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Dublin Under The Georges, 1714-1830

Dublin Under the Georges
1714-1830
Constantina Maxwell


CHAPTER IV
Life of the Poor

The city of Quang-tcheu [Dublin] … is much celebrated amongst the Quang-tongese for its size and magnificence, and is supposed to contain 400,000 souls, but this cannot be; for, in that case, 200,000 of them must, of necessity, be hurdled [sic] together in extreme filth and misery, which, in such a polished and charitable age and nation, it is absurd to suppose.
JOHN WILSON CROKER, “An Intercepted Letter from J. T., Esq., Writer at Canton, to his Friend in Dublin, Ireland (1804) (a satire on Dublin society, published anonymously)

Great exertions have been made, and are daily making, by humane societies and individuals, for relieving the Poor.
SAMUEL ROSBOROUGH, “Observations on the State of the Poor of the Metropolis (Dublin, 1801)

The Rev. Thomas Campbell, an Irish clergyman who was acquainted with London, while praising the elegance of the fashionable parts of Dublin, remarked in his Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, published in 1777, that “the bulk” of the city was “like the worst parts of St. Giles”. “I must say,” wrote Mrs. Delany earlier in the century, “the environs of Dublin are delightful, [but] the town is bad enough – narrow streets and dirty-looking houses.” And practically every other eighteenth-century visitor refers to the filth and squalor of the Dublin poor. “Poverty, disease, and wretchedness exist in every great town,” wrote Curwen, an Englishman who made a tour of Ireland shortly after the Union, “but in Dublin the misery is indescribable.” .

The population of Dublin was variously estimated during the eighteenth century. Sir William Petty put it at 58,045 in 1682. Dr. Rutty, the Quaker physician who wrote “A Natural History of County Dublin”, estimated it in 1772 at 128,570, while the ‘Post-chaise Companion’, published towards the end of the century, gives the figure as 300,000, which represented the popular view. In 1798 the Rev. James Whitelaw,(1) the charitable Rector of St. Catherine’s Church in Thomas Street, determined to investigate the matter and to carry out a census of his own. With the sanction of the Government he took a number of assistants, and together they carried out a house-to-house search. This was not an easy task, for it occupied them ten hours a day during five successive months, and took them into the lowest and dirtiest quarters of the city. “My assistants and I,” wrote Whitelaw, “undeterred by the dread of infectious diseases, undismayed by degrees of filth, stench, and darkness inconceivable by those who have not experienced them, explored, in the burning months of the summer of 1798, every room of these wretched habitations from the cellar to the garret, and an the spat ascertained their population” He put the total population of Dublin at 172,091, but considered that another 10,279 persons should be added if the soldiers in the garrison, the staff of the Castle, the inmates of various institutions, and the students of Trinity College were included. The return under the Population Act of 1814 was 175,319 which shows that Whitelaw was not very far out; it also shows that Dublin had at the time of the Union a greater population than any of the towns in England, London of course excepted. (2)

Petty had shown that the inhabitants of Dublin were “more crowded and straitened in
their housing than those of London,” and by the end of the century-judging from the
account given by Whitelaw – the congestion seems to have grown worse. This was
especially true of the districts known as the Liberties, most of which lay to the south
-west of the, river – in the oldest part of the city.

Whitelaw writes:
‘The streets [in this part of the City] are generally narrow; the houses crowded
together; the rears or back-yards of very small extent, and some without accommodation
of any kind. Of these streets, a few are the residence of the upper class of shopkeepers
or others engaged in trade; but a far greater proportion of them, with their numerous
lanes and alleys, are occupied by working manufacturers, by petty shop-keepers, the
labouring poor, and beggars, crowded together to a degree distressing to humanity. A
single apartment in one of these truly wretched habitations, rates from one to two
shillings per week, and to lighten this rent two, three, or even four families become
joint tenants. As I was usually out at very early hours on the survey I have frequently
surprised from ten to sixteen persons, of all ages and sexes, in a room not 15 feet
square, stretched on a wad of filthy straw, swarm¬ing with vermin, and without any
covering, save the wretched rags that constituted their wearing apparel. Under such
circumstances it is not extraordinary that I should have frequently found from 30 to 40
individuals in a house. An intelligent clergyman of the Church of Rome assured me that
number 6 Braithwaite Street some years since con¬tained 108 souls. These however in 1797
were reduced to 97; and at the period of this survey to 56. From a careful survey twice
taken of Plunket Street, it appeared that 32 contiguous houses contained 917 souls,
which gives an aver¬age of 287 to a house, and the entire Liberty averages from about 12
to 16 persons to each house ….

“This crowded population [Whitelaw goes on to say] wherever it obtains is almost
universally accompanied by a very serious evil – a degree of filth and stench
inconceivable except by such as have visited these scenes of wretchedness. Into the
backyard of each house, frequently not 10 feet deep, is flung from the windows of each
apartment, the ordure and other filth of its numerous inhabitants; from which it is so
seldom removed, that I have seen it nearly on a level with the windows of the first
floor; and the moisture that, after heavy rains, oozes from this heap, having frequently
no sewer to carry it off, runs into the street, by the entry leading to the staircase.
One instance out of a thousand that might be given, will be sufficient. When I attempted
in the summer of 1798 to take the population of a ruinous house in Joseph’s Lane near
Castle market, I was interrupted in my progress by an inundation of putrid blood, alive
with maggots, which had from an adjacent slaughter yard burst the back door, and filled
the hall to the depth of several inches. By the help of a plank and some stepping stones
which I procured for the purpose (for the inhabitants without any concern waded through
it) I reached the staircase. It had rained violently, and from the shattered state of
the roof a torrent of water made its way through every floor, from the garret to the
ground. The sallow looks and filth of the wretches who crowded round me indicated their
situation, though they seemed insensible to the stench, which I could scarce sustain for
a few minutes. In the garret I found the entire family of a poor working shoemaker,
seven in number, lying in a fever, without a human being to administer to their wants.
On observing that his apartment had not a door, he informed me that his landlord,
finding him not able to pay the week’s rent in consequence of his sickness, had the
preceding Saturday taken it away, in order to force him to abandon the apartment. I
counted in this style 37 persons; and com¬puted, that its humane proprietor received out
of an absolute ruin which should be taken down by the magistrate as a public nuisance, a
profit rent of above £30 per annum, which he extracted every Saturday night with
unfeeling severity. I will not disgust the reader with any further detail, and only
observe that I generally found poor room-keepers of this description, notwithstanding so
many apparent causes of wretchedness, apparently at ease, and perfectly assimilated to
their habitations. Filth and stench seemed congenial to their nature; they never made
the smallest effort to remove them; and if they could answer the calls of hunger, they
felt, or seemed to feel, nothing else as an in¬convenience ….

“In July 1798 the entire side of a house 4 storeys high, in School-House Lane, fell from
its foundation into an adjoin¬ing yard, where it destroyed an entire dairy of cows. I
ascended the remaining ruin, through the usual approach of shattered stairs, stench and
filth. The floors had all sunk on the side now unsupported, forming so many inclined
planes; and I observed with astonishment, that the inhabitants, above 30 in number, who
had escaped destruction by the circumstance of the wall falling outwards, had not
deserted their apartments. I was informed, that it had remained some months in this
situation, and that the humane landlord claimed, and actually received for it, the usual
rent …. The most dense population, as might naturally be expected, is found within the
walls of the ancient city, comprehending the parishes of St. Werburgh, St. John, St.
Michael, St. Nicholas Within, the eastern part of St. Audoen, and the Deanery of Christ
Church. This space, containing an area of nearly 45 acres English, had in 1798, 15,683
inhabitants in 1,179 houses; which gives an average of 349 souls nearly to an acre, or
13.3 to a house. There were at that period 137 houses waste. The density of population
however varies within this space; for St. Nicholas Within has only 215.5 to an acre, or
10.5 to a house; while in St. Michael’s it amounts to 439 to an acre, and almost 16 to a
house.”

