This report from the Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Monday, September 11, 1826 is about an attack on a 'Biblical' schoolhouse near Corofin and, subsequently, an attack on the house of Mr Lynge* who was presumably associated with the Biblical movement.
I wonder if one of the historians on this forum might like to put this story in its context by telling us something about the Biblicals and Biblicism in this part of the country.
* It seems that the journalist(s) got this name wrong (see subsequent postings on this subject). The house attacked would presumably be that of Mr Synge.
Corofin Biblical schoolhouse burned (1826)
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Re: Corofin Biblical schoolhouse burned (1826)
Hi Paddy,
there's a very good account of the whole situation regarding the evangelical 'colony' of Corofin at http://www.mybrethren.org/BIOS/by02jndw.htm, much of it based on the comments of one of Clare's noted historians, Ciarán Ó Murchadha.
"In Clare the centre of the Evangelical Mission was Corofin and the neighbouring parish of Ruan/Dysert, where a local landlord named Edward Synge (kinsman to the later J. Millington Synge) made a determined attempt to proselytise his Catholic tenants, with bitter results that are still remembered today.
At Corofin he established a 'colony' with all the usual paraphernalia, schools, scripture readers and so on, and his activities brought much an angry reaction from the Catholic population, particularly those who were prepared to take direct unlawful action to redress perceived grievance." etc etc
Ciarán Ó Murchadha is the author of "Sable Wings Over The Land" http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/librar ... _wings.htm
Mike
there's a very good account of the whole situation regarding the evangelical 'colony' of Corofin at http://www.mybrethren.org/BIOS/by02jndw.htm, much of it based on the comments of one of Clare's noted historians, Ciarán Ó Murchadha.
"In Clare the centre of the Evangelical Mission was Corofin and the neighbouring parish of Ruan/Dysert, where a local landlord named Edward Synge (kinsman to the later J. Millington Synge) made a determined attempt to proselytise his Catholic tenants, with bitter results that are still remembered today.
At Corofin he established a 'colony' with all the usual paraphernalia, schools, scripture readers and so on, and his activities brought much an angry reaction from the Catholic population, particularly those who were prepared to take direct unlawful action to redress perceived grievance." etc etc
Ciarán Ó Murchadha is the author of "Sable Wings Over The Land" http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/librar ... _wings.htm
Mike
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Re: Corofin Biblical schoolhouse burned (1826)
Thanks very much for this background, Mike. That reference http://www.mybrethren.org/BIOS/by02jndw.htm is a real goldmine , not only on this story but on other Clare subjects, tangential and direct.
I profited greatly from reading Ciarán Ó Murchadha's book "Sable Wings Over The Land" some years back and wrote a little encomium on it in the Clare List. Maybe I should post it here as well to call attention to it again. IMHO it is required reading for anyone interested in Clare history in general and the Famine in particular.
Paddy
I profited greatly from reading Ciarán Ó Murchadha's book "Sable Wings Over The Land" some years back and wrote a little encomium on it in the Clare List. Maybe I should post it here as well to call attention to it again. IMHO it is required reading for anyone interested in Clare history in general and the Famine in particular.
Paddy