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H I S T O RY
K I L SARANUN ION OF PARISH ES
I N THE COUNTY OF LOUTH
BE ING A H I STORY OF TH E PAR I S HES OF K I LSARAN .
GERNON STOWN , STABANNON , M ANFI ELDSTOWN
AND DRONI I SKIN
WITH M ANY PART ICULARS RELAT l NG TO THE PARI S H E S OF
RICH ARDSTOWN , DROM IN AND DARVE R
COMPRISING A LARGE SECT ION OF
M ID - L O U T H
7m 7 .
REV . jAMES B . LESL IE ,M .A .
,q' 3 ' 2
RECTOR OF K ILSARAN
With 5 M aps and 42 I llu strations.
D UNDALK
WILL IAM T EMPEST .
1 9 0 8 .
Pa ne s 7 s . 60 . N ET . ALL R | GHT S RES ERVED
PREFA CE .
N i ssu ing this w ork I feel bou nd to express my gratefu l
thanks to my friend and parishion er M R . JOH N R IBTON
GARST I N , D .L .,
Vice -Presiden t Past Presiden t
w ho ,amid his many engagemen ts, fou nd time to
read and correctmy man u sc ript , and to con tribu te con sider
able and importan t portion s of the w ork— some on ly of w hich
are show n in the text . M r . Garstin also read and rev ised
the proofs, and su ggested many improvemen ts.
My thanks are fu rthe r du e to M r . James M ills,
Depu ty-Keeper , Pu blic Record O ffice , Du blin ,and to M r .
H en ry F . Ber ry ,M .A. , Assistan t Depu ty -Keeper , for
afford ing fac il ities in con su lting man u script material and to
M essrs. M . M ‘Enery , B .A.,H e rbert Wood , B .A.
, T . E .
H arvey, B .A .,A. E . Langman
, B .A . , and other o fficials,for
assistan ce w ill ingly rendered in searches in that O ffice .
Du ring some years past probably over on e thou sand docu
men ts w ere con su lted by me in the Record O ffice ; yet every
t ime I visited it , my admiration for an In stitu tion, so admi t
ably man aged , w as in creased .
The follow ing , among other s , w hose help is acknow ledged
in the Text , also kindly rendered me assistance - Rev . Canon
Wm. M oore M organ ,LL .D .
, Keeper , and Rev . C . Far is,
M .A. , Assistan t Keeper of the Pu blic L ibrary, Armagh ; the
L ibrar ian s and Assistan ts in the L ibrary of T rin ity College ,
viii. PREPACE .
Du blin ,The N ation al L ibrary
,Marsh ’
s L ibra ry, and the
R . I .A. L ibrary . Also ,Rev . Precen tor Law lor
,D .D . , Rev .
C . K . I rw in ,M .A. (D iocesan Registrar of Armagh), M r. C .
H . M iller , M .A. (Assistan t Registrar Rev . Can on
Lockett Fo rd , M .A. ; as w ell as Revs. Patr ick Fagan , S .
Lyle H ar r ison ,H . B . Sw an zy
,M .A., (late)Joseph Chamn ey ,
M .A M aj or -Gen eral F . W . S tu bbs, ] .P Sir H en ry Bel
lin gham,Bart , D .L . ; M aj or -Gen eral O ’
B . B . Woolsey, D .L . ;
M essrs. B . R . Balfou r , D .L . ; R . W .Walsh, John H oey,
M . O’
Ceallachain ,H . Pau le L o f tie , ] .P C . J . Thornhill
,
E . Savage , M aj or R . R . G . Crookshank , Rev . Can on
Lett , M .A. , Rev . C . T . M ‘Cready ,D .D .
, the H on .
M rs. Bellew ,M iss Chamn ey and M rs. Tyndall .
I think it on ly r ight to say that the referen ces to the late
Professor Tyn dall , had n ot the ben efit of revision by
M rs . Tyn dall, w ho w as absen t in Sw itzerlan d , bu t I believe
they are accu rate .
As regards illu stration s, I am indebted to the Royal So
ciety of An tiqu aries of I relan d fo r the loan of the blocks u sed
on pp . 120 , 1 7 0 , 1 7 3 and 185 ; to the Royal A rchaeo logical
In stitu te of G reat B ritain and I reland for those on pp . 13, 14 ,
1 7 and 18 to M essrs. Sealy , Bryers Walker (Pu bl ishers of
I reland)for that on p . 217 ; to the Castlebellingham B rew ery
Co . for those on pp . 42, 7 2 and 216 to the Co . Lou th Archaeo
logical Soc iety for those on pp . 24 and 25 ; to my Pu bl isher
for that on p . 88 The rest of the i llu stration s and the maps
w ere spec ially prov ided for this w ork .
Lastly , my thanks are du e to the su bsc r ibers w ho enabled
me to produ ce the work ; and to my Pu b lisher , M r.Wm.
PREPACE . ix .
Tempest , and his son , M r . H . G . Tempest , for assistance
in the produ ction o f the w ork . All the prin ting , as w ell as
the lithogra’
phing o f the maps,has been exec u ted in M r .
Tempest’s Prin ting Office . M y reade rs w ill , I think,agree
w ith me , that the w ork reflects cred it on thei r skill , an d on
the en terprise of an I rish Prov in c ial Tow n .
With respect to the matter o f the H istory herein ,I have
no t w ill ingly given expression to a single w o rd or phrase
w hich cou ld reason ably give of fen ce to an y pe rson di f fer ing
from me in religion , I f an y su ch occu r , they are qu otat ion s
as stated in the Text , w ith w h ich I did n ot feel at l iberty to
in ter fere . I have made u se o f all the Records placed at my
d isposal and only regret that in the case of some Chu rches
bu t few records have been preserved . N o on e ,how ever ,
w i ll be more plea sed than I, i f a su pplemen tary book ,
dealing w ith this History from an other po in t o f v iew ,shou ld
hereafter be pu bl ished .
jAM ES B . LESL IE .
KILSARAN RECTORY ,
CASTLEBELLINGHAE,
COQRI GENDA
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son ,
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C O N T E N T S .
L ist of Pr incipal Au thor ities u sed ,
L ist of Maps,
L ist of I l lu strat ion s,
I n trodu ction—Kilsaran Un ion,
CH APTER I .—Kilsaran Par ish
,
CHAPTER I L—Gern on stow n Parish ,
CHAPTER I I I .—Staban n on Par ish
,
CHAPTER I V.—Manfieldstow n Par ish
,
CHAPTER V .—Dromiskin Par ish
,
APPENDIX I .- Su ccession of Clergy '
(a) Rectors, Vicars and Cu raaes,
(b) R C. C lergy ,
(c) Presbyter ian M in isters,
APPENDIX I I .—Su ccession of Chu rchw arden s.
APPENDIX I I I .-Extracts from Par ish Regist zrs
Baptisms, Marr iages and Bu r ials,
APPENDIX IV.—Tombston e I n scr iption s ard Memorials of the
Dead ,
APPENDIX V .—Descr iption of Commun ion Plate ,
APPENDIX VI .—L ist , and Summar ies oiWi l ls of Residents,
Addenda,
I ndex ,.
PR I NC I PAL AUTHOR IT IES
USED IN THI S BOOK , WITH THE ABBREVI ATIONS IND ICATING EACH .
M ANU S C R I PT S.I N THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, DUBLI N .
Patent Rolls —The MS . Calendar of the late r Paten t Rolls hasbeen u sed . Calendars of the earlier Rolls have been pu blished .
See Printed Books .
Memoranda Rolls z—These Rolls, often iden tical w ith the Paten t M .R .
Rolls, bu t su pplemen ting them in many respects, con tainmu ch valu able in formation , especially con cerning familyand ecclesiastical history, bu t they have never been prin ted .
A MS . Repertory of the Rolls, in several volumes, has beenmade, bu t as the index is on a pecu liar and inconven ien tsystem, the latter is practically valu eless .
Plea Rolls —A Calendar of thes e Rolls (w hich relate to causes triedbefore the early Cou rts of Common Pleas) in abbreviatedLatin , is accessible to the reader in the Pu blic Search Room ,
bu t there is no in dex . The Rolls are, how ever, being pu blishedu nder the title Ju sticiary Rolls ,
”and on e vol ume, edi ted by
Mr . Mills, the Depu ty Keeper, has alreadv appeared . Theyare a mine of in formation .
Originalla and Communia Rolls —There is a MS . Calendar of (Orig . d;
these Rolls (w hich are very few in n umber)in the Searct omR .
Room .
Hearth Money Rolls —See pages 4 1-2.
Poll Tax Returns —These retu rns are by tow nlancls . There are
only a few retu rns for Co . Lou th extan t .First Fruit Rolls and Transcripts —These Rolls con tain a retu rn F .F .R .
of the First Fru its paid in to the Exchequ er since the B eformation by Bishops and Clergy on their appoin tmen ts . They F .F .T .
are yearly retu rn s by Dioceses . Some Rolls have been lost,bu t a Transcript of them made by the First Fru its Commissioners is in existence . They gen erally give the date ofinstitu tion to ben efices.
Inquisitions Post Mortem —The Chan cery Inqu isitions for Ulster Excheq.
and Leinster have been prin ted by the I rish Record Com ( I nq.
missioners ; bu t the Exchequ er In qu isitions are still accessible on ly in MS . Calendars of them are, how ever, available .
Royal Visitations —Visitations of the Clergy made by the Crow n , R V.
of Which onl y thr ee records are extan t, vi z —those of 1615(not in clu din g Armagh Provin ce), 1622 (in Marsh ’s Libraryand and 1633,
Parliamentary Retu rns —These consist of Retu rns of variou s kinds Parl .
made to the Irish Parliamen t . They have been catalogu ed {Betand indexed very fu lly, and con tain mu ch in formati on of asocial, political and ecclesiastical natu re concerning Irelandin the eighteen th cen tu ry .
xi i . PR INC IPAL AUTHOR IT IES .
Commonw ealth Papers —State Papers du ring the Common w ealthPeriod recen tly rendered accessib le . These Were largely u sedby Prendergast in his Cromw ellian Settlemen t in Irelan d .
They in clu de, for example , (1) The n ames of those transplan ted after 164 1 (2) Books of Su rvey and Distribu tion ,
show in g the n ames of those dispossessed of lands and of then ew gran tees ; (3) State Ren tal of Tithes ; (4)N ames and
salaries of Common w ealth Min isters of R eligion ; (5) In qu isitions , etc .
Diocesan Records
(a) EPISCOPAL VIS I TATION Booxs of the Diocese of Armagh , V.B .
con tainin g copies of Retu rns made by the R u ral Dean s at the
B ishop’s Visitation s 1690- 18 70. These w ere very frequ en toften ann u al—in the latter half of the 18 th cen tu ry .
(b)DIOCESAN R EGISTERS sin ce 1700, con tain in g records of DR .
in stitu tion s, con secrat-i on s,ordin ations ,
dispen sations, etc .
(0) PAR ISH REGI STER S . See Appendix I I I . Par . Reg .
Crow n Books OiAssize —Con tainin g records of Assizes, Gran d GB .
Ju ries, Sheri ff s, TriaIs, etc .
,kept by the Clerk of the Crow n .
Census Retur ns —The Decen nial Retu rns made to the Censu sCommission ers by en u merators and heads of families. See
p . 7 4 .
Wills —See Appendix VI .
I N THE PUBLI C LIBRARY ,ARMAGH .
Diocesan Register —Viz .
, the An cien t Registers of the Diocese(Primates Sw eet-man to of w hich a copy made byBishop R eeves, With a Calen dar, is also accessible . Thereis also a copy in T .C.D . Library .
Clergy Succession Lists —These are lists of the Clergy of Armaghand other Dioceses, by parishes, mad e by John Lodge fromthe Registers and State Papers u p to abou t 17 70, con tin u edfor Armagh by Bishop Reeves u p to 1886, and brou ght u pto date by Can on W. Moore Morgan , LL .D .
, Keeper of theLibrary .
Reeves’ MSS.
—A collection of variou s MSS . of Bishop Reevesrelatin g to su n dry parishes, etc .
,acqu ired after his death .
Isaac Butler ’s Journal —See p . 12.
I N THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE,DUBLIN .
Depositions of 1641 —A collection of the depositions of those Whosu f fered d u rin g the rebellion of 164 1. Dep . of 164 1
Reeves MSS. —A collection of Bishop Reeves ’ MSS ., inclu ding
Templars’ Papers, etc .
Royal Visitations — Copies oi.
Matricu lation Book —(I n the Office of the RegistrarCon tain ing particu lars of stu den ts at their matricu lation inT .O.D .
PR INC IPAL AUTHOR IT IES . x i ii .
IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY , DUBLIN .
Harris MSS.—Inclu ding the collection of M SS . made by Walter fHam
'
s
Harris, part of Which is kn ow n as Abp . Kin g’s Collectanea. (MSS .
These MSS . have lately been exce llen tly arranged by Mr . King’
s
Lyster, the Librarian , and neatly bou nd u nder'
his direction . lC’oll .
IN MARSH ’
S LIBRARY,DUBLIN .
Royal Visitation of 162-2. R .V. 1622
IN THE ROYAL IRI SH ACADEMY’
S LIBRARY .
Ordnance Survey Letters z—The Letters of Messrs . O’
Kee ffe and 0 .S .L.
O ’
conn or on Antiqu ities, &c ., in the Co . Lou th to the Ord
nance Su rvey Au thorities in 1836. Mr . Garstin has an
ann otated copy of these Le tters at Bra-ganstow n .
I N PRIVATE COLLECTIONS .
MSS. at Braganstow n—In clu d ing Clergy Su ccession Lists,
Ped igrees, I nscripti ons, Reeves MSS , Stu bbs MSS on Co .
Lou th Parish and Family H istory, Family Papers, Wills,Copies of Parish Registers, etc .
BellinghamDiary —(See p . The princi pal portions of thisDiary have been prin ted in diff eren t pu blications— the partconcern ing Co . Lou th have been pu blished in the Cou n tyLou th Archaeological Jou rnal for 1905 . A complete editionw i th il lu strations is abou t to be edited bv Mr . Hew etson , ofPreston , Lancashire .
PRINTED BOOKS .
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquarles of Ireland, formerly Jou r .know n as the Kilken ny Archzeological Society , and the Royal R .S .A .
Historical and Archaeolo g ical Association of I reland . These l I
Jou rnals extend from 184 9 on w ards and are arr anged infive series, bu t are referred to in this book according to thedate .
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal I rish Academy.Proc. R .I .A .
Louth Archw ological J ournal, 1904-7 . L .A .J .
J ournal of the Society for Preservation of Memorials of the Deadin Ireland. 7 vols . M emorial s of the Dead
Ulster Journal of Arch& ology — Original Series, 11 vols . 1853 to U .J .A .
1861, and cu rren t series commencing in 189Irish Archaeological Society ’s Publications.Annals of theFour Masters. O
’
Donovan’
s Edition , 5 vols .
, 1848 -5 1; A
Annals of Ulster 5 vols . Irish Record Pu b lications . Ann . Ult .
Annals of Clonmacnoise. Ed ited by Rev . D . Mu rphy,Mart in ’
s Patent and Close Rolls —3 vols . Irish Record Pu blications .
Erck’s Patent Rolls of James I . Irish Record Pu blications .
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, variou s editi ons . Rolls Series. S .P .I .
Calendar of Documents, Ireland : Sw eetman and Handw ck ; RollsSeries .
xiv . PR INC IPAL AUTHOR IT IES .
Calendar of Carew Papers, Brew er and Bu llen . Rolls Series . Carew M 8 8
Calendar Of Papal Reg isters, B liss, etc . R oll Ser ies Cal . P afp . R eg .
Calendar of Papal Letters Cal . Pap . Lett.
Chronicon Scotorum, Henn essy . R olls Series . Chron . Scot .
Council Roll of Richard I I 1392-3, Graves. R olls Series.
Chartularies of St. Mary ’s Abbey, Dublin, Gi lbert, 2 vols. RollsSeries. Chart . S t. M ary
’
s Abbey
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,Whitley Stokes, 2vols . R olls Series TripLi/eTodd
’sWars of the Gaedhil with the Gaill. R olls Series.
Reports of the H istorical Manuscripts Commission 187 0, 1907 .These in clu de the Ormonde MSS . Rep . Hist . M SS Com.
Annual Reports of the Depu ty Keeper, Public Records of IrelandDu b lin . 1869 -1907 . Rep . D .K . P .R .O.
These in clude Calendar of Fian ts, Henry VI II . to Elizabeth .
Calen dar to Christ Chu rch Deeds .
Catalogu e of Proclamat ions .
Calendar of Early Pipe R olls, &c ., 850.
Reports of the Irish Record Commissioners.Liber MunerumPublicorumHibernia ,
2 vols, folio .
Reports of theCommissioners on Ecclesiastical Revenue,Reports of the Commissioners of Church Temporallties, etc.Dictionary of Christian Biography.Dictionary of National Biography.Bu rke ’s Landed Gentry of Ireland
Peerage and Baronetage.Reeves
’Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Dow n, & c.
Ware’s Antiqu ities of Ireland, 2vols .
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum,
Trias Thaumaturge,Cotton ’
s Fasti Eccleslae Hibernicaa, 6 vols .,
Brady ’s Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross,
Archdall’
s Monastieon Hibernicon,
Stuart ’s History of Armagh ; Edited by Coleman 1900Wright ’s Lou thiana, 4 to, 17 48 and 2u d edit ion 17 58 ,D ’Alton
’s History of Drogheda, 2vols ,
D’Alton
’s History of the County Dublin,
D ’Alton O
’Flanagan’s History of Dundalk,
Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary, 2vols , 1837
Elrington Ball ’s History of County Dublin,5 parts,
Mason ’s Parochial Survey, 3 vols ,
Joyce’s I rish Names of Places, 2series,LordClermont ’s History orthe Family of Fortescue, 4 to, 1880Law lor ’s History 01the Family of Cairnes, 1906,Sir E. Bew ley
’s History of the Family of Poe, 1907 ,
Countess of Drogheda’s History of the Family of Moore, 1907 ,
Madden’s United Irishmen, 2ed itions,
Files of Local New spapers, etc.,
Reeves’
Eccl .An tiq.
Ware.
Acta 8 8 .
Trias Tha um.
Fasti.
Brady
M on . Hib .
L IST OF MAPS
Cou n ty Lou th , show ing the Par ishes in the Un ion ,
by H . G . Tempest , F ron tispie
Kilsaran , Gernon stow n and S tabannon , Barony of
Athirdee , from Dow n Su rvey— Va llancey ,
Manfieldstow n and Dromiskin , Barony of Lou th ,
Dow n Su rvey—Vallan cey ,
Gernonstow n and part of Kilsaran ,from Dow n
Su rvey,
D romiskin and places adj oin in g page 18
L IST OF ILLUSTRAT I ON S .
F ULL PAGE
PAR ISH CHURCH ,CASTLEBELL INGHAM , AND WIDow s
’
H OUSESGREENMOUNT I N 17 48
PLAN or GREENMOUNT IN 17 48
BELLINGHAM CASTLE AND THE RIVER GLYDEANNAGASSAN AT THE BUTE WEDD ING, 1905
KILSAR AN GLEBE HOUSE (Spencer H i ll)WILL IAM STOWN HOUSEKI LSARAN HOUSE
MILESTOWN HOUSE (tw o view s)VIEW OF BREWERY FROM THE RIVER GLYDETHE CRESCEN T , CASTLEBELLI NGHAMKI LSARAN ROMAN CATHOLI C CHURCHPRESBY TER IAN CHUR CH , CASTLEBELLINGHAMSTABAN NON PAR ISH CH URCHJOHN R IBTON GARSTIN ,
D .L ., F .S .A .
BBAGAN STOWN HOUSEROODSTOWN CASTLESTABANNON ROMAN .
CATHOLI C CHURCHMAN FI ELDSTOWN PAR ISH CHURCHANCI ENT FONT OF MANFI ELDSTOWN CHURCHDROMISKIN HOUSEANCIENT CELTIC CROSS , DROM ISKI N CHUR CH YARDDROM ISKIN ROUND Tow ns AND CHURCH (tw o view s)DROMI SKI N ROUND TOWER—from Lou thiana
DROMISKIN ROMAN CATHOLI C CHURCHBELLINGHAM CASTLE—a fron t viewTH E RIVER GLYDE I N CASTLEBELL INGHAM DEMESNECOMMUNI ON PLATE
TEX T
GREENMOUNT MomSECTI ON THR OUGH GREENMOUN T, AND CHAMBER FOUNDGREENMOUNT z—SECTION OF PASSAGE
RUNE FOUND I N 18 70
BON E HAR P PEGRUNE FOUND AT SEELAND, 1866
GREENM OUNT z—BRON Z E AX E FOUND I N 18 70
FRONT OF ANCIENT Cnoss, DROM ISKI N CHURCHYARDREVERSE SIDEDOORWAY OF DROM I SKI N ROUND TOWERDsomsx mROUND TOWER, 1830-40
INTRODUCT ION .
K I L SARAN UN I ON .
NDER di ff eren t ecclesiast ical ar rangements the ancient
parishes of I relan d,w hich were ex t remely numerous ,
w ere often grou ped together to form in cumbencies and the
ecclesiastical term Un ion w as applied to su ch comb inat ions .
The Union of Kilsaran (C1LL SApAn)comprises at presen t,
in the Chu rch of I relan d ecclesiast ical ar rangemen t , the
an cien t Parishes of Kilsaran , Gernonstow n,and Man fields
tow n,together w ith the Chu rches and po rt ion of each of the
an cien t Parishes of S tabannon and D romiskin . I t takes in
a large par t of the plain of Lou th , an cien tly called Con aille
Muirthemn e,and i t con tains some of the best land in I reland .
In relat ing the history of the Un ion i t w ill be more con
venien t to b ring together the facts connected w ith each
con st itu ent Par ish,briefly ind icat ing here the connect ion
betw een them .
Up t o the Reformat ion they fo rmed d ist inct parishes .
Kilsaran and Gernonstow n appear as separate cu res in the
Royal Visitation 0/ 1622,w hile they are u n ited as one parish
in the Censu s of 1659-60 (see Manfieldstow n
w as absorbed in the Un ion in 187 3 part of Stabannon ,in
clu ding the Chu rch,w as addedin 1883 and part of Dromiskin ,
also inclu ding its Chu rch ,in 1905.
In the Roman Catholic Ecclesiast ical division the par ishes
of Kilsaran , Gernonstow n,and Stabannon have fo r over 300
years been u n i ted ; w hile D romiskin and Manfieldstow n
have been j oin ed to the Parish of Darver.
Though the parishes in the Un ion are no longer separate
parishes ecclesiastically , they still cont inu e parishes in the
civi l and legal sen se .
CHAPTER I .
K ILSARAN— THE PARISH .
ILSARAN (Cit t 8 4min , the Chu rch of Saran)is probably
so called from an an cien t Irish Sain t—Saran—of whom
w e kn ow very lit tle in deed . There are tw elve Saran s men
tionedin theMartyrology of Donegal (1. Arch . Soc . , pu b .
bu t i t has generally been su pposed , and w as the opin ion of the
late B ishop Reeves , that the Saran here commemorated w as
Sain t Saran ,Abbot of Beann chair (Bangor), Co . Down ,
who
d ied,acco rding to the Fou r Masters, in A .D . 7 42, and w ho
probab ly had fou n ded this Chu rch du ring his lifetime .
The Parish con tains3392a. 1r . 38p . statu te, and lies betw een
the R ivers now known as the Glyde and Dee, being bou nded
on the W. by the Par ish of Stabannon . I t in clu des the
tow n lan ds of Bolies,G reenmou n t
,Kilsaran
,M aine
,M ilestow n ,
M u llinscross (ev iden tly so called from the adj acen t corn and
tu ck mills), andWilliamstow n . The popu lat ion in 1901 ,ih
clu ding the Village of M ilestown—common ly called Kil
saran — n umbered 693, slightly u nder on e- third of what i t
n umbered 80 years ago . This w as made u p of 340 males and
353 females,
or— according to Religiou s Profession—639R oman Catholics
, 50 Chu rch of I reland ,and 4 Presbyter ian s .
I n 1821 the popu lation w as2132,in 1831 , 2159 in 1841 , 2098
in 1851 ,1413 ; in 1861 , 1020 ; in 187 1 , 87 3 ; in 188 1
,866 ;
in 1891 , 7 61 .
The n ame Kilsaran has had variou s spell ings , su ch as
Kilsaran— the spelling generally adopted—Killsaran , Kilsarn ,
Kilsarran,Killsarran ,
Kilsorran,Killseran ,
Kilseran ,Kilsau ran ,
Kylsaran ,Kilsarman , Kilsairan , Kilsearn ,
Kilsearne .
12 CHAP. I . - K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
Pat ron Day is st ill kept in this and su r rou nding parishes .
The old t ime cu stoms are, however, almost obsolete, and the
chief observan ce, apart f rom religiou s services , to -day consists
in the pret ty cu stom of decorat ing with flow ers the graves of
the dead .
Isaac Bu tler , in the MS . j ou rnal of his j ou rney throu gh the
Cou nty Lou th in 1744 , now in Armagh Library , says of the
chu rch at that t ime H alf a mile sou th from Garlandstow n
on the right from the road is the old parish Chu rch of Killsaran
in ru in s, Which as t is said w as very con siderab le and at presen t
a great bu rying place of the Roman Catholicks. At the east
end of the Chu rch,in a wall made fo r the pu rpose ,
there i s fix t
in i t a plate of b lack marb le w ith an inscript ion . B ishop
Pococke in his I rish Tou r , 1 7 52 (Ed. by D r. Stokes in 1891)also refers to it as a ru in ed chu rch to the west [oithe road],w here I observed a monumen t to the hon ou r of J ohn Stan leyof the H oly order of St xDominick ,
erected by John Stan ley ,
Apothecary of D rogheda,to the memory of this person and
some other relat ions .
As w e shall see in the Chapter on Gernonstow n the
Nor wegians andDan es early occu piedAnnagassan ,and qu ickly
overran the cou n t ry rou n d abou t , pay ing special atten t ion t o
the chu rches and monasteries . Kilsaran mu st have su f fered
severely at thei r hands , as i t is believed that they established
one of thei r camps at the an c ien t Mote of Greenmou n t , which
is bu t a f ew hu ndred yards from the old Chu rch of Kilsaran .
Mote 0! Greenmount.— Indeed , according to the popu lar
belief, the Mote at Greenmou n t is a relic of the t ime of the
Danish invasion . Archaeologists , how ever , have come to the
conclu sion that i t is mu ch older , that , like the great mou n ds
of New grange, Dow th and Know th and M illmou nt,i t belongs
to pagan and prehisto ric times.
A reference to Greenmou n t is fou n d in I saac B u tler ’s M5 .
above refer red to,w here he says
The lands in this neighbou rhood are blest w ith a fine soile,
being a light loomy earth—a mixtu re of sand and soaf t clay.
GREENMOUN’
I‘
.
GREENMOUNT M OTE.
S ection f rom t o S . through t h e Grcenmou n t T umu lu s a nd lo ng c hamber,
show ing t he termina l w al ls, and t he w ay It ap p ears to h ave caved in w hen
fi rst cleared ou t , 18 30-40
GREENMOUNT . 15
Greenmou n t, a small village near this Chu rch, blest w ith a goodsoi l of light earth and a cu riou s brow n sand fit t for fou nders.
The land is covered w ith corn of all kinds, flax and hemp . I n
du stry prevails here in every corner .There is at th is place a large Dan ish Bath, bu t it has been in
part destroyed by the inhabitan ts Who have encroach’
d u pon itwith their gardens . The men are at plou ghing, and the w omen a
spinn in g . This cur iou s vein of land con tinu es to near Dun leire .
Thomas Wright , w hose Lou thiana first appeared in 17 48 ,
gives a shor t description of it , accompanying an engrav ing .
H e states that the people w ho l ived near i t had a t radit ion
that here w as held the first Parliamen t in I reland— w hich
tradit ion he, however , believed w as an er ro r . B ishop Pococke
men t ions i t asA mou n t on the brow of a rising grou nd fortified w ith a f ossee,
and there is a heighth in it at the n orth-w est corner . The w hole ofirregu lar figure is abou t 50 paces each w ay .
The shape of the mou nd ,w hich has u ndergone mu ch alter
at ion since Wright and Pococke saw it , reminds on e ve ry
forcibly of the Tynwald H ill in the cen t re of the Isle of
Man ,where the Manx law s are annu ally promu lgated . Green
moun t has also been su pposed to be the Ai rd Cianach ta (the
hill of the race of w here the son s of Cian defeated the
forces of U lster in A .D . 226. Thu s its an cien t name w as
Drumha, D romiha, o r Drumcatha,i.e .
,Battle R idge . This
is the n ame by w hich it is kn ow n in the Censu s of 1659-60 ,
the Hearth Money Rolls, 1664 , and in many older documen ts .
The name has,i t may be n oted , no connection w ith that of the
neighbou ring Drumcar (Druim- caradh , the r idge of the w ei r .
See J oyce, Names of Places, p . The mote is si tu ated
on a r ising grou nd abou t 150 feet above sea level , and is abou t
210 feet rou nd . I t commands a splendid view over the bayof Du ndalk .
Abou t the year. 1830 Rev . J oseph Du llaghan ,R .C. Cu rate
of the Parish , cau sed some excavations to be made in the
mou nd , which revealed a stone bu ilding or cave in the cent re.
Owing to the u nskilfulness of the methods of excavation the
roof of the cave fell in du ring the following night and in con
16 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARI SH .
sequ ence the top of the cone , as figu red by Wr ight , su bsided ,cau sing all fu rther operations to be su spen ded .
I n October 187 0 ,how ever , M aj or-General (then Maj o r)
Lefroy, C.B .,w hose sister w as mar r ied to the first
Lord Rathdonn ell , reopened the chamber fou n d in 1830 .
Befo re his investigat ions w ere completed he had to leave fo r
foreign service, bu t M r. T. A . H u lme cont inu ed them f or him .
Gen eral Lefroy cont r ibu ted a paper on the resu lts to the
j ou rnal of the Royal Archw ological I nstitu te of Great Britain
and I reland, No . 108 (reprinted by the R .H . and A.A.I . in
vol . I series 4 ,187 1 , pp . 47 1 et . seq. See also vol . X I . J ou r.
for a paper on Greenmou nt by Rev . G. H . R eade).
H e found that the tumul u s cove red an elongated chamber ,
5 feet by feet , ru nn ing n orth and sou th abou t 18 feet below
the summit . I n this chamber he cou ld discover n o traces
of human bu rial , bu t“ there were fou nd in i t an imal bones ,
charcoal and bu rnt earth . Among the deb ris , however, w as
d iscovered a b ronze axe , a bone harp peg bearing traces o f
the f ric tion of the harp st ring , and a b ronze plate,w i th inter
lacing,on the back of which w as a rou gh ru n ic in script ion
DOMNAL SELsnororrr A sosnm THETA,
which has been translated Domnal Seal ’s-head owned this
sword . (See Illu strations .) This ru nic in script ion is specially
interest ing as i t is the only one that has yet been fou n d in
Ireland . Thou gh the Danes have left traces of their invasion
of Ireland in the names of many places nowhere else have they
left behind them a rune, so that Greenmou nt is u niqu e inthis respect . The plate is now in the possession of the
Royal Irish Academy. A French au thori ty , M . Vigf u sson ,
pronou nced the letters to be of the eleventh centu ry—p ro
bably they are somewhat earlier.
General Lefroy seems to have thou ght the mou nd
Danish and not earl ier than 7 95. The Danes and Norw egian s
had how ever other work t o perfo rm—wo rkwhich w as to them
mu ch less unpleasant , and mu ch more after the taste of sea
GREENMOUNT .
Greenmou nt—Sectio n o f Passage .
Fou nd in 187 0 .
RUNE.
Bone Ha rp Peg f o u nd at Greenmou nt, 18 7 0(Bearing traces o f marks of the friction of the harp string).
Rep resenting a similar Ru n ic inscriptio n t o th at f o u n d at Greenmou nt .
Discovered at Maghekilde in Seeland , 1866.
17
18 CHAP . I .—K I LSARAN PAR ISH .
L_ _ 1 l
Bronze Axe f ou nd at Greenmou nt, 18 7 0
20 CRAP . I .—K I LSARAN PARI SH .
Tw o o ther pai rs of elk ’ s horns had prev iou sly been fou nd in
the bed of the R iver Glyde du ring d rainage operat ions , and
w ere at the t ime sen t to the Du blin Mu seum . Ah exceptionally fine pai r , figu red in Lou thz
’
ana, is still to be seen in th e
hall of Barrn eath Castle , in this neighbou rhood , the residence
of Lord Bellew , Lieu ten ant of this Cou n ty .
The Elk ’ s horn car ries u s back to prehistoric t imes , when ,
in the w ords of M iss Law less the great I rish elk stalkingmaj estically over the hill looked down wi th con tempt and
scorn on the pigmy Formorians, clad in natu re ’ s garb,sku lking in woods and caves .We find that Greenmou nt w as u sed , du ring 1641 , as a camp
f or the n at ive forces (I nquisitions of Cromw ell); and again
du r ing theWilliamite wars w as a rendezvou s f or par t of James ’
army (BellinghamDiary). The mou n d has been scheduled as
a National Monumen t u n der the Anc ien t Monuments Pro
tection (I reland)Act , 1892. M r . H en ry Mor ris w ro te a short
bu t in teresting descript ion of the mou n d fo r the Lou th Archae
ological j ou rnal , 1905, pp . 21 -22.
An ecclesiast ical estab lishmen t w as impossible at Kilsaran ,
w hile the Dan es camped at Greenmou nt , so that w e hear
n othing abou t the chu rch in the Annals u n t il 991 ,w hen
D iarmid , Lectu rer of Kilsaran and Abbot of Clu ain Edme
Clonen agh ,in Qu een ’ s Co .
— the celeb rated mon aste ry
of St . Fin tan] , d ied .
Knights Templars and Hospitallers Preceptory .
— The n ext
su b j ect of importance connected w i th Kilsaran is the Preceptory of the Kn ights Templars , which had been estab lished
there . The M ilitary O rder of Kn ights Templars w as originally
fou nded w i th the object of protect ing pilgrims proceed ing to
Jeru salem ,bu t soon developed into a powerfu l polit ico
religiou s O rder . Preceptories , so - called from the Lat in w ords
Praecipimu s tibi w e enj oin you with w hich invar iab ly
the Orders o r Commissions from the Maste r of the Temp le tothe admin ist rato rs of b ranch establishmen ts began , were
dist rict establishments fo r adminis ter ing the property and
fu r thering the interests of the Order.
Pascsproav on THE TEMPLARS .
According to H ar ris ’ s Ware, Kilsaran Preceptory w as
founded by Matilda deLacy in the twelfth cen tu ry . The ru ins
of this preceptory are marked on the later issu es of the six
inch O rdnance Su rvey Map on Kilsaran Farm , the proper ty
of M rs. R . W. Walsh of Williamstown , near the R iver Glyde,as S i te ofAbbey. They are now non -ex isten t , having been ,
I am told, u sed fo r bu ilding pu rposes many yea rs ago . Some
of the cu t stones of the Abbey ,i t is said , w ere b u il t in to the
new Roman Catholic Chu rch at Kilsaran and others w ere
u sed in the bu ild ing of cottages. This precepto ry at Kilsaran
is refer red to in the Ordnance Su rvey Letters as follow s
The cou n try people say that in Kilsaran Parish there w as a
College (called in Irish Gumz b&n)[perhaps from the w hite man tlesof the kn ights] in w hich there w ere 7 00 men belonging to theKn ights Templars, Who, i t is said , thou gh ecclesiastics, u sed togo abou t at n ight robbin g, and had a pass from their establishmen t to Ardee , part of w hich yet remains, ru nn ing from the R iverGlyde near C. Bellingham for abou t 5a mile tow ardsBragganstow n .
This is a passage abou t 20 feet w ide banked u p on both sides to theheighth of a man , so that they cou ld n ot be seen on their passage[This probably refers to a part of w hat is called The Narrow Lan e].It is said that they changed their horses shoes every n ight, in orderthat the tracks in the passage might n ot agree w i th them .
The presence of the O rder w as eviden tly not an u nmixed
blessing to the n eighbou rhood,bu t i t is very probable that
thei r memory su ffers from associat ion w ith thei r su ccesso rs
in the Preceptory . They w ere certain ly very pow erfu l and
the Kilsaran Preceptory owned , at one t ime,the t i thes of at
least 17 parishes in Lou th ,fo r in the Plea Rolls, 32, Edward I
(A .D . 1304) John of Ky lsaran w as summoned to give in to
the Maste r o f the Templars his accou n ts w hilst receiver of the
t i thesin Ky lsaran , Gernonstow n,Rochestow n
,Atherde [Ardee]
Archerstow n, Larblester , Cremartyn ,
Drost rithel [Philips
tow n], Kilmaymok [Kildemock] , Keppok ,M u llanery [Moy
lary], Portlyneran [Port], Ky ltanelagh ,B onany
,Mayn
braddath ,Maynath [Mayne], and D rogheda, and he ackn ow
ledges he owed 1005 . I t is very likely therefo re that the
Templars were not popu lar with the farmers generally , no r
22 CRAP. I .—K I LSARAN PAR ISH .
with the secular clergy . They were , moreover, Anglo -Nor
mans , and therefo re a so r t of English garr ison in the eyes
of the people— w ho had n ot yet forgotten the Danes .
* Bu t
these ecclesiast ical w ar rio rs soon fell on ev il t imes . Their
w ealth b rou ght su spicion u pon them and thei r rapac ity made
them detested . Early in the fou r teenth cen tu ry the King of
F ran ce, wi th the assent of the Pope, su ppressed the O rder inhis domin ions . Edw ard II . in England soon followed his
example, and a mandate fo r the same pu rpose w as sent to
I relan d . This w as car ried ou t on 3rd Febru ary ,1307 . Their
lan ds w ere seized ; and many of the chiefs of the Order im
prisoned in Du bl in Castle in 1309. They were b rou ght to
trial,and in 1312 condemn ed— thei r chief accu sers being
Fran ciscan s and Au gu stinian s , and thei r j u dges three Domin ican s . There is a su spicion that the j ealou sy of these Ordershad as mu ch to do w i th their condemn ation as their guil t ,which w as indeed qu est ion ab le .
An inventory of the lands , goods , and chat tels which the
O rder possessed in I relan d ex ists in the Lib rary of the Brit ish
M u seum , and a copy will be fou n d in the ReevesM55 T .C.D .
The late Dr. R . Cau lfield pu b lished a t ran slat ion of port ion
of the MS . in the R .H . and A. Society ’ s j ou rnal (see vol . x i i .,
p . From this w e find that Kilsaran Precepto ry possessed
reven u es ou t of the Par ishes of Ky lsaran , Gernou n ston ,
Ky ldemock ,Ky lp atrick ,
Ky ltanelagh ,D rostroy l [i.e Philips
town ], Cremartyn ,Portlyn eran [Port] , Molan ery [M oylaf y].
Kilsaran inven to ry is one of the ful lest . I n i t N icholas of
D rumcath accou n ts fo r t i thes w hich he bou ght f rom the
Templars in Ky lsaran and D rostroy l , Roger Gernon fo r . the
issu es of the Chu rch of Gernou n ston , S tephen Gernon fo r theSince this w as w r itten the Au thor has read Mr . C. Litton
Falkin er’
s in terestin g paper on the Kn ights H ospitallers (Proc .
vol . and n otes that he says, pp . 296-7 It is clearthat the tw o Orders [Templars andHospitallers] performed betw eenthem man y of the du ties of a garrison ,
and that the Precep torielserved as so many ci tadels of Anglo Norman au thority
in the cou n try . Norman s and strangers to a man ,
’
neither seemed to have had the smallest sympathy w ith the
n ative Irish .
Goons 01? THE TEMPLARS . 23
issu es of the Chu rch of Portlyneran , Friar Thomas de Lyndes
eye f or the issu es of the Chu rch of Gernon ston and the produ ce
of Ky lsaran ; Adam ,Vicar of Kyldemock ,
and Robert , Clerk ,
fo r the issu es of the Chu rches of Kyldemock and Ky lpat rick ,
Walter Dou edale [Dow dall], Vicar , fo r the issu es of the
Chu rches of the Templars in Cou nty Lou th ,Robert Madow e
(clericu s fo r the issu es of the bailiw ick of Killsaran ,Stephen
Gern on fo r the issu es of the Chu rches of Molanery ,Ky ltenagh t
and Cremartyn , and Adam Fu lshaw e and Adam Johanni s
[Johnson] fo r the produ ce of Kilsaran . A valu ation of the
hou sehold goods of the Templars in Kilsaran w as takenI n presen ce of H u go , gu ardian of the manor, and tw o legalmen
neighbou rs in said places, viz .—Roger Gemou n and Roger,
Clerk, of Mau ndemleston , on oath before Benedict le Hau berge,Sheriff of Lou th, and the sum of goods, lands and chu rches and
debts fou nd to be £4214s . Sid .
This inven tory reminds on e of a modern au ction l ist,and i s
given below becau se i t throw s considerable light on the life
and manners of the Templars. I t is in terest ing to compare
the prices in 1307 and those realised at a recen t au ction w ithin
the Manor .
I N THE CHAMBER or THE GUARD IAN S on SA ID HOUSE’
1 cou ch , l canvas and21inen coverlets , a canopy for the cou ch , 5 a mark .
2measu res, called w y teles, w orth 2/1 robe made of dyed w ool, w orth 41 robe of netw ork, w orth 41 overtu nic of camelyn , w orth 3/l military cloak , w orth 6/1 pair of c0fiers, and 5 hoods, fu rred , each 10d .
1 sack made of a hide, w ith l cask and bench , Q a mark .
1 tu n ic of russet, w orth 2/l basin , 1 lavatory, l 8d .
2 travelling garmen ts , each 12d .
1 manu el, 6d .
2 linen coverlets, l 8d .
2 ells of w hite Irish cloth, per ell, 3d.
3 lambs fleeces, 9d.
I N THE H ALL :
4 tables w ith a trestell, l dish, 4 bacons and a half,I earcas of beef,4 carcases of sheep, each
CHAP . 1.—K I LSARAN PARI SH .
lavatory,fiagon and a half of honey,THE CELLAR :
peek of oatmeal,peek of malt,peek of oats for brew ing,a mazer
measu res,
axes,
penetralia, w h ich are ca1led aw gers,
rock of iron ,
hoe,
hammer for breaking stones,bi ll for cu tting thorns ,large knife for cu tting bread,hamper of hide, boun d w ith iron ,
empty caskku n echest w ithou t the cover,peeks oats for brew ing, in same chest,barrow
I N THE CHAPEL1 gilt chalice,3 tow els for covering the altar, each3 pair of vestmen ts, each3 bordu res for the vestmen ts,1 crew et of pew ter,1 missal,1 breviary,1 book con tain in g Psalter and Gradu ale,1 PsalterA certain part of the l st book of the w ritten law ,
1 small image of R V . of I nero, and 1 great bell,1 very small bell,
I N THE I NNER CHAM BER NEAR THE CHAPEL1 chest in w hich are 2peeks oats for brew in g, each
I N THE K ITCHEN3 brasen pots,2 vessels for w ashing the hands, each1 dish, 12d . ; 1 d ish , 2d. ; 1 gridiron , 6d . ; 1 tripod,
PLAN fifi F .
‘
ZGREENM OUNT ,
“1 7 4 8 .
(FromWright’s Lou thiana reprin ted komCc .
‘
Lontt rchaaological journal ,
26 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
Gernou n , ju n . and R oger Gernou n ,sen . , are called t o answer
fo r the clean ing of the Templars mill pool . Cer tain things
[ the 1011 is here defect ive] are said to have been fou n d in the
pool when last cleaned an d repai red I t is cu r iou s that thi s
mill pool, or, as i t is called to -day the Monks ’ fish pon d
,
is the only thing that can be poin ted ou t n ow,as markin g the
site of the preceptory . M r . James Walsh is endeavou r ing to
t race the site by help of local t rad it ion . M r . H erber t Wood,
B .A ., (to w hom the writer has been indeb ted fo r mu ch help
in ascer tain ing the histo ry of this Preceptory)has recen t ly
read a very in terest ing paper on the Kn ights Templars in
I relan d befo re the Royal I r ish Academy ,w hich has been
pu bl ished in the Proceedings of that Society .
The Precepto ry ,w ith the M an o r at tached ,
and the t i thes
of the par ishes already men t ion ed , mu st have soon passed
wi th the possessions of the Templars in I reland t o the Knights
Hospitallers, or the Order of S t. j ohn 0/ j eru salem. The or igin
of this O rder dates back to 1023,w hen the merchan ts o f
Amalfi ob tained permission from the Caliph of Egypt to
establish a hospital in Jeru salem for the u se of poor and
sick Lat in pilgrims . The O rder , as fo rmally in st itu ted and
san ct ioned in 1 1 13 by Pope Paschal I I .,contain ed Kn ights o f
J u st ice , Chaplains , and Serving B rethren ,holding the triple
vow , and l iv ing u n der the ru le of St . Au gu st ine .
*
To facil itate the collection of ren ts—the chief income of
the Templars and H ospitallers—Commanderz’
es—first calledp receptories— w ere fo rmed , bu t these gradu ally acqu i red thecharacter of b ran ch establishments where candidates w ere
received and the same Observan ces practised as in the paren t
conven t . I t is probable that there is some t ru th in the popu lar
t radit ion that a large number of you ng men received thei r
edu cat ion in the preceptory of Kilsaran ,w hich became more
pow er fu l u n der the H ospitallers than i t had been u nder the
Templars .
The Templars w ore, as a distinctive dress, a w hite man tle w i th a red
cross of 8 poin ts over the left heart . The H ospitallers w ore a similar cross,bu t w hite on a black grou nd , u n ti l 127 8 -9 w hen they w ore a plain , straightcross u pon red w hen engaged in military d u ties . I n Harris ’
s Ware, and
Archdall’
s M onasticon these dresses are show n in engravings.
THE KN IGHTS H OS P ITAL'LERS .
In 1328 the en t i re bailiw ick and commandery w as given to
Friar Adam de Mor (possib ly a member o f the family of More
of Barmeath)at a ren t of 24 marks annu ally ,to w hich w as
added in 1331 the chu rch of Cappog . (King’s Collectanea .) I n
1418 Thos . le Botiller , Prior of Kilmainh am, raised an army of
men in I relan d to figh t fo r King H en ry V . at Rou en .
Very probably Kilsaran ,one of the largest precepto ries in
I reland , con t r ibu ted i ts share by a con t ingen t from Lou th .
In 1438 the Mano r of Kilsaran,valu e 100 marks per annum ,
w as seized in to the king ’ s han ds and so continu ed dow n t o
1444 , fo r the liqu idat ion of £300 fo rf eited , becau se Thomas
Fitzgerald,Prio r of Kilmainham (obi t . 1438)b roke his recog
nizances de pace Regis.—(King
’ s Collectan ea).
I n the M emoranda Rolls, Ed . IV . (xx i . , 10)there is an en t ry
w hich opens a chapter in the history of the O rder w ith w hich
Kilsaran is con cerned . The Prio ry of Kilmainham w as the
chief Prio ry of the O rder in Ireland , and i ts Prio r , w ho w as
appoin ted by the Grand Master at Rhodes , had au thority over
the var iou s preceptories in this cou nt ry . In 1461 J amesHeating, an I r ishman of a st rong and tu rbu len t disposit ion
,
w as appoin ted to the Pr io ry of Kilmainham . His admin istra
t ion w asmarked by su ch abu ses that in 1482 he w as deprived
of his dign ity . The en t ry in the Rolls refer red to show s him
defying the law in this parish ,and w e t ran slate i t as follow s
1482—William Mu rphy , Collecto r of the Deanery o f
Athirdee,on I st May , show s that Fr iar J ames Keating ,
Prior
of St . J ohn of Jeru salem andhis b rother friar ,Thomas Talbott ,on 29 Apri l at Kilsaran deforced [or rescu ed] from said Wm.
Mu rphy six horses , valu e 24/ each ,fo r the chu rches of Kil
saran and Gernonstou n ,w hich inclu des the tw ent ieths of
Keppock ,Kilpat rick
,Kilsaran , Kildemock , Klonkethan
[Clonkehan], Pen relstow n and Rocheston .
When Keat ing w as deprived ,the Grand Master - chose
Marmaduke Lumley, a high born Englishman , to su cceed him .
Lumley landed in I reland at Clon tarf and at once possessed
himself of the Commandery there . Bu t Keat ing , act ing as
28 CRAP . I .—K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
u su al with anything bu t kn ightly valou r and d iscipline, col
lected a ban d of followers of the baser sort , su r rou n ded and
broke in to the castle , took Lumley prisoner and cast him
into the du ngeon . H ere he w as kept u n til he del ivered in to
Keating ’ s hands all the documents he possessed empowering
him to act as Pr io r of Kilmainham . Then w hen Keating
had received his commission he sen t him dow n to the Com
mandery of Kilsaran as Precepto r .
The following let ter of Lumley to King H enry VII . de
scr ib ing the proceedings of Keat ing is preserved , and a copy
is to be fou n d in the Harris M SS . (vol . x iv .,230)
Most high and mighty prin ce and my most u ndou bted Soverainliege Lord in my most low ly w ise I recommend me u n to yr . mostRoyal Majesty . Please it yr . excellen t Grace to have in know ledgehow yt . after it liked ye Lord Master of Rhodes to have proceededaccordin g w i th
'
ys stap lemen ts of ye Order of ye H ospital of St .
John Jeru salem, again st one Friar James Ketynge, late Prior of yesame H ospital in this ye lands of Irelan d, for his demerits rebellionsand in obedien ce done un to ye aforesaid Lord Master in order u n tohis u tter deprivation of ye sd . Priory and all other offices and Commanderies Which ye sd . Friar James have occu pied u n till y t . timew ithin ye sd . lan d of Irelan d and u pon ye same deprivati on so doneto have gran ted and give u n to my right simpleness, n ot w orthythereto, the aforesaid Priory and to have provided me of ye sameby his letters paten t have pleased our most holy father ye Pope tohave {confirmed the aforesaid deprivation , gran t leave and
permission , like as is before rehearsed, as more plain ly may appearby ou r said most holy father his bu lls thereu pon directed, and inasmu ch as I by special] commandmen t of ye said LordMaster, takin gon me the charge of the torad . Priory, with letters, eviden ces andw ritin gs, as w ell of ye said Lord Master as of ou r foresaid mostholy father necessary in y t . behalf . When I arr ived at a vi llagecal led Clon tarf, tw o miles assu nder from ye ci ty of Du blin there yesd . Friar J ames set on me w th . a n umber of people a horseback anda foot, and there vi olen tly pu ttin g hand on me took me thither aspleased him and kept me like a prisoner u n ti ll ye time y t . bycompu lsion of dread of my li fe I mu st have delivered then as itpleased h im, all manner evidences, w ritin gs bu l ls and letters w h .
I brou ght w th .me in y t . behalf in to Ireland , saying and protestingOpen ly yt . n otw ithstandin g y t . I su ff er ye said Friar James bycompu lsion before rehearsed to occu py ye said Priory mine in ten tis in no man ner of w ise to renou n ce my title in ye foresaid Prioryand so from thence, I , being in a stran ge cou n try w as so adread of
MARMADU KE L UMLEY—‘PRECEPTOR .
my bodily death by ye strength and in ordinate disposition of yesd . Frere James, du rst not certifie ou r sd . H oly Father, yr. Highness, neither ye foresaid Ld . Master of ye premisses u n ti ll this timethat I have obta ined ye friendships of gen ty les and certain porttow ns within ye sd . lan d of Ireland . Wherefore I most humblybeseech yr . most affl u en t Grace to provide of a du e remedy in y t .
behalf according un to ye pleasu re of yr . most n ob le Majesty and
most high and mighty Prince and my most u ndou bted SoverainLiege Lord .
“ The Blessed Trin ity preserve alw ays yr . most royal estate incontinu al prosperity and gran t you yr . victory of yr . enemiesbodi ly and ghostly .
This letter , w ith some slightly di fferen t read ings, has also
been pu blished in M r. C. Lit ton Falkiner’
s paper on the
H ospitallers in the Proc. vol . xxv i . , 1907 .
The Primate and the Pope sided w ith Lumley in this qu ar rel ,so that Keating ’
s proceedings w ere soon follow ed by his
excommu n ication . This on ly served to w het his vengean ce .
So he on ce more imprison ed poor u n fo rtu n ate Lumley and
i t is said that the latte r died of a b roken hear t . Keating w as
finally expelled from the O rder in 1491 ,and d ied in ext reme
pover ty .
At the su ppression of the monasteries in the reign of
H en ry VIII . the reven u es of the Precep tmy of Kilsaran
passed to the Crow n (See List of Crow n Lands in Lease,
1606-
7 . p . I n the Finals of Elizabeth ,No . 1485 ,
w e have
a record of a lease from the Crow n,dated 20 March x i . , to
S i r Thomas Plu nket , K n t ., Lo rd of Lou th , oi, inter alia , the
Preceptory, Lo rdship o r Man o r of Kilsaran w ith lands and
t ithes and appu r tenances,to hold for 40 years from 1620 ,
at
a rent of £53 65 . 8d. This in st rumen t reci tes a lease g ran ted
in 1535 by the Prio r and b rethren of S t . John of J eru salemto his father
,Ol iver Plu nket , Ku t .
,and Rober t Ardagh , of
Diser t,chaplain
,of same preceptory , etc .
,as held by them
for 60 years from 1560 at same ren ts (See also’
111 .R . x -xi i E112.
and P .R . 10 Eliz., p .
I n 1585 (R R . 28 , Eliz .)there is a record of a su r render by
Sir'
Thomas Plu nket ,Lord Baron of Lou th ,to Thos . Chamber
CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
lane, of Nizelrath and J ohn Clyn ton , of the Preceptory of
Kilsaran and the Rectory of Monasterboy ce w i th all the
glebe lan ds , etc . in t ru st fo r the u ses of the deed men t ioned
Dec . 27 . Again ,in 1591 (M .R . 49, w e hear of ar rears
of rent du e u pon the Preceptory of Kilsaran and Lordship of
Lou th and in a let ter dated N ew ry , Sep . 14 , 1645 (Rep .
Hist ,M SS . Com. OrmondeM SS ,
I ., from Captain Richd .
Perkins to Col . Edward Mathew w e find the follow ing passage :According to you r d irections I w en t to Kilsaran and I find 17
parishes belongin g to that preceptory . Some are inhabited and
have some corn , bu t f ar short of the sum that Lord Lou th isow in g . The in habitan ts are desirou s to take the tithe and pay
in kind . They are abou t to draw all home the corn and to leavethe tithe in the field . I have appoin ted Tu esday n ext to meetthem all at Mu llin crosse, hoping you Wil l be there . They have n o
money, neither will they give any , as I perceive, i f they had, unlessthey had it for little or n ou ght, bu t they offer w heat or beer todeliver as mu ch as they do agree w hen at Dun dalk abou t AllSain ts next ; it is a mighty trou blesome busin ess. bothKilsaran and Monasterboyce Wi ll hardly come to £100.
I t is l ikely that the arrears of ren t du e in 1645 were owing
becau se of the recent rebellion . The corn-growing dist rict
of Lou th seems to have been a ready prey for t roops at every
r ising . Thu s in 1556 (Rep. Hist M SS . Cont , OrmondeM SS .)an order w as made at D rogheda in consideracion of the more
saf etie of the corn of the C0 . of Lou th and bet ter defending
of the same from O’
Neill, that the corn of Mou n tfieldstow n
[Manfieldstow n] be sto red at Ballibragan [Braganstow n]of D romiskin parish at D romiskin , of Kylsaran at Ky lsaran ,
and of Stabannon at Row thison [Roodstow n]. Very pro
bab ly the Preceptory w as then fortified and in i t w as stored
the corn of Kilsaran .
I t is cer tain ly no wonder that the farmers in 1645 had no
money , w hen S i r H enry Tichbou rn e tells u s in his N cu rative
0/ the Siege of Drogheda,1642, that nei ther man no r beast
w as to be fou nd in the 16 miles betw een the two tow ns o f
From this and the reference in the Templars ’ Inven tory it is clearthat in those days the cou n try farmers brew ed their ow n ale and beer, asthey England to -day .
THE PLUNKETS AND BELLEWS 31
Drogheda and Du ndalk from April to J u n e, 1642, ow ing
to his in cu rsion s from Du ndalk,and those of his gar r ison at
D rogheda,against the rebels.
The Plunket family mu st have had a residence at Kilsaran
fo r very many years. Pat r ick Plu nket of Kilsaran served as
H igh Sheri ff of Lou th in 1496,and he received a pardon fo r
some o ffen ce in the follow ing year 16 H en ry VII .,
Rober t Plu nket of M ilestow n is men tion ed in M .R . ,16
James I .,8 .
- I n 1539 a cu stodiam is gran ted in the case o f
Oliver Plu nket,K u t .
,of Kilsaran 30 H en ry VII I ,
H e w as the father of the Lo rd Lou th refer red to above . The
Plu nket family w as a very pow er fu l one in Lou th . Walter
Plu nket w as H igh Sheri ff abou t 14 13 2 H en ry
John Plu nket o f Bew ly in 1512 Oliver Plu nket in 17 53,
Matthew Plu nket is n amed on a Commission of the Peace
with Sir J ohn Bellew . The Plu nkets held the pat ronage of
Beau l ieu Parish from its fou ndation in the thir teen th cen tu ry
t ill 164 1 .
The Bellews, or Bedlow es, as the n ame w as sometimes
spelled , were another family w hich played an importan t par t
in Cou n ty histo ry f rom the thi rteen th cen tu ry onwards . They
seem to have had a residen ce in Kilsaran at one time , bu t I
have been u n able to t race its w he reabou ts. I n 1403 Sir J ohnBedlow e
,K u t .
,w as H igh Sheri ff ; in 1425 Sir J ohn Bellew ,
Kn t .,in 1426 and 1427 J ohn Bellew ,
in 147 4 R ichard Bellew ,
of Roche,alias Don aghmo re
,in 1529 Christopher Bellew ,
in
1562S i r J ohn Bedellew ,in 157 6 R ichard Bedlow ,
of Kilsaran,
in 1583 Christophe r Bedlow ,in 1686 Pat rick Bellew ,
in 168 7
Roger Bellew . I n 1634 Sir Christopher Bellew ,K u t .
,of
Castletown , w as M .P. for C0 . Lou th and again in 1639 w ith
S i r John Bellew of VVy ly stow n . They w ere both expelled
from Parliamen t on J u ne 22,1642,
fo r taking par t in the
Rebellion . I n 157 2 and 157 4 R ichard Bedlow e of Kilsaran
is named on Commissions,and he is pardoned in 157 7 . I n
167 1 S i r J ohn Bellew w as n amed in the Commission of the
Peace, as also Mat thew Bellew and Thomas Bellew.
CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARI SH .
Pipe R . Crow n Books ; Fiants Elia ,all in The
Bellews owned the advow son of three parishes in Lou th . S i r
J ohn Bedlow e, Ku t Lord of Roche, presen ted to Baron s
tow n in 1435 and S i rWal ter Bedlow ,Kn t . ,
in 1530
Pat rick Bedlow w as Pat ron in 1633 S i r J ohnBell ew , K u t . , Lord of Bellewstow n
,D iocese of Meath ,
presented to Du n dalk 1403, and Sir J ohn Bellew , Lo rd
of Roche,in 1427 S i rWalter Bedlu presen ted in 1519 , and
Christopher Bellew M iles , Domin u s Slan e w as Pat ron
in 1633. The Parish of Roche u su ally went wi th Baronstow n .
Its Latin name w as de R u pe, of the rock,when ce Roche .
*
The only other names w e hnd connected wi th the tow nland
of Kilsaran in early t imes are the following , n amed in a Fiant
of Edward V I . , 1549, as being pardoned ,Viz . Pat r ick
Tallon , R ichard M‘
Gony ll , Pat rick O’
H erry ,Pat rick O ’
Cost ,
Sherly M ‘
Egill, and Pat rick Caellan e, labou rers . The name
Callan (Caellane) is the on ly one of these w e read o r hear of
in Kilsaran in recen t years and then i t has left the rankof labou r fo r that of gentleman . [See Appendix
Tombstone I nscriptt'
ons, Kilsaran ]In a Plea Roll of 3 Edward II . , 1310
- 1 1, there is a record o f
a law su i t betw een R ichard son of Adam Fulshaw e and Rober t
de Alemayne of Boly [Bolies] and William le-Conestable of
Balibragan wi th reference to fou r acres of lan d in Williamstown and in an other PleaRoll of the same reign (9 Edward II .
m. II .) another suit is begu n by Walter Bysset concerninglands in Boly ju xta Staghbavan [Stabannon].
Reco rds are f ew as to the Parish Church f rom1400-1600.
At the Royal Visitation of 1622Edward Far rant [or H at rant]w as Cu rate of Kilsaran and Rossmaka [a small parish lying
close to D romiskin and H eynestow n . Amb rose Aphugh w as
Impropriato r o f_
the ti thes w hich originally belonged to the
Abbey of St . Mary ’ s, Lou th ] According to the R .V. of 1633,
The H on orable Mrs. Gw endoline Bellew , of Jenkinstow n Park ,Kilkenny, is collec ting materials for a H istory of this Family and w oul dbe thankfu l for any in formation abou t them not fou nd in prin ted booksor in MSS . accessible to the public .
34 CH AP . I .— K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
1656 (See Crow n Ren tal of Tithes, H en ry U sher on 30
May ,ren ted the Great Tithes of the Par ish of Kilsaran
(ex cept Gernonstow n) from th e Governmen t at £37 . The
en t ry as to the t i thes of Gernonstow n show s that i t formed
par t of Kilsaran Parish in that year for the great ti thes
of the Chapel ry of Gernon stow n in the Parish of Kilsaran
w ere ren ted by Christopher S ibthorpe fo r Co rnet H enry
Bellingham (his b rother -in - law )at £6
Among the Deposi t ion s of 164 1 (M 55 w e find
the follow ing Thomas M akgill , Viccar of Greanen (sic)w as
violen tly d ispossessed and expelled from his mansion hou se
and glebe lan d by one M r . Garlan d valu e of £140 , and fu rther
of £55,w i th dive rs o thers , w ho kept him and 40 or 50 of his
n eighbou rs in prison fo r the space of 15 w eeks . Upon the
I st Su n day of the year, Viz. J an . 2,164 1 , the rebels did p u t
to death the n umber o f 18 person s,having first stabbed them
and then hanged them ,and bu r ied them in the ditches .
I n the 10th Report of H ist . MSS . Com. ,Part V . (Colon el
S tew art’
s M55 p . 83 w e have the follow ing record of the
march of Colonel Moore’
s army from Du ndalk to the relief'
of
Tr imSatu rday, Last Ju ly, 164 7
Collonel Moor his Regimen t marched ou t of Du ndalks abou tthrie a clock in the af tern oon e and y t n ight qu arterd beyon dGarlinstow n e a little w her n ot being molested they lodged ytn icht in the open field safiy, himself, his liv ten an t Collonel, hisMaior, Cap taine Green , Cap taine Kin erd, and other in ferior officersw t . sou ldiers fou re hu ndreth bein g from Du ndalke 7 miles .
Su n day, Au g . 1
After w e had served God With prayers and praises w e advancedtow ards Tradath .
”
They retu rned to Du ndalk on Au gu st 1 1 , hav ing relieved
Tr im and taken many prisoners and hav ing lost bu t two men 1
In the Dow n Survey, 1657 , w e have in fo rmat ion as to the
ow ners of land in the Par ish before and after the Cromw ellian
Settlement . We give i t as follow s—ow ners before 1641 being
in b racketsKI LSARAN (Lo rd Lou th)Will iam Legg ; MAI NE (Pat rick
DOWN SURVEY . THE H ADSORS .
Gernon , Lew isClin ton)Lord Massereen e,Thomas Clin ton ;
DRUM CATH (John H adsor,P . Gernon
,Drumcashel)C. Cr iman
,
J ohn Bei rne, Lo rd Massereen e,H en ry Tow n ley
,Arthu rWard
COOLESTOWN (I . H adsor,Chr . Dardis, P . Gern on ,
of Germon s
tow n)J ohn and Mary Fou lkes,Tow n ley
, Ward ; M ILESTOWN T
(P. Gern on ,James Clin ton
,Pat rick Car roll)H en ry Bellingham ;
THE MANOR or MULLINscsossa (J ohn H adsor, J ames Clin ton,
P. Gern on,of Maine
,Pat rick Chamberlain
, Christopher Dardis)Sir John Bellew ,
JamesLodgran [Sedgrave Arthu r Chamber
lain,Thomas Clin ton ,
Mary and J ohn Fou lkes,H en ry
Town ley ,Arthu rWard BOOLES (Christopher Taafie , Stephen
Clin ton)Thomas Clin ton M . and J . Fou lkesTheobold Taaffe , Earl of Carlingfo rd (10 acres); WILLIAMSTOWN (Stephen Clin ton ,
Pat rick Ge rn on of Mayn e,Pat rick
Gern on of Gernonstow n,Pat rick Gern on of Du n dalk
,Pat rick
Daw )Thomas Clin ton (50 ac res), Mat t . Plu nket t (10 acres),
H en ry Bellingham (80 acres); ADAM STOWN (P . Gern on of
Gernonstow n,Richd . Gernon ,
J ohn Woo tton , Stephen Clin ton)
Thomas Clinton (4 acres), H en ry Bellingham (86 acres),
Francis Wootton (21 acres) GERNONSTOWN (Pat rick Gernon
of Gernonstow n,Pat rick Gernon of Killincoo le) H en ry
Bellingham LYNNS (Pat rick Clin ton of Dru nicashell)H en ry
Bellingham ,M at t . Plu nket t .
The Hadsors w ere a very old Co u n ty family . A M ilo
H addesor w as Sheriff in 1385 (Crow n Book) and Sir J ohn
H addesor, Kn t .,w as Sheri ff in 1437 They seem to
have had thei r chief residence at Keppok , or Cappocke . I n
P. Rolls 7 and 8 Charles 1. (1632-
3)w e find a release from
George War ren to R ichard H adsor of Keppoch of all his
right,t itle and in terest in the lands of Keppok ,
Mu llincrosse,
Drumcath , Coolestow n, and Crabt ree . JamesWar ren , father
of George War ren ,of Casan ,
is n amed in 1583 as a
f eofiee of the mar riage settlemen t of N icholas H adsor
and Mau d Plu nket . H e died abou t 1629 ,and his estate w as
Spelled Colyeston in a Plea Roll of 1307 .
TSpelled Mylyston in Plea Roll 1307 .
CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARI SH .
admin istered by his son H en ry in 1631 . An other son,Pat r ick
War ren,w as t ran splan ted to Con nau ght . The estates of
Bartholomew H adsor and J ames H adsor w ere confiscated
u nder Will iam III .
The Tow nleys.—H enry Tow n ley w as an ancesto r of the
Balfou rs of Tow n ley H all , and seems to have received large
gran ts of lan d arou n d Du n leer . An thony Tow n ley ,his
relat ive ,w as H igh Sher i ff in 1642
—4 ,B laney Tow n ley in 1694 ,
B lan ey Tow n ley Balfou r in 17 61 (Crow n Book). H enry
Tow n ley ,w ho seems to have resided at B u nmahon Castle in
1659 ,w as Collecto r of P011Money fo r Lou th in 1662
and of Su bsidies in 1669 . H e claimed as a soldier in the
Commonwealth per iod , and w as H igh Sher iff of Lou th in
167 1-2 (Crow n Book). A st range sto ry is related of the
connect ion of the Tow n leys wi th B u nmahon Castle,for w hich
the reader is refer red to the Lou th Archw alogical j ou rnal fo r
1906. The story, as told in the j ou rnal , seems fu ll of in ac
cu racies . Fo r the w ill of Fai thfu l Tow n ley of D romgoole
[stow n], see Appendix— t ls. Some of the Tow n ley lands
in Kilsaran Par ish ,i.e .
,M ain e and Coolestow n
,seem to haye
passed to the Smith family (See AMJ endtx ,Will of Rev .
Tow n ley Smith,17 7 7 ) and by in ter -mar r iage M aine passed
from them to the S taffo rds .
The Stafiords.—A ful l pedigree of this family appears in
E .L .G. The S taf ords”are men tionedin Faithfu l Tow n ley ’s
w ill , 1663. H u gh S taffo rd mar r ied 4 th J u ly , 1 7 46, Mary,
the dau ghter and co -hei r of Edw ard Smith of M aine ,w ho
w as H igh Sher iff in 17 50 ,and had (1)Edward , of w hom
later ; (2)Rev .William ,w ho became Cu rate of Kilsaran ,
and
mar ried H an n ah the w idow of B rent Spencer of Ballycastle
and of Spencer I—Iill . H e seems to have lived at Main e , and
d ied s.p . [See Appendix ,Will of H annah Stafford ] (3)
H u gh,w ho became Lieu tenant General and died
at Calcu t ta (w ill p roved H e mar ried (1)Thomasina ,
dau ghter of Rev . H . Su llivan,of Clonakilty ; (2)H ar r iet ,
only child of Lieu t -Col . Spencer , w ho erected a monument
THE STAFFORDS—M INOR FAM ILIES .
to him in the porch of the Parish Chu rch . H u gh S taff o rd of
Maine w as Chu rchw arden in 17 54 . H e died in 17 83 ; w ill
proved same year . [SeeAfipendtx , Willa ] Edw ard Staflord,
his eldest son,became a Colon el in the army . H e mar ried
(1)Fran ces , dau ghter of Fran cis Palmer of Palmerstow n, Co .
Mayo , by w hom he had no issu e ; (2)Mary Agnew ,thi rd
dau ghter of Rober t Agnew,by w hom he h ad issu e ,
Edw ard
Norton,b . in 17 93 and (1. same year ; (b)Berkeley Bu cking
ham,born 25th March
,17 97 . Edw ard S tafiord
,H igh Sherifi
17 7 7 , died in 1802. His son Be rkeley B . S tafford su cceeded
him in Mayne . H e w as H igh Sheri ff in 1828, Chu rchw arden
in 1835. H e mar ried 3 J u ly ,18 18
,An ne ,
dau ghter o f Lieu t
Col . Tyt ler , and had issu e (in ter altos)Edw ard William ,his
hei r , born 23 April , 1820 . H e d ied in Au gu st , 184 7 . An
in script ion on the east w indow of the Parish Chu rch , Cast le
bellingham ,commemorates him and his w ife . Thei r vau lt ,
wi thou t any in script ion ,lies to the sou th of the chu rch tow e r .
(See I n scriptions.) Edw ard William S taffo rd emigrated t o
N ew Z ealand w here he became prosperou s,en tered the H o u se
of Parliamen t,and rose to the posit ion of Prime M in ister o f
the Colony ,w hich posi t ion he held on three several occasions,
Viz . from 1856- 1861 ,
1865- 1869 ,and in 18 7 2. H e w as made
in 187 9 ,and in 1887 . H e w as Com
mission er fo r the Co lon ial Exhibit ion in London in 1886.
H e mar ried (1)September 24 , 1846, Emily Charlo t te ,(1. of
Col . William Wakefield,w ho died s .p . 1857 ; (2)December
5, 1859 ,Mary
,(1. of of Thomas H ou ghton Bartley
,and had
in ter altos Edw ard William Staffo rd H ow ard his hei r . Sir
Edw ard W'
. Stafiord died in London in 1901 . The chief
in terest in his estate at M aine passed by pu rchase to the
Chesters of Kilsaran ,of w hom w e shall speak later .
M I NOR FAM I L IES .
Mary Fou lkes men t ioned above w as the dau ghter of H en ry
Tow n ley and the w idow of Colonel J ohn Fou lkes,w ho served
u nder Cromw ell , and w as Govern o r of D rogheda and M .P .
fo r Lou th in Cromw ell ’ s Parl iamen t,1654 . Mary Fou lkes
38 CHAP . I . -K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
afterwards mar ried (1)Captain J ohn Low ry of Ardee, (2)James Somerville . A Chan cery decree of 1669 relates to her
lands in this par ish . H er great gran d dau ghter sold the Lou th
proper ty of the Fou lkes in 17 09 to R ichard Tisdall , M .P . f or
Du ndalk .
Pat rick Chamberlain w as decreed lan ds by the Cou r t of
Claims in Ju ly ,1663,
an d Thomas Clin ton,son of Stephen ,
son of J ames,w as decreed as I n .P . [ In n ocen t Papist] 887 a .
31 . in f ee on 10 Au g .,1663. William Armitage of Cooles
tow n seems also to have received a grant of 31 1 ac res
p rofitable and 30 acres u np rofitable at a ren t of £6 53. H id.
H e is n amed as a“
titu ladoe livin g in Ardee in 1659-60 ,
and w as H igh Sherifi in 167 0 . Timothy Armitage w as H igh
Sheri ff in 167 6,and in 1 7 02Timothy Armitage (P his son)w as
also H igh Sherifl .
0
The Legges.—Colon el Will iam Legge w as the ancest or
of the Earls of Dar tmou th and received large grants of lan d
in Lou th— prin cipally lan ds prev iou sly held by the Plunket t
family su ch as Kilsaran and Cooley . In the Dartmou th
MSS .,
as calen dared in the R eports of the H istorical MSS .
Commission 1896-
7 ,w e find let ters from on e J ames J on es
w ho had been appoin ted his agen t in I relan d,to Colonel Legge,
dated 1663. There seems to have been some legal dou b ts as
to w hether Colonel Legge’
s Paten t in clu ded the Preceptory
and advowson of Kilsaran ,w hich the Primate dispu ted . These
dou b ts w ere afte rw ards set at rest by the issu e of a new patent .
The lan ds of Kilsaran seem to have been ren ted or held by
the Bellinghams at this t ime, fo r J on es wri tes , p . 1 10
,Nov . 4 ,
1663
Sir, you gave n o resolu tion concern in g Bellingham , so as thist u rn I propose to do against h im w hat I may for the ren ts ofKi lsaran . And again , p . 111 1665—Jan . 29, I have su edCapt . Bellin gham as an in tru der u pon Ki lsaran sin ce Michaelmas1660. H e applied himself to Mr . Attorney w ho d irected himto give in a state of his case and I of you rs, w hich accord ingly w as
done to Bellingham’
s dissatisfaction .
A few years later C01. Will iam Legge died , as d id also
THE LEGGES—INQ U I S IT IONS or CROMWELL.
agen t , James J ones . Colon el George Legge ,his son (after
w ards Baron Dar tmou th), su cceeded him and appoin ted
N icholas J on es agen t . Nicholas Jonesin his let ters complain sthat Col . Legge w as one of the most . rackren ting landlo rds
in I reland ,
”and expected too mu ch from the ten an ts . Col .
George Legge w as created on 2Dec ., 1682 Baron Dartmou th .
H e sided w ith King J ames at the Revolu tion and w as com
mit ted to the Tow er w here he died in 169 1 . William Legge ,
his son ,w ho su cceeded him ,
w as connected w ith the Cou rt of
Qu een Anne , and w as created Earl of Dar tmou th in 17 1 1 . The
lan ds of Kilsaran soon afterw ards passed ,probably by p u r
chase,in to the hands of the Bellinghams.
H en ry Bellingham seems to have ren ted Thomas Clin ton ’ s
lands (54 acres)in Williamstow n and Adamstow n on 28 April ,1665 , fo r a term of 61 years at the ann u al ren t of £6 I OS .
We find Thomas Bellingham in possession of these
lands after the Will iamite confiscations.
I t may be as w ell here to give the follow ing ex t racts f rom
the Inquisitions of Cromwell, (p . 157 ) taken at Ge rmon s
tow n, w hich w ill explain the preced ing confiscations. These
are from the origin al MS . in the Record Ofiice ,n o t having
been inclu ded in the tw o prin ted vo lumes,w hich w ere on ly
fo r Lein ster and U lster
That O liver, Lord Baron of Lou th , on 23rd October, 164 1,w as seized as of fi'ee of the tow n lands of Kilsarrn an (sic), bein g 3tates con tayning 180 acres of old exten t , of one tow n in Drumnacashell all in the Barony of Athirdee . and being soe seized ,the said O liver the 25th day ofDecember, 164 1, at Greenhill , in theCou n ty of Lou th tooke u p armes and w ith a thousan d otherTray tors assumin g u n to himself the governmen t of the Co . of Lou thdid leavy w ar against the late King Charles and against the lateParliamen t . u n til 1st May , 1656. by reason of w h ichrebelli on the premises aforesaid belon g to his said H ighn essthe Lord Protector and the Common w ealth .
That Patrick Gern on , of Gern onstow n , 23rd October, 164 1, w assei zed in his Demise [sic] as of fiee of the Castle Mill and half thetenemen tsin the tow n of Gernon stow n aforesaid , the {fishing w eare ,
and 3 tates of land , the ffields of Gernonstow n con tayning 180
acres, by old ex ten t, of one tenemen t 3 acres and 1 stan g of land in
CHAP . I .”
- K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
Milestow ne, 4 tates in Killenny. and said Patrick on 25th
December, 1641, at the Lu rgan , took u p armes and w ith severalother Traito rs w as in rebelli on and did take u ppon him the olh es ofMershall, did join w i th and assist the said Oliver Plu nkett and
levy w ar . ti ll l st May , 1642.
That Patrick Gern on , of Killincoole, ow n er of half the tenemen ts and one ston e hou se in Gernonstow n
, 3 tates of lan d in the{fields of Gern onstow n , con tain in g 180 acres . and on 23rd
December, 1641, at Killin coole, w as in rebellion and assiste dO liver and other rebels of Greenhi lls, etc .
, and did leave his ow n
estate l st April, 1642, and w en t to Monaghan . premisesforfeited .
That James Clin ton , of Clin tonstow ne, on 23rd October, 164 1,w as seized as 011 free of all the Tenemen ts and lan ds of Milestow n e,bein g on e Tate and a half, =90 acres (except the tenemen ts and
five acres w hich did belon g to Patrick Gern onzof Gern onstow n eand Patrick Cashell ofDu n dalk, merchan t)one tate (60acres)of thetow n of Mayn e, of one ten emen t and three acres of lan d in Dromcashell , that he join ed w ith Plunkett, and in
Feb 164 1-2joined the rebels and w en t to Monaghan .
That Patrick Cashell, of Dundalk , seized of 2acres in Mi lestow n , w as in rebellion and in the garrison of the rebels in Dun dalk,and w hen Dun dalk w as taken fled aw ay w ith the Ir ish rebels and
w as With them for several years .
That Patrick Clin ton , of Dromcashell, w as seized of fee ofthe lan d called the Hynn [Lynn ], bein g on e tate, con tain in g 60acres of old exten t, also half of the fishing of the river adj oin in gas f ar as the lan d of Mayn e exten ds, and afterw ards the fishing ofthe river to the sea, of the man or hou se and severall tenemen ts,and 4 tates acres)of lan d in Dromcashell and bein g soeseized the said Patrick bein g an Irish Papist . removed onl st March, 164 1, to the rebel ’s qu arters at Bu rr in King ’s Cou n tyand there did cou n ten an ce and abet them u n til September, 1642,and there d ied in rebelli on .
That Patrick Gern on , of Mayne, w as seized of one hou seand all the tenemen ts in Mayne and 2tates acres)of landin Mayn e, 4 tenemen ts and 40 acres in Drumcath , and that bytax ing, collecting, and raising men , money and victu als, he joinedand helped the rebels un ti l l st November ,
That John H edsor,of Keppocke, seized of three tenemen ts and
one tate acres)in Drumcath , took u p arms at Dun gan H i llin Cou n ty Meath on 8 th Au gust, 164 7 , and w ith Thomas Preston ,
common ly called General Preston , w asin rebellion u n ti lMay , 1650.
That Patrick Gern on , of Woodtow ne, alias Little Drumcath,w as seized of 8 tenemen ts and on e tate acres)in Drumcath
and died in rebellion .
”
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CENSU S . 41
I t will be seen from the Down Su rvey and Inquisit ions thatalmost a clean sweep w as made of the old landed proprieto rs
in the parish at the t ime . Most of these lands have changed
hands sin ce these confiscations.
Union with Gernonstow n .-Abou t this t ime the Parish
of Gernonstow n seems to have been permanen tly u n i ted to
Kilsaran . An Inqu isi t ion of 1658 finds thatThe Parish of Kilsaran consisted of the tow n lands of Gernons
tow n , Kilsaran , Mayn e, Drumcath , Mylestom, Coolestow n , Mu llinscross, Boolis, Adamstow n and Williamstow n , and that the saidParish is an impropriation belon ging to the Lord of Lou th, Papistand w as w orth in the year 1640 £35, at presen t set for £40 perann um . The small tythes d id belong to the Vicar, and w erew orth in the year 1640 £5 ; w hich is inclu ded in the said sumof £40. The Chu rch is situ ate in Kilsaran , is ou t of repair, w ithou t a preaching min ister . There is 4 acres of glebe given ou t tosoldierye .
—(Reeves’
M SS .)
CENSUS 1659-60 .
This Cen su s (Trans. and 1905)also inclu des
Gernonstow n in Kilsaran parish , as the follow ing table w ill
show
Pop u lation above 15 yrs. old.
Tow nu mns. T XTULADOES . Es c u sa . I arsa .
(Hen ry Bellingham , Esq.)(Ralph Ti bbs, Esq. J
.
0hrist0pher Sibthorpe , gen t :
Roger Gregory, gen t .
HEARTH MONEY ROLLS .
Comparing the above table wi th the H earth Money Rolls
that are extan t , w e find that Christopher Sy tropp l ived
in Will iamstown in 1664—he w as a relat ive of the Belling
hams . R ichard Grogge (or Gregge), perhaps the Roger
Gregory of five years prev iou sly , or his su ccessor , lived inD
42 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
Maine . Oithe tw o Esqu ires — then a designat ion of some
momen t— Belling‘
h am frequ en tly recu rs , bu t of Tibbs w e havefou n d no su bsequ en t men t ion . On e of the Rolls fo r Lou th
Cou n ty is wr itten on 20 slips of parchment , abou t two feet
long and seven in ches w ide, jo in ed together , end to end, and
fo rming a single 1011abou t forty feet long . These lists , so f ar
as relates to this d is t rict, and which have not been published
before, are as follows
[NOTE .—The n ames in the list of 1664 are given in the original order
those in the list of 1666- 7 are placed in the order of the list of 1664 , tofacilitate comparison . The n u mber afte r the n ame gives the n u mber o fhearths to be paid for . Where n o n u mber is given 1 is to be u nderstood .
The tax on each w as tw o sh i llin gs. The n umbers prefixed to the namesin the secon d column den ote the order of the names in the orig inal R oll of1666- 7 . A comparison of the names in the tw o lists is very in terestingand instru ctive . Thou gh there w as on ly an in terval of 3 years betw een
them , the changes w ere considerable . And frequ en tly differen t forms ofnames for the same individu als w i ll be fou n d, as for in stan ce Gregg andM ‘Veridy , H u gh and M ‘H u gh , Gwire and M ‘Guire, Carvel l and Carroll,Ferrall, Ff arill, etc .
, i llu stratin g n ot on ly the transi tion in orthography ofn ames an d sometimes thei r derivations, or Irish equ ivalen ts . Fash ionseems to have changed, as occasion ally n ow , abou t the u se of Mac and 0
’
as p refixes . The collectors at these tw o peri ods seem to have been diff eren tpersons . Their lis ts are diff eren tly arran ged, the n ames vary and also theirorder . No earlier complete lists of occu pying hou seholders are now ex tan t,a fact Which seems to w arran t their being here pr in ted for these parishes ]
GERNONSTOWNE .
1664 .
H en ry BellinghamN icholas White .
Thomas Holland .
Edmon d Callan .
Bryan Lincy
Patrick Standon .
Henry R ian .
Margaret Dow dall .Sim’on MaloneThomas Garrett .Pa . H u gh .
Garrett Veldon .
Teren ce Mu rphy .
George Ady .
Pa . McCorrery .
1666- 7 .
1 Capt . Hen . Bellin gham,
2 N icholas White .
4 S imon Govers .
16 Edmond Callan .
3 Bryan Lymy .
7 X pheriShip thorpe .
5 Henry Ryan .
6 Margaret Cashel l .13 J as. Hadsor .
11 Thomas Basseball .8 Patt . McH ugh .
9 Gar . Veldon .
10 Wid . Mu rphy .
23 George Addy .
19 Ow en McMahow er .
H EARTH MONEY ROLLS , 1664 -
7 .
Wm. Hodman .
Hu gh R ine .
Neile Greigin .
James Gw ire . 18 James McGuire .
R ichard Hartly . 12 R ichard Harly, 2.
Henry'
Skeehan . 14 Henry McSkehan .
Den is Grory .
J on . Glaghlin . 15 John McLoughlin .
Neile Fflin .
John Glaghlin . 17 John McLoughlin , ju n .
Brine Boyle .
Tho . Mylan .
Ambrose An te ll 25 Thomas Charleton .
Pa . White . 20 Pat . Whi te .
John Stan ley . 21 J on . Stan ley .
John H u ghes . 22 J on . H u ghes .
James White . 24 Widow Whi te .
MULLINSCROSSE .
1664 .
John Soraghan .
R ichard Gin is .
Thomas Gu ier .
Thomas Rory .
James Hadsor .
N icholas Creely .
Patrick Ferrall .
J on . Crilly .
Hen ry Loy .
Ow en Corny .
Ffrancis Bole .
Wm. Gu ier .
Peeter Hadsor .
Boomsn .
(1664 w an ting). 1666 7 .
l Robt . Clin ton .
2 Dan Criman .
3 Bry . Conely .
4 Richd . Ebed .
5 J as . Neale .
6 J a . Criman .
MY LESTOWN .
1664 . 1666-7 .
Patrick Carvell . 1 Pat . Carroll .2 R ich . Carrol l .
Thomas Knogher . 3 Thomas Morran .
43
1666- 7 .
1 John Sorohan .
8 R ice McGenis .
2 R ichard McGuire .
9 Moore O ’
Ffee .
10 N ich . Dow dall3 N ich . Greely .
6 Pat . Ffarrill .
13 John Greely .
4 Nich . McLoy .
7 Tho . McKenny .
12 John How rahan .
5 Wm. McGuire .
11 R ichard Hadsor .
44 CHAP . I . —K ILSARAN Pamsn .
WOODTOWNE.
V ILLA DE K ILSARAN1664 .
James Callan .
Wi lliam Gin aty .
Patrick Carroll .Philipp Cardill .
1664 .
Ralph Egleston .
Patr eh C‘inrivish .
H u ry Clearke .
Patricke Fflanir .
James Hoy .
Uny . Carvell .Wi lliam Ffau lton .
Thomas Morane .
1664 .
Phelerny Gormley.
Teige Roirke .
John Roirke .
John Callan .
Patrick Roirke .
1664
Cormacke Delvin .
Patricke Bu t terly .
Mu rtagh DoolePatricke Read .
R ichard Gregge .
Cormacks Nei l .Robert Hortsman .
Torlogh Gorgon .
John R ichardPatrick Ken a.
1666-7 .
1”Edw . Ff ord .
2 Pat . New .
3 Pat . Nul ly.
4 Tho . McRory .
DRUMCATH .
1666-7 .
3 Ralph Ecliston .
2Neale Morris .
1 J a . Hoy .
4 Wm. Faron [or Facon].5 Shan e Gene .
DROM IHA .
MAY NE .
(1666- 7 w an tin g).
1666-7 .
Come . Develin , 2.
Pat . Taafe .
Mu rt . Boyle .
Shane McChealy .
Pat . McCealy .
Pat . B ime .
R obt . Hortsman .
9 Bryan Ward .
8 Ow en McCanny .
WILLIAM STOWN .
1664 .
Hen ry Clin ton .
1666- 7 .
1 Hen . Clin ton , 2.
[ : K ILSARAN VILLAGE1666- 7 .
1 J a. Callan .
2Wm. McGenely .
3 Ow en McCarthose .
Jon . Worran .
5 J a. Callan , 2.
S u ssmv ROLLS , 151 0. 45
John Heede . 7 Shane O ’
Heare .
Neile Mu lissy. 6 Edm. Moran .
John Hoy .
Christopher Sy tropp . 5 J on . Bikat-oh .
Patrick Conn oly 2Man is Bryan .
Brine Connoly .
Edmond Connoly . 3 Edmond Connelly .
Dan iel Crunan .
H u gh Cr u nan . 4 H u gh Criman .
R ichard Abbott .COOLI STOWNE .
1664 . 1666- 7 .
Dan iel R algan . Dan . Hallagan .
Martin Walsh . Mart . \Valsh .
John Gregg . J on . McVeredy .
Patrick Gorman . Patrick Gorman .
Ow en McConnellane . James Conn ell .Con nor Gorman . Kn ogher McGorman .
SUBSIDY AND POLL-TAX ROLLS .
I n the Su bsidy Rolls fo r 1667 and 1668 :
For Garnonstow ne , Linn e , M ilestow n,Adamstow ne
Williamstow n,Kilsaran
H en ry Bellingham is assessed at
and R ichard Car roll atFor Killsaran : Colon el Legge at
J ames Callan at
For Maine and D rumcath '
Lieu tenan t Co rneliu s Devlin at
James H oy at
For Coolestow n and Boolis :
Mary Fow ke ,w id. at o 6 1 1
Rober t Clin ton at o 13 10
Fo r Mu llenscrosse : Mary Fow ke,w id. at o 9 03
John Soraghan at o 18 14I t may be w orth observing that the second amou n t of each
of these pairs is exactly dou ble the first . The names are
probably those of the ow ner and of the ten an t and occu pier .
If so,the presen t assessmen t of Income Tax u nder Schedu les
A and B ,for ow nership or ren t and occupation respectively
,
follow s a preceden t nearly three cen tu ries old , bu t the rat io
w as then 1 to 2, w hereas it is I10W 3 to 1 .
46 CHAP . I .—K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
There is alsoia record of Poll-tax Levies on Kilsaran of
£9 os. 34d. in 1697 , and £1 1 17 s . 25d. in 1698 .
The Parish Church 1640-90. The Chu rches in Cou n ty
Lou th su f fered considerably from either w ilfu l damage o r
w oefu l n eglect du ring the period 1640-
90 , for the Episcogfial
Visitation of 1690 has the n ote Chu rch in ru in s , or Chu rch
ou t of repai r since the w arrs at tached to almost every parish
in the Cou n ty . Kilsaran Parish is an exception , simply
becau se a n ew Chu rch had been bu il t at Gernonstow n between
1658 and 1669 .
The Bellinghams.-H en ry Bellingham al ready referred
to,w ho w as the grand son of Alan Bellingham , M .P.
,of
Leven s , Westmoreland , w as described in 1654 as late
cornett in the disban ded t ropp of Col . J oh n H u eson ,
the w ell known Cromw ellian commander . From the certifi
cate of the Cou r t of Claims of 1666 w e hnd that he received a
gran t of theGernonstow n estate at theCromwellian Settlement .
We find him in possession of these lan ds on 7 th May ,1659.
This gran t inclu ded 619 acres 1 rood in Gernonstow n, 183 acres
in M ilestow n ,80 acres 1 rood in Wil liamstown
, 108 acres in
Lynn s , 86 acres 2 roods in Adamstow n,at the annu al ren t to
the Crow n of £21 165 . 13d. H e is named in the list of gran tees
u nder the Acts of Set tlement an d Explanation of Charles I I .s
who in the 18 th year of his reign (1666)confirmed the settlemen t
u pon him for his faithful service as a good soldier in the late
w ars . H e w as Captain of a Company of the Lou th Milit ia
from 1659 to 1662 (Ormonde M SS),and appears as Captain
H enry Bellingham in the G eneral Pardon of 215t Janu ary ,
1661 , 1660-2, p . On May 10 , 1662. he received
a paten t to hold fai rs in Gernonstow n on Easter Tu esday and
Wednesday and M ichaelmas and the follow ing day , at the
ren t of £1 (Rep . oh Fairs and M arkets, H e, w i thWm.
Tox teth (H igh Sheriff 1656 and 1665)and Wil liam Pepper
(H igh Sheri ff 167 3) assessed and collected the P011 Money
in Cou n ty Lou th in 1661 ; and they received £30 fo r thei r
services (Ormonde M SS . 1904 , p . H e is one of the
48 CHAP . I . -K ILSARAN PAR ISH .
Some other facts also help to fix the date of the bu ilding of
the n ew chu rch . Thomas Bell ingham (son of Captain H en ry),
who acted as A .D .C. to King William I I I .,and w hose Diary
is a historical documen t of considerable valu e (having been
u sed by Macau lay in wr iting the story of the w ar of 1689kept , as w as u su al
,a record of family events on the fly
leaf of the Family B ible . The following ent r ies are in his
handw rit ingMy mother [she w as Lu cy, dau ghter of Wi lliam Sibthorpe,
of Du nany] dyed in December, 1669, and lyes buryed in the
chu rch of Gernonstow n e .
My father, Hen ry Bellin gham, dyed on the 5th day of Febru ary,1676, and lyes bu ryed in the chu rch of Gernonstow n e, for w homand the rest of ou r family I bu ilt a large vau lt this year.1686.
The chu rch mu st therefo re have been bu il t a f ew years
befo re 1669. Dr . J ames Margetson w as Pr imate between
1663 and 167 8 , and probably the consecrator referred to in
the Act .
Whether i t su ffered any damage in the WilliamiteWars i tis hard to say . From Colon el Bellingham ’ s Diary w e find
that Gernonstow n w as occu pied by the t roops of King J ames
du ring September and October,1689 , and that they bu rned
his castle to the grou n d . There is a t radit ion thatWill iam III .on his march to the Boyne passed throu gh Castlebellingham ,
and slept as the gu est of Colon el Bellingham (his guide) on
the night before the Battle of the Boyne in a house in the
vi llage n ow occu pied by M r. Gann on . Several Williamite
relics are in the possession of S i r H enry Bellingham at
the Castle. These inclu de the l iqu eu r case of the King and
the knife and spoon that he u sed . These S i r H enry ’ s ancestor
received f rom William III . H e alSo possesses the MS . of the
very interesting D iary of the Thomas Bellingham so often
refer red to . I t con tain s a v ivid accou nt of the campaign
of 1689-
90 . The portion abou t the Cou nty of Lou th has
been pu blished by the Lou th Archaeological Society .
The Old Trees.—At the sou th end of the v illage ,
w here the
high road j oins that leading to the chu rch , there may be‘
seen
GERNONSTOWN AND THE BELLINGHAM S . 49
the t ru nk of a large elm t ree grow ing on a raised embank
men t ,—now ci rcu lar, bu t t riangu lar u p to abou t 10 years
ago . This t ree is said to mark the spot w here King Williamhalted at the Village . Isaac Bu tler
,w ho passed thro ugh the
village in 17 44 , refers to it in the follow ing passageGarland ’s Tow n , at presen t called Castle Bellingham (a neat.
V illage), formerly so called and esteem’
d a strong impregnablefort, w hich w as destroyed to bu i ld the n eat hou se w hich n ow is in
its place It is w ell w ooded , and [has] groves abou t it w itha small R iver runn ing u nder a Bridge of 3 Arches . It is a del ightf u l spot . I n the midd le of the tow n there is a large Lime [sic] Tree,w ith Iron hoops abou t it and seats at the bottom or root, w hereon a 00pper plate are en graved the fol low ing lines
T1115 TREE ,
PLANTED BY T .E . [Thomas Bellingham],1693.
CI RCUMFERENCE 15 means AT
26 mea ns FROM TH E GROUN D
AND THE FRAM E AND PLATE R.EPA IRED
BY H .B . [Hen ry Bellingham],
I n 1839 a storm car ried aw ay the greater part o f the t ree ,
and the plate disappeared long ago . The presen t Baron et
recen tly erected,beside it
,a cru cifix , w ith an inscript ion , to
the memory of his first w ife , Lady Constan ce Bellingham
(see Inscript ions). I t w as made f rom the w ood of a large
oak t ree in his demesne ,called The Royal Oak , becau se
i t w as plan ted as an acorn from the t ree in w hich Charles
II . hid w hen pu rsu ed by his enemies . This t ree w as also u prooted by a storm so that the elemen ts seem to have had no
regard for the gloriou s and immortal memory of these
Kings .
Thomas Bellingham, Esq., Lou th , (oi Gernonstow n)
and Lieu ten an t Corn eliu s Devlin of M ayn e w ere among the
list of Protestan ts at tain ted by King J ames’ I rish Parliamen t
in 1689 . The MS . En t rance Book of Trin ity College , Du blin ,
shows that Thomas Bellingham , son of H en ry,born in Du blin
,
Un der a similar order in 167 3 for the Cou n ty of Lo u th and tow n ofDrogheda,
”his son Thomas Bellingham , R ichard Bolton , and Thomas
Moore, Esqrs , w ere appoin ted .- (0rmonde M 8 8 ).
50 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARI SH .
edu cated privately u n der D r. Bayly and afterwards u nder
M r . Golborne in the School of St . Pat r ick ’ s , Du b lin ,entered
Tr in ity College ,Du b lin
,as a Scholar on Febru ary 16th ,
1660 ,aged 15 .