To be continued

(1) The Rev. James Whitelaw, statistician and philanthropist, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1771. His most important service was his census of the City of Dublin, carried out 1798-1805. His most important work was his History of Dublin, in which he collaborated with John Warburton, Keeper of the Records in Dublin Castle. Neither lived to see the publication of this work, which was completed by Robert Walsh, at that time Curate of Finglas, Co. Dublin. Whitelaw founded several charitable institutions, the most useful of which was the Meath Charitable Loan (1808) for the benefit of unemployed members of the Coombe. He died of a malignant fever contracted from visiting his poor parishioners in 1813.

(2) The population of London, calculated from the parish registers of baptisms, was 674,350 in 1700 and 676,250 in 1750. According to the census returns of 1801 and 1811 it was 900,000 and 1,050,000 respectively. See M. D. George, London Life in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 329-30.

Baptism and Marriage Extracts, Church of Ireland, Carlow Town, 1747-1855

A few baptismal and marriage extracts from the Church of Ireland parish registers of Carlow town, Co. Carlow.
Spellings are exactly as I read them with no changes. Question marks show where I had difficulty reading a word or a name


Carlow Church of Ireland Parish Register Extracts
Baptisms : 1836-1852
Marriages : 1836-1845
Burials : 1836-1865
R.C.B. Library Ref.: P. 317.1.3

BAPTISMS:
Baptised : Nov. 11th, 1838.
Born : Oct. 12th, 1838
Name : Henry
Parents : Wm. & Elizabeth Black?burne
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: ?Saddler

Baptised : July 31st, 1842.
Born : July 10th, 1842
Name : James Edward
Parents : James & Dorcas Porter
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Physician
Curate: William Brandon

Baptised : Dec 27th, 1843
Born : Sept 27th, 1843
Name : Edward Albert
Parents : Thos. James & Jane Margaret Rawson
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Surgeon & M.D.
Rector: J. Jameson

Baptised : July 11th, 1846.
Born : Not given
Name : Robert Nicholas
Parents : Thomas & Jane Rawson
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Doctor
Wm. Brandon – Private baptism, child (?very) ill

MARRIAGES:
Groom: Mansergh Lugworth Flood of Carlow Parish
Bride : Anne Catherine Moore of Carlow Parish
By Banns. 2nd May 1837
Signed : Lugworth Flood & Catherine Moore
Witnesses: Jane Emerson & Patrick Devereux

BURIALS:
# 379. John Blackburne, Carlow. Aug 22nd, 1855. 2 years. Thos. Shelland Curate.
#461. Un-named Blackburne. Carlow. 28th Jan 1860. No age given
Baptisms 1852-1864
P. 317.2.1
No Blackburne, Flood or Rawson listed.

Carlow Church of Ireland Parish Register Extracts
R.C.B. Library Ref.: P. 317.1.2

1747
Month?? 31st Baptised. Joseph son of John and Ann Bowles. Killeshin

1748
Aug 27th Married. Robert Carr and Ann Bowles, being called in Church July the 31st, Aug 7th & 14th

1756
Oct. 17th Married: Will’m Bowles to Mary Harborne. Rich’d Mills

1757
July 24th Baptised : James Bowles son to Will’m & Mary Bowles

1764
July 9th Married: Jno Bowles to Eliz. McGrath with Lycence

1772
April 12th Marr’d: Joseph Bowels and Ann Tunstead with Lycence

1774
June 20th Bapt’d : Robt. Son to Wm. And Sarah Bowles

1775
Mary 21st Bapt’d: Jane Daughter to Jno and Mary Bowls (sic)

1808
Feb 27th Married / By Mr. D. / Joseph Bowles to Jane Feltus, both of this parish, by Licence
1810
May. Omitted, about 7th. Bapt : Eliza Daughter of Joseph and Jane Bowles

1811
June 16th. Marr’d: James Bale and Mary Budds
Sept 9th. Bapt’d: John son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bowles

1812
Jan 26th Bapt’d: Margt. Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Bowles
Aug 31st. Mar’d: John Graham and Lucinda Bowles

p. 122
1821
May 17th Bapt’d: Eliza. Daughter of Joseph and (Blank) Bowles.

Next page of register (p. 123) = blank note re 10 pages on – did not go ten pages to see if it continued at that point

Page 124 – 1822
Page 125 – 1825
Page 127 – 1824

No mention of Bowles or Feltus surnames on these pages.

1825
Dec 12th. Married by ?C. Francis Flood of the parish of Carrick, Co. Kilkenny to Dorcas Burchaell of (??this parish)

 

 

Irish Marriages, Portapatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland

This page features free transcribed records relating to Irish people to emigrated to and married in Portapatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland in the late 1700s and early 1800s.


1763 July 3rd Wilkinson William, a gent from Cachorelly ,Co. Limerick married mrs. Jacoba Susanna Bowchier from Killcullane, Co. Limerick

1764 March 25th Holmes Cornelious from Shennagh, Co. Cork married Miss Margret Wilkison from Calreleigh, Co. Limerick

1780 Jan 19th Cox Richard, Sir, Bart from Dunmanway, Co. Cork married Miss Mary O’Bryan from Limerick now residing Portapatrick

1784 May 17th Fitzgibbon Thomas, Esq Co. Limerick married Miss Mary Fitzgibbon from Ballyseeda, Liberties of Limerick City Witnesses: Quin, Elizabeth & Quinn, William

1784 June 3rd Vincent Thomas, Esq from Limerick City married Miss Mary Ann Cowney from Limerick City

1785 Feb 1st Fitton Terence, Esq from Cork City married Miss Lucinda Browne Lucinda, from Rathcahill, Co. Limerick

1786 Jan 22nd Royce Nicholas Ford, Esq from Nantinan, Co. Limerick married Miss Mary Catherine Croker from Rawleighstown, Co. Limerick

1786 May 12th Grady Standish, Esq Grange, Co. Limerick married Mrs. Margaret Foord from Limerick City widow of Abraham Foord, Esq. late of City of Limerick Witness: Grady, William jun

1786 Oct 9th Fitzgerald John, Esq. from Rathkeal, Co. Limerick married Elizabeth Dartnell from Rathkeal, Co. Limerick she the 3rd dau of Edward Dartnell. Witness: Dartnell, Edward

1788 Nov 8th Goggin Michael, Esq from City of Limerick married Miss Eliza Harrison from Limerick City

1791 Dec 29th Massy George, Hon. from Stagdale Lodge, ?Co. Limerick (he was from Co. Limerick) married Miss Elizabeth Scanlan from Balynaha, Co. Limerick Witness: Scanlan, Michael jun

1792 March 12th Massy Hugh,Rt. Hon. Lord, Baron from Co. Limerick married Miss Margaret Everine Barton from The Grove, Co. Tipperary Witnesses: Barton, Thomas & Barton, Charles & Cody, Judith

1793 Sept 19th Hunt Edmund, Esq. from Inchirourke, Co. Limerick married Miss Teresa Butler from ss Millbrooke, Co. Clare dau of James Butler Esq.

