 Rocks at Dundeady
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RC Parish of Ardfield & Rathbarry comprises the Civil Parishes of the same name and part of the Civil Parishes of Kilkerranmore (see Rosscarbery) and Inchydoney (The Island)
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(CJ 5/4/1762) - TO be sold by Auction at Castlefreke, near Ross, for account of the Insurers, on Tuesday the 13th of April 1762, the following Artiels, saved out of the Snow Success of Waterford, Francis Tobin late Master, wreck'd near Castlefreke the 17th of March last to say. The Sails, Masts, Yards, Caps, Anchors, an Iron Harth, some Water Casks, Iron Bolts, four Cannon, the Cables, Rigging, and Blocks, some Bitter Oranges, and two hundred hogshead of Brandy. The goods will be put up in Lots, agreeable to the Purchasers present, and ready Money must be paid down for each Lot. This Auction will begin at 11 o Clock, and continue until all are sold. The produce of those goods, is to be lodged in the hands of Mr. Rickard Donovan of Castlefreke Gentleman.
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1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS - ARDFIELD
| Name Barry, William Beamish, John Boag, John Boague, John Brickley, Mary Brien, Cornelius Brien, John Buttemor, Robert Buttemore, Timothy Calanan, Daniel Calanan, James Calanan, John Callanan, John Calnan, Daniel Calnan, James Calnan, Margaret Carrol, Darby Carthy, Cal. Carthy, Daniel Clancy, Jeremiah Clancy, John Coghlan, Thomas Cohane, John Collins, Malachy Connolly, John Corcoran, Darby Corcorna, Ellen Coughlan, Michael Counoosig, Daniel Counough, James Cronckane, Timothy Dodeen, John Donovan, Cornelius Donovan, Ellen Donovan, Michael Donovan, Patrick Driscol, Cornelius Driscole, Daniel Driscole, James Driscole, John Driscole, Moses Driscole, Patrick Duggan, Cornelius Duggan, Michael Feehane, John Feen, Cornelius Feen, Denis Feen, Denis Feen, Patrick Feen, Timothy Fehane, Cornelius Footman, Laurence Glana, Daniel Harrington, James Heagarty, John Hease, Denis Hickey, Darby Houlten, John Houlton, William Hungerford, Catherine Hurly, Daniel Hurly, Darby Leary, Denis Loardane, Mathew Lombard, John Lombard, William M'Carthy, Timothy Mackenedy, Cornelius Meal, Paul Mullowney, James Mullowney, Patrick O Hea, Charles Reagan, Daniel Roche, Timothy Roe, Jeremiah Ryan, John Scully, Charles Shea, John Sheraa, John Skully, John Skully, Michael Souney, Darby Souney, Edward Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, Darby Sullivan, James Sullivan, John Sullivan, Timothy Sullivan, Timothy Twohig, Joan White, Edward White, William Witcherly, John Wytcherly, Geoffry |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 |
1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS - RATHBARRY
| Name Barry, Michael Barule, Daniel Brien, Daniel Brien, James Brien, John Bue, Timothy Calanan, John Calnan, Michael Carthy, Daniel Coghran, John Collins, Andrew Collins, Dennis Connolly, Daniel Connolly, Jeremiah Crimmeen, Jeremiah Crowly, Laurence Cullinane, Daniel Dawley, Carrol Donohue, Martin Donovan, Daniel Donovan, Daniel Donovan, Darby Donovan, Denis Donovan, Denis Donovan, Denis Donovan, James Donovan, James Donovan, Jeremiah Donovan, Jeremiah Donovan, John Donovan, Michael Donovan, Thomas Donovan, William Driscole, James Feahane, Cornelius Feahane, Darby Feahane, Darby Flemon, William Haurikane, John Hayes, Mary Hooper, John Houltin, Cornelius Keohane, Michael Kilunough, John Leary, Cornelius Lyne, Jeremiah M'Carthy, Daniel M'Carthy, Denis M'Carthy, Fl. M'Carthy, John Mahony, John Mallowny, James O Brien, Bartholomew Quirke, Darby Sullivan, Daniel Twohig, John |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS - ISLAND (INCHADONEY)
