisf~ctarily,for the Society mrlde crants of cheap bovks and requisites to the scho-11, and paid grqtuities to the teqcher. Thc school at Kilross~nty was still in being in 1340.
CO. WATE?FORD SCSOOLS (2):
Occasionnlly we set an inc?.icotion of whqt the actual school buildinps themselves were like. Lismore male school, s2id to be situated linear the town1', cmsisted of a slsted hcuse (42ft. by 22ft.),with 4 lnrge winci~ws, nntl insic'ce h~d12 desks an'! 15 seats for 150 children. Lismore fem2le school h3d the exact same dimensions snd accornmor!ation facilities. Down the road in Cappoquin the scho3l was in Church Lane, where in a slated building measuring 40 ft. by 22 ft. there was sFoce for 240 pupils, rhle ond' femnle.
At Ardmore comforts were not the sqme as nt Lismore and Cspvoquin, for there the p~trgnRev.J.B.I~T~llnce hsd to conduct the school in s room of ths glebe house. In Dunmore Emt the school wqs carried on in a rented house (27ft. by 3ft. ), situetsd nenr the docks,with accornmodntion for 80 children. Certainly education w:xs beinc conducted un?er difficult conditions,for at Dungfirvm the psrachisl school took place in the Grand Jury room of tho old Court House. The slgted school at Kilross7nty wos constructed 3f lime sn3 stone,md consistecl of tws rol.ms (esch one 18ft.byl5ft. )with 30 to 40 children in each. Many of the l~sswell endowed schoals must have h~dthatched roofs, thouph the only specific mention of this is for the school st Eocollop. No doubt byq~lying to the Society for si;1910c81 p.trons hoped to improvs the furnishing and the appemsnce of their scho~ls. Thus in 1321 Col.Ker,ne sought a grmt ta build n w~llt~ enclose the school house ?t Cfippoquin. The Society gave him CB0 for this purpose. In 1823 Rev.J,3.'dall~ce asked for a grmt tw?r-ls buil5inq; and fitting up n school house an4 masterrs resip3encz nt Eallyquin. The estimste? cast wr3s £135, and local c~ntributi~mswml.3 cansist ~f 230 and sn acre of grqund. In the event the Society granted Re~.~~l~?ll~ceE75 for . buildink an-1 E25 for fitting up th$ scho~l. J.N,Humble reported to the Society In Jmuqry 1821 th~the hc.d campleteq a slsted hcuse for a school :lt Cloncoskeran nem Dung~rvnn, but ' that he needad money t.1 fit it out with msterials. The Society made him a pant of E20. Hichar(1 Ussher of C~pp~ghin Auyust 1823 sousht a grant of cheap bc~aksfor his scho~l. TEACHERS : The Kildare Plqce Society Jid not pny salaries to the teschers in the schools un?es its aecis. It di?,however, on the recornrnend3tion of tile inspector p-?y protuities or allowances to tc3chers wh3 displnyed efficiency or competence. Thus after submission or 9 favour2ble inspector 'S report, in June 1823 a grstuity of E3 was nw~rdadt3 Michael Fgley,teaqher at Cloncoskeran school. ?{any other exmnples gre recorded, Applicati~nst3 hsve nqstess sent ta Dublin t~ be trnineci webel , fairly common. What seems unusual to us is thnt some of these, , canclidstes would have alrexdy been te~chingfor some years, , possibly in hecI2e schoo!.~, Xclrk ECer.ne aged '31 wqs trsiner! by the Socisty in,Febru?rg snci Xarch 1822,but had already been teaching since 1809 bef'z~rehe xas enqage6 by HeW. Erirron in 1821 to teach at Fou-:'y Rarron ssho3l. Some of the other traineas hn(1 qlso bsen tenchins for long periods : Matthew 0 'Brien (Woor'st?wn) since 1813, Michael Hickey (~al'lints~lor) since 1311, 2nd Tnamas Irwin (~ocolloq)since 1812, Others had only begun thair tenchin:: cx7ee=.before zoinr up to Dublin for training; such were John Llnushlin (Cappagh ) ,Charles Wilson (Dunmore Fqst ), nnrl hiillictm i:Jc7-1 (Lismore Hibernign - Mqle ) , Most of the masters goinq up for t~>ninin:;were Cstholics, and 3 were Protest~nts:Thomes Fayae cllo low), Charles hlilson (Dunmore East ) and Mart in orris (Ardm2re ) . PATRONS : Most of th3 schools were patronised by the local lsndlords, gentry and nobility. ?he Duke of Devonshire partly financed the schools at Lismore thouch the ctctual manager or correspondent of these was Col.Curry, who wm probsbly Devonshire 'S a3ent in the loccdity. Cur~y,aswe have seen, was slso the sponsor of the Dune~rvanHiberni~n school. T~Gmambers 3f ~~rki~mentgave their support for particular schools; they were R.S. Carew (Woodstown) sn3r1 Richer2 Poir~er (~lrshm2re) , Col. Keane and Jbhn Power were tha joint pltrons of Cgppoquin school, -"S were. J.N.Humble and W.Mamirc f~rthe school ~t Cloncoskersn. Leading members 3f the Fdliser family of Comeraqh were instrumental in startint: the schools 3t Mahon Eridge and Kilrossnnty; while that 2t Mocollop ~7spatronised by Francis Drew. Clergymen of the established church were involved in promoting some schools. %v. C. Fleury started the school in Dunmora E~tstin 1826, r3cceived 9 grant of .sch~olrequisites from the Society,h~.dthe master trained in Dublin, an;! despite opposition h34 an jncreqsin~t:lttendnnce up to November 1836, when lnst we get mention of-the school. Lismore p?rochial schoo1,which fimt sought the ?L4 of the Society in 1836, was under the patron2ge of the '3s-m of Lismore, nnd was supported by a grant from the Chspter of Lismore an5 frm private subscriptims. This schaol continueq to receive ~rqntscf requisites from thc Society until 1840, brhen afd wss hnlted, becg-use the school in thst yew h~dbean placed under the Church Educatiim Society, b~dyformecl in 1339 zs the Frotestant alternqtive t3 the new flations1 Dcmr:l system of education. Rev, J.B.b!sllnce seems ta have been very active in the cnuse of educatim,for he wqs involved with the two schools at Clnshmore, 2nd these at Ardmore gn3 E~llyquin. Clergymen w6re also prominent in advsncin~;scho,.>ls at Tsllow and Dungarvan.
OFPOSITION : The 18201s krss -L period c1f rice? religious controversy in IrelanL7, and to 2 1ar2~extent rivalry between the churches wns reflected in thc am? of elenent7.r~educstim. The clergymen 2nd evnngelicals of the Established Church firmly believed thnt by promoting an essenti~llyscripturnlly-b~sed educ?tion,they were performink<3 genuine service to the Irish peqsnntry. Roman Cztholic cler,3y9in genersl, hv2 an ingrained suspicion that the schoals under the vsrious societies (inclu4i.n~~in their view, the Rildnre P11ce Society), were purpossly proselytisin? in intent. The main point of contention between clerlyymen of both Churches was over the matter of Bible rendinfz in tha schools. The Cstholic Church tauqht thst the role of its clerg~yWIS to interpret and explain the Bible for the people. Frctestznt clergy,however, held that thz Bible shml4. be freely read by the peo~leand th7t its inherent truths would bc self-revealinc ta each individual. It wxs all a question of authority and contrgl, and it would seem thnt the bnsic points qt issue were of more consequence to the nntagonists 9n both si3es, than tc the pu;?ils in the scho )ls. The Kildare F1?Lce S~cietytried to compromise the issue by stipulatin;; thnt in schools in its connection the Bible wns to be rent! withaut n~teor comment. Only in the czsc of 7 schools is there specific mention of C~tholicopposition to th~schools under the Society in Co. Waterford. In June 1824 -W. Rich~rdSmith ,joint-patron with his wife of Bnllinatrny scho~~l,informed the Soci+cty that he had been forced to close the school bec~uscof opposition from the Catholic clerqy of the nres. In December, he reported that all his attempts to re-estnblish the school hnd been frustrated becsusa the children h.:! been to12 not to attend. The schoc~b remained closed until 1827, when it rc-9pened 2n+ begsn to receive supplies of requisites from the Society in Dublin. Difficulties,however, continuec1,for by December 1830 one of the teschers, Edwsrd Fennessy, a Cath2lic who hnd been trsined by thc Society in 1122, hnd resigned becnuse of oppositim. He was replaced, however, and the school wqs still operational. in l5,+OO
Attenfiance 7 t Czppoquin school was reducadL, prcblbly becnusc the Czitholic clerqy were nwme thqt the school w2s associated with the Munster Hibernim Schqol Society., Slpificnntlg, hawever, there is no mentim of.opposition to the Hiberniq Soci2tyfs qther scho\~lsnt Lismare. The ~ttemptaof the Rev. J.B. Wallace snd W.G. Paul to establish a a~ho2lct Bnllyquin came to n3thins. This wqs becciuse, ns F!. Pqul informed the Society in June 1825, of lack of CO-apaqpti~n,onthe part of the local Cstholic clergy. The situatinn m2 .*imAl~r 2t Ballycannvnn,where,riespite a
0penerous, sub'soription($3~)2nd grant of lmd from Ivlrs. Boltm, efforts to set' up asschpql were opposed by the local priest. There is mention-of oppositi.on at Rev. Fleuryls schacl in Dunmore Esst, but of awh~tkind is not specif icd . Opposition is also mentioned to the schools 2t Clqshmore and Kilmeaden.
ONE SCHOOL : KILMEALIETJ. One of the more intercstin?; gf the educntimql institutions with which the Kildare plsce Scciety w2s involved w7s th~t conducted under 'the auspices 3f the Kilmeaden and Lisnnkill Auxiliary Assaci7ti~1, or the Kilmenden and Newczstle Associrttion as it latcr becnme. This ass3ci2tion appears to hgve been founded early in 1823 2nd was spearheaded by Mrs. Aphra Langley, a woman ~f philsnthropic disposition. As will be evident from a published list of its rules (Fig.l), the Association aimed to provide inaustry 2nd educntim for the "poor Female Cottsgersff cf the district. As t~ the inclustrysit w9s envisaged that girls attendinq the proposed schaol would engage in spinninL{ flax snd w~olenthread. This w~uldthen be woven, and then the yirls wmld work up various ~irticlesof clothing which they could keep for themselves, .tnd anything left over wnuld either be solc? or distributed to the poor. The ultimate aim of the whole enterprise wns t3 "diffuse happiness indiscrimins tely1I.
As to educatim, it was proposed th~ta new school-house would be fitteci out an$. X mistress employcl tt, instruct the girls in spelling,rendinz and writin?, 9s well% in spinning. Obviausly it would cost money t~ get the project going, so Mrs. Langley appenle l for local subscriptions and dtmati~ns.In the first year of the nssociatisnls oper~tion,£66.16.6 w9.s obtained from such sources and was given by such local notzbles 3s Mr. Christm~s,Mr,Strangmm, Mr.Milcomson, Nrs.OfShea, and (significantly) Mr. Hourke, F. F,
Mrs, Langley first sought assist~ncefrom the Kildare Place Society in June 1823 when she requested aid to build and furnish a school house and for requisites for 60 ({iris. She estimated the cost of builJing snd fittinz up the school at £54.5.0, towards which the Society gavs a grant of £50. Ey November 1823 work m the school wzs proceeding apace, but Mrs.Lan$?ley feared that by then expenditure w2s far exceedin[; the oriyinal estimate.
Apparently ths school wns being conducted in an older building while the new schgol house wss beinq c~nstructed. In December 1823 the Society had a person visit Kilme~den to assess the yropress. He reported thnt there were 166 girls on , the roll of the school with an qverape attendsnce of 144,but that the scho-)l was discontinued for the present until the new building was completed 2nd rcady for occupstion. The new buildinz must have been re3fi.y early in 1824, for in Februzry of th~tyeir Mrs.Lnn~ley received a grmt from the ,Society towards providing furniture and requisites,
' .r::. From Fi5.2 we c9.n gauge the prowcss gf the .Assqcistim nfter one year in opercitim. In the course ~f,the'$enr198 children h93 zttended the scha,:l, they hnd lo~irnedhow to work up a significant amount af vwious articles'of*. clothing f3r thsmselves, and thsy hnd 2cquired same ccmpetence in rendinq, writinq and arithmetic. Soon nfter,however, difficulties nr3se. In October 1824 Mrs. L,mzley informed the Society th'ct there h?d been violent local oppositim to the re3din~of the Scriptures in the scho31, and thyt this hod causgd 2 greot diminution in the attendmcc. Whm the Society's inspector visited the school in November, there werc only 17 girls present when he cdled. As well as attendances declining, subscriptions in support of the scho~lbegan t~ dr~pdr~mstic~lly, so much so thgt in December Mrs .Lmgley wss appenling to the S3ciety for C10 to pay the mistress her sslory. On 25 December 1824 Nrs. Langley wns compelled to inform the mistress,Miss Ellen Jnne Fower, th~t because of the oppositilm tc) the school md the t~tnlabsence of pupils for the lsst six or seven weeks the Associ?tim wss forced t3 close the school for %he present, and th~ttherefore Miss Power's services would no longer be required. In 1825,however, the fwtunes of the schocl begsn to improve. Ey Mqrch attendsnce wss up to 4U,the Scriptures were being resd dsily,m~by Thy oppositim wqs reported t~ hsve diminished considerpbly. In June 1826 the inspector's visit revealed thqt the Scri7turcs werz beinq resd by explanqtion , and th?t the Kilmezden Associztim w~sgdttinz assistsnce from the Hibernisn Soci~ty. Appzrently the link with the lntter S~cietymny have been induced by pressin? finsnci~lneefls, for in Mqy 1827 Mrs. Lansley informed the K. F.S. th~tns it did not provide s~lnriesfor te~chersshe was obliged t; awil of funds supplied by the Yibernian Society. As a result the K. F.S. cense3 providing the Kilmcsden school with aid of any kind, 2nd the sch32l wos sccordingly excluded from its pntronnye in Mc~y 1827. Mrs. Lsngley,however, had secand thourhts about her decision, for in October 1327 she suggested thrlt she mip,ht divide the schoal into male 2nd. female sectims, pl3cing the former under the K. F.S. and thc lstter under the Hiberninn Society. This plan w2s agree l to, a moster, Jpmes Dqwney, w~s enlisted, snd by March 1828 60 boys were in attend~nce. D?-wney, however, w~.sdismissed in December 1829 for incompetence, and 3 mistress hne Slonne wns appointel in his plqce. In 1833 Mrs. Langley left the district 2nd her place in the Associatim wns tsken by Ws. Christm3s. The schocl struggled on and was still in existence in 1'310, however, there were two n~tionalscho~ls functinninq in the, men, nt Kilmesden nncl in Ballyduff village.
Such then is the story of the Kildsre Flnce Society's contribution to education in County Waterford in pre-Fmine times. I hope to degl with the Society's schools in the City of Waterford 2t some future dcte. hccot~ntsof t lw Kxlrcrdit a~rc,;aid J'rogrcss oi'i!,(: lo,stiftti iork, from Jutrig h, IS'L3, Irr .IUIII* [m, is"&.ilaqm:tvct by ;z 3tpclirt17 i)rc Subscribers, Ireltt at tI\tk S~hibrrlIlt~lw, cm f6c: tjttr ilisfiirtl. - 16- APPENDIX List of schools in connection with the Kildare Place Society in Co. Waterford, 1817 - 1840. Msme of School Dates in Connection Location/Parish 1 Annestown Dunhill 2 Ardmore Arcimore 3 Ballinatray Templemichael 4 Esllintaylor Whitechurch 5 Ballmcmavanl Fqithlegg 6 ~allsquinl Gr anze 7 cappsgh2 Whitechurch 8 csppoquin2 C~ppoquin 9 Clashmore (Male) ( Clmhmore 10 Clashmore (Female ) ( 11 Cloncoskeran Dungarvan East 12 curryglass4 Mogeely, Co. Cork (Dungarvan ~ibernim2 13 Dunqarvan (Dungsrvan ~srochial2 (' 14 Dunmore East Killea 15 Glenmore Lismore & Mocollop 16 ~linnl Dysert 17 ~ilmesden2 Ki lme .?.den 10 ~ilrossant~~ Kilrossanty 19 Lismore Hibernian (Male )2 / 20 Lismore Hibernian (Female )2 ' Lismore & ( Mocollop 21 Lismore Pwochial ( 22 Mocollop Lismore & Mocollop 23 Mahon Bridge Kilrossanty 24 Mount Barr~n Ardmore 25 Prospect Hall Kinsalebeg 26 ~nllow3 Tallow 27 Villierstown Aglish 28 Windgap Dysert 29 Woodstown Killmacomb ?Never established but included here since relevmt Correspondence took place with the Society. 2~choolsreceiving aid from the London Hibernisn School Society, or its locsl branch the Munster Hiberninn School Society. 3 school receiving aid from the Erasmus Smith Schools fund. 4 Included here since it appears under Ccl. Wnterford in the School Ledgers.
Acknowledgements: This article h3s been bosed, in the maih, on the records of the Kildare Place Society now deposite4 in ths Church of Ireland, College of Education, Dublin I wish to thank the Frincipal of the College, Dr.K.Milnc, for allowing -access to the records and for permitting me to reproduce two documents (~igs.1~2). THE BARKERS OF IdATERFORD.
: The Barker falnilg, which first appears in the records of Waterford city in the lgtter part of the seventeenth century, is one of some considerable interest. In thel'first place, during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries members of the family pl3yed s prominent part in the civic life of the city, producing one of its flembers of Parliment; and in the second place,during the nineteenth century,though now based in Dublin, they distinguished themselves in the medical field, and,indeed , achieved the remarkable "h8t-tri~k~~of producing in three successive generations the holders of professorial chairs. The pedigree given below does not profess to be a full record of all members of the Wsterford family; indeed, it de~lsonly with two branches,those established by the eldest son (Francis) and second son (William) of Francis Barkcr (d.1708). The pedigree will, however,I trust, serve as s basis for further research.1 There is clenr evidence thrt the Borkers of Waterford belonged to the family of thst nqme established st Hurst in Berkshire.2 According to the Visitstion of Eerkshirc m~deby Ashmole in 1665-6,3 Nilliam B3rker of ldokingham,Barks ( son of killizm of Idokinsh?m and Anne,dmzhter and CO-heir of William Burlei~h),who was Stew:lrd to the Bishop of Srilisbury,died in 154'3. !Jilliam younger brother, John of Wokingham, married Kathe~ine~daughterof Edward Mqrtin,of Shinfield,Rerks, snd was father of Willizm of ~onnin~4an4 John of Hurst,the lstter marrying Prances,dau~hterof Henry Yrsnfield5 and dying in 1620. John (S son, elso John, mfirried hilqry, daughter .of Henry I'owle &of Cirencester,Glos.,and died in 1639,leaving two sons, fienry of Hurst,gged 54 in 1665, snd Frqncis,who married Ea~bnra~daughter of Jsmes H311 of Andover,H~nts, md who is described in the Visitqtion pedipree as "Frnncis of Irelrndw.