1794 May 13th Forbes Frederic, The Hon. from Co. Longford ; Lieut of 80th & 5th regt of foot married Mary Butler from Limerick City Spinster

1794 June 21st Whyte Charles, Esq. Lieut. 80th & 5th Regt of Foot married Anna Ross Lewin from Fortfergus, Co. Clare spinster Witnesses: Collis, henry: Limerick City & Williams, Joseph, servant to C. Whyte & Fyfe, Andrew: from Portpatrick

1795 Aug 28th Horan Ringrose Drew Esq. from Co. Limerick married Miss Jane Buchanan from King’s Co/Offaly Witness: Murray, Alexander: Commander Hillsborough Packet

1797 April 27th Hunt Thomas Edward, Esq Captain in His majesty’s 64th Regt of Foot married Miss Mary Mahony from Limerick City dau of Pierce Mahony, Esq Witrnesses: Mainsell, Jno & Mack, James & Mahony, Pierce & Fyfe, Andrew – Portpatrick

1797 Dec 4th Blennerhassett Arthur, Esq from Elmgrove near Tralee, Co. Kerry married Miss Dorcas Anna Twiss from Co. Kerry Witnesses: Harte, William Johnston Esq. of Coolruss, Co. Limerick & Sullivan, James – servant to Mr. Blennerhasset

1798 Jan 9th Gordon John, Sir Baronet of Park, Co. Banff married Miss Pyne Crosbie from Limerick dau to Hon. & Rev. Maurice Crosbie of Limerick Witnesses: Crosbie, Mrs. – mother to Miss Pyne & Morgell, Robert Hickson, Esq of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick & Wade, Mickel servant to Sir John Gordon

1799 Sept 22nd Meade, Christopher Henry Barry from Limerick married Miss Ann Fulton from Lisburn, Co. Antrim Witnesses: Fulton, Ann, Mrs & Major, John Esq. Cornet 22nd Dragoons & Murray, Alexander Commander of hilsborough Packet

1799 Sept 30th Hunt Henry Esq. from Golden Garden, Co. Tipperary married Miss Mary Bradshaw Limerick City Witnesses: Bradshaw, Mary of Limerick & Bradshaw, Benjamin Bennet, Esq, Mount William, Co. Tipperary & Buchanan, John: Ensign Perthshire Militia

1799 Oct 7th Naish Carroll Patrick, Esq from Ballyann, Co. Limericj married Miss Ann Johnson from Bettyville, Co. Limerick Witnesses: Johnson, William, jun. Esq – Bettyville & MacKenzie, James: Vintner & Ker, John Portapatick

1800 May 7th Creaghe Martin Connell, M.D. Limerick City married Miss Mary Lacy from Limerick City

1802 Dec 18th Sherlock Thomas, Esq from Rock Abbey, Co. Cork married Miss Mary Bevan from Miltown, Co. Limerick Witnesses: Bennett, James: Newbridge, Co. Limerick & O’Callahan, Daniel, Co. Limerick

1803 April 14th Copley John, Esq from Ballyclough, Co. Limerick married Miss Dorothea Stack from Ballyconry, Co. kerry Witnesses: Stack, John sq. Ballyconry, Co. Limerick & Monsell, Samuel, Mallow Co. Cork

1805 Jan 7th Johnston Nicholas George, Lieutenant 2nd Batt 61st Rgt of foot married Miss Mary Ann Keating from Limerick City dau of George Keating Esq. Doctor of Medicine

1805 May 20th Frewen Thomas, Esq from Castle connel, co. Limerick married Miss Margaret Dundun from Castleconnel, Co Limerick

1806 Aug 3rd Kingston Robert, Esq from London City Miss Charlotte Burdett from Limerick City

1807 May 7th Hogg Edmond William, Esq from Limerick City married Miss Mary Sargent from Limerick City dau of James Sargent, Esq of Limerick City Witness: Bell, James Belfast

1817 Aug 5th Head Michael Prattle, Esq from Derry castle, Co. Tipperary married Miss Mary Butler from Limerick

1822 April 24th Evans John, Esq from Limerick City married Miss Jemima Sexton Jemima, from Limerick City Witness: Sexton, William

1824 Oct 15th Lloyd Eyre, Esq from Limerick maried Miss Anne Hutchinson Masey from Limerick Witness: Wallace, Patrick servant to Eyre Lloyd

1826 Feb 6th Holmes Robert of Glennanore Esq from Castletown Roache, Co.Cork married Catherine Wilkinson Catherine, spinster from Mallow, Co. Cork Witness: Wilkinson, Francis of Limerick

Baptism Records, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, 1777-80

These may seem a bit confusing BUT they come from the early set of records I was working with this week and those records are represented at a later date on the film so I’d have to go look at the later set to see if there are any differences.


There were only a few pages that could be read with 1777 records on them, I managed to read one record for March and then some for November and then the film was just too difficult to work with and faded.

All of 1780 has been transcribed as I read it in this set of parish records.  Please read my other posts about Freshford parish records in order that you will understand why I talk about two different sets of records on the microfilm.

The records are in English and placenames are given.  All spellings are as I read them, questionmarks indicate that I had a problem with the reading and give the name as best I saw it spelled.  I have not interfered with the spellings as I read them.

Name Surname Father Mother if given S. Mother Place Date Year
Bridget Costelloe Jams Eliz ?Farrill Freshford 04-Nov 1777
Cathr Delany Michl Eleanor Kavanagh R???? 01-Nov 1777
Cath Fitzgerald ?Simon Eliz Stapleton Freshford ?? 1777
?? Quigly Jno Mary Costelloe Freshford 06-Jul 1777
Mary Stapleton Richd Mary Brett 3 Castles 03-Nov 1777
Margt ?? ?? Mary ?Clear Mmoonab?? 14-Jan 1780
Mary Clear? ?? Mary Brien Freshford 17-Jan 1780
Ed Corcoran? Jno Mary Corcoran Ballylarkin 15-Feb 1780
Elizabeth Fian? Jno Mary Phelan Freshford 03-Apr 1780
Wil Phelan? Michl Margt Cody ?Saard 21-Jan 1780
Mary Brady Dens Margt McDanl New ?England 08-Feb 1780
John Brennan Tom Cathr Dooling Rahelty 02-Apr 1780
Joan Brennan Nichls Bridget McCoy Ballynamara 19-Apr 1780
Tom Burke Tom Bridget Fitzgerald Freshford 02-Mar 1780
Margarett Cahill Jno Mary Gl?ishin? Kyle 24-Apr 1780
Joan Coggy William Honor Delany Bballydaniel 02-Apr 1780
Michl Corigan Michl Cathr Comeford Ballylarkin 19-Jan 1780
Mary Costelloe Jams Margt Farrell Freshford 02-Apr 1780
Joan Costelloe William Mary Delany N.g. 23-Apr 1780
Anstice Dalton Mathew Anstice Wall 3 Castles 16-Apr 1780
Jno Delany Pat Brittas 20-Feb 1780
Patt Dooling Tom Cathrin Delany Kahely 19-Jan 1780
Patt Doran Jno Mary Melvin Clinstown 09-Apr 1780
Anne Dowdle Jno Mary Booden 3 Castles 10-Apr 1780
Anstice Dunne Luke Mary Looby Ballydooles 10-Apr 1780
Mary Finan Kyran Cathr Dooling Ballylarkin 05-Apr 1780
Margt Fleming Pat Anstice Wallace Oldhouse 12-Jan 1780
Mary Grace William Mary Cahill ?Kerreen 02-Mar 1780
Margt Hanlan Ppatt Cathr Delany Coolishill 09-Apr 1780
Tom Henesy Jno Honr Doghny Ballyroe 24-Jan 1780
Joan Henesy Jno Mary Henesy Huntstown 15-Apr 1780
Patt Horahan Tom Mary Byrne Freshford March 1780
?Patience Jackman Patt Susanna Fitzgerald Freshford 05-Mar 1780
Jams Kavanagh Jams Honer Foley Bally?? 03-Jan 1780
James Keating Edmd Cahtrin ?Kemple B?? 18-Jan 1780
Elizabeth Kelly Jams Honor Phelan Kilaree March 1780
Patt Keoghan Wilm Mary Thracey Cooleshill March 1780
Bridgt Lannan Jno Mary Power Barnaglefran 28-Jan 1780
Helena Maher Willm Helen Fitzpk Freshford 13-Mar 1780
Bridgt Mahony Will Mary Kylfoile Freshford 22-Jan 1780
Elizebth McDaniel ?Simon Cathr Poor New England March 1780
Elizabeth McDaniel Jno Mary White Rahelty March 1780
Mary McGrath Michl Bridgt Hickey Rahelty 08-Mar 1780
Patt Neale Wiliam Cathr Dunne Lisnaclea March 1780
Thoms Phelan Pat Margt Hackett ?Saard 09-Mar 1780
H?onor Ryan Dens Winifred Keoghan Freshford 21-Jan 1780
Cathr Tinan Tom Mary Dooling Freshford 28-Jan 1780
Thoms White ?Pierce Cathr Brophy Freshford 23-Apr 1780

