 Rosscarbery
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(CJ 6/9/1756) - WHEREAS Robert Atkins of the City of Corke, Esq; did by an Advertisement of the 28th of June inst. inserted in the Corke Journal publish the Plowland of Gullane, containing about Two Hundred and Thirty-Six English Acres on which are several good Tenements, situate near the Town of Ross-Carbery, to be set from the 1st Day of November next. AND, WHEREAS the said Robert Atkins did on account of building several Houses thereon, and making other valuable and lasting Improvements, agree to renew said Lease to Barnabas Pressick and Ann Pressick, otherwise Dennis, Adminis… of said James Dennis. NOW WE the said Barnabas Pressick and Ann Pressick, do hereby give Notice and Caution all Persons against taking a Lease of said Lands, from said Robert Atkins, as we are advised by Counsel and intend to file our Bill in the High Court of Chancery,…. Michaelmas Term, to enforce an Execution of a Lease pursuant to Agreement. Dated this 26th Day of August, 1756.
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1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS - ROSS
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Name Ahern, Timothy Barry, Margaret Bouge, Cornelius Bowlin, John Bradeen, Dennis Brady, Patrick Brien, Dennis Calanan, Denis Calnan, John Canty, Timothy Carthy, Cornlius Coghlan, William Commane, Lareunce Conolty, Maurice Crimmeen, Darby Crowley, Jeremiah Crowly, Ellen Crowly, John Crowly, Timothy Dawley, John Deasy, Cornelius Deasy, Denis Donovan, Cornelius Donovan, Dennis Donovan, Dennis Donovan, Dennis Donovan, Elizabeth Donovan, John Donovan, Peter Donovan, Timothy |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Name Driscole, Catherine Driscole, Cornelius Driscole, Dennis Driscole, Dennis Driscole, Dennis Driscole, Margaret Dunoughlah, Honorah Fouloo, Dennis Grina, Ellinor Harrington, Ellenor Hart, Daniel Hart, Daniel Hart, John Hart, Matthew Heas, Darby Heas, Denis Heas, Mary Heas, Matthew Heas, Stephen Heas, Timothy Heas, William Heas, William Heas, William Hill, Thomas Hoaneen, Maurice Hurly, Daniel Hurly, Darby Hurly, Mary Keaghley, Ellenor Keating, Darby |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 |
Name Kehelly, John Keohane, Timothy Leahy, Timothy Leary, Batt Lehane, Daniel Lohart, James Lohart, Michael Maguire, Ellen Mahony, Daniel Moaxly, Richard Mullowny, Michael Murphy, John Neale, John Neil, John Reagh, William Regan, John Reirdan, William Roe, Francis Sheehy, James Sheehy, Owen Sullivan, Andrew Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, James Sullivan, John Sullivan, John Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan, Timothy Tobin, Ellen Tobin, Mary Tobin, Richard White, Mary |
Wheels 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS - KILKERONMORE
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Name Alleyn, Charles Arundell, Margaret Bohane, Cornelius Bohane, Laurence Bouig, Daniel Brien,Catherine Buckley, Timothy Buckley, Timothy Buckley, Timothy Buttemore, Maurice Calnan, Patrick Canty, Mary Canty, Timothy Carthy, Cal. Carthy, Charles Carthy, Charles Carthy, Daniel Carthy, Darby Carthy, Florence Carthy, Frank Carthy, Joanna Carthy, John Carthy, Michael Carthy, Patrick Carthy, Patrick Cleary, Daniel Collins, Anne Collins, Daniel Collins, James Collins, Jeremiah Collins, John Collins, John Collins, Maurice Connor, Charles Connor, Daniel Connor, Timothy Connor, Widow Crispin, Thomas Cullinanane, Michael Cullinane, Charles Cullinane, Mary Deasy, John Deasy, John |
Wheels 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 |
Name Deasy, Timothy Delea, Maurice Dempsy, James Donohue, Geoffry Donohue, James Donohue, James Donohue, Julian Donohue, Timothy Donovan, Cornelius Donovan, Daniel Donovan, James Donovan, James Donovan, John Donovan, John Donovan, Lodowick Donovan, Timothy Donovan, Timothy Driscole, Daniel Driscole, Patrick Driscolle, Bridget Driscolle, Michael Feen, Timothy Fihily, Maurice Fitzgerald, Denis Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, Patrick Flahar, Daniel Glanna, James Hart, Batt. Heagarty, James Heas, Daniel Heas, John Heas, Owen Heas, Patrick Heas, Peter Hease, Daniel Hennesy, Catherine Hodnett, Richard Houlahane, James Houlley, Denis Houlley, John Hurley, Denis Hurly, Cornelius |
