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From Waterford to Worcester: Records from a Massachusetts Archive Margo Griffin - - - - - -- Decies67 --- - - - - DECIES JOURNAL OF THE WATERFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY No. 67 2011 Irisleabhar Cumann Seandalafochta agus Staire Phort Lairge ---------- - Decies 67 - --- ------ - COMHAIRLECATHRACH PHORT LAIRGE WATERFORD CITY COUNCIL The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society and the editor of DECIES gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Waterford City Council towards the publication costs of this journal. COMHAIRLE CONTAE PHORTLAIRGE WATERFORD COUNTY COUNCIL The Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society and the editor of DECIES gratefully acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Waterford County Council towards the publica­ tion costs of this journal. Cover Illustrations Front Cover: Broad Street, Wate1ford, colour postcard 1940s. Courtesy Anne McEneaney. Back Cover: The road from Dublin to Waterford, from Taylor and Skinner, Maps of the Roads of Ireland, .1777. Courtesy Waterford Museum of Treasures. ISSN 1393-3116 Published by The Waterford Archaeological and Histo1ical Society Typesetting, layout and design by Eddie Synnott (086-8124349) Printed by Naas Printing Ltd., Naas, Co. Kildare (045-872092). ll Decies 67 - - - - - - - --- - Decies 67 CONTENTS PAGE List of Contributors ix A Flintlock Pistol from Whitestown, Co. Waterford Da,nian Shiels .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .. .... .... ... ..... ... .... .... .... ... ... ... ......... ... .... .... .... ... 1 William Gosse, a merchant in fourteenth-century Waterford Niall O'Brien .................................................................................................... 7 Vallancey's Military Surveys of 1776-1777 and 1796 as Relating to County Waterford and its Immediate Environs Edward J. law ......... ... .... .... ............ ............... .... .... ... .... .... ... .... .. .... .... .... .... ... 13 A Traveller's Tale: Lord Donoughmore's Journey from Knocklofty to London in May 1815 Julian C. Walton ............................................................................................... 35 Dan Keily and Belle Boyd: The Wate1ford Soldier and the Confederate Spy Pat McCarthy ................................................................................................... 49 From Waterford to Worcester: Records from a Massachusetts Archive Margo Griffin .................................................................................................... 63 Letter from a War Zone Pat Grogan .. ................................................... .. ................................................ 87 Canon Patrick Power . ... .... ... .... .... .... .... ........ ............... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ........ 97 Constitution of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society ............. 99 Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society Membership 2011 .............. 103 Ill Decies 67 The launch of Decies 66 by the Mayor of Waterford, Cllr Mary Roche. Front left to right. Fergus Dillon and Her Worship the Mayor of Wate,jord, Cllr Mary Roche. Back row, Tony Gunning, Seamus Reale, Beatrice Payet, Donnchadh 6 Ceallachain, Michael Maher, Erica Fay, Dr Niall Byrne, George Kavanagh, William Condon. Orta Scully who lectured on archaeological excavations in the Viking Triangle in Wate,jord, with Eddie Synnott Vice Chairman, WAHS, Sean Caulfield and Tony Gunning. iv Decies 67 WATERFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE M EMBERS 2011/2012 OFFICERS Chairman: Fergus Dillon, 'Trespan', The Folly, Waterford. Vice-chairman: Eddie Synnott, Weatherstown, Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny. Hon. Secretary: Beatrice Payet, 5 Doyle Street, Waterford. Hon. Treasurer: Tony Gunning, 7 Ballinakill Vale, Waterford. Hon. Editor: Donnchadh 6 Ceallachain, 5 Doyle Street, Waterford. P.R.O.: Michael Maher, 26 Kenure Park, Powerscourt Lawns, Waterford COMMITTEE Sean Caulfield William Condon Erica Fay Kevin P. Hall George Kavanagh Ben Murtagh (ex officio) Seamus Reale Jim F. Walsh All original contributions are the copyright of the contributors. The views expressed by each contrib­ utor are not necessaril y those of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society, the Editor, or of the Editorial Committee. Hon. Editor: Donnchadh 6 Ceall achain Editorial Committee: Fergus Dillon (ex-officio), Ben Murtagh, Beatrice Payet, Eddie Synnott. V Decies 67 Dave Pollock who lectured on recent archaeological excavations in Wate,ford city centre, with Fergus Dillon, Chairman WAHS and Ben Murtagh. WAHS Chairman, Fergus Dillon with Eddie Synnott who lectured on the German bo,nbing of Campile, Co Wexford in 1940. vi Decies 67 - ----------- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ba bhrea liom mo bhufochas a ghabhail le gach einne