 St. James Protestant Church, Mallow
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MALLOW
Genealogy & History
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PIGOT’S DIRECTORY 1824 – MALLOW - IN the county of Cork, is distant one hundred and twenty-six miles south-west of Dublin, and sixteen north-by-west of Cork. It is a flourishing town, pleasantly situated on the Blackwater, over which there is an excellent stone bridge, which joins it to the village of Ballydaheen. Mallow formerly boasted of two noble castles, which were built by the Earl of Desmond, and destroyed in the rebellion of 1641; the remains of one of them cannot fail to attract the attention of the traveller. The modern structures consist of a handsome church, and a new market house, with convenient buildings adjoining, erected by the present proprietor; here also are chapels for Roman Catholics, Wesleyans, Calvinists and Independents. Contiguous to the town is a spring of moderately tepid water, bursting from a limestone rock; its medicinal qualities attract a numerous assemblage of fashionable society, for whose convenience commodious baths are about to be erected; it was discovered in the year 1724, and in quality assimilates to the hot water of Bristol – its temperature is 68 ½ . Mallow since the year 1803, has returned one member to the Imperial parliament, elected by a seneschal and freeholders; it formerly returned two, as appears from a charter granted by James I making Mallow a corporation to be governed by a provost and twelve burgesses, having the power of returning two members. Since the peace, the trade of this town has wonderfully increased. The manor of Mallow was a distinct seignory, which formerly belonged to the Earl of Desmond, and upon his attainder, was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir John Norris, who settled the crown of Portugal on the present royal house of Braganza, & was Lord President of Munster. Sir John Jephson, knt., ancestor of the present proprietor, Charles Denham Orlando Jephson, marrying the heiress of Sir John Norris, became possessed of this estate, & obtained new letters patent for the same. The market days are Tuesday and Saturday, and fairs are held on the 1st of January, the Monday before Shrove Tuesday, the 11th of May the 25th of July, and the 28th of October. The population, according to the last returns, was, including the Manor and the village of Ballydaheen, 8077.
POST OFFICE – Main-st., Post Master, Rt. Lynch, Esq. Mails from Dublin, Bruff, Buttevant, Charleville, Kilmallock, and Limerick, arrive at seven minutes before five in the evening (Monday excepted), and depart at a quarter past nine in the morning (Saturday excepted). The Mail from Cork arrives at nine in the morning, and departs at a quarter past five every evening. The Mail from Kanturk arrives at a quarter past eight every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday morning, and is despatched every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday evening at a quarter past five.
COACHES, &c.
CORK, a Coach from the Hotel, Main-st., every evening at 5.
LIMERICK, a Coach from the Hotel, Main-st., every morning at 9.
CORK, a Caravan for passengers & parcels, from the Coach Office, Main-st., every morning at 8, and returns the same day at six in the evening.
Connell’s’ Jingles to all parts, on hire.
Arranged Alphabetically. (NGC) – Nobility, Gentry & Clergy
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Ahern, John, Grocer, Timber Merchant, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Ahern, John, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Ahern, Pat., Tailor, Main-st. Atkins, Robt., Esq., Firville (NGC) Atkins, Wm., Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Babbington, Mrs., Ladies’ Day Academy Baggs, Geo., Attorney, Short Castle Baldwin, Arthur B., Rev., Curate (NGC) Baron, Jas., Watch & Clock Maker, Main-st. Barratt, Robt., Bridge-st. (Smiths, &c.) Barrett, Richd., Linen & Woollen Draper & Silk Mercer, Main-st. Barry, David, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Barry, Edw., Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Barry, Jas., Baker, Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c., Main-st. Barry, Jas., Wool Comber, Bridge-st. Barry, John, Main-st. (Physicians & Surgeons) Barry, Joseph, Barrister, Main-st. Barry, Thos., Rev., Spa walk (NGC) Batterberry, Rd., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Becher, Wm. W., Esq., MP, Ballygiblin (NGC) Begley, Martha, Pastry Cook, Main-st. Begley, Matt, Baker, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Bennett, John, Rev., Main-st. (NGC) Bevan, H., Rev., Main-st. (NGC) Blanch, David, Boot & Shoe Maker, Bridge-st. Bourke, Fred., Leather Seller, Tanner & Currier, Main-st. Bourke, John, Apothecary, Main-st. Braddell, Henry & John, Esqrs., Main-st. (NGC) Brady, Kingsmill, Wool Comber, Woollen Cloth Manufacturer, Main-st. Brady, Wm., Dyer, Spa walk Brommell, Thos., Boot & Shoe Maker, Spa-walk Browne, David, Saddler & Harness Maker, Main-st. Browne, Henry, Barrister, Main-st. Browne, Henry, Capt., Main-st. (NGC) Buckley, Denis, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Buckley, John, Bridge-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Bunworth, Peter, Attorney, Vittoria Lodge Callaghan, Daniel, Cooper, Main-st. Carmichael, John, Attorney & Seneschal/ Main-st. (Inn & Hotel) Clancy, Morris, Wheelwright, Main-st. Cogan, Miss, Milliner & Dress Maker, Main-st. Colman, John, Carpenter, Main-st. Connell, _____, Jingles, see under Coaches &c. Connell, M., Auctioneer, Main-st. Connell, Morris, Hardwareman, Main-st. Connell, Thos., Boot & Shoe Maker, Bridge-st. Connor, Timothy, Bridewell-st. (Smiths, &c.) Cotter, Jas. L., Sir, Rock Forest (NGC) Cremen, Jeremiah, Wheelwright, Main-st. Crofts, Mrs., Main-st. (NGC) Croker, Dillon John, Miller, Quartertown Croker, Henry, Esq., Quartertown house (NGC) Croker, M., Gen., Main-st. (NGC) Cudmore, Thos., Apothecary, Main-st. Davies, Richard, Capt., Carland Cottage (NGC) Davies, Robt., Mill-lane (Physicians & Surgeons) Dawson, Jane, Linen & Woollen Draper & Perfumer, Main-st. Deady, John, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Delacour, Robt., Esq., Bearforest (NGC)/ Banker, Main-st. Delacour, Robt., Jun., Esq., Fairy-hill (NGC) Denny, Wm., Pawnbroker, Main-st. Dory, Thos., Tailor, Main-st. Douling, David, Spa-walk (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Downing, Geo., Baker, Main-st. Doyle, John, Bridewell-st. (Smiths, &c.) Dwane, John, Rev., Main st. (NGC) Dwyer, Edm., Carpenter, Main-st. Evans, John, Esq., Main st. (NGC) Farmer, Robt., Carpenter, Main-st. Field, John, Wheelwright, Balladaheen Fitzgerald, John, Miller, Mallow Flynn, Jas., Tailor, Spa-walk Flynn, John, Balladaheen (Smiths, &c.) Flynn, John, Tailor, Spa-walk Flynn, Thomas Pyne, Esq., Mount Ruby (NGC) Flynn, Wm., Tailor, Spa-walk Galvin, John, Main-st. (Smiths, &c.)