Among the list of "49 Officers" there is a Frsncis Barker, and the index to the now destroyed Waterford and Lismore Intestate Administrstions includes for 1672 a Frmcis Bnrker. The implicstion th~tth3se three Frmcis Fgrkers were one and the sqme person is clear. Not merely do the d~tesfit (for , supposin,? "Frsncis of Irelqndtf to h~vebeen a ye3r youncer thnn his broth2r IIenry of I-Iurst and to hqve died in the yesr of the 1672 ~dministrstim,he would then hsve been siuty), but there is ?lso in the ?.Caterford an4 Lisnore ;gills index an entry in 1689 of p will (of which no copy appears to exist) of B~rbqra Ewker, who w~s,prcsumsbly,the widow of Frsncis md the dcuqhter of James Hsll of Andover. Furthermore, there seems little doubt thnt Fronc,is ~ndBarb~r~ were the pcrents of : FRAWCIS BARKEH who mnkss frequent eppearsnces in the W~terford Corporation records durinq the last quarter of the seventeenth century. In 1677,1684 and 1635 ho is one of the two Sheriffs of WnterforP city md on 29 June,1686 he is elected ~lderman.~ In the following October he represents the pnrishioners of St. Peter's,Waterford,st a mceting to cmsider thc qusrters of the officers of the p_arrison,7 and in Xnrchy1686/7 "Alderman Bnrker lnte sherlff receiver is to hnve allowmce on his nccount of 61.15s. disallowed by thc auditors for ferrin3e etc." 8 In J~nuqry,1687/8 he is grmte3 leqse for 21 yews of the Corporqtion "pmt of the rectory qnd tythes,mznse etc. of - - '1-8 - Poleronet! at a ycqrlg .rent of. 214. In the followincr month hc! is granted £5 3 yesr for "gl~isin~the windowes of that pnrt of Christ Church and L~dyCh~ppell which belonazs to this Corporncion 2nd keeping the s2id windowes well glsised from time to timett.9 Under Jnmes 111s chsrter of iYarch916t38,Fr?ncis cesscd t~ be an alderman,~lthoughhe remnined an as~istnnt,~~butcfter James-9. defeat,he was re-instated with other Frotestsnt ?Idermen in July, 1690. In October,l69l9 he wss qpnolnted Itreceiver of the rents and revenues of this citty and Rrresrs thereof for and during this present yenr ..,... and is to'have twelve pence per pound and for krreqrs due before the surrender two shillings per poundtt. In June91692, he and A13erm~nCollins wers Itacquitt of all arre?rs of rent (except tcnn shillin~s)until 25th llarch lgst for their houses without St.Patrickls Gate th~twere burnt and ggrdens destroyedv. 11 In M.liy91633, three p~rksunder St. Thomas vs Hill were let to him for a C5 yearly rent find a E5 fine .l2 In the next month ho w9.s elected Mayor.13 In Msrch, 1695/6, he wss required to account to the auditors for the money "raised for the pillsry,whipping post etc. whereof he wss receivert1.14 In ~pri1,1698, he was appointed Chsmberlain. l5
Be msrried Anne,dsughter of John md Jom Elms of Bdly - kerorrucbep,Co.~~~exfor~J~and w?s buried on 14 April 1708.16 Under his will17 he left (with other legacies ) two houses in Cook Lane and one in Hich Street and C3 a yegr to his wife; £100 2nd waste ground in B~rronstran4Street tL2his eldest son; g100 snd the' reversion of one of the Cook Lsno houses to his second son; El00 and the reversion of the other Cook L~nehouse to his third son; 2nd sums from g60 tq £100 to each of his dau;:hters. Frsncists children were :
1. Frsncis,baptised S September,1672.18 He w~sadmitted ss 9,freeman of linterford 15 Decembsr, 1696; 19 he served as Sheriff in 1708;snd was elscted Mzyor in 1713. Like other prosperous merchants of the city, he was evidently kzen tr, obtsin lmdecl property in the Wnterford neighbourhood an6 money 1a1s lriid out in pr2viding mortgages for needy lsndowners. In 1721,for example,£1,000 w;7s ndvmced 8t 74: per annum to John Yutlow, the latter mortcayin~his ldoodstown and other property in the F3rony of Gaultier for this sum which ww to be ttwell ~ndtruly pqid. .'.. upon the Brqzen Post on the Keytt on 7 ~pri1,1724.~~ He mgrried Eli~abeth~daughterof John Newport of Carrick on Suir.21 Administrstion of his estate on intest3cy was grmted to his widow on 1 J~ne,1774.*~ He left : i. Samue1,born 10 ~~ri1~1707.23On 29 June 1736 the Corpor9ti.m undertook to pny Willi~rnVsn der Hagen E20 for his picture of .the >Qu2y and to give Smuel five guinens for polucini. n frlme for it .24~amucl hsd served 2s Shcriff in 1729 and in 1737 he was elected ?byor, qn office he w~sto hold 8g3in in 1741 nnd 1752. In 1737 he and Ambrose Con3reve establishzd 7 bsnk in the city.25 Samuel w~s meanwhile ~.cauirinyproperty in ldsterford and Gaultier m? was evidently 9 mzn of considerable means, RS is evidenced by the folloving eulogistic account of his house and gr unds in Wsterford, written by Smith in 1745 -28. Francis I - ? Barbare Admon. 1672 I Will 1699 _I F ~rahcis11 = Anne Elmes Sheriff 1677 '84 185 Mayor91693, d. 1708 I I I 7- Francis I11 = Tliznbeth ~iilirunI -~bhn Br,rbsr~ -Joan PInrLlret ( hne = Grqves 1672-1734 Yewport =l713 m =-almch =l700 Fn. ( kill 1753,yr.1763 Sheriff 1708 Sae 2 Sarah =William French ( Elizabeth =Sim?n Mayor,1713 Austin Eeles ( Newpsrt ( Sarzh unm.1717 I I I I ~amuel1707- '69 Franc!s IV M& Frances i3Rrdsra Elizabeth Sheriff 1729, d.1773. 1709-1762 ' b. 1710 b. 1717 b.1720 Mayor 1737, '41 Sheriff 1737 '39 =l737 Riggs =l735 Robert =Ccrnelius t52,Sank 1737 Mayor 1747 171 - Falkiner DoSbyn Ecltcn climprovements"1745 = (1 )l733 Eliz.Fel1 M.F.1746-68. unm. (2)1749 Eliz. Jackson(d.1767) - I I I Marg ~am?ella Eliznb~th =Cnpt .~obertEilmeston = 177g Capt.John Hassard = 1773 Henry BoJton of Berwick (d.1792) (d.1802) As P sa.mple of thc @l=@.,~.94nttqste of the citizens, I shsll ment5on the bea.utifuli.npr~vementsof Al?.ermc,n Sanuel Rsrkor ,which,f'or th~delicncy of their t~ste,rarity,?nduncornrnon'situntiqn in 2 city can hmdly be equilled, 2nd may jusitly assume thn t inscription plgcedi on the b5.ck front of Euckin;~h~mHous e ,in St .'Jc.me S f S Fgrk, Rus In Urbe . This Rentlemonfs house is in Kin,--Street,on the outside of it is nothin;: re-/n~~.rknble,morethan the nppesrsnce of n l?rl{e well built house; beh-ind which we are aqreea.bly burprised,with.~hrqe hill, beautifully cut into slops 3nd terrss w:2lks at the bottom of which is a hnndsome c~n+l,withother reservoirs higher up, ;In the lower c&n?l.>re f ountn.ins which play to, 2 cons irler~blbheic;ht, the side of which is besutified with st~tuesstanding in nichas, :i-Iigher is cr - torrns a-dorned with statuas mc! Among 0thers;ths.t of n mercury daserves our 'natice,beinq done in zood prop~rtionsand finely pqized. The enii of this. terras is be:?utifully tGrminqted by r fine ruinad o.rch,bein~the rsmnins of 3 Gothic Str~cture~c~llerlSt. Thomls 1s: chappel, and which also gives thie nnme to the hill on wkiich these improvements Era mzde. From this wnlk, we hclvo .the. n? turn1 r*cpresefit?tion of, 2. 'Dutch landsc2pe .... The other end of this terres is terminated by an avi?.ry,w?th severa.1 kinds of singin3 birds. Hiqher up is a little deer-pcrk, stockcd with deer of various colours,a curiosity no less rnro th:?n renn.nk~!blei;i 2 city., . On the top of the hill is pl2c:ed an obilisk., , In an sdjscent gnrden we some curious exoticks,nmong which are some: fine. plmts of the aloe of several kinds... Tho whole of thage dmprovements hgve been cut out of n very b.wren'rock.. . . md c~rriedon at a great sxpence . In this !'$,entlemmIS: house there ?re sever31 fine pieces of paintini7,and,amonq othzrs the leeend of St.Margaretb .... is ndmira.bly done: It is s~idthis pibce wns .painted by the' greqt Rnphael .. .. . There .is cls~a picture of our S,?.viour,with the Virgin and St. Johnoof which thers nCed be no more s2id in its corn.nend.2tion th:.n to inform the reader thnt it wos executed by IImibn.1 Onrschio, l' On the deqth 'of Thomss ~hristmss,Sqmuel was on 26 Decembsr,l746 el~ctedin his place ns'one of the
tw~members of .P~.rlizmeritfor Vatorfor4 city. , He wss re-slected 2t the 1760 general election. 2nd held. his scst until th,? dissolution of Pr.rli3.mcnt in 1768; r7.t the general election in th3.t yenr his pl~cewas takeq by; his brothsr-in-lcw, C~rnelius Bolton, Samuel was buried on 4 Februmy, 1769.27 I hqve found nu record of his ever hr,vin,- mg'rried and the Cetham abstract of his will mentions only a sister mdl a niece. ii. Frqncis. He W~Ssheriff f& the city in 1737 and 1739 and .K~yorin 1747 2nd 1771. In 174.5 he camrnmded a compnny of the' city rniliti2 with the rank of csptsh.28 He mmried first, inl738,29 Elizabeth, only dnughter of the Rev. John Fell ,but there do not appear, to hsve been my children of the m%rria.ge. Fr~7ncismwriei! secondlg,in 1749 , Elizabeth,only child and heiress of Georqe Jackson of Portnescully,~o.Kilkenny~~owho died 6 Novemben, 1767.31 A cnt~1o;ue of Fr~ncislsvery substmtisl property which his dqu!:hters inhcri'ted will be found in thc Re.qistry of Deeds (369/402/148564). Frqncis died in ~pri1,177332lezuing three d~ushters2s CO- heiresses,his only son, Sgmuel J~ckson~hzvingdied infsnt in 1755:33 Mwy,m~rricdRobert Edmastm,Cnptsin in thz 9th Ret;iment of Foot,of Berwick upon Tweed. In oddition to their f 7 thsr 'S property,,M~ryand her two sisters alss inherited from meir mrltornr.1 grancfather the l~mdsof Portnescully,C~rl~dy, Dungolly 2nd Portneholly in CO illrenny.34~obert died nt Berwick in April 1792. $5 Samuella,married at St .Anne ls P:lss~ge,on 22 November, l778 John ~ass~rd3~of Tonm, Co. Csvnn, Captoin in ths 66th Regt. His first wife Eliznbeth , dmghter of Cornclius Bolton,had been o first cousin of Samuells (2nd w~uld,after the m~rrizge of Ssmuells 1s sister,Eliz~beth,in 1779 to Henry Boiton,hsvc sls? bben her sister-in-12~). He died in July,l802 and his box tomb lies in Dunhill churchy1rd. 37 Elizabeth, rricd 7t St.Annc 1s,Psssa9e, on 22 April, 1779" her first cousin, Henry Bolton of Bnllycsnvan ( son of Cornalius Foltm nnd Elizqbeth Barker). io Mary,born 27 ~u~ust,1709,39married1737 Rl
SIR FRANCIS WILLIRK JAIk!ES EARKER,born 28 April, lMl, entered T.C.D. 1956. Ikving been to the Roy11 Milit~ryAczdemy,he w2s cornrnissionec? in the Roysl Artillery in 1868 (~ieut.-colonel 1890,Colonel 1896). He took part in thc Abyssinia' Expedition, 1867-8,and was at the wsault of Mngdda (med91). He- WFIS Instructor in Gunnery 1673-6 sn3 Superintendent of the Royol Gunpowder Factory 1885-92, retiring in 1898. He was knighted in 1906.73 He lived aft6r retirement at l ldestbourne Mmsions, Folkestone. He m~rriec!in 1373 Ch~rlotteJessie (di'ed 23 November,lg 2)74 only dqughter of John Foster. He died on 31 March, 1924.75 leaving :
l .Ernest Francis ldilliam, C.B.E. (1924),D0S.0. (1916), born 2 July91877,educnted ~t Ikstoratim House and Dover Colleze . He entered the army in 1898 (7% jor 1915, Lieut. -Colonel 1920). He served with the Yorkxhire Lieht Inf sntry in the South African War 1899-1902 (Queen Is Mehl three clisps, King 1s Medal two cl~sps)and in ths 1914-18 Kar (mentimed three times in dispatches ) . He was Chief Signal' Officer, Allied Forces of Occupstion,Turkey 1921-3,Chief - Signal Officer, Northern Command,India 1931-4 and retired in 1937. He was awnrde4 in 1904 the Bronze Medal of the Royz.1 Humm Socizty for s~vinslife off the coast of Crete. e married in 1914 Enid Ruby (died 9 ~pril,l943),787'j second daughter of , Colonel Ernest Joseph George Boyce R.E. He died ,on 13 December,l961. Under his will7Ohe left the bulk of his property to his nephew Godfrey Claude William Hmland N.B.E., PI. C., schoolmaster, on conditim that he should,within six months, take the name of Barker. 2.william Arthur John,born 22 Aupst,1879. He entered the South Stqffor? Regiment in 1899,becoming a Lieut,-Colonel in it. He served in the South African Wnr (~ueen'sMedd three clgsps, Kingfs Medal two clasps) and in the 1914-1918 War (D.S,O., Croix- de-Guerre with palms) in which hs was wounded three times. He hzd resipned from the army in 1909, but re-joined in 1915.79 After retirement he lived with his parents, dyinz unm~rriedon 25 August, 1924 ' 3 Cecil, 4. Hugh . 1 .Margnret, married in 1909 Matthew Wyatt Joseph Fry, Senior Fellow,T.C.D. (died 3 Februrry91943). 2. Jessie Iris,married thc Rev. Horacc Chude Harlnnd. BARKER OF WATERFORD (Summary 2 ) t William I = 1713 Rebecca Graves d. 1746 (d.1779) l Sheriff 1718,Mayor I 1733 gancis & ~iiliarnI1 = 1770 ~lizabeth -&e & Ame = 1739 G3orge ~ebeccd= 1750 Richsrd RichRrd 1731-1788 Acteson Mary ~m1757,Norrin3ton Lower d.y. apothecsry day. pr.1768 will 1752, Sheriffl759- pr 1756 '63 I l I Francis V = 1004 Ehmn Willim I11 = 1807 Arnelia ~ichird A~~EUP~e&~e knnerl 1712 ?-l859 Connolly 1776-1320 Clifford b.1779 b.173 b.1705 -d. unm. 1015 Professor d.1851 Sur~eon& d. 1809 1.1303 1.1803 Chemistry, Apothedary
1 t = 1838 Eknma d$u . AnneI I ------_I_-.--E!.4zoDor >thea ---C3th.Frsnces 1310?-1873 Margaret = 1828 Rev. d.1840 d.unm. d. unm. 1SC5 d.unnl. 13m Prof.Chemistr Haughton Charles Mo l870 R.C.S. I. d.1091 Fleury
-I___- i -"-F- 1300 . MnieI ---2A0. mile -mm. .= Jacob 1343-1910 I)?lrr,oga 1807 Geoghegan Surg. Er08on h.
-= 19 14 Enid Boy~e~d.1948 Captain. William, 1879-1924, Lt .col. lrthur Cherles died unm. Christian, d. 1967 Dorothg ) , Cecil Margerg ) unm. 1920 Hush = 1927 Lt. Col. Grace ' ) Margaret = 1909 Math.Fry Thos .Vandeleur.. . i- , Emila ? -Cyril Shcve -I (d.1943 1 - - , -Jessie = Rev.Horace Husband 26 - - NOTES
My principal smrces for this article have been as follows. For the 17th,l8th 2nd early 19th centuries, I have relied mainly on surviving wills (and abstrscts),the C.of I. psrish registers of Christchurch,St. Olave 'S and St. Patrickfs,Waterford (cited 2s l'par.req. l!), the archives of the Registry of Deeds ,Dublin (cited as "R.D. ll),biographical entries in cmtemporary newspspers,and Seamus Pender, Council hoks of the Corporation of Waterfard,1662-1700 Geted asI1PenderU). For the later 19th and 20th centuries, I hsve relied mainly on wills in Somerset House,London, and published works cf reference,such as dictimnries of biography and Who fs Who. The arms of the Berkshire Barkers are : per'chevron ',engrailed,or and sable, a lion rampant counterchsnged; crest, a demi-Moor ppr.,in dexter hand an arrow or, . feathered and headed argenta,on his sinister arm a shield of the first,and on his shoulder a sash gules ( Burkefs Genersl Armorg).These mms and crest were,incidentslly, used to senl the will of Willism B~rkerof Waterford (1731- 1788): apd are repr~ducedin a sketch by Betham in his abstr~ctof the will. The VBslitcition began wark in arch, l664/5. Hnrleisn Societg ~ublicati~ms,Vol. 56, pp.164-5, Vol. 57, p.64. There is n fine series of monuments to the Esrkers of Sonnine in the locql parish church: several fine 16th century brasses; a sumptuous 17th century monument to Anthony Barker; and a classiccl monument,executed by Sir Hichard Westmacott in 1794,to William Bsrker,the last of the Sonninq branch. Or Mandefeld. Pender, p.264 . .. . Ibid, p.268 Ibi?, p.271 Ibid,pp.279-80.
10. E.DOW~~~,PThe Story of Vaterf ord,191~t~p.206 . 11. Pender, pp.294-5 . Ibid, p.304 . Ibid, p.306 . Ibid, p.327 . Ibid, p.345 . .. Par. reg. A copy of his will survives in the 1706-8 Prerog. Will bo3k in the P.R.O.I. It appears from the will that he hnd s brother Ilenry 2nd 2 sister Alice who merried - Price. Par.reg. Pender, p.335 . R. D. 80/5?04/l9275. 21. By his first wife,Eliz~beth,dauqhter of Simoh Drolemeaux. Eliz2bethfs brother,Simon, married Frrincis 'S sistor Elizabcth,md they were grandpsrents of John Newport, created 7 bar~netin 1789 and many years M.P. for Waterford city. 22. Prerog.8dministrstians9Bethnm abs., F.R.O.I. 23. Pw.reg. 24. Downey, op.cit., p.312 . 25. See Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland,vol.4, Part 1,p,338 and Part ~I,p.cxxii in connection with a. petit ion ,by tha creditors of Edward snd Richzrci Inbeekes against Barker and Congreve in 1739. 26. Charles Smith, The Anbient and Present Stqte of the County and City cf 1Jaterford,l736,pp.l94-6. 27. Psr.reg. 28. Downey,op.c~t., p.328 . 29. Mmr.art, ROD. 187/69/123756. 30. Mnrr.lic.cl~ted 18 Feb.1748/9; Prerog.Grnnt Book 1748-51, P.R,O.I. announcement of the msrrisqe in Faulknerfs Dublin Journal ad-ls thqt she had a fortune of £700 a yew after the death of her father. 31. Finn fs Leinster Journc~l,11-14 Kov. Will prove? 1768 (Bethsm nbs., P,R.O.I.) . 32. Snunders Is ~ewsletter,12-14 April. Swsnzy abs. of will (Irish Geneslo;:ist, vo1.2 ,p.T2). 33. 27 Feb., pnr.reg.
34. ROD* 295/526/197990 e 35. Wsterf~rdHergl4,21 April. 36. Ramsey 'S W2terford Chronicle, l9 Mny. It is erroneously ststed,both in ItRassnrd of Gsrden 3illu. B.L.G. l871 and in ~enr~Sw~nzy, Some Account of the ~asssrdF~mily.1903, that Snmuel12 was the dnughter of Samuel Barker. 37. Their children were Sir ~rancis(Recorder of Waterford), John,Jnson,William (zccorder of ~aterfjrd)~na Ssmin. Samia, wh3 marrie3 Dr. Jsmcs Burkitt of ldaterf~rd,was grandmother of Canon ~r~ncisBurkitt, Rector of Stradbally (d .1939), the writer 1s maternnl pzndfnther. + 38. P3rish reqis ters of _punmore. East. 39. Par. reg. 40, Burke fs Peer~~e. 41. P~r.re~. 42. waterforcl ~ournnl,Vol. 17,' p.28 . 43. Mentioned in n deed of that dr~te;R.D. 17/340/9046. 44. Parorego The fsct that in the register she is given the designation of ffMrs.ftdoes not neceesnrily indicqte that she WPS n widow; she w~s~doubtless,Alderman Graves 1s daughter. 45. Par. reg. 46. Betham ~.bs.; P. R. 0. I. 47. Marr-~rts.7 Aug.175R; R,D. 226/13/145206. 48. Far. reg. 49. Marr. arts. 16 March,1770; R.D. 326/ 165/214676. 50. Rzmsey 1s Wnterfcrd Chronicle, 26-29 Feb. Will pr. 1789 ; Bethnm Abs. P.H.O,I. 51. lfIIJorrfitive of Msr~sretPricett, P.R.O.I., Ms. M.4974. 52. Par. reg. 53. Waterford Mirror926 June. 54. l9 Feb. 55. Psr. reg. 56. R.D. 752/522/511659. He is not t~ be cmfused with another Arthur Bqrkcr, a merchant ~f Waterfor6 nt this time, who nlso h~do brother Willina (krho wns one of the leaders in the 1798 rebellion,losing an arm at Vinegar Bill). These Barkers came from Enniscorthy and there is apperently no connection between the two families. 57. Matthew Butler in his notebooks on Co.W~terford f'milies in the N.L.1, stqtes with reference to this clsim: "not trueff (Ms. 9195 ) . 58, D.N.B. states: I1He composed (c.1800) R thesis "De invent0 G?baniU suq~estingthe identity of the nervous fluid and dynamic ener.:y.lt ttPublished msny reports on fevers ~ndin 1821,in conjunction with Dr.Cheyne, a work on Epidemic Fevers in Irclznd.ft Dublin VOL. M. I. to Francis Bsrker in Mount Jerome Cemet'eryl;Dublin (quoted by Butler,cited above) . see. entry-under his name in Boase, Dic tion~ryof Eodern Biogrsphy . He'? 'wi~l""('cop~gt Somerset House) refers to her 7 children,thoubh only 9ne,Annie (who is unmsrried) , is named. She also refers to her son-in-law, Jacob Geoghegan. Will register in P.R.O. I. ,Henpy Swsnzy,, Succession Lists of the Diocese of Dromore, 1933 Will proved 1947; P.R.O.I. Will nroved 1910: P.R.O.I. ,. See ektry under his name in Who Was MIQ 1916-1920.6 Will proved 1932; Somerset House. Will proved 1916; Somerset EIcuse, .mile R13nchefs-.. .-will -- mentims,in addition.. to her 3 unm~rrleddnughters mc1 bile Shove, a son-in-law,Arthur Charles, Who 1s 1,410 190Tphowever,indicates that Arthur Barker had than only 4 daughters.- See entry under his name in Who Wss Who 1916-1928. Wi.11 proved 1933; Somerset House. Will proved 1924; Somerset Houee. See entry undar his name in Who Was Who 1961-1970. Will proved 1948; Somerset House. Will Eroved 1962; Somerset House. . . See entry under his name in Who Was Who 1916-1928 . Idill proved 1924; Somerset House. - .- From the Memo%~~of Richard Rorke
(Edited by I1Decie1I)
Richard Rorke was one of a Quaker family of thirteen children, the p~rentsbeing John an3 Fhoebe who had married in Clonmel in 17911 Sometime l~terthey moved to Wsterford where John wss enga~edin the linen business .2 They seem to have been quite well off an3 had a house in Dunmore. Apparently the business could not provide a living for the ten boys,and in 1821 five (or six3) of them set sail on the Mary for Canada. The youngest of them was Richard, aged 16.