a chabhraigh liom iris na bliana seo a chur le cheile agus a fhoilsiu - an coiste eagarth6ireachta, coiste an chunainn agus go hairithe, udair na n-aJt. D6ibh siud ar fad mo mhfle bufochas. Eddie Synnott who typeset the journal and scanned the images once again deserves the gratitude of the society. I would like to point out to intending contributors that the final deadline for the submission of articles for publication in Decies 68 (2012) is l May 2012. Dar nd6igh beidh failte roimh altanna as Gaeilge no as Bearla. For further information on the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society see our website: http://waterford-history.org/ Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/waterfordhistory Annual Lunch 20}0: After-lunch speaker Julian C Walton. vii Decies 67 Jack Burtchaell lecturing on Ware,ford - Bristol trade connections. Dr Pat M;·Carthy and Dr Daithf 6 Corrciin who delivered a joint lecture on The Dead of the Irish Revolution. VIII Decies 67 - - ------ ---- List of Contributors Margo Griffin-Wilson is a Teaching Associate in Modern Irish at Cambridge University (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic), and she has also been teaching Modern Irish at the University of Utrecht. She is the author of The Wedding Poems of Daibhf 6 Bruadair (Dublin, 2010) and of several related arti­ cles. She has Jived for many years in Worcester, Massachusetts, and taught Modern Irish at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, and also at Harvard Un iversity. Patrick Grogan is a native of Waterford and a retired civil servant. A member of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society and a committee member of Waterford Music, he is a frequent contributor to Decies. Edward Law, a Chartered Accountant, lives in semi-retirement in rural Kilkenny. He is an enthusiastic local historian and has undertaken research and written wide­ ly on the history of his native Huddersfield and of County Kilkenny. He is a coun­ cil member of Kilkenny Archaeological Society and a past editor of its journal. Pat McCarthy was born in Waterford and educated at Mount Sion CBS. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry and an MBA from NUI, Dublin, where he currently lives. He is employed in the pharmaceutical industry and is Correspondence Secretary of the Military History Society of Ireland. He is a frequent contributor to Decies. NialJ O'Brien is a young farmer from Ballyduff, West Waterford. He is executive secretary for the County Waterford Community Forum and is currently a member of the County Waterford Cultural and Heritage SPC. In 2008, he published a local history book entitled; Blackwater and Bride: Navigation and Trade , 7000 BC to 2007. Niall has also published articles in other historical journals including in Decies. Damian Shiels is a company director at Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd and Know Thy Place Ltd. He formerly worked on the curatorial staff at the National Museum of Ireland and was one of the team that produced the Soldiers and Chief'; military history exhibition. He specialises in Conflict Archaeology, a topic on which he has lectured and published widely. Julian C. Walton is a retired schoolteacher and librarian with a lifelong interest in Irish history and genealogy. He is a former editor of The Irish Genealogist and of Decies, and has written and lectured on many aspects of Waterford history. Since 1994 he has presented on WLR-FM a local history slot, 'On This Day' . He is Consultant in Special Collections at the Boole Library, University College Cork and is associated with Dunhill Multi-Education Centre. He is an avid folJower of Waterford hurling. ix Decies 67 Faction Fighting in Munster delivered by Micheal 6 hAodha, (centre) with Michael Maher and Fergus Dillon, Chairman WAHS. ;tr ~;.._ ~A~ .... Ben Murtagh leading the society's visit to the Hook Peninsula. X Decies 67 xi Decies 67 - - ---------- xii Decies 67 - -------- - - A Flintlock Pistol from Whitestown, County Waterford Damian Shiels Introduction In the summer of 2006 Headland Archaeology (Ireland) Ltd undertook a series of archaeological excavations in advance of the East Waterford Water Mains Supply. This work was canied out on behalf of Coffey Construction and Waterford County Council who also funded the project. The investigations revealed evidence for small-scale prehistoric activity, most notably in the form of Bronze Age burnt mounds and spreads. The excavation Site 11 (06E0281) in the townland of Whitestown was located approximately 1.5km south-east of Kilmacthomas in a low-lying field (Figure 1). The site was identified during pre-construction testing and full excavation was undertaken in May 2006 under the direction of Tom Janes of Headland Archaeology. Immediately beyond the limits of excavation on the western side was a Recorded Monument (WA0 16-056) described as an 'enclosure site'. The archaeological work revealed
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