BUTTEVANT

RC Parish of Buttevant comprises the Civil Parishes of Ballybeg, Bregogue, Buttevant and Kilbroney

1766 RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF BUTTEVANT - 8^th April 1766. - Charles Bunworth. Listed with Tullylease, Kilbrin, Bregoge and Cahirduggan in the original.

BALLYBEG - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - BALLYBEG, or BALLYBEGSHANAGH, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 1 mile (S.) from Buttevant, with which parish its population is returned. This place, which appears to have merged into the parish of Buttevant, is situated on the river Awbeg, and on the mail coach road from Cork to Limerick, which towards Mallow winds for some distance through a rocky glen recently embellished with planta tions, and at the northern opening of which are situated the venerable remains of the abbey of St. Thomas. This establishment was a priory for Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustine, founded by Philip de Barry, who, in 1229, endowed it with ample revenues, in remembrance of which his equestrian statue of brass was erected in the church. The endowment was subsequently augmented in 1235, by Sir David de Barry, who founded the friary of Buttevant. The priory and its possessions were, in the 10th of Jas. I., granted to Sir. J. Jephson, whose descendant C. D. O. Jephson, Esq., is the present proprietor of the parish. The parish comprices 2045 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £1693 per annum. The only seat is Spring field, the residence of J. Norcott, Esq. The living is an impropriate rectory in the diocese of Cloyne; the tithes, being wholly the property of Mr. Jephson, are not under composition; the occasional duties of the parish devolve on the incumbent of Buttevant. In the R. C. divisions it is included in the union or district of Buttevant. The remains of the abbey consist of the steeple, part of the chancel with the east window, and a lofty tower detached from the rest of the building, of which it originally formed a part, and which shews the whole to have been an extensive pile. Close to the abbey are the vestiges of an ancient round tower. Many years since a stone coffin was excavated from the ruins of the abbey, containing a skeleton ornamented with a cross and chains of gold.

BALLYBEG - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - BREGOGUE, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 1 mile (N.N.W.) from Buttevant; containing 450 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the road from Buttevant to Liscarrol, is not known in civil matters as a parish, having for all such purposes merged into that of Buttevant. It comprises 1314 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, which are of good quality, and mostly under tillage, producing ample crops: there is an abundant supply of limestone for manure and for other uses. The gentlemen's seats are Dunbarry, the residence of T. Heffernan, Esq.; Currymount, of J. O'Leary, Esq.; and Bregogue Castle, of J. Rogers. it is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and is part of the union of Buttevant and Cahirduggan, formerly called the union of Bregogue; the rectory is impropriate in C. S. Oliver, Esq. The tithes amount to £150, payable in equal portions to the impropriator and the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or dis trict of Buttevant. There are some remains of the old castle incorporated into the dwelling-house of Mr. Rogers; also of the ancient church in the burial-ground.