H e mar r ied in 167 1 Ab igail dau . of William H andcock ofTw y , i.e . Tw yford , co . VVestmeath , of the family of Lord
Castlemain e . The original parchmen t M ar r iage Set tlement ,
dated 9th of Febru ary , 24 th of Charles I I .,w as in possession
of the late S i r Alan Bellingham in 1883,and the follow ing
par t icu lars are f rom a copy in possession of M r . Garstin .
This in den tu re vests the estates w hich had lately been gran ted
to Capt . H en ry Bellingham— omitt ing M ilestow n, apparen tly
becau se set tled on M rs. B icker ton—in Sir Thomas S tan ley of
Grangegorman , cc . Du blin ,kn ight (see Peerage Mon ck
,
and R ichard Bar ry of Du b lin , Esq.,in st rict en tail as t ru stees .
The lady had a mar riage portion of £1000 then a large sum.
She figu res frequ en tly as the “ N abby of her hu sband ’s
Diary . The settlement w as w i tnessed by Ar . Ward ,Fran .
Ligh tbu rne and Rees Phi ll ips .
After the Battle of the Boyne , in 1690 , Thomas Belling ;
ham w as appoin ted H igh Sheri ff of the Cou n ty ,w hich o ffice
he had prev iou sly held in 1682-
3. The w ar ran t w as sign ed
byWill iam I II . at Finglas,ju st before his ent ry to Du b lin . At
the same t ime that he w as sw orn H igh Sherif f , Messrs . Townl ey ,
Tisdall , Fortescu e, and Garstin w ere sw orn J u stices of thePeace fo r Cou n ty Lou th , being the first u n der the n ew regime .
All are st ill represen ted amongst local lan d ow ners and
magist rates , Tow n ley by Balfou r and Tisdal l by M arlay . The
names of these families w ill often occu r elsew here in con
n ection w i th this H isto ry . Colon el Bell ingham died in 17 22
(See Appen dix , Wills.)
In his D iary w e hnd several references to the Sunday
Services at Gernonstow n,thu s
Sep . 12,1689 . Scravenmore came to Gernonstow ne and
d rank wi th me . M r . B u tler , ou r Cu rate, came to u s from
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY CLERGY 51
M r. Tow neley’
s.
’
[Rev MossomWye ,then Rector
,w as also
Rector of Tallan stow n and probably n on - residen t .]J u ly 20 ,
1690 . M r H ou ghton preached . We had n ear
60 in ou r congregation . [Rev . Robert H ou ghton w as at the
t ime Rector of M anfieldstow n, Stabannon and D romin
Dromin being the on ly chu rch of these fit for D ivine Se rvice ]The Chu rch of I reland has eviden tly not lost in n umbers if 60
w as then con sidered a large congregation .
J u ly 27 ,1690 . M r . N ixon gave u s a very good sermon .
[I find at least three N ixons in H oly O rders at the time .
Tw o w ere at tain ted by King J ames’
Parliamen t— (See AbpKing ’ s Lists), Viz . Edw ard N ickeson of Castlereagh ,
elk,
and John N ickeson of Castlereagh ,elk
,both in Cou n ty
Roscommon . Oithe third ,Adam Nixon
,w ho is probably the
one here men tion ed,Rev . H . B . Sw an zy
,w ho is descended
from his b rother , sends me the follow ing n ote H e en tered
T .C.D . 5th J u ly , 167 9,aged 17 , Scholar 1682,
B A. 1683,
ordained Priest in S t . Pat rick’
s Cathed ral by Archbishop
Marsh , 20th Feb ru ary ,1686
, Lic . C. of Clon t u rk w i th D rum
condragh 25th J u n e ,1687 , C. of S t . VV
erbu rgh’
s,Du blin ,
15th September , 1688— t0 Wm. King , afterw ards Archb ishop .
N ixon became afterw ards R . Aghalu rcher and Chan cello r and
Vicar General of Clogher, ] .P. Ferman agh , and diedin testate ,
adm. gran ted 8 th March ,17 16
-
7 to his w idow M ary . From
them is descended Maj or General J ohn Eccles N ix on , G B .
The Betham Phillips MS . History o/ Fermanagh states that
he w as of learn ing and of sou n d j u dgmen t ’
Visitation of 1690—The Ep . Visitat ion of 1690 gives u s
the follow ing in formation concern ing the parish“Gern onstow n e Chu rch , in the Parish of Kilsaran .
—Chu rchin good repair, Chan cel and Body of Chu rch slated and Seeled (sic),parts of Body seeled also rest to be done . No visible d istin ctionbetw een Chancel and Body of Chu rch . The chu rchyard is partof i t w alled w ith a ston e w all , and the rest of i t fen ced w ith a
good qu ickset d itch and in tended to be all w alled ‘rou n d so soonas they have finished the steeple, w hich they are n ow abou t .Ordered that the‘
chu rchyard of the old ru inous chu rch of Kilsaran
52 CHAP I .—K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
be w ell fen ced and preserved from prophane u ses. There is at
presen t on e Bell, bu t n ot hu ng . The steeple is raising w hereinw i ll be conven ien ce for tw o Bells in the mean time the clerk of theparish gives n otice to the parish ioners to resort to t he chu rchmorn ing and aftern oon every Lord ’s Day . There is one Bible,on e C.P. Book and one Cap . Bellinghaniis brin ging from Du blin .
There is a con ven ien t seat and Pu lpi t for the M inister and a Fon tof stone , also a faire Commu nion Table at the E . end of chan ce],bu t n o carpet, linen cloth , cup, chalice, or other plate, on ly w hatis borrow ed from Cap . Bellin gham,
bu t Mr . Reader * hath promised to provide a carpet and linen cloth for ye u se of the Chu rchagainst n ex t Visitation , and the parishi oners have agreed to providethe cu p and chalice so soon as the aforesaid w ork (n ow in han d)isfinished . No chest for alms for the poor, bu t on e to be got ; n oRegistry Book—ditto . Min ister ofi‘iciates in his proper orn amen ts .
Con stan t preaching and catechising by ye M inister every Lord’
s
Day and prayers every holy day . Minister is Residen t . One
Mr . Gerald Potts is School -master .Kilsaran Old Churchyard.
—The recen t history of this
old chu rchyard is rather cu r iou s . I t clearly belonged to
the Chu rch before disestablishment , w hen i t mu st have
passed by law in to the han ds of the Chu rch Temporali ties
Commissioners . Y et I can n ot find that they vested it , as they
should have don e, in the local Bu r ial Board . I t seems in fact
to be still vested in the I r ish Lan d Commission , a fact of which
that body is u n con sciou s . I n the last cen tu ry a n ew Roman
Catholic Chu rch w as bu il t beside it , and I believe the au tho
rities of that chu rch keep the graveyard in order . I t is well
some on e cares for i t I n 1887 a plot of grou n d beside it
now forming the new er port ion of the graveyard—w as leased
fo r ever by the late M r. William Woolsey to the M ost Rev .
Dr. M‘
Get tigan ,R .C. Archb ishop of Armagh ,
and to the Rev .
Peter Pen tony , the late Par ish Pr iest of Kilsaran , fo r the
pu rpose of a graveyard . I t w as by them assign ed to the
Board of Gu ardian s w ho bu ilt the bou n dary wall , and i t is
now,u nder them ,
in the immed iate charge of Rev . P . Fagan ,
P .P. (Let te r f rom Clerk of Ardee Un ion .) Th is new st r ip
The men tion of Mr . Reader, w ho is eviden tly In cumben t, seems inochsisten t w i th the date of the Visi tati on , as En och Reader resigned Kilsaranin 1685 . MossomWye w as Incumben t in 1690. Perhaps Reader w as
w ritten by a lapsu s calamifor Wye .
”
CASTLE -BELLINGHAM : THE NAME AND THE CH URCH . 53
lies betw een the 01d gravey ard and the high - road . I n the
left -hand pier of the gatew ay then bu ilt may be seen (on i ts
side) the only carved stone att ribu tab le to med ieval t imes
now V isible.
Visitations of 1692-5 ; I n the Visitation of 1692w e are told
the Bell has been hu ng,so that the steeple w as then finished,
bu t n one of the other requ isites had been procu red ex cept
the Regist ry Book .
Ordered to be got a pu lpit c loth and cu shi on , a Commu n ionTable Cloth , Commu n ion Lin in (sic), pew ter flagon and chaliceu n ti l the parish be able to bu y silver, Books of Homilies, etc .
Ordered that the east end seats be removed to make w ay (sic)in
some part of the chan cel for the more decen t admin istration ofthe Sacramen t . The Min ister preaches every S u nday, eithermorn ing or aftern oon . He is n ot residen t, bu t con tigu ou s to it . A
Popish Priest named Patrick Con nellan has been here since theCapi tu lation , n o Mass hou se , n o Non -Con formist Min iste r, n o
Meeting hou se in parish . Thomas Charleton , is schoolmaste r,not licensed , bu t ordered to be . Ordered re Lord ’
s Day n ot to beprofaned . MossomWye , Incumben t .
I n the MS . I tinerary o/ the Visitation 0/ 1695 , n reserved in
the Du blin Record Office ,is the follow ing J u ly 5th—To
D romin abou t 1 1 in the morn ing ,t o Stabann an and Mou n t
fieldstow n 3 in the afternoon t o Kilsaran and Carlanstow n
abou t 5 in the aftern oon . Bu t n o other in fo rmation is
given . These Visitat ions w ere probably u nde rtaken by Arch
bishop King for the aged Primate Boyle .
The Name : Castle Bellingham.
”— I t w ill be noted that
this n ame does no t appear in any documen t u p to 17 00 . The
B ickerton chu rch plate,left for the u se of the Chu rch by M rs.
Anne B ickerton ,sister of Col . BellinghamT— (See Appendix V .)
(w hich ,althou gh it bears the hall -mark of 1669 ,
w as not
presen ted ev iden tly u n til her death in calls i t the
chu rch of Gernon’
s-Tow n . I t w as also called -Garlan ds
Tshs w as married to Robert Bickerton (brother of Jane Du chess ofNorfolk), w ho w as gran te d an estate in Co . Armagh , w hich he has throu ghhis u n cle, H enry Stanhard . 16 J an .
, He w as the son
of Robert and Amy Bickerton .
54 CH AP . I .—K I LSARAN PARI SH .
tow n, and w e find that in a Map of I relan d in Pacata Hiberm
’
a
by S i r J ames Carew in the t ime of James I . it is printed simply
as Garlan d .
”
Bu t , as w e have seen , in the Act 9 Qu een Anne i t
is Gern onstow n , alias Castlebellingham , and w e find that
in 17 21 H en ry Bellingham,son of Colon el Thomas Bellingham
,
w rote the follow ing in the Family B ibleMy mother dyed on Fryday ,
6th Janu ary,17 20 ,
and lyes
bu ry ed in the Chu rch of Castle Bellingham .
My father Thomas dyed on Fryday, 12th of September
1 7 21 and lyes bu ry ed in the Chu rch of Castle Bellingham .
We can see therefore that the n ame Castle Bellingham
began to be u sed abou t 1 7 00 .
The Parliamentary “ Retu rn of Roman Catholic Priests in
17 04 show s Rev . Dan iel Fin an,of M ilestown , aged 58 ,
served the Par ishes of Kilsaran and Stabannon and R ichards
tow n . His su ret ies w ere Lau ren ce Callan ,Kilsaran ,
Gentle
man [son of J ames Callan see H earth Monev Rolls above.
Lau ren ce Callan , died Ju ly 22,17 32,
aged 7 4 . See Appendix ,
Tombston e I nscrt'
ptions], and J ames Stanl ey ,ofWill iamstow n
,
Gen tleman . Service w as held at this t ime in a bu ilding in
G reenmou n t and u ntil the n ew chu rch in Kilsaran w as bu il t
in 18 14 .
F rom the Visitat ion Books w e learn that a Classical School
w as opened in Castlebellingham abou t 1 7 50 ,Rev . Mat thew
M ‘Clean,then Cu rateAssistan t of D romiskin , being the M aster
Pococke’
s T0ur.— B ishop Pococke, in his I rish Tou r,
17 52,after mention ing the mote of G reenmou n t , as al ready
noticed w rites
We came in a mile to Castle Bellingham , formerly calledGreenan ’
s tow n or Garlan d ’s tow n , w here Mr . Bellingham has
a very good hou se , w hich he does n ot inhabit . The river, han ginggrou nd and w ood betw een i t and the sea is very fine ; before Icame to this place I saw a ru ined chu rch to the w est,[See p . From Castle Bellin gham w e soon came to the strand,over w hich w hen the tyde is ou t they r ide to Du ndalk .
The Parliamentary Return of 17 66, which w as a Censu s
56 CH AP . I . - K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
of £21 25 . 0d. I rish . H annah Spencer ’ s interest passed soon
after to William Foster M ‘
Clin tock , of D rumcar .—(See also
Appen dix ,Will of H annah Stafiord) and (b)a lease fo r ever ,
dated 16th Feb ru ary ,17 98 , from H en ry Foster , of the c ity
of Du b lin , t o William Foster M‘
Clin tock of 8 acres 2roods in
Greenmou n t , at a ren t of £18 85 . 9d. I rish . The present head
landl ord of (a) is M rs. Ismay Chester Walsh , and of (b) is
M r . Arthu r Macan ,D .L. The lat ter reserves the t imber t o
the head - lan dlo rd ,the fo rmer does not . By a deed of 2nd
M arch ,17 99 ,
the w hole glebe w as conveyed as and fo r a
perpetu al and u n alien able glebe and endow men t site of a
chu rch and chu rchyard fo r the Par ishes of Kilsaran and
Gernonstow n to Rev . Alex an der M ‘
Clin tock ,Recto r of the
Par ish , on paymen t of £800 by the Board of Frst Fru its ,and £600 by the R ector), to hold du r ing H ann ah Spencer ’ s
life and the l ives of Pu llein Spen cer , H en ry Spen cer, and
Nicholas Spen cer .
The pu blic road at this t ime and fo r abou t 30 years after
w ards ran throu gh w hat is now known as the Pou n d Field ,
(so called becau se the Par ish Pou n d w as then situ ate at th e
presen t c ross roads) and it passed st raight u p from that
corn er qu i te close to the sou thern end of the glebe-hou se .
From the hou se on e of the finest V iew s in the Coun ty may
be ob tain ed .
The deed of 1 7 99 states that a chu rch and chu rchyard
w ere t o be erected thereu pon ,bu t this inten t ion w as not
car r ied ou t .
The Chester Family.—Abou t this t ime (in 1800)the lan ds
of the Bell inghams in Kilsaran and the greater part of thei r
lands in Wi ll iamstow n passed by pu rchase to the Chester
family . The Chesters of Cou n ty Lou th are der ived from a
you nger b ran ch of the Chesters of Chickerley H all , Bu cks .
They settled in D rogheda in the sixteenth centu ry ,and having
prospered ,pu rchased Carstow n (said t o have been the resi
dence of the ill - fated and ill- t reated R .C. Archb ishop , Oliver
W ILLIAM S TOWN H o u se , t h e reside nce o f M v. R. w . WALSH, J .P.
K I LS ARAN HO U S E (f o rme rly t h e residen ce o f t h e C h este r Family , now
occ u pied by M v. J . H. J AMESON).(From Photos by M r . Walsh .)
THE Cassr aas, AND W ILLIAMSTOWN , 131 0. 57
and afterw ards other estates in Meath , Limerick
and Lou th . I n 17 50 H en rv Chester , of Carstow n ,represen ted
the Cou n tyin Parliamen t . From him is descended M iss Chesterof Carstow n . M ichael Chester , of Ston ehou se ,
his n ephew ,
pu rchased Kilsaran and Williamstow n . The Will iamstow n
estate w as greatly improved by him and his su ccessors , having
been ex tensively plan ted and en closed by a demesn e wall
n early three miles long . The presen t mansion hou se at
Williamstow n w as bu ilt by Finlay A . Chester , in 1856-60,
the architect being Mr . Caldbeck . It is of an Ital ian design,
w ith fine bold corballed roof and a handsome port ico of lime
stone from Sheephou se ,and cost abou t Fin lay
Chester (w ho mar ried Maria Lou isa ,third dau ghter of N icholas
Mahon Pow er,of Faithlegg , Co . W’
aterford ,D .L.
, M .P. fo r
that Co . see died in 1891 and w as su cceeded by his
son , H en ry Chester , H igh Sheri ff 1893,w ho died u n
mar r ied in 1899,and w as su cceeded by his sister . M rs. Ismay
Chester -Walsh ,w ho mar ried in 1883 R ichard Walter Walsh ,
of Mou n t Alverno , Co . Du bl in , J .P ., H igh Sheri ff Lou th 1905,
and has issu e , in ter alios , R ichard J ames Chester Walsh,
born 1884 .
Kilsaran H ou se w as bu ilt in 17 80 by the Bellingham family .
It w as occupied for many years in the last cen tu ry by J ohnChester , 2 leading magist rate of the Cou n ty ,
w ho , on his
death,left all his estates to his b rother , M ichael Chester ,
of Williamstow n and Stonehou se (H igh Sheri ff for the tw o
years 1837 and The site of the presen t Roman Catholic
Chu rch of Kilsaran w as gran ted by the Chesters . (See Ap
pendix , I nscrt’
ptions.)The Advow son right of presen tation of clergy) ofThe Plu nketts of Carstow n w ere descen ded from Alexan der 6th son , by
his first w ife , of Sir O l iver Plu nkett of K ilsaran , w ho w as created Baronof Lou th in 1541. There I S a scu lptu red ston e in a massive ch imney piecein the din in g room at Carstow n . The inscript ion thereon is given in
M emmia ls of the Dead , 1906, p . 587 , from a ru bbin g by Rev John Segraveof Termon feckin . I t bears the in itials O.P .
, stan din g for O l iver Plu nkett ,an d K .H . , w h ich , as far as can beiden tified, stan d for Katharine H u ssey,his w ife .
”The date 1612 is added . So it cou ld n ot relate to Archbishop
Plu nkett , w ho w as born at Loughcrew , Co . Meath , in 1629 .
58 CHAP . I .—KILSARAN PAR I SH .
the parish had been granted by the Crown in 1638 to Pat rickGernon— (Reeves M and probably soon after passed to
Lord Lou th . When Lord Lou th ’
s lan ds were confiscated i t
passed to Colonel Legge ,w ho on 14 th March
,1661 , w as granted
wi th other lands in Du nany,Du n leer , etc” the lordship of
Kilsaran for 99 years at same rents that Qu een Elizabeth
granted them to Sir Thomas Plu nket , Lord of Lou th .
”
The Primate , how ever , seems to have dispu ted
C01. Legge’
s right of presentation to the par ish , f or w e hnd that
J ames J ones , wri t ing to C01. Legge , Nov . 4 , 1663, says that he
has j u st come from Drogheda, where he represen ted Col .Legge
before Dr. Loftu s , Chan cell or of the Ecclesiast ical Cou rt
The clergy and cou n try w ere all summoned, and I appearedto assert the righ t w hich w as done, and you r possession of therectories [w as] so w ell main tained that the [sic] declined dependingon them as any certain ty by the Primate ’
s gran t, bu t becamepetitioners to recommend them un to you for presen tations to thevicarages and cu res. I told Dr . Loftu s and them that w here therew as a Vicarage endow ed you d id nor w ou ld hinder or obstru cthim in the vicarial part, bu t rather add by w ay of encou ragemen t,and w here there w as to be a stipen diary curate vou w ou ld presen ta fit person ,
giving him a handsome competen cy . This seemedw ell, and Dr . Loftu s w as civil and u pon this un i on of churches, onehappened to be appoin ted at Kilsaran , and an other at Dun leer asgrati fyin g you the proprietor of the lands bu t he goes on to saythat the Primate en deavou red to in du ce the L ord Lieu tenan tto retrenchmen t of the provision concern in g Kilsaran ,
and i t seems prevailed My Lord Lieu tenant w as very
mu ch concerned for C01. Legge’ s loss by this retrenchmen t
w orth abou t £400 per annum . J ones wr ites fu rther I f you r
proviso had not been stirred i t is to be dou b ted whether by
the law y ou cou ld have carried the Preceptory of Kilsaran,
the main thing and not inserted in the patent]. Lord
D rogheda hath in the late king ’
5 t ime a patent pas t in reversion
of the Lord Lou th’
s lease of Carlanstow n Garlanstow n],
one of the prime rectories worth £30 per annum . As to the
yearly valu e of these glebes and recto ries , he w r ites
The most they cou ld be set for last year w as £16169 . 8d.—they
will never rise to £250, ou t of w hich you mu st have paid £4 or £5
PATRONAGE 01 1 111: Rscr oav. 59
in Crow n ren t, and £50 yearly at least . Y ou must have repairedchu rches, given sti pends to 3 chaplains and been perpetu allytrou bled With the hun gry w hin ing vicars, so as in tru th I believeyou w ou ld have given all for their bare prayers . The Lordshi pof Kilsaran , w ith the demesne lands thereto belonging is not any
wise tou ched by the retren chmen t .”—(Dartmou th M 8 8 ; Hist .
M SS . Com. Rep . 15, 1896- 7 , PP 108
From the Originalia and Commu nia Rolls w e find that a new
paten t w as issu ed to Colonel Legge on 24 th May ,1664 , gran t ing
him,inter alia, Kilsaran w ith all advow sons. J on es , on
Au gu st 6th ,1666, says—the new Letters Paten t w ere firmly
d raw n . A Retu rn to the Lo rds J u st ices in 1693 how ever
states the King w as Pat ron— (Reeves’
Thismu st have
been a mistake , for , according to the D R ,Rev . Mossom
Wye, A .M . ,w as in stitu ted Recto r and Vicar in 1689 on the
presen tation of George Legge ,Baron of Dartmou th , the
u ndoub ted Pat ron . The effect of the Primate 's in terven tion ,
as above related ,mu st , how ever
,have been that
,w hile the
presen tation w as fou n d to belong to Lord Dartmou th,the
t ithes w ere no longer allow ed as impropriate to a lay Pat ron ,
bu t belonged hen ceforth to the Rector and Vicar . Lord
Dartmou th presented the Incumben ts t ill 17 04 ,w hen he sold
the advow son ,w hich then passed to the Tisdall family .
There seems to have been some j u gglery abou t this sale ,fo r
w e find that Will iam Lord Dartmou th ,on 22nd Jan u ary
,
17 06,conveyed i t to R ichard Dalton
,gen t
,fo r £150. and that
on the follow ing day R ichard Dalton convey ed i t to R ichard
Tisdall , Esq.,for a like sum
R ichard Tisdall w as the son of Thomas Tisdall , the b rother
of the first James Tisdall of Baw n . H e w as Regist rar of the
Cou rt of Chan cery ,M .P. for Du ndalk 17 07 , and M .P. for Co .
Lou th 17 13- 15. H e pu rchased the Fow kes' and other estates
in Lou th . His son,Philip Tisdall
,w ho presented the I ncum
ben ts of the parish in 17 45 ‘
and 17 7 1 w as the famou s R ight
H on . Philip Tisdall , P .C. ,M .P. fo r Du blin Un iversity 17 39,
1761 ; Solicitor General 17 51 ,At torney General 17 60, Chief
Sec retary for I relan d 17 63. Several referen ces to him occu r
60 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARI SH .
in M r. F El rington Ball ’ s History of the Cou n ty Du blin ,where
he is n umbered among the eight bottle men of his t ime.
The advow son had passed in 17 94 from the Tisdalls to the
M‘
Clin tocks, fo r on 2nd Feb ru ary, 17 94 , J ohn M‘
Clin tock ,
of D rumcar , presen ted Rev . William Woolsey , LL.B . ,to the
Incumben cy The M‘
Clin tock family held the advow
son from this t ime t ill the D isestabl ishmen t in 187 0 ,w hen
Lord Rathdonnell received fo r the confiscation of his property
in the same 12s . 7 d. , a sum based on the u su al cal
culations on which compen sat ion w as given .—(See Report
Chu rch Temt . Comm ,188 1
,Appen dix , p .
Parish in the Eighteenth Century.—Materials for the
histo ry of the par ish du r ing the eighteenth centu ry are scan ty .
Referen ce has al ready been made to Isaac Bu tler ’ s Travels
and B ishop Pococke’
s Tou r . The Post Chaise Companion ,
which eviden tly gives a descript ion of things circa 17 7 6, tells
as that
Near the sea side is Main e, the seat of the Rev . WilliamStafiord (Cu rate of Kilsaran ], At Castlebellin gham on the L .is the
seat of H en ry Bellin gham , Esq., and on the R . M i lestow n that of
the Rev . Mr . Ogle [Rector of Ki lsaran] . Coolestow n is the seat ofTurner Camack, Esq. [He w as H igh Sheri ff in 17 89 ]I t also men tion s the elm refer red to above , and says the
v illage w as a very pleasan t on e, and describes Greenmou n t as
a small V illage, on ce a strong camp,and probably the
the sepu lchre of some celeb rated warrio r . I n Seward ’ s
Topographta Hibemz’
ca,17 90 ,
Castlebellingham is also spokenof as a very pleasant V illage
,being also a post tow n distant
from Du bl in 34 miles .
*[The 32, 33,
and 34 milestones are
st ill in posit ion on the main road ] I t has fai rs on Easter
Tu esday and 10th October . There is on e of the finest old
spreading elms here that is to be seen in the kingdom . H ere
i t may be added that on e of the oldest and finest yew t rees
also in the B ri tish Isles is to be fou n d in the chu rchyard at
Castlebellingham . Taylo r and Skinner ’sM275 of Cou ntyLou th,
These w ere Irish miles and coun ted from Du blin Castle .
62 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
and b rother of Anne, w ife of Alan Bellingham of Kilsaran .
H e married his cou sin Marianne , dau ghter of Rev . William
Woolsey ,and contin u ed as a par tner in the B rew ery u ntil abou t
1825, w hen he removed to D rogheda and started bu siness
on his own accou n t . F rom him the Drogheda Cairneses
descend . The fu llest in formation abou t the Cai rn es family ,
w i th pedigrees and abu ndant illu st ration s relating not only
to that family bu t others , like the Bellinghams andWoolseys ,w i th which they formed mat rimonial alliances
,will be fou nd
in the 308 qu ar to pages of the“ H istory of the Family of
Cairn es , by H . C. Law lo r , pu blished last year (Lon don :
Stock,
Alexander Cairnes , the fou n der of the family
in Irelan d , migrated from Gallow ay in Scotlan d to the Cou nty
Donegal in 1610 . The present head of the family is ten th
in descent ‘from him . .
John Woolsey died in 1853, and w as su cceeded in the
Brewery on his death in 1853 by his sons , William , H igh
Sherifi 1868 , and John , (b rothers of Maj or-General Woolsey,
D .L. ,and Mrs.William Thornhill), w ho by a very remarkable
coin cidence died within a week of each other in M ay , 1887 .
Some three years later the B rew ery w as amalgamated wi th
that of Messrs. Cai rnes at D rogheda u n der the n ame of the
Castlebellingham and Drogheda B rew eries, Ltd. Lieu t .-Col .
Thornhill , whose mother , Margaret , w as a dau ghter of the
JohnWoolsey who died 1853, became Managing D i rector, and
on his death in 1900 (see Appen dix , Tombstone I ascriptions)w as su cceeded by his on ly son , Charles J . Thornh i ll . J .P.
The following ext ract concerning the B rewery is from
Bassett ’ s Lou th
Castlebellingham’
s sole industry of magn itu de is carried on
by the en terprising firm of Messrs. John Woolsey and Cc . The
Brew ery is in the Glyde Valley, close to the r iver side, and in thebeau ty and picturesqu eness of its su rrou nd ings leaves nothing tobe desired . Having occu pied all the avai lable space in its immediate vicin ity, the bu i ldings extend n orthw ard u n ti l theycover an area of several acres, and so iden ti fy themselves w ith theou tline of the village as to indicate a single proprietary in terest
THE BREWERY , M 4 11. COACHES , 111 0 . 63
and a common pu rpose in the popu lation . I ts si te had previouslybeen u sed as a bleach green . At the time of my visit, in Au gust,1885, new bu i ldings w ere in progress, on e of w hich w as in tendedfor a 280-barre1 copper, and the other to add 300 barrels to theki ln -drying capacity . The largest of the malt-hou ses fron ts in thevi llage . It is fou r storeys high , and has a depth of abou t 400feet . The record of 1885 show ed that Messrs . John WoolseyCo . had been su pplying half the garrison of Ireland, and a con
siderable porti on of the garr isons of the Mediterran ean and
Egypt . They likew ise su pplied the troops in the Ni le Exped itionfor the relief of Gordon , and e licited the testimon y from a Lieu t .Colonel, that the Castlebellingham beer ‘ keeps w ell in all
climates .
’
Charles Lever , in his novel , Lord Kilgobbin , says that
Castlebellingham ale beats all the Bass and Allsopp that
eve r w as brew ed .
The B rew ery is the chief employer of labou r in the d ist rict,
and has erected han dsome cottages at Kilsaran and on the
Sea Road fo r its employees .
The Mail Coaches . —On 25th Feb ru ary , 17 88 ,the post
boy,w ith mails from Du ndalk , etc . ,
w as robbed betw een
Du nleer and D rogheda . This and other robberies oithe like
natu re led to the starting of mail coaches in the follow ing
mon th .
I n early t imes, before Belfast rose in to importance , the
road betw een D rogheda , w hich for a t ime r ivalled Du blin,
to the north,ran more in land
,and a t radition exists that
early coaches changed horses at Braganstow n .
When the post road , w hich is still so styled o fficially ,w as
made connect ing Dublin and Belfast , the coaches changed
horses at Greenmount , and a gau n t large hou se beside the
road there , now fast hasten ing to decay , show s w here horses
were changed and refreshmen t provided fo r man and beast,
rather than at Castlebellingham,some tw o miles more north
ward : the postal au thorities perhaps deeming it advisable
to keep clear of the st rong ale there abou nding .
It cost 4d. in 1800 to take a letter from Castlebellingham
to Dublin . The Arthu r family at this time owned “The Inn,
64 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
o r Bellingham Arms H otel . as well as the principal I nn inDundalk ; and the Log Book of the I nn ,
n ow in possession
of S i r H enry Bellingham,con tain s the signatu res of many
distingu ished v isitors , su ch as M r . Gladston e, Lord and Lady
Bandon , Lord and Lady Du fierin , Lord Roden ,M arqu i s and
Marchioness of Dow nshire, Lady Bateson
,M r . B lackw ood
and others . The I nn is now the Post Office , w hich still show s
the Bellingham Arms . Pigott’
s Directory ,1824 ,
gives the
follow ing list of coaches that left Du n dalk fo r Du blin, Viz
The Royal Day Mail,12 noon ; The N ight M ail , 12 n ight ;
The Lark ,10 e .m. ; The Self-Defence,
12 noon ; and on
Mondays , Wednesdays , and Fr idays, St . Pat rick
,1 1 a .m. ;
Fai r Trader , Castlebellingham mu st have been a
lively place in the early par t of the last centu ry w i th the
coaches passing throu gh . The building of the railw ay (w hich
ow ing to what some regard as the mistaken policy of the
ow n ers of lan d w as n ot,as origin ally planned , allow ed to pass
close to the V illage— disciples of Ru skin will believe they
were right) —diverted all the t raflic , and the v ill age su ffered
in consequ en ce .
Parish in the Nineteenth Century.-Du r ing the n in eteenth
cen tu ry the mater ials for a Parochial H istory are more ample,as Registers, —Parochial and D iocesan ,
-Visitat ion Retu rns,
and Vestry Books , are in existence . In 1801 the Visitation
Book states that the Chu rch is in good order ; Alexander
M‘
Clin tock , Recto r , resides in Glebe H ou se ; James Cliff ord
i s Protestan t Schoolmaster .
From a Parl iamen tary Retu rn of 1806w e find that Kilsaran
and Gernonstow n are classed as Rector ies — u n ited by
Act of Parliament these cann ot be disu n ited that the
Recto r w as residen t , had the cu re of sou ls and discharged the
du ties that there w as a chu rch in good o rder at Germonstow n
, and a Glebe H ou se on a glebe in the par ish of Kilsaran
abou t 5} mile from the chu rch . (as the crow flies
Vestry Levies.—There is a copy of Levies made by all
THE V ILLAGE INN . THE POUND . 65
Vest ries in Ireland betw een 18 1 1 and 1823,in M arsh ’s Lib rary
(No . Q . which gives u s a good deal of in formation .
I n 18 1 1 4d. per acre w as levied on the par ish for parochial
pu rposes as follow s
Parish Clerk,Sexton ,
Schoolmaster,Poun d Man ,
Pou nd Ren t to Rev . W. Woolsey,Elemen ts and Tu rfRepairs,
The P0und.— I t is clear from these re tu rn s that the par ish
ioners had n o great love for the Par ish Pou n d ,for it cost the
parish a considerable sum of money to keep the gate in repai r .
Thu s in 18 19 Repairs of Pou n d , £4 in 1820 N ew gate
for Pou nd, £5 14s . 9d. ; 1823 : I ron gate fo r Pou nd ,
£5 17 s . 0d.
Tw o of the w alls of the Pou nd still remain at the j u n ctionof the Ardee road w i th the D ublin road at Kilsaran , and
they may w ell rank among the an tiqu it ies of the Parish .
S i r H en ry Main e (Ancient I nstitu tions, p . 263) says that
there is no more ancien t institu tion in the cou n t ry than the
Village Pou n d . I t is f ar older than the King’
s Ben ch ,and
probably older than the Kingdom . We are by i t car ried
back to the time w hen the law of a settled commu n ity began
to step in to regu late the d ispu tes betw een members of a
half—pastoral,half—agricu ltu ral t r ibe ; fo r the Village Pou nd
w as eviden tly established n ot as a machine fo r oppression
or en forcemen t of mon ey Claims,bu t rather as the earliest
method of in terferen ce by a settled commu n i ty w ith the
relat ions of deb tor and creditor— as th e first attempt to
regu late,in accordance w i th j u stice the high -han ded en
forcemen t of his r ights by a credi to r , w hose on ly remedy in
those days w as to seize by might the cattle of his debto r .
The Pou nd w as thu s established to provide fai r play betw een
credi to r and debto r .
66 CHAP . I .—K I LSARAN PAR I SH .
I n 18 12 w e have the follow ing ent ries
To you n g Morton for Board and repairing chu rch w heel[Qu ery—the w heel u sed for ringing bell
Hagan , for dashin g w al lSemple the S laterA .
_
Madole for glazing18 14 .
—Wm. Branagan , Parish Clerk C. Byrne, Sexton ;Pou ndman ; Foster Byrch , Collector of the Cess .
Parish Stocks.—I n the ent ry this year To erecting S tocksappears ; bu t i t does not state if anything w as expended
thereon . Probably they w ere still in existence in the parish .
We hnd a n ew pai r of stocks pu rchased for Stabannon in 17 7 0 ,
at £3 3s. 0d. (see Chap . and,no dou b t
,there w as a pair
also in the V illage of Castlebellingham . The Parish S tocksw ere l ike the Pou nd , a ven erab le relic of the methods of
legal act ion in past days and, indeed , they w ere very u sefu l ,as some think , f or rest raining refracto ry parishioners , scolding
w ives,Sabbath b reakers , sw earers , t ramps , and su ch like !
Those w ho are trou bled by the cu riou s resul t of ou r Poor
Law legislat ion in increasing vagrancy might w ell look backto the age of the . Stocks fo r a remedy .
Church Sundries. —The following no tes are from the Vestry
books '
1816. Slat ing roof of the steeple, 7 s. 6d.
1818 . W. Cairn es [w ho w as probably Chu rchwarden]fo r cash expended, £22 15s . 0d. Do . fo r S i rWm. Bellingham ’s
cess , £5 65 . 3d.
”
In 18 19— C. Byrn e , the Sex ton , w as su perannu ated at his
salary of £3 85 . 3d.— not a very considerable sum to live
u pon . We find also an item Bu ilding walls of shed to
gallery, £6. Fou ndl ings entailed a cost in 1819 of £3 1820,
£7 125 . 9d. ; 1821, 757 .
In 1820 w e read
Books , New Commu n ion Table , Cover for Pu lpit andReadingDesk, a set of books for the you ng w omen w ho sing, and an instr u
men t for Jordan , £25 . Who w as Jordan and w hat w as the
instrument ‘
2 Most likely a violin .
PAR I SH STOCKS AND SUNDRIES . THE e ssoy s. 67
In 1821
Cess 6d . per acre. A new set of books for chu rch and 7 PrayerBooks for girls that sing, £1215s . 2d .
”
Also paid George Walsh for u se of his hou se fo r keeping
medicin es in befo re D ispen sary w as established . This item
is a remin iscence of the time before the presen t Poor Law
system came in to operation (in 1834 w hen the Parish
Vest ry provided for the medical relief of the sick poor . Thu s
in 1822 For sending a sich boy to Du ndalk H ospital , 25 . 6d.
tu rnpike, 9d . (tu rnpikes w ere n ot abolished t ill
In the early years of the 19th cen tu ry the dist rict betw een
Castlebellingham and Ardee seems to have been mu ch dis
t u rbed by Wh iteboy raids, etc . I n 18 16, in con sequ ence ofthe bru tal mu rder of a farmer n amed Lyn ch , w e find the
Magist rates of the Cou n ty— to the n umber of 29, inclu ding
w ell -know n n ames as Chester , Fo rtescu e , Garstin , Bellingham ,
—meet ing at Castlebell ingham on Nov . 4 , and demand ing
special measu res fo r enforcemen t of the Peace in the Barony
of Ardee ; and five days later , in the same place,another
meet ing w as held fo r the same pu rpose , at w hich 20 magis
t rates attended . (Hou se of Commons Papers.)
TheWoolsey Fami ly.—Rev . William Woolsey ,
w hen Recto r ,resided chiefly in Du blin du ring the tw en t ies, on accou n t of
bad health . H e provided and paid a Cu rate,w ho l ived in
the glebe hou se .
It may be here conven ien t to give some fu rther in for
mat ion wi th respect to the Woolsey family . The pedigree
w ill be fou n d in w hich also has fu ll particu lars abou t
thei r relatives , the Thornb ills. The family has been honou r
ably associated w ith this parish for nearly a cen tu ry and a
half . The family claims some con nection wi th the celeb rated
Cardinal , Thomas Wolsey , and the arms w hich they u se are
similar to his bu t I have been u nable to find any facts to
show this connection . The first Woolsey Will proved in
Ireland is that of Benj aminWoolsey , orWollesy , of Portadow n,
who died in 1690, and who had a son John Woolsey and
CHAP . I .— K I LSARAN PAR I SH
w hose son -in -law ,Thomas Thornbu ry
,is also mentioned .
There is a record in the Mat ricu lat ion Book of T .C.D . of a
Ben j amin Worsley ,aged 25,
born in London ,w ho en tered
the College on October 15,1642. I t may have been the
same , bu t the n ame is di fferently spelled . The family appears
to have ow n ed the greater par t of the tow n of Portadown
w i th the su r rou nding tow n lan ds of Clou n agh ,Tavan agh ,
Seagoe, Edender ry ,
Derreskinive . This J ohn Woolsey w as
probab ly the father of Ben j amin Woolsey (Will p roved 17 40)and of Rev . William Woolsey ,
M .A.,Recto r of Du ndalk ;
fo r in Ben j amin Woolsey ’ s w ill,after making his 5011 Ben j amin
residu ary legatee, he adds the prov iso that if his son had
110 hei rs , then the proper ty w as to go to my nephew ,Thomas
Woolsey , son of my b rother Will iam ,he paying to Ann
Mu n roe ’ s (his Ben j amin ’ s — dau ghter ’s) children £500 .
Rev . William Woolsey, his b rother , w as Rector of Dundalkfrom 17 09 to 17 28
*and Chaplain to Pr imate Boul ter . H e
resigned Du ndalk in 17 28 and became Rector of the par ishes o f
Baronstow n , Ken e, Foghart , Roche and Philipstow n-N u gent ,
andPrebendary of Du nbin , as w ell as Vicar of H aggardstow n .
H emar ried Isabella,dau ghter of J ohn Walker of Du ndalk ,
and gran d- dau ghter of Rev . George Wal ker , D .D . ,T the
celeb rated Defen der of Derry (w ho lost his life at the Bat t le
of the Boyn e)and of his w ife Isabella Maxw ell of Finnebrogu e
[Wi ll p roved H e helped to in t rodu ce into Du ndalkfrom Po rtadow n the art of damask weav ing , w hich Pr imate
Bou lter fostered , and w hich became after some t ime a
flou rishing in du st ry . Rev .Wm.Woolsey pu rchased Priorland,
There is a record of the Matricu lation in T .O.D . of a Woolsey —no
other particu lars—in 17 01.
TWalker w as the son of Rev . GeorgeWalker, D .D ., Chan cellor of Armagh
and Rector of Kilmore, w ho married Ursu la Stanhope, and died 15th Sep .,
167 7 , and w as bu ried in Kilmore w here his mon umen t still exists . The
latter is often con fu sed by historian s with his son .—See Sir Charles King ’s
recen t Life of Archbishop King .
”
A mon umen t to the Defender of Derry w as erected in Don aghmoreChu rch , Co . Tyron e, of w hich he w as rector and w hi ther his bones w ereremoved from the Boyne . His w i fe w as bu ried beside him .
—See memoirin l st series, vol . II ., 1854 , 129, 235, 261.
70 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PARXSH .
i t seems to have passed to the Palmers , and from them to
the Woolsey family,w ho had previou sly pu rchased the
B rewery from the Bellinghams . (See Appen dix , Wills.)
CastlebellinghamChurch .— I n 1821 the chu rch w as en larged
at the cost of £27 6 185 . 53d. (B r it . cu r rency), according to
the Report of the Ecclesiast ical Commission of 1836, bu t i t
appears from the Vest ry Levies of 1821 -
3, and from the
Chu rchwardens’
accou nts that a loan of £300 f rom th e Board
of Fi rst Fru i ts , as w ell as a fu r ther sum of £7 2 14s . 23d” w as
expen ded thereon . I t w as at this t ime that the chancel w as
enlarged . The con t racto r w as M r . N icholl,who bu il t
D romiskin Chu rch in the same year . At the enlargemen t o f
the chu rch the pews were re-al located, and an in terest ing list
of those to whom sittings w ere appropriated is extant,wi th
notes appen ded thereto , in the Vestry M in u tes of 1840 (NOS .
1 to 10 being from E. toW. , the rest vice versa), as follow s
No'rns or 1840.
1. The Castle Occu pied by Mrs . Ru xton2. M iss Bellin gham [d ied 1835]3. Mrs.Woolsey Mrs. Filgate4 . The Crescen t£5 . Strangers6. Strangers7 . Daniel Wade and Foster Birch Wade’s house occu pied by R .C.
B irch ’s by J Woolsey Co .
8 . Joseph Petty . Wm. Bu ckley9 . Stran gers10. Servan ts ou t of Livery11. Female Servan ts12. Bran agan , Mercer, Morton Mrs. Qu inn , Wal ter Bu rke13. Mrs. Du n can Morton ’
s house fallen14 . Cottage [Dromena Cottage]15 . Maj or Tisdall and Mr . Lee Lee dead . Tisdall resigned16. Mr . Arthu r The I nn
17 . Rev . Dr . Vesey [R . of Manfieldstow n ] Kilsaran House18 . Mr . Thompson (Maine) Mr. Stafiord
’
s family19 . Mrs. Fosteri: John Woolsey, Esq.
20. The Rector Rector21. Tu rner Macan Greenmou n t H ouse
All livery servan ts to sit in the gallery .
Her dau ghter, Louisa Jane, married the Cu rate , Rev . Thos. Plunket,afterw ards Lord Plu nket .§ Mrs . Filgate w as Isabella Filgate , w idow of Rev . Tow n ley Ffilgate ,
Rector of Charlestow n 1816-20, and the eldest dau ghter ofWm. R u xton ,of
Ardee, M .P.
INHABITANTS IN 1821 . 7 1
Fromthe Census Returns 01 1821 w e learn that the follow
ing , among others , resided in the par ish —GERNON STOWN
N icholas Arthu r , innkeeper ; Will iam M orris,of the Water
Gu ard , gen t . ; Matthew M‘
Cormen , excise officer ; Bern ard
Ginnet ty , pu blican ; Ben j amin Bayley,
clerk to Messrs .
Woolsey Cai rn es ; J ohn J ordan , grocer ; Catherine
M‘
Ginn ess, pu blican ; J ohn Woolsey , gen t .—holds 69 acres
,
also 38 acres in the Parish of Manfieldstow n Will iam Cairens
(sic), gen t . , 32 acres, holds also 22 acres in Cappog ; Ann e
Archer , James Jameson and Elizabeth his w ife ,V isito rs
w ith him ; George Cairens, clerk ,his w ife H ester , his n iece
Debo rah Ruxton ; Thomas Fi tzgerald , clerk ; Eliza Belling
ham ; J ohn B i rch,land su rveyor ; Foster B i rch
,post
master ; Eliza M‘
Gee,farmer and pu bl ican ; John Tr imble ,
Su rgeon . There w ere 1 10 hou ses in the village ,and a school
contain ing 37 boys and 22 girls. M I LESTOWN . M ichael
D romgoole ,miller and farmer ; Thomas M
‘
En n eny , school
master ; Terence Bradigan ,pu blican ; Ow en Kelly
,school
master ; Rebecca Foster , farmer and lady . 23 hou ses in
the village,and a school w ith 39 boys and 23 girls. MAINE .
Rober t Thompson,gen t . and farmer , 82 acres
,also 180
acres in D rumcar par ish ; Pat rick Du llaghan and Thomas
B rannon,Farmers . DROM CEATH o r GREENMOUNT .
—Ttl rner
Macan ,gen t .
, and Fran ces his sister . MULLI NSCRoss .—] as.
M‘
Guinness, schoolmaster , and a school w i th 14 boys and
20 gi rls . WILLIAMSTOWN .—] ohn Tallon , farmer , 210 acres .
BoLEs.—Pat rick Molloy ,
pu blican . 21 hou ses in the village
of Boles. K1LLSARAN .
— Pat rick Kavan agh , stew ard t o Rev .
Dr . Vesey ; Joseph Coleman,schoolmaster ; Ann e White,
farmer , 58 ac res ; James Kelly , gen t .,her n ephew Rev .
James Sands , priest [R .C. Cu rate] ; Rev . Thomas Plu nket ,
clerk [in H oly O rders], Lou isa his w ife and Catherine his
dau ghter . A school w i th 30 boys and 20 girls .
We have al ready remarked on the great fall in the pop
ul ation of the par ish w ithin the last 80 years. A glan ce ove r
72 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
the 1821 retu rn s w ill give some explanat ion of this,fo r at
that t ime nearly half the popu lation of the d ist rict in clu ded
in the Un ion w ere either hand - loom linen -w eavers o r flax
spinners. I believe that to -day n ot a single person in the
d ist r ict is either , nor is there an ac re of flax grow n here. There
w ere no other cottage indu st ries to keep the su rplu s popu lat ionat home—on ly in recent years has a Lace School been estab
lished . Famine and emigrat ion d id the rest .
Ecclesiastical Arrangements 1825 The following
appears in the E7) . Vis. B . of 1825
The Chur ch is in excellen t order excep t for an appearan ceof damp in the chan cel, w hich has been lately en larged . Everycan on i cal requ isite except a Baptismal Fon t . Glebe H ou seis bein g repaired in side and ou t . The Curate (Rev . ThomasPlu nket)bein g absen t from ill-health the n umber of commun ican tscann ot be ascertain ed .
1826 Visitation Book
Will iam Woolsey, Rector, n ot residen t, from his advan cedage an d infirmity permitted by the Primate to live in Du b lin .
Charles Smyth, Gurate, residesin glebe hou se an d gets £7 5 I r . per
Wi lliam Brann agan , Parish Clerk, at £10, n ot licensed .
Church requ ires to be dashed to preven t damp . There is n o
Fon t (ordered). Tab le 010th good , bu t su rplice otherChur chyard en closed . Divin e Serv ice, a .m.
summer ; 12 n oon in w in ter ; even in g, 6 p .m. ; con gregationpun ctu al , 100 in summer, 60 in w in ter ; 60 Commu nican ts at
Christmas, 30 at other times. Protestan ts in creasin g40 childr en attend school in summer, 37 in w in ter ; pay abou t3/ per year R oman Catholic families in creasin g, bu t n o con vertsto R .C. ; n o d issen ters .
The 3rd (prin ted) Parliamen tary Report of the Commis
sion ers on Ecclesiastical Revenu es in I reland 1836 (vol . i i i .)tells u s that the populat ion of Kilsaran parish [in 1831] w as
that the Recto r , Rev . Rober t Le P . M‘
Clin tock ,dis
charged the du t ies, w as u su ally residen t at the glebe, bu t at
the t ime w as liv ing at Drumcar— the rectory u n dergo in g
repai rs . The income of the par ish w as £564 95 . made
u p as follow s —Tithe Composition Kilsaran , £359 15 . 6d.
d i tto, Gern onstow n
, £146 155 . 4d.,with glebe . Ou tgoings
amou nted to £50 103. 0d.
M I LES TOW N H o u se,t h e S eat o f t h e Woo lsey Family .
THE CHURCH , VESTRY AND V ILLAGE 1825 _73
From Lew is’
s Topographical Dictionary 1836 w e learn that
the parish comprised 33 934 statu te acres , of w hich
w ere applotted u nder the Ti the Act , and valu ed at
per annum . Lew is adds : The su r rou nding scenery is
pleasingly diversified,and the neighbou rhood is embellished
with several han dsome seats,among w hich are M ilestown ,
the residence of I . Woolsey , Esq. Greenmou n t , of T. Macan ,
Esq. ; Maine , of B . B . Staffo rd, Esq. and Kilsaran , of M .
Chester , Esq. Adjo in ing the R .C. Chapel is a N at ion al
SchooL
Thackeray’s Irish Sketch Book gives a very pleasing de
scription of the village and dist rict,w hich he passed throu gh
on that exceed ingly slow coach, TheNew ry Lark ,
in 1842.
H e says
From Castle Bellingham, as famou s for ale as Drogheda, and
remarkable likew ise for a still better thing than ale—an excellen tresiden t proprietress [Hester, Lady Bellingham], w hose fin e parklies by the road , and by w hose care and taste the village hasbeen rendered one of the most neat and elegan t I have yet seenin Ireland . The road to Du ndalk is exceed ingly pictu resqu e .
A long straggling line of neat farm ho uses and cottages ru nsalmost the w hole w ay . For near a c ou ple of miles of the distancethe road runs along the pict u resq ue flat called Lu rgan Green , and
gen tlemen ’
s residen ces and parks are n umerou s along the road ,
and one seems to have come amongst a n ew race of people , so
trimare the cottages, so neat the gates and hedges in this peacefu l ,smiling district . '
The Vicar o f Du ndalk at the time ,Rev . Elias Thackeray ,
w as a relative of the novelist w ho w rote this.
Vestry Minu tes.—The Vest ry Book from 1835,con tain ing
the M inu tes of Vest ries to 187 0 (w ith a f ew ex ception s) is
in the possession of the Incumben t . I n the proceedings of
the first Vest ry recorded— that of Easter Monday ,April 20 ,
1835— the follow ing n ote occu rs in the Recto r ’ s (Rev . H . F
M‘
Clin tock’
s)han dw rit ing I hereby han d over the former
Vest ry Book to Sir A. E. Bellingham [Recto r’
s Chu rchw arden]to be kept and preserv ed by him ,
he having kindly u nder
taken to provide a new Vest ry Book for the u se of the Parish .
F
7 4 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
No t race of this book has as yet been fou nd among the Belling
ham papers . I t has,l ike those of S tabannon and Manfields
tow n,been lost . I hope some day that one o r other w ill yet
tu rn u p and be resto red to the cu stody of the par ish . This
book mu st con tain many in terest ing histo rical details of the
par ish du r ing the eighteenth cen tu ry .
At the Easter Vest ry of 1835 there w ere present - B . B .
Staffo rd ,M aj or Sw eeny ,
Dr . Trimble , S i r A . E . Bellingham,
Bart ; Den is B rannan,J ames Byrne
,Teren ce B radigan
,
Joseph Byrne,J oseph Cu nn ingham John Meighan , and
among other things they resolved that no cess shou ld be
app lot ted on the parish fo r coffins fo r pau pers . This is
an in dication that the Poor Law Act had come in to force .
At an adj ou rned Vest ry the names of persons present w ere
Dr . Trimble (chai rman), Rober t Ar thu r , Thomas H ow ell .
From this time onwards the n ames of the inhab itants of the
parish can be ascertained from the decen n ial cen su s papers
preserved—w i th the exception of on e pu rposely destroyed
in the Pu blic Record Office ,Du blin .
Notable Inhabitants. —There w ere connected with Castle
bellingham abou t this t ime tw o boys , w ho afterwards became
famou smen , namely , the late Professo rs J ohn Tyn dall ,and J ohn Elliot t Cai rn es , LL.D .
J ohn Elliott Cairnes w as the son of Mr . Will iam Cai rnes ,and w as born in Castlebellin gham on the 26th December,1823. After leaving school he spen t some t ime in his father ’ s
Cou n ting H ou se in D rogheda and soon after entered T rini ty
College ,where he gradu ated as B .A. in 1848 ,
M .A . in 1854 ,
and became su ccessively Professo r of Poli t ical Econ omy in
Professor of Polit ical Econ omy and Ju r ispru dencein ,Q u een
’
s College, Galw ay , andProfesso r of Polit ical Economy
in University College , London ,1866. This latter post he
resigned in 187 2,and ret i red w i th the hon orary t itle of Emer itu s
Professo r of Polit ical Econ omy. His w orks on Social and
Polit ical Science have become text -books in all B ri t ish
76 CHAP . I . - K ILSARAN PARI SH .
pu rloined and taken dow n the r iver abou t the distance of a mile,by a servan t of Mr . Woolsey ’s of Milestow n . We follow ed, beingaccompan ied by Mr . Bu rnett, ou r w orthy teacher, and recaptu redthe vessel . We pu lled it u p the stream for a considerab le distan ceby 3. reps . At length w e came to a spot w here, ow in g to tw o orthree hu ge trees w hich overhu ng the r iver, there w as n o w ay ofgetting the boat on bu t by going in to her and shoving her u p
against the cu rren t, w hich w as most impetu ou s. I volu n teeredto perform this feat . I su cceeded pretty w ell for a short time .
On ce , how ever, I set dow n my pole and gave her a hearty shove,bu t the pole I cou ld n ot recover, it had stu ck in the mu d, and myeff orts to recover i t on ly served to bring her back to her formerposition ; u n fortu nately, she tu rn ed her broadside to the cu rren t andI w as compelled to relin qu ish the pole . I saw myself borne tow ardsMilestow n Bridge, u nder w h ich the w ater ru shed w ith incrediblerapid ity . I pau sed a momen t . I saw that it w ou ld be almostimpossible to pass the bridge w i thou t bein g capsized , and even i fI d id pass i t I w ou ld n ot be a w hit n earer deliverance from myperil, bu t , on the con trary, I w ou ld be approachin g the sea . I n
a momen t I decided . I tu rn ed my eyes to w ards the l and, w hereMr . Bu rn ett w as u ndressing h imself very speedi ly to come tomy rescu e . Never min d, Sir ,” I cried, I can swim rightly,and immediately plu n ged ih . After a stou t stru ggle I reached thebank satu rated from head to foot . This, combined w ith a bittercold even ing, rendered my sensations n o w ay en viable . The
boat w as light, and bein g deprived of my w eight, she w as dri ftedby the w ind to the opposi te side, from w hich w e hau led her nex tday , and many a pleasan t hou r d id w e spen d in her .
Ty n dall w e see thu s early had acqu i red those pow ers of
v ividly desc rib ing even ts and scenes,w hich made his lectu res
and wr it ings so readab le . I t w as in Castlebellingham that
he had learned to love the sea, and dou btless many problems
of the physical u n iverse on w hich the Scien tist afterwards
threw the light of his marvellou s in tellect were st ru ggling
in youn g Tyndall ’ s min d as he watched the w aves b reakingon Salterstown rocks
,o r felt the w in d whistling throu gh the
great histor ic elm t ree w hose b ran ches w ere often his
rest ing-place . Tyndall j oined the Ordnan ce Su rvey soon
after leav ing Castlebellingham , and rapidly made himself
famou s by his discover ies on light,so that he soon rose to the
very highest position s in the scien tific world . H e mar ried
in 187 6 Lou isa, eldest dau ghter of Lord Clau d H amilton,
and d ied 011 4th December , 1893.
EDUCAT ION I N THE PAR I SH . 7 7
Parish Schools.—The Parochial School -hou se had been on ly
n ine years bu ilt at the time . The deed of the f ee farm grant
of the site dating 24 th Febru ary ,1826,
is in the possession
of the In cumben t . It is an in den tu re of agreemen t betw een
Mrs. Anne Palmer,w idow
,of French St reet , Dublin , of the
one par t and the Primate (Lord John George Beresford)and
the Recto r (Rev . Will iam Woolsey) of the othe r part . I t
recites that the Lord Lieu ten an t having gran ted ,o u t of the
fu nd voted by Parliamen t by an Act in the 4 th year of the
King)£100 to the M in ister , w ho gave £103 of his ow n money
and money su bscribed by other person s,
An n e Palme r
gran ts fo r a consideration of 5/ as a site fo r the School part
of the lands of M ilestow n,con tain ing one rood .
the said M in iste r and his su ccesso r fo r ever in t ru st and f o r
the u se of a residen t schoo lmaster and to and fo r no other
u se . w hatever . at a ren t o f one pen ny
per year if demanded . said schoolmaster to be
appoin ted by and removable by (in w rit ing)the M in ister and
his su ccessors at his and thei r sole w ill and pleasu re . This
school w as enlarged by the parishioners at considerable expense
in 1884 .
The teachers at the Parochial School—at first in Castle
bellingham and afterw ards in M ilestow n— as far as I can
ascertain ,w ere
Gerald Potts . 1860 SessionsThomas Charleton 18 70 Campbe ll [Clerk .)Wm. Doyle (also Par ish Clerk). 18 7 4 Henry Gou cher .William Parker 18 7 6 Stephen KelliherThomas Ginnell 1894 Robert Wray .
James Clitl'ord . 1896 Wi lliam Lu dlow .
William Brannagan 1897 Sarah Campbell .Thomas M ‘
Enneny . 1901 Isabella Barton .
Wil liam MacNamee . 1903 Eva Odgers .
James H u n ter B u rnett, 1905 Sarah L . Livingstone .
Tyndall ’s Teacher ). 1907 Isabella Collins .
Elizabeth H u n ter .
As w ill be seen from the cen s us of 1821 the re w as also a
school in each of the tow n lands of Kilsaran , M ilestow n, and
7 8 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
Mu llinscross, besides the Parochial School men tion ed above .
These w ere schools under Roman Catholic management. I n
184 1 the schoolmaster of the M ilestow n school w as JosephJenkin s—his dau ghter assisting him as schoolmist ress. Kil
saran and M ilestow n schools seem to have been amalgamated
and a n ew school -hou se— the presen t Lace School— bu il t
near the v illage abou t 1836. The n ames of the teachers that
su cceeded Jenkin s w ere Messrs . Coleman (w ho emigrated to
Californ ia), M acGinn (a n at ive of the parish), N olan (w ho
subsequ en tly
'
tau gh t in Du n leer), William Roon ey (a native
of Cooley), M u r ray (w ho remain ed bu t nin e mon ths), Pat rick
Du ffy (w ho tau ght as Prin cipal from 1861 to M ichael
O’
Ceallachain , the presen t Prin cipal of the boys’ school and
M iss Gilt rap of the girls’ school .
The existing w ell -built and commodiou s schools and teachers ’
residen ces at Kilsaran w ere bu il t in 1893 and open ed in
September of that year . The schools cost abou t
of w hich the Board of Works gran ted tw o - th i rds, and the
rest w as raised by local su bscription . The Rev . P. Pagan ,
P.P.,is the Man ager u n der the N ation al Board .
The pictu resqu e Widow s’ Houses, close to the chu rch on
i t s north side , in Castlebellingham ,w ere bu ilt in accordan ce
wi th the terms of the Will of S i r Will iam Bellingham,Bart . ,
proved 29th September , 1826. The first bequ est in that Wi llcon cerns this char ity ,
and prov ides that ou t of the ren ts ,issu es and p rofits of the [Castlebell ingham] estate there
shoul d be paid u n to the Rector of the Par ish of Castle
bellingham for the t ime being , if resident therein ,or if n ot
resident , to the Officiating Cu rate of the said Parish for the
t ime being , one ann u al sum or yearly ren t charge of £64sterling
,lawfu l mon ey of Englan d
,by even and equ al qu ar te rly
paymen ts on the I st J an u ary,1st April
, I st Ju ly, and I st
October in each year , w i thou t any dedu ctions or abatements
w hatsoever , to be applied in paymen t of 5/ per w eek to
each Wid ow in each of 4 H ou ses , which he intended to bu ild
80 CHAP . I .—K I LSARAN PARI SH .
1826,bu t his remain s w ere b rou ght to I reland and in ter red
in the Chu rchyard of Castlebellingham . On his death this
Baronetcy passed u n der the provision s of the spec ial re
mainder in ser ted in his patent as above men tioned ,to Alan
eldest son of his deceased elder b rother, Alan , w ho thu s
became second Baronet —(see I nscriptions and Baronetages,
& c .)—and w as su cceeded by his son,S i r Alan Edward ,
the
father of the presen t Baronet . S i r William ’ s w idow su rvived
him , and has left behin d her the kindly memory of many a
good and ben evolen t w ork . Among other gifts w i th w hich she
enr iched the chu rch a port ion of the Commu n ion Plate , now
now in u se, w as presen ted by her. (See Appen dix V.)
Lady Bell ingham died at Du n any H ou se 10 Jan u ary ,1844 ,
aged 81 , and is bu ried,not in the family vau l t , bu t in the
chu rchyard beside her hu sban d,betw een the Chu rch and
Widows ’ H ou ses no other member of the family being there
bu ried . The presen t Baron et , S i r A . H en ry Bellingham ,
possesses two fine port raits by S i r Thomas Lawren ce, of
S i r Will iam and Lady Bellingham . H e has also inher i ted
a notebook with memoranda,and the stage w ig and other
theat rical proper ties of Peg Wo ffington .
Relief of Distress 1835-50.— From the Vestry M inu tes w e
find that in 1835 £6 105 . 0d. w as expen ded on the relief of
poo r widows, £1 1 in 1838 , £7 in 1839, £7 155 . 0d. in 1840 ,
£6 in 1841 besides this in 1841 £12 105 . 0d. w as expended
in bu ying cloathes (sic) f or children an d £7 fo r the same
pu rpose in 1843. Then follow ed a period of special distress
in Irelan d , abou t which ,however , w e have no info rmation
in the Parish Books . Bu t w e know from other sou rces (see
British Magazt'
ne, 1848 , vol . xxxiv , p . 349)that w hile
inclu ding a mu nificen t donat ion of from the Pr imate,Lord J ohn George Beresfo rd ,
w as expen ded in the relief of
the poor in 1847 in over 90 Parishes in the D iocese of Armagh ,
inclu ding the su r rou n ding Par ishes of D romiskin and Sta
bann on ,Kilsaran w as ei ther so exceptionally free from
dist ress o r so well p rovided fo r in other ways that i t received
THE FAM INE . CHURCH REBU ILT . 81
n o gran t f rom the fu nd . Soon 4iter this
, relief w orks w ere
star ted in Castlebellingham and neighbou rhood,
and the
Glyde D rain age Scheme w as commen ced . Several steep
hills on the high roads w ere cu t dow n,fo r in stan ce
,Dromen a
hill,that sou th of N ew tow n B arver , and the hill on the road
from Castlebellingham to D rumleck .
I n 1840 w e find a very large sum app lot ted fo r the cess
on the parish,n amely £157 155 . 2d . on the Un ion of Kilsaran
and £5 on the Parish of Gernonstow n . We are no t , how ever ,given any in format ion as to the pu rposes for w hich su ch a
large sum w as levied .
Rebu i lding of Castlebellingham Church .—I n 1852,
du ring
the incumbency of Rev . Rober t Le P . M‘
Clin tock,the Chu rch
w as rebu ilt and the chancel w as at the same t ime ex tended
eastw ard . No in fo rmation is given in the Vest ry Book
concern ing this rebu ilding , bu t Append ix 31 of the Ecclesi
astical Commission ers Repo r t of 1868 states that i t w as re
bu il t by theEcclesiast ical Commissioners, private subscription s
fo r the pu rpose amou n ting to bu t £104 . These lat ter w e re
perhaps expended on the stained glass of the chancel w indow s
(see Appendix , I ascriptions .) The architect w as M r . Welland ,
a relat ive o f the late B ishop of Dow n . I n 1862 average
attendance ,82 morn ing ; 44 even ing .
I n 1869,as Messrs. Telfo rd 8: Telfo rd in fo rm me , the organ
w as erected by them to the order o f Rev . R . Le P . M‘
Clin tock
in the Parish Chu rch pedals and pedal pipes w ere added to
i t in 1892. The follow ing have acted as organ ists —M isses
Wilkin son,Campbell , Barton , Odgers, Livingstone , M‘
Brien .
In 1868 the chu rch population of the parish w as 196, and
the net income £27 3 135 . 6d.
At the Disestablishment of the Chu rch in 187 0 an effor t
w as made by the parishioners u nder the al tered condit ion of
things to secu re an in come fo r the fu tu re Recto rs , and an
Endowment Fund w as established ,the in terest of w hich w as
allocated tow ards pay ing the annu al assessmen t on the parish
82 CH AP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
to secu re that in come from the D iocesan Scheme . The
follow ing sums are n ow credi ted to this Endow men t in the
Books of the Representative Body
18 7 1 Lord Clermon t,18 72 Lady Bellingham , .
18 73-4 W. B . Smythe [Barbavilla] 6
18 76- 7 Lord Rathdonn ell, 850
18 7 7 M‘
Clin tock Bun bu ry [presen t Ld . Rathdonnell] 150
Chu rch Officers ’ Composition , 7 7
Manfieldtow n , 14 1
Dromiskin ,8
188 1 Bequ est by Bu rton Brabazon [H e also left £200 tothe General Su sten tati on Fu nd],
1882Dromiskin , profit on sale1889 Rev . Charles Thornhill,1892 John R . Garstin , D .L .
The follow ing p rofits from sales of glebes are also credited
to the Endow ment Fu nd 157 0 tem'
D romiskin 4 p rofits 40 17 10
Stabannon 87 17 1 1
To the liberali ty of these benefactors the parishioners ow e
the fact that to -day they have bu t to raise £17 1 15 . 1od. t o
secu re an income of £262 105 . 0d. Besides the Special Par
ochial En dow ment Fun d the following su bscript ions w ere
paid tow ards the General Su stentat ion Fu nd of the Chu rchdu ring the special effo rt made in 187 0, Viz.
— Rev . An thony
Garstin , £100 ; Rev . J . Chamney , £50 ; Rev . R . P . M‘
Clin tock ,
£50 Rev . J . G rahame , £10 ; Messrs .Wm. JohnWoolsey , £50 ; John H enry , £20 ; Lady Elizabeth M
‘
clintock ,
£20 . The clergy of the par ishes now in the Un ion con t inu ed
to ofiiciate , and received an annu ity equ al to the average of
thei r net income before 187 0 u nt il they died . The Represem
tat iy e Chu rch Body pu rchased from the Chu rch Temporali
t ies Commissioners the glebes (w hich passed over to the
S tate on the D isestablishment , al thou gh the Recto rs fo r many
years had expended on them large sums of mon ey , and in the
case of Kilsaran had originally bou ght same). The bequ est
of £600 from Rev .
‘
Charles Thornhill represents compensat ion
84 CHAP . 1.—K I LSARAN PARI SH .
establishmen t , and w ho took a con siderable in terest in all
parochial mat ters,died . H e w as su cceeded in the baronetcy
and in the Castlebellingham estate by his eldest son ,S i r
H en ry Bellingham , w ho had become a R oman Catholic some
years prev iou sly . Sir H en ry Bellingham w as M .P . fo r Co .
Lou th from 1860 to 1865. H e served as H igh Sheri ff in 1897 ,
and is a Commission er of N at ion al Edu cat ion ,and a Senator
of the Royal Un iversity ,and a Gradu ate of Ox fo rd . H e
also holds the o ffice of Chamberlain to His H oliness Pope
Piu s X .
Rev . Claypon Bellingham su cceeded to the Du nany pro
perty . That he w as loved an d respected by all is apparent
by the affect ion ate regard in w hich his memory is still held
by both Protestan ts and R oman Catholics . His early death ,
du ring a v isit to the Continen t in 1892 (see Appendices ,I . and follow ing so soon u pon the decease of his father
w as a distinct loss to the parish . A resolu tion of condolence
passed by the Select Vest ry at the t ime speaks of the
earnest and Christian spir it in w hich he w orked for the spir itu al
good of the people in his charge . His parishioners , relatives
and fr ien ds at a cost of £100 prov ided in 1893 the new Chu rch
Bell as a memorial of his pastorate (see also Appendix ,
I nscriptions).
Du ring the incumben cy of Rev . Samu el J . Carolin,who
su cceeded ,the parochial school w as placed u n der the N ation al
Board , thu s not onl y secu r ing efficiency bu t sav ing a con
siderable sum of money for the par ish . Throu gh his in
strumen tality also the presen t n eat Lectern w as procu red fo r
the chu rch , and the organ w as removed in 1894 from the
gallery , w here i t su ffered from damp,to the sou th t ransept .
Du ring the incumben cy of the present w riter a fu r ther
small addi t ion has been made to the graveyard in Castle
bellingham (the gate been moved ou t somew hat , and a
new bou ndary wall bu il t , throu gh the kindness of S i r H enry
Bellingham), w hich ,w ith the portion enclosed in 1884 w as
consec rated by the Lord Pr imate 011 Au gu st 26th , 1903.
Tn s ROMAN Car nomc PAR I SH CHURCH . 85
The chu rch has been enriched by several gifts from the late
Mrs. Woolsey ,Mrs. Cecil Bu tler , M iss Dorothea Bellingham ,
Mrs. William Thornhill, and M r . J . R ibton Garstin ,
D .L.
Kilsaran Roman CatholicChurch.— I t is difficul t , on accou n t
of the absen ce of au then t ic records,to give accu rate in f or
mat ion as to the history of this Chu rch du ring the seven teen th
and eighteen th cen tu ries . We find,how ever
,f rom the
Episcopal Visitation of 1692 that R ev . Pat rick Con nellan w as
the Par ish Priest from 1680 . I n 17 04 his (immediate
su ccesso r w as Rev . Dan iel Fin an ,w ho resided at M ilestow n .
According to t radit ion ,du ring the Pen al t imes D iv in e Service
w as held at the back of the Mote of Greemn ou n t , in the open
air,early in the morn ing ,
in consequ ence of the opposit ionof certain Protestan t gen t ry of the neighbou rhood . The
Roman Catholics, how ever,i t is said
,fou n d a protecto r in
an other influ en tial Protestan t,M r . H en ry Smith , w hose
b rothe r,Tow n ley Smith ,
w as Recto r o f Manfieldstow n,and
w ho lived at Coolestow n . H e gave them the site of a chapel
in Greenmou n t,and
,as report goes
, eve ry Su n day morn ing ,
w hen M ass w as being celeb rated ,he o rdered his horse
,bu ckled
on his sw ord,and rode t o the bou nds of his property at Green
mou n t : thu s open ly proclaiming that any in t ru der on his
lands, w ishing to distu rb the service,w ou ld have to settle
w ith him first .
Before this chapel w as bu ilt in Greenmou n t he permitted
service to be held in a private bu ilding . This bu ilding,w hich
is said to have been thatched,had ev iden tly been erected
befo re 1764 (see Part. Retu rn of and probably Rev .
Bernard B rennan,w hose tombstone w hich had n o date re
corded on it,is in Kilsaran chu rchyard (see Appendix
I nscriptions), ofliciated at this t ime as Parish Pr iest .
I n 17 91 Rev . Eu gen e O ’
Daly w as appoin ted as his su ccessor .
Soon after this the Chester family pu rchased the Kilsaran
and Williamstow n estate f rom the Bellinghams,and M ichael
Chester , sen ., j u st before h e died , on 12 April , 18 14 (see I n
scriptions), gave a site for a n ew chu rch beside the old grave
86 CHAP . I .—K ILSARAN PAR I SH .
yard of Kilsaran . The first stone of this chu rch,dedicated
to the B lessed Vi rgin Mary ,w as laid on Jul y 18 th ,
1814 , as
recorded on a slab in the porch , which , f rom a Lat in in sc ription
partly hidden aw ay , seems to have fo rmed the pedesta l
of the c ross on the old chapel at Greenmou n t . There are
tw o old fon ts belonging to the G reenmou nt chapel in the
chu rchyard . The belf ry tow er w as bu il t by Rev . Thomas
Cor rigan ,P.P .
,in 1856 ; and the tow er and gallery and in
terior of the chu rch w ere mu ch improved by the presen t
Parish Priest,Rev . Pat rick Fagan , S .T.L.
The chu rch con tain s memorial w in dow s to Rev . Thomas
Cor rigan (PP . 1853 to Rev . Peter Pen tony (P .P . 1881
and to Lady Constance Bell ingham ,first w ife of S i r H en ry
Bellingham . I t also con tain s monumen ts to Rev . Thomas
Lou ghran (P.P . 1833 and Rev . J oseph Du llaghan (Cu rate
1821 w hile Rev . Eu gen e O’
Daly (P.P . 17 91- 1822) is
commemorated by the in script ion in the porch (see Appen dix
I nscrtptions).
The Baptismal and Marriage Records of this Chu rch go
back to 1809,and are in the possession of the Par ish Priest ,
bu t they are n ot con t inu ou s . The oldest book con tain s
en tries of Baptisms , closely w r itten , beginn ing 1809 and
en d ing May 8 ,1824 , and of Mar r iages from 1809 to 1826.
Another book con tain s Baptisms from Au gu st 1831 to Ju ne1836, and from July 1853 con tinu ou sly onw ards
,andM ar riages
f rom Au gu st 30 1831 to N ovember 14 1831 , and f rom Sep
tember 1 1 1853 onw ards. I n the en t r ies relat ing to baptisms
the n ames of spon sors are inclu ded . The reco rds befo re
1809 and betw een the dates above men t ion ed are not extan t .
The n ames of the Par ish Priests and Cu rates,as f ar as
ascer tainab le ,w ill be fou n d in Appendix I .
The Presbytery i s ren ted ,u nder lease, f rom M rs. Ismay
Chester Walsh ,by the Parish Priest .
Presbyterian Chu rch .— Before 1840 the
“
Presbyterians
residing in the dist r ict were at tached to one of the congre
gations in the N ew ry Presbytery in which the dist r ict lies .
CHAPTER I I .
PAR ISH OF GERNONSTOWN .
Topography.—The Parish of Gernonstow n took its name
f rom an Anglo -N o rman family n amed Gern on ,which ow ned a
large t ract of lan d in the Cou n ty . The same family gave i t s
n ame to an other parish in Cou n ty Meath , also called Cernon s
tow n,w hich is sometimes con fu sed w ith that in this Coun ty .
The par ish , according to the Ordnance Map ,is bou nded on the
S . by the R iver Glyde, and exten ded fromAnnagassan along thesea coast to Seabank
,w here i t w as separated from D romiskin
Par ish by a little st ream flow ing throu gh D ruml eck townlan dand i t in clu des the tow n lan ds of Gernonstow n (now Castle
bellingham), D rumleck (par t oi), Drummen agh , and the Linns.
There seems , how ever , to be some u ncertain ty abou t a par t
of the townl an d call ed The Linn s . I n some w ay or other
this par t w as ecclesiast ically conn ected w ith D romiskin Parish .
The Rector of D romiskin received i ts t ithes , and i t is stil l
u nder the pastoral charge of the D romiskin clergy in the
Roman Catholic Chu rch , bu t i t mu st have been in Gernons
tow n Par ish in fo rmer t imes , and cer tain ly i t w as so in 1659.
—(See Censu s, Cu riou sly en ou gh , w hile The
Linn s is en umerated in Kilsaran Parish in the cen su s of
1821 , y et in 1831 The Linn s and Drummen agh are
enumerated in D romiskin Par ish , and on ly six hou ses of
The Linn s and tw o hou ses of Drummenagh in Kilsaran .
S in ce then they have been en umerated in Gernonstow n .
The Popu lation of the parish,i.e . , the fou r tow nlands
above men t ioned , w as in 1821 ,in 1831 ,
in
1841 ,in 1851 , in 1861
,889; in 187 1 , 849 ;
C AS T LEB E LL I NG HAM PR ES BY T ER IAN C H U RC H .
(S ee p .
(Pho to by Allison , Du ndalk .)
90 CHAP II .—GERNONSTOWN PAR I SH .
(Circuit of I reland, note on lin e 35)and at first B ishop Reeves
seems to have had the same opin ion . (See Atkin son’s Ah
Ulster Parish). Bu t both those an tiqu ar ies fou nd i t necessaryt o correct thei r opin ion on becoming acqu ain ted w ith the
topography and t radit ion s of Annagassan . Fo r Linn Du achaill
w as on the banks of the r iver called Casein Linne (M artyr .
Doneg ,M ar . 30 , p . 91 , cp Colgan Acta 55 , pp . 7 92 and
this r iver is men t ion ed in the Ci rcu i t of I relan d as lying
betw een the Vale of N ewry , o r Glen Righe, and Ath Gabhlaon the Boyne. The n ame Casan paths su rvives
in Ann agassan . According to J oyce (Names of Places, p . 37 3)
Casan w as origin ally j oin ed w ith Lin n e Du achaill
and became shorten ed t o Casan linne . w hich is preserved
in Annagassan z Ath -n a-
gcasan ,the ford of the paths . Dr .
Todd , w ho has an importan t n ote on the su bj ect in Wars of
theGaedhil wi th the Gall, p . lx i i .
,says , An nagassano nach
g Casein , i.e .,the Fai r o f Casan . J oyce ’ s in terpretation
is I think,to be prefer red ,
as the people sti ll speak of the
Pass of Linn s and this pass , as poin ted ou t , lav fu rther u pthe R iver Glyde, abou t 3, mile from Du achaill
’
s pool . and n ear
the spo t w here the mon astery fou n ded by St . Colman is
believed to have stood .
Colgan has collected“
all the t races of this Saint ColmanMac Luachan (in his Acta SS .
, p . 7 92 From Colgan w e
learn that his mother ’ s name w as Lessara, and that he and
an other Colman w ere u terin e b rothers and living at the
same t ime,bu t his father w as of the HiGu alla o r Gaillfine,
an U lster race, w hile the father of the other Colman w as of
the royal family of Meath . It appears that he had tw o o r
three chu rches —Camu s- j u x ta-Ban n , Lann Mocholmoc , o r
Linn Du achaill , and perhaps Lann Abhaic and Lann Ronain
in Down and D romore . I n his chu rches he w as commemorated
on March 30 and October 30 , and he is held eminen t fo r his
sancti ty . The other Colman w as commemorated on J u n e 17 .
There is in the Annals some confu sion between these Colmans
MONASTERY OF L INN DUACHAI LL. 91
bu t S t . Colman of Linn Du achaill , called also Mocholmoc ,
died on March 30 , 699 see also Reeves ’ An tiq. 1 10 , n .
Lam'
gcm Ecc. Hist. I I I . ,146 M artyr . Donegal
Site of Monastery.—H av ing been bu ilt of perishable material ,
in gen eral , very few t races of the bu ildings of an cien t mon
asteries are fou n d throughou t I relan d . Se w ith Annagassan ;bu t there is no dou b t abou t the t radit ion in Annagassan as
to the site . M r . J ohn H oey ,w hose family have been in oc
cu p ation of the lan ds of the Lin n s sin ce 1687 , kindly su pplied
me w ith all the in format ion t radit ionally handed dow n in
his family, and accompan iedme over the lands w hen endeavou
ring to locate the an cien t mon astery . Abou t half a mile
from An n agassan , on the road to Castlebellingham , a lane on
the left leads to a r ising grou nd ,w hich on one side slopes
almost perpendicu larly to a valley once covered by the sea,
and on the other slopes gen tly tow ards the R iver Glyde . On
the left of the lane , a short d istance from the pu blic road,
there are the remains of a w all , the mason w ork of w hich is
tolerably ancien t , and on the right there are t w o ancien t
pillars,
abou t 12 feet high ,w hich are believed to be
the en t rance in to the grou nds o f the an cien t lands of the
chu rch . I n the field poin ted ou t as the site there are haw
thorn t rees,cen tu ries old
,w hich the people of the dist rict
regard as sacred ,and w hich w ou ld no t be u sed fo r firew ood
even w hen blow n dow n by the sto rm . A lane leads tow ards
the river , w here,opposite the tow n lan d of Maine , there w as
eviden tly at on e t ime a landing place , and probably a pass,
for the sloping bank is paved w ith stones. The lan d arou nd
is r ich , as the lands su r rou n ding mon asteries generally w ere .
We can easily u nderstand w hy St . Colman fix ed on this spot
fo r his chu rch . I t w as gu arded on the w est by the r iver , on
the east by the sea , and w as therefore fai rly safe from en emies.
The river su pplied plen ty of salmon and t rou t and also served
as a mean s of locomot ion,and the situ at ion w as ext remely
healthy .
92 CHAP . II . -GERNONSTOWN PARI SH .
The Fou r Masters and Annals of Ulster do not tell very
mu ch abou t the Mon astery of Linn Du achaill . The following
ent ries in the fo rmer refer to it
699.
— Colman of Linn D u achaill died on 30 March .
7 52.—Siadhail , Abbot of Lin n Du achaill , died .
7 58 .—An fadan
,Abbot of Linn Du achaill , died .
7 7 o .—Su airlech ,
Abbot of Lin n Du achaill , died .
803.—Thomas
,B ishop
,Scr ibe, and Abbot of Linn Du achaill,
died .
826.—Clemens , Abbot of Linn Du achaill , died .
NOTE .—The dates in the Fou r Masters are ,
according to
the best au thorities,three years too early .
The Norw egians and Danes. —With them commenced a
t ime of ter ro r and bloodshed . The Annals (Ulster , 830 Fou r
Masters, at a date w hich an swers to 831 ,
men tion an ih
road of Gen t iles (i e .,the N orwegian s o r F ingalls Fai r
hai red Foreigners u pon the dist rict of Lou th ,w hen Mael
brigh te, king of the Con aille— the t r ibe inhab it ing the plain
of Lou th— and his b rother , Can an an n , w ere taken prisoners
and car r ied to thei r ships . I n 832 they ran sacked the Mon
astery of Clonmore— (Atm. Clonmacnoise). I n 840 the
foreigners erected a for t ress at Linn D u achaill from w hich
the ter ritories and chu rches of Teathbha par t of Longford
and Westmeath)were plu n dered . I n 841 the plu n dering o f
Clonmacnoise by the foreigners of Linndu achaill is recorded ,
and in the same year they took prisoner,M oran
,son of
I ndrech tach,Abbot of Clogher
, Co ; Tyrone, w ho died w ith
them— (Anh . I n the same year an other fleet of the
foreigners ar r ived at Linn Du achaill— (Chr . S cot ). I n 841
(according to the Annals of Ulster 842)the fo reigners of Lin n
Du achaill, reinforced by the fresh ar rivals , attacked the
monastery and u tterly dest royed it . Piecing together local
t radit ion and the Annals w e can in ou r imaginat ion t e
enact the scen e that then occu r red . Su ddenly the alarm is
raised that the fo reign ers are come, and there they are on
the hill,led by some t reacherou s I r ish (Annals of Clonmac
94 CHAP . II .—GERNON STOWN PAR I SH .
yards to the n orth on the same pen insula . The people of the
n eighbou rhood w ill tell you that the Dan es du g ou t the valley
that lies betw een these forts , w hich has a pecul iar horseshoe
format ion . Very probably the sea once flow ed in to this
valley—in w hich is n ow the residen ce and o ffices of Mr . H oey— and,
gu arded by the forts on ei ther sides,the Danes ships
lay qu ietly at anchor here . The for t of Lis-n a- rann w as
cer tainly a very st rong one , y et i t fell— not to the I rish how
ever , bu t to an other foreign invader , w hen the Fingall paid
t he pen alty of thei r cru elt ies at the han d of the Du vghall, o r
B lack Foreigners , i.e ., Dan es . Fo r the Annals relate that in
849 (or 851)a great bat t le on sea and lan d w as fou ght betw een
Du vghall and Fingall in w hich the fo rmer made a great
slau ghter of the latter , drove them from Linn Du achaill and
set tled there themselves . So f ar as the Irish and the Christian
Religion w ere con cern ed there w as lit tle di fferen ce betw een
these tw o . While in other parts of the cou n t ry,su ch as
Du blin Waterford, and Limerick , they seemed to have set tled
dow n in peace ,and emb raced Christ ianity , in Linn Du achaill
the Dan es were established solely fo r conqu est . From therethey pen et rated in 850 (recte 852)as f ar asArmagh and devas
tated i t on the Su n day of Summer Easter the sixth
Su n day after Pen tecost). At this t ime also they probab ly
settled in Greenmou n t . While the w ords of the wr iter in the
Wars of the Gaedhill (eh . xxv i . , p . 43 Dr . Todd ’s t ran slat ion)seem exaggerated they express perhaps as n early to the t ru th
as possible the Danes’
actu al misdeeds w hile in Ann agassan z
They made spoil- lan d and sw ord - lan d and con qu ered land ofErinn . they ravaged her chieftainr ies and her privileged chu rches, and her san ctu aries they ren t her shrines and herreliqu aries and her books . Thev demolished her beau ti fu l orn amen tal temples for n either ven eration n or hon ou r n or mercy forTermonn , n or pro tection for chu rch, or for san ctu ary, for God orfor man w as felt by the fur iou s, pagan , ru thless w rathfu l people .
I n a w ord , they ki lled the kings and Chieftains .
the brave and the valian t . and they brou gh t them u ndertribu te and servitu de . Many w ere the b looming lovely
WARFARE ON THE COAST . 95
w omen , and the modest mild comely maidens . and the
gen tle w ell brou ght u p you ths . w hom they carried o ff
in to oppressi on and bondage over the broad green sea .
And oh . X L , 19 . 49
There w as a kin g for them over every territory and a chiefover every chieftaincy and an abbot over every chu rch and a
stew ard over every village and a soldier in every hou se , so thatn on e of the men of Erinn had pow er to give even the milk of hiscow , nor so mu ch as the c lu tch of eggs of on e hen in su ccou r or inkindness to an aged man or to a friend , bu t w as forced to preservethem for the foreign ste w ard or baili ff or sold ier .
At length the dow n t rodden I rish of the n o rth and n orth
east rose again st thei r Oppressors ; they w ere headed by
Aed (H u gh) Finn liath ,King of I reland
,w ho defeated the
Danes at Lough Foyle in 867 (864 Fou r M asters 869 Wars
0/ the Gaedhill) and again in 869 at Killineer . w ith Con or,
King of Conn aught,he obtained a v icto ry over the No rw egians
(W110 had as allies his nephew Flan n ,King o f Conn aught
,
the O’
Neill clan and the Leinstermen I n 8 7 7 he also de
feated them at D ubl in (An nals of Ulster 8 76) so that from
this pe riod to 915 the An n als state that the re w as a rest to
themen ofErinn ,that is
,a rest from the in vasio n o f fo reign e rs ,
no t from bat tles,lights
,and qu ar rels , fo r the I rish fought
among themselves. Aedh Finn liath , w ho w as the B rian
Born of the n orth - east , rested from his labo urs
D romiskin on December 30 ,8 7 9 ; thu s the ashes of the great
opponen t of the foreign invade rs he most appropriately in
ou r Un ion of Parishes.
Battle of Cluain-na-Cruimther.—The spi rit of Aedh seems
to have re- aniniated his cou n t rymen , so that in 926 they de
termined to at tack the Danes,w ho had been rein forced by
a fresh fleet of foreign ers,in thei r st ronghold at Lin n Du achaill .
A great battle w as fou ght at Clu ain -n a-Cruimther (the
meadow,or resting place of the priests w here the Dan es
su stained a cru shing defeat . The Annals of Ulster thu s
describe this battle
The fleet of Loch Cu an Strangford Lou gh] took u p
[a position ] at Linn Uachaill—viz ., Alp tham, son of Gothf rith,
CHAP . II . —GERNONSTOWN PAR I SH .
the day before the n ones of September . A victory gained byMuirchertaeh MacNeill at the Bridge of Clu ain n a cruimthar , on
Thu rsday, the 5th day of the Kalends of Jan nary, w here Alpthamson of Gothfrith w as killed w ith a great slau ghter of his army .
Half of them w ere besieged for a w eek at Ath Cruibhne [eviden tlya ford somew here n ear], un ti l Goth f rith ,
king of the foreign ers, camefrom Ath cliath [Du blin ] to their aid .
On ce again therefo re the blood of Caemhan w as avenged .
After this defeat the An nals relate that the fo reigners of
Lin n Du achaill desertedI reland The fleet of Linn ret i red .
Clu ain -n a-Cruimther has been iden tified as a meadow in
the tow n lan d of M aine,near the Pass of Linn s. I t is more
l ikely the n ame that w as given to the cemetery on the w est of
the site of the monastery on the lan ds of M r . H oey and close
beside the Pass o r B r idge . H ere ,some fif ty years ago ,
w hen d rain age w orks were being car ried ou t on the Glyde ,
the workmen fou n d cartloads of bon es—animal and human
besides the horn s of great I r ish elks.
The Church of Gernonstow n.—After the Danes had gene
w as the Chu rch of Linn Du achaill rebu i lt I t is difficul t to
bel ieve that i t w as n ot . No dou b t the an cien t monastery
w as n ot resto red , bu t the following considerat ion s lead me
to believe that the ancien t chu rch of Gernonstow n w as bu il t
on the site of the Termonn lan ds of the mon astery .
(1)That there w as an ancien t chu rch in the parish I think
there can be n o dou b t .
(a) I n the Templars papers, 1302 6 the chu rch of
Gernonstow n is men t ion ed several t imes , as distin ct from
the chu rch of Kilsaran . I n a Plea Roll , 3 Ed. I I . , p . 102
there is a record of a su i t betw een R ichard Gern on and
William le con cern ing the last presentation to Cernons
tow n, which su i t w as aban doned (b)in the D iocesan Regist ry
William Englan d is Recto r in 1428 and from an In qu isit ion ,
dated March 31 , 1435,w e learn that the recto ry w as vacan t
by the death of And rew K eppoke on 2md Jan u ary last , thatS i r J ohn Bellewe
, ju n .,K u t , w as the t ru e Pat ron ,
and that
he had presented William Rede chaplain to the vacant
CHAP . II .—GERNONSTOWN PAR I SH .
human bon es w ere fou n d , and that they w ere su r rou nded by
w hite stones taken f rom the sea shore and eviden tly ar ranged
arou nd the place of sepu l tu re as w e see them ar ranged in some
chu rchyards to -day .
Annagassan.—I n 1045 w e hear of a predato ry expedit ion
by M u rchertach Ua N eill in to Feara Breagh , bu t Gairbhaith
U a Cathu saigh ,King of B reagha ,
overtook him at Cassan - l inne
w hen the sea w as fu ll in,and M u rchertach and many others
w ere slain there . (Annals of Loch Cé)
The Glyde and Dee j oin before they flow in to the sea at
Annagassan ,and a cu r iou s phen omen on has been n oted w ith
regard to the cou rse the u ni ted r ive r takes w hen the t ide,
which goes ou t a long distan ce , is low . This r iver has con
tin u ally shifted its posit ion and has w ithin liv ing memory
changed its cou rse more than on ce from one side of the bayto the other—its posit ion at on e t ime having been changed
to an other three miles distan t . I n fact the r iver acts in su ch
an ext raord in ary man n er that i t seems , to the fishermen ,t o
be possessed of life and in telligen ce . Consequ en t on the
shifting of this r iver many w recks of bygone days from time
to t ime come to light , and at presen t , in very low w ate r ,par t of the hul l of an an cien t vessel is v isible . The wri ter
has n ot yet been able t o ex amine it , bu t M r. H oey is of opin ion
that i t is on e of the an cien t Dan ish vessels— a relic of the great
sea figh t betw een Du vgall and Fingall .
It w as at An nagassan , amid pictu resqu e su r rou ndings , that
the Marqu is and Marchion ess of Bu te (Au gu sta,dau ghter of
S i r H en ry Bellingham)embarked on thei r wedding tou r in 1905The Salmon Fishery.
—The fishery of this river is I10W and
seems to have been fo r cen tu ries a valu able one . I t is men
tioned in a Plea R oll of 29 Edw ard 1. (1300 when at an
Inqu isit ion the j u rors presen t that J ohn Pyppard feo ffed
J ohn de Ken t of the fishery of the w aters of Gernonstow n,
w hich w as valu e 1 mark yearly,and 4s. 8d. retu rn from this
remain s in the king ’ s hands .
R IVERS AND F I SHERY . 99
We find i t again the su bj ect of a Chan cery decree of 9th
May ,1635, in a su it betw een Christopher Clin ton ,
M u llens
crosse , gen t ., and Pat rick Gern on ,
M ayn e,gen t . The decree
is as follow s
The P111. as Lessee and in right of Patrick Clin ton of Dromcashell shall en joy on e fu ll moiety and fishing betw een the landsof Mayne and Lynn so f ar as the lands be lon ging to the samedo extend on either side of the river Lyn n [n ow the Glyde] dow nto the Pool of Lynn . P111. w holly to en j oy the said Pool of Lynn ,
and fu rther , as assignee of the said Patrick Clin ton , P111 . shall hen ceforth have moiety of the w eare bu ilt u pon the said river Lyn n and
the moiety of the fish from time to time to be taken therein ,he ,
Plfl’. con tribu ting proportionally to repairs of sd . w eare , and likew ise a moiety of all fish taken w ith ne ts in said riveis of Mayn e and
Lynn so f ar as De f t’
s . land r u nneth . Both P111. and De ft . to haveliberty w hen they fish in sd . rivers w ith nets or in sd . w eare toland their nets and fish in each others gro u nds respectively 011
either side of said river .
The GernonS. —The Ge rnon family ,w hich gave its n ame
to the parish ,deserves some n o t ice . The family set tled he re
probably in the thi rteen th cen t u ry and ow ned the w hole o f
the parish and o the r landsin D romiskin . They seem , how eve r,
not to have held Lynns early in the fou r teen th cen tu ry,f o r
in 1305-6 (Plea Rolls 34 Edw ard I there w as a su it betw een
Ad’ Waryu and R ichard de Ex on de man io de Lyn n e ju x
’
Cassan ,and in 1312 (Plea Rolls, 5 Edw ard I I .
, p . 99)R ichard
de Exon ’ pleaded that Ric . the \Vhy te dc Rathcassan An na
gassan ] shou ld retu rn him accou n t fo r the t ime he w as his
baili ff in Derver and Lyn ne .
Few families in the Empire can establish so long a l ine
of distingu ished ancest ry as the Gernons,thei r pedigree being
t raceable from Rober t de Gern on w ho accompan ied \Villiam
the Conquero r from N ormandy . So says Bu rke ’ s Landed
Gentry ,w hich I have fou nd ,
how ever , ful l of er ro rs as regards
the subsequ en t histo ry of the Gernon family . A de Gern on
came w ith St rongbow to I reland ; a Roger Gernon , said to
be his grandson,
w as Sheri ff of Lou th 1299- 1301 (Pipe
Rolls) a Roger Gernon w as Sheri ff in 1416 H en ry
CH AP . II . —GERNONSTOWN PAR I SH .
Gern on in 1450 (M .R .) John Gern on of Killencoole in 1453
J ohn Gern on of Gernonstow n,1485 Edward
Gern on of Gern onstow n,1558 Roger Gernon , 157 8
(Ftcmts Eltz. Thomas Gern on,1593 Roger
Gern on ,1594 (C.B .) a Gern on w as Sub -sher i ff in 1597 (Fian ts
Eliz. 1600) Roger Gern on w as M .P . for D rogheda in 137 4
and R ichard Gern on Mayor of D rogheda in 1468 (Dalton).
The Gernons w ere among those gen t ry of Lou th implicated
in the massacre of the Earl of Lou th in 1329 . I n 1338
(Nov . 14) J ohn Gern on w as appoin ted one of the Com
missioners of Inqu isit ion of the King , and in 1343 a JohnGern on w as n ar rato r in Chancery (Cal . Ch . Ch. 231
I n 137 5 w e hnd a gran t from the Primate to Roger Gernon
of Gernonstow n of the cu stody of the Manor of Y neskene
[Inn iskeen] at a year and a maze of eels (Reeves’
M
The will of Sir James Gernon ,
-dated 5th Sep .,1558 , is given
in fu ll in the Ficmts j ames I .,N o . 124 , p . 253,
in w hich he
disposes oi,among other lands , the lands of Gernonstow n
,
D romiskin,M il ltow n
,R athcassan , Clonbroath , the manors
of Killencoole, Don aghmoyne, etc . I n 1587 l ivery is gran ted
to Thomas , 5011 and heir of Pat r ick Gernon of Killen coole .
