DR - Cork Past and Present

132 CLONFERT . [ CLOYNE.
Philpot , who, by his wife, Anne (dau. of William , and sister of
Sir Richard Aldworth , of Newmarket ), had two sons, John and
Gregory. John the last named was grandfather to William
Philpot, of Dromagh , whose estates passed by marriage to his
great grandson , Nicholas Philpot Leader, esq., whose son, N. P.
Leader, is now (1563 ) rt.p. for Cork county. Gregory (the
other son of Nicholas Philpot and Anne Aldworth ), by his
wife, Bridgett , dau. of John Evatt, Dean of Elphin , had issue
two sons , Michael (P. Dromdaleague , Cork, q. Y.) ; and Laurence
, who married Sarah, dau. of Hugh Wigton, of Raphoe,
and had issue Sarah, wife of James Curran, and mother of
John-Philpot and Laurence Curran. Mr. Boyce, or Boyce, the
Vicar of Clonfert , of whose charitable disposition there are
some traces in the old books of the parish , perceived and fostered
the germs of genius in the youthful Curran. He taught
him Greek and Latin , and sent him at his own charges to Middleton
school, from whence Curran entered T.C.D. as Sizar, in
1769 , and became a Scholar in 1770. It is not within the
scope of this work to give a biography of Curran. His life has
been already more than once written ; and it will be enough
here to record the issue of the marriage which he, unhappily for
himself , formed as above in 1774. On 29th May, 1776, Richard-
Creagh, son of John and Sarah Curran, was baptized . On 22nd
Sept. 1777 , Sarah-Gertrude ; on 2nd January, 1779, Emily-
Maria ; on 23rd Dec . 17 79. Eliza -Odella ; on 19th January,
1781, John ; and on 31st January, 1787, Janes, children of
John and Sarah Creagh, were baptized at Newmarket . Another
daughter , Gertrude, born in 1780, died on 6th October, 1792,
and was buried at the Priory, Rathftrnham . One of his
daughters , Sarah , the betrothed of Emmett , and wife of Mr.
Sturgeon , lies buried in Newmarket. Only a rough stone
marks the spot . ( Vide supra, vol. i. p. 53.) Another daughter,
Eliza, I suppose , was wife to an English clergyman, Mr.
Taylor and another daughter, Amelia , resided at Clifton, near
Bristol , for some time.
J. P. Curran died at nine o'clock on the evening of 14th
Oct. 1817 , at his house, Amelia-place , Bronipton, Middlesex,
London . His funeral , which took place on 4th November,
was private , the hour being communicated only to the mourners.
Between twelve and one th e, procession left Upper Grosvenor
-street, where the body had been deposited the night
before . There were but three mourning and three private carriages.
Mr. Curran, barrister , Captain Curran, and Mrs. Taylor,
his children , and Mr. Thomas Moore, Air. Godwin , and Mr.
Charles Philips, attended . The body was deposited in a vault
at Paddington , and was twenty years afterwards removed to
Glasnevin . In the parish church of Clifton , on the south wa ll,
under a female figure, mourning, is the following inscription
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"M. S. Johannis Philpot Curran a secretioribus Domini Regis
consiliis curite regalis Rotulorum in Hibernia olim Prtesulis
Prinarii. Morum comitate, salibus Atticis, splendore ingenii,
celeberrimi. Qui in horis maxime procellosis reipublic e longe
lateque versatus, fidissimum infaustis tutamen, nulluin sibi
inimicum fecit, hullo patrix inimico pepercit. Fori senatusque
eloquio inter principes princeps, ad summa juris evectus, crescente
fama animo magis magisque lucesceute, labente tautum
corpore, sexages. sept. jari agens annum, Hell 1 immature
mortuus est orbi natus, orbi memoriam relinquens. Filia superbiani
inter et lacrvnias H. M. dicavit. Nat. in Hibernia A.D.
1751 ; ob. Londin A.D. 1818."
1774. Clonfert, a1s Trinity Christchurch, Newmarket, Vic.
in the bar. of Duhallow; value £250 per ann. Church in
repair at Newmarket ; that of Clonfert in ruins. Pat. the
Bishop. Glebe, 9x. 1R. plant. Proxy, 2s. Taxed in the
fling's books £55 10s. ster. Incumb. Nathaniel Boyce, A.B.;
Curate, Henry Weston, A.B. [Hingston.]
1775. March 3. Mary Anne Bunworth renounces Popery.
1776. April 27. Richard Aldworth, esq., was buried. He
left £'50 to the poor of this parish, which was noticed in the
parish register thus: '-G months' interest of Mr. Aldworth's
fifty pounds, bequeathed to the poor of this parish, £1 10s."
']'his entry was after December, 1776, and before January,
1777. The pares following have been lost, so I am unable to
trace this legacy further, until the year 1806, when the vestry
acknowled-e the receipt of "£1 10., interest of £50, the
bequest of Richard Aldworth, esq., paid by the representatives
of William Connell." After sonic time the payment of the interest
of this £50 ceased. nor was it recovered until the year
1862, when the principal and interest were paid through the
medium of the Incumbered Estates Court to the Commissioners
of Charitable Donations and Bequests. It is now called the
Connell Bequest by the Charity Commissioners, although it has
been pointed out to them that Council hors ued, not bequeathed
the none v.
1751. Nov. 11. Michael Creagh, esq., of Laurentiuum and of
Liscarroll, died. He was the youngest son of John Creagh
(whose death, in 1768, is recorded above), by Elliuor, dau. of
Colonel John Barretts, whose estates and castle were forfeited
in 165. Michael Creagh left £100 to the poor of Clonfert
parish, the interest of which. amounting to £5 IOs. 94. yearly,
is still punctually paid to the Vicar of Clonfert by the representatives
of the testator. For ,in account of this branch of
the Creagh family,
BALLY-ANDREW.
ride Burke's L. G.-article, CREAGII of
1785. The Protestant
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population of Newmarket and Lackeen