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SKIBBEREEN

Genealogy & History

See also -

Southwest Cork
Skibbereen at CorkGen.org

Cork Ancestors

corkgen.org

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1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS – CREEGH

Name Wheels

Crowley, James 1

Driscole, Flor 1

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Skibbereen-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.

Place of birth - Skibbereen

Abbeystrewry– Abbey Stronny – Abbeyswedy – Abbestoria - Abbey Stracey – Abbystroudy – Abbystawry – Abbeystrowley – Abbeystrowdy - Abbey Strandy – Abbeydowny – Abbeystrong – Habeshondy - Abistrowley

Creagh– Crea – Cree – Crees – Crugh (?)

Name Served in…/Discharged Covering Dates

BAKER, THOMAS Born Creagh. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 39. Covering date year of discharge 1829

BEECHER, JAMES Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34 1824-1838

BRIEN, DENNIS Born ‘Abbey Stronny.’ Royal Artillery; East India Company; St. Helena Regt. Discharged aged 39 1824-1845

BROWN, WILLIAM Born Skibbereen. 48^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29 1806-1814

BRYAN, JOHN Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39 1831-1852

CAVANA(U)GH, JAMES Born Skibbereen. 73^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23 after 9 years service 1806

CAVANAGH, DANIEL Born ‘Skibbreen. 3^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 19 after 2 year service 1798

COG(H)LAN, ABRAHAM Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34 1824-1837

COLLINS, DENIS Born Skibbereen. 60^th Foot Regt.; Royal African Colonial Corps. Discharged aged 29 1817-1822

COLLINS, JEREMIAH Born Creagh. 11^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32 1808-1820

COLLINS, JEREMIAH Born Abbeystrewry. 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 36 1811-1832

COLVILLE, WILLIAM Born ‘Crea.’ 38^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23 1846-1852

COTTER, JAMES Born Creagh. 9^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28 1827-1835

CRAWLEY, CORNELIUS Born ‘Crea.’ 4^th Garrison Battalion.; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 after 2 years 3 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge. 1808-1810

CRAWLEY, THOMAS Born ‘Cree.’ 58^th Foot Regt.; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged 21 after 6 years service 1798

CROWLEY, CORNELIUS Or Crawley. Born ‘Abistrowley.’ 31^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 30 after 2 years service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge 1807-1809

CROWLIE, TIMOTHY Born ‘Habeshondy.’ 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 1810-1815

DENNIS, GEORGE Born ‘Abystrowy.’ 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 42 1802-1817

DONAGHOE, DENIS Born ‘Abbey Strandy.’ 99^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38 1804-1818

DONOGHUE, DANIEL Born ‘Abbystawry.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47 1812-1830

DONOVAN, CORNELIUS Born ‘Abbey.’ - ?Abbeystrewry. 16^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32 1840-1853

DONOVAN, DENNIS Born ‘Abbeydowny.’ East India Company; 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 44 1811-1828

DONOVAN, JAMES Born Skibbereen. 67^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23 1846-1850

DONOVAN, JOHN Born Skibbereen. 35^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22 1847-1851

DONOVAN, PETER Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged [Not Known] 1831-1852

DONOVON, TIMOTHY Born ‘Cree.’ 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38 1807-1815

DOWNEY, HENRY Born Skibbereen. 10^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 1830-1839

DRISCOLL, DENIS Born ‘Skibereen.’ 18^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41 1826-1847

DRISCOLL, DENNIS Born Skibbereen. 18^th Foot Regt.; 61^st Foot Regt. Reserve Discharged aged 58 1829-1868

DRISCOLL,FLORENCE Born Skibbereen. 31^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 1825-1847

DRISCOLL,FLORENCE Born Skibbereen. 61^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 45 1817-1840

DRISCOLL, JOHN Born Creagh. 3^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 1826-1847

DRISCOLL, JOHN Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 1824-1846

DRISCOLL, TIMOTHY Born Creagh. 1^st Garrison Battalion; 25^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 52 1800-1817

DUGGAN, MICHAEL Born ‘Crea.’ 3^rd Garrison Battalion; 11^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47 1808-1816

DUGGAN, TIMOTHY Born ‘Cree.’ 50^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31 1820-1832

FIELDING, WILLIAM Born ‘Crea.’ 95^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 27 1806-1814

FORBES, JOHN 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34 1812-1820

GILLIGAN, JAMES Born Skibbereen. 14^thDragoons. Discharged aged 38 1827-1846

GLEESON, WILLIAM Born ‘Abbeystrong.’ 70^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 1843-1845

GOSNELL, JAMES Born ‘Abbeyswedy.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battalion; 42^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41 1811-1826

HAGGERTY, DANIEL Born ‘Abbestoria.’ 2^nd Foot Regt.; Royal Marines. Discharged aged 36 1806-1821

HARRINGTON, CORNELIUS Born Creagh. 11^th Foot Regt.; 5^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 30 1808-1821

HART, DANIEL Born ‘Cree.’ 51^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 36 1801-1818

HAYES, WILLIAM, Born ‘Cree.’ 3^rd Foot Regt.; St. Helena Regt. Discharged aged 41 1824-1845

HURL(E)Y, PATRICK Born Abbeystrowry. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 49 1800-1829

KEANE, PATRICK Born Skibbereen. 32^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25 1840-1846

KEATING, DANIEL Born ‘Abbeystrowley.’ 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39 1824-1844

KEATING, RICHARD Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 33 1824-1839

KERRIGAN, JOHN Born Skibbereen. 82^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22 1847-1851

L(E)AREY, TIMOTHY Born ‘Crea.’ 46^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25 1813-1822

LEONARD, DANIEL Born Skibbereen. 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41 1823-1844

LEONARD, OWEN Born Skibbereen. 85^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39 1808-1835

MAHONEY,FLORENCE Born ‘Cree.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38 1812-1827

MAHONEY, JEREMIAH Born ‘Crees.’ 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31 1813-1816

MAHONY, TIMOTHY Born Creagh. Rifle Brigade. Discharged aged 42 1807-1817

MC CARTHY, DENIS Born ‘Cree.’ Cork Militia; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37 1808-1823

MC DONNELL, CHARLES Born ‘Abbey Stracey.’ 97^th Foot Regt.; Royal Canadian Rifles; 83^rd Foot Regt.; Discharged aged 42 1824-1850

MINAGHAN, BARTHOLOMEW Born ‘Skibbreen.’ 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 1810-1830

MINAGHAN, DENNIS Born Skibbereen. 65^th Foot Regt.; 67^th Foot Regt.; Royal Canadian Rifles; 52^nd Foot Regt.; 74^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40 1831-1852

MONTGOMERY, ROBERT Born Skibbereen. 11^th Foot Regt.; 6^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 40 1808-1821

MURPHY, FRANCIS Born ‘Crees.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battalion; 9^th Foot Regt.; 10^th Royal Veteran Battalion; 12^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 44. Covering date year of discharge 1826

MURPHY, FRANCIS Born ‘Crees.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battlion; 9^th Foot Regt.; 10^th Royal Veteran Battalion; 12^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 44. Covering date year of discharge 1826

O CONNOR, MICHAEL Born Skibbereen. 4^th Dragoon Guards; 89^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25 1846-1850

O DRISCOLL, DENIS Born Skibbereen. 18^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26 1840-1848

O HARA, JOHN Alias John O Sullivan. Born Skibbereen. 14^th Foot Regt.; Royal Artillery. Discharged aged [Not Known]. Covering date year of discharge 1839

O SULLIVAN, JOHN see O HARA, JOHN

REARDON, JEREMIAH Born Skibbereen. 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37 1807-1822

REARDON, THOMAS Born Skibbereen. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 55. Covering date year of discharge 1825

REGAN, JAMES Born ‘Cree.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 48 1812-1830

SEALE, BARTHOLOMEW Born Skibbereen. 87^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40

SHEA, DANIEL Born Skibbereen. 50^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29 1820-1831

SHEEHEAN, JOHN Born Skibbereen. 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43 1811-1832

SHEPPARD, EDWARD Born Skibbereen. 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 20 1846-1849

SULLIVAN, DANIEL Born ‘Abbystroudy.’ 50^th Foot Regt.; Royal Newfoundland Veterans. Dishcarged aged 39 1822-1843

SULLIVAN, DANIEL Born ‘Abbeystrowdy.’ 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43 1824-1848

SULLIVAN, DENIS Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34 1831-1847

SULLIVAN, JOHN Born Skibbereen. 51^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 30 after 7 years 10 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge.

SULLIVAN, OWEN Born Creagh. 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47 1812-1834

WALSH, PATRICK Born Skibbereen. 28^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26 1822-1832

WHOOLEY, JAMES Born ‘Crugh.’ 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43 1805-1815

PIGOT’S DIRECTORY 1824 – SKIBBEREEN

IS a large and populous market, post and fair town, situate on the river Ilen, in the south-western part of the county of Cork and distant 166 miles SW of Dublin, 43 SW of Cork, and 27 SW of Bandon. It is a very brisk and thriving place, the shopkeepers are generally highly respectable, and carry on a very extensive retail trade. It has also two large flour mills and a considerable brewery. The manufacture of coarse linens is yet in its infancy, but as in most other places in this county, is in an improving state, and there is a large yarn market on Saturdays. Skibbereen is situate in two parishes, the church of one of which is four miles distant, and the other, in the town, is in so dilapidated a state, that a new one is about to be erected, which, with a handsome Catholic chapel already begun, and a sessions house and bridewell immediately to be proceeded with, will greatly tend to the improvement and general appearance of the town. A new line of road to Bantry is also marked out, which will prove a great convenience, as the communication with that town is at present by a circuitous round of 17 miles, whereas the new road will not exceed 12, by which it is intended to run the mail from Cork, through Clonakilty and Skibbereen to Bantry. Here are several charity schools for the education of the poor, with a dispensary, attended by a physician, where the afflicted receive advice and medicine, and it is calculated that upwards of 2000 persons are annually relieved by this most benevolent institution. Skibbereen has a good market on Saturdays, and six fairs in the year, viz, on the 4^th of May, the 10^th of July, the 2^nd of August, the 12^th of October, and the 11^th and 23^rd of December, besides which a very considerable fair is held about a mile and ha half from the town, on St. Patrick’s day. The pleasant village of Castle-Townsend, about four miles distant, is delightfully situated on the sea shore, and commands a charmingly varied and beautiful prospect. It is thickly inhabited by an opulent gentry, and here the customs for this district, embracing a very wide extent of country, are collected. It possesses the convenience of a custom house, with a resident collector and the usual officers.

POST OFFICE, Main-street, Post Master, Mr. George Levis. The mail from Dublin and all parts of Great Britain, arrives every afternoon at half-past four, and is despatched in the morning at eight.

COACHES

CORK, the Mail, through Clonakilty and Bandon, every morning at eight, and arrives from Cork every afternoon at half-past four

