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Editorial 

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XVII Y 1981 

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 ~elotik to watorfora ; 11 

t ract o ) 

(S onnings 1 - will ~ b s 

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.

O L D W A T E R F- O R D S O C I E T Y 

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~isy Terrsce,Wqterford. 

flonorwy Press Officer 5 l/Ir. Pstrick Kenneally. 

Mr.Stsn Carroll. 

Mrs. Lisa Gallaqher. 

Mr. John Hodge. 

E D I T O R I A L 

Mr. Des Cowman. 

Mr. Frank Heylin. 

Mr. Tom Nolan 

The publicstion of T journ2l such as Decies is the work of a number 

of hard-workin? enthusi~sts who 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 ~ n d Mrs. 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~rch and 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~tment of records in 

Y~ughnl~publicized recentlyVin the Irish Timespis alnrminq to say the 

least and cdls for further clarific~tion.Meanwhile,the discarding - 

of unwanted piles of docu~ents goes on at 211 levels,from the 

business firm chznging premises to the ordinery fnmily hsving s 

clear-out . 

A few years ago,when co~~ipiling a history of the Aylwards, I visited 

a number of families of the nnme,mainly rural. These peoplc were of 

differing soci~l levels,md none of them had forew~rning of 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~t the Old Waterford Society will 

invglve itself actively in an endd~vour to bring about such an 

awareness, nnd will do all in its power to record nnd preserve what 

might otherwise be lost.

SCAClOh ILU CCII\II~~CTIJA >!ll'ih TXE KILDARE FLACE 

SOCIETY IN COUNTY b!ATE?FORD, 1817 - 1840. 

By Thom3.s Power. 

In early 19th century Irel~nd a number of bodies were 

active in the education of the pecszntry. honp these were 

the London Ribernign society (f ounded 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~wn as the Kildare Plsce 

Society (fr3m the l~catim of.its estsblishment in Dublin), 

was fqunded in December 1311 with thc lieclwed oim of pvoviding 

undenomin~.timll educztion at "elementrry level far the poore'r 

clqsses in Irelmrt.. Thc cmmittee of the S~ciety wqs 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~y Cgtholic support, and 

counted Daniel OfConncll qmmg its adherants. 

The Society rsceived s i~overnment grant 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 ~lrendy existing. This the S >ciety wmld 

do only if its rules were adhered to by the schoc~l concerned, 

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~f time. 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~iel scho~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~inec teqchc~s 

were intr xluced t.1 more methodic71 f mms 3f tczc%inz. 

Teacher-tr?ininr: was sn importr.nt ~spcct 2f thc; Society's 

w~rk, 2nd it was prepore3 to receive mnsters v,-l mistressas 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~nce in 

the cnpital during the 7 or 8 weeks tr~ininq course, 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~nsl ifqe?s into 

pnctice. 

The Society 3.1~3 aim33 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 

~uthqrity thqt if such works c,mld bc renl~ce4 and Rproper 

education, inculcnting desir~ble mornl an3 social m~fes of 

behciviour, m?de more svlilsble, then gre~ter h~.bits 3f industry 

woulf! result qmonp; the impoverishc4 cl~sscs, snrl ultimztely it 

wns hope? n yrcnter respect for the institutions of l ~ 9.nd w 

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~e proqortion 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~ort wns f~vour~ble the 

particulnr school w,~ul$ cc~ntinuc to receive finnncinl znd other 

aid from the Society, 

Finally, the Smiety s~ught to encourn2e competent masters 

and mistresses by awardins them grqtuities for effective 

te~ching sn.1 sch~ol mcinagement . 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~singly upset 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

egan 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~l Frotestant 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~r pnsssges. However in the 18201s exposition of 

the Scriptures took pl?ce more frequently,md this was 

instrumental in heighten in^ (htholic opp~sition to 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~l Fonrd in 

1831, the fortunes of the Society be,~~n to decline. Its 

pnrli~ment~ry pant wss withdr?wn,and so it could not opernte 

on the nationwide scqle it hsd hith~rto~thouqh the 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~y in connection WIS E~llin?tr~y school. This 

school wys unc-~er the 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 ~pply for assistance wis Villierstwn scho?19whose 

c~rrespmlent or 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. 

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It will be clear from the Appendix th2.t the connection of 

most schg

the Sxiety explained thnt the :1el?y was due t~ the lsck of 

co-operation on the pqrt of the pe~smtry for 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~l lsndlorr~ or gentlem~n. 

Thus at Windq?p, near Glinn,the effwts of the corres~~ndent 

Vx. E. Yqhesy t.1 estnblish a femsle scho~l there 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 ~ d closed 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~ster was not being 

sufficiently vigilqnt in his cmduct. Things. must h?ve gone 

from bad t~ worse , far in 1822 the sch~3l w?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 t t ? h~ve been 

receivinq assistance, at one time or ansthar, from other 

s3cieties. Scho~ls in L?smore 2nd Dungsrvan, in ~ddition to 

avpilin~ of sssist~nce from thz Kildare Fl?ce Society, were 

slso receiving funds frqm the London Hiberninn Society, or its 

local branch the Munster Xiberni~n Scho3l 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~ber 1822 when Col. 

Curry, the manqaer, npplizd for the trsinin; of the msster 

William Wall. This w ~ duly s 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~use it 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~l Board.

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~ement of 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 f r ~ m other 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~tion where John 

Falliser wished one of the rnlms t 2 b? place2 under the 

Hiberninn Society for the education of girls, and the boysf 

room under the K.P.S. The latter w ~ prepared s to ngree to this 

as long as the r jams were separate and under different teachers. 

Everything seems t9 have w~rlreci aut 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 ~ d 12 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 n t Lismore and 

Cspvoquin, for there the p~trgn Rev.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~ss well endowed schoals must 

have h ~ thatched d 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 ~ lt~ l 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 n t Eallyquin. The estimste? cast wr3s £135, 

and local c~ntributi~ms wml.3 cansist ~f 230 and sn acre of 

grqund. In the event the Society granted Re~.~~l~?ll~ce E75 for . 

buildink an-1 E25 for fitting up th$ scho~l. J.N,Humble 

reported to the Society In Jmuqry 1821 th~t he 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~gh in Auyust 

1823 sousht a grant of cheap bc~aks for 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~rdad t3 Michael Fgley,teaqher 

at Cloncoskeran school. ?{any other exmnples gre recorded, 

Applicati~ns t3 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~ching for 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~re he 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,as we have seen, was slso the sponsor of 

the Dune~rvan Hiberni~n school. T ~ G mambers 3f ~~rki~ment gave 

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 ~ the r 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 ~ 7 patronised s 

by Francis 

Drew. 

Clergymen of the established church were involved in 

promoting some schools. %v. C. Fleury started the school in 

Dunmora E~tst in 1826, r3cceived 9 grant of .sch~ol requisites from 

the Society,h~.d the 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

y a grant from the Chspter of Lismore an5 frm private 

subscriptims. This schaol continueq to receive ~rqnts cf 

requisites from thc Society until 1840, brhen afd wss hnlted, 

becg-use the school in thst yew h ~ bean d placed under the 

Church Educatiim Society, b~dy formecl 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~lly scripturnlly-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~y WIS to interpret and 

explain the Bible for the people. Frctestznt clergy,however, 

held that thz Bible shml4. be freely read by the peo~le and 

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~ciety tried to 

compromise the issue by stipulatin;; thnt in schools in its 

connection the Bible wns to be rent! withaut n~te or comment. 

Only in the czsc of 7 schools is there specific mention 

of C~tholic opposition to t h ~ schools under the Society in Co. 

Waterford. In June 1824 -W. Rich~rd Smith ,joint-patron with 

his wife of Bnllinatrny scho~~l, informed the Soci+cty that he 

had been forced to close the school bec~usc of 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\~ls nt Lismare. 

The ~ttempta of the Rev. J.B. Wallace snd W.G. Paul 

to establish a a~ho2l ct Bnllyquin came to n3thins. This 

wqs becciuse, ns F!. Pqul informed the Society in June 1825,

of lack of CO-apaqpti~n,on the part of the local Cstholic clergy. 

The situatinn m2 .*imAl~r 2t Ballycannvnn,where,riespite a 

0 penerous, sub'soription($3~) 2nd grant of lmd from Ivlrs. Boltm, 

efforts to set' up as schpql were opposed by the local priest. 