Roger Gernon of Stabannon , learn ed in the law ,is named
in several commission s u nder Elizabeth (F . Eltz). Roger
Garlan d and Wil liam Moore of Barmeath , Kn ights in Parlia
men t , w ho represen ted Lou th Cou nty , w ere among those
who protested again st Desmond ’ s at tain der in 1586
R ichard Gern on of Stabannon is on e of the two Recu sants
of Lou th w ho signed the Recu sants Petit ion of 1613
j ames I . H e w as M .P . fo r Lou th As w as seen
in Chapter I . the lan ds of the Germons in Gernonstow n and
elsew here w ere confiscated u nder Cromw ell , and the Belling
hams were gran ted the par t of the estate in this parish . The
De Gernons, w ine merchants of Bordeaux , represent at
presen t the Killen coole b ran ch of the family ; the Gernons
tow n b ran ch cont in u ed to live in the d ist rict w i thin l iving
memory .
CHAPTER I I I .
STABANNON AND R ICHARDSTOWN
PAR ISHES .
Situation and Area.—The parish of Stabannon comprises
the tow n lands of Stabann on,Roodstow n
,Drumcashell ,
Drumgoolestow n,Braganstow n
, Clin tonstow ne o r Charlev ille,
and Pollbrock,con tain ing 4381 acres 2 roods 16 perches
statu te . I t l ies betw een Ardee an d Kilsaran par ishes, and
the r iver Glyde bou n ds it on the n orth and the Dee on the
sou th . The w estern portion,in clu ding Drumcashel town
lan d and hou se,bu t n ot the chu rch
,does not come now wi thin
the Un ion,having been since 1883, in Chu rch of I reland
ar rangemen t , attached to Ardee par ish .
The popu lation in 1821 w as in 1831 ,in 1841 ,
(the highest) in 1851 , in 1861,
in 187 1 ,
954 ; in 188 1,837 in 1891 , 7 10 ; in 1901 ,
607 317 males
and 290 females,of w hom 583 w ere R oman Catholics , 23
Chu rch of I relan d ,and 1 Presbyterian . I t may be observed
that in the six ty years following 184 1 the popul ation fell o f f
by n early three- fou r ths.
The Name has been var iou sly spelled , being fou n d in the
follow ing forms,w hich are here placed in dictionary o rder
Staba, St aban an ,or —n an e
,or Stabann an (adopted in
the Stabanon ,or —nnon (the fo rm most u sed), Stacban an
or Stackban an , Stafbavan , Stagban an , Staghban an (perhaps
the most etymologically cor rect)o r Staghbann an Stayban an
Stebanan ,—n en
,o r —non (each somet imes w ith the first 11
redu plicated), and Stybannan . Besides these w e occasionally
find the n ame w ritten St . Abanon or S t . Obanon , as to which
see below .
ORTHOGRAPHY or THE NAME STABANNON . 103
M r. Garstin has MS . n otes by the late B ishop Reeves ,w hich that most learned of Irish an t iqu aries w r ites , thu s
Of the variou s forms of the name of this parish Staghbanan ,
w hich occurs in a Paten t of Edw ard III . approaches mostto the I rish form , w hich is t each b anam,
‘H ou se of Banan .
’
The ini tial S is prosthetic, in accordan ce w i th the An glo-Normanu sage of names represen tin g Teach , and commen cin g with the
lette r T . Thus, in the Co . Lou th alone, Stickillin , Stifyans, Stirne,and in Meath adj oin ing, S tackallan , S taholmog, Stamu llin ,
Staleen , and Stameen . I n Kildare, S tacumney ; in Du blin , Sti llorgan ; in Wicklow , Stagonil . See Reeves ’ Ecc . An
tiq., p . 32;
and, follow in g him , Joyce, I rish Names, i. 60 ; O’
Don ovan ,
Fou r M asters, i i . 851.
St . Abenan is tru ly rid icu lou s . It is simply S tabanan spli tin to t w o , and the St portion tu rned in to Sain t . Y et yo u find itas early as 1640. See Mason ’
s History 0/ S t . Pat rick’
s, p . 96
and appendix
M r. Garstin adds : By a similarly u nw ar ran table process
o f Sanctification the pagan Mons Soracte o f H orace (n ear
Rome) now adays figu res as San O reste
What Ban n on is commemorated in the n ame w e know n ot
perhaps an ancien t I rish sain t,w ho here fou nded an ecclesias
t ical establishmen t,o r hemay have been S t . Ben in o r Benign u s ,
one of St . Pat rick ’
s d isciples,w ho is said to have been a
native of this cou n ty . The Ordnance S u rvey Letters give the
I rish n ame of the Parish as C 0 15 DanAn .
Drumcashel Stone Fort. —The O.S .L . tell u s that in the
TI . of Druimcashel is a mou n t , il l or a 111o Drumcashel,hen ce
the n ame . [The name Cashel itself indicates a stone bu ild
ing o r fort . This is the on ly instan ce of a ston e fo rt in this
Coun ty ,and it is one of the largest fou nd in I reland]. I n
the same T .L. there is an other lit tle for t in a field called
Millfield. and in Staban non T .L . there is a fort .
Early Mention .—The first men t ion of S taban n on in histo ry
that w e have fou nd is in the Cal . Pap. Reg. at A .D . 1263,
w here there is an en t ry of a dispensation to Ben edict de
Athirde ,Recto r of Stayban an in the D iocese of Armagh
,t o
hold other benefices of the valu e of £20 . The Rector of
104 CHAP. I I‘
I n—STABANNON PAR I SH .
Stabannon in these days and in later t imes held a preben dal
stall as a minor Can on in Armagh Cathedral .— (Reeves , on
the Cu ldees, and Cotton’ s FastiEco. Hib. i i i .)
Oh 30 N ovember , 1295 (Cal . Doe. Let ters of
At to rney in I relan d fo r persons remain ing in Englan d , w e
have Will iam de Lachef ord and John,son of John Darel ,
formerly parson of Staban an . Letters issu ed to John Joye
and S imon de Parkyn ton fo r 2 years .
His su ccesso r in the Recto ry seems to have had t rou blou s
t imes,as appears from the follow ing en t r ies in the j u stzciary
(or Plea)Rolls
1299, Jan u ary 20. Wi ll Layn ach v . John Picard , parson ofthe chu rch of Stacban an , of a plea of trespass by R ichard Gern on .
”
1299, Jan u ary 20- 7 . John de Buggeden appeared the 4 thday against R obert Lu st (or Lu sc), chaplain , of a plea w hereforehe assau lted John at Staghban an , to his damage of £10, and hedoesn ot come, and the Sheri ff is comman ded to attach him. The
Sharifl retu rn ed that Robert w as n ot fou n d, n or has be an ythingby w hich hemay be attached . Therefore the Sherifi is commandedto take and have him in the mon th of Easter (sic).
John Picard, parson of the chu rch of Stagban an , appearsthe 4 th day again st John Warin , chaplain ; of a plea[roll defective ]1299, May 3. TheKin g by John de Bu keden , w ho prosecu tes
for him, appears again st John Bole, John Galew ey , Ralph leBailifl, Walter Margallyn , Geoff rey MacHayn , Will S tradel,le Holdere, Martin le R and the son of John Gallew eyof a plea w herefore they w ith John , Vicar of Mau ndevill, Will leConstab le, Will Martin le R ou s, Geo ff rey Rykeman ,
Will Strangman , John le Josf re, John Margallyn , Roger le Clerk,the w i fe of le Dru ngoyll and Will, son -ih -law of Adam le Ken ,
threshed and took aw ay the corn at Staghbanan , and Balibragan
[Bragan stow n ], w hich the King had of John Picard, parson of thechu rch of Staghban an . They came n ot . Sheri ff commandedto attach them .
”
1299, May 17 . John Pycard, parson of the chu rch of Staghbanan , appears against Walter, Vicar of the chu rch of Atherde,of a plea w herefore w hen the Kin g received in to his protectionJohn , hismen and possession s, Walter took John ’
s goods at Steghbanan to the valu e of 408 . came n ot Sheri ff to attach Walte r .Sheri ff returned that Nicholas de Cru ys, Sergean t of the f ee,
answ ered that before the w rit came to him Walter w as w ith the
MEDIE VAL LAND-OWNERS . 105
Archbishop at Ardmagh , w here no Sergean t cou ld execu te his ofiiceon accou n t of the w ar of the Irish , bu t that he d istrained himby thecrop of 5 acres sow n w ith oats (valu e of each, Sheriff orderedto distrain him by all his lands and chattels . Ou October 13Walter is main prised by Ralph de Haddesore and R obertKnedagh .
”
Same day, May 17 N icholas, Archbishop of Armagh, 0. JohnPicard, parson , of a plea of trespass.
”
John Picard seems to have vacated the prebend soon after ,for w e find in the Paybal Registers, Vol . II , p . 15
1305 . 5 Id . Dec . Dispensation to the In cumben t of thechapelry of Listarch Liscarten ] in the D iocese of Meathand of the chu rches of Staba . [Stabannon ] and Mandemple
[ z Mandevylez Manfieldstow n in the Diocese of Armagh, tohold these benefices, he not being in priest ’s orders .
In the Plea Rolls of 1318 -
9 appears evidence of a pecu l iar
u se to w hich chu rches w ere p u t in those t imes—n amely fo r
storing corn
John Wymond admits he broke in to the church of Stagbanan ,
and robbed 4 bushels of corn of Simon de Kyn ton , and is fined .
Principal Fami lies in the Middle Ages .—The Kyn tons o r
Clinton s w ere a pow erful Anglo -Norman family,w ho ,
with
the Taaff es,ow n ed the greater part of the parish . Both
these families w ere closely connected w ith S tabannon and its
chu rch fo r cen tu ries . I t may be w ell therefore to add here
some notes regarding each .
The Kyntons and Clintons.—We find H u gh de Clyn ton
Sheri ff in 1301 J ohn Clyn ton of Keppok ,in 1402 and 14 14
George Clin ton of Drumcashel,1459 ; N icholas Clyn ton of
Drumcashell , 1501 ; James Clin ton of Clin tonstow ne,1634 .
I n 1327 (M .R . I st Edward III .) John Kyn ton seized ofone half the manor of Derver , en dow ed the Chu rch of Stagh
ban an ,pleaded that i t is held of the man or of Lou th ,
w hich
came to King John by the forfeitu re of H ugh Tirell , Chevalie r ,late Lord of the said Man or of Lou th .
”
I n 1399 a Plen ary Remission w as gran ted to John Clin ton,
Priest of the D iocese of Armagh , by the Pope (Cd l . Pap . Lett.
v . A layman of the same n ame and of Stabannon w as
of some local importance , being in the n ex t year a collector
of su bsidy .
106 CHAP. I II .—STABANNON PARI SH .
In 1396-
7 w e find John Kyn ton of Stabann an seized of
lands in B erver (M I n 1402 a cu stodiam of his estate
is appoin ted (M .R .) In 14 1 7 his estate is in the King‘s
han ds for deb t (M .R .) I n 1451 an In qu isit ion finds that hed ied 4 th H en ry VI . (1425-6)seized of 2 caru cates of land in
B erver , leaving S imon his son and hei r , w ho mar ried Mat ilda
Bermingham (M Said S imon Kin ton receives a pardon
in 1447 , and in 1459 he is gran ted exemption from serving on
a j u ry,o r as Kn ight of the shi re I n 1500 w e have
an in t ru sion by Will iam Kin ton , son and hei r of N icholas
Kinton of Stabannon ,in to the M anor of Stabannon an d
Derver . H e pleaded a grant of Livery (M I n 1512 a
cu stodiam of the estate ofWill iam Kin ton ,late of Stabannon ,
who died .8 November , 24 H en ry VII . 1508)
Patrick Clin ton his son and hei r being a min or . I n 1528
Pat rick Clinton of Clin tonstow ne claims w recks of the sea
(M In 1547 Thomas Clyn ton of Staban non gets 9d. a
day f or l ife fo r u n u s equ est re ad n osin“
gu erris. Pat rick
Clinton of Drumcashell , —son of N icholas , Sher i ff 1510 , who
d ied , according to on e au thority (Exch. I nq. No . J as. on
4 September , 1530 , according to another (Exch. I nq. No . 9
James I .) at Ardee, on 4 September , 1527 (called R ichard
here),— w as in 1565 one of the two Coroners fo r the Cou n ty
(Fian ts Eliza,No . I n 157 5 he execu ted his Will , which
w as proved on 28th September , 1587 (after his death ,on 2nd
July , H e made his eldest son heir to the Man or of
Drumcashel and half the Man or of Corbally . H e men tion s
in i t (M SS . Chief Rem. Of .) his w ife Margery Gern on and
her b rothers , George and Roger . His other sons were George,
John Piers, Gerrot and N icholas . H e ordered his
Bod ie to be bur ied in St . Nicholas ’ chur ch of Stabanan as
becomethe . Item—I leave and bequ eathe to the said chu rchon [sic,= one cou ple halfe acru [sic] for the main tenan ce thereof,and vis. viiid . to the Vickar of Stabanan . Item—I w ill to JohnSellinger [=St . Leger] i i i you nge kine and xiisheep for any pref ermt he shall demau nde .
Edward his son and hei r d ied 2nd of Febru ary , 1609, leaving
108 CHAP. I II .—STABANNON PAR I SH .
Fromthe Plea Rolls of 17 Ed. I . , 1289 w e learn that Thomas
de Clin ton w as then seized of the Manor of Balybragan . I t
seems to have passed almost immediately in to the han ds of
the Taafies, fo r the follow ing is from another Plea Roll of
two years later
Exchan ge betw een N ich . Taf and the Master of the Kn ightsTemplars, of Killergir, in Co . Du blin ,
for Ballibragan , Co . Lou th .
The lat ter belonged to the Templars , perhaps , in conn ection
with the Precepto ry of Kilsaran as above men tion ed . So
the Taafi’
e ow n ership dates from A .D . 1291 . This ex change
led to an important lawsuit with the Prio r of H oly Trin i ty
(Christ Chu rch), Du bl in .
Massacre of the Earl of Lou th at Braganstow n.
Braganstow n w as in 1329 the scene of the massacre of S i r
John Bermingham,Earl of Lou th ,
the V ictor of Fau ghart .
H ere, with his two b rothers , the sons of his b rother Lord
Athenry ,R ichard Talbot de Malahide (Sheri ff of Du bl in 1315)
and other Anglo -N orman nob les and retainers to the n umber
of 200 ,he w as set u pon treacherou sly and slain by the Anglo
N orman nobles of Lou th—De Verdon s , Peppards , Everards ,
Gernons, Clin ton s , Cu sacks , Savages , etc .—some being his
own relatives . The deed w as ev idently prompted by j ealou sy
of his qu ick rise to pow er and influ ence, and chagrin at the
Earldom of Lou th being bestowed on a Con n au ghtman . The
Annals of Clonmacnoz’
se thu s descr ibe the even t
John Bremingham, Earl of Lou th, the best Earle forw orthyn esse, bou n ty, prow esse and valou r of his ban ds, w as treacherou sly killed by his ow en people, the English of Uriel], and alsoe
killed at on ce With him many good and w orthy Englishmen and
I rishmen . Mollrony MacKernell, chiefmusitione of the Kingdomeand his brother Gillekeigh w ere killed in the company, of w homitis reported that noeman in any age eau er heard or shall hereafterheare a better tympanist
J ohn Clyn , of Kilken ny , the Franciscan , tells u s that thisfamou s harper M ‘
K ernell (MacCarroll) w as called in I r ish
Camshm’
leck, becau se his eyes were not st raight , and that he
w as p re-eminently a phoen ix in his art , and,
if
SLAUGHTER OF THE EARL or Loom AT BRAGANSTOWN . 109
he w as not the first inventor of chord mu sic , y et of all his
predecessors and contemporaries he w as the correcto r , the
teacher and the director . With him ,at Braganstow n . were
slain , he says, abou t tw en ty tympan ists his pu pils . The
perpet rators of this slau ghter seem to have escaped scot free,n otwi thstan ding that the Earl ’ s w idow ,
Evelin e,sou ght the
pow er of the Crow n to pun ish them . Thu s in 1332 (4 Ed. III .)w e find in the Roll of Common Pleas before Roger Ou tlaw ,
Pr ior of Kilmainham,and John Darcy le Coslyn ,
J u st ice ofI reland ,
that she challenged the chief criminals to an ordeal
o r t rial by battle single combat) - an in stan ce of an
an cien t cu stom of feu dal law w hich remained a par t of ou r
common law t ill the last cen tu ry . The accu sed did not
appear , and w ere ordered t o be at tached by the Sheri ff .
When the Sheri ff ’ s oflicers endeavou red to car ry ou t the Orderof the Cou r t they w ere attacked and barely escaped w ith
thei r l ives . Even the posse comitatu s w hen i t tu rn ed ou t
failed to ar rest the o ffen ders , and they w ere n ever b rou ght
to j u stice.-(See also Gilber t ’s Viceroys 0/ I relcmd, p . 17 3, and
Grace ’
s An nals).
The Taafles, as the n ame in dicates , w ere of Welsh ex
t ract ion , bu t members of the family w ere settled in variou s
parts of I relan d from the thir teen th cen tu ry . Ballybragan
(now Braganstow n) w as thei r prin cipal seat in I reland, bu t
they had estates scattered throu gh the Cou n ty Lou th as w el l
as in S ligo .
R ichard Taaffe of Braganstow n,Sher iff of Lou th , w as
summoned to Parliamen t as Lord Taaffe by b r ief dated 3rd
of Edw . II .,1309 . His father and descendan ts for thi rteen
generat ion s w ere seated at Braganstow n fo r n early fou r
cen tu ries . They w ere prominen t in pu blic aff ai rs and appear
at the head of the list of Lou th magnates . The t itle of Baron
of Ballymote and Viscou n t Taaffe w as con fer red in 1628 on
John Taafie , and his son w as advan ced to the Earldom of
Carlingford in 1662, bu t that digni ty became extinct in 1738 .
CHAP . I II . —STABANN0N PAR I SH .
The earl ier peerages were long in abeyan ce ,bu t were revived
in 1860 in favou r of a b rother of the late Au st rian Premier ,
w ho d ied fu l l of hon ou rs in 1895, and w ho w as descen ded
from the secon d son of J ohn Taaffe of Braganstow n 1606.
The history of the family is fu lly recorded ,especially in Arch
dal l ’s Lodge’
s Peerage of I reland and the kin dred w orks of
of S i r B . Bu rke. The most elaborate accou n t of the Taaff e
family is a volume, privately prin ted (in English)at Vienna
in 1856, of w hich on ly 50 were issu ed , according to the
Catalogu e of M r . Shirley’
s I rish Lib rary at Lou gh Fea .
M r . Garstin has at Braganstow n a large collect ion of notes
relat ing to this family ,and M r . Taaffe of Smarmore has a very
ful l pedigree of his an cestors . The history and descent being
thu s so fu lly recorded thereis no n eed to ente r here in to fu rther
details bu t a f ew local notes may be of interest .
The Taaf fes, o r Tathes as they were somet imes called ,
owned the advow son of the chu rches of Manfieldstow n and
Clonkeen and members of the family were Sheri ff s of Lou th
in 1295 1 417 , 1423,1439 ,
1468 , 1484 , 1487 , 1494 ,1535, 1689,
1737 , 1835 ,and in the presen t year (1907 ) the office is held
by one of the family , M r. Geo rge Taaf fe ,‘
D .L., of Smarmore
Castle.
We find in theM em. Rolls of 1399 a grant to J ohn Fokenhamof the lands of Ballybrigin . In 1536 a cu stodiam is gran ted
to Lau ren ce Taaff e of Ballybragan of the estate of N icholas ,son and hei r of Peter Taafie , a minor (M .R .) in 1547
- 8 an
Inqu isit ion finds that Stephen Taaffe of Ballybragan conveyedcer tain lands to the u se of Eleano r Bellew , the late wife of
Peter Taafie his son and hei r . I n 1550 w e have an in fo rmat ion
as to the 30 islands in Ballybragan , the estate of N icholas
son of Peter Taafie (M In 1549 a pardon is granted
to George Taaffe of Ballybragan , and in 1550 (Fiants
Eliz. 1 152) Livery is granted to N icholas Taaffe (M .P . fo r
Lou th w ho is n amed on Commissions in 157 2 and 157 4 .
In the R isings ou t of the Pale in Elizabeth’ s t ime the
112 CHAP. III .—STABANNON PAR I SH .
Presentat ion to N icholas w as hereby revoked and the fo rmer
confirmed. J ohn de St rode seems to have su cceeded de
Melton and to have resign ed on his appoin tment as Vicar of
Ardee in 1385 (D R ). On 13 Feb ru ary ,1386, the Kin g
grants to Thomas B row n,parson of the preben dal chu rch
of Strabannon , that he may c ross the sea to Englan d . Oh
October 10 of same year B row n has licen ce to stu dy in the
schools of Ox fo rd Un iversity fo r on e year . Oh 13 J uly insame year a provision is made for the appointment of a Vicar ,
w hen John Carrew e (or Carreve)presented by the Marqu is ofDu blin
,being in his gift receives let ters of inst itu t ion
from the Archb ishop of Armagh (P .R . 10 R ich . II).
Oh September 12,1389, J ohn Whitehede is presen ted by
the Crown to the Preben d o r Recto ry on the death of Thomas
Brow n . Oh 6December , 1399 (P .R . 1 H en . the King on
peti t ion pardons John Whitehede on the occasion of his
absence from Ireland , and fu rther grants him leave of absence
f or on e year. Whitehede gets fu rther leave of absence in
1409 and 14 13. This same J ohnWhithede seems to have beena man not only of considerable influ en ce bu t also of strength
of Will and moral cou rage, as appears from the following
entries in the Papal RegistersIn du lgen ce havin g been gran ted by the Pope to peniten ts
w ho, on the Ann un ciation and fou r foll ow in g days gave alms forthe conservation of the Chu rch of the house of the Friars Preachers[Dominicans], Drogheda, and the Chapel of St . Mary. The
Pope has recen tly heard w i th displeasur e that John [Colton ], Ar chbishop of Armagh, H enry Crompe, Cistercian monk, and JohnWithede, Rector of Stabanon , have in their sermons asserted thatthe in dulgen ce w as invalid and ex torted by frau d, thereby dissu ading many from visiting it, they are inhibited from so doin g un derpain of excommunicati on . (Cal . Pap .Reg . Vol .V .
, 433,
IfWhithede er red here ,he cer tain ly er red in good company .
The next t ime w e hear of him in the Cou r t of Rome the Pope
i s on his side. In 14 1 1 (Cal . Pap. Letters, Vol . V I . , p . 291)a
man date is issu ed
TO the Prior of All Sain ts’ by Dublin . At the recen t petitionof the Au gustinian priors and conven ts of St . Mary
’
s, Loueth, and
SOME RECTORS . THE ADVOWSON . 113
Llan thony] Primi , and JohnWythed, Rector of Stabanan ,
in the Dioceses of Armagh and St . David ’s, con tain in g com
plainin g]that the clergy of the Diocese ofArmagh have been hithertow on t to make amon g themselves a certain collection in money , tobe paid to the temporal lord for their defen ce and for the defen ceto the chu rches and other ecclesiastical places in the Diocese, w hichcollection is u nequ ally d iv ided amon g the said clergy, so thatthe said Priors conven ts and Rector, on accou n t of theirsu bject chu rches, are in j u red by su ch inequ ali ty, w hen ce ar isebetw een them dissen sions and scandals,—to remove su ch inequ ality, and to make a fair taxation in accordan ce With theirmeans of all the said chu rches and places in the said Di ocese forthe pu rpose of the said con trib u tion— J u stis et hon esta
’
s .
The Vicars Choral of St . Patrick ’s, Dublin ,and the Ad
vow son— I n 1402 (P .R . 3 H en . IV .)the King appoin ted [assignavi t] Thomas H addesore Vicar of S taban ane ,
thou gh the
advow son and presen tat ion seems to have been gran ted by
his predecessor to the Vicars Choral of St . Pat rick’
s,Du blin
,
a f ew years previou sly ,as appears from some en t ries in the
Diocesan Register . Thu s in 1496 the Vicars Choral of St .
Pat rick ’ s pretend ing t itle to the Pat ron age of the chu rch of
S t . N icholas of Stabanon and the fru its thereo f , they w ere
cit ed by Primate Octavian in the cou rse o f his v isi tation to
exhibi t thei r r ight and t itle thereto . Acco rdingly ,
It appeared to him U pon inspection and di ligen t examinationof their title that they had the same by the gran t of KingR ichard II . for the su pport of a college for priests of Vicars Choralto celebrate Divine Offi ces, and to pray for the state of the saidPrin ce and for the sou ls of Ann e, his consort, his ancestors, andall the faithfu l departed , in pu re and perpetu al alms, and by theconfirmation of his (the Primate ’
s) predecessors, Archbishopsand Primates w i th the consen ts of the Dean and Chapter and
that they had thu s obtained and peaceably possessed from time totime beyond the memory of man and did n ow peaceably possessand en joy the same to their ow n proper u se .
So the Primate confirmed same by in st rumen t dated at
Termon feckin, 9 Jan u ary ,
1496 (R . Octavian ,Again
,w e
w e are told that i t w as fou n d by Inqu isit ion taken in St .
Peter ’ s Chu rch ,D rogheda ,
by Archdeacon Prene , on 24
September , 1431 ,that they w ere the t ru e Pat rons thereof
by the King ’ s gift and that they had tw o par ts in three of
CH AP . III .-STABANNON PAR I SH .
the great t i thes (R . Octavian On that accou nt N icholas‘
Nangle o r on e of the Vicars w as appoin ted on 8 November ,
1437 proxy fo r the Dean and Chapter of Armagh in the
Parl iamen t summoned to meet in Du blin on the Fr iday afte r
the Feast of St . Mar t in the B ishop (R . Sw ayne I . , In
1548 the Pat ron age w as in the King ’ s gift by the su r render,
at the su ppression of the monaster ies,of the possession s of
the Vicars Choral of St . Pat r ick ’ s to H enry VIII . bu t being
resto red along w ith the restitu t ion of the chu rch by Qu een
M ary ,the Vicarage rested in thei r Pat ronage , and so con
t inned till 187 0 ,and the Preben d o r Rectory became appro
Value.— I n the Valor Beneficiorwm of 30 H enry VIII . the
Vicarage is valu ed at £16 85 . 7 d. , the chan try at £5 65 . 8d.
w hile in the l ist of inst itu t ive Ben efices of 1630 the
Vicarage is valu ed at £16 7 5 . 6d. B ishop Reeves has the
respect ive valu es— probably taken from the Papal Taxat ion
of abou t 1291—as £12 63. 55d. and £4 . The f ru i ts of the
Preben d , abou t tw o- thi rds of the total t i thes , being thu s
applied to an ou tside corporat ion , the Vicar received a verymeagre su sten ance . Ah In qu isi t ion , held at Atherdee,
on
8 Janu ary , 38 H en ry VIII . 1547 )fou n d the possessions
in Cou nty Lou th of the Vicars Choral of St . Pat r ick ’ s t o
inclu de Staban an demesn eThe demesn e appertain in g to the Rectory consists of one
castle and on e messu age, w orth 6s . 8d . per ann um also 2 parksof 5 acres, w orth 12d. per acre —t0tal 5s . also 5 messu ages—on e
bein g w aste, 4s. ; the ten an t of each messu age renders year lyone hokeday , valu e 2d .
—total, 8d ; and 2hens, valu e 2d, and
heriots w hen they occu r . Total amou n t, 24s. 4d.—(Mason
’
s
S . Patrick’
s, p .
Mason has the following n ote, f or which he gives Minatas
of the Chapter, as his au tho rityStaban an , or St . Aban on , w as demised to Margaret Law rence
for £40 w hen the Vicars Choral w as gran ted (sic), bu t I presumethat some error has crept in to the record and apprehend w e
shou ld rather read £4 , for it w as afterw ards demised (in 1662)for£20 to Patrick Tallan t for 6 years . Tallan t paid for the lease a
fine of £24 , and resigned onein f ee farm w hich he had by assignationfrom Alexander St . Lau rence of Drogheda.
116 CHAP . III .—STABANNON PAR I SH .
Lou th w as on ce a very I rish speaking Cou n ty indeed . In
the plain of Conaille Muirthemn e, how ever , the langu age
is now ,apar t from the recen t Gael ic revival , a foreign ”
langu age to the inhab itan ts .
Confiscations of 1641.—Con sequ en t on the rebellion of 1641
most of the lan ds in the parish changed hands . See the
I ngm’
sitions of Cromw ell u nder Kilsaran ,to w hich the following
may be addedJohn Rath, of Drumcashell, on 23rd October, 164 1, w as seized
of 5 ten emen ts and 1 tate (60 acres)in Drumcashell ; said Johnw as an Irish Papist, and on l st March, 1642, left his hab itationand joined the rebels .
John Wooton , Alderman , Drogheda, w as seized of 2tenemen tsand 30 acres in Drumcashell, and w as of and con tinu ed of thePopish Religion ti ll I st March, 1650.
From t he Dow n Survey and S .P .I . i t appears that the
follow ing received gran ts of lan d confiscated in the parish
at the Cromw ell ian Set tlemen t : Will iam D isney , 220 acres
in Stabannon ,prev iou sly ow n ed by H en ry Gern on ; James
Smallw ood, 31 1 acres , in clu ding the manor,town and lands
of Drumcashell Mary Poe, 104 acres and H en ry Town ley ,
30 acres in Dromgoolestow n . Sir Will iam Aston ,Rev .
Edw ard Parkinson , George Lamber t , Lau ren ce , Allen ,and
others, lands in Roodstow n,belonging to the Dromgooles,
Taaff es and Clin tons ; and Lord Massereene and Captain
(afterwards Maj o r) James Garstin lan ds in Braganstow n .
A f ew n otes con cern ing some of the names that meet u s
in this list may help to explain some of the su bsequ en t historyof the parish .
The Disney Family.—Williarn D isney, of Stabannon ,
w as a
descen dan t of the D isn eys of Nor ton D isney in England .
We find him H igh Sher iff of Lou th in 167 0 . His son , William
D isney ,
-
ju n ., of Staban non (Will dated 7 April , mar ried
Elizabeth ,dau ghter of Thomas Fow kes . His eldest son
William w as ancesto r of the D isn eys of Co . Waterford . The
thi rd son of Will iam D isn ey , ju n . (J ohn)mar ried (ML . dated
26 Feb ru ary , 1683)Jane, daughter of James Brabazon, and
NEW PROPR IETORS : DI SNEYS AND ASTONS . 117
had (a)Catherin e, mar ried Will iam Eccleston ; (6)Captain
Thomas D isney,of Du n leer ; baptized November 16, 1698 ,
and bu ried at Stabannon March 9,17 28 . HisWidow , Su sann a,
died in 17 33 bu ried Janu ary 28 ,17 33
-
4 ; (0)Rev . B rabazon
D isney, D .D .,born in 1 7 1 1 , became F 17 36, Regiu s
Professor of D ivinity, and in su ccession Rector of
Ardee, Recto r of Kilmore ,and Chancello r of Armagh . H e.
married Patien ce,dau ghter of H . M . Ogle,
M .P . D rogheda,and
had, in ter alios,Rev . B rabazon D isn ey ,
Rector of Slane (on e
of w hose son s,Rev . B rabazon ,
b . 1 7 97 , became Dean of
Armagh, and an other , Rev . John James, su cceeded him as
Recto r of Slane). An other son of J ohn D isn ey of Stabannon ,
named Thomas,of Rocklodge , Co . Meath ,
had a son ,Rev .
Edw ard Ogle D isney , w ho became Recto r of Killcshill , and
a dau ghter , Lou isa, w ho mar ried Rev . H en ry T . H obson ,
Rector of Ballymascan lan—a relative of Rev . Can on Edw ard
Waller H obson,M .A. , the presen t Recto r of Portadow n .
The Astons.fi 8ir Will iam Aston,w ho at one t ime w as
Chief J u stice of the King ’ s Ben ch,l ived at R ichardstow n
Castle . H e w as M .P. fo r Lou th in Cromw ell ’ s Parliamen ts
of 1656 and 1659 . His w ill w as proved 167 1 (see Appendix
Wills). H e w as su cceeded by his second son,Thomas
,w ho
w as attain ted in 1689 by King J ames . Thomas Aston
his son)w as mar ried to a dau ghter of H en ry Bellingham ,
son of Col . Thomas Bellingham . A Tichborne Aston w as
H igh Sherifi in 17 42, and Will iam Aston,of Beau lieu ,
M .P.
for Lou th in 17 27 . The R ichardstow n Castle property of the
Astons seems to have passed in the eighteen th cen tu ry to the
Henry family , fo r w e find ' Alexander H en ry ,w ho mar ried
Catherine, dau ghter of J ohn Daw son ,in possession of R ichard
stown abou t 17 90 . H e died 1 1 M arch , 17 96 (see Appen dix :
Tombstone I nscriptionsfl Staban non). His Will , proved the
same year,men t ion s his b rothers
,J ohn
, Will iam , George and
Thomas , and his son s— John ,w ho su cceeded him in R ichards
town, and Alexander , w ho su cceeded him in his Du nbin pro
118 CHAP. III .—STABANNON PARI SH .
’
per ty (see Appen dix Wills). Alex an der died in 1866, aged
7 1 , and J ohn died in 1867 , a ged 7 3. John w as su cceeded in
R ichardstow n by his son Alexan der,who died 4 Ju ne, 1897 ,
aged 37 (see Appendix : Bu'
rialsfi Stabannon).
J ames Smallw ood (Paten t for Drumcashel dated 3 Dec .,
20 Charles I I .)w as a Captain in the Lou th M ili t ia . H e had
served u nder Cromw ell , and w e find him H igh Sheri ff in 1657
and 167 7 . H e is also named in Commission s fo r 167 8 and
167 9 . H e seems to have had also a residen ce in D romiskinparish , q.v . , and w e find N icholas Bailey recovering rents
from him,10 N ovember
,1688
,fo r lan ds in Cou n ty Lou th ,
probably Baw n Hist . M SS . Com, Ormonde ~ M SS .
1885-
7 , p .
J ohn Dobbyn, w ho died 17 40 , seems to have inheri ted
Smallw ood ’ s estate in Drumcashel . His sister,Ann e Dobbyn ,
w ho mar ried Charles Craven (d. son of Low en Craven ,
a Will iamite officer , w ho fell at Au ghrim in 1691 , su cceeded
Captain J ohn Dobbyn . H er son , Charles , bo rn 1 7 18 , died at
Drumcashel in 17 84 . Ar thu r Craven,an other son ,
received
a Paten t to hold fai rs and markets at Drumcashel on M ay 19
and October 12. H e died in 17 92,in which year hisWill w as
proved (see Appendix Wills). His n ephew,Abel Craven
,
sold a par t of Drumcashel called the Glack to Christophilu s
Garstin in 1801 , and the rest of the Craven estate w as acqu i redby M aj or Thomas M acan ,
of Greenmou nt,abou t 1837 fo r
27 years’ pu rchase .
The Macaus oiDrumcashel come of a well -known Armagh
family,members of which were Sovereigns o r Mayors of
Armagh from 17 59- 17 97 . The name w as sometimes spelled
M‘
Cann o r M‘
Can . They also acted asAgen ts fo r the Primates .
The first Macan w ho settled in this dist rict w as Tu rner Macan,
H igh Sherifi 1802, w ho rented Greenmou nt, Which w as
occu pied in 17 89 by Tu rner Cain ac ,and in 17 90 by S i r Geo rge
Foster,Bart . The Macans w ere conn ected by mar riage with
the Camacs, hence Tu rn er as a family name. Tu rner
120 CHAP. III .—STABANNON PAR I SH .
pigeon hou se and 120 acres in Dr0mgoolestow n and 3 acres in
Drumcashel , held f rom Lau rence Clinton 30 acres 111 Cookestown
,and B lu n deston from Oliver Plu nket
,and 15 acres in
Bolies from J ohn Taaff e (I nq. Ardee, 24 September ,
The D romgooles seem to have been connected abou t this t ime
w i th the Townl ey family ,fo r my cosen
,J ohn D romgoole,
is men tion ed in the Will of Faith f u l Tow nley (who lived at
Dromgoolestow n), made in 1651 , proved in 1663. The
Tow n leys were in Cromw ell ’ s time one of the most influ en tial
familiesin Lou th . I t is scarcely likely that they wou ld permit
(or perhaps w e ou ght to say ,o rder)a relat ive to be hanged
at thei r own doors . According to the H ear th M on ey Rolls
Pat rick D romgoole is liv ing in Dromgoolestow n in 1664 .
Rev . Edward Parkinson w as R ecto r of Ardee and became
ancestor of the Rux ton family . From him also descended
Rev . Thomas Parkin son ,Recto r of Stabannon . One R obert
Parkin son w as H igh Sher i ff in 17 37 . The Parkin son proper ty
at Ardee passed to Chichester Fortescu e, who w as c reated
Lord Carlingford and had to take the n ame of Parkin son,along
w i th his pat ronymic . (See D romiskin .)
The Garstin Family.—M aj o r J ames Garstin , who received
a grant of lan ds in B raganstow n,came of an ancient family
,
seated at Garston ,near Liverpool , who w ere lo rds of the
M an or of Walton,in Lan cashi re . Members of the family
set tled in I relan d in the t ime of Qu een Elizabeth , and the
pedigree i s fully show n in Bu rke ’ s Landed Gen try of I reland
On e of the family w as located in the Co . Kildare, near Leixlip ,
and served as H igh Sher iff fo r that Cou n ty in 1640 , as did
also a descendan t of his in 17 29, w ho w as also Sheri ff of Meath
in the year following . Before Cromw ell ’ s t ime they seemed
to have set tled in D rogheda,and at the Cromw ellian Settle
ment , w hen the Barony of Ardee w as appropriated to Old
I rish Protestan ts , J ames Garstin and his nephew , Symon ,
who had served as Captain in the army , received, in con
sideration of thei r service as well as of large sums of money
CRAP. 111. S1
pigeon house and 120 ac : in
Drumcashel , held f romL f l
tow n . and Blundeston h i t
Bo lies f rom John TeamIThe Dromgooles seem to n t
with the Tow n lev tamih o r
is men tioned in the Wil if I
Dromgoolestow n). mad~ in
Tow nlm w ere in Croxm 1‘
s
families in Lou th . It is t t t‘
(o r perhaps w e ought t i $8 \
at (hd f ow n doo rs. At Df dl
Pat rick Dromgoole is li ng
Re v. Falw md Perkins w .
ancesto r o f the Ruxton an
Rev . Thomas Parkins on l e t
Parkinson w as H igh She f in
at Ardee passed t o Chiest
laord Carlingford and ha 0 t
with his pat ronymic . ( e l
The Garstin Family. daj
a g ran t of lands in Bra«nst <
seated at Garston , ne : Li'
Manor of Walton , in me
set tled in Ireland in 0 t i
pedigree is f u llv show n 1 B
One of the familv w as 1( tte t
and served as H igh 8 ] ifi
also a descendan t of his 1 7
in the year follow ing . Sefo
to have set tled in Dro ' eda
men t , w hen the Baron of
I rish Pro testants , J aizs 1
w ho had served as Ce tair
sideration of their sen e a
w ow Paxtsn .
nislcin .)
Iames Garstin ,
nngoolestow n and 3 acres inClinton 30 acres in Cookesr Plunket , and 15 ac res in
\ tdcc , 24 September,n connect ed abou t this t imev Cosen , J ohn Dromgoole,
”
xtul Tow nley (who lived at
1, proved in 1663. The
one of the most influ ential
kely that they wou ld permit
le t)a relative to be hanged
to the Hearth Money Rolls
Dromgoolestow n in 1664.
veto r of Ardee and became
From him al so descended
f Stabannon . One Robert
7 . The Parkinson propertyI o rtescu e, who w as c reated
the name of Parkinson along
122 -CHAP III .—STABANNON PAR ISH .
t ime before his death . This w as Miss Ab igail Sw eetlove,
dau ghter of Thomas Sw eetlove and Ab igail Garstin . M r.
Garstin,of B raganstow n
,has fu ll pedigrees of these families
and a copy of the Sw eetlove tombstone, w hich is one of three
remaining (now illegible)in the old chu rchyard of Mapastow n .
N orman Garstin , in 1698 , pu rchased from Godart , Earl
of Athlon e, the lan ds of Coolderry,j u st over the border of
the Cou n ty M on aghan , the estate of Christopher Lord Slan e,
attainted . This w as the seat of the Forsters Baronets , and
is now that of Gen eral B rownlow . The f ee is still vested
in members of the Garstin family .
N orman Garstin’
s son,Rev . James Garstin , Recto r of
Moyglare, Co . Meath , w ho su cceeded to B ragan stow n and Coolderry, had several children ; his second son ,
An thony,event
u ally his hei r , became H igh Sheriff of Lou th in 17 63, and in
the same year 111. Anne, dau ghter of Christophil u s Jenney ,
of the Park,near Du ndalk . [For particu lars wi th regard
to the Jenny family the reader is refer red to a pedigree at
Braganstow n ,and t o An Ulster Parish ,
”
(H odges Figgesby Ven . E. D . Atkinson
,Archdeacon of D romore].
Among other children ,thisAn thony Garstin had Christophilu s,
his heir (oiw hom presen tly), and Rev . N orman ,M .A .
,who
became Preben dary of Kilpeacon , Limerick , and afterwards
Senio r Colonial Chaplain in Ceylon . From him descen ded
a large family , set ou t in E .L.G.
The eldest son of this Anthony, Christophilu s (b . 17 66)
w as an oflicer in the 5sth Regimen t , Depu ty Govern or of
the Co . Lou th ,for which he w as appointed H igh Sherif f. In
1801 he in c reased the estate by bu ying for from
Abel Craven,of Drumcashell
,a portion of Drumcashell
tow nl and,held in f ee simple, con tain ing 1 19 ac res 0 roods 20
perches,Irish measu re . The conveyance details the bou nd
aries (in clu ding the R iver Blackw ater , now the Glyde),and gives the tenants names . This is now inco rporated with
Braganstow n, there being no dividing fen ce . I t is all now
GARST I NS OF I STH AND CENTUR IES . 123
in M r . Garstin’
s han ds , wi th a right of w ay throu gh the
adj oining portion of Drumcashel . This Christophilu s Garstin
married in 17 91 Elizabeth Thompson , of New ry ,and died
1821 , leav ing by her w ho su rvived to 1857 (aged 95) three
son s and several dau ghters, the eldest of w hom mar ried in
18 19 D igby Marsh ,of Co . Longford (see
The eldest son ,Rev .An thonyGarstin ,
born 1 7 93,su cceeded .
H e w as ] .P . for Co . Lou th ,and became Recto r of Manfields
town (w hich see). An other son,Christophilu s Garstin ,
some
time Lieu t . in the Lou th M ili tia, inherited the Coolder ry
estate,w as ordained , and w as presen ted by the Crow n to the
Rectory of Cahi r and thence to the Recto ry of Drumballyroney
, Co . Dow n . H e married I st, 28 J uly , 1816,
Sarah,
second dau ghter of Rev . George Vesey , D .D ., of Derrabard,
Co . Tyron e (see B Reader of the Royal H ospital , Dublin ,
and Recto r of Manfieldstow n,by w hom he w as father
,in ter
alias, of Christophilu s, w ho su cceeded his u n cle he mar r ied
secondly Mi ss Neynoe, of Castle Neyn oe ,Co . Mayo , by
w hom he w as father of Rev . Will iam Fitzroy Garstin ,Recto r
of Conw all , D iocese of Derry , and of a n umerou s family ,
inclu ding tw o w ho maried tw o b rothers, Macnaghtens,
cou sin s of Lord MacN au gh ten (see Peerage).
On the death of Rev . An thony Garstin , u nmar ried,in
187 3,the Braganstow n estate passed u nder an en tail to his
eldest n ephew , Captain Christophilu s Garstin ,of the 96th
and 27 th Regts., b . 1825. H e had sold his reversion
, and
the estate w as for a short t ime in the han ds of a M r. Nu gent
(or N athan), w ho served once on the Lou th Grand J u ry .
By him it w as sold throu gh the Landed Estates Cou r t in 187 5 ,
and w as acqu i red from him by the H on . Mathew F Dean e ,
b rother of Lord Mu skerry ,who sold it in 187 7 to the presen t
owner , M r . John R ibton Garstin ,w ho consequ ently holds
it in fee simplewith En cumbered Estates Cou rt t itle. Thou gh
that gen tleman w as not very nearly related to the previou s
ow ners, Captain Christophilu s Garstin above ment ion ed w as
his nearest kin sman of the n ame .
124 CHAP . H I . —STABANNON PAR I SH .
M r. Garstin , the head of the family and presen t owner of
B raganstow n,is fif th in di rect descen t from John Garstin of
Leragh Castle, & c . (son of Captain Symon above men tioned),who married Maria,
dau ghter and eventu al heiress of En och
Reader, Lord M ayor of Du blin, and of three brothers (two
Dean s and an Archdeacon), and the descen t will be fou nd
fu lly shown in from the 1893 edition of which it has
been reprin ted with corrections and addition s .
Mr. Garstin ,born 27 th December, 1836,
w as edu cated at
Cheltenh am College and Trin i ty College,Dub lin , where he
ob tain ed the Degrees of M .A. , LL.B .,an d R D . (being one
of the f ew laymen who proceeded to the latter Degree). H e
is a member of the Sen ate of Du blin Un iversity sin ce 1860 ,
and received the M .A. degree of Oxford , being the last ad
eu ndem degree granted } H e is a member of many learned
Societies , being an F .S .A. of London and Scotlan d, and a
member of the Royal I r ish Academy (sometime H on .
H e has been appoin ted by several Presiden ts of the latter
Vice-Presiden t , being at presen t the Senio r (oi and he w as
President of theRoyal Society ofAn tiqu ar ies of I reland 1902-5 .
I t fell to the lot of M r. Garstin , as represen t ing the President
of the R .I .A. to present addresses from the Academy to the
Prince of Wales , now King , at St . James ’ Palace , on the
occasion of Qu een Victo ria ’ s Golden Ju b ilee, and to that
Sovereign herself at the Viceregal Lodge , Phoen ix Park, on
the occasion of her last v isi t to Ireland . H e also,fo r Lord
Rosse, President , at tended the Memorial Service at St .
Pat r ick ’ s , Dublin , on the occasion of the fu neral of Qu een
Victoria. As President of the he handed to King
Edward VI I . , at Du blin Castle, the add ress from that body
on his Maj esty ’ s last V isit to I reland .
M r. Garstin has long been one of the twelve Visitors of the
Scien ce and Art Mu seum , Dublin , and w as last Chai rman of
the Committee of the Nat ional Lib rary of I reland before i t
w as taken over by the State. H e is a Governor of the Pu blic
126 CHAP. I II .—STABANNON PAR ISH .
an Architect f rom H erefo rdshire , w ho design ed the Lou th
H ospital in Du n dalk ,and remodelled Barmeath , Bellingham
Castle, &c . The garden w as moved from N .W. to SE . of
the hou se. The cou rse of the river Glyde w as chan ged by
the D rainage Board and the river widen ed , forming an
artificial lake with an orn amen tal waterfall ju st u nder the
hou se. Ter races w ere formed and plan tation s renewed .
After the railw ay w as made throu gh the estate a large share
of the compen sat ion received f or i t in 1851 w as laid
ou t"
in the con stru ction of an enormou s drain to the river
The Rev . A . Garstin w as a great and gen erou s employer of
labou r, an d he reclaimed a large portion of the Glack,
which in his t ime produ ced over p er annum from tu rf
sales . Most of i t is n ow almost u seless ex cept f or shooting .
At B raganstow n,there are , besides a cu riou s metal grate
back bearing the date 1699, several cu riou s in scribed stones .
Tw o are qu erns (f or grinding meal by hand) tw o are carved
w i th chequ ers , su ch as were u sed to mark the residen ce of
a M agistrate . An insc ription in Irish letters—o ne of the
half- dozen or so in the Cou n ty Lou th—bears the name now
wri t ten Mu lbride. Three were brou ght from Sligo to
Du blin by long sea Via Liverpool . Tw o bear the arms
respectively of H amilton and of Charles I I . , with the Royalinitials boldly carved . Another has a long in scription in
Latin commemorating O’
Conor, Lord of Sligo , w hich will
be given in Appendix V . That of most local in terest is
a fragmen t formerly over a hou se in Manfieldstow n . I t has
par t of a coat of arms , the dexter side of a sh ield bearing a
double-headed eagle with the lat ter half of the date, 157 9 ,
and a t riqu et ra. This is mentioned in the Fieldbooks,bu t the rest of i t has long been lost . I t mu st be one of the
oldesti
dated stones st ill in the Cou n ty Lou th . Alongside
of these are—comparatively modern,bu t looking qu i te
venerable—the carved stone angel and pedestal on which
rested the pu lpit of the old Cathedral of Armagh ,which were
removed when i t w as restored .
BR‘
AGANSTOWN : Cen su s or 1659-60 . 127
It is to be n oted that nearly all of those w ho are colloqu iallycalled the Cromw ellian families set tled in the u nited parishes
gave distingu ished son s to the M inistry of the Chu rch .
Census of 1659-60.—Tu rn ing n ow to the general history of
the parish w e find that in 1659-60 (Censu s M SS . in
there were 17 5 inhab itan ts in the parish above 15 years of
age—that is to say 6 English ,
inclu ding Will iam D isney,
Esq ., and 22 I r ish in “ Straban um 9 English ,
inclu ding
James Castin , Esq ., and 31 I rish in Braganstow ne ;
2 English and 35 I rish in Roodestow n ; 4 English , in clu ding
John Pierce , Esq. (represen ted by Mary Pierce a f ew
years later), and 34 I rish in Clin tonstow ne ; and 32 I rish
and no English in Drumcashell .
HEARTH MONEY ROLLS 1664
The follow ing lists are n ow fo r the first t ime pu blished
f rom the originals in Du blin Record Ofiice . [See explanato ry
note p refixed to like lists for Kilsaran at p . 42]
STABANNON .
1664 .
William Disney, 2.
Mr . Mi ller .*
Charles St . Lau ren ce .
Hu gh Guire .
Mahon Brogan .
Patrick BrodiganJohn B iely .
James Condon .
Thomas Stron g .James Hoan .
BRAGANSTOWN .
1664 . 1667 .
James Gasquin [Garetin], 2 1 James Casw yne (sic), 2.
Rory MacMahon . 2 Roger Mathew s.
John Farew ell . 3 John Farrell .R ichard Dun e . 6 Wi lliam Gau lt .
* Mr . James Mi ller, in Stabannon list, is very probably Rev . JamesMeyler, Who w as Established Min ister u n der the Common w ealth (MSS .
at Stromu llen (sic), at a salary of £80, and w ho (D130. Reg .)w asafterw ards institu ted as Vicar, May 10, 1668 .
1667 .
12William Disney, 2.
2 James Miller !
3 Lauren ce Hoy .
8 H u gh M ‘
Guire .
6 Matthew Brogan .
9 Bryan Barron .
5 John Beyly .
10 Den is Dow dall .4 Thomas Strong .
7 James Ow en .
11 Walter Bride .
128 CHAP . III .—STABANNON PAR I SH .
Patrick Haggan . 4 Patrick Hagan .
Hen ry Gu est 5 H enr y Casie .
R ichard Brimmingham. 7 John Carvollan .
Edw ard An tell, 2. 8 Ow en Mathew s.
9 Symon Hadsor .
10 Patrick Carvell .
DRUMCASHELL.
1664 .
Stephen Taaff e .
R ichard H adsor .
Lau ghl in Cu llin .
N icholas Dow .
Matthew Mahon .
John MyanDonell Loan .
Patrick Rath .
Daniell Lwin .
Patrick Gern on .
John Coir .Will iam R ivy.
William Carroll .Patrick Carroll .James Smallw ood, 3.
DROMGOOLESTOWN .
1664 .
Mary Poe,Roger Philipp .Patrick Dromgoole .
Teren ce Laghrane .
Dan iel B uregan .
James Cru ttin .
Mary Poe w as the w idow of An thony Poe, a Captain in Cromw ell ’sarmy . She and her eldest son , Dan iel Poe, received gran ts of land inDromgoolestow n , etc . u n der the Acts of Settlemen t . Dan iel Poe becamea Lieu tenan t in Earl of Arran ’
s regimen t of horse 1684 5 . He had a son
Samu el , w ho inherited Dromgoolestow n , w hose son James, H igh Sheri ff17 4 1, 111 . MaryMoore 17 4 1 d . 17 68 (Will, 21Dec ., His son , Samu el ,m. Martha, on ly dau ghter of Rev . George Jackson [R . Stabannon 17 55 to
and of his w i fe , Elizabeth Taylor . H e held Dromgoolestow n (called
1667 .
14 Ow en Slodane .
18 John O’
Loony .
13 Leighlin M‘
Cu lla.
12N icholas Daw .
11 Mahon Mahon .
7 John Mian e .
8 Dan iel O ’
Molone .
9 Patrick B ath .
5 Dan iel Lomin o .
10 Patrick Gernon .
16 John Care .
17 Wil liam Reavy .
15 Will iam Carroll .Patrick Carroll .
1 Capt . James Smallw ood ,2 Edmun d Kelly .
3 John O’Manihan .
6 John White .
19 Dan iel Larisse .
20 George Clin ton .
21 Jane Gern on .
22 Capt . John Smallw ood .
1667 .
1 Mary Poe,5 Roger Philipp.3 Den is Magobie
8 Turlagh Loghrane .
6 Daniel Doregan .
7 James Cerot tin .
130 CHAP . I I I .—STABANNON AND R ICHARDSTOWN PARISHES .
I t is interesting to compare these lists wi th those of 17 84
and 1801 ,as given in the Ext racts from Vest ry Book by
Mr. Garstin ,on pages 132, & c .
I n 1656 J oseph Barry rented from the Crown the v icarial
par t of the great t ithes of the parish at £4 p er ann um
(Commonw ealth Papers).
Attainders in 1689.4 im0n Garstin (called Goodingin Archb ishop King
’ s List), B raganstow n,Rober t Smith of
Drumcashell , Dan iel Poe of Dromgoolestow n , William Disney
of Stabannon , and Thomas Ashton [Aston] of R ichardstown
were attain ted by King James’ Parliamen t .
Abou t this t ime Stabannon seems to have been episcopally
united with Richardstow n Parish ,w hich had been served
by a Cu rate, Robert Goodl ad,in 1622 R obert H arper
in an other copy of the R oyal Visitation], who w as su cceeded
by Roger B riscoe as Cu rate in 1622.
As illu strat ing the ev il of Pluralities at that t ime w e may
ci te his case as a remarkab le on e . According to the Royal
Visitat ion of 1633 he held then the Vicarage of Ardee, and
w as sole Cu rate of the parishes of Stakellyn ,Charlestown ,
R ichardstow n,M ap astow n
, Shenlis, Tallanstown ,Bally
mascanlan and H agherd [H aggardstow n]. For all he received
less than £30 ! The lay impropriato rs had the rest of the
t i thes , and,let u s hope, rest in their conscience.
Richardstow n Church w as dedicated to St . George the
White, and w as on e of the eight chapels belonging to the
Prior and H ospital of St . J ohn of Ardee. I t w as granted on
the dissolu t ion of the monasteries , wi th the o ther lands and
t i thes of the Ardee H ospital,to the M oore family—ancesto rs
of the Marqu is of D rogheda.
Popu lation.—I n 1666-
7 , there were abou t 40 hou seholders
in R ichardstow n parish,w hich con tain ed bu t one tow nland .
Captain J ohn Barn ard (spelled Bern ard in Faithfu lTow n ley ’ s Will 1661)paying then fo r no less than six hearths
and probably residing in the castle . The popu lation in 1 821
R I CHARDSTOWN Z V IS ITAT IONS OF 1690 AND’
2.
(wi th the su b - division Cr in stow n w as 484 ; in 1831 , 537
in 1841 , 542 ; in 1851 , 499 ; in 1861, 326 ; in 18 7 1 , 236 ; in
1881,198 in 1891 ,
1 18 in 1901 , 139 (68 males, 7 1 females
of w hom 127 w ere Roman Catholics 3 Chu rch of I reland ,8
Presbyterians, and 1 of an other religion).
The chu rch of R ichardstow n has been in ru in s since 1641 ,
and the parish remained u nited to Staban non u n til 1883.
The graveyard is now vested in the Board of Gu ardian s .
I n 1690 D romin and M anfieldstow n parishes w ere held at
the same t ime by Rev . Robert H ou ghton,w ho became Vicar
of Staban non in 167 5.
Episcopal Visitations Oi1690 —The follow ing is the re
tu rn as to Stabannon fo r the former year
Chu rch ou t of repair : n ot repaired because the parishionersof Manfieldstow n do refuse to con tribu te to the repairs of thechurch, as they had obliged themselves to do . Chan cel w i llcost £40, Body of Chu rch, £7 0. The chan cel is distingu ished fromthe body of the chu rch by the bredth (sic), the body bein g a
foot broader than the chancel . Chu rchyard ou t of repair, orderedto be fen ced . No C.P . Book, n o Bible, n o Plate Chest or RegisterBook
, n o Bell , Conven iency for tw o Bells . Min ister ofiiciates
at Dromin . The repairs of the w hole chu rch bein g too greata charge for the parishioners ofit , and also because the parishionersof Manfieldstow n refuse (as above). Parishi oners of both havereferred to your Grace ’
s determination . Minister resides inR ichardstow n , ofiiciates at Dromin also catechises in Len t at
Dromin . No Schoolmaster .
In the Episcopal Visitat ion Book of 1692 the same note
occu rs as to the reason of the ruin ou s state of the chu rch ,and
w e are told that
The chan celis d istingu ished from the body by an arch .
no bells . People meet by common consen t at certain hours . No
Plate nor Books . [A chalice and paten must have been pu rchasedsoon after, as their hall -mark dates Popish Priest (sic)Patrick Conn alan , no Mass hou se, no Meeting-hou se, no Schoolmaster . Ordered that care shou ld be taken that the Lord ’s Daybe not prophaned, as I am in formed the same has been formerlyin these parts ; ordered that the Act of Parliamen t, re cu rsingand sw earing be read as directed .
As will be seen in the Appendix the Ancient Baptismal
132 CHAP . I I I .—STABANNON AND Ricnannsrow n PARISHES .
Register has en t ries going back to the year 1688—a veryrare thing in I reland . Some leaves have, however , been
lost, and the records of several years are therefore missing .
This R egister w as u sed fo r n oting in teresting even ts con
cerning the chu rch for in stan ce
I n 17 01 i t tells u s Thomas Ru dd w as par ish clerk ; 17 03,
Samu el Rankin ,parish clerk ; 17 13, erect ion of steeple .
From the D iocesan Register w e find that P rimate Marsh
commission ed on Sep . 25th ,17 13,
J ohn,B ishop of Dromore,
to con secrate this chu rch n ew ly-bu ilt and the chu rchyard
thereto adj oin ing . Another commission from PrimateLindsay
to the same B ishop f or the same pu rpose dates 1 1 Nov . , 17 14 .
This became necessary ,becau se Primate Marsh had died
2nd N ovember , 17 13,within a w eek of issu ing the first com
mission , which thereu pon became inval id .
The followin g ex t racts from the Vest ry Books made by
M r. Garstin con tinu e the histo ry of the chu rch down to 1800 .
Unfortu n ately ,these books are now missing throu gh the
carelessness of some chu rch ofiicial o r Body . They were
forw arded by the Ru ral Dean Wi th the Registers t o the
Public Record O ffice on the death of thelas t Incumbent of
Stabannon ,bu t the Depu ty Keeper , M r. Mills , informed the
w r iter that he retu rned them to the parish to be preserved
among the records . The Representative Chu rch Body seems
how ever to have lost all t race of them— st range
EX TRACTS FROM STABANNON VESTRY BOOKS,
BY JOHN RI BTON GARSTI N , D .L .,
17 13 May 6—Copy of an instrumen t of the~
Vicars Choral of St . Patrick’s,Du blin , dated 6th May , 17 13
Whereas the Parish Chu rch and Chancell of Stabannon in theDiocese of Ardmagh are in a ru in ou s condition , and the parishionersby Act of Vestry, 6 April, 17 13, agreed to the rebu ild ing of sd.
chu rch on a new fou n dation ,—bu t chan cell cannot be removed
or rebu ilt w ithou t consen t of Impropriators . Consen t accordingly,and u ndertake not to plead exemption on accou n t of change, bu tnot to pay for removal or rebu ild ing .
R obt . H all, Peter Fin ell , John Worral (Dean ’
sVicar), Chas . Taylor,
J08 .Wi lkinson , Dan . Rosingrave, Geo . Rogers, Richd .Warren ,John
Harris.
”[These are signatu res of the Vicars Choral of St .
Patrick’s, Du blin , Impropriators of the Rectory ]
134 CHAP . I I I .—STABANNON AND c nAnnsrow n PARISHES .
17 50 Jun e 5 . Tw o sates to be bu ilt by Mr . Saml . Austin [Aston] for hisProtestan t ten n an ts at the sou th side of sd. ehu rch and w est end,con formable to the rest of the fron ts of the pew ee.
”
17 50 Oct 3.—Cess of 5d . per acre=£3 12s . 10d. for men ding ceiling, etc .
17 51 March 27 .—Gees of £11 18s. l oad . on parishion ers of Stabann on ,
Dromin ,R ichardstow n , and Mosstow n .
Chu rchw ardens’ Accoun t of 25 April, 17 49, in clu des8 (1
Lu ke Pidgeon , for bu ilding ye pound, 3 15 0
At 8 di ff eren t times for w ine for ye Commumon and bottlesEach time at tw o shillings a bottle (sic) l 0 0
For Allen the slater ’s sallary , 1 12 6
Atten din g Visitation and takin g ou t Articles, 0 10'
0”
Apri l 9 .—Cess of £210s . 0d . to take ou t an Un i on for ye parishes
of R ichardstow n , Dromin andMosstow n to ye parish of Stobann on .
”
Mar 27 .—Cess ofid . per acre=£5 19s . 54d . on parishes of St .Abann on .
R ichardstow n , Dromin , Mosstow n and Philli pstow n for ParishClerk, etc .
April 15 .—George Wynn e and Samu el Austin havin g at previou s
vestries been assign ed w aste groun d on the N . and S . side respectivelyof the ch . n ext the door to build a seat u pon , agree to exchan geand Vestry rati fy ; Au stin to bu ild on e for himself and on e forhis ten an ts Wynn e on e . R ichard Riddog, ofDromin , appoin tedPoun dkeeper of Dromin . Patrick Boileau and James Kieranappraisers of R ichardstow n and Stickillen ; and sun dry roads tobe repaired by the six days labou r .
Oct 2. A b lan ket for a parish ch ild, 28 . 84d.
March 31.—Cess of gd . per acre=£11 3s . 4d . for repairs.
April 30.—Cess of &d . per acre on parishes of Stabann on , Dromin ,
R ichardstow n , Philipstow n and Mosstow n for repairs of chu rchyardw all of Stabann on .
Oct 5 .—Repairs of su ndry roads by six days labour , overseers named .
Apri l 12.—Cass of 2d . to rebu ild churchyard w all of Stabannon .
Mar . 28—Cess of £6 9s. 6d . for in ter alia, new gate for chu rchyardand repairs of w all—James Thorn ton
,clerk (also Schoolmaste r
V.B . 17 55 ; n o SchoolmasterApri l 17 .
-Patrick Donnelly, par . clerk £10, List of poor at Easter,25 n ames.
Sep . 30.—Roads to be repaired by 6 days labour u nder directi on of
Arthur Craven for West, James Poe for East, Wm. Bru erton forSou th and par . of R ichardstow n , and An thony Garstin for Northside—viz . : Braganstow n and the Narrow Lane .
Apr . 4 .—Thomas M ‘
Horish [now Magorisk] and An drew Garlandappraisers.
Apri l 13. for parish clerk ; 30s . for each squ are the spireshall con tain on measu remen t for repairing same .
” Bible and
Prayer Book ordered .
Aprl . 5 .—John Mafiet t par . clerk .
May 13. for an orphan left on the parish .
Sep . 26.—Parish pou nds of Drom in and Staban non ou t of repair ;
Markis Occletree keeper of pou nd of Stabannon .
VESTRY Boox EXTRACTS , 17 50 135
£2 16s . 10d . to be raised for pain ting the spire [so it w as probablythen of w ood] ; Edw ard Gun nell parish clerk .
17 65 Apri l 9 .—Repairs of lead w ork and spire of the stiple of Stabann on .
1768—Andr ew Agar [Eagar] parish clerk17 70 April 17 .
—Three guin eas for a pair 01 stocks : Arthu r Craven , Esq.,
and his heirs empow ered to erect within ten years a galary overthe chu rch door as an appendix to his estate and at his disposall .
”
Assessmen t of 1d . per acre , accordin g to the Dow n Su rvey .
”
17 72Apri l 21.—John R ice, sexton ; Andrew Eager, clerk, £10.
17 7 3 Ju ly 12.—Chu rch exceedingly ou t of repair, ceilin g in danger of
fallin g on the Heads of the con gregation .
”Estimate to be pre
pared by Messrs . Gill and Graham .
17 7 4 April 5 .—Roof to be forthw i th stripped of slates and lathes. Cess
of 25d . to raise £54 6s . 5d . No service, the chu rch bein g repaired .
Barn aby Fox , parish clerk .
17 7 5 Apri l 18 .—Gees 25d . per acre . Chu rchw ardens accou n ts : R ichards
tow n , 54 7 acres ; Dromin , acres ; Stabann on , acres.
N .B .-Lost lands in Hamlinstow n and Law lesstow n , 584 acres ;
Braganstow n d itto, 353 acres .
” Mr . Garetin charged himself w i thcess on these 353 acres. Chur ch closed for repair .
Sep . 26.—Cess for the stoco man to make the mou ldings, car
pon te r, glazier, etc .
17 7 6 Apri l 9 .- Poor list 18 n ames, in clu dingWidow Macken ,Widow Fagan .
Mr . Garstin died 15th of May ,
17 7 9 Apr . 6.—Thomas Gibton , formerly schoolmaster to William Ogle
[R . of Kilsaran appoin ted sexton ; a new pou nd to be builtfor Stabannon .
17 82Apri l 2nd, 9 th , 16th .—The Vicar sick [This refers to Rev . George
Jackson ,w ho died betw een l 6th and 24th April , the date of the
presen tation of his su ccessor].
17 82 Ju ly 10. 1s . 6d . for a new Bell and floor in steeple . [N .B .—The
bell at presen t in the tow er is stamped 17 7 7 , and Parish Registersays it w as first tolled for a fun eral in
17 83 Apri l 3. 5s . 0d . rew ard for detection of thief w ho stole copperw eathercock ou t of sd . church .
17 83 May 6.—A sou nding -board over pu lpit, and a new door at ou ter porch .
Detail of acreage of Stabannon parish tow n landsA . R .
17 7 3 Stabann on .
16 2 Glebe .
43 Melvin .
183 Dromgooldstow n (oiw hich Law lestow n has 48 acres).2
0
27 9 0 Clin tonstow n (of w hich Hamlinstow n has 10a . 2r .)353 1 Braganstow n .
253 1 B oothetow n .
467 O Drumcashell .
R ichardstow n tow nl and and parish .
CHAP. I I I .—SrA
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sANN0N ANT) RicHARDsrow n PARISHES . 136
17 84 Mar . 16.—The previou s applotmen t n ot specifying landholders,
a fu ller one is en tered, givin g all the n ames according to tow n lands.
Amon gst the n ames are
Braganstow n Mrs Garstin ,
Patrick Plun kett,.
Roodstow n John Callan ,
Drumcashell Arthu r CravenThomas M ‘
Gorisk,Patt . M ‘
Cann ,
Stabann on Rev . Mr . H u dson ,
Fu lbrook Samu el Poe,Drumgoolestow n
Mr . Wynn e,Clin tonstow n C. Tisdall ,
Note at foot
Arthu r Craven and ten an ts, 233a . 2r .
Late Thos. Sw eetlove and tenan ts, 233a . 2r .
467 m Drumcashell .
17 85—A cu shion for the pu lpit ordered .
17 86 Sep . 17—In dign an t resolu tions as to R ichard H u dson , Chu rchw ardenw hose accoun ts are termed faul ty and erroneous balan ce tobe su ed for .
17 87 April 10.—The Vestries hen ceforw ard consist of Protestan t Par
ishion ers . Shu tters to be pu t to w in dow s .
l 7 89—Cess for repairing the an cien t churchyard w all of R ichardstow n .
17 94—Chu rch and steeple in very decayed state inability of parishionersto repair them . Pew holders to be asked to do so ; aid of LordPrimate in voked 124 persons exempted from paymen t of Hearthmon ey tax .
17 95—Due by the Rectors Vicars Choral, St . Patrick ’ s, Du b lin) forrepairin g the chan cel, 10s. ; seat at n orth -east corner shall for thefu tu re be for the u se of A. Hen ry his heirs and assigns .
17 95 Aug . 24 .—The seat at the corner, formerly occu pied by the
Tenison family, n ow n on - residen t, gran ted to Mrs. Elin or Craven ,
of Drumcashell, she relin quishing her former one, w hich w as byact of Special Vestry assigned to Mr . James Craw ley, of R ichardstow n .
17 96—Four pinn acles, 5f t . Sins . high, to be fixed on the chu rch steepleas orn amen ts, costin g £15 83 . 0d R ichard Delamar, stonecu tter,employed ; Arthu r H agan to get 21s. a year for keeping the roof inrepair in su ccession to H u gh Reilly, Slater, dismissed .
17 97—Tender for dashing the ou tside . Steeple w ith inside of parapet,320 yards at (M. 40 bis . lime, at 14d ; 40 loads of sea san d and
pebble , at 13d . O u tside w all 211 yards ; six labou rers, 65 . 6d.
17 99 To raise the six militia men , the complimen t w hich falls to thisparish su rpl us, 3s. 3d. B u i lding poor seat, £8 15s. 0d .; Cu shions£4 l l s . 0d .
INHAB ITANTS AT T IME or THE U N ION . 137
PROPOSED APPLOTlVIENT,1801 .
A proposed applotment on the several inhabitants by tow n
lands similar to that of 17 84 , bu t fu ller , dated 28th April ,1801 , is shown in the Vest ry Book as follow s
ROOTSTOWN
Phili p M ‘
Ardle,Ch . Jordan ,
Thomas Plunkett,Thomas Han lon ,
Widow Creaton ,
Michael Ru ddy,Wm. M
‘
Cart ney,Mat . Plun kett,Pat . Dow dall,
DRUMOASHELLPat . Lynchy ,James Lyn chy ,Rd . M
‘
Gee,Chs . M
‘
Gee,Wm. Holland,Rep . Stu . Jordan ,
J u o . Bell,Mrs. Craven ,
Au ty . M‘
Gorisk ,Tom. M
‘
Gorisk,Pat . M
‘
Gorisk ,Pat . Plu nkett,Kate Marry,Richd. Clin ton ,
Pat . Clin ton ,
Edw . Magee,
STABANNON
Lau . Mathew s,Mr . Mu rphy,Torn . M
‘
Keon ,
Pat . Thorn ton ,
Kate Marry,Hu gh Mathew s,Den is Mackin ,
Michael Clin ton ,
Tom. Clin ton ,
Mat . M‘
Q uillian ,
Ow en Lane,James Hand,Rd . Clin ton ,
Jas . Carroll,Rd . Pen tony,An tony Hand,Tom. Coyle,Bryan M‘
Nally ,
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J Wooley,Pat . Lane,Rd . H u dson ,
J as . Cou rcan ,
DRUMGOOLESTOWN .
Mr . Pend leton ,
Mrs. Vickers,Cormac Magu ire,Widow Brann igan ,
Dan li
. Doonegan ,
H u gh Matthew s,J Vickers, viceTom. Smith (erased)Pat . Brann igan ,
J u o . Hal fpenn y,Robt . Wynn e,James Carney,Ow en Lane,J as . Byrn e,Pat . Carroll,J as . Moore,Peter Hand ,Pat . Shiels,Widow Harman ,
Pat . Plu nkct t ,Tom. Brennan ,
J as . Carroll,Tom. Bride,Bryan Bride,Pat . Carn ey,Matt . Con lan ,
John Dun n ,
John Raff erty,T0111. Craw ley,Bryan Dumin ,
Pat . Green e,Bryan Greene,J as . Hoey,Thos . Hoey,Pat . Colgan ,
Pete r Hyans,J as . Byrn e,Mat . Kearns,John Colgan
45
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BRAGGAN STOWN .
Mrs . Garstin ,
the Poes’ lands.
4 7 0
138 CHAP . III . -STABANNON AND Ria ansrow n PARISHES .
John Cu rren ,
John Collins,James H u rst,James Cusick,Phili p Clarke,Thomas WallaceOw en Cunehan ,
Tom. Plunket,Denn is Cu rran ,
Pat . DromgoolePat . Plun kett,James Flann iganJohn Groogan ,
Larry Plun ket,Pat . Canlon ,
Ow en Carn ey, Total for parish. 2 0
John Carney, Ordnan ce Su rvey has 3 11
Rd. Plun ket,Pat . Finegan ,
R I CHARDSTOWN
Art . Ward,Henry Boyde,Pat . Dumin ,
Ml. Carrol,Patk . Carrol,Edw . Dumin ,
Thomas LambLarry Plun ket,Ow en Carney,Pat . Wallace,Tom. Flann igan ,
Pat . Plu nk et,
Cm ronsrow rt .
Mr . Tisdall, 113 3 0
Wm. Sharkey, 10 3 0
J as. Rafierty and Pat .
Brady,Ml . M
‘
Gee,Peter Lamb, Total for R ichardstow n , 54 7 O 0
Tom. Rafierty , [The Ordnan ce Su rvey has 1,107 a .
Wm. Halfpenny, Or . 22p . statu te ]The absence of n ames commencing w ith Mac and O is n otew orthy.
Extracts fromEntries of Church Collections Book17 95—H .W. SWw art , Cu rate, gives l s. 1d . each to the parish poor, 6. The
collections range from 1d . (tw ice), 14d . (5 times) averaging abou t1s . 6d . u p to 53 . 5d . on Christmas Day . Total for year abou t £2109 .
17 98—List of 8 poor w omen ; 2 marked protestan ts and 1 palsied .
8 MaryWall , Dromgoolestow n , w idow . N .B .—This w oman read
her recan tation , bu t is a dou btfu l character, and ou ght to be lookedafter that the mon ey may not be given to un w orthy objects.
17 99 Oct . 6 and Nov . 3—“ No congregation .
1800 Aug . 31 I w as i ll—no service . Sep One bad S ixpence .
Tom. Garn on ,
Nichs . Garn on,Jas . Garnon ,
George Garn on ,
John Farky ,Dan l . M ‘
Nally,Hu gh Matthew s,Pat . Faulln
'
n ,
Ow en M ‘
En teggar t ,Thos. Du fiey ,John R u ddy,Pat . M
‘
Ardle,Bryan M ‘
Cabe,Edw ard Whate ,
Lau r . Keeran ,
Pat . Mu llen ,
Edw . Pat .Mathew sDo . (Bog)
Mr . Brereton ,
Pat . Eakins,Rd . Keeran ,
Mr . Hen ry,Jas. Carroll,Jos. M
‘
Gee,Wm. Teamey,Jas . Craw ley,Bryan Matthew s,Pat . Kearns,Chs . Keog,Mx. Vickers,Tom. Rispan ,
140 CHAP. I I I .—STABANNON AND c mnnsrow n PARISHES .
learn that there w ere 10 Protestan ts families and 201 Roman
Catholic families in the parish , and two R .C. assistant Priests
[one f or Mosstow n R ichardstown had 13 Protestant
and 58 R oman Catholic families .
From the Retu rn of Vestry Levies, 1811 (Vol . in Marsh ’s
Lib rary), w e take the following extracts
18 11—Cess £38 128 . 8d., at 4d . per acre, in clu ding repairs of
window s, doors and pew s, £12 and new door to R ichardstow n chu rchyard, £1 17 s . 1d . T . Parkinson , Vicar .
1812 9s. 6d .,at 3d . per acre .
New B ible, £2 53 . 6d . ; n ew cloth for Commun i on Table,Readin g Desk and Pu lpit , £5 13s . 9d .
1813 2s. 11d ., at 24d . per acre . Repairs to chu rchyard
w alls and ceilin g of chu rch , £5 . Alteration to win dowshu tters and iron bars, £2 [This last item seems to poin tto the distu rbed state of the cou n try at the time] .
1814 7 s . 9d ., at Sid . per acre . Rebu i lding part of chu rchyard w all, £3. Repairs to roof in jured by storm , £5 13s 9d .
Repairs to chu rch bell , £1.
1815 A cess of 6d . an acre, amou n tin g to £57 19s. 0d . w as
laid on the u n ited parishes to pay salaries, etc ., and for re
pairs to the chu rch , very old and decayed , to repair churchyard w all—alw ays damaged by the cou n try people repairsto w in dow shu tters, men din g chu rch w in dow s, removingban ks of clay f rom chu rch w al l, ston ing, levelling roun dand plan ting chu rchyard , etc .
”
1816 83 . 54d , at 45d per acre . Erecting tw o new pew s ,£11 10s . 6d. Dashin g and w hitew ashing chur ch insideand ou tside, £8 6s. 6d .
1817 16s. 0d., at 55d 34d ). Repairin g roof and corn ice
of chu rch , damaged by minaret b low n from the steeple,£3. Erecting min aret, £1.
1818 12s . 8d ., at 4d . Stove in church, £10. 3 Jun e
Special Vestry - 1%d . an acre laid on to su pport tw o orphanchildren , w hose mother died of typhu s fever in the fields,£14 98 . 9d.
From the Census Returns 01 1821, w hich adds Bog tow n
and Clu de to the list of tow n lands given at the beginning of
this chapter , w e find that the chief indu st ry , besides agri
cul tu re, w as han d- loom w eaving and flax spinn ing . Among
t he prin cipal residents in the parish at that date w ere —in
DRUMCASHEL tow nland—H on . M rs. H ume Tisdal , aged 50,
and her sister , H on . Su san Plu nket , occu py ing 17 ac res ;Rev . Owen Dealey ,
Parish Pr iest of Stabannon and Kilsaran
aged 69, occu pying 13‘
acres ; Margaret Callan ,aged 56,
CH IEF RES IDENTS NAMED IN CEN S U S , 1821 AND ’
31 . 141
holding 66 acres, besides 150 acres in Charlestow n , 38 in
D romiskin , 7 0 in Du nany, and 65 in D romin Parishes . I n
STABANNON tow n land— Rev . Thomas Parkin son ,Recto r
,
aged 46, holding 17 acres. H ester his w ife, aged 40 . his children-Thomas , aged 1 1 J ohn
,aged 5 Anne
,aged 10 Isabella ,
aged 8 ,and Jane M cGee
,his sister -in - law
,aged 30 The
par ish chaple (sic) is in this tow nlan d . The par ish chu rch
and its bu r ial grou n d are in this t ow nl an d . The chu rch
of Stebannon is bu ilt 108 years Back . There are 24 H ou ses
in the Village of Stabannon . A school in the T .L.,con tain ing
24 boys and 20 girls . I n BRAGGI NSTOWN (sic)—Eliza
Garstin, aged 54 , holding 500 acres , her children—Rev .
An thony , aged 27 ,N orman ,
17 , Sharlot [sic z Charlot te], 20,
Fran ces , 18 ,Mary , 16, Anne ,
15 . I n CLI NTON STOWN—Thomas
Tisdall , gen t . , aged 45 ,holding 7 53 acres [Thomas Tisdall , of
Charleville, Colon el Royal Art illery , born 23 April , 17 69, w as
the son of J ohn Tisdal l , w ho mar riedin 17 57 ,Mar tha,
dau ghter
of Charles Aston of Ardee a descendan t of Maj o r Sir Will iam
Aston . J ohn Tisdall w as the son of Edw ard (son of Pat r ick)Tisdall , who mar ried in 17 24 Elizabeth Darl ing. Colon el
Thomas Tisdall w as H igh Sher i ff in Peter Coleman , aged
42, Barony Con stab le . I n R ICHARDSTOWN H amlet there
were 17 hou ses The an cien t Castle of R ichardstow n i s
si tu ate in this T .L.,is in good repai r , and occu pied by J ohn
H enry , Esq ., aged 27 Anne H en ry , his w ife, aged 26, J ohn ,
his son , 1 . The ru in s of the old chu rch and its bu r ial grou nd
are in this par ish .
The Census of 1831 adds to the denominat ions of tow n lands
of 1821 the su b -div ision s of Balregan ,Nar row Lan e, Kellys
town and Whitebog . Colonel Tisdall lives in Charlev ille,
Rev . Thomas Parkinson in Stabannon , Rev . An thon y Garstin
in Braganstow n , and George Elliot t , Esq ., at Drumcashel .
There seems to have been no Glebe House in the par ish for
some cen tu r ies . I n the V .B . of 1803, how ever ,We are told thatthe Vicar , Rev . Thomas Mu rphy, resides in offices bu il t
142 CHAP . I I I .—STABANNON AND R I CHARDS '
I'
OWN PARISHES .
by himself , and inten ds to bu ild a glebe hou se. In 1806
(Ecol . Com. Rep .) Rev . Thomas Mu rphy , resident , has cu re
of soul s and discharges the du t ies ; a chu rch in Stabann on
in in diff erent o rder , a glebe hou se on a glebe of six acres con
tigu ou s to the chu rch . From the Building Papers,w e find that M r . Mu rphy had applied f or a new glebe hou se
in 17 96. Bu t i t w as not approved t ill 1816—to cost £800 .
The total cost , how ever , came t o £950 35 . 35d. as measu red
and valu ed f or the Vicar , Rev . Thomas Parkinson , in 1819 .
There is a let ter f rom him extan t complaining of the large
sums lavished u pon it .
Vestry Levies continued
1819—Gees £24 28 . 4d ., at 44d .
1820 9s. 6d ., at 3d . Tw o new P . Books, £2 10s . 0d.
1821 5s. 10d ., at 5d .
New flooring the chu rch : a composition floor, £3 88 . 3d .
New w indow s in chu rch , £20.
1822 12s. 9d ., at 3d . For en closin g R ichardstow n bu ry in g
groun d w ith a stone w all and iron gate, costing £2103. 0d
Total, £12 l 0s . 0d .
1823 133 . 3d ., at 6d . For a new parchmen t- leaved Vestry
Book , £2 53 . 6d . For erectin g an ir on gate and piersto Stabann on chu rchyard , £9 18s. 0d. For rebuildingchu rchyard w all, etc .
, £19 7 s . 0d .
Du ring the In cumbency of Rev . Thomas Parkinson , who
w as in st itu ted on the resignat ion of Rev . Thomas Mu rphy ,
on October 10 ,1807 ,
not on ly w as a glebe house built bu t
the church itself w as rebuilt in the year 1829—begu n in 1826.
M r . Parkinson seems to have been aman of strong conv ict ions
remin ding on e of his fou rteenth centu ry predecessor,
J ohnWhitehead , —aman also who w as not afraid of expressing
them , and w ho feared no man , bu t on ly God. This appears
from his letters , his retu rns at Visitations , and f rom stories
han ded dow n by t radition abou t him . (See p .
The state 01 the Parish in his t ime i s seen from the
following retu rn by Rev . R ichard Olpherts, Ru ral Dean at
the Visitation of 1826
Thomas Parkinson , Vicar . Oi the glebe—w hich is over 22acres in exten t of w hich on ly 5 are allow ed to the residen t clergy
142 CHAP . I I I .—SrABANNON AND R ICHARDS
’
I OWN PARISHES .
by himself , and inten ds to bu ild a glebe hou se . In 1806
(Ecol . Com. Rep .) Rev . Thomas Mu rphy , residen t , has cu re
of sou ls and discharges the du ties ; a chu rch in Stabannon
in indifferen t order , a glebe hou se on a glebe of six acres con
tigu ou s to the chu rch . From the Building Papers,w e find that Mr . Mu rphy had applied f or a n ew glebe hou se
in 17 96. Bu t i t w as not approved t ill 1816—to cost £800 .
The total cost , how ever , came t o £950 35 . 34d. as measu red
and valu ed f or the Vicar , Rev . Thomas Parkinson , in 18 19 .
There is a let ter f rom him extan t complaining of the large
sums lavished u pon it .
Vestry Levies continued
1819—Cess £24 2s . 4d ., at 44d .
1820 9s. 6d ., at 3d . Tw o new P. Books, £2 10s . 0d .
1821 5s. 10d ., at 5d .
New floorin g the chu rch : a composition floor, £3 8s . 3d .
New window s in chu rch , £20.
1822 12s . 9d ., at 3d . For enclosin g R ichardstow n bu ryin g
grou nd w ith a ston e w all and iron gate, costin g £2103 . 0d
Total, £12 103 . 0d .
1823 13s . 3d ., at 6d . For a new parchmen t- leaved Vestry
Book, £2 53 . 6d . For erectin g an iron gate and piersto Stabann on chu rchyard , £9 183 . 0d . For rebuildingchur chyard w all, etc .
, £19 7 9 . 0d .
Du r ing the In cumben cy of Rev . Thomas Parkin son , w ho
w as in st itu ted on the resign at ion of R ev . Thomas Mu rphy ,
on October 10 ,1807 , n ot on ly w as a glebe house built bu t
the church itself w as rebuilt in the year 1829—begu n in 1826.
M r . Parkin son seems to have been aman of strong conv ict ions
remin ding on e of his fou r teen th cen tu ry predecessor,J ohnWhitehead , —aman also w ho w as not afraid of expressing
them , and w ho feared no man , bu t only God. This appears
from his let ters , his retu rns at Visitat ions , and from stories
han ded dow n by tradit ion abou t him . (See p .
The state of the Parish in his t ime i s seen f rom the
follow ing retu rn by Rev . R ichard Olpherts, Ru ral Dean at
the Visi tat ion of 1826
Thomas Parkinson , Vicar . Oi the glebe—w hich is over 22acresin extent of w hich on ly 5 are allow ed to the residen t clergy
PAR I SH AND CHURCH in 191 11CENTURY. CHARLEV I LLE . 143
man , all the remainder is leased from aw ay from] the clergyby the Vicars Choral of St . Patrick . The 17 acres are set totenan ts and pay their ren ts to the V. Choral . Wm. Barron(or Byrne), parish clerk . A n ew clerk, to act also as schoolmaste r to be appoin ted—vi z .
, James H urst, now nearly train edin Kil dare Street . Not any chu rch in the Un i on (Stabann on and
R ichardstow n)at presen t fit for service a n ew on e abou t to beroofed ; a large B ible and t w o Pr . Books kept in Vicar ’s hou se,w here service is performed on Su n day a .m. One silver cu p and
paten no table lin en , bu t a late Vestry ordered some . Chu rchyard su fficien tly fen ced by a w all a dead body has been bu riednear the chu rch, bu t as the new one has been bu i lt a few feetnearer the north, a gravel w alk w i ll su rroun d it . Div in e Serviceon Sun day, Christmas Day , Good Friday at 12 a .m. Ministerand congregation pu n ctu al ; attendan ts—20-36. Sacramen ts sixtimes a year ; 30 Commu n ican ts, su pplied With books . Pro
testan t families stationary 5 to 6 children catechised on Sun dayby Incumben t, residen t in glebe hou se ; no cu rate ; no site bu tgrou nd adjoin ing the glebe has been promised by Mr . Filgate
to bu i ld a glebe hou se . [This seems a strange en try, cons iderin gthat a globe hou se had been bu ilt eight years before] . Matrimon ialceremony not according to Canons, there being no chu rch . RomanCatholic families increasin g, bu t not ow ing to Protestan ts con
forming to that faith ; n o Dissen ters .
Lewis s Topographical Dictionary ,1837 , states that
Charleville, belonging to Lieu t -Col . Tisdall , w as one of
the oldest hou ses in the cou n ty ,having been bu il t in 1640 .
The presen t handsome st ru ctu re cann ot how ever date from
the seven teen th cen tu ry . The old name of the place w as
Clin tonstow ne , and i t w as the chief seat of the Clin ton family .
The Pierce family lived there in 1664 , and i t w asmost probably
the residence of Rev . MossomWye (w ho m. a M iss Pierce)abou t 30 years later , when he w as Recto r of Kilsaran and
Du nleer . The'
Du nkins (see Dunkin and Tisdal l Wills)seemto have held i t subsequ ently and u p to 17 55. Soon after i t
w as pu rchased by J ohn Tisdall , of Clin tonstow n e. Fromthe Tisdall family i t passed , in the last cen tu ry , to M r. O
’
Reilly
Dease, M .P. H e w as su cceeded by his n ex t -oi-kin , the
present ow ner , Edmu n d O’
Conor, D .L.,H igh Sheri ff 1894 ,
eldest son of Maj o r R ichard Ross O’
Conor of the 17 th Regt ,
who married in 1891 Mau d, dau ghter of Daniel 1.O’
Connell
144 CHAP. III . - S rABANN0N AND R ICHARDSTOWN Panrsnss.
D .L. ,Grenagh , Co . Ker ry, a grand-niece of the “
Liberator .
I n 1837 the ti thes of Stabannon amou n ted to £498 1os. 0d. ,
of which the Vicars Choral received £298 1os. 0d., and the
Vicar £200 .
I n the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of 1836,the glebe in the hands of the Vicar is valu ed at £12 105 .
In cumbent reports that he does not receive any emolument
whatever from th e Parish of R ichardstown , al thou gh de
nomin ated a Vicarage , that he spent £138 of his own money
wi thou t leaving any charge on his su ccessor on the glebe
hou se, bu i lt 1818 , at a cost (besides aforesaid)of 95 . 3d .,
w hich w as half a loan and half a gift from the Board of FirstFruits that chu rch accommodat ion w as for 1 10 , chu rch bu il t
1826, cost £7 84 125 . 3d. , of which three-qu arters w as a loan
from the Board of First Fru i ts . The greater part of the
congregation , i t is observed , live too f ar distant from the
chu rch to meet at evening service on Su n day . The Lord
Primate i s Patron of R ichardstown Vicarage, bu t bot h
Recto rial and Vicarial t i thes belong to Viscou n t Fer rard ,
w i thou t any compensat ion to Vicar fo r discharge of clerical
du t ies . H ere w e have revealed t o u s the in ju st ice felt by
the Vicar on accou n t of the misappropriation of the t i thes
of the Parish .
A strange story abou t Rev. Mr. Parkinson has been p re
served,w hich throw s an interesting side- light on his character .
I t mu st have occu r red abou t the year 1816, the year of the
celeb rated bu rn ing of Wild Goose Lodge, when , accordingto a proclamation of Feb ru ary 1816, w e find the Baronies of
Lou th and Ardee in a state of distu rbance . I have the sto ry
f rom his grandson , Very Rev . Dr . Ovenden, Dean of Clogher,
who wr ites
My mother’
s father, Rev . Thomas Parkinson , w as Rectorin Stabannon at the time of the rebellion . The rebels w ere at
that time bu rn ing all before them . A company came to bu rnStabannon Rectory ; my grand -father arrayed himself in his
can on icals and met them at the avenu e gate, w ith a large Bible
146 CHAP . III . - 8 1ABANN0N AND R ICHARDSTOWN PARISHES .
div ided , in the Chu rch of Ireland arrangement , betw een the
Un ions of Ardee and Kilsaran , the tow nlan ds of Braganstow n ,
Stabannon—in clu ding the chu rch—Dromgoolestow n an d
Clin tonstow n e going to Kilsaran w hile Roodstow n and
Drumcashell w i th the pari sh of R ichardstown w ere added to
Ardee Union .
The Glebe w as bou ght by the Represen tative Chu rch Body
from the Chu rch Temporali t ies Commission ers , and after the
death of the last In cumben t , Rev . J ohn Grahame,sold in
1889 to his dau ghters and only children , the M isses H . and R .
Grahame. The p rofit on the sale of the glebe amou n t ing
to £17 5 95 . 10d. w as equ ally divided between Kilsaran and
Ardee parishes .
Divine Service continu ed t o be held in the Pari sh Chu rch
in the aftern oon f or some t ime after the parish w as div ided
bu t there being no Protestan t parishion ers to -day , ex cept a
f ew families which at tend the chu rches of Ardee and Kilsaran
pari shes , the chu rch has n ow bein g closed f or several years ,
except f or occasional service.
The han dsome n ew Roman Catholic Church at Stabannon
w as buil t from the design of Mr. Byrn e, architect , of Du b lin ,
on the site of the old one du ring the pastorate of Rev . Peter
Pen tony ,P.P. ,
and completed in 1899. I t cost abou t
A fine- ton ed bell , the gift of M rs. M agee of Roodstow n , w as
hun g in the tower a few years ago . The schools adj oining
o f which M r. P . O’
Brien and M iss Lenn on are principals
are connected w i th the Nat ional Board .
CHAPTER IV
MANFIELDSTOWN PAR ISH .
Topography.—The parish of Manfieldstow n
, con tain in g
2419 acres 3 roods 26 perches statu te acres , is in the Barony
of Lou th . I t in clu des the tow n lands of Manfieldstow n,
Loughanmore ,Baw n
, Upper Gainstow n,Wo t tonstow n ,Wood
town , Gilbertstow n and Derry cammagh ,and is boun ded on
the S ou th by the R iver Glyde , w hich here separates the
parliamen tary division s of N orth and Sou th Lou th , on the
West by the small an cien t par ish of Clonkeehan, on the N or th
by Darver and D romiskin , and on the East by D romiskin .
I t lies in the Ru ral D ist rict of Ardee and Parliamentary
Division of Sou th Lou th .
The popu lation in 1821 w as in 1831 , in 184 1 ,
in 1851 ,652 ; in 1861 , 47 1 ; in 187 1 , 445 ; in 188 1
,
395 ; in 1891 , 296 ; in 1901 , 266 137 males and 129
females ; of w hom 265 are R oman Catholics and one is a
member of the Chu rch of I relan d).
The name i s u n dou btedly der ived from an Anglo -N orman
family called Mau ndeville ,w hich settled here soon after 1 17 2.
Very li t tle is kn ow n how ever abou t them , and I have fou n d
the Mau ndevilles of th is par ish men t ioned bu t on f ew occasions
in S tate papers before the fou rteenth centu ry . M r. Garstin
(whose gate- lodge is w i thin a stone’ s throw of the vi llage which
bears the same n ame as the parish) tells me that the late
H arry J ohnson ,postmaster and repository of mu ch local lo re,
attribu ted the n ame to ownership by Lord M ansfield, who
w as dismissed from being Chancello r of England This ,
however , w as qu i te fanciful and proves that t radi t ion i s
sometimes misleading . In this case i t may have helped to
148 CHAP . IV.—MANFI ELDSTOWN PAR ISH .
lead the experts to keep 5 as the fou r th let ter in the
n ame . According to O ’
Keef fe an d O’
Connor, this
place w as called by the people in I r ish ,in 1835, b aiLe-mic
mart i n—the connection of Which is not clear .
The spelling of the n ame w as very u n sett led . The follow in g
varieties (ar ran ged in diction ary order)have been foun d in
an cient documen ts
Mainsfelston . Manselltow n e .
Mandefield . Mansfeshtow n e .
Mandelvelleston . Mansfieldston ,-tow n (common).
Mandemp le . Maun demleston ,—demlleston .
Mandevilleston ,—tou n , tow n . Mau ndevaleston ,
—veliston .
Mandevillston ,—tow n . The latter ap Maun dveleston .
appears in the striking form of Maundevileston ,—tow n ,—tow ne .
“Man -devills-tow n in the Dow n Mau n devill .
Survey . Maun devilston ,—tow n ,
—vyilistoneMandevilston ,
—tow n . [Pap . Tax .] ~ vylston-tow ne,
Mandevy lston ,—tow n . Mau nfieldston .
Mandselston . Mau nsfieldtow n ,—ne .
Mandvillstow n (Dow n Survey). Mayn f aldston ,—tow n .
Manf eildston—tow n . Mofielston , Molf eston
Manfieldstow n (n ow usu al)and Mon f eldston ,—f elston .
Manfieldtow n . Mou n tfieldston ,—tow n .
Manfildston ,—tow ne,—tow n .
The O.S .L. tell u s that there w as a moat in Derry cammagh
tow nl an d , and that the Pat ron Day w as 8 th September
the Nativ ity of the B .V.M . The same day is observed in
Kilsaran , and on i t the graves are decorated .
The fou ndat ion of thi s Ancient Parish Church i s lost in
obscu rity , bu t is believed to have been at a very remote period .
The earliest reference that I have fou nd is that qu oted from
the Papal Registers , dated 1299, where J ohn,Vicar of
M au ndeville i s ment ion ed wi th Roger the clerk (p .
w hose name also appears in the Templars papers of 1307 .
