Full title: The Liars’ Bench: history, heritage and lockdown lore from South Wicklow
Creator / Author: Kevin Lee
Item Type / Page count: Book / 328pp
When Published: 2021
Publisher / Place of Publication: Coollattin Canadian Connection / Co. Wicklow
About: In March 2020, when COVID-19 pushed the country into lockdown, local historian, Kevin Lee, had the idea of starting a series of postings on the Facebook platform. These postings would cover aspects of the history of places like Carnew, Shillelagh, Aughrim, Tinahely and their hinterlands. There was a tremendous response to this initiative which has garnered over 3,000 followers. This book is a compendium of the 99 postings (and responses) which appeared between 14/03/2020 and 20/06/2020. It is the first of two collections now published in book form. A glance at the contents listing below gives an idea of the range of topics covered.
ID number(s): 9781399901055
Contents: Dedication — Acknowledgements — Photo Credits — Introduction — Foreword — 1. Snowfalls, Gales and COVID-19 — 2. The Way We (They!) Were — 3. Can You Identify This Young Man? — 4. A St. Patrick’s Day Greeting — 5. Old Photos–New Images — 6. Carnew Emmets, Kingpins of Underage Hurling — 7. Carnew Emmets, Under-14 Champions, 1976 — 8. Senior Football Final 1951 — 9. A Title Won on the Pitch but Lost in the Boardroom — 10. Who was the ‘Gunner’ Behan? — 11. Junior Hurling Champions, 1959 — 12. The Glory Years — 13. The Foundations of a Great Team — 14. A Real Piece of Nostalgia — 15. The 52-year History of Quinn’s Livestock Mart — 16. ‘Old Paddy’ Austin — 17. Is this Unique? — 18. The Water Pump on the Woolgreen — 19. The Fitzwilliam School in Carnew — 20. All Saints School — 21. All Saints Church — 22. The Relics of a Bitter Dispute — 23. Perforated Tombstones in the Churchyard — 24. Going, Going, Gone — 25. Carnew Castle-a False Dawn for Carnew — 26. Carnew Castle-the Woodhouse Era — 27. A Courthouse, a Bank, a Drapery Shop, a Restaurant — 28. McGirr’s Pharmacy-a Tailors, a Coopers, a Saddlery and finally a Pharmacy — 29. The Liars’ Bench — 30. The Liar Lives on — 31. The Last of the Benchmen — 32. Golden Jubilee Celebration 1888 — 33. Bank of Ireland — 34. Carnew Castle-the Spicer Era — 35. Carnew Castle-Doctor Zbrigniev Dabszewski — 36. A Divided Society — 37. The PTAA Hall (Pioner Total Abstinence Association) — 38. Macra na Feirme — 39. The Power of Social Media — 40. Tom Fleming, Shillelagh’s Proudest Son — 41. Carnew Stud — 42. A Methodist Meeting Room, a Tailor’s and the Workshop of a Master Craftsman — 43. Wesleyan Methodist Church (now Altura Credit Union) — 44. Appeal to Cocooning Ladies — 45. History of the ‘Tech’, aka Carnew Vocational School, aka Coláiste Bhríde-the Early Years — 46. Carnew ‘Tech’-the 1986 Extension — 47. Carnew ‘Tech’-a Tribute to a Great Servant — 48. Carnew ‘Tech’-the 1950’s — 49. Carnew ‘Tech’-the Schools Founding Father, J.J. McCrea — 50. Carnew ‘Tech’-the Advent of Free Education — 51. Carnew ‘Tech’-First Ministerial Visit — 52. Snapshots in Time — 53. An End to Cocooning — 54. Kilcavan Slate Quarry — 55. Coollattin-Heaven on our Doorstep — 56. A Memorable Day in Croke Park — 57. The Coach Building Factory of David Beddy at the Corner House — 58. The Church of the Most Holy Rosary — 59. Fundraising for The Church of the Most Holy Rosary — 60. Darlington’s, a Great Superstore — 61. Murphys of Ballingate — 62. Corrells-150 Years of Service to the Community — 63. The Liars’ Hole at the Brook — 64. School Height aka Brunswick Row aka Pavey’s Height — 65. Commemorating the Manchester Martyrs — 66. Tour of Coollattin Estate-The Story of Coollattin House — 67. The Story of