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. CZT Journal of the Old Carlow Society Vol. 1, No. 1, New Series, Dec. 19 52 The Reason Why HE Old Carlow Society has now been established for several years. It has prospered due to the T work of an active Committee. It has received IN THIS ISSUE: I public support. But it can hardly claim to have * " induced the younger generation to throw their characteristic enthusiasm into the absorbing work of The Reason Why preserving the story of the past. We have tried to reconstruct the story of Old Old Times are Changed Carlow, the various facets of its social life. We have -Old Manners ,Gone resorted to the scattered records. We have tried to tap the vanishing memories of old men and we have attempted to draw together the fractured web of Light Comes to tradition. Old Leighlin Our greatest task is to obtain a view of the social life of the years gone by and to link up the informa-, ,j Early Printing tion about the origins of life in this district with the 11 developments that are taken for granted by those who I' How They Went to 1/ make the history of our own times. Blazes In compiling this magazine in a new format we Ii Ii are attempting to include a picture of the present and 1! the recent past which wrill not only interest those Boats on the Barrow around us but also provide material for the historians II -0f to-morrow. To do that we need co-operation. If Ii Tall Trees and we get that co-operation we can continue to live as a Ii Great Men journal of local importance and our experiment will be worthwhile. X The First Civic Fathers We want to make this Journal a financial success. We have provided our advertisers with a medium which, we can justifiably claim, has more than a pass­ Looking Back at ing value, and we have given our readers-we hope­ Tullow St. .. some interesting food for thought and discussion . Ii This Journal is compiled and edited for the II In Town To-day people of Carlow and district. But it has an interest II • for those in the county, too, and for those in the II surrounding counties. As time goes on we hope to Ii The Faulkners of I\ Castletown widen the appeal of our publication. We need your II continued support in this worthwhile endeavour, and we hope that our confidence will be repaid. How the Golf Club LIAM BERGIN Began t o . Edit , . ors. i AIDAN MURRA y J mt ! ' ii

5 travellers at the Station. Then there ·was Pembroke, a quiet backwater of life made sombre by tall trees. Drum­ ''Old Times are Changed: mond's nurseries now flourish there, ·while Mr. Walter Kehoe does one of the biggest export trades in Ireland in poultry Old Manners Gone" produets.

By LIAM BERGIN OLD SHOWS In Tullow Street Tynan 's Hotel has vanished to give HAN'GE is the lot of us all. and justice progressing in red plaee to the modern Ritz C Let the traveller return and ermine with an escort of Cinema. A further cinema at to his native town, what does Dragoons from Miss Spong 's the top of the town fills the he find? New names, new on the Kilkenny Road to needs of the times. But only faces and often the favourite Court Place. the shell remains of the old resorts of his childhood altered Further up the Athy Road cinema in Hurren Street beyond recognition. However in those days stood the Bruen opposite the Deighton Hall, well he keeps in touch, the Memorial Church, carried which ,ms reeonstructed by hand of time has been at work. stone by stone to its new site the late Frank Slater and sub­ Even those of us at home in Graigueeullen. Behind it sequently went up in flames. are gradually overwhelmed by was the quarry-hole, threatened Joe Carter, who grew up with the things that are, and only on the recalcitrant youngsters the cinema business in Carlow, very occasionally do we re­ of those days as the bottomless still controls the mechanics of call what was long since. pit of banishment! Now it is the silver screen at the Ritz. Plans are made, developments a public park. What stories he could tell earried out and pass rapidly about the old days-the into the field of accepted Sylvester brothers in the old realities. Assembly Rooms which Ber­ RECOLLECTION nard Shaw gave for a technical school, and the popular panto­ On the quiet road near mimes and film shows which LAST LOOK Bestfield, before the concrete the brothers Sylvester, Chris mass of Ireland's first sugar and Ralph, ran in the old Perhaps when a jubilee factory arose, the tall trees cinema for weeks on end. eomes around or a centenary joined like the vaulted roof of Reidy's Hotel, now demolished, is celebrated, the measure of some Gothic cathedral, while was in those days the head­ change is taken, or the im­ the ivy-covered bank along the quarters of the touring com­ placable hand of time stands roadside smelled sweetly with panies, Dobell's, etc., while the still for the reckoning of the the perfume of purple violets. old Commercial Club :flourished traveller come back. And in the autumn the beech on the corner of Browne Such a traveller came to mast, scattered on the paths, Street. Carlow last summer. He had tasted bitter and exciting to been living in Birmingham, the pristine palate. Or in that grimy complex of indus­ summer the dust risen by the trial England, for 47 years. early motor-cars covered the SHORT HORIZONS He wanted to wander over hedgerows. The roads in those the scenes of his childhood times were a vast contrast to The town was filled with the before death came to him. the magic carpet of macadam carts and traps of farmers, After half a life-time he which the authorities have laid and the fair and market days wandered almost unnoticed like a Roman road leading brought the countryman into through the town. auspiciously from Knocknagee town to barter his produce As a young man, the County into the valley we call Carlow with the shopkeepers. The Home, as we know it now, town. hand of time has changed all was the old Militia Barracks These are but a few of the that, too. The motor-car has where the band played on changes wrought since the shortened our horizons. Even Sundays. The Courthouse, now mud-cart of the Urban Council Birmingham, from where the crowned with the Tricolour, followed the street sweeper, exile came after 47 years, is was once the temple of British and Pat Keating and Hugh only about an hour away by faw. Many alive can still re­ Horan yoked up the bus in the fleet silver wings of Aer member the panoply of power the Hotel yard to meet the Lingus. 6 It's only a fe.w years since grown up, so that Pollerton the late Nicholas Roche went Road and Green Lane repre­ to his reward. He was the sent a new arm of the ad­ pioneer of the motor trade in Now I have seen again the j vancing town. Carlow. One of his shops is river flow, Carlow has developed on the now owned by Paddy Darcy axis of Dublin Street, stretch­ ing from the foothills of in Tullow Street, while the The graceful branches o'er the I other, for a time Hanan 's waters bend. Killeshin at one end to the hardware, is no-w Carlow's gradient that rises to Browne's latest restaurant. These well known scenes of Hill. and Tullow Street and youth in age bestow Castle Street have taken over The vanquished soothings of a as the main business artery. Last year the last- of the ., CLUBHOUSE long lost friend. Browne's sold Browne's Hill, The Clubhouse has changed Farewell dear stream now owned by Mr. G. W. hands, too, and is nmv the Harrold, and a new water­ Blue Sisters' hospital. It was Now ,once again I go works is in the planning there the homo of Unionism and Far from these paths of bliss to to supply the advanoing arms Conservatism and often the ways of tearful woe. of Carlow. scene of electoral contests be­ The well-known " Twelve tween Whig and Tory. Those Houses '' at Pollerton have were the days when Carlow fallen under the axe of demoli­ vvas a Borough and returned tion. a member on its own to the British Honse of Commons. Once when Bruen was elected years have made their mark 1 II OLD CUT STONEII at the head of the poll Perhaps it will set some. of '' Punch '' featured a cartoon my readers thinking·. Would In another few years the showing a bear on top of a that it set them writing. '' old-cut-stone '' ( the Vv'ork­ pole. The County Library of Dominating the front of house) on the Kilkenny Road to-day was the Bruen town Carlow Cathedral to-day an will be a site of Carlow's new house. Italian marble effigy com­ County Hospital. How many places have memorates the Definition of And so the 'plans go on and changed hands and what rich the Dogma of Our Lady's the face of the town changes memories must still be Assumption. bit by bit. How many of -us awakened by such an incom­ At the top of the town two will recognise it as it is to-day plete account as this fifty new satellite villages have in fifty years time 1

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7 HOW THEY WENT TO BLAZES!