Arranged Alphabetically

(NGC) – Nobility, Gentry & Clergy

Atteridge, Arthur, Esq., River-view (NGC)
Atteridge, John, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st.
Atteridge, Wm., Grocer & Spirit Dealer, Main-st.
Baker, Samuel, Carpenter & Joiner, Main-st.
Baldwin, Thomas, Esq., Magistrate, North-street (NGC)
Barry, Stephen, Grocer & Spirit Dealer, Main-st.
Beamish, Fran., Grocer & Spirit Dealer, Main-st.
Beamish, Mrs., North-st. (NGC)
Beecher, Henry, Esq., Aughadown (NGC)
Beecher, Richd., Esq., Hollybrook (NGC)
Beecher, Richd., Esq., Thornhill (NGC)
Browne, C. W., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st.
Bullen, Jos., Baker & Auctioneer, North-st.
Burke, John, Esq., Civil Engineer, North-st. (NGC)
Burke, John, Publican, Main-st.
Clerke, Charles, Esq., Bridgetown (NGC)
Clerke, H. & E., Linen & Woollen Draper, North-st.
Clerke, John, Physician, North-st.
Clerke, Mrs., Clover-hill (NGC)
Clerke, Thomas & Co., Corn Merchant & Miller, Skibbereen-mills
Collins, James, Linen & Woollen Draper, North-st.
Collins, John, Dyer, North-st.
Collins, Michael, Rev., PP, North-st. (NGC)
Collins, Thos., Dyer, North-st.
Collins, Timothy, Grocer & Spirit Dealer, Main-st.
Crowly, Cornelius, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st.
Crowly, James, Apothecary, North-st.
Donovan, Daniel, Tobacco Manufacturer, Bridgetown
Driscol, Jeremiah, Tailor, High-st.
Evans, Catherine, Publican, Main-st.
Evans, Richard, Publican, North-st.
Evans, Stephen, Dyer, Main-st.
Fleming, Becher, Esq., Newport (NGC)
Freke, John, Esq., Magistrate, Baltimore (NGC)
Gallwey, John, Esq., near Skibbereen (NGC)
Gallwey, Mrs., North-st. (NGC)
Gay, Charles, Salt Manufr., Linen & Woollen Draper & Tanner, Main-st.
Hurly, John, Publican, Main-st.
Leevis, C., Lieutenant, HP, North-st. (NGC)
Leonard, John, Salt Manufr., Boot & Shoe Maker & Leather Seller, Main-st.
Levis, George, Post Master, Post Office, Dyer & Grocer, Main-st.
Levis, Samuel, Salt & Tobacco Manufr., Hardwareman &c., Main-st.
Lowth, Wm., Corn Factor, Main-st. Lynch, J., Baker, Bridgetown
Levis, Samuel, Salt & Tobacco Manufr., Hardwareman &c., Main-st.
M’Carthy, Alexander, Physician, North-st.
M’Carthy, Charles, Esq., North-st. (NGC)
M’Carthy, Charles, Publican, Main-st.
M’Carthy, Cornelius, Publican, North-st.
M’Carthy, Daniel, Brewer & Malster
M’Carthy, Daniel, Publican, Main-st.
M’Carthy, J., Baker, Main-st.
M’Carthy, James, Publican, Salt Manufacturer, North-st.
M’Carthy, Wm., Publican, Main-st.
Mahony, ___, King’s Arms, Main-st.
Murphy, Morris, Baker, Main-st.
O Brien, J., Publican, North-st.
O Brien, P., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st.
O Driscoll, Alex., Esq., Magistrate, Clover-hill (NGC)
O Driscoll, Alex., Esq., Mount-music (NGC)
O Driscoll, Michl., Esq., Baltimore (NGC)
O Driscoll, Timothy, Esq., Lakelands (NGC)
O Mahony, James, Attorney, North-st.
Power, John, Boot & Shoe Maker & Leather Seller, Main-st.
Ross, John, Publican, Main-st.
Roundtree, Harding, Hardwareman & Grocer, Main-st.
Roundtree, Robert, Saddler, North-st.
Somerville, Phil. & Thomas, Esqrs., Castle Townsend (NGC)
Stowards, Robt., Lieutenant, North-st. (NGC)
Sullivan, Cornelius, Carpenter & Joiner, Bridgetown
Sullivan, Denis, Baker, Main-st.
Sullivan, John, New Inn, North-st.
Sullivan, Patrick, Tailor, Bridgetown
Swanton, Robert, Linen & Woollen Draper, North-st.
Sweetman, Mrs., Mardyke (NGC)
Townsend, Abraham, Richard B., & Samuel, Esqrs., Castle Townsend (NGC)
Townsend, Rev., Glebe House (NGC)
Tracey, Edward, Attorney, North-st.
Triphook, Thomas, Corn Merchant & Miller, Castle Townsend-mills
Turner, Young, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st.
Vickery, Samuel, Boot & Shoe Maker & Leather Seller, Main-st.
Wright, Henry Jos., Iron & Coal Merchant & Ins. Agent, Bridgetown
Wright, James, Leather Seller, Main-st.
Wright, John, Esq., near Skibbereen (NGC)
Young, Thomas, Saddler, Bridgetown

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(CC 28/3/1826) – THE ARMY –In consequence of the intended reduction of the Veterans, the detachments of that Regiment, quartered at Bantry, Skibbereen, and Bere Island, have been ordered to be relieved, by similar ones, furnished by the 11^th North Devon Infantry, and on Wednesday last, the Light Company of that fine corps, under the command of Capt. Derinsey, and two Subaltern Detachments, marched for the above stations.

(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 7^th George the Fourth, chap. 36.

Names of Persons appointed Residing in the Market Towns of

Morty Sullivan Skibbereen

Michael Caverley Skibbereen

George Hayes Skibbereen

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SKIBBEREEN – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – SKIBBEREEN, a market and post-town, partly in the parish of ABBEYSTROWRY, but chiefly in that of CREAGH, Eastern Division of the barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 42 miles (S.W) from Cork, on the mail road to Bantry, and 167 ¼ (S.W) from Dublin; containing 4429 inhabitants. In 1691, an engagement took place in the vicinity between the forces of Jas. II. and Col. Becher, who commanded about 500 of the militia, when the former were put to flight, with the loss of 60 men and a large number of cattle. Three years afterwards, a party of 40 rapparees came into the town and plundered the custom-house, which belonged to the port of Baltimore, and killed two revenue officers. The town, from its situation in a wild, unenclosed part of the country, has frequently been the rendezvous of disaffected parties, but it has been much improved of late years, and is now a very flourishing place. It is situated on the southern bank of the river Ilen, and comprises seven streets; that part which extends into the parish of Abbeystrowry is called Bridgetown, and consists of three streets, one of which has been recently formed. The number of houses in the whole town is 1014, many of which, in the eastern part and in the parish of Creagh, are large and well built: the approaches have been much improved by the formation of new lines of road at each extremity.

This place had formerly a very considerable trade, arising from the manufacture of woollen cloth, linen, checks, and handkerchiefs, which has altogether declined: it is, however, very advantageously situated for trade in an extensive and improving district; the tide from the harbour of Baltimore flows up to the town and the river is navigable for vessels of 200 tons’ burden to Oldcourt, two miles below Skibbereen. In the town are capacious storehouses for corn, and a considerable quantity of flour is also exported from the mills of Mr. J. Clark, on the bank of the Ilen, a quarter of a mile from the town. A porter brewery upon an extensive scale was established in 1809; it is the property of Daniel McCarthy, Esq., and is in full operation, many of the neighbouring towns being supplied from the establishment. The market days are Wednesday and Saturday, the former for the Bridgetown portion, and the latter, which is the principal market, for Staplestown. Milk and fuel are also exposed daily in the market-place for sale. The supply of provisions is very abundant, particularly fish and poultry: pigs and sheep are also sold in great numbers. The market-place being small, and the market-house old and inconvenient, the articles brought for sale on the regular market-days are exposed in the public streets and in a place called the square. Fairs are held on May 14th, July 10th, Aug. 2nd, Oct. 12th, and Dec. 11th and 23rd; and petty sessions on Wednesdays. The sessions-house and bridewell is a large and handsome building in the Grecian style, occupying an elevated site near the entrance to the town from Cork. There is also an infantry barrack; and Skibbereen is the residence of the inspecting commander of the coast-guard stations of the district, of which it is the head, comprising those of Milkcove, Glandore, Castle-Townsend, Barlogue, Baltimore, Long Island, Crookhaven, Dunmanus, and Whitehorse, and extending from Sheep Head to Rosscarbery.

The parochial church of Abbeystrowry is situated in Bridgetown; it is a large edifice in the early English style, with a tower at the east end, erected in 1827, at an expense of £1 200, towards which L was contributed by the late Board of First Fruits. The R. C. chapel, situated near the sessions-house, is a spacious and handsome edifice in the Grecian style, erected in 1826, at an expense of £3000; the interior is fitted up with great taste, and the altar, which is ornamented with a painting of the Crucifixion, is very chaste: it was built under the direction of the late Dr. Collins, R. C. Bishop of Ross, who resided here, and is the principal chapel of the union, to which Skibbereen gives name. There is also a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, a small but neat edifice. Parochial schools for boys and girls were erected near the church, in 1825, by the vicar; and an infants’ school was built in 1835. There is also a Sunday school under the care of the Protestant clergyman. Near the R. C. chapel are large school-houses, built by the late Dr. Collins, which are supported by the National Board. A dispensary is maintained in the customary manner. There are numerous large and handsome houses near the town, the principal of which are noticed in the description of Abbeystrowry.

ABBEYSTROWRY – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – ABBEYSTROWRY, a parish, in the Eastern Division of the barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER; containing, with part of the market and post-town of Skibbereen, 5570 inhabitants. This parish is situated near the southern coast, on the road from Cork to Baltimore, and is intersected by the river Ilen. It contains 9362 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; and is said to derive its name from a religious house, the ruins of which are situated close to the northern bank of the lien, one mile west from Skibbereen, but of the origin of which no particulars are on record. About one-third is waste land or bog, the former consisting of rocky elevations which in some parts afford tolerable pasturage; the bog is only of small extent, and peat is becoming somewhat scarce. Generally the system of agriculture is not much improved: the heavy old wooden plough is still used. The substratum is entirely of the schistus formation: there are quarries of excellent slate at Derrygoole, but not much worked; and throughout the parish is found clay-slate for building and repairing roads. There are numerous large and handsome residences: the principal are Hollybrook, the seat of R. Becher, Esq.; Lakelands of T. J. Hungerford, Esq.; Coronea, of Mrs. Marmion; Gortnamucalla, of H. Newman, Esq.; Carriganare, of Mrs. Evans: Laghartydawley, of A. McCarthy Esq.; Mill House, of J. Clark, Esq.; Clover Hill, of J. Sweetnam, Esq.; Weston, of D. H. Clarke, Esq.; the glebe-house, the residence of the Rev. R. B. Townsend; Abbeyville, the seat of G. Brenham, Esq.; and Rossfort, of J. Ross, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of J. S. Townsend, Esq., the impropriator of the rectory: the tithes amount to £647, of which £200 is payable to the impropriator, £20 to the vicar (under an appropriation grant of the late Earl of Shannon), and the remainder to the lessees of Col. Townsend. The church, situated in the town of Skibbereen, is a large edifice, in the early English style of architecture with a lofty square tower at the east end: it was built on a new site in 1827, at an expense of of which £900 was given by the late Board of First Fruits; and the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners have recently granted £180 for its repair. The glebe-house, near the town, was built in 1824, by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £50 from the same Board, and a glebe of fifteen acres purchased by the Board and subject to a rent of 7 per annum. In the R. C. divisions this parish is united to those of Creagh and Tullagh, under the denomination of the union of Skibbereen: the chapel in that town is a spacious and handsome structure, in the Grecian style, with an elegant altar; there is also a chapel in the parish of Tullagh. The male and female parochial schools are situated near the church, and were built in 1825, at the expense of the vicar. An infants school was built in 1835, and is sup ported by subscription; and there is a Sunday school for both sexes, under the superintendence of the vicar -See SKIBBEREEN.

CREAGH – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – CREAGH,a parish, in the Easter Division of the barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER: containing, with the greater part of the post-town of Skibbereen, 5,914 inhabitants. It is situated on the southern coast, and comprises 6,897 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £4,849 per annum, of which about 80 are woodland. The surface is very uneven, rising into mountains of considerable elevation, and of the schistus formation, extending over about one-third of the parish; they are mostly rocky and bare, but in some places afford excellent pasturage. There are few fields where the rock does not appear, but there is scarcely an acre which does not afford some pasturage or tillage, which is carried even to the top of the hills. There are about 20 acres of bog. The land under cultivation yields tolerable crops, mostly produced by spade labour. The parish is bounded on the north by the river Ilen, along the banks of which the land is very good and in many places richly planted. The whole of the corn exported from Skibbereen is shipped at an excellent quay at Oldcourt, on this river, to which vessels of 200 tons burthen can come up at high water, being conveyed hither in small four-oared boats. A manor court is held every three weeks, for the recovery of debts under 40s.; and here are the ruins of an ancient castle, now converted into corn-stores. Near the southern boundary of the parish, which opens upon the Atlantic, is Lough Hyne, a curious and extensive gulph, penetrating nearly two miles inland, and the passage from the sea being very narrow, and between craggy cliffs, the water rushes through it with great violence on the ebb and flow of every tide. The best oysters and several kinds of sea fish are found in it; and in its centre is a small island, containing the ruins of Cloghan castle, one of the castles of the O Driscolls. The surrounding scenery is very beautiful, the mountain sides being clothed with young and thriving plantations. A new road has been lately formed, and other improvements are in progress. Good slate is obtained in many places. The principal seats in the parish are Creagh House, the residence of Sir W.W. Beecher, Bart.; Killeena, of the Rev. John Wright; the Glebe-House, of the Rev. H.B. Macartney; Lough Hyne Cottage, of D. McCarty, Esq.; Inane, of H. Marmion, Esq.; Glenview, of S. Lewis, Esq.; Green Park, of John Gallwey, Esq.; and there are some large and substantial farm-houses. - The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithes amount to £500, and there is a glebe of 15 acres. The church is a small neat edifice, with a square tower ornamented with pinnacles; it was erected by aid of a gift of £600, and a loan of £400, in 1810, from the late Board of First Fruits. In the RC divisions this parish forms part of the union of Skibbereen. The parochial school was built on the glebe in 1834; it is in connection with the Cork Diocesan Association, but is principally supported by the rector; and there is a national school in Skibbereen. In these about 150 boys and 60 girls are taught; and there is also a private school of about 50 children. The ruins of the old church adjoin the present edifice; on the glebe is a holy well.

Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – RINGA-ROGA, or DUNNEGAL ISLAND, in the parish of CREAGH, Eastern Division of the barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (W,) from Skibbereen, on the southern coast; containing 786 inhabitants. This island is situated in the harbour of Baltimore, and is connected with the mainland, about midway between Skibbereen and Baltimore, by an excellent causeway and bridge constructed across the channel by the proprietor, Sir W. W. Becher, Bart. It extends, nearly north and south, three miles in length by about one in breadth, comprising 986 acres of land, generally rocky, bare, and comparatively unproductive, particularly on the south side of the island; the soil towards the centre is tolerably good, but the arable land generally consists of small patches among the rocks, cultivated by spade labour, and manured by sea-weed, which, as well as the produce of the soil, is always conveyed on horseback. The inhabitants are entirely supplied with fuel from the mainland, there being none of any kind on the island.

Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – SPANISH, or GREEN ISLAND, in the parish of CREAGH, Eastern Division of the barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (W) from Skibbereen; containing 12 inhabitants. It is situated in the mid-channel of the river lien, where it flows into the harbour of Baltimore; and comprises 120 acres of land, some part of which is rocky, but the greater part is under cultivation, and produces tolerably good crops.

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(CE 10/9/1845) Reports to a Meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association, Burgh Quay, Dublin, 9/9/1845.

SKIBBEREEN, COUNTY CORK, 1^ST DECEMBER, 1842 -The weaving of linens was most extensive in the town and surrounding districts. So much as £50,000 a year have been expended in the market of Skibbereen, for yarns spun in and about the town. Most of these were manufactured at Clonakilty and Bandon, and there were about 300 linen looms here; weavers could easily earn from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per day. - There were also fifty or sixty frieze and flannel looms weaving for the farmers their own home-spun yarns for domestic use. - No more than five linen looms and eight flannel looms could be counted December, 1842. - There were four tan yards, employing fifty men; curriers £1 10s; tanners £1 1s; helpers, 9s. or 10s. per week. - Now one tan yard – ten men curriers, 18s; labourers, 5s. - There was also a distillery and two breweries. These had declined many years ago, and left one brewery on a small scale. - The exisiting conditions of the trades I found to be as follows, all wretchedly employed:- Shoemakers, the most numerous, probably, two hundred and fifty, making for the fairs and markets. Some do not realise 2s. a week. Workmen for best shops, 1s. 6d. per pair; four pair a week, or 6s. - Tailors, about fifty. Much like the shoemakers. - Masons, about forty. Not six at full work; wages 12s. per week – some 10s. - Carpenters, eighteen or twenty. Wages 15s. - Slaters, nine or ten. Same. - Smiths, twenty-six; 2s. 6d. to 4s. per week with diet. - Cartmakers and wheelwrights, about 40; Turners, five; Nailors, about forty; Wages and Employment all low. - Formerly, the standard of the town was for carpenters £1 5s.; masons, £1 1s., and other trades in proportion. - There are four pawnbrokers shops, and a fifth about to be opened. - Fifteen years since there was not any such establishment. Mr. O Keeffe, the first who formerly set up in the line, had to leave the town from want of business! Two others also attempted and failed, but now all are thriving on the general poverty. - And yet an establishment has been set up with success for making gigs and jaunting cars. It seemed difficult at first to reconcile this with other facts, but the speculation has arisen from the construction on roads which give facilities for vehicles in many places where the country could formerly be traversed only by horses. - Except for a few of the principal dwellings, house rents had fallen from ten to fifteen per cent, within two or three years. - T. M. RAY, 8^th September, 1845

(CE 5/6/1843) – SKIBBEREEN

SIR – I send you a Letter of Credit for amount of the O CONNELL TRIBUTE paid by the patriotic Inhabitants of this Town and Neighbourhood, whose names are subjoined, and will thank you to transmit the same to Dublin, at your earliest convenience. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient Servant, DAN M’CARTIE, Treasurer, £43.16.8

Name
Atteridge, Arthur, Riverview
Barret, Richard
Brickly, Mrs.
Burke, Dan
Collins, [Mrs.] Denis
Collins, [Mrs].
Collins, Cornelius, Moonig
Collins, Jerry
Collins, John
Collins, John, Esq.
Collins, Thomas
Coppinger, Richard, Esq.
Crowley, Daniel
Cullinane, Jerry, Skibbereen
Daly, Mrs.
Donovan, Cornelius
Donovan, Owen
Driscoll, Jerry
Fitzpatrick, J., Rev., Skibbereen
Gallwey, John, Greenpark
Gallwey, Michael, Esq., JP
Hegarty, Mrs.
Horgan, [Rev.] Daniel
Kean, [Mrs.] Patrick
Leonard, Eugene Amount
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0.5.0
0.3.6
0.5.0
0.2.6
0.2.6
0.10.0
0.3.0
0.3.0
1.0.0
0.10.0
1.0.0
1.0.0
0.10.0
0.3.6
0.3.0
0.3.0
0.2.6
2.0.0
0.10.0
2.0.0
0.10.0
1.10.0
0.2.6
0.10.0 Name
Leonard, Patrick
Lynch, Jerome
M’Carthy Downing, Timothy, Esq.
M’Carthy, Charles
M’Carthy, D., Esq.
M’Carthy, John
M’Cartie, Dan, Treasurer
Mahony, Patrick
Molony, [Rev.] Wm.
O Donovan, Doctor
O Driscoll, Doctor
O Driscoll, Mrs.
O Driscoll, Mrs. T.
O Leary, [Mrs.] Richard
O Mahony, Bartholomew
Sheehan, Tim.
Sullivan, [Mrs.] Jerry
Sullivan, Thomas
Taylor, Doctor, Skibbereen
The Bridgetown Collection
The Ragh Collection
The Temperance Society
Walton, Thomas
Welply, Dan, Esq.
Young, [Mrs.] William Amount
0.5.0
0.10.0
2.0.0
0.5.0
3.0.0
0.2.6
1.0.0
0.5.0
1.10.0
1.0.0
0.10.0
0.10.0
0.2.6
0.2.6
0.10.0
0.2.6
0.2.6
0.5.0
0.5.0
0.17.1
1.0.0
7.8.1
0.2.6
5.0.0
0.2.6

(CE 9/6/1843) - REPEAL! REPEAL! REPEAL! – SKIBBEREEN -MEN OF THE BARONIES OF THE CARBERIES AND OF THE ADJACENT BARONIES - ON the 19^th Instant, the LIBERATOR of your Country, the beloved Son of Erin, will be amongst you, for the purpose of enlisting your sympathies in the cause of your persecuted County and suffering People, and of receiving your co-operation in the noble struggle by moral and peaceable means to raise her from her present prostrate position to the rank of Independence and Prosperity, we therefore call upon you without distinction of Creed or Class, to MEET to PETITION Parliament for a REPEAL of the odious Act of UNION, - pour forth your Tens, your Hundreds, and your Thousands, and in the peaceful and Constitutional attitute of Freemen, humbly, respectfully, but firmly demand your Independence and your Rights.

Atteridge, Arthur, River View
Atteridge, John, Castlehaven
Barrett, Edward, Carribee
Barrett, John, River View, Muskerry
Barry, James, PP, Ballydehob
Barry, John, PP, Barryroe East
Barry, John, RCC, Ballydehob
Barry, Thomas, PP, Bantry
Beamish, Samuel, Dunmanway
Begley, Michael, RCC, Caheragh
Begley, Patrick, RCC, Bantry
Bourke, Denis, Riverview
Calnan, John, Clonakilty
Collins, John, Skibbereen
Coppinger, Richard, Skibbereen
Creedon, John, RCC, Drimoleague
Cullinane, Jeremiah, Skibbereen
Deasy, Thomas, Clonakilty
Doheny, James, PP, Dunmanway
Donovan, John, Clonakilty
Dore, David, PP, Coheragh
Falvey, David, RCC, Dunmanway
Freeman, Christopher, RCC, Bantry Freeman, Daniel, RCC, Castlehaven
Fuller, Thomas, Dunmanway
Gallwey, Daniel, Brown Town
Gallwey, John, Green Park
Gallwey, Major C., Kilkern House
Gallwey, William, Bandon
Geary, Maurice, RCC, Affidown
Hartnett, P., PP, Kilmeen
Horgan, Daniel, RCC, Ragh
Hurly, John, RCC, Skull
Irwin, Maxwell, Clonakilty
Jervois, Samuel, Corran
Jervois, Samuel, Leap
Lawlor, John Shea, Gurtumoe, Bantry
Leonard, Eugene, Skibbereen
M’Carthy Downing, Solicitor, Skibbereen
M’Carthy, Daniel, Loughine Cottage
M’Carthy, John, RCC, Kilmeen
M’Cartie, Daniel, Skibbereen
Molony, John, RCC, Skibbereen
Mulcahy, James, PP, Castlehaven
Murphy, T., RCC, Durrus
Murray, John, Clonakilty Murray, Timothy, Clonakilty
Noonan, John, PP, Cape Clear
O Connell, John, Bantry
O Connor, Daniel, Bantry
O Connor, John, Bantry
O Donovan, Timothy, RCC, Dunmanway
O Hea, P., MD, Clonakilty
O Leary, Denis, Coolmountain
O Sullivan, Daniel, Solicitor, Dunmanway
O Sullivan, John B., Bar.-at-Law, Dunmanway
O Sullivan, Laurence, PP, Skull
Quinn, Richard, PP, Durrus
Ross, Michael, RCC, Castlehaven
Ryan, John, PP Drimileague
Sheahan, Joseph, PP Kilmacabee
Sheehan, David, RCC Kilmacabee
Sheehy, Patrick, PP, West Barryroe
Twomy, William, PP, Skibbereen
Walsh, P., RCC, Affidown
Walsh, Patrick, RCC, Skibbereen
Walsh, Thomas, RCC, Barryroe
Warren, Michael, Clonakilty
Welply, Daniel, Skibbereen
Williamson, William, Skull

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(CE 14/7/1843) - STRAYED!! - A Boy named CHARLEY SULLIVAN, aged 12 years, and about 4 feet 6 inches in Height, strayed from SKIBBEREEN, where his Parents Live, and was seen near this City. Any information regarding him will be considered as an Act of the greatest Charity to a Distressed Family, and will be received with gratitude by the Rev. Mr. Fitzpatrick, Skibbereen; or by the Rev. Mr. O' Regan, Cork. Any information communicated to this Office, will be immediately forwarded to either of the above named Clergymen. Cork, July 14.

(CC 1/8/1843) - GEORGE BATTERSHAM - Of Skibbereen, begs leave to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, &c., that he is now giving his whole time to the Stuffing and Preserving of all kinds of Birds, Animals, &c. All orders he may be honoured with will be punctually attended to and perfected in the neatest manner, and at the most reasonable terms. References may be had of the Earl of Bantry, for whom he has done several Birds and Animals. NB – The above can be fitted up in Glass Cases or on Stands according to order.

(CC 21/12/1843) - ADDRESS TO ALEXANDER O DRISCOLL, J.P., SKIBBEREEN 1843 [following his dismissal as a Magistrate] - *Thus marked are R.C.