There is mention-of oppositi.on at Rev. Fleuryls schacl in 

Dunmore Esst, but of awh~t kind 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~olen thread. This w~uld then be 

woven, and then the yirls wmld work up various ~irticles of 

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~t a new school-house 

would be fitteci out an$. X mistress employcl t t , 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~nce from 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~t yeir 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'$enr 198 

children h93 zttended the scha,:l, they hnd lo~irned how 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~l began t~ dr~p dr~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 t c ) the school md the t ~ t nabsence l 

of pupils for the lsst six or seven weeks the Associ?tim wss 

forced t3 close the school for %he present, and th~t therefore 

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~s gdttinz assistsnce from 

the Hibernisn Soci~ty. Appzrently the link with the lntter 

S~ciety mny have been induced by pressin? finsnci~l neefls, for 

in Mqy 1827 Mrs. Lansley informed the K. F.S. th~t ns it did not 

provide s~lnries for te~chers she 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~.s dismissed 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~tional scho~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~nts of t lw Kxlrcrdit a~rc, ;aid J'rogrcss oi'i !,(: lo,stif tti iork, from 

Jutrig h, IS'L3, Irr .IUIII* [m, is"&. ilaqm:tvct by ;z 3tpclirt17 i)rc 

Subscribers, Ireltt at tI\tk S~hibrrl Ilt~lw, cm f6c: tjttr ilisfiirtl.

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A P P E N D I X 

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 

2 Ardmore 

3 Ballinatray 

4 Esllintaylor 

5 Ballmcmavanl 

6 ~allsquinl 

7 cappsgh2 

8 csppoquin2 

9 Clashmore (Male) 

10 Clashmore (Female ) 

11 Cloncoskeran 

12 curryglass4 

13 (Dungarvan ~ibernim2 

(Dungsrvan ~srochial2 

14 Dunmore East 

15 Glenmore 

16 ~linnl 

17 ~ilmesden2 

10 ~ilrossant~~ 

19 Lismore Hibernian (Male )2 

20 Lismore Hibernian (Female )2 

21 Lismore Pwochial 

22 Mocollop 

23 Mahon Bridge 

24 Mount Barr~n 

25 Prospect Hall 

26 ~nllow3 

27 Villierstown 

28 Windgap 

29 Woodstown 

Dunhill 

Arcimore 

Templemichael 

Whitechurch 

Fqithlegg 

Gr anze 

Whitechurch 

C~ppoquin 

( Clmhmore 

( 

Dungarvan East 

Mogeely, Co. Cork 

' Dunqarvan 

( 

Killea 

Lismore & 

Mocollop 

Dysert 

Ki lme .?.den 

Kilrossanty 

/ 

' Lismore & 

( Mocollop 

( 

Lismore & 

Mocollop 

Kilrossanty 

Ardmore 

Kinsalebeg 

Tallow 

Aglish 

Dysert 

Killmacomb 

?Never established but included here since relevmt Correspondence 

took place with the Society. 

2~chools receiving 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~ls only 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~de by 

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~daughter of Edward Mqrtin,of Shinfield,Rerks, snd was 

father of Willizm of ~onnin~4 an4 John of Hurst,the lstter 

marrying Prances,dau~hter of 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~t th3se three Frmcis Fgrkers were one and 

the sqme person is clear. Not merely do the d~tes fit (for , 

supposin,? "Frsncis of Irelqndtf to h~ve been 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 ~ n d Barb~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~dy Ch~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,~lthough he remnined an as~istnnt,~~but cfter 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~n Collins wers Itacquitt of all 

arre?rs of rent (except tcnn shillin~s) until 25th llarch lgst for 

their houses without St.Patrickls Gate th~t were burnt and 

ggrdens destroyedv. 11 In M.liy91633, three p~rks under 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 m d 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~rronstran4 Street tL2 his 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~ne house 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 ~ admitted 

s 

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 ~ n d truly pqid. .'. . 

upon the Brqzen Post on the Keytt on 7 ~pri1,1724.~~ 

He mgrried Eli~abeth~daughter of 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 ~~ri1~1707.23 On 29 June 1736 the 

Corpor9ti.m undertook to pny Willi~rn Vsn 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 ~ to s hold 8g3in in 

1741 nnd 1752. In 1737 he and Ambrose Con3reve 

establishzd 7 bsnk in the city.25 Samuel w~s 

meanwhile ~.cauiriny property 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 W i l l 1699 

I 

_I 

F 

~rahcis 11 = Anne Elmes 

Sheriff 1677 

'84 185 

Mayor91693, 

d. 1708 

I I I 

Francis I11 = Tliznbeth ~iilirun I - ~bhn Br,rbsr~ - Joan PInrLlret ( hne = Grqves 7- 

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 

~amuel 1707- '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 .~obert Eilmeston = 177g Capt.John Hassard = 1773 Henry BoJton 

of Berwick (d.1792) (d.1802) 

I

ii. 

As P sa.mple of thc @l=@.,~.94nt tqste of the citizens, 

I shsll ment5on the bea.utifuli.npr~vements of 

Al?.ermc,n Sanuel Rsrkor ,which, f'or t h delicncy ~ of 

their t~ste,rarity,?nd uncornrnon'situntiqn in 2 

city can hmdly be equilled, 2nd may jusitly assume 

thn t inscription plgcedi on the b5.ck front of 

Euckin;~h~m Hous e , in S t . '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,more than 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,with other 

reservoirs higher up, ;In the lower c&n?l .>re 

f ountn.ins which play to, 2 cons irler~blb heic;ht, the 

side of which is besutified with st~tues standing 

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~rtions and 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~llerl St. 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~!ble i;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~rried on at 

a great sxpence . In this !'$,entlemm IS: house there 

?re sever31 fine pieces of paintini7,and,amonq othzrs 

the leeend of St.Margaretb .... is ndmira.bly done: It 

is s~id this 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~cted in his place ns'one of the 

t w members ~ of .P~.rlizmerit for 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~ce was 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. 

Frqncis. He W ~ S 

sheriff f& the city in 1737 and 

1739 and .K~yor in 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~7ncis mwriei! secondlg,in 1749 ,

Elizabeth,only child and heiress of Georqe Jackson 

of Portnescully,~o.Kilkenny~~o who died 6 Novemben, 

1767.31 A cnt~1o;ue of Fr~ncisls very substmtisl 

property which his dqu!:hters inhcri'ted will be found 

in thc Re.qistry of Deeds (369/402/148564). Frqncis 

died in ~pri1,177332 lezuing three d~ushters 2s COheiresses,his 

only son, Sgmuel J~ckson~hzving died 

infsnt in 1755:33 

Mwy,m~rricd Robert Edmastm,Cnptsin in thz 9th 

Ret;iment of Foot,of Berwick upon Tweed. In 

oddition to their f 7 thsr 'S property,,M~ry and her 

two sisters alss inherited from meir mrltornr.1 

grancfather the l~mds of 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,1709,39married 1737 Rl

l. Anne,born 30 June9171$,buried 27 July 1716. 45 

2 M~ry,born 23 November,l715,buried 27 September 1 744 

3. Anne ,married 16 lovomber~ 1739 Georce Norrington,T$oh 

Wsterf~rd~victualler. 8is will was dated 4 Apri1,1752 

and proved 13 Jnnuary,1756; her will was ated 18 

November, 1757 an4 proved 24 August, 1768.4 2 

4. Bebecca,msrried in 1758 Ric ~rd,son of Richard Lower, 

of C~stlehoyle,Co.Kilkenny. h 

WILLIAM BARKER,born 20 ~ ~ri1,1731.~~ He w s an apothe~nry~living 

in Castle Street,Waterford., He w?s Sheriff of TJaterf~rd 1759 - 

1763,water Bailiff and Alderman. He msrriecl on 19 March,1770 

Elizabeth,dnu hter 3f the Rev.William Achesonsof Duncormuck, 

Co. Wexford.44 He die4 on 28 ~ebru 2ry91788.50 On his death his 

widow published in the press a statement thgt 

"Mrs. Barker and her eldest son tske the liberty of 

informing her friends,thqt under the Sanction of several 

eminent Physicians sha intends to continue the Apothecary 

Business, having 3 Foreman highly approved by all the 

Gentlemen of the F3culty. As these Sentlemen will 

frequently frequent the Shop her Frienc3s m8y be sssured 

that the greatest attentim will be paid to the Quality as 

well ?s the Prepmation of the XedicinesO1' 

According to Margsrot Prict.,writinz in 183, 5l~lizabeth Bmker 

got a TJIr,Yakesy to run the business; but unfortunately she did 

not take him in as a p3rtner and the result w8s that "he took 

all her business to his establishmentw, hJilliam left : 

Frmcis, of whom presently. 

Williarn, baptised 17 ~ovembcr~1776.~~ Fe wrs s surgeon 

and apothecwy in baterfor? and msrried on 20 Au~ust, 

1807 Arnelin Clifforr-1, 52 who died on 24 ~une~1809.53 

Willixm died on 18 Februhry91820,the Waterfor2,Chronicle 

recording that54 

"his distinguished skill in his profession, his 

assiduity in the performance of his offici~l 

duties,his benevolence in relievinc those who hnd 

not the mezns of remuneration and his earnest 

unobtruding but invariably solicitous labour for 

the good of Waterfor1 render his early depnl-ture 

from life a loss th3t the Public will deeply feel1!. 

