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

2 42 RINGRONE . [ CORK.
1675/6. January 22. PETERHEWITT, R. V. Ringrone, and Chancellor
of Cork. [F.F.] In 1710 he became Precentor of Cork,
V.
Feb. 8, 1676. THOMAS WARD is presented to Rectory of
Ringrone. [Lib. Mun.] But he does not appear in the visitation
books. He was afterwards Dean of Connor.
1720. May 26. JONATHAN SMEDLEY , A.M., is admitted Rector do
Ringrone, per mortem Petri Hewitt, on presentation of Gerald,
Lord K insale, dated 30th April, 1720. [D.R.] Jonathan, son
of John Smedley, was born in Dublin, and entered T.C.D. as
Pensioner on 18th September, 1689, when eighteen years old.
From 1709 to 1720 he was R . Rincurran ; and in 1720 was
appointed R. Ringrone, which he held for a very short time.
From 1718 to 1724 he was Dean of Killala; and from 1724 to
1727 Dean of Clogher. In 1723 he was also appointed V.
Knockmark, Meath.
The following account of his works, &c., is extracted from
Cotton.
He published the following pieces
1. A Sermon on the Queen's Accession. 8vo. London, 1714.
2. A Sermon on the Anniversary of the Irish Massacre.
4to. London, 1715.
3. A Sermon on January 30. 8vo. London, 1716.
4. A Sermon on the Birthday of the Prince of Wales. 4to.
London, 1716.
6. Eight Sermons on several subjects. 8vo. 1719.
6. Poems. 8vo. 1721.
7. A Specimen of an Universal View of all the eminent
Writers on Holy Scripture. Folio. 1728.
Of his " Specimen," &c., " being a Collection of the Dissertations
, Explications, and Opinions of Learned Men in all ages
concerning the difficult passages and obscure texts of the Bible,"
Mr. T. H. Horne observes, that it contains only the first chapter
of Genesis. The work which it announced was never pub.
lished. There is an engraved portrait of Dean Smedley. Early
in 1728 he proceeded to Fort St. George, in the East Indies, on
a cle rical mission . See a notice of him in "Swift's Works,"
by Sir W. Scott, vol. xiv.
The full title of Dean Smedley's Sermon, No. 2, is-" A
Sermon to the Protestants of Ireland residing in London,
preached at the Church of St. James, on October 23, the day
of the Rebellion in 1641. By Jonathan Smedley, A.M., Rector
of Rincurrane , in Ireland." It is dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth
Hales, of Putney, and the author subscribes himself "your
dutiful eon. "
1720 to 1729. EMANuEL HUN OERFORD appears as Rector. [V. B.
D.A.] Hungerford was also P. St. Michael's, q, v.
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1720 to 1727. BARTHOLOMEW SALTER appears as Vicar. B. D.R.]
B. Salter was born at Youghal, and was son of J ohn Salter,
gentleman . He entered T.C.D. when twenty -one years old,
on 9th June, 1702.
He was ordained Priest at Cloyne on 19th Dec. 1714. In
1717 he was Curate and Lecturer at Holy Trinity, Cork.
From 1718 to 1720 he was R. V. Kilcully ; and from 1720 to
his death, in 1727, was Vicar of Ringrone. He was also, on
1st Dec. 1720, licensed to be Curate of Templetrine.
1728. Oct. 7. JOHN KENNY, A.M., Vicar, per mortem B. Salter.
[D.R.] In 1751 he was P. Kilbrittain, q. v.
1730. May 30. WILLIAM MEADE was admitted Rector, per mortem
Emanuelis Hungerford, on presentation of Sovereign and Burgesses
of Kinsale. [D.R.] In 1730 the rectory and vicarage
were consolidated by the Archbishop of Cashel. [D.R.]
1737. April 7. St. John Browne, A.M., is licensed to be
Curate of Ringrone, on nomination of William Meade, who
promises him the vicarial part of the parish as fully as it was
enjoyed by John Kenny, the late Vicar thereof. [D.R.]
Meade was also Dean of Cork, q. v.
1764. April 10. JOHN KENNY, the younger, R. Ringrone, vacant by
death of William Meade, in coll. Epi for this turn. [D.R.] He
was, in 1796, P. Kilbrogan, q. v.
1769. March 3. THOMAS KEEFFE, A.B., to consolidated R. and V.
Ringrone, vacant by death of William Meade, last Incumbent,
on presentation of Sovereign, Burgesses, and Commonalty of
the town of Kinsale, by their instrument , dated 21st March,
1764, which the Bishop hath hitherto deferred to accept, on
account of a suit to this time subsisting relative to the right of
presentation, which presentation belongs of right for this turn
to said Sovereign, &c. [D.R.] In 1768 titles were made out
for Mr. Keeffe to Ringrone ; but Mr. Kenny and he not agreeing,
they were never granted. [D.R.]
Thomas Keeffe (son of John Keeffe, who married Jane, dau.
of Jonas Stawell, grandson of the Archdeacon of Ross), entered
T.C.D. as Pensioner on 8th Feb. 1732. He was ordained Priest
at Cork on 19th Dec. 1742. He was licensed on 23rd Sept.
1742, to the Curacy of Ballymartle, Dunderrow, and Cullen ;
and on Feb. 11, 1746, to the Curacy of Ringrone. On 17th
May, 1755, he was licensed to the Curacy of Killowen.
1769 to his death in 1788, be was R, V. Ringrone.
From
He married , in Dec. 1741, Miss Mary Travers, of Kinsale.
1788. Oct. 18. RICHARD WEER, A.B., R. V. Ringrone, per mortem
Keeffe. [D.R.]
1830. Protestant population, 136.
1832. Ringrone, a rectory and vicarage, with cure, 7 miles
long by 5 broad, containing 10,000 acres . Gross population,
4,813. One Curate employed, at a stipend of X75 per annum.
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