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RC Parish of Kilmeen & Castleventry comprises the Civil Parishes of the same name and part of the Civil Parish of Kilkerranmore.

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1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS – CASTLEVENTRY

Name Bradeen, Catherine Caholane, Daniel Calanan, Dennis Canty, Timothy Coghlan, John Coghlan, Michael Coholan, Dennis Coholan, Dennis Collins, Darby Deasy, Cornelius Deasy, Daniel Deasy, John Deasy, John Donovan, Catherine Donovan, Daniel Donovan, Dennis Donovan, John Donovan, Julian Donovan, Michael Donovan, Patrick Feen, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Timothy Hea, Timothy Hill, Davig Houlton, Cornelius Hurley, Daniel Hurly, Daniel Hurly, Daniel Hurly, Darby Kearney, John Kearney, John Kearny, William Keefe, Patrick Keheily, Timothy Kelly, Dennis Leary, John Munihane, Darby Munihane, John Shea, Richard Skully, Batt. Sullivan, Cornelius Sullivan, Darby Sullivan, John Sullivan, Michael Sullivan, Timothy Sweeny, Mary Wagstaff, John Welsh, James

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1796 SPINNING WHEEL PREMIUMS – KILMEEN

Name Bennet, Mary Bennett, John Brenan, Denis Brien, Cornelius Brien, Daniel Brien, Darby Brien, Denis Brien, Denis Brien, Eleanor Brien, James Brien, John Calnan, Denis Carthy, Bridget Carthy, Cornlius Carthy, Daniel Carthy, Darby Carthy, Denis Carthy, Dennis Carthy, Jeremiah Carthy, John Carthy, Joseph Carthy, Mary Carthy, Michael Carthy, Patrick Carthy, Timothy Coholon, Daniel Collins, Cornelius Collins, Daniel Collins, Daniel Collins, Darby Collins, Denis Collins, Denis Collins, John Collins, Judith Collins, Matthew Collins, Thomas Connell, Daniel Connell, John Crowley, Catherine Crowley, Denis Crowley, Patrick Crowly, Cornelius Crowly, Dennis Crowly, James Crowly, John Crowly, John Crowly, Patrick Crowly, Thomas Cullinane, James Dean, Catherine Delay, Charles Delay, Denis Dempsey, Timothy Donahue, Michael Donohue, Michael Donohue, Timothy Donohue, Timothy Donovan, Darby Donovan, Darby Donovan, James Donovan, James Donovan, John Donovan, Patrick Donovan, Patrick Donovan, Thomas Donovan, Timothy Douny, Daniel Driscole, Daniel Driscole, Darby Driscole, Ellen Eedy, Charles Farsian, John Farsian, Timothy Feen, Francis Fehane, Darby Fihily, Michael Fuller, William Fyhilly, Michael Halahane, Thomas Heagarty, Daniel Heagarty, James Heagarty, Patrick Healy, John Heas, Cornelius Heas, Denis Hurley, Cornelius Hurley, Joseph Hurly, Michael Kearney, James Kearney, John Keating, Timothy Keefe, Owen Kehelly, Daniel Kehelly, Timothy Keohane, Denis Keohane, Patrick Lane, John Leary, Cornelius Leary, Daniel Leary, Jeremy Leary, Timothy Lyne, Daniel Lyne, Daniel Lyne, John Lyne, Timothy M’Carthy, Dennis M’Carthy, Florence M’Carthy, Honora M’Carthy, Jeremy M’Carthy, Jeremy M’Carthy, John Macarthy, Ellen Mahony, Darby Marrinane, Cornelius Murphy, Julian Murphy, Timothy Murphy, William Neenane, Owen Norwood, Edmond Regan, Denis Regan, Richard Sheehy, Thomas Soroney, John Sullivan, Catherine Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, Daniel Sullivan, Denis Sullivan, Dennis Sullivan, Francis Sullivan, Francis Sullivan, Jeremiah Wolfe, Joseph Woulfe, John

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See also Boherbue- Kilmeen - Boherbue-Kilmeen