Richard,born 13 April 1779.55 

Arth~r~born ~~~ay,17805~,named,with his brot gers Francis 

and Ge3rge9?s a "lifet1 in a deed of 1803.5 -. 

George,born 7 Mny, 1784.55 

Anne, died unm~rried in June, 1815. 

- - 

I - - . 

FRANCIS BARKPR. He entered Trinity Colle~e~Dublin in 1788'age.l 

16; B.A. 1793. After that he studied medicine at Edinbur,gh, 

where he became intim~te with Sir W~lter Scott. He then 

practised for five ye2rs in l~r~terf~r4,where,~ccording to the 

entry under his name in the Dictionwy of Nfitionnl Biogr~ph~, 

he founded the first fever hospital in Irelan~2,though the truth 

of this cl~im has been doubteci.57 He moved tq ~u'blin in 1801 

to deliver lecturss tc~ the Clinical Dzpnrtment of the Royal 

Colle~e of Physicians of Irelm!l 3nd in 1804 wns appointed 

senior physician to the Cork Street Hospitcl. In 1808 he 

became Professor of Chemistry ~t T.C.D., t2king his M.B. 2nd 

M.D. there ~ I~JC years l~ter. From 1823 to 1852 he was secretary 

to the Irish Bo~rd of, Health. He started, with Dr. Todd,the 

first Irish medical journ.71 and in 1826 esited the . - -

Dublin Pharmclcopoei~. Ec wns also the author of vsrious 

pub1ic~tions.W In 1804 he married Ehrm9i20ughter of the Rev. 

Arthur ~onnoll~,59 who died 5 November,l8 1. Frsncis died at 

Wellington . > Ro?d,Dublin on D October 1859.?0 Their children were: 

1. Willism,of whom presently. 

1. huna.mrirried 1828 the Rev.Chmles Marley ~leur~,61son 

of George Fleury, Archdencon of I4aterf orcl 

2. A daughter who died on 20 ~anuer~,lD40.6~ 

3. Anne,who lived with her sisters Elizsbeth 2nd 

Catherine at 8 inton Road9 Dublin, and died unmarried 

16 August,1870. X0 

4. Elizlbeth Dorotheasdied unmarried 8 April, 1 ~85.~~ 

5. Catherine Francas ,died unmarried 8 ~ctober, 1~86~60 

WILLIAM BARKTH,entered T. C.D. 1826,aged 16,B.~. (1832),~.B. 

(1835),M.D. (1842). For mony yegrs he assisted his father. In 

1845 he wrls nppointed Professor of Natural Philosophy to the 

Royal Dublin Society nil he w o Profess3r of Chemistry st the 

Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland from 1850 until his desth. 

~ eedited - ~Trkfs chemical C2techism 1837 and 1854) and became 

a member of the Rdyal Irish Academy.63 He mrried,inl838, 

Margaret,second daughter of James Bs~ghton~who die? at Belgrave 

Squnre,Monkstown,lO Janusry,1991 64 Willim died at 21 Hatch 

Street.Dublin,ll ~e~tember,l873,~5 lesving (with three other 

children) : 

l. Francis Willism James, of whom presently. 

2, Lqilliam Chichester,born 1843,E.A. (~t. Johnfs , 

Cambridge ) 1866,N,A,l871. He was ordained in 1866 

and was-curste Carlisle 1866-7 when he moved to 

Derryloran. He wns SecEor of Kilbr ey 1871-1904 

and Precentor of Dromore 1897-1904.gi! He married at 

Rostrevor on 8 Ju1y91880 kdel~ide Mnry,second 

daughter of Robert William Von Stieglitz,who died 

13 December, 1946 -67 Willinm died 3 ~ovember,1910,68 

leaving : 

i, Williem Hzrold,born 5 September,l881. A Captain 

in the Royal Garrison Artillery,he died of 

wounds at Gallipoli on 5 Novembsr,lgl~. 

5.. Chris tim I,lsrcellr: Louise Stieglit~~married 20 

April, 1927, Lieut. -Colonel 'I'homas Bo$.la.-Vmcieleur, 

D, S.O., son of Ormsby Vsndeleur, of Rathlshine, 

Greystmes, Co.Wicklow,who died on 21 October, 1967. 

F.' Arthur Edward Jemes, born 10 May,1850. He was 

Surgeon of the City of Dublin Hospitd and then, in 

1885,Surgeon of the University College Hospita1,London. 

In 1898 he was appointed Professor of Surgery at 

University College, London. He lived st 144 Harley 

Street,London. He was P. Lieut.-Colonel in the R-.A,M.C. 

during the First World War ~ n d wzs Consulting Surgeon 

to the Southern ~omrnand.69 In 1380 he married Ernile 

Blanche (died 25 No~omber,1932)7~, daughter of 

.Julius Delmeee,of Rnthke~le,Co.Limerick. H died on 

active service at Snlonikr. on 8 Apri1,1916.~' Their 

children were : 

i. William Gordon Stieglitz,a Captain in the 

Connnught Rnngers,who died 2 December,l916. 

i. A dmghter (dene by 1907) who married Arthur 

E. ~hsrlas. 72

ii. Dorothy Leake,unm~rrie:l in 1920. 

iii.Margery Haught~n~unmarried in 1920. 

.-- . - -.- . 

iv. Grace,unmsrried in 1920. 

v. Emile Blanche Delmeqe ,who married Cyril Shove. 

1 .Annie,unmnrried -in 1807. 

2 .A Daughter who muriscl Jacob Gaoghegsn. 

SIR FRANCIS WILLIRK JAIk!ES EARKER,born 28 April, lMl, entered 

T.C.D. 1956. Ikving been to the Roy11 Milit~ry Aczdemy,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~rlotte Jessie (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 I s 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~vins life 

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's Medd three clgsps, Kingfs Medal 

two clasps) and in the 1914-1918 War (D.S,O., Croixde-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~rried on 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.

t 

BARKER OF WATERFORD (Summary 2 ) 

William I = 1713 Rebecca Graves 

d. 1746 (d.1779) 

Sheriff 1718,Mayor 

1733 

gancis & ~iiliarn I1 = 1770 ~lizabeth - &e & Ame = 1739 G3orge ~ebeccd = 1750 Richsrd 

RichRrd 1731-1788 

l 

Acteson Mary ~m1757, Norrin3ton Lower 

d.y. apothecsry day. pr.1768 will 1752, 

Sheriffl759- pr 1756 

'63 

I 

Francis V = 1004 Ehmn 

I 

Willim I11 = 1807 Arnelia ~ichird A~~EUP ~ e & ~ e knne rl 

1712 ?-l859 Connolly 1776-1320 Clifford b.1779 b.173 b.1705 - d. unm. 1015 

Professor 

Chemistry, 

d.1851 Sur~eon & 

Apothedary 

d. 1809 1.1303 1.1803 

1310?-1873 

Prof.Chemistr 

R.C.S. I. 

Margaret 

Haughton 

d.1091 

1 - --- -- I 

= 1828 Rev. d.1840 d.unm. 

Charles Mo l870 

Fleury 

-I___- 

1343-1910 

I 

t 

--_I_-.-- 

E!.4zoDor >thea C3th.Frsnces 

d. unm. 1SC5 --d.unnl. 

13m 

-"-F- 

1300 . Mnie I 2A0. 

- --- 

mile mm. .= Jacob 

I)?lrr,oga 1807 Geoghegan 

Er08 Surg. 

on h. 

- 

i 

= 1838 Eknma d$u . Anne 

= 19 14 Enid Boy~e~d.1948 

William, 1879-1924, Lt .col. Captain. 

lrthur Cherles 

died unm. 

Christian, d. 1967 Dorothg ) , 

Cecil 

= 1927 Lt. Col. Margerg ) unm. 1920 

Hush 

Thos . Vandeleur. Grace ' ) 

Margaret = 1909 Math.Fry . . i - 

, 

- - Emila ? -Cyril Shcve 

-I 

- 

(d.1943 1 

, 

Jessie = Rev.Horace Husband 

l 

I

- 26 - N O T E S 

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~rker of Waterford (1731- 

1788): apd are repr~duced in a sketch by Betham in his 

abstr~ct of 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~~~, P The 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~net in 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. M m r .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. W i l l prove? 1768 

(Bethsm nbs., P,R.O.I.) . 

32. Snunders I s ~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~rd Hergl4,21 April. 

36. Ramsey 'S W2terford Chronicle, l9 Mny. It is erroneously 

ststed,both in ItRassnrd of Gsrden 3illu. B.L.G. l871 and 

in ~ e n Sw~nzy, r ~ Some Account of the ~asssrd F~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) ~ n a Ssmin. 

