CLONTEAD (BELGOOLEY)

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(HC 2/7/1801) - TO BE LET, FOR NINE HUNDRED YEARS, 120 Acres of the Lands of FARTHAGH, CHOICE Ground, within three miles of Kinsale, seven of Cork, and one of Belgooly, from which five loads a day of Sea Manure may be drawn. Apply to Mr. Nugent on the Premises, if more pleasing, the Interest would be sold.

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1837 BALLYFEARD - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary - BALLYFEARD, a parish, in the barony of KINNALEA, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (N.E. by E.) from Kinsale; containing 1337 inhabitants. This parish comprises 4500 statute acres, of which 3576 are applotted under the tithe act and val ued at £2460 per annum: about 3500 acres are arable and pasture, and 1000 waste and bog. The land is in general very good and principally under tillage; but agriculture, as a system, is comparatively unknown; the chief manure is sea-sand, which is brought from Minane Bridge, three British miles distant. It has been proposed to cut a canal from Belgooley to the river Minane, and application has been made to Government for that purpose, but nothing has been yet decided. The village contains 24 houses indifferently built; it is a constabulary police station, and petty sessions are held every alternate Wednesday. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cork, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Shannon; the tithes amount to £260, of which one-half is payable to the impropriator, and the other to the vicar. There is no church, but divine service is regularly performed in the parochial school-house, which is licensed for that purpose. The glebe comprises five acres, but there is no glebe house. In the R.C. divisions this is one of the three parishes that constitute the union or district of Clontead; the chapel at Ballingarry is a plain thatched building. The parochial school and a Sunday school are under the superintendence of the vicar: there are also two pay schools in the parish.

1837 BALLYMARTLE - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary - BALLYMARTLE, a parish, in the barony of KINALEA, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Kinsale; containing 1706 inhabitants. This parish derives its name from the ancient family of Martel, to whom it formerly belonged; it is situated on the old road from Cork to Kinsale, and contains 5452 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act and valued at £3994 per ann. About 40 or 50 acres are woodland; 100 acres, young plantations; and the remain der, except a very small portion of bog at Scart, is arable and pasture. The soil, though generally light, is tolerably fertile; in that part of the parish bordering on Templemichael, on the west, it is of a very superior quality, being a yellow loam of some depth and bearing excellent crops. About three-fourths of the land are under tillage, and the remainder generally in large dairy farms. Sand and other marine manures are brought up within a mile of the parish, and are extensively applied by the farmers, affording employment to a considerable number of per sons. There is a small oatmeal-mill, and in the southern part of the parish is a flour-mill. The principal seats are Ballintober, the residence of the Rev. J. Meade; Ballymartle, of W. R. Meade, Esq.; Coolkirky, of T Herrick, Esq.; Glendoneen, of the Rev. J. Stoyle. They are all finely wooded; the proprietor of the last has planted 180,000 trees on his demesne, which are in a very flourishing state, and the whole forms a very interesting and beautiful feature in the view of a country so gen erally destitute of wood. Near the church is a constabulary police sta tion; and petty sessions are held in the village every alternate Monday. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cork, and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes amount to £424. 12. 4. The church is a small, plain ancient structure, and contains a monument to Sir John Meade, Bart., grandfather of the first Lord Clanwilliam, and judge of the palatine court of the county of Tipperary, who was buried there. The glebe comprises 5 ½ acres, but there is no glebe-house. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also that of Cullen; the chapel, near the village, is a plain modern edifice. A Sunday school is supported by the rector; and there are two pay schools, in which are 30 boys and 11 girls.

1837 CLONTEAD - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary - CLONTEAD, or CLOUNTADE, a parish, in the barony of KINSALE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (N.W) from Kinsale, on the mail coach road to Cork; containing 1337 inhabitants. Knock-Robbin, in this parish, was the scene of a repulse of part of the Spanish army in 1601; and during the war of 1641, the royal forces were frequently encamped here. The parish extends from the western termination of Oyster haven, in a southerly direction till it meets the River Bandon at ‘White Casde cove: it is intersected by the little river Belgooley, and bounded on the south by the Bandon river. It contains 1727 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and val ued at £946 per ann.; and was anciently part of the possessions of Tracton abbey. The land is generally good and in an excellent state of cultivation, being chiefly under tillage, and producing abundant crops of wheat, barley, oats, and potatoes: the manure used is principally sea sand, which is brought in barges from the bay of Kinsale to the village of Brownsmills. There are some good dairy farms. At Mullanadee is a flour-mill, called the Kinsale mill, which produces 8000 barrels of flour annually. The gentlemen's seats are Palacetown, the residence of S. P. Townsend, Esq., and Knock-Robbin, of Captain E. Bolton. It is an impropriate curacy, in the diocese of Cork, and is part of the union of Tracton; the rectory is entirely impropriate in the Earl of Shannon. The tithes amount to £73. 17. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising also the parishes of Ballyfeard and Kilmonogue; the chapel is a large plain edifice, built on an eminence. A school is supported by Mr. Townsend; and there is a small pay school. Near the new road are the ruins of the church; and about two miles from Kinsale are the remains of an old circular fort defended by a rampart and fosse, called Liscrally, which gives name to the surrounding lands: it contains subterraneous passages, which extend all round the mound.

1837 CULLEN - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary - CULLEN, a parish, in the barony of KINNALEA, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N. N.E.) from Kinsale, on the road to Cork; containing 1251 inhabitants. It comprises 3940 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The land is generally good, but the system of agriculture necessary for a succession of crops has not yet been introduced, although, from its vicinity to Carrigaline, and the facility of procuring sea-sand and sea-weed, cultivation is comparatively in a thriving state. Glynney is the seat of G. N. Dunne, Esq. It is a rectory in the diocese of Cork, and is part of the union of Templebready, and corps of the deanery of Cork: the tithes amount to £253. 16. 10., and there is an excellent glebe-house, on a glebe of 21 acres. There are some ruins of the old church; the Protestant inhabitants attend divine worship at Ballymartle. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Ballymartle. There is a day school of about 20 children.