(See Chap . I .—Kilsaran , p .
The Peppard family who bu il t the chu rch of Ardee, seemto have owned the Man ors of Manfieldstow n and Ardee in
the t ime of Edward I .,and wi th the Manor w ent the advowson
(see Pipe Rolls). I n one of 33 Edw . I . (Rep . 1906,
p . the lands of M anfieldstow n were in the hands of the
king,becau se Nicholas Du nheved who held that mano r from
the king in capite aliened i t to Ralph Pyppard wi thou t
150 CHAP . IV.—MANF1ELDSTOWN PARISH .
Fitzw arin ,Sen eschal of U lster . S i r H enry ’ s son s
, aided by
Sir R ichard de Bu rgh , Earl of U lster , took proceedings—legal
and otherw ise—again st Fitzw arin . Sir H en ry seems to have
been a relat ive of the above-n amed Sir Robert , perhaps a
son . (Cal . Doc. I . ,
In 1319 the Manor w as gran ted by B . Peppard to R ichard
De Verdon .
The De Verdons and the Manor.— I n 1368 Thomas , son of
N icholas de Verdon , receives a pardon f or alien at ing the
man or w ithou t licence (M .R . Edw . In 137 7 James de
Verdon and R ichard deVerdon statein a pet it ion that SirThos .
de Verdon ,Kn ight , ou tlaw ed , w as seised , in ter alia, oithe
man or, as the king ’ s farmer . I n 1399 an in qu isit ion findsthat M ilo de M andev ille w as se ised of M andevilstow n and
held in capite, and died in 1384 withou t hei rs , that he had a
sister, Olivia, and that R ichard Dake in t ru ded t ill 1386 (M .R .
xiv . , xv ., R ich . I I). I n 1385-6 the cu stodees of Mandeville
’
s
lands were distrain ed , and w e find the estate held by Bar
tholomew , son and heir of R ichard de Verdon (M .R . 8 9,
R ich . I I). I n 1386-
7 cu stody of S i r Thomas de Verdon ’ s
estate w as granted t o J ohn Cru ys , a relat ive by marriage .
The estate inclu ded also the M anor of Clonmore and Dun coul ,and w as valu e for £328 17 5 . 8d.
I n 1403 John Cru ys , Kn ight , is in cu stody f or arrears of
the issu es of the man ors (M .R . 6, H en . IV). Du r ing his trial
an inqu isit ion fou n d that N icholas de Verdon being seisedof the M an or of M andevilleston gran ted same to JohnBaggot , clerke , who gran ted i t to Wm. Napton and Matilda
the w ife of N icholas de Verdon (M .R . 4 , H en . IV). Cru ys
receives a pardon in 1405. In 1407 Bar tholomew Verdon
is fou n d seised of the man or in f ee, w hich w as gran ted by the
king to John Darcy and his hei rs w ith the man or of Stap ton ,
on the forfei tu re of the said Bartholomew (M In 1416
Bar tholomew de Verdon is pardoned . I n 1437 w e find
R ichard Verdon tenan t of Mandevilleston , and the same year
a cu stodiam of the manor, the estate of Bar tholomew de
Verdon , is gran ted to N icholas Taafi .
EARLY Loans 01? THE MANOR , ETC. 151
The Taafles and the Parish.-By an inqu isit ion ,
held in
St . Peter’
s , D rogheda, on the 10 Ju ly ,1436, before Will iam
Somerv ille, Chaplain (f or the Archdeacon) and a j u ry ,i t
w as fou nd that the R . w as vacant and belonged to the p re
sen tation of S i r N icholas Taaff e, w ho presen ted last . As the
last presen tation dates March , 141 1 , the Taafi‘es mu st have
had the advowson then . They regu larly presen ted the
clergy of the parish u n til the Cromw ell ian t imes . Par ts o f
the man or seem to have belonged to John Tan ner in 1439.
(See M .R . 17 , H en . V I .)
From the Pipe Rolls of 1282 (9 Edw . I .)w e find that a
Court of Common Pleas w as held in themanor by R . de North
ampton ,ju stice ; and certain expen ses are paid to Rober t Roth
fo r holding a cou r t in the man or in 1305 (Pipe Rolls, 33
Edw . I .) I n 1310 there is a record of a law su i t con cern ing
a messu age and six acres in the man or Which Ralph Bu rgeys
and Cecilia his w ife claimed from Thomas Dromgoole, J ohnEverard and and his w ife Isabella.
From an ent ry in the Papal Letters w e learn that the parish
w as held w i th Stabannon in 1305 . (See p .
In 137 9 a con stitu t ion w as enacted in the chu rch of S t .
Mary ,Manfieldstow n
,regarding the Standard 01 the Scotch
groat. —(Reeves’
M SS).
I n the Paten t Rolls , 28 H enry VI I I .,May 28 , 1536, Livery
of seisin of the man ors of Ballybragan and Mon f eldston is
gran ted to John Scherle, of Gernoneston , b rother and hei r
of Robert Scherle, late Vicar of Mon f eldston , feo ffee of
Stephen Taafie deceased,w ith licen ce of alien at ion to Pat rick
Bedl ow , of Bedlow stow n (V . of Clonkeen 1542 JohnM areman (V. of Ardee 1558 and Elean or Bedlow e, lat e
wife of Peter Taafie . Pat rick Bedlow , Vicar of Clonkeen ,
gets a Chan cery decree ,13 J u ly ,
1564 ,again st Christopher
Taaffe , of Gilbertstow n . By an In qu isit ion (Excheq. Eli2. ,
No .-
9)N icholas Taaffe, of Ballybragan , w as fou n d seized of
the advowson of the Rectory and Vicarage of Mon f elston
152 CHAP . IV.—MANF1ELDSTOWN PAR I SH
and of the man or , w hich w ere held in capite, and also of the
advow son of the Vicarage of Clonkeen , and that he en feoffed
the same to the u se of himself and his w ife, Rose H u ssey ,fo r thei r l ives w ith remain der to thei r heirs male .
Bequest of Nicholas Taafie.—We find the follow ing bequ est
left to M anfieldstow n Chu rch by this N icholas Taafie
I do leive to the chu rch of Molf elston forty shill ings sterlinge
f or ornamen tal and other godly u ses . The w itn esses to the
Wi ll , w hich w as made 15 March,1587 , w ere Roger Gernou n ,
J ohn N etterv ille , Peter Taaff e and John Clin ton e .
We find a Taaffe (N icholas Tathe, or Taaf fe) inst itu ted as
Recto r of the parish in 1584—perhaps the son of the Pat ron .
We find al so that S i r Rober t Ardagh ,Vicar before 1544
is Vicar in 1564 , w hen as co -plainti ff he gets a decree in
Chancery f or 5 ac res in M anfieldstow n , inter alia .
In the Valor Beneficiomm of 1539 the Rectory is valu ed
at £1 1 95 . 0d .,the Vicarage at £7 123. 6d.
M r . Garstin observes that j u dging by the ecclesiastical
(latin) Valo r ,” o r valu at ion f or tax at ion , which w as called
an cien t in the t ime of H en ry VI I I . , this parish mu st have
been on e of the most importan t in the Cou n ty Lou th , or at
least the best en dow ed , for not only were its Recto ry and
Vicarage the only on es both tax ed (u n der the name of Mon
fieildston ,at { 1 1 9s. 0d. I rish and £5 14s . 45d. sterling
, t e
sp ectively), bu t there are on ly two other benefices in the
Cou n ty taxed higher , n amely : Rect . de Clonmou r, £22135 . 4d. and Vic . de Stabanon , £16 85 . 7 d.
A Publican Vicar. —] ohn Ward , Vicar of Mau nfieldston ,
is reported (M em. Rolls, 33 E112.) to have sold ale by retail .
I am in formed that i t u sed to be‘
a common pract ice fo r
clergy in Englan d to b rew ale fo r thei r par ishioners . This
is the on ly in stance I have met w ith of su ch a pract ice in
I reland , and i t appears that it w as not considered favou rab ly
by the au thor it ies . This John Ward , according to the First
Fruits Retu rns,w as inst itu ted as Recto r in 1586. Prob
ably both Recto ry and Vicarage were held together fr om
this t ime onward .
ANC IENT FO NT o r: MAN F IELDS T OWN C H U RC H , n ow in
t h e Pa rish C h u rch o f S t . Ma ry ,Ardee . S ee p . 160.
(Pho to by Rev . Canon Locke tt Ford , M .A.)
THE BR IDGE AND FERRY, ETC . 153
The Tolle B0w le.—Ou 25 Febru ary , 21 Eliz. (Fian ts) w e
find a lease to Edw ard M oore,gent of the cu stom of th e
tolle bow le at Manfieldstow n . Again w e find James I .
conveying by Letters Patent to S i r Gar ret t Moore, in ter alia,
the cu stom of the toll boat of May nfieldston at a certain
ren t, 4 Ju n e,
1612
The Bridge con nect ing Manfieldstow n (n ear the v illage)w ith Braganstow n town lan d spans the R iver Glyde , w here
in ancient t imes there w as a fer ry . It n ow con sists of a single
arch . I t w as, w ith others,bu il t as par t of the scheme fo r
the D rain age of the R iver Glyde . At B raganstow n there is
a carved ston e w ith an inscript ion,par tly b roken aw ay ,
saying : The first ston e of this b ridge w as laid by the Rev .
An thony Garstin,MDCCC S illery
,bu ilder .
This may relate to a prev iou s b ridge ,blow n u p to make
w ay for the presen t on e, and is like one alongside oiTallan s
tow n b ridge. There is a story abou t ob j ect ion hav ing been
raised to M r . Lee Norman’ s name being on the lat ter , and
both being d isplaced in con sequ en ce .
Bishop George Synge.— I n 1622 George Synge w as Recto r
(Royal Vis. 1622)and Vicar H e held several l ivings at
the time,being Rector of Derver and also Recto r of the impor
tan t parish of Lou ghgilly , Co . Armagh . H e acted as Chancello r
of the D iocese , and in this capacity w e find him (see Pat .
Rolls, M orrin ,1627 , p . 210
,w here he is called on e Sn ig
dispu ting very st rongly w ith the Dean (Mackeson)con cern ing
the par ish of Lou ghgilly . They both claimed to have been
presen ted to it . The Crow n orders the Lord Lieu ten an t (ii
Mackeson’
s pet it ion w as t ru e)to have Sn ig and others b rou ght
in to the Castle Chamber f or thei r misdemean ou rs and fo r
complainan t’s remedy and damages. H e seems
, how ever ,to have w on in this case
,as w e find him Recto r of Lou gh
gilly in 1633. Again , on Feb ru ary 19, 1629 , a king ’
s letter
w as issu ed to the Pr imate to proceed again st his Chancello r,
George Synge, as strictly as he may by law for the wrong
154 CHAP . IV.—MANFI ELDSTOWN PAR I SH .
Which he hath don e [by certain alleged illegal act ion as
Chan cellor in his cou r t] to An drew Monyp enny ,Archdeacon
of Conn or [in an act ion again st on e N icholas Todd], and f or
other misdemeanou rs of the said Synge (M orrin’
s Pat. Rolls).
Synge,however , seems very soon to have been in royal
favou r—as he always w as ev iden tly w i th ~ the Primate ,—f or
he receives the Deanery of D romore ,and is appoin ted B ishop
of Cloyn e in 1638 , being allow ed to hold the Recto ries of
Y ou ghal , B erver , Lou th and M anfieldstow n in commandant .
H e appears to have had cu rates in the Lou th parishes , which
he held till the rebell ion . (See List of Incumben ts Appendix).
After the Rebellion of 1641 w e find Theobald Taaffe, Earl
of Carlingford , receiv ing a gran t of the greater par t of the
parish,in clu ding not on ly the lan ds of J ohn Taaf fe in Man
fieldstow n , bu t the lan ds of the Gern ons in Wot tonstow n
and Gilbertstow n and of the Cl inton s in Derry camagh .
The Plunkets 01 Baw n were also dispossessed , and their
lands (456 acres)granted to N icholas Bailey and J ames Read ,
from w hom the presen t proprieto r , Charles B r insley Marlay,
Esq .,der ives his t itle. The Plu nkets of Bau ne were conn ected
w ith the family of Lo rd Lou th . J ohn Plu nket of Bau new as the eldest son of Alexander (son of Edw ard , son of Richd.
,
son of J ohn), w ho died May ,1635, and is bu ried at Man
fieldstow n .
We find N icholas Bayly recover ing rent from James Smal l
wood for lan ds in Cou n ty Lou th 10 N ovember , 1668—(OrmondeM SS . Hist. M SS . Com. Rep . 10 , Par t V .
,1885-
7 , p .
I n the Census of 1659-60 Manfieldstow n parish in clu des the
tow n lands of Gilbertstow ne and Wot tonstow n e and Mande
field, and contain s of people above 15 years of age 2 English,
and 55 I r ish . Baw u e is then placed in Killincoole parish ,
and con tain s 33 I r ish .
H en ry U sher rented the Great Ti thes of the par ish in 1656
from the Crown at £10 105 . per annum .
156 CHAP . IV.—MANF1ELDSTOWN PARISH .
The Episcopal Visitation Books 01 1690 and 1692give u s
a good deal of in formation concerning the state of the Chu rch .
For example
1690. Chu rch not in repair sin ce the w arrs, and the reasongiven w hy it is not bu i lt is because the parish is very poore, andthere are n o Protestan ts in i t except Mr . Tisdall (Who lives inDu b lin) [n ote the bu ll and the parish clerk, w ho lives in the
TO repair church Wi ll cost £100, and chan cel £40—the w holechurch bein g abou t 21 yards and n o distin ction betw een chan celand body o f chu rch .
Chu rchyardin indifieren t good repair ordered to be kept fromprophan e and common uses.
No bells, no Common Prayer Book, nor Chu rch Bib le . A stone
fon t lyin g on ye grou n d, n o chest for poore, no Register Book ;one ordered to be got . Min ister ofiiciates at Dromin in his properOrn amen ts .
Ordered : That a Vestry be forthw ith called to applot theabove sum on ye acres of lan d in th is parish for the repairing ofthe Body of Chu rch, or to con tribu te to the chu rch of Stabannon ,
accordin g to you r Grace ’ s former orders. Min iste r is residen tat Richardstow n e , and he preacheth constan tly at Dromin . No
Schoolmaste r . [Robert] Hou ghton ,Incumben t .”
1692. Three parts of the w alls and roof in good repair ;window s to be glazed . The w hole chan cel and part of the body ofchu rch bu i lt at equ al charge of the Minister and parishion ers .
Remain in g part of the body u n bu ilt sin ce ’
41, on accou n t of thepoverty of the parishion ers. The charge for bu i ldin g that partWi ll be £30. The church slated and pain ted n o bells Service10 o ’ clock on Su n day morn ing . No chu rch books, bu t tw o largeC.P. Books, and an English B ible promised by Mr . Tisdall onbehalf of ye parishioners .
A decen t pu lpit, good Commu n i on Table, a decen t carpet ,and also a Fon t of stone .
Y e Min ister and Mr . Tisdall promises to provide a Linnin
cloth and silver chalice very soon . No chest , n o Register, n o
Vestry Book .
Preaching every Su n day mornin g . M inister resides in parishof Stabann on , of w hich he is Vicar . Preaches at Dromin and
Stabann on every Su n day afte rn oon alte rn ate ly.
Y e Minister lost a Book of Cann ons ye last w arr, bu t promisesto get an other and to read them as bou nd . John Simpson and
R ichard Taafie elected Chu rchw ardens to be sw orn at Du n dalk .
No Popish Priest . Alexan der Dunbarr , schoolmaster, not
licensed, bu t w ill soon be . Ordered : that Minister shou ld readtw ice every year, accordin g to law s 01 this n ation ,
the Act ofParliamen t against cursing and sw earin g, and that the Chu rchw ardens take diligen t care that the Lord ’ s Day be not prophaned .
[Robert] Hou ghton , In cumben t .”
The Tisdalls 01 Baw n.—The M r. Tisdall ment ioned in
these Visitation s w as the first James Tisdall of Bawn , brother
THE CHURCH I N 1690 T I SDALL FAM I LY . 157
of M ichael Tisdall , of Mou n t Tisdall , Co . Meath . E .L.G. says
that he pu rchased Bawn on 16 J u ly,1690—he mu st have
set tled there prev iou sly how ever . H e w as a ] .P . for Cou n ty
Lou th (see ext ract from Bellingham Diary , p . and w as
M .P. fo r Ardee 1692, 1695 ,17 03 and 17 13,
H igh Sheriff 17 00 ,
Portrieve of Ardee 1697 and 1698 . H e mar r ied in 1682,
Elinor , dau ghter of Matthew Fren ch ,Beltu rbet
,and died
2nd May 17 14 ,in his 66th year
,and w as bu r ied in the Chan cel
of Manfieldstow n Chu rch (see Appendix I nscrz’
ptions). His
son , J ames Tisdall , M .P . for Du ndalk 17 15-27 , H igh Sher iff
17 17 , w as al so bu ried in the family vau l t in 17 57 , and w as
su cceeded by his son James, H igh Sher iff of Ty rone 17 54 ,
whose son James , of Baw n,H igh Sherifi of Lou th 1 7 88 ,
died in 17 97 , leaving as hei r J ames Thomas Tow n ley Tisdall ,
H igh Sheri ff 1824 ,
— the last Tisdall of Baw n . H e died
u nmarr ied in 1851 ,w hen the Baw n proper ty passed to his
sister Catherine Lou isa Au gu sta . She mar r ied in 1828 Lieu t .
Col . George Marlay , C.B ., and w as mother of the presen t
owner , Charles B rinsley M arlay, ] .P. and D .L. of Belvidere,
Mul lingar, and St . Katherine ’
sLodge ,Regen t
’s Park , London .
Mr. Marlay served as H igh Sheri ff of Westmeath in 1853,
Lou th 1863, and Cavan 1855. H e descends (as stated in
from S i r J ohn Marlay , w ho w as five t imes Mayor of
New castle-on -Ty n e, throu gh his grandson ,George M arlay ,
B ishop of Waterford ,17 45
-63,w ho w as great grandfather
of the present owner of Baw n . M r . M arlay inheri ted the
settled estates of Rober t , Earl of Belvidere, w hich title is
extinct . His on ly sister , Cather ine, in 1851 , mar ried Lord
John Mann ers , afterwards 7 th Duk e of Ru tland .
There is scarcely any vestige of the hou se of Baw n, bu t the
demesne and plan tation s and old garden are kept u p . It has
a cu riou s artificial fish pond , and a cou ple of summer hou ses ,
one with the let ter T (for Tisdall)w orked in black b ricks .
Mr. H ou ghton w as su cceeded in the In cumben cy by Rev .
James Tisdall in 1699, w ho w as Rector fo r over 50 years ;
158 CHAP . I V .—MANFI ELDSTOWN PAR I SH .
bu t a Parliamentary Return of 17 31—March 2 has the
follow ing con cern ing him Not resident , being disordered
in his sen ses , bu t hath a resident Cu rate . H e hath n o parsonage
hou se bu t a small scattered glebe .
I n the H ear th M on ey Collector ’ s Return of 17 64 there are
35 Protestants an d 635 R oman Catholics, and on March 28 ,
17 66, there w ere 9 Protestan t and 1 12 R oman Catholic
families in the parish .
Parish in the Eighteenth Century.- I n 1 7 48 Thomas M acky
w as Parish Clerk and Schoolmaster ; 17 52 H en ry N eale w as
Schoolmaster 17 57 M r ; Smith is ordered to have
Schoolmaster l icensed ; 17 7 2 Thomas Gu nn ell is School
master . This is probably the Thomas Cannell w ho w as called
before the Lou th Gran d Ju ry on 10th M arch,17 93, With
respect to an u n law ful oath taken by variou s persons at
Manfieldstow n . The Grand Ju ry issu ed a certificate of search
as regards same .
Rev. Tow n ley Smith, w ho lived at Coolestow n H ou se,became Rector in 17 57 , hav ing been Cu rate to Mr . Tisdall
f or many years previou sly . His su ccessors w ere R evs . Peter
Barker , LL.D . , 17 7 7 ; A. V . Desvou x , 17 81 ; and H enry
Bu nbu ry,17 93 (see Appendix).
Want Oia Glebe H0use.~—The w an t of a sui table residen ce
or glebe hou se in the par ish for the M inister seems to have
been fel t f or a long time . As early as 315t October , 1455, w e
find J ohn Cor r , Rector , receiving a d ispen sat ion ,dated at
the Man or of Dromesky n , to reside ou tside his par ish f or one
year—(the cu re n ot to be n eglected in the mean t ime) —becau se
he had received no commodiou s place of residen ce u pon his
benefice . His su ccessors generally resided somewhere near
the benefice . I n the 1803 V .B . H en ry Bu nbu ry, R . and V
has no residence ; the Primate has given R . orders to bu ild
and he has presented his memorial chu rch in good repai r .
In 1806 (Bad . Com. Report) he is st ill “ non- resident, and
d ischarges the cu re from a distan ce of six miles (N .B .—absen t
160 CHAP . I V.—MANF1ELDSTOWN PAR I SH .
Manfieldstow n . A sub - div ision of this town land is called
Kn ockn alope [now—“loub in which w ere two hou ses ih
hab ited by familiesnamed Neary . John Woolsey,Esq .
, held
34 acres in Woten stow n, and resides in D rogheda.
Parish Church in the Nineteenth Century.—The Visitat ion
Book of 1825 tells u s that
There is n either chalice n or fon t In ten ded to bu i ldglebe-hou se 11; mi les from the chu rch, groun d n earer cou ld not
be obtained ; school -room w ell thatched and comfortable in
appearan ce ; n o register pr ior to 1824 . George Vesey, Rector,resides at Kilsaran Lodge .
”
I n the follow ing year
George Vesey, Rector, residesin Du blin last six mon ths, bu t isexempt from residen ce , being Chaplain of Royal H ospital, Du b linbu t resides w ithin tw o miles of parish six mon ths in the year .An thon y Garstin , Curate, at £7 5 per ann um , resides Within
200 yards of chu rch on his ow n estate . James Elphinstone,Parish Clerk . John MaoGiness, Schoolmaster, receives £2 fromRector and
i
w hat he receives fr om scholars besides .
Church in good repair ; w ell fu rn ished , except a fon t and
Commun i on Plate—the latter , provided at Rector ’s expensew as stolen . Service, 12 a .m. [ 10 a .m. in Con gregation15 to 28, chiefly from next parishes. No Parish Clerk, for laston e bein g dismissed ; presen t on ly acts for . Schoolmaster is a
R .C., and so are all the children ; 42children atten d .
Children baptized at the altar . Bu t tw o Protestan t families.
Roman Catholics in creas ing . No converts to R .C’
s . No
dissen ters.
The site proposed and at on e time fixed to bu ild a glebe isat the remotest corn er of parish from the chu rch bu t is given u p .
And Mr . Tisdall , the proprietor of most of the parish , w ou ld givevery desirab le groun d in exchan ge within 4 mile of the chu rch, i fu rged . He also in ten ds gran tin g grou nd in the village to bu i lda schoolhou se, any part of the old glebe lan d w ou ld answ er .The poverty of the parish has been u rged as an excu se for notprovid in g Commun ion Plate . Althou gh there are n ot any gentlemen residin g in it the occu piers of lan d seem in comfortablecircumstan ces .
”
[N .B .—Rev . A . Garstin presen ted Communion
Plate in 1829 . See Appen dix .]
The Ancient Font.—What su rprises u s in these Visitat ion sis that there appears to be n o font in existence . What becameof it The fon t has certain ly a histo ry of its ow n , and a
st range history forsooth . In the Visitat ion of 1690 a stone
fon t lying on y e grou nd is men t ioned . I t seems to have
been set u p in 1692. Bu t there is none in 1826. I t is said
that some y ears afterw ards the fon t w as discovered bu r ied
CH URCH , 1825. ANC IENT FONT , 21 0. 161
in the chu rchyard , having been tu rn ed u p in digging a grave.
It w as set u p by Rev . A. Garstin ,hav ing been prov ided wi th
a pedestal designed by Mr . Neville, Cou nty Su rveyor , and it
remained in Manfieldstow n Chu rch t ill 1903, w hen , the Chu rch
falling in to decay throu gh disu se, it w as presented by the
Rector— the present w r iter—and the Select Vest ry of theUn ion
of Kilsaran to the Parish Chu rch of Ardee— the necessary
con sents of the Represen tat ive Chu rch Body ,the Diocesan
Cou ncil and the Lord Primate hav ing been obtained . Pro
bably no more an cien t font , at any rate no finer specimen
of an an cien t fon t , exists in I reland . The excellen t photograph
of it , w hich w e reprodu ce, w as taken specially for this book
by Rev . Canon Lockett Ford ,M .A.
,Recto r of Ardee.
I n the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Report 01 1836 the
in come of the In cumben t is said to be £27 1 95 . 8M . t ithe
composit ion , and £12 val u e of two acres of glebe w ith cab in s
thereon . Chu rch accommodation is 80 . Chu rch so old a
bu ilding that no record exists of the date o r cost of its erect ion
no charge on the par ish on accou n t of the chu rch in 1832 ;
repai rs of graveyard , { 8 195 . 5d. Incumbent (Dr . Vesey)is
non- resident , being Reader of the Royal H ospital and Chaplain
of the Du blin Gar r ison . According to Lew is (Top. Diet.)
there w ere 28 hou ses in the village in 1831 , and 40 boys and
girls attended the school .
Rev. Anthony Garstin, of Braganstow n, w ho had been
Cu rate to Dr . Vesey from 1824 , su cceeded him as Recto r
and Vicar on Apr il 1 1 , 1843. Notices of his an cest ry have
been given u n der Stabannon , in w hich par ish his property
w as situ ated . H e con tin u ed Rector u n t il his death , at B ray ,Co . Wicklow
, on Ju ly 10th ,187 3, at the age of 7 9 years .
In 1861 w e are told there were no Chu rchwarden s (Thomas
Ker r w as par ish clerk). In 1862 the average at tendance on
Su nday morn ings w as retu rn ed as s ix ; even ings , five ; no
children ; parish clerk , Thomas Spen ce . I n the Ecol . Com.
Rep. of 1868 Manfieldstow n w as u niqu e in this respect that
162 CHAP . IV.-MANF1ELDSTOWN PARI SH .
no Estab lished Chu rch people lived in the parish . I t w as
referred to in Parliament as a strong proof of the case f or
disestablishment .
M r . Garstin w as mu ch respected ,not only by his ow n
tenantry ,bu t by all the people in the dist r ict , and they love
st ill to tell stories showing his good natu re and kin dliness.
When Rev . A. Garstin passed away the - parish became
Q art oithe Union of Kilsaran . The chu rch and chu rchyard
are in the charge of the Rector and Chu rchwardens , bu t no
serv ice has been held there sin ce M r . Garstin’
s death . The
schoolhou se has passed into the hands of a former Incumbent .
The Churchyard is neatly kept , owin g to the care and de
votion of M rs. Garstin , of Braganstow n,w i th the help of a
small fu nd left by Mrs. R ow land (n ee Crozier, whose first
hu sband w as M r. Bell of Christianstow n), and annu ally re
mit ted by Mr . Wh iteside, of Coleraine.
The Church is of great ant iquity. The walls are very thick.
The building is a simple rectangle 41 feet long by 25 feet
wide, with a modern porch (bu ilt of brick)added to the w est
end. The east window is a three- light one of gothic tracery ,
perhaps of the fif teen th centu ry . Three anc ient heads are
to be seen on the ou tside of it . A side window w as at a late
period inserted in each side. There is a plain bell- cote over
the w est gab le with a good bell . The chu rch w as su pplied
with a new roof by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and this
is still sou nd .
The Glebe Lands of the pari sh , situ ate in Manfieldstow n
townland were sold by the Commissioners of Chu rch Tempo
ralities to the occu pying tenan ts in 187 4 and 187 5 for 15
years ’ pu rchase of the rental .
The following are the par t icu lars of the saleR . P .
Patrick Johnston , 2Hen ry Johnston , 2Ow en Carrolan , 3
Brinsley Marlay, 3
CHAPTER V.
DROM ISK IN PAR I SH .
Topography.—We have more materials for the early
history of Dromiskin than w e have for most other parishes
in the Cou nty . it w as an important monastic establish
ment u nder the rule of St . Au gu stine, (Ware), arou nd which
centred in the early centu ries many st irring incidents of
c ivil and ecclesiastical importance and it afterwards became
a residen ce of the Primates . The parish itself is situ ated
between Kilsaran and Manfieldstow n on the Sou th . and the
R iver Fane on the North Du ndalk Bay , wi th a long stretch
of sand at low t ide is on i ts East , and the parish of Darver
on theWest . I t lies in the Poor Law Union and Ru ral D istrict
of Du ndalk, and the Parliamentary D ivision of North Lou th .
I have fou n d the n ame u nder the following spell ings in ancient
documents z—Dromeskyn , Drummesky n , Dromisken , Drom
misken , Drumiskin , Dromiskin , Dromyskyn , Drominisclain ,
Druimin asclain , Drumin easclain , Drummysky n , Drumeskyn ,
Druminesky n , Drumyskin ,Drummyskin ,
Dromisgen , Drom
mysky n ,Dromysken . Drominisklin , Drom-ih -isclaind, Drom
iscin , Drumminiskeli, Dromionasgliu n ,Drominisclu ain .
The parish contains acres 1 rood 7 perches statu te,
and the popu lation in 1821 w as in 1831 (containingLynns and Dromen a reckoned in Kilsaran since), in
1841 , in 1851 , in 1861 , in 187 1 ,in 1881 , in 1891 , in 1901 , (633 males
and 580 females,of whom are Roman Catholics , 42
Chu rch of I reland , 29 Presbyterians and 4 Methodists).
The first mention of the name is in the Annals of the Fou r
Masters, where w e are told that in A.D . 226Teig, chief of Ely ,
S ITUAT ION. Exr snr . NAMES . 165
in Mu nster, figh ting against Fergu s , King of U lster, at Crinna
between Mellifon t and Slan e, rou ted the U lstermen and pu r
su ed them from Crinna to Glaise an Bara, near Drom
I onasglm’
nn , which has been iden tified with Dromiskin .
Origin 0! Name.—Dromiskin is simply a colloquial abbre
viation of the ancient I rish n ame , w hich mean s , according
to Maj or-General S tu bbs , The R idge of the Pu re St ream ,
being so called from a small st ream , ru nning from w hat after
w ards came to be kn own as St . Ronan ’ s Well to the sea.
(See an in terest ing paper by Maj o r -Gen eral Stu bbs on The
Early H istory of D romiskin in the oumal R .S .A .I ., Part I I . ,
Vol . VI I ., sth series , Ju ne,
The 0.5 .L. dated J an . 1836
however , give di fferent der ivat ions for the wordDromiskin parish, situated one mile to the N . of C. Bellingham
is invariably called by the pe0p1e "
Op um tonarct uin , p epmrce‘
Ofium, etc . Thomas Du ff y says the n ame is Dram inis tin ,
lite rally the ridge or rising grou nd of the island of the lake (orpond) dorsuminsulae law s or stagm
’
, becau se it is eviden tfrom the tow n land of Dromiskin be ing su rrou nded w ith the lowmarshy groun d that it w as formerly insu lated by w ater . Perhapsit is so called from its be ing su rrou nded w ith even boggy grou nd .
He gave also another n ame “
011mmLmr Ct u am (Clu ain , he says,signifies a chu rch or resting place), bu t th is last name he ackn owleged to have been taken from the Abbe Mageoghegan .
The Editor of the Annals of Ulster (Rolls Series)says the
meaning is the r idge of the u nderw ood .
Pre-Christian Times. —To the west of the village t races
of a Crannog, or lake dw elling , w ere fou n d by General Stu bbs
some years ago in Red Bog (see ] ou r . Vol . I X , 4th
series , for plan of crannog). The names of some of the sub
divisions of the townl an ds car ry u s also , perhaps , back to
p re-Christ ian t imes . Thu s East of Red Bog is Mu llacluin
,
the hill of sword or spear and a f ew hu n dred yards sou th
three roads meet at Gnmr na Span , fo rmerly Crow n a pu t t e
i.e ., the bloody cross roads .
”Between this and Cleggan
dinna, the hill of the sku lls (see map), many bon es were
du g u p some years ago . Gen eral Stu bbs thinks that here,
abou t 212,took place the figh t between Feargu s Du ffy and
Cian Mac Oillill—(Tempest’
s Annu al ,
166 CHAP . I I I .—DROM I S KIN PAR ISH .
St. Patrick and Dromiskin.—When n ex t w e hear of D rom
iskin w e are told of the fou n ding of a chu rch there by St .
Patrick . I n the Trtas Thuam Sept . Vita,X I I w e read that
St . Patrick
erected also a church, afterw ards famous, w hich is calledDruim Inisclainn in the region of Delbna,
'
1n w hich also tw o of hisdisciples, Dalu an us de Croebheach and Lu gaid, son of Oen gu s,son of Nat fraich , king of Mumonia died .
Lugaid died 2 November , 515 or 516. Colgan has a n ote
on the above passage in Which he says that
The famou s monastery of Drum inclinn (of Can ons regu lar, asI su ppose,)is in the Coun ty of Lou th, in the part w hich is calledDelbna., and is near the city of Drogheda. (ju xta Civitatem
Fon tanum)
The M artyrology of Donegal , p . 295, more correctly desc r ibes
it as between D rogheda and Traigh Bhiaile of Dundealgan ,
bu t Colgan w as ev iden tly the mean s of set ting Archdall and
Lanigan astray ,and making them and others confu se i t
wi th Drumshallon—a confu sion w hich still exists in the
min ds of those who ought to be clear on the su bject . In
the Tripartite Life of S t. Patrick—(R olls Series , edi ted by
Dr. Whitley S tokes , p . 7 7 )w e read
Do-Lu e, of Croibech [Creevagh , Co . Roscommon ], and
Lu gaid, son of Oengu s, son of Nat frach , it is they w ho of Patrick ’shousehold are in Druim Inisclainn in Delbna.
There is no reason f or dou b ting this t radit ion that St .
Patrick fou nded the Chu rch here, even though the same
tradition ascribes the Rou n d Tower to him . The t radit ion
is men t ioned by the O rdnance Su rvey wri ters . The story
of the baptism of Oengu s , King of Mu n ster , at Cashel by St .
Pat rick is well known . When St . Pat r ick w as performing t he
rite the point of his crozier acciden tally pierced throu gh
the foot of Oengu s , w ho ,thinking it w as part of the Sacramen t
,
bore it pat iently u n til the end of the ceremony . Oengu s w asslain in 489. I t is probable that his son j oined the band
of the Saint , and t ravelled N orth w ith him . D romiskin layclose by the high road to U lster , and i ts situ at ion in the cent re
168 Cu sp . V.—DROM I SK IN PARI SH .
ancien t sain ts seem to have been pow erful in thei r cu rsings .
Even St . Patrick ,according to legend , w as an adept in the
art . Let u s hope legen d errs , and that blessing w as the chief
fu n ct ion of thei r office .
St . Ronan mu st therefore have been abbot before the year
637 . H e w as ven erated fo r a long time after his death .
According to the Annals (in A .F .M . 7 96 ; A . Ulster , 800)his relics , which were preserved at Dromiskin
,were placed
in a shrine of gold and silver,and reverenced highly . His
crozier or staff seems to have been preserved f or fou r cen
tu ries longer,f or at the captu re of Downpatrick by J ohn de
Cou rcey,in 1 17 6, the Staff 01 St. Ronan w as taken from the
Irish by Roger le Poer (M artyr . Don eg. , p . H e w as,
however, commemorated u n til recen t t imes by a w ell in the
neighbou rhood , of which the 0.5 .L. say
I n the TL . of Dromiskin is a w ell dedicated to this sain t , andfrom him called Cob4r 126114 111, it does not retain its origin alsitu ation , w hich w as in a bog : for w hen the bog w as cu t aw ay,the sprin g, losin g its hemmin g banks broke ou t in anotherdirect ion . [See Map ].
A stream ,called Babe’s St ream (S onn t 4 4 134 04 15)flow s
from the well into the Fane . The hou se which u n til lately
w as the Rectory , on ce called Laragh Kill,has in recen t
t imes been kn own as‘
Ard Ronan .
Early Abbots. —The next ecclesiast ic of Dromiskin w e hear
of is Donn chadh Cru nmhael abbot of Clonard,w ho is said to
be of Druim I n esglainn , and who died in the 23rd year
[oihis abbacy], according to A .F .M . in 7 88 , recte 7 93.
In 827 (Annals Ulster)recte 828 , occu rred the death , very
remarkably , of the abbots of three neighbou ring mon asteries
in Lou th—Robhartach ,son of Cathasach
,abbot of Clu ain
Mor Arda (Clonmore) Muirchu,abbot princeps )
\
oi
Druim inisclaind, and Clemens,abbot of Linn Du achaill . A
pest ilen ce may very likely have raged at the t ime.
The Danes seem to have begu n thei r depredat ions in the
d ist rict soon after . In the Annals o f U lster 832 (recte 833)
AN C IENT EAS T Wmoo w , ROU ND T ow s n , AN D PAR IS H C H URC H
o r Dnomsxm.
(Pho tos by M iss Chamne
170 CHAP . V .-DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
Front of Ancient Cross, Dromlskin Ch u rchyar d .
Reverse side of Ancient C ross, Dromiskln Ch u rchyard .
(With broken p arts restored)
ANT I Q U IT IES IN 1 112 CH URCHYARD . 17 1
Ancient Scu lptured Cross.—Maj o r -General Stu bbs thinksthat a gran ite cross
, the remain s of w h ich lie in the chu rch
yard , on ce marked the spot w here Aedh Finnliath w as bu ried .
I give here his draw ings of that portion of the cross which
remain s . It is,as w ill be seen from M r . Tempest ’s ex cellen t
photograph ,u n fortu n ately half bu ried on its side at the
head of a grave . Gen eral Stu bbs says (f ou r . R .S .A .I . ,Par t I I . ,
Vol . 7 Series 5)
On ly the arms remain . It w as said to have beenbrou ght from the seaside at a place formerly kn ow n as Baltray .
*
This w as probable, as there w as a bu rial place there many hu ndredyears ago . I cann ot bu t think that the figu res carved u pon it represen t w ar on one arm, the chase of a deer on the other, that itw as set u p to mark the spot w here Aedh Finn liath w as laid torest . The cross w as certain ly not pu t u p for an abbot,and H u gh of the Fair Beard is the on ly very eminen t w arrior ofw hose death here w e are told . What w e kn ow of him show s thathis character w as a devou t one and a cross the appropriate mon umen t for him . I ofiered a rew ard for the other portions of thecross, bu t u nsu ccessfu lly . It has for three or fou r generationsbeen u sed for a headstone by a family of the name of Law less inthe neighbou ring parish of Killincoole . The Pu blic WorksDepartmen t off ered to set it u p , bu t n othing more than this fragmen t cou ld be fou nd the family w hich had appropriated i t didnot seem very an xious abou t it , and the proposal fell throu gh .
”
Let u s hope that some day i t w ill be restored and set u p
as a fit ting accompan imen t to the Rou nd Tow er al ready
men tioned—both b ringing u s back to the days of the early
Celtic Chu rch ,for these tow ers alw ays mark ancien t Celt ic
fou ndat ion s .
As to the date of the Round Tow er, it is believed by some to
be of the later n inth cen tu ry . Ve ry possibly it may date from
the t ime of the incu rsion s of the Dan es. I t is con jectu red
that Colman MacAilill , w ho aided Flann , son of Malachy
in bu ilding Clonmacnoise and became its abbot 909-
924 ,
may have bu ilt it , as he w as a n at ive of D romiskin . We
See 0 .S .L . Within the chu rchyard lie the arms of an old cross,w hich is said to have been taken from an old mon astery w hich w as at
Baltray on the sea shore . Th is (Baltray)is n ow inclu ded in the tow nlandof Dromiskin .
”
17 CHAP . V.—‘
DR0M I SK1N Pamsn .
know that these tow ers were not only u sed as belfries—and
that of D romiskin w as u sed fo r this pu rpose u nt il the
n ineteen th cen tu ry bu t more especially as keeps or
fort resses , in to w hich the inmates of the neighbou ring mon
astery might flee,with thei r valu ables , if at tacked by the
Dan es or the I rish w hen ben t on plu n der . Thu s thei r
en t rances are raised above the grou n d . I t is clear. also from
the situ at ion of the fou r open ings or w in dow s at the top that
D romiskin Tow er w as u sed as a wat ch - tow er . I t comman ded
a v iew of the sea and of Ann agassan w here the Danes migh t
land , as w ell as of all the cou n try rou nd from w hich attacks
might be expected . Wright,w ho figu red it and prin ted a plan
of its base in his Lou thtana,thou ght that at one t ime i t w as
the highest Rou n d Tow er in I relan d and not less than 130
feet , bu t that a large port ion o f it fell . Most people qu estionthis to -day y et I do not think that the whole of it remains .
I n the seven teen th centu ry many stones w ere carted aw ay
from the graveyard to bu ild a cou n try residence, as w e shal l
see,so that w e are not to pass ju dgment on the theory by the
presen t condition of the grou n d beside it . Moreover , the
con ical top does n ot seem of the same age as the rest of the
w ork . In Wr ight ’ s plate,here reprodu ced , the tow er seems
to have had a thatched top . H e places a door close to the
grou n d, and mu st have drawn that from his imaginat ion .
Perhaps the thatch had its origin there too .
I n the O.S .L. w e find the following
I n the TL . of Dromiskin is an old graveyard w hich is stillu sed as bu rial grou nd . There are n o old ru ins w ithin it excepta deserted parish chu rch . [The n ew chu rch had then been bu i lton the opposite side of the road], in w hich part of the w alls of theold chur ch of D . I nisclinn is said to be in clu ded . In its n orth -w estcorner stands a tow er (C011 as some call it)w hich is perfect andabou t fif ty or sixty feet in height . Oh its sou th side is an en
tran ce bou t 55» feet high and 3 broad at bottom, w hich is mu chshattered ou tw ard ly on both sides on its sou th -east side, abou t20 feet from the grou nd , is another from abou t 7 feet high by 2feetbroad—the cu t stones arou nd its borders have partly fallen o ff .
There are fou r Open ings immediately u nder the cap (of the
17 4 CH AP . V .—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
a cab in w as built against the Tow er , which , indeed , had
i tself been u sed as a residen ce . I n the Vest ry Book w e find
registered , on April 14 ,1835, a caretaker
’ s agreement , signed
by Robert Mu nketrick ,in w hich he acknow ledges that the
hou se in which he resides at the w est end of the chu rchyard
and adj oin ing the old tow er belongs to the Rector of Drom
iskin,and that he resides in i t at his permission and as his
caretaker at one penny per week . This cab in w as removed
abou t the year 1841 , the ten an t hav ing been ev icted w ith
the general assent of the w hole neighbou rhood .
Some t ime after a lady in the n eighbou rhood ,thinking that
the tower and old church looked bare and needed some ar tist ic
improvemen ts,plan ted ivy beside them , w ith the resu lt that
both chu rch and tower w ere after some years considerably
in j u red . As i t is , the East Window of the chu rch—a very
ancien t on e, and show ing traces of an other built w ithin
it—is the on ly part of the an cien t chu rch now standing .
This win dow is a dou ble one in a rectangu lar open ing w ith"
decorated arches , and may date from the fou rteen th . or
fif teen th cen tu ry .
In the Preacher ’ s Book of 187 9 Rev . J oseph Chamney hasthe follow ing n ote concern ing the tower N ovember 12
Workmen from the Board of Works began to strip the ivy
011 the R ou nd Tower fo r the pu rpose of repairs and p re
servat ion . The work occu pied two mason s and tw o labou rers
and M r. Fetherston e (the overseer)t ill Feb ru ary 27 thand cost abou t £200 . At this t ime the con ical top had lost
some stones , which the masons replaced . The tower , which
is 534 feet in c i rcumferen ce, is schedu led as a National
Mon ument , and both it and the ru ins of the old chu rch,as
w ell as the fragmen t of the ancient c ross and a portion of a
spi ral pillar (w hich mu st have formerly formed par t of the
doorway of the chu rch and evidently dates f rom the 9th or
10th centu ry , bu t w hich has also been appropriated as a
headstone have been vested in the Board of Works by the
THE ANC IENT CHURCH AND Assor s. 17 5
General Vesting O rder of 3oth October , 1880 . The t rees
Which su r rou n ded i t in 1889 were cu t dow n a f ew years ago .
Early Abbots (cont in u ed). —We have referred to the death
of Aed Finnliath in 87 9. I n the same year w e read in the
Annals of the death of Tighearn ach ,son of Muireadh each ,
B ishop and Abbot of B ra im in esclainn 87 6) after
a prot racted illness (Annals of Ulster
In 887 Cormac,or Corbinac , son of Fianamhail ,
abbot of Druim inesclainn died . H e is probably the
Cormac of graces refer red to mthe follow ing
A .F .M . 908 (An . Ult , 911, recte Muiredh[ach] the son ofCormac, abbot of Druim inesclainn , and Gairbhaith [Garvey]the son of Maelmordha,
Tan ist [royal heir], of Conaille Muirthemn e,w ere mu rdered [An . Ult . killed by fire ] in the refectory ofDruimnisclainn by Congallach the son of Garvey, the lord ofConsilio Muirthemne, w ho , w ith his follow ers, su rrou n ded it .
”
I t w as in lamen tat ion of Muireadh w as said as follow s
Muredach w ho w ou ld not lamen t, 0 Friend 7His death shall bring destru ction on the people,A clou d over the minds of the sain tsGreat loss this illustrious man the son of Cormac of graces .
A gem perfect in learn ing, he w as the lamp of each choir .
Compare w ith this the t ranslat ion by the Edito r of the
Annals of Ulster .
Muiredach
Who lamen ts him not , ye learnedIt is a cause for plagu e,It is a clou d to holy heaven .
Great loss is the ill us trious manSon of Cormac of graces ;The great illuminating gemWho w as the lamp of every choir .
Plundering of the Monastery.—I n these tu rbulen t t imes it
is not an u ncommon thing to hear of a monastery being sacked
by some I rish Chieftain . We even hear of the monks of one
monastery with their follow ers attacking another . The
Celt ic love of fighting w as hard to p u t dow n ; Christian ity
has not qu ite eradicated it from the I rish as y et . Bu t,n eve .
theless,the monastery of D romiskin seems to have been a
CHAP . V.—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
specially sacred spot to the people of Lou th , and they soon
took vengean ce on its dest royer,thou gh he w as thei r king .
I n A .F .M . 908 (Ah . Ult. 912— recte 913) w e are told that
Congallach ,son of Garvey
,w as slain by the Conaille , his
ow n people,in the n in th month after he had dest royed the
abbot ’ s hou se in D romiskin .
D romiskin had scarcely t ime to recover from the effects
of this raid w hen another I r ish clan—the O’
Neills—bore
dow n u pon it,for in 948 according to the Annals of
Ulster, there w as a hosting by Matu dhan ,son of Aedh and
N iall Ua hEruilb ,w hen they plu n dered Con ailliand Druim
inasglain and I niscain Degha .
Again, 968 A .F .M . (969 Annals Ulster—frecte 97 0)w e read
of the plu n der ing of Lu ghmhadh [Lou th] and Druim
inisclain n by M uircheartach,King of Ailech
,son of Domhn all,
King of I relan d,against the foreigners, in w hich many w ere
slain . It seems eviden t from this that D romiskin had
meanwhile fallen in to the han ds of the Danes . This same
year mu st have been a t ime of frightfu l carn age and pillage
in the district , fo r both Lou th and D romiskin w ere soon after
plu ndered by Glu nillar of the eagle knee —that is,
M u rchadh O’
Flaherty ; w hile w e read of the plu n dering of
Main ister (Monasterboice) and Lan n Lei re (Du nleer) by
Domhn all,son of Muircertach ,
King of Tara,w ho bu rned 400
person s,in clu ding men and women (Chr . S cot.)in the re
f ectory of Du nl eer (Annals of Ulster“350 persons in one
hou se I have read somewhere that those bu rned w ere
probably Danes .
The Danes w ere bad enou gh , bu t betw een the Danes and
the I rishmen themselves the monaster ies w ere between the
devil and the deep sea.
I n 97 1 (Ah . Ult.)Ceallach Ua Mu adh t w as slain by the
Danes in the doorw ay of the refectory of D romiskin .
In 97 6 —recte 97 8)M aen ach,son of M uiredach ,
abbot of D romiskin , died . We nex t hear of Dromiskin in
17 8 CHAP . V .—DROM IS K IN PARISH .
sku ll , bronze pin , and a stone slab ,w hich , on examination ,
w as fou nd to be composite . Inserted in i t w as discovered
a l it tle box . The discovery is described by Rev . G. H . Reade
in the f ou r . Kilk. Arch. S oc., Vol . IV . 1862-3, pp . 199
-200 .
H e states that a portion of the monastery w all w as then
bu il t into the garden wall of Dromiskin H ou se , bu t i t is be
lieved that th is w as portion of the Primate’
s Castle, w hich
w as afterwards bu ilt here, and not any part of the ancient
ruins . (See Down Su rvey Map .)
I think w emay be certain that the remains of the old chu rch—oiwhich the east w indow only n ow is lett—stan ds on a part
of the ancient abbey . General Stubbs marks the sites of
monks’ cell s on his map ,bu t these are con j ectu ral . Some
thing of the n atu re w as discovered at these spots , .bu t they
were n ever properly explored . The 0.5 .L. men tion an
ancient monastery in Baltray. Baltray Strandtow n),
now know n as Lu rgan White (called Seatowne in I nquis. ,
6 Sep . , 20 J as. I . , and 6 Sep . Wm. and M ary), is on the sea
shore, abou t a mile from Dromiskin Chu rch . The Down
Su rvey marks a castle here (see Down Su rvey Map) there
are st ill some ruin s of an ancien t bu ilding left , bu t they are
now bu il t into and form part of a farmer ’ s ou t -hou se . Whethera monastery or chapel w as here in ancient t imes
, or whether
it w as only a watchtow er, buil t w hen the Danes invaded the
cou nt ry , cannot now be said . The fact that there w as an
ancient bu rial grou n d n ear by seems to be borne ou t by the
discovery of human bones when plou ghing . Tradition at
all even ts attests it as su ch
The Primates and Dromiskin.—When w e come to Anglo
Norman t imes w e find the Pr imates of Armagh in possession
of the lan ds and manor of D romiskin . Thu s in 1221 w e
find the Pr imate engaged in a plaint on a writ of right w ith
Ralph de M it tu n tou ching the Man or of D romiskin (Close
Rolls, 5 H en . I I I . , Cal . Doe. I . , p . Lou th cou nty seems
to have been a Diocese of itself u p to 1044 and then to
ANC IENT REMA INS . MED IE VAL ARCH BI SHOPS . 17 9
have become merged wi th the D iocese of Clogher u n t il abou t
the year 1250 ,w hen Reginald
,Archb ishop of Armagh ,
obtained
permission from the Pope to u n ite it to Armagh . H en ry I I I .
had previou sly issu ed mandatory letters to the Lord Ju sticeof I reland directing him to cau se l ivery of seisin to be given
to the Archbishop of Armagh [Albert of Cologn e], of all the
lands belonging to the See of Clogher —(See Stu art’ s Armagh ;
Cal . Doc. I . , Vol . I .,No . This w as in consequ en ce of the
fact that the revenu es of Armagh at the t ime w ere not sufii
cient to su pport its dign ity . This order w as not car ried
into effect , bu t the B ishop of Clogher w as soon after dis
possessed of the Chu rch of Lou th and of the Deaneries of
D rogheda,Ardee and Du ndalk . I t is probable that i t w as
in this w ay that the manor and lands of D romiskin,which
formed part of the possession s of the monastery of Lou th ,
passed in to the hands of the Primates,for in the State Papers
(Cal . Doc. I Vol . I .)in the year 1252 w e have an Inqu isit ionof the lands of Geo ff rey de Costen tyn , w hen the j u ry find,
among other things , that he held of the Archbishop of Armagh
one Knight ’s fee in D romiskin , render ing ann u ally 2 lbs . of
w ax and receiving therefrom 2/ a year .
I n 1290 (Cal. Doc. I .,No . 686)King Edward I . con fers ,
notw ithstanding the Statu te of Mortmain,the gran t and
qu it -claim w hich Roger de Thorn ton , Isabella his wife, and
Ralph Bu rgeys made to the Archb ishop of Armagh of 17
caru cates plou ghlan ds : 120 acres] of land in Drumeskyn
to hold to him and his su ccessors fo r ever . We find the
Archb ishop,N icholas MacMoelissa, gran ting these lands soon
after for 20 years , fo r the repairs and adornment oi the
Cathedral of Armagh .—(Stu ar t
’ s Armagh).
The Church a Sanctuary f or Criminals.—I h 1300- 1 (Plea
Rolls, 29 Ed. I . ,No . 54)an Inqu isit ion finds that John Car
pentar slew Al an Cimentar and forthw ith fled to the Chu rch
of Dromeskyn as a place of san ctu ary , and w as in cu stody ;that he w as c ited by Rober t de Drumgoy l , the coroner , that
CHAP . V .—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
afterwards the said John w ent ou t freely of said chu rch and
after that the said coroner w as speaking with him and he
wou ld not give himself u p nor su bmit to j u dgmen t H e
w as fined £4 , and becau se he w as allowed to escape the
tow nlands of the Villa de Drumeskyn ,N ew eton ,
Mooresrath ,
J oneston , Mileton , and Talu neston w hich permitted him to
go away freely from said chu rch w ere amerced in 1005 .
This is the only case I can find reported where.
the chu rch
w as u sed as a sanctu ary , bu t , no dou bt , i t is not the only case
of the kind that occu r red .
Primate 0 . Prior of Lou th.—I n 1315-
7 w e find records of
a lawsuit by Roland , Archb ishop of Armagh ,again st the Pr ior
of Lou th that he shou ld permit him to present a suitab le
person to the chu rch of Drummeskyn ,w hich w as vacant and
per tain ed to his gift . (Plea Rolls, 9 Ed. I I .,1 1 1 and
In 1322 grave charges w ere laid again st Primate WalterJ orse or J oyce before the Pope. Among the charges , in
clu ding those of adu l tery and incest , w as the follow ing (Pap .
Lett,Vol . I I . , 219)That he w ou n ded Nicholas de Drumeskin , a clerk, and took
a silver g i lt image, made in hon ou r of St . Michae l, a holy w atervessel, an aspersory, an in cense boat, a thur ible, and manysilver chalices from the treasu ry of his chu rch, and paw ned themw ith a merchan t .The Primate w as in consequ ence forced to resign . H e
eviden tly had a residen ce at D romiskin at the t ime . I n 1335,
in M ichaelmas term ,the Pr ior of Lou th recovered against
the king the advowson of the chu rch of St . Moch ta of Lou th ,
and the advowson of the chu rch of Drummyskyn (King’
s
Colt , p . In the chu rch here in 1356 the Pr imate , wi th
R ichard Cal f , B ishop of Dow n ,and Owen O ’
Ferrall , B ishop
of Ardagh,con secrated Mat thew MacCatasaid (Casey)B ishop
of Clogher (Ware ’ s Prelates, p . I n 1380 on the morrow
of the Feast of St . Lawren ce on 1 1 th Au gu st) d ied
Milo Sw eetman, Archbishop of Armagh , at his manor of
Dromesky n (Chart. S t. Mary’
sAbbey). H e is believed to have
been bu r ied in Dromiskin chu rchyard .
182 CHAP . V.- DROM I SK1N PARI SH .
John Dawe of the lands w hich they had by his enfeoffment
in the tenemen ts of H eyn eston and M ilton of Dromeskyn ;Friday nex t before the Feast of St . Thomas
,Apostle, 8 H en ry
IV. [A J ohn Galygan w as Rector of D romin in 1402]
(Bellew Family Papers).Vicar Henry Saunder. —I n 1398 a rather puzzling en try
appeared in the Papal Letters (Vol . V ., p . 1 10)
To Henry Sau ndyr , priest , Diocese of Armagh . Reservationof a benefice for secular clerks (valu e n ot to exceed 25 marksw ith cu t e, or 18 marks withou t)in the common or several giftof the priors and conven ts of St . John of Jeru salem, Kilmayn an ,
and St . Mary ’s, Lou th (St . Au gustine ’s) - 11 Kai. Nov .
Now, as f ar as I can trace
,n o parish w as in the common
gift of these two convents . Coul d i t have been that at this
t ime Gern onstow n,which w as in the patron age of Kilmain
ham, w as held with Dromiskin ,which w as in the patronage
of the Lou th convent If so ,that might explain how The
Linns townl and has been reckon ed in Dromiskin . We find
H enry Sau nder, Vicar of D romiskin in 1426, w hen he received
a dispensat ion and absolu t ion which w e give, as ext racted
from the Diocesem Register with a su ggested tran slat ion
appen ded
Reg. of Primate Sw ayne, Pro Concu bt’
narto, &c, Vol . I . , p . 17
Johann es, &c .,Dilecto in Christo Fili o Domin o Hen rico
Sau n der perpetu o Vicario Parochialis Ecclesie Sancti Ronanide Drummesken n ostrze Diocesis, Salu tem, &c . Justis et honestissu pplicu (sic)votis liben ter annuimus saqu e f avoribus prosequimuropportunis exhibits siquidem Nobis n u per Diocesem nostramactu aliter visitan tibu s Petitio tu a con tin ebat qu od cum du dum
qu aedam Ordin ationes et Statu ta per n os edita proinde f ecerimuseaqu e per Diocesem n ostram saepe saepius ao saepissime ritepu blicaverimus su b certis modo et formaprou t in diversis NostrisLiterie inde con fectis plenius con tinetu r, mandan tes qu od extu nc
de cestero n u llu s Presbyter seu quivis alius Beneficiatus n ostrasDiocesis praedictae aliqu am pu b lice con cu binam secum in cu riaau t cura teneretimmo tales detinen tes in fra tun e certum perem
p torium terminum eis expressum ab eorum domibus realite rexpelleren t absqu e spe qu acu nqu e illas de caetero recipiend i sonin loco suspecto commu nicandicumeisdemsu b excommu nicationis
poena necnon Privationis omnium Beneficiorum su orum qu ae
VICAR SAUNDER, AND ms 51 124 14 013 D I SPENSAT ION. 183
tun c obtin eban t au t deinceps obtineren t et inhabilitationis ad
obtinendiQu am qu emlibet con tra facien tem in currere volumusipso facto metu ens ex eo qu od post at con tra dicta Ordinationeset Statu ta rite et praemit titu r publicata u n am pu b lice c oncu binamtecum in cu ria et in cu ra tenn isti dictas excommunicationisPrivationis au t inhabilitationis posnas te forsitan incurisse,
Nobisqu e humiliter su pplicasti u t tecu m su per Praemissis mx.
=misericorditer] dispensare tequ e obsolvere dignaremu r, dictistu is su pplicationibus inclin ati tecum su per Praemissis dispensay imna et dispensamus te qu e a praemissis censu ris et sen ten tns
absolvebamus et absolvimu s atqu e in pristin umstatum restituimu set restitimus per Praesen tes primitu s tibi in ju n ctis pro modocu lpze Peniten tia salu tari et aliis qu ae de Jure f u eru n t inju ngendaprou t consideravimus ad animae tu ae salu tem. Et hoc omn ibuset singu lis qu orum in terest seu in teresse poterit qu omolibet infu tu rum inn otescimus per Praesen tes in testimon ium Preemiesorum n ostro sigi llo sigillatas . Datum pen u ltimo Die Mensis Novembris Anno Domin i 1426 et Nostras Consecrationis Octavo .
TranslationJohn , &c .
,to ou r beloved son in Christ De. Henry Sau nder,
Perpetu al Vicar of the Parish Chu rch of St . Ronan of Dromiskinof ou r Diocese, greeting . We w illingly accede to j u st and
honest su pplications w i th vow s, and these presen ted to us w e
answ er w i th su i table favou rs . Whereas to u s late ly making an
official visitation of ou r Diocese thy pe tition set forth that as oflate w e have promu lgated certain Ordinan ces and Statu tes and
have ofte n ,frequ en tly, and very often du ly pu blished them
throu ghou t ou r Diocese , in certain manner and form as in diversof ou r letters in accordan ce therew ith is more fu lly con tained ;command ing that henceforth n o Presbyte r or any other beneficedperson of ou r aforesaid Diocese shall pu blicly keep any con cu binew ith himin
.
his hou se or u nder his care ; on the con trary, thatany detain ing su ch persons shou ld w i thin a certain peremptorylimit of time expressly poin ted ou t to them , ac tu ally expe l themfrom their houses w i thou t any hope w hatever of receiving themback again ,
or of commun icating w ith them in any dangerousplace, u nder penalty of excommun ication also of deprivati on of alltheir benefices w hich they w ere hold ing or might thereafterobtain ,
and of incapability of holdin g su ch, w hich w e have willedthat any one actin g in con traven tion shou ld ipso facto in cu r .Fearing from this that as afte r and against the said ordinan cesand statu tes du ly pu blished as before set forth thou hast kept a
concu bin e w ith thee , in thy house and u nder thy care, thou hadstperchance in curred the pen alties of excommunicati on , deprivationand incapability, thou
' hast humblyzmade su pplication to u s
184 CHAP. V.—DROM I S K IN PARISH .
that w e might compassionately gran t a dispensation to theein regard of the aforesaid matters and might deign to absolvethee. Bein g person ally disposed by the said su pplications w e haved ispensed and do dispense thee in regard of the aforesaid mattersand did absolve and have absolved thee from the aforesaid censu resand sen ten ces and have restored and do restore thee to thypristine stan din g by these presen ts, having previously en join edto thee by a salu tary penan ce according to the measu re of thy fau ltand other thin gs w hich by law w ere to be en join ed , as w e haveju dged proper for the safety of thy sou l . An d this w e make kn ow nto all and singu lar w ho are con cern ed, or w ho may hereafterin any w ay be con cerned by these presen ts, signed w ith our sealin testimon y of the matters before set forth . Given on the pen
u l timate day of November A .D . 1426, and in the 8th year of Ourconsecration .
Sau n der is living in 1435 An other Sau n der is
Vicar in 1456 and an other in 1514 . Cou ld these be descen
dan ts ? Primate Fren e lived in D romiskin at the time of
the dispensat ion ,and in 1443, being for some t ime sick in
the Man or,he thou ght that if he removed to his Man or of
Termonfeckin ,w here ,
in his opin ion,the air w as more pu re
,
he might recover ; bu t after removal thence he died o n
13th Ju ne, 1443.
Some Early Vicars. —Thomas Sherlock is Vicar in 147 1 .
Pat rick H ew eren ,Vicar , died in 1514 , and J ohn R icard
resigned the V . in 1520 ,w hen Rober t Ratcliiiw as presen ted .
to it by the Pr io r of Lou th At the su ppression of
the monaster ies, in 1535, the advow son passed , wi th othe r
possession s of the Priory of Lou th , in to the King’ s hands ;
and w e find him present ing 32-
3 H enry VI I I . , and
Fiants 289)Lew is Tidder to the Vicarage on Au gu st 26th,
1541 . I n 1539 the Vicarage w as valu ed at £11 95 . 2d.—(Valor
Benef . , 30 Hen . VI I I ).
The Tithes 1540-1600.—~On 18th J u ly, 33 H enry VIII
(1541) the Rector ies and t ithes of Lou th . D rom
mysken ,etc . , appu rtenan ces oithe late mon astery of Lo u th
w ere gran ted on lease to S i r An thony St . Leger , and on 18th
April, 1550 ,
they w ere leased to John Wakeley, gent . , fo r
31 years from the termination of St . Leger’
s lease—(Ftant
DRO M I S K IN RO U N D T OWER
(From w righ t'
s Lou thz'
ana )0See p . 172.
186 CHAP . V.—DROM I S K IN PARI SH .
Edw . VI . I n 1541 w e find a grant to Oliver Plu nkett ,Knight , w ith a patent of the Barony oiLou th ,
of the site
of the Pr iory of Lou th -
_
and lands in Dromysken—(Ficmt
H en ry VI I I ., Certain lan ds in the par ish
,in Lu rgan
green and D romisk in ,w hich belonged to the Priory of St .
Leonard’ s , Du n dalk ,
w ere gran ted t o George Byckbecke,
merchan t , by H en ry VI I I . (Ftan t and afterw ards by
Edw ard VI . (Ftan t 906)to H en ry D raycot , gen t .,of M aynes
tow n (z M arinerstow n,
n ow Morn ington). I n 1594 the
t i thes of Walterstown w ere gran ted to Rober t H arrison, 01
Du bl in— (Fz'
ant El iz. I n 1581 James Aylmer . ow n er
of Druml ecke and other lan ds,execu ted a deed concern ing
these lan ds . I n conn ect ion therew ith w e find George Pepparde ,
Parson ,present at Dromlecke, w hen H en ry Veldon did de
liver livery and seisin u n to J ohn Monkeson —(t ls, in Chief
Rememb ran cer ’s Office). On 4th May , 1590 the t ithes of
Gilbertstow n,Drumlecke, The M iltown ,
Nyselrath , etc . ,
were leased to R ice Ap H u gh for 21 years—(Fian tsEliz .
and again for 30 years, from 1594— (Fiants Eliz .
_ R ice Ap H u gh w as the Pat ron of the Parish in 1622 and
1633 bu t the advow son seems to have soon passed
into the Primate ’ s hands , in w hich it con tinu ed u ntil Dis
establishmen t .
An In qu isit ion of 4 J as. I . (1607 )finds the valu e of the
tithes , formerly vested in the Priory of Lou th 111 this parish
to be z
Dromiskin , New ton , leMary gallons, and alteragesDrumleck,Mi lton ,
Waterston ,
Le Lyn n is w aste .
The “ Mary gallons were the volu n tary cu stom of a
gallon from each b rew of ale o r beer given in honou r of the
B .V .M . We find them given in Lou th and Termon feckin as
w ell as in D romiskin .
Fairs in Lurgangreen.—Oh Au gu st 22, 1690, S i r Thomas
THE PR IMATES PALACE AND PROPERTY . 187
R idgew ay received a paten t to hold a fai r in Lu rgan Greenon St . Peter
’
s Day and the day following . Fairs w ere held
here in the n in eteen th cen tu ry on May 21 , Ju ly 25, and Nov
ember 1 1—(Rep. on Fairs and Marhats,
Residence of the Primates.—We do not kn ow w hether
the Primates lived at D romiskin after the R eformation , bu t
they seem to have for the most part resided at Termon feckin
u p to Primate J ames Usher ’ s time . His u ncle,Primate
H en ry Ussher , seems to have begu n the reprehensible pract ice
of giving long leases of See lands to his children and relat ives ,w hich Primate H ampton afterw ards availed himself of t o
en rich his family . I t is probable that the Manor of D rom
iskin w as going this w ay ,for w e find a w arn ing from the
Crow n 161 1 p . 297 )in 1612 that the Archb ishop
and his su ccessors w ere not to lease the Manor or Cou rt of
Dromiskin, &c .
,longer than thei r ow n time .
I n the Paten t Rolls of 1613 (James I .) appears a rather
st range en t ry,—ii the Christopher H ampton therein
men tioned is the Primate w ho w as con secrated April 1613
Licence to Christopher H ampton and John J eeveto keep tavern s or w in e cellars in the tow n of Dromiskeen e.
We hnd a gran t in 1621 from the Crow n to Christopher,
Archbishop of Armagh,w hich is w orth reprodu cing in fu ll ‘
as f ar as it relates to D romiskin ,on accou n t of the light it
throw s on the di fferen t kinds of ten u re by w hich the lands
of the manor w ere let,and also on accou n t of the n ames of
the occu piers w hich it gives—(Ftcmts and P .R . 18, J as. I .)
Gran t of the Man or, Castle , Tow n and lands ofDromisken w ith a castle and plou ghlan d in Dromisken ; in the
New ry, 40 acres ; in the New tow n , near Dromisken , 40 acres,occu pied by Moses H ill*—parcel of the demesne lands of saidMan or ; chief ren t of 143 . ou t of 40 acres in Dromisken w hichthe Prior of St . Leon ard ’s in Du ndalk held of the said Manor ou t
of 40 acres in Dromisken , 12s . and l lb . of cummin seed, held byMoses H ill, Esq.
, lived at Drogheda in 1659—(Cen su s L .A .J .
He w as a Lieu t .-Col .in 1665—(Rep . Hist. M SS . Com., OrmondeM SS . 1883
See I nquisitions (Drogheda), and pedigree of the Marqu ess of Dow nshire .
188 CHAP . V .-DROM I S KIN PAR ISH .
John Babe* ou t of 60 acres in Whiterath, held by O liver LordLou th, 2poun ds of w ax ou t of 30 acres in Dromisken ,
1s. 6d . and
?g lb . of w ax ou t of 40 acres, held by Thomas Teeling in Wh iterath, 2s. ou t of 80 acres in the Mi lltow n , near Dromisken , heldby George Gern on , l s. 9d . ; ou t of 20 acres, held by Edw . Gern on ,
£1 ou t of 5 acres, 63 . 2d . ;'
ou t of 20 acres, 63 . 8d . (John FitzR ichard) ou t of 60 acres, 24s . (John Bath), all in New ton ou t of20 acres in Dromisken , 1 1b . pepper ; ou t of a hou se, Dromisken ,
1d . ou t of an other, 23 . (John Babe) ou t of 5 acresin the oppositew ood of New ton ,
1 acre in the S . and 40 acres in the N . of thechapel of Lurgan ,
and a part near the Cou rt of Dromisken , 8s.
(Patrick Dow dall) ou t of 5 hou ses and 5 acres in Dromisken , 38 .
(James Graskin); ou t of 7 acres, 6d . (George Gern on); ou t of30 acres in Mill tow ne, a pair of gloves (R ichard M ‘
Evoy) ou t ofa house in Dromisken , 6d . 3 grain s of corn ou t of a house inDromisken ou t of a house and 5 acres in Dromisken , 3s. (Robt .Fleming) and all lands
,ten emen ts
_
and hereditamen ts in Dromisken , Seaton Baltray], and the New ton , near Dromisken ,
except the lands of [certain] free ten an ts . w ith pow er tocreate tenures, and to hold Cour ts leet and baron , and buildgoals in the above man or .
By a Chan cery Inqu isition,held at Termon feckin . 6 Sep
tember 1622
Christopher, Archbishop of Armagh, is foun d seized of hisman or, castle, &c .
, of Dromiskin . and to the same dobelon g . viz .
—1 castle and 1 carew of land in Dromiskin ,
40 acres in the New ry, 40 acres neare Dromiskin , 40 acres in theNew tow n e n ear Dromisk in ,
bein g the demesne lands of the saidmanor, now in the occu pation of Moses H ill or his assigns .
In the Royal Visitation of 1622 M ichael Matchett (w ho
is also Vicar of Du ndalk) is Vicar of Dromyskyn and dis
chargeth the cu re somet imes by himself , and hath a reader,
Rober t Gardner , and gives him 505 . p er annum . Chu rch
repay red and.
ye chancell ru in ou s . A vicarage hou se. The
old V icarage hou se is said t o have stood where the ParochialSchool w as afterwards bu ilt . I n 1633 Thomas Lambert
w as Vicar, as also of Du nany .
Sir Faithfu l Fortescu e.—Abou t this t ime“ there appears ,
for the first t ime in connect ion with the parish , the name of
a family which long continu ed in hon ou rable connect ion With
Hence Babesw ood and Babes Stream .
190 CHAP . V .—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
R ing w eare and how they w eare presen ted by Ju ry at a Qu arterSessions held at Ardee, w hereu pon I laid my sou ldiers on themtill they w eare taken off by my Ld . Depu ties w arran t .There n ow comes to you w ith this bearer a ten an t of myn e, oneTyrlagh Kindalan , w ho had 15 sheepe stow len from him u ponTu esdaye laste at n ight and w eare dr iven over the Bridge of Afan eby 2men as he heeres. By this you may u nderstan d w hat reakesare played by the Borderers w ho yt . seems have Sharpe hun grystomakes, that w ill steale leane sheepe at this season of the yeere .
Pray afford the poore man w hat assistan ce you may for recoveryof his goods and thus, bein g in haste I give you to my brotherFloyd the remembrance of my s ervice and ame .
FAYTH FORTESCUE .
In the D iary of S ir William B rereton ,Bar t . , M .P . , a n otable
commander of the Parliamen tary army,w hich w as the first
work pu blished by the Chetham Society in 1844 ,and the
Irish portion of w hich w as reprin ted by M r . C. L. Falkin er
in his I llu strations of I rish History , the au thor , u n der date
July 8 , 1635, says :
Abou t 5 mile hen ce w ee saw Sir Faithfu ll Fortescu e ’s houseor castle, w herein for most part he is residen t, w hich he holds by alon g lease u pon a small ren t un der my Lord Pr imate of Armath .
This is a dain tie, pleasan t, healthful , and commodious seate .
Dureing ten miles ridin g from this Tow n e, mu ch rich greens lan d,and ye coun tn
'
e w ell plan ted ye other 6miles tow ards Tredau gh,un till you come n eere un to itt, not soe rich lan d, nor soe w ell husban ded .
The Cast le is no dou b t the Pr imate’s Palace , marked on
the Down Su rvey M ap . The presen t D romiskin H ou se w as
buil t 'on i t s site in the early part of the 19th cen tu ry , and
w as occu pied su ccessively by M aj o r J ohn M ‘
Clin tock (after
w ards Lord Rathdon n ell), Bu rton B rabazon,Maj o r -General
Stu bbs , and is now in the possession of M r. H enry
Pau le Lott ie , ] .P.
S i r Faithf u l w as commission ed by Lord Wentwor th (after
wards Earl of Strafiord) to raise a t roop of horse while at
D romiskin in 1632, con cern ing w hich he afterw ards made
a st rong complain t to the Lord Lieu ten an t in 1645 , that he
did not receive the soldiers’ proper p ay o r allow an ce, nor
any payment for himself for nine years (1632
FORTESCUE NOTES . REBELLION 164 1 . 191
In 1641 S i r Faithfu l w as Govern or of D rogheda w hen
O’
Neale’
s rebell ion b roke ou t , bu t resign ed , becau se the
Du blin au thorities did n ot su fficien tly secon d his efforts .
H e left his tw o son s, Chichester and John , to serve
un der Si r H enrv Tichborn e . The former died du ring the
siege ,and the latter w as killed by the rebels .
‘
H e became
a member of Parl iamen t in 1634 . H aving left D rogheda he
seems to have taken his residence in Du blin for a f ew years.
H e crossed to England in the au tumn of 1642,and w as placed
by the King in command of a t roop of horse for I reland,
bu t being recalled by the Parliamen t from B ristol as he w as
abou t to embark,he fou n d himself at the head of his horse
engaged again st his King at Edgehill— the Civil W'
ar having
j u st b roken ou t . H e did not qu ite u nderstand figh ting
again st the King w ho had given him his commission,so
du ring the bat tle he boldly rode at the head of his t r00p to
j oin Prince Ru pert and then tu rned and charged those w hom
he had left , helping to change the fortu n es of the day . Afte r
many years fu ll of vicissitu des he retu rned,in 1660
,w ith
Charles IL, and w as restored to the Con stableship of Carr ick
fergu s. H e w as su cceeded in D romiskin by his 3rd son ,
Sir Thomas Fortescu e ,in 1666. Later gen eration s of this
family shall be men tioned fu rther ou .
We now revert to the time of the Rebellion of 164 1. The
Cou n ty mu st have been in a very distu rbed state after that .
Among the Depositions in T .C.D . Lib rary concern ing the
Rebell ion w e find one of R ichard Mau dsley , C1k .,M in ister
of God ’ s Word at D romiskin . H e w as very probably
Mr . Lamber t’
s Cu rate, for w e find that M r . Lamber t remained
asVicar of Dromiskin u n til his death ,in 1661 (See Appendix
Wills). H e deposed that he w as deprived , robbed , or other
wise dispossessed of his means, goods, and chat tels,con sisting
of books,cattle, etc .
,amou n ting to the sum of £147 and likely
to be deprived of £46 145 . 7 d. sterling by follow ers of Colon el
MacBrien MacMahon .
192 CHAP. V.—DROM I SKIN PAR ISH .
Cromwell had a bad name in D romiskin as in most places
in I relan d . The 0.5 .L. tell u s that There is a place in
the TL . of D romiskin called Gallow shill (ih Irish.Cn oc
T1A cpoice)—a hill so- called from a gallows being erected
there in the time of Cromwell u pon which many were execu ted .
I t stood near where the presen t glebe hou se is bu il t . Not
long ago the foot of this gallows (as they suppose)w as fou n d
by a man who w as digging there. Near this is another hill
called Cn o c mi SpeA’
oms, w hich received this name from
the women ’s cries du ring the execu tion on the other hill .
By these Irish names w e are probably carried back centu ries
before Cro'
mwell ’ s t ime . H e has en ough to answer f or with
ou t having other men ’ s sin s impu ted to him.
The changes made in the proprietors of lan d at the Cromw ellian Settlement were not as sweeping as those in the other
parishesin the Union . Theobald Taaf fe , Earl of Carlingford ,received a grant of Pat r ick Germon ’ s lan ds in Miltow ne,
M ooretown ,D rumleck
,and of the Plu nketts lands in White
rath . John Gernon,alias H all
,of Druml eck,
received a
transplan ter ’ s certificate.
The Census of 1659-60 has 26 English and 127 Irish in the
parish,w hich inclu des the townl an ds of Dromiskin
, Lu rgan e,
Du ndoogin ,Druml ecke, New ragh , Wal terstown , Whiterath ,
M ill tow n . The titu ladoes were Edward Langham , Drom
iskin , and James Smallwood , Mill town .
Hearth Money Rolls
See explan atory n ote on page 42.
WHITERATH .
1664 . 1667 .
John Gern on . James Smallw ood .
James Mathew s. James Mathew .
Patt Loony . Pat Coffey .
Bryan McRory . Bryan McEvery .
Thomas Jackson . Thomas Jackson .
James M ‘
Garelan . James Gartlanny .
Ow en McGinisse . Ow en McGinisse .
William McGenisse . Wi lliam McGinisse .
Phelemy Carroll .Aghy McMahon . 8 Thomas Dunegan .
Patk . McMahon . 12 Patrick Whi te .
194 CHAP. V.—DROM ISKIN PAR I SH .
Patrick Dun egan .
Robert Corr .R ichard Russell .H enry Moore .
R ichard Bashf ord .
Charles Clin ton .
Patrick B irne .
Patrick McGonell .
Patrick McLyn .
Robert Adams .
James Lambert .John Brunk ard.
Philip Moran .
Patr ick Cu llen .
Patr ick Lyui'
n .
Patrick Mu ckian .
Walter Dunn .
1664 .
Patr ick McGinatty .
Dan iell Crissichan .
Fferriagh McLone .
Patrick McMahon .
Donn ogh O’
Connolly .
Patrick McKenna .
Patrick O ’
Michan .
1664 . NEWRAGH .
Mathew Goringe .
Bryan O’
Lin .
Lou ghlin Kenan .
Phill ip Du ffy .
Pharsy Callaghan .
Ow en McMahon .
Thomas Donegan .
Patrick McCorry .
Ow en Lyney .
Will iam Beltanie .
Bryan Ward .
Doctor Willington in the 1667 l ist is eviden tly DoctorWilliamson ,
”w ho w as, w e know , Rector and Vicar of Dromiskin
before 167 1. He w as Dean of Cashel also at the time .
16 Patrick Donegan .
29, 39 R obert Carr, 2.
3 R ichard R u ssell .35 Katherine Moore .
19 R ichard B ashf ord .
23 Charles Clin ton .
21 Arthur Freeman .
30 Patrick Golloghy .
50 R ichard McColgan .
11 N icholas Gern on .
2 James Lambert, 2.
20 John Brunk ard.
24 Pheleme Moran .
13 Patrick Carren .
14 Phill ip Carren .
10 Patrick Mollen .
28 Walter Doyn e36 William Dring .
22 Lau ren ce Dow dall .25 N icholas Colgan .
31 Donall Begg .
33 John Pennington .
37 Phillip McCoHing .
38 N icholas Colgan40 Teige Boyle .
43 Thomas Mu llane .
49 Jone I llavas .
56 Ann R ooney .
51 Lau ren ce Hervan .
53 Elizabeth Candoge .
57 Doctor Willington .*
DRUMLECKE .
1667 .
1 Patrick Gu enattie .
Daniel Crissisan .
Farrell N ilan .
Patrick O ’
Man .
John Callan .
Patrick Mathew .
N icholas Mu lshin ery .
Patrick McArdeale .
SACR I LEGE . CHURCH AND PAR I SH . 195
Desecration of Churches.—An inciden t that is not to the
c redit of Captain Smallw ood,n amed above ,
Who also had
a residence at D romcashell,is thu s related in one of the
Visitat ion Books of 1690 :
I am in formed by Sir Thomas Fortescu e that one CaptainSmallw ood, inhabitan t of this parish,did formerly take aw ay a greatqu an tity of the timber and stones of this church to bu ild his hou sewithall , and I humbly begg of you r Grace that ye sd . Smallw oodmay be ordered to make some su itable compensation for his sacriledge .
This is not the on ly case of sacrilege that is reco rded again st
Cromw ell ’ s oflicers in Lou th . We give the follow ing report
on Lou th Parish in fu ll , becau se i t show s w here Chu rch pro
perty w en t abou t this time
When I w as at Lou th , the Lord of Lou th w as presen t, anddid violen tly oppose the bu ilding of a church or repay rin f r of theAbbey, and told me that the Abbey w as his, and if he pleased hemight make a stable of it ; bu t I find sin ce , u pon fu rther in qu iry,that it w as ye parish chu rch , and part of it w ell slated before thew art s, and that there w as a ste eple w hich had 3 big bells therein ,
w hich in the mean time w as [sic] taken and carried to Killincoole,and afterw ards hid in a Bogg, and that one Tow n ly
, a
.
Capn ofCromw ell ’s Army, hearing thereof took the said Bells ou t of theBogg and broke them in pieces and carried them aw ay . I amfur ther in formed that there is in th is parish a Tate of land calledPriest land , w hereon stands the Mill of Lou th , w h ich belongedformerly to the Priest of the Parish bu t is now en joyed by theLord of Lou th .
I n order to show the state of D romiskin Chu rch at the t ime
I now give the Visitation Reports of 1690 and 1692. The
former says
Chu rch and chancel ou t of repair since the w arrs, not repairedon accoun t of the smalln ess of the parish and the poverty of theParishi oners . Chan cel w ill cost £160, Body of chu rch £160. Novisib le d istinction betw een them ; bu t , according to the sayingof 2ancien t men of the parish , the chancel w as 66 feet in len gth,and the body 56 feet in length . Churchyard ou t of repair, orderedto be immediately w alled abou t, and an assessmen t made for thepu rpose . A convenien cy for one Bell . The Clerk gives notice toye people to go to chu rch in the aftern oon . There is a Bible thatSir Thomas Fortescu e bestow ed on ye chu rch also a C. P. Book
,
and another ordered to be got in a fortn ight . A pu lpit and a con
196 CHAP. V .—DROM I SKIN PAR ISH .
venien t seat for ye Min ister, a fon t of stone w ithou t a cover, a fairetab le and carpet . No cloth, cu p , chalice or other plate, on ly w hatSir Thomas len ds, bu t ordered to provide these w i th all conven ien tspeed . [Sir Thomas presen te d Commun ion plate soon after . See
Appen dix]. No chest [ for poor]—to be got in a w eek . No Register Book—to be got in a fortnight . Vestry to applot above sums.
Constan t preachin g, n o catech isin g,'
for no chi ldren there that areProtestan ts . No Schoolmaster .I am in formed that the house w herein one Patrick Dow dall
n ow liveth at the Lu rgan Race w as formerly a church, that it w ascommon ly called the chapell of ye Lu rgan .
-Mx. Smith,* Incumben t .” [He w as Cu rate to An thony Cope, R . and V.]
The 1692 V.B . says .
Chan cel in repair, Body ruinous : so since ’4 1, so because of
neglect of Parishioners, most of them be ing Papists . Will cost £100to repair church and chan cel . Chu rchyard enclosed With a w alland ditch. ordered to be w ell secu red from prephane uses . No
Bells, bu t conven ien cy for tw o in a separate steeple . Congre
gation mee t at hou rs agreed ou ; no registry book ; n o chest .If His Grace thinks fit to have the Body built it w i ll be reason
ab le because o f the smalln ess of parish that the ad joining parishof Dun bin and Kilcu rley shou ld be u nited to Dromiskin . [Note
the R . of Dromiskin w as also R . of Dunbin and Kilcu rley at thist ime .] am?in .the mean time con tribu te to the charge of bu ildingthe body of the said chu rch . I think fit there shou ld be constan tpreaching every Sun day. Formerly there w as a house on the
Lu rgan , built w here there w as a chappel, formerly called Y e
Chappel of ye Lurgan .
’
Sir Thomas Fortescu e Will take carethat there be n o house built there for the fu tu re . He hath beencredibly in formed it w as a chappel built to say Mass for travellerson Holy-daias .
The Cu re is served by one Mr . William Smi th,* Curate to Mr .
Cope, every other Sunday in the morning . No catech ising,there bein g f ew or n o Protestan t children . The Curate camebu t late ly, not yet licensed , not residen t in parish , bu t lives at
Lord Blaynie ’s, 3 miles off ; allow an ce 12 shillin gs per ann um .
Captain William Fortescu e and Arthu r Courtn ey* Churchw ardens.
James Mackle ~Harry , the Popish Priest, abou t a year here,n o Masshouse, or Meetinghouse . Samu el Ran kin , English and
Latin Schoolmas te r, alleged to have a licence taken ou t in Du b lin .
Same order re Sabbath and sw earing as in other parishes .—Smith,
In cumben t .”
This Mr . [Wm.] Smith is, perhaps, the person of that name men tionedin the follow ing passage in the Bellingham Diary as be in g taken prisonerby King James’ troops, viz . z—Sep . 10, 1689 : A party of foot and horsecame w ith me to Gernonstow ne, ye enemy w ere there yt . morn ing and
took Mr . Smith and Cou rtney churchw arden ]—they retu rned Smithafter using him very ill .”
198 CHAP . V .—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
had,inter alias, Thomas (M .P . for Trim), who had Chichester of
Dromiskin (M .P . for H illsborou gh , w ho mar ried in 1809
Martha Angel , dau ghter of S . Meade H obson,B .L.
, Chai rman
of Cork Qu arter Session s , and sister of Rev . H en ry T . H obson,
Rector of Ballymascanl an ,and a relative of Rev . Can on E.
Waller H obson ,M .A.
,Rector of Portadow n (see Appendix
I nscriptions). By her he had Thomas , late Lord Clermon t
Chichester Samu el , late Lord Carlingford (as to whom see
presen tly), and Martha Ann e, mother of M rs. H en ry S tewart .
M r. S . M . H obson w as bu ried beside his dau ghter and son-in
law in the Fortescu e family vau lt in the old Parish
Chu rch of D romiskin . The above-men t ion ed Will iamFortescu e
,of N ew ragh , mar ried Margaret , dau ghter and
heiress of S i r N icholas Gern on ,of Mill tow n (w hose w ife, Anne,
afterwards married B ren t Moore), and had several child ren
(4 )Thomas,from Whom w as descen ded the Raven sdale branch ;
(b)Chichester, of Dellin (c)Mathew , an cestor of the Stephens
town Fortescu es [Will proved 17 47 ] (d)Faithfu l , of Corderry ,M .P . (6)John ,
in H oly orders , w ho marriedin 17 29 Elizabeth ,
eldest dau ghter of H en ry Bell ingham , and became Rector“
of H ayn estow n and Killincoole (see Appendix Wills).William of N ew ragh seems to have been like the rest of his
family , a strong Will iamite. I n 1688 w e find him defen ding
Ban don against King James , who tu rned his w ife and children
ou t of his hou se in New rath ,and confiscated his estates .
When Bandon su r rendered he w as cast in to prison,bu t w as
released soon after by Will iam ’
s army . H e w as resto red to
his estates (w hich came t o him throu gh his wi fe and are now
inh erited by thei r hei rs of and in 17 10 the
H ou se of Commons gran ted him a pension of £1 per day ,
bu t he died in the follow ing year . (See History of Fortescu e
Family ,by Lord Clermon t).
Fortescu e Peerages.—Besides the Peerages enj oyed by the
English Fortescu es , the Cou n ty Lou th b ran ch obtained no
Mrs. Anne Baker (w idow of Col . Henry Baker, w ho died in the defenceof Derry)and her eldest son , John , seem to have received a gran t of theselands, circa 1690—(Harris M SS).
FORTESCUES AND THE IR PEERAGES . 199
less than six,in tw o grou ps
,three coming to descendants of
each of the tw o son s of S i r Thomas Fortescu e of D romiskin .
The you nger , William, w as grandfather of William H enry
Fortescu e, Earl of Clermon t , Which n ame the latter su b
stitu ted for Reynoldstow n . His mother w as a sister of James,
Earl of Clanbrassil , w ho ow ned Du ndalk . H e w as M .P. fo r
the Cou n ty Lou th and Postmaster -General and w as created
a Peer of I relan d as Baron Clermon t 26 May , 17 7 0, and w as
in 17 76 advan ced to the Viscou n tcy and Barony of Clermon t ,bu t then with remain der to his b rother
,The R ight H on .
James Fortescu e, of Ravensdale Park,and his male issu e .
Tw o years later , 10 Febru ary,17 7 8 , he got an other step in the
peerage, being made Earl of Clermon t . H e died,leaving on ly
a dau ghter , in 1806, w hen the Earldom and fo rmer Barony
expired , While the Viscou n tcy and more recen t Barony de
volved ,u nder the ex tended remainder
,on his nephew
,Will iamCharles, on w hose death s.p . 24 J u ne , 1829, these t itles became
ex tinct , w hile the estate passed u nder this Viscou n t ’ s Willto his nephew
,S i r H ar ry Good ricke
, a Y orkshi re Baronet .
From Chichester, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fortescu e,
of Dromiskin , throu gh his on ly son ,Thomas
,w hose marriage
is above recorded,descended in the fif th generation
, Thomas
Fortescu e, of D romiskin ,b . 18 15, w ho su cceeded to the other
Fortescu e estates in the Co . Lou th . I n 1852 the Barony of
Clermon t in the peerage of I reland w as rev ived in his favou r,
w ith remainder to his b rother Chichester , and in 1866 he w as
made a peer of the Un ited Kingdom , bu t w ithou t special
remainder . H e died 29 Ju ly ,1887 , s.p .
,and w as bu r ied at
J onesboro . The I rish Barony of Clermon t thereupon de
volved on his b rother Chichester , who w as M .P. for Lou th
1847-
7 4 ,and w ho ,
amongst many leading min isterial offices,
su ch as Lord Privy Seal , Lord Presiden t of the Cou n c il , &c .,
Was Chief Secretary for I relan d 1865-6 and 1868 -
7 0 (du ring
the Chu rch D isestablishmen t era). H e had, at the close of
his career in the H ou se of Common s , been himself made a
CHAP. V.—DRos xtN PARISH .
peer of the Uni ted Kingdom 28 Febru ary , 187 4 , as Baron
Carlingford (a t itle with many v icissitu des—see p . so
that on his brother ’ s death he became Lord Clermont (Irish)as Well as Lord Carlingford bu t he u su ally employed
the latter t itle only . H e married in 1863 the well-knownFrances Cou ntess ofWaldegrave . Ou his death ,
wi thou t issu e,
in 1898 , these, the last tw o of the Fortescu e peerages above
enumerated, became ext inct .
Glebe House 1690.-OiDr. Anthony Cope
,R. and V . 1690,
We know that he buil t a very good dw ell ing house with offices
on the glebe, made and en closed a garden with other irn
proVemen ts, at the cost of £281 I OS . 9d.,f or wh ich a certificate
w as granted to his widow and execu trix , 3 December, 17 09.
We find that a glebe of 197} acres w as given by PrimateLindsayto the parish by lease f or ever, dated 10 N ovember, 17 14 ,
at a rent of £2 85 . 9d. This lease w as confirmed by the Dean
and Chapter, 28 April , 17 15 (D R ).
The following Bequest left to the parish by his su ccessor,
Rev . Benjamin H uson,in his Will—proved 17 J u ne, 1720
cannot be traced
I order the same [the sum of £93 6s . 8d ., bein g the amoun t
du e him by his su ccessor on accoun t of Glebe improvemen ts]be paid to, and I give, leave and bequ eath ye same to be paidby my said Execu tor hereafter named, in to the hands of theMin ister and Chur chw ardens of the said parish of Dromiskinfor the time bein g, to be by them and their su ccessors from time totime pu t ou t and placed at in terest thereof from time to timefor ever to be disposed of for the cloathing and edu cation ofpoor children , boys or gir ls, of the said parish, in Order to theirbeing tau ght to read and w rite English and instructed in the
principles of the Chu rch of Ireland as n ow by law establ ished .
”
In the D iocesan Registry f or 17 27 -8 w e find a renu nciation
by Owen M ‘
Kit terick , of D romiskin , of the R .C. Chu rch .
Isaac Bu tler w rites in 17 44
At M illtown , in the parish of Drumiskin , there'
is a wonder
f ul cave, which, say the inhab itants , ru ns f or three miles
u nder grou nd to the old chu rch of Clogher, bu t the entrance
is so choked u p that i t would take two men’s work in one
I STH CENTURY No‘
t icss. DARVER . 201
day to open it . [Clogherhead is 13 miles distan t , bu t perhaps
it is the Tow er (C t ogap) at D romiskin that is meant . See
0.5 L , p .
The parish of Ballyhen ey [H eyn estow n] j oin s it . There
is here a chu rch w ith a large hou se . Clermont , or the
castle close to the chu rch].
Lu rgan R ace,a fine beach and the sea in ful l V iew , w hich
from the mou n tain s beyon d Du ndalk to Dunany Point form
a spaciou s Bay ,w here at low w ater they have a large st ran d
abou nding w ith cockle fish .
Extracts f rom Vestry Books.— I n 17 48 George Rankin w as
Parish Clerk and Schoolmaster . Frorn 1 7 65 the Vest ry
Books have been carefu lly preserved . Probably i t is ow ing
to the care taken of them by the late Recto r , Rev . J . Chamney ,
that they have not been lost to the Chu rch , as those of the
other parishes in the Un ion have been . B arver , i t may be
here noted,w as u n ited to and held w ith D romiskin from 17 34
to 1831 : probably becau se the ancien t chu rch of Darver
had been allow ed to go to ru in and had not been rebu ilt .
Darver Church .—B arver o r Derver Chu rch w as dedicated
to St . M ichael the Archangel . According to General Stu bbs ’
measu remen t of the ru in s of the old chu rch it w as 7 5 feet long ,
and 14 feet w ide. The O rdnan ce Su rvey w riters say i t w as
origin ally 85 feet by 15 feet . There does not appear to have
been any distinction betw een chu rch and chancel . The door
w ay on the n orth side w as abou t 16 feet from the east end.
The east w indow w as a poin ted one, 7 feet high in the cen t re
and raised abou t 7 feet from the grou nd . There is a local
t radition that an Archb ishop of Armagh w as bu ried in the
chu rchyard ,and i t has been con j ectu red that i t w asDubhthach
(497 w ho is said to have belonged to Druimdearbh
B arver].
Darver Par ish w as a Rectory, valu ed at £5 05 . 6d.—(Valor
The earliest Rector of w hom w e know at present
w as named Brakdan O’
Rakdan], and w as su cceeded abou t
0
CHAP . V .—DROM I SKIN PARI SH .
1369 by Dav id O ’
Rekdan ,w ho w as allow ed by the Primate
to stu dy in Oxford in that year . The Rectory w as then w orth
three marks. J ohn Byset w as Rector in 1385. I n 1410
J ohn Logan w as in stitu ted on N ovember 28 u pon the presen
t ation of N icholas H aly rgey (or‘
Abu rgey) and Elyas Mey .
I n 141 1 he had a licen ce of absen ce for three years to stu dy
ab road in the u n iversity or any place of gen eral stu dy , the
better to qu alify him to perform his du ty .
I n 1385 cu stody of the man or and advowson w as gran ted
by the Crow n to John Babe— (Excheq. Rolls 8 R ich . I I ., p .
and probably the two above n amed acted du ring the min ority
of a member of the Babe family ,w hich held the advow son
u n til 1641 . I n 1431 J ohn B ru n e w as in st itu ted on the
presen tat ion of J ohn Babe, sen ., Lord of the tow n of B arver
,
on 1 7 th April . B ru ne w as liv ing in 1456 J ames
M‘
Mahon w as admitted to the Rectory in 1497— (M .R 12
H en ry VI I .,
Will iam M ann , w ho w as Vicar of Ardee
in 1524 , w as Rector of B arver in 1527 H e resign ed
in 1544 , w hen it w as fou n d , by Inqu isit ion held at B arver
(at w hich J ohn O’
Ferrall , Clk .,and John Kerroy l , C1k .