BUTTEVANT - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - BUTTEVANT, a post-town and parish (formerly an incorporated market-town), in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 22 miles (N. by W) form Cork, and 121 (S.W) from Dublin; containing 5535 inhabitants, of which number, 1536 are in the town. This parish, which is situated on the river Awbeg and on the road from Mallow to Charleville, was anciently called Bothon, and is said to have derived its present name from the exclamation Boutez en avant, "Push forward," used by David de Barry, its proprietor, to animate his men in a contest with the McCarthys, which was subsequently adopted as the family motto of the Earls of Barrymore, who derived their title of Viscount from this place. It appears to have attained considerable importance at an early period after the first invasion, from the notices of it which occur in ancient records still existing. On the 26th of September, 1234, a grant was made by Hen. III. to David de Barry of a market on Sunday, and a fair on the vigil and day of St. Luke the Evangelist and for six following days. In the 11th of Edw. II. (1317), a grant of release of £105 required of the commonalty of the town of "Botavant" by the exchequer, to be applied in enclosing it with walls, was made at the request of John Fitz David de Barry, to whom the town belonged, and who was required to see that the money was duly employed in the same. In the 49th of Edw. III., another grant, dated Aug. 6th, 1375, was made to the "Provost and Commonalty of Botavaunt," ratifying a former grant of part of the "waste" of the town, with the north gate and customs there. A priory and a nunnery were founded here at an early period; the priory was restored in 1290, by David Oge Barry, Lord. Buttevant, for Conventual Franciscans, and dedicated to St. Thomas the martyr; the nunnery was under the invocation of St. Owen, or St. John the Baptist, but there are no particulars of its foundation or order. During the war between the house of York and Lancaster, the town suffered considerable devastation; and in 1568 the castle was taken by the Lord-Deputy Sydney. In 1641 the Irish army of the south assembled here under the command of Lord Mountgarret, and proceeded to Mallow: and early in the year 1643, Lord Inchiquin assembled his forces here, consisting of 4000 foot and 400 horse. The manor of Buttevant continued in the possession of the Barrymore family, and was sold by Richard, the last Earl, to the late John Anderson, Esq., of Fermoy: it was purchased, in 1831, by Lord Doneraile, the present proprietor.

The town is situated on the western bank of the river Awbeg, over which are two bridges, one on the old and the other on the modern road from Cork to Limerick: it consists principally of one main street extending along the mail coach road, and in 1831 contained 204 houses. Immediately adjoining, on the north-west, are the barracks, an extensive range of buildings, occupying a spacious enclosed area of nearly 23 statute acres, divided into two quadrangles by the central range, in which is an archway surmounted by a cupola and affording communication between them. Near Buttevant Castle is an extensive and substantial flour-mill, erected by Sir James Anderson and furnished with machinery of superior construction; it is capable of manufacturing 20,000 barrels of flour annually, but at present is not in operation. The market has been long discontinued; but fairs are held on March 27th, July 20th, Oct. 14th, and Nov. 20th, chiefly for cattle. The market-house is situated on the west side of an open square at the south ern extremity of the town; the upper part is used as the court-house. A constabulary police force is stationed here; a seneschal's court for the manor of Buttevant is occasionally held, in which debts, not exceed ing 40s. late currency, are recoverable; and petty sessions are held every alternate Wednesday. Including Lisgriffin, the parish comprises 7543 statute acres: the land is of very good quality and principally under tillage; there is neither woodland nor waste, and but a small quantity of bog. Limestone abounds, and there is one quarry near the town of very superior quality, of a light grey colour and very fine grain, from which the stone for building the new R. C. chapel has been taken. Buttevant Castle, the residence of Sir J. Caleb Anderson, Bar., was originally called King John's Castle, and formed one of the angles of the ancient fortifications of the town; it was considerably enlarged and modernised by the late Mr. Anderson, and has lost much of its antique appearance; it is beautifully situated on a rocky eminence on the mar gin of the river, of which it commands a fine view; within the demesne is the church, the spire of which combining with other features of the scenery adds much to the beauty of the landscape. The other seats are Castle View, that of Barry Gregg, Esq.; Velvetstown, of T. Lucas Croft, Esq.; and Temple Mary, of J. O'Leary, Esq.: there are also several neat cottage residences. The river Awbeg, celebrated by Spenser under the appellation of the "Gentle Mulla," abounds with fine white trout.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Cloyne, episcopally united, at a period prior to any existing record, to the vicarages of Bregogue and Kilbroney, and to the perpetual curacy of Cahirduggan, together forming the union of Buttevant and Cahirduggan, for merly called the union of Bregogue, in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in C. Silver Oliver, Esq. The tithes, amount ing to J926. 10., are wholly payable to the impropriator. The curate is also chaplain of the barracks; and the tithes of the benefice amount to £139. 4. The church is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted by a finely proportioned spire: it is situated near the river and within the castle demesne, and was built in 1826, near the site of an ancient church, of which there are still some remains, and on the site of another of more recent date; the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan of £1600 for its erection: a handsome mural monument has been erected to the Rev. T. Walker, late minister of the parish. There is neither glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms the head of a union or district, which comprises also the parishes of Ballybeg, Bregogue, and Kilbroney, and contains the chapels of Buttevant and Lisgriffin, both in this parish. The new chapel at Buttevant, commenced in 1831, is now nearly completed; the estimated expense was £3000, of which £600 was granted on loan by the Board of Public Works, and the remainder raised by subscription, through the unwearied exertions of the Rev. C. Buckley, P. P., towards which Lord Doneraile contributed £30, and also presented the site. It is a very handsome structure of hewn limestone, in the late English style, onsisting of a nave and transept, bet'tveen which on each side, rises a square embattled tower crowned with richly crocketed pinnacles; the walls are strengthened with buttresses at the angles and between the windows of the nave, terminating in crocketed pinnacles above an embattled parapet carried round the building; and the gables of the transept are surmounted by Maltese crosses, beneath which on each side, is a cinquefoiled niche resting on a projecting corbel. The nave is lighted by a range of three windows of two lights ornamented in cinquefoil, with a quatrefoiled circle in the crown of the arch; and the transept is lighted at each end by a noble window of five lights, 26 feet high, and elaborately enriched with tracery: the tower on the east side was a detached watch-tower belonging to the abbey, erected by one of the Earls of Desmond for the protection of the brethren in times of violence, and incorporated with the present building. A parochial house will be built near it for the priest's residence; and part of the old chapel has been converted into a national school, in which are 240 boys. The parochial school, in which are 40 boys and 30 girls, is kept in a house rented by the Rev. Dr. Cotter and Col. Hill, and is supported by subscription, aided by an annual donation of £10 each from Lords Doneraile and Arden; there are also six private schools, in which are about 340 child ren. The fever hospital, which contains also a dispensary, is a substantial stone building near the river, capable of receiving 30 patients.