Coollattin-The Pursuit of Reynard — 68. The Story of Coollattin-the Pecking Order — 69. The Woodenbridge-Shillelagh Railway Line — 70. The Playing of Cricket at Coollattin — 71. Shillelagh Courthouse-Appearing ‘Under the Fox’ — 72. Shillelagh Workhouse — 73. Lords and Ladies-Coollattin Style — 74. The Famous Chauffeur-Driven Simplex Car at Coollattin — 75. Marriage of Lord Peter to Olive Plunket, April 1933 — 76. Fatal Attraction-the Story of Peter Fitzwilliam and Kathleen Kennedy — 77. Somerset Struben de Chair-Lady Juliet’s Second Husband — 78. A Fitzwilliam Bids Farewell to Coollattin — 79. Carnew Community Care-an Appeal — 80. Bradshaws of Shillelagh — 81. Shillelagh’s Hydro-Electric Station — 82. The Building Yard at Coollattin — 83. Pat Darcy-the Village Blacksmith — 84. The Last Cook at Coollattin — 85. The Workforce in the Building Yard — 86. The Bradshaw Family Remembered — 87. A Shillelagh Miscellany — 88. ‘Patcho’ the Poet — 89. The King and I — 90. The Model Farm — 91. The Forestry Industry — 92. Ardeen Cheshire Home, 1960-2020 — 93. John Wilkinson-a Truly Remarkable Man — 94. St. Aidan’s Hall — 95. St. Aidan’s Hall-More from the Memories of John Wilkinson — 96. Ormonde Cinema…aka Arus Naomh Brigid…aka St. Brigid’s Hall, 1946-2020 — 97. Umrigar Races — 98. Carnew Sports and Cricket Ground — 99. The Liars’ Hole-Revisited.
Extra #1: Each of the 99 postings includes at least one photo or illustration.
Publisher / Place of Publication: Kate Rose Publishing / 30 Woodlands, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
About: In this substantial and well-illustrated A4-sized publication, Dublin-born author, Maura Murphy Gibson, sets out to trace her family history. The story pivots on the elopement and 1895 marriage of her Protestant grandmother and her Catholic grandfather. The author looks in detail at the roots of both grandparents and at subsequent historical events. Her journey takes her to a wide area of West Wicklow and into Wexford including places such as Glen of Imaal, Rathdangan, Carnew and Aughrim. Irish historical events also feature such as when an uncle was killed in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 21st November, 1920. A further personal touch is added as the author contributes several original poems relevant to the text.
ID number(s): 978527233690
Contents: Acknowledgement — Foreword — Introduction — Mick and Kate – Elopement (poem) — Married Life — Uncle Joseph — Bloody Sunday (poem) — Cappagh Hill (poem) / Lilly Traynor — The Ballymount Murphys – Kate (poem) — Starting School — High Nelly (poem) — Coalman Wade (poem) — The Bibby and Johnny’s Night-out — Clondalkin (poem) — The Links (poem) — Aunt Ciss — Cousin (poem) — The Sewing Machine (poem) — Haves and Have-nots – The Iveagh Market (poem) — The Pigs and Chickens — Cottage Dwellers (poem) — 1954/55 — Travelling People (poem) — The Carpenter Murphys — When Cousins Connect — Eviction (poem) — Yeomen Farmers, Irish Rebellion 1798 — Croppy Biddy — Finlay/Eager/Hinch Connections — From France to Aughrim — Henry and Kate’s Sons — Byrne/Traynor Connection — Drimnagh Castle, Dublin — Bluebell Babies (poem) — Sources —Endnotes.
Extra #1: Includes over two hundred photographs, plus family charts and other illustrations.
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.
Full title: An Architect Earl: Edward Augustus Stratford (1736-1801), 2nd Earl of Aldborough
Creator / Author: Ronald W. Lightbown
Item Type / Page count: Book / 471p
When Published: 2008
Publisher / Place of Publication: OLL Editions (in association with the Irish Georgian Society) / Castlegarden, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.