Adderley, Thomas
Atkins, Richard, P.M.
Atkins, Robert
Atkins, William
Atteridge, Philip
Atteridge, Thomas C.
Baker, Samuel
Baldwin, Thos., Skibbereen
Baldwin, William
Beamish, Francis
Beamish, George
Beamish, William B.
Bennett, Josias
Bennett, Thomas
Berkly, David, Surgeon
Berkly, John D.
Bird, George
Bird, John
Bird, Thomas
Bullen, Joseph
Bullen, William
Burchill, Abraham
Caulfield, Rev. Charles
Clerke, David Horan
Clerke, Thos. St. J., Skibbereen
Collins, James*
Collins, Jeremiah M’Carthy*
Collins, Thomas*
Crowly, Jeremiah P., L.A.P.*
Cue, George
Dealy, William
Donovan, Cornelius, M.D.*
Donovan, Denis* (see note **)
Donovan, James*
Donovan, Rev. Charles
Donovan, Timothy*
Downing, Morty*
Driscoll, Timothy
Dudley, Elis W.
Dudley, George
Dullea, Charles*
Dwyer, Robert
Eedy, Nicholas
Evans, George Evans, Robert
Evanson,Charles
Everett, Joseph, H.P.
Everett, Joseph, jun.
Everett, William
Fitzmaurice, Henry, Solicitor
Foukes, John
Freke, Rev. James
Fuller, Edward
Fuller, James
Fuller, Ralph
Hadden, David, M.R.C.S.L.
Hadden, George
Harris, J.W., Capt., H.P.
Hauhorane, John*
Hauhorane, Morty jun.*
Hauhorane, Morty*
Hauhorane, Owen*
Hauhorane, Richard*
Hayes, John
Hegarty, John*
Henderson, Joseph, P.M.
Hill, Thomas
Hungerford, Robert J.
Hungerford. Thomas J.
Jagoe, Abraham
Jagoe, Samuel
Jermyn, John
L’Estrange, F.T.
Lanktree, John
Lannin, Joseph
Lannin, William
Levis, Coakly, H.P.
Levis, John
Levis, Samuel
Levis, Samuel jun.
Levis, Samuel, H.C.
Levis, William
Limrick, Thos. H., Union Hall
Limrick, William, M.D., Union Hall
Long, Richard W.
Long, Thomas H.
Louth, William
Lynch, Jerome* M’Carthy, Charles*
M’Carthy, Florence*
M’Cartie, John*
Malet, C. L., M.D.
Marmion, Henry Richard
Montjoy, Thomas
Moriarty, Nicholas V.
Morris, John
Morris, Thomas
Morris, William jun.
Morris, William sen.
Morrisy, Alexander
Nagle, Garrett
O Brien, Dan*
O Donoghue, Daniel
O Donoghue, Simon
O Donoghue, Willliam
O Keeffe, Daniel W.
O Mahony, P.*
O Sullivan, Philip, Architect
Oliver, Rev. Robert
Peyton, Richard
Potter, John William
Ratcliffe, Willliam
Roberts, William
Ross, Gibbs
Ross, John
Ross, Sir Thomas, Capt. R.N.
Ross, William
Rountree, Harding
Rountree, P.
Rountree, Robert
Rountree, Robert G.
Rountree, Wm. H.
Scott, Edward
Seabourne, James
Seabourne, John
Seabourne, William
Smyth, Rev. John Richard
Smyth, Richard
Smyth, Richard, Euston House
Smyth, Richard, J.P., Castledowneen
Smyth, William
Spring, Rev. Edward Stuart, A., Archdeacon of Ross
Swanton, John, H.P.
Swanton, William
Sweetman, John
Symms, William F.
Taylor, J., Capt., unattached
Tobin, James*
Townsend, Edward, Union Hall
Townsend, James
Townsend, Rev. R.B.
Townsend, W.R., Castle Townsend
Traill, Rev. Robert, D.D., Rector of Skull
Triphook, Joseph R.
Triphook, Rev. John
Tuckey, Rev. Thomas
Turner, Thomas
Turner, William
Turner, Young, H.P.
Vickery, James
Vickery, Paul
Vickery, Samuel
Walker, David S.
Walker, Rev. W.C.
Warner, John
Warren, Brisbane, Union Hall
Warren, John, Union Hall
Warren, William, Laputa
Waugh, John, W.M.
Webb, John
Webb, Rev. Richard
Webb, Richard
Webb, Samuel B.
Webb, Thomas
Williamson, John
Wolfe, James
Wolfe, Joseph
Wood, Thomas
Woulfe, William
Wright, J.N.
Wright, John N.
Wright, Joseph
Wright, Rev. John N.
Wright, W.E.

(CE 27/12/1843) Skibbereen, Dec. 23, 1843. - SIR, - I hope you will help me out of a trouble I’m in without any fault of my own. When I came home last Thursday night after my work, my wife and children began to ballyrag me before I had time to sit down and the more I asked them the raison the more they kept at me, so at last I asked my wife, for God’s sake, to tell me what it was all about, so she up and tould me that myself and Sandy Driscoll were in the paper together. – Faith I was neer fainting. I powdered away down street to where the boys were in William Brickley’s room – and there they had the Constitution paper reading a letter to Sandy Driscoll, telling him not to be vexed at the Magistrates making him guilty for whipping Jerry Dempsy – and here is the trouble I want you get me out of. There was a string of names to that letter as long as my arm, and put at the tale of em was my own name, Denis Donovan. Would you just tell the Constitution man that I never put my name there at all, and that my wife is vexed about it – I am a tradesman to be sure, but I don’t owe any man a penny, nor was I ever tried before a Magistrate, and therefore I don’t like at all to have my name in the papers cheek by jowl with Sandy Driscoll’s. It was a forgery – and I offered to take my oath of it for the boys. I acknowledged to them that Bill Everitt and Potter the crockery-ware man asked and coaxed me to sign it, but I tould em I’d see em starved first – Would you tell them, if you please, to tell the Constitution man to blot out my name, and you will ease my mind, and oblige. - Your obedient servant and constant reader, - DENIS DONOVAN, Weaver.

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(CE 19/1/1844) - O CONNELL TRIBUTE 1843 – SKIBBEREEN £91.0.0 -DEAR SIR – I feel much pleasure in being made the medium of communicating, through you, to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL the hatred of O CONNELL, with which his prosecution has inspired the people of Skibbereen. I send you a letter of Credit for £91 sterling, being more than double the amount contributed for the previous year to the Patriotic Fund. - I have the honor to be Sir, your obedient servant, - DANIEL M’CARTIE, Treasurer, Skibbereen, January 17^th, 1844

Name
Barrett, Richard
Barry, James
Bilks, Samuel
Brickley, Michael
Brickley, Mrs.
Brickley, Wm., RW
Brien, John, Ragsogh
Buckley, Cors.
Burke, Dan
Burke, Mick
Callaghan, Cor.
Callaghan, Mrs., sen.
Caverly, Mrs.
Collins, Cornelius
Collins, Corns.
Collins, Denis
Collins, J., Messrs.
Collins, J., Messrs.
Collins, J.,Messrs.
Collins, John
Collins, John, Esq.
Collins, Mrs. John
Collins, T., Esq.
Coppinger, Rich., Esq.
Coughlan, Dan.
Coughlan, Tim
Crowley, David
Crowley, Jerry
Crowley, John, Smorane
Crowley, Mrs. Chas.
Crowly, J., Messrs.
Crowly, James
Crowly, T., Messrs.
Cullihane, Jerry
Cunnigham, Denis, Skibbereen
Deasy, Cors.
Delay, Mrs.
Dempsey, James, Repeal Martyr
Dineen, James
Donovan, Corns.
Donovan, Owen, Skibbereen
Downing, M., Messrs.
Downing, T. M’C., Esq., Solicitor
Driscoll, Daniel
Driscoll, James
Driscoll, Jerry
Driscoll, Jerry C.
Driscoll, Patrick
Duggan, Jerry
Duggan, Patrick
Dwyer, Robert
Fitzpatrick, J., Rev., C.R.
Gaffney, John
Gallwey, John, Esq.
Haly, Mick, RW
Hayes, Henry
Hayes, Wm.
Hegarty, John
Horgan, D., Rev.
Hurley, Malachi
Hurley, P., Messrs.
Hurley, Richard
Hurley, Timothy
Kenefick, Pat.
Leonard, Eugene, Messrs.
Leonard, John
Leonard, Tim.
Leonard, William
Looney, Daniel
Lynch, Jerome
M’Carthy, ‘a month old Repealer’, son of Eugene
M’Carthy, Andrew
M’Carthy, Charlie
M’Carthy, D., Esq., Skibbereen
M’Carthy, Dan
M’Carthy, Eugene, father of a ‘month old Repealer’
M’Carthy, Thomas
M’Carthy, Tim
M’Cartie, Dan
M’Lean, Denis
Mahony, Cors.
Mahony, Jerry, Suchindreen
Mahony, Keane
Mahony, Mick
Mahony, Mrs.
Mara, Denis, RW
Molony, J., Rev.
Mullins, Michael
O Connell, John, Esq., Solicitor
O Driscoll, Cornelius, Messrs.
O Driscoll, Mrs. S.
O Driscoll, Mrs. T.
O Driscoll, Patrick, Skibbereen
O Leary, Bat.
O Mahony, Bat
O Sullivan, Cors.
O Sullivan, Patk.
Quilan, ___
Regan, John
Regan, M., Messrs.
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Reoghane, Cors.
Ryan, John
Savage, Patrick
Sedwards, Thos.
Shea, John
Sheehan, Tim
Spillan, John
Sullivan, J., Messrs.
Sullivan, Jerh.
Sullivan, Pat.
Sullivan, Thomas, Rassogh
Taylor, Doctor
Walsh, Patrick, Hollybrook
Walsh, Rev. Mr.
Walsh, Richard
Walsh, Thomas
Walton, Thomas
Welply, Dan, Esq., Skibbereen
Young, John
Young, Robert
Young, William Amount
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(CC 11/2/1845) – SKIBBEREEN – TEA, COFFEE, SPICE, CHEESE AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSE – PARTIES desirous to procure really nice and good articles, at moderate prices, are invited to try this Establishment, where they can supply themselves with every article in the General Grocery Line, on fully as low terms, for their respective qualities, as at any other respectable (not puffing) House in the South of Ireland. - SUSANNA WRIGHT now offers – Good Congo, with a little Pekoe Flavour @ 4s. 4d. per lb. - Good Congo, with Strong Pekoe or Hyson flavour @ 4s. 8d. - Fine Congo, with Strong Pekoe or Hyson flavour @ 5s. 0d. - Finest Congo, with Strong Pekoe or Hyson flavour @ 5s. 4d. - Finest Congo, with large admixture of Pekoe, 5s. 6d. - Finest Congo, with large admixture of Hyson, 5s. 8d. - Best Flowery-scented Orange Pekoe, and Young Hyson. - Fine Jamaica Coffees at 1s. 4d. and 1s. 8d. per lb. - Finest Jamaica Coffees at 2s. 0d. and 2s. 2d. per lb. - Wax, Spermaceti, Prices Composite, Diaphine and Tallow Candles. - Tucker’s Custard Powder, Gelatine, &c., &c. - Main Street (late Bridgetown)

(CC 11/2/1845) – JOHN LANKTREE – BEGS leave most respectfully to inform the Public, that he has a lot of NEW CARS of different Descriptions FOR SALE, having Cork Men working in his COACH FACTORY IN SKIBBEREEN. – Repairs of all kinds done; also, a Splendid Two or Four Horse Hearse, with Plumes, for Hire. – Opened or Covered Cars and Post Horses

(CC 11/2/1845) – SKIBBEREEN UNION – SCHOOLMISTRESS – THE GUARDIANS of the Skibbereen Union will, on THURSDAY the 13^th February, Inst., proceed to the Election of a Schoolmistress for the Workhouse. Salary £12 per annum, with one Ration. – By Order of the Board, - J. J. O SULLIVAN, Clerk to the Union.

(CE 24/2/1845) – WANTED – A FIRST RATE BUYER for the London Markets, to whom a Liberal Salary will be given, Apply to DANIEL WELPLY, Skibbereen.

(CE 18/3/1845) – TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER – Sir, A printed Memorial has been hawked about this village by one of Captain O Driscoll’s comforters, praying for the restoration of that spotless Magistrate to the Commission of the Peace. Memorialists, by a species of logic peculiar to themselves, endeavour to prove to his Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant, that after the process of dismissal by Sir Edward Sugden, for age, ill-health and intemperate conduct, the Magistrate so dismissed became, by superhuman agency, restored to youthful health and vigour. They would have us believe this this has happened to Captain O Driscoll, and that his propensity for horse-whipping defenceless youngsters, and illegally imprisoning others has diminished – a moral miracle in so short a time, yet one that Lord De Grey will be unwilling to believe. The party, endeavouring to restore the man to that power he was so deservedly deprived of, are seeking rather the triumph of a faction that than the ends of justice. - The emissary who was entrusted with this precious document availed himself of the fair day here to meet a few kindred spirits who may be three sheets in the wind, in order to transmit their dignified names to his Excellency, as sympathisers with that ill-treated man – in this he signally failed. Though he opened his commission in every Shebeen in the village, yet he could not prevail even on a marksman to join his ranks; and in his love for justice lost his equillibrium and narrowly escaped being a five shilling case. - If such be the means resorted to by Capt. O Driscoll, can he be in his senses have the most distant hope of his restoration? Was not the Lord Chancellor constrained by public opinion when the superseded the ‘Great Unpaid,’ did not the press of England, as well as that of Ireland, insist upon his removal from the Bench? ‘But if there are positive persisiting folks, we know who, if once wrong, must needs be always so.’ Let us suppose this dismissed functionary’s ambition was again to be gratified – what a scene of confusion would the Skibbereen Bench present? From such scenes of Magisterial Anarchy – O Lord deliever us! – YOUR CORRESPONDENT, Ballidahob, March 13^th, 1844.

(CE 16/5/1845) – ALEXANDER T. O DRISCOLL AGAIN! – This aimable gentleman, whose sweetness of temper and amenity of disposition are only equalled by his dignity as a judge, and by the profundity of his knowledge as a magistrate, once more appears in an enviable light before the public as may be seen by a reference to the report of the Skibbereen Petty Sessions, which will be found elsewhere. Mr. O Driscoll reminds us much of that very wonderful bird alluded to by Sir Boyle Roche; for no sooner do we read of Mr. O Driscoll’s doings before the Master of the Rolls, in the Four Courts, Dublin, than we read of his sayings on the bench in Skibbereen. Mr. O Driscoll’s prominent characteristics in each place are how ever different and opposite. In Dublin, he labours under the most lamentable deficiency of memory; while in Skibbereen, this unhappy old gentleman is the victim of an utter want of temper. Now, as memory helpeth wisodm, and temper considerably assisteth justice; and as Mr. O Driscoll, according to the Master of the Rolls in Dublin, and to his own shewing in Skibbereen, is singularly deficient in both of those grand requisites for a magistrate, the sooner that Sir Edward Sugden revokes his foolish re-appointment of Mr. O Driscoll to the Commission of the Peace (!), the better for the ends of justice, the happier for the Magistrates of West Carbery, and the more blissful for the great ALEXANDER himself, who, covered with honour, and loaded with the blessing of the poor, would then retire to the shade and seclusion of that terrestrial paradise, Norton Cottage.

