Parish of Monkstown
Parish of Monkstown. Formerly called Carrickbrennan - i.e., Brennan's Rock. The Parish of Monkstown is shown on the Down Survey, which wa...
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Parish of Dalkey
Parish of Dalkey. This parish which in the seventeenth century was included in the barony of Newcastle consists of the townlands of Dalkey a...
Parish of Kill-of-the-Grange
Parish of Kill-of-the Grange (Formerly called Clonkeen - i.e., Cluain Caoin, the Beautiful Meadow.) This parish is shown on the Down ...
Parish of Killiney
Parish of Killiney. The Parish of Killiney is shown on the Down Survey Maps of 1657, as consisting of the Townlands of Killeney, Hackettslan...
Parish Of Tully
Parish Of Tully (Formerly called Tolach na n-Escop, the Hill of the Bishops). This parish is shown on the Down Survey Map, made in 165...
Parish of Stillorgan
Parish of Stillorgan Stillorgan (or Tigh Lorcain, the house of Lorcan), as shown on the Down Survey Map, comprised the modern townlands of S...
Parish of Kilmacud
Parish of Kilmacud. The Parish is now divided into the Townlands of Kilmacud East and Kilmacud West. Kilmacud. The lands of ...
History and Archaeology
The Environs of Dublin By F. Elrington Ball, M.R.I.A. The beauty of the surrounding country, combined with its maritime position, give to the ...
Introduction to Volume 1.
Introduction To The First Part The parishes, which have been grouped in the present part of this history were closely connected in past time...
Preface to Vol. 1.
Preface To The First Part Some explanation is, I feel, needed of the reasons which have led me to attempt a task which has already been performe...
Parish of Taney
Parish of Taney. (Commonly called Dundrum~i.e., Dundroma, or the Fort on the Ridge.) The Parish of Taney is shown on the Down Survey Map, wh...
Portion of the Parish of St Peter, Dublin
Portion of the Parish of St Peter, Dublin. (Former1y part of the Parish of St. Kevin.) The portion of the Parish of St. Peter lying ou...
Parishes of Donnybrook,
Parishes of Donnybrook, Booterstown, & St Bartholomew, AND PART OF THE Parish of ...
Parish of Rathfarnham
Parish of Rathfarnham. (i.e., Rath-Fearannain or Farnan's Rath The Parish of Rathfarnham in the seventeenth century appears as conta...
Parish of Tallaght.
The Parish of Tallaght (i.e., Taimhleacht, or the Plague Monument) The Parish of Tallaght appears in the seventeenth century as contain...
Parish of Newcastle
Parish of Newcastle. This parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Newcastle, Colmanstown, Athgoe, Tobberbir...
Parish of Cruagh
Parish of Cruagh (Formerly called Creevagh, and derived from Craobhach, a bushy place.) The parish of Cruagh in the seventeenth centur...
Parish of Whitechurch
Parish of Whitechurch. In the seventeenth century the parish appears as containing the townlands of Grange, Edmondstown, and Kilmashogue. ...
Parish of Kilgobbin
Parish of Kilgobbin (i.e. the Ghurch ol St. Gobban) The parish appears in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Kilgobbin,...
Parish of Kiltiernan
Parish of Kiltiernan (i.e., The Church of Tiernan). The parish was stated in the seventeenth century to contain the townland...
Parish of Saggart
Parish of Saggart. (Formerly called Tasagart, i.e., Teach Sacra yr Sacra's House). This parish appears in the seventeenth century as contain...
Parish of Rathmichael
Parish of Rathmichael (or the Rath of Michael). This parish appears in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Shanganagh, ...
Parish of Old Connaught
Parish of Old Connaught This parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Little Bray, Ballyman, Connaught, Cork...
Introduction to Volume 3.
Introduction To The Third Part. The parishes included in this part of the history form the southern border of the metropolitan county. They ...
Parish of Rathcoole
Parish of Rathcoole (i.e., Cumhall's Rath). This parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Rathcoole, We...