About: This is a substantial, scholarly and highly-illustrated study of the life, works and family of Edward Stratford, the 2nd Earl of Aldborough. An entrepreneur and amateur architect, he left his mark on places as diverse as Belan, Co. Kildare, Stratford-on-Slaney and Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, Aldborough House, Portland Row, Dublin and Stratford Place, London. The author is a former member of staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
ID number(s): 9780956082602
Chapters: PREFACE — The Stratford Family — The Young Edward Stratford — Stratford Place in London — Life in Bath — Fissures appear in the Stratford family — The opening of the First Earl’s will — Stratford-on-Slaney — The Volunteers and Wheatley’s Review at Belan — The Irish House of Lords — Second Marriage — Belan House and Demesne — George Hartpole — Prelude to the storm — Aldborough House in Dublin — The state of Edward’s finances — Quarrel with Lord Clare — Final Acts — NOTES — PLATE INDEX — INDEX.
Full title: Long Forgotten Days (Leading to Waterloo)
Creator / Author: Ethel M. Richardson
Item Type / Page count: Book / 403p
When Published: 1928
Publisher / Place of Publication: Heath Cranton Limted / 6 Fleet Lane, London E.C.4
About: A substantial book which relates some of the story of the Stratford Family during the period 1738-1815. Most of the book consists of transcripts and extracts from letters, diaries and correspondence written by the family whose chief residence was at Belan, Co. Kildare. They were also the main landowners in the Baltinglass area and held another residence at Stratford Lodge. A detailed list of contents is given below.
ID number(s): None
Contents: [Foreword] [Chapter I [1738-1740] Jealousy over birthrights — What Edward Stratford did — Euseby Stratford’s bucolic tastes — Twenty-five years’ friendship — A final break — A cruel letter — Euseby writes about “a fatt bullock”— Benjamin makes a momentous decision — Writes from the Temple Exchange Coffee House — “Mourning, and such extraordinary contingencies”— War, and risks of Spanish invasion — “Princess Amelia on the tapis “— Discord between Land Forces and Tars — “Decencies due”.
[Chapter II] Aterrible family feud — Steps in the Peerage — John, first Earl of Aldborough — Busts and urns — A family of fifteen — Lady Hannah Stratford is offered “a good fortune” — Lady Anne sings songs from “The Beggar’s Opera” delightfully.
[Chapter III] England at war — Benjamin Stratford worried over ways and means — “Dacent clothes, books proper for study” — “Proper decorum” — Two important events — “Hott words” — “A naked pocket” — Admiral Matthews chases the Spaniards — Martin allows one hour to come to terms — The Young Pretender — Benjamin writes the news — List of ships engaged.
[Chapter IV 1743-1747] An “Extraordinary Gazette” — “Mr. Matthews in the Mediterranean” — A heeling over of a sixty gun ship — Jemmy Doyne’s murder trial — An artful lady — “The Dowager Virago” — A terrible sea voyage — The heiress, Miss Belcher — A year’s school accounts in 1746-7 — Servant troubles — Success at sea — London rejoicing — Dublin “One continued blaze” — Euseby writes about his nephew — “Distresses like a sore burden”.
[Chapter V 1748-1755] Inflexible wills — A family suit — Benjamin marries his “Jennie” — “Light gold” — “Lads require punctuality” — Frank a sportsman — Wants “a genteel saddle and bridle” —A butler and house steward for Belan — £8 a year —”Black hafted knives and forks” —Marauding mice in Lady Baltinglass’s closet — Lord Shelborne buys an Irish estate — Jack Higinbottom’s sad peccadilloes — “This idle woman” — “You are the only person on whom he can rely” — A Lord-Lieutenant’s entry — Lord Kildare arrives.
[Chapter VI 1755-1762] Bath waters — Brother Weyms suddenly recalled to Dublin — An early race meeting on The Curragh — “A hard skull” — “Two hundred guinea plates”— Edward Stratford falls in love — Miss Theodosia Magill — A love poem — Lord Bowes is asked to be godfather — Benjamin, later fourth Earl of Aldborough, decides on the Army — His brother writes for him — Lord Aldborough worried over Edward’s doings in London — George III’s Coronation — More urns — “Useless encumbrances” — “A neat silver punch ladle” — A list of Hogarth prints and prices — Molly Stratford’s troubles — “Shifts and aprons” required.