Baptism Records, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, 1773-75

According to my notes Roman Catholic Parish records for Freshford begin on Jan 12th, 1773 and it just so happens that when I went looking at these records on the first day this week I had forgotten to move a copy of the records that I had from my old computer to my laptop.


So, when I got to the records I couldn’t read the first few pages, 1775 was the first year I could read.

The records are a movable feast!  I began working at 1775, got what seem to be very few records for 1776, then went on to 1788, then they went back to 1786 and then into 1787.  I just kept transcribing away at whatever I could read.

These records for the most part do not contain the name of the mother, they are in English, Name of child, name of father, placename and date.  EXCEPT when I got home after my second day of transcribing and when I went to my old records I found I had already worked this section of these parish registers AND the section I had worked previously HAD the name of the mother!

I have combined both sets of records into one file BECAUSE the last thing that I have noticed is that both sets are different.  The set of records I worked which had the mother’s name seems to have other names as well, that is names not included in the records I transcribed over the last few days.

I do realise that this may seem confusing for those of you who think that this is all a very simple job of just transcribing what you see, but, if I put up one set of records then you will wonder where your record that you know should be in these records are or you would wonder why there are extra records.

I can only assume that someone made a transcription of the hand written notes and the first time I worked these records it was with the transcription which definitely would have been much easier to read.

In some ways, these records may seem confusing because I actually have a place name in the area where I would or should have had the mothers name for some of them.  The references with no mothers name are the ones I transcribed this week.  If the name is repeated and then includes a Mother’s name then that comes from the set of records I transcribed in the past.  The set of records taken this week has a number in the area where there should have been a place, that number represents the page I was working on.  I actually have different numbers for the earlier set of records.

I did not manage to read any record for 1772

Name Surname Father Mother M Surname date Year Place
Mary Branick? Jno Margt ?Hyne 30-Apr 1775 New ?England
Margt Brenan Nicholas n.g. n.g. 18-Jun 1775 Walstown
Danl Brenan James n.g. n.g. 01-Oct 1775 Freshford
Danl Brenan James Freshford 01-Oct 1775 1
Mary Britt John n.g. n.g. 22-Oct 1775 Oldtown
Mary Britt John Oldtown 22-Oct 1775 2
Honor Burke ?John n.g. n.g. 05-Jun 1775 Three Castles
Richd Butler Jams Sara Nichols 26-Dec 1775 Curragh Skateen
Richd Butler James Curragh Skateen 26-Dec 1775 3
John Clahasy ?James n.g. n.g. 25-Jun 1775 Ballydooly
Lar Connor John n.g. n.g. 16-Dec 1775 Brittas
Lar Connor John Brittas 14-Dec 1775 3
Tim Cormack James n.g. n.g. 07-Jun 1775 Ballynamara
Michl Dalton Patt n.g. n.g. 12-Nov 1775 ?Iaand
Michl Dalton Patt ?Ioand 12-Nov 1775 2
?Daniel Darcy Jno n.g. n.g. 18-Jun 1775 Bra?lktown
Cathrine Delany Danl n.g. n.g. 07-Jun 1775 Oldtown
Margt Dooling Tim n.g. n.g. 20-Jun 1775 Rathmoile
Mary Dooling Patt n.g. n.g. 18-Sep 1775 3 Castles
Mary Dooling Patt 3 casles 18-Sep 1775 1
Cath Dooly Michl n.g. n.g. 19-Nov 1775 Bootstown
Edmd Dooly Patrick n.g. n.g. 10-Dec 1775 ?Saard
Cath Dooly Michl ?Bootstown 19-Nov 1775 2
Edmd Dooly Patrick ?Saard 10-Dec 1775 3
Cath Doyle ?Nicholas n.g. n.g. 29-Jun 1775 Freshford
Patricia Fitzgerald Thomas Margaret Doyle 21-Nov 1773 Freshford
Michl Fitzgerald Martin n.g. n.g. 02-Oct 1775 Rathmoile
Michl Fitzgerald Martin Rathmoile 02-Oct 1775 1
Margarett Fitzpatrick John n.g. n.g. 20-Dec 1775 Freshford
Margarett Fitzpatrick John Freshford 20-Dec 1775 3
Joan Grace Robt Margret Brennan 16-Jan 1773 Gariboy
?Joseph & Cath Grace Patt Anne Vaughton 10-May 1775 Freshford
Margt Grace Ricd Elizth Butler 15-May 1775 Brittas
Sara Grace Thoms n.g. n.g. 05-Jun 1775 Bally?daniel
Phil Grace Patt n.g. n.g. 06-Jun 1775 Garranamanagh
Michl Grace Robert n.g. n.g. 02-Oct 1775 Earlsbog
Edmd Grace John n.g. n.g. 30-Nov 1775 Tullow
Michl Grace Robert Earlsbog 02-Oct 1775 1
Edmd Grace John Tullow 30-Nov 1775 2
James Hanifield? William Helen Haly ?3/8 1773 ?Foley ?ford
n.g. Harney n.g. n.g. n.g. 15-Oct 1775 Newtown
Not given Harney Not given Newtown 15-Oct 1775 1
Jno Henesy Willm n.g. n.g. 18-Jun 1775 Leugh
Richd Henesy John n.g. n.g. 29-Oct 1775 Huntstown
Richd Henesy John Huntstown 29-Oct 1775 2
Patt Hoghny Thady n.g. n.g. 26-Sep 1775 Freshford
Patt Hoghny Thady Freshford 26-Sep 1775 1
Cathrine Hoyne Timothy n.g. n.g. 14-Dec 1775 Tulloroan
Cathrine Hoyne Timothy Tullaroan 14-Dec 1775 3
Bridgt Hoynes Tim Joan Morris 18-May 1775 L?iss
Anne Jackman Martin n.g. n.g. 04-Oct 1775 Freshford
Anne Jackman Martin Freshford 04-Oct 1775 1
Helen Joordan Jas Anne Menoge 27-Apr 1775 Newtown
Honor Kavanagh James n.g. n.g. 21-Jul 1775 Ballybegh
John Kealy Edmd Mary Archer 27-May 1775 Walstown
Mathew Kealy Richd n.g. n.g. 29-Oct 1775 Freshford
Mathew Kealy Richd Freshford 29-Oct 1775 2
William Kelly William n.g. n.g. 14-Dec 1775 ?Saard
William Kelly William ?Saard 14-Dec 1775 3
Bridgt Laffin James Anne Connore 21-May 1775 Brittas
Will Lawless Nichs n.g. n.g. 26-Nov 1775 ?Kilaree
Will Lawless Richd Kilaree 26-Nov 1775 2
Helen & Honor Maher Nichls n.g. n.g. 17-Sep 1775 Boggan
Helen Mahon Nichs Boggan 17-Sep 1775 1
Honore Mahon Nichs Boggan 17-Sep 1775 1
Lar Martin John n.g. n.g. 10-Dec 1775 Ballydoole
Lar Martin John Ballydoole 10-Dec 1775 3
Elizabeth Mc?boy Murtagh n.g. n.g. 14-Sep 1775 Ballycloneen
?James McDa?niel Jno n.g. n.g. 12-Jun 1775 Rath?healy
Cathr McGe(?nnis) Hugh ?Saard 16-Dec 1775 3
Cathr. McGennis Hugh n.g. n.g. 16-Dec 1775 ?Saard
Bridgt McGrath Michl n.g. n.g. 07-Jun 1775 Rathmoile
Mary McMahon Will Mary Kilfoile 25-May 1775 Kilrush
Edward McNaun John n.g. n.g. 08-Oct 1775 Freshford
Edward McNaun John Freshford 08-Oct 1775 1
Elizabeth M’Coy? Murtagh Ballycloneen 14-Sep 1775 1
?Eliz Morris John Cath ?Coss 12-Jan 1773 ?….igrove
Mary Mulrowney John Elizth Brett 01-Jun 1775 Oldtown
William Murphy Wm. Elizth Phelan 24-Jan 1773 Garanamanagh
James Murphy John n.g. n.g. 22-Oct 1775 Tullaroan
James Murphy John Tullaroan 22-Oct 1775 2
Sara n.g. n.g. n.g. 26-Jun 1775 Newtown
Kyran Neal Will n.g. n.g. 04-Jun 1775 Ballyclogh
Darby Phelan Lar. n.g. n.g. 30-Oct 1775 Freshford
Darby Phelan Lars Freshford 30-Oct 1775 2
Jno Purcell ?Jno ?Helen Lynch 29-Jan 1773 Rathmoile
Dennis Quigly Nichls n.g. n.g. 25-Jun 1775 Liss
David Ranley or Kanley? Wm. Mary Lalor 29-Jan 1773 Freshford
Cath. Realy? Michl ?Mary Brow?n 11-Oct 1773 Freshford
Joan Ryan Will n.g. n.g. 25-Jun 1775 ?Huntstown
Jno Shortall Nichls n.g. n.g. 24-Jun 1775 Freshford
Jams Skehan John n.g. n.g. 22-Jul 1775 Freshford
Cathrine Smith Will n.g. n.g. 07-Nov 1775 Br?iscoloe
Cathrine Smith Will Bris?coloe 07-Nov 1775 2
Jno Staplton? James Mary Brooke 27-Apr 1775 ?Drakes
Edmd Thracy? Luke n.g. n.g. 22-Nov 1775 Cooleishill
Edmd Thracy? Luke Cooleishil 22-Nov 1775 2
Mary Vesy John n.g. n.g. 23-Oct 1775 Kilrush
Mary Vesy John Kilrush 23-Oct 1775 2
Andrew Walsh Nicholas Cath Campion 15-May 1775 Balinn…?
Helen Young John n.g. n.g. 14-Oct 1775 Freshford
Helen Young John Freshford 14-Oct 1775 1