The ruins of the abbey are finely situated on the steep bank of the river Awbeg, and consist chiefly of the walls of the nave, chancel, and some portions of the domestic buildings; the upper part of the central tower, supported on arches of light and graceful elevation, fell down in 1814; the tomb of the founder, David de Barry, is supposed to be in the centre of the chancel, but is marked only by some broken stonts which appear to have formed an enclosure. On the south side of the nave are the remains of a finely proportioned chapel, in which, and also in the nave and chancel, are numerous tombs and inscriptions to the memory of the Barrys, Fitzgeralds, Lombards, and others. Near the abbey are some vestiges of an ancient building supposed to have een the nunnery. Nearly in the centre of the town are the remains of Lombards' castle, a quadrangular building flanked at each angle by a quare tower, one of which is nearly in a perfect state, and, with a portion of the castle, has been converted into a dwelling-house. At Lisgriffin are the ruins of an ancient castle of the family of Barry. Some remains of the old town walls may yet be traced; and in a burial ground at Templemary are the ruins of an ancient church or chapel. The title of Viscount Buttevant, conferred on the Barry family in 1406, has been dormant since the death of the last Earl of Barrymore, but is now claimed by James Redmond Barry, Esq., of Glandore, in the county of Cork.

KILBRONEY - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary 1837 - KILBRONEY, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (N.E.) from Buttevant, on the road to Charleville; containing 696 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1929 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the soil is a fine deep loam, and the land is mostly in pasture; the small portion of bog is now nearly exhausted. It is in the diocese of Cloyne: the rectory is impropriate inJ. Watkins, Esq., and the vicarage forms part of the union of Buttevant. The tithes amount to £192. 12., of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district of Buttevant. The ruins of the church still remain in the burial-ground. At Ballinguile are the remains of the castle of that name, and of an ancient mansion of the Fitzjames family.