Parish of Clonsilla
Parish of Clonsilla (i.e., Cluam-saileach or the meadow of sallows). The Parish of Clonsilla in the seventeenth century is stated to have c...
Parish of Ballyfermot
Parish of Ballyfermot (i.e., Dermot's town). This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Ballyfermot ...
Parish of Clondalkin
Parish of Clondalkin (i.e., Dolcan's 'meadow). This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Blundelsto...
Parish of Drimnagh
Parish of Drimnagh (i.e., Druimneach or the ridgedd lands). This parish consisted in the seventeenth century of the townland of Drimnagh. I...
Portions of the Parishes of St Catherine and St Nicholas Without
Portions of the Parishes of St Catherine and St Nicholas Without The portions of the parishes lying outside the City or Dublin include the town...
Portions of the Parishes of St James and St Jude
Portions of the Parishes of St James and St Jude. (Formerly included in an extinct Parish called St. John of Kilmainham.) These parishes c...
Parish of Crumlin
Parish of Crumlin (i.e., Cruimghlinn or the curved glen). This parish contained in the seventeenth century the townlands of Commons, Crum...
Parish of Chapelizod
Parish of Chapelizod. This parish contains the townland of Chapelizod, and portion of the Phoenix Park. The only object of antiquarian interest ...
The Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park (i.e., Fionnuisge or clear water). With the exception of a cromlech near the village of Chapelizod, there is not any objec...
Parish of Lucan
Parish of Lucan (i.e., Leamhcan or a place abounding in marsh mallows). The Parish of Lucan appears in the seventeenth century as containin...
Part of Parish of Leixlip
Part of Parish of Leixlip (i.e., Lax-hlaup or salmon leap). The following townlands are included in the portion of Leixlip parish within th...
Parish of Aderrig
Parish of Aderrig (i.e., Athdearg or the red ford). The Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the townlands of Aderri...
Parish of Kilmactalway
Parish of Kilmactalway (i.e., Kilmactalewi, the Church of Mactalewi, a Leinster chieftain, or Kilmactalmach, the Church of the son of Talmach)....
Parish of Kilmahuddrick
Parish of Kilmahuddrick (i.e., the Church of Cudrick or Cuthbert). This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the town...
Parish of Kilbride
Parish of Kilbride (i.e., the Church of St. Bridget). This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as consisting of the townlands of B...
Parish of Palmerston
Parish of Palmerston. This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the Townlands of Irishtown and Palmerston. It now conta...
Parish of Esker
Parish of Esker (i.e., Eiscir, or the sandy ridge). This Parish is returned in the seventeenth century as containing the Townlands of Bally...
Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Introduction. The peninsula of Howth, which is about three miles long, forms the extremity of the north-eastern boundary of Dublin ...
In Plantagent and Tudor Times.
CHAPER IV In Plantagent And Tudor Times. The period covered by this chapter was a critical one for the Anglo-Irish, and eventful in the histor...
The Middle Ages.
CHAPTER III. The Middle Ages It was under he Anglo-Norman settlement that the founder of tire house of St. Lawrence entered into possessio...
In Early Times.
CHAPTER II. In Early Times The size of the cromlech which lies within the demesne of Howth, and the absence of megalithic monuments from t...
Under Elizabeth.
CHAPTER V. Under Elizabeth A story of an heir of the house of Howth having been carried off by a Sea Queen to the western shores of Ireland, a...
In Jacobean Times.
CHAPTER VI. In Jacobean Times. The Jacobean age has left little mark on the county of Dublin, either in regard to its buildings or the his...
In the time of Swift and Grattan.
CHAPTER VIII. In The Time Of Swift And Grattan Some use has already been made of the descriptive talent of an English rival of the Ce...
Howth - Packet Station and after.
CHAPTER IX. As A Packet Station And After At the opening of the 19th century the provision of shelter for ships on the Dublin coast was ur...
The Commonwealth and the Restoration.
