Creator / Author: Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin (1923-2013)
Item Type / Page count: Book Chapters / 5p & 5p
When Published: 2007 / 2008
Publisher / Place of Publication: Gill & Macmillan / Hume Avenue, Park West, Dublin 12.
Parent Publication [book]: Giants of Gaelic Football / by Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin / 233pp
About: This book, written by former RTE broadcaster Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, recounts the careers of the greatest Gaelic footballers. In the pantheon the author includes two West Wicklow players – Kevin O’Brien of Baltinglass and Gerry O’Reilly of Donard. The story of each is told in two separate five-page chapters.
Full title: Shoeboxes: from Irish Roots to Canadian Branches
Creator / Author: Kevin Lee and Tom Jenkins
Item Type / Page count: Book / 228pp
When Published: 2022
Publisher / Place of Publication: Coollattin Canadian Connection / Co. Wicklow
About: This is a high-quality publication which traces connections between Canada and South Wicklow, particularly centred on the Coollattin Estate and the assisted emigration programme from the surrounding areas in the first half of the nineteenth-century. The authors provide a well-researched history of Coollattin Estate and outline the circumstances of the ‘perfect storm’ that triggered the leavetaking of some ten thousand people for Canada. A substantial portion of the book provides case studies of over fifty families whose stories are told in words and pictures. A comprehensive contents listing is transcribed below,
ID number(s): 9781399928021
Contents: About the authors — Dedication — Acknowledgements — Photographic Credits Foreword
[SECTION A: Coollattin Defined] [Chapter 1 – Origin of Coollattin Estate] The Garden of Ireland — Anglo-Norman Legacy — Property Portfolio of Thomas Wentworth
[Chapter 2 – Colonisation, Rebellion and Restoration] 1641 Rebellion — Cromwell — Restoration of Title to 2nd Earl of Strafford — Visit of Thomas Watson-Wentworth 1713
[Chapter 3 – Establishing a Protestant Colony in South Wicklow] Setting of Leases — Hume’s Observations
[SECTION B: The Gathering of a Perfect Storm] [Chapter 4 – Early Famines] Year of Slaughter (Bliain an Air), 1740-1741 — Post-Rebellion Food Shortages — Famine and Typhus, 1817 — Abandonment of Newborn Infants in Carnew — Famine of 1826 — An Gorta Mór, The Great Famine
[Chapter 5 – Role of the Agent in Coollattin] Early Agents: Abraham Nickson, Reverend John Griffith, Hugh Wentworth — William Wainwright — William Haigh — The Chaloners, Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. — Late Nineteenth Century Agents: Frederick Ponsonby, Duncan McNeill, and Frank Brooke — Underagent Ralph Lawrenson
[Chapter 6 – Education] Carnew School — Shillelagh School — Coolroe School — Coolkenno School — Other Schools on the Estate Funded by Earl Fitzwilliam
[Chapter 7 – The Workhouses] Life in the Workhouse — Rathdrum Workhouse — Shillelagh Workhouse
[Chapter 8 – Assisting Emigration] Recruiting the Emigrants — Role of the Clergy in Recruiting Emigrants — Cholera Outbreak of 1832 and the First Assisted Emigrants — Tradesmen and the Famine — Logistics of the Programme — Graves Shipping, New Ross — Last Sight of the Homeland — Passenger Acts — Life at Sea — Death at Sea — Grosse Isle — Journey Inland — Building a New Home — Worlds Apart
[Chapter 9 – Coollattin Enclaves in Ontario] From Carnew to Simcoe County — From Moyne to Grey County — From Boley to Lanark County — From Killinure to Lennox and Addington County — Old Hastings Colonisation Road
[Chapter 10 – Thriving in Canada] A History of Irish Canadian Immigration— Urban Vs. Rural — Irish Need Not Apply — A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
[Chapter 11 – Gaining Influence in Canada] The Social Intersection of Language and Religion — Cutting the Ties to the Old Country to Survive — Irish Benevolent Society — Ogle Robert Gowan: the Carnew Orangeman who influenced Sir John A. Macdonald
[SECTION C: The Shoeboxes] THE FAMILY OF JOHN DOYLE: from the Crab Lane to Camden East — THE CASSIDY FAMILY: from Killinure to Camden Township — THE STORY OF SIMON BYRNE: from Munny Lower to St. John, New Brunswick — THE FAMILY OF LEONARD MYERS: from Tally Ho to Manvers Township, Victoria County — THE BYRNE FAMILY: from Ballykelly to Western Canada — THE FAMILY OF THOMAS KENNY: from Moatabower to Smiths Falls to Omaha, Nebraska — THE FAMILY OF EDWARD BELL: from Carnew to Cincinnati — THE FAMILY OF THOMAS BALFE AND SARAH KENNY: from Kilcavan to South Elmsley — THE FAMILY OF ISAAC FOSTER: from Motabower to Red Deer, Alberta — THE FAMILY OF JOHN FOSTER: from Ballynulta to Camden — JOSEPH DUNN’S PRAYER BOOK: a treasured family heirloom — THE HOPKINS FAMILY: from Corndog to Grey County and beyond — THE JOURNEY OF SAM DUNN: in the footsteps of his forefathers — THE FAMILY OF CHARLES WILLOUGHBY: from Ballinatone, Coollattin to