/ (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Galwey, St. John, Main-st. (Physicians & Surgeons) Gardiner, John, Distributor, Stamp Office & Commissioner for taking affidavits in the county of Cork, for his majesty’s courts of King’s Bench, Exchequer & Common Pleas. Gardiner, John, Merchant, Ins. Agent, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Gibbings, Miss, Main-st. (NGC) Grady, Mrs., Main-st. (NGC) Greany, Mich., Saddler & Harness Maker, Main-st. Green, John, Gunsmith, Painter, Plumber & Glazier, Main-st. Griffith, Rd., Esq., Ballyellis (NGC)/ Engineer, Gwynn, Robt., Saddler & Harness Maker, Main-st. Haines, Charles, Timber, Coal & Iron Merchant, Main-st. Haines, Homan, Tanner & Currier, Main-st. Haines, John, Pawnbroker, Main-st. Hanes, Thos., Esq., Main-st. (NGC)/ Flour, &c dealer, Main-st. Hannan, Richd., Cooper, Main-st. Hayes, Matthew, Barm Manufacturer, Spa-walk Haynes, John, Letter Press Printer, Spa-walk Hazle, Henry, Painter, Plumber & Glazier, Main-st. Hegerty, Denis, Bridge-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Hiffernan, Wm., Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Hopley, Henry, Gent’s Boarding Academy, Mill-lane Hovenden, Robt., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Hume, Clement, Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Jephson, Chas. D. Orlando, Esq., Mallow Castle (NGC) Johns, Martha, Mrs., Ladies’ Academy, Main-st. Jones, Hercules, Glass, China, &c., Dealer, Hardwareman, Main-st. Jones, John, Jun., Ins. Agent, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Jones, John, Jun., Newcastle Bleach Office Agent, Main-st. Jones, John, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Jones, Rd., Rev., Main-st. (NGC) Jones, Richd., Attorney, Main-st. Justice, Thos. Holmes, Apothecary & Surgeon, Main-st. |
Kalaher, Denis, Leather Seller, Main-st. Kane, Matthew, Potato-market (Smiths, &c.) Keeffe, Jas., Gallows-lane (Smiths, &c.) Keeffe, Manus, Leather Seller, Main-st. Kelleher, Denis, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Kerney, John, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Lacy, John, Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Linehan, Dan., Main-st. (Physicians & Surgeons) Lombard, John, Rev., Harriotville (NGC) Lombard, Miss, Eastly Cottage (NGC) Lonegan, Edmund, Wheelwright, Main-st. Lover, James, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Lynch, Robt., Esq., Main-st. (NGC)/ Post Master, Post Office, Main-st. Lysaght, Nicholas, Esq., & Mrs., Main-st. (NGC) Lysaght, Wm., Esq., Summer-hill (NGC) Magher, Philip, Glover, Spa-walk Magner, Jeremiah, Wheelwright, Balladaheen Mahony, Cain, Hatter, Main-st. Mahony, Florence, Esq., Sandfield Lodge (NGC) Mahony, John, Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Mahony, Mich., Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Mahony, Paul, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Mannix, Mich., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Mansfield, Pierce, Baker, Main-st. Mansfield, Pierce, Jun., Apothecary, Main-st. Mullane, John, Timber Merchant, Main-st. Mullins, Denis, Glover, Main-st. Murphy, Dan., Coach Maker, Main st. Murphy, John, Tailor, Main-st. Murphy, Lawrence, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Murphy, Rd., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Murphy, Rd., Jun., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Murphy, Richd., Clerk Murphy, Wm., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Nagle, Jas., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Nagle, Pat., Baker, Main-st. Nagle, Patrick, Cabinetmaker, Upholsterer & Undertaker, Bridge-st. Nagle, Philip, Cabinetmaker, Upholsterer & Undertaker, Carmichael-lane Nash, John M., Esq., Bellevue (NGC) Newell, Michael, Glass, China, &c., Dealer, & Seedsman, Main-st. Newman, R., Capt., Main-st. (NGC) Nunan, Pat., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. O Brien, Bryan, Wheelwright, Balladaheen O Brien, Cath., Linen Draper, Milliner & Dress Maker, Main-st. O Brien, Wm., Wheelwright, Balladaheen O Callaghan, Eliz., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. O Connell, Maurice, Glass, China, &c., Dealer, Main-st. O Connell, Morris, Ironmonger & Architect, Main-st. O Connor, Anth., Timber Merchant, Tallow Chandler, Main-st. O Connor, Thos., Leather Seller, Main-st. O Keeffe, Manus, Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. O Neill, Jos., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) O Regan, Cornelius, Baker, Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c., Main-st. O Regan, Denis, Baker, Main-st. Osborne, Thos., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Peard, Rd., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Peard, Thos., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Peed, Edw., Attorney, Main-st. Perkin, John, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Poole, Thos., Capt., Main-st. (NGC) Preston, Henry, Bridewell-st. (Smiths, &c.) Punch, Thos., Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Purcell, Rd. Harris, Esq., Annabel (NGC) Quain, John, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Quain, Wm., Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Quain, Wm., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Quigly, Mary, Straw, Chip & Leghorn Hat