Wheels 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 |
Name Keagh, Owen Keaghley, Patrick Kean, John Keary, Dennis Kelty, Denis Keohane, Daniel Keohane, Timothy Kingston, James Loderick, Denis Lombard, James Long, John M'Carthy, Darby M'Carthy, Denis M'Carthy, Felix M'Carthy, James M'Carthy, Jeremiah M'Carthy, Joan M'Carthy, John M'Carthy, Timothy Mackenedy, Daniel Mackenedy, Daniel Mahony, Darby Martin, Cornelius Munihane, Julian Murray, Darby O Hea, Daniel O Hea, Francis Sheehy, Darby Sheehy, Patrick Shore, William Sullivan, Catherine Sullivan, Darby Sullivan, Denis Sullivan, Denis Sullivan, John Sweeny, Darby Sweeny, Timothy Tobin, Cornelius Tobin, Rickard Twohig, Julian White, Edward White, John White, John Wholley, Laurence |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 |
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| Rosscarbery-born Soldiers discharged prior to 1853 - From The National Archives (PRO), London; Doc. Ref. TNA(PRO) |
| Indexed by surname and place of birth from the National Archives online catalogues. |
| Places of birth Ross or Rosscarbery |
| Name | Served in…/Discharged | Covering Dates |
| CROWLEY, DENIS | 50th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32 | 1821-1832 |
| DONOVAN, DANIEL | 96th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39 | 1807-1818 |
| DONOVAN, DANIEL | 65th Foot Regt.; 4th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 44 after 13 years 3 months service | 1808 |
| DONOVAN, DANIEL | Born 'Roscarbury.' 97th Foot Regt.; Royal Newfoundland Veterans. Discharged aged 52 | 1807-1833 |
| DONOVAN, TIMOTHY | 65th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 44 | 1831-1852 |
| FITZGERALD, EDWARD | 50th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 44 after 8 years service | |
| FOLEY, MICHAEL | 27th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38 | 1830-1848 |
| GARVEY, JOHN | 36th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 33 | 1838-1853 |
| HURLEY, MICHAEL | 96th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 | 1848-1854 |
| KELLY, DENNIS | 25th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 50 | 1800-1818 |
| MC CARTHY, JEREMIAH | 32nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 27 | 1814-1823 |
| MC NAMARA, THOMAS | Born 'Rosecarbary.' 7th Royal Veteran Battalion; 57th Foot Regt.; Portsmouth Marines; 13th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 39 | 1797-1816 |
| O BRIEN, RICHARD | 22nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28 | 1838-1843 |
| REAGAN, MICHAEL | 27th Foot Regt.; 61st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 58 | 1786-1813 |
| REILY, PATRICK | 54th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38 | 1826-1844 |
| SPILLANE, JEREMIAH | 70th Foot Regt.; 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion; 58th Foot Regt.; Glengarry Fencibles. Discharged aged 37 | 1805-1826 |
| SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY | 62nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 45 | 1812-1830 |
| SYMS, CHARLES | 29th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 | 1825-1847 |
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PIGOT'S DIRECTORY 1824 - ROSSCARBERY (included with Clonakilty in the original as 'Ross')
At the distance of seven miles, [from Clonakilty] on the direct road to Skibbereen is the small town of Ross, in no way remarkable, except that it is a bishoprick, united to Cork in the year 1586. The church is a small Gothic structure, having a handsome and lofty spire; the church yard is washed by an arm of the sea, which is so shallow that no vessel can approach the town. Near this place is the seat of Lord Carberry; and on the left, about midway between Ross and Skibbereen, the manisons of Lord Kingston may be seen.
