The High Road from Rathfarnham to Aghavannagh

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Full title: The Wicklow Military Road: history and topography

Creator / Author: Michael Fewer

Item Type / Page count: Book / 216pp

When Published: 2007

Publisher / Place of Publication: Ashfield Press / Dubin, Ireland

About: The Military Road runs the length the Wicklow Mountains linking Rathfarnham to Aghavannagh. It was constructed by the British Authorities during the first decade of the nineteenth-century in response to the 1798 Rebellion and to help them curb the activities of Michael Dwyer and like-minded rebels. This book gives a history of the road together with its associated natural and local history.  

ID number(s): 9781901658668

Contents: Acknowledgements — Introduction — The Origins of the Wicklow Military Road — The Petition for a Military Road in Wicklow — The Military Road from Rathfarnham Village to Billy’s Bridge — The Military Road from Billy’s Bridge to Killakee — From Killakee to Glencree — Glencree — Glencree to the Sally Gap – The Sally Gap to Laragh — Laragh to Aghavannagh — Epilogue — Bibliography — Index.

Extra #1: Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs.

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Patsy Was a True Patriot

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Full title: Patrick (Patsy) Kavanagh (1897-1957), Rathballylong, Co. Wicklow

Creator / Author: Paul P. Tyrrell

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 8p

Journal Information: Local History Journal, Vol. 22, pp. 98-105

When Published: 2017

Publisher / Place of Publication: Federation of Local History Societies. / [not stated]

About: Patsy Kavanagh was a veteran of the Easter Rising of 1916 and of the War of Independence. He was buried in Baltyboys cemetery with full military honours. This article gives an account of Patsy’s part in the fight for Irish freedom.

ID number(s): None

Extra #1: includes seven black and white photographs.

Extra #2: Browse the 1901 Census entry for Patsy Kavanagh.

Extra #3: Browse the 1911 Census entry for Patsy Kavanagh.

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Hat-Tip: To the Federation of Local History Societies who have arranged for free online access to this issue of their journal.

From Baltinglass to Buenos Aires and Beyond

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Full title: Don Juan O’Brien: an Irish adventurer in nineteenth-century South America

Creator / Author: Tim Fanning

Item Type / Page count: Book and e-book / 172p

When Published: 2020

Publisher / Place of Publication: Cork University Press / Boole Library, University College Cork, Cork T12 ND89, Ireland

About: This is a comprehensive examination of the life and times of John Thomond O’Brien who left Ireland for Buenos Aires in the early part of the nineteenth century and who played a substantial part in the independence struggles of Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. He was also active in the fields of exploration, business, politics and diplomacy. The author, Tim Fanning, is a specialist in the history of the Irish in Spain and Latin America.

ID number(s): 9781782053828 / 9781782053835 / 9781782053842 / 9781782053859

Contents: Acknowledgements — Note About Translations — Introduction: Revolutionary, entrepreneur, self-publicist — King Cotton — The Mounted Grenadier — The Invasion of Chile — The Liberation of Peru — The Emigrant’s Dream — Laykakota — The Irish Community in Buenos Aires — El Dorado — The Restorer of the Laws — The Great War — ‘Messenger of the Heroes’ — Conclusion: Reputation — Notes — Bibliography — Index.

WW Connection #1: Don Juan O’Brien aka John Thomond O’Brien was born John Bryan in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow in 1786.

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Sixteen Soldiers Perish at Stranahely

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Full title: The Glen of Imaal Disaster, 1941

Creator / Author: Terence O’Reilly

Item Type / Page count: Journal Article / 3p

Journal Information: History Ireland, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 44-46

When Published: March / April 2019

Publisher / Place of Publication: Wordwell Ltd. / Unit 9, 78 Furze Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18.

About: This short three-page article describes the circumstances surrounding the worst single episode of loss of life suffered by the Irish Defence Forces since the Irish Civil War. It also highlights the trauma and tribulations of the survivors, most of whom sustained life-changing injuries. A large basalt memorial, near Seskin Bridge, now commemorates the sixteen soldiers who died in the Glen of Imaal on that fateful day on September 16^th, 1941.

ID number(s): 0791-8224

Extra #1: includes three photographs.