(CE 17/1/1844) - EXCHEQUER - Mary Barrett a John Connor – By virtue of Her Majesty’s Writ of Fiere Facias in this cause to me directed, I will on THURSDAY the 25^th day of January instant, at the hour of one of clock in the afternoon at my office in the Town of MALLOW in the County of Cork, set up for sale to the highest and fairest bidder, the Defendants term for years of and in ALL THAT AND THOSE THREE DWELLING HOUSES in the MAIN STREET of the Town of BUTTEVANT, in the County of Cork, with the BACK HOUSES AND GROUND thereunto belonging, as now in the tenancy and occupation of DENIS FLINN, JAMES HORRIGAN AND WILLIAM WARD, and also one other small HOUSE OR STORE, situate to the rere of said DENIS FLINN'S house, now in the possession of WILLIAM M'GARRY. – Dated this 15^th day of January, 1844 - RICHARD JONES, Coroner County Cork. - The above Premises are held under Lord DONERAILE, by Lease for the residue of a term of 99 years from the 1^st of May 1812 and now yield a yearly profit rent of about £19 12s. - Further particulars as to title, application to be made to JAMES JONES, Esq., plaintiff's Attorney, Mallow.

(CE 27/6/1845) - KANTURK PETTY SESSIONS - John Quirk, a private soldier of the 48^th Regt. Was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen several articles of jewellery, and wearing apparel at Mallow, on the 31^st of May, the property of James and Mary Quinlan. – Mary Quinlan examined by Mr. Nagle, Local Crown Solicitor, proved that the prisoner was billeted at her father's house on the day in question, and stole therefrom a gold broach, part of a gold earring, two jet chains, a scarf and handkerchief. She saw them the same day in Buttevant, with a Sergeant of the regiment. The box in which they were was broken open. - Sergeant O Donnell stated that he found the articles stolen, in the prisoner's regimental cap, and gave them to the commanding officer. He was nearly 7 years in the regt., and was never before guilty of theft. - The Jury then returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced him to 6 month's imprisonment and hard labour each alternate week.

(CE 3/10/1845) - CORK QUARTER SESSIONS – John Blake and Joseph Buck, two soldiers of the 18^th Regiment, were placed in the dock, charged with stealing, on the night of the 8^th of August, in Buttevant, some silver, the property of James Condon. - The prosecutor deposed that on the night in question, between the hours of eleven and twelve, the prisoners in company with two other soldiers, knocked at his door and demanded whiskey. The prisoner Blake then asked the prosecutor to buy his watch-coat, and on his refusing, he struck him. The other prisoner went to a large box, and from it abstracted six shillings. The soldiers then left the house. - The Picket-sergeant of the regiment gave an excellent character of the prisoner Blake. He said that he had often filled situations of trust and had acquitted himself most honestly. - It was also deposed by one of the witnesses that Blake refused to take some of the money which the other prisoner attempted to force on him. - The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Buck, but acquitted the prisoner Blake. - The Court having made inquiry as the character of Buck, - Picket-sergeant John Bolton said, that the prisoner was a most disorderly character, had been several times confined, and had on one occasion broken from the prevot-cell and threatened to kill his superior officer. - The Court said that the prisoner was convicted on the clearest evidence. Though employed in her Majesty's service, for the protection of her subjects, he still violated that trust and attempted to deprive others of their property. Indeed, it was a crime of the most atrocious character to rob the poor, wretched creatures who appeared as witnesses against him. It was a most wanton crime for a man in his comfortable position to commit; and under those considerations, the Court would sentence him to 12 months' imprisonment, and hard labour for each alternate week.