Kilmeen & Castleventry-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
CARTY, DANIEL	Born ‘Killamain.’ 85th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 26 after 2 years service	1800
COLLINS, JOHN	Born ‘Kilmean.’ 74th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25 after 7 years 10 months service. Covering dates year of enlistment to year of discharge	1801-1808
DONAVEN, MICHAEL	Or Donnanen. Born ‘Kilmain.’ 31st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 38	1807-1815
DONOGHOE, TIMOTHY	Born Kilmeen. 3rd Foot Regt.; 39th Foot Regt.; Discharged aged 39	1824-1845
DONOVAN, DENIS	Born Rossmore. 18th Foot Regt.; 4th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 25	1848-1852
HAWKINS, THOMAS	Born Kilmeen. 3rd Foot Regt.; 39th Foot Regt.; 80th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 42	1826-1848
HAYES, WILLIAM	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 31st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 23 after 2 years service	1809
HERLIHY, WILLIAM	Born ‘Kilmane.’ 22nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 27	1847-1848
LEARY, PAUL	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 32nd Foot Regt. Discharged aged 29	1815-1821
MALONEY, CORNELIUS	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 1st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 20	1840-1841
MALONEY, MICHAEL	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 1st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 31	1840-1851
MC CARTHY, TIMOTHY	Born Kilmeen. 6th Foot Regt.; 81st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 32	1825-1840
MC CARTY, JOHN	Born ‘Kilmean.’ 70th Foot Regt.; Royal Canadian Rifles. Discharged aged 46	1824-1849
REAGAN, THOMAS	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 16th Foot Regt.; 90th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 37	1803-1818
SPLANE, WILLIAM	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 39th Foot Regt.; 47th Foot Regt.; 48th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1825-1846
SULIVAN, JOHN	Born Kilmeen. 59th Foot Regt.; 6th Foot Regt.; Discharged aged 22	1847-1851
SULLIVAN, DANIEL	Born Kilmeen. 9th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 39	1827-1843
SULLIVAN, JOHN	Born Kilmeen. 59th Foot Regt.; 6th Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22	1847-1851
WILLIS, RICHARD	Born ‘Kilmain.’ 1st Foot Regt. Discharged aged 22	1838-1841

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CASTLEVENTRY – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – CASTLEVENTRY, a parish, partly in the barony of IBANE AND BARRYROE, but chiefly in the Western Division of the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (W) from Clonakilty; containing 2,474 inhabitants. This parish is situated a little to the north of the road from Cork to Skibbereen, between Clonakilty and Ross, and comprises 4,663 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. About one-half of the land is under tillage, producing good crops; the remainder is chiefly rough hilly pasture, with some small portions of bog, which is very valuable for fuel. Much of the rough and unprofitable land is capable of being reclaimed; but although new and excellent lines of road have been recently opened, very little improvement has yet been made in the system of agriculture. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and is part of the union of Kilkeranmore; the rectory is impropriate in ____ Foot and ____ Roberts, Esqrs. The tithes amount to £524, of which one-half is payable to the impropriators, and the other to the vicar. The church is a large edifice, in the early English style, with a lofty square tower, and was built by aid of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits. There is neither glebe-house or glebe. In the RC divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kilmeen. The parochial male and female schools, at Saroo, are supported by the Cork Diocesan Association, the vicar, and J.S. Townsend, Esq., who has endowed the schools with an acre of land. On the summit of a lofty hill are the ruins of the old church, situated in a very strong fortress, called Templum Ventrie, built in 1298 by the Knights Templars, on the site of a heathen temple; and near it are the remains of another, called Bealad. In the neighbourhood have been found several ancient ornaments and some celts of stone and bronze.

KILMEEN – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 – KILMEEN, a parish, partly in the barony of IBANE AND BARRYROE, but chiefly in the Western Division of the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (NW) from Clonakilty, on the road to Dunmanway; containing 3,980 inhabitants. It comprises 8,343 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £4,871 per ann., of which 5,324 are arable, 1,408 pasture, 864 bog, 80 woodland, and the remainder rough pasture and waste land. The surface is uneven and the soil light but productive; about half of the land has been brought into tillage under the old system since new roads were opened in 1820. At Oak Mount and Lisnabrinny are extensive remains of ancient woods; and there are large plantations round the glebe-house, the residence of the Rev. E.H. Kenney. There is a constabulary police station at Ballygurteen, where cattle fairs are held on June 24^th, July 25^th, Nov. 1^st, and Dec. 21^st. The principal seats are Bennett’s Grove, the residence of Herbert Gillman, Esq.; Oak Mount, of J. Gillman, Esq.; and Lisnabrinny of the Rev. Godfrey C. Smith. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithes amount to £750. The glebe-house was erected by the last incumbent, with the aid of a gift of £100 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1791; the glebe comprises 26a. 3r. 9p. The church is a very neat edifice with a square tower, for the erection of which the same Board granted a loan of £460, in 1810. In the RC divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising Kilmeen and Castleventry, and part of Kilkerranmore, in the two first of which are chapels; that of Kilmeen, which is at Rossmore, is a large plain edifice. The parochial school is under the trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity, and is aided by the rector: the master’s house is a good building, and the school is endowed with two acres of land by Mr. Cox. In this and another public school about 70 children are educated, and about 110 are taught in two private schools; there is also a Sunday school and an infants’ school on the glebe. To the west of the church is the strong castle of Ballinward, which was built by Randal Oge Hurley; it was garrisoned by the English in 1641, subsequently dismantled by order of Cromwell, and granted with the adjoining lands to the Archbishop of Dublin by Chas. II. Here are several ancient raths, one of which, near Lisnabrinny, has a very curious entrance.