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(NGC) - Nobility, Gentry & Clergy
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Fitzgibbon, Thomas, Physician, Rosscarbery Hungerford, Thos., Esq., Rosscarbery (NGC) Jennings, Wm., Rev., Rosscarbery (NGC) Molony, Jeremiah, Rev., Rosscarbery (NGC) Townsend, C. C., Rev., Rosscarbery (NGC) |
Townsend, Horace, Rev., Magistrate, Derry, near Rosscarbery (NGC) Toye, Thomas, Esq., Rosscarbery (NGC) Toye, Winspear, Esq., Rosscarbery (NGC) Walsh, David, Rev., PP, Rosscarbery (NGC) Williamson, Edward, Attorney, Rosscarbery White, James, Rev., Rosscarbery (NGC) |
(CC 12/1/1826) - ROSSCARBERY SCHOOL, REV. JAMES WHITE, MASTER. - Vacation will end Monday, the 16th instant.
(CC 19/9/1826) - CO. OF CORK, WEST RIDING, TO WIT - AT a General Sessions of the Peace holden at BANDON, in and for the said Cork County West Riding, on Friday, the Twentieth day of October, 1826. The Persons undernamed being householders, residing in the principal Market Towns, within the said County were nominated and appointed by JOHN MACAN, Esq., Assistant Barrister for the said Cork County, West Riding, to be Officers for the service of Civil Bill Processes, within the Cork County West Riding aforesaid, pursuant to the 7th George the Fourth, chap. 36.
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Names of Persons appointed Andrew M'Carthy James Brien |
Residing in the Market Towns of Rosscarbery Rosscarbery |
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ROSSCARBERY - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - ROSSCARBERY, a market and post-town and parish, and the seat of the diocese of Ross, partly in the barony of IBANE and BARRY- ROE, and partly in the Western Division of the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 32 miles (S.W) from Cork, and 158 (S.W) from Dublin on the road from Cork to Skibbereen; containing 8714 inhabitants, of which number, 1522 are in the town. This place is noticed in ancient ecclesiastical records under the appellation of Ross Alithri, signifying the Irish language “the Field of Pilgrims”; it is also in other records called Ross Elihir, and Ylider; and from its situation in that barony takes its pre sent name Rosscarbery, to distinguish it from the town of Ross, in the county of Wexford. It appears to have acquired great celebrity from the reputed sanctity of St. Faughnan, Abbot of Moelanfaidh, in the county of Waterford, who flourished in the early part of the 6th cen tury; and founded an abbey at this place, over which he presided till his death. This abbey, under his successors, became a celebrated seat of learning, much resorted to by families from the south-west of Ireland, and numbered among its scholars St. Finchad, a celebrated disciple of St. Finbar. The exact date of its foundation is not ascertained, nor is it known whether the monastery was of the Augustine or Benedictine order, though at one time it belonged to the latter, and was subject to the celebrated Benedictine abbey of St. James without the walls of the city of Wurtzburgh, in Germany. A town gradually rose around the monastery; which Hanmer, in his Chronicle of Ireland, describes as a walled city, and which subsequently became the seat of a diocese; but in the wars of the McCarties, O'Driscols, and other Irish septs, the walls were thrown down, and a great part of the town was destroyed. At the time of the English invasion the place was much decayed; all the lands, except such as belonged to the bishop, were granted to Fitz Stephen, by whom they were afterwards assigned to Adam de Roches. King John, on petition of the Bishop, granted the inhabitants of “Ross Lehir” a charter of incorporation, with very ample privileges; but no particulars of its municipal government are recorded. The castle, which was in the possession of the insurgents early in the parliamen tary war, was taken from them by Go!. Myn, in 1643, but was finally surrendered to the parliamentary forces in 1652. In the war of the Revolution it was garrisoned by the Irish forces of Jas. II., commanded by Gen. McCarty, and was reconnoitred by a detachment of English troops, who considering its reduction impracticable, made themselves masters of a neighbouring fort and proceeded to Tra!ee.