Maker, Main-st. Reardon, Chas., Bridwell-st. (Smiths, &c.) Redmond, Nich., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Rice, Saml., Boot & Shoe Maker, Main-st. Roche, Eliz., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Roche, Jas., Bridwell-lane (Smiths, &c.) Roche, John, Balladaheen (Smiths, &c.) Roche, John, Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Roche, Nicholas, Tailor, Main-st. Russell, Wm., Major, HP, Beachmount (NGC) Ryan, Denis, Main-st. (Smiths, &c.) Ryan, Edmund, Ironmonger & Coal Store, (Smiths, &c.) Main-st. Ryan, John, Gent’s Day Academy, Main-st. Ryce, John, Baker, Main-st. Scully, Pat., Hardwareman, Main-st. Seward, Noble, Esq., Upper Bear Forest (NGC) Sheehan, David, Leather Seller, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Slattery, Mich., Saddler & Harness Maker, Main-st. Smallman, Thos., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Stack, John, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Strisell (?), Mrs., Straw, Chip & Leghorn Hat Maker, Main-st. Sullivan, Dan., Main-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Sullivan, John, Baker, Main-st. Sullivan, Thos., Linen & Woollen Draper, Main-st. Swain, John, Painter, Plumber & Glazier, Main-st. Swiney, Dan., Wheelwright, Bridge-st. Swiny, Mary, Bridge-st. (Vintner, Spirit Dealer, &c.) Tarrant, James, Tanner & Currier, Main-st. Tarrant, Rd. Fowler, Esq., Main-st. (NGC) Tarrant, Sarah, Brewer, Main-st. Thornhill, Mrs., Main-st. (NGC) Tomay, Pat., Barrack-lane (Smiths, &c.) Townsend, Thos., Esq., Retreat (NGC) Tuckey, John, Grocer, Tallow Chandler, &c., Main-st. Twiss, Alex., Watch & Clock Maker, Main-st. Welsh, John, Gent’s Day Academy, Spa-walk Williamson, Usher, Esq., Castleview (NGC) Wrixon, Edw., Henry & John, Esqrs., Main-st. (NGC) Wrixon, Nicholas, Rev., Ballygiblin (NGC) Wynne, Geo., Baker, Main-st. |
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(CC 27/5/1826) – DESPERATE ATTACK ON EASTLEY COTTAGE NEAR MALLOW - On Wednesday night, about 11 o clock, a most desperate and daring attack was made by a gang of robbers on the above Cottage, the residence of Mrs. And the Misses LOMBARD, about half a mile from Mallow. The intentions of the midnight marauders, was, through some means known; and private information being given, JAMES LAURENCE COTTER, Esq., of Rockforest, and some friends with Mr. CROSSLEY, Chief Officer, Mr. KEILY, Chief Constable, and a few of the Police, took their station in the house; at the above hour, a rap was heard at the door, which was promptly opened, and three fellows well armed entered, while three more remained outside. The moment they advanced into the hall, they were called upon to surrender, the humane object being to make them prisoners rather than sacrifice their lives – the demand was answered by a discharge from their fire-arms, which wounded one of the policemen in the hand; and a slug from a blunderbuss also grazed Mr. Crossley’s face. They met with an unexpected reception, the fire being instantly returned, and one of the villains was shot dead on the spot, and another severely wounded, having received a pistol shot through the lungs. During the conflict the candles were blown out, by the flashing of the powder, which enabled the remainder of the gang to assist their wounded associate, and effect their escape. The villain that was killed was named Thornhill, from the neighbourhood of Castle-Kiven; he had been tried under the Insurrection Act in this County, and his brother was transported a short time since. On Thursday an Inquest was held on the body, which was exposed in Mallow, in order to have it claimed. There was a large quantity of blood outside the house, which flowed from the wounded man – whose discovery, from the efforts making may be calculated on. We have given the particulars in a hasty and abridged form; but, in our next, we expect to be furnished with the detail, which must be interesting. The object of the villains was plunder, in which they were happily frustrated, and, from the exertions of the Magistrates and Gentry, we have no doubt that the entire of them will be apprehended, and made atone for this premeditated attack on the highly respectable and amiable family, whose peaceful dwelling they have so wantonly, and wickedly outraged.
(CC 3/6/1826) – REWARD – At a Meeting of the Magistrates and Gentlemen of the Town and Neighbourhood of MALLOW, on Tuesday the 30th of May, the following publication was resolved on: - WILLIAM WRIXON BECHER, ESQ. – IN THE CHAIR- WHEREAS an Attack was made on the residence of Mrs. and the Misses Lombard, in this neighbourhood, on the night of Wednesday the 24th inst by a number of armed men, which but for the prompt and determined resistance made by James L. Cotter, Esq., Lieut. Crossley, and Mr. Kiely, together with four men under their command, might have terminated in the plunder and destruction of the House and its Inhabitants. – The Magistrates and Gentlemen of the surrounding Country, holding in just abhorrence so atrocious an attempt on a family, distinguished for benevolence and munificence, have subscribed a sum amounting already to FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS, which is placed at the disposal of the undernamed Committee, for the Discovery and Prosecution to Conviction of the survivors of this nefarious gang: - LORD VISCT. DONERAILE, EDMUND LOMBARD, CHS. D.O. JEPHSON, ADAM NEWMAN, JAMES L. COTTER, HENRY CROKER and THOMAS WARE, jun., Esqrs. – The Magistrates and Gentlemen assembled, feel, that it is due to the individuals who have been named, and to their party,* whose names they deem it right to annex to this publication, to express their sense of the intrepidity, coolness and humanity, with which they conducted themselves in combating and defeating an attack, marked with a degree of ferocity, which exposed them to the utmost hazard of their own lives, and required the calm determination they evinced to protect the lives of those in whose defence it was displayed. – WM. W. BECHER, Chairman
*Constables ARTHUR ALEXANDER, JOHN BOWES – Sub Constable JOHN CLARKE – JOHN IRVINE KERR, late Constable in Major Carter’s Police, and Volunteer on this occasion.
