'48 Movement Lynch family, Belvoir Model Agricultural School

[David_Lynch]

My great-grandfather was John Lynch, a teacher at the Model Agricultural School in Belvoir Clare. One of his granddaughters wrote, probably, in 1956:

The Lynch family hailed from County Clare, and his [the writer's brother] Grandfather, John Lynch, was born in Ennis. For taking some part in the '48 movement he was removed from his school in that County to the newly built Model Agricultural School in Co. Kilkenny in 1850.

Does anyone have any further details about the school, the '48 movement in Clare and the Lynch family, please?

I know the following:
John Lynch Born 1808 in Ennis, Clare.
Married Susan McCormick 24 July 1842 in Ennis.
Died 9 April 1877 in Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Susan McCormick Born February 1819.
Died Q3 1888 in Inistioge, Kilkenny.

Children
John Joseph: Birth: 1843-06-03, Belvoir, Clare.
Baptism: 1843-06-03, O'Callaghan Mills, Clare.
Married Mildred.
Children: Catherine, Augustine.
Said to have taken part in the Fenian Raid on Canada: I cannot find any details.
Mary Cathrine. Born 1844-12-13 in Belvoir, Clare.
Baptised 1844-12-14 in O'Callaghan Mills, Clare.
Married MacMahon, Thomas 1862 in Inistioge, Kilkenny, Ireland.
15 children
Hotel and Restaurant Proprietress In Limerick
Died 1911 Q1 in Limerick.
Elizabeth. Born 1846-12-05 in Belvoir, Clare.
Baptised 1846-12-06 in O'Callaghan Mills, Clare.
Nun, Sister Margaret Mary in Newfoundland, Canada.
Charles. Born 1848-10-19 in Kilkishen, Clare.
Married Cody, Joanna 1871-11-00 in Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Schoolmaster at Model Agricultural School Inistioge.
8 children
Died 1918 Q2 in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Thomas. Born 1850-09-01 in Kilkishen, Clare, Ireland.
Married Elizabeth Mary.
Inland Revenue Officer.
No children.
Died 1908-11-11 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England.
James William. Born 1852-11-14 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Inland Revenue Officer.
8 children.
Married Kelty, Mary Rosannah 1877-12-00 in Walsall Staffordshire.
Married Coward, Emily Kate 1889-08-01 in Bath, Somerset, England.
Married McArdle, Annie 1903-07-30 in Tottenham, Middlesex.
Died 1928-10-10 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England.
Susanna Margaret Born 1854-08-11 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Nun, Sister Mary Ligouri.
Died 1929-12-22 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England.
Michael Martin Born 1856-11-11 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Married Morse, Alice Maud 1902 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
Inland Revenue Officer.
No children.
Died 1945 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Patrick Francis Born 1859-04-01 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Married Hayden, Mary Anne.
Married Sullivan, Mary 1898 in Dublin, Ireland.
Inland Revenue Officer.
10 children.
Died 1921-04-25 in Hackney, London.
Agnes Honaria Born 1861-01-11 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Nun Sister Mary Regis.
Died 1945-08-23 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England.
Louisa Bridget Born 1863-06-25 in Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny.
Nun Sister Mary Aloysius.
Died 1917 Q3 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.

Also related:
John Gerold Born June 1853.
Emigrated to USA 1873.
Married about 1880 in Connecticut.
Married Catherine Clara Louise Brooks 1898-08-20 in New York City.
Journalist.
At least 4 children.
Died 1910-09-09 in Stapleton, New York City.

David Lynch

[smcarberry]

While I have been unaware of an agricultural school in Kilkenny, I have seen repeated references to the one in Belvoir, Clare. The problem is that I do not have my saved materials organized so that I can readily find materials relating to the school. My memory tells me that the Wilson family was associated with it, which seems borne out by what Google Books has online regarding the Belvoir agricultural school (Google Books can be accessed from the main Google page, using the links in the upper lefthand corner and going to "More"). There you can see what is online by using the key phrase "agricultural school" +belvoir +wilson. The Wilson involved in 1859 was David, as the school's patron.

I have not kept a file of Lynch materials because my own Kilkishen families were not involved with the Lynch family so far as I know. If I can find another bit of saved material bearing on the Belvoir school, I will post about it here.

I will also see what I might find out about your Lynch connection to Connecticut, as I am a former Connecticut resident and am familiar with some online resources for the state.

Sharon Carberry
USA

[mcreed]

"A new school-house has lately been erected at Belvoir, to which is attached a model farm ; the cost of the building was £190, of which £76 was paid by D. Wilson, Esq., and the remainder by the National Board." From County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 by Samuel Lewis
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclar ... gh1837.htm

There is an article by Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin in The Other Clare, Vol XI (1987) entitled "Belvoir Model Agricultural School (1835-1866)". There's a list of the contents of The Other Clare at http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Clare.html. You may be able to obtain a copy of the 1987 edition by contacting the society Secretary (Peter Wise) at peter.wise.ie@gmail.com. (According to http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/journals.html )

[David_Lynch]

While I have been unaware of an agricultural school in Kilkenny, I have seen repeated references to the one in Belvoir, Clare. ... There you can see what is online by using the key phrase "agricultural school" +belvoir +wilson.

Many thanks. By using this hint, I have found a letter from John Lynch and several references to him when he was teaching at Woodstock Farm, Inistioge, Kilkenny. My great grandmother also taught there and I think I can see two or three references to teachers at other schools who are related by marriage.

I will also see what I might find out about your Lynch connection to Connecticut, as I am a former Connecticut resident and am familiar with some online resources for the state.

Thanks. His daughter Susan M Lynch was born in Connecticut in November 1891.

David Lynch

[KathyO]

My Ggrandfather, Lawrence Russell, born 1862 came to the US 1880. His mother was a Lynch from County Clare, but I have no first names and have been unable to find information. I know the Russells were farmers, store keepers (Kilkee and Kilrush) and one was a doctor in Kilrush. Have you, in your search, found any Lynch/Russell connections?

Have a great day,
Kathy