IRE Brigades, on errands Carlow Brigade. He continued examining the heels of their­ F of urgency, with their to serve until the 1890 's, boots to find out if they were, clanging bells have entranced when a re-organisation of the properly polished. the children of all ages, and Brigade took place under the When the Brigade grew too those of Carlow no less. For Captaincy of Captain C. F. old for active service men Carlow has had a tradition Carey. In 1905 some new were recruited by :Mr. E. of efficient fire-fightefs ever blood was introduced and in­ Shackleton and Mr. lVIichaeI since the days of the 1880 's cluded men like John Belton, Governey from their respective when the first fire-fighting Abner Connor, Paddy Burke, staffs. Carey, still at the helm,. force was organised. Gerald O'Reilly, Bill Hade, the Brigade continued to. Before that the only insur­ Bill Gash, Bob Langran and a operate thus until 1912. ance against total destruction few policemen. Official call to duty was SL was the to-wn watchman, who :Mary's Church bell. Pro­ usually rallied voluntary OLD SCHOOL cedure was for the R.LC. to· helpers on the spur of the Carey, a typical soldier of advise Mrs. Pielow, the sex­ moment. The last of the the old school, who believed in toness, who lived at the watchmen was Pat Harrington. soldiers going into battle with Deighton Hall, escort her to, their brass shining, exacted a the ·· ch1u·eh and, when the­ MANUAL ENGINE parade ground discipline that alarm was sounded, eseort her Nearly thirty years after sometimes made the means back again. the Town Commission was more important than the end. Dick Rogers was the next formed in 1852 the members, Hr carried exactitude so far Captain, and he was followed with the aid of some residents that whenever the Brig·ade by John Sweeney ..lVIr. Michael of Carlow, started a brigade. assembled for a practice, he Governey frequently supplied A manual engine was bought insisted on rubbing the fire­ horses to draw the manual and Captain Tanner became men's chins to find out if they engine. Farmers who had an the first chief officer of the had shaved properly, and outbreak were expected to send to Carlow an outrider­ with two horses. It is to the lasting credit of the late '£homas Murphy, of the Cross, that the Fire· THE LIGHTER SIDE OF IT Brigade became mechanised. As a member of the l;rban A practical joker once sent water?'' he asked. Council he campaig·ned and the Brigade to Capt. Thomas's " Water!" said the farmer. got a Fire Brigade Committee where the Captain himself was " Sure I thought you always set up. A fund was estab­ quietly pacing up and down brought your own!" lished and the Council sup­ his drive, and was amazed plemented it, and in 1936 the to notice the commotion. TASTY FUEL present engine was bought. " Where's the fire?" " Well, Fire engines of to-day flash Prior to this a siren had gPntlemen," said the Captain, from their lairs spirited already been erected outside " the only one here is in the rapidly on imported fuel. Did the Garda Barracks in Tullow grate." you ever hear of a fire engine Street, and the Carlow Brigade But a better answer was travelling on native fuel 'I If fast became a ready force, given to one of the members you stood outside one of Car­ whose speed and efficiency of the pre-1940 Brigade, called low's licensed premises in the earned deserved compliments. to a fire at St. Killian 's '80's you might observe the Crescent. A resident hearing sight of the fire engine of OFFICIAL INFLUENCE the furore stuck his head out those times being tanked up. It was not until the war­ of the window, and one of the l<'or the engine in those days emergency that the Govern­ Brigade shouted: '' Is there a was John Brennan's jennet, ment began to take an interest fire in there?'' '' There is, the source of locomotion for in local brigades, and with thE­ begor, '' retorted the resident, the Town Commission. He was advent of the County Manage­ and a damn bad one it is, too.'' thr draught jennet of the fire ment Act and the subsequent Once the new Brigade was engine, too, whose owner advent of Government ap­ ealled to a fire at Tolerton. fortified him every night of pointed Fire Officers, the Arriving at the farm the the year with a pint of black g·allant days of the volunteer Brigade Captain jumped off porter. The jennet consumed brigade were numbered. the engine, confronting the his daily measure with obvious Few of the younger genera­ farmer. relish. Those were colourful tion will remember the '' ·where's the nearest days, indeed. colourful days of the volunteer- JO brigade which ended in 1940, mired by all the ladies. Some­ Kelly's Mill, Boake's drapery, when the new brigade received times I think we lost a lot Miss Bailey's stationery shop pay as part-time members. when we lost the spirit of and the renowned apothecary's But there are stilI residents of those old days. My mind goes hall where the distinguished Carlow who can recall the back to 1926, the year of the Charlie Johnson dispensed his sterling work of the past last Fire Brigade Ball, and I famous remedies. Shackleton's executed against great odds can recall the spirit of com­ Mill, now Barrow Mill, and limited equipment. radeship and good humour Graiguecullen, was completely In spacious days before two which bound us all together burned do,vn in 1913. In 1920 world wars had altered the and still gives pleasant remin­ the Barrow Navigation Com­ pattern of life, the Carlow iscence when the mind's eye pany's premises, beside the Firemen were a social foree takes me back over the years. old Guinness's depot, were in the town, and one of the destroped by fire. Barrow premier events of the season OLD FLAMES Milling Company's grain store t was the Fire Brigade Ball. In 1905 the Carlow Brigade was burned out in 1926. But Dances were more formal than pumped the lake at Oak Park perhaps one of the most now and certainly were not dry in an effort to extinguish adventurous tasks the old two a penny, and the Brigade a serious fire at Capt. Bruen's voluntary brigade had was the members attended the Annual house. Many alive to-day fighting of the raging fires in Ball in their brass helmets and remember the great fire of 1906 Tullow in 1920 when the Black their eolourful uniforms ad- in Burren Street. It engulfed and Tans set fire to the town.

11 BOATS ON THE BARROW HE thdving boat business T that used to be known By T. P. HAYDEN in Carlow has steadily declined, Many of us re­ member the horse-drawn boats OT all beginnings are easy than that he went to St. on the Barrow, the coming N to trace. Some say that Mullins to have his ships built of the motor-boats, and the boats plied on the Barrow there? advance in the popularity of before the Norman conquest, In 853 the Danes settled in road transport, which forced the Grand Canal Company but apart from the tidal water Waterford, beginning a rivalry into the road freight business. up to St. Mullins, there seems between that port and New Water transport is still the best to be no evidence of navig·a­ Ross and St. Mullins on the and cheapest way of transport­ tion of the part we know, until stretch of estuary caJled the ing non-perishable goods. It has been used from time the middle ages. Ross river. The rivalry ended immemorial. In this article, Before the Normans, St. when James II in 1686 gave condensed from a paper read Mullins on the tidal waters Waterford control of all the to the O.C.S., J\tlr, Hayden was a thriving city and Ireland tidal waters. . tries to trace the beginnings traded with France probably I of the Barrow navigation. through the Barrow estuary. NO TOWNS From old records we know Ships in the early days were Horses and jennets were flat-hottomed, and mariners that the Barrow in its higher reaches was not navig·ated by used for locomotion. Some say used to drag them ashore on gang·s of men also pulled th(i sandv beaches. So there is no the ancient Irish. There were no towns on its banks. boats, hut it would seem that reasc;n why such shallow­ this idea stemmed from the dranght vessels could not have Only after the Norman invasion ,vere Carlow, Athy practice of all hands giving a navigated the tidal waters of haul at difficult points. the Barrow. and Leighlin built. Their sites BENT OAK ,vere formerly fords where the WEIRS AND L;OCKS These old boats were strong river was widened and made and seaworthy, with ribs made shallower, which would pre­ Remains of old weirs have of naturally bent oak. Latterly clude navigation. Bridges were been revealed during drainage the ribs were made from -wood built, fords removed and the works, some of them intact bent in water. I saw these river was deepened. since they were submerg·ed naturally crooked ribs in an The lock and weir system over 150 years ago. old Barro,v boat in good con­ was constructed in 1792 after Locks were · an invention dition which I examined about the Barrow Navigation Com­ of the mid-eighteenth century, 1910. and it was built about pany was incorporated by an and before that small weirs 1820 or 1830. Act of the Irish Parliament. were built with a 2-foot drop Irish hides were exported to John Semple, a famous bridge­ every ha1f mile. Boats were Gaul for making shields, and builder, ,vas the engineer, and hauled through a small in 1086 William Rufus, King hP built the old Royal Oak channel through which the of J