Samia, wh3 marrie3 Dr. Jsmcs Burkitt of ldaterf~rd, was 

grandmother of Canon ~r~ncis Burkitt, 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.ft does 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. W i l l pr. 1789 ; 

Bethnm Abs. P.H.O,I. 

51. lfIIJorrfitive of Msr~sret Pricett, 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 ~ d o 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~esting the identity of the nervous fluid and 

dynamic ener.:y.lt ttPublished msny reports on fevers ~ n d in 

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~ry of 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. 

W i l l register in P.R.O. I. 

,Henpy Swsnzy,, Succession Lists of the Diocese of Dromore, 

1933 

W i l l proved 1947; P.R.O.I. 

W i l l nroved 1910: P.R.O.I. , . 

See ektry under his name in Who Was MIQ 1916-1920.6 

W i l l proved 1932; Somerset House. 

Will proved 1916; Somerset EIcuse, 

.mile R13nchefs -.. .- will -- mentims,in addition . to her 3 

unm~rrled dnughters 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. 

W i l l proved 1924; Somerset Houee. 

See entry undar his name in Who Was Who 1961-1970. 

W i l l proved 1948; Somerset House. 

W i l l 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~rents being John an3 Fhoebe who had married in 

Clonmel in 17911 Sometime l~ter they moved to Wsterford where 

John wss enga~ed in 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

.- HWhat i s 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~rp trot, 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,clnd if he is not well gunrdeG, 

there is a ljrcbsbility cf his bein; murdered bef~re--he re-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 ~nd buildinp echlj td its r(?ll an3 trsmp, lo2ded 

insir?e and out with p?ssen;l;ers, an4 nppmently, tons wei~ht of 

lug,pqe --- those on the to12 df the conch swayinc sn3 making as 

if nll is ~p.oin3 t3 be upset, but there is no Jsnyer; they are 

not now descendink; the Dungnrvsn M~unt~ins st 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~tion all day on 

the r(>ad if y:w are fdrtunqte enmgh ts get s sest besiee -him, -- 

amusin3 you with an~cdotes sf this persgn or that,which he hss 

acquirec? fr\>m his vwied acquaintsnces. He wenrs D. broadlesfe4 

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~ly doubtful, Anrl his ncquaintsnce, the Gunrd, that 

man of blunderbusses anad hors* pist~ls, there he sits, all 

alone,no me in Irelm3 allowed t 2 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~ches of 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~ps close for the cl~y qn2 littls is heard in the 

streets, f ~ country r men hnve left f ~ their r 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~tion pcrh?ys of an 

spprentice returning home for the ni~ht~whistling the 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,~ll the stir and bustle of thc dsy is aver, to be 

repested. in due time, however, for the benzfit gf Irzl~nd in 

general and the City c~f F1nterf3r3 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~~unfl fram which we can 

distinctly hayr. Acr~ss t h ~ I~l~~n~.'~ and 3ver the short wooden 

bridye, up thrmsh the yqrd in front 2f these houses th~t strnd 

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~et is the 

Fostmnsterfs, 2 q~iet,~lemure mm, the next is aurs, the third 

on the rm3e is occupied by the Resident Engineer, the f ~ r t h is 

the office and stor~-.ro,>ms fr:r psint,: il,cordage, etc. ; but in 

th2t office burns every Jay, in cc~cl weqther, s r~arinf fire of 

Swanse~. or khiteh~vsn, an:: just ten feet fram the fire, but 

separstea. by a thin psrtiti~n, is a Powder M~~y~zine having 

frequently therein ten dr twelve barrels )f gunpr~wcler -- no one 

thou~ht 3f dan~er, nt least I never did, but move~l about by dsy 

an3 slept ?S smnd by nicht ns myone cmld, for cust~m or h3bit 

ennbles us tq l ~ Chnger ~ k 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:j the F,clck,~t IInrbmr 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~ce of the rt3ck t3 our left 

hnnd --- there is an~thsr m3gszine f ~ powder, r little could be 

dme here withmt the assist7nco of th~t useful but dsn~erms 

commodity. Thqt m3;:~zine is chiselcd out cf the rxk and linad 

inside with lead (~ibr3lt~r f~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~t w3s 

storelq within. 

"We now p~ss the fc~t L J ~ the cliff GP qu~rry where 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~ch pqrty seate-i, the others 

standins? up, %l1 thrce rnisin~ the tcn-foot b~.r of 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 ~ttached t~ 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~th is

often tried in raising grent mssses af rxk. There qoes n car, 

lo~ded~alcng the railway to the pier end,the rocks are thrown 

dwn int(3 the sea snd the car returns fcr an~ther load. 

IILet us now move over t~ the mter,c~r se?. 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~lled the p2vement ,e3ch stone f2stened 

to tht; surr~un~linq ones by clsmps of iron well lended in; this 

is intended ta prevent the sea frqm unJermininf: the lonq 

formation that with the storm w ~ l will l extend the whole len~th 

of the pier. We will now exsmine the inner sile af the pier; 

You see they ore f ~ cing it 9r1 the inside with cut stme down tq 

the bottom of the wntcr. Th~t long 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 ~equirecl along 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~ht fv the bell is of metal, seven 

feet high and 2b'~ut six feet squpre. Hark,y~u henr blows qs 

from s hsmmer m an nnvil fram below the surflce of the wster, 

these sounds qre si~nsls from the men in the bell to thgse 

above t~ move the bell to some other pl~ce. Those above 

understand wh~t is 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~nne2 the windlqss 2nd rl-,nz s7,then ri S i qle 

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~nt supply 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 

~choolo whose rules sncl re~ulltions mi~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 

unfittefA t 2 t~ke car3 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~vided with 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~nners znd customs af the inhq-bitmts of vsrious 

cc~untries visited,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~mpvisons dr~wn between this an4 th~t line 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~unded by other craft just nrrived,or like ourselves, 

waiting for tha tide. The lul-channel, and a bcqt fr9m the qu~y puts us m board. 

It wss no ner~: situ?tilm for me, the deck of a ship in the river, 

as I had often been on bow2 vessels in port, SL, I walked the 

deck,looking at the s~ilws st w~k,or viewing for the l2st time 

a round Tower (i .e .Regindds Tower) thst stood in the line of 

h3uses,said to be the w3rk af the Dsnes,at which Cromwell is 

said t have levelled his guns when ha lemanrle(? the surrender of 

the City in the npme of the Comrnonwe~lth of Englmd. Just as I 

might have been considering what effect the sound of the said 

artillery might have h ~ d m the minds of the merchants who may 

have been in ch~r~e th~t d3y, out pops from the gqlley on deck 

a smsrt specimen of a cabin bay with red-h2t poksr in handsruns 

over to a s m ~ lgun l which I h~ad n ~ noticed, t applies the fire 

and off it went,the signs1 of our dep~rture. My ears rmg with 

the reportSancl I felt provoked tc be t3ken SCJ short in my 

meditstions, 

"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~vinq now 2. river-view of them which cnnthsts 

wopdqrfully with their appearance fr~m the rmd, Here , 

apparently gassinr_; .US ,, is Dunbrody AbSey on its small islnnd, or 

whet I suppose was c~lled an 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~ld or castle 

th~n the resiqence of relfqidus or literary men; those long 

slit9 in the flss2nry h~ve a suspiciaus look, the reverse of a 

cus$mhouse which is sometimes said to 'let sll in and nothing 

out,,, juqt wi

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~lding musket ~nd bsyonet,swwds 

and pistols, cutlqss and bo7rAing ~,ike,which perhqps will never 

be wielded 3r fired in hostility. Th~t line c~f houses 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 

Ire lqncl. 

"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 the Harbour 

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~

The ship Marg carryinc Rich~re Rorke ~ n 2 his brothers hzd 

ten psssen2ers in ill eni: the snme number of crew. The c2rco- 

WRS ffprinciyally*s~lt nn9. s5me b:)xes i:f indignI1. For a month 

they s3iled westwsrds withmt incident before runnin~ into f oc, 

which lqsted for the ncxt three cl~ys,csusinq,dis-?.r_r;reement between 

the cspt~in an4 mate ?S to ex~ctly where they were. The matter 

w~s drzmatically~ solve,-i when the Mnry gramdell ;n reefs 2t 

Cap-des-Rmiers on the s~uthern entr~nce t3 the St.Lawrence 

waterway. The Rorkes were mar3one"lhere for eicht d9ys before 

bein? picke-l up 2nd brmqht on t? Quebec. They h-?; of cmrse, 

10s t everything they br -ur;ht out with then, fncludin,r f arminy 

utensils , Detzils of how they th~n mnnaged ?re somewhqt v?.cTue 

but Richnrd woun? up fsrminz n t Tscumseth, about 45 miles 

north-west of Torinto. 1 , T 

Obviously t;he Rc~kes were untyplc~l Irish emigrnnts in' thst 

they dir? seem t.; settle down t.:, fqrmin,~. Richwd dces nct 

reveal wh3t impelled them t 2 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-,2in was inventell in 1792 -----l1. Richsrcl 1s 

mother die3 the yev he l ~ f snJ t over the foll2winy years most 

of the f&ily left Materff~r3 fcr Cnnndn, an? John himself 

departed in 1332. 