(CC 6/6/1826) – TO THE ELECTORS OF MALLOW: - GENTLEMEN – ON my Canvass, I have found many of the highly respectable Interests, that I looked forward to obtain, pre-engaged, and many Votes that I have been promised, have not been registered in due time for the Election now approaching, therefore not wishing to disturb your Town, unnecessarily, by those scenes usually attendant on a contested Election, I am compelled, most reluctantly, to forego my pretensions to the Representation of your Town on the present occasion. – I take this opportunity to return my sincere thanks to those kind friends who promised me their support; and also to those, from whom, though engaged, I have received the most flattering expression of regard: and earnestly entreat them to hold themselves disengaged till a future opportunity occurs of exercising their Election Franchise. – I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, - your most obedient and very humble Servant, - RICHARD LONGFIELD – Longueville, June 4, 1826.
(CC 6/6/1826) – THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MALLOW – ARE requested to meet at the Court-House, in that Town, at Twelve o Clock, on SATURDAY, the 10th June, inst., for the purpose of expressing by an Address to their much respected and now retiring Representative, WILLIAM W. BECHER, Esq., the sense they entertain of his upright and independent discharge of his duties as a Member of Parliament. – Mallow, June 6, 1826.
(CC 20/6/1826) – MALLOW ELECTION – We gave the details of this Election up to a late period on Friday evening, but we were unable to give with precision, the State of the Poll. About five o clock on that evening a scrutiny took place, and the numbers were:-
For C.D.O. Jephson, Esq. 188
For Lord Viscount Glentworth 38
Majority for Mr. Jephson 150
Mr. JEPHSON was then declared duly elected by the returning officer, upon this, he rose and said, ‘You have most laudably withstood temptation, you have established your character, for independence, you have shamed and driven away the strangers, and I hope you will never be ashamed of the individual you have this day elected.’ - In the course of the evening the new Member was handed into a tastefully ornamented Chair, prepared for the occasion, and conveyed through the principal streets in the town, amidst the most deafening plaudits from the large concourse of people assembled on this interesting occasion. In the evening the festive scene was kept up, large bonfires were lighted, and several barrels of porter were distributed, and the night passed off without any thing worthy of notice occurring to embitter the pleasures of the day.
(CC23/3/1833) – Petitions against Colonial Slavery, and against the profanity of the Sabbath, have been forwarded to both Houses of Parliament, from the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters worshipping in Zion Chapel, Mallow.
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BOROUGH OF MALLOW
TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS 1837/8 - REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES - FICTITIOUS VOTES (IRELAND) Session 15 November 1837 – 16 August 1838 - VOL. XIII – Part II
MARKSMEN (Illiterate Voters) 1837
NAME, RESIDENCE, OCCUPATION
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Allen, John, Mallow, Thatcher |
Kearney, William, Lackanabehee, Labourer Keating, Timothy, Fair-lane, Tailor Keefe, Denis, Fair-lane, Farmer Keefe, James, Fair-lane, Blacksmith Keefe, John , Fair-lane, Farmer Keleher, Patrick, Lackanabehee, Slater Laurence, Patrick, Norcott’s-lane, Labourer Leahy, Jeremiah, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Leary, Arthur, Chapel-lane, Labourer Leary, Jeremiah, Barrack-lane, Yeoman Leary, Timothy, Annabella, Labourer Linehan, Cornelius, Droumsligo, Farmer Linehan, James, Upper Quartertown, Farmer Linihan, William, Mallow, Labourer Lynch, Patrick, Mallow, Hatter M’Auliffe, Edward, Fair-lane, Labourer M’Carthy, William, Fair-lane, Servant M’Donald, Sandy, Annabella, Gardener M’Gown, Francis, Chapel-lane, Pensioner Maher, James, Lackanabehee, Labourer Mahony, Daniel, Gallows-hill-lane, Farmer Mahony, Denis, Glen, Steward Mahony, Michael, Ballydaheen, Carman Mahony, Michael, Glen, Labourer Mahony, Michael, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Mahony, Patrick, Gallows-hill-lane, Horse-trainer Miller, William, Fair-lane, Victualler Mulcahy, Timothy, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Mullane, William, Ballydaheen, Farmer Mullins, Richard, Limekiln-lane, Labourer Murphy, Denis, Gortnagroga, Farmer Murphy, Jeremiah, Mallow, Skinner Murphy, John, Lower Quartertown, Labourer Murphy, John, Firville, Labourer Murphy, William, Lackanabeher, Labourer Neenar, Timothy, Lime-kiln-lane, Labourer Neill, Denis, Ballyhinkeen, Labourer Neill, Henry, Ballyhinkeen, Labourer Neill, John, Gallows-hill-lane, Farmer Neill, Patrick, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Nowlan, Daniel, New-street, Shopkeeper Nunan, John, Carmichael’s-lane, Hostler Quinlan, Thomas, Upper Quartertown, Labourer Reardon, Edmond, Chapel-lane, Labourer Regan, Cornelius, Chapel-lane, Weaver Regan, James, Lackanalooha, Labourer Regan, Timothy, Glen, Labourer Reily, Michael, Dromsligo, Farmer Roche, William, Fair-lane, Brogue-maker Ryan, John, Jones’-lane, Shoemaker Sarsfield, John, Carrageeavara, Labourer Savage, Timothy, Mallow, Tailor Scully, Patrick, Ballyhinkeen, Labourer Sheehan, Daniel, Lackanalooha, Labourer Sheehan, Daniel, Shambles-lane, Labourer Sheehan, Denis, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Sheehan, Denis, Lackanalooha, Labourer Sheehan, Jeremiah, Lackanalooha, Labourer Sheehan, Patrick, Lackanalooha, Labourer Sheendal, Denis, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Sullivan, Denis, Gallows-hill-lane, Herdsman Sullivan, Jeremiah, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Sullivan, John, Limekiln-lane, Labourer Sullivan, John, Barrack-lane, Labourer Sullivan, Owen, Ballylought, Farmer Sullivan, Patrick, Ballylought, Farmer Sullivan, Patrick, Droumsligo, Farmer Sullivan, Patrick, Ballylought, Farmer Sullivan, Patrick, Droumsligo, Farmer Sullivan, Thomas, Gallows-hill-lane, Labourer Sweeny, Denis, Annabella, Labourer Sweeny, Owen, Gallows-hill-lane, Weaver Tarrant, George, Lackanabihee, Stonemason Toomey, Jeremiah, Mallow, Watchman Walsh, James, Mallow, Labourer Walsh, Michael, Mallow, Huckster |
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Applications for Excise and Spirit Licences 1832 – 38 from Premises under £10 in value
Combining the following two lists:- [addtional information in brackets and italics]
(A) APPLICATIONS FOR EXCISE LICENCES [1832 - 1838 from Premises under the Annual Value of £10]
(S) FURTHER RETURN of the Names and Residences, specifying the Streets and Numbers of the Houses of all Individuals in the Towns in Ireland which return Members to serve in Parliament, who have made Application or received EXCISE LICENCES for the Sale of Spirits in Premises under the Annual Value of £10, since 1st October 1832 [to 1838]
*Date of Registry as a Householder - Date of Registry as a £10 Householder, a voting qualification of the time which also seems to have been needed in order to apply for a Licence. It is worth noting that the Reform Act of 1831 extended the franchise.