We have no desire to enter into the merits of the case that elicted the last escapade of this model of a judge. All our readers require to know is, that, a Mr. James Ross distrained the cow of a poor couple named Buckley; [Skibbereen Petty Sessions (CE 16/5/1845) – Mr. James Ross v. Edward Buckley, Mary Buckley, and Patrick Casey (no location given), Magistrates present – A. O Driscoll, M. Gallwey, Mr. Somerville, D. Fleming] that Ross [along with his son, James], instead of driving the cow to a near pound, was driving the cow to a distant pound; [Inchinaitagh, ‘across the river’ from the Buckley’s farm - ?Inchinagotagh, parish Abbeystrowry] that the woman BUCKLEY caught the cow by the horn, resisited the attempt to drive her to the far off pound, and actually put her into the nearest pound herself. For this ‘rescue’ Ross brought the BUCKLEYS and PATRICK CASEY before their Worships of Skibbereen – MR. A. T. O DRISCOLL in the chair. We shall allow our readers to form an idea of the real nature of the case from the language of one MAGISTRATE, MR. SOMERVILLE, who says:- ‘It is a disgraceful proceeding; here is a man perhaps owing his landlord a year’s rent, and he goes on the 3d. of May and distrains these poor people’s corn at this season of the year, for the rent due on the ist. Such a case would not hold moment at a Quarter Session. - Another Magistrate, MR. MICHAEL GALLWAY, remarks:- CASEY did nothing, and surely we would not send that woman to the Sessions because she caught her cow to prevent her being carried to the most distant pound, and afterwards on the same day impounded her.’ - But MR. O DRISCOLL, though, like Brutus, his heart bled for it, was ‘for indicting all.’ - MR. GALLWAY proposed, and MR. SOMERVILLE seconded, ‘that no informations be taken against the woman.’ MR. O DRISCOLL could not bring his great mind to understand this proposition, and would not put the question. However, MR. FLEMING voted for the informations, and they were accordingly granted. So far, all well. But it did not stop there, for MR. O DRISCOLL, whose mighty soul laboured for utterance, at last broke out in the following dignified and energetic style – ‘By God! I don’t understand those popularity-hunting Magistrates.’ - We shall not add one word of comment – we shall leave that to the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, Sir Edward Sugden, whose peculiar privince it is to watch over all minors, lunatics, and magistrates.

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(CE 19/5/1845) & (CE 16/5/1845) - SKIBBEREEN QUARTER SESSIONS - PETTY JURY

Atkins, Richard
Bullen, Wm.
Burke, Danl.
Collins, James Hayes, John
Hourahan, M.
Justice, H.
Kingston, J. Leonard, Eugene
Leonard, Patk.
Lewis, Saml.
O Driscol, Tim. Roberts, Thos.
Vickery, Geo.
Wolfe, Jas.
Young, Thomas
Young, John

(CE 16/5/1845) – SKIBBEREEN PETTY SESSIONS – ….Mr. John Attridge, of Glasshenalin, said he had an application to make to the Court to reduce the fine of £2, which was imposed on him for an assault on Mr. Wm. Everett, on a previous day. - Mr. Fleming – On what grounds do you apply? I remember the case very well. - Mr. Attridge – 1^st , On the provocation which I received; 2^nd, Because when I had Mr. Webb fined £4 for an assault on myself, it was subsequently reduced to £1; and, 3^rd, because the punishment was beyond the scale upon which it has been heretofore awarded, I having only laid the whip on Mr. Everett’s back, was fined £2, and when your present chairman cruelly flogged the little boy, Dempsey, he was only fined the same. - Mr. Fleming – You consented, Mr. Attridge, to reduce the fine on Mr. Webb; had you not, I would never consent to reduce it, and I don’t think that there are any grounds to reduce the fine in your case, unless Mr. Everett consented. - Mr. Attridge – He is at present in Dublin, and I applied lest the warrant may issue. - Mr. Somerville – Well, we can stay the issue of the warrant until he returns.

(CC 29/5/1845) – COUNTY CORK West Riding – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an application will be made at the Next Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at CLONAKILTY, in and for said County and Riding, on WEDNESDAY, the 16^th of July next, for an increase of the Constabulary, consisting of Four Sub-Constables, to be added to the Police Force in the Town of Skibbereen…….

(CE 30/7/1845) – Death Notice, - On Thursday the 24^th inst. At her (sic) son’s residence (Mr. Gibbs Ross) near Skibbereen, Mr. (sic) Thomas Ross, at the advanced age of 89 years.

(CE 3/9/1845) MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT – DEATH BY DROWNING – An accident of a most painful and melancholy description occurred on Monday last at Gurtnascreena, within seven miles of Skibbereen, which we regret to say, terminated in the death of a daughter of Michael Gallwey, Esq., JP, Skibbereen. The particulars of this sad event, as we could learn, are as follow:- It appears that three daughters of Mr. Gallwey, with other young ladies, went to bathe on the above day, at a place called Poulgurrum, or the blue hole, which is a small lake, caused by a waterfall, and distant several miles from the sea. Whilst bathing in the waters, Miss Margaret Gallwey, a beautiful girl, not fifteen years of age, suddenly got out of her depth, and raised a cry for help, when her two sisters heriocally rushed to her rescue, and would assuredly perished, so deep was the water in this spot, were it not for the admirable courage and presence of mind of Miss Collins of Skibbereen, who at the imminent risk of her own life succeeded in resucing them; but alas, she was not so fortunate as to save the other girl, who sank to rise no more. There was no other person near the fatal spot at the time to render assistance. It was some time before the body of the poor girls was taken out; and when its cold but beautiful form was laid on the bank, the scene that ensued was of the most melancholy and touching character. It is needless to add that this occurance has thrown a gloom over a large circle of friends and acquaintances, as the poor girls was universally loved and esteemed.
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SLATER’S 1846 DIRECTORY – SKIBBEREEN, WITH THE VILLAGE OF CASTLE-TOWNSEND AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

SKIBBEREEN is a large and populous market town, comprised of the two parishes of Abbeystrowry and Creagh, in the eastern division of the barony of West Carbery, county of Cork, 211 miles SW from Dublin, 54 SW from Cork, 34 SW from Bandon, and 15 miles SSE from Bantry; situated on the banks of the Ilen, which river flows into Baltimore Harbour and Saint George’s Channel. From its situation in a wild and unenclosed part of the country, and from having frequently been the scene of commotion and violence, may be ascribed the cause of its not rising so rapidly in the scale of commerce and prosperity as other towns less populous; but of late years Skibbereen has much improved, and may now be considered a flourishing place. It consists of several streets, some of which are wide and well arranged, the houses well built, and the shops stored with all that it required for a town of its size. The retail business is extensive, and a populous neighbourhood is supplied from the stores here. The coal and corn trade is considerable, and brewing and tanning is carried on by two respectable concerns. There are two branch banking establishments, viz, the National Bank of Ireland and the Provincial Bank of Ireland, likewise several assurance agencies. The government of the town is vested in the county and resident magistrates; they hold petty sessions every Wednesday, and a general sessions of the peace in May. These are held in the court-house, a substantial stone building, situated at the northern end of the town.

The parochial church of Abbeystrowry is a spacious edifice, in the early English style, with a tower at the east end. The Roman Catholic chapel, situated near the court-house, is a handsome edifice, in the Grecian style of architecture. The interior is fitted up with superior taste, and the altar, which is embellished with a painting of the Crucifixion, is a rich specimen of its kind. There are places of worship for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists – the former in Bridgetown, the latter in North-street; schools are connected with both, affording gratuitous education to the children of the members. A dispensary, supported in the usual way, and schools, under the superintendence of the National Board of Education, are the principal public charities. The market days are Wednesday and Saturday; they are well attended, and abundantly supplied with the usual commodities. Fairs May 14^th, July 10^th, August 2d, October 12^th, and December 11^th and 23^rd. The parishes of Creagh and Abbeystrowry contained collectively, in 1841, 12,640 inhabitants, and the town of Skibbereen, 4,715 of that number.

CASTLE- TOWNSEND is a pleasant marine village, in the parish of Castlehaven, east division of the barony of West Carbery, same county as Skibbereen, between four and five miles east from that town; delightfully situated on the north side of the harbour of Castlehaven. The town, which derives its name from Colonel Townsend, and his seat, the Castle, consists of one long street, and a shorter one diverging, which occupy a gentle declivity descending to the bay. It is well adapted for trade, the harbour being well sheltered, and vessels of five hundred towns burthen can anchor within the haven; fishing, however, is the chief business of the place, and that not extensive. The church of Castlehaven, which stands on a bold eminence above the village, is a neat structure. The Roman Catholic Chapel is situated about a mile from the village. Population 770.

POST OFFICE, North st., Skibbereen, Daniel Crowly, Post Master. – Letters from Dublin and all parts of Ireland, likewise from England, arrive every morning at half-past eight, and are despatched every afternoon at half-past three.

POST OFFICE, Castle-Townsend, Mary Driscoll, Post Mistress. – Letters from all parts arrive (per mail car from Skibbereen), every afternoon at five, and are despatched thereto every morning at seven.

COACHES

To BANTRY, the Royal Mail (from Cork), calls at the Becher’s Arms Hotel, every afternoon at half-past three – and a Coach, from the same house, every evening (Sunday excepted) at seven.

To CORK, the Royal Mail (from Bantry) calls at the Becher’s Arms Hotel, every morning at half-past eight – and a Coach, from the same house, every morning (Sunday excepted) at six; both go through Bandon