The town, which is wholly within the Western Division of East Garbery, is situated on the southern coast, at the head of an extensive creek called Ross harbour, and occupies the summit of a gentle eminence; it consists principally of a square and four small streets, contain ing 282 houses, mostly of indifferent appearance, and retains but few vestiges of its ancient importance. The manufacture of coarse linen was formerly carried on to a very considerable extent, but has latterly greatly diminished, and the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture and in fishing. Near the town are the extensive flour-mills of Mr. Lloyd, in which more than 5000 barrels of fine flour are annually made. The harbour, situated about half a mile to the west of Dundedy Head, occa sionally affords shelter to small vessels, but only in moderate weather; the entrance is nearly dry at low water, and at high water it is rocky and dangerous, especially when the wind is from the sea. On the bar are ten feet at high water of spring, and eight feet at neap, tides. The harbour itself is almost useless from a ridge of sand hills which has accumulated nearly to the height of 12 feet, and extends across the entrance, leaving only a channel of a few yards in breadth on the west side, through which the tide rushes with great rapidity. The inner bay, which is more than a mile in length and about half a mile broad, is, on the receding of the tide, a dry firm sand, and might be reclaimed at a moderate expense. A new line of road has been carried across the bay by a raised causeway, 400 yards long, and connected with the mainland by a bridge at its western extremity The bay is celebrated for the great numbers of silver eels which are taken in it during the summer months. The market is on Wednesday, but is indifferently supplied; and fairs are held on Aug. 26th, and the 19th of Sept. and Dec. The market-house is an old building in the centre of the square. A constabulary police force is sta tioned here, and at Milk Cove is a coast-guard station, which is one of the three that constitute the district of Skibbereen. Petty sessions are held every Wednesday, and a court for the manor of Ross every three weeks, at which debts not exceeding 40 s. are recoverable. The court house is a very neat building; adjoining it is the police barrack.
The SEE of Ross had its origin in the foundation of the monastery by St. Faughanan or Fachnan, surnamed Mongach or “the hairy,” the church of which, according to the best authorities, became the cathe dral church of the diocese in the 6th century, and its founder the first bishop. St. Fachnan was succeeded by St. Finchad, but neither of him nor of his successors, with the exception of Dongal Mac Folact, whom Flaherty makes the 27th Bishop of Ross, and with his prede cessors all of the same house or sept, is any thing recorded prior to the arrival of the English. Since that period there has been, with little intermission, a regular succession of bishops, of whom the first, Daniel, was consecrated by authority of Pope Celestine at Rome, and succeeded to the prelacy in 1197. But having obtained the see by forged letters alleged to have been from the Irish bishops, an enquiry was instituted, and he was deprived by Pope Innocent III., by whose order Florence, who had ben canonically elected, was confirmed by apostolic authority in 1210. During the prelacy of Matthew O'Fin, who presided over the see from 1310 till 1330, several of its posses sions, which had been unjustly usurped by Thomas Barret and Philip de Carew, were recovered by default; but the crown thinking the recovery had been made by collusion, to avoid the statute of Mort main, ordered an inquest to be held, which decided in favour of the bishop. In 1377 the see was vacant, and the custos was fined 100 marks for not appearing upon summons at the parliament held at Castleder mot. Thomas O'Herlihy, who succeeded in 1563, assisted, with Donat, Bishop of Raphoe, and Eugene, Bishop of Achonry at the council of Trent in that year. He was succeeded by William Lyon, during whose prelacy the see was united by Queen Elizabeth to that of Cork, with which it has ever since continued; and with which, under the provi sions of the Church Temporalities act, it became, on the death of Dr. Brinkley, in Sept. 1835, united to the see of Cloyne, now the diocese of Cloyne, Cork, and Ross, and the temporalities became vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. It is one of the eleven dioceses that constitute the ecclesiastical province of Cashel, and is wholly within the county of Cork, comprising an estimated superficies of 124,000 square acres of profitable land; and the gross annual revenue of the bishop, on an average of three years ending Dec. 31st, 1831, amounted to £1715. 