REFERENCES: 

. - 

Mrs. ~rkstron: su&tes PS s.&rce the Minutes of the Society 

3f Frien~~s in 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~ l ist 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~ls being 

brought t~ hwg ?t the scene 9f their crimes. .- - 

These references seem t.? be to the m ~ i canches l 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~tion here 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;? t h cmstructid~ 

~ ~ 'details as th.2 a ~ of i a ~ future article. 

Mrs .Armstr~n: h.s been .thcouqh the regls k ers of Newtwn 

Schogl 2nd faun-l the nvmes 5f 8ichclrclfs br.~thers m-! sistersbut 

no reference tc Richjrd. She thinks thnt for some 

re.ison he mqy h~ve been sent t~ Bish~p Foyls School. 

.

9. For illustr?tion of Passnge Fort ss it w?s then see Decies 

XI, P.23 & 24. 

10.~eJimplication here 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~rby 2bove Duncmnon fort) about which Paul 

Kerri~zn observes "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~ncy t? the scene 3s it-is just ccme 

~ n use,l1 t ~ In fsct Wste,rforG bridge w~s liyhtsd 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~ulcl make 

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~ke Crjrhjxfi$,-- 

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~terford Mirror, 

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~hting into 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~brilliulcy and 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~de First District 

Inspector in 1883, and wns County I~spector for 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~nscript of 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 ~ edited s 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,ning nearly 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 . . , 

.' i . S 

. ; :. . , 

A lnrge. number of Jenningsf xbstracts w:e.~o: publishe& in the 

Journal of 'the Wqtcrford and South E2s.t of 1rel~nd Archaeological 

. . 

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)

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JENNINGS WILL ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN WATERFORD JOURNAL 

TESTATOR 

Ahern,Thomns,Quilly,fzrmer,1770 

Aikenhead,Davi4,Waterford,vintner,l766 

Airay, Willism, Clonmell, l782 

Allen, James,Reisk,gent, 1726 

Andrews, John,Waterford,gent,1771 

Anglin,John,Knocktimore,1730 

Anthony, James, Three Mile Bridge, 1775 

Archbold,hn,widow91781(admon.) 

(Archdeacon: see Cody, James) 

Archdekin, James,Waterford,merchant,l769(admon) 

Ashe,S~muell,Waterforil,bontman,l729 

Aylward, John, Waterf ord,merchant, l728 

Aylward,John,Callahane,1766,1767 

Backas, Charles ,Waterford ,Doctor of Physick,1779 

Backas,Ellenor,widow,1786 (ndmon.) 

~ackas,~eorge,~aterford~alderman,l767 

Badcock,Jonath~n,Wa.terford,Quaker and shopkeeper, 

1723 

Baggs,Charles,Lisrnore,gent,1775 

Bagwel1,William Clonme11,1770,1772 

B~ldwin,John,Cahir,gent,1706,1787 

(Barker: see Graves,Ann) 

Baron,Edward,Woodhouse,1769,1775 

~ &Shanahan, r ~ Edward, ~ Dungarvan, 1785,1786 

Barron,Pierce,Carrickbarr~hm,gent,l787,1788 

Barron,~tephen,gent,1786 (admon) 

Bnrry,David,Waterford,shoemaker91770 

Baxter,Margery,Waterford,1734 

Be~sly, John,Waterf ord,yeoman, 1726 (sdmon) 

Bergin,Wil1iam,Waterford,merchsnt,l772 

Blake,~ichnel,Clonmell,cordwainer,l783~1786 

Boate,Edward,Dungarvm,merchant91785,1786 

Bohen,Msthew,Wsterford,baker,1787,1785 

Bolton, Cornelius, Faithlegg,1774 

Bolton,~illiam, Faithlegg, 1776 (a.dmon) 

Boughely,Nicholas,C10nmell,farmer,l783 

~ourke,~avid,Barn~kile,l726 

-- (admon) 

Bourke ,~ichnel,~ewf ~undlmd, f isherman, 1764,1765 

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Ignatius Ronayne Bray Jennings, Caufit'y Inspector, 

Royal Irisb. Cons,tabulary.

TESTATOR 

(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 

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TESTATOR 

Cleary, Patrick, CurraghclonyP1730 (admon) 

- VOL. 

Cleary, Robert , Curraghe Dobbin, 1775 (admon) 17 

Cody als Archdeacon,Jameu,Ha1ifax9carpentcr, 

1776 (admon) 

17 

Cody9M~ry,widow,l778,1779 17 

Coghlan, John, Doctor of Physic , 1774 (aclmon) 

Coleman,David,Feddens9farmer91780 (admon) 

Coleman,Michael,Ba11yne~)1~1763 (admon) 

17 

Co11ett9Thomss9R~11yricharc~,~ent,1~~1 (admon) 17 

C0llins~Denis~B~llyheeny~farmer~1786~1787 18 

Comerf ord, John, Carrick-on-Shure ,gent, l770 17 

Comerf ord,biillinm, l768 

Cummins,Henry,Rallynatr~91774 

Congrevc,Ellen9Glynn9widow91727 (admon) 

17 

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?terf or 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

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TESTATOR VOL. PAGE 

.Fitzgernld, -. - als Villiers, CP-therine, Prospect Hall, 

1726 (admon) 

16 191 

-. 

Fitzgerald,Elin~r.,Bsllyug~wn,wid~w,1769 L7 87-8 

Fitzgeralc1,Garrett9Dungarv~n9gent9173O 17 24 

Fitzqernld,James,Dun,~arv~n9sh~pkeeper91780 

( arhon ) 

19 45 

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 

, 1778 , 1783 18 155 

Floode, Margret t , Cahir ,wieci~w 

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

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Funucsn, J0hn,Waterford,~;ent,1769 (admon) 

Furlong, Lawrence ,Wsterfm;?,m~~uls ter, 1783 (ndmon) 

Gaffney,b!illiarn, Wfiterf c/r l, jsiner,1772 

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) 

. -- 

Graves. als Barker,Ann,binterf ~rr?,widow,1759 

16 

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) 

(Haden: see Muphy,An?statis) 

17 

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) 

I 

Hnyes,Edward,Brownstown9f~rmer,1769 (admon) 

18 

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 

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TESTA TOR 

Horsham, Jsmes, Les~h,farrne~?, 1771 (adrnon) 

Hoy,Thcmgs,marriner (St,Gearqe),l763 (adrnon) 

Hush'un, Th~m3s, Lea~h9fwm~r91771 (admon) 

Hutchinsm, Samuel, Wr,terf oriJ, linen we2.ver, 1788 

( 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 

PAGE 

98 

30 

90 

39 

Kesting9James,C1onme11,~hand1er91~26 

Keating, John, Richest 3wn9 1705 17 27 

Keatin,~~John,Richestown,1763 (admon) 17 27 

Keating, Paul, 1702,1763 ,i7 27-8 

Keating, Pierce,Ih~xka,gent9 1779 (admon) 

Keating, Robqrt, Knock9gh9 gent , 1729 

17 

16 

180 

193 

Keating,Thomas,Waterforct9aledr~per9l767,177O 

(Keatinz: see Lee,Marg) 

17 89 

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.n9 1775 (aclmon) 17 111 

Kett, Joseph,Glannshire 

1763 (admon) 

Newf oundlamq ,planter, 17 83 

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

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~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, Y3ssnge9 gent, 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 ords rent , 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, l776 a (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, 

1787 , , 

Meade, Garrett, Dungsr~~n~merchant, c . > 

Men~her,William,Clome1,innkeep~~,,1726 

a .l (?$mm) 

Merrignn,Jeffer~,Kilbarry,farmerp1771

TES TAT OR 

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.mmel19 innkeeper, 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,Waterford9pnrish priest917S7 

( 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 

Of Fes, John,Boulaten91720 

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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) 

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~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 

Willi~mstown, 1771 (sdmon) 

17 98 - 

,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)w9 1770 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,f armer, 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

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Robins, ~ane,~ntarforrt,widow,1726 

I- .-p 

16 136-7 

Robinson, John, WR terfm 1 , qent , 1786, 1787 19 34-5 

~obinson,~nr~arek,wid~d, ljt~r, 1779 

(Roche : see Ccngreve , ~athcrine ) 

17 181 

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 

Ronan, Joan, Eallyhao , 1602 (admon) 

< - 

Rcnan,John,mariner(HMS Lerrissa),l742 (admon) ' 

17. 