[Chapter VII 1763] The Peerage is conferred — A lucky lot drawn — “A certain lady” — A letter from Lady Baltinglass — “Weakness in her eyes” — “I’m a bad architect” — Wants to hear the latest fashions in ladies “heads and hair,” and “size of ruffles” for gentlemen — Lord Baltinglass writes to Edward — Mrs. Neale dies — Edward much upset — “Houseful of company” — “If she keeps till Saturday” — “£5 to the poor” — “I’ll allow it in the rent” —Francis Paul, “A Gentleman Commoner” at Oxford — He writes to Edward — “As well go without my gown as a kidney” — Costs at Oxford — Mr. Saunders of Saunders Grove — Lord Baltinglass writes again — A mother’s hopes and fears for her boy — Francis Paul loses £20 at Bath — He longs to be a soldier — Decides to take orders — Edward Stratford engaged to Barbara Herbert — Francis Paul’s congratulations.
[ChapterVIII 1765] A happy marriage — Edward is told to return to Ireland — Lord Baltinglass discourses with the Lord-Lieutenant — “True Love” finding difficulties as usual — A stern letter from Mr. Nicholas Herbert — Francis Paul worried and ill at Oxford .
[Chapter IX 1765] A terrible letter from Benjamin to Lord Baltinglass — “Indecent and improper conduct” — “Look at Richard III” — “I make no parallels” — “Your independent nephew” — No reconciliation possible.
[Chapter X 1765] Trouble over Miss Herbert’s settlements — Lawyers busy fomenting it — “English or Irish money?” — Mrs. Saunders shows a letter — Lord Baltinglass gets the gout, and loses all patience — Unreasonable clauses — Pouring rain, and a hackney coach — Lord Louth’s motto — Lord Baltinglass angry — “Ned” — “People will take their own way to their ruin” — The marriage takes place before the settlements are signed — Edward “hates confusion or trouble”.
[Chapter XI 1766] A party for the Lord-Lieutenant — Edward’s dissatisfaction at Lord Baltinglass’s help — John Stratford writes to Mr. Tynte — Sister Tynte has the toothache —Severe punishment for cutting trees — Sophia Saunders has a lover — Mr. Meade Swift’s proposal — Francis Paul leaves Oxford — Wishes for Lord Bristol’s help in preferment —Pope’s caustic lines — Francis Paul in poor health — Becomes priggish and pedantic — Defies “Fickle Fortune” — Mr. Morley Saunders — Mrs. Saunders “in hourly expectation” — Mrs. Hartpole in “a dangerous way” — Benjamin Stratford fights two duels in a week — Bath ornaments — Young Morley Saunders goes to Eton — “A compliment to your lady” — Mr. Saunders gets a welcome legacy — “A second pock,” saved Mrs. Hartpole’s life — Family pride over Ben’s duels — Bath stone ornaments again — Mr. Saunders’ “days of tryal” — “Weathered the storm” — “A stranger to Halcyon days” — His prudent forethought —Edward’s settlements still hang fire — Morley Saunders “unmindful of books and cloathes” — The Saunders children have “fevour”.
[Chapter XII 1766] Politics in 1766 — American Colonies resolve on resistance to the Stamp Act — Stamp Act repealed — Pitt takes an earldom — England loses the American Colonies — George III to blame — Stockwell Lodge — Dr. Shadwell, Pene, and Mr. Tozer — An amusing stutter — “How happy cou’d I be with either!” — A haunch of venison — “Good Father Isaac” — “Poll’s tricks or talking nonsense like a parrot” — “Americans will quickly become independant” — “Peers so many cabbage plants” — An olio — “Write by Gales” — A duel — “Heats of last winter” — Pigs for Upper Brook Street — “The Fallen Hero” — “A Peerless height” — “Pandora’s box” — “Peace in Israel” — “The Stentorophonick tube” — “Oh, the Peerage” — “Pulse of North America” — “Blood beats high” — “Crisis of Delireum” — “Bleeding, blistering &c.” — “Squire Sugarloafe” — “The noble exile” — “Boxes . . . filled with air” — Dirty Peer’s robes — “The Pynzent Arms” — “Patriotism in the Suds” — Pitt’s fall — “He must die that we may live” — A mansion house at Cheam.