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Extra #4: Visit the magazine website at: http://www.historyireland.com/

Fifth Collection of Articles on West Wicklow History

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Full title: Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society: Number 5, 2009

Creator / Author: West Wicklow Historical Society & contributors, joint editors Chris Lawlor, Donal McDonnell

Item Type / Page count: Journal (Complete issue) / 107p

When Published: 2009

Publisher / Place of Publication: West Wicklow Historical Society / Baltinglass (?), Co. Wicklow.

About: The fifth publication of a set of articles on aspects of West Wicklow history. This issue covers locations from Baltyboys to Kiltegan with contributions from natives of the area.  Also featured is a major article by Chris Lawlor on Tithe, Protest and Criminality around Dunlavin during the years 1823-1845.

ID number(s): 0790-1739

Contents: Frontispiece: A map of 31 holdings in Stratford, late 18thC — A word from the Chairman — Ramblings from the Secretary — All the year round / Joseph McArdle — St. Patrick’s Missionary Society: S.P.S (The Kiltegan Fathers)  / Peadar C. Ó Cuilinn — Tithe, Protest and Criminality around Dunlavin, 1823-1845 / Chris Lawlor — Billy’s Country – a childhood memory / Kathleen Kinsella (née Keogh) — The West Wicklow Historical Society Officers 2009 — Baltinglass Cistercian Abbey / Mairéad Connellan — When Britannia’s sons with their long-range guns ran out in the Glen of Imaal / Liam Kenny — Photo from the past – John Dwyer, son of rebel leader Michael Dwyer / Eugene Byrne — West Wicklow as described in the Parliamentary Gazetteer of 1846 / compiled by Jason Lawlor — A horse tale / Dorothy Leonard — Memories of Donard [photo essay] — Elizabeth Smith comes to Baltyboys / Jim Corley — Dairy farming in West Wicklow: from the horse driven dash churn to creamery milk collection / Stanley Jackson — Methodists in Baltinglass – a juvenile obituary / Andrew Winnett — Extracts from the ‘Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers’ Directory Through Ireland’ / William Wilson — The development and present state of local Irish historiography / Chris Lawlor — A dangerous line / Janes Scannell — Endpiece: Map of Clough, Baltinglass 1722.

Extra #1: Contains black & white photographs, graphs and map reproductions.

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Fourth Collection of Articles on West Wicklow History

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Full title: Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society: Number 4, 2007

Creator / Author: West Wicklow Historical Society & contributors, joint editors Chris Lawlor, Donal McDonnell

Item Type / Page count: Journal (Complete issue) / 102p

When Published: 2007

Publisher / Place of Publication: West Wicklow Historical Society / Baltinglass (?), Co. Wicklow.

About: The fourth publication of a set of articles on aspects of West Wicklow history. This issue covers locations from Blessington to Tinahely with contributions from natives of the area.

ID number(s): 0790-1739

Contents: Preface — Secretary’s Report — Not the usual suspects: some lesser-known books of West Wicklow interest / Richard B. Lennon — West Wicklow and the 1641 Rebellion / Chris Lawlor — Sons of the soil: aspects of the G.A.A. in Wicklow in the early 1890’s / John Glennon — Ar gCeanntar Dúchas / Peadar C. Ó Cuilinn — The West Wicklow Historical Society Officers 2007 — The eviction of the Ballylow tenants on the Blessington Estate in 1852 / Kathy Trant — A brief statistical analysis of Dunlavin Roman Catholic Parish from 1881 to 1901 / Chris Lawlor — Jennie Wyse Power 1858 -1941 / Marie O’ Neill — The ancient parish of Rathvilly / Kitty O’Toole — The Winnett Family of Baltinglass / Andrew Winnett — Tinahely over the century / Reverend Canon Henry Vaux Boake — John Thomond O’Brien Day in Baltinglass / Paul Gorry — Baltinglass Cattle Fairs / Stanley Jackson — The 1941 West Wicklow District Shield Rifle Competition / James Scannell — Some books relevant to West Wicklow (and environs) history published since 1990 / Chris Lawlor — A tribute to Baltinglass [poem] / Tommy Doyle — Glen of Imaal  Memorial — 1798 – 1803: Some monuments erected / restored in West Wicklow 1998 – 2003 [photo essay] — Humewood — Obituaries.

Extra #1: Contains many black & white photographs and graphs.

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Extra #4: Visit the West Wicklow Historical Society website.