12 12 17th century. In 1641 there were also carried. and it is not too much to con­ were iron works at Graigna­ After all, the rivers were jecture about the importance managh. In Killeshin, near the a more important source of of the Barrow. which is the waterworks, is a place called transport in those days when greatest waten�ay in Leinster Iron Mills, and tradition says there was no wheeled traffic and must have served in that iron was made there. and goods by road had to be Norman times as the most con­ Iron was made at Portarling­ carried by pack horses. The venient way of moving large ton in 1666. Corn and wines Shannon was a great artery of quantities of merchandise. and other common commodities trade from the earliest times,

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ROYAL ARMS AND LIVERY STABLES Dublin Street, Carlow RS. GCLLEN returns her most grateful thanks to her numerous friends M and the public for the support given so liberally to her hotel since its erection, a period of nearly Forty Years: and takes this opportunity of soliciting a continuance of their patronage. The above-named hotel being situated in the centre of the town and contiguous to the Church, Cathedral, Courthouse, Banks, &c., &c., will be found most convenient for Traders, Agents, Merchants and all other travellers. The strictest attention shall be paid to the comfort of those who may favour her establishment, which has recently undergone every necessary decoration in painting and papering. In connection with the Royal Arms Hotel is an extensive and com­ modiously arranged Bathouse at which baths can be had at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. Parties stopping at the old <>stablished Royal Arms Hotel will be sure to meet with those attentions which are soessential to their comforts. The charges will be found to be moderate. N.R.-A wel1 appointed car ,vaits the arrival of different trains,,' to convey persons to the Hotel. March, 1854. -'' Carlow Post.''

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1:3 Tall Trees and Great Men By REV. P. J. BROPHY

IGH on the hills of Laois finest achievement of his H overlooking Carlow and career. the Barrow valley is the y far the most famous In 1879 he sent a gener01is B son of Aries, born at relief to assist the starving pleasant village of Aries. John Ballylinan, was Wm. Russell O'Hanlon, poet of Laois and Grace, founder of the Grace Irish at home. native of Stradbally, sang its �hipping line in A-rica. Memorial to his name and praises. He was the first Catholic a potent force in New York Mayor of New York., and his to-day is the Grace Institute The name came from the greatest merit was probity and for the free education of (kelic Ard-g·las, the verdant faime,s. Said the "New York young women in secretarial eminence, probably on account Times " : " The elimination of and home-making courses. of the well-known tall trees religious bigotry from muni­ W. R. Grace's cousin. who of Arles. cipal politics was the finest achievemen� of his career." married John Kelly of Strad­ As you pass through Arles bally, was an authoress and to-day try to recall that it mother of Peter Burrowes was once a :flourishing village Kelly, disting·uished Barrister, of over 200 people and forty " The g·ifts of learning, �uthor and patriot. houses. worthiness and sense This man was named after Tile-making for roof and " Dwelt in that Gracefield the noble and patriotic bar­ floor -was the thriving local mansion tendril-twined; rfoter Peter Burrowes who industry until slates came on '' Death to the Arles' vaults sought fair play and justice the market and put an end to him summoned thence- for the '98 men. that business about 1840. A " The brilliant scholar, gentle, Peter Burrowes Kelly, a brick--works :flourished in Kill­ pure, refined, Trinity graduate, lodged in eshin during the same period. '' Who left the history of his London with and was a friend Sir Charles Coote mentions race behind, of 'l'homas Campbell, the poet. that a Mr. Grace operated a "And o'er that chronicle, Burrowes Kelly, as he was cotton factory in Ballylinan in loved labour spent the 18th century. '' Bach bright accomplishment '' Topographia Hibernia,'' adorned his mind published by Seward in 179'5, " \Vhich in the varied scroll, remarks that the place was so tasteful blent then spoken of as Ardglas '' Traits of fair ladies, lords Church-a thatched Catholic and chiefs of high descent.'' cruciform church founded in 1686 by Madame Scurlock, \Villiam Russell Grace of alias Walsh, alias Harthole, of BallyJinan, who went to a landed family in the vicinity America about a hundred (Lecky). years ago, became the famous founder of the Grace Shipping One arm of the cross con­ Company, whose fleet plied tained a small chapel or burial between North and · South place of the Grace family. America. They were of ancient Norman In 1947 Grace's grandson stock and came to Ireland Peter, when presenting a por­ with Strongbow. A branch of trait of his grandfather to the the family settled at Shan­ people of New York in the ganagh, Laois, later called City Hall, recalled that William Gracefield. Russell had been the first 'l'he family name is also Catholic Mayor of New York incorpomted into Castlegraee, in 1880, and again in 1884. Tn11o,,·, where Raymond le His first campaign involved Gros is said to have built an Orace in fierce attacks - be_cause early Norman castle. of his religion. Sheffield Grace, F.S.A., son When he died, reno--wned for of Richard Grace of Boley, his probity, the "New York ::\,l.P., who died in 1801, wrote, Times " wrote that the dimin­ in 182:3 in London, '' The ation of religious bigotry from Ruins of Old Abbey at Sbancourt, :Mrmoirs of the Grace Family." municipal politics was the C1onpierce, Ballylinan. 14 .called, campaigned under of Thomas Cosby of Stradbally to America. A well-known._ -0'Connell and was a powerful Hall and his daughter, Fanny, author and poet, she managed .and influential orator in the who married Horace Rochford and edited the A-V Magazine Irish cause. He was in the or Clogrennane Castle. until her death. forefront of the exciting· A member of the . Society of agitation against the tithes, Friends of Poland, Peter Yet another literary figure the taxes, the Irish Catholics Burrowes Kelly wrote a five­ associated ,vith Arles was were forced to pay to the act tragedy, " The. Polish Peter Gale-honest Gale, as he was Ash­ Established Church. Mother," which had consider­ called. He lived at Six feet tall, he was lithe, able success on the London field and wrote a masterly athletic, finely proportioned stage. exposure of the monopolies and abuses existing under the with noble regular features. He was appointed Clerk of His striking platform appear­ the Peace for Laois, and he old corporate rule, called an .ance rivett>d attention before died in 1883. Inquiry into the Ancient Cor­ the charm of his eloquence Another native of Aries who porate System of Ireland. .sped irresistably on the ears died more recently was Mrs. Greatly respected, he co -0f his audience. Margaret Hovendon Halvey. operated with the anti-tithe campaign. Appointed High " The Manor of Glenmore." The Hovendons came to Ire­ a three volume novel, which land in 1570 and lost their Sheriff in 18:37, he had pre­ Burrowes Kelly published in lands in 1674. The above lady viously tried unsuccessfully to 1839 described the political died in Philadelphia, U.S.A. become a Liberal M.P. troubles and the evictions Born at Kilabban, she was a Other notable natives of whfoh depopulated his native member of the Reception Com­ Aries were Dr. William Cahill :Stradbally. mittee which met Charles and Patrick Cahill, first Editor The book included portraits Stewart Parnell on his visit of the " Leinster Leader."

earned fortune. As the tempter sidled up to That Old Failing him, one of the audience realising too realistically the peril of the moment, cried OME amusing tales are recounted about out in a loud voice: '' If that tone her gets S the early days of the cinema in Carlow. him he '11 never see Ireland again.'' I remember one film in the old Assembly Rooms called " The Lad From Old Ireland." It dealt with an Irish man who emigrated to '' Dan Hosey ' ' America. He worked hard and made his I remember another remark passed by a fortune, and when that was done he decided Carlovian after attending a professional to come home and rescue the old home from performance in the old Assembly Rooms of the burden of debt. " The Bohemian Girl." Having previously Some members of the audience were attended an amateur performance, he was entranced by the realism of the silver screen accnstomed to hear one of the principals, in those early days, and watched the exile Don Jose, pronounced according to English with absorption. On his way home he went phonetics. in to have " a few for the road." He met Thr professionals, of course, went hette1· the first barrier to his ambitions, and never than this and gave the name the Spanish stopped until he drank his fortune. Pitched pronunciation. Now, J in Spanish is pro­ out into the gutter of New York he sobered nounced like our H. up, realised his mistake and started to redeem 'YVhat did he think of the show? a frirnd his substance. Again about to leave for home asked. " Not bad at all," replied our friend, he was once again waylaid by companions " but I couldn't understand why they kept mily too ready to relieve him of his hard- on calling that fellow Dan Hosey.''