Details of Richnrd fs life in Canada are irrelevsnt here, and this article desls with only ?he Waterfore section of the memoirs he wrote in later life I1for the amusement of the home circlen, He transcriber1 these memairs several times with minor amendments, and two copies of these came into the possession of his pest-peqt gxndaughter Fhyllis E.K.Armstrong of Ontario. She transferred them to typescript, added genenlogicsl and illustrstive materip1 with nates, and had a limited number repraduce3 and bound in CannJ Waterford City in 1320: "There is 8 Quay, half a mile in length, which might be made one af the handsnmest of its kind in Europe with its double and treble lines of shippin? sh~wingforests of mssts. Timber shijhs fram Norwqy,the Arctic or Americq,trnders from Spain and Partugal, vessels from Newfounqlond loaded with dried codfish,and one wonders how the seas cmtain such a multitude of living creatures as we taken in me seFLsm. Colliers from Swansea and ldhitehfiven always unlosding . Ships takinp on wheat an1 ~ats~st~shec!loose into their holds after being carried on men's shoulders ncross the street, the voice of the sailors as they heave at the windlsss 3f some vessel anxious to break loose once more for the gce~n,or the sharp voice of some cabin boy for the first time over frz~mEngland, , whom some Irish boatman is tecisinp, with questims, while the juvenile is nearly mad with the questioner 'S pretended stupidity ------W .- HWhat is this n:jw, cominq dqwn the street under whip and spur,hurryinr~to get clenr ~f the precincts of the city ? As they pass by swiftly,we can just get 3 glnnce fit seven men, pinioned in the pwtyiwho nre ;;o'inr; tc die. Their f3ces psle and wocstricken fcr they are yoiny to executim, they, with the executioner snd Srivers, livided int? companies anrl seated in three camnon csrs. A strong force ~f milit~ry,dr,.i~ocns,ri~ling slongsirle ,bef ore and behind, md the shcriff m2 his deputy with others in attendance; they hsve lcft the County Jail at a sh~rptrot, and will continue the same speed until they reach the bridge, the gates of which stand open tc2 let tham pass. No toll demsnde(3 of th%t cav?lcade,theg pass free of chsree,and well they may,for they pre to see the lrw executed, and well f~r Irelnnd thrnrt the L2w is sometimes put in fdrca. They are boupa for some place in the adjcininc country where some crime or crimes have been committed; it may be some other ''Wild Goose Lodp,ai affsir, and it is there or in its neighbmrhood , that the condemned ara suffer, and ss usual before they rench half way, a number of ra3red specimens of humanity in the city will be cryinr out for sale the lost dying speech and declarations' of the seven *Cnrov?ts and Shnn~vests~!,as they call them, wh2 hanged for such m: such crimes, the speeches printed for the occasion on strips of poor paper,an*J. s vile representation of a man han~ing,~t the to? of e8ch. They are gone anlJ p8ssed aut of sight, and the crowd who witnessed their departure is no better for the lcsson tsuc;ht them, but they will watch far the return c;f the ~h~n~msn~vtomorrow,clndif he is not well gunrdeG, there is a ljrcbsbility cf his bein; murdered bef~re--here-chos ' his home, the ~~i1-4" "As the day closes, in c3mbs the mail from Dublin,Cork ,or Limerick,with its f mr bloods, m~.kin:;; the bridge tremble and the pavement ~ndbuildinp echlj td its r(?llan3 trsmp, lo2ded insir?e and out with p?ssen;l;ers, an4 nppmently, tons wei~htof lug,pqe --- those on the to12 df the conch swayinc sn3 making as if nll is ~p.oin3t3 be upset, but there is no Jsnyer; they are not now descendink; the Dungnrvsn M~unt~insst 2 fast trot an? behind the hmr at the sqmz time. The driver is m old "whipv and knows a11 plsces 2nd everyone on the road between here and, Dublin or Cork,(lrives over the same pnvin;. stcinas ezch time he enters leaves our streets; it is his t~~de,he is good for little else, but he will keep ycu in cmvers~tionall day on the r(>ad if y:w are fdrtunqte enmgh ts get s sest besiee -him, -- amusin3 you with an~cdotessf this persgn or that,which he hss acquirec? fr\>m his vwied acquaintsnces. He wenrs D. broad- lesfe4 h2.t md a number ~f co~ts,hdw msny I never could mqke out, md thc outside me has 3s msny capes to it 2s his native country,unless he is m Lhsricm, and thqt suppositim is exceedin~lydoubtful, Anrl his ncquaintsnce, the Gunrd, that man of blunderbusses anad hors* pist~ls,there he sits, all alone,no me in Irelm3 allowed t2 take a seq.t besiee him on ' the rood, the Fostmnstcr General excepted of cxrse, and it is not the charqcter for sterlinc honesty mongst the county popul2tion thst h2s incurre3 the sail pshibitim.5 A black day in their cqlendnr when stem claims the preference,when the Railroad put fins1 stop to the grmc7 turn-out of blood horses, an(! the ste9m whistle soun.ls the Xequiem of staqe cc~chesof every descriptir:n. "Evening drnws ta a close,the lamps nre li?hted,and the 33s qives qdditimnl brillinncy ts the sccne,ss it is just come into use6 - workmen md lqbmrers lcsvinc in ganqs their places of employment f9r hc)me or some worse dlace. After a time the sh~psclose for the cl~yqn2 littls is heard in the streets, f~rcountry men hnve left f~rtheir h~mes,many of them in 2 st3te that F?thar Matthew would nut by any means nnprvve of. Silence in P mensure prevnils,with the exce~tionpcrh?ys of an spprentice returning home for the ni~ht~whistlingthe Duke of York Mz~rch or snrne other air, 3r the vendor af oysters "making the nipht hid ex^^^ with his cries, 3s he perambulates the streets,giving the inhabitnnts anather opportunity of strewing with shells the street in fr3nt of their respective houses. A1.l thc noise,~llthe stir and bustle of thc dsy is aver, to be repested. in due time, however, for the benzfit gf Irzl~ndin general and the City c~fF1nterf3r3 in pwticular. Visit to Dunmore Packet Hnrbour: "But here we are, this is Filot Isl~nd,we will land and pr2cee4 to the W9rks9 the rinpin!! s~~unflfram which we can distinctly hayr. Acr~ssth~ I~l~~n~.'~ and 3ver the short wooden bridye, up thrmsh the yqrd in front 2f these houses th~tstrnd in EI line endinc m ta the sep, their rem within fifteen feet of a precil?ice, nat quite c7 hunrlre! feet d~wn,which pwtly bounds the hrbmr bnsin. The first hmse we m~etis the Fostmnsterfs, 2 q~iet,~lemuremm, the next is aurs, the third on the rm3e is occupied by the Resident Engineer, the f~rthis the office and stor~-.ro,>msfr:r psint,: il,cordage, etc. ; but in th2t office burns every Jay, in cc~clweqther, s r~arinffire of Swanse~.or khiteh~vsn,an:: just ten feet fram the fire, but separstea. by a thin psrtiti~n,is a Powder M~~y~zinehaving frequently therein ten dr twelve barrels )f gunpr~wcler -- no one thou~ht3f dan~er,nt least I never did, but move~l about by dsy an3 slept ?S smnd by nicht ns myone cmld, for cust~mor h3bit ennbles us tq l~~kChnger in the f qce, W makes us uncmscious of any pr(3bnbilities. "But let us proceec?, rcqch the g?tew.?y nt the r37\;1,, turn to the left far abmt me hunJretl ynrds, ~n:jthe F,clck,~tIInrbmr and the w?rkmen completing it .re in sight; pr83ceea nrsun? the head of the bssin, des~en~in~~t the same time, (~nd)we come to a rail or tr3mway lexling frem the Freestlme quarry where the - stme cutters prep2re the stone for focinz the inner si(le of the pier. Row look st thzt ddor in the f~ceof the rt3ck t3 our left hnnd --- there is an~thsrm3gszine f~rpowder, little could be dme here withmt the assist7nco of th~tuseful but dsn~erms commodity. Thqt m3;:~zine is chiselcd out cf the rxk and linad inside with lead (~ibr3lt~rf~shion) t? prevent my d~mp reschin~,the powder; 3 curious-lookin,? czve, gn'l might be passed by hunrlrsdLs of persxs wha wmlJ not suspect wh~tw3s storelq within. "We now p~ssthe fc~tLJ~ the cliff GP qu~rrywhere the m2terisl far building thc mcl~is pr4curerl. See the psngs c~f three men e3ch u~ there t~ W ;P!< ~t ths drills which make that uncessinc-; clankin? sam:?; me of e~chpqrty seate-i, the others standins? up, %l1thrce rnisin~the tcn-foot b~.rof ir-n 2nd then striking it intc the mountnin until the h531e is pronmnced deep enou;~h. Thsrc they wark ?wny9 POSP fellf2ws,--c?arently happy ?t bein!: allowe?. the privilege of lnbourine for five or six sliillinqs 9 wcck, 311 their m~;inten~nce.Look fit these immense triflnqles,with winrql?s ~ttachedt~ exch,f 2r hoistin? stones,tons weight,?t s lift and de7ositinp them m the low railwzy csrs --- eiyht men sttend each whgse unite'? stren~this often tried in raising grent mssses af rxk. There qoes n car, lo~ded~alcngthe railway to the pier end,the rocks are thrown dwn int(3 the sea snd the car returns fcr an~therload. IILet us now move over t~ the mter,c~rse?. side of the pier or mole. This is the stdrm w::ll built ss ym see with rough stones lai3 in cemont,it is not quite six feet in heicht for the purpose ~f preventing the ses hsckin~~over the pier in , royh weqther (n vain thcught ), Thlt slopin7 flntwork of great stcnes below is c~lledthe p2vement ,e3ch stone f2stened to tht; surr~un~linqones by clsmps of iron well lended in; this is intended ta prevent the sea frqm unJermininf: the lonq formation that with the storm w~llwill extend the whole len~th of the pier. We will now exsmine the inner sile af the pier; You see they ore f ~cingit 9r1 the inside with cut stme down tq the bottom of the wntcr. Th~tlong platform of timber running psrqllel to the pier is for the purFose of usin,? the divingbell which is now under w~tcr. Thq.t low,but stronp-ly-built, cottaf:e-roofed house is the bell house, youse it is on wheels m3 moves when ~equireclalong thz 2l~tform. That larce cable, reachin8 down into the wster immedigtely under the bell hause, is f2stenod t~ tha top of the bell snd hol!s it suspended over the place where the mnsons buildinp, the wqll are nt w;rk. The cabls supports grent wei~htfv the bell is of metal, seven feet high and 2b'~utsix feet squpre. Hark,y~uhenr blows qs from s hsmmer m an nnvil fram below the surflce of the wster, these sounds qre si~nslsfrom the men in the bell to thgse above t~ move the bell to some other pl~ce. Those above understand wh~tis required by the number md rqpidity of the sounds. You see they required the bell ta be r?.ised Y little, those above h2ve m~nne2the windlqss 2nd rl-,nz s7,then ri S iqle blow is struck ancl they celse t? rzise it. Here is the ~ir pump worke4 unceasinyly by two men whc Ire pumping, or rather forcinr gir through thnt lony lecther tube int? the bell, withmt I const~ntsupply of which, the men could not remsin alive under water." 7 Preparing to Leave Home : "1 w~.s just then (i.e.1921) emmcipnteJ from s Bowdins ~choolowhose rules sncl re~ulltionsmi~ht vie with the most strict militsry discipline, the inmates of which,close4 up from the wor1:i withmt, 7 str?n?er ~t first sight might suppose thp-t they,whcse youth far five or six years wqs so spent,would on their enterinz intg the busy scenes of life,be quite unfittefAt 2 t~kecar3 of themselves; the event in such instnnces wwld ten? t.1 show how fsr 2nd wile he w~ul:: be mistaken. I;Th2t with re~~linz,in,] we were pr~videdwith 7 choicc but smnll librqry of obout fmr hundred v.?lumes,many of them trqvels in foreip lqnds and vay?yes of esrly nqvit:ntors ,m~nnersznd customs af the inhq-bitmts of vsrious cc~untriesvisited,with a detail of the iccidents grid disssters attendin:: these voyqi~cs an< trqvels; 2nd the never-flinching spirit, of tha cfficers st leqst,which eventuqlly led them to safety; with lectures nne wqrnincs innumerqble nnd unce,?sinp,c~mpvisonsdr~wn between this an4 th~tline of conduct,a spirit of pride instilled int,> us as ta be nhove the warlc! SJ fcr ss t)despise 8 meqn or unlqwful action, forme3 to qn ever-w2tchful religiqus trrininq, neqrly all on leavin~schc.11 were preparsd in time t:, fill posts of honour or profit far in ndvqnce of mqny lsds of finished e-'luccl'tion nowsdnys . Tenderly cared for m4 unncqu2inted by prsctice with the rude life in store for me on leaving schoo1,the few months spent ~t home were almost entirely consumed in travelling the surround.ipg country in search of pame,in the prnctice of which-, young as I wm, I became a gao-? shot, or ~t lenst n fearless one. ------l1 l1 The g.ohhii3 (i.e. The ~ary)is in the river before the city,surr~undedby other craft just nrrived,or like ourselves, waiting for tha tide. The lu "With pilot on bonri, ths anchor is hove up and we sre off far the ocem. As we drift rl9m the river we recqgnize different plnces, h~vinqnow 2. river-view of them which cnnthsts wopdqrfully with their appearance fr~mthe rmd, Here , apparently gassinr_;.US ,, is Dunbrody AbSey on its small islnnd, or whet I suppose was c~lledan Abbey in former timespits ruins yet standing ,AS 3 memorid of the vnnity of ewthly pursuits even when thp des,ire is to 911 3ppearqnce yzine-l. Its windowsplaced high up give it more the Pppenrmce of some strongh~ldor castle th~nthe resiqence of relfqidus or literary men; those long slit9 in the flss2nry h~vea suspiciaus look, the reverse of a cus$mhouse which is sometimes said to 'let sll in and nothing out,,, juqt wi llAnchorinq for the ni;ht at Pnssage, we are away again. let is Duncmnon f 3rt with its loni; , low line df s~lid sonry fronting the nTrr3w pTssage of the river, pierced for mmy a sun, yhose muzzles shew themselves waiting for 3 time that we hope is far distsnt; sll is silent about the walls, a few stand there t? view the ship w we pass, probably unconscious that one on board recognizes some of them. There is the magazine, bombpraaf ,lined inside with gunpowder in bmrels, tier nbove tier 2nd shelved 311 roun3, the interior kept clean as a drswingroom and matteci over the flax for further s~fety. Thnt long low builfiing is far arms of vqrious kinds, shot an? shell of many descriptions, ch2in an? grTpe hun~-in clusters and painted red, to be made reeder if possible in the blcod of the enemy; here is thz armoury for h~ldingmusket ~ndbsyonet,swwds and pistols, cutlqss and bo7rAing ~,ike,whichperhqps will never be wielded 3r fired in hostility. Th~tline c~fhouses is the officers' qunrtors, quite gentlemanly fellaws, takin:; the wgrld easy, determined nst t81 distress themselves abmt what cmnot be helped, and sinplar enmqh, this w7.s the only place I would have landed to spe2k a long: fsrowell; I turned away fr3m lookin? toward them snd begm to feel thct I wris indeed leaving Irelqncl. "Half mile beyond you see a M.lnptell.2 Tower, the swnmit crowned by twenty-f our pounder, pointing over the country,. to, the interior, to awe the insurgents in the pe9.p whc sre yet wborn, but who may sprin,? up 2s in m R nicht like muskr+3ms-'Ln , TSh%i\Yct %hiW> pnhures >\ Yet onwnrd, until theHarbour is in sight; eh, there is Cordon Head, the scene of many.of.my. rambles an(?, shr,:>tin.: excursi.)ns, ~uttin,~,its point. out to se%, with its s8.n-i beach the hwnt of the curlew o.nd wild.. duck;its. hillsides score4 with small ravines covered with fume , the. sure cover far hares, snd its upland fielrls with old stubble in which I have of ten watched f,m flocks of wild piqeons , or rather, tnme pizeons gene wild,which were sure to fly and.rsli~ Obviously t;he Rc~keswere untyplc~lIrish emigrnnts in' thst they dir? seem t.; settle down t.:, fqrmin,~. Richwd dces nct reveal wh3t impelled them t2 leave Irelnn:? but Mrs. Armstrmq sugyests $hst the father John, I1owncr of a linen business ancl fqther of a lnr;s,e f,mily, s:?w f srm or" hand writ in:^ on the wall when the cc~tt:)n-,2inwas inventell in 1792 -----l1. Richsrcl 1s mother die3 the yev he l~ftsnJ over the foll2winy years most of the f&ily left Materff~r3fcr Cnnndn, an? John himself departed in 1332. REFERENCES: .- Mrs. ~rkstron: su&tes PS s.&rce the Minutes of the Society 3f Frien~~sin Qusker LiSr~ry,Eustacc St., Dublin. Family trsditlion is ::iven 3s the source of this. Figotls Directory of 182-1 mskss no mentim of Rmke in relqtian to linen retnilinq (there 2re no linen mnnuf qcturers listed). Hosever this directxy is neither c3mprehensive nor intended t~ list all cijncernel. with 3 pmticuler business. Hichard writes of llmrselves who were six in number1I but Mrs. Crmstrlme cm only accmnt for five. While I hnven't been 2ble ts discover more abxt these seven,-there are certainly prece3ents for such hsncinzs. In WSEIASJ,. Vol. XVII,?Jo.l, I;. 14-15, A Carrickmm 'S Diary 1770 - 1809" the diqrist notes th5.t: IfAt Waterfqrd eight persms receive:? senkence to be executed at the f3ir-zreen of Windg2p on Slturd?y 23rd (J3nugry 1003) - th'e scene of thei~deprer?