| Name Badee, Margaret Bawn, Cornelius Brien, Timothy Brien, William Bue, Owen Carthy, John Carthy, William Collins, John Collins, Patrick Corcoran, Daniel Corcoran, Daniel Corcoran, John Cronikane, Cornelius Crowley, Cornelius Deasy, John Deasy, Timothy Dempsy, Matthew Donovan, Cornelius Donovan, Daniel Donovan, Dennis Donovan, Jeremiah Donovan, Mary Donovan, Philip Driscole, Denis Driscole, Michael Feen, Cornelius Feen, Denis Hart, Michael Haurihane, Daniel Hease, Eleanor Hodnett, William Leary, Denis Lombard, Nicholas M'Carthy, Florence Nehane, Timothy Nehane, Timothy O Hea, James Regan, William Shea, James Welsh, Richard |
Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 |
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| Ardfield & Rathbarry-born Soldiers discharged prior to 1853 - From The National Archives (PRO), London; Doc. Ref. TNA(PRO) |
| Indexed by surname and place of birth from The National Archives online catalogues. |
| Name | Served in…/Discharged | Covering Dates |
| HARRINGTON, DANIEL | Born 'Hardfield.' 58th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28 after 7 years 4 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge. |
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ARDFIELD - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - ARDFIELD, a parish, in the barony of IBANE AND BARRYROE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (S by E) from Clonakilty, containing 2,023 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the south coast, and is bounded on the east by the bay of Clonakilty; it comprises 2,313 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £2,053 per annum. About four-fifths are under cultivation: there is very little waste land and no bog; the poor bring the turf from Clonakilty. The soil, though light and in some places very stony, generally produces good crops. There are about 800 acres of land, called the commons, wholly in the occupation of poor people who have enclosed it; some of it is remarkably good, and the whole is under cultivation. Indications of copper ore appear at Duneen, and many excellent specimens have been found; attempts to raise it were made several years since, but the design was abandoned. There are several large and handsome houses in the parish; the principal are Dunmore, the seat of J. Beamish, Esq.; Dunowen House, of G. Sandes, Esq.; the Tower, of Lieut. Speck, RN, Greenfield, of H. Galway, Esq.; and Balliva, of M. Galway, Esq. At its southern extremity is Dunowen Head, of which lie the Shanbuee rocks; and in the parish is Dunny Cove, where is stationed the western coast-guard detachment within the district of Kinsale. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in M. Roberts and T.W. Foot, Esqrs. The tithes amount to £203.1.6 ½ , of which £110.15.4 ¾ is payable to the impropriators, and the remainder to the vicar. The church is in ruins; but divine service is performed in a house fitted up for that purpose at Dunny Cove. The glebe comprises eleven acres of excellent land, but there is no glebe-house. In the RC Divisions this parish is the head of a union or district, comprising the parishes of Ardfield and Rathbarry, in each of which is a chapel; that of Ardfield is a low, plain, but commodious edifice, situated on the commons. There are schools in which 140 boys and 170 girls are taught, also a school at Dunny Cove, a Sunday School under the superintendence of the vicar, and one or two hedge schools. The ruins of the old church are situated on the highest point of land in the parish; and near them is a building which during the war was used as a signal tower, but is now the residence of Lieut. Speck who commands the coast-guard at Dunny Cove. Close to the Cove are the ruins of a castle.