17. 9 The chapter consists of a dean, precentor, chancel lor, treasurer, archdeacon, and the prebendaries of Timoleague, Inchy dony, Curragrainemore, Donoughmore, and Templebryan; there is also one vicar choral. The income of the deanery amounts to£91 per ann., arising from the ploughland of Ardagh, containing 238 acres; houses and gardens in the town of Rosscarbery and the rectorial tithes of the parish of Desert; that of the precentorship amounts to£205, arising from the rent of 237 acres of land in the parish of Rosscar bery; that of the chancellorship to£11. 1. 6 arising from the rent of the lands of Gahaniffinore, in the parish of Rathbarr containing 178 acres; and that of the treasurer to£63, arising from the ploughiand of Tinneel, in the parish of Rosscarbery, containing 210 acres. The consistorial court is held at Cork. The total number of parishes in the diocese is 33, comprised within 30 benefices, of which 8 are unions of two or more parishes, and 25 single parishes; of these, two are in the patronage of the Crown, one in the alternate patronage of the Crown and the Bishop, 23 in the patronage of the Bishop, one in that of the Dean, and the remainder in lay patronage. The total number of churches is 18; a grant has been obtained for building a church at Tern plecoma; and there are nine school-rooms or other houses licensed by the bishop, in which divine service is performed, and 11 glebe-houses. The cathedral church, which from time immemorial has been also used as the parish church, was rebuilt in 1612: it was a handsome struc ture, in the later English style, with a lofty square tower, which in 1806 was surmounted with an octagonal spire of hewn limestone, at an expense of£964; the church is now being rebuilt on an enlarged scale by the addition of a south transept, which will render it perfectly cru ciform. The entrance on the south is by a fine Norman arch; and above the western door is a lofty window of three lights, enriched with tracery. The nave is separated from the choir by a stone skreen; the choir has a large and handsome window at the east end; the north and south aisles are lighted with square-headed windows enriched with tracery; and the whole will bear the character of uniformity. The economy fund of the cathedral amounts to£558. 15. 53' per ann., arising from the tithes of the parishes of Rosscarbery. Kilkerranmore, Rathbarry, Kilfaughnabeg, and Kilmacabea.
In the R. C. divisions the diocese is united with that of Cloyne, forming the bishoprick of Cloyne and Ross; the latter differs in extent from the Protestant diocese, by excluding the barony of Bere, which forms part of the R. C. diocese of Kerry. It comprises 12 parochial benefices, or unions, and contains 21 chapels, which are served by 24 clergymen, of whom, including the bishop, 13 are parish priests and 11 coadjutors or curates.
The parish comprises 12,535 statute acres, of which 1288 are tithe- free; about three-fourths of the land are arable, and the remainder, with the exception of a portion of bog and waste, is in pasture. The surface is very uneven, rising in some parts into hills of considerable elevation: the soil, though light, is fertile; but, except on the lands of Mr. Townsend and other resident gentlemen who have adopted every improvement in husbandry and the use of the best farming imple ments, the system of agriculture is in a very backward state: much of the land is cultivated by the spade, and manure is carried to the field on the backs of horses. Several large slate quarries have been opened, of which some produce slate of very superior quality; and copper ore and manganese abound in almost every part, but no efficient means are employed to work them to advantage. The principal seats are Cahir more, the residence of T. Hungerford, Esq.; Derry, of the Rev. H. Townsend; Castle Downeen, of R. Smith, Esq.; Milleen, of the Rev. W. Jennings; Milifield, of Lieut. Lloyd, R. N.; Farley Cottage, of T. Hungerford, Esq.; and The Hill, of Capt. W. Starkie. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ross, partly appropriate to the vicar choral, and partly to the dean and chapter, in trust for the economy find of the cathedral: the tithes amount to £776. 19. 4., of which £434. 0. 11. is payable to the vicar choral, and £342. 18. 5. to the dean and chapter. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or dis trict, comprising also part of the parishes of Kilfaughnabeg and Kilk erranmore, and containing two chapels, one at Ardagh, near the town, a handsome edifice, erected in 1820 at the head of the bay, on a site surrounded by rocks and plantations; and the other at Lissavord, three miles distant. About 130 children are taught in five public schools, of which the parochial male school is supported by the dean and chapter and the vicar choral; the parochial female school-house was built by Lord Carbery; and an infants' school is supported by Miss Townsend. There are also four private schools, in which are about 120 children; and two Sunday schools. The Rev. S. Jervois, in 1786, bequeathed £400, the interest of which is annually divided among the Protestant poor, and £10 annually, which is paid as apprentice fees with the most deserving boy and girl in the Sunday school. The Rev. T. Hoare, the present vicar choral, has also given by deed £500, the interest of which is annually divided among the most necessitous poor of the parish. On an island which was formerly joined to the mainland are the ruins of Downeen castle; and at Ballyvoureen are the remains of an ancient house in the Elizabethan style, formerly the residence of the Coppinger family. At Temple Faughnan, about a mile and a half from the town, are the ruins of a house erected by the Knights Templars in 1301, and modernised in 1712. Adjoining the town are the remains of the abbey founded by St. Faughnan: the side walls of the choir of the church, rudely built of unhewn stone, are still standing; on the south side are the remains of a circular arch, and adjoining the ruin is the tomb of the Rev. J. Power, who died in 1831: it is much resorted to by pilgrims. In the south wall of the cathedral is an old carved head, said to be that of St. Faughnan. Banduff castle, built by the O'Donovans, and afterwards called Castle Salem, was an extensive building with a walled park and more than 300 acres of oak wood, all now destroyed. In the grounds of Tinneel are the remains of a cromlech. The Rev. Horace Townsend, author of the Statistical Survey of the county of Cork, is resident at Derry in this parish.
KILKERRANMORE - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - KILKERRANMORE, a parish, in the barony of IBANE AND BARRYROE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 ½ MILS (S by E) from Clonakilty, on the road from Cork to Skibbereen; containing 2,575 inhabitants. It comprises 5,626 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, about four-fifths of which are under tillage; the remainder is rough pasture, with a small quantity of bog. The land is generally fertile, having a substratum of clay-slate. Inferior slate and excellent manganese are found here, and it is supposed that copper exists. The principal seats are Ballyvackey, the residence of G. Beamish, Esq.; Greenfield, of H. Galwey, Esq.; and The Cottage, of the Rev. Dr. Stewart; there are also several excellent farm-houses. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, united with that of Castleventry: the rectory is partly appropriate to the economy estate of the cathedral of Ross, and partly impropriate in Messrs. Foot and Roberts: the tithes amount to£585.6.9, of which£61.6.5 is payable to the economy estate, £262.0.2 to the impropriators, and an equal sum to the vicar: the entire tithes of the benefice amount to £392.0.2. The church, which is a large edifice with a square tower, was built by aid of a gift of£900 from the late Board of First Fruits. There is no glebe-house, but the vicar has five acres of glebe. In the RC divisions the parish is partly in the union or district of Rosscarbery, partly in Kilmeen, and partly in Rathbarry. The parochial school, in which are about 12 children, is supported by the Cork Diocesan Association and the vicar; and about 200 children are taught in two private schools. There are some ruins of the old church in a burial-ground, in which are the remains of a cross.