~ tions bein; chiefly in thzt nei~hbourhood~~. He records sever01 other inst2nces of individu~lsbeing brought t~ hwg ?t the scene 9f their crimes. .-- These references seem t.? be to the m~ilcanches r-.they thm to Bimcmils coqches although these began services to Clonmel in 1816. See Note re. gzslifihtin;;. I am most tyr3teful t~ Mr. Paddy Xennedy of N~terforr! Municipd Librqry for locytin? the inform~tionhere 2nd in Reference I0 thrmqh the indexss which he is c3mpilin~from the bound volumes of the Fkterf or& Mirrors there. I hop to U;? th~~cmstructid~ 'details as th.2 a~i~of a future article. Mrs .Armstr~n: h.s been .thcouqh the reglsk ers of Newtwn Schogl 2nd faun-l the nvmes 5f 8ichclrclfs br.~thersm-! sisters- but no reference tc Richjrd. She thinks thnt for some re.ison he mqy h~vebeen sent t~ Bish~pFoyls School. 9. For illustr?tion of Passnge Fort ss it w?s then see Decies XI, P.23 & 24. 10.~eJimplicationhere seems to be that these soldiers csme straight from ?+aterloo to Waterford. Waterford Mirrors , however,make no mention of such an arrival within three months of the b~ttle.Indeed one would scarcely expect the troops to be disbanded so rapidly and most regiments remained in France until peace was assured the following year(1316)- the year the troop-ship Sea Horse was wrecked in Tramore Bay. .This,is an interesting example of cmtemporary local belief $bout the function of this mart ell^ tower ( nnd presumably its fellow ne~rby2bove Duncmnon fort) about which Paul Kerri~znobserves "it is hvd t3 see their pointI1 since they wepe mcst vulner?ble llin the reo.rl1 3r landwarr? side. See "The Defences of fhe South East Coast 3f Ireland 1803- r1411, Decies X, p031. NOTE - Gns Lightinp: in Wqterfmd: lrEvening drqws tc n close, the lrmps Ore liqhted, and the Gas sives 2dditional brilli~ncyt? the scene 3s it-is just ccme ~nt~use,l1 In fsct Wste,rforG bridge w~sliyhtsd by gas five yecrs before Rich~~ri-l:S ..!ep~rture, be5innin;l: on Ssturdny, 0c.taber 16th 1816, qnd there mny hpve been other Tress lit previously, ns this is iaeferred t? as an llextensionll. This w~ulclmake Idaterforcl one of the first cities in the wwld ta hqve hnd public liyhtin: by (53s - it had only been introduced t9 London in 1313 and the next U.K. reference to it is in Bristol in 1823 (sec Ever?ri, S., Hist\,ry of the Gns Li,:ht md C~keCrjrhjxfi$,-- London,1949). It wns manufactured on-the north side of the rher by R.& B. Graham (described 2s llinzenious wtistsn) and pipe? to globes, ezch of which contained z Ittriple flamet1. The contemparara pro$nosis for the use of $79 in Waterford is interesting: "light hay be sent into houses 23 water is-nti present by branch pipes derivin:; from the m2in pipe ----upon the model af the gss campmiss of Loncl~nll. (Incidentally, this seems dso to indicate 7 very ertrly use of domestic piped wzter in Wzterf ord), The references above are taken fr2m the W~terfordMirror, September 4th 2nd October 21st 1816, Ey the followin,r;'yenr Grrihams -had.ltrmsLerse=1 their wmks (l1 11bcr.r t wyll ) t the southern edge cf the river (I1SehinG the fish housell which was on the qusy) and qdopte? the name ll!dnterford Gos Li,-ht Comp?nyll. They .hnd begun laying ceramic 2ipes (? - these we mentioned ns beini: cheaper th'qn iron pipes ) films the Qu~y,F3r~de qnd - M1.11. (Wsterfor~Mirror, - July 5th, Aug. 16th & Oct. 15th 1817). This scyemo wss complete(1 by Se ;tomber 1818 and work was on thnntf to extend the lir~htinginto Gevges St. (W.V. Sept.26th 181b). One satFkfied custr?mcr wls the newsppper which hqd i~roudly reported these develsi~ments. On 18th Oct sber 11118 they p'rinted for the f'irst time by 5%~li1;ht which they found l1decided1y superior in ne~tne~s~brilliulcyand safetyI1, referrin:: to its llcleanliness an4 serene stecdy brightness l1 (W.- M. 23th October 1819). -*.. - 11. THE FUBLISHEL, ABSTRACTS OF IGN4TIUS Iqnatius Honayne Bray Jennings came from an old Newry family. He was the son of Daniel Corley Jennings, County Inspector in the Royal Irish Constsbulary, and Joan Eray of Thurles. He became an officer in the R.I.C. in 1869, was m~deFirst District Inspector in 1883, and wns County I~spectorfor bliaterford from 1994 until he retired from the force in 1910. He married in 1884 Ilenrietta Elske of Ballinamona nepr Thomastown ( a relstive of the well-known Yaterf ord M. I;. , JoQn Aloysius ~lnks) . Jennings interest in the documentary sources of Irish history secms to have been aroused by W. P. Canon Burke, with whom he collaborated in resesrch for the latterfs histories of Clonmel and of Irish priests in pensl times .' On retirement from the ' Constabulary,he went to live at Eccles St. in Dublin, where he was close enough to the F'ublic Record 'office to indulge to the full his pass'ion for record-copying unti2 the tragic destruction of the office in 1922. Upon Jennings death in 1928 ', his manuscripts were purchased from his widow by his friend Canon XcGuirk, P. P., Dublin archdiocese. bhen the latter died in 1948,his fine librory of Irish historical works. p2ssed under his will to 'the OIConnell School ,North Richmond St. ,where it has remained ever since in the devoted cars of.the Librarinn, Brother idilliam P. Allen. . Some of %he principal items in ths Jennings NSS are of' little inter&st,as the originals are still extant. These include the CaChalic parish register of St. John fs;hraterf ord (to 1807 ),the Convert Rolls,the Inquisitions for Co.Tipperary,and a complete tr~nscriptof Lynchfs Ecclr;siastic31 History of Irelnnd(in T.C.D. ). On the other hand,some other major items are of unique importance on account of the destruction of the P.R.0, in 1922, Foremost among these is the series of notes from the Cromwellian Council Books, which consist of orders on Fetitions,letters of the Lord Protector, direations for the harrying of pricsts,wolves and tories,&c. Another importnnt item is the list of.Catholics who took the modified 03th of loyalty in 1775-6;this w~sedited by lMr.~reandin Nac Giolls Choille and published in the 59th Report of the Deputy Keeper of Public Records (1962 ), pp. 50-84 We a.re here concerned with Jerin jngs will ~7bstra.c.t~.: These fbrman extensive collection,and we in Waterfgrd art lucky l13 compiled them. Th3y fall into 'two c'$tegoriks:'(l )nine exert-ise-' books. .,contai,ningnearly 7QO .pages. of . abs trn.c:t.s.of Idaterf ord .~tlls for the years 15824675, 1724-1731. 2nd 1762-1843; (2 ),an .ass,ortment of notebooks of different" sizes, dontnining,'ribstr?cts of wills,' admiaAstrations and marrinso licence bonds,mfl.inlg ,rddathg:to the surnnmes of Bray, Ronaynl;. ,Corlcy 2nd . Jennings . . , . . S ; ::. . , .' i . A lnrge. number of Jenningsf xbstracts w:e.~o:publishe& in the Journal of 'the Wqtcrford and South E2s.t of 1rel~ndArchaeological . . society, and the series was S till goihg' stronk when .the';journsl . ceosed. publication in 1920. Them werc eight instalments, as ., follows: ~ol.~VI(lgl3),pp.l~3-194;v0l.~~11(1914),pp.l7-32,71-91~ 98-117,17Q-181; V01 .XV'I~II~1915)9pp.32-.39j152-174~V~l.xIX (1920), pp.34-47. In all,there are 491 abstrncts,~ns sting f 3 6 wills ?conjtd.on page ($2) -38- - JENNINGS WILL ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN WATERFORD JOURNAL TESTATOR -VOL. -PAGE Ahern,Thomns,Quilly,fzrmer,1770 17 91 Aikenhead,Davi4,Waterford,vintner,l766 17 79 Airay, Willism, Clonmell, l782 18 152-3 Allen, James,Reisk,gent, 1726 16 185 Andrews, John,Waterford,gent,1771 17 100 Anglin,John,Knocktimore,1730 17 23. Anthony, James,Three Mile Bridge, 1775 17 117 Archbold,hn,widow91781(admon.) 18 - 35 (Archdeacon: see Cody, James) Archdekin, James,Waterford,merchant,l769(admon) 17 88 Ashe,S~muell,Waterforil,bontman,l729 17 22 Aylward, John,Waterf ord,merchant, l728 16 191 Aylward,John,Callahane,1766,1767 17 -80 Backas, Charles ,Waterford,Doctor of Physick,1779 17 181 Backas,Ellenor,widow,1786 (ndmon.) 18 166 ~ackas,~eorge,~aterford~alderman,l767 17 101 Badcock,Jonath~n,Wa.terford,Quaker and shopkeeper, 16 186 1723 Baggs,Charles,Lisrnore,gent,1775 17 174 Bagwel1,William Clonme11,1770,1772 17 102-3 B~ldwin,John,Cahir,gent,1706,1787 19 35 (Barker: see Graves,Ann) Baron,Edward,Woodhouse,1769,1775 19 37 ~&r~~Shanahan,Edward, Dungarvan, 1785,1786 18 164 Barron,Pierce,Carrickbarr~hm,gent,l787,1788 19 36 Barron,~tephen,gent,1786 (admon) 18 168 Bnrry,David,Waterford,shoemaker91770 17 80 Baxter,Margery,Waterford,1734 17 8b Be~sly,John,Waterf ord,yeoman, 1726 (sdmon) 16 187 Bergin,Wil1iam,Waterford,merchsnt,l772 17 105 Blake,~ichnel,Clonmell,cordwainer,l783~1786 18 168 Boate,Edward,Dungarvm,merchant91785,1786 18 163 Bohen,Msthew,Wsterford,baker,1787,1785 19 35 Bolton, Cornelius, Faithlegg,1774 17 180-1 Bolton,~illiam,Faithlegg, 1776 (a.dmon) 16 188 Boughely,Nicholas,C10nmell,farmer,l783 18 155 ~ourke,~avid,Barn~kile,l726-- (admon) 16 186 Bourke ,~ichnel,~ewf~undlmd, fisherman, 1764,1765 17 75 Ignatius Ronayne Bray Jennings, Caufit'y Inspector, Royal Irisb. Cons,tabulary. TESTATOR -VOL -PAGE (Boyde :see Drake, Jsne ;Paul, Mmy ) Bray,James,Dungarvsn,1691 (admon) Bray,Jolm,Dublin Sc Waterford,set-cooper91784 Bray,Michael,Clonmell91699 (admon) Bray,Patrick9Clonme11,1661(admon) Brenan ,Eaward, Tallow ,gent, 1784,1785 Britt,Fatrick,Waterfwd & Newfoundland, fisherman, 1773 (admon) Britt,Pierce,Rallynalahessery,1784,1786 Brown,Thomss,Clonmel19innholder91~~0 (Brown: see Cody, Catherine ) Bryan,Cornelius,Glynnballynultory,l776(admon) Bryan, Lawrence,Hellvick, 1778 (letters of guardianship ) Bryan,Thomas,Moneamaintragh,gent,l767 Bull,Edward,Grange,esquire,1787 Burn, Richard,Waterf ord,brewer, 1769 (prerogative ) Butler9Ecl_mund,Carrick,shopkeeper,1782 Bushell, Edward, Powers town, 1768,1771 Butler,Elizabeth,Dungarvan,widow,l77l(adon) Butler,Ma~,Dungarvan,1761,1776 9--', Butler,R~~hard,Robertstown,1776(admon) ~utler,~ichard,~aterf ord, tallow chandler, 1782,1783 Butler, Theobald, l766 ~utler,~i&~iam,~aterford,1760 (Butler: see Nowlan, Catherine ) Byrne9Margaret,Clonme11,widow,1~81 Byrne,Terrence,Carri&inivea~h,farmer91~2~(admon) Callaghan,Catherine,widow,~.D.(admon) Callaghm,Denis, Coscm,innholder, l786 C~ntwell,John,l760 Cantwell,John,Carrick-on-Suir,merchRnt,1790 Cashman, Joan,Ballgnemealagh, 1763 Chearnley,Annn, Cc7perquinn9spinster,l785,1789 Christopher,GarrettPDung3.rvsn,1767 Christopher,Nicholas,B~llygarran,farmer,l~65,1766 Clancy,~lice,Islandtarncy,widow,l766 Clancy9John,Kil.~armudy,farmer,1~25 (admon) Clarey,ThomaspLissodubber,f3rmer,l766(admon) Clark,Patrick,~aterford,shopkeeper,l764 TESTATOR -VOL. Cleary, Patrick,CurraghclonyP1730 (admon) Cleary, Robert ,Curraghe Dobbin, 1775 (admon) 17 Cody als Archdeacon,Jameu,Ha1ifax9carpentcr, 17 1776 (admon) Cody9M~ry,widow,l778,1779 17 Coghlan,John, Doctor of Physic ,1774 (aclmon) 17 Coleman,David,Feddens9farmer91780 (admon) Coleman,Michael,Ba11yne~)1~1763(admon) Co11ett9Thomss9R~11yricharc~,~ent,1~~1(admon) 17 C0llins~Denis~B~llyheeny~farmer~1786~1787 18 Comerford, John,Carrick-on-Shure ,gent, l770 17 Comerford,biillinm, l768 17 Cummins,Henry,Rallynatr~91774 Congrevc,Ellen9Glynn9widow91727 (admon) Conner als Flsnnery als Walsh, Bridtse t ,1771 17 Conner,Mnurice, Clotahinny,1754 17 Connery, John,Curtiswoocl, 1759,1765 17 Connery,Thomas, Lisilug,?n Green, 1799 (admon) 19 Connolly,Martin, 1765 (admon) 17 Cooke Deborah, Clonmell,wiilow, 1724 16 Cooke,John,Clonmel,l722 16 Cooke,Thom~s,Thornybri1ge9farmer91729(adon) 17 Corbitt,P~trick9Tramore,yeorn~n9l788(admon) 19 Cormick,~srr~h,h~ater"forcl~ 1728 16 Costigan,Thomas,Waterford9glazier91772 17 Coughlan, David, Correplea,1763 17 Daniel, John, Clonmel,1733,1784 (~anniel:see Pohrer,~llen) TESTATOR Darville,Jahn, 1726 (9dmon) Dnry (~mcy?),Denis 9N?terfor l,bron?hm3Icer, 1782 ,1783 Dawson,Brp-bells, l766 de Soulas de ~ere;x,h'atcrf od, 1726/7 Derante,Peter,Wnterf or.3, surze m,1753 Dilkes,John,Waterford,gent,1~6 Dinnn,Sylvester,kTaterford,merchant, 1758 (tldlnon) Dixon,Wlli~m,Clonmell,merch~nt, 1757 ~obb~n,Frnnces, Wsterf or4 ,1776 Dobbyn,Hmriet,W~terford,widow,l736,1738 Dobbyn,Richnrl, Cnrrick & Savmnqh,1759 Dobbyn,Richard,Cork,merch?nt,l764 (admon) Dobbyn,Robert ,!hterf ord,1775,1776 Dobbyn,Thomas,Waterfor3,~:ent,1705 Dobbyn,Willim,B~llyrn~kill,esquire,l70~/~ Dobbyn,William,Waterf0rd,~ent,176~Q,1769 Dobbyn,William,B~llyneki11,1766 Donnell,Cornelius,C1onmell,tailor,l76g Donogsn,Willi~m,Ti~cullin,gent,1767,1770 Donorthy,Thomns, Bsllykeirctyue ,yeoman, l726 (adman) (Dooe : see Pmter,Lucy ) Douse,William,Bellyduf'f,gent,1784,1785 Downin~,D~vid,Tallow,merch~nt,1779,1781 Downing,Marsaret, T3110w,wi3ow, 1780,1781 Drake sls Boyde, Jane, 1775 (admon) Duckett,James,Whitest~wn,1765 Dunn,Lwence,Waterford,baker,1763 (adrnon) ~unn,Willirlm,~hanr~hen,f~rmer, 1783,1784 Dunphy,Edmuncl,Bsllyc~sheen, l788 Dunphy,John,Waterfor3 Be Newfoundlan1,spitter of cadf ish, 1775 (admon) Dun@y,Philip,Ballycahsne,writing clerk, 1783 (ndmon ) Dunphy,Thomas,Drmcmnon,1773 Eeles,John, Kilmacow,farmer,l726 (adnron) ~Jlis,John,Waterford,gent,l726 Everard,Geor~e,G~rrandillon,1724 Everard,John,Coolenesallou,rh,farmer,l726(a&m) ~ellows,George,Dublin, 1762 TESTATOR -VOL. PAGE .Fitzgernld,-. - als Villiers, CP-therine,Prospect Hall, 16 191 -. 1726 (admon) Fitzgerald,Elin~r.,Bsllyug~wn,wid~w,1769 L7 87-8 Fitzgeralc1,Garrett9Dungarv~n9gent9173O 17 24 Fitzqernld,James,Dun,~arv~n9sh~pkeeper91780 19 45 ( arhon ) Fitzgerald,John,Kilc~naway9~ent91725 17 24 Fitzgerald,John, Prospect Hall, 1727 16 188-9 Fitzgerald,Michael,Ballycull-7ne9farmer,l~8~ 19 42 Fitzgerald, F2 trick,Waterford ,gent ,1769 (zdmon) 17 86 (Fitzgerald: see Maugher,Mary) Fitzgibbon,Michael,Lisfunchon,farmer91774(admon) 17 110 Fitzgibbon,Fhilip,Castle@ra~e~1734~1769 17 83-4 Fitz~ibbon,Robert,Castlegrace9gent91772(~~m~n) 17 103 Fitz Harris,John,Ballynemony9farmer91728 (admon) 16 190 Fitzpatrick,Mich~el,C1onme11,tanner,l7~ (acfmon) 17 82 (Flannery : sec Conner,Sridget) Fling,John9Dnllin~uny9yeom~n9l723 16 191 Flinq, John,B~rrou~hree,yeomsn,1726(admon) 16 186 Fling,~dillism,D00neen~1789~1790 19 47 Flood,Mauricz,Caher Abbey,fsrmer,l728 16 194 Floode,Margret t ,Cahir ,wieci~w, 1778 , 1783 18 155 Flynn,Ann, Dungarvsn ,spins tar, 1786 18 ,171 Fogarty,David,B~llybricken91759 17 28-9 Fogarty,Jsmes,Waterf3rd91730 18 33 Fogarty,Mary,Ballybricken91763 17 28 Fortin,Ann,WsterforJ,~idow,1782,1~86 18 170-1 Fortin9Martha,\~Jaterford,1732,1786 18 ,164-5 Foster, Christopher,Coolroe ,,qent,1785 l8 ,165 Foster,Francis, Coolrr3e g 1788 A 19 35 Foster,Jame~,Waterf3rd~~en~~178.7~1738 19 r 36-7 Fowler,Thornas, Crob2lly ,l770 (admon) 17 98 Fowley,David, Carrii Freestone,Robert,Cappoquin9~ent9178191782 , P , 38 F~ni~an,Benjamin,B~lly~~a~~0n~~ent,1770(c2dman) 17 , 98 Funucan,bennis ,Nuvohoge ,ge'nt,, 172 5 , 16 186 - 44- --m -. r -no L :Ld*TAT'O;i VOL. PAGE Funucsn, J0hn,Waterford,~;ent,1769 (admon) 17 36 Furlong,Lawrence ,Wsterfm;?,m~~ulster, 1783 (ndmon) 18 156 Gaffney,b!illiarn, Wfiterf c/r l, jsiner,1772 17 106 Galtier,J;hn9hraterfori?,l729 Galwey,William,W.rterford, zent, 1772 Gee als !Jelsh,Ann, Lisnrmr,1732,1733 ~ee~~enry,Lisser~w,~ent,1773,1779 Gore, Huqh,Wnterf bisho~,,l690 Goss,Gration,Vaterf or~l,1729 Grant,David,W~terforl,victu~11~r,1783,17~9 1'3 Grant, Th~mqs,W~t~rf 3rd, 17739177L$ 17 Grapy,Dermit,Scnrtnedrin91726 (admon) 16 . -- Graves. als Barker,Ann,binterf ~rr?,widow,1759 17 Griffin,William,Csrrick9sentn l728 16 Grumbley,John,Mo terford,(zent, l726 16 Guess,Eliznbeth9Carrick,1730 17 Guest, John,1763 17 Guyry,Daniol,Clcheen,cary~enter,N.D.(~dm~n) 16 Hackatt,Elizabeth, Cahir9 spinster, 17771r (?&non) 17 (Haden: see Muphy,An?statis) Handcox,Rich%rd, Clonmsl1,gent ,l72n(admon) Hanlon, James,Waterf ord,baker, l766 Hannagsn,Maurice,Clonmel, 1767 (~ardy:see Phelnn, Julim) .' Hayden,Daniel,I~ilc~sh,yeoman,1771 (&on) Hayes,Andrew, Castle John, farmer,1735 (admon) 18 I Hnyes,Edward,Brownstown9f~rmer,1769 (admon) 17 Hayes, John,ld%tcrf ~(1,Doctor of Yhysic ,1768,17E6 18 Haye~,John,Wsterfor3~1700,1786 la Hayes, Thomgs ,Brownst~~rm,farmer91769 (sdmon) 17 Haymsn,William9Clonmel19~ent9178291735. 