(CE 10/10/1845) - HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT BUTTEVANT – We have been informed of the main features of a most horrific and atrocious deed of blood which was perpetrated on Sunday night last in the town of Buttevant by some soldiers of the 16^th Regiment lying in the Barracks of that town, upon an inoffensive young man, of 19 years of age, the only support of an aged mother, who now deplores with maternal agony his untimely removal from this life. It appears that a feeling of ill-will has for some time subsisted between the people of the town and the military, between whom occasional scuffles took place as opportunity offered for collision. On Sunday night last two soldiers of this regiment had a scuffle of this kind with two civilians which, we understand, resulted in the defeat of the soldiers who retreated to their barracks, and after a short time again re-appeared in the town accompanied by a large body of their comrades, to the number of 15 or 26 men. The party searched everywhere for the persons who had been engaged in conflict with their comrades, but without success; and failing in the object of their pursuit, they laid violent hands on a young and inoffensive man, DENIS COUGHLAN, a baker by trade, they crying out at the same time ' We'll cramp him.' They then surrounded him, and seizing him by the back of the neck, they pressed his head down on his breast. When they left him drop, he was a corpse! Some few people alarmed at the furious cries and threats of the soldiers, fled from the scene as they beheld the fatal deed perpetrated; and when they had the courage to venture near the spot again, they removed the body, and laid it inside a wall at the end of the town, where the foul crime was perpetrated.

An inquest was held next day, and the Doctor of the Regiment was one of the witnesses examined - the MEDICAL witness. We are not acquainted in detail with the evidence given at the inquest; but we understand that the verdict returned was - that the deceased, DENIS COUGHLAN, came by his death from a rupture of the heart. As we are informed, it was not said by what caused. As we have only learned, as we said above, the main feature of this appalling case, we shall not venture on any comment at present. - If the facts are as we have stated, nothing by an immediate investigation will satisfy the ends of justice.

(CE 13/10/1845) - FATAL AFFRAY AT BUTTEVANT – In our paper of Friday we gave a version of what had been then received in Cork, as a true statement of a terrible occurrence which had taken place in Buttevant, and by which a human life was sacrificed. At that time we said we had learnt but the main features of the affair, and could not vouch for the details. However, we gave them as we had received them. We then stated that one or more persons saw the soldiers who were engaged in conflict with the people ‘cramp’ the deceased. Since then we have sent to Mallow, and have received, through the kindness of the Coroner who presided at the inquest upon the body of the deceased, copies of the sworn depositions; and on looking them over, while we perceive that the death of the unfortunate young man is involved in doubt and mystery, there is nothing therein which could warrant the statement made, as to the parties having seen the violence actually inflicted. Therefore, we are in duty bound to retract that statement.

We also said, as we have heard, that the military doctor was examined. We perceive that the only physician who was examined, was DR. SHEEHAN; and consequently, that the Surgeon of the Regiment was not examined. - Having thus endeavoured to set ourselves right with our readers, and placed the matter in its proper light, we call attention to the depositions, and shall allow the public to form its own conclusions from the sworn testimony of the witnesses.

Alexander Anderson, sworn and examined - About 8 o clock yesterday evening he (witness) and Guere of Buttevant, were coming up the street of Buttevant from the Turnpike, near the Rev. Mr. Cotter's, where he met about twenty soldiers of the 16^th regiment; they asked him who they were, and he said they were walking up the street, whereupon, one of the soldiers hit him with his fist on the breast and staggered him over a heap of stones, he ran away, as did also Guere; he did not know any of the soldiers. When coming down the street he met some Buttevant boys and was in the act of telling them what occurred, when he heard a boy crying out in the midst of the soldiers - 'oh boys; oh boys,' witness and the boys that were with him ran down to where they heard the voice; heard some of the soldiers cry out - 'come on, you Buggar;' saw Denis Coholane, who is now dead, running from where the soldiers were on the road leading from the Pike to the Barracks; was standing at the time in the dyke; when Coholane ran with his head down, towards deponent, as if he were senseless, and fell at his feet; witness was then about forty yards from where the soldiers were; when Coholane fell his head was under him, and he did not speak, but gave a groan; did not see him struck by any person; before Coholane came over to witness, witness's party threw stones at the soldiers; did not see the soldiers throw any stones; his party continued throwing stones all along from the time they came up; his party consisted of about six or seven persons; did not see Coholane before he fell at his feet; after the stones were thrown at the soldiers they did not, to his knowledge, throw any in return, or offer any violence; witness went into Mr. M'Garry's field to avoid meeting more soldiers; his brother James and Guere went into the field also; when the soldiers went away they came out and saw Patrick Mullane and three or four others, to him unknown, having deceased in their arms; he left them there and went up street for medical aid, and on his return found deceased in the Rev. Dr. Cotter's field; they brought deceased up to the apothecary's; he was then dead; he was taken from thence home; at the time witness's party threw the stones at the soldiers, the soldiers were on their way to the barracks; has no doubt that deceased was amongst them.