,
Cu rates of Derver , and Robert Ardagh , Vicar of Monieston
[Manfieldstow n] w ere presen t), that Pat r ick Babe, Lord of
B erver , w as the t ru e Pat ron ,and that his father , Thomas Babe
,
presented last that this w as a Rectory— there never hav ing
been a Vicarage here— [y et in the M .R . of 1431 J ohn B ru n eis call ed Vicar of Derver]— and that John Limy ricke, nowpresen ted ,
w as fit for the same John became also
Vicar of Du n dalk . The su cceeding Rectors were : 1614 ,
Amb rose U sher , also Recto r of Manfieldstow n 1622,Geo rge
Synge, M .A. (afterwards B ishop ; see Manfieldstow n) 1669,
Rober t H ou ghton (see Manfieldstow n) 167 6,William B rookes ;
17 00 ,An thony Cope, LL.D . (w ith Dromiskin) 1 7 09, Thomas
Cox (bu r ied in Castlebellingham : see I nscriptions); 17 12.
Peter Jackson ; 17 34 , Charles Wye , who held i t w ith
D romiskin : (See Su ccession , Append ix).
CHAP . V.—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
Presen t—Matthew M‘
Leane, Curate ; R ichard Bolton , JamesRankin e, Chu rchw ardens ; George Rankine, John Maxw ell .1766 The tw o vacan t places referred to in 1765 are to be
enclosed in to seats . Cess 5d. per acre .
The ditch roun d the chu rchyard shall be pu t in to good repairand quick
’
d and faced w ith stone . For main taining and carryingto Du blin a foun dlin g chi ld, 22s. 9d .
Parliamentary . Census, 17 66.— I n this year the Censu s
the retu rns of w hich,made by the clergy,
are among the
Parliamen tary Records in the Public Record Office—w as
taken in D romiskin by the Rev . J oseph Prat t , Rector . By
this retu rn w e find that in D romiskin were 19 Protestan t
(given below )and 264 R .C. families , and in B erver , 6 Protes
testan t and 129 R C. families . The Retu rn of 17 31 w as :
D romiskin, 55 Protestan ts , 900 Roman Catholics ; B erver , 14
Protestan ts , 256 R oman Catholics , and there w as then a
Roman Catholic Chapel in each parish,bu t no Chu rch in
Derver . The Retu rn for 17 66, w hich is too long to inser t
in full , does not give the n ames by townlan ds . I t might be
compared with an in terest ing retu rn for applotmen t in the
Vest ry Book made in 17 91 . Th is latter retu rn gives the
number of acres each person held . Both follow here
CENSUS 1766.
ProtestantRev , J Pratt .Rev . John Fortescu e .
R ichard Bolton , Esq.
James Elphinston , sen .
Wi lliam Little .
John Lovender .
” John Thompson .
William Rogers.
John Maxw ell .
The Protestan t famil ies in B arver were Ab ram Ball . Rose
Shields , w idow ; Thomas Ball , John Cu nn ingham,Francis
Macky , Matthew Fortescu e.
Families
Thomas Cheshire .
Wi lliam Chesh ire ,James Elphinston ,
R ichard Miller .John Miller .
George Rankine .
James Rank ine .
Widow Shakelton .
John Cunningham .
George Fleming .
INHAB ITANTS IN 1 731 , 1 766 AND 1 7 9 1 . 205
LANDH OLDERS 17 91 .
The list of 17 91 , above n oticed,thou gh some 25 years
later,is the more in terest ing of the tw o ,
and w e give i t in fu ll
ACRES .
Ow en Smith, 1
Patt . Corrigan , 24Thomas Corrigan , 2
Thomas Corrigan , 2
James Con lan , 3}Richd . Rooney, 1
Peter M ‘
Bride, 24Christy St Lauren ce, 5;Michael Callan ,
3
Richd Bailie, 2
James Corgan ,2
John Rooney,Pat . Hoey, 15Randal M‘
Daniel, 1}John Bellew ,
4
James Warren ,
Thos. Dow dall , 24;J as . Carroll , 3
Nichs . Gartlany 3
Patt . Cooney, 34Patt . Rock , 54Phelix Camel, 22Bryan Hanraghty , 3
James Gartlany , 3}Thos . Cheshire,Chas . Kinihane, 35James Kinihane, 3
Will iam Rogers, 44Mr . Du llaghan , 915Mr . Maxw ell , 68
Patt . M ‘
Kitterick, 1
Coflee Thompson , 1
H oey Mur tha, l (1)James Carroll, 2
John M ‘
Cormick, 2Wid . Ward , 1
1
25
Thos. M‘
En ellow ,
Den . Cu nningham, 4James Conn or, 5Hole-ih -the 4
H u gh King,Peter M‘
Kitterick , 2
Den is Callan , 148
Thomas M ‘
Enellow , 38
Patt . Gracy, 4
Ow en Baw n , 3
James Rankine, 34Will iam Stoaks, 6
Michael Du ff y, 2Mrs . Bolton , 35
Mr . Pratt, 49
Peter M ‘
Ardl e,M
‘
En tee’
s,
Bry . M‘
Cormick,Conl on M
‘
Koan ,
E u . Googerty,Hen . Johnston ,
Pat . M‘
Shean ,
Pat . M‘
Cu llin ,3
Thos . M‘
Cu llin ,5}
M‘
Callr . Mandrse, 7 1}Wid . Du n ,
5
Wm. Tooth , 1
Michl . Half peny , 31
Francs . M‘
Keever, 27}Wm. Cheshire,Thomas Baw n ,
Patt . M ‘
Corrnick, 5
Patt . Con olly, 5}Patt . Con lon , 35Michl . Callan , 2
Patt . M ‘
Shean 24Robinson ’
s [sic], 115Patt . Mathew s, 3
Ow en H oey, 4}Bryan Mathew s, 1
Math Mu rtha, 3
An drew (hmningham 2}Patt . Conn or,Wid . Bellew , 1
Stephen M ‘
Ardle, 5
Mr . J o . Morgan ,106
Edw . Morgan , 14
Thoms . Ginnity , 23Patt . Ginnity , 23Hen ry Ginnity , 14gPatt . Gin nity , 145John Kelly, 131}Andrew M
‘
Kit terick, 4
Patt . Callan , 17
John Neary, 29N . Savage. 15 (17)J as . Carroll, 21Thos . Mathew s, 44Jas . Mathew s, 4 1}Peter Maginms, 101
Thomas Maginnis, 30
Peter M ‘
Donald, 15 (?iJ as . Fleming, 6
Bryan Neary, 62 (7)Patrick Neary, 3
W. 85 N ichs . Neary, 33
CHAP . V .—DROM IS KIN PAR ISH .
Total No . of acres,1911» J u ne, 17 91. Signed, GERALD BY BNR .
Draining 01 the Commons.— I n the 4oth year of King
George III . (17 99- 1800)an Act— one of its last —w as passed
by the I r ish Parliamen t , w hich had as i ts aim the dividing,
applot ting ,and en closing of the Common s , common able and
w aste lan ds of D romiskin . These lan ds su ffered con siderably
from flooding and in su fficien t drainage . The Act appoin ted
seven Commission ers— n amely ,Row ley H ey land, George
Tw ibill , Thomas Lloyd ,Dominick M
‘
Cau sland,Marcu s L.
M‘
Causland, Thomas Johnston,and George M u rphy to car ry
ou t the work , w hich in clu ded the w iden ing , deepen ing and
st raightening of the R iver of Du ndugan (now called the Fane)and the M ill tow n river , the con st ru ct ion of d rain s , n ew roads
and b ridges , fen ces , etc . The total cost o f the improvement s
amou n ted to 1 15 . 2d. To defray this cost the Com
missioners,as d irected by the Act , sold th e f ee simple of
57 1 acres 1 rood 3 perches I rish Plan tation Measu re of
the Common s by pu blic au c tion (sub j ect to the bu yer main
taining the drains and fences for ever)for —the p u r
ACRESJ as . Campbell , 17
Mr . Sharp, 21
Mr . Nu gen t, 19
James Martin , 5
J ohn Magin , 3 (2)Henry Magin 2
Patr ick Kenihane , 30
Edw . Mu rphy, 2Mr . Dill on , 155
John Mu rtha, 3
Peter E llard, 3 (1)Wid . Don egan , 3
O’
B[rien ] Bellingham 62The Hoeys, Lynns, 40
Spaw , [sic] 1 (2)John Kinihane, 39
M . Bryn e, 7
Thomas Camel, 7
M‘
Elroy H oldcroft,114John M
‘
Elroy ,
Patt . M‘
Elroy ,Ju dy M ‘
Enally ,Patt . Cavenagh ,John Dromgoole,
CHAP . V .—DROM I S K IN PAR I SH .
proprietors whose rights w ere interfered Wi th by the sale of
the Common s—Viz.—The Lord Primate
, £87 35 . 2d. Lord
Clermon t , £3022s. 3d. M . Fortescu e, £24 145 . 44d. C. Forte
scu e , £7 4 15 . 04d. J . Byrne , £12 55 . 83d. Alan Bellingham ,
{ 20 14s . n éd. Thomas Smith, £38 105 . 84d. Rev . J . Pratt ,
Recto r , £4 I OS . 9%d.
Dundugan .— I n the map refer red to the bridge
'
over the
Fane at Lu rgan -
green is called the B ridge of Du ndu ggan .
N ear by w as the M ill of Du ndu gan ,Which is men tion ed
in many an cien t documents . Thu s,on j ul y 24 ,
1607
To Henry Piers, the Kin g ’s Secretary, and to John Cu sacke
w ere demised, in ter alia , a carew e in Mortow n e n eare Dun
du gin (Part of the possessi ons of the late Abbey of St . Peterof Ardmagh), 60 a . in Baskervilles-Rath h eare the w ater of Dondu gin—3O a . en able, With a w ater mill and halfe the fishing
w eare of Dondugin u ppon the said river of Dondu gin calledCu llumkillie ’s w eare (Part of the possessions of John Bu rnell attain ted, in Co . (Erck
’
s P .R., p .
There w as, according to the R V. of 1622,a parish of the
name. M ichael M atchet t (R . of D romiskin)w as then Cu rate
of i t at 1os. p er year , b u t the chu rch ,of w hich no t race o r
t radition can now be fou n d,w as ruin ou s , and S i r J ohn D raycot
w as impropriator of the t ithes In 1633 the cu re w as vacan t
it w as called Drumdu gen . Strange to say ,in the E15.
Vis. Book of 1690 w e are tol There is n o su ch place as I
can find or hear of.
I n the Retu rn of the H ou se of Lords ,
abou t there is no chu rch an d the ancien t glebe and all
the ti thes w ere gran ted to the impropriato r .
Mounds and Forts. —Wright , in his Lou thiana Book
I .,Plate V. ,
figu res a mou n d of Du ndugan , refer red to in the
0.5 .L. as being in the tow n lan d of M illtown on the banksof the Fane, called in I rish 1nr
’
An Sat t a Oi this which
Wright terms a very u ncommon Fort , he says i t is en
compassed by three w et fosses all con cent ric t o one another,
as shew n-ih the cu riou s v iew he gives . H e adds
“ Great part of the cen tral mou n t has been cu t aw ay by Mr .
Fortescu e, the presen t [ 17 48] possessor, to form a new channel
DUNDUGAN . M OUNDS . MOORETOWN . 209
for the said river w h ich is alw ays very deep, and su bject du rin gthe floods , w hich are very frequ en t, to overflow all the adjacen tpastu re and meadow groun ds, so as to form a considerable Lake,especially in the win te r season .
”
Of this and other mou n ds or forts in the parish the .L.
give u s some part icu lars. The drain ing and road-making of
17 00- 1816 seems to have been carried ou t regardless of these
mon umen ts of a past civ ilizat ion . Thu s,the O.S .L . say ,
eviden tly of the same Du ndu gan
Commons is called in Ir ish Cmmm ; in this T .L. there isa moat w hich th e Irish -speak ing people call Cn ocaninre ; itw as partly cu t aw ay to make a passage for a river. it w as su r
rounded by three large trenches 14 or 15 feet w ide, the traces ofw hich are n ow visible .
OiWalterstow n tow n land w e are also told :
I t is called in Irish ‘
Omt e bmt em. I n this T .L ., near
the R iver Fayne, is a fort occu pying a rood of grou nd , w hich w as
formerly su rrou n ded by a high fence, except in the n orth sidew here the river comes u p to it . I t is now u nder cu ltivation .
”
Whiterath w as called in I rish Da t e on Re t a . bu t the
0 .5 .L. do not tell u s w here the rath w as. They ,how ever ,
say that here w as a stone called C t oc Law: (Greystone), abou t
w hich there w as n othing remarkable except its being
d is tingu ished by that par ticu lar n ame . Tradit ion relates
that a man w as shot from behin d i t abou t 100 years ago .
(S tu bbs M SS). What seems to be an an cien t fort or rath
at D rumleck ,near the railw ay station ,
is bel ieved by General
Stu bbs to be more like a gu n battery in tended to comman d
the road on the E . of it .—(Stu bbs
’
M SS).
Mooretow n takes its n ame from the family of Moore
B ren t Moore,it w ill be remembered , mar ried the widow of
N icholas Gernon . An accou n t of the differen t B ren t Moores
may be fou nd in the History of the M oore family, by the
Cou n tess of D rogheda,privately prin ted , 4 to . Du blin
,1906,
w here a w ood cu t of a D romiskin tomb is given . Mooretow n
w as also called Bosgraviles Rath Baskerville ’ s Rath).
M r . Brow nrigg’
s aw ard map of 1816 depicts the Road
f rom D romiskin to the sea as i t is at presen t , passing to th e
CHAP . V .—DROM 1$ KIN PAR I S H .
sou th of the chu rchyard . I t also con tain s a very in teresting
sketch of the relat ive heights and positions of the rou nd
tow er an d the old chu rch ,w h ich looks an. u npreten tiou s
bu ilding .
We w ill n ow retu rn to the Ex t racts from the Vest ry Book .
Vestry M inu tes, continu ed
17 67 Repairs to chu rch, £10 98 . 35d ; lock for the steeple, 5s . 5d . ;
cess, £6 5s .
”
17 68 5s . cess ; Edw ard Dow dall . the S later, ann u al salary, 22s . 9d . ;
average collection for p oor 17 68 £2 108 . 0d ., d istribu ted inmeal, potatoes, and cash .
17 69 4s . f or necessary pu rposes, apart from Clerk ’s salary17 70 Repairing bell , £1 2s. 9d fou ndlin g to Du blin , 18s.
17 7 4 A flag for the church .
17 7 6 Cost of a distress, 3s. 9d .
17 7 7 - John Bir ch, Parish Clerk and Sexton , con tinu ed su ch ti ll 1808 . He
is also Chu rchw arden du rin g most of that time .
17 7 9 Foun dlin g, 11s 45d ; to tw o lu natics at Lu rgangreen , 5s. 5d.
17 83 Takin g dow n the bel l, 2s. 84d ; pu ttin g u p the bell, 2s . 8id.
17 85 Door and lock for Schoolhou se, 5s. 103i ; foun d lin g, 85 . 8d .
17 8 7 Prayer Book, £2 53 . 6d.
17 88 Taking dow n the bell and pu ttin g it u p , 5s. 5d .
17 94 105 . 8d . in repairs, in clu din g horse, car, and man drawinggravel to preven t ball playing, l s. 9d .
Agreeab le to a n ot ice from the H on . Thomas Hen ry Foster,Colon el of Lou th Militia, the sum of £6 6s. 0d . w as assessed forthe su pport of the w i fe and chi ldren of Patrick Law less, n ow servingon the Lou th Militia .
’ Vestry refu sed to assess any money forthe su pport of the w i fe and chi ld 01 Teren ce Lyn ch, as she didn ot reside in the p arish .
1705 —Repairs £10, in clu ding 54 perches of chu rchyard ditch at 6d . per
perch , and repairin g glass in w in dow broken by storm . Fou n dlingto Du blin , l l s . 4d . £18 app lotted for the au gmen tati on of theM ilitia .
—[Compare Stabannon Vestry Extracts ]17 96 Repairs, £10.
17 99—Repairs, £32. £40 assessed for 8 militia men , the proportionto be raised by said parish to fill the Lou th Regimen t o f Militia.
”
Foun dlin g, 22s. 9d .
1800 Tw o fou nd lings, 45s. 6d .
1802—Arrears of cess, Den is Callan du e for 10 years. £11 Patt .Dromgoole Collector of cess. Cess £56 17 s . 6d .
1803 assessed for 14 Mi li tia men . £49 cess for repairs . Tu rn pikeb ill , 93 . 4d . foun d ling. 22s . 9d . d ispu te betw een Chu rchw ardensand Den is Callan r e cess accou n t Visitation Book—‘Chu rch and
g lebe house in good repair ; a parish Schoolmaster to be immed iately appoin ted .
’
1804 - 5252cess for repairs and necessaries ; £6 l6a. 6d. spen t on Belfry .
313 CRAP .—Ds.omrsx mPamss .
nu t to proceed with the rebuilding of church at presen t . Vestryxiiu ums till Kr . Fcrfi s
c
ue . of Gfide Farm. communicate withHis Grace .
’
He reports la te r on. that the Primate has no objectionif they thin k it gmden t .
I&l3 Cqfi n fur pou r. Se. Communion Clo th, £1 6s 0d.
” Case 451.
1319 Arthur Holland. Collec tor of Cess. Cess atid. per acre .
I SN—Agplu t tes return of acreage of Dromiskin parish as follow s
Towm . 13 15 3 A . 3 P .
59 0 0
Gammon 969 1 8
5312 0 8
The Parish of 13m in clu ded the mw n lan ds of Cullm tow n.
acres.
An n ex. Isu srrar rs, 1821 . Bozen s , t rc. 213
DROM CK—J'
. Pepper Lee,aged 30 Gen t . Pan zer . holds
130 acres ; .L’
a e Lee his mother, g ed 50 Charies Jack a l .
I Rood of a gaxdm w ic I bov s an d r z giI B. J azzes H art
I
wif e, aged 25 Francis 144)and Ca therine (31, so nm da zgizt er
of John ; l fichael D'fi y ,Parme and t lim ag ed 4 3. 3
acres. R uins of an fim mfll tsic) hz this TL - also ot ol d
win dmill in m ms em TI . 111 Con cas—Pat t Smyth ,
GRAS CE—F W. Fon 'm e, aged 4 8 Jane 1115 w if e. 23d 32 ;
m 1821 there w ere 859 7mhabitm ts Tam m a sct iin
Darver with 58 boy s an d 15 giris Patrick Rel y,the Schoo l
the gang w as mp tnred—(UJ A , V., 7 1) I n a. recen t Ap
mtofims highw aman , Fresney , pra cticed in this distfict.
CHAP . V .—DROM I S KI N PAR I SH .
not to proceed w ith the rebuilding of church at presen t . Vestryad jou rns ‘
till Mr . Fortescu e, of Glide Farm , commun icate w ithHis Grace .
’H e reports , later on , that the Primate has no objection
i f they think it pru den t .1818 Coff in for poor, 8s. Commun i on Cloth, £1 6s. 0d. Cess 45d .
per acre .
1819—“Arthur H olland, Collector of Cess . Cess 44d. per acre .
1820—Applotters return of acreage of Dromiskin parish as foll ow sORDNANCE SURVEY
TOWNLANDS . STATUTE A . B . P .
Dromiskin , 1093 1 8
Babesw ood, 100 O 25New rath, 494 3 35
Lu rgan and Mooretow n , 965 2 37Drumleck, 313 3 25M iltow n , 369 2 39M iltow n Grange, 24 7 1 l
Whiterath 01d Miltow n , 390 0 25Walterstow n , 317 2 7Lynns,Commons, 969 1 8
Total, 2926 1 2 5312 0 8
The Parish of Darver inclu ded the tow n lan ds of Cu llenstow n ,
Dellin , New tow n , Barver and Christianstow n, and amoun ted to
acres .
A site for the new church w as chosen beside the old chu rchyard,and cost H a. 44d . for mapping and su rveying same .
1820—Cess 5d . per acre,and for several years after . Loan of
gran ted by Board of First Fruits ; a considerab le sum expendedover and above this loan .
In the year 1819 the parishioners, bein g an xious to place the
[Bu ild in g] Fun d in respectab le han ds, d id un an imously appoin tChicheste r Fortescu e and F . W. Fortescu e, Esqrs.
, Churchw ardens .
They con t in u ed these gen tlemen in office f rom year to year assigningto them the w hole managemen t of the Build in g un til their in ten tionshou ld be complete ly f u lfilled . The church w as consecrate d lastJune Jun e, Shortly afterw ards F .W. Fortescu e[Vestry Levies].
This new church , the presen t on e, as show n by an inscription on
the tow er, w as dedicated to St . Margaret , one of the‘
Patron Sain tsof the parish .
The Census Returns 01 1821 give u s the following par
ticulars
I n MI LLTOWN OLD Rev . Andrew Lev in s , Par ish Pr iest ,
aged 7 0,holds 28 acres ; Rev . John Rogers , aged 32, is his
Cu rate. In WH ITERATH—Rev . R . Woods , aged 28 , resides
as tabler and lodger w ithWm. B rackenridge . In NEWRATH
—Thos. Mat thew s , Ti the Procto r to Rev . Joseph Prat t . In
He w as grandson of Rev . John Fortescue, and died September 1824 .
CHAP . V .—DROM I S KIN PAR I SH .
Seatholders in Parish Chu rch 1823.—The seats in the new
chu rch seem to have been then appropriated by tow n lan ds
as follow s
[EAST END11 - Strangers10 _ Rector .9 .—Lord Clermon t .
8 .—F .W. Fortescu e, Mi lltow n
7 .—J . Booth, Darver Castle .
6.—Mrs . Bell, Christians tow n
5 .—J . Sheckleton ,Waterstow n
4 .—J . B irch, W. Parker .
2.—Dromisken Village Jas .
Hart t and Jas . R in ard .
1.—B . Agar, J Eccleston .
Vestry Minu tes (resumed):1823—James Stokes appoin ted Sexton . Cess 9d. per acre . I n the
accoun t for rebu ilding the church w e find Fees for Pr ivy Coun cil,£17 1s . Accord in g to the Rep . Com. Ercl . Rev.
01 1836 11; cost Brit . Cur . of w hich 13s . 10d . w as a
loan from the Board of First Fru its Irish, Vestry Book)and
£463s . 1d . a gift from the In cumben t (x £50 Irish, Vestry Book)and£57 3s. 1d . raised by cess.
1824 Fou ndlin g fees for n u rsin g and expenses to Du b lin , £6 28 . 1d .
1 ton of coals and carr iage , £1 10s . 5d .—[Th is is the first en try
of any charge for heatin g the chur ch]. 2 co ffins , 15s . 21rd .
Mr . A. N ichols (w ho w as the con tractor for rebuildin g the church)received £6 48 . 2d . for han gin g the Bell [in the Roun d Tow er
Visitation Book1825 Chu rch exposed, liab le to in jury and in su lt . Plate deficien t , only
a small cu p and a smaller patten . Ch u rchyard en tirely w ithou tfen ce . The [School] Mas ter may be perfectly qu alified, bu t it isimpossible in the hovel in w hich I saw the children that justice can
be done to them . There is a detached acre of glebe land mostconvenien t for the pu rpose of formin g a school estab lished [sic],and it is a great pity the Rector of so good a parish does n ot employit .
”
Vestry BookFee With Fou n dlin g, £5, expenses of do ., £2 7 8 . 1d . Tw o
cofiins, 15s . 2d . In terest on loan , £45 33 . 0d . Gratuity to singingchildren , £1 l s . 8d . Commun ion Plate , by order of the LordPrimate , £6 17 s . 94d .
1826 Repairing the Bell, £1 1s. 8d .
[ I n this year w e read of the sum of £1 9s . 04d . b ein g ex pendedon six pieces of black cloth for that most un -Christian custom ofdraping the H ou se of God in black because of the death of aparishioner—Mr . Fortescu e ]
Visitation Rook1826 Chu rch in good order and fu rn ished , except a fon t and plate , and
linen for Commun ion . Chu rchyard w alled in . Divin e Service at
OR CHAN CEL .]12.—Henry Brabazon , pro tem.
13. Dromiskin Ho .
14 .—Chich . Fortescu e .
15 .—D . Sheils, New tow n Darver .
16.—J . P . Lee, Drumleck .
l 7 .—Richd . Morgan , Whiterath .
18 .—J as . Morgan , Dellin .
19 .—Widow Morton and Thomas
Thompson , Lu rgan -green .
20.—Saml .Wi lson andWm. Rogers,
Lu rgan -
green .
21.—B arretts, etc .
, Mill tow n .
22.—Stran gers, pro tem.
VESTRY M EMORANDA, 1823 215
a .m. and 3 p .m. Congregation , 30—45, pu n ctu al . Attendan tsdiminishing on accou n t of removals ; 8 to 12 children catechised .
In cumben t [Rev . J Pratt] aged 88 , not alw ays residen t, bu t oftenin glebe house w here Cu rate [Rev . B . Woods] resides. In cu mben twill have a claim on his su ccessor of for the bu ild in g of glebe[Amoun t expen ded in bu i ld in g glebe in 17 7 6 w as £993 10s .
Repairs are also necessary . Fu rn ished by Rector and occu piedby Cu rate .
John Birch , Parish Clerk , cann ot sin g, very aged , otherw ise du lyqu alified . Mr . Chichester Fortescu e has bu ilt a handsome schooland su pported it , bu t i t is not su cceedin g from opposition by ,
R .C.
Priesthood . In cumben t is erecting a paroch ial school . Baptismsat the altar . No converts to RC . Five Dissen ters in Darver
w ho attend chu rch often .
Vestry Book (resumed)1827 Tw o b lack gow ns for Clerk and .Sexton £3 13s . 10d . Repairin g
the Bell of the old tow er [probably u sed for fun erals], 2s .
Ditching chu rchyard , £8 18s . 10d . Coh‘ins for poor. £2 15s . 4d .
”
1828—Cost of Fon t, £19 17 8 . 9d . Co ffins for poor, £2 l l s . 6d . and n ex tyear, do . En closin g churchyard , £20, and £17 3s . 5d . nex t year .
1829 To Mercer the w hi tesmith for repairin g the Bell, l0s . Cess, £9058 . 44d .
”Then follow s a list of 58 cess-payers in Dromiskin and
10 in Darver .
Mr . R ichy, for fixing the bell £1 39 . 0d .
1830 A fine, per Chu rchw arden , 7 s .
1831 A fine, 8s .
1832—On the death of Rev . Joseph Pratt, ju n ., in 1831, Darver w as
separated from Dromiskin , and Rev . R .Woods, Cu rate of Dromiskin ,
w as appoin ted its Rector . As how ever there w as n o chu rch bu i ltin Darver at the time the Vestry o
f Dromiskin resolved thatMr . R ichard Morgan , Mr . Thomas Du ff y and Mr . Parker be re
qu ested to w ait on the Protestan t parishion ers of Barver to solici tthem to con tribu te somethin g to the su pport of the chu rch of Dromiskin , as long as they have n o chu rch to su pport .”
I n 1833 w e find t races o f the popu lar movemen t against th
chu rch cess and t ithes,for defau lters to the amou n t o f { 30
4s. 3id.—rn ore than half the cess— are retu rned .
H enceforth the Ecclesiastical Commission ers defrayed the
Chu rch expenses— an Act of Parliamen t having been passed
for the pu rpose .
Report of Commissioners on Ecclesiastical Revenues, &c.1836 John Smythe, In cumben t . Gross income, £626 8s . Parish
Schoolmaster paid by Vicar £20. Presen t I ncumben t paid his predecessor £917 l s . 6d . British cu rren cy, on accou n t of mon ey expendedon the glebe house, and will be en titled to receive from his su ccessor£687 l 6s .2d . In cumben t res idesin glebe hou se . [N .B .
—He appearsto have been n on -residen t from 1836 to ’
4 l ]. Chu rch accommodation140. Ann u al instalmen t of loan chargeable in 1831, £4 1 13s . 7 d .
,
redu ced in 1831 to £30 16s . 1d . in consequ en ce of Darvar bein gdis - u nited from Dromiskin . Divine Service Su n days and chieffestivals ; H oly Commun i on 8 times a year . Average cess levy,£66 13s . 84d.
”
CHAP. V.—DROM I SK IN PAR I SH .
[The presen t parish school—now let ou t to a ten an t—w as, I un derstand, built in 1837 , by fun ds collecte d and largely con tr ibu tedto,
by Mrs . M‘
Clin tock (wife of Major J M‘
Clin tock , DromiskinHouse, afterw ards Lord Rathdonnell). - S tu bbs M SS .]
Vestry Book
1840. Jun e21st Church broken in to and poor chest robbed of £118s . 6d .,
w hich Mr . An dou in [the Cu rate] replaced, as he considered himselfw rong in leaving the money in the chu rch .
”
Vestry Minu tes
1841 In consequ en ce of the separation from Darver parish the pew sw ere t e-appropriated as follow s—[Compare w i th 1823 list, p .
—1, John Straton , Wm. Devlin , Wm. Lamb ; 2, Recto r ; 3, JamesM
‘
Cu llagh , Mrs . Green ; 4 , Robert M ‘
Cu llagh, Thomas Bir ch ; 5,The Police ; 6, James Bell ; 7 , John Semple, William Art hu r ;8 and 21, Mrs. Fortescu e, Mi lton Grange ; 9, Thomas Fortescu e ;10, Rector ; 11, TheWater Gu ard ; 12 and 14 , Stran gers ; 13 and
15, John M‘
Clin tock ; 16, Edw ard Ow ens ; 17 , James Morgan ;18 , Wi lliam Parker ; 19, George and Robert Morton , ThomasThompson 20, James M ‘
Cu llagh , jun ., Mrs . Rogers, Mrs. Wilson
22, Alexan der Nanson , James Lea.
”
I n the year 184 1 Rev . J ohn H amil ton Stu bbs w as appoin ted
Rector and Vicar , and du ring his t ime the Chu rch seems to
have had a period of u nexampled prosper ity , the congregat ion
often reaching to the ful l amou n t of accommodat ion,140 .
Among the dist ingu ished men who occu pied the pulpit of
D romiskin in those days w e find—Revs . M ortimer O ’
su llivan ,
Dean Thomas Moriarty,Arthu r Molony ,
Dr. S inger ,
(afterwards B ishop of Meath), Dr . S tu bb s , Dr.
Garstin of Ceylon ,and Elias Thackeray .
In 1842w e read of the first Harvest Thanksgiving in the chu rch . In 1846,November 10, Day of H umiliation in consequ en ce of the presen tscarcity,” and again March 4 , 184 7 .
1850—An drew Kennedy , Clerk [died John Straton , Sexton .
1862(Visitation Book) 30 scholars in Sun day School, 29 in Day School .97 members of the Established Church in parish .
The Introdu ction 01 the Railw ay.—4 team began to dis
place horses in the early days of Victoria. The first portion
of a railway destined to j oin Du blin and the North w as con
stru cted as f ar as D rogheda, and some tiin e later the Ul ste r
railway connected Belfast wi th Portadown . Bu t i t w as
not u nti l 1849 that a l ine to connect these, in clu ding the
great bridge over the Boyne, w as opened u nder the name
Dublin and Belfast Ju nct ion Railway ,and eventu ally these
RAILWAY . CHURCH I N RECENT Tmss. 217
were fu sed in to one Company ,styled the Great N orthern
(I reland). The lin e passed throu gh the parishes of Stabannon
and D romiskin , and a station w as open ed in D rumleck town
land,n ear w here the railw ay crosses the r iver Glyde, abou t
1 4 miles from the village of Castlebellingham and 2 miles
from the village of D romiskin . A good w hile after,the Great
N orthern Railw ay w as open ed and 1ts Castlebell ingham
station located in D rumleck tow n land . An old byroad leading
tow ards it from D romiskin w as improved and taken over
by the Grand J u ry ,main ly throu gh th e influ ence of
Mr . Bu rton B rabazon,then Sub -Sheri ff, and Chairman of the
Du ndalk Steam Packet Company .
DROM ISKIN ROUND TOWER, 18 30-4 0.
(From Keene'
s Tow ers and Temples of Ancient I reland, by permission of
H odges, Figgis 8: Co Ltd.)
Church in recent times. —Rev . J . H . Stu bbs died at the
Rectory 25 October , 1866, aged 7 2,and w as bu r ied in Du ndalk ,
where there is a memorial of him in the chu rch of which he
had been Cu rate . H e w as su cceeded by Rev . J oseph Chamn ey ,
R
CHAP . V .—DROM I S KIN PAR I SH .
M .A.,w ho w as institu ted on December 3,
1866, and in du cted
on 5 Jan u ary,1867 ,
by the R ev . R . H amilton ,R ector of
Du n dalk . H e con tin u ed Rector for the long per iod of 38
years and 6 mon ths u n til July 30,1905, w hen he reti red from
the act ive serv ice of the M in ist ry .
A f ew years after he had been appoin ted to the parish
the Chu rch of I relan d w as disestablished . Bu rton B rabazon
and R ichard Morgan w ere elected as Synodsrn en t o represen t
the parish in Armagh D iocesan Syn od ,and a Select Vest ry
w as also formed . At the t ime (Ecol . Com. Rep . 1868) there
w ere 91 chu rch people in the par ish ,the gross in come of Which
w as £47 7 55 . 0d.,or n et t £400 .
In 188 1 Maj or -Gen eral F . W. S tu bbs , son of the late I n
cumben t,
w as appoin ted Synodsman, Chu rchw arden and
Treasu rer , in the room of the late Mr . B rabazon ,Which offices
he held t ill 1893, w hen he w as su cceeded by M r . H . P . Lof tie .
1867—The Chu rch Hymn al first in trodu ced .
18 7 5—New Harmoniu m, cost £16.
1883 Resolved That the thanks of the Select Vestry be given to theRev . Elias Thackeray Stu bbs for his gift of a brass alms -dish to thechu rch of Dromiskin .
From 1867 - 1886 Lord Clermon t distribu ted, throu gh the Rector, an
annu al sum in c lothing and blankets for the poor of Dromiskin .
Recent Ecclesiastical Arrangements. —Oh the resignation
of the Rev . J oseph Chamn ey the parish ceased (by an ar range
men t made by the D iocesan Synod in 187 0)to be a separate
parish ; and w as div ided betw een the n eighbou ring par ishes
of Kilsaran and H evnestow n : the tow nl an ds of Babesw ood,
D romiskin (inclu ding the chu rch and chu rchyard w ith the
parochial school , now let to a ten an t), D rumleck , M illtown
Old and New rath going to Kilsaran parish ; and Commons ,
Whiterath , M ill tow n,M illtow n -Grange
,Mooretow n
, and
Walterstow n to H eynestow n .
An Afternoon Service is n ow held. on Su n day in the Chu rch
by the Rector of Kilsaran . A small en dow men t is allocated
to Kilsaran tow ards the main tenance of D ivine Service .
The Glebe H ou se w as pu rchased by the Rev . J . Chamney
CH-AP. V .—DROM I S KIN PAR I SH .
the t ime being of the par ish of D romiskin t o assist in the
erection or repair of a Roman Catholic Chapel in the par ish
of Dromiskin .
The late Par ish Priest,Rev . Joseph H ealy , by his Wil l ,
proved 23rd J u ly ,1907 , bequ eathed to His Emin en ce Cardin al
Logu e abou t 4 acres of lan d in D romiskin tow n lan d , on the
Stew art estate,for the u se and ben efit of the Roman Catholic
Par ish of B arver , and £50 to his su ccessor to be applied
towards the bu ilding and erection of the n ew Roman Catholic
Chapel at D romiskin ,and £50 tow ards paying off the debt
on B arver Chapel , as w ell as £50 to the poor of Darver and
£50 to the poor of Dunleer .
A list of the clergy , as f ar as ascertained , w ith short
b iographies of some,wi ll be fou n d in Appen d ix I .
APPEND I X I
accession o Cferggin each Parish—Rectors, Vicars, and Cumtes ; R .C . Clergy ,
f ollow ed by P resby terian Ministers.
N .B .—I n addition to the abbreviations used in the text the following
are also used in this appendix , Viz .—R .=Rector or Rectory ; V .=Vicar
or Vicarage ; C. : Curate or Cu racy ; Pres .=Presen ted : I nst .= I nstit u ted;
Coll .=Collated .
Where the w ord appears occu rs after a name of a R .
, V . or C., it is
to be u nderstood that i t is not exactly ascertained w hen that person w as
institu ted, etc, bu t it is kn ow n he w as R .,V. or C.
, in the year given .
KILSARAN.
7 42 Saran, Fou nder, d ied . (See A .F .M . and Text).991 Diarmld, Lectu rer of Killsaran and Abbot of Clu ain Edna died (A .F M
€6e (315 9616 é empf ars.
(Text, p . 20, &c .)
1307 John de Egge appears as Chaplain .—(Templars
’
1118 8 ) He
probably served the Chu rch u nder the Templars as Rectors.
¢6e QKm'
n s l ospif af f ersPreceptors 01 Kilsaran. (See text, &c .)
1327 Roger Uitlaugh (Abp . King ’s Coll .)1338 Adamde Mor (Archdall , M on . Bib.)1348 WilliamTyneham(Archdall, M on . Hib.)14 7 1 Philip Bermingham (R . Octav.)14 7 9 Thomas Talbots (R . living in 1482 (M .R . 21 Ed .
1483 Marmaduke Lumley (Abp . King ’s Coll .)—See &c .
Ga tors anb w ears.
164 1 Thomas Makgill appears - see Gernonstow n .
1658 No preaching Minister —(I nqui8 . Dec .
1661 Thomas Lambert appears (Query—see Dromiskin).
222 APPEND IX I .—Su ccs ssxo1~1 OF CLERGY .
Caesar Williamson, D .D ., appears (P .R . 23 Chas. II .
, Hearth M oneyRolls, Williamson w as an Englishman , edu cated at Westminster school and Cambridge Un iversity . H e came to Irelandabou t 1646, became in 1654 , du ring the Common w ealth,and also Pu blic Orator of Du blin University . We find h im in1660 (Feb . 15) R . Ardstraw (DerrY), in 1660-1 (Feb . 16) Preb .
Rathmichael, Du b lin in 1664 Treasu rer of Christ ChurchCathedral . I n 1661 he stated to the Ir ish H ouse of Commons thatfour years previ ou sly he had been promised £40 yearly for takingcare of Ussher ’s Library in the Castle . Abou t this time he w as
appoin ted R . of Kilsaran and R . and V . of Dromiskin , w h ich heheld w ith the Dean ery of Cashel from 167 1 to his death, in testate ,
on 29 Ncv 167 5 (Prer . Grants 25 P .R .0. William Brookes,merchan t, be in g his prin cipal creditor . Most au thorities place hisdeath, w ron gly, in 167 6. He w as the au thor of several learnedw orks (see Cotton ’
s Fastiand T .C.D . Cal .)
A Rector of Kilsaran and Dromiskin institu te d, bu t n ame isomi tted in First Fruits Retu rn . Probably it w as Thomas Chambers,w ho w as R . of Dromiskin in 167 3 and became R . of Kilsaran 1676.
Thomas Chambers, or Chambre, D .D . He w as the son ofRev . Robert Chambers, brother of John Chambre ,
of Stormonstow n(Will proved and w as born in Kin g ’s Cou n ty in 1641. He
w as edu cated in Du blin , and en tered T .C.D . as a Pension er Jeu . 5,
1657 . He w as R . of I nniskeen (Clogher) 1662 to’
7 3
and R . of Dun leer 1664 -96, w here he did not reside, as he w as alsoR . of St . Catherin e ’s and St . James’s, Du blin , bu t kept a Curatein Dun leer—Mossom Wye . He resigned Kilsaran in 167 8 . He
died in 1694 , and w as bur ied in Clonk een Chu rch , w here he is commemorated on a Mural Tablet—the only one in the church—oh
w hich, un der tw o coats of arms [Chambre and Corker 7] is thefollow in g inscription , as transcribed by Rev . G. W. C. L
’
Estrange‘
,
M .A ., Rector
Hie Jscen t I JOHANNES CHAMBRE De Storminstow n , ArmigerQ uiobu t Die Au gu sti X V, A .D . MDCLX X Ann os Natus LV I
Et l Eju s ex Fratre Nepos et Haeres I THOMAS CHAMBRE,
S .T.P. iEcclesiarum Stae Katherinae et S ti Jacob1 Du b . Favoreillustris
lsimae Comitum de Meath familiae, | Cuiet i pse Pate rn o
San gu ine Ju n ctu s, IParochu s. Obi it ii i° Die MaiiA.D .MDCX CI V.
Aetatis Ann o LIII . Et Thomas Corker, Q uiu xorem du xit
Abigail Chambre I Sororem praedictiThomae Natu Maximam.
Obi it die MartiiX I X ,A .D . MDCCX VI , AetatisAnn o LX X VIII .
Edu ardu s Corker de Ballymaloe Armiger Posuit .
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Translated by Mr . Garstin
Here lie John Chambre of Stormonstow n , Esquire, w ho died 15thAu gust, 1680, aged 55, and his n ephew and he ir Thomas Chambre,D .D ., by favour of the illustri ou s family of the Earls of Meath (tow hich also he w as paternally related), Incumben t of the Parishesof St . Catherin e and St . James, Du blin , w ho died 3t d of May, 1694 ,aged 53 and Thomas Corker, w ho married Abigail Chambre,eldest sister of said Thomas [Chambre], and died 19 March, 17 16,aged 7 8 . Erected by Edw ard Corker of Ballymaloe, Esq.
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Garrett Barry, Pres . by the Crow n , Ju ne 25 (P .R . 30 Chas .
admitted Ju ly 5 He w as V. of Ahern (Cloyne)from 167 5
1681, w as Pres. by the G ow n to R . Cloghran , near Sw ords, Feb . 21
APPEND IX I .- S u ccsssmn or CLERGY .
a Pensioner 20 June, 1684 , at first adopted the military professionand became Capt . in the army, su bsequ en tly took
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H oly Orders(see Brady ’ 8 Records of Cork). H e vacated this living and becamePreb . Lisclery (Cork)1707 35, R . Aghin agh (Cloyn e)Feb . 11,17 07 35
as w ell as V . H oly Trinity, Cork , 1707 -35 . He died in 17 35, and
w as bu ried at H oly Trinity 26May , 17 35 .
Hon. John Moore Pres. May 3rd by R ichard Tisdall , w ho had becomePatron , I ns t . May 17 th (R . M arsh). He w as a son of the 3rdEarl of Drogheda . He vacated in 1709 . He held also the Preb .
of Malahidart (Du blin)1707 - 16 died Jun e 1, 17 16. A John Moorew as Sch . T .O.D . in 1693. (See Lady Drogheda’
s History .)
Thomas Tisdal l, A .M ., In st . May 28 ; R . Tisdall , Patron . He
w as probably a relative of the Patron . A Thomas Tisdall w as V .
Coolock from 27 May , 1707 , and R . and V. Dromin and Athlava
(Limerick)23rd May , 1709 He resign ed Kilsaran 1721
and w as probab ly the same as the follow in g, bein g re-appoin tedand allow ed to hold Kilsaran w ith Ardee .
Thomas Tisdall, A.M . [Same Inst . Nov . 11. R . Tisdall , Patron(R . Lindsay , bu t F .F . Retu rns has Nov . 11, 1722) son of WilliamTisdall, causidici brother of the Patron , born inDu blin , edu cated by Mr . Walls, en tered T .C.D . Dec . 8 , 1699, aged15 . Sch . T .C.D . 1702; B .A .
, 1704 ; M .A ., also V . Ardee and
R . Kildemock 1721 to his death . He m. Lattice (dau ghter of Chichester)Fortescu e, of Dromiskin , Who died in 1726. He died in 1729 .
Will proved 1730 (see Appen dix : Wills). He left £10 tow ardsen largin g the Chu rch of Castlebellingham, to be layd ou t as shallbe approved by Act of Vestry .
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Charles Meredyth, A .M ., Inst . September 26. R . Tisdall, Patron .
He w as the son of Thomas Meredyth , Esq. of Du b lin and New tow n ,
Tr im, M .P. for Navan , w as edu cated by Mr . Sherw in and en teredT .O.D . as a Fell ow Commoner on 7 th Au gust, 1723. His nephew ,
John , onl y son of Thomas, m. Alicia, dau ghter of R t . Hon . Phili pTisdall, Attorn ey Gen eral, afterw ards Patron of this living , w as
created a Baronet of Irelan d in 17 95 . In Parl . Ret . of 1731 CharlesMeredyth, R . of Kilsaran , w as not residen t, hath n o glebe orparson age house, bu t hath a Curate .
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Ou March 17 , 1732, Pr imateBou lte r recommended him su ccessfu lly to the Governmen t forthe Deanery of Ardfert of little valu e desired for its dignity,and, moreover, his father -in -law , Agmondisham Vesey, promisedto su pport the Governmen t as f ar as a man of hon ou r cou ld .
”
(Bou lter ’s Letters). He had a licen ce to go to England for sixmon ths, 8 March , 17 37 Dean Meredyth held New tow n(Dio .Meath)w ith Kilsaran and resigned both in 17 45 on bein g madePreb . of Tyn an , Armagh . Died July, 17 4 7 , and on Au g . 1stw as in terred in the vau lt of that family, near the steeple, inSt . Patrick ’s Cathedral, Du blin . [Register]
The w ill of his dau ghter, Jan e, Spinster, proved in 17 55, says heleft her men tions her brother-in -law , Rev . Henry Leslie,her u ncle, H enry Meredith, City of Du blin ; her mother, Letitia ;her tw o sisters, Cather in e Leslie, Ju dith-Letitia Meredyth ; her
u n cle, George Vesey ; her aun t, Ann Crow Dr .meld ing Ou ld, etc .
Lambert Hughes, D .D ., Inst . Aug . 14 . Philip Tisdall, Patron (R .
Hoadly). Sch . T .C.D . 17 17 , Fellow 1722, w as removed fromFellow shi p (p r rhaps becau se he married)Nov . 2, 1739 . He w as alsoR . of O ld Connel and Morristow n Bil let (Kildare)17 4 1- 7 ; V . of Killand R . of Lyons (Kildare) 17 53-7 1. The Crow n appoin ted him
KILSARAN RECTORS AND V ICARS .
Chan cellor of Christ Chu rch, Du b lin ,April, 17 62, and he held
it to his death . He died at the end of Jannary 17 7 1 and w as bur iedin Christ Chu rch Cathedral on Feb . 11th . Will proved 17 7 1 (seeAppendix : Wills). He seems not to have been residen t in thisparish, bu t kept a residen t Cu rate .
WilliamOgle, M .A ., Inst . J an 23. Pres . J an . 19 by Phili p fi sdall ,
Patron (R . Robinson). According to the Ifirst Fru i ts Retu rn hew as collated—that is, presen ted and in stitu ted by the Primate .
He w as the son and heir of William Ogle, Alderman of Drogheda,
w hose w ill w as proved by him on 12 Feb , 17 80. He en teredT .O.D . on Apri l 6, 17 53, havin g been edu cated un der Mr . Clarke .
He w as Cu rate of Kilsaran l 7 66- 7 1.and R . Charlestow n with Tallanstow n and Philipstow n 17 69-8 7 . He died in 17 94 , and his wil lw as proved same year (see Appendix : Wills).WilliamWoolsey, LL.B .
, Pres. J an . 2 by John M‘
Clin tock ,
Patron , on a deed of resignation . In st . May 7 He w as
the son of John Woolsey, of Priorland, Du ndalk (see Text). and
had at first en tered the army, becomin g a Lieu tenan t in the 61st
Regt , bu t he afterw ards took Hcly Orders . H e had been a (h rate
in Ken t before 17 90, w hen he became R . Heyn estow n (17 90He w as also C. of Dromiskin 1800- 18 10 at £7 5 per ann um . H e
married, May , 17 7 7 , Mary An ne,third daughter of Alan Bellingham ,
of Castlebell ingham and had issu e , in ter alias, John Woolsey, of
M ilestow n , w hose surviving children are Major -Gen . Woolsey, D .L .,
Milestow n , and Mrs . Wm. Thornhill , of Eastgate . He resign edKilsaran in 17 97 , bu t w as t e -appoin terl in 18 10.
Alexander M‘clintock , A .M .
, Pres. J an . 23 by John M‘
Ch‘
n tock,Patron . Inst . J an . 26 He w as the second son of JohnM
‘
Clin tock, of Drumcar, M .P., High Sheriff 1768 , by Patience
Foste r (see Peerage). He w as born in 17 7 5, became C. of Kilsaranin 17 96, so that, i f the former date is correct, he mu st have beenordained un der the can onical age . He resign ed this parish in 18 10,and afterw ards became R . of St . Mary ’
s, New tow n barry, Cc .
Wexford, 18 10-36 ; R . Ballymartle, Cork, 18 15 -24 ; R . Glenbarrahan , Ross, 1824 8 ; R . Clonegal , Ferns, 1828 -36. MarriedAnne, dau ghter of Mervyn Pratt, of Cabra and niece ofRev . Joseph Pratt, R . of Dromiskin 17 66- 1831 (w h ich see), andhad issu e . He died 1836.
WilliamWoolsey, LL .B [Again ], Pres . Aug . 18 by John M Clin tock .
Inst . Aug . 21. Certificate of his Assen t and Consen t at in
du ction , Sep . 2, sign ed by Thomas Palmer, William Cairnes, Wm.
Clifiord, Wm. Branagan He seems to have been allow ed inlater years to live in Du b lin on accou n t of his advan ced age and
infirmity (Via. B . bu t he kept a Cu rate at Kilsaran . He
died in 1832.
Henry Fitzalan M‘clintock, A.M .
—Pres . Oct . 2 by John M‘
Ch‘
n tock .
Inst . Oct . 23 (R . Beresford). He w as the eldest son of Rev . Alex .
M‘
Clin tock above n amed . He resigned this parish on May 5, 1835,and became Prebendary of Ballymodan (=Bandon )in 1835, and
R . MacCloneigh and Kilmichael Cork, in 1846. He died in October18 7 9, u nmarried .
Robert La Poer M‘Clintock, M .A . B .A. Pres. May 23by John M ‘
Clin tock . Inst . May 26. Ind u cted May 31. Certificateof Assen t and Consen t sign ed by Thomas Trou ton and Wm.
Branagan , jun . He w as the son of John M‘
Clin tock ,of
Drumcar, by Lady Elizabeth Le Poer Tren ch, third dau ghter of
APPEND IX I .— SUCCES S ION OF CLERGY .
William , Earl of Clan carty . He w as ordained in 1834 . He
married , in 1856, Maria Su san , on ly dau ghter of Alexander CharlesH ey land (late Indian Ju dge). He died in Lon don , Ju ne 30, 18 7 9,and w as bu ried in the family mau soleu m at Drumcar, w here he iscommemorated by a memorial w indow in the Parish Church, asalso by one in the Parish Chu rch , Castlebellin gham (see AppendixI n scrip tions). His w idow married 1st Feb . 1883, Fran cis, eldestson of Ow en B . Cole, Esq.
, D .L .
, and Lady Fanny Cole .
[DISESTABLISHMENT .]
FrancisGeorge LaPoer M‘clintock, B .A ., 18 7 5 M .A . (Can t . and
18 7 9 ; B .D . 1903. Elected by the Board of Nomination ,
and Inst . Sep . 25 . He w as Ordained Deacon 18 7 8 , Priest 187 9 .
H e w as third son of Major H enry Stanley M ‘
Clin tock , brother ofthe first Lord Rathdonn ell and of the prev iou s Rector . H e had
been Cu rate of this parish from 18 7 8 . He resign ed Ki lsaran R .
in 18 86 on his appoin tmen t to Dru mcar Parish . I n 1894 he w as
appoin ted Preben dary of Bal lymore, and in 1896 Precen tor ofArmagh . He is Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Primate and tothe Lord Lieu ten an t, is etc .
WilliamClaypon Bellingham,B .A . 1869, M .A . 18 72 Pres .
(on lapse)by the Primate p ro hac vice Inst . Oct . 27 . He w as the
secon d son of Sir Alan Edw ard Bellingham, Bart, and youn gerbrother of Sir A . Hen ry Bellin gham the presen t Baron et . He w as
born in 184 7 , ordained Deacon 18 72, Priest 18 7 4 , w as C. of Du n an y1872-3, 0. Aghade, Cc . Carlow,
’18 7 3-4 , B .
?Urglin , Cc . Carlow , 18 7 4
86. He marr ied, in 18 7 8 , Su san Caroline, dau ghter of Ven . AmbrosePow er, Archdeacon of Lismore, and died in Bagnierres de Bigorrein the Pyren ees on 3rd Oct . 1892, leavin g issu e Eu do-William -Alan ,
of Dun an y, Co . Lou th, b . 1884 ; Vera-Susan , Alice-Marian ; and
Hester -Fran ces- Z oe, w ho died in 1900.
1892Samuel John Carolin, M .A ., 1891, and Div . Test . 1883 ; ordain ed
Deacon 1885, Priest 1886. Elected by the Board of Nomination .
Inst . Oct . 27 . Previou sly C. of Du n dalk, 1885-92. He resign edKilsaran for Don abate Vicarage, Cc . Du b lin ,
in 1899 . He marriedMiss Somervi lle .
JamesBlennerhassett Leslie, B .A. 1888 , M .A . 1889 in T .O.D .
he obtain ed Bp . Forster ’s Prize (1st) 1890, Divin i ty CompositionPrize 1890, Ecol . Hist . Prize (2nd) 1890, Warren Pri ze and 1st of1st Class Div . Test . 1891. Elected by the Board of Nomin ation ,
and Inst . Oct . 25 . Ordain ed Deacon 1891, Priest 1892 (both byBishop of Dow n). C. Christ Church , Belfast, 1891-4 , Sen i or C.
Portadow n 1894 9 . I n Febru ary 1900 the Cour t of the GeneralSyn od, on petition , declared the Nomin ation in valid (because then otice callin g meeting of Board of Nomin ation w as late by oneday), and consequ en tly election void .
The Same. Re -elected by Board of Nomination . Inst . Mar . 17 .
H e w as the third Rector of Kilsaran , perhaps the fou rth , institu tedtw ice to this parish—viz . z—Wye, Tisdall Woolsey and Leslie .
APPEND I X . I .- SUCCES S ION OF (31 13119 11.
1818 John Magee, appears .—(Woolsey Papers). He w as the eldest son
of Archbishop Wm. Magee, of Du blin . He became R . Carrygart
(Raphoe) 1819, and R . Edrim 1825-29, and R . of St . Peter ’s,Drogheda, in 1829 . H e died on Jun e 10, 1837 , fr om typhu s fever,cau ght in the discharge of his du ties. A mon umen t to his memoryw as erected by the con gregation in St . Peter ’s.
1819-26 Thomas Plunket, B .A ., afterw ards M .A .
, previously Curate forthree years to Mr . Massey, New tow n limavady .
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(Woolsey Papers)b . 17 92, son of Will iam Conyn gham Plu nket ; m. Oct . 26, 1819,Lou isa Jan e, d . of John W. Foster, of Fan e Valley, M .P. for Dunleer . He w as Dean of Dow n 1831-9, and afterw ards su cceeded tothe title of Baron Plun ket in 1854 . He w as consecrated Bishop ofTu am 1839, and died 19 Oct .
, 1866. The late Lord Plun ket,Archb ishop of Du b lin , w as his n ephew .
1826 Charles Smyth , Lic . Mar . 14 ; salary £7 5 per ann u m and glebe hou se .
The w i ll of Rev . Charles Smyth, Philipstown , Cc . Lou th,w as proved in 1845 .
1832 John H. Potts—Ju ly to October (Vestry Book).18 7 8 Francis G. La Poer M‘Clintock. H e w as elected Rector, 18 7 9 .
1883-5 Francis Herbert Wm. Thornhill, M .A . (Can t ), son of George Thornhil l, of Diddin gton , H u n ts (High Sheriff ordained Deacon ,
1882; Priest, 1883 ; C. of Lou th 1882-3 ; became R . of O ffordD
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Arcy , Diocese of Ely (Patron A. J Thornhill , Esq.)in 1885 ; m.
his cousin Helen Georgina, dau ghter of Rev . Charles Thornhill ,and had issu e Noel and Leslie .
1892 Archibald J . Johnston—Now actin g Chaplain to the Forces.
GERNONSTOWN.
Q BBof s of {Be Qfionasf érg of Etna Q uacljait’f
(See Text)
Obit, St. Colman MacLuachan, 30March ; the Foun derSiadhail, AbbotAnfadan, AbbotSuiarlech, AbbotThomas, B ishop, Scholar, and AbbotClemens, AbbotCaemhan, Abbot, killed by the Danes
(Beaters,WilliamEngland appears (R . Sw ayne).
Andrew Keppoke, R .
, d ied th is year on J an . 2. He w as also R . ofBaronstow n f rom 14 10 to 1435William Bede, Chaplain , su cceeds. H e su cceeded Keppoke also as
R . of Barons tow n (R . Oct ).
WilliamEngland appears on March 31 (R . Prene).
John Prout is R . (M .R . 28 Hen . VIII ). Bu t i t is u n certain w hetherit w as of Gernonstow n , Lou th , or Gernonstow n , Meath .
GERNONSTOWN AND STABANNON : RECTORS , ETC . 229
wicar.1641 Thomas Makgill is Vicar (Dep . o,
‘ 1641, See Kilsaran .
Caraf es.
John Clarke is C. at 10/ per ann um . He w as also R . of Dun leer,w hich w as u nited to V . Du n an y pro hac vice (w here he w as n on
residen t and discharged the cu re accordin g to the means, vi z .
, £3
a year)and C. Marlinstow n at 10/ per ann um (R V. He
w as ordain ed Deacon on 27 May ,1618 , and Priest on 4 Ju ly, 1621,
and became R . Killin coole 1st March , 1624 (R .V.
Henry Ferrant, May 9, also C. of Kilsaran , q.v . (R V. Abou tthis time the parish became merged in Kilsaran .
STABANNON.
3 9d“ ? (ormrefienbaries)— see p . 111.
1263 Benedict (10 Athirdee appears (Cal . Pap . Reg .) See p . 103.
1295 J ohn Darel w as then deceased (Cal . Doc. I ., Nov . 30) See p . 104
1299 John Picard appears (Justz’
cary Rolls) Robert Lust also Chaplain .
See p . 104 .
1305 The Vicar of Manfieldstow n , n ot in Priests orders, allow ed to holdthis chu rch .
—see p . 105 .
1345 Philip de Melton—Pres . by the Crow n J an . 23 (P .R . 19/ -20Ed . III .)—see p . 111.
1346 Nicholas Bath—Pres. by the Crow n in mistake Jan . 18 Presen tationrevoked Jun e 1 follow ing (P .R . 19/ -20 Ed .
1366 John de Strode appears (P .R . Ed . H e is still R . in 1370, vacatedbefore 1385, and died in 1389 (M .E . 4 Hen . He is men tionedin a Chancery I nquis. of 15th April , 1591. A John Scrope , w ho
is also called John Strode, w as V . Ardee in 1385, w hen he exchangedthe Parson age of the Free Chapel of Ross (Dio . Dow n )w ith JohnSciw ard, Vicar of Ardee . A John Strode, Clk .
, in the Bio . of Hereford, is men tioned in Cal . Pap . Lett . III .
, 455—possibly the same .
1385-6 Thomas Brow n appears, bein g granted a Licen ce by the Crow n ,
dated at Trym , Feb . 13, 1385, to study in the Schools of Oxford(P .R . 9 R ich . II bein g sty led Parson of the Prebendal Chu rchof Staghbanan . He is dead in 1389—see p . 112
, and Cotton ’
s
Fastz’
Ecc. Hib. i i i ., 61.
1389 John Whithede, Pres . Sep . 12(P .R . 13 R ich . II ., He got leave
of absen ce in 1409, and again in 14 13 H e is men tionedin 1401 and in 14 11—Cal . Pap . Reg .
, Vols . V ., p . 433, and V .
, p .
291. See mu ch abou t himat p . 112. H e, w ith R ichard Moore, V .
of Termon feckin , and Dean Colton (afterw ards w as sen t byKin g R ichard 11. in 1385, on an Embassy to Rome . (Dalton ’
s
Drogheda Stu art’s Armagh .)1431 The Vicars Choral 01 St. Patrick ’s, Dublin w ere Rectors and received
the fru its of the Prebend u p to 18 70—see p . 113.
0
1220 Simon, Vic . de Stackbanan w itnesses a deed abou t this year(Chart . St . Mary ’
s Abb ., Vol . This is the earliest men tion
of a Clergyman in this parish as yet fou nd .
230 APPEND IX I .—SUCCES S ION OF CLERGY .
1386 John Carrew e [perhapsz Carew ], Chaplain , Pres. by the Marqu isof Du b lin * to the Vic . of the Chu rch of Staban an , in his gi ft, Ju ly13 (P .R . 10 R ich .
1402 Thomas Haddesore appears (P .R . 3 H en . IV .) is dead Aug, 1431(R . Gotav).
1431 Richard Crony is Pres. by the Vicars Choral of St . Patrick ’s, Du blin(R . Octav .)—see p . 115 is livin g in 1456 (R . Frene).
14 7 1 Edw ard How ete, or Harved appears ; Livin g in 1522 (R . Cramer).This seems to indicate an extraordin ar ily lon g in cumben cy .
1548 Thomas Crefle. H e appears as Preben dary of Tagh Saggard in St .
Patrick ’s, Du b lin , in 1542, and held that post at the su ppressionin 1546, w hen he received a pen sion of £136s. 8d . (P .R . 1Edw .
He w as Vicar of Stabann on before 1548 , in w hich year he is reportedfor n on - residen ce (P .R . and M and probably resign ed . On the
restoration of St . Patrick ’s, u n der Edw ard VI he w as n omin ate din the Charter as Precen tor, Ju n e 15, 1554 (Charter H e
is still Precen tor on 22March , 157 8 at w hich time he is represen ted as bein g 8 7 years of age— see M ason , and Cotton .
15512 John Doyle (Hanaper Rolls). He w as Pres . by Sir O liver Plu n ketan d Sir John Plun ket, gran tees of the Vicars Choral, and is calledJ ohn Donyll in Cal . of Christ Chu rch Deeds. See text, p . 113.
Inst . Apri l 17 1551.
1566 Peter Finglas1584 John Egerton M .A .
, T .C.D . (afterw ards Fellow ,
elected Preb . of Du blin , and same day Vicar ChoralSt . Patrick ’ s, Oct . 27 , 1612; died 1625
.(see Cotton ’
s Fasti ii .,65,
1618 -9 Hugh Griffith , or Griffin, Mar . 2 and previously Vicarof Drumcar from Apri l 3, 1595 w hich he seems to have heldw ith V. Du n dalk from 1608 9 (F .F .R)and w ith Stabann on , probablytill 1625 . I n R .V. 1622w e are told he readeth the Irish ServiceBook . H e bu i lt a Vicarage Hou se in Stabann on (R V.
A H u gh Gri ff ith w as collated to the Preben d of Whitechu rch,Ferns, in 1631.
1625-6 William Cleyburne, M .A ., B .D . I n 1622 he w as Vicar
of Dromin and Domestic Chaplain to the Primate and n on -residen tin that parish, w here H u gh Gri ff ith (above n amed) acted as hisCu rate at £6 13s . 4d . per ann um (R .V. H e became Deanof Kildare in 1625-6, and also Preb . of Tassagard in St . Patrick ’s1630, and died in 1645 (see Cotton ’
s Fasti).
1645 James Meyler appears. He w as the eldest son of N icholas Meyler
(probably the Chancellor of Ossory 1626- 1665, w hose wife, Judith , ‘
su rvived him.—0rmonde M 8 8 ), and w as born in , and edu cate d
at Kilken n y . H e en tered T .C.D . as a Pensioner on Aug . 25, 1639,aged 15 . He probably su cceeded Cleybu rn e at Stabann on in 1645or soon after for James Meyler w as Established Min isterat Stromallen (sic)at £60 per ann u m u nder the Common w ealth(MS . 1040, He is residen t in Stabann on in 1664 (Hearth
Marqu ess of Du blin . This w as the great Robert de Vere, 9th Earlof Oxfor d, w ho had been advanced by R ichard II . in the previous yearto this Marqu esate for life, obtain ing w i th i t a gran t of the lordship and
domain of Ireland , w ith all profits, revenu es and regalities, as amplyas the king himself ou ght to en joy the same—see Macau lay ’s History,and Burke ’
s Extinct Peerage.
APPEND I X I .—SUCCES S ION OF CLERGY .
Thomas Murphy, B .A., Pres. May 8 ; Inst . to V. Stabannon and
Collated to V. R ichardstow n on May 18 . H e w as the son of} theprevi ou s Vicar . H e resign ed on Ju ly 9, 1807 and afterw ards took the surname of Philips.
Thomas Parkinson, Pres . Aug . 20 ; I nst. Oct . 10 to V. Stabann on
and Collated to V. R ichardstow n same day . See p . 120 and
Appen dix I I I . for particulars regardin g his family . He died in184 7 .
John Grahame, B .A ., T .C.D . 1845 . Appoin ted 22 Oct .
, 184 7
(Via. of 1862)and inst . 16 Nov . He w as ordained in '
1845 .
He married H on ora, dau ghter of Robert J ager w ho became a.
Vicar Choral of St . Patrick ’ s in 1816 and three years later also ofChr ist Church, Du blin , and w ho died in 1861. Mr . Grahame died3rd May , 1883, aged 7 1 years, leaving issu e tw o dau ghters, H on orsand Roberta, w ho, after their father ’s death, purchased the Glebe .
660111e of g t . Gnatz of Etafiannon .
(See p . 107 )
Nicholas Seskyn , or Caskene, Preben dary of St . Mary of Stabann on (R . Cromer). I n 1545 Nicholas Cariskene, Curate of thechur ch of Stabann on , does n ot keep a school (M He died in154 8 .
Patrick Dow edall w as Pres . by the Crow n to the Chan try of St .
Nicholas of Staban an in room of Casken e, deceased (HamperRolls
,and Lib. M
(Caraf es.
Miles Pilk ington, M .A . (Par . Reg ). H e w as R . of Philipstow n 1721
35, bu t seems to have resided at Stabann on (Parl . Ret . 17 31)—Seealso Append ix : M arriages.
Stearn Ball, M .A .
, Lic . C Ordain ed Priest Aug . 17 , 17 4 7H e w as the son of John Ball, gen erosi , and w as born in Co .
Lou th , and en tered T .O.D . Dec . 5, 17 39, aged 19, havin g beenedu cated u n der Dr . Clarke . He seems to have been Curate in17 48 (Via. Book).Mr. Gerrard (Par . Reg )
‘ Probab ly Samu el Gerrard w ho w as C.
of Du n leer in 1801.
Edw ard Beatty (Vestry Book).John Miller (Par . Register).
H. W. Stew art (Chu rch Collections Book).Mr. Ball (Par . Register). Probably Wardlaw Ball, w ho becameR . St . Peter ’s, Drogheda, in 1804 .
Robert Barker (Parish Register).
MANFI ELDSTOWN.
Qgecf om.
William Mouner, or Monner, Bach . Canon and Civil Lawis collated to a Canonry of Du blin and d ispensed to hold hisParish Chur ch of Manfieldstow n w i th it (Cal . Pap . Latt ., Vol . VI .
,
p . He w as Official of the Cou rt of Armagh (R . Fleming), anddied 1411.
MANFIELDSTOWN : Rscr oas AND V ICARS . 233
14 11 Sir John Coke, Chaplain , su cceeded Mar . 21 (R . Fleming). Presen tedby Thos . Dalton , Chaplain , for Sir N icholas Taafie (D .R . I nquis .)He w as the son of Bartman Coke, Esq.
,of the Diocese of Meath .
(
H
D
e
gi
gad in 1436, on
“Saturday the Vigi l of Sain t John the Baptist”
1436 John Taafle, Chaplain , su cceeded in Jun e (B . Oct ); Pres. by SirN icholas Taaffe and in du cted by his proxy, Will iam DyarHe w as living in 1444 , and died before 1454 .
1454 J ohn Cor (or Corre)appears (R . Prene), being allow ed to live ou tsidethe parish, 31 Oct .
, 1455 . A Will iam Corre w as V . of Ardee in1431, and created Canon in 1455 (R . M ey)—see Text .
1497 J ohn Taafle appears (Reg .
1520-2 Thomas Darcy appears (M am. R . xi-xii i H en . He w as
Pres. by Peter Tath (Taaff e), the Patron , and becau se the fru i tsand profits of the Rectory w ere n ot su fficien t to main tain him ,
the V. of Athirdee w as u n ited to it du rin g his life w ith the consen tof the Dean and Chapter of Armagh He seems to haveresigned the V . of Ardee in 1523, and w as su cceeded there byWi lliam Mann in 1524 . Darcy resign ed the R . of Manfieldstow n1527 -8 . H e w as probably a relative of the John Darcy to w homthe king had gran ted the Man or of Manfieldstow n in 1403 (M
1528 WilliamMann—J an . 16, su cceeded him also in this parish as in theV . Ardee, and held both to 1546. H e w as Re ctor of Heyn estow n
1519 -28 , w hen he resign ed it in the chapel of Termonieighan , Ncv .
12 (R . Cromer). He also held the Rectory of Darver in 1527 .
He is men tion ed in the Liber N z'
ger of Dow dall as Rector on May 7
1542. Heis probably theWilliam Mann w ho became M .A.of Oxfordin 1513-4 , and B .D . Ju ly
,1523 (Oxford Gradu ate List).
1546 WilliamHamlin. (Probably both R . and V.—see R V. Inst .
Aug . 7 u pon the Pres . of Patrick Barn w all, of Gracediew e, by virtu eof the kin g ’s gran t and by reason of the min ority of Nicholas,son and heir of Peter Taafie, late of Ballybragan , Esq.
, deceased, thetru e Patron of the Rectory (R . Dow dall). William Hamlin w as
V . St . Peter ’s, Drogheda, 1533-50. He w as edu cated at Ox fordUniversity, w here he w as made B .A. in 1527 and M .A . in 1530.
1556 Nicholas Rise, or Ryse, became R . (R . Dow dall)and is living in June,1558 (Int .
1584 Nicholas Tathe, R .
1586 John Ward, R . I n 1591 he is styled Vicar of this parish(See Vicars).
1614 -5 Ambrose Usher, R . 1601 Cal .) He w as
also R . of Berver, and w as brother of Primate James Usher .
[Abou t this time the Vicarage and Rectory seem to have been u nited].
(picat s.
(Before the Vicarage w as u nited to the Rectory .)
Circa 1250 Thomas Britas (Reeves’
Cal . 36, n .
1299 John appears (Cal . Doc. See p . 104 .
1305 See Stabannon , p . 139 .
1307 Roger, 0111 . of Maundemleston (Templars M 8 8 , qu oted above,p .
234 APPEND IX I .—SUCCES S ION op CLERGY .
1367 Thomas Louragh, Perpetu al Vicar (R . Sw eetman)in this year w asRu ral Dean of Athirdee and cited to Visitation .
1444 Thomas Hussey appears (R . M ey). In 1446 he w as Rural Deanof Athirdee and Dun dalk (R . Sw ayne). He w as V . Dun dalk1427 -37 .
1451 Thomas O’Mary N icholas in P .R . 1456)su cceeded per mortem
H ussey (R . M eg).
1482WilliamMiarghy appears (M em. R . xxn Edw . IV .,
1509 Robert Hand appears (R . Gotav).
1530 Cormac Roth resigned He had been Pres. to R . Kilkee lor Mou rn e in 1526 (R . Cromer). In 1530 he w as R . Kene and V.
Termon feckin and in 1534 became R . H eyn estow n . Ao
cordin g to Cotton (Fastz' ii i . 45) he w as for some years Official
Principal of the provin ce and Presiden t of the Cou rt of Armagh(Vicar -General and w as collated to the Archdeaconry
, 20 Aug .
1535 . His Preben d of Kene w as un i ted to the Archdeaconrysix days afterw ards, so he con tin u ed to hold it and the instrumen tof Primate Dow dall conf errin g it on his su ccessor, John Lymbrycke,of Dun dalk, in 1540, is prin ted in full by Cotton (Faste
'
Vol . ii i .,He is therein called Master Cormac Rothe, and his n ame is alsogiven as R oche (the t and c bein g often indistingu ishable). Thismay accoun t for the reason assign ed for ann exin g a preben d tothe Can onry — n amely, that Sicu t piscis [Roach] sine aqu avivere n on potest —so a Can on cann ot live w ithou t a preben d .
Cotton says (vol . v .)that in 1532he w as a Master in Chancery and
died in 1536, citin g P .R . 28 , Hen . VIII .,bu t this implies that the
prebend w as vacan t fou r years .
1530 Robert Serle. Inst . u pon the Pres. of Peter Taafie, the Patron ,Nov .
8 (R . Cromer). He died in 1536.
1536 John Pentney, Chaplain , su cceeded . Pres . by the Crow n , bein g in
the king ’s gift by the cu stody of the lan ds and heir of PeterTaafie, late of Ballybragan , deceased (P .R . Hen . VIII).
1544 Robert Ardagh, Chaplain , appears (R . Dow dall). He is R . of Dysartin 1535 (Fian ts E liz .
, No . He is presen t at Inquis . at Berver,May , 1544 H e is still V. in 1564 (Chancery Decrees 13Jun e, 6 being join t P111. w ith John Limyrick, V. of Dun dalk,and Patrick Gern on in an action versu s Walton .
1591 John Wardis men tion ed in M .R . of 33rd of Eliz ., No . 26, as sellin g
ale by retail w hile Vicar—see Text, p . 152. This ofien ce isprobably explained by the fact that it appears from I nquisitw ns
that the Carmeli te mon astery of Ardee had the “ Mary gallonsbefore the Reformation , from a brew ery in Manfieldstow n—w h ichw as probab ly bu i lt on their lands.
! ectors anb (picars.
1621-2George Synge, A.M . (R V. He w as born 1594 , edu cated altBaliol College, Oxford ; MA . 1616 , afterw ards D . .D ; came to
I reland abou t 1621, w as made Vicar General of Armagh andRector of Donaghmore by Primate H amp ton . He also h
geld the
R . of Killary (Meath)1621 38 (he is said in the R .V. of 1622to beof good life and conversation I n 1628 he exchanged Donaghmore for Lou ghgi lly R . and V.
, to w hich he w as admitted Sep 1628 .
I n 1634 he became also Treasu rer of Dromore, w hich he resignedin 1635 for the Deanery of Dromore and R . of Drumballyroney
236 APPEND IX I .—Su ccsssmN OF CLERGY.
Peter Barker, LL .D ., Collated Mar . 5
_(R . Robinson); C. St . Peter ’s,
Drogheda 17 48 - 17 50 C. of Lou th, 17 54 C. ofBeau lieu , 17 72-3 He diad '
in 17 8 1.
His will w as made 24 Oct , 17 81, in presence of Ann e Creton and
Robert Barker, and proved 1st Jan .
, 17 82. In it he men tions hisw if e, Mary, and chi ldren , Ann e, James, and Robert (See Appen dixWilla).
Anthony Vinchon Des Voeux, Collated Dec . 8 (R . Robinson)as R .
and V. Monfieldston , otherw ise Moun tfieldstow n”
He
w as previously R . Killin coole, 19 Ju ne to 8 Dec, 17 81
DesVoeu x’
s origin al name w asDe Bacqu en cour t . H e w as the secon dson of De Bacqu en cour t , Presiden t of the P arliamen t of R ou enand w as born in France . I n his early days he w as an arden toppon en t of the Jansenists and seems to have attached him selfto the Reformed Religion . He w rote a Defen ce de la ReligionRef ormeé ,
”4 vols. : Amsterdam, 1735, (a refu tation of a book
in titu led The Catholic Religion proved from Holy Scriptu re, ”by a Can on of Orleans), and Le tters su r les Miracles, Amsterdam,
17 35 . Having in cu rred the displeasu re of his family by his religiousOpinions he emigrated to I relan d and chan ged his name . An A.
Desvozies, or Devousie, ” w as Scholar of T .C.D . 17 41—probablythe same . H e became Chaplain to Lord George Sackville ’
s Regt .,
and w as su bsequ en tly appoin ted Minister of the French Chu rch at
Portar lin gton , w hich he held w ith this Rectory till his death .
He pu blished a lso, amon g other w orks, a Philosophical and CriticalEssay on Ecclesiastes, ” Lon don : 17 60, and a translation of LaBlet terie
’
s Li fe of Ju lian .
”His son ,
Charles, w en t to I ndia,w here he amassed a considerable fortun e . Ou his retu rn to thiscoun try he obtained a seat in the Irish H ou se of Commons, and
in 17 8 7 w as created a baron et as of I ndiaville” in the Qu een ’
s
Coun ty (see Gilbert ’s History of Dublin , pp . 180 Rev . A. Des
Voeu x died in 1792, and his w i ll w as proved in 1793. The followingepitaph is on his tombstone in the Fren ch Chu rch, Portarlington
HereLieth the Body of theRev . An thon y Des VoeuxM inister of this Chu rch
and
Rector of Mansfieldstow n
I n the COMO? oiLou th .
The 3rd December, 17 92,In his 83rd year ,
He departed this lifeBeloved, respected and regretted .
Henry Savage, B .A., w as licensed as his Cu rate in Manfieldstow n
at £40 per ann um on June 7 , 17 8 7 .
Henry Bunbury, B .A., w as collated Feb . 5 (R . Robinson). The
Ecol . Com. Rep . of 1806 states that he w as not residen t, bu t discharges the du ties from a d istance of six miles . N .B—Absen tw ithou t permission . He resigned in 18 15 .
GeorgeVesey, D .D ., w as collated Sep . 1 He w as of Derrabard,
House, Cc . Tyrone (see and Merrion Square, Du blin . Had
been Treasu rer of Ossory 1799-1815, and held w ith Manfieldstow nthe Readershi p of the Royal H ospital, Kilmainham, and the
Chaplaincy of the Du blin Garrison . He w as non -residen t, living
DROM IS KIN“
Rscr oss AND V ICARS . 237
for six months in the year at Kilsaran House, and had a pew in
Castlebellin gham Chu rch in 1824 , bu t‘ kept a Cu rate in Manfields
tow n . He married in 17 89 (ML . dated 2nd Oct .)Barbara, dau ghterof Samu el Taylor, of Grange, near Sw ords, w ho predeceased himon 19 Dec ., 1832, aged 70. He died 28 Feb, 1843, aged 84, and
w as bu ried at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, leaving issueSamu el, his on ly son , and five dau ghters—one married to Rev .
Christophilu s Garstin , of Braganstow n (see p . His will w asproved in 1843. A flat stone to the S . of the bu rial groun d ofthe Royal H ospital, Kilmainham, commemorates Althamia his3rd dau ghter, (1. 19 Feb ., 1811, aged 95, and his gran d -dau ghterGeorgina dau ghter of Robert and Ann a Elw ood, d . 1 Ap .
, 1825,aged 1 year and 8 mon ths.
“ Also the remain s of the aboven amed Rev . George Vesey and Barbara his wife . The
former d ied 28 Feb ., 1843, aged 84 years, and thc latter on 19th
of Dec ., 1832, aged 70 years .
”
Anthony Garstin, of B .A. 1814, M .A . 1832, w as collatedApri l 11 (R . Beresford). He lived on his ow n estate at Bragans
tow n , in the parish of Stabann on , bu t on ly a f ew hun dred yardsfrom the parish chu rch . He had been licensed as Curate to hispredecessor, Dr . Vesey, on Nov . 15, 1824 , at a salary of £7 5 . He
w as a Magistrate of the Coun ty, and also, after Disestablishmen t,a member of Stabann on Select Vestry . He died , u nmarried, on
Ju ly 10, 187 3, w hen the parish became un ited to Kilsaran (Seepp . 161-3.
DROMISKI N.
Circa 440 St. Patrick, Fou nder .
Q fifiof s.
St. Ronan, son of Barach, Patron Sain t, died Nov . 2.
Mairchu , Abbot and Bishop, d ied .
Tighernach Mac Muiredach, Abbot and Bishop, died .
Cormac MacFianamhall, Abbot, died .
Muiredach, son of Cormac, Abbot, w as slain .
Maw naeh, or Maenah, Abbot, died .
Domnhall O ’Klrw an is Archin neach of both Lou th and Dromiskin .
fi ecf ors.
Before the Reformation the Abbots w ere probab ly Rectors . Fromthe Restoration the Rectory and Vicarage seem to have been u n i ted—see
below .
wicars.
Wi lliam “the Vicar is men tioned in the Pip e Rolls, and also
Master Reginald Taai. (Rep . D .K .,
Vacan t (Plea Rolls 9 Edw .
Hugo Gerney, or Germyn , V ., appears. Sir Hu gh Germyn , Vicar of
Drumeskyn , is gran ted lan d by Sir R ichard Perot on 8 J an ., 1360.
H u go Gerney, Vicar, is Commissary of the Archbishop of Armaghfor the indu ction of Thomas Waleys to V. of Carlin gford on Apri l26, 1361 .
APPEND IX I .—Su ccnss10N OF CLERGY.
1398 Henry Saunder (Pap . Lett., Vol . V ., I n 1426 he is absolved
for an o ff ence against morals (R . Swayne—See p . 183). I s livin gin 1435 (D .R .
1450 Richard Saunder appears (R . Prene). I s excused from appearin gat a Visitation on accoun t of his infirmity . Is livin g m 1456 (D .R .
Probably a son of the precedin g14 7 1 Thomas Sherloke appears (R . Oct ).
1514 Patrick Haw eran, or Haw eren, is dead in this year (R . Oct ).
1514 Henry Saunder (R . Oct).
1520 John Ricard, resign ed (R . Cramer).1520 Robert Ratcllfl, Inst . Feb . 18, on the Presen tation of the Pri or and
Conven t of St . Mary of Lou th (R . Oromer). He w as a Can on ofSt . Patrick ’s, Du blin , and died 154 1.
154 1 Lewis Tyddel’
, or Kidder, Chaplain , Pres . Aug . 26 by the Crow n(P .R . 32-3 Hen . VIII . and Fian ts Resigned 1542. Pres . toH arryston (Ferns Apri l 20, 1542-3, and to R osslare, May11, 1543. Died circa Oct . 1551
1542 Richard MeMyde, Chaplain , Pres . by Crow n to the V . Apri l 29(Fian t E liz . Inst . Ju ly 4 (R . Dow dall). In R .V. 1622 heis called R ichard MacAn eyd,
’
and is said to have been admi ttedon the Pres . of the Priory of Lou th .
1559 RichardWhite, Chaplain , V. Oct . 17 . Pres . by Crow n (P .R . 1
1604 Thomas Robinson1614 -5 Samuel Clayton1615-6 Edw ard Lewis1619-20 Michael Matchett, M .A . w as also R . of Dun dalk and
discharged th is cur e sometimes by himself, and hath a reader,Robert Gardn er, and giveth him 503 . per ann .
”
(R .V.
1627 -8 John Dufi1629 Richard Barron, Inst . Jun e 3 He w as also V. of Dun any
1633 Thomas Lambert, Inst . Ju ly 17 Indu cted July 28 and R .V.
He w as 0rd. Priest by Theophilus, Bishop of Llandafi,Mar . 15, 1625 . He w as also inst. V . Dun any same day at £10 ; Lic .
Cur . of Marlinstow n by Archbishop Ussher, 5 Feb . 1632-3 and Our .
Philipstow n at £4 . The follow in g en try con cernin g him appearsin the Commonw eal th Cou ncil Books The Min iste rs ’Committee had con f erred w ith Mr . Thomas Lambart and foun dhim competen tly qu alified for the w ork of the Min istry, and ofblameless con versation , as several certificates of persons of qu ali tyshow ed , ” the Coun ci l, therefore, appoin ted him (28 Ju ne, 1658)to preach the Gospel at the pu b liqu e meetin g-place at t Dromiscinto the inhabitan ts thereabou ts, to rece ive the yearly salary of £100from the 24 th in st . till fu rther order . His w i ll w as proved in1661 (see t lS). I n it he is called Rector of Dromiskin . He w as
bu ried in Dromisln'
n .
QSecf ors anb wicat s.1661 Thomas Lambert appears (see Vicars). He w as probably R . of
Kilsaran also like his tw o next su ccessors .
1666 Caesar Williamson, D.D ., appears (Hearth M oney Rolls). He w as
also R . of Kilsaran and Dean of Cashel (see p .
APPEND IX I .—SUCCES S ION OF CLERGY .
in terred at Du nl eer . He (1. un married 1736. His w ill w as proved1737 . The Singletons w ere a Drogheda family . We fin d the grandfather of this Rev . John S .
, Edw ard Singleton , Mayor, 1676Sherifi, 1707 M .P. for Drogheda 1692, 1695, 1703 and 17 10.
Syden ham Sin gleton w ho took the name in lieu of his patronymicFow ke, w as M .P. for Drogheda 17 7 6 and Recorder 1769 . H enrySin gleton , 5th and you n gest son of the above n amed Edw ard, andfather of the Rev . John S .
, w as Recorder 1707 , M .P. 17 13, 17 15,and became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 17 37 . (See Sing letonof Mell in
1728 Charles Wye, A.B ., Coll . Mar . 27 (R . Boul ter). He w as the son of
MossomWye (R . of Du n leer and previously R . of Kilsaran), and
w as born in Dunl eer and edu cated in Donegal by Mr . Cambe ll .
He en tered T .C.D . as a Pension er at the age of 16 on
March 28 , 1709, and became a Scholar in 17 12. He w as for sometime prev iou s to 1728 his father ’s Cu rate in Dunl eer . He w as
collated to the R . of Darver on Mar . 12, 17 34 , w hich he held w i thDromiskin un til Sep .
, 17 52, w hen he exchanged with Rev . JosephPratt, A.M .
, for the R . of Ballymoney, Cc . Cork and Kilmeen ,
(Ross), with w hich he held the Cu racy of Kinn eigh . His Wi ll,dated 11 April, 1765, w as proved in Cork 16 Aug .
, 17 84 . He
men tions in it his son Fran cis, and tw o dau ghters—Mary, wife ofQu in , and Elizabeth . The w ill of Fran cisWye, of Castlebellingham ,
w as proved also in 17 84 .
17 52 J oseph Pratt, A.M ., Coll . R . and V . Dromiskin w ith Darver unitedon Sep . 15 (R . S ton e). He w as the son and su ccessor of MervynPratt, of Cabra Castle, Co . Gavan ,
M .P. for that Cou n ty,an d w as born at Cabra . He w as edu cated in Du blin un der Dr .
Youn g and en tered T.C.D . on Sep . 1, 1726, aged 17 . He w as R .
of Ballymoney (Cork) and Kilmeen (Ross) from 17 46 to 17 52,w hen he exchanged w ith Charles Wye . He preached before theH ouse of Commons in St . Andrew ’
s, Du blin , on 5th Nov ., 17 4 1,
and received the thanks of the H ouse . He married Eli zabeth,dau ghter of S . Chetw ood, ofWoodbrook, Qu een ’
s 00 . (seeand w as su cceeded in Dromiskin (w hich he resign ed on Dec . 26th,1765)by his second son , Joseph , w ho su cceeded himat Cabra Castle .
It is said that he and his son w ere accu stomed to dr ive in a coachand fou r from Cabra Castle, w here they resided, to Dromiskin on
Sun day mornings. They kept a Curate in Dromiskin , and—a packof houn ds .
1766 Joseph Pratt, A .M ., jun .
, Coll . to Dromiskin and Darver Apri l 30 ;son of the precedin g . Born in Cc . Du blin 17 38 , en tered T .O.D .
17 56, aged 18 . He married in 17 70 Hon . Sarah Morres, dau ghterof Harvey, Viscou n t Moun t Morres, and had issu e (1)Joseph, ofCabra Castle ; Rev . Mervyn , w ho died 1823 ; Hervey,w ho su cceeded to Kilkenn y estates of his mother ; and tw o dau ghte rs(see un der Pratt and De Mon tmoren cy). His nephew ,
John Pratt, w ho resided w ith him in Dromiskin in 1821, w as a
part ow n er of Cas tlebellin gham Brew ery for some years . ThisRev . J Pratt died in 1831. On his death Darver became againa separate parish .
1831 John Smythe, B .A. of T .O.D . 18 13, M .A . 1824 . Coll . Oct . 19 . He
w as the fou rth son of William Smythe, of Barbavilla, Cc . Westmeath, and Catherine, dau . and heiress of Wil liam M . Ogle, M .P.
for Drogheda . He w as C. of Drogheda in 1824 , R . Beau lieu 1827to 1831. He married Harriet, dau . of Rev . J Wyatt, and had
issu e (see He resigned Dromiskin Ju ne 20, 1840.
DROM I S KIN : Racr oas AND V ICARS . 241
John Hamilton Stubbs, M .A .—Coll . April 8 . He w as born in Du b lin
26 J an ., 17 86, became B .A. T .O.D . in 1806 ; M .A . in 1814 (see
Pedigree of the Stu bbs Family in the I rish Builder of October,1887—St . Au doen
’
s). He w as C. Du n dalk and H ead Master ofDun dalk Grammar School 1824 -4 1. He died at the Rectory,Dromiskin , Oct . 25th , 1866, aged 72, and w as bu ried in Dun dalk,w here a mural tablet has been erected to his memory by his youn gerson , Major General Stu bbs, B .A .
, J .P.
J oseph Chamney, B .A ., T .O.D . (Junior Moderator in Ethics and Logics)
184 7 ; M .A . 1865 ; Coll . Dec . 3 ; indu cted J an . 5, 1867 , by Rev .
R . Hamilton , Ru ral Dean ; Ordained Deacon 1848 , Priest 1849,C. of Drumbanagher and Killeavy 1848 -58 , C. Armagh 1858 -67 .
Appoin ted Ru ral Dean of Athirdee w hile R . of Dromiskin ; a
member of the Diocesan Coun ci l from 18 7 0 ; at first Hon . Sec .
Lou th Protestan t Orphan Society and afterw ards a Vice -Patron .
Sec . of the Drogheda Widow s Fu nd and Presiden t of the Lou thClerical Union for many years . H e w as the third son of HenryChamney , of Ballyrahine H ou se, Cc . Wicklow ,
and w as born on
May 18, 1818 . His fami ly at one time ow n ed iron -w orks over alarge tract of Cc . Wicklow (see S cien tific Proceedings of RoyalDu blin Society , Vol . V .
, No . 4 , Oct . 1886, p . 305 et seq). Thereis a tradition in the family that the first Chamney w as one of theCommissioners sen t to I reland in the seven teen th cen tu ry to bu yoak for the British navy, that he w as a scion of the n oble Hou seof Cholmondeley, that w hi le in Irelan d he fell in love w ith and
married the dau ghter of Bacon , the ow n er of the iron w orks, w ho
had become a millionaire . His family being displeased at the
marriage, he changed his name to Chamney . A n ote in the articlequ oted above, p . 306, says that his real name and lin eage are
given on his tomb in Carn ew chu rchyard , ” bu t this inscription isnow ob literated . Some of the Chamn ey family are men tion ed w i thpraise in Maxw ell ’s History of the I rish Rebellion , Chap . X VI .
Joseph Chamn ey , grandu ncle of Rev . Joseph Chamney , w as a
Captain of the Coolattin Yeomanry Corps, and fell in an actionWith the rebels near his ow n house at Ballyrahine on Ju ly 2, 17 98 .
His brother, Thomas Chamney , (grandfather, of Rev . JosephChamney), w ho w as a Lieu tenan t in the Corps, how ever, w i th 60in fan try su ccessfu lly defended Captain Chamney
’
s hou se . I amin formed that it bears traces of the assau lt to this day . The
rebels lost abou t 150men . Cru ikshank has given an i llu stration ofthe attack in Maxw el l ’s History . There is a mon umen t in CarnewChu rch to Captain Chamney and his nephew , w ho w as also killedin the action .
Rev . J Chamney held the Curacy of Darver with Dromiskinu n til 18 70. He remained R . of Dromiskin u n til Ju ly 30, 1905,w hen he retired on accoun t of age and infirmity, from the activedu ties of the Min istry . H e
‘ married Apri l 17 , 1856, Catherin e,dau . of Archibald Mon tfort, of Killin u re Hou se, Cc . Wicklow (shedied 11th Sep , 188 7 , and is bu ried in Coolkenn o chu rchyard, Cc .
Wicklow ). He died at Ard Ronan (the Rectory House w hich hehad pu rchased from the Represen tative Body) on 28 th Au gu st,1906, and w as bu ried in Dr omiskin chu rchyard (see Appen dixTombstone I nscm’
p tions). He has left issue three sons—(l )Mon tfor t,J .P.
, and Protector of Asiaticsin the Transvaal (2)Hen ry,Commandan t at Rusten burg ; (3)Graves ; and six dau ghtersMargaret, w idow of the late George Dickson ; Catherin e, w ife ofArchibald A. K . Campbell ; Mary, w ife of Lieu tenan t Henry Bu tterw orth , R .N . ; Isabella, Florence, and Josephin e .
242 Ap p s smx I . —S u ccssso os CLERGY .
Caraf es.1690-2William Smith17 18 Patrick Dunkin , Curate, gets Letters Dimissory Apri l 2, 17 18
Patrick Dun kin , son of Wi lliam Dun kin , Theologus of Lisnaskea, en tered T .C.D . in 1684 , aged 19 .
17 19 Edw ard Harris, A.B . Lic . Sep . 26, 17 19 ; ordain ed Deacon in Dunboyn e Chu rch Sep . 25, 17 19
17 52WilliamBatt w as C. Clonk een in 17 61 R . Baronstow n
17 7 8 -17 84 , and Perp . C. Collon 17 68 -89, and R . and V. Dromin17 82-9 . Wi ll proved 17 89 .
1761-7 Matthew M‘Clean, B .A. Was Lic . as Latin Schoolmasterfor the Diocese of Armagh on May 10, 17 58 . Kept a Classical schoolat Castlebellin gham .
17 91 J ohn Craw f ord appears (Vestry Book).17 91-2W. Brecknock Wragge17 93-4 Robert Caldw ell
17 95-9 Moore Smith also R . Kill in coole 17 88 - 1815
1800-10 WilliamWoolsey, LL .B . See Rectors of Kilsaran .
1813 Joseph Pilkington is C. of Heynestow n 1814
1815-31 Richard Woods, B .A . (Vestry Book), C. Heynestow n 1815, R .
Darvar 1831-52. Lived at Lu rgangreen died 1852.
1832 Hugh Usher Tighe, Actin g Cu rate (Vestry Book). He w as born 27Feb .
, 1802. He became R . Clonmore, Cc . Lou th, and afterw ardsDean of the Viceregal Chapel in Du blin Castle and Dean of Derry .
He married 21 Apr ., 1828, An ne Floren ce, dau . of John M ‘
Clin tock ,M .P.
, of Drumcar, by his w i fe, Lady Elizabeth Tren ch, dau . ofWill iam l st Earl of Clan car ty , and died 11 Aug .
, 18 7 4 , leavin gissu e (by her, w ho d . 21 Feb, 1893)as show n in Tigheof Mitchelstow n .
”
1836-41 George L. Andonln.
KILSARAN AND STABANNON (UNITED).
(301mm Catfiofic Cf erge.
(1901145 8 (priests .
1680 Patrick Connellan. He w as R F. in 1692, accordin g to the EpiscopalVis. Book of the latter year in P .R .O. One copy of this says hehas been here sin ce the capitu lation (of Limerick w hile
an other says he has been here tw elve years, ” w hich w ou ld meanthat he w as appoin ted in 1680.
1704 Daniel Finan appears, aged 58 , residen t at Milestow n . Ordained at
Du blin by Most Rev . Patrick Plunket, RC . Bishop of Meath . Hissu reties w ere Lau ren ce Callan , Kilsaran , gen t ., and James Stan ley,Williamstow n , gen t . (see Parly . Retu rns, qu oted p .
[ 1760 -90 7] Bernard Brennan w as P.P. some time abou t this period (SeeAppen dix : I nscrip tions).
17 91 Eugene O’Daly w as appoin ted to the Pastoral charge on J an . 11th .
Du rin g his pastorate the presen t church at Kilsaran w as bu i lt .He w as residen t in Stabann on in 1821 (Census Papers). He died15th March , 1822, aged 72, and is bu ried in Kilsaran churchyard(See Appendix : I nscrip tions).
APPEND IX I .—SUCCES S ION OF CLERGY .
1859 Patrick M‘Ardle (7 Moore, I rish Oath. Direct).
1860 Patrick Cu rtis. Su bsequ en tly C. of Dun dalk, C. Togher, and C.
Tu llyallen w here he died .
1864 Bernard Nugent, A.B ., S .T .L. He became P.P. of Lissan .
1868 Peter Pontchy (See18 7 4 Joseph Healy (See Dromiskin and Darver
18 7 7 Robert Murphy, Admin istrator to 1880, su bsequ en tly P.P. of St .
Peter ’s, Drogheda, and V.G. of Armagh Diocese .