15 ,...

HOW THE CIVIC FATHERS BEGAN By L. D. BERGIN

T'S just over a hundred THERE was a previous Town Commission in Carlow, but it did I years ago-and two years not avail of the provisions of the Act of George IV, and its after the disastrous cholera powers were limited to gathering the cess for the Grand Jury. I am epidemic-that Carlow got a told that it was the Tory element in Carlow which, led by Mr. civic body. Haughton, opposed the setting up of the Commission above referred Streets in those days were to. The Town Secretary, Mr. Richardson, was a strong Tory and in a filthy condition and was subsequently replaced by Tom Corcoran, whereupon Mr. business was languishing.Con­ Richardson took action for wrongful dismissal, which failed. temporary reports show that Corcoran became Town Clerk at a salary of £40 a year. a movement among the towns­ people did not come a bit too to consider the, propriety of of Graigue said that it was in. soon. forming a Town Commission Athy, which held out better­ Law provided in those days under the 9th Act of George prospects to the farmers, that that a body with Urban IV, Chap. 82, " with a view to the markets of Carlow wert� authority-a Town Commis­ the lighting and cleansing of being held, while Carlo,.,- was. sion-could be formed by the the town and the adoption of daily hastening to ruin. request to the Lord Lieutenant such regulations as may tend '' Our town,'' wrote the of a sufficient number of focal to the improvement of trade." '' Carlow Post '' at the time, people of substance, and it is John Alexander, M.P., pre­ '' has now sunk into a interesting after the long pas­ sided at the meeting. Thomas wretched, neglected and sage of time to run through Whelan proposed and James pitiable state. The streets the names of those early Porter seconded that a mem­ are filthy, the poor are Carlovians long since gone to orial be sent to the Lord destitute of pure, wholesome their reward and to recall that Lieutenant, " praying him to water-with only one publie it is to them we owe the authorise the carrying into pump. beginnings of our Urban execution in this borough of " Our markets are most Council and the orderly state the 9th Act of George IV, disorderly. Nuisances of an of the tov,'11 in subsequent Chap. 82, entitled an Act to offensive character every­ years. make provision for the lighting, where meet the eye. At On the 22nd October, 1852, cleansing, watching, of cities, night we are in darkness. they sig·ned an appeal pub­ towns corporate and market Daylight comes but to reveal lished in the " Carlow Post," towns of Ireland, in certain filth and slops in our streets owned by Mr. Tom Price, call­ cases.'' and alleys, such as neces­ ing a meeting at Carlow Athy already had a Town sarily generate fever, cholera. Courthouse on the same day Commission, and Mr. Walshe and other epidemics. '' .. . our town has fallen greatly in estimation, our Men whose names are still remembered were signatories markets are _all but deserted, of the petition for the Town Commisson: trade langmshes, shops are empty, houses untenanted. John Alexander, M. P.; Thomas Kinsella, F. l\L Spong, Stanley Carlow with a thousand J. Rawson, Thomas C. Hone, Johnson, \V. H. Collier, Jas. commercial advantages .. . Thos. Whelan, L. Y. Campion, Carey, Anthony Coffey, Thos. bids fair to be reduced to G. Spearing, Peter Burtchael, Edwards, Thos.Mulhall, Solr.; the level of a poor, shabby Thomas H. Carroll, Thomas Laurence Kelly, Bridget and deserted village.'' Richardson, Wm. Whitmore, Kavanagh, ML Kavanagh, The idea of forming a Com­ ::\alichael Walshe, Saml. Sbeane, Murtha Kavanagh, .Eel Flood, mission gained popular support Thaddeus O'Shea, Thomas C. Martin Mangan, Richard Hull but there were dissenters. Butler, J. Clarke, J. Hancock and Coy., John P. Neale, Peter notably Mr. Hancock Haugh­ Haughton, John Curran, Jas. Belton, Thos. 'rynan, l\.:Cartin ton, and others who wanted McDonald, Jas. Morris, Matt. Maxwell, :\all. McDonnell, E. to do things on a more Byrne, K Byrne, Robt. Lawler, Hammond, Wm. Jaekson, ,fas. ambitious scale, get a charter Johnston Russell, Robt. Mal­ Hughes, Geo. Faircloth, W. J. of incorporation and have a colmson, I..-:d. L. Jameson, Wm. Maher, Joseph Tynan, James mayor. Boake, John Hayden, Thomas McGrath, John Bolger, Wm. The majority criticised the Price, S. Chaplin, Jas. Porter, Bolger, Ed. Doyle, Thos. Kelly, expense of this. It was esti­ H. l\fontgomery, Wm. Hender­ John Fawcett, \V. Graham, mated to entail a voluntary son, M. \V. Rowe, Stanley Robt. Griffin, Thos. Bell, Thos. tax of 500/-. Neither ·would it J·ohnson, Jas. Comerford, Patk. Ellis and ,Tames Kelly. add, claifi1;ed the critics, to the 16 Police had orders to admit the lig·hting of the lamps and only those with over £5 the Secretary to the Commis­ valuation, entitled to vote. sion was appointed. There was a considerable The latter was Mr. Richard­ majority on the side of the son. '\Vhen he was offered a courtroom over whom hung salary of 40/- he demurred. the placard: THOSE WHO '' I could no possibly take WISH FOR THE PROS­ so much,'' he replied to the PERITY OF THE TOWN OF sugg·estion. " I think 30/- a CARLOW AND THE TOWN year would amply repay me." COMMISSION - AT THIS And so he was paid 30/-. SIDE. It was decided to make the town boundary a mile around the Market Cross. A show of POSTSCRIPT revenue from taxes, and it hands carried the day for would require 250/- a year to the pro-Commission majority, The town presented a very sustain '' a Lord Mayor and though, writes a reporter of pleasant appearance on Thurs­ the officers and dignity of his the times, the opposition were day evening when the gas . court.'' seen to hold two hands aloft lamps to the number of thirty Nor would the people be in some cases, which caused were lit for the first time. relieved, as a result, of one derisive and ironical laughter Everywhere groups of towns­ farthing of the county cess or when the result was made people, attracted by the rate. The " Post " threw cold known. novelty, were seen promenad­ water on Mr. Haughton 's Yet Mr. Haughton con­ ing the streets to a iate hour. scheme to hold a conference tinued his opposition to the The next job proposed by with the Grand Jury at the idea, and he and his sup­ the Town Commission is the Assizes and pray the Lord porters tried to claim that the erection of pumps, " it being Lieutenant to get Carlow made meeting had been illegal. They invariably acknowledged by into a separate barony, et set out a petition that the the faculty," says the " Car­ cetera. proper Act had not been low Post," " that there is On Wednesday, the 7th recited either in the petition nothing more conducive to the December, 1854. the first meet­ to the Lord Lieutenant, and preservation of health and the ing was held by the �fustices claimed that the order to the improvement of thB sanitary of the Peaee. The courtroom magistrates had not been condition of towns as the Ul"e was filled when Capt. Tuckey, signed, as it should have been, of good pure water.'' R.M., and Arthur Fitzmaurice by the Chief Secretary. They took their seats on the bench. further said that the town boundary had not been pro­ NOXIOUS GASES claimed before the meeting, About the time of the form­ that it extended into Queen's ELECTED TO THE FIRST ation of