17 

17 

18 

18 

24 

Ronan,Maurice,Dun~arvan9merchant,1721 ( admon ) 17, 19 

Ronsn, Fierce, Tourgar,f nrmer, l7

TESTATOR 

Sall, Leonard, Carrick,1729 

Sandoz,Marth~,wi40wv1749,1764 

Scott,Edward,Mount Ccngrcve,yeomm,l781(ahm) 

Shgnagsn,Barbar2 Nugent, Dunz2rvm, widow,1766 

(Shanahan : see B~rr m, Edwzrrl) 

Shaw, Jane, Ballyne~l,widc~w,1772,1~~6 

Shaw,RicharZ,C~rrick,csquirev178g (ndmon) 

Shaw,Roger,B~llynealev~entv1771 

Sheasty, John,Hilma~u8ge,farmer,l7~>9 

Shoe,Simon,Wnterfgr2,1769,1773 

Sheehnn,James,Tinnshinnyv17G6 (adman) 

Sheehy9Edmond,Lo4ge9gent917G9 (atitnon) 

SheehyVKilli3m,B~unef oune , 1775 (admon) 

Sherlock,J~rnes,Clonme1,apothec~ry,l725 

Sherlocke,Edmond,Uppr Butlerstowne,gent,l723 

Snow,Andrew9Waterforcl, c~rpenter,l765 (adrnon) 

Snow,Ellen, Wsterf m 3 , spinster,1769,1770 

Spenser,John9Banganbridge,yeomnn,1733 

Sprig~,John,Waterforrlv~ent,1769 

Staplet~n,Walter,CshirOmi11wrightP1780 

Thompson,William,Kn~ckeacrcy,farmer91769,1774 

Toole,John,Waterf~r?.,malster,1776 

Tothall,Thomas9Clonme11,;~ent,1720 (admon) 

Veale, Geffry,Ki11~3ne,farmer,1730 

Veale , Honora, Carrick, 1772 

(Villiers : see Fitzc:ernlt:, Catherine ) 

Vye, Catherine ,widow91771 (admon) 

Waddington,Arthur,Ki11m~~thoma~,gent,1~30 

Wall,John9C~rrick,gentv1771 (admon) 

Wall, Richarcl, Mocreary , 1772 , 1774 

~~a1sh,Anstace,Waterf0rd,~id0~,17~0 

Walsh,Edrnon3,Carrick,merchmt,1772,1773 

Walsh,Honors91773 (admon) 

Walsh,John,Clounkenr~lin,farmerv1764 

W~lsh, John, Trinity Kithmt ,1779 

Walsh, John,W~terfr>rclV cabinet maker, 1730 (adman) 

Walsh, John,hrs terf ~rrl, 17.32 

~alsh, John, Clonme191796 

~dalsh,Maurice,3allyphi1ipv~entv1770 

Wslsh,Patri~k,W~terfor~3~tanner~173O 

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WaLsh,Richa~d,3~llybri~kit~g~f~~mer~l763(~dmon) 17 28 

l.Jalsh,Richard~,ldat~:rf ord,marinzr, 1788 

13 38 

Wslsh,Robert, Piltowne726 (admon) 

16 192 

I~a~sh,Wi~~i~m,Dun~~rvan~t~nner,1770~1~~6 17 172 

(Wa1sh:sec Conner,Bridget ) 

Welch, P~.trick9ICnockncgran?ph,farmcr,178~(~dmon) 13 150 

krclls,Simon9 schoolme.ster9 1725 

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, widow9 1779 

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 

(contd. from Page 37) 

and 165 fidministr?.tions,nearly 711 of W2tcrf ord and Lismore 

diocese. Thc great mnjority bfl'th~se fnll between thz 'gcn~s 1724- 

0 0 o 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 . 0 ~ * . D O O O O O D O ~ ~ ~ * O O . O D ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~ . ~ o o ~ ~ ~ 

1741 nnd 1762-1790; thcre is virtudly nothing after 1790, and 

very little before 1724 (mostly itzms relqting to the f~milies of 

Bray, Ronayne an? Dobbyn). , . 

Jennings seems at first to h ~ve been un?ware of the 

distinction botwetn prob~tc and 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 ~ nd thc 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~rted copy in^. Xis Editor apparently made no 

attempt to rearrange the rnateri21,prcscntin~ it in neither 

chronolo~icsl nor 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.f unpublished 

nbstrscts. 

I should like to ~cknowledge my 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~d of 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~mily histary with thc commonest ngme in 

Irel?.nd, my rel~tives in Psssrqe all gone, 'md t? c ~ it p 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~t my 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 ~ l e 

about r;randfn.ther sailing in the ;re?t snilin~ ship rrces 

bringing homo the tea from China. It w ~s sni? 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~.ssenger pnddle steamer lvgvvwhich plied daily .: 

from W~terford to 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~s my 

first big bre~.ko Tt rcc~rlied .the fnct that he had p9.ssed an 

exami'nation in Liverpo~l in 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~some 30 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~.tion numbers. 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.buut what 

each Cl,?ss contnins, sa th~t you 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~lties in those esrly days - lists 

of qu~lifying Cs~tains and Motes, periods of service,ShipJ 

Lam. There is one section beginning in 1824, cslled Port 

Lists, ~~hich gives 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~oked up 

the Merc~ntile Navy List, which is 2 hook thgt lists all British 

ships,givinp n descrir~tion and 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~d t? be kept for 

everyBritish ship. This required the c3ptain to list the 

entire crew by name with his ~

Fig. 1. blichael blurphy, taken when 1-larho~lr Master of New Ross, 

the author's grandfather. 

I Fig. 2. The Ida at Waterford, the Dunbrody may be seen in the 

I background.

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~ck to 

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~ulsory repistrstion 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 

W i l l i m 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 ~ble to read 2nd write. 

Of course it gnve me the name of the ship he w~s serving on, 

2nd with this I w~s able 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~s Patrick, 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 ~ Quebec. r 

The evliest Pmish Register shaws thqt his father wns 

also 3 Potriclc,flnd he is recorded as h~ving married at Crook 

in 1786. And now I ?m left on the trail bnck to 1703,when 

the biilliam Confiscnti~ns show 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 n t the Public 

Record Office in London.

A COUNTY WATERFORD EXPLORSH 

Irene M. Spry 

. .- . -. 

John Pnlliser (1817-1387 )l of 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~nd in 1660 when he w~s fourteen 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~h estates. His s3n,Wr9y9 of Derrylusknn 

House,County Tipperqry, was succeeded by his son,another John 

F~lliser~who mprricd Grace Earton, ~f Grove , County Tippersry. 

This John Falliserfs vr?rd,Anne Gleilst~ne~~heircss of an 

adjacent pr~perty~~~nnes~ift~married his eldest sm, another 

Wray P~lliser.3 Their 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

R private ~30.24 Pqlliser himself m~de a side trip ocross the 

Isthmus of Pnnamn t? t3ke ? look at 1 the F2cific Ocean.25 

On his return he settled clown, while2gtryinn with his 

friend M.S,W. V~ux of the British Vuseum, to writ in^ a 

cheerful ~ccount gf 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~Y Severn, 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 - 

illustrs tims 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~rd Fitzgsr~.l4, both of the British Nuseum; 

and Sir S- ue1 Wnite Bsker,lztcr ts becom 3 nqt~bls Africgn 

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~ny which had, by Royal Charter, 

since 1670, exercised s~vereign jurisdiction ~ nexclusive 3 

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. 2. John Palliser, ca. 1860

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~dliser 1s 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~ltchewnn River; 

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~nzle and 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~vince of 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~s now 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~lliser inherited the family estates and ~rowing financial 

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~t remains 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 ~ttended a grand 

bal1,noting gleefully thnt Lord Hartinston, heir to the Duke 

of Devonshire, whose Lismore estate m~de him a neighbour of 

the Psllisers, though in Charleston at the time, could not 

attend the bsll; 58 h ~ d come 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.54 Though 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 test if ied. 5 5

-. 

Certificate of Registry of Bpytism,St.Petertq, Cowity of 

Dublin; and Pwish Rexistcr Rilrossrntv. Co. lnlnterford. 

Rurke LanZcr? Gentrg'of Gre-it ~ritain~nnd Irelnnd, 1863, 

1871 

1912 

nnd 1386, Volbll; Burkefs L~nded Gantr of Ireland, 

(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~n and 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 ~xfiedition see 1renc M. ~pry,ed., The Pnpers of 

the Palliser _ - m , . Ex9editj.m -- __ (Tormto: Chnmpl3in Society, 1968), 

Introduction. ,The Journ~ls and Re~ort of 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~ck e5it-ion? 1973 j . 