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(CE 10/1/1845) – THE O CONNELL TRIBUTE FOR THE YEAR 1843 – Clonakilty, 4^th Jan., 1844 – DEAR SIR – I beg to enclose Six Pounds which I have received from the REV. P. HARTNETT, PP, of Kilmeen, as the collection for the O Connell Tribute, for the Union of Kilmeen and Castleventry – to be acknowledged as under – Very respectfully, your obedient servant, - THOMAS DEASY

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BEAMISH ESTATE, GERAH, KILMEEN -EVICTIONS 1847

(CE 29/9/1847) – Subjoined we give the following account of evictions which have taken place near Clonakilty, from a respected correspondent. The horrors related in this tale of Irish landlordism embrace the sending forth on the world of ninety-five human beings – men, women and children – one woman being burned to death amongst the ruins from which she had not strength to drag her weakened limbs, and one man turned into a raving madman!! - Here are the details –

Four miles from Clonakilty, by the road leading to Dunmanway, my attention was attracted by a great number of unroofed houses, on the lands of Gerah, in the parish of Kilmeen. On making enquiries, I learned the following particulars: - That the immediate landlord is a Mr. Richard Beamish, living in the town of Clonakilty, the head landlord being Lord Bandon; that some short time since Mr. Beamish dispossessed two or three farmers, living upon those lands, and that upon getting …. possession of the lands, he unroofed to less than nineteen houses, containing twenty families consisting of ninety-five human beings. The walls are still standing, and upon some of them the naked, well-smoked rafters. When asking about the fate of the unfortunate creatures, I was told some had gone to England, others to Wales, others to Cork, and that the Rev. Mr. ____ could inform me of the melancholy end of more of them. Many of them had been labouring under illness at the time of their expulsion. The widow Callaghan’s death was then daily expected. Still the roof was torn down, while she was lying, underneath, in that state. She was then removed to the house of Jerry Driscoll, her aged brother, living on the same land; but had not been long under his roof, when he and she were left roofless. She got shelter then from a neighbour for a short time, but for want of better accommodation, she crawled back to one of the unroofed houses, where she placed herself under a few old sticks, standing against the wall, and (horrible to relate) she was there burned to death!!! She saw the ignition of the old sticks but had not strength sufficient to move even one yard, to save herself from so terrible a death. The widow Calnan’s two sons were lying down in fever when their cabin was unroofed. They were left for some time under the open air, but were at length admitted into a pig-sty on a neighbouring land; where the elder son died leaving a wife with four children; and the younger son, thirty years old, is in a dying state this moment. Edmond Fitzgerald and family were admitted into a neighbour’s house; he was seized with illness in a few days. The priest was sent for, and to his horror, he found poor Fitzgerald perfectly deranged – and could only repeat the word – Beamish! Beamish! Beamish! Beamish! He is now better, but a most melancholy looking subject. - In conclusion, I shall only ask, how long shall such horrors exist amongst us?

The following is the amount of the evicted: -

Head of Family Callaghan, Widow Calnan, Denis Calnan, Widow Crowly, Biddy Deasy, William Donovan, Bartholomew Donovan, Denis Donovan, James Donovan, Patrick Driscoll, Jerry Driscoll, John Fitzgerald, Edmond Hayes, Widow Keohane, Timothy Leary, Thomas M’Carthy, Daniel M’Carthy, Widow Moore, John White, John Willis, Robert

No. in Family 3 6 2 2 2 6 9 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 6 3 3 6 6 3

Total: - 95

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