Name, Residence, Note, Date of Registry as a Householder*
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Barrett, Cornelius, Main Street, A Barrett, Daniel, Main Street, A Barry, John, Main Street, A Barry, Thomas, New Street, A, 1834 Begley, Matthew, Main Street, A, 1833 Callaghan, Cornelius, New Street, A, 1832 Callaghan, John, Gallows Hill Lane, A, 1832 Dawlin, William , Main Street, A Donaldson, Adam, Main Street, A Fitzgerald, John, Main Street, A Fitzgerald, John, Beecher Street, A, 1832 Fitzpatrick, Francis, New Street, A, 1834 Foley, John, Main Street, A, 1838 Galwin, John, Main Street, A, 1834 Graham, Martin, Main Street, A, 1836 Green, John, Main Street, A, 1837 Hartnell, John, Main Street, A Hegarty, Denis, Main Street, A Hegarty, William, Main Street, A Kearney, John, Main Street, A M’Auliffe, Edward, Main Street, AS M’Carthy, John, Main Street, A, 1834 M’Carthy, Owen, Main Street, A |
Magner, Jeremiah, Main Street, A Mahony, Timothy, Main Street, A Matthews, James, Main Street, A Nagle, Garrett, Main Street, A, 1834 Noonan, Denis, Main Street, AS O Brien, Patrick, Main Street, A O Brien, William, Main Street, A O Keife, Edward, Main Street, A O Regan, William, Main Street, A Rinn, James, Main Street, A Roach, Edmond, Main Street, A Rolehan, Daniel, New Street, A, 1835 Sheehan, Daniel, Main Street, A Sheehan, John, New Street, A Sheehan, John, New Street, A Shircliffe, Webb, Main Street, A Sweeney, William, Main Street, A Tarrant, George, Main Street, A Tarrant, Richard, Main Street, A, 1833 Tobin, John, Main Street, A Walsh, James, Main Street, A White, Patrick, Main Street, A, 1834 |
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BALLYMAGOOLEY – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 - BALLYMAGOOLEY, a village, in the parish of RAHAN, barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (E.) from Mallow; the population returned with the parish. This place which is pleasantly situated on the south bank of the river Blackwater, and on the road from Mallow to Fermoy, consists chiefly of a range of small houses stretching along the south side of the road; and between it and the Blackwater is Ballymagooly, the handsome seat of J. Courtenay, Esq., commanding a fine view of the beautiful scenery on the banks of the river: it was the site of the ancient castle of that name, which was garrisoned by the English in 1691, and its relief in that year gave rise to the battle of Bottle Hill. The parish church, at a short dis tance from the village, towards the river, with its churchyard surrounded with trees, is a pleasing object. The parochial school-house, a neat building is situated towards the east end of the village. —See RAHAN.
MALLOW – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 - MALLOW, a borough, market-town, and parish, partly in the barony of DUHALLOW, but chiefly in that of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 17 miles (N.) from Cork, and 127 ¾ (S.W) from Dublin; containing 9804 inhabitants, of which number, 7099 are within the limits of the borough, including the recently added suburb of Ballydaheen, and 5229 in the town. This place was anciently called Malla, Moyalla, and Moyallow, of which its present name is only a modification. Though the town has little claim to antiquity, yet the seignory, which is independent of both baronies, formed part of the territories of the great Earl of Desmond, who erected a noble castle here on the northern bank of the Blackwater, which commanded the pass of that river. After the rebellion of the Earl in the reign of Elizabeth, during which this place was the centre of the operations of the English forces, the Queen was advised to fortif this castle for the defence of the ferry, where the troops were frequently detained for many days. In 1584, the castle and the manor were granted by the Queen to Sir Thomas Norris, Lord-President of Mun ster; they afterwards passed by marriage with the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas to Major-Gen. Sir John Jephson, Knt., of Froyle, in the county of Hants, and have since continued in the occupation of his descendants. In 1612, Jas. I. confirmed these possessions to Dame Elizabeth Jephson, Sir John being then living, with the grant of a court baron and power to determine pleas to the amount of 40s.; also the privilege of a market and two fairs, with the power of appointing a clerk of the market, and of licensing certain tradesmen. In the same year the town, which had greatly increased and w strengthened with a second castle on the north side, called Castle Garr, or “the Short Castle’ was incorporated and made a free borough; and on the breaking out of the war in 1641, besides its two castles, it contained 200 houses occupied by English settlers, of which 30 were strongly built and roofed with slate. On the 11th of February, 1642, the insurgent forces under Lord Mountgarret entered the town, on which occasion Capt. Jephson entrusted the strong castle of Mallow to the custody of Arthur Bettesworth, with a garrison of 200 men, an abundant supply of arms and ammunition, and three pieces of ordnance. Castle Garr was also defended by Lieut. Richard Williamson, who, after sustaining repeated assaults, in which he lost most of his men, and several breaches had been made, agreed to surrender upon honourable terms. After he had left the fortress, finding that the insurgents were not inclined to observe the terms of capitulation, Lieutenant Williamson seized a sword, and, with the rest of his party, resolutely fought his way through their ranks and retired into Mallow Castle, which had been maintained with better success by Bettesworth. The insurgents, during their stay at this place, chose as their commander Garret Barry, who had served under the King of Spain; and on the 15th of February, a party of them attacked the fortified mansion of Mr. Clayton, in the immediate vicinity, but did not succeed in taking it till after a sanguinary conflict in which 200 of their number were killed and many wounded by the garrison, which consisted only of 24 men, whom, on taking the place, they put to the sword. The castle of Mallow was assaulted and taken by the Earl of Castlehaven, in 1645, and was nearly reduced to ruins. When the kingdom was threatened with invasion by France, in 1660, it was, from its advantageous situation, commanding the chief pass of the Blackwater, considered to be of such importance, that a present ment for its repair was made by the grand jury of the county; but the proposal could not be entertained, as the law allowed presentments only for bridges, causeways, and roads. After