the Town Commission County, thus extending the a Sanitary Commission used TOWN COMMISSION OF provisions of the Act illegally to meet at the Dispensary CARLOW to another county. And, rooms in Dublin Street. In further, they alleged that October, 1852, Dr. Porter, the Thomas Whelan. many who voted at the form­ Medical Officer, wrote a serious Anthony Coffey. ation of the Town Commission report about the filthy and Thos. Crosthwaite Hone. were not duly qualified. unwholesome condition of the Laurence Kelly. This objection was signed town, especially Closh, Poller­ Robt. l\falcolmson. by: ton Rd., Barrack St., Bridewell Johnston Russell. Pat Lowry, Robt. Dillon. Lane and Scraggs Alley, Green Henry Banks. Pat O'Farrell, Henry Vaux, and Cockpit Lanes. '' From Thomas Mulhall. Pat Byrne, Pat Freeman, the heaps of dirt and manure Dr. James Porter. Jos. Lynch, Martin Maxwell, outside the houses noxious Thomas Price. and the prime mover, J. gases are emanating and there Stanley Johnson (Senr.). Hancock Haug·hton. is an awful stench given off Robert Lawler. The Town Commission con­ by the ;;ewer gratings." Dr. Shrewbridge Connor. tinued to function, however, Dr. Porter was trying to Thaddeus O'Shea. and nothing ever came of the recall to the people's minds "William Rowe. Haughton proposal to make the danger. Only two years Mat Byrne. Carlow a corporate town. previous the cholera epidemic Edward Byrne. An interesting sidelight on was raging. The Board of Michael McDonnell. values at the time was dis­ Guardians were requested to William Henderson. played at the first meeting send six paupers to remove Patrick Kinsella. when tenders were asked for the nuisances. 17 Looking Back at Tullow Street TARTING at the Market Hearns' Butcher's Shop, and by a Quaker lady, a Miss Pew, S Cross and proceeding up later on O'Neill's Provision ·who used to have little bowls Tullow Street on the right­ Store. Sanders was very deaf, of coins in the window with hand side as far as Barrack and all customers had to write 2/6. 's 2/-'s, 1/-'s and 6d.'s. Street National School, cross­ their orders on a slate. ing to the Shamrock and down 0 'Briens, Furniture Dealers, THREE CHANGES the other side of the street, I was owned by Fenlon, Painter, What is now Meighan 's was will try to you a picture and Miss Poley 's Library was occupied by Mr. Oliver, grand­ of it as it was then, and you occupied by Deegan; father of Jim Oliver, one of will see for yourself that 70 Molloy's Drapery establish­ our members, before they years has brought many ment was owned by the late settled in Dublin Street. It changes. Very few business Michael lfolloy, an l\LP. for was taken down and re-built houses have the same family the Co. Carlow from 1910-1918, by the late Frank Slater. name over the shop-fronts. We who succeeded John Hammond Mrs. Lawlor, mother of Jim ean single out McDonnells as Chairman of the Urban Lawlor in Early's, Solicitors, (No. 7), and Hughes' Monu­ Council. The old Scotch carried on a Licensed Business mental Works. in what is now King's. A No. 1, Tullow Street, was a Michael Meaney had a Pro­ Hotel run by a Mr. Ogle. vision Store in what was up Murphy's Drapery Shop, By the Late to recently Miss Hoey's formerly owned by Cullen, Stationery. He was also Store­ was being remodelled with EDWIN BOAKE keeper in the Asylum. A :plate-glass windows, the first curious coincidence this: that in the town. The father of Miss Hoey's was purchased the late Thomas )Iurphy, lately by Mr. 0 'Brien, present Urban District Councillor, House, owned formerly by Storekeeper in the Mental .acquired Crib's Harness Shop Henderson, who had such a Hospital. to add to his premises. large staff that they were able Mr. Smyth, who had his SAME FAMILY to have a Band on the private residence at Belgriffen, premises, on the balcony of Athy Road, had what is now A Butcher's Stall occupied which they played in the Poynton's Boot Store. They by James Herson is now in summer evenings, was acquired also had a branch in Kilkenny. the name of the late George by Molloys, i.e., the three dis­ Over the shop-door was a Douglas, ·whose uncle con­ play windows, and formerly Wooden Boot, which was lifted verted it into the present Hosiery factory. They alsa one day by a clo.wn from a ,Jeweller's Shop. The late Dan took over a Provision Store circus and taken to the top of ·McDonnell's Provision Shop (l\folloy's first window) owned the town l has remained in the same family name for over 100 years. John Hammond, Chairman THE WRONG DAY -0f the Old Town Commis­ sioners, and M.P. (1899-1906) " The Nationalist and bed early. On one partieular for the Co. Carlow, O'wned Leinster Times,'' which was Sunday evening, Mr. Bro1vne­ what is now Gerald Donnelly's. moved from Dublin Street to Clayton and family were walk­ William Jackson, uncle of their present premises in 1894, ing to Service at St. Mary's, the late W. J. Jackson, of the was occupied by the Hopkins Carlow, and noticed Nicholas Yellow Lion, was in possession Brothers. who also owned Hopkins taking down the -0f what is now Shaw's, and up Hayden's. They were Coach shutters and displaying his to very recently Browne's. Builders and had a big con­ wares outside the door as was ,Joseph O'Brien had a Grocery nection with the gentry, re­ his custom on week days. and Bar-which passed on to pairing and painting their '\\Then asked what was wrong, Nlansfield-later to Hosey, carriages, wagonettes and side­ Nicholas rubbed his eyes and hrnther of Mrs. Doyle of the cars. These were two old said: " Why! I am late. I Shamrock, and then to Bolgers bachelors who lived strictly heard the Convent bell ring a -now Corr' s, Chemist's Shop. to rule, and it was their quarter of an hour ago.'' \Ve On the coming of Haddens custom to attend Killeshin wonder was it the effect of to Carlow they acquired four Church every Sunday morning the lunch in the Club House! bouses, viz., Forde's Drapery for Service, call at the Club This story was told to the lak Shop (2 houses), Sander's House for lunch as guests of Mr. Boake by Nicholas him­ Leather Store. and John Henry '\\Tilson and retire to self. 18 We now come to Finegan 's, Turner, supplying all the spin· then owned by John Jackson, ning tops to the. small boys. father of the late Willie POTATO MARKET Then Connors, Dyer and Jackson of the Yellow Lion. Cleaner. He did a good bus­ The Guards Barracks was then IN those days Potato Market iness as Beaver and Bowler occupied by the R.I.C. who was a regular entertain­ ment centre with shows of one Hats were common in those had moved from Burren Street. kind or another. . In the days, but after a shower of ·what was the property of winter evenings the caravans rain the dye ran off. .B'rom the late Nicholas Roche (now would be all lighted up with constant work at dyes, l\fr. Darcy's) was formerly occu­ oil lamps--Waxworks, Mena­ Connors got very dark skin, geries, Side Shows, Peep pied by Cullen, a draper, who Shows, Punch-and-Judy, a and a story is told that when had two shops. there. large tent for half-hour enter­ he got ill and went to the The present l\funster and tainments, Hobby Horses, County Infirmary and was Leinster Bank was the pro­ Swing Boats, etc. A show was given a bath, he wasn't able only allowed one week at a perty of John Bolger, and time to let the next Show in. to