CHAPTER VII. The Commonwealth and the Revolution. Nothing is more remarkable in the history of Howth than the serenity with which its owners r...
Preface to Volume 5.
PREFACE The Council desires to preface this volume with the following explanation. Howth and its Owners, published as an Extra Volume by the Ro...
The Parish of Mulhuddart
The Parish of Mulhuddart The townlands comprised in the parish of Mulhuddart in the seventeenth century are stated to have been Belgree, Buzzard...
The Parish of Cloghran
The Parish of Cloghran (i.e.., The stony place). The parish of Cloghran, is stated in the seventeenth century to have comprised the townland...
Southern Fingal, Castleknock
Southern Fingal The Parish of Castleknock (Or the Fort of Cnucha) The parish of Castleknock is stated to have comprised in the seventee...
The Parish of Clonturk
The Parish of Clonturk (i.e. The Meadow of the Swine) The Parish of Clonturk is stated in the 17th century to have contained the townlands of ...
The Parish of Finglas
The Parish of Finglas (i.e. The Clear Stream.) The Parish of Finglas is stated in the 17th century to have contained the townlands of Ballybog...
The Parish of Glasnevin
The Parish of Glasnevin. (Or Naeidhe’s Streamlet.) Tun parish of Glasnevin is stated in the seventeenth century to have contained the followin...
The Parish of Ward
The Parish of Ward The parish of Ward is stated in the seventeenth century to have contained the townlands of Gallanstown, Irishtown, Phepocksto...
The Parish of St. Margaret
The Parish of St. Margaret. The parish of St Margaret is stated to have comprised in the seventeenth century the townlands of Dunbro, Dunsoghly,...
Part of the Parish of St. George.
Part of the Parish of St. George. The city parish of St. George contains lands which were in mediaeval times part of the possession of St. M...
Part of the Parish of Grangegorman
Part of the Parish of Grangegorman. This parish, which is mainly a city one, contains land which formed in mediaeval times a manor of the Priory...
Introduction to Volume 6
Preface The Council has the pleasure to issue the second instalment of the completion of Dr. Ball's "History of County Dublin." When "Howth an...
Ball List
The people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the 19th century.
BuckWhaley
Notes on the life of Buck Whaley.
Appendix. Extracts from Capt. Moore's MS. Journal [Begins] The following sheets, written on board ship, are not to be consider'd as a C...
Raising hell in France.
Chapter I. Introduction - My Birth - My Mother's Character - My Own - A Journey to France - To Auch - The House Establishment of an Englis...
Jerusalem.
Chapter I. Departure from Nazareth - Genia [? Jenin] - Its Governor - Napolosa - Its Ruins - Jerusalem - Its History - Conquered by King D...
The wager completed. Written proof.
CHAPTER II. Jerusalem continued - The Temple of the Resurrection - The Holy Sepulchre - The House of Pontius Pilate - The House of Herod -...
Attacked by Arabs. Character of the Arabs.
Chapter III. Departure from Jerusalem - Attacked by Arabs - Napolosa [Neapolis] - Its Governor - Its Various Names and Revolutions - Origi...
Cyprus. Character of the Cypriots.
Chapter IV Departure from Acre - Cyprus - Its General History - Character of its present Inhabitants, etc. Immediately on our return to...
Character of the Greeks. Crete. Dublin. Revolutionary Paris.
Chapter V Departure from Cyprus - Character and Manners of the Modern Greeks - Crete - Arrival at Marseilles - The Lazaretto - Paris - Dub...
Switzerland. Character of the Swiss. Milan, Florence, Rome.
Chapter VI. A Journey to Switzerland - Lausanne - The Glaciers - Mr. B.-Some Observations on the Swiss - Their Candour - Their Bravery - T...
The King's Trial. His Death.
Chapter VII. My Return to Paris - The Valois Club - The King's Trial - His Death - The Duke of Orleans - A Duel - Egalité - Lisle - Brusse...
The wager. Gibraltar explored.
