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- Fri May 27, 2022 4:08 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Register
- Replies: 9
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Re: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Register
Hi Joan, There is an entry in "The Irish Link", issue no. 44, March 1995, for the Halloran / Doogan / Verlin family. I give the text below. Polycarp HALLORAN, Patrick, born circa 1805, Tulla, Co Clare, son of James and Kate (McNamara) Halloran. Married c. 1827 Mary, daughter of Darby & Kate (Ferlin)...
- Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Timekeeping in rural Clare - Maurer of Ennis
- Replies: 39
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Re: Timekeeping in rural Clare - Maurer of Ennis
In 1840, there was a company called B. Ott & Co. in number 5 Ellen Street, Limerick, "Importers and Manufacturers of Foreign and English Clocks." Ott was described as the successor to the late F. Sivel. His company stationery was printed by Dartnell. I imagine these names are now long gone from Lime...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:44 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Ennis, 1856, and Irish fairs and markets
- Replies: 0
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Ennis, 1856, and Irish fairs and markets
"The New York Daily Tribune" 5 August 1856 Six Days in Ireland” ... ... ... ... ... ... On approaching Ennis, you first pass an enormous, handsome building, something between a barrack, a palace and a monastery. You enquire what it is: the Workhouse. Next comes another, still more handsome; in passi...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:22 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Ennis, Summer 1874
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Ennis, Summer 1874
Victorian novelist, Miss Braddon, visited County Clare in the summer of 1874, publishing her account in "Belgravia" magazine in the issues of July and August 1874. Here is her account of her visit to the county gaol in Ennis. Nothing could exceed the kindness of the governor of Ennis Jail who, seein...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Fake news, 1873
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3468
Fake news, 1873
"The Clare Freeman" 29 March 1873 Our attention has been called to a statement which has appeared for some weeks in the "Clare Journal," to the effect that that paper enjoys 'more than double the circulation of any other journal published in this county.' This wild assertion, coming from the "Clare ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Captain De Vere, 1872
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3656
Captain De Vere, 1872
“Limerick Chronicle” 2 January 1872 Robbery of £1,400 The following are additional particulars to what appeared in the Clare intelligence of our last: During the night of the 13th instant, the above sum, principally in bank notes, was stolen from the bedroom of an hotel in Dublin, and the thief clea...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Clare Militia, Regimental Ball, 1871
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3494
Clare Militia, Regimental Ball, 1871
The following is the Bill of Fare at the Clare Militia Regimental Ball, held in the Courthouse, Ennis, on 21st June 1871. Soup: Mayonnaise of Salmon Main Course: Boar’s Head Turkey Pouts Tongues Perigord Pies Mayonnaise of Chickens Lobster Salad Roast Beef Fillet of Veal Galantine of Veal Braized Ha...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:42 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Carkill
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10855
Re: Carkill
Hi Kerry, Michael Mac Mahon, in an article on Ulster families in County Clare in "The Other Clare" in 2010, suggests that the Carkil family is of Ulster origin. Michael writes: "In the southern parts of the Burren another group of Northeners settled on the extensive 'Commons' which once formed part ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:20 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Poteen (Poitín) making and the Irish Revenue Police
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15292
Re: Poteen (Poitín) making and the Irish Revenue Police
This newspaper notice gives information on illicit distillation in the Cratloe area in 1852. Reading this account, there is a similarity to contemporary newspaper accounts of 'grow houses' for cannabis in 2019. Polycarp. "Limerick Chronicle" 3rd March 1852 Illicit distillation is carried on to a con...
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:33 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: The circus animals desertion
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- Views: 17374
The circus animals desertion
The Clare Journal 19 September 1889 Escape of an elephant at Kildysart Considerable sensation was caused at Kildysart on Saturday last during the mid-day performance of Messrs Powell and Clarke's circus, in consequence of the escape of their female elephant, 'Juno.' The elephant rushed out of the ci...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:06 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: John Nash 1815-1880 and Jane Quilty- Kilrush
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14959
Re: John Nash 1815-1880 and Jane Quilty- Kilrush
The following news item, attributed to the "Clare Journal" of 17 September 1827, is given in Senan Scanlan's book "West and South Clare Newspaper Notes from c.1800 to 1950". It may be of interest. Polycarp "We understand that legal proceedings are to be commenced forthwith against the Rev. Michael C...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:06 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Children's home at St Joseph's Ennis
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5900
Re: Children's home at St Joseph's Ennis
Hi Anne, This is likely to be the former County Home in Ennis, which later became St Joseph's Hospital. Before it was the County Home, it was the Workhouse for the Union of Ennis. You should contact AIRR at the Department of Health and Children (if you haven't already) This is the Access to Institut...
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Six Co. Clare Fenians (I.R.B.) remembered by John Devoy
- Replies: 44
- Views: 75906
Re: Six Co. Clare Fenians (I.R.B.) remembered by John Devoy
Eva O Cathaoir's book (2018) "Soldiers of Liberty" which is a study of Fenianism between 1858 and 1908 has information on these Fenians. It is a solid piece piece of historical research.
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- Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:20 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Reybauld family query
- Replies: 2
- Views: 25049
Re: Reybauld family query
Hi June, The following short newspaper article might be of some interest. Polycarp "Clare Freeman" 18 March 1865 On Thursday last, the body of a woman named Bridget Riebalt was found floating in the river near Clonroad Bridge. This woman has been missing for several weeks past. She had been a servan...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:02 pm
- Forum: Clare Past
- Topic: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Register
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20800
Re: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Registe
Two further Tulla Verlin references, from 1768 and 1769. "Limerick Chronicle" Thursday 29 September 1768 Marriage: Mr Malachy Ryan, Watchmaker, to Miss Verlin, of Tulla "Limerick Chronicle" Thursday 25 October 1769 To be sold, a parcel of choice mazard and beech trees, now standing and growing on th...