1837 KILMONOGUE - Lewis' Topographical Dictionary - KILMONOGUE, a parish, in the barony of KINNALEA, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N.E.) from Kinsale, on the southern coast; containing 1217 inhabitants. This place, in 1642, became the head-quarters of a numerous body of the Irish forces, who encamped at Belgooley with the design of making a simultaneous attack upon Cork, Bandon, and Kinsale, of which plan part only was carried into execution. A very thriving village has recently sprung up here. In 1832, Mr. Downing erected some spacious boulting-mills, at an expense of 700O, which are worked by machinery of the most improved description, and are capable of producing 15,000 bags of flour annually. There are also a manufactory of starch from potatoes alone, and a vinegar distillery belonging to Mr. Jennings, of Cork. Several neat houses are now in progress, and it is intended to erect a court-house, in which petty sessions will be held. Herrings frequent the bay in large shoals, and are sometimes taken in great quantities. Oyster haven, on the shore of which this place is situated, is a creek about two miles to the east of the entrance to the harbour of Kinsale, affording good shelter for vessels in nine feet at low water, and to which the entrance is on the west side of the Sovereign's Isles; the best anchorage is on the west side, in the mouth of that branch which runs to the westward. The parish comprises 3113 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at J per annum: the soil is for the most part deep and rich; about one-fourth is under tillage, and the remainder principally in large dairy farms. The system of agri culture is very indifferent: there are large tracts of slab both at Newborough and Mount Long, which might be reclaimed and brought into cultivation. The principal manure is sea-sand, which is raised in great quantities in the haven, and brought up in large boats, of which about 40 are thus engaged, each employing three men. The chief seats are Newborough, that of G. A. Daunt, Esq., a retired and pleasant res idence on the eastern side of the haven, and in the midst of thriving plantations; and Oatlands, of Capt. Knolles, a handsome modern mansion, occupying an eminence commanding an extensive and varied inland prospect of great beauty, with a pleasing view of the groves of Newborough on the south; the ancient residence of this family, at Killeigh, is now in ruins. The living is a rectory and perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Cork; the rectory is partly impropriate in the Earl of Shannon, and partly in the union of St. Peter's, Cork, and the corps of the archdeaconry; and the perpetual curacy is united to that of Nohoval. The tithes amount to £213. 3. 10., of which £66 is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the archdeacon of Cork. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Clontead. The male and female parochial schools, for which the houses were built partly from the lord-lieutenant's fund, are supported by sub scription and endowed with an acre of land, and a male and female school at Newborough is supported by Mr. Daunt and the Cork Diocesan Association. On the shore of the haven are the ruins of the old parish church, and not far distant are those of Mount-Long Castle, built by the family of Long in the reign of Elizabeth, which in the war of 1641 was taken by Cromwell, and with the annexed estate given to some of his soldiers.

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(CE 19/1/1844) - O CONNELL FUND - BALLYMARTLE AND CULLEN - £25. - MY DEAR SIR, - I beg leave to forward you £25, the contribution of the Parishoners of Ballymartle and Cullen to the O Connell Compensation Fund and the Repeal Rent. This is more than double the amount of any former Collection in this limited district - which is a sufficient manifestation of the enthusiam of the people on this all important occasion. With the exception of £1 10s. my own subscription, the remainder constitutes the cheerful offering of a strictly friezed coated peasantry varying from 13s. 10s. 8s. 6s. 6d. 7s. 6s. 5s. 4s. 3s. 2s.6d. to 1s. The Labourers vieing with the Farmers in their zeal for fatherland, and love for our great Liberator. - May I request you will acknowledge the above through the public prints, - And I remain yours truly, P.J. SULLIVAN, P. P., Ballymartle

Ballymartle, May 6^th, 1845 - MY DEAR SIR - I beg leave to enclose you the amount of the O CONNELL TRIBUTE for the Current Year from this Union. The people of this district labour under many disadvantages, having a Chapel and two School-houses to build. I can answer for the, they yield to none of their Countrymen in ardent aspirations for their country's welfare, and lasting gratitude to him, who, guided by divine wisdom, is slowly but surely leading them on to a full participation in all the rights that the British constitution guarantees to all the subjects of these kingdoms. - Besides the subjoined list, other have been equally liberal, whose names from prudential motives must not be published with smaller contributions, making a total of £13.2.6. - Your giving this publicity in the Liberal Cork Papers will much oblige. - Your very humble obedient Servant, - P. J. O SULLIVAN

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Name	Served in…/Discharged	Covering Dates
BUCKLEY, WILLIAM	Born Cullen (note Cullen also in Duhallow). 67^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 27	1840-1850
CONWAY, PATRICK	Born Cullen (note Cullen also in Duhallow). 67^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26	1846-1850
LESTER, THOMAS	Born ‘Balgooley.' 58^th Foot Regt; Glengarry Fencibles. Discharged aged 31. Covering date year of discharge	1816
MURPHY, PATRICK	Born Cullen (note Cullen also in Duhallow). 20^th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 21	1842-1845

Name	Amount	Name	Amount
Crowley, Patrick Horgan, Jeremiah Keleher, Daniel Mehigan, Daniel Murphy, Jerry	0.5.0 0.7…. 0.7… 0.5.0 0.5.0	Murphy, Tim. O Sullivan, P. J., Rev. Roche, James Roche, Michael Sisk, John	0.4.0 1.0.0 0.5.0 0.6…. 0.5.0

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