5. The fqmily wyo s rzrn~rkable and 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~~~ued 9 French l?dy from pir~tes in 

the Chin? Se~s Eciw1~~1, after leqvinp the nrmy,~~ro~kerl in 

Cqnnd? with the C.P.R. on.3 serve3 in h e 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~velled in Austr~liz m.1 :mother wcs lost with Sir John 

Fr?nklin. (see Spry, ed., Pnlliser Papers and papers in 

the -~ossession of iJlr. I?.n F~irholme - 1. 

6. ~ohn~ Ratemn, *-V--- 

Tht Grc~t Lsnclowners 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~es the Rerlt-l an1 Particulws of Sde of 

t'V8 lugble Fee Simple E~kntes Ifin C-->. Lon~f ord owned by 

L~.-co~. hlr2y F?llise;l,% be S ~l(i in 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~rd Office,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 ~ t e ?ks, Eileen 

Robinson, tollq me th-t 2 love of music wqs the tie thst 

bound the Pqlliser fqmilg toc

Conversq-tion in 1961 with Plr. Dan Leshy,who lived opposite 

the entrmce to Derrylusk~n House 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's Bay 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 m 2 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 t w ~ (possibly three) further 

crossincs of the Rocky i.To~nt~~ins before he wss killed in 

~mericeii territmy in- In Indian wnr. Sec also Sinclair 1s 

biogr~phy in the Dictimsr~ of Csnqdian Riogrfiphy, Vol.VII1, 

f orthcoming . 

For these prelimin~ries and 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)Hocken Librr.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 0 t h 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). . 

~ertificnte of Curi~l,~lovember l5,1362,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, ~ulg 30, 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~rn Se3. 186911. - in 

S 

The-~usk-OX , No. .26, er 1980, pp.13-20 . 

A. E. NordenskiolJ, trmslnted by ~l%xander Leslie, The Vogape 

of the Vegn Raund Asi.2 and - Europe with q Ilistorical Review 

of Previous ~ourneys Along the North Co2st of the Old 

World, 2 Vols., (London: Macmillan, 1881), pp.294 and 296 

mrinted 2s 286); 

~illiam Fnirholmc ?ied in 1863. Burke ls L~nded Gentry 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~ughters and 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~phs in the T~:allace Papers (JNJ~J) 

were taken in Paris in 1367 find in Rome nodo, but after 

1877; a letter fr~m Rome,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 f r ~ m Niss Enthleen F211iser 2nd Mrs . Robinson. 

Palliser to Flen~in~,Au~;ust 16,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~0 7171 and 

CO ,+47/27, Vol. I, Ko. 3329, SINorth Rmeric~~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~lme written 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~tions accompanying this article, 

namely: Viss Philomel Robinson (p~ortraits of 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 1821 a 

. , 

, , . , 

Canon Fower, the most illustrious of our local .historin.ns, 

w~s .born in. 1862 3.t Call~ghane in 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~ne tr~nscribed in full by the ; 

professi:xml recorc! se~rcher Miss 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~wnlnnd from 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 ~lwsys left blmk). In 

ndditim, Cnnm hwer hc.s ,ndr_Jed his 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~terford City Hall., where I wns'nm~zed nnd 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~.trick Kenne:3y,' '50, publican grid fa.rrni;;r, 38 ricres,', two 

acres of which n.re on the lm3s I Q ~ 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

Ellen 'dirhelan, 40,i;lrjrIcwomm f1IEilk:n Oweri,' h'qd shop on 

Yennedy 'S side of hill1' ) ; Thomas Whelnn,her son, 3, 

illegitimate; Ellen Fnrre1l934,wcrkwom?.n; Ellen Fnrrell, 

her dsughter, 1, illegitimqte. 

Thomas King,5l9l~bourer9~ ncre; Mnry,wife,45; William,son, 

10;Thomas9son,5; Marynret93~ughter,17; Johmah, dsu~hter, 

11; Mary Connery930,plnin worker; Mnrgsret Connery, her 

sister, 20, plsin worker. 

J.ames Ilv) 

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~m9sm9 5; 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 

(IfBrownts wifeH ); Bridget93au3hter,6 ("story of coffjnli); 

Ellen,m~th&r,66. 

23. Michael Ivery930,schoolrn~ster and land surveyor, has 36 

pupils,6 of which r e female; 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 (Itin KnockhouseI1 ); 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;;et Power, 

60,warkwt>m~n, lodger; Ilargaret Power,her ?~ughter,l4. 

33. John Cullnn95O,f~rmor,l6 acres; 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,frirmer9 6 acres; Catherine, wife, 32 

(ll~lenflesk'~); Robert,sonj7; John,sonp6;MichnelPsonPunder 

1; I3ridgetpdnu,~hter,3; Antg Power9l8,orph~n9servsnt; John 

Cr~.wley92~,indoor servant. 

35. John Powerp71,f~rmer,6 acres; 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,under 1.

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,farmeri9 acres; 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~rmerS20 acres; 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.Shelley 1s 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,6 acres; 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

ER IEN 

Erected by Jlme-s Brien in rnemgry sf his br.;ther Niche1 Brien of 

Bnllinab

CUMMINS: see Eeffernan. 

CUMMINS 

The most holy nwne of Jesus prny for the reFose 3f the soul of 

Georre Fierce Cummins of C~rri?qhilln who tied 0~t.1?68 ~(yed 72 

years. Alsc? his wife Gri4cet Cmrnins (nez ld~lsh) cqit.6 Fcb.1333 

agecl 60 years : & their Jw~hter K:) tc (Sister lhry Ienntius ) :dso 

their tyrrn-l-chilrlren, Eridget % Msrkiqre t Cummins who died ycung, 

both d aufyhters of Edmund Cm~ins , Dungarvnn. , 

CUMMINS 

Erected by 3ri.j~et Cummins 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. 

1910 agad 73. 

The sbove J~hn Cummins died 27th April' : 

. . 

. . 

CUMMINS , 

Erected Sy Nicho.el &- Ecimon? ~ummins, ~csrtkcrooka, in 

t] 

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 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~ffcy who 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-------- (slmos t 

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 ~ ~ R(sic s 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~han died 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~rl in memory of his , . 

daughter Anne Curran w&o died Nov. 12th. 1251. aqed 15 ye.$.rs: .. . 

also his"son P~trick who died June .20th 1956 aged. years:and 

his daughter Johann?. Currnn died. Nov.lst ~getl 34. . 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~ed 74 years: ylso his 

mother Catherins Curran who diecl June 1st ln65 aged 67 yews: nnd 

his brother Richarc1 who die

GOUGH 

Erected by Johnnch (sic !) Goush in rnemDry of her husband Thom.zs 

Gough of Gre~.pogeehy ( recte llGrni.penqeehnll) who died Feb 1st 

183;) ased 52 YTS . 

(Next- to -this in the same lar;%e riot is n very mo3ern .s.tme 

rendi'ng I1Frsy for thc members of the Goup* family of 

Carricksrea interred heren ) . 

HRHESY: see ~ k i n s 

HAHKXY 

Erected by Michael Harnsy nf Stradbnlly in memory of his fnther 

Thomas Harney wh(i :lied. Rur:.:';th 1721 a:yecl 46 yems: als~ his : 

mother Ellenor Harney nlia,s Denn who disd Mnrch 30th 1851 aged 

nl y, ~ m a s 

HASSET 

Erectecl by i'strick Eqsset in mempry of his fnther John Hzsset 

and two of his uncles,- llaurice Sc Potrick. lC?0 , 

2- 

HEARN: see Fower 

HEFFERNAS 

Erected by Michi Heffern~n of Orumlohnn in memory- of his mother, 

Ellen Heffernm alins ~ummins who depG this life 0ctbr 24th 1323 

3~ed 84 ye3rs. Also his uncle Mcrtin Cummins who died Mmch 

14th 1029 aged GG years. 

HICMEY 

Sacre3 to the memory of the l2te Rev.John Sickey 20 years Pnrish 

Priest of the P~rish sf Stlaa:ibally & Ballylsneen who die3 in the 

year qf his 3:e on the alst of Sept.1800. Also to the 

memory of his nephew The Rev.Rc ?mond Fickey who fiicd in the 

r%l 7th year of his age on the 11th l?y of June 1012. 

IGNATIUS (sister): see Cummins. 

KEBW: see Power. 

KEEFZ: see Power. 

KEEFFE 

Erected by the sons af Dennis Keeffe of tradbslly in memory of 

their frther who die3 ~ e c 8 . 1!!46 ~ w:e6 P053 . 

