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The Clare Journal of Mon 14 Sep 1857 reported a horse race, on the Sabbath, on the strand at Lahinch: Desecration of the Sabbath. Yesterday the Sabbath was desecrated by a race on the strand at Lahinch for a saddle, value £3. We are glad to learn that all the parties are to be summoned by the polic...

I’ve amended the above attachment to include the private bidders, whose names were published in The Clare Journal , Mon 16 Nov 1857: The Thomond Estates. The private biddings for several lots of this property have been considered by the Trustees, and will be submitted this day, Monday, to the Incumb...

There are not so many commentaries on Co. Clare, by travelers from abroad, in the 1850s and early 1860s, as compared with the Famine period and the immediate aftermath. And so, for a picture of Clare, as it was in 1860, Henry Coulter’s description is valuable and relied on very much. It is included ...

Not everyone was happy with the German bands. Speaking in 1893, Dr. Douglas Hyde lamented that concertinas and German Bands were replacing the Irish pipes. But I think the concertina had already taken hold by then and was here to stay. Freeman’s Journal : Tue 24 Jan 1893: The National Literary Socie...

Freeman’s Journal : Wed 8 Jul 1863: Athenry and Ennis Junction Railway (from our correspondent). Ennis, Jul 6: - The cutting of the first sod of this railway took place to-day at Ballylyne [Ballyline], which is situated about six miles from Ennis. The line is to extend from the Midland Great Wester...

The Clare Journal and Ennis Advertiser of 27 Aug 1857 mentions a German Band playing in Ballyvaughan. I wonder if this is Herr Pfeiffer’s band (see topic “Herr Pfeiffer’s German Band in Clare 1855-1856": http://www.ourlibrary.ca/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7136&p=13592#p13592), or is it another Germa...

Hi Susan You may have this already. Two children of Michael Gavin and Fanny Burke Brown were baptised in Tulla parish: Tulla parish register of baptisms, 1846-1862: 24 Apr 1857: Marcella Mary Gavan of Michael Gavan and Francis B. Browne, Newgrove; sponsors: Pat O’Grady, Anne B. Brown. 20 Feb 1859: A...

I found two more baptisms in the St. Mary’s parish register, confirming that Mary was Mary Power: 18 Jan 1827: John, son of Patrick Meehan and Mary Power; sponsors: William Frewen, Johanna Ryan. 2 Oct 1829: Mary Anne, daughter of Patrick Meehan and Mary Power; sponsors: James Ryan, Mary Frewen: http...

I found the marriage of Patrick Lynch and Mary Meehan in St. Mary’s parish register (Limerick): 23 Feb 1841; witnesses: Rev. Mr. Nash, Rev. Mr. Egan. I think their daughter, Ellen, who is aged 8 in 1850 and aged 13 in 1855, was baptised Anna Maria: 13 Dec 1841: baptism of Anna Maria daughter of Patr...

Hi Sharon and Jimbo Wow! I am lost for words - almost. Thank you both very much for doing all that work. I did look at the 1855 New York State census, but not carefully enough. I was looking for a neat little family - two parents, two children. That baptism, on the 18th Aug 1831, is definitely for P...

I would like to know the maiden name of Mrs. Lynch, wife of P. Lynch, editor of the Irish American in the 1850s. This notice appeared in the Limerick Chronicle of Sat 24 Jan 1857: At New York, US, Mrs. Lynch, wife of P. Lynch, Esq, late of Limerick, and proprietor of the “Irish American” newspaper. ...

Hi Murf Here are some sets of triplets from baptism registers. I haven’t checked the civil registrations for the births those born after 1864, and I haven’t checked for any deaths. I imagine it was very rare, in the 19th century, for all three of a set of triplets to survive. St. Senan’s (Kilrush), ...

The Militia, which had been recruited as a home guard during the Crimean War, was disembodied in July 1856. The men were required to exchange their uniforms for the clothes they had worn upon enlistment. In many cases, it seems, these were very shabby. The reluctance of some men in Nenagh to surrend...

I’ve found that Herr Pfeiffer died in 1869, aged only 41. The Bristol Times and Mirror of Mon 6 Sep 1869 reported his death and funeral: Funeral of Herr Pfeiffer. The funeral of the late Herr Pfeiffer, whose sudden death last week spread a deep gloom throughout the musical profession in this city, t...

All quotations below are from the Clare Journal and Ennis Advertiser newspaper. The involvement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Crimean War, 1853-1856, meant that the regular army was engaged overseas, and barracks normally occupied by soldiers were left vacant. A Militia w...