18 7 9 J . Byrne to 1886, n ow P.P. Dun leer .1881 Peter Pontchy, Admin istrator .1886 James Maguire, n ow P .P. Lou th .
1895 Nicholas Law less appoin ted P.P. of Fau ghart , 1901.
1901 FrancisMurtagh—Previou sly C. Ardee, C. Haggardstow n , C. Dun leer .
DROMISKIN, DARYER MANFIELDSTOWN
(UNITED).
marisa (p riests,1691 James Mackle Harry is residen t in Dromiskin , and Carr in
Darver (Ep . Vis. Book).1704 JamesCarr (probably the Carr of 1691)residen t atWhiterath, served
these parishes and also Killin coole . Ordained 1670 by Most Rev .
Patrick Plun ket, R .C. Bishop of Meath . His su reties in 1704
w ere George Taaffe, Corbollis, gen t ., and John Gofian , merchan t
(Parl .
17 4 7 In a Retu rn to the Hou se of Lords of this year it is said Besidesthe o fficiating priests returned by His Grace [the Lord Primate]there '
is an assistan t to the priest at Dromiskin , w ho is a friar .
”
N0 names are given .
1766 Edw ard Boyle is named in the Census (Par! Ret.)as being residen tin Dromiskin Par ish and
Thomas Keeran in Darver Par ish .
1806 George Dow d, w ho w as P.P. for some years previously, died thisyear, aged 66. He w as bu r ied in the chu rchyard of St . Peter
’
s,
Drogheda.
1821 Andrew Levlns appears in the Census as P.P. He w as then aged 70.
He died in 1822; w i ll proved same year .1846 John Rogers appears in the
_
Censu 8 as P.P. He probably su cceededRev . A . Levins, w hose Cu rate he w as in 18 7 1 (Census). He diedin 1846 ; w i ll proved same year .
1846 Thomas Callan. He w as born in 17 89 and ordain ed in Maynoothin 1826 w as in su ccession C. Lou th, C. Tallanstow n , P.P. Termonfeckin 1833- 1846, w hen he w as appoin ted to Dromiskin . He diedin Apri l 18 7 1, and w as bu ried in Dromiskin Chapel .
187 1 Patrick M‘Culla (or M‘
Cu llou gh,”I r . Oath. Direct .) born in 1814
in the parish of Monasterboice, edu cated at Dun leer ClassicalSchool and at Mayn ooth ordained in 1839 . Su ccessively Chaplainto the Siena Con ven t, Drogheda, C. Collon , C. Clogher, C. Ardee,then on the Canadian M ission in Mon treal for seven years. Appoin ted by Archbishop Dixon to appeal for funds for the new
Daomsxm, ETC. (UN ITED): R .C . CLERGY .
Cathedral at Armagh in Canada. On his return to Irelan d he w as
appoin ted C. Dromiskin in 1859 ; in 1867 he w as appoin tedP.P. Dromin tee (w here he bu il t a new church), from w hich he w as
promoted to Dromiskin and afterw ards to a Can onry and thenPrecen torship of Armagh (in He died in May, 1895, and
w as bu ried in the family bu rial place in Monasterboice cemetery .
(See obitu ary in Du ndalk Democrat May 11,Joseph Healy. H e w as born in Tu llyallen and edu cated in Maynooth,
w as orda ined in 18 7 4 and appoin ted C. of Ki lsaran , became su b
sequ en tly C. of Dun leer, w here he remain ed for 18 years . I n Nov .,
1895 he w as appoin ted P .P. Dromiskin , receiving on his departu refrom Dunl eer several con gratu latory addresses and presen tations .
I n Dromiskin he w orked qu ietly and u n obtru sively and earned therespect and esteem of all classes . Throu gh his exertions a n ew
church w as built at Barver . For some years past his health hadbeen fai ling, and he died on May 29, 1907 , and w as bur ied in Dromiskin chu rchyard . For particu lars concerning his bequ ests see
p . 220.
Patrick Murray, previou sly P.P. Collon .
Caraf es.
1821 John Rogers—see above list of P .P’
a.
1836-49 J ames Malone (I r . Oath. Direct .)1850 J ames Byrne1854 T. Connolly,1855 H. MacArdle,1859 -66 Thomas Hardman, previously C. Kilsaran , su bsequ en tly P.P.
Car lin gford .
Patrick M‘Culla—see P .P
’
s . 1888 P. Grant .
1867 Thomas Mathew s. 1894 J . Grean .
John Clarke. Thomas MacCullough , su b
18 70 Patrick Clarke. sequ en tly C. Dun leer andJames Q uigley . C. Ardee .
187 8 Thomas Murphy . 1896 P. Conlon, appoin ted P.P.
1883 J . Breagy . Collon , 1907 .
L. Taaffe. A. M‘Evoy.
1885 Francis Carolan . 1907 A. Byrne, previously 0. Mon
1888 0. Short. asterboice .
Castt’
efiei’fingfiam (Dresfigterian Qfiinisters.
Abraham Irvine. He resigned in 1858, and emigrated to Americaand died there .
John WilliamEllison su cceeded . I n 187 7 he resigned Castlebellingham, hav in g accepted a call from Whitehaven . He afterw ardsw en t to Su nderland, w here he died .
Isaac Patterson. He resigned in 1882, and died shortly afterw ards.
Samuel Lyle Harrison su cceeded . H e w as ordain ed at Creggs, Cc .
Galw ay, in 1867 , and after ministe ring at (h eggs, Roscommon ,
Clogher, and Dromore West (Cc . Sligo), w as installed at Jonesborou gh in 1883 as M inister of Castlebellin gham and Jonesborough .
H e also acts as Presbyterian Chaplain to E .M . Prison , Dundalk .
APPEND I X 11.
accession o 63 arcmartens.KILSARAN.
17 46. Hamil ton Smith—Patrick Conn er .17 4 7 . Edw ard Smith—Daniel Bickerton .
17 48 . Thomas Quin—Wi lliam H u ghes.
17 49 . Hu gh Morgan—Thomas Dromgoole .
17 50. Hamilton Smith—N icholas Lenn on .
17 51. R ichard H ollan d—Edw ard Smi th .
17 52. Henry H u ghes—James White .
17 53. John Tur ley—Michael Dromgoole .
17 54 . Hu gh.
Stafford—An thon y H olland .
17 56. M ichael Drin gle (sic)—John Tow n ley .
17 57 . Charles Reilly—Alan Bellingham .
17 59 . Alan Bellin gham—Patr ick Kavanagh .
17 60. R ichard Law less .
17 61. Alan Bellingham—R ichard Nu gen t .17 62-3. Alan Bellingham—J ames Morgan .
17 64 . Alan Bellingham—Teren ce Cherry .
1765 . Alan Bell ingham—Ow en New ry .
1766. Alan Bellingham—An thony Holland .
17 67 . Thomas Callan—An thony H ollan d .
17 68 . Al an Bellingham—Thomas Callan .
17 7 1. Alan Bellin gham—Terence Sherry .
17 72. Al an Bell ingham—N . Dromgoole .
17 7 3. John Bell—Pat Finn egan .
17 7 4 .
17 7 5 . Alan Bellin gham—Patr ick B oy .
1820. Tu rn er Macan—N icholas Ar thu r (V. Levies).1821. N icholas Arthu r—John Woolsey .
1822. John Woolsey—Nicholas Arthur .
1823. R obert Thompson—N icholas Arthur (V. Levies).1825 . Sir Wm. Bellin gham—James Sw een y .
1826. Edw ard Bell ingham—Berkeley Stafiord .
(Above are f rom the Ep . Vis. Books.)
T1111 FOLLOWIN G ARE momVas'rs y Boox
B . B . Stafiord—Dr . Trimb le .
John Woolsey—Dr . Trimble .
Sir A . E . Bellingham—Maj or Thomas Macan .
Major James Sw eeny—Joseph Ru ssel l .Thomas Gerrard—Joseph Russell .William Woolscy fi l oseph R u ssell .Sir A. E . Bellin gham—Maj or James Sw eeny .
Major Macan—J oseph Russell .
248 APPEND IX I I .—SUCCES S ION or CHURCHWARDEN S .
17 32.
1735 .
1736- 7 .
17 45-6.
17 48 -9 .
17 50.
17 51.
17 53.
17 54 .
17 55 .
17 56.
17 57 .
17 58 .
17 59 .
1760.
17 61.
1762.
1763.
17 64 .
17 65 .
1766.
17 67 .
1768 .
17 70.
17 7 1.
17 72-3.
17 7 4 .
17 7 5 .
17 76.
17 7 7 .
17 7 8 -9 .
17 80.
17 8 1.
17 82.
17 83-4 .
17 85 .
17 86.
17 8 7 .
17 88 .
17 89 .
17 90.
17 91.
17 92.
17 93.
17 94 .
17 95 .
Edw ard Tisdall .
[Aldn .] John Gilbert- Thomas Hoy .
John Bu ttery—Thomas Manning .
James M ‘
Ginnis—James Camble .
George Wynn e—Patrick Dromgoole .
John Tisdall—Lar . Plun kett .Christopher Clin ton—John H earty .
John Hearty—Patt . Kieran .
Samu el Austin—An drew Gern on .
Arthur Craven—Patt . Boylan .
James Poe—James Kieran .
James Poe (S .)—Samu el ScofieldThomas Martin (D .)—Charles White (MGeorge Wynn—Pat . Mathew s.
An thony Garstin (S .)—Garret Tyrrel (D .)—John Harlin (R).R ichard Weldon—And . Cunnin gham—James Poe .
John Tisdall (S .) —Patrick Kelly (D .)—Edmond FagyLaur . Plunket (S .)—Patrick M‘
Elot (D .)—Peter BoylanJohn Tisdall—Wm. Wyn n—Pat . Mathew s.
Thos. M‘
Gorisk—Pat . Warren—Robert M ‘
Cu e .
Patt Johnson—Paul DooleyChas .White (M .)—H u gh H olmes (R .)—Matthew Lyn chArthu r Ward—Patrick KellyChas . White (M .)—Hu gh Holmes (R .)—R ichard Cu lchNicholas M ‘
Elgort—John Grogan
Patt . Hem (D .) -Hu gh Holmes (R .)John Tisdall—Patrick Cau llanCharles Wh ite (M .)—Wi lliam Corran (R .) -James Coyle (D .)(Doyle
Samu el Poe—Wm. Wynn (S .)Wm. Brereton , sen . (D .)—Thomas Tiern anAbraham Ball—Charles CravenWm. Brereton (D .)—Patrick Mathew sAn thony Garstin—John TisdallJames M ‘
Cu e (R .—Wm. Brereton
John Mu l lan vice M‘
Cu e (R .—rest same as 17 723.
Charles (h aven (S .—John Mu llan (R .
—W. Brereton (D .
Major 0. Craven (S .—Ow en Keran (R .
—W. Brereton (D .
Thos.Plunket (S .) - Ow en Keran (R .)—N icholas Murphy (D .
Gibbins Ru xton (S .)—Wm. Brereton (R .)—Jame’
s 00e (D .
Thos. M‘
Gorisk (S .)—Alex . Henry (R .)—J as. Devine (D .
Thos . M‘
Gorisk (S .) -John Mul lan (R .)—J as . Devin e (D.)Patrick Clin ton (S .)—Peter BoylanLau ren ce Matthew s (S .)—James Craw leyR ichard H u dson (S .)—Wm. BreretonCharles fi sdall (S .)—James CarrollChristophilus Garstin (S .) - Al ex . Hen ry
(S .—Wm. Brereton
(S .—Alex . Hen ry (R .
John Bell (S .—Wm. Brereton (R .)
John Bell (S .—Alex . Henry (R .
John Bell (S .) -Wm. BreretonRobert Wyn ne (S .)—Alex . Henry
(S .)—Wm. BreretonChristophilu s Garstin (S .)—John Bell
17 96. James Craw ley—John Bell .17 97 John Henry—Wm. Brereton .
Hugh Matthew s, Sidesman. with a salary of £1 ls. 0d.
MANFIELDSTOWN, DROM I SKJ N : CH URCHWARDE NS . 249
Thomas C‘raven—ChristOphilu s Garstin .
An thony Tisdall—Jeremiah .Vickers, ju n .
Thomas Craven—J ames Craw ley .
Joseph Craw ley .
Robert Wynn e .
Robert Wyn ne .
Thomas Tisdall—J ames Craw ley .
Thomas Tisdall—John_
Henry .
John Henry .
Thomas Tisdall—J ohn H en ry .
Thomas Tisdall—John H en ry .
Thomas Tisdall .Thomas Tisdall—John Henry .
Thomas Tisdall—Matthew Cunningham .
R ichard Macan—F . W. Henry .
John Henry—R ichard Macan .
John Hen ry—W. B . Hu dson .
w anfid’
bfifomn.1692. John Simpson—R ichard Taaffe .
17 48 . Hen ry Sheil—Henry Williams .
17 50. R ichard Taaffe—Henry Holdcraft .17 51. John Williams—John Matthes17 52. Hen ry Sheils—Hu gh Duffy .
17 54 . R ichard Taafi'e —Dan iel Bu ttery .
17 59 . James Tisdall—R ichard Taafie .
17 60. Brabazon Eccleston '—Nicholas Carolan .
17 61. James Tisdall—George Holdcraft .17 62. R ichard Taafie—James Matthew s.
17 64 . Richard Tasfle—Joh ‘
n‘
Matthew s .
1765 . Brabazon Eccleston—I’hilip Porte r .17 66. R ichard Taafie—"
l’
homas Bu ttery .
‘
17 7 1. Philip Porter—George Holdcraft .17 72. John BelI—Patrick Finnegan .
17 7 5 . William Sheils- John Matthew s.
1821. Brabazon Sheils —John Bell .1825 . John Bell—Richard Morgan .
1826. John Bell—R ichard Morgan .
1862. No Churchw ardens.
.ffl rpmiafiin.
Capt . Wm. Fortes‘
cu e—Ar thu r Cou rtney .
James Ranliinsé J ohn Maxw ell .R ichard Bolton—James Rahkins.
James Rankin—John Ma'
xw ell .R ichard Miller—George Blackburne .
James Rankine—John Maxwell .James Rankine—R ichard Bolton .
James Moran (Lurgangreen)4 os. Shekleton (Waterstow n).J as . Rankine (Dronn skin)—John Cunn ingham
'
(Darvar).Wm. Shiels (New tow n)—J os
'
. M‘
Cormick (Lurgangreen).John Burch—‘James M ‘Cabe .C
John Bur chs—William H u ghs.
Wm. Cheshire—John Burch .
250 APPEND IX I I .—SUCCES S ION 01? CHURCHWARDEN S .
17 81-5 . John Burch—James Marren .
17 86. John Bu rch—Thomas Cheshire .
17 8 7 . Rd . Morgan—John Bu rch .
17 88 90. John Bu rch—John Morgan (Dellin).17 91. Joseph Shekleton—John Morgan .
17 92. Thomas Shekleton—John Morgan .
17 93. James Rankins—Wm. Rogers (Lurgangreen).17 94 -6. James Rankin—John Birch (Castlebel lingham).
17 97 -1801. Rd . Morgan (Mooretow n )—John Birch (Castlebellingham).1802-3. Henry Brabazon—John B irch (Castlebellingham).1804 . Refu sed to act and previous on es con tinu e .
1805 . Henry Brabazon—Thos. Thompson .
1806. H enry Brabazon—Rd . Morgan .
1807 . Rd . Morgan—Joseph Shekleton .
1808 .
1809 . John Shekleton—Robert Cow an (Whiterath).18 10. James Bell (Christianstow n )—J ohn Pepper (Drumleck).
1811-3. Henry Brabazon—Rd . Morgan .
1814 -5 . George Sheils Eccleston (Dromiskin)—Rd. Morgan .
18 16. James Bell —Rd . Morgan .
1817 . Rd . Morgan—John Morgan (Dellin).1818 . Rd . Morgan—Faith . Wm. Fortescu e (Grange Miltow n).
1819-23. Chich . Fortescu e—Brabazon Disney Shiels .
1825 . B . D . Shiels—J os. Booth .
1826. B . D . Shiels—John Pepper Lea.
1827 . R . Morgan , jun .- Wm. Parker .
1828 . Wm. Bell—J as . Morgan .
1829 . B . D . Sheils—J os. Booth .
1830. John P . Lee—J as . Morgan .
1831. H . Brabazon—Rd . Morgan .
1832. Fras. Shekl eton—John Morgan .
1833. Wm. Thom (Whiterath)—Wm. Bel l .1834 . Fran cis Shekleton—Robert Morton .
1835 . Wm. Parker—Thomas Thompson .
1836. Major John M ‘
Clin tock , jun .—John M‘
Cu llagh .
1837 . J as . Morgan—J as. Bell .1838 . John Semple (Seabank)—Wm. Parker .1839 . John M
‘
Clin tock , j un .—Wm. Thom .
1840. Thos . M‘
Cu ll ough—Wm. Arthu r (Milltow n).
1841. John M ‘
Clin tock , ju n .—John Semple .
1842. Edw ard Ow ens—Thomas Birch .
1843. Wm. Parker—George Morton .
1844 . John M‘
Clin tock—Wm. Ar thu r .
1845 . John Semple—Thos . M‘
Cu llough .
1846. John M ‘
Clin tock—James Bell .184 7 . Edw ard Ow en s—Elias T . Stu bbs.
1848 . Archibald Parker—Wm. Wilson .
1849 . Elias T . Stu bbs—James Morgan .
1850. Andrew Semple—Robt . Morton , ju n .
1851. Edw ard Ow ens (Drumleck)—Ed . Oh . J Stu bbs .
1852. John Bell—John Morgan .
1853. Fran cis Booth—Francis Je ffers (Drumleck).1854 . Bu rton Brabazon—Edw ard Stu bbs.
1856. Bu rton Brabazon—Fran cis Booth .
1867 . Bu rton Brabazon Francis Booth .
1868 .
1869 .
APPEND I X I l l .
ecorts.
The following Registers have been transferred from the
several parishes named,and are now in the Public
’
Record
Office,Fou r Cou rts
,Dublin
,Viz
PARI S H . Bu r rsms. Mu mmies.
'
B'
UR1ALs,
Kilsaran and Gernonstow n 18 18 to 188 1 1818 to 1843 1818 to 1881
S tabann on and
R ichardstow n [andDromin and Mosstow n to 17 69] 1688 to 1883 1703 to 1844 1699 to 1883
Manfieldstow n 1825 to 18 7 3 1824 to 1845 1838 to 18 73
Dromiskin [ inclu dingBarver to 1831] 17 99 to 1904 1805 to 1842 1802to 1904
These dates give the extreme limits, bu t there are many gaps .
Registers after above dates are in the cu stody of the Incumben t, as w ellas the follow in g Records1. Kilsaran Vestry Book sin ce 1835 .
2. Dromiskin Vestry Books (2)since 1765 .
3. Commissioners Aw ard of Dromiskin Commons, w ith maps, 1816.
4 . Con veyance of S ite of Parochial Schoolhou se, &c ., Castlebellingham,
1826.
5 . Preacher ’s Books, Dromiskin since 1830 and Kilsaran sin ce 1889,—rest missing).6. Registers of Vestrymen Kilsaran and Stabann on , since 18 70.
The Deeds of the Glebe Lands of Kilsaran , dated 17 7 7 and'
1798 are inthe possession of the Represen tative Chu rch Body ; and the Deed , ‘dated1905, vesting in Diocesan Tru stees the old Dromiskin Schoolhouse is inthe possession of the Diocesan Coun ci lAs it w ou ld obviously take a volume in itself to pu blish all the Baptismsdu rin g above periods as w ell as bein g in itself liable to ob jection , the
Marriages and Burials are alone given in fu ll u p to date of pu blication ofthis w ork , and the Baptisms u p to abou t 60 years ago, as state d . I n the
original Registers ful ler in formation is often given , especially as to residen ce and occu pation , and also n ames of officiating clergymen .
The Baptismal and.
Marriage Registers of the R .C. Chu rch are in thecu stody of the RC . Clergy, and are not here used . (See p .
K ILSARAN BAPT I SMS .
KI LsaRAN PARI SH .
Q5apf 1‘
sms, to 1840.
N .B .—The date following the n ame w here given is the date of b irth
s .= son , d .= dau gh ter .
1839 Ju ly 14—Allen , John , s . of Thomas and J aneJ u ly 3.
1822 Apr . 14—Andrew , Robt .
, s . of Robt . andAn n e,Water Gu ard, Apr . 13.
18 19 May 16—Arthu r , John , s. of Nicholas and Sarah .
1836 Au g 14—Bate , Elean or, d . o f J ohn Joseph andMaria—Ju ly 201820 Mar . 19—Bayley, J ames Edw in , s of Ben jamin and Ann e .
1821 Sep . 16 Mary Ann e, d . Sept . 11.
1828 May 4—Bingham , Frances, d . of George and Jane—Apri l 26.
1131 Mar . 13 Elizabeth, d . of Jane—March 10.
1833 Feb . 3 Mary, (1. of George and Jane—Jan u ary 21.
1835 Apr 26 Jane, (1. Apri l 16.
1838 May 4 Margaret, (1. Jan u ary 22.
1819 Ju ly l l—Birch, Joice, s. of Foster and Carolin e .
1827 Feb . 19 Catherine, d . Ben . and Anne Mu rdock—Feb . 3.
1829 Ju ly 19—Blake, Barnet, s . of Ben jamin and Elizabeth—Ju ly 7 .
1830 Aug . 8 Wi lliam , s . Ju ly 26.
1834 Aug . 24—Bolton , Wm. and John J os ., tw in s . of John—J u ly 29 .
1836 Aug . 7 Frances, d . of John Joseph and Mary .
1838 Ju ne 4—Brannagan , MariaAnn c,d . ofWm. andMaria Anne—May 14
1839 Dec . Sarah Jan e, (1. Nov . 20.
18 18 Dec . 30—Bru e, Maria, (1. of Wi lliam and Dorothea .
1834 Dec . 28 —Brow n e , Wm.
, s . of George and Mary—December 26.
1838 Ju ly 23—Bu ckley, John ,s . of Wm. and Jano—Ju ne 19 .
1840 Feb . 17 Neph thali, s . of Nov . 28 , 1839 .
1830 Sep . 20—Bu rgess, Catherine, d . of John and Elizabeth—Au gu st 25 .
1837 May 4 Fran ces, d . of Bernard and Eliza—March 17 .
18 18 Aug . 31—Cairn es, E lizabeth , d . ofWi lliam and Mary .
18 19 Oct . 25 Lu cy, (1. Mary Anne, September 8 .
1821 Ju ne 27 Fann y , d . Ju ne 8 .
1822 Oct . 28 John , s . October 1.
1824 J an . 11 John Elliott s . Dec . 26, 1823.
1826 Mar . 21 Elizabeth Sophia Aug . 21, 1825 .
1833 Aprl 21—Campbell , Wm. BuEfey , s . of John and Martha—Apri l 15 .
1837 Aug . 20—Carroll , Wi lliam s. of George and Mary—Ju ly 8 .
1839 Sep . 29 John , s . Au gu st 25 .
1834 Aprl . 6—Carrother , Martha Jane, (1 of John and Eliza—March 29 .
1839 Aug . 4—Carter, An ne, (1. of Wi lliam and Mary—July 22.
1835 Oct . 8—Clay, Robert Keatin g, 3 . of Wi lliam and Ann e—Ju ly 20.
1834 Aprl . 6—Clemen ts, Sarah, d . of William and Margaret—March 29 .
1823 June 22—Glen dinn ing, Charles, s . of George and Ann e—May 30.
1825 Oct . 2 Ellen , (1. Sept . 28 .
1835 Mar . 3—Coote , Fran cis, s . of Wi lliam and Mary—Feb . 28 .
1835 Apr . lO—Craw ley, Fran cis, s . of Wi lliam and Abigail , b . Apr . 3, 1837
[This is a cu riou s en try . The child w as baptized 2 years beforebirth ! It is eviden t, how ever, from the position of the en tryin the Register that “ 1836 shou ld be read for both dates ]
1831 Ju ly 17 -Drury,Valen tine, s . of Thomas and Margaret- May 8 .
1834 Aug . 24 Margarct Ellen , d . Ju ly 5 .
1836 Aug . 28 Richar d , s . Ju ne 28 .
1833 Mar . 28 -Evans, Abigai l, d . of James and Elean or—March 7 .
1834 Sep .. 15—Flood , Patrick, s . of Patrick and Jan e—February 15 .
1837 Jun e 18 Maria, (1.
APPEND IX I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
Mar . 2—Fox, Sarah Jan s, (1. of Robert and Ju dith—Febru ary 25 .
Sep . 16—Fran ks, Mary, (1. of George andAn n e—September 13.
May 22—Frazer Frayer], Herbert, s . of Thomas and Sarah— May 2Aug . lo—Fu lton Mary An n e, (1. of H u gh andMary Ann e—Au g . 6.
Oct . 26 Margt . Elizabeth , (1. of Jas . and Mary,Watcrgu ard .
Jan . 16—Gilmor Ann e, (1. of John and Anne—Jan u ary 4 .
Oct . 22 Hen ry, s . October 15 .
J an . 20 John s . of John and J . Jan u ary 6.
Oct . 14—Graham ,James, s . of Robert and Catherine— October 12.
Ju ne 9—Graydon , Catherin e Eli za, d . of Wm. and Mary—May 19 .
Jan . 8—H arritt, Mary Jane , d . of Robt . andMargaret—Dec .
Nov . 6—Hastin gs, Isabella Jane, (1. of John and Mary—Oct . 19 .
Sep . 28 Wm. Cranitch , s . of Mary and John—Sep . 7 .
Dec . 21—Hen an ,John , s . ofWi lliam and Sarah—December 19 .
Oct . 21—Henn in g, Margaret, (1. ofWi lliam and Su san—Oct . 19 .
Mar . l—Hen ry, Mary, (1. of Wi lliam an d Su san—Febru ary 1.
Oct . 3 Edw ard , s . September 20.
Feb . 12—H olmes, Ephraim , s . of Ep hraim an d Margaret —J an 31.
Mar . 19—H ow ell , Edw ard , s . ofWilliam and Jan e—March 12.
Mar . 13 George, s . of George an d Jan e—March 2.
Oct . 5 Elizabeth An n e, (1. of Thos . and Anne—Sep . 24 .
Sep . 4 Margaret Jan e, (1. Aug . 18 .
Jan . 1—H umphrys, Elean or, d . of John and Eliza—Dec . 18 , 1831.
Jul y 4—Hynes , Wi lliam , s . of William and Heste r—Ju n e 18 .
Feb . 3—In gram , Ann e, (1. of H u gh and Elizabeth—Jan u ary 4 .
Ju ly 17—Irw in , James. s . of James and Jan e .
Nov . 17 Eli zabeth , (1. October 4 .
Sep 8—John son ,Caroline, d . of Phi li p and Unity—Au gust 22.
Sep . 27 Unity, d . Au g 30.
Oct . 29 William, s . September 18 .
Jun e 16 Elean or, d . May 4 .
Ju ly 161—Jordon , John , s . of John and Mary .
Apr . 12—Keegan , James, s . of John and Sarah—Apri l 8 .
Mar . Alexan der, s . Mar . 10.
Apr . 17 Mary An n , (1. Apri l 7 .
Oct . 13 Sarah, (1. September 22.
Oct . 30 James, s . Oct . 15 .
Nov . 11 Simon , s . Oct . 16.
Apr . 22—Ke11y, Joseph , s . of R obert and Jan e—March 15 .
Dec. l l—Lu cas , Theophilus, s. of Theoph ilu s Edw ard and ElizabethClemen ts . Oct . 15 1830.
Dec . 11 Henry October 29 .
Mar . l O—Mackey, Anne , (1. of Jacob and Mary—Febru ary 24 .
Oct . 12 William , s. September 25 .
May 8—Mackin , Charlotte , (1. Apri l 14 .
Ju ly 16—M ‘
Cabe, Eliza Ann e, (1. of John and Catherine—J u ly 2.
Sep . 2l—M ‘
Clelland, James, s . of James and Rose .
Mar . 27—M ‘
Cormick , Hen ry, s . of Michae l and Elizabeth—March 2.
Apr . 26 John , 9 . of Michael and J .—Mar . 26.
Ju ne 15—M ‘
Kenn a, William , s . of Ph ili p and Anne—Ju ne 6.
May 22—M‘
Kit terick (or Mu nket trick)Caroline, (1. Rob . Eliza .
Apr . 22 R ichard , s . April 2.
Aug . 8 Margaret, (1. Au gu st 1.
Apr . 29 Alexander, s . of Thomas and Ellen—Apri l 3.
Feb . 15 James , s of Thomas and Mary—Febru ary 1.
Dec . 12 Williams . of Thomas and Mary Ellen—Nov . 27 .
Ncv . 4 Thos. Elliott, s. of Thos . andMary Eliza—Oct . 11.
APPEND'IX'
111.—PAROCH IAL RECORD S .
1826Sep ; 5—staiaord'
, Patrick Plun ket Lesley, s. of Berkeley B. aha_Ann e—July 13
1829 Feb . QA—Stratton , Alice, d . of George and Eliza—Febru ary23.
1832 Sep . 9 Wiliam , ss. September 1.
1822May 12—Sycil, J Freeman , s. of Hu gh St Mary,Watergu ard—Apr . 17 .
1839'
July 28—Th orn hill , Charles, s. of Chas . and Margaret—J u ly 2.
1835 Dec . 13—Tighe, Fran cis, siof John and Ann e—Dec . 6.
1822Mar. 24—Tippin g, Thomas, s . of Thomas and Ann e .
1836 Aug . 28—Trimble,'
J an e Stew art, (1. of John and H ester—Ju ly 15 .
1838 July 29 James, s. Ju ly 13.
1833 May 22—Wa1ker,An ne, (1 of James and Mary—Apri l 25 .
1831 Oct . 11—Wilson, Emma Louisa, d . of Joseph and Eliza—Sep . 24 .
1831 Dec . 6
[Probably the 1st en try w as P1 iy ata Baptism 2md the Recep t10n1836 Aug . 26 Joseph, s . of Joseph and Eli za—J an . 71838 Aug . 3 Elizabeth Eliza (sic), d July 8 .
1835 —Wilson , John , s . of Robert and Mary—Apri l 5 .
1832 28 Wm. H enry, s . of Henr y and Margt .—Mar . 20
1833 Jun e 7 John , ss. May 21.
1835.Sep . 27 4 Jane Eliza, d . Au gust 30
1831 Nov . 20 Edw ard, s . of John and Frances—Nov . 51
18 36 June 12 Edw ard, s. May 15.
1818 Sep. 29—Woolsey, Wm., s. of John and Jannet—Au gust 29 .
1819 Nov . 25 Helen, d . Novmber 1.
1821 Sep. 20 Robert, s. September 8 .
1823 Oct . 11 Fann y, d . September . 15.
1827 Sep . 23; O’
Brien Bellingham, s Au gust 26.
1830 Sep . 21 John , 8 . Au gu st 21
g l armages,111 11111 PARI SH 011011011, CASTLEBELLIN GHAM.
1820 Dec . 4—Adams, Wi lliam , to Elizabeth Petty1860 May 16—Armstron g, Wi lliam , to Mary E tzsimons.
1834 Sep . 26—Arthu r, R obert, to Margaret Semple .
1885 Au g . 10 -Bai le, Thomas , to Elizabeth Watson , Portadow n .
1895 Sep . 2 Thomas, to Elean or Baile .
1868 J an . 16 Barriskill .
184 1 Ju n e 2—Beatty, John to Ann e H enderson , Charlestow n .
1863 Ju ne 5—Be11, John , Seabank, to Elizabeth Stratton1842Nov . 234 B isset, H u gh , Drumcar, to Anne Curtis, Drumcar .1837 Jun e 12—Brannagan, Wm, to Maria Ann e Smith .
1864 July 28—Brooke, Victor Alex , Baronet, to Alice SophiaBellingham ,
d . of Sir A. E . Bellin gham .
1849 May 23—Brow n low , James, s. of Rev . Francis Brow nlow , Greenmoun t, to Maria Harriet Rainey .
1836 7 Bu ckley, William , to Jane Blakeney .
1864 Sep . 28—Bu t1er, Thomas Pierce, Bart ., to Hester ElizabethBel lin gham, (1 of SirA. E . Bellingham .
1833 Au g . 15
1844 May 6—Byrne, Peter, Drumcar, to Elizabeth Weir, New ry .
1831 Dec . 29—Campbell, John , New tow nhamilton , to Martha M ‘
Dow ell .1861 May 21—Cafirey , Patrick, to Ann e Clarke .
1829 Sep . 10 -Carr, Patrick, to Alicia M ‘Cabe .
1836 Oct . 13—Carroll, George, Seapatrick, to Mary Brannagan .
1867 Oc t . 223—Clarke, John to Anne Han lon .
1839 July 9—Glendinning, George, to Margaret Maguire .
KI LSARAN MARR IAGES.“ 257
1857 Sep . 21—Collin s, John ,to H ann ah MatildaHilliiig .
1832 Feb . 20—Cooke, Thomas, to Ju lia Hillock1857 Oct 5—Cooke, James, to Lu cy Bolton .
1848 Aug . 22—Copeland , John ,Drumcar, to Jane Ogi lvie .
1870 May 24—Coulter, R obert, Dundalk, to Eliza Mu rphy .
1844 Nov . 14—Cranston, Henry, Lbu th, to Jane Hunter, Kilsaran .
1855 Dec . 29—Crilly, Arthur , Dun dalk, to Margaret Harrison .
1869 June 2—Cu fie, John , Mi lestow n ,to Briget M
‘
Gahan v
1894 Nov . 15—Douglas, Rev John H arvie , Man or House, Abbotsbu ry, toHelena Gordaha Garstin , d . of J . R . Garstin , D .L.
,
Braganstow n .
1901 Aug . l 3—Dou glas,'
J oseph Anderson , Balbriggan, to Edith, d . ofJohn Collins .
184 7 Aug . 5—Eden, Henry Ai, Coolderry Common , to Mrs . Ju lia. Dunne .
1861 June 5—Flood,Patrick, to Anne M ‘
Kit terick .
1833 Sep . 16—Franks , George, to Ann e M ‘
Evin .
1818 Dec . 8—Gay , John , Collon, to Anne Ross .
1837 June l2—Geale, John to Catherine Murdock .
1906 Dec . 29—Geth111, Captain R ichard Walter St . Lawrence, son o f SirR . Gethin , Bart . , to Helen Frances Beatr ice Thornhi ll ,dau . of W. B . Thornhi ll .
1846 Oct . 123—Gibson, John , to Ellen Irw in .
1866 Mar : 7—Gibson , Thomas, to Mary Nolan .
187 4 Oct . 17—Gibson, J os ., to Mrs . H ann ah Mu lroy, formerly Morgan .
1850 Oct . 18—Goodwin, Michael , to H arriet Collins.
187 4 July 22—Goodlow, Stephen, to Matilda Kelly .
1840 Feb . 29—Govers, George, to Lou isa H . Bufiy .
18 70 Sep . l—Greer, Daniel, Coastgu ard. to Sarah Davison .
1841 Feb . l l—Hamilton ,
'
Robert, “ to Margaret Petty.1898 Apr . 28—Hardy, J01111 Maxwell, Blackrock, to Nann ie Bleakly .
1855 Aug . 25—H arrison , Edward, Dundalk, to Maria Talbot .1859 Aug . 28—Harvey, Thomas, to Elizabeth Dornan .
1830 Feb . l 3—Hew erdin e, William , Rath, to Alice Cunn in gham .
1857 Mar . 9—H111, Edw ard, Dundalk , to Fann y Bolton .
1822 Jun e 6—Hoey, Pete r, to Ann e Coleman .
1826 May 10—How ell , Ph111p , to Isabella Geddes, Dromiskin1833 Dec . 5—How ell, Thomas , to Anne Soye .
1835 Dec . l l—Howell, R ichard, Drumcar, to Catherine Quin .
1861 Mar 4—Howell , Samu el, to Alice H u ghes .
1867 Jun e l—Howell, Robert, to Mary Mu rphy .
1831 Mar . 17—Humphries , John Carhsle, to Letitia Martin .
1832 Jan . 130—Hunter, Henry ,
'
to Pau line Byrne .
1856 Ju ly 19—Hunter, J as ., Ardee, to Sarah Stratton, Seabank .
1825 Ju ly 7—Hyland, Thomas , to Mary Clark.
1857 Dec . 21—J efi'erson , John Creggan, to Eliza Baile .
1907 Jan 22.—J olhfie, George, to Aramin taWehr ly, Duhdalk .
1820 May 12—J ordan, John , to Mrs . Mary Staff ord .
1830 Aug . 25—Keegan,Thomas.'
to Margaret Dufiy .
1832 Nov . l l—Kegan, Alexander, Collon, to Sarah Kelly .
1867 Dec . 9—Ke11y, William, to Mariann e Phill ips .
18 7 9 June 13—Kelly, George, to Jane Goucher . 1
1903 Nov . 3—K1ng, John Edward, to Eliza Officher M ‘
Ew e11.
1844 Apr . 11 - Kirwan, Den is, Donagh Patrick, Co . Galw ay, to AnneMacan .
1854 Ju ly 22—Lee , fi ancis W. to Sarah Harrison18 7 7 Aug 7—Maca11, Ar thur , Dru 1n cashel, to Mary Lou isa, d of Lieu t
Col . W Bellihgham1833 Jan . l 4—Markey, Laurence, to Mary Short
APPEND IX I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1843 Ju ly l S—M ‘
Cabe, James, to Bridget Reyn olds, Port .1866 Apr . 18—M ‘
Clane, James, to Mary Jane Baile .
1865 Sep . 14—M ‘
Com1ell, Adam, Dun dalk, to Sarah Treadwell .18 7 7 June 26—M ‘
Dow ell, James Bateman, Carlin gford , to Margt . Kelly .
1841 Ju ly 21—M ‘
Elroy , James, to Ann e Bredin .
1891 Aug . 27—M ‘
Kenn a, Aaron, to Anne Gallagher, Dublin .
1898 Dec . 28—M ‘
Kenn a, Wm. Robert, to Martha Bleakly .
1842 J11116 2—Moore, Arthur , to Ellen King .
1835 Ju ly l—Mulholland, Nathaniel, Seapatrick, to Sarah Brannagan .
1888 Jan . 17—Nixon, Josephu s, to Elizabeth Burke .
1822 Sep . 24—Peebles , John , M .D ., to Anne Bellingham .
1858 Mar . 31—Philli ps, Thos ., Seabank, to Elizabeth Goodlow .
18 7 7 Mar . 29—Ph illi ps, Alexander, Killylea, to Elizabeth Nolan .
1838 Apr . 17—Pierce, Edward, to Jane Beatty .
18 19 Oct . 26—Plu nket, Rev . Thomas , to Louisa Jane Foster .1832 Apr . 27—R eid , James, to Jane Trotter, Collon .
1828 Nov . 18—Robinson, William, to Mary Anne Wills .
1867 May _ Robinson , Geo . Grin dall, New tow n darver, to Annie Lindsay .
1827 l—Rogers, Thos ., 0011011, to Sarah Manning, Stabann on .
1869 Mar . l l—Russell , Lt ._J ohn Cecil, to Hester Frances, d. of Rev . Chas.
Thornhill , M ilestow n .
1884 Apr . 4—Savage, Joseph , to Sarah Jane Clarke .1905 Sep . 25—Sidebottom, Walter, Wakefield, to Ada. Bedding .
1842 Apr . 2—Singleton, George, St . James’ , London, to Eliza AnneWill ison .
1831 Nov . 24—Ske11y, James, to Susan H igginson .
1836 Oct . 25—Smith , Major John , to Maryann e Woolsey, Milestow n .
1884 Sep . 22—Smith , Arthur, to Sarah Anne M ‘
Gahey .
1826 Nov . 23—Stratton, George, to Eli zabeth Brann agan .
1825 Apr . 3—Sympson , Lyndsay, to Helen Cordn er .1858 Dec . 2—Ta1bot, John , to Mrs . Martha M ‘
Kee .
1863 Ju ly 23—Ta1bot, John , to Eliza Ransom.
1838 Ju ly 3—Thornh111, Rev . Chas , Diddington , H un ts, to MargaretWoolsey .
1856 Aug . 14—Thornhill, Rev . Wm., to Helen Jameson , (1. of late John
Woolsey.
1840 Sep . 5—Treadwell , Thomas, to Catherine All en .
1886 Aug . 18—Treadwell, Thomas, to Mary Elizabeth H arvey .
1898 Apr . l 4—Tu ffm, Frederick, Cu dw orth, Yorks, to Charlotte Elean orB edding .
1844 Oct . 15—Turner, Adam, Dundalk , to Letitia Branagan .
18 7 9 Jan . l l—Vau ghan , James, to Jane Baile .
1841 —Wandesf orde, John But ler Sou thw ell Clarke, Castlecomer ,to Emily Selina Fran ces M ‘
Clin tock , Drumcar .188 1 Aug . 31—Warrick , Samuel, Milestow n , to Mary Sandes .
1841 Oct . 16—Willis Rev . Henry de Laval, Limerick, to Mary AnneWoolsey .
1831 Jan . 17—Wilson, Henry, to Margaret Morton .
C ROS S INDEX OF M ARR IAGES FOR WOMEN’
S NAMES .
—see Treadwell . B lakeney —see Buckley .
Baile, Jeff erson , Bleakly Hardy, M ‘Kenna.
M‘
Clane, Vaughan . Bolton H ill, Cooke .
Bates . Brannagan Carroll, Mu lholland,Pierce . Stratton, Turner .Brooke, Butler, Bred in M
‘
Elroy .
Maoan, Peebles. Bufiy Govers.
APPEND IX.
I I I . RECORDS .
1853 Sep . 7—Arth11r , James, Dundalk , 39 .
1866 Ju ly 31 Margaret Elizabeth, Dundalk , inf an t .1867 Feb . 25 Catherine, Brow n cross, O ldtow n , Co . Du blin ,1870 Oct . 15 N icholas Fran cis, Malahide.
18 7 4 Jan . 250
William .
18 72 J an. 2 16.
1891 Dec . 19 Joseph,‘
3.
1900 May 28 Thomas, 7 5.
1901 Feb . 24 Esther, Seabank , 64 .
1901: Mar . 1 Elean or, 7 5 .
1892 Mary, 68 . [Tombstone I n scrip tions].1844 Aug . 27—Bamew e11, Dame Mary Jane, 7 6.
1843 Nov . l 4—Barrett , Mary, .2.
1888 Apr . 8—Barriskill, James, 83.
1869 Dec . 29 Elizabeth,40.
1823 Apr . 8—Bashf ord, Mrs. Mary, Ardee, 241850 Mar . 241—Bates James1852Aug. 6 Georges, 10.
1857 Apr . John , 5 .
1863 Feb . 7 Isaac, 15 .
1869 May 9 Emma, 14 .
187 1 17 John1884 Feb . 20 9 9 Eli zabeth, 75 .
1868 Mar . 1.7 .- Bea.ttie, Elizabeth , Grangebe11ew ,
1851 30—Beaty, Gu y , 63.
1846 Ju ly l 7—Be11, Mary, 40.
1818 Sep . 4—Bellingham , Mildred B .
1820 Ju ly Susan, 23 [d . at Marseilles J une1826 Nov . 13 Sir Win s; Bar t, 7 1 [d_
. October 27 ]1835 Dec . Alice, November1844 Jan .
. 18 Heste r.
Frances, Lady,1854 Jun e 10 Thomas Edw ard, 5 mon ths.1857 Oct . 14 Mabel p hia, 18 .
1887 Jan . Arabella, 7 8 .
1900 Mar . 12. Sydney , 91.
1903 Jan . 23 William Johnston , 84 .
[Besides those registered as above it has been ascertain edfollow ing members of the BELLINGHAM family w ere also in terred inthe family vau lt
See p .48
It also appears that the follow ing w ere in terred in the graveyardsee Appendix : Tombstone zpuons
17 58 d Apr 2l—Bellingham , Anne, dau . of Thomas.
17 58 d Ju ll Mrs. Mary, wif e of Henry .
Mrs . Henry (mother of Co lonel Thomas).Henry } See p .
Abigai l (Mrs . Thomas). See p . 54 .
Thomas .
Mrs . Ann e, 7 8 .
Lucy .
Henry .
Eliza .
John .
Mat ilda .
K I LSARAN BUR IALS . 2614 l
And it is probable—as appears from Appendix Wills that thefollow in g w ere also in terred there :1739 —Bellingham, Henry, Drogheda (in vau lt).17 55 Henry, Castlebellingham'
firr v ault).17 70 Abigail, d
'au .
’ of Thomas];1833 Aug . 27—Belton, William,
“29 .
1844 Apr. 9—Bevan , Evan .
1839 Nov . 7—B ingham ,Margaret.
1881 Feb . 23 Jan e .
1885 Jan . 30 George, 84 .
1844 Jan . 25—B1ack, Elizabeth, in fan t
1855 Sep . 14 Mary, Charlestow n, 44 .
188 1 Feb . 28 John , 46.
1888 Apr. 16—B1a1r , Robert, 361880 Ju ly 23—Bleakly, Rhoda Ellen , 3.
1898 Oct . 12 Samu el Erwin , 49 .
1835 June 25—Bolton John .
1835 July 6 Joseph, 17 .
1872 Oct . 11 J ohn , 7 4 .
1840 Jan . 18—Brann agan ,
'
Sarah Jane, 11844 Margaret, 24 .
1854 Oct . 31 Sarah, Seaview , 72.
1858 Mar . 15 William.1
18 7 3 Nov . 14 John ; Seaview .
1847 Dec . 28—Bred1n , Hester, 35 .
1831 May 24—Brow ne, Michael, 80.
1832 July 20—Bu rgess, Elizabeth .
1834 Jan . 6 Catheri 'ne, Drumcar, 37 .
1833 Dec. 30—Burton, Lu ke, 17 .
1901 Dec. l l—Bu tler, Cecil, Milestow n , 55.
1820 June 120—Cairnes, Lieu t . Jo h'
n .
’
1818 Nov . 3 Elizabeth, in fan t .1831 Aug . 15 Mary, 40.
1828 Feb . 23—Campbell, Rebecca, Dromin , 67 .
1843 June 7 Martha .
[ 1817 d . Oct . 6—Carroll , Peter, Woodpark, Du n leer, 4 7 , an d his threechildren ; see
1848 June 3—Cassidy, Samu el, 30.
1850 Nov. 9 Isaiah, 7 8 .
1854 Feb . Margaret, 63.
1842 Jan . 5—Clarke, Margaret, in fan t.1843 Dec. 7
1845 Nov. 1 Margaret, in fan t .1859 May 9 Bridget
,
'
187 3 Dec. Anne .
18 7 8 Oct . 23 Phi lip .
[1732 —Clerke, Alice ; see Appendix : Wills].1889 July 21—Codd, Mary An ne, 65 .
1864 May 2—Collins Frederick, Milestow n Cottage, in fan t .1868 Sep . 15 William Henry, mfa
n t .
18 73 Dec . 11 Maria, 32.
1
18 7 4 Jan . 30 Walter, in fan t.18 7 5 Feb . 11 Henry John, ' -3.
1897 Nov . 17 Alice El1z‘
a , Seabank, 29.
1898 Mar . 30 Charlotte Eh‘
zfabeth‘22
1901 Dec . 16 John , 7 4 .“ U
1898 Mar. 29—Compton, William Harvey, in fan t .
APPEND IX I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1900 June 18—Compton, Mu riel Adelaide, infant .[ 17 11 Cox, Rev . Thos.
, R . of Killen coole and Darver—I saaBu tler
’
s M S . and Tombstone I nscrip tions].1882 Jun e 3—Cross, Sarah, 64 .
1857 Oct . 22—0umm1ng, O livia Maria, 2.
1858 Nov . 25 Georgina Eccles, infant.1867 Mar . 7—Da1y, Maryann e, 15 .
1851 Mar . 4—Darcy, James, 21.
1898 Dec . 8—Davison , Jan e, 84 .
1906 May 9—Daw son , John William, 4 7 .
1858 Mar . 21—De1essert , Maria .
1843 Feb . 27—Doherty, Margaret, 7 1.
1896 Apr . 21—Donnan, Edw ard, 80.
1902 Sep . Ar thur , infant .1905 Mar . 1 Mrs .
, 84 .
1852 Jun e 24—Don oghu e, Elizabeth, Georgina in fant .1890 Jun e 8—Du fiy , Christina, 7 5 .
1843 Mar . 6—Duncan , John , 45 .
1850 Aug . 29 Ann e, St . Peter ’s, Drogheda, 82.
1862 Apr . 16 James, Scrabbie, Co . Gavan , 60.
1863 Dec . 20 Rev . Joseph, Kylemore, Co . Galw ay, 61.1868 Dec . 5 Rachel, San dymoun t, 64 .
1884 May 25 Mary An ne, Dun dalk, 84 .
1888 Apr . 8—Dysart, Sarah , Dromin , 107 [Qu ery : bu ried in Stabann on ?]1894 Feb . 19 Thomas, Ardee, 80 do . ?
1841 7—E111ce, James, 34 .
1844 Apr . 27—Evins, James .
1853 Jun e 7—Finlay, William, Dromiskin , 6.
1880 Nov . 14 Hester, 65 .
1834 Feb . 16—Ifi'
anks, Mary .
[ 1720 Gern on , Edw ., M illtow n ; see Appendix : Wills]
1851 Feb . 27—Gerrard, John Samu el, 1.
1829 Mar . 10 —Gibson, John , Scotland .
1846 Aug . 26 Joseph1846 Apr . 10 Margaret .1866 May 21 Mary, 24 .
187 1 Aug . 7 Maria, 56.
1895 Nov . 1 Ellen , 92.
1849 Apr . l l—Gibton , Elizabeth, 7 .
1849 May 22 Mary, 17 .
1851 Feb . 25—Goodlow, David, 29 ’
1852 July 4 Sarah, Seabank, 82.
1854 Nov . 27 Mary, 7 7 .
1872 Nov . 26 Jacob, Seabank, 54 .
1880 Jun e 19 Ann e .
1880 Dec . 31 Stephen , 7 3.
1894 Nov . Matilda, 43.
1898 Dec . 24 Jane .
1900 Apr . 8 Stephen , 52.
[ 1848 Ju ly 10 Mary Jane, 23 see Tombstone I nscrz’p tionsJ1858 Nov . l—Goodw in , Michael, Rai lw ay Station , Drumleck, 32.
1858 Nov . 25 Harriett, 32.
1883 Dec . l o—Gou cher, Ellen , 21.
1905 Apr . 8 Edwin , Seabank, 37 .
1853 Dec . 30—Graham, Robert, infant .1856 Nov . 15 Catherine, 6.
1856 Nov . 16 David, infant .
264 APPEND I X I I I . -PARO _CH IAL RECORDS .
1860 J an . 31—M‘
Kee, Henry, 21.
18 7 7 Dec . 14 Georg'
ma, 31.
1834 Feb . 4—M ‘
Kenn a, William, 6.
1849 May 8
1887 May 12 James, Kilsaran , 21.
1890 Aug . 29 Maxw ell , 32.
1890 Nov . 5 Ann e, 59 .
1905 Oct . 17 Samu el Richard, D‘
rOmen agh, 2.
1907 July 14 Adelin e, Kilsaran , infant"
.
[ 17 84 d . Jul y 4—M ‘Lau gh11n , Peter, 63.
17 88 d .Mar . 29 Margaret, 52.
17 97 d .Mar .22 Peter, 33 see Tombstone I nscrip tions].1825 Mar. 12—M111er, Mrs . Abigail,1848 Mar . —1 Miller, Mary Afine,
- 35 .
1829 —Morgem,1833 July 29—Morgan, R ichard, Dromiskin ,
1858 Apr . 14 James 64 .
1859 Jan 15 Catherine, Lu rgangreen , 65 .
1831 Mar . 27—Morton, John .
1840 Feb . 26 Widow , 84 .
1900 Feb . 9—Mu ggeridge, Ralph, Ann agassan ,infant .
184 7 Dec . 12—Mulhall , Alexan der .1854 Sep . 26 infant.1862 Dec . 18 John Matthew , 17 .
1865 Oct . 8 Henry,1835 Apr . 1—Mu11en, R ichard, Policeman , 28 .
1832 Feb . 9—Munro, Robert, 7 9 .
1883 Jun e 7—Mur phy, Thomas, 891900 Aug . 12 Jane, 991894 Mar . 9—Muske, George, 54 .
1900 Dec . 4 Ernest Patriok , 17 .
1905 Feb . 25 Charles George, 18 .1867 Jan . 15 -N01an , Charles, 17 .
188 1 Apr . 21 Charles , 64 .
1825 Jun e 3—Parkes, Mrs . Elizabeth, Dun dalk .
1864 Mar . 12—Pepper, Maria, 45.
1866 Mar . l o “John , 1.
18 7 8 Ju ne 20 Adam, Dru mleck, .69 .
1867 Sep . 6—Peters, Mary, Greenmoun t, 68 .
1825 Aug . 15—Petty, James .
1829 Jan . 17 Mary, infant .1832 Aug . 25 John .
1831 Mar . 29 Henry , 35.
1831 Nov . 13 Henrietta, infant .1840 Nov . 27 Thomas .
1858 Nov . 20 William , Dunleer, 35.
[ 17 97 d . Sep . 19 John, 84 .
1805 d . June25 Isabella; 7 5 .
1828 d . Jun e 18 Joseph, 65.
1830d . Aug .23 John , 31.
1850 William—Tombstone I nscrip tions].1841 Nov . l l—Philhps, James .1838 Mar . 13—P1erce, Jane, 18 .
[ 17 83d . June 4—Pow derly, Patrick .
1807 d . Mar . 11 Catherine .
1811d . Nov .26 Thomas, 35—Tombstone I nscrip tions]1867 Aug . l 3—Price, Margaret .1840 Oct . 6—Q u1n ,
K I LSARAN B UR IALS . 265
1841 Dec . 6—Ransom, Margaret .1841 Dec . 28 Joseph, Dromiskin .
1887 Mar. 22—Reyn ett , Olivia, 82.
1834 Dec . 7—R igby, Mary, inf ant .1849 Apr . _ Robinson ,
184 7 Dec . 28—Rynard, Margaret, 21.
1862 Feb . 20 James, 7 7 .
1888 June 15—Savage, James, 271835 Oct . 18—Semple, Ellen , 8 .
1856 May 16 Ellen , Drogheda, 66 Elean or Tomb. I ns].1857 Mar . 5 John , Drogheda, 7 7 .
1861 Aug . 25 Frances, Ballsgrove, infant.1866 Mar . 29 Fran cis,1872 Nov . 18 John , Du ndalk, 218 7 4 Oct . 18 Isabella1844 May 30—Smith Margaret, 37 .
1861 Jan . 4 John , Bengal Artillery, 30.
1881 Apr . 6 Marianne, near Rugby, 68 .
1832 Oct . 23—Stafford , Ann e, 4 1.
1885 Nov . 12—Steele, James, 68 .
1869 May l—Stratton , George, Seabank, 7 3.
187 7 Jun e 7 Elizabeth, 7 5 .
1882 Apr . 19 Le titia 28 .
[1839 d .No . 3 -Sweeney, Capt . Roger, 50.
1843d .Apr20—Sw eeny, Georgin a Fielding, 19, Tombstone Imcrz’
p tions].1850 Ju ly l—Sw eeny, Major James, 24 [shou ld be 7 4
1860 Ju ne 5—Sw eeney, 87 .
1857 Apr . 17—Talbot, John George, 12.
1859 Mar . 22 Henry, 8 .
1861 Nov . 21 Martha, 48 .
187 0 May 23 James, 29 .
1873 Apr . 1 Thomas, 30.
187 7 Ju ly 27 John , 67 .
[ l 7 9 ~ —Tandy, James Napper, grandson of Henry Hu ghes Tradition also relates that his grandfather, the celebratedJames Napper Tandy was bu ried here ; see Tomb. I ns.]
1852 Jun e 3—Thompson , Susan , 23.
187 0 Ju ly 19 Jane, Dromiskin , 7 4 .
187 1 Ju ly 29 Robert, 82.
[1832d . 8 e .23 -Thompson, Quin tin WmO’Bryen Dru ry, 22—Tomb. I ns].
18 72 Sep . 21—Thornhill, Rev . Wm (B . of Ofiord Darcy), Milestow n , 51.
18 7 7 July 11 Margaret, Mi lestow n , 61.
188 1 Sep . 5 Rev . Chas , 68 .
1900 Sep . 11 C01. Chas , The Crescen t, 61.
1822 Apr . 23—Tipping, Thomas, infant .1848 Apr . 13—Treadwell, Thomas .
1885 Jan . 14 Catherine, 7 4 .
1885 Jan . 25 Rosanne, 37 .
1837 —Trou ton ,
1825 Jan . 12—Wade, Dan iel, 67 .
1883 Oct . 6—Wa1ker, Hen ry, 55.
1883 Dec . 16 Mary, 4 1.
1883 Dec . 27 R ichard Solomon, 18 .
1829 Feb . l l—Waters, Deborah, 42.
1849 Nov . 24—White , Henry, 64 .
1828 Dec . 13—Willison, George, 43.
1840 H . [Tomb. 1ns. hasU
266 APPEND IX I I I . - PARocmAL RECORDS .
184 1 —Willison , Mary Ann e, 20.
[17 97 d. Ap .26—Wilson Willison ), Mrs . An n e—in Bellingham vault].1833 Apr . 24—Wilson , Edw ard, Infant .1840 Mar . 3 Eli zabeth, 25 .
1846 Dec . 11 Jane, 67 .
1858 Apr . 16 Joseph , 58 .
1859 Nov . 3 Elizabeth Sophia, Dundalk, 2.
1867 Jun e 9 Edw ard, Lusk, 35 .
1867 Oct . 14 Elizabeth, 65 .
187 6 J an . 17 John , 85 .
1818 —Woolgar, Charles,1816 May 2—Woolsey, John .
1853 Aug . 6 John , Milestow n , 7 1.
1862 Apr . 15 Janet , 72 [Tombstone I nscrip tion has 1861
1865 Oct . 10 Fran ces R ose, 40.
1870 Nov . 16 Eli zabeth Lu cy, 26.
188 7 May 16 Wi lliam , M ilestow n , 67 .
188 7 May 28 John , Castle Cosey, 56.
1905 Aug . 22 An na, M ilestow n , 7 6.
[ 1838 d . Se. 28 Heste r Fran ces Bellin gham, 15 see Tomb Ima]
STABANNON PARISH.
The Register of Stabann on , the oldest belon gin g to the Un i on , w as
begun by Rev . R obert H ou ghton , Vicar, w ho died in 1699 . The first bookis imperfect thereis on e en try of the year 1688 , an d the n ext year in w hichan en try occu rs is 1696. The Register seems to have been kep t con tin uously ti ll 17 54 , bu t there is on e en try of a. later date, 17 65 . BaptismsMarriages and Bur ials are recorded therein promiscu ously bu t the Registe rw as eviden tly begun on a pecu liar plan , a page being given for the firstletter of each Christian n ame . Some of these pages are missin g and someare imperfect, and this arrangemen t w as n ot adhered to in later years .
The secon d Registe r con tain s Baptisms from 17 82 to 1883, and Mar
riages f rom 17 7 8 to 18 7 5 .
I n the followin g list the su rnames are arran ged in dictionary orderand accordin g to date, and the spellin g of the origin al is adhered to . Avery exact copy of this Register w as made by Mr . John R ibton Garstin , D .L .
,
V . before it w as transferred to the Record Office and is in hispossession . It is enriched w ith n otes of a most valu able character The
w ritin g is difficu lt to read 111 places, an d Mr . Garstin’
s copy sometimesd i ff ers from that of the Au thor . I n those cases Mr . Garstin
’
s readin gsare given in brackets .
g apf t'
sms, ia 184 7 .
Mar . 7—Agar,Mar . 17—Armstrong, David, s. of Wm. and Ann e, R ichardstow n .
Jun e 27—Ash Wm., s . of Du dley and Mrs . Ann , Christianstow n .
Aug . 3 An ne, (1.
Mar . 7 d .
Apr . 26 Allice, (1.
Jan .—Bagnal, George, s . ofWm and Eli zabeth , Toberdoney .
Oct . 5—Bates, Eliza Jan e, (1. of John and Eli zabeth .
Oct . 17 Isaac, s .
Ju ly 2—Bedlow , Eli zabe th, (1. of R ichard and Jane .
Ju ne 13—Bell, Mary Anne, d . of John and Anne, Drumcashell .
APPEND I X I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1702 July 14—Disney, Wm., s. of Ben on i , of Melvin in this Parish .
1700 Dec . 15—Eagar, Susann a, d . of William , Roodstow n1701 Jan . 12 Mary, (1.
1705 Jul y 6( ?4) Ann, d .
17 11 Nov . 14 Alice, d . of Alexander and Eliza , Roodstow n .
17 14 Dec . 1 Fran cis, s.
17 18 July 20 Ann , (1.
1720 Oct . 18 Elizabeth, d .
1721 Nov . 21 William, 8 .
1722 Dec . 26 Andrew , 8 .
1725 Oct . 27 Edw ard, s .
1727 Nov . 4 Alexander, s.
1730 Oct . 28 Susann a & Diana, tw in ds.
17 36- 7 Feb . Elen or, (1.
17 49-50Mar . 12 Susann a, d . of And . and Eli zabeth, Roodstow n .
17 82 Aug . 9—Eaton , Alexander, s . of Samu el and Ann , Toberdoney .
17 97 May 25 Samu el, s. of Thomas and Mary, R ichardstow n .
1842May 15 James, s . of Matthew and Fran ces, Charleville.
17 93 —Elliott, Chas . George Au gustus. s . of And . Mary, Baw n .
1832 Aug . 18 George, s . of Geo . and H ances, Drumcashell .1837 Sep . 9 Harriet, d .
1839 Apr . 18 Elizabeth, d .
184 1 Oct . 28 Joseph John , s.
1843 Nov . 1 Charlotte , (1.
1839 Apr . 18 Elizabeth, (1. ofGeo . Martha, Arvagh, Co .Gavan184 7 Mar . 21—131negan, O livia, d . of George and O livia, Dromgoolestown .
17 37 Apr . l 7 ’—Fitzsimons, An n , d . of Jas . and Catharine, Dromgoolstow n .
17 96 Aug . 9—Garst '
1n , Eliza, d . of Christophilus Eliza, Braganstow n .
17 10 Sep . l—Gern on ,Laurence, s . of Geo . and Mary, Bragganstow n .
17 14 Jan . l S—Griffith Sarah, (1. of John and Mary .
Bridget, (1.
1702-3Jan . l 7—Hales, Mary, d . of James, Drumcashell .
1818 July 19—H a11, An as tas ia, d . of Thomas and Margaret.1825 Feb . 22—Harret John , s. of Robert and Margt , Dromgoolestow n .
1826 Ju ly 16 Ben jamin , 3 .
1708 Apr . 18 Thos., s . of Thos. and Joyce, Dromgoolstow n
1709 Dec . 25 Dorothy, d .
17 19 Aug . 9—Healy, Mary, d. of John .
17 84 May 23—Heeney(? Hen ry), Robert,s. of Thos. and J ane.Drumcashell .17 95 Jan . lO—Hen ry , Henry, s . of Alex . and Catherine, R ichardst ow n .
1820 Jun e 18 John , s . of John Anna Eliza, R ichardstow n .
1824 May 23 (27 3) Sarah, (1.1825 Oct . 23 Alexander Daw son , 8 .
1827 Sep . 9 H ancis Wm., s.
1829 Ju ly 24 James, s.
1831 Apr . 16 Catherine, d .
1698 Ju ly 4 Alice, d .
1701 Nov . 30—H ickie, Andrew , s.
1704 Apr . 5 Francis, 5 .
1708 -9 Mar . 7 Henry , s. of Patrick and Mary .
17 36 Oct . 21—Holywood, Elen or, d . of John .
1737 -8 Jan 22 Sarah , (1.1699 Aug . 13—Holt, Elizabeth , (1. of John , Dromcashell .1688 M1696-7 £151, Childrenof Rev . B . Hou ghton ,
1700Vicar ]
17 82 Ju ly 31—Hudson, R ichard, s. of R ichard and Jane, Stabannon .
STABANNON BAPT I SM S . 69
17 83 Mar . —Hu dson , Samu el,s. of Samu el and Sarah, Tubberdoney .
1810 Jun e 27 Jane, d . of Thos . and Susanna, Stabann on .
1812 June 28 John , s.
1815 Apr . 11 Elizabeth, d .
1817 Aug . 29 Prisci lla, d .
18 19 Mar . 4 R ichard, s .
1821 Aug . 15 Prescilla, d .
1824 Sep . 15 Mary, (1.18 14 Mar . 9 R ichard, 8 . of Adam and Eli zabeth Stabann on .
18 15 Nov . Ann , (1.1818 Jan . 6 Thomas, 5 .
1817 Sep . 21 Samu el, s. of Wm. and Mary, Stabann on .
1818 Nov . 10 Samu el and Mary, s. and d .
1819 Dec . 19 Allicia, d .
1821 Oct . 9 Sarah, (1.1823 Jun e 6 Thomas , s.
1826 Ju ly 30 R ichard, s .
1828 June 1 Fran cis Alexander, s.
1831 Jan . 27 Robert Henrv, s .
1824 Ju ly 18 Eli zabeth, d . of William and Mary, Toberdoney .
17 85 Sep . 18—Hurs t, Mary, (1. of Wm. and Margaret, Tobberdoney .
17 8 7 Feb . 7 27 ) Jane, (1.1834 Nov . 30—Hutton, Eli zabeth, (1. of W111 . and Sarah , Braganstow n .
1838 Dec . 23184 1 Ju ly 111844 Mar. 311846 Aug . 2
Margaret Jane, d .
Maria, (1.
James, 5 .
Cather ine, d .
1840 Feb . 8 -Jan1es, Henry, s . of Stephen and Anne .
1701 Nov . 3—Jones, William , s. of Arthu r, Stabannon .
1702 Sep . 5 (16)1703 Sep . 13 (7 12)
Elenor, d .
Delborah , d .
17 83 Apr . 27—Keag, Esther, (1. of Chas. and Susann a, Dromgoolstow n Mill .
17 85 Nov . 2717 8 7 Sep . 2117 921808 May 8
18 12 Jan . 6
18 13 Jan . 21
Charles, 8 .
John , s.
Susann a, (1.
Eli zabeth, (1. of William and Ann e .
Charles, s .
John , s.
17 10 Aug . 13—Keegan, Lau ren ce, s . of Thos. Keegan Elean or M ‘
Donnel]17 10 Apr . 23—Keenan , John , s . of Constan ce . [of Drumcashell .1838 June l S—Kirw an , Victoria, (1. of Thomas and Margaret .1765 May 13—11111, Eli zabeth Maria .
1846 Nov . 15 —Logan, Andrew , s. of John and Mary, Braganstow n .
17 -Martin Henry, s. of Au stin and Mary, Dromgoolstow n .
17 49 Nov . 20 Thomas , s.
1843 Dec . 12 Thos. Fielding, 3 . of Rev . T . Eliz ., Toberdoney ; .
1845 Feb . 13 Wi lliam Brereton , s.
1823 Mar . 30—M‘
Cu llou gh , Susann a, d . of J as. Hannah, Braganstow n .
1815 Oct . l S—M ‘
Daniel, George, 3 . of James and Mary .
1834 Sep . 7—M ‘
Dow el, Amelia, d . of Robert and Mary .
17 86 Ju ly l3—M‘
Gee, Mary and Elean or, twins of George ahd Hann ah,R ichardstow n .
17 10 Apr . 23—M‘
Lou ghlin , J as ., s . of Ow en and Evelin , Braganstow n ,
17 10 Feb . 8 18)Maitee Macatee), Joan , d . ofWilliam and Catherine .
1801 —Mu rphy, Elizabeth , (1. of Rev . Thos . and Susann a .
Born March 4 ; Received 12April, 1801.
1800 Dec . -Ogle, William , s . of Ogle of Poescou rt .
1845 Sep . 29—0w ens, Thomas, s. of George and Mary, Stabannon .
APPEND I X I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORD S .
1809 Nov . 5—Parkin son , Thos ., s . of Rev . Thomas and Hester .
1811 Ju n e Ann, d .
1813 Jan . 3 Isabella, d .
18 14 Jun e 10 Jan e, (1.
1816 May -12 John , s.
1821 Jun e 28 Peter —“ fou n d in the fields .
17 Pilkin gton , H en ry Mervin , s . of Rev . Pilkington1720 June 8 Edw .
, s . of R ev . M iles Mrs . Aramin ta P.
1704 Jun e 14—Poe Elean or, d . of Samu el and Elin or, Dromgoolstow n .
1705 Dec . 5 An thon y,s
1708 Aug . Daniel, s .
17 42 Oct . 9 Elizabeth, (1. of James and Mary, Dromgoolstown17 43 Nov . 19 Samu el, s .
17 47 Dec . 17 Michae l, s.
17 48 Dec . 22 Moor, s .
17 50 Mar . 10 Elen or, d .
17 88 Jan . 6 Harriet Ru th, d of Sam. Mati lda (or Martha),Poescour t .
17 89 Apr . 16 Jackson , s .
17 92 George, 8
1702-3 Jan . lO—Ran kin , Margaret, d. of Samu el, Clerk of this Parish .
1837 Dec . 31—R eid, J ohn , s . of Wm. and Ellen , Braganstow n .
17 10 Apr . 15—Rely, Thos ., s . of H u gh Rely Catherin e Brogan , Dublin .
17 50 June 22—R ice, Mary, (1. of John , Dromgoolstow n .
17 88 May1 11—R obinson, Wm.
, s . of Ar thu r and Hester, Braganstow n .
1825 Feb . 6 H ester, d . of Wm. and An as tasia, Drogheda.
1842 Ju ly‘
21—Shaw, Serah Su sann a, d . of John and Prisci lla, Stabann on .
1844 Ju ne 2 Thomas Joseph, s .
17 10 Apr . 10 Skin d . of Teren ce Mau dlin , Braganstow n .
1845 Jul y 6—Steel , Maryann e, d . of James and Catherine, Stabann on .
1726 Dec . 20—Tisdall, Mary, (1. of Edw. and Elizabeth, Clin tonstow n e .
17 31 Ju ly 25 Alicia, d .
17 32 July 16 Thomas, s.
1845 Nov . 13 Edw . Brabazon , s . of John Eli zabeth, Rathcoole1705 Apr . 23—Tra1 ers , Ann , (1. of Rev . Boyle Travers . [H ou se17 16 Oct . 3 Mary, d .
17 18 Apr . 23 Alice, d .
1721 Apr . 10 Ann , (1.
17 97 Nov . 19—WP st , chi ld ‘ of Joseph and Nancy .
17 48 -9 Mar . 4—Wiggin ,Wm.
, s . ofWi lliam , Stabann on .
1709- 10Mar .5—Will iamson , Mary, (1. of Robert and Agnes, Drumcashell .
1724 -5 Feb .20 Elizabeth , (1. of Joseph and Mary, Drumcashell .17 39 Ju ly 1 Margt . d . of Thos. and
“
Grizell , of Low Stabann on .
17 43-4 Feb .28 26) Mary, (1.
17 46 Apr . 7 Elizabeth, (1.
1832May 28—Wilson , Wil liam, s . of John and Joies .
1834 June 15—W1nnet , Elean or, d . ofWm. 81 Elizabeth, Dromgoolestow n .
1721-2Jan .17—Wynn, Ann , d . of George and Jane Stabann on .
1726 Aug . 21 Mary, (1.
1728 Jun e 23 William, 8 .
17 31-2Jan . 12 Elizabeth , (1.
1808 Mar . 25—Wynne, Anne, (1. of Robt and Stabannon18 12 Jan . 12 Albert, s .
1813 May 13 Maria, d .
18 15 Feb . 17 Charlotte , (1.
1842 Nov . 20 Mary Virgin ia, d . of Robt . Alicia, Toberdoney .
1844 Aug . 11 Amelia Serah d .
1846 May 24 Elizabeth, d.
APPEND IX I l I .—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1846 May 22—Spear, Joseph , to Elizabeth Hudson .
17 7 8 Oct . 27—Stafiord, Wm. Lu ttrell, to Sarah Edgw orth , alias Jackson .
17 10 Jun e l—Sw eetlove, Thos., Dow dstow n , to Mrs . Abigail Garetin ,
Braganstow n .
17 14 Mar . 29—Taaff e, Lauren ce, to Mary K iore, Stabannon .
17 54 Ju ne 15—Travers, R obert (son of Rev . Boyle of Cork, to Mrs .Abigail Sw eetlove, of Moun tcashell .
1816 Sep . 15—Ward , Thos., Dromgoolestow n , to Elizabeth Gunn el, of
Stabann on .
17 96 Sep . 12—West, Joseph, to Mary King, both of Dromcashell .1838 Nov . 9—Wl1yte , Wm.
, St . Ann e’
s Parish, to Sarah Craw ley, Dromgoolestow n .
1698 -9 Jan . 19—Williamson , Wm., to Martha Disn ey .
1825 Nov . 3 —Wi lson , Thos., Ardee, to Joice Wynne, Toberdoney
married at Toberdoney .
1841 Aug . 5—Wynne, Robt ., Toberdon ey , to Alicia Hu dson , Toberdoney .
17 10 Dec . 18—Usher, James, to Mary Rely .
CRoss I NDEX OF M ARR IAGE S FOR WOMEN ’
S NAMES .
—see R ichardson . H u dson see Morrison , Spear,R ice .Baily . H u ghesMarven . H u ttonM
‘
Anally . Hun terM
‘
Ginatty . IrwinEnglish, Gilmer, JacksonM
‘
En tee . KeageHoir . KingElli ott, Kelly,Whyte Krau ssCrosby . Loghlan
Wi lliamson . MarshallM
‘Evat
Clin ton . M‘
NieceMartin . MorganStafford . Rely Usher .Coote . Robin son Bradford .
Craw ley . Shaw Finegan .
Hudson . Simpson Banebridge .
Fortescu e,Sw eetlove Summerville Matthew s.
Ward . Sw eetlove fi avers .
Hamilton , Taafie . Walshe Duff y .
Craw ley. Wynn e Wi lson .
Qu in M‘
Cabe .
Q3uriaf’
z, to 1907 .
[N .B .—Some of these bu rials may have been in Richardstow n and
Dromin Chu rchyards].17 98 Apr . 16—Acheson , Betty, Dromgoolestow n Decay of natu re .
1835 Sep . 9 Mary, R ichardstow n .
1833 Aug . 111—Atkin son, Jane, Drogheda, 86.
1853 Nov . 17 Margaret, Drogheda, 60.
17 36- 7 Feb . 2—Baker, Francis, Richardstow n Parish .
1837 Jan . 6—Bann on , Anne, Milltow n Grange, 68 .
1722-3Mar . 2—Barton , Wi lliam, of Thomastow n .
17 45 Nov . l O—Blacker, Miss Mary, (1. of George .
17 45 Nov. 25 Mrs . Mary , w i fe of George .
STABANNON BUR IALS . 27 3
17 4 1 June —Blackw ell, Ann , (1. of John .
17 82 Dec . 25—Boyd , Mrs . An ne, Dromgoolestow n Influen za [w hichis eviden tly n ot so modern a disease as some thin k] .
1822 Oct . lO—Brann agan , Mary Anne , R ichardstow n , 27 .
17 39 June l l—Bru erton [Brereton ], Thomas .
17 45 Ju ly17 84 Ju ly 16
18 16 June 6
Fran cis.
Mrs . H . relict of Wm., of Toberdoney . She
died of an ap0pletic in 7 4th year of her age .
”
William, Tobberdoney , 7 4 .
17 84 Sep . 27—Clifiord, Rebecca, Tobberdoney , 18 died of a decay .
1701 Apr . 6—C11n ton , Thomas .
17 84 Apr . 5—Craven , Charles, aged 65 died of palsy .
17 92 Sep .
1825 Mar . 131828 Jan . 14
1828 Aug . 9
1838 Mar 1
17 96 Craw ley,18 15 Oct . 3
1817 Feb . 121827 Mar . 6
1827 July 3
1829 Jun e 231831 Oct . 15
1841 Nov . 71842 Sep . 1
1846 Oct . 27184 7 Apr . 141852 Ju ly1853 Apr . 5
1857 Jan . 19
Arthu r, Dromcashell .Mrs . Elean or, 83.
Ann e, 56.
Thomas, 19 .
Thos late of Drumcashell, last of Dun dalk , 69
d . of J01111, of R ichardstow n decay .
Mary, 80.
Joseph, Woodtow n , 13.
Brereton , R ichardstow n , 22.
John , Manfieldstow n , 67 .
James, sen ., R ichardstow n , 104 .
James, jun ., 62.
James, 45 .
Elizabeth, Du b lin , 80.
Martha, Dromgoolestow n , 40.
Joseph , 85.
Robert , in fan t .Maria,Heste r, Castlebellingham, 85 .
17 10 Ju ly 9—Credan , Teren ce .
1827 Mar . 17—Cunm'
ngham, Anastasia, R ichardstow n , 22.
1699- 1700Jan . 18—Disney, Darkis, d . of Wi lliam .
1701 Feb . 26—Disney, Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer .17 10 (1 1706)Aug . 17—Disney, Mary, w ife of Ebenezer.1727 -8 Mar . 9—Disney, Captain Thomas .
17 32-3 Jan .28 Susanna, widow of Capt . Thomas, Dun leer .17 39 Oct . 9—Donn ogh , Mrs . Mary, w i fe of Charles.
1802 Jan . 2—Eln1, Bridget, R ichardstow n .
184 7 Oct . 5—Fielding, Elizabeth, Toberdoney , 88 .
18 7 5 Feb . 8—Grahame, Hon ora, w ife of Rev . John ,Vicar, 66.
1883 May 4 Rev . John , Vicar, 7 1.
17 11 Apr . 18—Hales, Elizabeth, wife of James .
1708 Dec . 2—Hamilton, Alice, Wi fe of Andrew , Ach’
n t .
17 18 Apr . 81722 Ju ly 13
17 45 Ju ly 2
An thony .
Andrew .
Mrs . Mary, w i fe of Wi lliam, Aclin t .
1729 Nov . 26—H (fi ?)atherly , Thomas, sen .
17 30 June 2417 12 Oct . 6
Mary, Castlebellingham .
Dorothy, d . of Thomas .
17 85 Oct . 24—Heeny , Thomas , of Tu llaballia, 40.
17 96 Mar . l l—Hen ry, Alexander, of R ichardstow n .
1810 May 10
1822 Apr . 181828 Oct . 21831 Dec . 9
Mrs . Rose, 35 .
Catherine, R ichardstow n , 56.
Elizabeth, Collon , 10.
Sarah, Richardstow n , 7 .
27 4 APPEND I X I I I . —PAROCH 1AL RECORDS .
1835 Ju ly 5—Hen ry, An ne Eli za Daw son , 35 .
1846 Nov . 6 James, R ichardstow n , 7 3.
184 8 Ju ly 13 Mary Ann e, Collon , 24 .
1848 Sep . 12 Alexan der, R ichardstow n , 22.
1864 Sep . 29 Fran cis Wi lliam , 37 .
1866 Aug . 15 Alexander, Monkstow n , 72.
1867 Mar . 18 John 76.
1897 Jun e 8 Alexan der,1904 May 3 Lou isa Ann e, Co . Du blin , 65 .
17 10 Mar . 4 —Hey Ffey). Christopher, Roodstow n .
1699 Oct . 31—Houghton, Delborah , died Oct . 31.
17 Nov . Henri .17 83 Oct . lo—Hiidson , Samu el, 7 mon ths died of . small pox .
17 84 Sep . 21 Richard, s . of Richard , 2 con vu lsions & quinsy .
1808 Oct . Jane, Stabann on , 64 .
1815 26 Samu el, 7 8 .
18 17 22 Samu el, 5 mon ths .
18 18 Ju n e 18 Priscil la, 4 mon ths .
1849 Ju ly 17 Fran cis John , Toberdoney , 21.
1851 Ju ly 24 Fran cis Alexander, Wexford, 23.
1853 Oct . 26 Will iam , Toberdoney , 7 6.
1854 Aug . 14 R ichard, 28 .
1858 Ju ly 5 Samu el, H oathstone, 39 .
1862 Apr . 30 Su san , Stabann on , 7 1.
18 73 Ju ly 12 Robert R ichard, Painestow n , 23.
1880 Nov . 17 William Brereton , Rathmin es, 66.
1805 Feb . 8—Hu rst, Jas ., of Moun tfieldstow n died of a .pleuratic
dis temper .”1814 Apr . 10 Mary, 13 Hen ry, n ot Mary appears in a dup
licate en try].1823 Ju ly 7 Mary, Manfieldstow n , 80.
1825 May 30 John , Du n dalk, 4 .
1830 Sep . 20 James, Ballybaly , 53.
1832 Jun e 10 Thomas , Dun dalk, 48 .
1863 Aug . 3—H u tchins, Arthu r, Charleville, 80.
18 7 5 Mar . l—Ivers, Elizabeth, Castlebellingham, 84 .
1698 d . Ji1ly 12—Keegan , Mary, Roodstow n .
17 4 1 Nov . 21—Linan, Margaret—“one of the poor of the parish .
1722 Apr . 25—Lou ghran , Ann e, d . of George .
1833 Dec . l 4—Magee, Jane, Stabann on , 60.
18 17 Jun e lo—M ‘
Namara, Catherine w ho d ied in the fields.
1837 Apr . 25—M ‘
Niece, Margaret, Ardee, 30.
1838 Apr . 11 Thomas , jun .
, infant .1839 Dec . 18 Thomas, sen .
, 68 .
1842 Feb . 9 Thomas, Ardee , infant .1843 May 9 James, 46.
1793 Oct . 4—Mart-1n Samu el, Drogheda, 38 fever .1810 June Anne, 90.
1819 Sep . 20 William 20.
1824 Mar . 16 Thomas, 7 5 .
1827 Nov . 7 Mary, Hainstow n , 59 .
1831 May 18 Rev . Au stin , Tarbert, Co . Kerry, 7 1.1866 Mar . 24 Thomas Fielding, 22.
18 7 9 Sep . 16 Rev . Thomas Field ing, Carrickmacross, 82.
1894 Nov . 12 Fran cis T ., Armagh, 45 .
17 50 Apr . 7—Matthew s, Wm and his w i fe, both bu ried .
1876 Sep . 16—Matthew son , Robert, 22.
APPEND I X I I I .—PAROCH 1AL RECORDS .
1835 Ju ly 5—Hen ry, An ne Eliza Daw son , 35 .
1846 Nov . 6 James, R ichardstow n , 7 3.
1848 Ju ly 13 Mary Anne, Collon , 24 .
1848 Sep . 12 Alexan der, R ichardstow n , 22.
1864 Sep . 29 Fran cis Wi lliam , 37 .
1866 Aug . 15 Alexan der, Monkstow n , 72.
1867 Mar . 18 John 7 6.
1897 Ju ne 8 Alexan der,1904 May 3 Lou isa Ann e, Co . Du b lin , 65 .
17 10 Mar . 4—Hey Ffey), Christopher, Roodstow n .
1699 Oct . 31—Houghton, Delborah , died Oct . 31.
17 Nov . Henri .17 83 Oct . lo—Hiidson , Samu el, 7 mon ths died of . small pox .
17 84 Sep . 21 R ichard, s . of R ichard, 2 convu lsions quinsy .
1808 Oct . Jane, Stabann on , 64 .
1815 26 Samu el, 7 8 .
1817 22 Samu el, 5 mon ths .
1818 Ju n e 18 Priscil la, 4 mon ths.
1849 Ju ly 17 Fran cis John . Toberdoney , 21.
1851 Ju ly 24 Fran cis Alexan der, Wexford, 23.
1853 Oct . 26 William , Toberdoney , 7 6.
1854 Aug . 14 R ichard, 28 .
1858 Jul y 5 Samu el, Hoathstone, 39 .
1862 Apr . 30 Su san , Stabann on , 7 1.
18 73 Ju ly 12 Robert R ichard, Painestow n , 23.
1880 Nov . 17 William Brereton , Rathmin es, 66.
1805 Feb . 8—H u rst, Jas ., of Moun tfieldstow n died of a pleuratic
distemper .”1814 Apr . 10 Mary, 13 Henry, not Mary appears in a dup
licate en try].1823 Ju ly 7 Mary, Manfieldstow n , 80.
1825 May 30 John , Du n dalk, 4 .
1830 Sep . 20 James, Ballybaly , 53.
1832 Jun e 10 Thomas, Du n dalk, 48 .
1863 Aug . 3—Hutchins , Ar thu r , Charleville, 80.
18 7 5 Mar . 1—Ivers , Elizabe th, Castlebellingham, 84 .
l 698 d . July 12—Keegan , Mary, Roodstow n .
17 4 1 Nov . 21—Linan, Margaret—“on e of the poor of the parish .
1722 Apr . 25—Lou ghran , Ann e, (1. of George .
1833 Dec . 14—Magee, Jan e, Stabannon , 60.
18 17 June l o—M ‘
Namara, Catherin e w ho d ied in the fields.
1837 Apr . 25—M ‘
Niece, Margaret, Ardee, 30.
1838 Apr . 11 Thomas, jun ., inf ant .
1839 Dec . 18 Thomas, sea , 68 .
1842 Feb . 9 Thomas, Ardee, infant .1843 May 9 James, 46.
17 93 Oct . 4—Mart-in , Samu el, Drogheda, 38 fever .1810 Jun e Anne, 90.
1819 Sep . 20 Wi lliam 20.
1824 Mar . 16 Thomas, 7 5 .
1827 Nov . 7 Mary, Hainstow n , 59 .
1831 May 18 Rev . Austin , Tarbert, Co . Kerry,1866 Mar . 24 Thomas Fielding, 22.
18 7 9 Sep . 16 Rev . Thomas meld in g, Carrickmacross, 82.
1894 Nov . 12 Fran cis T ., Armagh, 45 .
17 50 Apr . 7—Matthew s, Wm and his w i fe, both buried .
1876 Sep . 16—Matthew son , Robert,
STABANNON B UR IALS . 27 5
17 11 Aug . 2—Mon aghan , Margaret, Roodstow n .
1854 Feb . 25—Morris, Mary, Ardee, 85
1840 Oct . 30—Newit , Philip ,Dromin ,
1846 Jan . 23 Sarah,1854 Jan . 8 Samu el,1858 Ju ly 1 Elizabeth ,1860 Apr . 7 Sarah,18 7 7 Oct . 14 Samu el, 7 7 .
1888 May 27—New ett, Robert, Dromin , 35.
1888 Sep . 26 Mary, 7 1.
1894 Mar . 11 Samu el William, infant .17 84 May 6—Ochi ltree, Thomas, R ichardstow n decay .
17 16 Jul y l 4—Osborn , William, s . of Bryan .
1843 May 9—Ow ens, Edw ard, Stabann on , 1.
18 18 Aug . 22—Parkinson, Jane, 41 years .
1828 Sep . 2 Hester, w i fe of Re v . T . Parkinson , Viqar,Nov . 13 John , Stabann on , 24 .
184 7 Oct . 9 Thomas, Rev ., Vicar .1708 Oct . 7—Poe, Elen or, d . of Samu el .1709 Mar . 28 Daniel .17 40 May 26 Samuel, of Dromgoolestow n .
17 38 June 14 An thony, s. of Samu el .17 51 Ju ne 26 Elen or, d . of James .
17 50-1 Feb .22 Michael, bro . of James.
17 82 Oct . 15 John , 1 year fits”
.
17 82 Ju ne 24 Samu el, s . of Samu el 6 decay .
17 84 Apr . 12 Catherine , d .
17 83 June 3 George17 84 Oct . 24 James, 30 decay .
17 86 Oct . 13 Matilda,d of Samu el , Poescou rt smallpox .
1800 Feb . 25 Master .
1800 Mar . 27 Samu el .1810 Mar . 24 Martha, late Poescourt , 35 .
17 10 Mar . 8—Rath , Patrick, Roodstow n .
17 95 Mar . G—R ice, John , Dromgoolestow n , 86 stitches .
1846 Apr . 30—R ichardson , Elizabeth, Ardee, 33.
17 50 Nov . 29—Roine R ice), Mary—a poor widow .
18 18 Jan . 20—Robinson , Hester, Drogheda, 24 .
1825 Oct . 23 Hester, Du b lin , 63.
1827 Ju ly 4 Arthu r, Drogheda, in fan t .1705 June 8—Roch , David , Stebann on .
1867 Dec . 6—Row land , Wm., Whitemills, 17 .
18 70 Jan . 20 John 65 .
1701 Sep . l l—R u dd, Thomas, Clerk of this Parish .
1843 Aug . G—Shaw , Sarah Susann a, Stabannon , 1 year .
184 7 Mar . 29 John , R .I .C.
17 10 —Sk1n . [This may have been a Baptism , not a Burial .]17 19 Apr . l l—Sterlin g, Ann .
17 51 Nov . 25—Su flielcl Sco ffield), Elizabeth . Mr . Garstin’
s copy reads“ Ju ne,” not
“ Nov .
”
1729 Apr . l 7—Summerville, Sanders, R ichardstow n Parish .
1881 Ju ly 5—Sw aine , George Chambers, Glenageary , 34 .
1728 May G—Tenison , William , of Thomastow n .
1705 Ju ly 24—Travers, Ann , (1. of Rev . Bov le Travers .
1737 Dec . 3 Walter, bro .
17 46 Ju ly 18—Twiner Tu rner), Dorothy, Ardee .
‘
1801 Aug . 25—Vicars, Robert, s. of Jet h . and Ann e smallpox .
APPEND I X I I I .—PAROCH IAL RECORD S .
1816 Sep . 2—Vickers, Jeremiah , jun ., 20.
1816 Sep . 27 sen ., 54 .
1840 May 28—Vicars, Thomas , Collon , 29 .
1851 Apr . 11 William 4 .
17 40 Apr . 14—Wi lliamson , Mary, w i fe of John , R ichardstow n .
17 4 1 Aug . 23 Mary, Wi fe of Joseph of Drumcashell .17 40 Oct . 25 Margaret, (1. of Thomas.
184 1 Apr . l l—Wi lson , Robert, Toberdoney , 13.
17 32-3 Feb .28—Wynne, Eiiza, d . of George .
17 82 Aug . 19 Mrs . Jane, of Ardee, 88 ; decay . She w as the
first corpse (sic)that a Bell ever tolled for tho’
the steeple w as 67 years erected .
”
Wm., Dromgoolestow n , 54 dropsy .
Mrs. Ann , Dromgoolestow n , 54 dropsy .
Ann , 15 years .
Amelia, Toberdoney, 72.
Mary Virgin ia, 10.
Alicia, Drogheda, 33.
Robert, Dromgoolestow n , 90.
George, Castlebellin gham, 70.
Robert Triton , Drogheda, 88 .
Maria, 87 .
MANFIELDSTOWN PARISH.
[Baptisms, Marriages and Bur ials are given u p to the last en try in
QBapfisms.
5—Bell Ann e Jan e, d. of John and Margt . Jane, Derrycamma.
6 James, s .
19 George Wm., s. of John and Maria
He w as six mon ths old.
”
10—Bourke, Elia John , d . s.)of Patrick and Mary .
21 Elizabeth Anne, (1.
3—Emmerson , James, s. of George, late of Collon .
20—Gibson ,Wm., s . ofWmand MaryAnn e born 18 Jan 1854 .
12 Charlotte ; born 25th Apri l, 1856.
5—Ogle, Ann e, (1. of George, Policeman .
12—Owens , Mary Isabella, d . of Edw and Sarah, ofWottenstow n .
Born October 19th , 1853.
11 s. ofWm. and James (sic), ofWoodanstow n
w arriagez.
1824 Dec . 29—Bourke, Patrick, Drumcar, to Margt.Craw ley, Manfields’
w n .
1845 Feb . 3—Nolan ,~William , to Jane Lou isa Mary Elliott .
1850 Mar . l l—Sheils, Brabazon Disney, Ballyvaney, to Rose Rooney .
QBuriaf s.
1854 Oct . 19—Be11, William, Christianstow n .
1840 Sep . 21—Eccleston , Ge orge Sheils [a later en try says that he died on12th September, and w as bu ried on 15th September,
1849 Aug . 28—Garetin , Grace .
1859 Mar . 6 Eleanor, d . of Rev . ChristOphilus Garstin , and
w idow of Capt. John Garstin .
APPEND IX I I I . -PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1828 Mar . 30—M ‘
Cu11a, E lizabeth, (1. of James and Ann e .
1830 Jan . 30 James, s.
1831 Nov . 20 Isabella, d . Nov . 18 .
1833 Dec . 29 William, 8 .
1835 Mar . 29 William, s .
1837 Mar . 19 Anne, d . March 6.
1839 May 5 Thomas, s .
1826 Apr . 24—M‘
Cu11a, George, 8 . of R obt . M . and Jane Cranston , his ife .
1828 Ju ly 31 David, 8 . Ju ly 27 .
1830 Aug . 8 Martha An ne, d . Au gust 4 .
1832 J un 10 R obert, 5 . June 1.
1834 Sep . 28 Fann y, d .
1824 Aug . 24—Magu1re, William , s. of William and Mary . Au gust 13.
1830 Sep . 12 Sarah, (1. Apr . 15, 18291832 Aug . 12—Mannix Harriet, d . of James and Sarah .
17 91 Nov . 26—Morgan, E lizabeth, (1. of John , of B ellin .
1805 Mar . l 3—Morton , George, s. of Wil liam and Elizabeth .
1838 Sep . 30 William, s . of Robert and Margaret .1838 Oct . 28 Eli za, d . of George and Stephen .
1822May —Parker, Sarah , (1. of Wm. P. and Ann Doran his Wif e .1823 Dec . 31—Parker, Thomas, s. of Wilson (sic)and Sarah .
1825 Dec . 23 Ar chibald, s. of Will iam and Sarah .
1828 Jan . 17 Sarah, (1.
1829 May 28 Anne, (1.
1831 Jan . 13 William , s .
1833 Jan . 31 Sarah, d .
1835 May 17 Elizabe th, (1.
1834 Feb . 16—Phillips, Ellen , d . of James and Mary .
1836 May 8 Thomas , s . of Fran cis and Mary .
1838 Aug . 26 R ichard, s. Au gust 5 .
1823 May lo—Reyn er , Joseph , s. of Jas. and Margt . Cunningham his Wife.1821 Jan . 27—R ichardson , John , s. of Thos. R . and Mary Rooney his wife.1839 May 29 John Lee, s . of Thomas and Anne—March 29 .
1829 Ju ly 24—Sheils, Hann ah, 11. of David and Elizabeth—Jun e 19 .
1830 Apr . 10 Matilda of Ballyvann y—Apri l 4 .
1825 Jan . 19—Shekleton , Fran cis.
1832 Jan . 22—Smi th Sarah, (1. of Stephen and J anefi l anu ary 10.
1833 May 5 Ann e, (1.
1836 Feb . 7 Fran ces Dorothy, d . of Stephen and Jane .1824 Dec . 19—Stokes, William, s. of James .
1838 May 6—Stokes, James, s . of Edw ard and Ann .
1830 May 23—St raton, Maria, d . of John and Easte r (sic)—May 7 .
1835 Feb . 8—Thom, Lu cinda, d . of William and Jane .
1805 May 8—Thompson , Wi lliam , s. of Henry, Lu rgan green .
1806 Nov . 23 John , s . of Thomas, Lu rgan green .
18 15 May 21 Mary, d . of Thos. T . and Mary Rooney his w i fe1831 Oct . 11 Thomas and James, twin sons of Thos . and Alice .1839 Apr . 7 William, s .
w artiages.
1829 Apr . 20—Anderson , Ell iott, to James (sic Jane)Agar, of Dromiskin .
1890 July 30—Be11, Wm.,New rath , to Rose Ann Fin lay, orse . Burrow s.
1854 Bel l, John , to Mati lda Andrew s, orse . Rogers .
1903 Oct . 20—Be11, Robt ., Mi lestow n , to Sarah JaneWatte rs, Lu rgangreen .
1863 Apr . 24—B1n d, John , Holliw ood, to Margt'
. S . Wi lson , Dromiskin .
1858 Nov. 23—Bingham, Francis, Drumleck, to Isabella Johnston .
DROM I SKIN M ARR IAGES . 27 9
May 124—B irch, Thomas, to Bridget Toler, Dromiskin .
Feb . 25—Brians, Patrick, to Maria Tighe .
Apr . 14—Brown. Henr y, Drumcar, to Susan S . Armstrong, Castlebel lin gham .
Oct . 30—Bu tterw orth, Lieut . Henry, H .M .S . Arethu sa, to Mary, d.
of Rev . J Chamn ey .
Sep . 27—Chase, Joshu a, Essexford, to Mary Anne Watters, Mooretown .
Jun e 9—Cheshire, Will iam , to Mary Chesh ire, alias Callan .
May 26—Coleman , An drew , Kilsaran , to Eliza Elphinston , Dromiskin .
Aug . 1l—Davis,William , toMary Parker .Dec . 5—Dickson , George, Ard Ronan , to Margaret, d . of Rev . J
Chamney .