18 HearnsAnthonysDungsrv~nPapothecnry,l769(admm) 17 Heern,David9Dungarvan9gent91773 18 Hearne9Rich~rd,~sulst~wn9farmer,l780(tidmon) 1.3 Henebry,David.,~inr~ckntornerai;h,yeoman, 1727 (admon) 16 TESTA TOR PAGE Horsham, Jsmes, Les~h,farrne~?,1771 (adrnon) 98 Hoy,Thcmgs,marriner (St,Gearqe),l763 (adrnon) 30 Hush'un, Th~m3s,Lea~h9fwm~r91771 (admon) 90 Hutchinsm,Samuel, Wr,terf oriJ, linen we2.ver, 1788 39 ( admm ) Iveg9Cntherine,l73O (admqn) Ivey,Danie1,Wflterf ord, alderm,'in91730 (admon) Jessop,S~muel,Tubrid, clerk, 1786 (admon) Jinkin,John H~itch,W3terford,l7G4 (3dmon) Johnsm,Ann,\d~terford,1764 Johnson, Owen, Three Mile Bridqe,farrner9l7O9 Keane,John,Killinin9farmer91739 Kearney,Frnncis,Fore-mile-water,gentP1784,178g Kearney,Mich~el,Tinner~nny,~ent,1787~17gO Kearney, P~trick~WnterfmLZ~rnariner~l764 Kesting9James,C1onme11,~hand1er91~26 Keating, John, Richest 3wn91705 17 27 Keatin,~~John,Richestown,1763(admon) 17 27 Keating, Paul, 1702,1763 ,i7 27-8 Keating, Pierce,Ih~xka,gent91779 (admon) 17 180 Keating, Robqrt,Knock9gh9 gent ,1729 16 193 Keating,Thomas,Waterforct9aledr~per9l767,177O 17 89 (Keatinz: see Lee,Marg) Eelly,Edmund, CsrricIc-ne-Shure ,shopkeeper, 1729 16 194 Kelly,Francis ,Waterf ord,yeomnn, l769 (admon) 17 87 Kennedy, Richard, Rathmoyden,1767 , 1770 17 88 Kerev~n,William,Reisk,dairyma.n91775 (aclmon) 17 111 Kett, Joseph,Glannshire Newf oundlamq ,planter, 17 83 1763 (admon) Kiely,John, Bsllenefinshogue9farmer,1730(admon) 18 34 Labart,Samue1,Suirmount9gent,178~,17~9(admon) ' 19 38,45 Lander, John,Waterf 5r(-l,tl.1derman91776 (admon) 17 172 Lane,Gowen, Me~ans t own, N. D. 16 189 Leahy, Fntrick,Drwncznnon,pnrish priest917O5(adrnon) 18 ~163 .*. T~STA~OR --VOL. PAGE . ~enm~,~aniel,~oolaneen,~ent,17b3 , . (adman) 18 156 Lean, John,Carrick,parish ;wiist,lj76 (6horY) 17 171 Lee als Kea tin& als l&it~,M3ry,Waterfordo1725 ', 16 184-5 Leech,Willi~~,Clonme1,innkeeper~1788 13 38 Londergan,Ellen,Xillurney,wi.l~w~ 1779 (admon) 17 170 Lonergan,Cornelius,Goathil19farmer91775 (admon) 17 116 Lonergm,William Tenacl~.ssq,farmer, 1785, 1789 13 163 Lovezee,Willi~m,Waterforii,gent~l~66 17 102 Loyd,Elizabeth,Waterfor~i~1767~1768 17 32 I Lumbert,Garrett, Kill McMicholas,farmer,l7~(admon) 10 162 Lumley,Frnncis, Y3ssnge9gent, 1764 , I Lundregan,WiLlia~r;,Glin3ngh,dealer91765 (admon) MacCann, Thomas,Cl~ninell~carpenter~l79~ McCarthy,Felix,Wnterf 3rdomerchant,l767 McCragh, James,Clounaci~~eal~f~rmer~ l767,l768 McCrach, John,BalankuIky,l768- (~dmsn) Magyath, Johp,Waterf ordsrent ,1778 McGrath, Stephen,Kilmachoma, f nrmer, 1773 (aibnon) McG$+ath,Thomas,Cahernaleque,farmer,1733 (aclmon) McDennis ,~lizaheth,hlate~~or~l,wi~1nw,17~0 Macnamara,Mathew,Knocknne, tyde waiter ,*l784 Maddock,Michael,TdsterfarGo tmner,1766 Malone, John,Wnterfmd,yleomnn, l776a. (admcn) Mandkville,Ambrose9Clonme11,;-;ent,17i3G .+ Mandeville,E~lw~r~l,C~rrick,gent,l763(adqon) Mandevill, Jmes, Carrfck,Doctor of Physic,l782 (acmon ) Mandeville, James,Eustace Land, 1783 (~dmon) Mansfield,Dsvid,~3allinamultina~17R4,1785 Mara,Philip,WaterP~~d,dealer,1772,1773 March~nt,Jsmes ,Waterf 3rd & Philadelphia,gent, 1782 (admon) Maugher als Fitz~eral~i,Mary,Xill~r~v~n~wi~l~w, 1768 (admon) Maxey,Wi11iam,Ballynattin,farmer917.68 (sdmon) Way, Charles,Lieut. 43rd Foot, 1782 ,(ohmon) Mayne, hne,Wsterf ~rc?,~i?~c,w, 1702 ,,l784, Meade, Garrett, Dungsr~~n~merchant,1787 , , c. > Men~her,William,Clome1,innkeep~~,,1726a .l (?$mm) Merrignn,Jeffer~,Kilbarry,farmerp1771 .., L; - TES TAT OR --VOL. PAGE Mconey9John,Robertstown9farmer,1726 (admm) Moore,Elizabeth,:daterfor-1,, wi4cw91788 M~rsn~l~~illiam,Tenilirg, fFent, 1766 (admon) Morris,Benjamin,Waterf~rd~173191784 Mmris ,Francis, Corb~llymor~rmer, & New York, mariner, 1773 (admon) Morrissey, Denis ,Bsllyshonock,1788 Msrrissey,Patrick,Tr~more~innholder,l733(aClmon) M~rrissey9Thomas,B~1lymul1~llagh,yeoman,1728 (admon) Mulcahy9Thomas,Ballym~cee,farmer,1788 (admon) Mu110wney9Wnlter,Waterford,merchant,17G1 Mul1owney,Wa1ter9G1anahoon,farmer,1782(admon) ~ur$hy als Haden als St. Leger,Anastssia,Waterford, 170% 1785 Murphy ,Edmond, Shanbnlly,1728 ( admon ) Murphy,Edwarcl, Sporthmse,1773 MWphy als Newton,Ellin,Waterford,widow,1729 Murphy, John, Cl.mmel19innkeeper, 1726 Murphy,John,Waterforr?,;~ent,1769 (admon) Murphy als Oldfielcl,Marg:?iret,Dungarvan,1774 MWphy, Fstrick ,Dernghill,farmer,1772 Newport,Elizabeth,wict~~,1755~1779 (Newton: see Furphy, Ellin) Nixon,Elizsbeth,Waterford,wid:~w, 1785 Norris,Thomas,Kilbarry9fishermsn,1762 (admon) Nowlan als But1er,Cntherine,Johnstown,~id0~~,17~1 ( admon ) Nowlan,Michnel,Waterfr,r~i~taylor91784 Nowlan9Thornas,Johnst~wn,178O91731 Nucombe,Hester,Waterford9widow, 1729 OfC~nnor~Dennis,Carrick,shopkeeper,l772 O~Connor,Dennis,Waterford9pnrishpriest917S7 ( admon ) O~~annell,Cstherine,Clonme11~17~6 OfDell,Luke,Bnlly~uff,gent,1773 (admon) Of~ell;Luke,B~llyduff 9177ii- 0 f~onnell,~uke~Brenan~gentJ766 (cirdtnon) OfDonnell,William,Cnhir9parish priest,1759,1765 OfFes, John,Boulaten91720 -48- TESTATOR .. - _ --VOL. . PAGE . OfNeale,John ("ConnV in index),Clomel,merchant, 1790 Odcraft,~lizabeth,Wsterford,widow,l7~1 (admon) (Oldfield: see I~l~rphy~Ma~~~~et) (Osburn: see Roderick,Elizabeth) Pain, John, Clonme1,gent ,1700 (recte 1760) Parker, Leonard,Killwiney, 1796 Paul als Boyde, Mnry, l775 (aclmon ) Pereyra,Catherine,Waterford,widow~l790 (admon) Phair,Edward,W~terford,paper maker,1784 Phelan aLs Hardey,Julian,Lisbon & Waterford,l71)4, ( admon ) , Plukene t t ,John, 1785 Porter als Dooe9Lucy,widow,l~78,1730 P0rtin~sl,Mary,~daterfor(J.,1762 Power, Catherine, Georgestown,widow,l782 (admon) Power,Edmon?, Clonmell, skinner ,1760 (ac3mon ) Power, als Danniell,Ellen,Ballyrnacarberry,wid~w, l17,8O,1731 Pcyer,Geoffrey,l728 , . Poyer ,Jzmes ,Smoormore ,yeoman, l729.>(aclmon ) Powar,Jsmes,Benvoy,l765 Power, James ,Knockaderry,gent ,l779 (admon) Power,John ("Lord Fowe~~~),Dublin & Paris,gent, 1725 (admon) Power,John,Adamstowne,1~29 (admon) Power,John,Knockanattin,farmer,1766 Power, John, Wnterforc?-,[{ar3ener, l769 (admon) Fower,John,Bnllycssh~n,farmer,1775 (admon) Power,JohnShroodst ~wn,farmer,1~~5, 1784 Power,John, Eallymacarberry,~ent,1778 Power, John, Georpstown,l78OSl782 Power, John, Lismore, clerk, l786 Fower, John,Ballygq:in, 1787,17:38 Power, John, Glin, 1790 (admon) Fower, ~surence~~ilquane,1764 (admon) Power,Ifargare t, widow ,1730 J7U6 Power,Mmy,Waterford & Clashmore,widow,l769 . Power,Msry,widcw, l780 (admon) TESTliTOH --VOL. PAGE ~o~er,~~urice,Carrick, scho~lmaster, l767 (achon) 17 " 00 - Fower,Nich~lss,Kill~s~er~~farmer,l781 18 30 Pow~r,Patrick,Newf~uncl1~n6,fisherman,l775(admon) 17 111 Power, Fierce,Guilca,c:h,f armer, 1764 (sdmon) 17 30 Power, Pierce, Ro4e Island als Bawnder~~h als 17 98 - Willi~mstown, 1771 (sdmon) ,tower, Richan], Crstletown,f armer,l730 17 22 Power,Richard,Clmcsrdine ,,3ent,1767 (admon) 17 80 Power,Richard, Wi11iamstown9f3rmer,1769 (admon) 17 84 Power,RicharA,Fe3dsns ,yent ,1773 (admon) 17 101 Power,Richard, Ballyrich?.rJ,1733 19 39 Power,Robert ,Ballynebanc)f;eP1726 (admcn) 16 191 Power9R~bert,Williamstown9farmer,l772 (admon) 17 103 Power,Thomas,Garrm-morris9173.4(Preroqative) 17 24-5 P~wer,Thomas,Pembrskest~wn91767,1772 17 105 Power, Thgmas,Waterf ord,pnriner, l771 17 99-100 Power,Walter,Duffcarrick,miller,l~6(a~on) 16 187 Power,Walter,Rathgormuck91762 (admon) 17 26 Power,Willism9Bnllyvr3y1ep ;zent, 1724 16 139-90 Power,ldilliam,Glynnst~wn, 1772,1777 17 173-4 Power,William,Ballykock (sic),1776 (admon) 17 172 '., Power,William,Kilclraughtane,farmer, 1777 (index : 17 - . 104-5 1772 ) , , (Fower : see Fitzgeralcl, ~linor) Preston,Mary,bdaterf ,wiIic)w91770 l7 . c, , i7 5 Price ,Mar~;eret,Wsterf~r~~~wiflaw, 1767 17 86 Fpcell,John,Carrick-cn-Suir9brewer,1790(adman) 19 46 Purcell,F.trick, Clonrnel & Cork,priest, 17~5(~dmon) 18 162 Fyne ,Een jamin,Gracedieu, f w~ner,1776 (a3mon ) 17 117 Quan,William,Bsllygunner,f~rmer,1734,1785 13 161-2 Quarry, Isasc,Knocknne,1725 , 16 184 Quin,John,Cnher,shoemaker,l762 17 25-6 Quirke,John,Clonrnell,skinner91785 18 i65 R~dmundqTimnthy,Clonmel,1729 (acimon) 16 194 Reiley, Alexander, Carrick, 1764 17 31 Reily, Eclwarl!, Louaown,z,farmer, 1772,1773 17 107 Heynett,James, Waterford, doct~r of Fhysick,l730 17 22 ~ichard,Gideon9Fen,3~~h,rect~r,l76Q 17 82 Roberts,Thomas,Millerstowne,1727 16 189 Roberts,Thomas,~aterf~r~1~c~r~~enter,l767~1775 17 116 Robinett ,Roger, Tdlow,gent, 1781 (admen) 18 _ 35 - 50- TESmTOR -*.. VOL. FAGE I-.-p Robins, ~ane,~ntarforrt,widow,1726 16 136-7 Robinson, John,WR terfm 1 ,qent ,1786, 1787 19 34-5 ~obinson,~nr~arek,wid~d,ljt~r, 1779 17 181 (Roche : see Ccngreve ,~athcrine ) Roderick 21s Osburn,Elizsbeth, 1773,1778 ? 17 177 ~agers,~en~~,~nrrancr:jb~ll~~ 1727 (admon) Rogers,M~ry,Tramore & Antiqua91771,1782 Rogers,Mathew, Coolroe ,1779 RonBn, James ,Waterf or 1,1670 17. 18 Ronan, Joan,Eallyhao ,1602 (admon) 17 18 < - Rcnan,John,mariner(HMS Lerrissa),l742 (admon) ' 17 24 Ronan,Maurice,Dun~arvan9merchant,1721 ( admon ) 17, 19 Ronsn, Fierce, Tourgar,f nrmer,l7<$3 17 25 . Ronan9William,Dun~h9yeom~n9l711 17 18-9 ~on~n,~ill~am,~uagh~marryner~l715 -17 . 19 ~onayne,John, Rincrew, 1712 (adman) 17 19 Ronayne,John,Waterford ,doctcr of physfck, . 17' 176-7 1776,1778 Ronayne,, . Maurice,Waterf or{, gent,1703 ( admon & 10 157-8 ; / letters of tutelage ) Ronayne,Richard,Dloughtnne91760 (admon) 17 , 76 Ross, James ,~arrymore ,1764 17 74 Rowley,William~Carrick-on-S~ir~178~~1790 19 ,-46 Russell, John, Curraghmore ,brewer ,1782 (admon) 18 37 'l Ryan,Elinor,Kilna~~1~~wi~P~~r~1785,1790 13 45 Rynn, ~ames,~aithle~~,farmer, 1767 (~dmon) . , 17 '1.9 -~~a,n,John, Clonmell, innholder,1773 17 , -109 kyan9John, Eslly~urke~n~gent, 1774 17 C ;1QB-9 Ryan,Philip,Ardm0re~vicar~1762~1770r 17, - ,g0 St., John,Catherine, Waterf r)rdP17(33 18 155 St. ~ohn,Nicholas ,Nxterf ord,1775 I 17 114-5 I St. Leger,Ally,Waterf ord,wiL1ow91766, 1769 17 05 St .Leger, George,lnraterford, 1756 17 75 St.Leger,John,Waterf0rd~c1ergyman~1702~178~ 18 156 (St.Leger: see Murph'y,~nrtsta-tiq) TESTATOR -PAGE Sall,Leonard, Carrick,1729 20-1 Sandoz,Marth~,wi40wv1749,1764 30-1 Scott,Edward,Mount Ccngrcve,yeomm,l781(ahm) 35 Shgnagsn,Barbar2 Nugent, Dunz2rvm, widow,1766 78 (Shanahan: see B~rrm, Edwzrrl) Shaw, Jane, Ballyne~l,widc~w,1772,1~~6 166 Shaw,RicharZ,C~rrick,csquirev178g (ndmon) 41 Shaw,Roger,B~llynealev~entv1771 100-1 Sheasty,John,Hilma~u8ge,farmer,l7~>9 44 Shoe,Simon,Wnterfgr2,1769,1773 106 Sheehnn,James,Tinnshinnyv17G6 (adman) 78 Sheehy9Edmond,Lo4ge9gent917G9 (atitnon) 84 SheehyVKilli3m,B~unefoune ,1775 (admon) 111, 115 Sherlock,J~rnes,Clonme1,apothec~ry,l725 188 Sherlocke,Edmond,Uppr Butlerstowne,gent,l723 194 Snow,Andrew9Waterforcl,c~rpenter,l765 (adrnon) 72 Snow,Ellen,Wsterf m3, spinster,1769,1770 89 Spenser,John9Banganbridge,yeomnn,1733 39-40 Sprig~,John,Waterforrlv~ent,1769 111 Staplet~n,Walter,CshirOmi11wrightP1780 36 Thompson,William,Kn~ckeacrcy,farmer91769,1774 109 Toole,John,Waterf~r?.,malster,1776 171 Tothall,Thomas9Clonme11,;~ent,1720 (admon) 190 Veale, Geffry,Ki11~3ne,farmer,1730 22 Veale ,Honora, Carrick,1772 104 (Villiers: see Fitzc:ernlt:, Catherine ) Vye, Catherine ,widow91771 (admon) 99 Waddington,Arthur,Ki11m~~thoma~,gent,1~30 23 Wall,John9C~rrick,gentv1771(admon) 111 Wall,Richarcl, Mocreary ,1772 ,1774 l09 ~~a1sh,Anstace,Waterf0rd,~id0~,17~0 35 Walsh,Edrnon3,Carrick,merchmt,1772,1773 103 Walsh,Honors91773 (admon) 100. Walsh,John,Clounkenr~lin,farmerv1764 32 W~lsh,John, Trinity Kithmt ,1779 181 Walsh, John,W~terfr>rclVcabinet maker, 1730 (adman) 164 Walsh, John,hrsterf ~rrl,17.32 38-9 ~alsh,John, Clonme191796 171 ~dalsh,Maurice,3allyphi1ipv~entv1770 176 Wslsh,Patri~k,W~terfor~3~tanner~173O 40 -52- , TESTA TOR VOL 0 PAGE WaLsh,Richa~d,3~llybri~kit~g~f~~mer~l763(~dmon)17 -28 l.Jalsh,Richard~,ldat~:rford,marinzr, 1788 13 38 Wslsh,Robert, Piltowne726 (admon) 16 192 I~a~sh,Wi~~i~m,Dun~~rvan~t~nner,1770~1~~617 172 (Wa1sh:sec Conner,Bridget ) Welch, P~.trick9ICnockncgran?ph,farmcr,178~(~dmon) 13 150 krclls,Simon9 schoolme.ster91725 16 184 Welsh,M~thcw,Co~shmaki11~1763 17 74 (llJe1sh:seu Gc6,Ann) Fhelan,John9W~terford9yi~omnn, l769 (admon) 17 06 llrhe1an,John9Wnterford91784,1788 13 38 (White : see Lee,Mary) Whiteham,Richnrd, Cl~nm~ll~burgess ,l729 17 23 Whitty, John, Passage,mariner91765 (admon) 17 72 ~~i1kinson9Georgc9Wat~rf~rd9r7,1dermanP1779 17 Wi1kinson9Robert9C1onme1,~~dd1r3r91770 13 Williams,Annc, widow91779 18 Wise,M~urice,Fsrrsntoneen9f~rmer91727(admon) 16 h~right9Stephen9W~tcrf~rd9whipmak~r91773 17 Tdyse,Step3icn,Bsllygunnermore9f~rmer,1774 17 Young,Robert,Carrick-on-Suir9doctor of physic, 19 1737,1789 00o000060000.0.00.0~*.DOOOOODO~~~*OO.OD~~~~~~*~~~.~oo~~~~eem..~..~ (contd. from Page 37) and 165 fidministr?.tions,nearly 711 of W2tcrf ord and Lismore diocese. Thc great mnjority bfl'th~sefnll between thz 'gcn~s1724- 1741 nnd 1762-1790; thcre is virtudly nothing after 1790, and very little before 1724 (mostly itzms relqting to the f~miliesof Bray, Ronayne an? Dobbyn). ,. Jennings seems at first to h~vebeen un?ware of the distinction botwetn prob~tcand adninistr?tion of a will. - In the first two instalments he records neither; in the ncxt two he rafers to grants of ndministrqtion in csscs wherc prob2te is obviously meant; in subsequent instalments the two me correctly distinguished. In the list we publish below,where two dates are given,the first is the date of the will ~ndthc second that of probate or adrninistr:~tion. , 9 I hnve tried without success to discern some system in Jennings' selection of wills. He seems just to have opened a volume 3t random rnd st~rtedcopy in^. Xis Editor apparently made no attempt to rearrange the rnateri21,prcscntin~it in neither chronolo~icslnor nlph?betical order 2nd preserving Jenningsl own abbreviations ond contraction marks (printing wns cheaper in those d?ys!raL It is the purpose of the present article to provide the researcher with the index so badly needca.It is hoped to deal similarly in subsequent qrticlcs with Jcnnin3s.funpublished nbstrscts. I should like to ~cknowledgemy grntitude to the following : to Dr. Henry Korris, who kindly dlowed mc to use his own draft indcx 3s a basis for my own; to Brother W. P.Allen, who allowed me ready access to the Jennings MSS at the OfConnell School; and to Mrs. J. Brindley 2nd Miss Deirdre Ni Toibin, Jennings granddaughters, for supplying genealogical information md ( in the cese of Miss Toibin) .rllowing,me to borrow the photograph which rppeqrs ?t the hc~dof this rtrticle. In Pursuit of Seafaring Ancestors Frank F. Murphy . It seemed a hopeless task: me in ,Engl~nd thinking of lookinky for my f~milyhistary with thc commonest ngme in Irel?.nd, my rel~tivesin Psssrqe all gone, 'md t? c~pit a11 bein: forever told by all nnfi sundry thst 311 records h2d been blown to bits in the vlTroubles~. But I hcd one great asset: mine was n Fsssage family, x closely knit c~mmunity where I hnd spent many hapyy boyh9od holid~ys. The only positive information I hnd wqs th~tmy engineer' father , llJilliarn Murphy of lde terf ord, was the longest serving member of the Clyde Shipping Company and the Waterford 3tea.m ship pin^ Company befcre thst. And my sister had sQme t~le about r;randfn.ther sailing in the ;re?t snilin~ship rrces bringing homo the tea from China. It w~ssni? he becsme a Captain. I still had a cousin in New Ross 2nd she t9ld me grsndfnther was Captain 'IYichnel Plurphy, who for n gener~tion was one of the best known figures on the Quay ns he capta.ined ,, the populw p~.ssengerpnddle steamer lvgvvwhichplied daily .: from W~terfordto Mew Ross in the dnys befdrs the railwng was built. To.my 'intense delight she dug out n phctograph and what's more his orikinnl Nnsterts Certificnte. Thnt w~smy first big bre~.ko Tt rcc~rlied.the fnct that he had p9.ssed an exami'nation in Liverpo~lin 1878 andit e?.ve his Officinl Certifichte number. My enquiries finqlly let: me to the British Public Record Office,housed in a s~lendic?air-conditimed purnose-built centre close to Kew underground stati~n~some30 minutes from the city of London. Here 3re kept 811 the Maritime 2nd Shipping Becords from qbout 1800 onw~rds,listed under Bonrd of Trade or BT clissific~.tionnumbers. Little di4 I reslise whqt a wealth of inform?tim it wrs to lead to. It is quite simple to gbtsin for Q Reader's Ticket, and with this you can unlock .one of the worldts greatest stores of. information. The open-shelf guide books list what each BT '" (Bosrd of ~rzde)clflss number contains - thbu,?h it hel1;s. i.f :'.. -. you write first tg the Public Record Office,Kew,London, to ask them for copy of their ipidancc notes t!Heco.rds .of the Registrsr General of Shippiniz and Seamenv1. ' T"ney me not ensy' to follow on first visits an4 they take sDme understsnt-ling.' The full Guide Books give det,?iled inf~rm~tione.buutwhat each Cl,?ss contnins, sa th~tyou cm determine what toorder on your computer terminal. For exrimple, there nre classes that describe ship^' specificptions and their owners, classes of decensec? seamen - there were terrible c~su~ltiesin those esrly days - lists of qu~lifyingCs~tains and Motes, periods of service,ShipJ Lam. There is one section beginning in 1824, cslled Port Lists, ~~hichgives shipst ppers for ?l1 ships registered in Wsterford. I was soon delvinf; in the C~ptnins and M2tes Resisters - greot big leatherbound volumes - .md sesrchin~for my Official Number. Then there it wqs. A ten-yenr slicc of my grand - father's seszoini;: c.ireer,listincl: the ships.kre-h?