Arranged Alphabetically

(NGC) – Nobility, Gentry & Clergy

Adderley, Moses, Leather Seller, Main st.
Atkins, William, Bridge Town (NGC)
Atteridge, Arthur, Esq., River View (NGC)
Atteridge, Thomas, Grocer, Spirit Dealer, Corn Merchant, Castle Townsend
Baker, Saml., Carpenter & Builder, Bridge Town
Baldwin, John, Painter & Glazier, New road
Baldwin, Thomas, Captain, North st. (NGC)
Baldwin, Wm., Esq., Castle-Townsend (NGC)
Barrett, Richard, Cooper, New road
Barry, Bridget, Milliner & Dressmaker, Bridge Town
Barry, Patrick, Blacksmith, Gunsmith, Bridge Town
Bateman, John, Boot & Shoe Maker, Earthenware Dealer, Main st.
Beamish, Francis, Shopkeeper &c., Ironmonger & Hardwareman, Main st.
Beamish, George, Publican, North st.
Beamish, William, Esq., Lake Mount (NGC)
Becher, Ellen, Mrs., Glebe House (NGC)
Becher, Richard Henry Hedges, Esq., Holly Brook (NGC)
Belks, Samuel, Painter & Glazier, Bridge Town
Bennett, Joshua, Pawnbroker, Bridge Town
Bennett, Thomas, Pawnbroker, Bridge Town
Bevin, George, Painter & Glazier, New road
Blissett, Lieutenant, Commander, Coast Guard Station, Castle Townsend
Brickley, Ann, Publican, North st.
Brickley, William, School, New road
Bryen, Daniel, Nail Maker, High st.
Bryen, John, Nail Maker, High st.
Buckley, Cornelius, Publican, Bridge Town
Bullen, Jane, Milliner & Dressmaker, North st.
Bullen, Joseph, Auctioneer, Baker, North st.
Bullen, William, Boot & Shoe Maker, Leather Seller, Main st.
Burchell, William, Blacksmith, Mardyke
Burgess, Daniel, Tailor, New road
Burke, John, Corn Merchant, Bridge Town
Burke, Patrick, Clothes Dealer, North st.
Burke, Patrick, Tailor, Main st.
Burke, Patrick, Wheelwright, New road
Bush, Charles, Rev., Rectory, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Caddagan, Patrick, Cooper, Bridge Town
Carey, James, Spirit Dealer, Main st.
Carroll, Patrick, Rope & Twine Maker, Mardyke
Carter, John, Sea View House, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Casey, Dominic, Carpenter, Painter & Glazier, Cork road
Caverley, Mary, Milliner & Dressmaker, New road
Clerke, Avisia, Mrs., Bridge Town (NGC)
Clerke, John Wm., Manager, Prov. Bank of Ireland, Ins. Agent, Bridge Town
Clerke, Thos. St. John, Esq., Coroneal (NGC)
Collins, Charles, Publican, Castle Townsend
Collins, Cornelius, Boot & Shoe Maker, New road
Collins, James, Baker, Bridge Town
Collins, Jeremiah, Publican, Main st.
Collins, John, Esq., Old Court (NGC)
Collins, John, Nail Maker, Bridge Town
Collins, John, Nail Maker, Main st.
Collins, Mrs. John, North st. (NGC)
Collins, Thomas, North st. (NGC)
Collins, Thomas, Saddler, Main st.
Coughlan, Daniel, Publican, North st.
Coughlan, Patrick, Publican, Bridge Town
Coughlan, Timothy, Publican, New road
Crowly, Charles, Stone Mason & Builder, Bridge Town
Crowly, Cornelius, Blacksmith, Bridge Town
Crowly, Cornelius, Surveyor, Main st.
Crowly, Daniel, Post Master, Post Office, North st.
Crowly, Daniel, Stone Mason & Builder, High st.
Crowly, James, Carpenter, Main st.
Crowly, James, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Crowly, Jeremiah, Apothecary, North st.
Crowly, Jeremiah, Secretary, Commercial Reading Rooms, North st.
Crowly, John, Hat Manufacturer, High st.
Crowly, Michael, Stone Mason & Builder, Bridge Town
Crowly, Patrick, Butcher, High st.
Crowly, Patrick, Stone Mason & Builder, Bridge Town
Crowly, Peter, Butcher, High st.
Crowly, Timothy, Carpenter, Cork road
Crowly, Timothy, Hat Manufacturer, High st.
Crowly, Timothy, Hat Manufacturer, High st.
Cue, George, Baker, Grocer, Publican, North st,
Cullinane, Jeremiah, Baker, Tobacco Manufacturer, Main st.
Cunningham, Denis, Carpenter, North st.
Curtane, Thomas, Coach & Car Builder, Mardyke
Daly, Mary, Publican, Main st.
Deasy, Cornelius, Publican, North st.
Deasy, Eliza, Publican, North st.
Dineen, James, Publican, Bridge Town
Donovan, Daniel, MD, Bridge Town
Donovan, Daniel, Nail Maker, High st.
Donovan, Frederick, Wheelwright, New road
Donovan, John, Blacksmith, Mardyke
Donovan, John, Tailor, Castle Townsend
Donovan, Lawrence, Rope & Twine Maker, New road
Donovan, Mary, Mistress, National School, Cork road
Donovan, Matthew, Publican, Main st.
Donovan, Michael, Carpenter, New road
Donovan, Owen, Publican, Main st.
Dore, Patrick, MD, North st.
Downing, Mortimer, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Downing, Timothy M’Carthy, Attorney, Standard Life Agent North st. & 65
Upper Sackville st., Dublin
Doyle, Michael, Comptroller, Custom House, New road
Doyle, Thomas O Connell, Reg. Clerk, Merchant Seaman’s Office, New rd.
Driscoll, James, Tailor, North st.
Driscoll, Jeremiah, Publican, Main st.
Driscoll, Jeremiah, Publican, New road
Driscoll, Mary, Post Mistress, Post Office, Castletownsend
Driscoll, Michael, Spirit Dealer, Castle Townsend
Driscoll, Thomas, Grocer, Castle Townsend
Driscoll, William, Stone Mason & Builder, Bridge Town
Dudley, ___, School, Bridge Town
Dudley, Ellis Williams, Saddler, Bridge Town
Duggin, Jeremiah, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main st.
Dullea, Ellen, Mistress, Union Workhouse, Bantry road
Dullea, Margaret, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Dwyer, Catherine, Publican, Bridge Town
Eedy, Nicholas, Clothes Dealer, Main st.
Evans, George, Linen & Woollen Draper & Haberdasher, New road
Falvey, Daniel, Master, Union Workhouse, Bantry road
Finley, James, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main st.
Fitzgerald, James, Master, National School, Cork road
Fitzmaurice, Henry, Attorney, Ins. Agent, Mardyke & 45 Eccles st., Dublin
Fitzpatrick, John, Rev., North st. (NGC)
Fleming, Lionel, Esq., New Court (NGC)
Freke, Mrs., Baltimore (NGC)
Fuller, Edward, Pawnbroker, North st.
Fuller, Ralph, Pawnbroker, North st.
Gallwey, John, Green Park (NGC)
Gallwey, Michael, North st. (NGC)
Gardiner, Robt., Cabinet Maker, North st.
Goff, Charlotte, Mrs., Bridge Town (NGC)
Gogin, James, Linen & Woollen Draper & Haberdasher, Main st.
Good, Peter, Worsted Manufacturer, North st.
Gould, James H. & Co., Millers, Nireen Mills
Griffin, Philip Butler, Manager, National Bank of Ireland, North st.
Hadden, David, Apothecary, (Physicians & Surgeons), Main st.
Harrington, Timothy, Nail Maker, High st.
Harris, Isaac Watkins, Capt., Bridge Town (NGC)
Haurahane, Cornelius, Wheelwright, North st.
Haurahane, Patrick, Cooper, North st.
Haurihane, Mortimer, Boot & Shoe Maker, Publican, North st.
Hayes, Henry, Nail Maker, New road
Hayes, John, Boot & Shoe Maker, Leather Seller, Main st.
Hayes, John, Linen & Woollen Draper & Haberdasher, Main st.
Hayes, John, Nail Maker, Bridge Town
Hayes, John, Tailor, Castle Townsend
Hayes, William, Stone Mason & Builder, Mardyke Healy, Michael, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Hegarty, John, Blacksmith, Bridge Town
Hegarty, Mary, Becher’s Arms Hotel, Spirit Dealer, North st.
Hennessy, John, Publican, Boot & Shoe Maker, High st.
Herbert, Mrs., Mall View, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Holmes, Mary, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Castle Townsend
Horigan, Daniel, Rev., North st. (NGC)
Horsforth, Dora, Straw Bonnet Maker, Bridge Town
Horsforth, Sarah, Straw Bonnet Maker, New road
Hurly, Michael, Publican, North st.
Lanktree, John, Baker, Confectioner, North st,
Leonard, Eugene, Corn Merchant, Dyer, Leather Seller, Spirit Dealer, Main st.
Leonard, Patrick, Publican, North st.
Leonard, Timothy, Publican, Bridge Town
Levis & Swanton, Coal & Timber Merchants, the Quay
Levis, John, Dyer, Tanner, Timber Merchant, Grocer, Spirit Dealer, Seedsman,
Oil & Colourman, Main st.
Levis, Samuel, Clothes Dealer, Dyer, Pawnbroker, North st.
Levis, Samuel, Esq., Glen View (NGC)
Levis, Samuel, Salt Merchant, Tallow Chandler, Tobacco Manufacturer,
Ironmonger & Hardwareman, Main st. & North st.
Lowney, Daniel, Publican, Bridge Town
Lynch, James, Clothes Dealer, the Square
Lynch, James, Tide Waiter, Custom House, New road
Lynch, Julia, Baker, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Charles, Baker, Earthenware Dealer, Main st.
M’Carthy, Charles, Blacksmith, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Charles, Blacksmith, New road
M’Carthy, Charles, Butcher, High st.
M’Carthy, Daniel, Baker, Corn Merchant, Grocer, North st,
M’Carthy, Daniel, Brewer & Malster, Skibbereen Brewery, North st.
M’Carthy, Daniel, Publican, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Denis, Publican, Castle Townsend
M’Carthy, Florence, Butcher, High st.
M’Carthy, Jas. Terence, Boot & Shoe Maker, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Jeremiah, Blacksmith, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Jeremiah, Boot & Shoe Maker, New road
M’Carthy, John, Butcher, High st.
M’Carthy, John, Wheelwright, Cork road
M’Carthy, Justin, Butcher, High st.
M’Carthy, Mary Ann, Mistress, Catholic School, Castle Townsend
M’Carthy, Thomas, Nail Maker, New road
M’Carthy, Timothy, Blacksmith, Hat Manufacturer, Bridge Town
M’Carthy, Timothy, Publican, North st.
M’Lane, Denis, Boat Builder, Bridge Town
Maclane, Denis, Publican, Bridge Town
Mahony, Mary, Publican, North st.
Marmon, Thomas, Coal, Corn & Timber Merchant, Bridge Town
Molony, James, Rev., North st. (NGC)
Montjoy, Thomas, Montjoy’s Hotel, North st.
Montjoy, Thomas, Watch Maker, Main st.
Mulcahy, Jas., Rev., PP, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Mullin, Michael, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, North st.
Murphy, James, Butcher, High st.
Murphy, Jeremiah, Cooper, New road
Murphy, Maurice, Butcher, High st.
Murphy, Patrick, Butcher, High st.
Nugent, Andrew, Collector, Custom House, New road
O Callaghan, William, Publican, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, High st.
O Donoghue, Daniel, Boot & Shoe Maker, North st.
O Driscoll, Alexander, Esq., North st. (NGC)
O Driscoll, Catherine, Mrs., North st. (NGC)
O Driscoll, Cornelius, MD, North st.
O Driscoll, James, Boot & Shoe Maker, North st.
O Driscoll, Margaret, Mrs., North st. (NGC)
O Driscoll, Patrick, Boat Builder, Bridge Town
O Driscoll, Patrick, Publican, New road
O Keeffe, Ann, Earthenware Dealer, Bridge Town
O Keeffe, Daniel William, Auctioneer, New road
O Leary, Daniel, Publican, Surveyor, Bridge Town
O Mahony, Bartholomew, Baker, Publican, Main st.
O Mahony, Patrick, Grocer, North st.
O Regan, Jeremiah, Surveyor, Main st.
O Sullivan, Daniel, Tailor, New road
O Sullivan, Eugene, Grocer, Main st.
O Sullivan, James Joseph, Clerk, Board of Guardians, Workhouse, Bantry rd.
O Sullivan, Jeremiah, Earthenware Dealer, Publican, Main st.
O Sullivan, Philip, Ironmonger & Hardwareman, Bridge Town
Pension, George, Sub-Inspector, Constabulary Station, North st.
Philpot, John, Stone Mason & Builder, Cork road
Potter, John Wm., Printer, BridgeTown
Quinlan, Cornelius, Coach & Car Builder, New road
Regan, James, Black & White Smith, High st.
Regan, Jeremiah, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Regan, John, Boot & Shoe Maker, High st.
Regan, Timothy, Publican, Bridge Town
Riley, Thomas, Wheelwright, New road
Roche, Patrick, Blacksmith, New road
Ross, Michl., Rev., CC, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Rountree, Robert George, Saddler, North st.
Rountree, Robert, Saddler, North st.
Savage, Ellen, Publican, Cork road
Savage, Murphy, Blacksmith, New road
Savage, Murphy, Blacksmith, North st.
Seaburn, Mary, Milliner & Dressmaker, Bridge Town
Sedwards, Jeffery, Nail Maker, High st.
Shaw, Charles, Butcher, High st.
Shea, John, Publican, North st.
Shea, Thomas, Boot & Shoe Maker, High st.
Shea, Timothy, Clothes Dealer, the Square
Sheehan, Timothy, Publican, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, Main st.
Somerville, John Townsend, Major, Point House, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Somerville, Philip, Esq., Union Hall (NGC)
Somerville, Thomas, Esq., Drishane, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Spillane, John, Dyer, Bridge Town
Stack, John, Shopkeeper & Dealer in Sundries, North st.
Sullivan, Daniel, Butcher, High st.
Sullivan, Denis, Stone Mason & Builder, Cork road
Sullivan, Jeremiah, Publican, Castle Townsend
Sullivan, John, Boot & Shoe Maker, North st.
Sullivan, Patrick, Blacksmith, High st.
Sullivan, Patrick, Jun., Blacksmith, High st.
Sullivan, Patrick, Tailor, New road
Sullivan, Thomas, Earthenware Dealer, Main st.
Sullivan, Timothy, Butcher, High st.
Swanton, James H. & Co., Millers, Skibbereen Mills
Swanton, see Levis
Sweetman, John, Esq., Mardyke (NGC)
Tisdall, Thomas, MD, North st.
Tobin, James, Wheelwright, High st.
Townsend, Henry, Esq., Mallishanone, Castle Townsend (NGC)
Townsend, John, Lieut.-Col., Castle Townsend House (NGC)
Townsend, Richard Boyle, Rev., New road (NGC)
Turner, Young, Ironmonger & Hardwareman, Main st.
Vickery, John, Tallow Chandler, Tobacco Manufacturer, Main st.
Vickery, Paul, Ironmonger & Hardwareman, Main st.
Vickery, Samuel, Baker, Confectioner, Salt Merchant, Main st.
Walker, William Charles, Rev., Castle Townsend (NGC)
Walsh, Thomas, Painter & Glazier, North st.
Walton, Thomas, Clothes Dealer, North st.
Warner, John, Saddler, North st.
Warren, Wm., Esq., Lepatue Castle (NGC)
Welply, Daniel, Linen & Woollen Dpr. & Haber., Main st. & Mill st., Clonakilty
Whelan, Denis, Cooper, North st.
Whelan, Florence, Cooper, North st.
Whelan, William, Cooper, North st.
White, James, Nail Maker, High st.
Whiting, Thomas, Coach Agent, North st.
Wilson, John, Classical School, New road
Wright, John Nash, Spirit Dealer, Main st.
Wright, Susannah, Grocer, Main st.
Young, John, Boot & Shoe Maker, North st.
Young, Michael, Boot & Shoe Maker, New road
Young, William, Publican, Bridge Town

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BEAMISH ESTATE HIGHFIELD, CREAGH, EVICTIONS 1847

Transcribed by Jim Collins © 2002. All Rights Reserved.

