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"THE IRISH IN 1644" |
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Interesting notes on Ireland and the Irish written by a Frenchman who travelled there in 1644. |
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"ROBBERY OF ARMS" |
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The robbery of arms was one of the more common "outrages" - this was a typical case (1841). |
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"THE MAGNIFICENT TWELVE" |
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Elections usually brought strife - so as to cast your vote at the Polling-Station, you first had to get there !! (1862) |
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"A SCANDALOUS DIVORCE" |
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Divorce was very unusual in the 19th century, but in the case between John Thomas Jessop and his wife Maria Lucy Copeland, it seems to have been eminently justified (1861). |
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"MEMORABLE WEDDING CELEBRATIONS" |
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There were great celebrations following the marriage of James Willoughby Bond, heir to the Farragh Estate, to Miss Emma G.C. Little (1865). |
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"ACCOMPT OF DORCAS AGHMUTY, WIDOW" |
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An Accompt of all the "goods and chattels" and to whom were owed the "debts and credits", of Thomas Aghmuty, late of Brianstown (1714). |
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"A DIABOLICAL JOKE" |
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An unpleasant but by no means unique form of harrassment of an unpopular County official, the Secretary to the Grand Jury (1841). |
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"DROWNINGS ON THE DUBLIN PACKET-BOAT" |
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A packet-boat packed with emigrants on the Royal Canal capsized with loss of life (1845). |
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"THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF THOMAS NEEDHAM" |
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An unpleasant murder and the subsequent trial and hanging, all too frequent in those intensely bigoted and unhappy days (1826). |
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"THE COURT-MARTIAL OF MAJOR WILDER" |
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"For scandalous and disgraceful conduct, unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman", Major Andrew Wilder was court-martialed (1823). |
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"THE LUNACY OF DOCTOR KILROY" |
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The proceedings undertaken by his family to declare Dr. John Kilroy a lunatic (1861). |
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"THE AWFUL SUICIDE OF DOCTOR ELLIS" |
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Desperate on the imminent sale of the contents of his family home, Doctor Edward Ellis committed suicide (1846). |
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"THE BOND EPITAPH" |
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An extraordinary "Epitaph" that may have been a satire on a local member of the BOND family (1826). |
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"CHARLTON'S FOLLY" |
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The ruined mansion at Moatfarrell bears mute witness to the unfulfilled hopes of Thomas Charlton. |
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"THE GLACKSTON HANGINGS" |
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Thomas Montfort, the illegitimate son of local gentry, was condemned and publicly hanged at the gates of his family home (1822). |
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"A THREATENING LETTER" |
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A threatening letter sent to Henry Montfort was a common form of harrassing Landlords in those troubled times (1839). |
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"THE MIDDLETON GHOST" |
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Ghostly encounters and strange secrets at the old Montfort home of Middleton, Killashee, built in the mid 1700's. |
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"THE DROWNINGS AT DERRYCASSAN" |
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Four members of the local Gentry, amongst them John Dopping, R.M. and Capt. Francis White, drown in a boating accident (1855). |
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"A HOUSEHOLD AUCTION" |
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An Auction of the Household Goods of Lewis Montfort, late High Sheriff, with the Prices of each Item and the Names of all the Buyers (1803). |
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"THE SUICIDE OF THE HIGH SHERIFF " |
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The young Francis Jessop, of Mount Jessop, committed suicide whilst High Sheriff of Co. Longford (1836). |
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"THE MURDER OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT" |
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Caleb Barnes Harman, M.P., was murdered in his home at Bawn, Co. Longford, a sensation of the day (1795). |
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"THE ABDUCTION OF AN HEIRESS" |
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The attempted abduction of Charlotte Newcomen (later Viscountess Newcomen) scandalized public opinion throughout the country (1772). |
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