John Guere, of Buttevant, having been sworn, deposed that he was walking about 8 o clock yesterday evening with Alexander Anderson, when they met about 20 or 30 soldiers of the 16^th Regiment between the Turnpike and the Main-street of Buttevant, they were trying to avoid the soldiers, but the soldiers came up to themand asked them who they were; they told the soldiers they were only passing on; one of the soldiers then struck Anderson with his fist in the breast and staggered him; Anderson and deponent then ran into the town, and on their way up heard a cry near the Turnpike where the soldiers were - deponent then cried out 'oh! oh! boys, boys murder - there is a boy murdering at the Pike;' deponent and from 6 to 10 boys ran down; the soldiers threw some stones at the boys which were returned by the boys; the boys pursued the soldiers on their way to the Barracks; the soldiers were throwing stones all the time. Coholane ran from where the soldiers were to where witness and Anderson were standing and fell on the ground and gave a moan; witness did not see him struck; caught him to rouse him up but to no purpose; he was insensible and did not speak; a grenadier then flung a stone and struck James Anderson; witness and the two Andersons then went into M'Garry's field and remained there until he saw Coholane taken to the Rev. Mr. Cotter's field, after the soldiers went away; Coholane was afterwards removed to the town; would not know nay of the soldiers; saw Coholane taken out dead some time afterwards from Doctor Rice's house; saw Coholane about two hours before in the street quite well; Anderson has as good an opportunity of seeing stones thrown as witness; is positive that his party threw no stones at the soldiers before they heard the cry of murder.

James Anderson, medical apprentice, deposed that about 8 o clock yesterday evening John Guere came up to him in the street and said that his brother was struck down by a soldier; they both went with some town boys; witness got among the soldiers; was struck with stones; does not know who struck him; jumped into a field to avoid the soldiers; saw Coholane facing the soldiers, in order to attack them as witness believes; witness passed by him, and heard his voice but did not know what he said; did not see Coholane struck by any person; after the soldiers went away witness came out of the field and saw Coholane stretched on the road quite dead and persons about him; witness and the townboys assisted to take Coholane to the town to get medical assistance; witness had a row about 5 o clock in the evening with one of the soldiers who struck him without cause; witness heard his name was Loary; witness was taken prisoner by the picquet into the barrack, and was shortly after discharged, but John Sheehan who was with witness was insolent to the serjeant-major and challenged the soldiers to fight; there is a bad feeling and rows have taken place lately between the soldiers and the townspeople.

James P. Sheehan, Esq., MD, deposed that he examined the body of Coholane, deceased; there were some slight external marks on the right and left temples, and slight bruises on the neck; witness opened the body, and on examining the chest, found the sack covering the heart filled with blood, which proceeded from the heart itself; witness cannot form any opinion as to the cause of such rupture; it is exceedingly rare, and might have been produced by a fall from a height; thinks it could not be produced by a blow of a stone or a kick; there was no external mark of violence or injury to correspond with the situation of the heart, where the rupture occurred; witness is decidedly of opinion that the external injury could not have caused death.

The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the jury returned the following verdict:- 'That the deceased, Denis Coholane, died on the 5^th of October, in the year aforesaid - cannot say whether his death proceeded from natural causes, or from violence, the jurors not having sufficient evidence before them to come to any direct conclusion.