Ju ly 5—Fagan ,Ow en , Coll in stow n ,Westmeath, to Margaret Bryans,
Dromiskin .
Jan . 12—Fin1ay, John , Dromiskin , to ,Rose Anne Bu rrow s .
Ju ly 16—Fr1zzelle, William, Creggan , to Isabella Power .Aug . 6—G1111am, Hen ry John , to Mary An n e James, Dromiskin .
Jan . 16—Green, James, to Mary M ‘
Cu llagh .
June l—Harris, George, Dromiskin , to Elizabeth Morrison , Castlebellin gham .
Feb . 28—Hatfield, Samu el, Dromiskin , to Martha Taylor, Dromiskin .
Ju ne 29—Hide, Thomas, Drumcar. to Elizabeth Agar .Sep . l 3—Hollan d, John , to Elizabeth Lee, Drumleck .
July 3—Johnston , Thomas, Dromiskin , to Mary Anne Strahan ,
Dromiskin .
Apr . 3—Kendrick, Thomas Norton , Ballybay, to El izabeth Green ,
Dromiskin .
Nov . 3—Kenny, Edw ard, to Mary Anne Spence .
Sep . 18—Kerr, Chas , Ballymascan lan , to Margt . Rogers, Lu rgangreenNov . 2—Lamb, Wi lliam , to Catherine Finnegan .
June 3—Marks, John , Dromiskin , to Marianne Casey, Dromiskin .
Sep . 3—M ‘
Allister, Dan iel, Killeavy , to Oath . Kelly, Dromiskin .
June 7—M ‘
Cu llagh , James, to Ann e Rogers .
Apr . 12—Montgomery, Wm., Dromiskin , to Letitia, d . of John
Stratton , sexton .
Dec . l 9—Norton , Robert, to Margaret Malone .
Ju ly l Q—Nelson , Wm., Killincare parish, to FrancesWilson , Lu rgan
green .
Jun e 27—Pepper, Wi ll iam David, Greenmou n t, to Harriett Greer,Dromiskin .
Jan . 25—Price, Christopher, St . Peter ’s, Du blin , to Jane Reinard,Castlebellingham .
Sep . 5—Ralph, William, Castlebellingham, to Su sann ah Parker,Dromiskin .
Dec . 28—Shaw , John , Drumcree, Westmeath, to Elizabeth Philli ps,Seabank ,
Jan . 7—Srn1th , Stephen , Dromiskin , to Jane Agar, alias Anderson .
Feb . 2—Smith, Edw ard, Dun any, to Maria Kennedy, arse. Stratton ,
Dromiskin .
Dec . 27—Smith, Nathan Albert, B lackbu rn , Lancashire, toMu rdock , Commons .
June l l—Stokes, Edw ard, to Ann e Y oun g .
Aug . 7—Ta1bot, John , Castlebellingham, to Mary Ann e Graham,
The Linns .
Feb . 2—Thompson , Thomas, Lu rgan green ,to Mary Looney (Y),
Cas tlebellin gham .
280 APPEND IX I I I .~—PAROCH IAL RECORDS .
1856 Aug . 5—Todd, Wm., Rostrevor, to Jane Stratton , Dromisk in .
1846 Oct . 27—Trou ton , Edw ard, St . Michael ’s, Du b lin , to Fann y Semple,
1857 Jan .
Loon ey
Dromiskin .
l—Weir, James Alexan der,Whiterath , son of Rev . ChristopherWeir, to Sophia M . A. Whaley, d . of John Whaley.
CROSS I NDE X OF M ARRIAGES FOR VV
OMEN’
S NAMES .
- see An derson , H ide, -see Norton .
Smith . Green .
Harris.
Smith .
Davis, Ralph .
Shaw .
Frizzelle .
Price .Bell, Kerr, Mac
Cullagh .
Trou ton .
QBuriaf s.
13—Ager, Bartholomew , 72.
l 3—Bir ch, John .
19 Margaret, w i fe of John B .
, and d . of Rev . NicholasArbu thn ot, D .D .
l 5—B irch, John , 82.
20 Thomas 11 years .
13—Bolton, relict of late John B ., of Mayne . [John
Bolton , Dromiskin , m. Miss Jones, d. of David Jones,Bensford, Co . Meath, March, 17 92 Wal ker’s Hib. M ag .]
12—Bolton. Theophi lu s, 7 5 Low er Moun t Street, Du blin, 42.
l—Byrne, Charles.
11 Elizabeth, w i fe of Charles.
l l—Carn y, Mary, 80.
30—Chamney , Rev . Jos ., M .A ., Rector and Vicar of Dromiskin .
8—Coleman , Elizabeth, 30.
l 3—Craw ley, David .
5—Devlin , Susann ah, 7 mon ths .
23—Elphinston e, John , 36.
31 David , Heynestow n , 7 1.
26 James, 46.
5 An n , Castletow n , 80.
l2—Fortescu e, Martha .
1 relict of the late Thos. F. ; in family vault.29 Mrs .M .
,
“ lady of Chichester,of Glyde Farm”
Johnston , Montgomery, Smith,Todd.
Hatfield.
Bryans .B ir ch .
Bell, Chase .Weir .Bind, Nelson .
S tokes.
APPEND I X IV
¢om85 fone necm’
pfi’
omanb emoriat’s
o e Q eab.
Note.—The more ancient or important inscriptions are exactly re
produced,and in some cases the terminati on of each lin e is marked by a
I n order to save space and avoid needless repetitions the followin gabbreviations are used
H1b .=Here lieth (or lies) the Body of .
Sm.=Sacred to the memory of Tm.=To the memory of Im.= I n
memory oi.Eb .=Erected by .
Tseb .=This stone w as erected by .
Tteb . - This tomb w as erected by .
0
Tmeb .: This monument w as erected by
PS . or 0PS .=Pray f or, or of you r charity Pray for the soul oi.Wd .=Who died .
Wdtl .=Who departed this life .A .=aged y .
: years ; F .=Father ; M .=Mother ; B . or Bs .
=Brotheror Brothers S . or Ss. :
-Sister or Sisters H . : husban d ; W.=Wife ;
D .=Dau ghter ; bel .=beloved ; abn .
= the above named ; R .=the remainsof ; CB .=Castlebellingham.
When a surname occurs more than once in the same inscription it isdenoted, after its first occur rence, by its initial letter .
As a general rul e the symbol Texts of Scripture, such as
Gloria in excels is Deo, Prayers , such as except When, like the
above P.S . or they f orm part of the inscription, are omitted .
(barisfi 651ml}, Casf fefief fingfiam.
I .—IN CHURCH.
Memorial Window s.—(a)East Window : This is a 3- light Window,having in the centre our Lord ’ s Ascens ion, with an apostle in each sidelight . The inscription under the central light is Don o dederun t hu jusIncolse Parochiae.
” Very curiously the a in the dipthong ae is painte d os.
The north light In mem . Hester Francescae Dominae Bellingham.
”
The south light In mem . Berkeley BuckinghamStaff ord et uxorisejus.
”
(b)Lancet Window in south wall of Chancel has the M‘Cllntock armsand motto, and is inscribed Erected by the Rector A.D.
PAR I SH CHURCH , CASTLEB ELLINGHAM . 283
(c)The tw o light window , North Transept, represents Christ as theGood Shepherd and as the Light of the World (after Holman Hunt), withthe texts I am the Good Shepherd, ” and Behold I stand at the doorand knock . A brass tablet underneath states To the glory of Godand to the beloved memory of the Rev. Robert La Poer M‘clintock , for 44years Rector of this parish, who entered in to rest June 30, 18 7 9 . ThisWindow is erected by his widow and near relatives . B lessed are the Peacemakers—Matt . v . 9 .
(d)The two - light window In the South Transept—now almost hiddenbehind the organ—is inscribed
Memorial to Main Thomas Macan, died 1848 , aged 7 9 ; erected byhis Widow .
”
Mural Tablets in the NaveBellingham. Underneath the chancel are deposited the remains
of Alan Bellingham, Esq, of Castlebellin gham, who d ied 19th of Jannary,17 96, aged 8 7 years . Also the remains of Alice Bellingham, wi fe of theabove, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of the Rev . Hans Montgomery ,of Spring Vale and Greyabbey, Co . Down, who d ied 6th of Decr .
, 17 85, aged68 years . [This and the next tablet were removed from the Porch totheir present position, in
Bellingham. In memory of H enry Tenison Bellingham, Esq ., second
son of Henry Bell ingham, of Castlebellingham, Esq ., and Captain of His
Maj esties 4 th or King ’ s Own Regt . of Foot . At the storming of Badajosin Spain on the 6th April, 18 12, he fell gallantly lead ing his men , belovedand lamented by all his brother o fficers . Aged 26 years .
Marble Tablet in South Transept under the arms of Be llingham impaling Cholmondeley
Bellingham. I n memory of Sir William Bellingham, Baronet, ofCas tle Bel lingham and Dunany House, both in this Coun ty, who departedthis life on the 27 th day of October, 1826, in the 7 l st year of his age .
He w as just and upright in al l his ways, charitable and truly pious,Humbly thankful to God for every blessing in this life, be regarded everyaffliction as a chastisement des igned by a merci fu l Father to prepare himfor a better world . Kind and conciliatory in his manners as we ll as exemplary in his conduct he lived beloved and respected, and died lamentedby all Who knew him .
Also of H ester Frances his relict, youngest daughter of the Honble .
and Revd . Robert, second son of George, third Earl of Cholmondeley,B . 17 65, M . 17 83, D . 10th January, 1844 . His epitaph in s cribed by heron this tablet portrays herself . On e vaul t in this churchyard containstheir remains . In li fe and death un i ted —[King, Sculptor, London ]Brass Tablets , North Transept, under Bellingham arms quarteredBellingham. Sacred to the memory of Sir Alan Bellingham, Bart.,
of Castle Bellingham, w ho d ied 26th of August, 1827 , aged 50, at Chatill onsu r Loire in France and is there interred . Oihis wi fe Elizabeth (daughterof Revd . Edward Walls, of Boothby Hall , Welton - le -Marsh, Lincoln shire),who died 26th of Jannary, 1822, aged 44 , and was buried at Welton . Asalso of their sons , H enry Richard Bellingham, Barrister-at -law ; died 23rdof November, 1836, aged 33 ; bur ied at Kensal Green, London ; G’
Bryen
Bellingham,M .D .
, Fellow and Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons,Ireland
,died 11th October, 1857 , aged 52, buried in the vault underneath .
The surviving children erected this tablet in testimony of their venerationand regret .” [Erected about A .D .
284 APPEND IX IV.—TOMBSTONE I NSCR I PT IONS , ETC .
Bellingham. Sacred to the memory of Arabella. for 56 years theattached wife of Sydney Robert Bellingham ; born 8th March, 1808, atQuebec, and d ied 5 th January, 188 7 , at Castlebellingham .
Too dearly loved ; thy God has called thee, go !Go thou best portion of the widowed heartAnd thou poor remnant, lin gerin g here in w oe
So learn to follow as no more to part .”
Marble Tablets , Nave, North SideWoolsey. In memory of J ohn Woolsey, Esq .
, of Mil estown, formerlyCaptain in E .M . 82nd Regiment, w ho died on the 1st day of August, 1853,aged 7 1 years . H e was the eldest son of the late ReverendWilliamWoolsey,of Priorland, in the County of Louth, and of his wife Maryanne, daughterof the late Alan Bellin gham, of Castle Bellingham, Esq
r n and sister of thelate S ir William Bellingham,
Baronet . The late ReverendWill iamWoolsey,originally a Lieutenant in E .M . 6l st Regiment, w as Rector of this parishduring many years . Also in memory of J anet, wife of the above namedJohn Woolsey, daughter of the late John Jameson, Esq .
, of All oa, N .B .,
w ho died on the 10th day of April, 1861, aged 70 years , and of their thirdson Robert J ameson , w ho died on the 6th day of March, 1838, aged 16
years, and w as buried at Rouen in France . This tablet is erected by thesurvivin g children of John and Janet Woolsey, Viz .
—Helena JamesonThornhill, and Major General O ’
Brien Bellingham Woolsey . [see p .
“ I n memory of WilliamWoolsey, of Milesdow n , died 11th
May, 188 7 , aged 68 years, and his brother J ohn Woolsey, of Castle-Cosey,Castlebellin gham, d ied 23rd May, 188 7 , aged 56 years . This tablet hasbeen erected in loving remembrance by their employees .”
Lovely and pleasant in their lives, in their death they were notdivided .
”
Brass Tablet NaveThornhill.
hill, Colonel (retd .)Royal Ar tillery, w ho pas sed to his rest at the Crescent,September 7 th, 1900, aged sixty-one years . He entered the Royal Artilleryin 1857 , served many years in India, South Af rican w ar 188 1, TransvaalCampaign , Defence of Potchefstroom, Mentioned in despatches, Brevetof Lt -Colonel . The Lord shall be to thee an everlastin g light and thyGod thy glory .
’ This tablet is erected by his w if e Ann a Maria Thornhill . ’[See p .
Marble Tablet—PorchBellingham. To the glory of God and as a memorial of the late
WilliamClaypon Rector of this parish from 1886 to 1892,the bell of this chu rch w as given by his parishioners, relatives, and friends ,in the year 1893in loving remembrance of his work and life amongst them .
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go in to the House of theLord .
’—Ps. cxxii. [See p .
Marble Tablet—PorohStaflord. In memory of Lieu t. General Hugh Stafford, late of the
Staff of the Bengal army and commanding the First Division of the FieldArmy, who departed this life at Calcutta in Bengal the 13th day of Jannary,1819, aged 67 . This cenotaph w as erected by his aff ectionate wife HarrietS taff ord .
”
[See p .
II. - IN CHURCHYARD.
Arthur.—Underneath this stone are deposited R . James Ar thur,Dundalk, w dtl . 12th Feb .
, 1824 , a. 42y . [Table stone].Arthur.—Etm. Eliza, w . of Jamen Arthu r, Dundalk, w dtl . Wednesday,
14th Dec ., 1842, a . 26 y . Also lieth underneath R . aforesaid James A.,
w d. 4th September, 1853, a. 59 y . [Table stone].
286 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE I NSCR I PT IO N S , ETC .
9 months . Also of the bel . W. of his Son William, Alice E liza, w d. 15thNovember
, 1897 , a . 29 y . Also his Sons Frederick and Walter, w d . in
inf ancy .
Doherty.—H lb . Margaret Doherty, a . 7 1, w dtl . 23rd Feb .
, 1843, belovedand respected by all w ho knew her .
Ellis.—See Sweeny .
Finlay. —Sm. John Finlay, Dromiskin, w d . Jan . 4 th, 1876, a . 72 y .
Also tm. his bel . W. Ester F ., w d . November l0th, 1880, a . 64 years .
Goodlow . E . im. Mary Jane Goodlow, w d . 10th of July , 1848 , a . 23 y .
Also Dav id G., w d . 2nd Feb .
, 1851, a . 29 y . Also Jacob G., of Seabank,
w d. 4 th July, 1852, a . 82y . Mary G .,W. of Jacob G.
, w d . 27 th Nov ., 1854 ,
a . 7 7 y . Also Jacob G ., w d . 23rd of November, 18 72, a . 57 y . Anne G.
d . June 17 th, 1880, a . 7 6. S tephen G. d. Dec . 29th, 1880, a . 7 3. Eb .
Stephen G.
Hamilton.—See Petty .
H0ey.—The Body of Bryan Hoey, w dtl . Augus t 30th, 1822, a. 83 y .
is deposited un derneath . Tse . as a tribute of respect to his m. by hisyoun gest son, Peter H . [Headstone fallin g forward].
Hughes and Tandy.Underneath lies the Body ofB eny . Hughes, of Castle Bell ingham, Esq .
,
Who departed this life 10 March, 1792,aged .years .
ALSO
His Grandson James Napper Tandy,Also Mary Hughes, widow of the abovenamed B eny H 8 , w ho departedthis li fe on the 13 rch, 1808 , in the 7 5
year of her age .[Flat stone oppos ite church door with flaw s where dots appear .]The J ames Napper Tandy mentioned above w as the son of Lieut.
James Tandy (only son of James Nappet Tandy of ’
98 fame), w ho marriedin October, 17 88 , at Castlebellingham the only daughter of Henry Hughes .
There is a tradition, however, in the parish, that the ’
98 Tandy is alsoburied here . Mr . R . Baile, Seabank, inf orms me that during the li fetimeof the late Rev . B . Le Poer M ‘
Clin tock , Rector of the parish, he remembersan old man living in the village telling the Rector in his presence, besidethis grave, that he remembered the burial of James Napper Tandy of’98 ; that his remains were brought over sea from France to Dunanyor Annagassan, that they were buried at dead of night in this grave, andthat some dispute arose over an inscription on the stone .
”Others have
also heard the same tradition .
James Napper Tandy came of a well known Meath family . He w as
the son of James Tandy, Merchant, of Dublin (7 th son of John Tandy, Esq.
Drew stow n , Co . Meath), who married in 1731 Maria Bella Jenkins . He
himself became a prosperous Dublin merchant and an Alderman . He
joined the United Irishmen and w as a prominent leader of their agitati on .
I n 17 92, or early in 17 93, he visited Castlebellingham,probably as a guest
of the Hughes family, but the real obj ect of his visit w as to interviewsome leaders of the Defenders there on behalf of the Uni ted Ir ishmen andto endeavour to bring about a working agreement between the two organisations. He had to take the Defenders oath—which w as a treasonableone—before the objects of that association were d ivulged to him. Aboutthe same time he published a pamphlet called Common Sense, containin gsome severe reflections on the Beresford family . For this he w as madedefendant m an action to be tried at Dundalk, Feb . 16, 17 93 He w as on
PAR ISH CHURCH , CASTLEBELLINGHAM . 287
his w ay to Dun dalk to attend the trial, when his attorney, Matthew Dowling,met him and to ld him that one of the Defenders had informed againsthim for taking the oath at Castlebell ingham, and that he would beindicted for it . He consequently fled from this coun try, forfeiting hissecur ities, and went first to America, and afterwards to France . He
took part in the French expedition to Ireland in 17 98 , and as Commanderof the Anacreon landed in Donegal . Having returned to Hambu rg hew as delivered up to England, tried and condemned . His son, Lieut .James Tandy, who had served under Lord Cornwallis—then Lord Lieutenant—in India, in terceded for him, but it w as not until Napoleon refusedto sign the Treaty of Amiens unless Tandy ware set at liberty that he w asreleased and allowed to return to France, Where he held the (temporary)rank of General . He died soon after in Bordeaux, 24 th August, 1803,and w as bu ried there with mihtary honours . He was always a staunchProtestant notwithstandin g his poli tical career .
It is generally believed that his remains were exhumed and broughtto Ireland , and it is known that they were not bur ied in the family burialground at Julianstown, Co . Meath fi railed in by James Napper Tandyhimself . His friends at Castlebellingham could eas ily arrange the interment there . O
’
Brien Be llingham, who owned Dunany, and probablyfoun ded the Brewery, ,Was married to his niece, Ann e Tandy, daughterof ‘ Edward Tandy, son of John Tandy of Drew stow n (see Lawlor ’s H asteryo/ the Cairnes Family). So that everything points to the truth of thetradition . For parti culars concerning his career see Madden ’
8 UnitedI rishmen ; MacDou gall
’
s Characters, p p . 27 8 etc .]J oflers.—Im. Francis J efiers, Drumleck House, d . March 29th, 18 7 7 ,
a . 49 y . Ann a Maria J d . December 25th , 1865, a . 15 months . FrancisE . J efiers d . November 29th , 1889, a . 33 y . [in rai ling].
Kirw an.—See Macan .
Macan.—Underneath are deposited R . Thomas Maoan, Esq .
, late ofGreenmount in this parish and formerly Major in the BI G. Service . He
w as born April l st, 17 68 , and d . March 8 th, 1848 , a 7 9 . He lived regardedby all w ho knew him and d ied universally regretted . Also his W MaryJoann a, born Sept . 8th, 17 7 8 , d . Nov . 26th , 1854 . Al so his son in law ,
Denis Kirwan, Esq .
, D .L ., J .P.
, of Castle Hacket, Co . Galway, born 4 thSep .
, 1808 , (1. 19th Feb . 1872, a . 63. [See p . 119 . Flat stone in highrai lings].
M‘Brien and Reynett. —Ih loving 111. O live. Reyn et t , w d . 2oth March,188 7 , a . 82 y .
, W. of the late Nath l R ., Esq .
, Dromore, Co . Waterford ,dau . of Cap tn . Ben jn . Burton Johnson, 56th Regt ., Dromore, S . of theRev . B . B . Johnson , Rector of Clonmeen , Mallow, and g
-niece of the RightRev . Wm. Bennett, Bishop of Cloyne and Ross . Also her three grandsons, Wm. J . H .
, d . 2l st Feb .
, 18 7 5, a . 6 y . Nathl March,
Wm —the beloved childrenof Wm. and E lizabeth M ‘
Brien .
McKee.—Sm. Georgina M ‘
Kee, w dtl . 12th Dec .
, 187 7 , a . 31 y . Alsoher M .
, w d . 19th Nov ., 1861, a . 4 8 y .
, and her brother Henry M ., w d. 29th
January, 1860, aged 21 years .M‘Laughlin.
~—Tseb . Peter M ‘
Lau ghlin , Dundalk , im. his F . Peter M .,
w dtl . 6th July, 17 84 , a . 65 y . Also his W. Margarett, w dtl . 29th March,17 88 , a . 52 y . And also t . abn . Peter M .
, w dtl . 22th [sic] of March,1897 , aged 33 years .
Reynett.—See M ‘
Brien .
Morgan.—H lb . James Morgan, Seabank, w dtl . l0th Sep .
, 17 53, a . 7 5 y .
Al so Ann his W., w dt l . 20th Jun e. 17 49, a . 65 years .
M0rt0n.—Eh . John Morton , C.B .
, im. his F. andM . James and ElizabethM . also five of his children (no date].
288 APPEND IX IV .—TOMB STONE I N SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
Petty.—Hl . B . John Petty, CB ., w dtl . 19th September, 17 97 , a . 84 y .
Also R . Isabella P ., W to abn John P.
, w dtl . 25th June, 1805, a . 7 5 y .
Also Joseph P . son of abn . John P ., w dtl . June 18th , 1828 , a . 65 y . Also
John P. son of Joseph P .
, w dtl . August 23rd, 1830, a . 31 y . A1so HenryR , d . March 28 th , 1831, a . 35 years . Also Thomas P. d . November 25th1840. Will iam P. d . 1850, Robert W. Hamilton d . 22July, 1891, a . 80 y .
Also Maryanne his W. d . 9th July, 1900, a . 7 9 years . [Table stone].Pow derly.—Tseb . Thomas Powderly im. his F.
, Patrick R , w dtl .
4 th June, 17 83. Also im. his M . Catherine R , w d . 1l th March, 1807 .
Also u nderneath IR . Thomas P., w dtl . 25th November, 1811, a . 33 years .
[Headstone n ow flat ].Reily.—Here lieth Also son
,w dtl . .1730, aged Edmd.
Reily, w dtl . Warren Edmd . departed the 8 th 6th]of Feb . years. Also of Charles Reily to Edmund,w ho departed May, 1767 , aged Edmd . Reily of Valenson of the above Edmd Andw .] Rei ly, w dtl . day of April,17 7 5, aged w ho much tribulation . [Flat stone very muchdefaced].
Savage.—Im. James Savage, w dtl . the 15th day of Jun e, 1888 , a . 27 y .
Semple and Arthur.—Underneath are deposi ted R . Ellen Semple,w dtl . October, 1835, a . 8 y . Also Margaret Arthur, w d. 4 th May, 1853,a . 38 y . Also Elean or S .
, w d . 12th May, 1856, a . 66 y . Also John S ., w d.
3rd March, 1857 , a . 7 8 y . [Table stone].Smith.
—Im. Marianne Smith, widow of Major John Woolmore S .
of the X I V. King ’s Light Dragoons, eldest daughter of John Woolsey, ofMilestown, Esq . Born 16th January, 1813, (1. 3rd April, 1881. [Greyrounded slab in railing].
Stafiord. —[The Staff ord vault is situate to the right of the churchdoor and has no inscription . Some years ago it w as opened and Sir ArthurVicars obtained a copy of inscriptions on coffin plates . It is said that anold woman lived in this vault at one time].
Sw eeney and Ellis.—Im. Captain Roger Sweeny, late of the 84 th Regt ,
w dtl . 3rd November, 1839, a . 50 y . Also of James Ellis his nephew, w d.
3rd November, 1841, a . 38 y . [Table stone].Sw eeny.—Sm. Georgin a Fieldin g Sweeny, third dau . of Major James
F. S ., late of the 7 oth Regt . w dtl .the 2oth day of April, 1843,a . 19 y .
Sw eeny.—Im. Major J ames Sweeny, late of E .M . 62u d Regt, eldestson of James S .
, Esq .,Bandon, in Co . of Cork . He d . at CB . on the 28th
June, 1850, a . 7 4 y ., sincerely and deservedly regretted by his family and
friends . [Flat stone in rai lings].Talbot.—Im. James the bel . son of John Talbot, w d. 2l st May, 18 70,
a . 29 y . Also his Bs John George and Henry Mackintosh . Also ThomasA. T .
, brother to the abn, w d . April 1st , 18 73, a . 30y . Also abn . John T .,
w d. 27 th July, 187 7 , a . 67 years .Tandy.—See Hughes .
Thompson.-Undemeath tsl . R . Quintin William O
’Bryen Drury
Thompson, second son of the late Quintin Dick T ., of the Honble . the East
India Company ’ s Service . H e dtl . on the 23rd September, 1832in the23rd year of his age in the hope of a Peaceful Eterni ty through the meritsof his Redeemer .
Thornhill.—Im. Rev . Charles Thornhill, second son of the late GeorgeT .
, Esq., M .P.
, of Didd ington, Huntingdonshire . Born November 13th,1812. Died August 31313, 1880. Also of Margaret hisW.
, second dau . of thelate John Woolsey , Esq .
, of Mi lestown . Born July 12th, 18 16, d . Ju ly 6th,18 7 7 . [See p .
Thornhill.—Tm. Rev . W illiam Thornhill, Rector of Ofiord Darcy,Huntingdonshire, w d. 17 th September, 18 72, in his 50th year .
290 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE I NSC R I PT IONS , ETC .
borum omne genus rara felicitate Profligavit Tandem Veroquasi foedere imito cum sibi metu eren t hostes Hydr opsgangrene. palpitatio cordis Una hominem sunt AdostaCumqu e diu Solus restitisset .
”
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Su ccu buit Tu autem viator cum haec legeris | sic cogitaOmnibus mori semel esse destin atum | Nihi1 contra hanclegem Q u asre Ingenium Pru den tiam Scien tiam Licetusu et exercitation e Consummatam Hoe unicum restat
solatium Spes Beatae ressu rrectionis Quam tu dum tempusest Amplectere Obiit fere qu adragenariu s Vi I cesimooctavo die Aprilis, Ann o DominiMD'
CC.
Monumen tumeiposuit Alicia Clerk, soror ejue unice dilecta .
Mr . Garetin having compared the above wi th the origin al, says therethere were evident mistakes of the copyist some corrections of which areabove suggested besides correction of misprin ts in the version given in theMemorials .
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He suggests the following as the translationHere lies bu ried CHARLES GWI THER an Alumnus of
the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity at Dublin ,
w ho devote d himself to the advancement of the medical artby his genius, and soon attain ed to the height of that prof ession .
During six teen years in the city of Dublin as well as inEngland he practised as a physician and daily restored manyto health .
With rare ability he contended against every kin d of disease .At last, however, as if having engaged in an unwelcome
[= invito contest, while his enemies, Dropsy, Gangrene andPalpitation -oi- the-heart were afraid of him they attackedhimas one man (27)and after he had long res isted them sin glehanded, having discovered all their subterfuges, un equal toso great a struggle he succumbed .
Do you then, traveller, when you read this, reflect that itis appoin ted unto all once to die . Seek nothing in contraven tion of this Law but In telligence, Wisdom and Knowledge, confirmed by practice and use .
This onl y consolation remains, namely the hope of a blessedresurrection, which you should embrace while there is time .
He d ied when nearly fif ty years of age on the 2oth AprilA .D . 1700.
His dearly lov ing sis ter, Alice Clerk, erected this monumentto him.
From Dr . Belcher ’s Memoirs of Sir Patrick Dun , first President ofthe College of Physicians, w e get a few notices of Dr . Gw y ther . He gradu ated MD . of Dublin in 1688 and w as one of the Fellows nominated inthe Charter of the College of Physicians , 1692. They demanded andobtain ed from the Sheri ff the body of a malefactor executed 18th Feb .
,
1693 and it w as dissected by Dr . Gw y ther .
Dr . Gw y ther brought over frogs in 1692 from England which werefirst in the ditches of the College Park—see Swift ’ s Works ; note Taller,vol: iv .
, p . Barrett M SS . Miscel laneous Papers No . 7 .
Leeson’
s fields, near St . S tephen ’
s Green, Dublin, is also named asthe place whence the frogs thus restored after their expulsion by St . Patrick,spread over Ireland .
KI LSARAN GRAVEYARD . 291
[Charles Gwither entered T.O.D . as a Pensioner on Jan . 27 , 1676,aged 17 . He is described in the M atricu lation Book as the son of HenryGwither Cen turionis Captain), and w as born in Co . Meath and
educated by Dr . Witenal . His Will w as proved in Dublin in 1700, and isgiven in ful l in Appendix VI . There is only one other record there of anyof the name up to 18 10. His sister ’ s Wi ll is summarised also in AppendixVI . Probably there was some connection between the Gw ithers and theBellinghams . It is said that a travelling tinsmith stole the copper plateon which this inscripti on w as engraved ]
Qiifsaran Gravegatb.Barra.—n oirin maire o e b amm'
o’
éag 15 AD Lu gn ara ,1902. Cu is
react : mame , a h —A61r.
Bellew .—Eb . John Bellew im. his F. James B .
, Manfieldstow n , w d .
Dec ., 18 18 , a . 7 9 y . Also his M . Mary B .
, w d . April 1825, a . 65 y . And
also abn . John , w d . Sep . 15, 1838 , a . 50 years .
Bellingham.-Oi your charity pray for the repose of the soul of
Constance, Dau . of Charles, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, and clearly bel .W. of Sir Hen ry Bell ingham, 4 th Baronet, w d . Apri l 8 th, 188 1, a . 43 y .
,
at Castlebellingham . May she rest in peace .
Brennan.—Eb . a grateful people im. their Pastor the REV. BERNARD
BRENNAN whose mortal remains lie beneath .
Brennan.—Eb . Pete r Brenn an im. his W. Catherine, w d . 8 March,
18 70, a 70.
Brennan.- Eb . Thomas Brennan, Mayne, im. his F . John B .
, w dtl .
And also 1m. abn . Thomas B ,w dtl . 17 Nov .
,18 7 1
in the 82ud year of his age .
Bride.—E . tin . John Bride, Stabannan, and his W. Mary, w dtl . 20th
April, 1867 .
Brodigan.—Eh . Catherine Brocligan , Milestown , im. her H . Stephen B .
,
w dtl . 29th Dec ., 1819, a . 60 y . Also her son , Terence B .
,w dtl . June 4 th ,
1826, a . 35 y . Also a child of said Terence B ., w d . young, and also tm.
abn . Catherin e, w dtl . l J ah , 1832, aged 72years .
Brodigan.—Eh . Terence Brod igan, Greenmount, im. his F .
, Peter B .,
w dtl . l 6th Feb ., 1823, a . 65 y . Also his B . John B .
, w dtl . 5th Oct ., 18 19,a. 18 y . Also his M . Eliza B .
, w dtl . Feb . 28 , 1829, a . 57 y .
Byrne.- Eb . Patrick Byrne , of C.B im. his F .
, Bryan Byrn e, w dt l .
March 17 , 18 12, a . 7 6 y Also of hisByrne.—Tseb Patrick Byrne im. his E , Thomas B .
, of Hamonstow n ,
w dt l . 12th April, 1800 a . 80 y . Also his B . J a1n es, Di1n leer, w dtl 10th
May,
a 30 y A lso his M . Judith B .
,w dt l 29th April, 18 18 a . 82y
Here also lie the R abn . Patrick B ., w dtl . 11th April , 1825, a . 7 3 y . and
of his W. An ne B , w dtl . 2nd March , 1826, a . 64 y .
Byrne.—Eb . Thos . Byrne, Wyanstow n , im. his F . Columbus B ., w d .
6th Sep ., 1815. a . 80 y . Mary his S . (1. 12 July, 1820, a . 32y . John his
his B . (1. 2nd May, 1835, a . 38 y . E li zabeth his S . (1. 9th April, 184 1, a . 35 y .
An ne his S . (1. 15th Aug ., 184 8 , a . 45 y . Also his M . Margaret B .
,alias
Dromgoole, w d . 9th Feb .
, 1849, a . 85 y .
Byrne.—H lb . Thomas Byrne, West Street, Drogheda, son to Mr .
Thos. B .
, Hammonstow n , Farmer, w dtl . 23rd August, 17 93. Also Thomas,son of the first named Thomas B .
, w d . in 1831, a . 38 y .
, and his W. Anne,
w d . 8 th August, 18 7 4 , a . 7 3 y .
Byrne.—Eh . Edward Byrne, Mu llenscross, for himand his Posterity .
Underneath lie five of his children—Owen, a . 7 y . ; Anne, a . 19 ; Alis, a19 y . ; Mary, a. 33 ; Bridget, a. 21 y .
292 APPEND IX I V .—TOMBSTONE I N SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
Byrne.—In lovin g 111 . George Byrne, Charleville, w dtl . 9 Nov ., 1898,
a 25 y . and his B . Anthony Joseph, w d . 22nd Apri l, 1903, a. 19 y .
Cain.—Eb . Owen Cain, Greenmount, im. his bel . W. Catherine C.,
alias Brady, w dtl . on the 20th day of December, 17 99, a. 38 yCairnes.—See Lan e .
Calan.—See Stanley .
Callan.—See Moll oy .
Caraher.—See Dullaghan .
Carpenter. —OPS . Thomas Carpenter, Mayn e,a . 68 y . and his W. Margaret, w d. April 11th, 1901, a . 7 8 y . Eb . his son
Thomas.
Carroll.—Hlb . An thony Carroll, w dtl . Jan)’ ye lst , 1768 , agedCau'
roll.—I§11b . NichS
Carroll. by Laurence Carroll, Wi11iamstow n , im. his F.
John C., w dt1. 6th July, 1866, in the 61st y . of his a . Also of his B .
James C., w dtl . 23rd March, 1865, in the 10th year of his age .
Carroll.—See Connor .Carr011.— Eb . Laurence Carr011, Dromgoolstow n , im. his W. Jane,
w dtl . 28th February, 18 7 1, a 82y . A1so im. his10th Dec .
, 18 72, a . 24 y . And tm. abn . Laurence C., w dtl . 23rd July,
18 73, in the 7 8th year of his age .
Carroll. - Eb . Margaret Carroll , Dillonstown , im. her H . John C.,
w dtl . July 27 th, 18 7 4 , a . 60 y . A1so his F . Thomas C., w dt1. May 18th,
1842, a . 7 0 y . and his M . Anne C., w dtl . Feb . 8 th, 1859, a . 7 8 y
Cartney.—Eb . Thomas Cartney (w d. in America in 1880)im. his M .
Catherine C., Mu llin cross, w d . 3rd Dec .
, 1857 , a . 50 y . Also his F. John C.,
w d. 17 th Dec ., 1886, a . 86y .
, and his B . Patrick, w d . in June, 188 7 , a . 55 y .
Clarke.—Eb . Patrick Clarke, Williams town , im. his W. Bridget, w d .
22nd Jun e, 1887 , a . 70 y . Also his dau . Mary, w d . 9th July, 18 7 5, a . 20 y .
COIeman.—Eh . Pat man im. his bel .W. N alias Coleman,
w dtl . 1800, a . 67 .
Conachy.—Eh . Mary Conachy , CB . im. her bel . H . Wi lliam C., d. 28th
March, 1862, a . 49 y . Also her daus . Mary Ellen, d . 22nd Jan ., 1854 ,
a . 11 y ., Bridget, d . 19th August, 1860, a . 18 y . And her son Thomas,
d . 12th Jah ., 1882, a . 25 y . Also her dau . Elizabeth, in religion (Mother
Mary Gabriel), (1. 1893, a . 40, and her son John, d. 1897 , a . 4 7 . Also herson Mathew d . 1900, a . 40. The abn . Mary C. d . 1901, a . 82, and her sonPeter Also her son in law , William O ’
Brien,Ki. 1saran A.
Conlan.—Here Lyeth the Body of Richard Conl an, w d. March 3lst,
17 46, a . 56 y . A lso his F . and 3 children . Mortir
Connor.—Tseb . Hugh Connor, Milestown, of his F and familyAno . Dom. 17 7 6. H lb . James C.
, w dtl . Augu st 7 th, 17 58, a . 7 7 y . Likewise his son Patrick C. an d Judy Carroll his W.
Connor.—Tseb . John Conn or, Fairview, Co . Dublin, im. his dearlybel . F . J ohn C.
, w dtl . 9th May, 17 92, a . 66y . A1so . buried .
Connor.—Eh . John Connor, CB . im. his be1. W. Mary, w d. April,1892, a of his son Patrick, w d . 2oth May, 1863.
Cow per.—Eb . Patrick Cowper, CB ., im. his F . John C.
, w dtl . 6th Nov .,
1860, a . 97 y . And also his M . Sarah C., w dtl . 1st Oct ., 1842, a . 42y .
And also his B . Henry C., w dtl . 3rd April , 1857 , a . 37 .
Donnelly.—Eb . Hugh Donne lly, Dillonstown, im. his bel .W. Mary, w d.
14 th August, 188 1. Also his M . Ann e , dau . and his Bs. Bernard and James.
Dooly.—Tm. Paul Dooly, late of Daws Cas tle, Braganstow n, w dtl .
20th J an ., 17 86, a . 44 .
Dougherty.—See Hoey .
Dromgoole.—See Respin and Byrne .
294 APPEND IX IV.—TOMB STO NE I N SCR I PT ION S , ar c .
token of respect and gratitude tm. his dear F. Patrick w ho exchangedthis mortal for Eternal Life 5th Nov, 1811, in the 60th year of his a
beloved regretted .
Grimes. —Ts. and Burial place blongeth [sic] to Danial Grimes forhim and his Posterity, he dtl . ye 30th day of 4 7 y . And 3of his children .
Gugerty.—Eh . Patrick Gugerty, Williamstown, im. his F. An drew G.,
w dtl . March l oth 1858 , a . 67 yGugerty.—E . im. Philip Gugerty and his W. Gridget , Williamstown ,
and also to their two sons, Michael (w d. in New Y ork Jan ., 1860) and
Laurence, Williamstown .
Ha11.—Eb . Thomas Hall, Greenmount, im. his W. Alice, w d . 13 May,1904 , a . 64 y .
Halpeny.—Tseb . John Halpeny im. his F . James H .
, w dtl . Aug . 17 86,a . 46. Also his M . Margt . H .
, w dtl . Sep . 8 th ., 1808 , a . 57 years .
Halpenny. Eb . MatW Halpenn y, Bolis, im. his bel . W. Ann H ., alias
Carney, w dtl . 25th November, 1825, a . 63 y .
Hampton.—H] b . Mar Hampton, dau . to Mr . James H .
, of CB .,
w dtl . Aug . the 17 88, a . five y . A happy departur e in this valeHlb . James H .
, w dtl . October the 17 96.
Hand.—Tseb . John Hand im. his F. James H ., Greenmount, w dtl .
on the third day of January A .D . 17 54 , a. 56 y . Also his W. Janet H .
(alias Hoey), w dtl . on the 15th day of Feb A .D . 17 92, a . 95 y .
Hand.—Elb . Patk hand, w dtl . August 7 th , a. 21 y ., 17 95 .
Hand.—Eb . John Hand
, CB ., im. his F . and M . James, w d . 20 Dec .
,
1829 and Ellen, w d . 20 March, 1897 .
Harlan. Im. Patrick Harlen, Seabank , d . 25th Oct , 1900, a . 7 8 y .
Also his W. Rose H ., (1. 2md March, 1895, a . 56 y .
, and their son Jamesd ied at New Y ork, a . 28 y . Eb . their children .
Henav —Fmgmen t . Body of Mary Henav s. lifeJany . . aged 60 years.
’
Hill.—H1. R . Thomas Hi11, CB ., in the Coun ty of Louth. w dtl . 24 th
Jan .
, 17 8 7 , a . 42y . and of Rose his a . 69 y . Theirson Patri ck H .
, Dun dalk in great f u l recollection of the tender aff ecti onand anxious concern they ever shewed for the welfare of their childrencauses this stone to be erected and inscribed to their memory .
Hoey. —Eh . Edward Hoey, CB .
, im. his son James H .
, w dtl . 19th Sep .,
1814 , a . 28 y . Also his dau . Margaret H . w dt l. 2l st March, 1882, a. 80
y . Also abn . Edward H . and his bel . W. whose R . are interred here .
H0ey. —SM . James Hoey, Williamstow n ,w dtl . 11th May, 1882, a .
7 6 y . A1so his dau . Rose (in religion S ister Mary of St. Johann a), w d.
on the 3l st Jan 187 9, a . 18 y . and w as interred in the Convent Generalof Good Shepherd ’s, Angers, France .
Hoey. - [0n pedestal] Erected by John Hoey'
and Charles D . KingA .D . 1880.
[On the fou r sides of M ou ameni](l .)OPS . Thomas Hoey, of the Lynns, d ied 6th Jany .
, 1839, a. 7 8 y .
his W. Margaret 14th March, 1854 , a . 88 . Their sons z—John , a . 20 ;Patrick 21st Sep tr .
, 1851. Anne H . June, 1855 . Her husband Thomas,
of CB ., August, 1858 . Ann e H .
, of the Lynns, 29th Nov ., 18 7 8 , a . 7 5 .
OPS . Thomas H ., (1. l oth Jany .
, 18 7 7 , a . 7 5 y . Patrick JohnH .
, 13th Sep tr ., 18 7 7 , a . 7 7 y . Eliza, wi fe of Patrick John H . 18 th
Septr ., 1900, a . 7 4 y .
OPS . John Hoey, of the Lynn s, (1 2nd April, 1831, a. 67 y . Hisw i fe Anne 28th May, 1849, a . 7 3 Their dau . Bridget 3rd Oct .
, 1828, a. 24 .
Their son James 17 th Feb . 1828, a . 19 ; Judith H .
’
lst Oct, 1837 , a. 20.
KILSARAN GRAVEYARD . 295
OPS . Charles Joseph Dougherty, Annagassan, d . 13th Nov .,
1873, a . 73. His wife Jane, 28th Dec , 1861, a. 63, their children CharlesWilliam, Josep h 11th April, 18 7 4 , a . 39, John 28th . Sep, 18 76, a . 37 , theirelder children Margaret, 5 y . ; Thomas, 10 y . ; and Wi lliam, 6 y .
Hoey.—Pray for Thomas Hoey, Charlevi lle, d . 2nd Oct ., 1899, hisparents and relatives .
Gorman.—Eb . J os. Jones, Milestow n, im. his grandfather, James
Gorman, w dtl . April 2l st, 1800, a . 57 y . and his grandmother, Mary G.
Kavanagh.—Eb . Michael Kavanagh, CB .
, im. his F. Peter K .
, w d.
9th Feb ., 1890, a . 90 y . His M . Bridget K .
, (1. 19th April, 18 7 7 , a . 7 4 y .
and his B . Peter K, d . 19th Jan ., 1891, a . 55 y .
Kearney.—I n loving m. James Kearney, Milestown , w d . 19th Apri l,1899 and of his W. Rose K .
, w d . 20th Dec ., 1892.
Keelan.—Eh . Margaret Keelan, CB .
, im. her H . Thos K ., w dtl . 4 th
Dec ., 1844 , a . 43 y . Also two of their children , w d. young .
Kelly.—This Burial Place belongs to Daniel Kelly and his PosterityA .D . 1800.
Kelly.-Eb . Patrick Kelly, Cappog, im. his F. John K . and M . Alice K .
,
alis [sic] Kieran, and his son John K . and his Posterity .
Kelly. —H1b . Patrick Ke lly, CB ., w dtl . 18th Aug .
, 1805, a . 56 y . E . to
his m. by Abbey Kelly his W.
Kelly.—Eb . Patrick and Mary Kelly, Des -Moines , Iowa, im.
their Dear Parents Patrick K ., Kilsaran , w d . 11th May, 18 7 1, a . 7 8 y . And
his bel . W. Christiana, w d . 8th May, 1882, a . 8 1 y . and his B . James K .,
w d . 2nd Apri l, 1906, a . 7 5 y .
Kelly.—Eb . John and Patrick Kelly im. their bel . F . and M . Jane K .
,
w d. 2nd Dec ., 1894 , a . 70 y .
, and Thos . K ., w d . 3rd April, 1896, a . 7 6 y .
Kieran.—Eb. Catherine Kieran im. her bel . M . Catherine K .
, Dromiskin,(1. 15th July, 1865, a . 50 y .
K1ndelon.—Eb . Margaret Kindelon , Dundalk, im. her bel . H . James
K ., w dtl . January 25th, 188 1, a . 7 5 .
33 King. —See Hoey .
Lamb.—Eh . Phi li p Lamb im. his bel . F. James L.
, Kilsaran, w d.
2nd Ju ly, 1880, a . 66 y . He changed this lif e for a better .” Also hisbel . M . Mary, w d . 13th March, 1885, a . 65 y .
Lambs. PS . Margaret Lambe,(1. 2oth May, 1897 .
Lane. SM . Mary Lane, w ho, born in this parish, spent the last 33years of her li fe in the service of Wm. Cairnes, Esql
‘
u Drogheda, and d . on7 th April, 1856, a . 58 . y . Tmeb . John E . Cairnes , William H . Cairnes ,and Thomas P. Cairnes in testimony of their respect for her m. and as amark of gratitude for her long and faithful service and consistent and
devoted attachment to every member of their family .
Macartney. - Eb . Michael Macartney, Dromiskin, im. his S . Mary M .,
w d. in 1845, a . 42y . Also his bel . F. James M ., w d . Dec . 25th , 1850, a .
7 0 years.
M‘Daniel.—Tseb . Nichs . M‘Daniel of this Parish im. his W. Cathrin
M ., alias Foleon , w dtl . March, 17 83, a . 60 y . Also his son Thos .
, w dtl .
March, 17 83, a . 24 years .
M‘Entee.—Eb . Judi th M ‘
En te e, Linns, im. her bel . H . Terence M .,
w dtl . May l st, 1861, a . 7 4 y . Abn . Jud ith M . d . July, 1863, a . 7 6 y .
M‘Evoy—Eb . Nicholas M‘
Evoy im. his bel . F. John M ., w d . 19th April,
1848, aged 54 years .
M‘Gee.—Eb . Patrick M ‘
Gee, Bogtow n , im. his F. Mich . M . w dt l . 11thMay, 18 19 a . 4 8 y . Also his M . Catherine M .
, w dtl . 29th dec ., 1853, a.
7 5 y . And also abn . Patrick M . w dtl . Oct ., 1867 , a . 57 y . H I . R . RoseM ., w dtl . 27 th May, 18 7 5, aged 48 years.
M‘Guinness.—Eb . Mathew M ‘
Guinn ess, CB ., im. his M . Catherine M .
,
w dtl. 11th Jan ., 1833, a. 62y . Abn . MatW M .
, (1. 4th June, 1835, a. 36y .
296 APPEND IX IV.—TomBsr 0NE I N SCR I PT IONS , ar c .
M‘Guire.—Eb . Thomas M‘
Guire, Lower Kilsaran, im. his bel . M .
Jane M ., w dtl . Nov . 8 , 1824, a . 56 y . Also im. James M .
, w dtl . 23rdNov .
, 1825, a . 18 y . Also abn . Thomas M ., w dtl . 21st Aug .
, 1861, a . 7 0.
M‘Kenna.—Eh . Philip M ‘
Kenn a to the grate ful Remembrance of hisbel . F . N icholas M .
, w dtl . 6th Nov ., 1848 in the 64th year of his age .
M‘Keone.—Eb . N icholas M ‘Keon e im. his F. Patrick M .
, Williamstow n,w dtl . 6th Jan .
, 18 7 4 , a . 95 y . Also his bel .W. Anne . Also im. his children,Thomas Patrick and Elizabeth . H] . his dau . Mary Meade, w d . 25th Feb .
,
1869, a. 4 7 y . and 3 of her children w d . youn g . Al so her dau . Catherineand his two Bs. John and James . H1. Mary, W. of abn . Patrick M .
, w d .
26th December, 1880.
M‘Keow n .—Eb . Dennis M ‘
Keow n , Seabank, im. his bel . F. James,w d. 18th Feb .
, 1838 , a . 7 7 y . Also his bel . M . An ne, w d . in Nov ., 1837 ,
a . 86 y . Also Anne W. of James M .,w d. 17 th March, 1843, a . 48 years.
M‘Kow en. Eb . James M ‘
Kow en , Milestown, im. his bel . M . Cisley M .,
w dtl . 4 th Dec .
, 1815, a . 42y . Also his F . M ., w dtl . the 20th of Nov .
,
1840, aged 88 years .M‘Nally.
- Eb . Michael M ‘
Nally , Kilseran , im. his W. Betty M ., w dtl .
4 th Dec ., 1866, a . 60 y . Also abn . Michael, w dtl . 4 th Feb ., 1869, a . 7 5 y .
M‘
Q uillen.—Eb . Bartholomw M
‘
Q uillen im. his F. James M ., w dtl .
January agedM
‘
Shane.—Eh . Peter M ‘
Shane, CB ., im. his son Patrick M .
, d . Dec .24 th , 1825, a . 48 y . Also his bel . W. Cathere~ M .
, w dtl . Jany . 14 th, 1827 ,aged 72 years.
Magrath.—SM . Catherie Magrath, W. to Thomas M .
, CB ., w dtl . 6th
January, 1833, aged 48 years.
Magrath.—SM . Thomas Magrath, CB .
, w d . 4 th Nov ., 1853, a . 65 y .
Also his three childr en Michael, Anne, and John . Also Thomas, w d. 4 th
May, 1857 , a . 28 y ., Margaret, w d . 1st Aug .
,18 76, a. 57 y .
, Catherine, w d.
23rd Oct ., 1883, a . 62y .
, and his nephew Thomas M ., w d. 11th May, 1869,
aged 30 years.
Marron.—Eb . Thomas Hardy, Roodstow n , im. his S . Mrs. Marron
and the deceased members of the family whose remains lie underneath .
Martin .—OPS . John Martin, Mill tow n, Dromiskin , w dtl . in 18 7 6§in
the 8 7 th y . of his a . His W. Ann e d . in 18 7 4 in her 7 4th y . Also her S .
Elizabeth Gernon, W. of Thomas Doyle, d . 80 years of age .Mathew s.—Eb . John Mathews, An nagassan, im. his bel . W. Mary M .
,
d. 28th June, 1900, a . 53 years .Meade. -OPS . Margaret the bel . W. of Michael Meade, CB .
, w d . 3lstAugust, 1887 , a . 4 1 y .
, and Mathew their bel . son , w d .28th Nov ., 1887 , a . 8 y .
Meade.—See M ‘Keone .
Meighan.—Eb . Hugh Meighan, Greenmount, im. his bel . Parents
James M ., w dtl . Feb . 13th, 1852, a . 72y . Also Anne M .
, w dtl . Decemberl6th, 1868 , aged 7 8 years .
Molloy.—Eb . Hugh Molloy, Mayne, in grateful rememberence of hisbel . M . Catherine M .
, w dtl . 26th March, 18 70 in the 70th y . of her age .Also of her sister Anne Callan, w dtl . 2nd March, 1849 .
Moyler.—Sarah Moyler (1. 5th O ct ., 1888, a. 5 y . Elizabeth Anned . 25th January, 1897 , aged 3 years .
Mulroy.—Beneath Ti . Patrick Mulroy and Mary his bel . M . Theformer dtl . May 22nd, 1812 in the 40th y . of his a .
,the latter 8 th February
,
1839 in 64th year of her a . In commemoration of whom their (sic)aff ectionate son Peter M .
, Kilsairan , Et . Monument. His bel . W. Mary (1. 27 thMarch, 1850, a . 32y . Also said Peter, w dtl . 7 th Nov, 1867 , a. 66 y .
,and
his two daughters Anne, w d. 9th Aug ., 1863, a . 17 y .
,and Margaret
, w d .
26t
§1
1
Dec ., 1867 , a. 19 y . Also Mary, W. Patrick M .
, (1. 15th July, 1894a . y .
298 Ap p s x IV .—TOMBSTONE I NSCR I PT ION S , ar c .
1729, aged 70 years, Also Mary Stanley, alias Taaffe his sd wife w ho
dyed aged 95 years, also thr ee of their children, vizLaur ence, the REV. JOHN and Michael, leate Lieut Colonel of Horsein the Imperial Service w ho dyed the I t of March 17 62, aged 64 yearsAnd Mr . James Stanl ey, late of Kill seran, son to the above Thos . andMary I who departed this li fe February the 6th, 17 94 , aged 70 years.
Tallon. See White .
Tuite.—Eb . John Tui te, Balregan , im. his M . Margaret T ., w dtl .
5th Jan ., 1805, a . 43 y . Also his bel . F. Patrick T .
, w d. March 22nd, 1818,a . 72 y . Likewise im. his dear son William T .
, w ho exchanged this lifefor a bette r Feb . 2nd, 1848 , a . 22y . Also abn . John T .
, w dtl . 15th Mar .,1866, a . 72y . H1. his bel . W. Mary T .
, w dtl . 15th Feb ., 1867 , a . 72years .
Tuite.—Tseb . Nicholas Tuite, Milestown, im. his bel . F. Andrew T .,
w dtl . Au g . 1st , 1840, a . 53. Also his M . Mary T .,w dt1. Aprile 2nd, 1832,
a . 42y . Also his S . Catherine w d . youn g .
Thomas.—Tseb . Bryan Thomas, Williams town, im. his F. Hen ry T .,
w dtl . 19th Feb . A .D . 17 96, a . 57 , also children .
Verdon.- Im. Julia Verdon , Drumcar, w d. 22 Sep .
, 1884 , a. 39 y .
and her H . Owen V 8 March, 1904 , a . 70 y .
Wallace.—Eb . Patrick Wallace, B irkenh ead, England, im. his bel .F . Patrick W.
, w dtl . in 18 17 , a . 31 y . Interred in Dub lin . Also his M .
Catherine W., d . 2nd March, 1858 , a . 69 y . His dau . Catherine W.
, Born23rd Dec .
, 1846, d . 27 th Jan, 1849 His W. Catherine W. d . 4 th July,1860 : buriedhat St . Werburgh
’
s, Birkenhead . His S . Catherine Grimes ,d . 28th May, 1869, a . 52y . His son Patrick W.
, born 7 th March, 1848,d . 14th August, 18 7 8 .
Wallace.—Eb . patrick Wallace, Derracamal, im. his M . Elizth w .
Who departeb (sic) this life July 12, 1838 , a . 72y .
White.—Tme . im. Mr . John White, Williamstown , w dtl . 2th October,1818 , a . 69 y . Also im. his F . Mr . James W.
, and his M . Mrs . Ann e W.,
alias Tallon . Also im. his Bs . and 8 8 . whose mortal B ., together with above,
are deposi ted here Master J ames and Richard, w d . youn g, the REV,
DOCTOR MATHEW WHITE , a years Mr Robert W., a . 37 .
d itto (sic), Mrs . FrancesW., 23 ditto, Mr . Henry W.
, 56 d itto, Mrs. Margt .
W. 27 ditto, Mrs . Mary Kelly, Kilsaran, 38 ditto, Mrs. Ann e M . W.,(1.
Dec . 8 1836, a . 7 4 . Mrs . Eliza W., Widow of the above Henry, a . 62.
W Fragme n t. Eb . yard of d membeloyr James W w dtl . the 16th day of April , 1845, anOo
Domine, a . 66 years .
Qiifsaran 030mmCaffiofic 661ml}.MEMORIAL WINDOWS IN CHURCH.
North Transept(1) This window w as erected to the Memory of REV. THOMAS
CORRIGAN, w ho w as Parish Priest of Kilsaran for 28 years, and died27 th March, 188 1
(2) In Memory of the REV. PETER PENTONY , P.P., Kilsaran,
w ho d ied on the 25th June,South Transept window, representing the Angelic SalutationThis Window was erec ted to the Memory of the LADY CONSTANCE
BELLINGHAM, w ho d ied 8 th April, 1891, by her friends, Lay and
Clerical , as a tribute of respect and esteem .
And on a brass plate underneathOf your Chari ty Pray f or the repose of the Soul of Constance
KILSARAN ROMAN CATH OLIC CHURCH . 299
Daughter of Charles, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, I and dearly loved wifeof I Sir Henr y Bellingham, 4 th Baronet . I Born Oct . 19th, 184 7 , I MarriedJan . 13th, 18 7 4 , Died April 8th, 1891. I To whom this Window w as er
coted I and whose Remains are inte rred I in the ad joining churchyard . IR .I .P. I
MURAL TABLETS IN THE CHURCH
(1) I This Monument was erected | by Michael Chester, ofStonehouse, Esq .
, and John Chester of Kilsaran House, Esq ., I to the
memory of their beloved and lamented Parents I MI CHAEL CHESTEREsq .
, w ho died 12 April, 18 14 , aged 63 years and ANNE CHESTERhis wife, w ho d ied 22July, 1838 , aged 7 3 years . Their morta l Remains Ilie interred within these Sacred Precincts . I Christian of your Charitypray I that their immortal souls I may be admitted to praise and glori fytheir Lord in Heaven I to Whose Honour and Glory on earth I they dedicated the ground I on whi ch this Church stands . I Requiescan t in Pace .
”
(2) Sacred to the Memory of the REV. THOMAS LOUGHRAN,
P.P., Kilsaran, who departed this li fe on I the 19th day of October A .D .
1853, I having presided over this Parish during twenty years, with the Idignified mann ers of a Gentleman and the distinguished vir tues of a IChristian Pastor . I Aged 66 years Requiescat in Pace . Amen .
”
(3) This Monument was erected by I the voluntary contributionsof the Roman I Catholics and Protestants of this Parish I as a tributeof Respect to the Memory of I REV. JOSEPH DULLAGHAN,
of Kilsaran for sixteen years , whose zeal for Religion , unaff ected humility unostentatious charity and well -known I benevolence of heart,endeared him to all I Classes of Society . He exchanged this life I for amore glorious one on the 21st July I in the year of our Lord I One ThousandEight Hundred and Thirty- seven . I May he rest in peace .
On a Mural Slab in the wall of the Porch over entrance door[The top line is evidently covered by the ceiling ]
Volun taris REVERENDUS EUGENIUS O’
BALY , Pastor I Hu ju sParochiae me fierifecit, Ah . D . u t supra sub pede Cru ois. The Rev .
Eugene O’
Daly , Pastor of the I United Parish of Kilsaran and Stabannon , w as appointed I to the care of the aforesaid Parish by the MostRevd Doctor O ’
Reilly , Primate of Ireland, and took on I the charge ofit J an Y the 11th ,
17 91, laid the first I stone of this Chapel in honou r ofthe B .V .M . in July 18 th , 18 14 , and departed this life March 15 A .D .
1822. Requiescan t (sic)in Pace . Amen .
On BelfryThis Belfry w as erected in I 1856.
IN CHURCHYARD.
The only tombstone in this churchyard within the railings in the cornernext Chu rch at south -east end
Chester.—Here lieth the body of Mary Ches ter wife of Michael Chester,of Stonehouse, d ied 28 th August, 1823. Anne Chester 22 July, 1838aged 7 3. John Chester, who d ied 6 September, 1849, aged 62 years .
Michael Chester, who d ied 9 September, 1864 , aged 84 . Finlay Chester,who died 3 October, 1891, aged 68 years . Henry Chester, who died 19September
, 1899, aged 54 years .[The follow ing inscriptions are on tombstones of the Chester family
in Chord Churchyard , DroghedaThis stone and bur ial place belongs to Myles Ch ester, Esq .
, ofDrogheda, w dtl . 18 th June, 17 7 3, a . 63 years .
”
The buiial place of Myles Chester, Esq ., of Drogheda . Hlb .
his wife Anne Chester, w dtl . 18th February, 17 7 3 a . 43 y . John C., third
300 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE IN SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
eldest son, w dtl . 16th day of Feb ., 17 68, a . 10 y . Also Eliza 0. hissecond wi fe w dt l . 2nd day of November. 17 88 . Beneath lieth the Bodyof the above Myles C , w dtl . 17 Feb .
,17 94 , a . 7 1 y . Here also lieth the
body of John C., eldest son of the above Myles C. by his second wife, w dt l .
5th day of July, 17 91, a . 19 y . Rose E lizabeth his dau . dtl . October, 1803,aged 22years .”
Tse . tm. Mi chael Chester, of Drogheda, by his loving wife AnneChester, Dt1. 12th day of April, 18 14 , a . 62 y . A1so his bel . dau . RoseAnne dtl . 2l st day of December, 1809, a . 24 y .
N ote.—The latter inscription does not tal ly with the monument in
Kilsaran church, which states that his mortal remains lie in those sacredprecincts, and there is also a descrepan cy in the age .]
g fafiannon C fiurcfiant Cfiurcfigarb.
Atkinson.—Sm. Jane Atkinson, relict of William A.
, w d. at DroghedaJuly 1833, aged 86 years .
Boyd. im. his F . Henry B ., whom (sic)
dtl . the 20th December, 1800, a . 62y . Also William B ., son of abn .William,
w d . youn g . Also William B . uncle of abn . W. B ., whom dtl . the 26thSeptember, 17 94 , a . 67 y . OPS . John Eastwood, Dun leer, w d . 16th Nov .
,
1885, a . 85 y ., and also of his bel .W. Frances, w d . 16th J an .
, 188 7 , a . 72y .
H1. also R . of their son John E .
, w d . 2nd September, 1895, in the 52ndyear of his age .
Brereton.—H] . R . William Brereton
,Richardstown , w dtl . the 20th
day of Augu st, 17 7 5, a . 72y . H1b . . his bel . W. Hester B ., w d . the 16th
day of Jul y , 17 84 , a . 7 4 y . Here also are deposite d the R . of his son Wm.
B .
, w dtl . the 3rd day of June, 1816, a . 7 4 y . Through life revered , indeath regretted, in him the w idow found a friend, the orphan a father .
Burn.—James Burn [No date].
Butterly. —Tse . here by N icholas Bu tterly, of drogheda, where in lieththe bodies of his F. and M .
,also two of his Bs.
, also tw o of his 8s ., 17 7 82(sic).
Bu tterly.—Tseb Peter Bu tterly , Dromcar, wherein lieth his M . and
six of his childr en .
Carney. —Eb . Mrs . Ann e Carney, Ardee, im. her dearly bel . H . StephenC.
, w dtl . 17 th January, 1843, a . 72 y ., and also for her aff ectionate and
dutiful son Patrick C., w dtl . May, 184 7 , a . 30 years .
Carney.—Tseb. Richard Carney im. the REVd STEPHEN CARNEY ,
w dtl . ye 21st Octr ., 17 80, in the 84 th year of his age .
Carney.—Eb . Mrs . Elizabeth Flanagan, Ardee, im. her honored F.
Mr . Richard Carney, late of the Twenties, w dtl . 13th Feb ., 1805, a . 72y .
Also of her M . Mrs . Eleanor C., alias Mangan, w dtl . March 11th, 1825, a .
84 y .
Carney.—Tseb . the Rev . Father Stephen Carney im. his F. MBrs . Richard and John and tw o of his Ss . H1b . Peter C.
, w dtl . ye 29thof July, 17 55, in the 4 7 th year of his age
Carney. Tscb . James Carney, Drumgoolstown, for him and hisPosterity . H1b . aforesaid James, w dtl . 2l st May, 1805, a . 64 y . A1so
Will iam C. F . to abn . James, dtl . 15th March ,17 92, a . 62y . Also his nephew
John Meehan, d . 2l st March, 17 97 , a . 34 . James C. Febry . 23rd 1
Carney.—Sm. Philip Carney, M .D ., late of Liverpool, w dtl . in theresidence of his F . John C.
, Boyn eview , Drogheda, 19th June, 184 7 , a . 32y .
Also abn . John C.
, w dtl . 24th Nov ., 1856, a . 7 8 Also Mary C.
, dau . toabn . John C.
, w d . in the 22nd y . of her a ., and also Peter C.
,
Boyn eview , and son of above John C., w d. 2nd June, 18 7 3, in the 84year of his age .
Carney. - SeeM‘
Cabe .
302 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE I N SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
Gernon. Eb . Nicholas Gernon, Cl u de, 1111 . his bel . dau . Cathne
w dtl . Sep . 2l st, 1823, a . 13 y . Also tw o of his children, w d . young . H1.
R . of abn . N icholas G., w dt l . March 21st , 1839. a . 7 4 y .
Garstin.—See Travers .
Hamel.—E . im. Thomas Hamel, w d. 18 th October, 1850, a . 58 y .
Also his W. Mary H ., w d . 13th Dec ., 1846, a . 56 y . Also his dau . Rose
H ., w d . 14 th April, 1841, a . 15 y . Also his dau . Mary Sheils, w d . 23rd
July, 1837 , aged 23 years .Hand.—Eb . James Hand , Stabann on , for himself and his Posterity .
H1. his dau . Cath° 12years .
Hanlon. Tscb . Patt . Han10n , Roodstow n , im. his F . Thomas H .,
w dtl . Augu st 9th, 1801, aged 60 years . Also his B . Mathew and two ofhis sisters .
Hanlon.—Eb . Thomas Hanlon, Roodstow n , im. his bel . W. Jane H .
,
alias Eakins, w d . the 22nd December, 1848 , a . 4 1 y . Also his dau . Ann e,w d. 10th December, 1865, a . 13 years .
Haughey.—Eb . John Haughey, Poolbrock , im. his bel .W. Bridget H .,
w d. the 29th March, 1869, a . 64 y .
Hearns. - Im. Matthew Hearns , w d . J an . 9th , 1861, a . 73 y . CatherinhisW. d . 25 Aprel, 1865, a . 53 y .
Heeney. -Eb . Patrick Heeney, Tenur e, im. his bel . wi fe Mary H .,
w dtl . 11th Oct . A .D . 1828 , a . 55 y . Also James 1843,a . 40 y . Likewise above Patrick H .
, w dtl . Mayth21 1, 847 , a . 7 4 y .
Hend.—Eb . Mary Hend, Newtown , Drogheda, im. her bel . H . Patri ckH ., w d . 25th July, 188 7 , a . 39 y .
Henry.—[Tablets in the Chur ch]1. Sm. Catherin e Henry, widow of the late Al exander H .
, Esq.,of
Richards town in this County, w dtl . the 15th day of April, 1822, in the55th year of her age . E . by her sons John and Alexander H . as a tributeof filial afiection to their beloved parent .
2. Sm. Alexander Henry, of Vesey Place, Kingstown, Esqf u w dtl . eth11th of August, 1866, a . 7 1 y .
, loved and esteemed by all w ho kn ew him.
Also to John H ., of Richardstown Castle, Esqr -i w dtl . the 14 th of March,
1867 , after a long and pain ful illness which he bore wi th patience andresignation, a . 7 3 y . E . to the former by his afiectionate nephew andto the latter by his dutiful son John H .
, of R ichardstown Castle .
Henry.—(I n churchyard). Underneath are deposited the R . of Al ex .
Henry, of Richardstown Castle, w dtl . the 1l th March, 17 96, a . 40 y . An dof Catherin e his W.
, w dtl . the 15th of April, 1822, a . 55 y . Here alsoare interred the R . of Sarah H .
, w dtl . the 7 th of December, 1851, a . 83y .
Also Anne Eliza H ., W. of John Henry of Richardstown Castle and M .
of the above, w dtl . the 3rd of July, 1855, a . 35 y .
Henry.—Sm. Alexander Dawson Henry, the son of John H .,of Richards
town Castle. w d . the 10th day of September, 1818, in his 23rd year .Henry. —In Loving Memory of Alexander Henry, of R ichardstown
Castle, w d . 4 th June, 1897 , a . 37 .
Hurst.—Tseb . James Hurst, Chur ch Park, im. his F. James H .,Mans.
fieldstow n , w dtl . February 8th, 1805, a . 65 y . Also his M ., w d . June 6th,
1824 , a . 24 y . Hl b . also of abn . James H ., d . September, 1830.
Hu tchins. Sm. Ar thur Hutchins, B .A. ; Bantry, Co . Cork,
w dtl . l st Au g t u 1863, a . 80 y . E . as a humble tribute of filial a ff ectionto a most tender and loving parent by his affec t dau . Kate Hun ter . Alsohis son George William H .
, M .D ., A .B .
, w dtl . at Philadelphia 27 th January,18 70, a . 46 years .Keigan.
—Hlb . Thomas Keigan , w dt1 the 27 th of March, 1769, a . 28 y .
Also his son James K . This Stone
304 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE IN SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
Travers.—Here lyeth the Body of EnsignHN TRAVERS , who departedlife Apri l l st, 17 4 1, Aged 27 years .
Also the Body of M . WalterTravers, of the County of Cork,w ho dyed December the 1st , 1737 ,Also the Body of M . Al ice Travers, w ho departed this lif ethe 14 th day of April, 17 48 , aged 68 years .Also the Body of REVd M . BOY LETRAVERS, w ho departed thislife the 4 th day of July , 17 55, aged80 years, been 56 years Vi car ofSt . Obanon , likewise a kind and indulgentparent, agreeable neighbour and sincerefriend . Here lieth also the Bodyof Miss Ann Garstin , w ho departedthis life the 13th Dav of Ju ly , 17 58,Aged 64 years .
[Nola—Wa1ter Travers w as brother of Rev . Boyle Travers and w as
bu ried in Stabann on Dec . 3rd, 17 37 . See Par . Reg This tombstone w asrecently broken].Waters.—Patt . Waters , June 6th, 1840White.—Eb. Anne White im. her F Andw . White , late Drumgooles
town, w ho depd Marh the 2nd, 1802, a . 7 8 y . Also of her M . Mary Rath,w ho dep
d August the 3rd, 17 83, a . 48 y . Also of her B . Rou1an White,w ho dep
d ~ in March the l st, 1803, a . 49 y .
Williamson.—Mary Williamson W. to John Williamson, died Apl .
12th, 17 40, aged 69 . [A small stone cu riously carved].Williamson.
- Here lye ye Body of I John Willi amson , t
died Feb . 3, I 17 44 I age 8
(Unclassified)AS ’ I A 62 I 17 57 I LAUS DEO I SOLI . IF .M .C. J MM I EMMA
There are tw o vaults with open entrances at east end of Chur ch . One
is said to have belonged to Rev . George Jackson, Vicar 17 55- 17 82, theother, perhaps, belonged to the Poe family, many of whom were buriedin the churchyard—See Appendix : Bu rials.
Q romisfiin 661ml} anb Cfiutcfigarb.MURAL TABLETS IN CHURCH.
Fortescue. Sacred to the memory of CHICHESTER FORTESCUE,
Esq., of Dromiskin, sometime member of the Irish Parliament for the
Borough of Hillsborough and Lieut-Colonel of the Louth Regiment ofMilitia . Born A .D . 17 7 7 , and died November, 1826, aged 49 years. Alsoin memory of his wife MARTHA ANGEL, Daughter of S . Meade HobsonEsq .
, Barrister-at -Law, w ho died November, 1824 , aged 33 years . The irremains are deposited in the Buiial ground attached to this Church .
They lived in the Love and Fear of God and died trusting in the meritsof the Lord Jesu s Chr ist for a joyful resurrection . This tablet is erected bytheir children as a token of their respect and aff ection .
[S . Mead e Hobson, Chairman of Cork County, w as buried in Dromiskinin the Fortescue family vaul t beside his daughter, w ho was the motherof the late Lords Clermont and Carlingford ]
DROM I SKIN CH URCH AND CH URCHYARD . 305
Reade. I n loving memory of Frances Anne, the beloved wife ofRev . C. H . Reade, Rector of Inniskeen, and daughter of Admiral Sir Chichester Fortescue, who died 26th July,On outside of Church Tower
A .D . 1821
Revd . Josh -Pratt, RectorRev . Richd. Woods, Cu rateC. Fortescue, Esq .
, IF , W. Fortescue, Esq .
, [Churchwardens
111CHURCHYARD.
N .B .—A11headstones except where stated otherw ise . Dr .
=Dromiskin .
Barclay. -Eb . David Barclay -im. his W. Helen B ., w d . 4 th Dec, 1856,
a . 36 y .
Bell.—Im. James Bell, (1. 2md May, 1863, a . 54 . Also his bel . W.
Jane, w d . l oth June, 1889, a . 68 .
Booth.—Within this enclosure are deposited the R . of Agnes, bel . W.
of Francis Booth,Esq .
, Mi ltown Grange, who in the faith of the recordthat God hath given to lis ete rnal life and that this life is in His Son fellasleep in Jesus the 20th day of August, 1855, in the 28 th y . of her a . Alsothe R . of Agnes Rosana their dear chi ld , who was taken to her heavenlyrest on the 30th day of the preceding March, aged 3 years and seven months .
Annie S . B . (1. 2md Nov ., 1869 . Francis B . (1. 21st J an 1896.
Brabazon. —Eb . Burton Brabazon, of Dr . House , tm. his bel . W.
Margaret Jane,who entered in to rest on the 19th day of Jany, . 18 7 9,
leaving for the comfort of her sorrowing friends these precious wordsI n peace with God and Tru st in Jesus .” Here beside her also hethe R . of the above named B urton B .
, w d . on the 26th day of June, 1880[see p .
Byrne.—H1. the family of Bartle B . Dr . A .D . 1833.
Cair.—See Healy .
Callan.—Hlb . Nicholas Callan , of Dr .
, w dtl . 12th August, 17 83, a .
70 y . Also the body of his W. Catherine C .
, w dt l . 28 th July, 17 90, a . 68 y .
Eb . their son Denis John C., Streamstow n, (1. 24 th J an .
, 1836, a . 70. Alsohis sons Richard , (1. 22nd March, 1840, a . 34 , and Patrick d . 1st May, 184 1.
Callan.—Tseb Den is Callan, Dr . im of his W. Rose C.
, alias Ginety ,
w dtl . the of August, 17 94 , a . 34 y . Also his M . Lucy C., alias Conlan,
d . May, 17 9 [A crest and armorial bearings are carved upon thisstone . This inscription was printed, but not fully, in Memorials of theDead 1889, p .
Calan. PS Patrick Calan, w dtl . February the twenty -first, 17 36,aged 60 years .
Callan.—(Flat stone). E . im. Denis Callan , Dr .
, w dt l . 7 th J an ., 1813, a .
68 y . Also his son James C., w d .
—23 April, 18 13, a . 25 . Also CatherineW. of Thomas C.
, Drumcashel, d . May 11th, 1819, a . 19 years.
Callan.—Ein1 . Phili p Callan, Dow dstow n , w dtl . 28 th June, 1821, a .
70 y ., and his dau . Anne, w dtl . 2nd April, 18 18 , a . 21 y . And his dau .
Bridget, w dtl . 21st April, 1821, a . 21 y .
, and his dau . Elizabeth, w dtl .
8 th July, 1830, a . 35 y .
Carolan, Bridget. —See Matthews .Carr, or Cair.—See M ‘
Shan e .
Carroll.—Im. Mrs . Margaret Carroll, Commons, w d . 5th Dec ., 1898 ,
a . 82y . Eb . her a ff ectionate niece Katie M ‘
Kenn a .
Carroll.—Eb . J ohn Carroll, Castlelmn ney , 1111. his F . Wiliam C.
, w d.
Sep . 18 , 1823, a . 7 8 y . Also of his S . Ann C ., w d . Apri l 2d. 1824 , a . 36.
Carroll.—Eh . Margaret Carroll, Commons im. her H . Thomas C
w dtl . loth Feb ., 18 76, a. 65 . y .
306 APPEND IX IV.—TOMBSTONE I NSCR I PT IONS , ETC .
Casey.—Eb . by Patrick Casey, Annagassan, im. his bel . W. Kate,w d. 2nd June, 1900, a . 30 y . ; his M . Catherine, w d. 3oth Nov .
, 1896, a .
56 y . ; his F . James, w d . 2nd August, 18 70, a . 59 ; and his S . Anne, w d .
8 Sep ., 1883, a . 22y . A lso his B . Thomas, w d . 14 May, 1888, a . 29 y .
Cassidy.—Eb . Mary Cassidy, Dromena, to her M . Catherine C., w d.
27 th Sep ., 1868 her B . Edward , w d . 6th Sep .
, 1857 un cle Patrick Neary,w d. 24 th July, 1845 ; uncle Thomas, w d . 11th Aug .
, 1848 and aunt Mrs .
Devin , w d . 29th Sep ., 1852.
Chamney. REV. JOSEPH CHAMZNEY ,
Last Rector of Dromisk inDied 28th August, 1906,
Aged 88 years .Thy Brother shall rise again .
Erected in Loving MemoryBy his nine children .
Christy, Mary.—See Conn ellan .
Clarke. —Eb . Patrick Clarke, Dundalk, im. his F. Thomas C., w d.
30th Feb ., 1884 , a. 64 y . Also three of his sons w d . you ng .
Conlan, Lucy.—See Callan .
Conlon.—Eb . Thomas and James Conion, of Dundalk, in Honour of
their F . James C., w dtl . in the year 17 73, aged 70 years .Corrigan.
—Eb . Mary Boyle, Moortown, im. her bel . parents PatrickC.
, Moortown , (1. 5th Jun e, 1889, a . 72y . An ne C. d . 24th Jan ., 1892, a .
80 y . Her uncle John C. d . 22July, 1895, a . 70 y . Her B . James C. d .
6th Janu ary , 1902, a . 48 years.
Connellan.—H1b . of Denis Conn ellan ,
w dtl . ye 21st May, 1766, a. 76,also Mary C.
, ale . Christy, in the same year, aged 70. Also John C., w d .
May ye 20th , 1767 , a . 35 yef S ~
Conroy.—E . im. George Com'
oy, Moortown , w dtl . 26th Feb ., 18364,
aged 46 years.
Conroy.—PS . Mary, W. of Peter Conroy, Dr ., w d . 9th Feb ., 1898,
a . 32y . Also his infant son John , w d . 8 th Aug ., 18 7 5, a . 8 months .
Cunningham.—Eh . John J . Cun n in gham im. his F . John Millar C.,
Lurgangreen, w d . 15th July, 18 72, a . 62y ., and his M . Anne C.
, w d. 9th
Dec . 18 7 4 , a . 52y . (tombstone brohen).Devin , Mrs.—See Cassidy .
Dow dall, Margaret and Catherine. —See Healy .
Dow dal, Alice.—Fragment—see M emorz'
al s of the Dead, 1889. HereLyeth the Body of Alice Dow dal, w ho died in the year of our Lord
Du ffy.—Eh . James Du fiey , Dr ., im. his F. Michael D .
, w dtl 12th Feb .
,
17 97 , a . 89 y . Also his M Rose D ., alias Genity , w dtl . l oth Sep 17 98 ,
a . 82y . A1so the R . of his son Patt (17)D ., w dt l . 12th March, 1803, a 29 y .
Also the B said James D .
, w dtl . February 26th , 1808 , a . 66 years[Upon the reverse side of this tombstone the arms of the Duff fami ly
are carved in relief, taking up the fu ll extent of surface . They are surmounted by a crest which is not that of the Duke of Fi fe the supporters,too, are not quite the same . Arms z—Quarterly l st and 4th a lion rampant,2nd and 3rd a fesse dancet tie, a hart ’ s head cabossed in chief tw o escallopsin base . Crest —On an Earl ’s (Viscoun t ’s coronet a demilion bearingin siniste r paw a dagger . Su p por ters —Two savages girt about the middle,each bearin g club erect in the outer hand . M otto —Vi'rtu te et opa ]
Du rnin.—OPS Patrick Du rnin, Dundalk, d . J u 1y 19, 1898 , a . 16 y .
E1phinston.-Eh . John Elphinston , Haggardstow n , im. his F. James
B ., w dtl . l0th April , 17 99, a . 70 y . , and his M . Sarah E .
, w dtl . 3rd Dec .,
17 93, a . 50 y ., and also one of his children w ho d ied young .
Elphinstone.—Tm. George Elphinstone, d . May 18th, 187 1. Also hishe]. W. Eliza, d. October 17 th, 1865 .
308 APPEND IX IV .—TOMB STONE I N SCR I PT IONS , ar c .
d . July 27 th, 18 7 7 , a . 13 y , and of his bel .W. Rose (1. Feb . 23, 1883, a. 62y .
Holmes. —Im. Kathleen J bel . W. of Gordon Holmes, d . 20th March,1886, a . 4 1 years.
Kelly.—Eb . Patrick Kelly im. John K ., Dr .
,w dtl . June 2, 1808, a . 58
'
y .
Kelly. -E . A .D . 1835 by James Hoey, of Dundalk, im. his F. MathewH .
, w dtl . the 15th August, 1830, a . 7 5 y .
Hoey.—Eb . Patrick Hoey, of Corballis, im. his F . Matthew H ., w d .
24 th Nov ., 1869, a . 69 y . The abn . P. H . (1. 8 th Dec 18 7 9, a 46 y and his
sister Bridget the bel . W. of James Rooney, d . 25 Feb ., 1887 , a . 45 y .
Keegan.—Im. Jane Keegan, Dromisk in, d . 3 Jan .
, 1893, a . 80 y .
Kerr.—E . in loving m. Bernard Kerr, Dr ., w d . 7 Oct ., 1899, and his
W. Catherine, w d. 17 February, 1895 .
Kieran.—Eb. John Kieran, Whiterath, tm. his bel . W. Margaret K .
,
w dtl . 4 th Jun e, 1842, a . 59 y . Also his son Thomas K ., w dtl . 9th Feb .
,
1825, aged 19 years .
Kinahan.—Eh . Owen Kin ahan , Whiterath , im. his grandet James
K ., w d . in Feb .
, 1857 , a . 415 years . Also to Ann e, W. of H . K ., d . 30
May, 18 72, a . 43 y . Hugh K ., w d . April 2nd, 187 9, a. 54 y .
Lamb.—Im. Edward Lamb, late of Cu llinstow n , w dtl . Thursday
the 27 th Feb .
, 18 13, a . 56 y .
[Railed w ithin the same enclosu re as the tomb of James Wynne, ofCu llinstow n .]
Lee.—Eb . John Lee, Gwitherstow n , im. his F. Wi lliam L ., w d. Jan .
6th, 1827 , a . 70 y ., and his M . Anne L .
, w d . J an .
'
18th, 1848, a . 84 y . Alsohis B . Patrick, w d . Sep . 21st , 1839, a . 37 y . And also his B . B iyan, w d.
May 9th , 1860, a. 60 y .
Levins.—Eb . the REV. JOHN LEVINS im. his M . Judith L ., alias
Gartlaney, of Glanmore, w dtl . the 4 th of Feb ., 1812, a . 65 y . Also of his
uncle Thomas Gart lan ey , late of Darver, w dtl . the 9th of Dec ., 1812, a . 7 5 y .
M‘Ardle.—Eim. S tephen ‘M‘
Ardle, Moortown , w dtl . 6 Dec ., 1803, a .
85 y . Also his W. Mary M ‘
Ardle, w dtl . 7 Sep ., 17 90, a . 72y . Also Rose
M‘
Ardle, w dtl . 24 th Jun e, 1808 , a . 42 y . Also her son S tephen M ‘
Ardle,w dtl . 1st Feb .
, 1818, a .28 y . Also her dau . Mary, w dtl . 5th Sep ., 1818, a .21.
M‘Connon.—Eb . Patrick M ‘
Conn on , New r ath, im. his F . James, w d.
10 July, 1904, aged 60 years .M‘Enello.
—Eb . Patrick M ‘
Enello, Dr ., im. his F. John , w d. Nov .
9, 1866, a . 86 y . Also im. his Bs. Thomas and John .
M‘Nellow .
—H1R . of James M ‘Nellow , w dtl . 17 th Jan .
, 17 7 9, a . 66 y .
Also his W. Catherine M ‘
N ., alias Genity, w dtl . 20th Sep .
, 17 93 [ 7a . 70 y . Also their son John M ‘
N . d . ye l0th Feb ., 17 84 , a . 32y . Also
their dau . Mary M ‘
N ., she died 5th July, 17 90, a . 34 y . Requiescan t
in Pace . Amen . Tseb . their son Thomas M‘
Nellow , Dromiskin, forhimself and his Posterity .
M‘Nello.
—Eb . John M‘
Nello, Carickadoan , im. his F. John M ‘
N .,
w dtl . January 26th , 1828 , a . 66 y . Also of his M . Jane, w d. Dec . 28th,1836, a . 70 Also of the abn . John M ‘
Nello Oct . 20, 1857 , a. 31.
M‘Nellow .—H1b . John M‘
Nellow , Tu llicahan , in the Parish of Louth,w d
étl . the 3oth Sep tr .
, 17 96, a . 7 3 y . Also the bodies of said John ’
s F.
an M .
M‘Nello.—Eb . Peter M ‘
Nello, Ardee, im. his bel . W. Mary, w d. 2lst
Jan ., 1904 , aged 60 years .Macartney. Eb . Michael Macartney, Dr ., im. his bel . M . Alice M.
formerly Savage, w d. Sep tr. 27 th , 1850, a . 69 y . Also “
his S .Margaret , w d
Feb . 25th, 1868 , a . 55 y ., and his uncle Edward Savage, w d . March 24 th,
1846, a . 7 1 y . Also abn . Margaret ’ s dau . Mary Anne Thomas, (L 29thMay, 18 70, a. 19 years.
DROM ISKIN CH U RCH AND CHURCHYARD . 309
M‘Donnell.—Eim. Patrick M‘
Donn ell,-Dr ., w d . Nov . 5th, 1856, a . 69 y
and of his bel .W. Rose M‘D ., (1. 4 th Sep .
, 1885, aged 8 7 years.
M‘Ew an.—Eb . Peter M ‘
Ew an , Miltow n grange, im. his son Donald,w dtl . 2oth June, 1853, a . 6 y . Also im. Marion his W.
, w d . 14 th June,1860, a . 51 y .
M‘Farlane. Eb . Sir John M‘
Neill im. Peter MacFarlane his faithfulland S teward at Bellagan , a native of Perthshire, Scotland, w dtl . 5 Oct .,1855, a. 28 y .
M‘Guil.—En terred the Bodies of Bryan, Joseph, James M ‘
Guil, andlastly THE REV. PATRICK M
‘
GUI L Anno Domine 1807 . Erected byJohn Lee, of Gwitherstow n . [ Part of this inscription is now undecipherable].
M‘Klttrick.—Ts . and epitagh (sic) Eb . Thomas M ‘
Kittrick, New ry .
Hlb . Andrew M ‘
K ., w dtl . Nov . 1, 17 97 , a . 88 y . Also the body o f Anne
M‘
K . hisW., w dtl . Ju ne 6, 17 96, a . 69 y . Also the body John M ‘
K . son ofabn . Thomas, w d . youn g, also the bodies of John and Eli zabeth M ‘
K .,
chi ldren of An drew .
M‘Klttrlck.—A .D . 1809 . Tseb . Mrs . Alice M
‘
Kittrick in gratefulremembrance of her well bel . H . Thomas M ‘
K .
, Dundalk, w dtl . 19th Dec .
in the 38 year of his age .
M‘
Q ulllln. Eb . Mary M‘
Q uillin , Dr ., im. her M . Bridget, d . 23rd Oct .,
1869, a . 50 y ., and her Bs . James , a . 33 Thomas , a . 24 y .
M‘
Q uillln .—Eb . Patrick M ‘
Q uillin , Moortown , im. his F. Owen M‘
Q .,
w d . 9th Jan ., 1866, a . 86 y .
, and his M . Catherine M‘
Q .
, w d . 16th Aug .
,
1868 , a . 86 y . ; also his B . John M ‘
Q ., w d . 30 May, 1880, a . 58 years .
M‘shana.—Eh . A lice M‘
Shan e, the Commons, im. her bel . H . PatrickM
‘
S ., w d. 15 Oct .
, 185 7 , a . 54 y . ; her son John w d . 22Dec , 1872, a . 30 y .
and her grandson Denis Carr, w d . young .
M ‘Shane.
-Eh . Thomas M‘
Shane, Moortown , im. his he] . childrenHenry, w d . March 17 , 18 72, a . 27 y . Rose, w d . July 25, 1880, a . 28 y . ;
and James , w d . Nov . 13, 188 1, a . 26 y . Also abn . Thomas M ‘
S .
, d . 6 Sep .,
1889, a . 7 9 y . His bel . W. Ann e, 8th J an ., 1898 , a . 72y . Also Bridget
bel . W. of Peter M ‘
S ., June, 1902.
Magil l.—I n a ffectionate remembrance of A lice the bel . dau of Nicholasand Rose Magill, Drumleck, w d . 5th May, 18 70, a . 13 years .
Matthew s —Tseb . Thomas Matthews, New ragh , im. his F. James M .,
w dtl . 17 th March, 17 88 , a . 50 y . Also his B . John M ., w dtl . on the 5th
June, 1807 , a . 31 y . Al so his S . Bridget M .. w dtl . on the 9th June, 1808 ,a . 37 y .
, and also his M . Mary M ., alias Carrolan , w dtl . on the 27 th Feb .
,
18 10, aged 66 years .Miller.—Eb . James Miller, of Canglor, Stirlingshire, Scotland, im. his
B . David M ., Implement Maker, Dun leer, w dt l . 16 Nov .
, 1858 , a . 40 y .
Moore.—At the west end of the old Church General Stubbs found a
stone with the inscription Here L[ieth the Body] of Dame [A]nn e [Moor]e,w ife to Captai[n ] Brent Moore and daug[ht]er to Captain Peter Notingham,
Kho departed [th]is [L]if[e o]u 16 of [F]ebruary, 170 in [ t]he 38 year ofsr age .
”
[Nota - Brent Moore married in 1693 Ann e widow of Sir NicholasGernon, of Milltown . He d ied in 1722. He belonged to the family of theMarquis of Drogheda . See Ball Wright ’ s Ussher Memorials
,
” andThe History of the Fami ly of Moore, by the Countess ofDrogheda ]
Morgan.—Eb . Henry Morgan, New rath, im. his bel . W. Bridged
, w d.
May, 1849, a . 60 y . Also of his son James, w d . Oct ., 1844 , a . 25 y .
Morgan.—Eb . Jan e Morgan, Whitehouse, Lurgan, im. her dearly bel .H . William M .
, w d . 22Mar ch, 1901, a . 60 years .Morgan.
—Eb . Anne Morgan, of Seabank, im. her bel . H . William M .,
(1. 28th Febru ary, 1894 .
310 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE I N SCR I PT IONS , ETC .
Morgan.—R I . the mortal R . of Ann e the 2nd dau .
, w ho entered intoher rest 9 th Sep .
, 1857 , a . 19 y ., and E li zabeth, w d . in perfect peace 10th
May, 1859, a . 21 y ., eldest dau . of Mr . John Morgan, D illon House . Also
the R . of their F . John M ., Esq ., w dtl . 3oth June, 1866, a . 7 4 y . Also the
R . of his only son Richard, w dtl . 26th July, 18 7 4 , a . 33 y ., and of Anna
Maria bel . W. of John M ., d . Sep tr . 20th , 1885, a . 8 1 years .
Mullan. Eh . Thomas Mul lan, Kn ockloar, im. his F . James M ., w d .
14 th June, 17 84 , a . 85 . Also his M . Mary M ., w d .
'
14 th Feb ., 17 88 , a . 88 .
Mullan.—Eh . John Mull an, Bellin lau gh, Stephenstow n , im. his F .
Matthew M ., w dtl . l oth Dec, 17 89, a . 76 y . Also to his B . Pat rick, w dtl .
24 th Ji1ly , 17 95, a. 39 years .Mu llan.
—Eh . Patk . Mullan im. his F . John , late of R ichardstown ,w dtl . l st April, 17 97 , a . 57 y .
Mu rphy—Eb . Thomas Murphy, Haggardstow n , im. his W. Margaret,
w dtl . 12th Decr ., 184 1, a . 26 y .
Neary. -Hlb . Barthw . Neary, w dtl . Jany . 1st 1765, aged 7 8 yesEb . Ow n Jams sons to ye above Deceased ; the said Owen J as. N .
are here interred .
Neary.—E . im. James Neary, w d . Anno 17 70.
Nugent.—E . as a tr ibute of respect and a ffectionate remembranceby the faithful compan ions of Thomas Nugent, Dromiskin, w dtl . Feb .
16, 18 7 4 , a . 21 years .
O’
Connor. Eb . Patrick O ’
Conn or, Moortown , im. his F . Patk . O’
C.,
w dtl . 5th Jan ., 1843, a . 7 7 y . Also two of his Brs . Matthew and Bernard ,
w d . you ng .
0unan .-Eh . the workmen of Whiterath im. their devoted S teward
Patrick Ou nan , w d . Sep . 3rd, 18 72, aged 65 years .Parker.—Imo . Wi lliam Parker, Dr ., w d . 1st Oct ., 1870, and of his S .
Susan Ralph, w d . Sep . 4 th, 18 73. Also their S . Ann , w d . 23rd June, 1885,aged 55 years .
Rankin.—Eb . John Rankin, Dr ., im. his bel . parents ; his F. James
d . March 20th , 1829 ; his M . Agnes d . May 14 , 1854 , a . 80. Al so his sonJames, d . Aug . 19th , 1882, a . 32y .
Rankin.—Eh . John Rankin, R ichmond , America, im. his bel . F.
James R ., w dtl . February 24 th , 1885, a . 69 y .
R0thw ell. —Eh . Thomas Rothwell, Painter, Dun dalk, im. his M .
Margaret R ., w d. Oct . 14th ., 1860, a . 53. Also his grandfather Michael R .
,
w d . A .D . 1837 , a . 72 y . And also John R . Also his F . Thomas R ., (1.
26th March, 1883, a . 7 7 y .
Ruddy.—OPS . Bridget Ruddy, w d . 23rd Dec ., 1880, a . 59 y .
, and herdau . Kate, w d . youn g .
Savage. -See Macartney .
Stokes. Eb . William Stokes, Dr ., im. his F . John S .
, w dtl . 22nd Oct .,1844 ,
a . 72 years .Thompson. Eh . Thomas T .
, Drogheda, im. his dau . Mary, w d. 5th
Nov ., 184 7 . Also his bel . W. Alice, w d . 2md J an .
, 1867 .
Tennison.—Tseb . John Tennison im. his son Patk .
, w d . young . Pat .Hearn s and Ann e Hanlon are here interred .
Trenor. Eim. An tony Trenor, Dr .
, w dtl . 23rd April, 18 17 , a . 88 y .
Also his W. Mary T ., w d . december, 18 16, a . 7 7 years .
Wallace.—OPS . Bridget bel . W. of Bernard Wallace, Blackrock, w d .
15th Sep ., 1900, a . 48 y . Also their bel . dau . Bridget, (1. 5th Feb .
,i 1901,
aged 19 years .Ward.
- H1b . Hugh Ward , Killseran , w dtl . 25th Feb ., 1763, a . 7 4 y .
Eh . Mich] . W. his son im. his dau . Mary and two of her sisters , 17 90.
Wynne.—H1r . Mary Wynn e, late Cu llinstow n , w dtl . the 5th Feb.,
1826, a . 7 4 y . Also the R . of her H . James W., w d . 26th November, 1829,
a. 76 y . Tmeb . Patrick W., Dundalk, im. his F. and M .
312 APPEND IX IV.—TOMBSTONE I NSCRI P’
I‘
I ONS , ETC .
The other coat seems t o be a cur i ous quasi -herald ic device of thestone cutter . It still shows an embattled tower between two li ons , ap
paren tly supporters, w ith as crest on a helmet an arm hold ing a banner .These should belong to the family of the Wife named HI ENS . That nameis not included in Burke ’ s General Armory , nor is Hynes, of which it maybe a variant, and which is on a modern tomb in the chur chyard . Thename Peter B yans appears in Stabann on Applotment of 1801. Theparish of H eyn estow n , distant about three miles, may have derived itsname from this family .
Mr . G. D . Bu rtchael kindly searched the records of the Office of Armsin Dublin for this name, but without finding mention of anyone namedHiens . H e suggests that it may be a form of the Irish O ’
Heyn e . Thearms ascribed to that family are, he says, Per pale indented or and gulestw o lion s rampan t combattant counterchanged . The crest —A dexterarm embowed : the hand grasping a sword . Possibly the stone cutterw as endeavouring to produce this coat from a description or perhaps abad drawing . As the arms stand they resemble those of O ’
Kelly orO
’
Shau ghn essy . Under the coat in question are the remains of a mottocommencing Quid non Res This is n ot in the great indexin the Armory , which, however, has three mottoes commencing with thetwo first words .