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(CE 15/12/1843) - ROSSCARBERY - DEC. 13, 1843 - DEAR Mr. LYONS - I send two Post Office orders for the sum of £7.2s. The ROSS contribution for the O CONNELL FUND, which you will have the kindness to acknowledge, in the following form, in the CORK EXAMINER. Believe me, most respectfully, and truly yours, - JEREMIAH MOLONY, PP
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Name Coholan, Cornelius Donovan, Denis Donovan, Rev. Mr. Driscoll, Denis Fitzpatrick, Jeremiah Gallwey, Michael, Esq. |
Amount 0.2.6 0.2.6 0.10.0 0.2.6 0.2.6 1.0.0 |
Name Hayes, James Hayes, John Keohane, Daniel Lucey, Timothy Mahoney, Cain Mahoney, Denis Molony, Rev. J. |
Amount 0.2.6 0.2.6 0.2.6 0.2.6 0.2.6 0.2.6 1.0.0 |
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SLATER'S DIRECTORY 1846 - ROSSCARBERY ('Ross' in the original)
ROSS, OR ROSSCARBERY, is a small market and post town, the seat of the diocess of Ross, and a parish, the latter partly in the barony of Ibane and Barryroe, and partly in the western division of the barony of East Carbery, county of Cork, about 200 miles, SE from Dublin, 9 E from Skibbereen, and 7 W from Clonakilty; situated on the main road between the city of Cork and Bantry Bay, on the southern coast, at the head of an extensive creek called Ross Harbour. The dwellings, which occupy the acclivity and summit of a gentle eminence, from four small streets and a square, exhibiting altogether but few vestiges of its ancient ecclesiastical importance, and its present claim to notice is derivable solely from its having been the See of a bishop, which was united to that of Cork in 1586. The See of Ross had its origin in the foundation of the monastery of Saint Faughnan, surnamed Mongach, or 'the hairy,' the church of which is recorded to have become the cathedral of the diocess in the sixth century and its founder installed as the first bishop. This cathedral, which was rebuilt in 1612, has been from time immemorial the parish church. It is a small gothic structure, with a lofty square tower and octagonal spire, the latter raised in 1806. A south transept, which has been (or is about to be) added, renders it perfectly cruciform. There are some monuments to the members of the Hungerford and Townsend families, which, together with the ancient decorations of the interior may impart interest to the visitor. The Roman Catholic Chapel, situated at the eastern part of the town, in outward shew is unpretending, but its interior is chaste and complete. The charities comprise a dispensary and a national school. Near the town is the handsome seat of Lord Carbery, and about midway to Skibbereen is the elegant mansion of J. S. Townsend, Esq.; these are the principal seats in the neighbourhood. The market, which has fallen into disuse from the proximity of Skibbereen and Clonakilty is chartered for Wednesday. Fairs August 19th, September 21st, and December 19th. The parish of Rosscarbery contained, in 1841, 8839 inhabitants, and the town (which is wholly in East Carbery barony) 1,530 of that number.
POST OFFICE, Stephen Lagoe, Post Master. - Letters from all parts arrive every afternoon at half-past one, and are despatched at a quarter before twelve at noon.
To BANTRY, the Royal Mail (from Cork), calls at the Post Office, every morning at a quarter before twelve
To CORK, the Royal Mail (from Bantry), calls at the Post Office, every afternoon at half-past one
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(NGC) - Nobility, Gentry & Clergy)
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Bateman, John, Carpenter Beamish, George, Rev., Ross (NGC) Callaghan, Thomas, Cooper Calman, Michl., Spinning Wheelmaker Carbery, the Hon. Lord John Evans Freke, Castle Freke (NGC) Coursey, Garrett, Blacksmith Cullane, Denis, Publican Cushen, John & Mary Ann, Master & Mistress, National School Cushin, Susannah, Shopkeeper Dempsey, Thomas, Boat Builder Dillon, Francis, Blacksmith Donovan, Daniel, Carpenter Donovan, Daniel, Shoe Maker Donovan, Denis, Butcher & Shopkeeper Donovan, Jeremiah, Nail Maker Donovan, Margt., Publican Donovan, Patrick, Publican Driscoll, Thomas, Shoe Maker Eccles, William, Nail Maker Fitzgibbon, ___, Physician & Surgeon Fitzpatrick, John, Rev., CC, Ross (NGC) Godwin, Joseph, Publican Godwin, Joseph, Shopkeeper Hamilton, Fitz-John, Rev., Ross (NGC) Hamilton, John, Shoe Maker Hayes, Michael, Nail Maker Hayes, Michael, Publican Hayes, Thomas, Publican Heart, Daniel, Publican Hickey, John, Stone Mason Hungerford, Thos., Esq., Cahir Moor (NGC) |