[Chapter XIII 1766] A country home — The never satisfied great city — State lottery tickets — Joint epistles — The Stockwellites — “Prisoner of Pain” — “Pene’s eyes twinkled” — “Thirteen dozen bottles” — Pigs popular — “A word to the wise” — “Raving with pain” — A dull boy — “Everything looks melancholy” — “A Mungrall writer” — “Dean Swift’s broomstick” — “Rapsodical Brain Effluvia” — Cider tax — “A Herbert” — Costs Mr. Tozer an eye — “Kingdom in a ferment — A binding Certificate — “It, it, it” — A pig for your spit — Burning of Judd’s hand — “Will Hartpole is no more” — “Prodigious wet summer” — Eton School — Mount Felix — Vauxhall, Ranelagh and Marybone — Aesau’s mess of Pottage —Murders in County Wicklow — “Animosities and reflections” — Prudent Mrs. Saunders —Catherine the maid — King David the father of Wisdom — No pigs or turkeys — A family compact.
[Chapter XIV 1767] A cold winter — “Words froze as utter’d” — “My leathern wastecoat” —Venison feasts — “Aching head but sound Heart” — A painted ribbon for Mrs. Stratford’s night-cap” — “An unweildy traveller” — An ague — A cold “fallen into her eyes” — “Unbecoming letters” — A white elephant — Mr. Fortescue — An interesting personality — “The Cut” — Lord Clermont — Ravensdale Park — Mr. Saunders reclaims a mountain —Morley Saunders at Eton — Lord Aldborough “in pleasing humour” — An inventory in 1767 — A week at Powerscourt — “Young Scot” — A Midshipman — An Indian china dinner set — A Midshipman’s outfit — “A better man than your father” — A boyish letter — Thin Assizes — Foreman of Stockwell Village — “Old men are slow” — General Pulteney — Dean Tucker rides 1,500 miles in France — A friend’s sympathy — “Paregorics” — “Psalmody bad for the nerves” — “A Brunette” — Brother Bob given over — Catherine gets into trouble — A wonderful find of £17,000 in gold.
[Chapter XV 1768] A bad opening — Illness and a troublesome father-in-law — Frost and snow — Morley’s education causes anxiety — A broken thumb — “Pukes ” for the Saunders children — Mr. Saunders ill — Mrs. Colwell forgot her relations — “My poor dear miscarried” — “A good wife and a good heart” — A better account of Morley — Mr. Saunders a peacemaker — The Freeman’s Journal — An Oratress worthy of Billingsgate — The Borough of Baltinglass — Paul “too selfish” — Poplins all the fashion — Mrs. Saunders silenced at Belan — Gowns for Miss Dennis — Mr. Tozer does secretary — “Physicians Shadwell and Plunkett” — A Poplin ball — “Matty’s serious illness”.
[Chapter XVI 1769-1772] Mrs. Saunders an untiring dancer — Edward’s letters worry Mrs. Saunders — She is not in a “travelling condition” — Paul Stratford writes from Dublin — Sister Saunders “vastly better” — Paul’s views on matrimony — Family’s anxiety over Robert Stratford — Mr. Howard and the County Wicklow election — John Stratford’s election address — Robert leaves for London — An Eton boy’s visitor — Sir Edward Hawk’s advice to Robert — “A new Funeral apparatus” — Sir James Coulter shilly shallies — An “obliging letter” — “Lady Rachel?” — Violent winds —Viscount Pery — “Rise up daughter” — A Speaker’s election — Lord Northumberland’s party — “Extremely obliging” — “A drunken decay’d fellow” — Sister Tynte is better — Spars “out of fashion” — “The old Trott” — Death of Mr. Saunders — “Busy about nothing” — Lady Powerscourt’s twins — Robert tired of the Navy — A remedy for avarice — Paul’s love affair — “Intrinsick Excellence” — Wishes that “she had less, or I had more” — “Permitted to hope” — Another disappointment — Christmas tide.
[Chapter XVII 1773-1776] Paul writes with impatience and anxiety — “An ignorant and viscious multitude” — Paul’s ordination — Has suspended all thoughts of matrimony —Benjamin marries Miss Burton secretly — “A reflection on her modesty” — A diamond box — Lord Baltinglass is failing — “Vastly” an Eton term — Paul is ill himself — Robbery and violence in Dublin — Mr. Mason Gerard — A pen picture of life in the ranks — Dr. Shadwell holds his “bed of Justice” — “Our Court and Fish Bason” — Hannah Stratford’s letters.