KIELY 

Erected by Rndrew Kiely,3dlyviol (sic 1 ?Ballyvoyle recte ?. ), 

in memory of his father M~urice Kiely who die" 3rd May 1892 

aged 61 years: also his yrandf~ther Andrew Kiely & his 

grandmother Msry Kiely . 

LALOH 

Erected by John L~lor in memory of his f~ther Jsmes La.lor died 

July 10th lC78 aged 69 years: als,) his brothers,llhomaa died FebY 

10th lri63 aqed 19,Jzmes die(; July 28th 1G66 aned 26(?2O)Patrick 

died June 25th 1363 aP;ed 21 and his sister Ressie died Oct. 6th 

1882 a~ed 27 years. 

MAGRATB 

Erected by Thomas Mazr~ th of Bishop fs court near Waterford in 

memory of his fnther Rfchsrd Mr~rath formerly of Shgnacool who 

died 6th of Buvust 1341 ~,med 65 years. 

MOLONEY: see Cornmins. 

NORHIS 

Erected by John Norris of Bsllyvoile in memory of his dauchter 

Ellen wh~ died in Dec. 1339 a~efi 3% yTS 

Thomss Norris ( crullely carved ; nothing further). 

NOHRIS: see C~sey.

0 KEEFFE 

Erected by M?? OlKeeffe of Luqysrvm t~ the memory of her. beloved 

husband Davicl 0 tKeeffe of Willi~mstown who departed this life 

Sept. 20 1353 ayed 3 3 yevs : Her son Dsvid who dieJ Jan.11 

1363 aged 11 years: slso her son Thomns wh*) die.; Sept.27th 1365 

aged 19 yenrs. And death also tosk sway the above erectoress 

(sic ! ) Johannn OtKcsffe nlins Flynn on the i4t4 day of Dec. 

1860 in her [ 51) year of age. 

O'NEILL.: see Coffey. 

PHELAN 

Erecter: by Thomas Phelan of ~rae~na~u[il]ee.(?recte Graignenageeha?) 

in memory of his sister. Mary Fhelan die2 M9.y 1st 1843 aged 

52 years. 

POhER: see Bs.rrtln,.. Brien, Smtle. 

POWER 

(Huge upright stone - largest in flr~veyard). 

Here lieth the bdy of Catherine Fower,otherwise Keefe, of 

Fahafeels who .departe< this life ~ec? 10th 1837 aged 70 yeRrs. 

klso her grahdson 'Pntrick Fower, son to Nichala's. Fower of 

Fahafeela, who died June 2~d 183:: qed 5 years. 

(smaller stone,side by side with this: properly shsped, with 

I.H.S. & suitable 1i;;ht ornsmentaticn: no lettering of any . 

sort visible or likely t:-) have existed). . , 

(similar smaller stone in evsry wny,side 

% by 

reads only ) 

side withthis; 

POWER -. ! 

Catherine Fower. ... 

. . , 

(One further Power- stone completes this row - a 'late date 

. . . 

as under) 

POWER 

Jmes 'P~wer of 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~;dlillc in 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~aret Power 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 

aged 71 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~m Fower 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~ed 76 yesrs. 

Mary Power died Mnrch 1st 1063 agecl 86 years. 

F OLJER 

Fray for the soul of n'icholm Power of Fnh~fcelvh died: 6th May, 

1811 aces 60: 31~0 his wife Cather.ine Keefe cqis.3 10thDec.133.7 

aged 70. His scm Nicholos 23~1-1 Juna 1369 a,pd 64 yenrs. 

Also Thornas Power diecl Oct. 22nd ls97 .~ge::11 52 yesrs. and his son 

David. died Au;?;. 2 nd; 1'797 apd 17 yews : lso ~t~b'ia Power 

. . 

die? Mmch 21st 1910 a~~e3 55. . , . . 

(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~rine Fower diet-: Oct.9th 1 B 61 ayed 

years. 

(The rest is clsar cut, but very obscure in . .. siqnificance) 

.. . 

. 

. 

. 

. . . ,. . . . , . . . . 

"Michael Fower L --- " ~Ckn 

1 66 . . 

I,,. . 

76 his m 

. . 

... . , . 

Msry 11 ! . , ,. . ., . : ,.. 

. . 

(side') . . . 

Pray for the s h l 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~:j Bri8get HeWn 

died 12th Aug.1326. 

(Back) Also. Thom~s Power,Fehnfeelaghjdied 16th Jan. 1373 aged ."t($.. 

QUINL!;%: see Cumrnins. 

RONAmTE . . 

Erected by J~mes Ron~~yne of Kile1t.m in memory: of his father 

Maurice Ronayna who 'tisd Febru~ry lst l861 aged 92 years: nlso 

his mother 3ridgat Ron2yne who died June 7th 1853 ak~ed 67 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~~s Fower 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. 

I

SHEHIDtiN 

Erected by J.imes Sharirbn of the City of Wztt-rf in memory of 

his father John Sherid~n of 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,ghter Mary 

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~dy bowers 

Produca such leqves,such fruits,such flcwers, 

IN FflHA CHAPEL GRAVEYARD 

BARRON . - 

Erected by Edward Bwron Esq. of Snr~hvills to 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~ughter CS thsrine . 

, 

Memorial Tablet inside Chapel. 

; ,;i 

BARRON 

' 

Erected to the rnehor 

died the 23rd ~f Nov; 

of Richard T.Barrm of S~r~hville who 

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~sret h9s sistepin-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 

ed. L. Y. Cullcn md 

P. Butcl, Ynris9l98O (pxpsrs read ~t a ssrnin~r of French and Irish 

histori2ns st Bordeaux in 1970). 

B ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ - ~ ~ , ~ ~ I ~ ~ ~ A u x , & L I ~ % ~ c L - 

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~rgely on primary sourccs - contempar2ry newspapers , 

pamphlets and business rscorfls - and brecks much nzw ground. The 

a.uthor h ~ a s thorough knowledge of his msterinl, and presents his 

findings ~~ncisely~confidently~~nd with 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~lyses it 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~l pr~ctices, nnd so on. Few 

Waterford merchsnts ~wned sliips or appointed trmsr?tl~ntic ?gents 

in thc lntc 19th century; they mostly sold the pr~visions to West 

Country firms,who ~lso undertook 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 ~ W O others 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~ins several nrticlcs of Waterford 

interest, nzrnely : 

Eirths, M2rri~ges and 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~riy de~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?l orgy in 

which the two corrcspandents involve thcmsqlves exuberzntly 

in R study of thc descend~nts of 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~.ls mentioned and 

followine up lcsds th?t pr~vide further 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~tin cross with rounded 

hollows in the sngles, which is csrvei! in relief. The cwners 

of the sandstme sl~S are 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 ~nd the 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 isRridstone pillar 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~ve 

been 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 

twelfthO2 Examples cm be seen on the b2se of the eighthcentury 

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 ~nh the pill-ir) qre lacnted at T".thel qraveyard 

shows that this is most liksly' t l be ~ the site of the Early 

Christim mpastery. Canon Power fs suggestion th9.t the old 

monqste-ry wns nt B~llynevin and 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 

.' r .: - 

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 

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 

~oeietp Journal Vol. I, 30. 2, (195374), 31-4, p. 32.

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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. Assemble at City Hall at 

2.30 p.m. to arrive at St.Msryls Abbey ~t 3.1b p.m. 

Guides: Mrs. Phelan,K.A.S. and Rev. Br.Dunne. i 

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August 23rd: Trip to . Knocktopher are:. Assernblk..at $all at 

2.30 p.m., to arrive at Knocktopher Church at 3.00p.m. 

Guide : Rev. Canon C.A. Ehpey. 

Sept.6th : Trip to Kilrossanty arel. Assemble at City ~s/ll at 

2.30 p.m.,arriving at Bridge at - Kilma~thpnng-'st 

. 

3.00 p.m. 

Guides : Brinn Foley and Mr.& Mrs. Sean Murphy, 

Sept .25th: Lecture by Mr, ~ohn' ~radle~, ~ppti~rch. U.C.D. 

entitled "Town Plsnning in Mediev~l Irelsndlt , with 

specid reference to S.Eist.Commencing at 3.00 p.m, 

sharp , provisionally arranged for Teachers1 Centre, 

31 The Mall, Vaterford. 

Those who have not yet paid their 1981 subscription may do so at 

any function of the Society. Intending members are welcome to 

these meetings. The sub. for 1981 remains £3.00 . This may be 

sent to the Hon. Treasurer of the Old vaterfor& -society : 

Mrs. R. Lumlcy, 28, Daisy Terrace, baterford, 

Correspondence re DECIES should be sent to : 

Mr. Noel Cassidy, Lis~cul, &rim Pnk, Watorf ord. 

Telephone No. 051/73130 . 

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