Will Abstracts, Lismore and Waterford, 1724-88

Pre 1858 abstracts can be helpful even for those whose ancestors did not make wills – here we have domestic servants mentioned, there are placenames which may or may not be phonetic variations on those we find in the 1851 Townland Directory.


19 June 1724
Everard, George
Will of George Everard of Garrondillon Co. Tippy (Tipperary)- his wife Ellen, eldest son Edmond two thirds, John second youngest son one third of the property. To Dr. James Glysane, par. Priest, a young black filly & £4.6.8. To Mr. Wm. McCarthy one of executors, a young bay meare. Mr. Hamilton Lowe ffetheard, Mr. Wm. Mcarthy Clocully & wife Ellen Everard, Executors. Present: Laur Fanning, Nich White. Bond of £200 ster: due from Mr. Redmond Everard Bart of some other person for his use.

NOTE: John Bray: Burgess of Clonmel, Conf. Kilkenny & M.P. Clonmel in St. James II parliament, lived at Garondillon in 1677: he had forfeited under Cromwell & by deed of 26 Mar 1669 was demised 478 acres in Knockballymallow/Knockballynemollogh for term of 31 years, by Thomas Juxon

26 Nov 1729
Goss, Gration:
Will of Gration Goss, Citty of Waterford – all to his wife Catherine Goss. £5 to her Grandchild Thos. Comby, declared by Gration Goss in presents of Alexr Desmaison, Pirce Butler, James Walsh – after or in my life – my ffrince book to Alexr Desmaison in ye same order as at p.: sent, with the silver clasps on ye salme along wth them.

12 Feb 1725
Clancy, Johannes:
Admon of goods of Johannes Clancy intestate of Kildarmudy firmarius, granted to Marg. Clancy his Widow by Thomas bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

16 July 1725
Quarry, Isaac:
Will of Isaac Quarry, Knockane – his farm and cattle &c to be divided between his two sons John & William – joint Executors, to old servt Mary Ryane, house garden & grassing for four collops during lease of Knockane, rent free & to her two children my daughter by her £5 each at 19 years of age. To my good friend Wm. Gombon during my lease a house rent free for life and grassing for one beast & when he dies to daughter Esther. Prest Pierce Power, Robt Quarry Will Gambon.

14 Feb 1729:
Redmunds, Timotheus
Admon of goods to Timotheus Redmunds granted to Alicia Redmunds, Clonmel, Widow

5 Aug 1725
Wells, Simon
Will of Simon Wells schoolmaster – All to his wife Sarah Wels (execux) & daurs. Amy, Elizabeth & Lydia. Prest. John Fell, Thos. Murray, John Sault

27 Jan 1726;
Ellis, John
Will of John Ellis, gent: Leaves a Moydore to each Edwd Redmonds , Benj. Robinson, Wm. Blackcoat (son of John Blackcoat), his silver watch to John Norrinton, sword to Michl. Browne & rest, bonds debts to Susanna Browne. Prest. John Smith David Walls, Willm Lonergan.

Meade, Garrett. Dungarvan, Mercht.
2nd May 1787. Probate to Frances Lonergan 23rd Aug 1787
Partnership of Lonergan & Meade.: – Accts. & Bequest of £200 on Geo. Porter – conditioning Wm. Lonergan son of Francis Lonergan to have stores & cellars & £25. £25 to Revd. John Buckley for purpose I have mentioned him & further sum of £25 for said purpose. Gold watch to Wm. Lonergan, £39 to Mr. Thos. Fade. Residue to wife mrs. Elizabeth Lonergan for sole use & c. She and Frances Lonergan sole Execrs. G. Lonergan, James Kennedy.
Codicil to last: £5 to James Williamson for mourning. 40 guineas to Barthol. Guinan, Cork. 30 gns to Michl. Anthony, Jr. Tanner. £10 to Mrs. Marg. Connery, Dungarvan. Residue only; any effects to my brother Henry Meade not yet remitted should produce amount. William Walsh, Mary Power.