the battle of the Boyne, Major Geo. S’Gravenmore having advanced from Tipperary with 1100 horse and two regiments of Danish foot, sent Col. Doness, on the 13th of Sept., 1689, to burn the bridge of Mallow, and to survey the castle; the Colonel, on his return reported that there were 100 Protestant families in the greatest alarm and danger from McDonough, one of Jas. the Second’s governors of counties, who was assembling forces for the purpose of plundering and burning the tc On this intelligence S’Gravenmore sent 100 horse and 50 dragoons for their protection; and McDonough, on his approach to the town with nearly 4000 men, was suddenly attacked in the great meadow near the bridge, by the Danish horse, routed, and pursued with great slaughter on both sides of the river. The loss of the Irish, on this occasion, is stated at 500 killed, while on the side of their opponents neither a single man nor a horse was wounded; S’Gravenmore subsequently made this town his head-quarters previously to the siege of Cork.
The town is finely situated on the northern bank of the river Blackwater, about a mile below its confluence with the Clydagh, in a vale enclosed on the south side by a chain of mountains, but more open on the north, and on both sides richly wooded. It consists chiefly of one main street on the mail coach road from Cork to Limerick, near one extremity of which was Castle Garr, on the site of which is now a modern house; and at the other is Mallow Castle, commanding the river, over which is a stone bridge of eleven arches, connecting the town with the suburb of Ballydaheen, on the opposite bank. Within the last few years the town has been greatly enlarged and much improved; several spacious houses have been built, a new street has been opened to the north of the main street, and the latter has been lengthened by the addition of several respectable private houses at its western extremity: Most of the houses in this street have a projecting square window on the first floor, whichhas a singular but not unpleasing effect; the principal footpaths are flagged, though the streets are not paved; and the inhabitants are amply supplied with excellent water. The total number of houses, including the suburb of Ballydaheen, was, in 1831, 996, of which number 426 are slated and the remainder thatched; they are generally well built, and the town has, on the whole, a handsome and cheerful appearance. The beauty of its environs, and the tepid mineral waters for which Mallow is celebrated, had made it a place of fashionable resort, during the summer months, and the number of gentlemen’s seats in the immediate vicinity had rendered it a desirable place of residence, long before it attained its present impor tance as a place of trade. The Mallow Club, consisting of an unlimited number of the resident gentry of the town and neighbourhood, elected by ballot as proprietary members, was established here several years since on a very liberal scale. The club-house, situated in the principal street, contains billiard, card, supper, and reading rooms; the latter, which contains also a good library for reference, is open to strangers. There is also a public subscription news-room tin a smaller scale. The members of the Duhallow hunt hold their meetings here, and are distinguished for their superior pack of fox-hounds. Races are held annually in September on a course about two miles to the east of the town; and balls and concerts occasionally take place, under the patronage of the neighbouring gentry in the new and spacious assem bly-rooms attached to the principal hotel. The military depot, for merly established here, was discontinued on the formation of a larger establishment at Fermoy, but there are still infantry barracks for 7 officers and 103 non-commissioned officers and privates. The mineral waters, in their properties, resemble those of Bristol, but are much softer; one of the tepid springs was at a very early period in repute as a holy well, dedicated to St. Peter, but they were all neglected for medicinal use till the earlier part of the last century. The principal spring is on the north-eastern side of the town, where it rises perpendicularly in a powerftil stream from the base of a limestone hill that shelters it on the east. There is another spring called the Lady’s well, also warm and of the same quality though not covered in or used. The water of the spa has a mean temperature of 70 degrees of Fahrenheit, rising in summer to 72 degrees and falling in winter to 68 degrees; it is considered as a powerful restorative to debilitated constitutions, and peculiarly efficacious in scroflilous and consumptive cases, for which the spa is much frequented by persons of fashion from distant parts of the country being the only water of the kind known in Ireland. The spa house was built in 1828, by C. D. O. Jephson, Esq., M. P., the present lord of the manor and principal proprietor of the town: it is in the old English style of rural architecture, and contains a small pump-room, an apartment for medical consultation, a reading-room, and baths; the whole fitted up in the most complete manner for supplying, at the shortest notice, hot and cold salt-water, vapour, and medicated baths. The approach to the spa from the town is partly through an avenue of lofty trees along the bank of an artificial canal, affording some picturesque scenery; it is in contemplation to form an approach from the north end of the new street, winding round the brow of the hill and through the Spa glen, the present outlet from the lower part of the town being inconveniently narrow. There are no public promenades; but the excellent roads leading through the environs, which abound with scenery of a richly diversified character, afford a variety of pleasant walks; and a road nearly five miles in circuit, called the Circular Drive, which has been made along the sout bank of the river Blackwater, crossing Clydagh bridge in a westerly direction, and returning by the navigation road on the north side, affords excellent opportunities for equestrian excursions. Through a great portion of its length this road is shaded on both sides with rows of lofty trees, and the whole line presents an uninterrupted succession of elegant seats and tastefully embellished demesnes. The season usually commences in May, and terminates in the beginning of October, during which period there is a considerable influx of company; and it is probable that, as the improvements around the Spa are continued, advantage will be taken of the many eligible sites which the vicinity affords for the erection of pleasant lodging-houses.