RATHBARRY - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - RATHBARRY, a parish, in the barony of IBANE AND BARRYROE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (WSW) from Clonakilty, on the road from Cork to Skibbereen, containing 2,748 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the southern coast, derives its names from an ancient fort, of which there are still some picturesque remains in Lord Carbery's demesne. This fortress, anciently called Rathbarry, now Castle Freke, was erected in the 15th century by Randal Oge Barry, and in 1602 was surrendered to Capt. Harvey for Queen Elizabeth, according to the treaty of Kinsale, and was retained by the English till the breaking out of the war in 1641. Soon after the commencement of hostilities, it was besieged by the insurgents, but was resolutely defended by its proprietor, Arthur Freke, Esq., who maintained it against all their attacks from the 14th of February till the 18th of October, when it was relieved by Sir Chas. Vavasour and Capt. Jephson, who conducted the owner and his garrison in safety to Bandon and set fire to the castle, to prevent its being occupied by the enemy. The insurgents, nevertheless, took the castle of Dundedy, which they kept till the spring of the year 1643, when they also obtained possession of the remains of Castle Freke; but in July they were driven from this place by Col. Myn, who restored the castle and placed in it a garrison which retained possession till the arrival of Cromwell. The parish comprises 4,189 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the surface is very uneven, and towards the sea the land is cold and the soil sandy; but in the centre of the parish and around Miltown, more fertile. The vale in which Miltown is situated is very beautiful and in many parts has been richly planted by Lord Carbery and the incumbent. Castle Freke, the seat of Lord Carbery, a handsome castellated mansion, erected near the site of the old fortress of Rathbarry, is beautifully situated in richly improved demesne, comprising 1,000 acres, embellished with fine timber and thriving plantations, and with a beautiful and picturesque lake. Kilkerran House, the residence of M. Galway, Esq., in the grounds of which is also a fine lake, is also in the parish. Near the south-eastern extremity of the parish is the Red Strand, where great quantities of calcareous sand are obtained for manure. This sand is a formation from the debris of very minute shells, among which some small cornua ammonis may be seen in nearly a perfect state: it was some years since analysed and found to contain 79 parts in 100 of calcareous matter. It is a curious fact that this sand is confined to a narrow strand, about half an English mile wide, bounded at each end by high cliffs; and though other inlets and strands are near it on either side, their sands do not exhibit any calcareous matter but are all composed of silex and argil. The Red Strand is carried 16 English miles into the interior for manure; at that distance 20 bags, each containing about 3cwt., are considered sufficient to manure a statute acre; at three miles distance from the Strand from 80 to 120 bags are laid on. More than 1,000 horses and carts may be reckoned at the Strand in one day. This sand is esteemed the best on the southern coast, except the Bantry sand, as it is called, which is a distinct coral formation, a perfect calcareous mass. To the east of Galley Head, on the southern coast of the parish, are the Doolic rocks. Fairs are held at New Mill on March 25th, June 29th, and Sept. 29th, under a patent obtained by the lord of the manor; and a constabulary police force is stationed at Miltown, for which a barrack has been lately erected.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of the Rev. H. Stewart; the rectory is partly appropriate to the dean and chapter of Ross, and partly impropriate in M. Roberts and J.W. Foote, Esqrs. The tithes amount to £411.19.10, of which £63.7.11 is payable to the appropriators, £174.2.10 to the impropriators, and £174.9.2 to the vicar. The glebe-house, an elegant villa embosomed in thriving plantation, was erected by the Rev. H. Stewart, the present incumbent, in 1831; the glebe comprises 5 ½ acres, of which two only belong to the vicar. The church, a handsome and spacious structure in the later English style, with a square tower, was erected in 1825, at an expense of £1,900, of which £900 was a gift from the late Board of First Fruits, and the remainder was defrayed by Lord Carbery; it is finely situated in the demesne of Castle Freke. In the RC Divisions the parish forms part of the union of Ardfield; the chapel near Miltown is a neat edifice, with a fine altar piece. About 160 children are taught in two public schools, of which the male and female parochial school is supported chiefly by Lord Carbery and the incumbent; a very handsome school-house, with apartments for the master and mistress, has been erected by his lordship at his own expense; there is also a Sunday school. On Galley Head, often mistaken for the Old Head of Kinsale, are the ruins of Dundedy castle; and on the eastern side of Redstrand are the ruins of the castle of Dunowen. The ploughland of Gahanave, comprising about 200 acres, from which the chancellor of the diocese derives his income, is in this parish.