bear the loss of his '' dye·,, later of Patrick Lawler, who Among them were Sylvester so he '' died.'' carried on a bacon-curing Bros. and Purcell's Theatre. business and also a Wine and With the last exhibit here, an SPEED THE PLOUGH Spirit Store. American " dentist" called Then we come to the Plough Sequoi arrived in his beauti­ owned by John Whelan, ,vith fully decorated caravan. He THE DACENT MAN had a band playing so that the sign still over the door, Terence Byrne, Horse the cries of the patients would " (fod Speed the Plough." Mr. Dealer, owned the next pre­ not be heard during extrac­ Vvhelan was an extensive Corn tion. He extracted the teeth Buyer and his name is still to mises. He entertained the free, but sold to each client a Duke of Clarence when over packet or moce of Prairie be seen ·Qver his stores in playing Polo in the County Flour and Oil, which was Bridewell l1ane, used until Grounds at Tiny Park. A Miss supposed to cure rheumatism, recently by the · Barrow Mill­ Seemingly, he was successful I ing Co., and formerly Carlow McDarby had a sweet and top himself in rubbing this on the shop above this, and " The patient-but at home it was Gaol. He kept Stables and Dacent ::\fan " Nolan occupied useless. Now Pat Kerrigan, s some very fine race horses. the m•xt house. dentist living in Montgomery At No. 72 lived Mr. Thomas Street. did not like this opposi· Byrne who had four sons­ William Evans lived above tion, and so every evening this and had the only Gun mounted the steps in the P. J., who was Solicitor to the Shop in the town or county Market,. and with a pea-gun Board of Guardians, Board of and had a certificate under plied Sequoi with peas, and Health and Urban Council; he was a very good shot. "William, also a Solicitor, who the Arms Act. He had two Shortly after, Sequoi departed. sons-William, a bird -fancier, I had his office in Dublin Street, and Thomas, who served 21 now Desmond Early's (P. J. years in the Dragoon Ouards, swim. Next came Reddy's had offices over Poynton's, and and on retiring took over his Hotel and Hughes' .Monu­ took over Willie's practice in father's business. mental Works (still in the Dublin Street on the latter's Next, \Ye come to Tom same name), then the Licensed death); Edward was an Doyle\; Hall Alley where some Pnimises of Reilly's-now Auctioneer. and Thomas car­ famous matches were played. McEvoy 's. ried on his father's business. (Among th<:> better known ex­ Next came Ryan's Salt Store, pon<:>nts \\·ere Tommy Cleary THE SHAMROCK followed hy Jimmy Farrell 's and Darter Nolan). Mr. Doyle The National School in Hardware, which is no\.Y boasted he stood on the cross Barrack Street ·was built bv ,Tames Dernpsey's. Doylc,s, the : of St. Anne's Church-true it l\fr. Browne-Clayton in 1867. • Saddlers, occupied where was. hut when it was on the Crossing the road to the James Griffin is now. What is ground ! Next in order ,vas Shamroek, this ,vas the Town now Hanlon 's was owned by McDonald's Pawn Office in House of ]\fr. b'ishbourne. The Hanrahans, Cork Cutters. His what is now O'Neill's Garage, shop was built in front by son, Michael, who was ex­ and then Maher's Provision ,Joseph Kinsella, who was ecuted in 1916, was a very Store ( now Kelly's). Where sueceeded by Patrick Doyle, enthusiastic Irish speaker. He the Cofo.eum Cinema stands and later by the present studied the language and was Ryan's Turf Yard. Be­ Kiernn Doyle's grandfather. Street, he it was ,vho was tween the Cinema and Reddy's This is one of the most exten· taught Irish classes in the Hotel we have Lowry's, now sive premises in Carlow. town. ·when the Workman's F'oley's. LO\Yry was the having· a large Saw Mills and Club was formed in Brown popular Rate Collector (Rates Turf and Coal Yard. Next we responsible for th(• Bilingual 2/- in £) and also a Member had " the Palace " oceupied name over the door: '' Cumann of the Town Commissioners. by Patrick Byrne, known as na bfear oibre "-as well as He bathed all the year round " Bishop Byrne." Then Miss "The Workman's Club." with Stanley Johnson, and he Ellis, who lived on her money, Burke, Painter and Cabinet­ taught many of the boys to and next Ned Feeley, Top maker, was where the Misses 19 Maher now occupy. J. C. Doran 's Hardware was then Lawler's Drapery Premises owned by two Misses Treacy, were occupied by Mark who had a Boot Shop; then Purser's father, who carried came John Murphy who was on a Hardware Business. the first Labour member of With the building· of the the Carlow Urban Council. Presentation Convent Schools -what is now Timmon 's was in 1899, several houses were occupied by Peter Allen taken in, including Kavanagh's (Fishmonger), then came the Hard,var,e and Thos. Keegan's Vaux Bakery mentioned above. Victualler Shops. What is now the Ritz Crossing· College Street, we Cinema ,vas occupied by have Delaney's, formerly .Henry Birkett until 1836, when i owned by McDonald, whose it was taken over by Matthew t premises had the title of '' The Tynan, grandfather of Mr. ( Old House,'' but some bright Paddy Tynan. They had a 1 boys changed the H to :.\1 and Hotel and Grocery and Pro­ ever after he was called '' The vision Store. Old Mouse." Crossing Charlotte Street, What is now Walsh's the next two houses were the I Bakery was Johnny Gorman 's, property of the Society of Carlow's oldest Borough Rate Friends, who had their Meet­ Collector. and next in order ing· House at the rear-these was l\'Iiss' McAssey's, now Miss ure licKechnies, and Corr's Gretta Hearns'. Crotty's Hairdressing Saloon. The door bakery was situated where the to the Y.M.C.A. rooms was the Milk Depot is now. They sup­ entrance to the Quakers' Peter Belton, Hardware )ier­ plied Barm loaves to the quarters. chant. Grahams owned Ml. Castlecomer miners, and held Colgans had two shops­ McDonnell's, and Brannigan 's that home-made bread would Stationery and Bakery (now was occupied hy the late -(+eo. not keep down the mines. Gerald Kehoe's). The late Douglas's uncle, who then Then Thomas Hearns' was Miss Walsh's stationery was bought the house acrm,s the owned by " Saxty Brennan " Pat 1\folloy's Bakery. street. who got his name from boast­ Graham's is now occupied Nolan's, Chemists, was the ing that he would not marry by \Villiam Hosey, Draper, property of Spong, Seed .a woman under saxty pounds. and next comes Gough 's. Merchant, who lived in Rose­ Thomas Tuomey's was W. P. Good's Hardware was ville, Kilkenny Road, and had formerly the residence of occupied by Albert Morris. Nurseries and Gardens at Arthur Fitzmaurice of Kelvin Mrs. Doyle occupied Michael Pembroke. He was generally Grove. The shop was built in Clarke's, now Tully's. Lipton's known as '' Field 1Iarshal front by Mr. Vaux, and in was owned by William .Jack­ Spong." 1860 was taken over by W. H. son. \V ood 's China and Delph Looking· up the street, I can Boake, father of the late Stores was the Atlantic Stores, see Mike Mulhall putting out Edwin Boake, who erected the now in the possession of Mr. the street lamps, and I can clock over the door. He it Evan McDonnell. hear the voice of Tim Harring­ was who owned No. 128 (the Dan McDonnell's Bakery ton, Carlow's last Watehman, Vaux Bakery, which is now ·was Clowry's Bakery, and the calling out " Past 'l'welve �:Hater's Bakery). Bon Bon was occupied by 0 'Clock. All's Well."