[Chapter XVIII 1777] Lord Baltinglass becomes an Earl — He dies —This creates a turmoil in the family — “Le Roi et mort” — Treasure in an orchard — Mr. Shiel writes to the new Lord Aldborough — “Put your fingy in” — “No Gentlemen will keep them company” — A long talk with the Dowager — Lady Martha Saunders writes — Servants quite sober — “Two pewter plates and a table Cloath” — Mr. Shiels account of the Dowager’s views — “John inflammable. Paul reserved and cool” — Lady Ann’s singing of “The Beggar’s Opera” — “The Dowager talks of Death and the Churchyard” — Ladies make a butt of Mr. Shiel — Mrs, Plunkett’s letter a pleasant change — Lady Frances Stratford writes very humbly — “Niece Holt” — “A real Holt” — Mrs. Meade Swift — Awful scandals in Society — Many “partings” — “Kitty cut a dash” — “The Town run mad!” — “Scotch collops, haricoa or vegitablcs” — A letter from J. Coghill — Lord Aldborough moralizes.
[Chapter XIX 1778] William Pitt, Earl of Chatham — His fatal illness — Lord Townshend writes to Lord Pery — Lady Hannah Stratford writes to her mother — “My heart is broken” —”We want a few firelocks” — “Sprightly lively Morley Saunders” — “After Salt and Pharo” An old-fashioned wallpaper — Lady Aldborough dies — Lord Aldborough fights a duel — A gay bachelor — “Bread and cheese and kisses” — “Rook and fruits” — Mr. Shiel describes the Dowager’s appetite — A bigoted Protestant — Sir Godfrey Webster loses £80,000.
[Chapter XX 1787-1788] “Long forgotten days” — Lady Blaney — Her life story — Her wonderful letters — “Our American Colonies” — Her daughters — Lady Clermont — Her friendship with Queen Marie Antoinette — Lovely presents — A fancy ball at Versailles —Madame D’Arblay — “Lace her tea” — Mrs. Jones — Mount Kennedy — Lady Rossmore —Her blazing turban — Sir Robert Peel orders her carriage — A drunken coachman — One shilling fine — Lord Rossmore’s ghost story — “Rossmore; Rossmore; Rossmore” — The ’45 — Walter Jones dies in Sweden — A scratching on a window-pane — Corke Abbey — The Westenra diaries — Opa water — “Looking at tumblers” — Lady Clanwilliam — Duke of Rutland dies of a putrid fever — An express to Lord Chatham — An impressive funeral — “Emmense black plumes” — “Great decency and propriety” — “Saw something I did, not like” — “Disturbed with my maid, who was in labour” — “Legs violently streaked” — Lady Lanes-borough dies of “a putrid fever” — Marchioness of Buckingham brought to bed, at the Old Man’s Hospital.
[Chapter XXI 1789] Lady Carden has a large boy — Fanny “comes out of the chamber” —Miss Magill of Gill Hall — A managing lady — The Countess of Clanwilliam — An extravagant husband — One guinea a day — The Gill Hall ghost story — “I departed this life on Tuesday” — The Attic Theatre — A masquerade — The Queen’s birthday — Miss Farren — Mr. Middleton — Harriot’s aching heart — Lord Westmoreland Viceroy — Insurrection at Brussels — “Ye Duenna Cirque” — Lady Blaney dies — Her will.
[Chapter XXII 1792] ‘Two leather-bound diaries — The really great things — A wonderful kingdom — Dublin and Belan — “Parlor filled with Alphabets” — Popacy Bill debated — “Walked eight miles before breakfast” — Despatching “Bomb Cart” — Journey to England —Expenses on the way — Bristol and Bath — “Laura Place and The New Crescent” — “Mock Cards” — “Ramsay’s songs, and Lyttleton’s poems” — Bristol Cathedral — St. Mary’s, Redcliffe — Cirencester — Lord Bathurst’s — Fairford — Lady Henniker’s funeral — Gold fish and pheasants — More live stock in wicker’d baskets and chaise pockets — Becalmed off Orme’s Head — Returned thanks for safe arrival — “Le Jeu de Guerre” — A trip to Munster — Colonel Edward Wingfield — Lord Kenmare — Mr. Herbert — The pole breaks — Untiring energy — “Agreeable girls” — “Hunting duck and hare” — Thirteen counties seen — Busy nieces — A touch of lumbago — The caravan — “A Burgundy Pitch Plaister” — An accident to the new organ — Christmas hospitality.