(CE 6/5/1846) - The Earl Grey Transport, which sailed from Barbados on the 29^th March, arrived in Cove on Saturday evening with the second division of the 85^th (King's Own) Light Infantry, under the command of Major Power. This division disembarked yesterday, marched into our garrison [Cork city] to occupy quarters for the night, and proceeded at five o clock this morning, to join the head quarters, at present stationed in Buttevant, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Maunsell.

(CC 21/5/1846) - THE BUTTEVANT DISTRICT POOR RELIEF COMMITTEE beg to acknowledge the following Subscriptions:-

Part of a report to the 'Cork Examiner' concerning a visit to Buttevant and Churchtown in May 1846 and signed by 'BETA.' See under Churchtown for the rest of the report. (CE 20/5/1846) - SUNDAY NIGHT - On my way to Churchtown, which I visited this day in accordance with your instructions, I staid at Buttevant to hear Mass. Fifteen soldiers attended mass, including the Serjeant Major. I was surprised to see a sentinel fully accoutred outside the Chapel door and asked myself, can it be possible that the authorities are so infatuated as to place a sentinel outside a house of worship? Do they consider a vidette necessary, lest the party of soldiers attending mass (who, by the by, carried their firelocks, &c, &c, into the gallery of the chapel with them) should be surprised and captured by the Repealers? The authorities at the Horse Guards must know very little of the Irish people.

The officiating clergyman, Rev. Mr. Falvey, in reciting the 'Prayers before mass' at the part where we are called upon to pray for the 'Queen and all those in high station,' read it thus, for the 'Queen, Mr. O Connell, and all those in high station.' How great is the affection of the Irish Priesthood and People for their venerated Liberator, this simple circumstance alone will testify - and does not O Connell deserve it of the Irish people? He who struck from off their limbs the galling chains of slavery, and placed them in the proud attitude of freemen. Base indeed must be the Catholic Irishman whose heart does not throb with gratitude and affection for the 'Chieftain of proud Derrynane.'

We read in Smith's History of Cork vol. 1 page 312 that 'Buttevant, called in the ecclesiastical books, Buthon; by the Irish and Spenser Kilnemullagh, was formerly an ancient Corporation, being once governed by a Mayor and Alderman, but, by the way, gone to decay; and it is said to have suffered greatly in the last plague of Ireland. In this place are the remains of a sumptuous ruin of the ancient abbey of Friars Minors, founded by David de Barry (in the reign of King Edward 1^st) who lies buried therein; he was lord justice of Ireland, and his tomb still remains in the choir, opposite the great altar.

The present new Catholic Church is built within about forty feet of the abbey mentioned above. I see by the date on front that the foundation stone was laid in 1831, it has a very pretty appearance from the outside, but its interior is as yet incomplete, and ought to claim the attention of the pious, thro' whose exertions alone in Ireland Catholic Churches can be reared.

To quote Smith again 'the name Buttevant, according to tradition, takes its rise from a word given in a battle fought near this place by David de Barry, who hero overthrew the M'Carthys and cried out 'Boutez on avant' i.e. 'Push forward,' which is the present motto of the Barry family.

In the little town of Buttevant, the Earl of Egmont, (one of the best Landlords in Ireland, and who has on his estate near Buttevant some of the wealthiest and most respectable farmers in Ireland, the Herlihys, Hutches, &c,) gives about 20 houses in the main street rent free since they came into his possession; and I heard Rev. Mr. Falvey, at Mass, acknowledge from his lordship, the sum of £25, being part of £200 given towards poor relief funds on his estate. His lordship's motto seems to be 'Nusquam abero, and tutum patrio te limine sistam.'

Would to God that I could say the same, at this season of distress, to every landlord in Ireland, my task would then be a more agreeable one than to chronicle the heart rending cries of the houseless widow and orphans.