Hurly, Michael, Carpenter Jennings, William, Rev., Ross (NGC) Keaton, Denis, Nail Maker Keohane, Denis, Nail Maker Keohane, Timothy, Shoe Maker & Shopkeeper Lagoe, Stephen, Post Master, Post Office Lovejoy, John, Shoe Maker M'Carthy, Eugene, Attorney Mahony, Cor., Publican Mahony, Daniel, Publican Mahony, Denis, Publican Mahony, Denis, Shoe Maker Mahony, Patrick, Nail Maker Mahony, Patrick, Shoe Maker Meehan, Edwd., Sergeant of Constabulary Mollony, Daniel, Publican Mollony, John, Shopkeeper Molony, Jeremiah, Rev., PP, Ross (NGC) O Barnane, John, Publican O Connor, Francis, Shopkeeper O Connor, Frans., Publican Riely, John, Shopkeeper Shanahan, Cornelius, Boat Builder Smith, Richard, Publican Smyth, Richd., Esq., Castle Downeen (NGC) Smyth, William, Esq., Stoneville (NGC) Starkie, Henry, Carpenter Starkie, Robert, Esq., Brigatia (NGC) Sullivan, Daniel, Blacksmith Townsend, Chambers Croker, Rev., Derry (NGC) Townsend, John Sealy, Esq., Miros Wood (NGC) Woolfe, John, Esq., Cooleraheen (NGC) |
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(CC 18/6/1846) - ROSSCARBERY DISTRICT RELIEF COMMITTEE
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Name Allen, Francis, Esq. Allen, Major Aylmer, A.P., Esq. Baldwin, Wm., Rev. Barry, J. R., Esq. Beamish, R., Esq. Cahill, Dr. Carbery, Lady Connor, R.L., Rev. Constabulary in Ross Croker, Eyre C., Esq. Curtis, Wm., Esq. Donovan, Mrs. Donovan, P., Rev. Donovan, R., Esq. Elliott, E. G., Esq. |
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Name Fitzgibbon, Dr. Fitzpatrick, Rev. Mr. French, Mr., Cusquinny Galway, Hen., Esq. Galway, Major Galway, Mr., Kilkerran Hamilton, F.S., Rev. Hungerford, Mrs., Farley Hungerford, T., Esq. Hungerford, T., Esq., Island Jennings, Wm., Rev. Jervois, S., Esq. Jones, Mrs. Limrick, Dr. Molesworth, W., Rev. Molony, J., Rev., PP |
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Name Molony, Mr. Morris, J., Esq. Morris, W., Esq., jun. O Hea, John, Esq. Powel, Major Sandes, Geo., Esq. Sheehan, J., Rev., PP Sheehy, P., Rev., PP Smyth, Rich., Esq. Starkie, Capt. Starkie, Robt., Esq. Starkie, Wm., Esq. Steward, H., Rev. Townsend, C.C., Rev. Townsend, Major Travers, J., M., Esq. Walshe, Rev. Mr. |
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£208.0.0 – It is hoped and earnestly requested that those Landed Proprietors who have been applied to, as connected with our extensive distressed District, and who have not yet answered our Honorary Secretary, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton's Application, may, and will, as soon as possible assist in relieving the general distress.
(CE 15/8/1849) - TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER - Rosscarbery, Aug., 12th, 1849 - SIR - Having read in your paper a few days since, a letter signed 'Veritas, Carbery,' in which the praiseworthy and excellent conduct of Rickhard Donovan, Esq., towards his tenants, on that part of the lands of Ballyhill, in this parish, which belong to him, is very justly lauded. I beg through the columns of your journal, to lay the following facts before the public, which contrast strikingly with those mentioned by your correspondent. - On the 31st of last May, the sheriff, or his deputy, arrived with that formidable weapon a 'Habere Facias Possession,' and his posse comitatus, entered the lands of East Ballyhahill, lately held by the representatives of Henry Baldwin, Esq., and commenced the work of eviction. - The houses of five or six wretched creatures, were levelled, and themselves thrown on the roadside, to drag out a miserable existence. The wife of one of them, named Coursey, was taken, forcibly out of the miserable bed in which she lay in fever, and his house also was levelled. To give an idea of the extreme wretchedness of the parties evicted, nearly the whole were in receipt of out-door Relief. - All those unfortunate victims of eviction, which has made a Toomavara of many a happy and peaceful village, can now be seen by any person, who may doubt the above, on the sides of the road, leading from this town to Skibbereen, like walking skeletons - or endeavouring to shelter themselves, in the wretched wigwams, which they have erected with the remains of their little furniture. - Jonas Morris, Esq., of Dunkettle, is the present landlord of East Ballyhil - You have the plain unvarnished facts from - CARBERIENSIS
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