[Chapter XXIII 1798] An eventful year — A wonderful Countess — Aldborough House — A sermon in stone — Lord Aldborough sentenced — Newgate Prison, Dublin — His pardon — Visits of felicitation — “An ungrateful and avericious friend” — The Civil Rebellion — “Boots and trunks” — “Fortifications at Aldborough House” — Another law-suit settled — Baltinglass Races — A story of Robespierre — A wild shot at pigeons — Two odes — A birthday greeting — Some accounts — A summing up — Aldborough House — General Dennis’s recollections — Little to be seen to-day — Lady Hannah’s will.
[Chapter XXIV 1805] Sir William Verner — A curious will again — Tommy Moore — Joins the 7th Hussars — “Bobby Trotman” — A clever ruse — A.D.C. to the Duke of Richmond —War against France — Troops leave for Spain — Tremendous seas — Arrive at Corunna —Muleteers’ meal described — Marching — Forage short — Sudden orders —Retreat in full swing — Sir John Moore’s horse — “Galloped off without a word” — His death — “Is Paget in the room?” — “I fear I shall be long dying” — A French tribute to him — Wolf’s lines —No horseshoes — Captain Verner’s adventures — General Stewart’s consideration — Loss of the Despatch — Captain Dukinfield’s death — “Thirty-two children”.
[Chapter XXV 1813] Why Napoleon stopped short? — His marvellous Empire — England alone unbeaten — Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos — Salamanca — Crossing the Pyrenees —French in full retreat — An Army doctor hoaxed — The Duke impatient — A French dancing master — The Duke is wounded — A running fight — Eagles on poles — A narrow defile — Major Thornhill’s adventure — “Colonel Florian” — A spy hanging — Spins like a teetotum — The Abbé Dare again.
[Chapter XXVI Waterloo 1815] England in turmoil over Corn Laws — Napoleon watching from Elba — The moment arrives — Lands near Cannes — Reaches the Tuileries — Europe arms as one man — The 7th Hussars embark — The Richmond ball — “Duchess, you may give your ball” — Captain Verner takes the invitations — The plains of Grammont — The State Room — Lord George Lennox — “Prussians have attacked” — Room in great confusion — “Finish your dance” — “No time for dancing” — Hunger and thirst — “Cuirassiers so close” — French cavalry — Lancers unknown to British Army — Lord Uxbridge — “Shall we charge?” — “As well charge a house!” — Regiment in dangerous position — “Wet through and through, and covered with mud” — In the field of rye — Daylight comes — Servants with welcome food from Brussels — Captain Wildman, 7th Hussars — A faithful sergeant-major’s wife — Ordered to the rear — The Coldstream Guards suffer — Captain Verner’s charge — “Is he shamming?” — Wounded in the head — Rides to Waterloo — Confusion on the road — A hungry horse — Arrives at Brussels — French en plaine retraite — Brussels full of wounded — The Duke visits Captain Verner — Mrs. Hodges’ bravery — “Was the canon ball extracted from his head?” — Captain Elphinstone a prisoner — Interviewed by Napoleon — “Come, Sir, answer the Emperor” — “The Morning Post or Chronicle?” — The Comte de Flahault — Miss Mercer-Elphinstone — The Marquis of Lansdowne — Captain O’Grady confesses — Princess Charlotte at Weymouth — Sends for Major Verner — Her accurate knowledge — A tragic story of her death — General Vaudamme — His sanguinary sister —The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to lunch — The Duke of Wellington’s life attempted —A faithful steed — Roll of the 7th Hussars — A story of Napoleon.
[Epilogue] Courtship – A happy marriage – A passing show. [Appendix] [Index]
Extra #1: Includes several illustrations and a short genealogical chart.
Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.
Full title: ‘The Family of Swift’ a fragment of autobiography illustrated
Creator / Author: Mary Stratton Ryan
Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 12pp
Journal Information: Old Kilkenny Review: The Journal of Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Number 71 pp. 63-74
When Published: 2019-20
Publisher / Place of Publication: Kilkenny Archaeological Society / Rothe House, Parliament Street, Kilkenny
About: In this paper the author outlines some of the history of the Swift Family in Ireland, whose most famous member was Dean Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels. She traces the family link with Fortgranite Estate in West Wicklow. Some Swift family portraits which were sold in 2019 as part of the contents of Fortgranite originally came from Swiftsheath, Jenkinstown, Co. Kilkenny, Indeed, the Dennis Family of Fortgranite were in fact Swifts.
ID number(s): 0332-0774
Extra #1: Illustrated with eight black & white photographs.
