275 Years of Aghold Parish History

© The Author
 (cover illustrations: Joy Griffin)

Full title: The Field of the Apple Trees: Aghold, Co. Wicklow 1716 – 1991

Creator / Author: Richard Codd

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 48p

When Published: 1991

Publisher / Place of Publication: Not Stated / Co. Wicklow?

About: This booklet was published to celebrate the 275^th anniversary of St. Michael’s Church, Adhold. It provides a short account of the Aghold Church of Ireland Parish and is a useful introduction to the history of the area and the faith community.

ID number(s): None

Chapters: Introduction — St. Michael’s Church, Aghold — Church Furnishing — Rectors and Curates — Extracts from Parish Records — The Rectory — The Sunday School — Littlewood School — Church Organists — [Photo Gallery].

WW Connection #1: Apart from the subject matter, this publication was printed by the Baltinglass-based Epsilon Printing.

Extra #1: Includes 24 black and white photographs.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Extra #3: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Extra #4: Link to information on St. Michael’s Church via the Tullow Group of Parishes website.

Some Missionary Experiences

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Full title: A Road Less Travelled: tales of the Irish Missionaries

Creator / Author: Aiden Clerkin & Brendan Clerkin (editors)

Item Type / Page count: Book / 256p

When Published: 2011

Publisher / Place of Publication: Four Courts Press / 7 Malpas Street, Dublin 8.

About: A book which looks at the missionary experience of Irish religious abroad. Part One provides a general background to the Irish missions, while Part Two contains short personal accounts and observations from individual missionary priests and nuns. Many of the priests belong(ed) to St. Patrick’s Missionary Society in Kiltegan and two contributors are sibling nuns from Killabeg in South west Wicklow.

ID number(s): 9781846823176

Chapters: Foreword / Mary McAleese — Acknowledgements — [PART ONE: THE IRISH MISSIONARY TRADITION] A Road Less Travelled / Aiden and Brendan Clerkin — The Modern Irish Missionary Story / Dr. Edward Hogan — The Legacy of Modern Irish Missionaries / Fr. Donal Dorr — Introductions / Tom Arnold (Concern) — John O’Shea (GOAL) — Rev. Dr. Seán Healy (Social Justice Ireland) — Justin Kilcullen (Trócaire) — Cardinal Seán Brady (Roman Catholic Church) — Archbishop Alan Harper (Church of Ireland) — Denis O’Brien (Iris O’Brien Foundation) — Map — [PART TWO: TALES OF THE IRISH MISSIONARIES – selected entries only] ‘It was all Swahili to me’ (based on extracts from my diary / Fr. Brian Treacy — First love in the Turkana Desert / Fr. Brendan Payne — First impressions, 1958 / Fr. Denis O’Neill — Lend a helping hand / Kathleen Byrne (Sr. Patricia) — What’s the EFIK for tone deaf? / Fr. Pádraig Ó Máille — Scrambled eggs on Christmas Day in Kenya / Fr. P.J. McCamphill — The amazing matatu – what a way to travel! / Fr. Ted Smith — Passing on the flame: the Singapore experience /  Emily Byrne (Sr. Gabriel) — My diary from the time Fr. Gerry Roche was murdered / Fr. Brian Treacy — Living through a crisis – my diary from the Kenyan election in 2007 / Fr. Brian Treacy — The call of duty: a day in the life of ‘Onilu’ / Fr. Denis O’Neill — Significant people / Fr. Richard Griffin — Appendix I: Glossary of Terms — Appendix II: The Irish Missionary Union Survey.

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Extra #2: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.

Tithes Payable by Aghowle Folk from 1825

Full title: Townlands in Aghowle (Wicklow)

Creator / Author: Genealogical Society of Utah in partnership with The National Archives of Ireland

Item Type: Website / Publicly Accessible

Homepage  URL: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp

When Viewed: Contents described are those showing when viewed in November 2013.

Publisher / Place of Publication: National Archives of Ireland / Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

About: Tithe Applotment Books were compiled between 1823 and 1837 in an attempt to determine how much the holders of agricultural land over 1 acre should pay in taxes or tithes to the established Church of Ireland. These books list the name of the head of each relevant household outside of urban areas. A Tithe Applotment book was compiled for each Church of Ireland parish. Some of the transcribed names of people and places are not 100% accurate, but the original entries may be viewed for clarification.

Contents: Aghowle — Ballard — Barnacashel — Boley — Coolkenna — Crone — Killabeg — Killinure — Lower Money — Lumcloon — Minmore — Mungacullin — Quigginroe — Raheenakit — Upper Money

Extra #1: Browse the Tithe Applotment Book(s) for Aghowle Parish.

Hat-Tip: To the Genealogical Society of Utah and The National Archives of Ireland who have arranged for the digitisation of these records and their free accessibility online.