:20 PADDY GINNANE, News Editor of" The Nationalist and Leinster Times," gives some aspects of life -In Town To-day

WORD about the present Town Hall ballroom, centre of A may seem odd in an O.C.S. colourful gatherings in the Journal, but perhaps it will more chivalrous days of Fire merit inclusion to keep the Brigade Balls and Masquer­ record straight. ades, but of late degenerated In entertainment taste has into a drab parade room for drifted to the neon lights of our F.C.A., the civilian soldiers the cinema, but although the being apparently expected to film habit has become almost bear zero temperatures un­ as contagious as the tobaceo complainingly. habit, seif effort still wins a The appearance of the Arts place in public favour. Take Council has created new the example of the Carlow interest in the question of a Little Theatre, developed from home for Carlow Societies. a group meeting ·uncertainly in The Arts Council, founded in rented rooms to a Society ApYil, 1952, is responsible to ". hich to-day owns its premises the Urban Council, which and which can ask Ria administers the audited fund :Mooney, Director of our of accumulated rent from National Abbey Theatre, to property given to Carlow by swimmin .,. hurling and foot­ advise on full-length produc­ G. B. Shaw. 'fhis gift, besides ball club�, while the Carlow tions. The heights on which adding a new Act to the Rowing Club of past years' the Society has carved a stout Statute Book, set a puzzle in fame got a fresh start this foothold were once distances that Shaw included a con­ season when some of the almost beyond its ken, but a dition that the money was to younger mc·n began training plucky challenge to chance all aid no project which would for outrigger rowing. on one throw, and balance the relieve the rates. The diffi­ The post-war period has been futm·e ag·ainst the purchase of culties solved, the Arts Council significant for a flurry of a Browne Street tenement.­ is to-day functioning realis­ building activity which has since re-decorated and re­ tically as the guardian of the changed the face of the town. constructed by the brain and Arts in Carlow. At Pollerton 44 houses were brawn of domestic labour-has It is worth recording that handed over to new occupiers put the Little Theatre on a these several developments by the Urban Council in 1950. footing enjoyed by no other have been accompanied by an The completion of this scheme Carlow Society. appreciation of post-primary marked the beginning of All of which emphasises education, and University another on the same site, the town's greatest blemish. courses in Political, Social and where the first of 156 houses Various groups and organiza­ geonomic Science are being­ have already been finished. tions have enumerated reasons conducted at the Technical Nor is Graiguecullen being· why Carlow should emulate School by experts in these neglected. Preliminary arrang·e­ Hagenalstown in providing a departments. men ts are ready to build there communal building such as the In four years, too, Carlovians a satellite village · of more McGrath Memorial Hall, with have noted with natural pride than one hundred good homes a spacious and heated central the revival of the Show under a plan which opposes theatre for plays and civic Society with its annual Show drab rows of houses and wearv meetings, flanked by smaller at Browne's Hill. This Society lines of cement roads, and rooms for Committee debates stems directly from the allows considerable space to and other uses. So far, how­ Muintir na Tire Parish Council. green openings, and a park. ever, the arguments have formed in 1948 after Rural The whole will be set off spurred no concerted or prac­ W cek at Knockbeg College. against the background of an tica1 effort to meet the There are many other obelisk, and the Croppies' problem. The Urban Council thriving Societies, movements Grave will be decently im­ has talked of re-designing the and qrganizations, sports, proved. 21 What we found in the attic set us thinking, says JOHN MONAHAN, who writes this captivating account of THE F AULKNERS OF CASTLETOWN T the top of our stairs letters to show an army friend head that hangs over our barn A there is a little door high who was a professional his­ door and over the garden up in the corridor wall that torian, and made a note that gate. We reckon that Sam leads into a garret under the when I came back for good must have got a job lot of 1·oof. Because this house was something would have to be Greek gods' heads and put inhabited for many years done about them. them up wherever he built. mainly by old people unfit for In 1947 we came back per­ Among the local people ,vith the climb, the cache of papers manently, the E.S.B. reached whom Sam corresponded there there remained practically un­ the house, and we got the were his land steward and -disturbed for several genera­ papers down and started work foreman, Phil Kennedy, whose tions, and it was not until the on them. My wife soon took child was baptized in Tinry­ last few years that the whole over the job of sorting and land; a Mr. Eliot then resid­ collection was brought down indexing, and began to draw ing in Rathcrogue, and Garrett and the job of sorting and up a list of all Sam's corres­ Murphy of Linkardstown. filing them was started by my pondents. She became so There are letters or references wife. interested that it frequently to practically every townland This mass of documents, took a loud yell to bring her around Castletown. There are .about five or six hundred­ back from the 18th century. also business letters to or from weight, seems to ·have been the tradesmen in the town of Car­ filing and book-keeping system VISITS TO 18th CENTURY low. One McDarby was a of Samuel Faulkner, late of During the course of her butcher and cattle man in the Castletown, 84 St. Stephen's visits to the 18th century she town. }I r. Hayden was a car­ Green and a hundred other has built up a very complete penter. A man named Delaney places that he visited during a picture of life at Castletown kept the hotel where the busy life. It seems that when in the years from 1785 to judges stayed on circuit. One my family bought the place in 1796. She has also discovered of the Duckett family ran a 187 4 the furniture, including that the Faulkners had newspaper. his desk, was taken over, and interests in the north. around There is a good deal of cor­ in this general clean-up the Armagh, and has found a respondence about the building papers must have been put in whole series of letters about of the Protestant church in the garret to get them out of the building of a linen manu- Fenagh, whose cle an at the way. . factory at W ellbrooke. Among the time was the . Mr . the items in the collection are J\finchin. Rev. Mr. Minchin BEFORE ELECTRICITY several sheets of plans of the admired the sound of the belJ Before we had electric light machines then in use in that in the clock Sam Faulkner and a vacuum cleaner there trade, including beetling erected at Castletown, which were a few tentative attempts machines, whatever they are. he heard as he rode past to made at sorting the papers, My own contribution to the Carlo,v. particularly by the late Wm. research was the discovery Cummins, who during his time that the other Faulkner place, LITTLE MYSTERIES at Castletown always took a Fort Faulkner, was in Wick­ There are also many annoy­ great interest in the traditions low, not the north, as we had ing little mysteries which we of the locality, and who, I thought. This was revealed may never clear up. For believe, persuaded my aunt by a postmark '' Rathdrum '' instance, there is a survey of to keep them rather than put on one letter. This led me to Castletown by Richard Neville, them in paper salvage or the search the i" ordnance survey of ·which we only have half. rubbish heap. It was Willie sheet around Rathdrum, and But on this is marked a sketch who first got me interested in lo and behold there was Fort of a little tower. where a the papers, but at that time Faulkner. monument now stands. This (1932) we had no electric The following Sunday we tower is shown as '' Panacub 's light, and the future of Castle­ set off in our van and found Castle." There is no clue as town was very doubtful, so the place still standing. The to ·what this was except a nothing was done about them. owner, Mr. Daly, was in­ piece of carved limestone On my return to Ireland in terested to hear why we had masonry we found in long 1942 I found the papers still come, and showed us the place. grass at that point. in the garret and more or less And there over the front door There is the mystery of intact. I took a couple of we found the same; plaster Sam Faulkner 's death by · 22 National Library, and Mr. wall, lawyer, businessman and Henchy, keeper of printed local politician. There are new HATEVER freak of documents, came down and facts about Sam's client. Tim W fate let these papers " Buck " Whaley, duellist, survive down to 1947 has inspected the collection. He given my wife and myself an has arranged that they will gambler, cheat and rogue, and interesting way of amusing be micro-filmed to preserve his no-good brothers in their ourvelves, but has also saved them and make them available own and their contemporaries' for students of social history handwriting. Hugh Faulkner, such details as wages paid to to students of Irish social farm labourers and tradesmen, history of that tini:e. A number proud father, unlucky bus-· all carefully noted in Phil of them have already been band, merchant, financier and Kennedy's beautiful written done. Mr. Henchy has also engineer, deserves a volume letters. Even grass;.seed mix· to himself. tures and liming rates can be helped by getting books that found for tbe agriculture­ were needed to study the He was an ardent Irishman. minded, as well as Hugh period. as his letters from England Faulkner's indignant comments show, and a disciple of Tom on what be considered the old· Paine and the French revolu­ fashioned methods of the Car· FASCINATING low ploughmen. The names tion. He abhorred religious of the varieties of fruit and Most fascinating thing to us bigotry-and hated bad tilling I apples then in use are all in about these papers is not their The people of the Faulkner the papers, along with the list letters are as mobile and un­ of grand jurors for Carlow value as historical documents, and the saddler's bills. There but the fact that they let us predictable as the characters are Sam's expenses when be almost see '' Yr. humble and in a modern comic strip. They · took the ladies to the theatre, obedient servant, Phil Ken­ go off to America, they report and the treatment the doctors murder, riot and duelling as meted out to Sam's niece nedy,'' as he decided that Catherine when they thought stripper cows would fatten casually as the weather. They she had T.B. We can pro­ ,vell on the Lawn at Castle­ report that they have just duce the names of fairs held town. They also let us see witnessed the French revolu­ tt,en in. what are now only tion, the battle of Bm1ker Hill, crossroads. fat, gouty Sam running like mad to catch the horse-drawn. or a fight at a pattern. passenger-carrying canal boat: which annoys everyone by YOUR OWN RISK drowning while en route to leaving on time instead of We not only found them the Isle of Man in 1795. Was waiting for the passengers' interesting, we developed he taking money to Buck leisurely arrival, as did the attachments to some and Whaley whose agent he wasT coaches. Arthur 13rooke hatred of others. Having let There is another mystery Faulkner, for the last hundred these people out of the 18th about Sam's wife, who is years merely a name on a century we can't get them commemorated by the monu­ monument, is to us a Trinity back out of our minds any ment on the Long Stone Hill student writing to his father more than we can put tooth at Castletown. We don't kno,v to say that the reason he spent paste back in the tube. If ,vho she was, although we so much time. playing about you have old papers in trunks have evidence that she was was because he had been or cupboards remember that­ 76 when she died in 1786. studying so hard. you receive these ghosts at How old would that make W c reckon that there al'e your own risk. You, too, may Sam when he died in 17951 dozens of characters who ap­ have to support a family of Surely a man in his eighties pear in these papers about eighteenth century Irish men wouldn't have been able for whom one could write a and women around your the long journeys he took on biography. There is Bob Corn- house. horseback all over Ireland T One result of reading all these letters has been to create in my wife a great desire to learn about Ireland at that time. This has led to FASHION NOTE a constant demand for books about the eighteenth century, A · new establishment called removed to the above estab­ which has been filled by un­ the )iillinery and Dress Ware­ lishment, carrying on their limited supplies produced by rooms was opened at 138 bmdness on a more extensive Miss Iona l\1acLeod of Carlow Tullow Street, Carlow. scale .... Library. The presence of these The :Misses Nolan respect­ 'l'heir stock comprises Bon­ books around the house has fully beg leave to apprise nets, Caps and Ribbons, also got me reading about those ladies who have kindly Ladies' and Gentlemen's that period, too. patronised them for the last Gloves, Pocket Handkerchiefs, At :Miss :MacLeod's sugges­ eig·ht years, that th,,y have l\ff ufl crs and 'l'ies. . . tion we got in touch with the -November 11th, 1853 . . 23 l I; I A Truly Irish Activity