Robinson, John. Waterford City. Gent.
18th Nov. 1786. Probate to Robt. Backas 23rd Aug. 1787
Rbt. Backas, son of Alderman Geo. Backas & Elenor his wife, the dwelling house and garden in rere of Peirce’s Lane orwise Kisby’s Lane, city Waterford, which Mr. Kelly now holds under me with the Turrett and garden outside (inside) same to be held & enjoyed by said Robt. Backas and heirs. I also leave him my House in Barronstrand St now in possession of Mr. David Henry,(Heneary) also houses held by lease to Mr. John Archbold, Mercht. Near the new bridge. Robt. Backas sole Exr. & Rec. Legatee. Present: R. Dillon, Sylvester Pyne, Tho. Anthony.

Baldwin, John. Gent. Cahir.
9th Feb 1786. Probate 15th Oct. 1787.
5s each to sons & Daurs. Edward, Margt.McGrath (Als. Baldwin), Allice Mahony (Als. Baldwin), Thomas, James, John, bridget, Ellen. All the rest to wife Bridget Baldwin als. O’Brien. Prest. Jeffery Keating, Pierce Everard.

Bohen, Matthew. City of Waterford, Baker.
14th May 1787. probate 25th Jan 1788
Wife Margt. & Six sons. Bakery, houses to wife & Revd. D. Thomas Hearn. Exors. Andw. Dobbyn; Thos. Hunt and Thomas Cooke.
Codicil June 1787: Bequeaths Revd. Thomas Hearn £5.

Foster, Francis. Coolroe.
29th Feb 1788. 12th Mar. 1788 Probate.
Sister Ann Rogers als. Foster £50. Cath Moore als. Foster £20, Sister Elizabeth Cottanger £10, nephew Chris. Moore my bal or best bay horse. To nephew Wm. Moore my other bay horse. To friend and bror in law Pierce Rogers my watch. Rest to two sisters Sarah Gill and An Rogers. Trustee Revd. Anth. Sterling, sole exor. Prest. Will Cheeran, Jno, Edwd. Bourne.
Probate granted to Revd. A. Sterling.

Walsh, Richard. Mariner. Waterford City.
5th Jan 1788. Probate 23rd June 1788. Probate 23rd June 1788
Appoints wife Margt. Sole heiress Execx. & Adminx. Bequeath her all real and pers. Pres. Jas. Foristall, Ellen Hynes.
Probate granted to Margt. Widow.

Whelan, John, Waterford.
21st June 1784. Probate 16th July 1788
To be buried in St. Patrick’s. To each sisters children, John martin and Richd. Tobin, to John Neale’s son, Wm. Neale, silver ink horn with a gold and silver pen.- watch to keep in memory of me. £5 to repairs of Johnstown Chapple. Exors. Wm Neal, Joan Tobin als Morrisey, and Murphy.
Codicil to last:21st June 1784:
If Wm. Neale and Joan Tobin not living at death bequeath Mr. Henry O’Neile, bror of Mrs. O’Neile, Exors. £10 for trouble.

Osborne, Sir Thomas,
Tickincor, Co. Waterford, Knt.
13 Oct 1713. Precis ½ p., 17 Sept 1717

Wife Dame Ann Osborne als. Usher. Son Nicholas. Grandson John Osborne.
Edward Hubbart, lessee of Winsland als. Farrinbullin near White Church Rock. Edmond Power, lesee of the lands in B. Glannehiry, William Rony, Widow Gough, Widow Bull, Susanna Cox, John Fling, Joseph Thomas, William Hore of Caraine. Widow Ronane, Wm. Fies, Thomas Morrisy, Morrish Houllighane and Gerald Gibon, tenants in parish of Dungarvan.
Cullenagh, Coolepeasoone (?Coolnabeasoon), Knockmeale, Barneshangannagh in B. of Glannehiry; Cooleporsilly, Parknecorry, Clyneskie, Parkeirsheal, Clynegonniny and Garrystroppie, Parish of Dungarvan, Barony of Decies; Winsland als Farrinbullin, all in Co. Waterford
Witnesses: William Browning, Affane, Co. Waterford, Esq; James Usher, Ballintaylor, Co. Waterford, Esq.,; and Robert Carew, Tickinure, Co. Waterford, gent.
Memorial Witnessed By: Peter Molloy, Dublin gent; Cha. Browne
Ann Osborne (Seal)

Parish Register (Surnames), St. Thomas’, Dublin, 1750-91

“Register of the Parish of St. Thomas, Dublin, 1750-1791”


The surnames below are found in the above register. The register has been published by the Representative Church Body Library. If you would like to know more about any record pertaining to any surname listed here, then the book is probbaly obtainable through inter-library loan. Alternatively, you could contact the Representative Church Body Library.