Rockwood, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM WALL AND ANNE LOUGHLIN: from Laragh to Hamilton, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND MARTHA LAWRENCE: from Slieveroe to Glenelg, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF NICHOLAS BAWLF: from Hillbrook to Smiths Falls to Winnipeg — THE GROVES FAMILY: from Aghold Upper to Fergus, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF JOHN POPHAM: from Munny Upper to New Orleand and back — THE ORMOND FAMILY: from Carnew to the Corktown Area of Hamilton, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF ROBERT PRESLEY: return to Motabower after 171 years — THE FAMILY OF PATRICK KEHOE: from “Hot Pot Lane” to Augusta, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF PATRICK McGUIRE: from Shillelagh to Camden East — THE FAMILY OF THOMAS HUTTON: from Sleaghcoyle to Grey County, Ontario — THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH COSGROVE: from “Hot Pot Lane” to Gloucester Township to Iowa — THE FAMILY OF THOMAS BRAZIL: from “Hot Pot Lane” to Carleton County to Kansas — THE DOWSE FAMILY: from Kilninor to Winnipeg and back again — THE FAMILY OF DANIEL KELLY: from Killballyowen to Umfraville — THE OWENS/BYRNE FAMILY: from Tomnafinnogue to Wisconsin — THE HOPKINS FAMILY: from Moylisha to Brownsville to Moose Jaw — THE FAMILY OF JOHN McGRATH: from Killinure to Camden — THE FAMILY OF THOMAS HAYDEN: from Glenphilpeen to Port Hope — NAOMI NIGHTINGALE: the Coollattin cook who emigrated to Montreal — THE CODD FAMILY (aka CODE or COAD): a North American dynasty with Wicklow roots — THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL HENDRICK: from Kennystown to Meech Creek — THE FAMILIES OF WILLIAM BREEN AND MARGARET HEADON: from Ballynulta to Oswago, New York — THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM KELLY: from Ballyconnell to Quebec — THE FAMILY OF DENNIS TOMKINS: from Newtown to Kemptville — THE JAMES FAMILY: from Mungacullin to Lanark County — THE STORY OF WILLIAM YOUNG: an exception to all the rules — THE STORY OF JOHN KENNY AND MARY DEEGAN (nee Shannon): from the Crab Lane to all parts North of Kentucky — THE FAMILY OF BENJAMIN STYLES: from Balisland to Manvers County — THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND CELIA BYRNE: from New Row to Admaston in Renfrew County — THE FAMILY OF NED FINN AND ANNE FINNEGAN: from Knockballystine to Wilkinson — THE FAMILY OF JOHN KAVANAGH (later Cavanaugh): from Killinure to Camden East — THE FAMILY OF JOHN KAVANAGH: from Parkmore to Barrie in Simcoe County — THE FAMILIES OF FRANCIS DUNN, THOMAS GRIFFIN AND ALICE KEEFE: united by their bonds of kinship and their roots in the Wicklow Hills — THE MURPHY FAMILY: from Tomnafinnogue to Dundalk — JERVIS WHITE: from Ballyellis, Carnew to the 30,000 islands of Parry Sound — THE TOOLE (O’TOOLE) FAMILY: from Ballyshonog to Tecumseth County — ELVIS PRESLEY HAD WICKLOW ROOTS: from “The Dying Cow” to Graceland.
[SECTION D: Post-Famine Coollattin] [Chapter 12 – The Built Heritage] Contribution of the 6th Earl Fitzwilliam — The Woodenbridge Branch Railway — Building Boom
[Chapter 13 – Transfer of the Land to the Occupiers] Land League and Tenant Rights Movement — The 7th Earl Fitzwilliam — The Wyndham Act — Kilcavan Slate Quarries — Hydro-electricity
[Chapter 14 – Decline and Fall of Coollattin] Tragic Death of Lord Peter, the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam — Lady Juliet Fitzwilliam
[SECTION E: Reaching Out, Touching Hands] Reunion with my roots / John Hopkins, British Columbia — Our return to Lawrence’s Lane / David Lawrence, Toronto — Journey back to New Row / Jan Fortier, Alberta — “Byrne’s Garden” revisited / Deborak Walsh, South Carolina— New beginnings for both of us. Standing in Handrick’s Field / Larry Carroll, Guelph, Ontario— The Lees of Donaghmore / Pat Lee, Fort Qu’appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada — Return to the land of my ancestors / David Code, California
[SECTION F: Post-Integration] [Chapter 15 – The Irish Define Canada] The Canadian Irish in World War I — The Irish Gain Cultural Power
[Chapter 16 – The Irish Impact on Canadian Culture] Irish Towns Throughout Canada — Irish Family Names Across Canada — From Hurling to Hockey — Canadian Folk Music is Irish — Irish from Sea to Sea to Sea
[Chapter 17 – Rediscovering Irish Roots] The Global Village — A Generation Has Questions — Coollattin Canadian Connection
[APPENDICES] Appendix 1: Coollattin Family Names — Appendix 2: Emigrant Sailings on Graves Ships, 1847-1858 — Appendix 3: Emigrants on Board the Star — Appendix 4: The Coollattin Papers — Appendix 5: Famous Irish Canadians — Appendix 6: Towns With Irish Names in Canada — Appendix 7: Comparable Assisted Emigration Programmes — Appendix 8: Lest We Forget
Bibliography — Index.
Extra #1: Includes over four hundred photographs, maps and other illustrations.
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