PRIEND of mine recently open and read the message of This ,vould seem to be the A spoke of the Irishman our monuments. obvious foundation upon which ignorant of his past as a man Last summer we were com­ to build up a sense of local without a shadow, unreal, pelled to reduce the number pride and patriotism. Emphasis. abnormal. We ,vant to keep of outings. Two excursions to on the Irish language as any­ our feet on the solid ground Rathangan and Maynooth were thing other than a means to of sound tradition, we want well supported. Our Winter the development of a mature to conserve, in a sane way to Session, now in progress, is a national culture is muddle­ be sure. what is worthwhile of most convincing proof of the headed nonsense. The lan­ our national heritage. vitality of the Society. Recent guage is a sign, an instrument In an age when superficial talks have aroused much dis­ to express the national mind. standards are being more cussion, and a project to pub­ Music, literature, history and' commonly accepted we must lish a guide to the town is oral traditions, even in English, resist all this. We want to under consideration. are not less important. be good Irishmen and to know It will not be deemed in­ The work of the Old Carlow something of our Ireland. vidious to select for Rpecial Society is a work of real value Many organisations help commendation our good friend, to our country. It has received towards this end-the G.A.A., Mr. T. P. Hayden, ·who has recognition, albett in a modest the Gaelic J,eague, a drama communicated several papers way, from the Arts Council. g-roup, each in its own way. of the greatest intPrest in It has established itself among The Old Carlow Society, now connection with our old roads cultural societies as one of the entering on its seventh year, and waterways. liveliest in Carlow and plani; has achieved something con­ The young people of the to take a prominent part in crete by helping its members town take no part in the the T6stal celebrations. to kno,v about our town and activities of the local historical We appeal to the schools to its story. Much remains to be society. Since the Society was support. our efforts, send us done, hut there are reserves of founded not a single young new members, awaken the enthusiasm and loyalty which person has come to us from young people's interest in the promise well for the future. the schools. And yet the past glories of their town. Our meetings attract two score national school programme and often more Carlovians envisages the teaching of local REV. P. BROPHY, who like to live with their eyes history. Hon. Secretary.

·I.1 An Old Carlow Industry 11 II ,: 1f II II II I! ii 1 ji I1 'ii 11 I ,i TOWN OF CARLOW !I ii I\ l1 ll 11 TO BREWERS AND OTHERS II It Ii To be let, the old established Brewery Concerns in Centaur Street in ii the town of Carlow, which are admirably calculated as a brewery, or any 11 II ll mercantile trade: requiring extensive accommodation. 1! There is a malt-hones and comfortable dwelling· on the premises which, ;I together with the Entire Concerns, are in the most perfect repair. Iiii Then• is a decided opening in Carlow for the establishment of a brc·wery. I I,'I I II and to a p<·rson of moderate capital a safe speculation for investment now :1 presents itself. At a trifling· outlay the Concerns could be refittf•d as a [J brewery. :1 'I Applieation to Mr. Robert Farrell, ,,ii Athy Street, 11 Carlow. '1 I, Fehruary 9th, 1854. -" Carlow Post."

26 BOOK REVIEW WILLIAM FARRELL AND '98 MELANCHOLY interest to the days of his youth through by Maurice Lenihan in the Limerfr:k A attaches to the tales told rose-tinted spectacles. Reporter for February 11, 1868, and by the survivors of a great catas­ ·· There was no such thing known popular articles in the local press trophe, and so it is with the account as men, willing and able to work, on the occasion of the centenary -0f '98 by William Farrell of Carlow. obliged :o starve for want of it ; and sesquicentennial celebrations. The book was edited by Dr. and if anything was wanting to Dr. McHugh has selected to present Roger McHugh and published in show the easy circumstances of the Farrell's story .. as a human docu­ 1949. people, it would be found in the ment of general interest, rather than number "What I began in May, 1832," in every town and in every in a scholarly annoted edition of part wrote Farrell, "I finish in February, of the country that could afford the original text." His slight con­ · to 1845. I have not written it through practise all the many athletic tribution as editor scarcely justifies exercises .any intention of obtaining any empty so well known to Irishmen his being described as author on the as fame this world might bestow, as it hurling, football, cudgelling, dust jacket and spiner. No attempt tennis or shall not be made public while I handball, leaping, wrestling, is made to give the history of the vaulting, live, and after that it will be of throwing the sledge or bar manuscript nor is reference made to or little consequence to me what the grindstone ; and at every outlet the fact that portions of it have to Carlow world may say either of praise or there were fields like already appeared in print. The ,censure. I know very well I have commons, free to everyone that absence of a map, some topo­ not been able to dress it up in the chose to amuse themselves, and one graphical details and an index are style of modern writers, but if of the bes! ball-courts in Ireland serious defects. The publishers anyone after me shall choose to give within." deserve our congratulations on their it to the public in a more fashion­ In sharp contrast with these idyllic enterprise in making available this .able dress, he is heartily welcome £Cenes is sketched the rise of the interesting work in a handsome and United and has my free leave and liberty Irishmen and the cause of well-produced volume. the rising to do so." culminating for Farrel1 and his friends in the battle of Dr. McHugh has wisely opted not Carlow and its terrible aftermath. to follow this course. Farrell is Carlow in '98. The Autobiography well able to tell his own story, or His account tells much that is of William Farrell of Carlow. should it be called his apologia? new but should be supplemented Edited by Roger J. McHugh. The good that men do sometimes by further descriptions published in Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1949; the lives after them, but here in Ireland Dublin Magazine of 1811 and pp. x+235. 1he memory of the good we omit to do may live on to haunt us. So SERV,ANTS' TAX it was with William Farrell, a y the newly assessed taxes from llth October, 1853, masters patriot whv failed to fight for his B must pay an annual duty of £1 ls. for every male servant ·country in the rising of 1798 ever 18 years and 10/6 under that age. Last year the duty on although he was a member of the servants brought in £209,913. -0rganisation of United frishmen. THE EARL'S DREAM. Very many years after the events THE Earl of Aberdeen at the late Privy Council looked very much he describes he composed an account pressed and flattened. It is said that for some weeks pas,t of his life coloured by the desire the Noble Earl has suffered a nightly dream in which he believes to explain his conduct. As is the himself turned into a bagpipe, with the Emperor of Russia horned and tailed, playing upon him. fashion of old age, he looked back From the "Carlow Post," 1853. UMMOND'S of Carlow for all your sup pi ies of Garden Seeds, Grain, Grass and Root Seeds, Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubs and Herbacious Plants

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