After this long preface I proceed to give, line for line, the brief inscription which runs as follows : the portions in brackets in i tali cs beingcon j ectu ral
[Rz’
chard Taafie] AND HI S WI FE [Harriet][Taafia alias HiIens Erected this Monument .Har[1
’
et Tau f ]e, Alias Hiens departed th[is life SeIptember the first Dayin the year] of her Age and is hereunder [in terred] Anno Domini 1739 .
Amongst the Wills recorded in the Prerogative Collection in theDub lin, is an improved on e of Richard Taaf fe, of Manfieldstow n , witnessedby two James Tisdalls (the father and son recorded on the ad jacent Tomb),bearing date 17 39— the very year of this inscription and in it he mentionshis wife Harriet & c . [See Wills]. So the Arms recovered for u s hisSu rname, and the Will, discovered in consequence, supplies the Christiannames of himself and his wi fe, and enabled me to fill the gaps in this inscription . For other Taafie inscripti ons see below .
THE GARSTI N TOMB.
Close to the Chur ch door in an enclosure is a slab on six pedestalswith the following inscription (for abbreviations see below )
The Burying place of Antony Garstin , Esqf and his Family .
Hlb . the said Antony G ., who dtl . 15th May, 17 82, a . 51 y .
As also the body of Norman G. his brother, w ho dtl . May26, 17 55, a . 26 y . H . also lh . Christophilus G.
,Faqru of
Bragganstow n , w ho dtl . January 26th , 1821, a . 55 years .As also the bodies of Eli zabeth his W. w ho survived himto the 19th November, 1857 , aetat . 96, and of their daughtersCharlotte , w ho d . 14 th March , 1869, and Mary, who (1. 16thof July following . H . also 1b . the REV. ANTHONY G.
, S .
of above, who dtl . July 10th, 18 7 3, in the 7 9th y . of his a .
And of Anne his youngest s ister, w ho (1. 9 Jany ., 18 73.
Also of their sister Frances Delia G., w ho (1. 1 Nov .
, 1884,aged 83.
C ommumo n PLAT E . (S ee Ap p end ix V.)
Flagon .
Dromisk in Pa ten . Dromisk in B icker ton Chal ice . S tabann on Dromisk in Pa ten .
C ha l ice . C ha lice .
B ickerton Pa ten 1831 Pa ten . 17 7 7 Pa ten .
S tabannon Pa ten .
(Pho to by AllisoTo f ace 313]
314 APPEND IX IV .—TOMBSTONE I N SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
COFFEY.
H1. the family of Patrick C., of Lurgangreen, 1800.
Tw o headstones in one enclosu re, one facing the road. COLEMAN.
The second marble.
I .H .S . E . by Patrick C. as a tribute of filial regard andafiection im. his beloved F . Mathew C., of Dr umleck, dtl .10 1840, a . 8 8 y .
Oiyou r Charity PS . of Matthew C., Alice C.
, Patrick C.,
their S . An ne Gartlan , w d . 9 Dec . 18 84 , a . 7 4 y . CatherineC. dau . of the above Matthew, w d . June 23, 1892, a . 7 9 y .
E . by the Rev . Matthew C., California .
White marble, facing the gate. COUNIHAN [ ?z KINAHANJIn 111 . of our dear Mother Ann e C.
, of Christianstow n , d .
24 Jany ., 1894 , a . 62. Our bel . F . Gerald C., Christianstow n ,
(1. 5th Nov ., 1899, a. 72y . R .I .P.
CUSACK, or CUZ ACK.
I .H .S . Tseb . Hen ry Cu zack, of Braganstow n , im. his F .
James C., dtl . 13 June, 18 11, a . 7 3 y . Also his B . John C.
,
w dtl . 16May, 18 17 , a . 4 1 y . Also his son James Cusack, w d.
9th Sep ., 1888 .
White marble cross (letters leaded), and dw arf w all . CROSSAHFacing en trance gate.
In sad and lovin g m. of Henry C. C., dearly beloved H .
of Eli zabeth C.
, w d . at Dun leer 18 Feb ., 1897 , a . 38 y . Also
their two ch ildren w ho (1. in infancy . 0 Sacred Heart ofJesus have Mercy on his soul .” R .I .P.
Table in dw arf w all and mils. CROZ IER.
Sacred I to the Memory of I Lieutenant Henderson Crozierw ho died at Christianstow n I on the 31st day of May, 1852Aged 60 years . Born at Caledon, Co . Tyrone . I Also of E lizahis beloved wife I Daughter of the Rev . James Wh ite side Iof Benburb, Co . Tyrone, w ho d ied on the 12th day of November, 1881 I Aged 90 years.
[N .B .—Provision for the maintenance of this tomb, &c .
, w as madeby A. W. Whiteside, Esq .
, Bank of Ireland, Coleraine, Executor ofMrs. Rowland .)
CURRAN.
Tseb . Patrick C., of Manfieldstow n , im. his F. Cormick C.
,
dtl . 19th of October , 17 99, a . 56 y . Also his B . Pete r C., w ho
dtl . 12 of Apri l, 1800, a . 26 y . Al so his B . John C., w ho de
parted the 11th of March, 1815, a . 37 y . R .I .P. Amen .
FAUGEY.
I .H .S . E. by Patrick Maginn , of Clu nkeehan , im. of hisGrand Uncle Owen F.
, dtl . Jany . 11 A .D . 1840, a . 87 y . Alsofor his deceased Ancestors.
facing the Road . FLANAGAN.
I .H .S . This s. w as E . by James F., of Braganstow n , im. his
W. Mary F ., dtl .in May, 17 85 . Also his dau .An n F. Also hisson Christopher F.
, dtl . 20 March , 18 12, a . 30 y .
S . of E . window 0/ Chu rch, (Cenotaph FLYNN .
Sm. James F ., late of New Y ork , dtl . Jany . 2, 18 72, a . 23 y .
May he rest in peace and w e meet in glory .
This stone w as erected by his sorrowing mother and sister .
MANFIELDSTOWN CH URCHYARD . 315
See Coleman . GARTLAN.
Flat slab (broken across), close to 8 . w all of Chu rch GERNON.
Hlb . Mrs . Esmay G., alias Taafie, who died in ye 54th year
of her age, ye 14 th of May, 17 49 .
GRIMES.
Tscb . Patrick G., of Manfieldstow n , im. his F . Patrick G.
,
dtl . 6th Sep ., 1808 , a . 54 y .
Flat slab u nder E . window of Oh . (now almost illegible). HUGHES.Hlb . of I iames Hughes, who departd I this life May the
aged I . years . A1so the Body ofHughes, w ho departed I this life Apri l the 19th, l 760 |Aged years . Also the Body of Hughesw ho [dtl . the 8 th, 17 67 [aged years]
3 . departed this life June the 23rd,1768 I Aged 7 years .
White marble atone. HYNES.
I .H .S . In m. of Peter H .,d . March 20, 1857 , a . 56 y .
His W. Mary (1. Feb . 5, 18 7 7 , a . 69 y . May their souls restin peace .
[See note as to this name in account of inscription in the porch].Under E window of Chu rch . J OHNSON.
I .H .S . E . by Henry J .
, of Manfieldstow n , as the las t remark of filial respect to his beloved F . Michael J dtl . Aug .
19th, 1824 , a . 56 years .
M erble headstone and cross. KENNEDY.
I .H .S . E . by Matthew K Wot tenstow n , im. his beloved F .
Patrick K .,dtl . 14 Nov .
, 1825 . A lso his beloved M . Mary K .,
dtl . 6 J an ., 1835 . A lso their two infant chi ldren Bridget
and Thomas K . Also his beloved W. Mary, (1. 24 Aug .,
1885 . Also the abn . M . K ., d . 6 Oct .
, 1893, a . 72y . R .I .P.
Amen .
Large table tomb near E . window of Chu rch . KEARNS.
Placed by Patrick K ., of Mansfieldstow n , as a small tribute
of respect to the lamented memory of the best of Ms . and themost beloved ofWives , Mrs . Mary and Mrs . Elizabeth K .
,the
former of whom dtl . 2oth April, 1824 , a . 68 y ., and the latter
the 16th of May, 1828 , a . 36 y . Miss Esther K . second eldestdau . of the above named P. and E . K .
, dtl . 2md March, 1831,a . 15 y . Mr . John K . of Mansfieldstow n , the H . of the abovenamed M .K . and the F . of P. K . dtl . 24 Jan .
, 1836, a . 88 y .
His Christian virtues wi ll be long remembered by all who hadthe pleasure of his acquaintance . Also Laurence K .
, son of theabn . P. K , dtl . 28 th Oct ., 1855, a . 39 y . And also the abn .
P.K . dtl . 15 84 y . And of his son James K .,
dt l . 31 Dec ., 18 7 0, a . 48 y . H1. the remains of his sister
Mrs . Bridget Reilly, alias K ., late of Derycama, dtl . 4 June,
1882, in the 85 y . of his a . May their souls rest in peace .
AmenKEAPPOCK.
LITTLE.
I .H .S . This stone E . by William Little,of Newtow n
Darver, im. of three children .
316 APPEND IX IV.—TOM BSTONE IN SCRI PT ION S , ar c .
See Clarke. M‘GUIRE.
See Faugey . MAGINN.
S . 0/ Chu rch p orch . MURPHY .
I .H .S . E . by Thomas M ., of Lm'
gangreen , im. his F .
Hugh M ., dtl . 12 March, 1808 , a . 56 y . Also his brotherAndrew M .
, dtl . .3 december, 1808, a. 31 y . Also hisM . Catherine
M ., w d. in Februar . 1812.
See Reily . NEARY.
At foot of Taafie al tar-tomb. PLUNKET.
I .H .S . E . 17 99 by Laurence P for him and his posterity .
Under E . window of Chu rch in 18 72 Not visible 1907 . PLUNKETT.
Hlb . Mr . James I P.,dtl . I the 13 Day of March, 1737 ,
Aged I 89 years . Also I Keappock his W. d . It l . the 26 Day of March 17 —Aged 62 years I[also six of their 17] I children .
18 . of Chu rch—see also Kearns. RIELY, or REILY .
This m. w as E . by Catherine B iely, alias Neary,im. PhilipR .
, dtl . 4 Aug ., 1802, a . 7 6 y . Here also lie the Remain s of
her H . Patri ck Reily,son to the above Phil ip, late of Man
fieldstow n , dtl . 23rd Jan ., 1810, a . 52 y . Here likewise lie
the R . of Philip Reily, dtl . 15 Nov ., 1803, a . 38 y . Also
the abn . Catherine Rielly, w d . 12 Nov ., 1835, a . 85 y ., as
also her bel . son Patrick R ielly, w d . 2Feb .
,1860, a . 58 years .
Tw o flat slabs close to 8 . w all of Chu rch . SHEILS.
Hl b . Daniel S ., late of Woodtown , dtl . 27 Day of Sep .
, 1721,a . 49 y .
, and also six of his childr en . H] . also his brotherAldermn Henry S .
, son of the abn . D ., dtl . May 1, 17 56,
a . 49 y . H . also 1h . Mrs. Jane S ., W. of William S Esq.
,
dtl . 1 Aug ., 17 94 , a . 42 y . H . also lb .Mrs . Rose S . widow of
the abn . Alderman H . S ., dtl. 23 Jan .
, 17 95, in the 7 4th y .
of her age . Hlb . William S ., Esq .
, onl y child of the abn . H .
and R . and H . of Jane S . He dt l . 27 Nov .,1801, a. 50 y .
Hlb . Henry S ., Esq., of Newt own Barver, eldest son of
the late William S ., Esq.
, dtl . 28 Jan ., 1829, and in the 29th
y . of his a . This stone is E . by Brabazon Disney S ., Esq .
,
to the lamented memory of the best and most beloved ofbrothers
SMYTH.
On a loose slate abou t 15ii. squ are at present left u nder the E windowof Chu rch having been lately disinterred, are rudely carved a heart transfixedby a cross, with diamonds and the simple inscription
17 96 P. Smyth .
See as to inscrip tion in the porch, and also Gernon . TAAFFE.
Three slabs next to the S . w al l of the Chu rch. The third is on pedestals.
The first, being that of a p riest, reads the reverse w ay of the rest—i.e. fromthe East, and is the only su ch here. I t is the oldest now visible.
I .H .S . I HERE LYETH I THE BODY or FA[ther, u nderstood]PETER TA I AFFE WHO D I ECEASED I VNE I THE 7 17 11 I
I .H .S . This s. w as E . by Mr . George Taa ff e in m. of hisbeloved W. Mrs. Elizabeth T.
, dtl . 10 June, 17 53, a. 30 y .
318 APPEND IX IV.—TOMBSTONE IN SCR I PT ION S , ETC .
’
TRANSLATION.
of the Passi on of Christ, and of her [2nd] husband [Sir]Donagh Connor, Knight Lord of the County ofS ligo [2 O
’
Conor S ligo w ho d ied in the year of ourLord 1609, and of her daughter Lady Eli zabeth [ ? FitzGerald, who was buried in the Monastery of Sligo w ith theaforesaid Donagh in the year 1623, caused this to be erec tedin the year of our Lord 1624 .
If not a porti on of the Sligo monument, this must be from a cenotapherected in 1624 by the widow of (Donagh)O’
Con or Sligo to him, w ho
died in 1609, and to a daughter of hers (by her former husband, the Earlof Desmond) Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, w ho w as bu ried with her stepfather in Sligo Abbey in the preced ing year, 1623, as recorded also in theinscription there .
That inscription is on the magnificen t monument in Sligo Abbey,which has been ful ly described and illustrated in the Histories of Sligo ,b y Archdeacon O ’
Rou rke (i. 25)and Col . Wood -Martin (ii . 7 1, Theformer authority suggests that the great Boyle monument in St . Patrick’s
,
Dublin, which figu res so much in history, w as modelled after th is Sligotomb
The inscription on the latter runs very much in the same lines as
that now being described, and it seems worth giving a translati on of it ,as follows
Here hes the most famous soldier [or knight, Miles S ir]Don ogh O
’
Con or [“Donatus Cornelian u s” ] Lord of the County
of S ligo, wi th his wife the most il lustrious Lady, E lin or Butler,Coun tess [Dowager] of Desmond , who caused me to be made inthe year 1624 , after the death of her [2nd] husband , w ho
died 11th August 1609 [W.M . has Also a daughter ofhers by her first husband, viz .
, the Earl of Desmond, namelyElizabeth [Fitz -Gerald] a truly vir tuous lady, w ho w as bur iedin this tomb 31 of November in the year of our Lord 1623.
The persons referred to are1st .—The widow, who, after the lapse of 14 years. erected it in 1624
to her (second) husband, w ho died 1609 and her daughter (by a formerhusband), who died 1623, and for herself .
It is clear from the inscription in Sligo Abbey and the Wills of herselfand her 2nd husband that she w as the notable E leanor Butler
,daughter
of Lord Dunboyne, who had become Countess Dowager of Desmond, widowof the Great Rebel Earl, w ho had vast possessions in Muns ter - seepedigree . She died between 1636-8, not 1658 , as stated in Burke ’ s Extin ctPeerage and Lodge. Archdn . O
’
Rourke w as misled by that mistake intosaying she survived near half a century .
” She bequeathed £300 of herarrears from the King in England to erect the chapel and monumentHer will w as proved 26 Nov . of 1638, and is one of the oldest registered .
A summary is given in Archdall’s Lodge’s Peerage.
2nd .—The husband w as Sir Donough O
’
Conor S ligo,called
Cornelianu s” on the Sligo monument. He died 1609, not in 1602, as
printed in the second History above quoted . His wil l also is on recordin Dublin . It is dated 11 Aug .
,1609, and w as proved 25 Nov . following .
It is short and curi ous .
3rd .—Bu t who w as this E lizabeth [Fi tz -Gerald] buried with her step
father, 14 years after him, and commemorated in both inscriptions 7In the lists of chi ldren given in Archdall ’s Lodge’ s Peerage 0/ [ re
land and Burke ’ s Extinct Peerage the Countess is said to have had
5 daughters—all named, with husbands . Oithese two are also namedin their mother ’ s will, but only as Joan and Ellen .
”
IN SCR I PT ION S IN CASTLEBELLINGHAM V I LLAGE . 319
The fif th, E llis, called by Burke Lady Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald, ’
111 . Sir Valentine Brow ne, created a Baronet in 1622, whose grandson wascreated Lord Kenmare .
She could scarcely be this Elizabeth, w ho, as Desmond was killedin 1583, must have been over 40 at her death . She is given her maidenname in the inscriptions .
Details of the History of this and almost every branch of the O ’
Conor
family will be fou nd in O’
Con or Don ’ s History of the O’
Connors, butfuller particulars of the family whi ch, despising Peerage (though acceptingKnighthoods), adopted the curious style of Sligo, ” (which however lastedbut for a f ew generations)will be found in the two local Histories abovereferred to .
The great tomb at Sligo w as figu red in Grose ’ s An tiquities withoutthe inscription . The latter is given in the J ou rnal of the and(very erroneously) from Colonel Wood -Martin ’ s work, in M emorials ofthe Dead, I reland.
The wi lls referred to would be worth printing . That of the widowfigures under Desmond —not O
’
Conor,”—and she used her maiden
name Butler after she w as married, as w as not uncommon at the time .
INSCR IPTIONS IN OASTLEBELLINGHAM VILLAGE .
On the circular moun d in the centre of the v illage (above referred top . 82)is a striking wayside cru cifix inscribed as follows
Bone Pastor Panis VereJesu nostri miserere .
”
This cru cifix is erected in Public I Homage to our DivineRedeemer I by Sir Henry Bell ingham, Baronet I in piousMemory of his beloved wife I Constance I Daughter ofCharles 3rd Earl of Gainsborough I and also of those Benefactors in this parish I Who have fallen asleep in Christ I
Pie Jesu Domine dona eis requiem .
”
This Cross is made I from the wood of I the Royal Oak Iblown down in I
Ou theWidow s Houses, referred to at p 7 8 , are five inscriptionsIn the centre
The Widows Houses Founded by I Sir Wil liam Bellingham, Bart .”
Founded 1826 Erected 1827 and THE LAW.
What these two words refer to is not known to the writer .Over the Side Porch
“ John III . 16,John X I V. 6 ; Acts IV . 12.
Ou Window Sills oithe house now used by the Ulster Bank“ Ecclesiastes, Chap . X I I ,
V . 13th .
”
(i.e .—Fear God, and keep His Commandments, for this is the whole
duty of man .)1808 [Monogram] SB . 1896.
The ini tials are those of Mr . Sydney Bellingham (uncle of Sir Henry).The 1808 records the year of his birth, the 1896 probably the date whenhe rebuilt the house . He d ied in 1900—see above inscriptions . He wasa member of the Canad ian Legislature, and, with his wife, also born in1808, long resided in the ad joining villa called Sou thgater k
APPEND IX V
Communion Pate(SEE PHOTOGRAPH).
OF THE SEVERAL CHURCHES NOW IN THE UN ION .
By JOHN 11. GARSTIN, &c.
They are arranged accordin g to their original parishes .All are solid silver, as shown by their Hall-marks .All are of Irish (Dublin)make, (as shown by same), unless otherwise
specified .
The dimensions are given in inches and eighths .The HALL-MARKS are ful ly described : the following abbreviations
being here usedH .M .
=Hall Marks.
H .C.=Harp crow ned,=assayed in Dublin .
Hib .=Hibernia=Du ty Mark (sin ce abolished).Mark (Initials).
D .L.=Date Letter . NOTE :—The years prin ted as their
equ ivalents are given in accordance with the most recent and accurateauthority English Goldsmiths [ inc lud ing Irish] and their M arks, by C. JJackson, 4 to . London, 1905 : where an as terisk is prefixed to those whichhave been accu rately fixed . The rest are only approximate dates of making.
Qifl’samn ant Gernonstow n.
FLAGON.—Height 9, Circumference at lip 14 . With handle and cover .Fluted at base . On the side is I .H .S . in a circle of Rays. H .M .
(London)—Lion passant ; Leopard’ s head crowned M .M . ofof John Wankelyn and William Taylor, ent . 17 76 ; D .L .
—I’=18 10- 1, so it w as long in stock . Underneath is in scribed :The gift of H ester Frances Lady Bel lingham to the
Chu rch of Cast lebel lingham, 1825 .
The donor w as the wife of Sir William Bellingham, w ho had
been created a Baronet in 17 96. It is dated the year before hisdeath . See p . 7 9, &c .
CHALICE.—Height 10, Circumf . 13. E .M . and M .M .
—J W.
Joseph Walker ; D .L .
This accord ing to Mr . Jackson (Goldsmiths, p . 561)w ho knewof on ly three pieces with this letter, dates 1696- 7 - 8 , not beingfixed exactly . It must have been procu red after 1697 , but w aspossibly made before, accord ing to the inscription, so it leavesthe import of the letter still unsettled .
[This chalice is said by the A u thor, on p . 53, to bear the Hallmark of 1669, but be relied on an authority superseded by Mr.
Jackson ’ s book .]
322 APPEND IX V.—COMMUN ION PLATE .
fi romistin.Since this parish w as divided between Kilsaran and Heynestow n
in 1905 (see p . 218)the Commun i on plate has been kept with that of theformer .CHALICE.
—Height 8 in ., circumf . 115 ins. Hall marks :—D .L .
—QE,which Mr . Jackson assigns to 1708 -9 - 10. It is the same as thaton the Mace of Trinity College, Dublin, which with this cupare the examples on which that date is assigned B C . and M .M .
(in distinct).Inscription (ih script)
The gift of S r . Tho : Footeseu e, Kn ight, to the Chu rchof Drumiskin , Anne Dom. 17 09 .
As to the donor of this cup see p . 197 .
TWO PATENS or PLATES. Height liin , circumf . 22ins., wi th inscription
Dromtshen Chu rch .
Hall-marks Hib. M .M .
Alexander Brown ?BRASS ALMS DISH
Hanc PatinamI n usum Ecclesiae SanctaeMargaretae Reverendus E . T .
S tubbs dedit DromiskinPaschals Die, 1883.
g fafiannon.
When half of the parish, including the church , became part of theCHI Union of Kilsaran on the death of the Rev . J . Grahame, the Vicar,in 1883 (see p . 145)the plate w as transferred to Castlebellingham .
CHALICE.—Height 85ms circum . 10% ins . Hall marks H C. on lip andbase, blurred ; Date letter fil= 1699 1700 ; M .M .
, g . =DavidKin g, who w as often Master or Warden oithe Dublin Goldsmiths
PATEN (or Chalice Cover)on a foot, circ . 15% ins . ; Height 1 ih . SameHall -marks .
These bear no inscription . Considering their age they are inexcellent o rder . Under the chalice may be found the initialsD : H : I : partly scratched out. Poss ibly they are those of thedonor, and perhaps they represent those of the Rec tor ’s wife,Deborah Houghton .
Q ianfi’
efbstomn.When this parish w as j oined to Kilsaran the Church plate consisted
of aCHALICE.
—Hall-marks Hib ., H .C.
, K .H . ; M.M. K .S[aw yer] and WEST,
Date letter IPATEN.
—Same Hall-marks, and both inscribedThe Revd. An thony Garstin to the Parish of Man
fieldstow n , A.D . 1829 .
As the church ceased to be used after the parish was attached to Kilsaran the plate was forwarded to the Representative Church Body in Dublin .
It w as by that Body d isposed of as followsPaten given to the parish of Derrynoose, Di o . of Armagh,18 th May,
Chalice given to the church of S . Silas, Belfast, 12th Dec ., 1906.
APPEND IX V I
mitts o esibents.
The following is an alphabetical List of Wi lls of person s w ho wereresident in the District treated oi, and of some connected therewith .
It is mainly foun ded on the MS . Indexes of the Public Record O thee ,Four Courts , Dublin and on the I ndex to the Prerogative Wills of I reland,
edited in 1897 by Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms, &c .
This latter work, however, only comes down to 18 10, and the arrangement, which places the Christian names , like the S u rnames, in d ictionaryorder, is not satisfactory , unless to a person looking for the will of an individual . Accord ingly, here the several wills of each family have beent e-arranged in chronological order .
Prerogative wills are those of persons w ho left property not restrictedto any one d iocese . They were proved in Dublin in the Court, formerlyecclesiastical and under the Archbishop of Armagh, whose jurisdictionextended over all Ireland . I n add ition to this collection (which embracedthe most important Wi lls) there were cons istorial collections . for theseveral d ioceses , and Armagh d iocese (whi ch includes the parishes thisbook treats oi) had local reg istries both at Armagh and Drogheda—thelatter for the County of Louth, abolished about 1880.
Accord ingly, reference to the Wills in the latter collection have beenincorporate d by the writer in the follow ing list, and have the symbol D(=Drogheda)affixed .
The following list has been brought dow n to 1858 , and a few laterWills have been included .
This Appendix not only gives a List of Wills on record. but includessummaries of the more important ones .
The dates prefixed are those of Probate (not execution), and theyonly approximately show the date of Testator ’ s Death .
Administrations to Intestates aff ord little inf ormation and are not
here referred to .
Orsez Otherwise res .: residu e ; res . leg .=residu ary legatee ; beq .
bequests , or bequeaths ; exor .=execu tor .
167 1 Aston, Sir William ,Ku t .
, Richardstown .
E ldest son whose breeding was very chargeable £100, a sonThomas £400, res . to wi fe Ursula .
1709 Babe, John , Darver .
1763 Baker, Franc is , Dublin and Richardstown , Apothecary .
To be buried in the same vault in Staban non chu rchyard as hiswife was ; Beq. to sisters Sarah Brereton, and Katherine Gaynar,brothers Wm. and John Baker, son -in - law John Martin, sister- ihlaw Hester Henrick, £2 to poor of Stabannon and Richardstown .
Son Thomas Exor . and res. leg .
324 APPEND IX VI J—WILLS .
Ball, Abraham, Darver .
E ldest son Thomas 1111 . Grace Acton ; a son Abrahamm. SarahBall ; a daughter Elizabeth m. Thomas Candler a daughterFrances .
Ball, Rev . S tearne, Darver .
Ball, Rev . William, Drumglass.
Ball, Rev . Wardl aw, S . Peter ’ s, Drogheda .
Barker, Rev . Peter, Rector of Manfieldstow n .
Wif e Mary childr en—Anne, James, Robert and John . WitnessesAnn -Creton, Robert Barker . (D)
Barnew all, Margaret Jane, Castlebellingham .
Barrett, George, Greenmount .Bellingham, Sir Daniel (eldest son of Robert B .
, Sherifi Co Longford1611- 12, w ho w as son of Alan B .
, of Levens, M .P., and brotherof Henry B .
, of Castlebellingham). The first Bellingham willproved in Ireland .
Made 27 April, 1672 to be buried in S . Werburgh’
s chu rchin the vault wherein his mother [Margaret Whyte , of Clongill, Co .
Meath, who d . Nov . 11, 1668] w as bur ied .
” Beq . to wife Jane[dau . of R ichard Barlow, Cheshire] and to daus. Sarah, w ho m.
Philip Frow de ; Hester, w ho m. Edward Corker ; Alice, w ho m.
John Nelmes ; Rebecca [Who afterwards m. R ichard Boyle, son
of the Bishop of Ferns, from whom the Langrishes descend] ;Mary [w ho afterwards m. S ir Thomas Pakenham] ; and Jane[who afterwards m. Edward Swan] . Estates left to only son
Richard .
S ir Daniel w as Sheri ff of Dublin city 1655, Alderman 1656. firstLord Mayor 1665-6, Deputy Receiver General and Vice -Treas .
for I reland 1663-6, Knighted Sep . 30, 1662, Created a BaronetFeb . 14 , A portrait oi him is in the City Hall, Dublin .
See Prendergas t’ s Tory War of Ulster for some accoun t of him.
Bellingham, Henry, Gern onstow ne (brother of preceding, 2nd son
of Robert Bellingham).Estates to son Thomas , Legacies to daughter Anne Bickertonand her ch ildr en Jane, E lizabeth, Henry and Dan iel, and to hissister Lady Jane Gilbert, Wif e of S ir George Gilbert, Ku t .
Witnesses - J onatha-n Law, Patrick White , Robert Thomson,James Hoy .
Bellingham, S ir Richard (son of Sir Daniel).Leaves estates to his sister, £20 to the poor of each of the parishesof Castleknock, Santry , Finglas and St . Margaret ’ s, Dubber,and £40 to the poor of St . Werbu rgh
’
s. £100 to the children ofhis kinsman Thomas B .
, of Castlebellingham,whom he appointed
Exor . w ith Phili p Frow de ; £20 to T .O.D . to be disposed to thealtar . [In T .C.D . Chapel there is a handsome Alms-Dish, bearinghis arms, presented in He died unmarried .
Bellingham, Thomas, Castlebellingham (son of Henry .)To be buried privately without pomp, scarf or scutcheon in the
vault of the chappell of Castlebellingham . Legacies to daus .
Anne and Abigail, Res idue to son Henry . Exors . son Henry,and his kinsman, Robert Sibthorpe, Dun any .
Will made 30 April, 17 16, in presence of Will Tennison, JohnWhite and Francis Mathews .By a cod icil he leaves to his daus . the issues of unexpired leas esof lands in Drumboat and Annie, Co . Monaghan, and Strammu laghand Rassan, Co . Lou th.
326 APPEND IX VI . —W ILLS .
Bickerton, Anne, Milestow n (sister of Thomas Bellin gham). Not inVicar ’ s I ndex .
Leaves her son Henry a charge on Milestown (see p . Mentionsher daughter E lizabeth, married to Mr . Smith . Bequeststo her son Daniel B . and grand daughter Anne Smi th . Residueto daughter Jane B . Will made 4 th October, 1697 .
Bickerton, Henry, Harwi ch, Essex (son of preceding).Will made 1736 Leaves farm of Woodenstow n to his son Danieland legacies to his son Henry and daughters Elizabeth and Jane .
Endorsement says that E li zabeth B . became the wife of EdwardTandy, Clothier, and that Jane B . died in testator’s lifetime .
Bolton, R ichard , Dromiskin .
Beq. to his wif e Mary his interest in lands in Dromiskin andbeing a mortgage . Also mentions his son John , his daughterSidney, his brother Chichester, and his wife Ann .
Bolton, Mary, The Crescent, Castlebellingham .
Leaves in trust to Matt . Fortescue and John Page, j un ., for her
grand daughter Mary Ann, dau . of her son John B .,
Beq.
to her son John and his wife Mary Ann , to her brother S tephenPage, her daus . E lizabeth and Frances, her niece Mrs. Alice Townley,her nephew John Dawson, etc .
Brabazon, James, Braganstow n [cousin to the Earl of Meath].Leaves his property to his wi fe Elizabeth and to his daughter,for their lives . Bequest to his sister Jane Wye . Mentions hiscozen James and Anthony (sic)and his brother Ralph . Appoints his un cle John Foster, of Dunleer, James B .
, of Carrstow n ,
and his wife Elizabeth, Exors.
[His widow E lizabeth afterwards married Rev . James Garstin,of Braganstow n , where there is a copy of her wi ll .
Brabazon, Ralph, Gilbertstow n (brother of preceding).Leaves his sister Alice £100, and her husband, Wm. Huddleston,his in terest in the lands of Carrickbogady , whi ch I hold fromRev . James Tisdall by vir tue of sale made to me at the administration of Ald . Joseph Tomlin son, deed .
” and a horse ; his sister,Jane Wye, 50 gu ineas ; his brother, Lud low, £10 for mourning ;his brother, Wallop, of Termonf eckin, his interes t in Salterstownand the residue .
Brabazon, Henry J Dromiskin .
Brabazon, Bur ton, Dromiskin ; died 28 Jun e, 1880 ; will proved 26thOctober, 1880 (see p .
Brennan, Michael, Drumcashell .Brereton, William, Richardstown .
Brodigan, Terence, Milestow n . (D)Byrne, Margaret, Maine (D).Calan, Laurence, Kilsaran .
To his brother Patrick £40 ; to his nephew,James Stanley, j un .
,
son to James Stanley, sen ., of Wi lliamstown , half his interest in
Carrickmagough ; to his nephew, Michael Callan, the other halfwith £300, and his interest in Kilsaran, which he was to sell andpay debts to Elizabeth Plun ket a house and garden
,the grazing
of 3 ball of cattle, rent free, on ye lands of Killsaran . Bequeststo the children of Mabel Plunket and of Catherine Callan, deed . ;and £10 each for mourning to Henry Bellingham,
sen .,John Foster
,
Dunleer, and Franc is North, Dublin ; to his wife Mary £100. H .
Bellingham, sen ., J S tanley, sen .
, and Michael Callan, Exors (D).Callan, Denis, Dromiskin .
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1834 Campbell, Patrick, Whiterath . (D)1801 Carroll, James, New ragh (D).1824 Chester, Mary, Stonehouse, Co . Louth .
1732Clarke, Alice, widow, Dublin .
To be buried in Castlebell ingham near her brother [Dr . CharlesGwither], £100 being left to Exors . for funeral expenses . Leaves£5, in ter alia, to Rev . Henry Clark, provided he seesme buryed in Castlebellin gham . Directs her niece
, AbigaillWoodward , to give some of my money to the poor of Castlebellinham.
”
(D)1656 Clinton, James, Esq .
, Clin tonstow n e .
Leaves to his wife Catherine the lands of Port for life“, to his son,Sebastian, £7 5 out of Clin tonstow n e, Mu llinscross,Williamstown and
Bolis, when he is 21 years old—his schooling to be paid out of theselands and the mills of Clin ton stow n e . His son Laur ence, Exor .
“ John Dodson, one of the baylifis of Dundalk, Charles Twiggand Simon Garetin were present when his son Sebastian provedthe will .
17 58 Clinton, Jane, Castlebellingham .
Bequeaths to her mother, Judith Byrn, alias Clinton , alias Hatch,her interest in lands in Whitebog (held under Wm. Brownlow)and in Roodstow n , both in occupation of Patrick Rath . Mentionsfather, Christopher Clinton (D).
17 85 Clinton, Rev . Thomas , R .C. Clergyman .
Bequests to his brother Richard and his sisters Ann and Mary .
Orders Mail shall ‘
be made of my oats and given amongst thepoor of the parishes I served .
” Richard Carney and Denis Reid ,of the Twenties, Exors (D).
17 7 7 Conlan, Terence, Greenmount (D).17 89 Connor, Patrick, Castlebellingham (D).1830 Connor, Hugh, Boleys (D).17 11 Conroy, John , Richardstown (D).1709 Cope, Rev . Anthony, Rector of Dromiskin (see p .
Wi ll made 14 June , 1709 . Left his property to be equally d iv idedbetween his wi fe Elizabeth and chi ldren . Robert Cope, Loughgall (co, Armagh), and James Leigh, Waterstow n , overseers (D).
17 8 1 Craven, Catherine, Dublin .
Will made 17 7 9 . Mentions her brother Charles and sisters Hannahand Sarah .
17 92Craven, Arthur , Drumcashell .
Bequeaths his real estate in trust to Rev . Dr . William Dobbin,Fin glas, and Sir Arthur Syn nott for the benefit of his daughtersHannah and Sarah . Bequests to Henry Wilme, son of mycousin, Catherine Wilme,” to Rev . Henry Savage, son of MarmionSavage, to Charles Lester, Dundalk, and his wi fe E lizabeth, toHannah Deverex ,
orse Paine, wi fe of Rev . W. D ., to Ambrose
Smith . Mentions his father Charles, whose wil l w as dated 1725,his brothers Charles and Lowen, deed , and his nephews Charles,Thomas and Abel (h aven .
1826 Craven, Nathaniel Hawkins Wills, improved).1831 Craw ley, James, Richardstown .
18 13 Cuzack , John , Williamstown (D).1831 Cusack, Henry, Bragganstow n (D).1721 Davys, Elizabeth, widow, Castlebellingham .
Being now sick and crazy, but of perfect sense, memory and
APPEND IX VI .—WILLS .
understanding [Note -That w e could not - have a more aptillustration than this sentence in her Will of the d i fference in the
meaning of the word crazy then from its meaning tod ay . Itw as then applied to the physical, not the mental powers]. Will iheludes bequests to her dau . Mary Bellingham and her chi ldren
,
to her grandaus , the Tenisons , to E lizabeth Barrett, to Mrs Eliz .Berkley, to the poor of Kilsaran parish Richard Tenisonand Rev . Wm. Caldwell , Exors. Witnesses —Henry Bellingham,
Henry White, Cornelius Roddy .
17 93 Des Voeux, Rev . M . Anthony Vin chon ,Portarlington, Rector of
Manfieldstow n (see p .
Ann uity to wife Hannah . Bequest to his brother Francis JeanLouis Vin chonoDe Bacquan coart to his daughter Isabella
and my gold medal of the city of Rotterdam to hisson Joshua . His eldest son , S ir Charles P . Des Voeux, res. leg .
[The latter w as Governor of Masulipatam , M .P. for Co . Carlowand Carlingford, and w as created a Bart . of Ireland ,
1682Disney, Ge orge, Stabann on .
Made 168 1. Bequests to his wife Susann a and son John andcozen Captain Wm. D isney youn g Residue
to be equally divided between his children . Capt. Wm. Disneyand Wm. Walton (Ardee), Exors.
1684 Disney, Susanna, widow of Lieut . George D ., Stabann on .
Bequests to children Thomas , Noah and Martha ; Rachel Disney,Caleb Disney and Rebecca Disney also named . Mrs. Eli zabethDisney and Mrs. Martha Bonnell
,Exors.
1692Disney, William, Stabann on .
Mentions Marriage Settlement of Eldest son William . Bequeststo children Renon Ebenezer, John , Katherin e and Thomas(lands of Tiberquill, Blackeagle and Kilmaglish). Wife Elizabethleft stock and furnitur e . His brother[in - law, Laurence] S teel,Exor . Made 15th April, 1690. Present —Will . Sprigge, RichardFlemin g, Martha Spriggs .
1806 Dow d, Rev . George, R .C. Clergyman, Dromiskin .
N iece, Jane Allen sole heir . Witnesses—Patr ick Cofiey , Publican,Lurgangreen Patt . O ’
Reilly, Schoolmaster, Derver (D).17 86 Dooly, Paul , Braganstow n .
An n uity to w ife E lizabeth . Bequests to his natural son John,son of Cath . Fitzpatrick to his niece, Margaret Carolan,to Mary Ann Dardis ; to his relatives, James Crawley, Richd .
Morgan, Allice Dooly, and Philip Dooly, and the ch ildren of hiss ister Bridget Keeran, and to the poor of Stabann on parish
1723 Dunkin, Patrick, Mullinscrosse .
To be bur ied in the chur ch of Drumcarr . Mentions his son
William and sisters Sarah Holmes and Ann e D . Bequests in moneyto his daus . E li zabeth and Elinor, together with leases of landsof Castletown and Ru lestow n and of the commill and tuckmillassigned to him by Roth Jones . Witnesses—Rev . Wm. Staplesand Corns . Scanlon .
By a codicil he d irects the lands of Mu llinscrosse to be sold andproceeds to be divided between his wife and children .
17 55 Dunkin, Ann , Spinster, Enn iskillen .
Leaves her interest in lands of Mu llinscross (held from Patrick D.,
deceased, and his heirs) to James , son to her nephew Rev . DoctorW illiam Dun kin . Bequests to her nieces E ll inor D .
, orse S tewart,Ellinor O ’
Neill, Elizabeth Murphy, and to her nephew RobertHolmes.
330 APPEND IX VI .—W1LLs.
Fortescue, Elizabeth, widow of Rev . John, Whiterath .
Bequests to her childr en ; to maid, Mary Slater ; servant man ,R ichard Nugent ; Books to her grandson, Rev . John F.
Fortescue, Matthew, Stephenstow n .
Fortescue, Faithf ul William,Milltow ngrange .
Fortescue, Chichester, Glyde Farm .
Fortescue, Rev . John, Cork city .
Fortescue, Faithf ul, Corderry .
Fortescue, Jane, Milltow ngrange .
Foster, William Hamilton, Milestown .
Leaves estate in trust to J Page and Matt . Fortescue, S tephenstown, for use of wi fe Rebecca for life, and afterwards for his brotherCharles Thomas Foster, Thomas Lee Norman and John Woolsey,etc . Bequests to sisters Elizabeth, Louisa and Emily ; otherbrothers Henry and Frederick John .
Garstin, Symon, Drogheda .
Dat . 14 July , proved 5 Oct ., by Major James G. of Braganstow n .
Mentions his mother Catherin e, then living his wife A lce (sic)and sons William, John , Norman, and daughters Catherine andAnn e, and uncle Maj or William G.
Garstin, James , Braganstow n .
Dated 27 Dec ., 167 6 ; proved 29 Jan .
,1676- 7 .
Bequeaths Braganstow n to his nephew, Norman G. and his heirsif he d ied without male issue then to his brother John and heirshe paying Norman’s daus . £300 ; if his fail, then to his brotherWilliam with like cond itions ; do . to Garstin Berstow , nephew ;do . to James Goodwin (both to take the name of Garstin). Bequeststo his n iece Anne G. and Mary Jackson, to James Goodwin , toRobt . and James Tin kl er, to Jeremy Berstow , nephew . Leaves tohis nephew, Garstin Berstow e , the lands of which Ihold from S ir James Shaen ,
”and the lease of Dungooly, evicted
from me by one John Pollexfin , if the same be recovered . Capt .William Goodwin and Jeremy Berstow e, Exors. Witnesses—SymonM
‘
Mohan , Katherine Duregan .
Garstin, Anthony, of Braggan stow n , Esq .
Dated 25 Oct ., 17 7 6, proved 25 Oct., 17 82. To be interred in the
tomb of brother Norman at Manfieldstow n . Beq. to WilliamBrabazon and Brabazon Eccles ton, trustees of property in Louth,Monaghan [Coolderry] and Piercetown [ co . Meath] ; to dearlybeloved wife Anne orse Jenney . Estate entailed on eldest sonChristophilus, remainder to sons and dau ghte1s (named)in succession w home failing to sister Anne Gifiord and her issue male(but see codicil). Plate 850 . to widow for li fe . To brother inlaw Rev . John Gifford of Boveva co . Derry, Clerk, ” gold watch .
S tates that he has laid out much on improvements in Braganstow nand intends to do more . Exors—James and William Brabazon .
Guardians of children—wife and James B . Witnessed by JohnGarstin of Dublin, to whom by codicil 10 April 17 7 9 he leavesreversion of his esta tes instead of to his s ister, and watch insteadof to Rev . J Gi ff ord to William s. of John Garstin [Father andgrandfather of the present Mr . G . of Braganstow n ].
Garstin, Christ0philu s, Bragganstow n , Dep .-Governor of Co . Louth .
Dated 7 Feb ., 1820, proved 13 Mar . [Very voluminous copy at
Braganstow n .] To be buried at Ma-nfieldstow n . Appointed asTrustees Thomas Snagg of Dublin and William Filgate . Wi feEli zabeth . Children Anthony (he ir), Christophilus, Norman, Eliza
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beth already provided for on her marriage with Digby Marsh,Esq. Charlotte , Frances, Mary and An n e . Wi tnessed byWilliam and Marcus -Somervi lle Garstin .
18 7 3 Garstin, Rev . Anthony, Braganstow n . R . of Manfieldstow n . (See
pp . 120, 161 andDated 24 July, 1872. Leaves each to sisters FrancesCordelia and Anne, and £100 to his faithful servant and housekeeper Mary Gobbe . The residue he leaves to Tru stees and Exors—Rev . Robert M ‘Clin tock , Kilsaran , and Burton Brabazon , Dromiskin, for division equally between his nephew Loftus Marcus(who (1. in March, and four nieces orphan children of latebrother Rev . Christophilu s G. on attain ing 23. W itnessed by JohnRibton Garatin and [Rev .] Joseph Chamney , R . of Dromiskin .
Duly proved by Exore . The rea l estate passed as entailed].1562Gernon, S ir James , Killincoole .
Dated 5th Sep ., 1558 (see Fian ts Eliz .
, No .
1720 Gernon, Edward, Mi ltown .
To be buried in the church of Gern onstow n . Wife Mary G .,
alias Dowdall, sole heiress . Witnesses—Phi lip Reilly, BridgetEuphemia Gard iner, Daniel Sheils.
17 45 Gernon, Patrick, Killen coole .
Made 26th Sep .
, 17 40 ; proved 6th Sep ., 17 45 . Mentions son
John . His datter (sic)Mary sole Exor . and heiress .
17 66 Gernon, Patrick , Killen coole .
17 70 Gernon, John (D).17 7 3 Gernon, Honora, alias Murray (D).1822 Gernon, John, New tow ndarver (D).1839 Ginity, Mary, Bogtow n (D).17 7 7 Gorman , Mary, Mi lestown (D).1609 Grace, Edmond , Walterstown . (The original is in Irish).1700 Gwither, Charles, M .D .
I would be dead sure before I em buried . He therefore ordershis body to be opened . I am not very solicitous about the placeor manner [o f burial]. My books and scholastic baubles I leaveto my nephew, Henry Gw ither, bro . Sam ’s . son , all the restI leave to my sister Clerke [w ife to Thomas Clerke, Merchant,Dublin], she to give brother Sam £100, at least ’ tis not that Idoubt who I love most . Allis wants it not and he does and wel l’ tis charity ; ’ twas just dark as I writ this 3 J an .
, His
nephew, Samuel Woodward, is also mentioned in the will (seeAppend ix : I nscrip tions, and Clerke, Alice, above).
1907 Healy, Rev . Joseph, Dromiskin (see p .
158 1 Hederton, David , Dromisk in .
One of the oldest wills in existence in Ireland, curiously spel led .
Appoints his wi fe Thomas ine and daughter Mary, Exors ., and his
brother Fergus and cossin Christef a overseers . Leaves to hiswi fe lands in Swords parish for life and after to his chi ldren thelease of Ballyharry to newe [ : nephew] Wil liam, son to Jamesand Fergus my brother to have the Court of Dromiskin with thedemesne thereunto belonging ” and all “ suits , chief rents , etc .
,
during my interest ; the rest of the lands of Dromiskin that thetenants do occupy to my newe David Hederton , son to JenkinsHederton and six girranes with plough and harvest
,which Dermot
Boyd holds ; to Garwan Savage my lands in Mi ltown during hislife ; Henry Malton to receive 4/ of my Executors .”The widow evidently married again, for w e find that Sir John
APPEND IX VI .—WILLS .Bellew, of Castletown , gets a Chancery Decree dated 18 July,1588 , against Michael FitzSymon and Thomasine his Wi fe for£29 10s. of goods and chattels of the late David Hetherington,of Dromiskin, remaining unadministered .
Henry, Alexander, Richardstown .
Bequeaths to his wi fe Catherine (dau . of John Dawson)in ter aliahis chair and chair-horse
,called Noble his son John to get
R ichardstown , and his son Alexander to get Du n bin . Mentionshis brothers John , Will iam, George, and Thomas, and his sistersSarah (John ston), Dorcas, and Jane . Desires to be bur ied inSteban on churchyard in the vacant space between Maj or Craven’sburial ground and the Church Door, and a proper tombstone tobe erected, to be got at the quarry of Sheephouse .
Henry, Alexander Dawson, Richardstown .
Harrald, Neal, New ragh (D).
Hoey, Thomas, Leuns.
Houghton, Rev . Robert, R . of Stabannon and Dromin .
To be buried in the Parish Chur ch of Dromin .
”His Exors . to
call his cosson ” Will iam to account for rent he has receivedfor 12 years past out of his lands in Rathmill, Y orkshire ; £150is due to him from Hugh Rowley
,his wife’s uncle, and £100 by his
brother-in -law ,Edward Smith . To his wi fe Deborah he leaves
1 oihis estate during li fe also the issues of my lease of the parsonage of Stabannon , which I hold from the Vicars Choral of St .
Patrick’ s, Dublin,” and after her death the lease of the parsonageor Rectorial] Tythes oiStabann on to go to his 3rd son Henry .
Mentions his other sons Richard and Robert, and his daus . Katherineand Debora . Witnesses—Will iam Smith, Mary Smith, JamesTaaf .
Hughes, Rev . Lambert, D .D ., Rector of Kilsaran .
Disposes of over to his wife Bridget Hughes, orse Healy,and daughters Chr istian and Elinor .
Hughes, Henry, Castlebe llingham .
Made 3rd Feb ., 17 80. Reci tes his Marriage Settlement of 17 7 1
with wife Mary Owens . His only child Sarah made his heiress,but she w as to give meat , drink and snu ff to my siste r BarbaraHughes,
” or else £20 a year . Mentions his brother Thomas H .,
whose wi fe w as Elizabeth H ., orse Palmer . Will proved by John
Tandy, son -in -law (D).Hughes, Ann , B ishop Street, Dublin .
Her daughter Mary, married to John Tandy, J ohnsbrooke, Co .
Meath, and her children John Brunton and Thomas Tandy arementioned .
Huson, Rev . Benj amin, Rector of Dromiskin .
Died possessed of a considerable es tate in Flanders in or nearthe Isle of Cadsart ,” which he left in trust for his Wi fe for life toRev . Nathaniel H . his brother, Enn iscorthy ; after his wi fe’sdecease to go to his eldest son Richard , who also gets £600, including£100 left him by Primate Marsh to his son Charles he leaves £600,to his nephew N icholas £100 and all arrears of his parishes ofKilslevy [Killeavy ] and Dromiskin ; to his only daughter MariaCatherine £600, includ ing the £100 left her by Primate Marsh ;to his only sister Mrs . Rebekah Rogers £20 ; to his three brothersRichard , Nathaniel, and James £10 each ; to his brother-in -law ,
Rev . Samuel Sampson (husband of his sister Jane)£5 to the poorof Dromiskin and Kilslevy parishes £10 each (see also p . 200)
APPEND IX VI .—W1LLs.
1808 M‘Guirk, Rose, alias Hill, Castlebellingham (D).17 91 M‘Kenna, Michael, Greenhills (D).17 55 M‘Mahon,
Patri ck , Wot tonstow n (D).
1837 Magee, Rev . John , V. of St . Peter’ s, Drogheda, formerly C. Kilsaran .
17 95 Magrath, Sarah, Widow, Lurgangreen1855 Magrath, Thomas, Cas tlebellingham .
17 7 9 Markey, Owen, Mayne (D).184 1 Maguire, Mary, Mayn e .
17 7 9 Mathew s, John, Woottonstow n (D).
17 82Neary, Owen, Dromeena (D).1827 Neary, Patrick, Whiterath .
17 94 Ogle, Rev . Wm., Rector of Kilsaran .
Bequeaths furniture, plate, and an ann uity to his wife Elizabeth ;his interest in the lands of Rathbran and Herronstow n in trustfor his sons , and to his daughters . Appoints his Wif e Exor .and guardian, and wishes that she shall not wear deeper mourningfor me than she would for a father, except only a mourn ing ringover her wedding ring—for an aff ectionate remembrance can bepreserved without weeds .” Signed in presence of [Rev .] WilliamWoolsey, George Bowen, Henry Hughes . A codicil made in17 89 leaves a bequest to his sister-in - law, Margaret Fortescue .
17 76 Palmer, Jane, widow, Castlebell ingham . Bequests to daus . Margaretand Abigail , and grand -dau . Jane Hughes . Made 27 Dec .
, 17 70.
1813 Palmer, George, Dublin .
Made 12Dec ., 18 10. Leaves his eldest son , Rev . Daniel Palmer,
£200, and reci tes deed of settlement made 10th Feb ., 17 73, givin g
himpower to charge on the lands of Myles tow n and Wootenstown, to which deed Daniel Bickerton and Thomas Bickerton, hisson
,and Abigail, Thomas ’ s wife, John Foster, Robert Sibthorp ,
Benjamin Kearney and Edward Tandy were parties . He releasesthese lands from this charge for the benefit of his son Daniel, w hois entitled to a life estate therein on the death of his mother Ann e,dau . of Daniel Bickerton . Leaves his second son Ge orge landsin Dublin and £300, and his 3rd son ultimate heir to M iles town,etc .
, and residuary legatee . Bequeaths his four daughters Margt .
(wife of Robert Barnew all), Lucy, Jane, and Ann e, £2 000 each .
Mentions a legacy left his wi fe by her great aunt, Mrs . Jane Peppard .
Leaves in trust to Thomas Ball and Richard Wi lliams his interestin part of the lands of Castlebell ingham, which he pur chasedlately from John Woolsey, to be annexed to the demesne of Milestown . is due him by Waterford bankers .
1821 Palmer, John, Castlebellingham (Dublin wills).1824 Palmer, Margaret, Castlebellingham .
1834 Palmer, Anne, Dublin .
1807 Petty, Isabella, Castlebellin gham (D).1829 Petty, Joseph , Castlebellingham .
1840 Petty, Thomas, Castlebellingham , and Moss Street, Dublin .
17 69 Poe, J ames, Dromgoolestow n .
Proved 2lst Dec . Mentions Settlement on Mairiage with hiswi fe Mary, daughter of N icholas Moore , late of Mooremoun t ,concerning the lands of Dromgoolestow n , Colga and Aclin t . He
charges these lands with f or his daughters E lizabeth andMary and his younger sons Moore and James . Leaves fifth partof N Moore’s estate in trust for these children to Thomas Harrison
WI LLS or RE S IDENTS . 335
Dublin, and George Moore, Mount Hall, Co . Cavan . Makes hisson Samuel heir, and leaves his w ife his post-chariot and drafthorses ” for life . Wi ll made 10th Sep .
, 17 63. Present— Olr .
M illings , Moore Harrison, Henry Hughes .
17 7 5 Reilly, Valentine, Castlebellingham .
Bequests for mourning to his sister Margaret, his brother-in -law
Walte r Reilly, of Cavan, who married his sister Mary lately decd .,
and brother-in - law Francis Garathy . Residue to his wife Mary,his son Charles and daughter Alice . Made 29th Sep .
, 17 7 3.
1846 Rogers, Rev . John , Dromiskin (D).17 95 Rogers, Wil liam, Lurgangreen (D).1801 Shells, Wil liam, New tow ndarver .
1809 Shells, Hen ry, New tow ndarver .
17 37 Singleton, Rev . John , R . of Dunleer—formerly R . of Dromiskin .
Leaves to his brother Rowland £500, and large bequests to hisnephews John Morris, Edward , and Francis Leigh, Edward Hardman
,Edward Mead (son of Alderman James Mead), and to his
nieces Ann Corbet, Sarah Morris, Ann Garts ide, Sarah Hardman,Margaret Bradshaw,
Elizabeth Mead and Jan e Mead,Patience Ogle ,
Catherine Ogle , and the children of his sister Ann Madder, and tohis sister Patience Fowhe ; £20 to the poor of Dunleer Parish
"
and
£20 to the poor of Dromlocan Parish , Co . Cavan and £20 to poorof St . Peter’ s , Drogheda . Present—Ste . Sibthorpe, Henry Smithand Wm. Foster .
17 45 Singleton, Elizabeth, widow of Rev . Rowland Singleton . Mentionsher daughter Mary Tisdall .
17 36 Smith, Jeremiah .
Bequeaths to his son Edward a chief rent of 40/ yearly out ofMaine
,which he had purchased . Mentions his wife Allece [Town ley]
and her marriage port ion of £800 (Marriage Settlement dated 1702)his brothers -in - law Blaney Townley, of Piedmont, and HamiltonTownley, of Townley Hall . His children named in the wil l areHarry [who became Recorder of Drogheda], Tennison , Townley[see next will], Blaney and Mary An n . Will made 8th May, 17 33.
Codici l 3rd January, 17 34 . Proved 23rd September, 17 36.
17 7 7 Smith, Rev . Tow nley, Coolestow n , R . of Manfieldstow n (see p .
18 13 Smith, Anne, Castlebellingham (D).1845 Smyth, Rev . Charles , Phili pstown , at one time C. of Kilsaran .
1830 Spencer, Sir Brent. General H .M .Army .
17 83 Staff ord, Hugh , Maine .
Made 15th Nov .
, 17 82. Bequeaths his house and demesne landsof Maine and the fisheries of the Rivers Main and Woodtow n andproperty in Dublin in trust to Brabazon Brabazon, Dublin ,
andWilliam Tisdall , Mayfield, Co . Down , for his son Rev . Wm. Staff ordand his sons . If heirs fai l, for his other son Edward Smith Stafiord,and with like conditions for his 3rd son Hugh . Bequests to hisbrother Robert, his niece Anne Bury, his coachman Patrick Du ff y .
Mentions a curious cabinet left him by M r . William Brickenden .
The witnesses to w il l were three Bellinghams—Alan,Henry
,and
O’
Bryen .
17 86 Staff ord, Hannah, Spen cerhill .
Wi fe of Rev . Wm. Stafiord, Cu rate of Kilsaran, and formerly wi feto Brent Spencer, of Spen cerhill, who bequeathed her the use ofhouse, furnitu re, plate and to be at her death bequeathedto their children . Her daughter Hannah Spencer married Richard
336 APPEND IX VI .—W1LLs.
Rose Drewe and received 31; of said and her daughter Jane
received £66 133 . 2d . : Balance £600 to go to her son Pu llein Spencer .
Plate—oiwhich she seems to have had a large quantity—is dividedbetween her son Nicholas , he1 daughter Jane (w ho gets also hersu it of point lace” and her grand daughters Harriet Drewe andWilhelmina San ford (daughter of Henry William Sanford)and hergrand daughter Hannah Spencer, daughter of Pu llein , to whomI give and bequeath all my estate right and title to the lands ofKilsaran now called Spencer Hill with the housesbuildings and appurtenances thereto belonging and Iwish the said lands to be sold and the proceeds to be given tosaid Hannah at her Marriage, or on attaining the age of 21 years .
She bequeaths her ow n lands in Co . Down to her husband Rev .
Wm. Staff ord (and rec ites a settlement made on their marriage, 11thNov .
, leaving him j ewellery as well as making him residuarylegatee . I give and bequeath Mr . Henry Bellingham ’s pictureto his daughter Dorothea ; also menti ons her friend Mrs . EstherMeares . Made in presence of Dan] . M
‘
Cau sland, Noah Hickey, Patt .Connolly .
Stafiord, Hugh, Lieutenant General , Calcutta .
Mentions that his wi fe Harriett Spencer is entitled to certainlegacies amounting to over on death of her mother Mary ;also refers to a lawsui t re charges on Maine . Bequests to hischildren .
Stanley, Thomas, Williamstown .
Made 28th March, 1729 Body to be buried in Kilsaran Chur ch .
Bequests to daughter s Elis (sic) and Margaret, and son Peter .Farm , etc .
, d ivided between wife Mary [Taaffe] and son James ;son John also mentioned . John Hughes
, Castlebellingham, Exor .
Present—Jam . Daly, R . Stanl ey, Roger O ’
Neill (D).Stanley, Mi chael, late Lieut .-Col . in the Queen of Hun gary’s Service .
Body to be decently bu ried in the Church of Kilsaran . His brotherJames, gent . , of Williamstown, appointed his heir . Legacies to
his mother Mary, brother John , to Mary and Anne, daus . of hisbrother Laurence, to Thomas S .
, to William Simons, orse Stanley,and Clarah Stanl ey, chi ldren of said Laurence, late of Mi lestow n,deceased to his sister Ally Daly, his sister Ellis Brenn an, for hersix chi ldren by her late husband Walter Keating, and one childby her now husband Lawrence Brennan ; to the children of hissister Margaret, wife of John Tu llard . A sum of £800 is due himby the bond of Allan and Henry Bellingham . James Stanleyand William Foster, Du nleer, Exors. Witnesses z—HamiltonSmith, Henry Hughes, Nugent M ‘
Kenn a .
Stanley, James , Cas tlebe llingham .
Bequests to wi fe Catherine, sister An n Lynn, brother Patrick,
cousins Peter Hoey (Lynns), James & aw ley . Appoints HughConnor, Mayn e , gent ., and Andrew Graham,
Dundalk,brother -in
law , Exors . They to erect a headstone in Killsaran over hisfather’s burial place and his ow n (D).
Sw eeney, James, Castlebellingham .
Taaffe, Richard , Manfieldstow n (n ot proved).Made 18 th June, 17 39 . Body to be interred in the Parish Churchof Manfieldstow ne . Bequeaths to his son George all his goodsand chatte ls subj ect to an annuity of £15 a year to his wi fe Hannahand £5 a year to his son John for 8 years , being ye remt . of yeTerme of my old Lease of Manfielclstow ne, and £20 each to hisfour younger sons—Richard , John , Alexander, and James ; and
338 APPEND IX VI .—W I LLS .
Tisdall, Charles, Charleville .
Leaves his brother Thomas , an officer in Sicily, all his propertysub j ect to annuities of £300 per year each to his brothers Anthony,Edward and John . and sisters Elizabeth and Martha, and £200per year to Francis Mann ing, of Drakestown . Cod icil leaves £20to the poor : Will dated 27 th Jan .
, 18 11.
Tisdall , Anthony F ., Drogheda .
Wife Ann the interest of her fortune (in Lord Lou th ’s hands),furniture, etc . If at any time she wishes to leave DrumcashellI leave my interest therein to my nephew Nathaniel .” Mentions
his sister-in -law Hon . Susan Plunkett, etc .
Tisdall, Edward, Rathcoole .
Tisdall, E lizabeth, Drakes town .
Tisdall, Rev . Thomas, Cheltenham .
Tisdall, Colonel Thomas, Charlevi lle .
Tow neley, Faithful, Dromgoole[stow n ].Made 6th May, 1651 The following names are mentioned in the wi ll z—sister Townley, sister Suisy , N icholas Taaffe,“ cosen John Dromgoole,” Brian Gern an , Cap tn . Fleming, J as .
M‘
H u gh , Peter Clinton, Captain Ireland , sister Gregory, RogerGregory IThe Gregorys lived in Maine—see Chap . I . Hearth M oneyRolls], sister Burn, sister Hamilton, sister Donolan, Captain Cox,
Captain Bernard [ lived in Richardstown—see Ch ap . III . H earth
M oney Rolls], Nicholas M‘
Guier, William M‘
Guier, Anthony andFrances Townley, brother Samuel, George, my child in Du nmahon
,
” Dick Smith, Stafiords [The Stafiords, Smiths, and Town leysbecame connected—see Text, p . sister Alice, N icholasFedegan , un kle Nicholas, Mathew [Townl ey N icholas Town leyBalf or, Testator’s father [then living] .Mr . B . R . Balf ou r D .L .
, tells me that Henry Townley, his an
cestor, mentions his sister Gregory in a book at Townley Hallso that it seems he w as a brother of Faithful Townl ey .
Travers, Rev . Boyle, Rector of Stabann on .
Leaves his grandson John and his grand daughter £206 and someplate . Mentions his son Boyle, deceased . Bequest to his sisterin - law Anne Garstin , and r esidue to his son Robert, of Belvedere,Co . Cork . Witnesses —Esther Smith, Alex . M
‘
Clin tock (D).
Vesey, Rev . George, D .D ., Rector of Manfieldstow n .
Wade, Daniel, Castlebell ingham (D).Ward, Laurence, Boleys (D).White, John , Castlebellingham .
Made 1st Aug ., 17 14 ; proved 30th Apri l , 17 15 . Body to be
decently buried in the Church of Castlebellingham . Bequeathsto his wife Lucy White, alias Sybthorpe, 3rd part of a c ity leasein Castle Street, Dublin, and afterwards to his eldest son Thomas .
Bequests to sons Thomas, John , Henry ; and daughters Anne,Jane, Abigall , Mary, Margaret, and his eldest daughter Lucy, Wifeof John Hughes . Appoints his wife, Henry Bellingham, Esq.,
and Robert Sybthorpe, of Dunany, Exors . Witnesses z- Thos.
Bellingham, Mich . White , Collin Miller .White, Lucy, widow of above, Castlebellingham .
To be bu ried in the Church of Castlebellingham to repairs of saidchur ch gives l / Children Thomas , John , Anne and Margaretleft estate . S tephen S ibthorpe, John Hughes, and Rev . Thos .
White , Exors. Rev . Thomas Hughes (ate) got probate (D).
W ILLS OF Rs sms n r s. 339
1764 White, Anne, spinster, Castlebellingham .
To be buried in Castlebellingham churchyard . Leaves her sisterMargaret her interest in certain leases, left to them by their motherLucy
,for life—her brother John White to get them after her death .
Mentions her sisters Lucy Hughes, Abigail White and Ann e Whiteand her nephew Henry Hughes (residuary legatee) and nieceJane Palmer . (See next .)
1764 White, Margaret, Spinster, Castlebellingham .
Made in similar terms to previous wi ll ; mentions her niece BarbaraHughes . Same witnesses as last, viz . z—Abigail Bellingham ,
Margaret Reily, Charles Reily .
17 90 White, James, Williamstown .
Estate left to his children . Eldest John White got probate nowitnesses to will .
1852Woods, Rev . Richard , Dromiskin , Rector of Derver .
17 52Woolsey, John, Pn’
orland, son of Rev .Wm. Woolsey, R . of Dundalk .
Mentions his wife Lucy, daughter of Rev . Richard Palmer, andhis s ister - ih - law Mary Palmer, to whom he leaves a bequest . LeavesPriorland, etc .
, to his son William, with remainder to his brotherRev . Thomas Woolsey, [R . of Forkhi ll] and his heirs . RobertSibthorp , Dunany : and James Fortescue, Foxhall, appointedTrustees .
17 80 Woolsey, Rev . Thomas , brother of preceding .
Mentions his wife Jane, daughter of Isaac Read . Legacies (ahsolu tely) to Wm. Charles Fortescue (gold watch), nephew Wm.
Woolsey Miss Sarah Read, god -daughter ; Thomas Chilly , Linenweaver, Dundalk ; Mr . Richard Skelton , his schoolmaster’s son ;
Poor house -keepers Forkhill and Foghart Louth HospitalEldest son heir . Legacies (contingent)to Ephraim Stan n u s,
of Carlingford—his wife ’s cousin -german ; R ichard Crump, do .
,
Rev . James Fetherston , whose wife w as sister to Crump, Miss Ann eWoolsey, daughter to Mr . Benjamin Woolsey, of Portadow n ;Poorhouses
1833 Woolsey, Rev . Wm., R . of Kilsaran, S tanhope Street, Dublin .
1853 Woolsey, John, Milestown .
1853 Woolsey, Lucy, Rose Cottage, Castlebellingham .
17 84 Wye, Rev . Charles , formerly R . of Dromiskin .
Dated 1l th Apri l, 17 65 ; proved in Cork l 6th Aug ., 17 84 . Mentions
in it his son Francis and two daughters , viz . : —Mary, wi fe of—Quin,and Elizabeth .
17 84 Wye, Francis , Castlebellingham son of preceding].States that Sir Michael Cromie, Bart ., Right Hon Luke Gardiner,Esq .
, and John Wm. Foster, of Rosey Park, were indebted to him(probably as trustees of a settlement)by a bond in 17 82forwhich he bequeaths to his wife Lucretia, together wi th his interestin the lands of Derrigra (or Ballyhan um)and Cu rracrow ly , Co .
Cork , and his freehold in the lands of Spaw, Co . Louth , during theli fe of Henry Hughes, gent ., and his interest in his house andgarden at Castlebellingham . Wishes to be buried in Dunleerchurchyard . Wi fe, Exor . Witnesses —Peter Prole, George Bower,Henry Hughes.
ADDENDA.
(Efizafiefl) Sortescu e Q t arctioness of &citjian ,
BY JOHN RIBTON GAB STIN , &c .
It is remarkable that two Scottish Marquesses should have foun d wivesfrom houses in the County of Louth (the smallest in Ireland)within threemiles of each other, - one, Bute , quite recently, the other in the 18thcentury .
This latter was General William -John (Kerr)eventually 5th Marquessof Lothian , K .T . At the time of his marriage his grand father, the 3rdMarquess, and his father, the Earl of Ancrum, were living ; and he boretheir minor title, by courtesy, as Lord Newbattle . This was derived fromNewbattle Abbey, about five miles from Edinburgh, near Dalkeith, still aseat of the family .
Accord ing to Douglas’s Peerage of Scotland —the chief authority,
fol lowed by Lord Clermont in his H istory of the Fortescue Famil y,”he married in Ireland, 9th Jun e, 1763, Elizabeth, only daughter of
Chiches ter Fortescue, Esq ., of Dromiskin, in the Coun ty of Louth (by Eliza
beth,daughter of Richard Lord Mornington).The Gentleman ’ s Magazine gives 17 62 as the year, and so does
Exshaw’
s (Dublin)Magazine add ing July 15 as the date : bu t neithermention s the place .
Wishing to ascertain this and full er particulars Surgeon -GeneralEvatt, whose wi fe is a descendant of the Marquess, hearing that I had acollection of memoranda about Louth Families and w as connected withthe Fortescues wrote to me enquiring .
Ou looking up my notes I found a memo . stating that this marriagew as at the house of the lady’s first cousin, my great grandfather, BenjaminGaistin , on Arran Quay, Dublin , on which occasion the bride gave HarrietGarstin one of his children (afterwards Mrs . Bowen) an amethyst rin g,which w as for some time worn by my inf ormant, her daughter, w ho marriedMr . Van Strau ben zee, of Spennithorne, Y orkshire . From her it passedto the eldes t child of her son Bowen—a daughter .
It is curious that the wedd ing w as neither at Dromiskin, nor fromthe house of the bride’s uncle, the Earl of Mornington in Merrion Street,Dub lin (where her first cousin the great Duke of Wellington w as born).Perhaps there w as some mystery about it . Possibly it w as by a Presbyterian Minister . Registry Offices had not then been invented .
I searched the Registers of S . Paul ’s Parish and the Dublin MarriageLicences for verification of the marriage, but in vain . I found , however,a marr iage licence as follows
17 61, J an . 28 .—Rev . William Ogle, of Drogheda, clk .
,and
Elizabeth Fortescue, of Dromiskin, Co . Louth, spinster .”This E lizabeth Fortescue, however, w as the daughter of Rev . John
Fortescue , of VVhiterat-h , Dromiskin ; and she and her sister Margaret arementioned in their father’s Will , as well as in that of her husband, Rev .
W. Ogle, who died Rector of Kilsaran (see p .225 and Wills). Bu t , strangeto say, neither she nor her sister is mentioned in Lord Clermont’s History,” nor does he refer to an Ogle marriage ! Lord Clermont’ s bookshows no Elizabeth Fortescue but the Marchioness.
342 ADDENDA.
tw o hours after the meeting . Charles Lennox afterwards became 4 th Duk eof Richmond, and his wife gave the memorable Richmond Ball at Brusselson the eve of Waterloo .
The fif th Marquis commanded in Ireland the 4th Regt . of Ir ishHorse, afterwards made Dragoon Guards .
Lady Sarah Lennox, mother of the Napiers, w as in love with him(then Lord Newbattle), when George III . w as in love with her, but theIrish girl w on !
The son of this 5th Marquess, namely the 6th , commanded (inIreland)Mid -Lothian Fencible Cavalry, d isbanded in
KI LSBRAN GRAVEYARD (see p.
A tombstone has qu i te recently been erected with the followin g inscription
Lynch.—Im. Michael Lynch, of Braganstow n , died 18th
December, 1892, and S . Jane d . 13th December, 1906, andof their beloved parents and family . Blessed, &c .
ANNAGASSON BRIDGE (see p.In 17 13 the Louth Grand Ju ry voted £3 for raising a cawsey [cau
seway pavement, making an arch between the little and big bridge atAn na Gassan Henry Bellingham , Esq .
, and Robert Sybtrop [Sibthrop],gent ., overseers .
MANFIELDSTOWN BRIDGE (see p.
From MS . note s from the earliest extant records of the Louth GrandJu ry (made by Mr . Garstin , and now at Braganstow n)w e learn that t hatbody presented in 17 17 the munificen t sum of 205 . for the repairing theBridge of Bragains tow n , which w as entrusted to Norman Garstin, Esq .
,
and Jones James] Tisdall, Mr . Richard Taaf e, overseer, Mr . Tisdall,supervisor . Four years later there w as another presentment for therepair of the bridge .
I n September, 1907 , the Engineer engaged in malu'ng a n ew Ordnance
Survey Map on a larger scale cut—on the South s ide of the top ofthe inside of the E . parapet of this bridge—a broad arrow, which indicatesthat at this place in that map will , as usual, be found figu res recording theheight above sea level . One of these marks is cut on the sill of the doorw ay of the Church at Castlebellingham, and another on the doorste p ofthe Glebe House at Spencer Hill , &c .
, &c .
ANCIENT CELTIC CROSS, DROMISKIN (see p.The author is glad to be able to state, that as the result of correspon
dence with the Board of Works and Rev . N icholas Lawless, Faughart , thereis a likelihood that this Cross wi ll be erected , ere long, on a proper pedestal .The latter informs me that the reason the family obj ec ted to its erectionby the Board some years ago w as because he did not consider the designsui table . Major-General Stubbs and Mr . Garstin (who has the design inhis possessi on)thought otherwise . The Board of Works is, I understand,wi lling sti ll to bear the expense ; but Rev . N . Lawless desires to erect ithimself
,i f the Board permi ts him .
I N D E X .
The block type head ings throughout the text enable any reader toacquire rapidly a general idea of the contents .
This index is intended to include the principal names of (1)personsand (2)places. as well as to refer to (3)sub j ects and (4)events .
As regards the six appendixes, the index includes on ly names of I ncumbents from No . I .
, and names from Append ix V. (Chu rch Plate). Theprincipal families named in Appendix II . are also included .
It does NOT include the names occurring only in lists of inhabitants,such as those from the Hearth Money Rolls, Census, &c .
Appendixes No . III . (Baptisms , IV . (Inscriptions, &c .) andVI . (Wi lls)practically index themselves, being in dictionary order, so arenot included in this index .
Abbreviati ons F . : Family T .L.z Tow nland .
bbots of Dromiskin , 17 5, 17 6, 237of Linn Du achaill, 92-3, 228
Adam, V. of Kildemock, 23Adamstown, 35, 39Advowsons—see Patrons of BeneficesAed Finn liath , 95, 169
Allardstow n , 207Andouin, Rev . Geo . L.
, 216, 242Annagassan, 89, 90, 98 , 181, 172
Archbishops of Armagh , 38 , 4 8 , 53, 68 ,7 7 , 80, 84 , 105, 112, 132, 17 9, 180, -2
,
181, 182, 18 7 , 188 , 189-90, 200 1,202, 207 - 8
Archerstow n , 21Ardagh , Robert, clerk, 29, 172, 202,
234
Ardee, 21, 38 , 103, 104 , 112, 114 , 120,130, 146, 148 , 151, 161, 17 9 189,190, 202
Armagh—See ArchbishopsArmitage F .
, 38
Arthur, 63, 7 0, 7 1, 216, 246, 250Aston F .
, 116, 117 , 130, 14 1, 248
Attainders in 1689, 49, 130, 197
Babe F ., 188 , 202
Babe’s Stream, 168
Babesw ood, 211, 212, 218Baile, Richard , 24 7Balfour—see TownleyBall F .
, 204 ; Rev . S team B ., 133,
232; Rev . Wardlaw B ., 232
Ballibragan—See BraganstoBaltray, 17 1, 17 7 ,Baptismal Records, 86, l 32-3—see
Appendix III .Baiker, Rev . Robert, 232Barker, Rev . Peter, LL .B .
, 158 , 236Barmeath Castle, 20, 100, 126Barron, Rev . Richard, 238Barry, Rev . Garrett, 222
Baskerville’s Rath, 208 , 209Bath, N icholas, c lk .
, 111, 229Batt, Rev . Wm.
, 242Battle of the Boyne, 48 , 68Bawn, 118, 14 7 , 154 -5-6- 7 , 235, 311Beatty, Rev . Edward , 232Beaufort, Rev . D . A.
, LL .D ., 61
Beaulieu P., 31
Bedlow , Patrick, V. of Clonkeen , 15Bell F .
,55, 103, 211, 214 , 246, 248, 2
Bellew or Bedlow e F ., 20, 312
3
110, 151
Be llingham Diary, 48 , 50- 1, 196
Bellingham F .,34 -5, 38 , 4 1-2, 45, 46
52, 53-4 , 55, 57 , 60, - l , -2, 64 , 667 , 69 , 70 12, 7 3- 7 4 , 7 8 -80, 8
83, 84 , 85, 8 7 , 98 , 100, 117 , 1
207 , 208 , 28 7 , 320- 1
Thomas , 39, 48 , 49 -50, 52, 53, 5
7 9, 117
Alan, 62, 69, 225, 321O
’
Brien , 61, 206
Sir Alan, Bart, 50Sir Alan E .
, Bart, 61, 7 3, 7 4, 780, 83, 246- 7
SirWm. and Lady, 61, 66, 69, 7246, 319, 320
Sir Henry, Bart, 48 , 61, 64 , 884 , 85, 86, 98 , 291, 299, 31
Miss Dorothea, 85Rev . W. Claypon , 83, 84 , 226Edward , 246Wi lliam E . P.
, 24 7Bells , Church, 52, 84 , 135, 156, 16
173, 195, 202, 210, 214 , 215Benedict de Athirde, c lk .
, 103, 229Bermingham , Massacre of S ir Joh
Earl of Louth, 108Bickerton, Mrs . Ann, 50, 53, 69, 32
Daniel, 246.
Belies, 10, 32, 35. 4 1, 43, 7 1, 120Bolton F .
, 4 7 , 49, 203, 204 , 205, 24 9Booth F .
, 211, 214 , 250Boyle, Rev . Edward
, 244Brabazon, Burton, 82, 218 , 250
Henry, 211, 213, 214 , 249Braganstow n (anciently Ballibragan),
21, 30, 63, 102, 104 , 108 , 109, 1206, 127 , 134 -5-6, 138, 14 1, 146, 151,153, 197
Breagy , Rev . L., 245
Brennan, Rev . Bernard , 242Brewery, The Castlebellingham,
61-3,7 3, 240
Bridge of Annagassa-n , 342
of Manfieldstow n , 153, 342Britas, Thos .
, clk ., 233
Bronze Plate foun d at Greenmou nt, 16Brookes, Wm.
,clk .
, 202Brown, Thos ., Preb .
, 112, 229Brune, John, clk .
, 202
Buidhe Conaille, The, 167Bunbury, Rev . Henry, 158 , 236Burial Records , 252—281Bute , Wedd in g of Marquis of , 98 , 340
Butler, Rev . 50, 227Mrs . Cecil, 69, 85Walter, 24 7
Byrne, Rev . Ar thun 245Rev . J .
, 244 -5
Byset , John , clk ., 202
Caemhan , Martyrdom of Abbot, 93Cairnes
,F .
, 612, 66, 7 1, 7 4 , 225
John Elliott, LL .D ., 7 4 - 5
Caldwell , Rev . Robert, 242Callan F .
, 32, 4 4 , 45, 54 , 136, 140,205, 207 , 210, 246
Callan, Rev . Thomas , 244Camac F .
, 60, 118
Campbell, Rev . James , 243Cappocke P .
, 33- 5, 40
Carlingford , Earldom oi, 109, 111, 120,154 , 192, 198 -200
Carolan, Rev . Francis, 245Carolin, Rev . Samuel J M .A .
, 84 , 226
Carr, Rev . James , 244Carrew e, John , Preb, 112, 230Carroll F .
, 35, 43, 45
Casan (see Annagassan), 35Casan Linn e (see Annagassan), 90, 98Caskene, N icholas, clk .
, 107 , 115, 232Castlebellingham Village (see also
Gern onstow n) 49, 53, 54 , 60, 63,64 , 66, 7 3, 7 5, 7 8 , 319
Castlebellingham Parish Church (seeal so Kilsaran and Gernonstow n),37 , 4 7 , 48 , 51- 4 , 64 - 7 , 70, 72, 8 1,84, 85
I u nax.
Fans, The River, 164 , 181, 206, 208,
Farrant,Edward, 32, 97 , 227Henry, 227 , 229
Filgate F ., 70, 139, 143
Finan, Rev . Daniel, 54 , 85, 242Finglas, Rev . Peter, 230Fishery, The Glyde, 98Font of Manfieldstow n Church, 160- l
Ford, Rev . Canon Lockett, M .A , 161
Forkill P.
, 69
Forte scue F ., 50, 67 , 120, 188 -91,
197 -200, 208 , 216, 227S ir Faithful 188 - 191
Wm. (of New ragh), 196. 197 , 198Sir Thomas, 191, 193, 195, 197 ,
199, 322
Chichester, (son of Sir 197 ,199
Chichester (son of Thomas), 198,207 -8 , 211-12, 214
Rev . John, R . of Heyn estow n ,
198 , 204 , 227Elizabeth Marchioness of Lothian,
340
William Henry, Earl of Clermont,199
Thomas , Lord Clermont, 198
Chichester Samuel, Lord Carlingford, 198 -9
Matthew,204 , 207 , 208
Faithf ul Wm., 207 , 211, 212-4 ,
250Font—see Manfieldstow n
Forts and Baths, 1220, 93-4 , 103, 208Foster F .
, 56, 70, 7 1, 118 , 210, 228Fowkes F .
, 35, 37 , 45, 116
Frogs introduced into Ireland, 290Gallowshill, 192Galygan , John, R . of Dromin, 1812Gardner, Robert, clk .
, 188
Garstin F ., 50, 67 , 83, 116, 118 , 120-7 ,130, 133, 134 , 135, 136, 138 ,139, 141, 153, 162, 197 , 216,237 , 312
Norman, 197 , 23]Anthony, 24 8Christop hilu s, 248Rev . Anthony, 82, 85, 123, 125-6‘
14 1, 145, 160, 161-2, 237 , 322John Ribton, D .L .
, 82,83. 103, 110, 121, 122, 123-5,130, 132, 14 7 , 152, 197 , 222,223, 24 7 , 257 , 266, 289, 311,318 , 320, 340
Maj or Wm. F. C., 125, 24 7
Gerney, Hugh, Vicar,_
115, 230
Gernon F., 223, 34 , 35, 39, 40, 58, 88 ,
96 7 , 99-101, 104, 106, 108 , 116,152, 154, 188, 189, 192, 193, 198
Gernonstow n P., 9, 12, 22, 27 , 33, 34 ,
35, 39, 40 12, 4 7 , 7 1, 88 -102, 119,151, 228 , 252, 282, 320—see Castlebellingham
Gerrard, Rev . 232Gilbertstow n, 14 7 , 151, 154 , 159, 186Glebe Houses and Lands, 4 1, 55, 64 ,
72, 82, 135, 14 1, 146, 158 , 162-3,188 , 200, 202, 208, 211, 214, 215,218
Glyde R iver, 10, 20, 81, 89, 91-98, 122,126, 14 7 , 153
Goodlad, Rev . Robert, 130Goodl ow, Stephen, 24 7Grahame, Rev . John, B .A.
, 82, 145-6,232
Grant, Rev . P., 245
Grean, Rev . J 245Greenmount, 10-20, 22, 40, 54 , 60,
63, 7 1, 73, 85 6, 119-20Gregory, Roger, 4 1, 44Griffith , Rev . Hugh, 115, 230Gwither, Dr . Charles, 289-91Hadsor F .
, 35, 40, 42-3, 105, 113, 230Haggardstow n , 83, 130, 213Hall, Thomas, 24 7Hamlin , Rev . Wm.
, 233Hand, Robert, Vicar, 234Hardman, Rev . Thos.
, 24 3, 245Harper, Rev . Robert, 130Harris, Rev . Edward
, 242Harrison, Rev . S . Lyle, 8 7 , 245Harry, Rev . James Mackle, 244Healy, Rev . Joseph , 220Hearth Money, 41, 4 7 , 130,
139, 155, 158 , 192-4
Henry F ., 82, 117 -8, 136, 138 , 14 1,
145, 24 8 -9
Hew eren , Patrick, Vicar, 184 , 238Heyn estow n P.
, 32, 182, 198, 201,218 , 219
High Sheriffs of Co . Louth, 23, 31, 32,35, 36, 37 , 38 , 46, 50, 57 . 60 1-2,69, 84 , 99, 100, 105, 109, 110,116-7 -8 -9, 120-L2, 125, 141, 143,157
Highway Robberies, 63, 213Hill, Moses, 18 7 -88Hilling, William, 24 7Hobson F .
, 117 , 198, 304Hoey F .
, 44 , 45, 91, 94, 206, 246Hoey, John, 91, 94Hospitallexs—see Knights
I NDEX .
Houghton,Rev . Robert, 51, 131-3
156, 202, 231, 235, 322
B owets or Harved, Edward, Vicar, 115Hudson F . , 136, 139, 145, 248 -9
Hughes,Rev . Lambert, 224
Huson,Rev . Benjamin, 200, 239
Hussey,Thomas , Vicar, 234
I n ,The Castlebellingham, 63-4
Inscriptions , Tombstones , &c ., 16, 4 9 ,
57 , 86, 126, 135, 206, 282—322Inventory of Templars ’ Goods 23Irish Language, The, 115-6
I rvine, Rev . Abraham, 24 5Jackson, Rev . George, 135, 231Jackson, Rev . Peter, 202John , Vicar, 104 , 148 , 233Johns ton
,Rev . Archibald J 228
Keating, James, Pri or of Kilmainham27 -29
Keeran, Rev . Thomas , 244Keppoke, Rev . Andrew, 96, 228
Kerroyl, John, clk ., 202
Kilcu rley P ., 196
Kildemock P., 21, 22, 23, 27
Killencoole, 35, 40, 195, 198Killineer, 95Kilmainham
,Priors oi, 27 , 182
Kilpatrick, 22, 23, 27Kilsaran P.
, 9 8 7 , 163, 218 , 221 242,
246, 282—300, 320P. Church, 324 , 4 1, 46, 4 7 , 55 -6
(see also Castlebellingham)Old Churchyard, 51-2
R .C. Church, 85 (see also R .C.
Church)Preceptory
, 2029House, 57 , 160Townland
, 10, 31, 32, 34 , 38 , 39,4 1, 43, 54 , 56, 7 1, 73, 7 7 , 85
Kil tanelaght , 21, 22, 23King, Archbishop Wm.
, 53
Knights Hospitallers, 22, 26, 182, 221
Templars , 20-6, 58 , 108 , 221
Know th, 12
Kyu ton—see ClintonKnocknalou pe, 160
Lace School, 72, 7 8Lambert
,Rev . Thos.
, 188 , 191, 221, 238
Larblester, 21
Law , Rev . Jonathan, 227Lawless, Rev . N icholas , 24 4 , 342Ledw yche, Thomas, Vicar of Dromin,
107Lefroy, Maj or-General, 16Legge Family, 34 , 38 -9, 45, 58 , 59
Lennon, Rev . Franc is , 243Leonards Priory of S .
, Dundalk, 18
Leslie, Rev . James B .,M .A .
, 84 , 161, 2Lette rs—see Ordn ance SurveyLevins, Rev . Andrew
,212
, 244Lew is , Rev . Edward , 238Limyricke, John , clk .
, 202
Linn Du achaill Monastery, 89-93, 16228
Lis -na- rann Fort, 89, 93-4
Lo f tie, H . Paule, J .P.,190, 218 , 24 7 , 24
Logan, John , clk ., 202
Loughran, Rev . Thomas, 86, 243Louragh , Thomas , Vicar, 234Louth , Lords, 29, 30- 1-3, 39, 4 1, 5
115, 186, 195
Louth P . and Abbey, 32, 112, 154 , 16
176- 7 , 180, 182, 184 , 186, 195
Lumley, Marmaduke, Preceptor, 27 , 2Lurgangreen, 40, 7 3, 18 1, 186, 188 , 19
196, 201, 208 , 210, 212-3, 219—seMooretown
Lust, Robert, Chaplain, 104Lynns, The, 40, 88 , 89, 91, 93, 99, 16
211, 212
Macan F .
, 19, 56, 70- 1, 7 3, 118
24 6- 7 , 24 9M
‘
Ardle, Rev . Patrick, 244
M‘
Ardle, Rev . H ., 245
M‘
Brien , Wm., 24 7
M‘
clean, Rev . Matthew, 54 , 203-4 , 24M
‘
Clin tock , Rev . Alex .
, 56, 64 , 225Rev . Henry F .
, 7 3, 225Rev . Robt . L . P .
, 72, 8 1, 8‘
83, 225
Rev . Francis G.
, 83, 226, 22John , 190, 216, 225, 242, 24—see Rathdonnell
Lady Elizabeth, 82, 225, 242321
M‘
Cu lla, Rev . Patrick, 244 -5
M‘
Cu llough, Rev . Thomas, 245M
‘
Evoy , Rev . A ., 245
M‘
Kee, Alexander, 24 7M
‘
Mahon , James, clk ., 202
M‘
Myde, Richard , clk ., 238
Magee, Rev . John , 228Magheralin , 89
Magh Rath, Battle oi, 167Magu ire, Rev . James, 244Maine, 10, 34 , 36, 37 , 40- 1, 43, 60, 7 1
7 3, 90
Makgill , Thomas, Vicar, 34 , 221, 22Malone, Rev . James, 245Mandevill e F .
, 147 , 149, 150
Manfieldstow n P.
, 14 7—163, 232, 249252, 276, 311, 322Parish Church, 148 , 151-2
156
INDEX .
Mansfieldstow n , Font, 160-1
Mapastow n , 122, 130Mareman , John, Vicar, 151Marriage Records, 252—28 1, 86Mary Gallons, The, 186Matchett, Rev . Michael, 188 , 208 , 238Mathews, Rev . Thomas, 245Maudsley, R ichard, clk .
, 191
Mayne, Rev . Edward , LL .D ., 227
Melton, Philip de, clk ., 111, 229
Meredyth,Rev . Charles, 224 , 227
Meredyth,Rev . John , 227
Meyler , Rev . James, 127 , 230, 235
Miarghy , Thomas, clk ., 234
Milestones, Old, 60Milestown, 10, 35, 40- 1, 43, 50, 54 , 60,
69, 7 1, 7 3, 7 7 , 321
Miller, Rev . John , 232
Mill town T .L.
, 101, 180, 182, 186-8 ,192-3, 200, 206- 8 , 212-3, 218
Monasterboice, 30, 33Montague, Rev . Charles, 24 3Moore F .
, 27 , 33-4, 49, 100, 107 , 130,
197 , 209Moore
,Rev . Hon . John, 224
Mooretown, 192, 207 -8 9, 212, 218—seeLu rgangreen
Morgan F ., 205- 7 , 211, 216, 218 , 246,
249, 250Mosstow n P.
, 134 -6, 139, 140, 24 7 , 252
Moun ds and Forts -see FortsMou ner, Rev . Wm.
, 232
Moylary P., 21-3, 33
Mu llacluin , 165
Mullinscross, 10, 30, 35, 4 1, 43, 7 1Murphy
,Rev . Samuel, Vicar, 231
Rev . Thomas , Vicar, 139, 14 1,142, 232
Rev . Thomas, 245Murray, Rev . Patrick, 245
Rev . Wm.
, 227Mur tagh, Rev . Francis, 244Music, Chur ch, 66, 67 , 8 1, 83, 84 , 218Narrow Lane, 21, 14 1Newrath, 18 7 -8 , 192-194 , 197 -8 , 212,
218Newtown, 187 , 188, 212Nixon, Rev . Adam, 51
Norwegians—see_Danes
Nugent, Rev . Bernard , 244O
’
Byrne, Rev . 243O
’
Conor, E . O ., D .L .
, 143
O’
Con ors, Lords of S ligo, 126, 317 -8O
’
Daly , Rev . Eugene, 85, 14 1, 242O
'
Ferrall, John, clk ., 202
Ogle, Rev . Wm., 60, 225 , 227
O’
Mary, Thomas,
Ordnance Survey Letters, 11, 21103, 148 , 165, 168 , 172, 17 8 , 1201, 209
O’
Rekdan , David , clk ., 202
Palace, Primates’ , Dromiskin, 1
180- 1, 18 7 , 190
Palmer F ., 69, 7 7 , 225, 227 , 321
Parkinson, Rev . Edward, 116, 120Rev . Thomas, 120, 140-2, 144
232
Patrick, Saint, 11, 166, 168 , 17 3Patrick’ s, Vicars -Choral of S .
, Dubsee Vicars -Choral
Patron Days, 11, 89, 167 , 148Patrons of Ben efices, 57 -60, 113, 1
17 7 , 180, 184 , 186, 201Patterson, Rev . Isaac, 245Penrelstow n , 27Pentland F .
, 137
Pentney, Rev . John, 234Pen tony , Rev . Peter, 52, 86, 146, 24Pepper or Peppard F .
, 46, 98, 1
148 , 186
Phili pstown P., 21, 22, 134
Philipstown Nugent, 68Picard, John, clk .
, 104 -5, 229Pierse F .
, 127 , 129, 143, 208 , 223Pilkington F .
, 232, 242Plunk et F .
, 31, 35, 56- 7 , 136- 7 , 1
154 -5 (see also Louth, Lord)Plun ket, Rev . Thos ., (Lord Flunke
7 1-2, 115, 128Poe F .
, 116, 128 , 130, 134 , 136, 248Pollbrock, 102, 136
Port P., 21, 22
Potts, Rev . John H ., 228
Pounds, Parish, 56, 65, 66, 134Pratt, Re v . Joseph , sen .
, 204’
5,’
8 ,jun .
, 211-3, 225Preceptory of Kilsaran—see Knig
TemplarsFrene, Archdeacon, 113Presbyterian Church, 86, 8 7 , 89, 1
131, 164 , 245
Primates—see Archbishops and PalsProut, John, Rector, 228Quigley, Rev . James, 245Railway, Construction oi, 216- 7Ratcliii, Robert, Vicar, 184 , 238Rathdonn ell , Lord—see M
‘
Clin tocJohn—60, 82
Reade, Rev . G. H ., 17 8
Reader, Rev . Enoch, 52, 124, 223Re bellion of 1641, 20, 34 , 39, 40, 11
154 , 190, 235Rebellion of 17 98, 158 , 210- 11, 287Red Bog, 165
INs .
Tisdall F., 38, 50, 70, 133, 136,138 , 140, 14 1, 143, 156-8 , 160,24 8 -9, 311
Rev . James, 157 , 235Rev . Thomas, 224Rev . William, 227
Tithes,Misappropriation oi, 33, 34, 130,
144
Tydder (or Kidder), Lewis, clk ., 184 ,238
Toll bolle of Manfieldstow n , 153
Tombstone Inscriptions—see I nscriptions
Townley F ., 35, 36, 50-1, 116, 120,
195, 235, 246
Townsend , Rev . Philip, 223Travers, Rev . Boyle, 121, 133, 139,
197 , 231Treadwell , Thomas, 24 7Trees, Remarkable, 48 , 49, 60, 319Trimble, Dr. John, 7 1, 7 4 , 246Tu rnpik es, 67Tyndall, Professor John, 7 5 6
Usher F., 34, 154
Usher, Rev . Ambrose, 202, 233Valor Ben eficiorum, 114 , 152
Vesey, Rev . George, D .D ., 70, 7 1, 123,
160, 236Vestry Books, 64 , 73, 132, 142, 159,
17 4 , 201, 203-6, 210-8
Vicars Choral of St . Patrick’s, Dublin,113, 114 , 115, 132, 136, 143, 145,229, 232
Waleys, Thomas, Vicar of Carlingford, 18 1
Walker, Rev . George, D .D ., 68
Walsh, R.W., J .P.
, and Walsh Family,21, 26, 56-7 , 86—see also Chester
Walter, Vicar of Ardee, 104Walterstow n, 186, 192, 207 , 209, 21
218Ward, John, Vicar, 152, 233-4
Warren F ., 35, 36, 99, 104 , 132, 15
248Westropp , T . J .
, 19White, Richd . V. of Dromiskin, 238Whiteboy Raids, 67 , 140, 144 -5
Whitehede, John, Parson, 112-3, 2‘
Whiterath , 192, 209, 212, 218Widows Houses, The, 7 8 , 319Will iam, Vicar of Dromiskin, 237W illiam III .
, King, 48 , 50, 121Williamite Wars, 20, 39, 48 , 197 -8Williamson, Rev . Caesar, D .D .
, 194 , 2‘
Williamstown , 21, 32, 35, 39, 4 1, 454 , 56- 7 , 7 1, 7 8 , 85
Wills, Appendix VI .—106, 152, 322
Wood , Herbert, B .A., 26
Woods, Rev . Richard, 212, 215, 24 ‘Woodtown, 40, 4 1, 159Woolsey F .
, 52, 60-2, 67 - 70, 7 1, 7
76, 82, 85, 160
Rev . Wm. (R . of Dundalk),Rev . Wm., LL.B .
, 60-2, 65, 669, 72, 7 7 , 211, 225, 242
Rev . Thos ., M .A .
, 69William, 52, 60, 246-7John, 61, 69, 7 1, 76, 246John (son of John ), 62, 246Maj or-Gen . O
’B . B ., D .L .
, 6
69, 225, 246
Woottonstow n , 14 7 , 154 , 160
Wye, Rev . Charles, 202, 239, 240Rev . Mossom, 51, 52, 53, 59, 14
222, 223Wynne F.
, 133, 134, 136, 248-9
