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Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath The village of Tyrrellspass lies in the south of Co.Westmeath, on the main Dublin to Galway road. It takes its name from the Tyrrells, who arrived with the Normans in the 12th Century. The family were originally from Tirel, now called Triel on the north bank of the Seine, not far from Paris. Hugh Tirel was one of the Norman soldiers who arrived with Strongbow in 1169. The name Tirel eventually became Tyrrell. After dispossessing the O’Dooley clan of their lands, the Tyrrells took possession of the Barony of Fertullagh. Over the next four hundred years, the Tyrrells consolidated their hold on the whole area by building fortified castles. The most important was Tyrrellspass Castle, built around 1410, at the narrow south-westerly end of the village. Tyrrellspass is situated in the middle of a bog. At the time, the whole area was virtually a swamp. Travel was difficult and perilous and the village was the only place of refuge for travellers. The ‘pass’ part of its name comes from the fact that throughout the centuries, the village was defended by the Tyrrells. Richard Tyrrell, a descendant of Hugh, was the victor of the Battle of Tyrrellspass in 1597. This battle, against the forces of Lord Mountjoy, the Lord Lieutenant, took place at Ballybohan, north of the village and was a complete victory for the Tyrrell forces. However with the coming of Cromwell to Ireland, the Tyrrell strongholds were destroyed in 1649. The next family to influence the lives of the inhabitants of Tyrrellspass were the Rochforts. They were a wealthy and powerful family of French origin, who originally settled in Ireland in 1243. The Westmeath branch of the family was descended from Prime Iron Rochfort, a Lieutenant- Colonel in Cromwell’s army. His grandson, Robert, became the first Earl of Belvedere and much of the town of Tyrrellspass and surrounding area came into the possession of the Rochforts. The last Earl of Belvedere married the daughter of James McKay, a Protestant clergyman in 1803. 14 <strong>Edward</strong> <strong>Lee</strong>
Jane, who would become Countess of Belvedere, was born in 1775. When the Earl died in 1814, Jane hired a King’s council, Arthur Boyd, to establish her title to the estate. This he did and he also won Jane herself. They married in 1816 and named their son George Augustus Boyd. The present village was laid out by the Countess. A village green was created where originally there had only been a swamp. The beautiful crescent of Georgian houses was also constructed, as was the courthouse, the Protestant school and the Methodist chapel. The Countess was known as a kind and caring landlord, noted for looking after the welfare of her tenants. When she died in 1836, she left a vastly superior village which is the Tyrrellspass we know today. In 1846, the Rochfort name was added and the family were known as Boyd-Rochfort. John Wesley John Wesley and his younger brother Charles founded Methodism during the second half of the 18th Century. Originally it was a movement within the Church of England, where men and women met to study the Bible, pray together and encourage each other in their faith. Essentially a working class movement, Methodism appealed to people who felt they didn’t have the fine manners or clothes to go to regular church services. Because of this, Methodist preachers realised that they needed to go out to the ordinary people. This was known as ‘field preaching’, where the preacher would set up in village greens or market places or anywhere he could attract an audience. Many poor Irish peasants, listening to their words of salvation, responded positively to the Preachers’ message that God was also concerned for them and their condition. On the 9th August 1747, John Wesley visited Ireland for the first time, landing at George’s Quay, Dublin. In all, Wesley made twenty one visits to Ireland between 1747 and 1789. On one tour in August of 1762, Wesley arrived in Tyrrellspass. In his diary he noted, ‘Aug 2, Sun. I baptized Joseph English (late a Quaker), and two of his children. Abundance of people were at Tyrrellspass in the evening, many more than the house Model Employer and Man of Moral Courage 15
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