INCHYDONEY - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - ISLAND, (The), or INCHYDONY, a parish, partly in the Eastern Division of the barony of EAST CARBERY, but chiefly in the barony of IBANE and BARRYROE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 1 miles (S.) from Clonakilty; containing 1445 inhabitants. It is situated on the bay of Clonakilty, in which is the island from which it takes its name. In 1390, De Courcy, Baron of Kinsale, and his brother Patrick, were put to death by the Irish of Carbery under the command of Daniel Moel McCarty Reagh. In 1584, the island, having escheated to the Crown, was granted by Queen Elizabeth to the Bishop of Ross. After the battle of Clonakilty, in 1642, 600 of the Irish forces fled towards this island as a place of refuge; but the tide setting in at the time, they were all drowned before they could reach it. An extensive strand surrounds the base of the island, which is dry at low water; it comprises more than 1000 acres of rich alluvial soil, which might be reclaimed from the sea and brought into profitable cultivation. The parish contains 2502 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the land is fertile and in a state of high cultivation; it is principally under tillage, with some rich pasture; the system of agri culture is improved, and there is neither waste land nor bog. Sea manure is obtained in abundance, and is brought in by sand boats and lighters daily. The principal seats are Island House, that of T. Hungerford, Esq., pleasantly situated in a retired and sheltered part of the island; and Dunowen, of Geo. Sandes, Esq., occupying an interesting site on the mainland. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, formerly united to those of Kilgariffe, Castleventry, Kilkerranmore, Ardfert, and Desart, from which it was severed in 1829, and now solely constitutes the prebend of Island in the cathedral of Ross, with which are held the vicarages of Kilgarriffe and Desart, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in the representatives of E Townsend, Esq. The tithes of the prebend amount to £260, and of the benefices held with it, to £250. In the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in the union of Clonakilty, and partly in that of Rathbarry. Near Dunmore is a rich vein of lead ore, containing nearly 15 per cent of pure silver; it is close upon the shore, but has not been worked with perseverance. On an elevated site in the north-western part of the island are the ruins of the old church.
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(CE 3/7/1843) - O CONNELL FUND - Parishes of Rathbarry and Ardfield per the Rev. D. Sheehy, PP…£5.0.0. Michael Galwey, Esq., Kilkern-house...£1.0.0. Rev. D. Sheehy, PP…£1.0.0. - The remainder in small subscriptions. The many local claims, together with the destitute state of the population, will account for the smallness of the above sum.
| Name Barry, John Bourke, Patrick Byron, Thomas Casey, Owen Cleary, Wm. Condon, Richard Cunnigham, Mr. Daly, Charles Dennissey, Mr. Desmond, Timothy Dunlea, John Finn, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Fitzgerald, Miss Fitzgibbon, Michl. Grady, David Harrington, Manks Hayes, Robert Hennessey, Mr. Hourahan, Edward Hourahan, Thos. Hunter, Richd. Kelly, Daniel Laffan, John M'Carthy, Rev. Mr. Magner, John Mahony, Denis Mahony, Edmund Moriarty, Mr. Nolan, Michael O Brien, Connor O Brien, Denis O Brien, Edward O Brien, Richd. O Brien, Thomas O Keeffe, John O Keeffe, Mr. O Neil, Michael Quinlan, Thos. Roche, Mr. Russell, John Sheridan, James Sullivan, Miss Sullivan, Mr. Tobin, James Verling, Rev. Mr. Walsh, John Walsh, Mrs. Walsh, Patrick Williams, Mr. |
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