/?served on and the dstes. It whetted my ~ppetite. The esrliest ship mentimed was the Countess of Durham. It did 'nt sound in the lesst bit Irish and I was beginning t,~have doubts. But I h?d been bitten by the rose-rch buj-. I l~okedup the Merc~ntileNavy List, which is 2 hook thgt lists all British ships,givinp n descrir~tionand the ship's offici21 number or indiviflusl identity. Armed with this I discovered it wns 3 300 ton sailing ship built in Novs Scotis, first owned by Strsngman of hr~terforrl~nd later by Pim of Y~uj?h~l.No:a I was gettin2 nearer to those excitin~dqys af sqil. Next I f9und thlt the PRO at Kew keeps a 10r?' sample of whot sre termed Agrsements Tnd Crew Lists which h~dt? be kept for everyBritish ship. This required the c3ptain to list the entire crew by name with his ~ With this lstest 'neme, tha Een Lomond, I wqs able t7 delve further back. The only trouble was th~t-therewere several Ben Lomoncls mfi it w?s .: question of trill 3n.i crrorc to determine which one it rnii~htbe. As it hi;cpened, the PRO did not have the Sen Lomond I wantocl in its 10'' s~mple,so I h~dto write tc the M?ritime 13story Director, Vemori~lUniversity, St. John 'S, Mewf oundlnnd, who hol;l most of the remqinin,~W:! of shippinp records from 1361 anwards. For same £4 they sent me confirmntion thyt c;renX?ther wcis serving on a fnxus clipper returnin2 fron Austrnliq t*)LonJon. I won't bore you with 311 my findinqs except to ssy that I built up a career s,)qnnin,~over 60 years until his retirement ss HqrBour Vaster of New Ross in 1924 at the q;e of 31. The excitement of the ch~sewns too much fgr me. I just had to go on. From Griffith's Rateable' V~luntimList of 1050 I f T Villiam Yurphy and 2 Pstrick Murphy livin;; in Pqssci~e. Crif)t~inVichael w~sborn in Pqssnge in 1343, rind TS my fsther was Idillimn it looked possible thclt this hTillic2m w?s my great grandfgther. Fig. 1. blichael blurphy, taken when 1-larho~lrMaster of New Ross, the author's grandfather. 1 l I Fig. 2. The Ida at Waterford, the Dunbrody may be seen in the I background. i l I looked up the Parish Records, but in vain: no Frilli~m. I thousht it quite likely he woul:l be a se.sf~rer,so b~ckto the PRO at Kew, and sure enough, I trrlced a Bomd of Tr3de Clsss of Seamen's Registr2tions listinq n Willinm Yurphy born in Fasssge in 1811. And so it was that this com~ulsoryrepistrstion for all seamen from 1835 to 1851 gnve me the missin5 link from the hrish Records. Then a se2rch of the 1901 Census surprisingly showed n Willim Murphy,sailor,living with those who were to be my last surviving rel~~tives.This was the final proof that I ha? discovereci hy great grmdfather, ancl I was able to get his death certificate st the Customs House in Dublin. So back to the FRO a3riin and from the Registration Listing I found his height,colour of his hs.ir, colour of his eyes, complexion, visible marks an? the year of his first going to sea. So here wa.s not only a name but a little pen picture of my ancestor, who it was recorded wo.s ~bleto read 2nd write. Of course it gnve me the name of the ship he w~sserving on, 2nd with this I w~sable to work through his career in a life-time under snil out of Idaterford. Not content, I went bqck to the Parish Records and through entries of Baptismal Sponsors and wed din^ Witnesses (invariably rel?tives ) was able to establish that Willixm fs fother w~sPatrick, a ship's. cook, born in Passage in 1787. Back to the PRO pnd sure enough there wcis FJ?trick,born in F~ssage,snilinp. out of New Ross f~rQuebec. The evliest Pmish Register shaws thqt his father wns also 3 Potriclc,flnd he is recorded as h~vingmarried at Crook in 1786. And now I ?m left on the trail bnck to 1703,when the biilliam Confiscnti~nsshow that the ten9nt of Priss~pe Castle wss a Tlichael Murphy. Meanwhile, suffice it to say thqt if you are keen on delving back into ymr family tree 2nd you have 8 sesfaring baclqr~uncl, you could not do better than start nt the Public Record Office in London. A COUNTY WATERFORD EXPLORSH Irene M. Spry . .- . -. John Pnlliser (1817-1387 )lof Comeragh House, County Waterford, is less well known in his n?.tive Irelsnd than he is in Illrestern Csnndn. The son and heir of a wealthy landowner, Lieut.Colone1 lidray 12~lliser,he came of a socially eminent family which oriqinoted in Yorkshire an4 had been estpblished in Ireland by the Fiost Reverend krilliam F~lliser,Archbishop of cRshele2 He came to Irel~ndin 1660 when he w~sfourteen to enter Trinity College, Dublin, to which he bequeathed his library. His onay son died withsut issue. His daughter, J~ne, married John Bury of Shnnnon Grove,County Limerick, The Earls of Charleville (extinct) descended from her elder son. Her younger son,J~hn,assumed the name Falliser on succeeding to his uncle Is Comera~hestates. His s3n,Wr9y9 of Derrylusknn House,County Tipperqry, was succeeded by his son,another John F~lliser~whomprricd Grace Earton, ~f Grove ,County Tippersry. This John Falliserfs vr?rd,Anne Gleilst~ne~~heircssof an adjacent pr~perty~~~nnes~ift~marriedhis eldest sm, another Wray P~lliser.3Their eldest sqn,yet mother John, in 1857 - 1860 led c7n exploring ex edition throu,;h ths country thst was to become Western Canqds.% This John Fnlliser, most of his brothers and other relatives nnd friends were keen sportsmen nnd travellers,5 Though he discharge( the duties proper to his f2milyfs stztus and lcnded estates ,'attending Trinity College,Dublin, thou~h not gr~.duatin~from it,7 serving in his f~.her 1s re,~iment,the Wsterforrl Artillery Yilitia, as 3 C Isthmus of Pnnamn t? t3ke ? look at1 the F2cific Ocean.25 On his return he settled clown, while2gtryinn with his friend M.S,W. V~uxof the British Vuseum, to writ in^ a cheerful ~ccountgf his adventures. Published in 1353- - 3s Solitary Rambles and Adventures of a Hunter in the Prairies, the book went thrxqh severl.jl aditions m both sides of the Atlnntic nnd was even re .rduccd by American publisher in llpenny dren4ful1l formatz? and use? by Chnrlss Dickens ns the bpsis of an article .28 R re2rint h2s recently appeereil in Ciin2da.29 The Pqlliser family, now slso in London, sxrer a ,great deal of the Severn fsmily, bnck fr3m Rqme, and especially of MR~YSevern, 8 gre9.t friend of Mnry ~nlliser~8 Mary Severn made 2 wgter colour sketch of Jahn Palliser in his Indian buckskin huntin,.:- outfit. This WIS used in - illustrstims for Solitary Rmbles and copied by I%ry ~hllise$i whose painting; hsngs in the prenises ~f the Roynl Geogrzphical Society in London. hkilo he wqs still in the Americm Nest Pallise~hnd resolved to return for 2 layer huntinc trip,32 but mesnwhile the family fortunes ware suffering reverses,partly 2s a result of the fnmine,during which help hpd been given to tenants on Fnlliser cstntes .33 Memwhile,too, Pglliser saw much of a group of close friends, which included John Ball, Under-Secretwy of State for ths Colonies from 1555-1857; Vaux md James Edw~rdFitzgsr~.l4, both of the British Nuseum; and Sir S- ue1 Wnite Bsker,lztcr ts becom 3 nqt~blsAfricgn explorer 9'5 Very little was known, as yet, >f the prairies and Rocky Mount.ins, just north af the Americm Dordcr,in British tgrritory,ane a lively controversy wqs rnqinrr; 3s t~ the future of the Ju:lsonts Bay Comp~nywhich had, by Royal Charter, since 1670, exercised s~vereignjurisdiction ~n3exclusive trading ri, Fig. 1. John Palliser, in his Indian hunting buckskins, worn while he was on his buffalo hunting excursion, 1847~1848, painted by his sister Mary. Fig. 3. The Very Reverend Dr. William Palliser, Archbishop of Cashel, founder of the Irish branch of the Palliser family to which John Palliser belonged. Fig. 5. Fig. 4. Annc Pal1i~er.n~~~-Glcdst~incs, Colonel \qray Pal liser of llerrylusknn, of Annesgif t, Co. Tipperary, the explorer's father the esplor-c.1-' S niothcr. At last the Pslliser Expedition set out across the Atlantic to New York and western British North America. Under John Y~dliser1s command were James Hector, a geologist-naturalist- medical man, trninec? at Edinburgh University; Eugene Bourgeau of the Haute Ssvoie, 2 well known botanicsl collector recommended by Sir Willism Hooker; and John William Sullivm, from the nsutical school, the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, as sstronomical observer snd secretary to the Expedition. The magnetical observer, Lieutenmt Thomm W.Blskistm,R.A,, W s to bring his delicate instruments by sea through Hudson Bay. 44 Together or singly (on branch expedition), the members of the Expedition travelled by canoe from Isle Raynle, in Lake Superior, to the site of modern Winnipeg; by York Cont from Hudson Bay to Fort Cmlton on the North Sssk~ltchewnnRiver; from Winnipeg south to the Boundsry on the 49th - p3rzillel of 13titude and SO westward, zigzagging across the prairies and parklands of modern M.nitoba,Saskxtchewnn and Alberta. They studied the semi-arid,short grass prairies which are now known as 11P211ist?r's Tri=rnglell. They reported on the llfertile belt" that lay Between the Tri~nzleand the boreal forest to the north. They examined six hitherto unrecorded passes through the Rocky Mountains and two between the headwaters of the North and South S8skntchewnn Rivers, returning to Eritain by the Pacific Coast and the Panama Isthmus.43 It took some time to write the Ex edition's final report and to sort out its complex finances, 49 but in 1862 Palliser accompanied J3mes Hector via Paris to Marseilles, where Hector was to boapd a ship for New Zealand to tske U a position as geological survey in the Pr~vinceof Otagd.g5 Sullivan later joined him there .@In Marseilles, by a strange coincidence, Palliser nnd Hector met Blzkiston. He had nbandoned the Expedition sfter a quarrel and w~snow returnin from China, where he had been cxplorin~the Yangtse-Kiong.4 6 On the death of his father in November 1862,48~ohn P~lliserinherited the family estates and ~rowingfinancial prgblems, but in 1862-1863 he was ?way on a new journey,this time to the Caribbean 2nd Confedernte States on R semi-public, confidential'mission th~tremains a mystery to this dny.49 To get to Charleston, he bought a share in a ship that wgs running the Ysnkee blocksde. While there, hc ~ttendeda grand bal1,noting gleefully thnt Lord Hartinston, heir to the Duke of Devonshire, whose Lismore estate m~dehim a neighbour of the Psllisers, though in Charleston at the time, could not attend the bsll; 58 h~dcome in on horseback and had no dress clothes with hih. Palliser came bick from the West Indies with another little ship, a schomer, the IIer~lcl. He intended to make it into a yacht in which to take his sister Mary cruisinc in the ~editerranenn.5' Her health was worrying her spmily. 52~othin~ is known of any such cruise, but in 1068 John Pdliser was in Spitzbergen on a dis3pnointing hunting trip: He did not get n single polar bear.53 The following year, in mother, specially reinforced ketch, the Sampson, he 2nd his brother Frederick made an expedition to Novny~. Zemlys 2nd the Kara ~ea.54Though essentially a hunting trip -- and a very successful one, yielding rich booty in walrus and polsr bear, including n live she bear cub --this journey contributed significantly to knowledre of the Eastern Arctic, as Nordenskiold testif ied. 55 Certificate of Registry of Bpytism,St.Petertq, -.Cowity of Dublin; and Pwish Rexistcr Rilrossrntv. Co. lnlnterford. Rurke LanZcr? Gentrg'of Gre-it ~ritain~nndIrelnnd, 1863, 1871 nnd 1386, Volbll; Burkefs L~ndedGantr of Ireland, 1912 (under Fnlliser of Annes t3wii) and-1958'- -=7---- uizrier Admiral Sir I-Iugh I'nllisar of Newfcnmdlrtnd fame wgs R descendant of the sqme Yorkshire family who wera the forehesrs of the Pailisers of Derrylusk~nand Comeragh, as well as the Fallisci-s of Co.liexforct. 3. Marrince Settlement ~i'Wray Falliser and Anne Gl~z.e$.stnnes, November 7,1814, Public Record Off ice,Dublin. 4. For an andysis of ths backqround 2nd importmce of the ' Palliser ~xfieditionsee 1renc M.~pry,ed., The Pnpers of the Palliser_-m,. Ex9editj.m--__ (Tormto: Chnmpl3in Society, 1968), Introduction. ,The Journ~lsand Re~ortof the -pedition are reprinted in this vo1ui:e; the ril?inzl 3lue Book of 1863 is scuce 2nd hm?d to get hold of. For a short rl.ccount of the Expeciition, see Irene M.Spry, - The Palliser Expediti-sr, (Toronl;o: ~zcmi11.n of Canrtdn, 1963; p2perb~cke5it-ion? 1973 j . 5. The fqmily wyo s rzrn~rkableand widely trnvelled one: Frefierick grew soffeo in Ceylon (now Sri Lsnks) and..-with' Eclwkrd-.hunte'! biS game there, Wrny Richwcrt Gleds t~nes, while in thv ii3v~,r~~~ued9 French l?dy from pir~tesin the Chin? Se~s Eciw1~~1,after leqvinp the nrmy,~~ro~kerlin Cqnnd? with the C.P.R. on.3 serve3 in he Riel Rising of 1885. The youngest l:rothcr,1.~Lilinm, made notsble projectile inventione, become m M.Y. snd wss knighted. Grace Fqllj ser in is57 mnrrj-ed Willi?m Fqirholme who, while in tho Army, h~l(!cerued in Cnnndr, and hunted cn the Prairies of >he ?Gssouri. On selling his ccmmission he went to Geyl-or; %c, plmt mffee. One of his brathers tr~velledin Austr~lizm.1 :mother wcs lost with Sir John Fr?nklin. (see Spry, ed., Pnlliser Papers and papers in the -~ossessionof iJlr. I?.n F~irholme1. 6. ~ohn~Ratemn, *-V---Tht Grc~tLsnclowners 6f Gre?t Brit3in-pnd Irel?nd (London: H,-irrison an:;- Sons, 4th ed., 1383); p.322, gives the followin;; acrentTe owned by John Pdliser: I.Jai;erf'o;d 9,825 pcres , Tipper~ry 3,561 " Kllkenny 460 . Kild~re 467 9 total of 14,313 acres. By then,however, some of the estates had been sold. For exnmple, Printe,j Rcnt?ls, 306-434, Vol. 33,Quit Rent Office,in theLnn(lec1 Ertntes Court,Four Caurts-,Innst Quay,Dublin,noJ~esthe Rerlt-l an1 Particulws of Sde of t'V8 lugble Fee Simple E~kntesIfin C-->. Lon~ford owned by L~.-co~.hlr2y F?llise;l,% be S~l(iin 13 lots,Febru?ry 14, 1862. 7. F& ,John hlliserfs ?aecorl-: et TCD see Spry,-. ed., Palliser Fsmrs, p.xvii. - 8. Record of ~ff'ic'ers Services ,Wv Off icc? 68/76,p .$ and War Office 17,/33%-';,' Public Hec~rdOffice,London . For the st:iry of John hl-iseer vs intermittent service in the Waterford Artillery Yiliti9 and its eventual terminntim, sec S 2ry9aft., hlliscr P:~p~rs,xvi-xvii. DNB ~n?Burkets Lsnded Genta,1086,- Vol.11, and Landed Gentry of Irelm-3,1912. Ibid. nnd T.U, Sedleir, Alumni Dublinensis (Londm : -'dilli2m and Norgz~te,1924). This, is evident in his bc,ok,Solitsrg Rambles an(? Advantures of 2 Hunter in the Prsiries (Londcm: J?hn N~rr~y,ll353)~republished unler the title The Solit~ry Hunter or sport in^ fidventurcs in the Prsiries, In the book Palliser recounts not nercly his sportinr adventures, but als-) sn episode irl Ncw Orleans- in which he ssng two solo pnrts in an orstcrio. Trad of his greq.t-nicces,the late Miss Kathleen i'nlliser mtl the l~te?ks, Eileen Robinson, tollq me th-t 2 love of music wqs the tie thst bound the Pqlliser fqmilg toc the possess ion af L7 dy airkenhe 1.d and L9:ly Firkenhca3 f S book, Azq.inst Oblivion (~ondm: C~ssell,13 $3). -Ibid. Sigismon6 Neukomm 'S D~vid.Pslliser, Solitclrg Rambles, PP- 36-70 Ibid 9 pp, 154-163. Inventory of Personxl Estclte ,b~iilligmFsirholme,Esq a , nnd Trust isp position ~ndSettlement and Codicil ~.ppended,1868, Off ice of the Sh.3riff -Clerk of Berwickshire. Willi~~mFnirholmefs journ~1,kcpt on this trip, is in the possession of 1Ir.I~nFqirholmc. I'slliser, Solit?ry H-mbles. Ibid., p.111 . Cnroline F~irholrne, June 3, 1937, PF . This portrclit is in the Archives of the Roynl Geqraphic~l Society (herc~fterRGS) . It is reproduced in Solitwy Rsmblcs . Cmvline Fairhqlms, June 8 1937, PP. Ishmgh is buriec? in the grounds cf Comcrflgh Housc. His tombstone was shown to me by the then owner of Comerach House, the lnte ?Tr? jor John Grny, in 1950. Pnlliser, S~litrryR~mblss, pp.315-326. Caroline F3irholme9 November 9, 1937, PP. New York: Sobert V. De Witt, no[!, Secn .~tthe LiSrqry cf the University of i'JehrmLsh, Linc,~ln,~$etr~ska,,U, SA flMir_r;htyH~nters'~, flouschr)l-2 'dords: 11 Wesltly Journ~l conducted by Ch~rlssDiclrcns, 2d. V111 No.198, Jnnulry 7, 1854,- - ~~1.446-9.A- Edmontcn,Rlbert~.: Hurtic Fublishers, Severn Fnpers, in the yossessim 9f L.qdy P,irkenhe?d nnd Sheil~Rirkenhe~.d, Agqinst Oblivion, Csroline F~irholmeto H.S. Patterson,Q.C., June 8,1937,Ti:. Rudolf Frecierick Kurz, Jour~d,13$6-1~52,ed. by J.N.B. Sewitt (t;i?shinqt~il,D. C. : Bure,qu of hnericm Ethnology, Bulletin 115,Smithsoni1n Instituti~n,U.S,Government Printing off ico, 1937),pp .264-267. Conversq-tion in 1961 with Plr. Dan Leshy,who lived opposite the entrmce to Derrylusk~nHouse nnd whose ?ather hid worked for the Pnlliser fonily. See Spry, ed., Pdliser Fnpers, pp. xix-xx. 