Names

Acheson
Adams
Adamson
Adderly
Aldworth
Alexander
Allen
Allexander
Alley
Ambrose
Anderson
Andoe
Annessley
Appleby
Appleton
Archbold
Armstrong
Arthure
Ashburner
Ashe
Ashenhurst
Ashly
Askins
Atkins
Atkinson
Auchmuty
Austin
Aylmer
Ayres
Bacon
Bagenal
Baggs
Baillie
Baird
Baker
Baldwin
Balfour
Bailie
Ball
Ballaquire
Bambrick
Banns
Bargier
Barker
Barlow
Barns
Barret
Barry
Bartlett
Bartley
Bassett
Batchelor
Bates
Bathers
Battersby
Bayly
Beans
Beatts
Beaty
Beckensale
Belfield
Bell
Belson
Bennet
Benson
Beresford
Berisford
Berry
Berwick
Betson
Bevan
Bibby
Bigger
Billing
Bincks
Bingham
Binks
Birch
Bird
Birnie
Black
Blacker
Blackham
Blackwood
Blair
Blake
Bland
Blaney
Bodkin
Boe
Bolen
Bollon
Bolton
Bonham
Bonnor
Borroughs
Bosman
Bourk
Bourke
Bowden
Bowen
Boyd
Boyle
Bradley
Brady
Braithwaite
Brakley
Bran
Bredin
Brigs
Brisco
Briscoe
Bromlay
Brook
Brooke
Brown
Browne
Brownrigg
Bruen
Bruslin
Brussells
Buchanan
Buckley
Bucknall
Bulkley
Bunbury
Burgess
Burgh
Burke
Burne
Burnet
Burnett
Burnyeats
Burroughs
Burton
Bury
Bushe
Butler
Butt
Bynon
Byrne
Caddell
Calbeck
Caldwell
Callaghan
Callender
Camerin
Camfield
Campbell
Candler
Cane
Cannin
Cannon
Cantrell
Capper
Cardot
Cardott
Carlen
Carncross
Caroli
Carpenter
Carrol
Carroll
Carson
Carter
Cartwright
Carty
Casey
Cassan
Cassey
Cassidy
Casson
Cathery
Caulfield
Chaboteaux
Chaloner
Chamberlain
Chambers
Chandler
Charlemont
Charleton
Chebsey
Chiney
Christmas
Christmass
Chubsey
Clark
Clarke
Clarkson
Clayton
Clements
Clerk
Clinch
Clinton
Close
Clough
Cobbe
Cockin
Codd
Coffee
Coffey
Coglan
Colclough
Cole
Coleman
Collins
Colshaw
Condran
Condron
Connelly
Conner
Connor
Conroy
Conry
Conway
Cooke
Cooley
Cooper
Coote
Cornet
Corry
Cosgrave
Cottrell
Cowan
Cowell
Cox
Coyle
Crabb
Craford
Cramer
Cranfield
Craven
Crawford
Creighton
Crocker
Croghan
Croker
Crolly
Crosbie
Crosthwaite
Crowen
Cubitt
Cuefell
Cuff
Cuffe
Cullen
Cummin
Cumming
Cunningham
Curtis
Curwen
Cusack
Cuthbert
Cutler
Dalton
Daly
Dannell
Darby
Darcey
Darcy
Dark
Darley
Darling
Dartrey
Davidson
Davis
Dawson
Day
De Bordz
Deane
Debutts
Deckella
Deering
Delany
Dempsey
Denham
Dennison
Derbyshire
Dering
Desvoeux
Devenish
Devereux
Devonish
Dick
Dickey
Dickson
Dier
Digby
Dignam
Dillon
Dimm
Dinham
Disney
Divine
Dixon
Dobbin
Dobbs
Dobson
Dockry
Dodd
Dodgins
Dogood
Donelson
Donkin
Donnellan
Donnelly
Donovan
Donstan
Doran
Dougherty
Doughty
Douse
Dowdall
Dowker
Dowling
Downes
Downing
Doyle
Doyne
Drean
Druit
Duff
Duggan
Duke
Dunavin
Duncan
Dunganson
Dunkin
Dunkison
Dunlap
Durham
Dutton
Duvall
Dyke
Earley
Eaton
Eccles
Echlin
Edgworth
Edwards
Egar
Eger
Elliott
Ellis
Emeson
Enery
Engel
Ennerey
Epwel
Epwell
Evans
Evatt
Eyers
Eyre
Eyres
Fagan
Falkiner
Farmer
Farrell
Farringdon
Fawson
Fazakerly
Feagon
Fell
Fennell
Fenwick
Ferguson
Fetherston
Fetherstone
Filgate
Finegan
Finlay
Finnegan
Fish
Fisher
Fittsummons
Fitzgerald
Fitzmorris
Fitzpatrick
Flanagan
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Forsayeth
Forster
Fortescue
Forth
Foster
Fox
Foxall
Foy
Franks
French
Friell
Frizell
Finegan
Finlay
Finnegan
Fish
Fisher
Fittsummons
Fitzgerald
Fitzmorris
Fitzpatrick
Flanagan
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Forsayeth
Forster
Fortescue
Forth
Foster
Fox
Foxall
Foy
Franks
French
Friell
Frizell
Fry
Fullead
Fullham
Fyfield
Gain
Gainer
Galagher
Galbraith
Gallagher
Galway
Gammon
Gardiner
Gardnier
Garragan
Gartside
Gartsides
Gaskin
Gass
Gastin
Gaston
Gaven
Gaynor
Gentleman
George
Gernon
Gerrard
Gerside
Gibling
Gibson
Giff
Gill
Gillis
Gilmore
Ginn
Gitner
Gittner
Glascock
Glascow
Gledowe
Goddard
Godfrey
Godley
Goff
Golding
Goodbody
Goodwin
Gordon
Gore
Gorges
Gotheral
Goulding
Grace
Grady
Graham
Grattan
Grave
Graves
Graydon
Green
Greene
Gregory
Grierson
Griffin
Griffith
Griffiths
Grooms
Grubere
Grumley
Guest
Guinin
Guthry
Hacket
Haddick
Haffy
Hakett
Hall
Halpin
Haly
Hamerton
Hamilton
Hammet
Hanbury
Hand
Handcock
Handley
Hanlon
Hanne
Hardcastle
Harder
Harman
Harpur
Harrick
Harricks
Harris
Harrison
Hart
Hassler
Hastings
Hatch
Hatton
Haverly
Hawkins
Hawkshaw
Hawtry
Haycock
Hayes
Heath
Heathwood
Heatley
Heatly
Helden
Henderson
Hendy
Henry
Heog
Herbert
Herbret
Herrod
Hervey
Hewitt
Higginson
Higinbotham
Hill
Hinchey
Hiney
Hoare
Hodgens
Hodges
Hodgins
Hodgson
Hodson
Hoey
Hogan
Holcroft
Hollerin
Holmes
Holt
Hornby
Horner
Hornidge
Hovenden
Howard
Hudson
Hughes
Humphreys
Humphry
Hunt
Husband
Hussey
Hutcheson
Hyde
Hyland
Hyton
Irvine
Irwin
Ivers
Jackson
Jacob
James
Jay
Jessop
Jewlley
Jinings
Johnson
Johnston
Jones
Jourdan
Juran
Jurgens
Kane
Kannon
Kavannagh
Kavenagh
Keating
Kehoe
Keirnan
Kellinghusen
Kelly
Kenedy
Kennan
Kennedy
Kenny
Kent
Keogh
Keon
Keough
Ker
Key
Kildea
Kilinghusen

