Volume 1: Pages 210 to 253 - Cork Past and Present

1691. Dec. 29. EDWARD SYNGE, A.M., is admitted Rector of Rathclarin,
per mortem Richi Lapp. [D.R.]
Synge was Rector of Rathclarin to 1714. He was also P.
Holy Trinity, q. v.
1692. April 22. RICHARD GOODMAN, A.B., is admitted Vicar of
Ballymodan, and V. Rathclarin, per mort. Lapp. D.R.]
He appears 1692 to 1695 as Vicar. [V.B. D.R. In 1718
Goodman was P. Desertmore, q. v.
1696. Vicarage vacant. [V.B.]
1696. Feb. 22. THEOPRILUS WRAGGE, A.M., is admitted Vicar of
Rathclarin, per cession of Goodman. [D.R.]
1699. Rathclarin church in repair. Divine service once a
fortnight. [V.B. 1699. D.D.]
Theophilus Wragge was ordained Priest on 16th of April,
1685, in Capella apud Bishopscourt, Cork. From 1687 to
1696 lie was Curate of Brinny and Killanully, L c . and from
1696 to his death in 1701, he was Vicar of Rathclarin.
name was sometimes spelt "Rag,,."
His
1701. March 31. JOHN MooRE, j un., is admitted Vicar of Rathclarin,
per mortem Theophili WW'ragge. [D.R.] Moore was
also P. Kilbrittain.
q. v.
He became, in 1711, Treasurer of Cork,
1714 to.1831. Rathclaren was held with Kilbrittain, q. v.
1830. The Protestant population of Rathclarin is 140.
1831. Sept. 2. SAMUEL MOORE KYLE, A.M., R. V. Rathclarin ; certified
under £600. [D.R.]
In 1833 Kyle became Archdeacon of Cork, q. v.
1833. July 12. THOMAS WAOOETT, A.M., It. V. Rathclarin. [D.R ]
1837. Rathclarin, a rectory, with cure, 31, miles long by 22
broad, containing 5,728 acres. Gross population, 2,775. The
yearly income is, from composition, X650; 24 acres of glebe,
valued at 30s. per acre, £36. Subject to visitation fees, 18s.
and diocesan schoolmaster, 10s. Gd. Rathelarin glebe-house,
built under the old Acts in 1794, at the cost of £828 Ss. Old.
British, whereof £92 6s. 1-{l. was granted as gift by the late
Board of First Fruits, and the residue of £736 1s. 102d. was
supplied out of the private funds of the builder, to whom the
present Incumbent is third in succession ; and having paid his
predecessor 1368 Os. lld. lie will be entitled to receive
£184 Os. 5 1 from his successor, on account thereof. Incumbent
is resident in the glebe-110118e. One church, capable of
accommodating nearly 200 persons, built about the year 1650,
but at what cost unknown. No charge on the parish in 1832
on account of the church. Divine service is celebrated twice
on Sundays in summer, and once in winter, and on the principal
festivals. The sacrament is administered monthly, and
on the festivals.
Report.]
The benefice is a rectory. [Parliamentary
1844. Nov. 15. The annual value is certified to be £517 10s.
[D.R.]
1860. The church and glebe-house are both in want of
repair. 24 acres of glebe are in Rector's use. Divine service
in the church twice on all Sundays in summer months, and
once in winter and on the usual holidays. Evening service
during winter months is held in the glebe-house . Sacrament
monthly; average of communicants, 16. 26 children are on
the rolls of the Church Education school; the average in attendance
is 17. The Protestant population is 139. The rentcharge
is £413 7s. 3d. The land is worth £18. Total value,
£431 7s. 3d., with residence.
Thomas Waggett (second son of Alderman Thomas Waggett,
of Cork, by Eliza Sealy), was born in 1790.
He was ordained Deacon on 14th November, 1813, and
Priest on 31st July, 1814, both at Cork. He was Curate of
St. Peter's in 1815, and of St. Paul's in 1822. In January of
1833 he became P. Timoleague, in Ross; and in July of same
year was removed to Rathclarin,
death on 8th May, 1861.
where lie continued until his
He married Belinda Saunders, and by her had issue, inter
adios, a son Thomas, now settled near Bandon.
The family of WaaSett was formerly settled at Spittle, near
Buttevant, where Robert Waggett lived, who married Anne,
dau. of Christopher Crofts, of Buttevant. Robert Waggett died
1681. The late Recorder Waggett was son of Christopher,
elder brother to Alderman Thomas Waggett. The male line of
this branch is now extinct. The representatives in the female
line are the Very Rev. Thomas Carson, Dean of Kilmore; and
Nicholas Dunscombe, esq., of King Williamstown House, county
Cork.
1861. May 31. WILLIAM TOTTENHAM DAY, A.M., R. V. Rathclarin.
[D.R.]
W. T. Day (fourth son of Richard Day, of Youghal), was
ordained Deacon at Cork on 13th August, 1837, and Priest, the
same year, at Limerick, on letters dimissory from Cork. From
1837 to 1842 he was P. C. Templebrady; from 1842 to 1850
P. C. Marmullaue;
Ross.
and from 1850 to 1861. V. Kilkerranmore,
He married Alicia, third dau. of Rev. J. Quarry, R. St. Mary,
Shandon, and has issue five children.