The inhabitants carry on an extensive and lucrative trade with the opulent and populous districts in the neighbourhood, importing most of their articles for general consumption direct from England. There are in the town and its immediate vicinity three soap and candle man ufactories, three tanyards, three flour-mills, of which those belonging to Messrs. W. and K. Brady and Messrs. Molloy and Co., are worked by the river Clydagh, and produce each about 10,000 barrels annually; the extensive brewery and making establishment of Owen Madden, Esq.; two lime and salt works, and a small manufactory of blankets and flannel, with a dyeing and pressing-house. Branches of the Provincial and Agricultural Banks have been recently established in the town. The projected railway from Dublin to Valencia will, if carried into effect, pass close to the town. About 40 years since, about 3 miles of a line of canal, intended to connect the Duhallow collieries with the sea, was cut and may still be traced adjoining the road to Kanturk, thence called the “navigation road.” The principal market is on Tuesday, when large quantities of corn are bought by agents for the Cork merchants; there is a second market on Friday; and butter, celebrated for the sweetness of its flavour, and eggs are brought for sale daily. Fairs are held on theist of January the day before Shrove-Tuesday, May 11th, July 25th, and Oct. 28th, for general farming stock; the January fair is chiefly for pigs, of which more than 2000 were sold in 1836. The market-place has been recently erected, at the sole expense of Mr. Jephson; it occupies an area 75 yards in length and 50 yards in width, and contains markets for butchers’ meat, pigs, sheep, potatoes, and general provisions.
The town received its first charter of incorporation from Jas. I. in 16 12, and though a new charter was granted by Jas. II., it was acted on during only a very short period, and the original charter was revived. By that charter the corporation consisted of a provost, twelve burgesses, and a commonalty; the provost was chosen from the burgesses at Midsummer, and sworn into office at Michaehmas; and vacancies in their body, as they occurred, were filled from the commonalty by a majority of the burgesses, by whom also the freemen were admitted by favour: vacancies in the office of provost were to be filled within 15 days, and in that of the burgesses in 7 days. The provost was clerk of the market, and the corporation had power to make bye-laws, to have a mercatory guild, and a common seal; to appoint two serjeants-at-mace and other officers; and to hold a court of record every Friday, for the determination of pleas to the amount of five marks. Probably from the peremptory necessity of filling up vacancies within so short a period, the corporation soon fell into disuse, and it has now ceased to exist. The charter also conferred the privilege of returning two members to the Irish parliament, who for a long time previous to the Union were, after the extinction of the charter, elected by the freeholders of the manor, by whom also the member returned to the Imperial parliament since the Union was elected till the 2nd of Wm. IV.; till which period also the freeholders of the manor had a vote both for the town and for the county. The act of the 2nd of Wm. IV., cap. 88, extended the right of election to the J householders, the right of the 40s. freeholders not occupying houses of that value to expire with their lives. The number of registered electors is about 300. A new boundary for electoral pur poses has been drawn round the town, including the village of Bally daheen, and comprising an area of 350 statute acres, of which the limits are minutely detailed in the Appendix; the seneschal of the manor is the returning officer. The manor extends over that part of the parish of Mallow lying north of the Blackwater (except a small portion in the barony of Duhallow), and over part of the parish of Mourne Abbey, on the south side of the river, comprising the towniands of Quarter-town and Gortnacraggy; the seneschal holds a court baron every third Wednesday, for the recovery of debts under 40s., and a court leet twice in the year, for the regulation of the markets and the appointment of bailiffs. Quarter sessions for the East Riding of the county are held in April, and petty sessions are held every Tuesday by the county magistrates. A new court-house and bridewell have been erected, the former a handsome building of hewn limestone fronting the market-place, and ornamented with broad pilasters supporting a cornice and pediment; the latter, a commodious and well-arranged building, is at the rear of the court-house. A constabulary police force is stationed in the town.
The parish comprises 8622 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £9067 per annum; the land is chiefly in pas ture, and that part of it which is under tillage is fertile and in a high state of cultivation. In the vicinity of the town are quarries of lime stone of a superior quality, which are worked to a considerable extent for supplying the neighbourhood with lime. Within a circuit of 5 miles from the town are not less than 50 gentlemen’s seats. Mallow Castle, that of C. D. 0. Jephson, Esq., is at present being rebuilt in a style more appropriate to the extensive and beautiful demesne in which it is situated: the prevailing character of the building is the Elizabethan; several of the offices are finished, and the whole, when completed, will be a spacious and elegant mansion. The Castle grounds are richly wooded and laid out with great taste; the walls are shaded by fine avenues of stately trees, which intersect the demesne; and though in a retired situation, the grounds afford some pleasing scenery; especially an opening which displays a picturesque cottage, and a fine sylvan view on the banks of the Blackwater. This demesne has been described by Arthur Young, Esq., as one of the best fermes ornée in the kingdom. The other seats in the immediate vicinity are Bally Ellis, formerly the residence of Lord Ennismore, and now of A. G. Creagh, Esq.; Beareforest, lately the residence of R. De la Cour, Esq.; Dromore, of A. Newman, Esq.; Rockforest, of the representatives of the late Sir James L. Cotter, Bart.; Quartertown, of H. Croker, Esq.; Longueville, of Col. Longfield; Waterloo, of H. Longfield, Esq.; Castle Kevin, of E. B. Thornhill, Esq.; Carrig, of W. H. Franks, Esq.; Annabella, of K. H. Purcell, Esq.; and Firville, of K. Akins, Esq. The living is a rectory; in the diocese of Cloyne, and in the patronage of C. D. O. Jephson, Esq.; the tithes amount to £600. The old church was dedicated to St. Anne; the present church, towards the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan of £3500, in 1818, was built on a site presented by the Jephson family: it is a handsome structure, in the later English style, with a tower and well-proportioned spire; an organ has been lately erected by subscription, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have proposed to grant £20 per ann. to the organist. Adjoining the church are the remains of the ancient edifice, of which the tower and the greater portion of the walls are standing. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also the parish of Rahan and a small portion of that of Mourne Abbey; the chapel, a large and substantial edifice, is in the town. There are also places of worship for Independents and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists; attached to that for Independents is a library of about 500 volumes. About 200 children are taught in four public schools, and there are eleven private schools, in which are about 350 children. The parochial school was built at an expense of £300, defrayed by subscriptions aided by a grant from the Lord-Lieutenant’s school fund; the infants’ school was established in 1834 and is supported by subscription; a school is supported by the Independents, who have also an asylum for a few poor persons of their congregation; and a national school is about to be established. The county infirmary; to which is attached a dispensary, is a neat plain building at the east end of the town; it has at present accommodations for 14 patients, but is capable of containing 30. In the year ending Jan. 5th, 1836, 350 patients had received relief in the infirmary, and 2067 from the dispensary. A fever hospital is about to be erected, and in the mean time a temporary wooden building is appropriated to that use. A charitable loan fund has been recently established, which has a capital of nearly £500, distributed in loans varying from 5s. to £5. The late R. McCartie, Esq., of Mount Ruby, bequeathed the interest of £250, charged on that estate, for distribution among the Protestant poor annually at Christmas. The present church, the ruins of the ancient edifice, and the R. C. chapel, being situated on the south side of the town, are seen to great advantage from the bridge; between them and the river is a broad expanse of meadow, which being occasionally inundated has always a verdant appearance. Mallow Castle and its richly wooded demesne are also most favourably seen from this point of view; and the bridge itself forms a conspicuous and interesting feature in the distant view of the town. On the lands of Quartertown, on the south side of the Black-water, and about a mile to the west of the town, is a chalybeate spring subject to be overflowed by the river; and there is another at Beareforest, about half a mile to the south.