Killinghusen
Killingley
Kimage
Kinch
Kinchla
King
Kingston
Kirchhoffer
Kirchoffer
Kirk
Kirkpatrick
Kirwan
Kirwin
Kitchen
Knight
Knox
Lamb
Lambart
Lambert
Land
Lang
Laurence
Law
Lawe
Lawless
Lawlor
Lawrence
Le Renard
Lea
Leathern
Ledgerwood
Ledwith
Lee
Leeson
Leggett
Leigh
Lemon
Leonard
Lesley
Leslie
Leslye
Lessley
Lesslie
Lewis
Lifford
Lilly
Lindsay
Lindsey
Lindsy
Lloyd
Lloyde
Loftus
Long
Lord
Lorguirfur
Lovett
Lowdon
Lowe
Lowry
Lowther
Lucas
Luggard
Lundy
Lunn
Lynam
Lynham
Lyon
Lyons
Lyster
Lyttle
Macartney
Macklin
Macnamara
Madden
Madders
Magan
Maginnes
Maginnis
Magrath
Mahon
Makeever
Makenzie
Makeveer
Malleverer
Malone
Malowney
Mangaurin
Mannin
Manseragh
Mansergh
Manwaring
Mara
Marlay
Martin
Massey
Mather
Mathews
Maturin
Maulaverer
Mauleverer
Mauroumet
Mauroumett
Maxwell
May
Mayers
Mayne
Mayrins
Mazier
Maziere
McAlester
McAlister
McAuley
McAvoy
McCahan
McCahin
McCann
McCasland
McCaver
McClane
McClelland
McConnrigall
McCormick
McCullagh
McDaniel
McDannell
McDermot
McDermott
McDonagh
McDonnell
McDonough
McEvoy
McGowan
McGuinness
McGusty
McKeon
McKinzie
McLinn
McLoy
McMahon
McManis
McManus
McMullan
McMullen
McVoy
McWilliam
Mead
Meares
Mears
Meathers
Medlicott
Menzeis
Menzies
Mercer
Meredyth
Metge
Middleton
Milbank
Millbank
Miller
Mills
Minchin
Minis
Mitchell
Molesworth
Molloy
Molony
Molyneux
Monck
Monckton
Monk
Monks
Montgomery
Mooney
Moore
Moran
Morecraft
Moren
Morgan
Morris
Morrison
Morrisson
Morrow
Mottley
Mountflorence
Mountmorres
Muilix
Mulavan
Mulchay
Mu]lin
Mulony
Murphy
Murray
Murry
Muspratt
Mussenden
Muston
Myers
Myhill
Myler
Nairac
Neal
Neale
Nesbit
Nesbitt
Newcomen
Newenham
Newinham
Newland
Newlin
Newton
Nichols
Nicholson
Nilan
Nillon
Nix
Noble
Nolan
Norcote
Norcott
North
Northwood
Norwood
Nowlan
O’Brian
O’Brien
O’Conner
O’Donel
O’Flaherty
Ogle
O’Neal
Oram
Ormsby
Orom
Osborne
Oughton
Owen
Padden
Paget
Pagett
Pain
Paisent
Palmer
Pandcock
Pardoe
Parker
Parks
Parren
Parsons
Patrick
Paul
Paulet
Paumier
Pearce
Pearson
Pebby
Pennington
Penrose
Pepper
Perces
Perkins
Perrin
Perry
Pery
Peyton
Phepo
Phepoe
Phibbs
Phillips
Pidgeon
Pierce
Pinto
Player
Pleayer
Plewis
Plunket
Polly
Poole
Porter
Powell
Power
Poynton
Pratt
Price
Primwrite
Purcell
Purdon
Quin
Quire
Quirk
Raferty
Rafferty
Rainsford
Ralph
Ram
Ransford
Ranson
Ratcliffe
Rathborne
Rawlins
Read
Reade
Reddy
Reed
Regoe
Reilly
Reily
Revell
Ribton
Rice
Rich
Richards
Richardson
Richey
Richmond
Ricketts
Rider
Rilly
Riverston
Roarke
Roberts
Robinson
Rochfort
Roe
Rogers
Rooney
Roper
Rosborough
Roscoe
Rose
Ross
Rosscraft
Rotton
Rourke
Roycraft
Rubotson
Rubottom
Rumney
Russell
Ryan
Ryder
Sabine
Sadler
Salev
Sancey
Sandford
Sands
Sandys
Saunders
Saunderson
Savage
Scale
Scanlan
Scott
Scully
Seagrove
Seeley
Sempill
Semple
Sensi
Seurlog
Shanley
Shea
Sheen
Shepphard
Sheridan
Sherlock
Sherrard
Sherred
Shirwin
Siggins
Simcox
Simms
Simpson
Simys
Sinck
Siree
Skeys
Slade
Slator
Sletsick
Small
Smart
Smith
Smyth
Snell
Sneyd
Sneyde
Snow
Somers
Somervile
Sommers
Southwell
Spencer
Sperills
Spicer
Spotswood
Sproule
Squire
Stacey
Stackpoole
Stacy
Stafford
Stalwood
Standish
Staples
Staunton
Stearne
Steel
Steele
Stelsick
Stephens
Stewart
Stopford
Stratford
Strattan
Streton
Stretton
Stringfellow
Strong
Stubbs
Styels
Summonday
Swan
Swanack
Sweeney
Sweeny
Swift
Swinburn
Swiny
Symes
Symms
Talbot
Taylor
Templeton
Tenant
Tench
Ternan
Ternon
Tew
Tharp
Thomas
Thompson
Thornhill
Thornton
Thorp
Tiddeman
Tiernan
Tighe
Timmins
Tindall
Tisdall
Todd
Toner
Topham
Tottenham
Towers
Townsend
Tracey
Travell
Travers
Trench
Trocke
Trumble
Tuitelerg
Turner
Tyndale
Tyrone
Tyrrell
Tyzack
Underwood
Uniacke
Usher
Vandeleur
Vandoran
Vanwingarden
Veiney
Verney
Vernon
Vernor
Vessey
Vierpyl
Vierpyle
Vizer
Vokes
Waddle
Wade
Waite
Walch
Waldron
Walker
Wall
Waller
Walpole
Walsh
Walton
Wandesford
Warburton
Ward
Ware
Waring
Warner
Warren
Warring
Wash
Watson
Watterson
Webb
Webber
Weber
Webster
Weekes
Weeks
Welton
Wesley
Wessell
Westenra
Weyms
Wharton
Whelan
White
Whitelock
Whitelocke
Whitemanv
Whiteway
Whitley
Whitty
Wiggans
Wilcocks
Wilde
Wilder
Wilding
Wildridge
Wilkinson
Willet
Willett
Williams
Williamson
Willington
Willis
Willoughby
Wilson
Wilwrich
Witherall
Withworth
Wolley
Wolseley
Wolsely
Wolsley
Wood
Woods
Woolwride
Worthington
Woseley
Wren
Wybrant
Wymes
Wynne
Yeates
Yeats
Young
Younghusband

Munster Volunteer Registry, 1782: Introduction

Reprint of the Munster Volunteer Registry 1782 (with notes). Transcribed by Robert Day, f.S.A. President, presented as a lecture to the Cork Historial & Archaeological Society. Published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 1894, Vol. II.


This Pamphlet, as a contemporary record of the Volunteers of Munster, is of such rarity that I have thought it worth transcribing for our Journal. It will be of interest, not merely to the general reader, but to the descendants of the various families whose names are associated with those who held command and officered the Volunteers, and to all Irishmen who are imbued with the true spirit of patriotism, and who rejoice in being descended from those who, to defend their homes from foreign invasion sprang to arms, and were equipped, armed and accoutred at their own personal charges. Not a town, village, townland or hamlet in Ireland but had its cavalry or infantry corps, until the flame of patriotism burst forth and shed its light and influence from the causeway to cape Clear and from the Tuskar Rocks to the Cliffs of Moher; the glorious result being that not less than 100,000 men stood to their arms, and by their unanimity and determination won for their country a free trade with England, in which the tax on irish manufactured goods was all but abolished, and commercial advantages were gained for the country, without which its industrial life, already but extinguished, would have been utterly destroyed.

The different corps of Munster were early applied to for returns. Such as sent them are dated regularly, and those without dates never favoured the author with any, so he was obliged to insert them according to the best information he could procure from the different, reviews of this summer. N.B.-All cavalry wear helmets, infantry hats, except flank companies. The uniform, waistcoat, and breeches of every corps (except those mentioned buff) are white.

“Every troop of cavalry consists of, at least, as under, some more – Farrier 1, trumpeter 1, serjeant 1, rank and file 40; total, besides Officers, 43. Where two troops are in a corps, they are not more than thirty rank and file each troop. Infantry corps of more than one company consist each company of- Serjeants 2, corporals 2, drums and fifes 2, rank and file 50; total 56. Such corps as consist of one company only are much stronger, being in general from sixty to one hundred rank and file. In the different corps gentlemen of the first distinction are privates. The Cork Union and Glin Artillery have complete bands of ten each.”

ADDRESS TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF IRELAND

A publication tending to transmit to posterity an authentic record of the Volunteer Corps of this kingdom has long been ardently wished for, the utility of a work exhibiting in a small compass every desirable information of the most glorious patriots any nation could ever boast of, is too obvious to require the aid of comment to facilitate its reception.

Did I address myself to a less illustrious body, I might, perhaps, call in the assistance of panegyric; to the Volunteers of Ireland, panegyric must yield to the feelings of gratitude. Our country rescued from usurpation, and elevated to a rank among the nations of Europe; our rights secured, our commerce revived, and our coasts protected from the insults of an enemy, are blessings too firmly imprinted in the minds of Irishmen to challenge the unmeaning compliments too often the style of dedication.