4 letters published on the evictions at Highfield, Creagh, from the estate of Robert Delacour Beamish, in 1847

(1) THE CORK EXAMINER-MONDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1847 -THE CLEARANCE SYSTEM - TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER - Sir.- In my accustomed walk through the parish of Creagh, my attention was arrested by the ruins of whole villages. I was particularly anxious to learn the cause of so much desolation, and for that purpose I sought the information of the few that yet lingered amid the ruins of their unhappy dwellings. They appeared content to perish of hunger in the vicinity of their homes, rather than take shelter in a workhouse.

The townland of Highfield, in the parish of Creagh, is the property of Robert Delacour Beamish, Esq., of Cork. A few days since these proscribed victims were visited by the Rev. Summerest Townsend and Mr. Lovel, agent and under agent to Mr. B., for the purpose of clearing these lands of the tenants. On that day, and sometime prior, they succeeded in turning out the following persons with their families.

Daniel Whoulahane, farmer, with six in family.

Thomas Whoulihane, farmer, with six in family.

Michael Whoulahane, farmer, five in family.

Michael Ganey, labourer, three in family.

Widow Burke, five in family.

Denis Carthy, farmer, eight in family.

John Collins, farmer, three in family.

John Sullivan, farmer, eight in family.

Florence Sullivan, farmer, seven in family.

Florence Carthy, farmer, three in family.

William Leahy, farmer, six in family.

Jeremiah Toumy, labourer, nine in family.

Michael Wholahan, farmer, ten in family.

Tom Croston, labourer, eight in family.

James Murphy, labourer, four in family.

Denis Cohalane, five in family.

Daniel Carthy, five in family.

Widow Donovan, five in family. At the moment of extermination this ill-fated woman was preparing a little Indian meal in a pot, which Lovel and Hosford threw out on the dung.

John Collins, labourer, died in the ruins of his own house.

The widow Regan, four in family, subsequent to receiving notice to quit, had her husband and daughter laid out on the same table.

The widow Ganey, with seven in family.

I would invite the attention of your readers in a special manner, whilst I endeavor to describe the unparalelled sufferings of this last-mentioned creature and her family. On the day before yesterday, the agent, accompanied by Mr. Lovel, paid this woman a final visit; she was then lying in fever, with her entire family, in a house already cleared of its inhabitants. They ascended the roof and commenced stripping off the thatch [......]they soon accomplished, the agent looking on during the execution of this new mode of ejectment, and promising a ticket for admission to the workhouse, but he departed without performing his promise. The fever-stricken mother was obliged to try her strength, and, as if forgetting her bodily exhaustion, followed him about a mile; but all to no purpose. She then endeavored to crawl back, but weakness overcame her, she had no resource but a ditch, where I saw her this day, apparently lifeless. I then imagined she was a corpse, but on examination I discovered she breathed slowly. I removed her covering, and there discovered a child dying by her side. I then proceeded, accompanied by two friends, where we saw some shattered furniture, the property of one of the ejected, with which we constructed a sort of shed. During this time the woman was insensible, but at intervals would open her eyes, as if thanking us for the trouble we had taken. Thus we left her in the last stage of her mortal suffering, under the broad canopy of Heaven, friendless and alone. - We next proceeded through the deserted village to where the rest of her family lay; we there saw a young woman, her eldest daughter, labouring in all the agony of fever, with other children stretched beside her; a female spectre just risen from fever was bringing water to quench their thirst. - These facts I have not exaggerated, and am ready to prove their accuracy if, necessary; such is the lamentable condition of the Highfield tenantry at this moment, and if this be contradicted I shall never again seek the honour of a place in the Cork Examiner. - JEREMIAH O’CALLAGHAN -Skibbereen, May 23d.

We have seen this above in manuscript, and do declare it falls infinitely short of the horrifying reality we have witnessed this day in company with the writer. - JEREMIAH LEONARD, MICHAEL HALY,Skibbereen, May 23d. - [We omit our Correspondent’s indignant commentary on the above - preferring at present to leave the statement, in all its effective simplicity for the public. - Ed. C.E.]

(2) THE CORK EXAMINER-JUNE 7, 1847 - TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER - Sir.- My attention having been called to a letter in your paper of of the 31st of May, imputing to me opposition towards certain persons lately my tenants on my property at Highfield, I must trouble you to correct any misstatements in that letter. It is true some tenants have been removed by me. Eight only however of the persons mentioned in your correspondent’s long list (the corrections of which I am justified in doubting) were my tenants. The others were brought upon the lands in direct opposition to my wishes. Your correspondent also misstates when he places the "village in ruins" as he speaks of on my property. I am not aware that there is a village in any state whatever on my lands. The facts connected with my property are these. - The tenants who have been removed are very much in arrear, one owing as much as five years rent; and none of them had made any payments for the last year and a half, nor could they sow their lands. Under these circumstances I was obliged to remove them; my property is the right of which I live and support my family, and by which I am enabled to meet the many claims of charity which constant residence in Ireland must always be prepared for. I owe duties to others as well as to my tenants, and I cannot allow myself to be incapacitated from performing those duties by the remarks of those who are no judges of my position or conduct, as they cannot possibly know all the real circumstances of the case. Nor do I feel that the reasonable and right judging portion of society will accuse me of either cruelty or oppression when I did seek to get into my own lands, those lands which the occupiers are either unwilling or unable to cultivate, and for which they refuse to pay any rent; foregoing, as I all they owe me - leaving them their effects, and giving them money to go away. For the widow Geany’s distress those who know me will believe I feel quite as much as your correspondent can. She owed me four year’s rent, which was forgiven her, and sometime ago she was allowed to take away all her effects and she got what she asked to induce her to give up the land she was unable to cultivate. She however returned more than once, and the last house in which she was found, was use she had taken forcible possession of, by breaking through the window. When it was found that some of her family were ill (which was not known when the roof was ordered to be taken off) directions were given to put her into another house, if she could not be taken into the Poor House, and a message was at once sent to the Poor law Guardians to request a ticket for her. If she did not avail herself of this arrangement the fault was hers. I cannot see any good reason why she would prefer lying in a ditch, to going with her family to the deserted village, where your correspondent found them. My agent’s character will, I think, bear him through the charges made against him by your correspondent. Motives of personal friendship induced him to undertake in such a crisis as the present, a superintenence which must be most difficult and harassing. I am satisfied he would always act from the best motives, and I am sure that those who know him will not easily believe he could ever be induced to aid or sanction any act of oppression or cruelty. I shall not comment on the very great hardship of being thus dragged before the public by the intermeddling of persons who can neither know nor feel the trying position in which the holders of landed property in Ireland are now placed - the charges on that property remaining the same, the claims on them on all sides increased, and their means alarmingly diminished - I shall conclude by assuring your correspondent that, as I do not consider he is either entitled or competent to judge of my conduct, I shall in future maintain a strict silence upon my private affairs, notwithstanding any more animadterations I may be honoured with. Having lived constantly in Ireland, ever since I became a landlord, I will trust to the character I have hitherto endeavoured to maintain, to justify my future conduct. - I am, Sir, your obedient servant. - R. D. BEAMISH -Ditchbley, June 4, 1847.

(3) THE CORK EXAMINER-JUNE 7, 1847 -TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER - Sir.- In my last communication I endeavoured to give your readers something like an idea of the sufferings of the Highfield tenantry. Since that brief period the ill-treated widow Going past into another, and I hope a better world. She expired in the open air, with the exception of the few sticks before mentioned, which were placed over her as a screen. Her death has occasioned considerable alarm in the locality. The melancholy circumstances I have set before the public were not sent forth in hurry or excitement; their publication was considered by me the bounden duty of every man who has a heart to feel for afflicted humanity. In my next I shall have an occasion to allude to similar conduct pursued by other landlords here, and more particularly to that of a wealthy Baronet, whose agents and drivers are at this moment carrying off all the old furniture on the estate in lieu of rent. At present I must conclude by subscribing myself your correspondent. - JEREMIAH O’CALLAGHAN -Skibbereen, June 3d.

(4) THE CORK EXAMINER-JUNE 14, 1847 -TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER - Skibbereen, June 8th, 1847 - Sir.- I visited the lands of Highfield this day and found the few inhabitants that yet remain, in a most pitiable condition. Denis M’Carthy, tenant for the last forty years on these lands, was on Sunday last buried. Since his ejectment he exhibited in his person, signs of approaching death; fever set in accompanied by loss of his mental faculties and thus he struggled till death. His miserable wife yet lives with her family; in the last Examiner, Mr. Beamish seems willing to justify the course he has pursued relative to these people, but as this seems rather a confirmation of my statement I shall not allude to it at present here. I am justified in asserting the wretched tenants of Mr. Beamish are objects of universal commisseration. And as proof I must tell you that one brother who permitted the other to take shelter after his ejectment in a cart shed, was refused the trifle promised him for giving up possession. This is one of the persons whom Mr. Beamish does not recognise as one of his immediate tenants. Again, these people so treated were employed by Mr. Beamish to sow corn in the farms which until then they themselves occupied. - What was the result? Why not a shilling would they get till they emptied their cabins. It would seem, by the tenor of Mr. Beamish's letter, he knew not whether there were villages on his property. I beg leave to tell him there were, up to the late visit of the Rev. Somerset Townsend, who undertook through motives of personal friendship to lay them waste, and who very prudently remained silent on the subject. I shall give a short extract of a letter written by Mr. Lovel, the under agent, to Hosford, his Poundkeeper, on hearing of the Widow Gainey's death: "the Widow Gainey is dead, a happy riddance, I wish fifty more of them were gone." This is the sympathy of an agent for an old tenant. After this what are we to expect? Even the desolation that overshadows us this season only as it were, steels the hearts of our masters. - I remain your Correspondent, - JEREMIAH O'CALLAGHAN

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(CE 17/9/1847) – EXTREMES OF MISERY AND SPLENDOUR - Skibbereen, Sept. 14, 1847 - SIR – Yesterday the agent of Sir W. Wrixon Becher, aided by his drivers and assistant, expelled from their cabins (situated in North-street), three wretched families, by the mode of levelling their dwellings to the ground. One of the parties is a widow with a large family. The out-door relief ceased here on Saturday and the New Poor Law is only partially in operation; therefore the amount of destitution is already fearful. - A meeting of the Landlords was this day held for the purpose of giving employment to the labouring poor. But little is expected from this class – the oppressors of the peasant and tenant farmers. The old system of seizing the crops ere the famer has time to prepare them for the market is now in full force; so that independent of rates loudly called for by the Rate collector, the unfortunate Irish farmer is prevented, after his long season of toil from taking a single sheaf for his famishing family. Where then, I ask the writer of the Daily News, are the industrial classes, the artisan, shopkeeper, tenant farmer, &c., all dependent on the tiller of the soil, to obtain the means of paying the Relief Loan. Confine it by all means to the Head Landlords, if it is at all to be collected; as they have all the produce of the land. The lands of Carrough were destrained by the under agent of the Rev. S. Townsend of Castletownsend. Not a head of cattle, nor a stack of corn is to be seen on the roads. So much, Mr. Editor for the misery; now for the splendour of this wretched locality. Is it not strange when all classes dread a recurrence of last winter’s horrors, that pick-nic parties and balls, were never, even in the midst of plenty, of such frequent occurrence in this place? - ‘Tis a shame that persons who did not contribute for the relief of their suffering brothers, should now lavish so much in wanton extravagance and riot. Yes riot; for, at the last public ball ( the married gent’s ball) the conduct of our own would be aristocrats was no better than that of the lowest grades of society. And now forsoon, a set of thoughtless young men styling themselves democrats are taking their cue from their betters, and intent of getting up another ball. Why not, I ask to supply the funds intended for this ball to charitable purposes; and if charity begins at home, the democratic inhabitants of Skibbereen need not travel far for objects. - The publication of these facts in your charitable Journal, will render the poor of this locality, it is to be hoped, an important service. - Your obliged Correspondent, - JEREMIAH O CALLAGHAN

(CE 1/11/1847) – DOINGS IN SKIBBEREEN -Our Correspondent, Jeremiah O Callaghan, draws our attention to certain proceedings which have taken place in the above neighbourhood, upon the estate of a Very Rev. absentee landlord. The letter is too long for insertion. He says – The subordinates of the Very Rev. STEPHEN FITZGERALD HORATIO IGNATIUS TOWNSEND, of Castletownsend (Phoebus, what a string of names!) are proceeding with distraint and ejectment with matchless vigour. Cattle and corn are being daily seized. The roads leading to the towns present an uninterrupted stream of corn laden carts and cattle under the strong escort of bailiffs. The pounds are crowded. The releases of the unhappy beasts are few indeed, save when death mercifully relieves them, for no fodder is provided in those pounds for the dumb sufferers. One instance of forcible entry and release by night occurred at the Lick pound. The cattle were seized by this rev. gent.’s bums. This is nearly unprecedented in this hitherto peaceable locality, but a spirit of resistance is springing up among the tenantry generally.