'In this. . account there is nn error. In view of the timing of their respective explorations, it now seems likely thqt Pnlliser influenced Baker., not the other wny clbout. See E,E. Rich, The History of the ~udson'sBay Compnng, 1670-1970, 2 vols. (London: Budson's Bay Record Society, 1958 and 195-g)*. RGS, Membership File, Palliser 'S recard. RGS, Council Minutes,December 8,1856, Item 19, p.181. Palliser h?d submitted n copy of Arrowsmithfs most recent map,on which he hqd indicated his proposed route across the prairies and possible passes throuzh the Rocky Mountains. This map is now in the m2~collection of tha RGS. See ' . also RGS, President 'S Address, May 25, 1857, Proceedings, I (1857), ,30321 Spry, ed,, Pfilliser Fapers , xlix qnd 260. Ibid., p.260 Ibid., xlix. Sinclair mqdc tw~(possibly three) further crossincs of the Rocky i.To~nt~~insbefore he wss killed in ~mericeiiterritmy in- In Indian wnr. Sec also Sinclair 1s biogr~phyin the Dictimsr~of Csnqdian Riogrfiphy, Vol.VII1, f orthcoming . For these prelimin~riesand the eventual sianificsnce of the ~x~edition,see Spry, ed., Falliser papers, Introduction. F3r the personnel of the Expedition, see Spry, ed., Falliser Papers, pp.xxvi-xxxxvii. For detqils of these j~urneys, see S>ry, ed., P~lliser Papers. spry, ed., Falliser Papers, pp.xcv-xcvi snd cxxviii - cxxxi . Hector's 3iwy of his tril) to New Zenland, Hector Papers, (~P)HockenLibrr.ry, University of Otn?o, Dunedin, New Zealand. For Hector 1s subsequent career, see DNB , Dictionary of lyew Zedand ~i&ra~h~,N.G: MC ~l~mont, The Ekplomtion of New Zealsnd, (London : Oxford University Fress~,1959) 2nd 0th~~references listed in Spry,- "- ed. palliser, Pnprs, A Note on So'urces. Spry, ed., Yslliser 'Papers, pp. cxxxiv-cxxxv. Hectorls di?~y(W). Blskiston wrote n book shout this explora tim, Five Months on the Ynngtse-Kimq (London : Jahn Plurr:~y, 1862). . ~ertificnteof Curi~l,~lovemberl5,1362,Feth7rd Fvish, Co. Tipperary. Palliser to Vaux,St.Thom~s,Mnrch 15,1~63,Archives98GS, nnd Prdliser to his uincle ,the Reverend John Eury Fqlliser, of Annestown, Co.lrnterford,Septemher 26,n.d. but probablp , 1362, in the possession of Pir.Nr?y Galloway. Falliser t.o V~nux,Xwch 15 1863,op.cit. That Lor4 Hartinpton was in Chgrleston is confirmed by correspondence in t1le Devonshire Collecti~ns,Chatsworth. Fnlliser t I Vaux,Mnrch 15,1863,op.cit. Mrs. Bernccll Osborne tolNk% Eleanor Arbuthnot, n.d,, but postmarked 1865,enclosing an excerpt from a letter from Louisa, L2dy Waterford (in the possession of Miss Hester Duff ). Peterm?-nn 'S Geogrgphische Mittheilungen, 186g9Bd.15, 17.235 . k letter from hlliser ta Mrs, Bernd Oshorne, from ~ovsyq~em1y-1, ~ulg30, 1869, ancl an excerpt frsm a letter written off Trcndheim, September 22,136P9give fragmentary infocmnt,ion sbout this trip. They appe9r in Irene N.Spry, ed.. llThe Pallisers l Trip to the K~rnSe3. 186911. in - S The-~usk-OX, No. .26, er 1980, pp.13-20 . A. E. NordenskiolJ, trmslnted by ~l%xanderLeslie, The Vogape of the Vegn Raund Asi.2 and- Europe with q Ilistorical Review of Previous ~ourneysAlong the North Co2st of the Old World, 2 Vols., (London: Macmillan, 1881), pp.294 and 296 mrinted 2s 286); ~illiamFnirholmc ?ied in 1863. Burke ls L~ndedGentry of Irelnnd,1912, under I1Palliser of Annestownl1. Frederic~kz.lliser is ssid to h2ve run sw9.g with a ballet dancer (or opera singer). Information from his grnnd - d~ughtersand loc?l informants in.Orkdal,nec~r Tronclheim, Worw~y. Letters from Palliscr in the Flemin~Papers,Fglder 269,~ol, 37,dnted December 20,1876,~ugust 16, 1877, ancl nodo Public . Archives of Canada (PAC),show thgt he wss in Switzerland and London; tw2 photogr~phsin the T~:allacePapers (JNJ~J) were taken in Paris in 1367 find in Rome nodo,but after 1877; a letter fr~mRome,d?ted FeSrunry 16,1870,to his doctor at Kilmqcthoms, Co.SJaterf ord,from Palliser (in the possession of Mr.D.J,Coughlan) mentions that his niece Casoline Fairholme wns ill at the time. Another niece died in Rome (Papers in posscssim of Nr.Isn Fairhalme and Clonmel Chronicle, June 14,1870. ) An iten in the Clonmel Chronicle June 14,1870,de~crihe~his enthusiastic receptim 2-C Q meetin: of his tenants. This . item is in an il-lustrq.ted bojklet in the possession of the Langley f~mily, Informqti-m from the ;leverend Cmon Chav?sse,Rector of the Church at Kilrossmty which the family nttenderl, and the inscription in the window. Inform?-tion fr~mNiss Enthleen F211iser 2nd Mrs .Robinson. Palliser to Flen~in~,Au~;ust16,l-877,Fleming Fapers,Folil.er 269,Vo1,37,TAC6 A Minute d2ted ivIqrch 31,1877, and siped W.D (ealty),' concerning n possible awwd of 2. CMG to John P3lliser, ., C0/447/27,Vol.l,No.3329,~iJorth AmericnI1, PRO,London, Correspondence in C0/437/26, Vol. 11, 11P"9N~07171 and CO ,+47/27, Vol. I, Ko. 3329, SINorthRmeric~~l~, FRO, ~ondbn. RGS,Council llinute Book,Jnnuvy 24,1859, and Froceedings, III,pp.219-222. Lord Carn7rvon accepted the med.1 at a meeting on Mny 23,1859 , dn Pa'lliserfs hehslf, as he wqs still in Rorth Americ?. Letters from Caroline Fsirh~lmewritten in 1937 (E'F) and in 1924 (in the possession of Mr. Ian ~2irholme). The unveiling ceremony on August 21 was reported in the Nunster Express for Aueust 26,1977. See Spry, ed.? Palliser Papers, p.ix ind Spry, On the Wail of Pslllser 1s Plpe~s,~~Saskatchewsn Histary, Vol. XII,No.2, Spring 1959, pp. 61-71. Acknowledgements We acknowledge with gratitude the permission of the owners to publish the illustr~tionsaccompanying this article, namely: Viss Philomel Robinson (p~ortraitsof Archbishop William Palliser, Colonel I.+sy Palliser and Mrs .Anne Falliser ); the Royal Geographical Society (p-ainting of the explorer in buckskins); and the University of Alberta (photograph of Talliser in fornal at,tire). THE TOin!;JLAWD OF SALLRGIIANE IN 1821a . , , , . , Canon Fower, the most illustrious of our local .historin.ns, w~s.born in.1862 3.t Call~ghanein Rnllggunner P~ris~h.,It w?.s no dqubt far this re-on, th7.t in 1912 he hsd .the :erjrl;iest census returns for ~allagh~netr~nscribed in full by the ; professi:xml recorc! se~rcherMiss Gertrude Thrift. The orir;inn.ls fram which the trmscript was made were destroyed when the Public Record Office w!ls blown up ten years later. .. .. This is t.3 my knowledge the only complete transcript of 3 Co.h;aterf 3rd t~wnlnndfrom the 1321 Census. The W.?lsh Kelly MSS contsin copious extracts for rninterford City a.nd the B~rony of Iverk in south Kilkcnny (the pnrishes of Aglish and Portnnscully. having been taken in full ); these havwall been published in the Irish Genk.?.lcgist (IV.17-24, 122-130; V. 383- 393 522-5269 643-649 The returns give the following information: the number of the house; thc numbcr of storeys (we omit this ns 211 the houses in Callagh2ne were of one stmey); the names af the . occupmts, and their relltionship to the heqdof thehousehold; their ages nnd occupntims; the number of 3cres in the holdin!:; and other observsti:ms (ne2rly ~lwsysleft blmk). In ndditim, Cnnm hwer hc.s ,ndr_Jedhis own notes on the subsequent' : csreers of same inclividu~.ls,and these we hsve included in inverted commas within brackets. For the s2ke of conciseness, we hnve abandmed the origin-n.1 wrmgement of the'information in columns nnd omittec1,tha unnecessriry repetition of surnames in the sRme fsmily. i Miss Thrift's trmscript is nrm in the Muniment R9om at W~terfordCity Hall., where I wns'nm~zednnd delightec: to discover it;recently when compiling an inventory of the city muniments. I should.like to zxpress my.thenks ta ",W,Thomas Rynn, Tosn Clerk, for ollcwing its publicntion. - Editor . TOlnlNI;ilT\'D OF CTLLSiHPGJE in the parish of R~llygunner,barony of Gaultier md county of Wnterfor?. 1. P~.trickKenne:3y,' '50, publican grid fa.rrni;;r, 38 ricres,', two acres of which n.re on the lm3s IQ~Eflllyvorcen m(', l$ acres on the lands of Bnllyynner More. There is sbout 26 acres , , . of bog on this townlqnd.. Nargar.et9wife,33; John., son,lO; William, s'm,5; Anne, fisuqhter, 11; Uridpt, d,?u Ruinous ( l1 Swaeney 'S ?l1) John Power942,farmer and barony constsble, 14 acres , (llShawn Pully1l); Mary9wife,38 (11~6irewaest.lq ); Richnrd,son, 20 ( llBs.rristr,mll);. Robe'rt ,sr?n, 12 (llunmsrriec! died , Cdlwhanll ); b~illiarn,s~n,5 (llEcilly Jr-r.cklt); Fs.trick,s.on, 5 (ll~ewfmmdland~~);Mnrtin,son,'j (ll~rsigemidd.ill);Jams ,, son, under 1 (l1 JirnrnyJ?ckql) ; Cntherine, dau~hter,14 (llme.rried Fower ~8kmln~); Alley,daughter,g; Catherine he, 30,indoor servant. Thomns Corcornn,51,1nbourer91~acres;Mary,wife950;Wil1i~m9 sm,10,l~bourer; Jaines,sc~n,l5; Wnlter,sm,8; Mary,deuchter, 14.. Terence Kelly94l,l~bourer,~-ncre; Rllice,wife936; Daniel, son,ll; Thomns9son,5; P!nrgnret,?suzhter,l5; Anty,hughter, 5; Cstherine,dau;~hter,3. Thbmns Power,. - - - .30~~abourer,~acre;EdmondWalsh , step brother, 20; Cqtherine ldc.lsh,his mother,61; Marg2ret Power, 3'5, pnuper. Alley Flin(r, 34,widow,worlcw~.~m~n,3 scre ; MryFllharty , sister,44, ~~~idow,work~~c~m~n;Thnm~sFlrth~rty,son,g; Ellen' Fl?h?rty,drr.u:qhter, 20,~~orkwomnn(svmclrrierJ Drisc~l ' >lv) Msrgare t Power, 34,widow,~ ncre ; John, sm, 14; Ellen , dau~;hter,g; Bridget, claughtcr, 7; M,?.rgaret,JnughtBr, 5; Borbma, clr~u~hter,2. Thnmns Ivory934,f~rmer,l2 acres: Joh?.n,~h,wifc,30 (Yohnnnd QuanI1); Willi~m9sm95; Johnpson,3; C~therine,iis.ughter,6. ', (qf:blrs.Elliottll ); Mnry,c!nu~;hter,under 1; Rridqet Kelly,21, indoor servmt . 21. Pgtrick Ivery963,fsrmer,lO acres; Mary,wife,62; Jqmes,son, - 28; M~urice,son,34; Hmor,wife ,28 ("Nora Poweru); Bricn, son,3; Phry,dauqhter,5 (vWs.KennedyIf ); Johsnn,dnu~hter, under 1 (Ifl4rs. Sheehnnsl). 22. John ~~ann~n940,l~bourer,~acre; ~ohsn1,wife,44; !iilliarn, son,l4; JRmcspscn,12;John,son,3; M~ry,d~ughter,8 (IfBrowntswifeH ); Bridget93au3hter,6 ("story of coffjnli); Ellen,m~th&r,66. 23. Michael Ivery930,schoolrn~sterand land surveyor, has 36 pupils,6 of which refemale; Mms?r~:tpwife,2S;Patric, son,under 1. 24. Marqaret Xnnnan,45,widou,wcrkwomon; Bridpet,B~u~hter,18, workwomm; Judith Ryan, 38, pauFer; Agnes Ry~.n,pnuper. 25. Patrick Diganp61,fnrmer,23 acres; Johma,wife,53; Richord, sm,20 (ItinKnockhouseI1 ); Robert, son,l6 ("Father of Billy' &C." 1; Msurice, sonp14; Williampson,12 ("~ou1drewll)i~mes, 'son,8 (flcooperll);~artin,son,6 ("died in Callsgh~ne~~); Cstherine9dsughter923;Margnret,dnugHter,21 ("died in Cal13ghanen) ; Mcry, cl~u~hter,l8 (llmsrriod,Co. Icilkenny, Dan,gsnl1) .' 26. Michael McGr~thP74,farmer,1-1 Acres; hty,wife ,60;Fatrick Conners, son-in-lalq,40; Mnrgaret C. ,wife,41; Edmond C,, sonp7; Mich~el C., soii,3; Anty C.,driughter,g; Anne C,, Oaughter,6; Brideet McGr2th,19,indoor servant. 27. Denis Lenry9.$5,1nbourur; Mnrg?ret945,wife; Johnpsonp12. 28, Unoccupied. 29. Unoccupied. 30. John Power,3091abourer; M~rg,wife,~lpworkw~m~nfCatherine, dsughter,5; Anty Kezrney913,servsnt; Catherine power, 12, orphan. 31. Mary Kelly, ~0,widow9workwomnn;Dmiel,son,3 (flidio~li); Mary,dciughter,g idiot:^); Margarct,dau~hter,5; Ellen Power912,servsnt. 32. Phillip Brennnn960,lnbourer; W~iry,wife,55; John9son,13; Owenpson,12; ?hillip,son,g; Mich?,el,s~np5;Brid;;etPower, 60,warkwt>m~n,lodger; Ilargaret Power,her ?~ughter,l4. 33. John Cullnn95O,f~rmor,l6acres; Johans,wife,42; Fatrick, son,l3; James,sm,ll; Thomss,sm,under l(ll~rTllyd~vidlf); Ellen,d~u~htcr,l7;Mnry,dnu!~hter,l5; Mnrpwet93aughter,8; Anty,laup;htsr,6; Bridget,cicu~hter,3. --'- 34. Thomas Power940,frirmer96 acres; Catherine, wife, 32 (ll~lenflesk'~);Robert,sonj7; John,sonp6;MichnelPsonPunder 1; I3ridgetpdnu,~hter,3;Antg Power9l8,orph~n9servsnt;John Cr~.wley92~,indoorservant. 35. John Powerp71,f~rmer,6acres; John,son,26; Ellen Healy, 62,indoor servmt; Honor Hnhoney,23, indoor servant ;Dsniel McCarthy932,indoor scrvnnt; John Cr~wley,3O9lcibcurer. 36. Michael Power935,farmer,30 acres; Catherine,wife,44; Richard,son,l4;John9son912 ("sndCilerll);J~mes, son,lO (l1 Jim the FarmerM); Robert, son, 5 ("Robert the Copperl1); Michse19son,2; Anthony,son,l; M~ry,daughterp18;Bridget, daughter,7; Marg~rct~daughter,3. 37. Anty Wells950,widow; James,sonp22,1~bourer;P~trick~son, 18,lxbourer; Mwy;dsughter,25; Anty,grmd~ughter,under1. Thomas Wells929,labourer9l~acres; Barb2rq,wife,2g; Nicholas,son,4; Michnelsscn,2; Anty,daughter,6; Mnry Whel~n,16, indoor servnnt . Hichard W~lsh,36,farmeri9acres; Ellen,wife929; Walter, sm,l&; Catherine,dauqhter,lO; Judith,daughter,4 ("married sea captain1!); Cathe~ine~mother,70; Darby Le~ry,50, indcor servant. Thomas Idhite,75,f~rmerS20acres; Mary,wife, 71; Fhtrick, sm,16; Abi~ai19wife.,43;M~urice,son,l6; J~mes, son,6; John,son,l$; Mclry, daughter,3 (l"dm.Shelley1s first wifef'); Mory Mnher,Zl,indoor servnnt. John Carroll,49,farmer915 acres; Johana,wife,49; David,son, 16; Patrick,son99; Nichnel,son,7; Ynlter,son,5; Ellen, daughter,23; Marypdnughter911;Anty,dsughter 4; Anty Flinn, 6,orph~n;Mich?.el Carroll,25,cnrpenter91odger0 Walter Carroll,38,farmers,15 acres; Msrcr1ret,wife,36; J~mes, son,l3; David,son,7; Michsel,son,3; Catherine,cl~u~hter9~; Mary,dnughter,5; Ellen,daughter,under 1; Ellen Power, 19, indoor servnnt; John Hsrringtm,509indoor servnnt. Patrick Kierwan,~O9farmer,8acres;Catherine9wife,4R; Th~mris,sm,25;John,son,22;James9son917; M~r~aret,daughter, 21; Bridget,dmghter,l6. John Kierwan947,1sbourer; Joh3nc1,wife,35;Willism,son,lQ; Michael,son,12; P?trick,son, g; J~mes,son, 6; Thomns, son,3; Mnrgaret,daughter,ll; Catherine,d~ughter,l. Robert Kierwan,~~g,farmer,6acres; Anne9wife,40; Patrick, son913; Anty,d~ughter,8;14c?rgaret,dsughter96; Mqry, daugh$er, 2. End of the Townlmd of Calqhane, Total amount of this Tcwnlanii is 45 IIouses and 284 inhabitants ("22 Kirwnns, 1S Csrrolls &. 52 Powers. Totnl sres = 447 stntute acres 218* assigned sbove MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FR0i.i STRADBALLY E .C. CI-IURCH AND FRHA CSdPFL-OF-EASE, OO,!dATERFORD,UP TO 1880 Stradbslly R.C. Church and There are 61 inscribed ; monuments with an inscrintion prior to 1300: a11 these hnve been copied,but cmventional- raligisus texts hsve been omitted. There sre no memorial t3blets inside the church itself. A very smell number of these inscriptions have appeared previausly in then Memorials Journalv1and these have been correlstel with current resdings. The Farish Registers go back to the year 1797 m3 are in locsl custxly. The Chnpel- of-ehse at Paha w~sbuilt in 1304 by James Barrnn,Esq. chiefly for the use of himself,his family nnd domestics. In 1868 the Ch8pel w3s partinlly rebuilt ?n!i is now a plnce of public worship. ... IN THE GRAVEXARD RARRETT Erected by Ellan Unrrett a1in.s Fitzgerald in memory af' he? son John Bnrrett whc die4 in June 1.342 qgad 27 yrs,: sls2 of her son Thomns BGrrett wh:~died. in June 1846 qed 29 ysars, :. BARRON (Arms & Crost: ledger: very worn) This monument w~serectad by Pierce Barron of Fshaph Esq. in memory of his dearly beloved wife Ann Barron alias Power who departed this life the 12 of Au~.1303 in the 74 yeAr :~fher age. BAZRON Sacred to the memory of Fierce linrron Esq., of ~lill~cnak-iill- in this county who died at Clifden May 31 1211 aged 59 yeRrs. BARROM S~credto the memory- of: Fierse fiiro Barron,!Esq., and his sisters Marg. ,Matilda, CathePipe -&'iEliznwho all perished in m early wqtrg (sic, !) grave-%y the wreck af the Wm. & Mary Pncket,Oct.. 27rd 1817 . (Th'i-'s':is.4n obelisk type monument, sicned If,. .. Corey(?), ~lnssemhill;@r3.Kilkenny, .hrc.hit~ct~~) . : (side) This ' tribute of ,: nffectibn erected*:by R fond mother: "The pen of tenser feelinc . ' i ...... ,Cm,. , but ill depict .. The 'mqny.'uno's tenth.t ious . vir'tueS . ..:. ... . ,...... Of friend end ~reij ' . . ..., . . ~. . . By every s'ympE ll%eticc tLe . . . .l. But if:rnknly ~e'&i~udi3;..of:b~$n~uct', ,- ., . '\ I '' And f em$lg ',:dek.li.:e *g !'!<)p\mind ;. . Could cla:im' $up l&& admirntsn - . Hummity indeed mrry shatl 3. tear Over this perishable monumentw. ER IEN Erected by Jlme-s Brien in rnemgry sf his br.;ther Niche1 Brien of Bnllinab CASEY . . Erected by Ro$;:er C-lsey of Islnnd in memory ~lfhis dau:hter,Anne Case.y,who diecl ~e?t.'hr30th 1943 aged 11 years. 