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ALLEGED "MOONLIGHTING" IN CLARE. Yesterday in the Commission Court, Green-street, after the Maamstrasna murder cases had been disposed of, a young man named Michael Maley, was placed at the bar, indicted for having, on the 15th of August last [1882], in Tulla, County Clare, appeared in arms with ot...

Andrew Sheedy McNamara and Margaret McEvoy of Glandree had seven children. Their sixth child, Mary McNamara was baptized on 22 August 1874, with sponsors Denis McNamara and Eliza Scanlan. Perhaps Andrew and Margaret ran out of relatives to be sponsors for their children, and used close neighbors for...

Andrew Sheedy McNamara again appears in the County Clare Petty Sessions as a complainant in March 1886: Complainant: Andrew McNamara of Glendree Defendant: Michael Malley of Glendree ("William" written underneath name, to indicate "son of"?) Cause of Complaint: Using abusive and threatening language...

Hi Sheila, Thanks for your comments. I realize now that I misinterpreted the sentence on Catholic ownership of land in Tulla Parish in the History of Knockjames National School. The correct meaning would be that the Reverend "Mr Quigley was the only Catholic [living or born] in the Parish of Tulla w...

The missing Thomas McNamara of Glandree is likely one of the five Thomas McNamara's from Glandree whose baptism is recorded in the Tulla baptism register. Tulla is a large parish and Glandree is in the far northern reaches of the parish. Did those living in Glandree go all the way to the chapel at T...

Following up on the 1884 petty session complaint of Andrew McNamara of Glandree against John Casey of Magherabaun and my prior comments... So what happened to John Casey? There is no record of John Casey actually being convicted of stealing bees, as the petty sessions states "no appearance" as the o...

General Register of Prisoners, Limerick Gaol, Female: (569) Bridget McCormack; age 22; height 5 foot 4 ½ inches; black hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; born: Bristol; last residence: Tulla; occupation: nil; Roman Catholic; read & write. When committed: 18 January 1882 Offence: With others. + did ...

Hi Sheila, thanks for that feedback. Pity there are no photos of the 1881 Ladies Land League meeting in Tulla. Here are the Limerick prison records for when Andrew McNamara and the Murphy's were arrested protesting the arrest of Bridget McCormack: From the General Register of Prisoners, Limerick Gao...

Jumping forward three decades to 1882 I looked deeper into the local history of the Ladies Land League activities in Tulla for which Andrew Sheedy McNamara (possible cousin of the missing Thomas McNamara?) was arrested for protesting against the arrest of Bridget McCormack. The Rev. James Bowles who...

Hi Sheila, Thank you for the interesting comments and links - more evidence of McNamara's with a military background with Teige McNamara and his brother John an officer in the Spanish service. The Rev. James Bowles was appointed Parish Priest of Tulla in 1856. He was replacing the deceased Rev. Patr...

The Right Rev. Dr. Vaughan, who replaced the Rev. Thomas Kenny as Parish Priest of Nenagh in 1850, was made Lord Bishop of Killaloe in 1851. His consecration "took place in the chapel of Nenagh on Sunday" and was reported in the Boston Pilot of 4 July 1851. https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bpilott18...

Hi Sheila, Thank you for providing a link to the excellent Kenny family history by Margaret Gallery - that is certainly one "priestly" family! The Rev. Thomas Kenny had been the Parish Priest for about 12 years at Castleconnell when he was transferred in 1849 to Nenagh; while the Rev. Nicholas Power...

Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing? Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Les Misérables Hi Sheila, I realize now that I ...

Hi Sheila, thanks again for your feedback and especially the below comment on the priesthood. It was certainly true for the Bowles family of Glandree. In the 19th century and early 20th century, going for the priesthood was a tradition within some families, so I imagine that all those Charles Stuart...

Andrew Sheedy McNamara who was imprisoned at Limerick jail in 1882, I believe also appears in the County Clare Petty Sessions as a complainant on the 22 August 1884 order book: Complainant: Andrew McNamara of Glandree Defendant: John Casey of Magherabaun Cause of Complaint: For forcibly taking posse...