When Viewed: Contents described are those showing when viewed in Feb. 2021.
Publisher / Place of Publication: National Library of Ireland / Kildare Street, Dublin 8.
About: The National Library of Ireland holds microfilm copies of over 3500 church registers from parishes in Ireland. The library has now digitised these registers as images which provide records of baptisms and marriages from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to around 1880. The available registers are not searchable by individual names. Instead, they are browseable by diocese, parish and date, searchable by parish and it is possible to zoom from a country map to parish level. This blog entry relates to the parish of Killaveny, County Wexford, part of which extends into West Wicklow.
Contents: These registers cover baptisms and marriages (1800-1864) and deaths (1862-1867). These date ranges are indicative only and coverage may be incomplete. Please refer to the NLI site for specific coverage.
When Viewed: Contents described are those showing when viewed in Nov 2020.
Publisher / Place of Publication: National Library of Ireland / Kildare Street, Dublin 8.
About: The National Library of Ireland holds microfilm copies of over 3500 church registers from parishes in Ireland. The library has now digitised these registers as images which provide records of baptisms and marriages from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to around 1880. The available registers are not searchable by individual names. Instead, they are browseable by diocese, parish and date, searchable by parish and it is possible to zoom from a country map to parish level. This blog entry relates to the parish of Balltmore Eustace, County Kildare, part of which extends into West Wicklow.
Contents: These registers cover baptisms and marriages (1779-1881). These date ranges are indicative only and coverage may be incomplete. Please refer to the NLI site for specific coverage.
Creator / Author: Sergio Benedetti, edited by Fiona Croke
Item Type / Page count: Book / 140p
When Published: 1997
Publisher / Place of Publication: National Gallery of Ireland / Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
About: Joseph Leeson (1711-1783), the 1st Earl of Milltown was resposible for the creation of Russborough House. The Leeson Family filled the house with works of art sourced at home and abroad. This extensive collection was later gifted to the National Gallery of Ireland where a new wing was added to accommodate it. In 1997 a special exhibition was mounted in honour of the Milltowns and this handsome catalogue was produced to accompany it.
ID number(s): 090316244X
Contents: Foreword / Raymond Keaveney – Introduction / Sergio Benedetti — Author’s Acknowledgements – Genealogy – the Milltowns / Sergio Benedetti – the Portraits — the Caricature / Sergio Benedetti — the Caricatures — the Statutes in the Colonnades at Russborough / Chris Caffrey — the Taste – Russborough–its decoration and furniture, some preliminary thoughts / The Knight of Glin – Bibliography — Index.
Extra #1: Includes numerous full-colour illustrations and a family tree.
Full title: The Germaines: a Huguenot Family from the Irish Midlands – Part Three: The Grange Con Families
Creator / Author: Kaye Cole
Item Type / Page count: Book and eBook / [17p]
When Published: ca.2004-2006
Publisher / Place of Publication: The Author / Melbourne, Australia
About: This family history of the Germaine Family comprises three parts. All parts are available to read online via Google Books. Part One outlines their early settlement in the Rathvilly area of County Carlow. Part Two deals with the Ballyburn Germaines in County Kildare, while Part Three covers the Grange Con Germaines in West Wicklow. Auxiliary information including Descendant Chart, Index, and List of Sources is available seperately,
ID number(s): None
Contents: [Part Three only] The Germaines in Wicklow and Kildare [Map] – Probable Roots of the Grange Con Germaines – Notes — Children of John Germaine of Lisnevagh & Grange Con and his wife Ann – The Grange Con Germaines – The Next Generations — The Children of John Germaine and Catherine Nowlan – Children of John Germaine & Mary Foley — The Move to Kildare — Bessina – [Footnotes] – [Map of Bessina environs] — Grandchildren of John Germaine and Mary Foley – Some Family Faces
Extra #1: Link to the full text of this ebook [Part Three: The Grange Con Families] via Google Books
Extra #2: Link to the full text of this ebook [Part Two: The Ballyburn Families] via Google Books
Extra #3: Link to the full text of this ebook [Part One] via Google Books
Extra #4: Link to the full text of this ebook [Descendant Chart, Index, List of Sources] via Google Books
Extra #5: Includes several photographs, charts and maps.
Extra #6: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.
Hat-Tip: To the author, Kaye Cole, for making this publication freely available online.
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