(CE15/10/1847) – SKIBBEREEN PETTY SESSIONS – INDICTMENT OF A LANDLORD AND MAGISTRATE! - After several cases of turnip stealing had been disposed of, the Chairman, Lionel J. Fleming, Esq., of New Court, was called on to answer an assault on a woman arrived at the patriarchal age of 82 years. He pleaded guilty, and stated that he, accompanied by the Bailiff, went to distrain for rent a man named Sullivan (plaintiff’s son,) and had taken some cattle on a farm of Sullivan’s, of which he is not the landlord. The cattle were instantly rescued, and the door of the house shut in his face, and held too, stoutly by the old woman. He (Mr. F.) seized her by the nose, and flung her aside. - Mr. M’Carthy Dowing (attorney for Plaintiff,) reminded the Court, that on a former occasion, they fined a person £2 for a similar offence. He feared his client had sustained serious injury in her olfactory nerves; and contended that Mr. Fleming’s distress was illegal, as the cattle were grazing on land over which Mr. F. had no control. - The Court then decided that both parties be indicted to Bandon Sessions. - If Lord John Russell had witnessed the proceedings of this day, Landlords adjudicating in their c…. cases; of poor famished children being sent to the house of correction for one month or ten shillings fine, for taking a single turnip, I feel assured he would not withold that great and only measure of Tenant Right for the oppressed and neglected Carberies, where leases (the few that exisit) rarely exceed twenty years. If convictions for turnip stealing are the benefits likely to arise to our famished peasantry by the introduction of the ‘green crop’ by the landlord, the sooner they are discontinued the better. At the present rate of the march of famine through the land, the county prison will soon be thronged to suffocation. - In no other district in Ireland are such acts of tyranny practised by landlords. The pen of our talented countryman, Carleton, could scarce adequately describe them. - JEREMIAH O CALLAGHAN

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(CE 24/5/1848) SKIBBEREEN, FRIDAY [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT] - Transcribed by Anita Sheahan Coraluzzi (c) 2002. All Rights Reserved. -As early as nine o'clock this morning, the inhabitants of this town might be seen hurrying in the direction of the post office, in order to learn the fate of their revered fellow countrymen, WILLIAM SMITH O BRIEN and T.F. MEAGHER. I need scarcely say with what manifestations of delight and satisfaction the glad tidings were received. They proceeded to the Confederate Room, where the most active preparations were commenced during the day, the members devoting their time to the decoration of the room. In front, was placed a board splendidly painted, bearing the words "Confederate Club", from one of the windows was suspended a richly ornamented Tricolour Flag with the inscription "Liberty, Fraternity, Equality." At eight o'clock, the hour appointed for the procession, the large masses began to arrive and take the places assigned to them; a transparency was borne with the words "The people have triumphed, O BRIEN and MEAGHER are free." A dozen blazing tar barrels moved off carried by men whose honest hearts burned as intensely for the freedom of their country. The band led the procession, playing, with their well known ability, the most spirit stirring national tunes; all seemed actuated by one motive; Protestant and Catholic seemed to vie with each other in doing honour to the immortal patriots who were ready to victimise themselves for their country's redemption. The multitude proceeded in that order for which the men of Skibbereen are so remarkable, on arriving at the hotel of Mr. DALY, they were eloquently addressed by T. M'C. DOWNING, P. OCONNELL and D. WELPLY, Esqs. I need scarcely say with what enthusiasm these gentlemen were received. Everything passed off quietly.

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Name	Served in…/Discharged	Covering Dates
BAKER, THOMAS	Born Creagh. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 39. Covering date year of discharge	1829
BEECHER, JAMES	Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34	1824-1838
BRIEN, DENNIS	Born ‘Abbey Stronny.’ Royal Artillery; East India Company; St. Helena Regt. Discharged aged 39	1824-1845
BROWN, WILLIAM	Born Skibbereen. 48^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29	1806-1814
BRYAN, JOHN	Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1831-1852
CAVANA(U)GH, JAMES	Born Skibbereen. 73^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23 after 9 years service	1806
CAVANAGH, DANIEL	Born ‘Skibbreen. 3^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 19 after 2 year service	1798
COG(H)LAN, ABRAHAM	Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34	1824-1837
COLLINS, DENIS	Born Skibbereen. 60^th Foot Regt.; Royal African Colonial Corps. Discharged aged 29	1817-1822
COLLINS, JEREMIAH	Born Creagh. 11^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32	1808-1820
COLLINS, JEREMIAH	Born Abbeystrewry. 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 36	1811-1832
COLVILLE, WILLIAM	Born ‘Crea.’ 38^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23	1846-1852
COTTER, JAMES	Born Creagh. 9^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28	1827-1835
CRAWLEY, CORNELIUS	Born ‘Crea.’ 4^th Garrison Battalion.; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24 after 2 years 3 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge.	1808-1810
CRAWLEY, THOMAS	Born ‘Cree.’ 58^th Foot Regt.; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged 21 after 6 years service	1798
CROWLEY, CORNELIUS	Or Crawley. Born ‘Abistrowley.’ 31^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 30 after 2 years service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge	1807-1809
CROWLIE, TIMOTHY	Born ‘Habeshondy.’ 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24	1810-1815
DENNIS, GEORGE	Born ‘Abystrowy.’ 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 42	1802-1817
DONAGHOE, DENIS	Born ‘Abbey Strandy.’ 99^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38	1804-1818
DONOGHUE, DANIEL	Born ‘Abbystawry.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47	1812-1830
DONOVAN, CORNELIUS	Born ‘Abbey.’ - ?Abbeystrewry. 16^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32	1840-1853
DONOVAN, DENNIS	Born ‘Abbeydowny.’ East India Company; 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 44	1811-1828
DONOVAN, JAMES	Born Skibbereen. 67^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23	1846-1850
DONOVAN, JOHN	Born Skibbereen. 35^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22	1847-1851
DONOVAN, PETER	Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged [Not Known]	1831-1852
DONOVON, TIMOTHY	Born ‘Cree.’ 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38	1807-1815
DOWNEY, HENRY	Born Skibbereen. 10^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24	1830-1839
DRISCOLL, DENIS	Born ‘Skibereen.’ 18^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41	1826-1847
DRISCOLL, DENNIS	Born Skibbereen. 18^th Foot Regt.; 61^st Foot Regt. Reserve Discharged aged 58	1829-1868
DRISCOLL,FLORENCE	Born Skibbereen. 31^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1825-1847
DRISCOLL,FLORENCE	Born Skibbereen. 61^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 45	1817-1840
DRISCOLL, JOHN	Born Creagh. 3^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1826-1847
DRISCOLL, JOHN	Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1824-1846
DRISCOLL, TIMOTHY	Born Creagh. 1^st Garrison Battalion; 25^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 52	1800-1817
DUGGAN, MICHAEL	Born ‘Crea.’ 3^rd Garrison Battalion; 11^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47	1808-1816
DUGGAN, TIMOTHY	Born ‘Cree.’ 50^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31	1820-1832
FIELDING, WILLIAM	Born ‘Crea.’ 95^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 27	1806-1814
FORBES, JOHN	83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34	1812-1820
GILLIGAN, JAMES	Born Skibbereen. 14^thDragoons. Discharged aged 38	1827-1846
GLEESON, WILLIAM	Born ‘Abbeystrong.’ 70^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24	1843-1845
GOSNELL, JAMES	Born ‘Abbeyswedy.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battalion; 42^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41	1811-1826
HAGGERTY, DANIEL	Born ‘Abbestoria.’ 2^nd Foot Regt.; Royal Marines. Discharged aged 36	1806-1821
HARRINGTON, CORNELIUS	Born Creagh. 11^th Foot Regt.; 5^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 30	1808-1821
HART, DANIEL	Born ‘Cree.’ 51^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 36	1801-1818
HAYES, WILLIAM,	Born ‘Cree.’ 3^rd Foot Regt.; St. Helena Regt. Discharged aged 41	1824-1845
HURL(E)Y, PATRICK	Born Abbeystrowry. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 49	1800-1829
KEANE, PATRICK	Born Skibbereen. 32^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25	1840-1846
KEATING, DANIEL	Born ‘Abbeystrowley.’ 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1824-1844
KEATING, RICHARD	Born Creagh. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 33	1824-1839
KERRIGAN, JOHN	Born Skibbereen. 82^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22	1847-1851
L(E)AREY, TIMOTHY	Born ‘Crea.’ 46^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25	1813-1822
LEONARD, DANIEL	Born Skibbereen. 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 41	1823-1844
LEONARD, OWEN	Born Skibbereen. 85^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1808-1835
MAHONEY,FLORENCE	Born ‘Cree.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38	1812-1827
MAHONEY, JEREMIAH	Born ‘Crees.’ 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31	1813-1816
MAHONY, TIMOTHY	Born Creagh. Rifle Brigade. Discharged aged 42	1807-1817
MC CARTHY, DENIS	Born ‘Cree.’ Cork Militia; 83^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37	1808-1823
MC DONNELL, CHARLES	Born ‘Abbey Stracey.’ 97^th Foot Regt.; Royal Canadian Rifles; 83^rd Foot Regt.; Discharged aged 42	1824-1850
MINAGHAN, BARTHOLOMEW	Born ‘Skibbreen.’ 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1810-1830
MINAGHAN, DENNIS	Born Skibbereen. 65^th Foot Regt.; 67^th Foot Regt.; Royal Canadian Rifles; 52^nd Foot Regt.; 74^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1831-1852
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT	Born Skibbereen. 11^th Foot Regt.; 6^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 40	1808-1821
MURPHY, FRANCIS	Born ‘Crees.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battalion; 9^th Foot Regt.; 10^th Royal Veteran Battalion; 12^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 44. Covering date year of discharge	1826
MURPHY, FRANCIS	Born ‘Crees.’ 1^st Royal Veteran Battlion; 9^th Foot Regt.; 10^th Royal Veteran Battalion; 12^th Royal Veteran Battalion. Discharged aged 44. Covering date year of discharge	1826
O CONNOR, MICHAEL	Born Skibbereen. 4^th Dragoon Guards; 89^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25	1846-1850
O DRISCOLL, DENIS	Born Skibbereen. 18^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26	1840-1848
O HARA, JOHN	Alias John O Sullivan. Born Skibbereen. 14^th Foot Regt.; Royal Artillery. Discharged aged [Not Known]. Covering date year of discharge	1839
O SULLIVAN, JOHN	see O HARA, JOHN
REARDON, JEREMIAH	Born Skibbereen. 59^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37	1807-1822
REARDON, THOMAS	Born Skibbereen. Cork Militia. Discharged aged 55. Covering date year of discharge	1825
REGAN, JAMES	Born ‘Cree.’ 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 48	1812-1830
SEALE, BARTHOLOMEW	Born Skibbereen. 87^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40
SHEA, DANIEL	Born Skibbereen. 50^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29	1820-1831
SHEEHEAN, JOHN	Born Skibbereen. 52^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43	1811-1832
SHEPPARD, EDWARD	Born Skibbereen. 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 20	1846-1849
SULLIVAN, DANIEL	Born ‘Abbystroudy.’ 50^th Foot Regt.; Royal Newfoundland Veterans. Dishcarged aged 39	1822-1843
SULLIVAN, DANIEL	Born ‘Abbeystrowdy.’ 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43	1824-1848
SULLIVAN, DENIS	Born Skibbereen. 97^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 34	1831-1847
SULLIVAN, JOHN	Born Skibbereen. 51^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 30 after 7 years 10 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge.
SULLIVAN, OWEN	Born Creagh. 62^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 47	1812-1834
WALSH, PATRICK	Born Skibbereen. 28^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26	1822-1832
WHOOLEY, JAMES	Born ‘Crugh.’ 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 43	1805-1815

Names of Persons appointed	Residing in the Market Towns of
Morty Sullivan	Skibbereen
Michael Caverley	Skibbereen
George Hayes	Skibbereen