1' CliSEY ' . . Erected: Sy James Casey in memory of his dauchter Nancy Clqsey who de;>arted this life !hy 1st 12$$ sged lSnyews. Mich~.elNorris died 1916: Kste Norris 4ied 1914: Nor% Norris die2 1920: Rnnie' Sammon die3 1969. CLANCY : see,Drohm CLANCY This stone is erected in memory of Thomrls Clancy who die2 Sept9r 1st 1:?3/1 qed. 68 years. .,;-. . .. c &~NINS . . (obelisk type ) Erected by Mich4el Cammins of Isl!:nd in memory of his fgther Jsmes who died Feb.7th 1261 .asecl 83 ye.nrs, snil his mother. M8rr;sre-k died July 15th 1370 ace3 2,C years: his son'~athewdied' .May 5th 1'377 nyed 23 ye?rs: his sister 17:-ry died. June 7th 1238 s9e3 73 yenrs; ~lsohis 'brgther M?.thew who die?. in America sqed 73 years. Mrs. d.. 'C~mrnins (nee Moloney) tiiecl 15th Oct.1939 . , a,ged 76 years. ies. Phry Cammins (nse Wa1l)diecl 22th April 1q42 ?zed 30 yrs. (on side) Pray for the sm1- 3f Elich~elCommins died Nov0lOth 1899 o.ged 39 yews. - His wife Ellen died M.y lgOl ake 82. ..Their son James d.ied. 27th Nov. 1933 aze 72. Ien died .30t.h Oct. 13'39 a2e 34. M~r::g~retdie6 25th July 1339 ace 31 (on plinth below) Driuvhters of Jrcles, (on side ) Thornas Comrnins ,Proz,3, Street W~terforZ,wife an:? fwnily are also burit-<; here. CUMMINS: see Eeffernan. CUMMINS The most holy nwne of Jesus prny for the reFose 3f the soul of Georre Fierce Cummins of C~rri?qhillnwho tied 0~t.1?68 ~(yed72 years. Alsc? his wife Gri4cet Cmrnins (nez ld~lsh)cqit.6 Fcb.1333 agecl 60 years : & their Jw~hterK:) tc (Sister lhry Ienntius ) :dso their tyrrn-l-chilrlren, Eridget % Msrkiqret Cummins who died ycung, both d aufyhters of Edmund Cm~ins,Dungarvnn. , CUMMINS Erected by 3ri.j~etCummins in memory of her husb3nd Jsrnes Cumrnins cf Mileltcn who diecl Janu2ry 22nd 1333 npcd 41 yenrs. l ' CUMMINS Erecte.1 by Mn'ry Cumrnins of Carrichhills in mmory of her husband Mathew Cummins whT>die-l ~eb.'Y 1st 1230 nzed 70 YTS . ('au!jhter Ellen Cummins who ileparted this life July aged 21 years. CUXXIMS . ... Erected by John Cumrnins of Newtown in memory of his fqthar John :. Cummins disc! 3r?. April 1849 qer! :If! yTs Xis mother Ma.r.yaret (nee Quinlnn) died 10th Sej-t. 1372 ape.(?. 72, yX's . tilso his . brothers. Mcthew, Jgmes, Ds.vi,.l & Geoffrey who .dike? goun;r. And. a190 his dau?;hter W7,r,:sret. The sbove J~hnCummins died 27th April' : . . 1910 agad 73. . . CUMMINS , Erected Sy Nicho.el &- Ecimon? ~ummins,~csrtkcrooka, in memory of their fnther Mn thaw Cummins die;? l,$th Seyt. 1375 nged .O yenrs;. Their mother Drilqat (nee HF-hesy) ?ied 10th June 107 t] aged 70 yrs. Their brother James die$ 22nd. Feb. 1913 aged 78yX's nnd their sister Anaststig 3iee- 27th July 1912 qed 40 years. COFFEY Erected to the mem.2ry oi" Jgmes Coffey,Currahesn,wh~ :liecl 26th April 1910 aqer2 50 yes.rs. His fqther Jnmes C~ffcywho died March 1!!.63: his mother Nary (OtNeill): his uncle. Fctrick Coffey who die? July 1887 & his first ccmsin Johanna Coffey. CORCORGN Sacred to the memory of Cath------Corcoran------(slmost totally illeei'ble monmentnl stone in concrete,with lettering in , liqh- possible reliefpin same enclosure 3s tomb of Pierce Barron, Esq. of Eallynakill) CROTTY Erected by M.rs A~~Rs(sic 1) Crotty of Kilminion in ,-nemory of her husband Willi2m Crotty who depz this life July 6th 1048 aged 50 years. !. CUNN INGHAM ,. , Erected ,in memcry of ratrick. Cunninf-,h~.m,Strsclbally,who - c7;i,erli , June lot6 18.17. ~r;;'ed*66~ yews!: - also his . four sons : and Jnmed Cunnin~handied 26th Feb 1319 age;l 2??; %.trick Cunnincha.m .dTed 5th Febb19-23 aged c34 and his wife Brirli?;et die6 23rd April"l935 aged 83. Johnnie Cunningham diecl 18t Nov. 1972 aged 90 yrs. CURRAN Erected 'by' J.o,mes Currm of. E~llyscanl~rlin memory of his , . daughter Anne Curran w&o died Nov. 12th. 1251. aqed 15 ye.$.rs: .. . also his"son P~trickwho died June .20th 1956 aged. years:and his daughter Johann?. Currnn died. Nov.lst ~getl34. . The above Jarnes Currm died Nov. 22nd 1?S6 nge3 94. CURRAN Erected by Martin Currrin of Bsllydwan in memory'of his f~ther Mqrtin Curran wh~die,?. Se7$lst 1861 a~ed74 years: ylso his mother Catherins Curran who diecl June 1st ln65 aged 67 yews: nnd his brother Richarc1 who die CURRIN Erected by Jose,)h Currin of Durrow in memory of his daughter Mary Currin who departed this life Nov.25th 1232 sget.1 2pjye-rrs. DEW: see Barney. DROHAN Erected by Mary Clmcy, Islan:l, in memory of her parents - Pstrick Drohm, I3allydwm, died. April 26th 1976 aced 86 years, Catherine die? Feb.. 6th' 1f2:35 n~ed73 yews .- Her children -".Rllen died '. FeS, 23th 1310 aged 39 yenrs, Thomas (lied July .2Cth,1903 aged: .55.. years, Patrick died in America JuXy' 21st 1903 ra;:ed'! 44'. years., Nicholns died July 17th li3i37 ~q&d10 years. Her brother Nicholas died Feb. 9th 1175 nqed 22 yenrs mdher sister~Brid: (similar smaller stone in evsry wny,side% by side withthis; reads only ) POWER ! -. Catherine Fower...... , (One further Power- stone completes this row - a 'late date as under) . .. POWER Jmes 'P~werof Clonea. end wife Catherine nnd chilqrsn Catherine, Margaret,Bridget ,P'linnie ,Nich2las cl.ier! 26th 0ct .l 1904. . * POWER Erected .by iiodger Power of Carri~;dlillcin memory of his son James who died 20th Yarch. 1'366 2!;ed 3!+ years. Above Rod.9er Power died .in 1873 and his wife. POWER - Erected Sy Richard Fower, Rc?thnsskillo~e ,.in memory of his .mother Mar~aretPower died 7th April 1?73 a:?ed 24 years: 21s~his father Michn.el Power died 26th Feb.1000 aged 93 yenrs and his brother Jqrnes. .- died 26th June 11399 aged 65 ye8rs. FOWER Erected by Thomas Power of Waterford in memory of his father Maurice Power Cied Feb.9th 1910 aged 75 years and his two Srothers, Phi1 died Feb.14th 1906 aged 21 years, John killed in France May 9th 1916 aged 36 years: klso his two sisters Eridge't; ', died :'Oct. 5th 1395 a,zed 15 years, Mary died April 18th: 1918 aged", 39 yTS His qr'andf2ther Thomas Power of Fnhn died Novt.15th 1874 azed 72 years. POWER In memory of Maurice Power of Currzbaha who die2 12th May 1.852 aged71 3 years. His ;iau@ter Cather ine died ;23th NovF, 18 C 83') aged 36 years. A1s.1 2 sisters and 1 brother died young: and .f. !.; , ..: '.:, his son Michnel.. Power. 6ied 12th Nov. 1927 aged.;84. >. ... ; , ... .. !.'? .. , POWER Erected by Mary Fower alias White in memory of her beloved husband F3trick Fower who died September 11th 1211 azeZ 67 yesrs. Erccted by Michlel Yowbr of Kilcloney in memory of his father Thornas Power who died Mvch 26th X37 z,v,ed 73 Also his mother Ilonora Power nli:2.s Kem wh.j died'-April 6 1,937 stged 63.. POWER Erecter:? by William Fower of Strxlbally in memory of'his uncle Willi~mFower of Ballyvoile :lied Mnrch 17th 1;",43 a.qed 73 years: 31s.; his mother Anast2sin Power died July 24th 1950 a.ged 92 years, ancl his father Thomw Power died JnnY 1st 1251 q~ed76 yesrs. Mary Power died Mnrch 1st 1063 agecl 86 years. F OLJER Fray for the soul of n'icholm Power of Fnh~fcelvhdied: 6th May, 1811 aces 60: 31~0his wife Cather.ine Keefe cqis.3 10thDec.133.7 aged 70. His scm Nicholos 23~1-1Juna 1369 a,pd 64 yenrs. Also Thornas Power diecl Oct. 22nd ls97 .~ge::1152 yesrs. and his son David. died Au;?;. 2 nd; 1'797 apd 17 yews : lso ~t~b'iaPower . . die? Mmch 21st 1910 a~~e355. . ,. . . (Side of obelisk type mmumen't) Pray for the' souls f Jpmes Power of Clonen -lie:' 33 Dcc.1969 aged 75: Also his wife Cnth~rineFower diet-: Oct.9th 1B 61 ayed years. (The rest is clsar cut, but very obscure in. ..siqnificance) ...... ,. . . .. ,. . . . "Michael Fower L --- " ~Ckn . . I,,. . 1 66 . . 76 his m ... . , . Msry 11 !. , ,. . ., . : ,.. . . (side') .. . Pray for the shl Cf John Fowcr of Sc?.field. dicd' loth Mov,l85:6 a,yed 56, Dqviil Fower of Grcinmt. (? riicte Green5n ?) t?.ied 4eh. Dec.1960 a7ed 60: his wife Msrgxret Fower die,? 22nd Febo1070 a7ed 54 yeus. Also their son Willizm Power ?!is,= Oct.4th 13% s?ed ': 64 yzars: and iJIary Powcr died 21st Alsril ls04: ril~:jBri8get HeWn died 12th Aug.1326. (Back) Also. Thom~sPower,Fehnfeelaghjdied 16th Jan. 1373 aged ."t($.. QUINL!;%: see Cumrnins. I RONAmTE . . Erected by J~mesRon~~yne of Kile1t.m in memory: of his father Maurice Ronayna who 'tisd Febru~rylst l861 aged 92 years: nlso his mother 3ridgat Ron2yne who died June 7th 1853 ak~ed67 years 2nd his brother Thomns who died Nov.7th 1347 ace3 23 years, SAPPION: see Cnsey. -. SAIIF4ON Erected by Mqry Sarnrnon of Badlydwan in memory of her baloved husbanrl John Sammon who dicd Jm.lst 1871 aged 70 yaws. The above Mary Snrnmon (die3 June 20th 1035 cl,yeci 75 an? her son Fstrick died Feb. 7th 1300 a:ge:l 20: nlso his wifs Uridqet die.3 April 13th 1910 sge~?~58. SARTLE Erectecl by MP. Nichol~~sFower of Foxes Castle in memory of Thomqs Smtle who riiec!. in ln5? aged. 6e yerlrs: also Kntherine Sartle who die3 May 3lst 137:gr 3:ge(-j 70 years. SHEHIDtiN Erected by J.imes Sharirbn of the City of Wztt-rf in memory of his father John Sherid~nof Durrow who died Feb.12th 1035 ~;?ed 74 years: also his mother Ellcn die-7 Jov.16th ld42 sqad 70 . jresrs. . His brather Garrett & his four sisters, Ellen,Ms~y, . Catherinc & Bridge t . WALL:. See Comrnins. ' , , WALSH: sec7 Cummins. , WALSH J$rected by' James Walsh of Waterford in memory of his son Philip -Volsh wha departed this life the 25th of 0ct';ber 1337 a:;ed 19 , ysars: an3 rlls? his s9n Ehonil Wrilsh who Iepartel this life the" first of February 1330 npc! 17 yenrs : als? his d~u,ghterMary Walsh who depsrted this lif~the 5th of Feb.1330 aqed 27 years* (rere of grsvastone is inscribed with large cross & I.H.S. below which are thz followin,g lines :) v - 0 fsithful Cross O'nohlest tree ! In all our wo:~ds thert; 'S none like thee No earthly groves ,no sh~dybowers Produca such leqves,such fruits,such flcwers, IN FflHA CHAPEL GRAVEYARD BARRON . - Erected by Edward Bwron Esq. of Snr~hvillsto the memory of the late Jomzs 3trron Esq.! of Sarshville who die? on the 11th day of Octcjber lS3l eap;e(l slxty-nine yenrs. Also to the memory of 4,is sons Willinm, Jlmzs ,Frederick & Hcnry, Rrrrm and his d~ughterCS thsrine . , Memorial Tablet inside Chapel. ; ,;i ' BARRON Erected to the rnehor of Richard T.Barrm of S~r~hvillewho died the 23rd ~f Nov; 1154 n;re!l 42 years. & to the memory of his son Richard William who died 13th April lit61 aged 19 yeaps. Als~to the memory of 4Mar~sreth9s sistep- in-lnw wha died OctT 31st 1861 sged 41 ye3rs. REVIEWS TBE WATERFORD NERCUMTS AND -THE WE.TFOU?!CLAE-E PR GV-IS IONS TRADE, 1770-1870, by John Iilsnnion. Appc-zrs in Nc&oca...... et Industric cn B~~~~_~~-~~,~~I~~~Aux,&LI~%~cL-xIx~~~~L~,ed. L. Y. Cullcn md P. Butcl, Ynris9l98O (pxpsrs read ~t a ssrnin~rof French and Irish histori2ns st Bordeaux in 1970). This srticlc: is 3 major contribution to Inraterforcl history, md is the result of extensive resenrch over a number of ycors. It is bnsed l~rgelyon primary sourccs - contempar2ry newspapers , pamphlets and business rscorfls - and brecks much nzw ground. The a.uthor h~sa thorough knowledge of his msterinl, and presents his findings ~~ncisely~confidently~~ndwith amplo stztistical backing. Dr.Msnnion hqs of necessity to presznt 3 general picture of W3terfordts trade durins thc period, in ordsr to define thc role of Newfoundlmd in it. He nn~lysesit according to commodity (pork pred?minated,followsd by sslt bsef,butter,and grzin products)snd destin~tion(Newfounc!lqnd 2bsorbed 11"; of W~terford?S cxports in the 1770ts,comin~second only to London). He also derls with the composition of the merchnnt community,the rclstive importance of different firms,the extent to which they spccirilizeb in different commodities and ports,their commcrci~lpr~ctices, nnd so on. Few Waterford merchsnts ~wnedsliips or appointed trmsr?tl~ntic?gents in thc lntc 19th century; they mostly sold the pr~visionsto West Country firms,who ~lsoundertook to ship them. Xe 2re eiven an analysis of the Irish involvemint of one such firm, Newmsnts of Dartmouth. In addition ta Dr.Mannimts nrticle,there are ~WOothers of more general interest to our readerszthose by L.M.Cullen on the Irish merchant communities of Borrienux,Ln Rochelle and Cognaciand by D.Dickson on the Ccrk mdrchant comwnity. IRIS? GE'iJFALOZIST, ed, Lt. -Col .H.i). Gcllt\rey, Vol. VI,No -1,Rovember 1980. As usua1,this jourwl cont~insseveral nrticlcs of Waterford interest, nzrnely : Eirths, M2rri~gesand Deaths from R2msey's Weterfsrd Chronicle, 1778 (only one issue survivos ) and the hhtdrford Hcrnld,l791. Both *Ire presented by H.F.Morris,who hqs clre~riyde~lt similarly with Rsrnszg for 1771,1776 rind 1737. The Mnrrioge Register of' Lislnore CF thedr,ol, 1692-1767 snd 1784- 1838, trznscribed by the late Rcv.V~ll?ce G. Clqre. The letters of John Scully (of Bl?ckrzck, Co. Dublin) to J~incs Duff Coghlnn ( of Rilcop, Co. Waterford), 1923 - 1927, presented by U.C. M~cDerinot. This is 3 gcne~lo~~ic?lorgy in which the two corrcspandents involve thcmsqlves exuberzntly in R study of thc descend~ntsof Roger Scully of Cashel (d.1733), Thorn?s Gallwcy of Killorney (d. 1817), .and John Wyse of hintcrforil (d. 1799). Th;,: rrrtic1;- is both informative and entertsining, and llr. NacDcrmot hcs performed s fent of detection in identifyins the individu~.lsmentioned and followine up lcsds th?t pr~videfurther inform~tion. RN EARLY CHRISTIAN GRAVE-SLAB AT MOTXEL In the qrsveysrd st Mothel, Co.Waterford, there is an Early Christim grsve-slnb which hitherto 3pperrs to have esccped notice (see,illustration). Ussd ss a modern grnve m~.rker, it stmds decply embedded in the grmnd among headstmes to the south of the ruined priory church. Only the upper portion stsnds above the gr3und nnd on it can be seen the upper part of a L~tincross with rounded hollows in the sngles, which is csrvei! in relief. The cwners of the sandstme sl~Sare roughly squ3red and it is 16-18 cm. thick and 70 cm. wide nt the tor). Its present height nbove the ground is 60 cm. end it narrows slightly from the top. The cross is raised up to 1 cm. nbove the backgrsund except at the tpp where the relief is nil ~ndthe outline is incised. There l' is no trace of an inscrivtian 3r further orn3ment and the back? is plnin,indicnting thnt this wns a recumbent gr?.ve-slxb . A isRridstonepillar cslled flCloc-na-Co,mircall wi..th the :(. . ,-:l:: same type of cross inscribed on it stands st a gnteway on -the rosdside irnrnedin.tely to the south of the grsveyarc! and a .::I description and drqwing of it h~vebeen published. 9 . , ,. . . . ,, This form of 'cross with hollow mgles ha.s ,.i wida d~ting- range in Irelnnd from at least the eight century until the twelfthO2Examples cm be seen on the b2se of the eighth- century south cross at Ahenny,3 and most of the cross.es,,,of,.. ,. ....-,-. , . this grouppas well ss 'having the ring, hsve munrled hollows at .:. the angles. S1.rbs benrin?; such crosses are found msinly at . , . Inis Cealtrn, Co. C,lwe,snd Nend.rum, Co.Down.4 Closer to Mothel, exmp-l-es--sreCknown --from-St .Berrihert fs Kyle, Co. Tippern.ry, 5 and there--5s ,s-f ine frn.med example with an 'inscription . . requesting a Drayer ..for the soul of Aidnn at Killsmery, CO .~ilkcnn~.~However, unframed crbsses with. rounde+hollow angles. on rectangular grave-slabs , like the Mothel exsmple , are almost exclusive to Inis Cesltrs.7 The fact thst two R-rly Christi3n rlntiquitics ( the grave-slrlb ~nhthe pill-ir) qre lacnted at T".thel qraveyard shows that this is most liksly' tl~be the site of the Early Christim mpastery. Canon Power fs suggestion th9.t the old monqste-ry wns nt B~llynevinand thzt the qrnveyard is merely the site of the Augustinian prioryudoes not seem to be correct. Early Christian Grave Slab at Nothcl. - _ . .I 1. Cournal of the a at er ford and S.E. of Ireland Archaeolo&al Society I11 (1897).. P:- 717 2. P. Lionard; Zarly Irish Grave-Slabs, ?,R,I.A. 61c (1961),.95-169, pp115-7 3 I!. l.. Roe, The IIigh Crosses of Western Ossory_, YSlkenny,/969, pp, 23-30 4. 'Lionard, op. citty, p. 115 5, P. 0 .hEaildhe, "i'he Crosses and Slabs at St. Rerrihert's Xyle in tne Glen of Aherlown, in E, Bynne edited, Korth l..unster Studies .:.' r - Limerick, 1967, pp. 102-126. 6. R.A.S. Facalister, Corpus lnscriptionum Insularu~Celticarm vol. IS, Dublin, 1949, p. 25, Pl. Y. 7. Lionard, op. cit. p. 115. 8. Rev. P. Fower, The Priory o'f. :'othel, Clonmel !iistorical and Archaeolatzical ~oeietpJournal Vol. I, 30. 2, (195374), 31-4, p. 32. ------Programme : June to September 1981. June 14th : Coach Trip to Roscrea and Clonmzcnoise. Coaches lesving City Hsll at 9.30 a.m. (Advance Booking essential). I June 28th : Trip to Abbeyside, Cloncoskran,Str~.db~^lly. Assemble at City Hall 9t 2.30 p,'m. toTFFlV-Fat Abbeys$de Church grounds at 3.15 p.m. Guides: Mrs.Mnurz Flynn,Tom Nolm,Des Cowman., July 12th: Outing to Csllan,Co.~ilk&~n~ to visit home of1 Br. Rice and St.Mnry1s Abbey. 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