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by Polycarp
Fri May 27, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Register
Replies: 9
Views: 18412

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)...
by Polycarp
Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:15 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Timekeeping in rural Clare - Maurer of Ennis
Replies: 39
Views: 158312

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...
by Polycarp
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Ennis, 1856, and Irish fairs and markets
Replies: 0
Views: 31414

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...
by Polycarp
Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:22 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Mary Elizabeth Braddon in Ennis, Summer 1874
Replies: 0
Views: 2664

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...
by Polycarp
Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:48 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Fake news, 1873
Replies: 0
Views: 2628

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 ...
by Polycarp
Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:36 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Captain De Vere, 1872
Replies: 0
Views: 2724

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...
by Polycarp
Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Clare Militia, Regimental Ball, 1871
Replies: 0
Views: 2653

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...
by Polycarp
Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Carkill
Replies: 10
Views: 9086

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 ...
by Polycarp
Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:20 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Poteen (Poitín) making and the Irish Revenue Police
Replies: 4
Views: 13489

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...
by Polycarp
Wed Apr 03, 2019 3:33 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: The circus animals desertion
Replies: 0
Views: 16483

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...
by Polycarp
Fri Jan 04, 2019 5:06 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: John Nash 1815-1880 and Jane Quilty- Kilrush
Replies: 9
Views: 11428

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...
by Polycarp
Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:06 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Children's home at St Joseph's Ennis
Replies: 2
Views: 5159

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...
by Polycarp
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: 65615

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.

Polycarp
by Polycarp
Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:20 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Reybauld family query
Replies: 2
Views: 24225

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...
by Polycarp
Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:02 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Verlins near Tulla - use of term Alias in Parish Register
Replies: 9
Views: 18412

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...