(CE 9/3/1849) THE ARMY (Excerpt) - 70 Men of the 41^st regiment stationed at Buttevant have been discharged on the 3^rd inst., under the late order, an express reached the commanding officer on the 5^th to retain them, but they had received their discharge before its arrival. The same directions were forwarded to the Colonel of the 26^th stationed in our Barracks whom it reached in sufficient time to prevent discharge of the men. Those counter orders are consequent upon the late disasters in India, to which place those two regiments are to proceed, and are in daily expectation of the route. - Head-quarters of the 47^th, from this garrison, arrived at Buttevant this day, and replace the 41^st, which move on to Cork tomorrow. - Captain Villers Company, 47^th, landed yesterday from Kilrush, and marched this morning for Buttevant head-quarters.

On Saturday, a private of the 47^th made a murderous attempt on one of his officers, Lieut. Rookes, who had confined him for drunkenness on the line of march. Between Charleville and Buttevant, he loaded his musket, and was taking fatal aim, when fortunately a sergeant knocked the musket on one side, but the trigger had been touched, and altho'the ruffian's attempt at murder was frustrated, the officer received the ball in the arm.

(CE 6/7/1849) THE ARMY (Excerpt) - Two companies 47^th left Buttevant, yesterday morning, viz., Capt. Lowry's for Millstreet, and Capt. Sutton's for Mallow, to relieve the 41^st ordered to Cork.

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Cork Ancestors

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Name	Served in	Covering Dates
BRASSINGHAM, JOHN	Born 'Butterfert.' 57^th Foot Regt.; 2^nd Royal Veteran Battalion; 11^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 58	1794-1814
BRYAN, WILLIAM	60^th Foot Regt.; 91^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 20	1849-1853
BYFIELD, ROBERT	86^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1830-1853
CARTER, THOMAS	Born 'Buttivant.' 51^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28	1843-1852
CONNELL, PHILIP	Born Lisgriffin. 13^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37	1835-1854
CONNORS, MICHAEL	Born Lisgriffin. 35^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38	1836-1853
COWLEY, THOMAS	Born 'Butterfin.' 14^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 44	1822-1843
DEN(N)EH(E)Y, JAMES	33^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23	1844-1853
DOWLAND, DAVID	Born 'Bolafin.' - ?Buttevant. 4^th Garrison Battalion; 96^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 21 after 1 year 8 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge	1808-1810
DUNDON, RICHARD	Or Dundin. Born 'Butvint.' 54^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 35	1826-1842
DUNSFORD, WILLIAM	Born 'Butterant.' 4^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29	1838-1849
GLASSON, CORNELIUS	Or Glassin. 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 36	1833-1851
JESSE, WILLIAM	Born 'Buttivant.' 57^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1815-1837
KEATING, WILLIAM	Born 'Buttifield.' - ?Buttervant. 21^st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25	1821-1825
LEAHY, WILLIAM	Born 'Bullivens.' 60^th Foot Regt.; 3^rd Royal Veteran Battalion; 24^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 42	1807-1823
MC CARTHY, HENRY	Born 'Buttivan.' 87^th Foot Regt.; 32^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22	1815-1817
MC FARLANE, JAMES	Or McFarland. 2^nd Dragoons. Discharged aged 27	1837-1849
MURPHY, PATRICK	86^th Foot Regt.; 33^rd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 24	1842-1847
NOONAN, THOMAS	Born 'Butterfield.' - ?Buttervant. 58^th Foot Regt.; 68^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 42. Covering date year of discharge	1814
SHEEHAN, CORNELIUS	15^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31	1825-1840
SHEHAN, DANIEL	Born 'Butterant.' 19^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28	1836-1844
SULLIVAN, MATTHEW	Born 'Buttervant. 86^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 35	1813-1818
WALSH, WILLIAM	99^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23	1846-1851
WESTLEY, JOHN	22^nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 40	1837-1844
WILKINSON, ROBERT	Born 'Butterville' - ?Buttervant. 58^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 28	1804-1814

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