TOWNLANDS
Taken from 'General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland,' 1851 - all in the barony of Fermoy except those in Duhallow, marked (D)
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Annabella Ashgrove Ballydahin Ballyellis Ballygarrett Ballyviniter Lr. Ballyviniter Middle Ballyviniter Up. Bearforest Lr. Bearforest Up. |
Carhookeal Carrigoon Beg Carrigoon More Castlelands Cloghlucas N. Cloghlucas S. Curraghanearla Curraghphadeen Dromsligo |
Firville E. Firville W. (D) Gooldshill Gortnagross (D) Keatleysclose Kilknockan Killagrohan Killetra Knockaroura Knoppoge |
Lackanalooha Leaselands Lodge Mallow Mallow T. Newtown (D) Parkadallane Scarteen Spaglen |
RAHAN – Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary 1837 - RAHAN, a parish, in the barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (E.) from Mallow, on the road to Fermoy, and on the river Blackwater; containing 3781 inhabitants. At Carrigoon, on the north side of the river, was a garrison for Jas. II.; and nearly opposite to it stood the castle of Ballymagooly, which was garrisoned by the English, the relief of which occasioned the battle of Bottle hill, in this neighbourhood. A grant of a market and two fairs was made in the 36th of Chas. II., with a court of pie poudre for the manor of Cotterborough, but they are not now held. The parish, which comprises 9930 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5909 per ann., lies partly on the north, but chiefly on the south, side of the Blackwater. The arable land is in general good, and there is a considerable portion of reclaimable mountain and some excellent bog, from which the Mallow market is partly supplied with fuel; limestone abounds and is used for building and agricultural pur poses, and the state of agriculture has of late years been much improved. Rockforest, the spacious and handsome mansion of Sir J. L. Cotter, Bart., is beautifully situated on a rising ground between the Blackwater and the Lavally mountain, in an. extensive and richly wooded demesne, bounded on the north by the river, which sweeps boldly under the rock of Carrig, the woods and castellated tower on the summit of the rock forming a most picturesque and interesting scene. The other seats are Rockforest Lodge, the residence of Pierse Creagh, Esq.; and Ballymagooley, of John Courtenay, Esq., noticed under the head of the village of that name. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in Col. Longfield. The parish was formerly united to that of Carrigleamleary, but was separated about 30 years since, when a portion of the latter was attached to Rahan to make the division more equal. The tithes, amounting to £484. 1. 24., are payable in equal portions to the impropriator and the vicar. The church is a small neat structure with a low square tower, towards the erection of which, in 1788, the late Board of First Fruits gave £500, and it was also aided by Sir J. L. Cotter, to whose memory and that of his lady it contains a neat mural monument; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted £142 for its thorough repair. In the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in the union or district of Ballinamona, but chiefly in that of Mallow There is a small meeting-house for Wesleyan Methodists. The parochial school at Cotterborough, near Ballymagooly, is a neat build ing, comprising two large school-rooms, with apartments for the mas ter and mistress, erected in 1823 under the auspices of the late vicar, at an expense of about £250, of which £100 was a grant from the Lord Lieutenant’s fund; it is chiefly supported by subscription. At Knockbrack is a school for boys, supported by a bequest from W. D. La Touche, Esq., whose father gave the site for the school and an acre of land; another school is supported by subscription, in which and in the two former about 100 children are educated; and there are two private schools, in which are about 90 children. The late H. J. Cotter, Esq., in 1831, bequeathed £500, and a small estate in this parish pro ducing about £90 per ann., in trust to promote the scriptural educa tion of the poor; and the Rev. George Brereton, formerly vicar of Rahan, bequeathed £200 late currency, of which the interest is annu ally distributed at Christmas to six poor persons on the church list; he also bequeathed £30 to purchase a church bell, and a similar sum for completing the parochial school-house. Some remains of the old church still exist.
TOWNLANDS
Taken from 'General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland,' 1851 - all in the barony of Fermoy
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Ballinvuskig E. Ballinvuskig W. Ballymagooly Ballymagooly T. Ballyvorisheen Carrigoon Commonage Dromrahan Fiddane N. Fiddane S. Gortaneelig |
Island Knockanannig Knockbrack Knuttery Lavally Lr. Lavally Up. Monee E. Monee W. Rahan Rockforest E. Rockforest W. |
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