Chapter II My Return to Dublin - An Extraordinary Wager - A Sea Journal - Description of an Albacore - The Moorish Fleet - Gibralter - The...
Sicily. Caravan. Mosque and Turkish Bath
Chapter III. The Sea Voyage resumed - The Island of St. Peter - Sicily - Mount Olympus - A Storm - Smyrna - A Tendour - L'Avant Souper - T...
Constantinople (Istanbul).
CHAPTER IV. Constantinople - Pera - Dancing Boys - The Grand Signior's Procession to St. Sophia - View of Constantinople - The Grand Signi...
The character of the Turks. Slave Market.
Chapter V Constantinople, continued - Pera - Its Antiquities - Obelisks - Cistern of Basilica - The Slave Market - The Coffee Manufactory ...
Dardanelles, Troy, Ephesus, Patmos, Nazareth.
Chapter VI. Departure from Constantinople - The Dardanelles - Ancient Troy - Return to Smyrna - Homer's Cavern - Population of Smyrna - Ep...
Buck admits to being a bad, bad boy.
Conclusion. As I committed many of the preceding events to paper, I frequently paused to compare my present mode of thinking with the notion...
Introduction to Buck Whaley
Buck Whaley's Memoirs Including His Journey to Jerusalem Written by himself in 1797 and now first published from the recently discovered manu...
Whaley introduces himself to the reader.
Notice I am apprehensive that I shall be accused both of presumption and singularity in thus obtruding myself on the notice of my friends an...
Index of Whaley Memoirs.
Buck Whaley will always be remembered in Dublin as the man who, for a bet, played handball against the walls of Jerusalem. I've known the bare bone...
cemeteries
Catholic problems with burial in Protestant graveyards - for a price.
Chapter I. The ivy-mantled walls of the ruined churches of Ireland, which form familiar and picturesque objects throughout the country, ser...
Conspiracy against the cemetery.
Chapter XI. The blow successfully dealt against Golden Bridge Cemetery in 1869 was followed a few months later by another aimed at the young...
Cholera of 1876, William Dargan, O'Connell Crypt.
Chapter X One of the heaviest years for burials was 1867, during the cholera epidemic, when in the month of January alone, 969 bodies were g...
Thomas Meagher, Renewal of Hostilities.
Chapter XIII. Thomas Meagher, M.P., Waterford, who died February 28th, 1874, was as remarkable for being a man of few words, as his son was ...
Lord Mayor dies in office, Surgeon O'Reilly, Fr. Doran drowned.
Chapter XII. Denis Phelan, M.D., Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, who was buried at Glasnevin on May 23rd, 1871, is described by Sir John Gr...
Michael Angelo Hayes, RHA, Sheehan and the Mail.
Chapter XIV. Some previous details have been necessarily tinged with a sombre hue; and the search-light may not come amiss in such furth...
Edmund Dwyer Gray, M.P., Mr. Justice O'Hagan, Alderman Dennehy.
Chapter XVII. On 31st March, 1888, the remains of Edmund Dwyer Gray - one of the Members of Parliament for Dublin - were consigned to Glasne...
Assassination of Thomas H. Burke, Under Secretary for Ireland.
Chapter XV. In April, 1882, Ireland was the poorer by what she could ill spare - a man of genius; her greatest poet (Moore alone excepted), ...
More famous names from the toll of the dead.
Chapter XVI. Few men were more prominent than Peter Paul MacSwiney, twice Lord Mayor of Dublin, Knight of St. Gregory the Great, and Chevali...
The O'Gorman Mahony, Survivor of Balaclava, Barry Sullivan, C. S. Parnell.
Chapter XVIII. "The banshee must have wailed last night in historic Clare; a chieftain of the high Milesian race has fallen," wrote a journa...
De Blaquiere Family, William J. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Delia Parnell, Sir John T. Gilbert.
Chapter XIX. Several members of the De Blaquiere family were buried at Glasnevin. They were amongst the nearest relatives of Lord ...
Lord Wellesley insulted by Orangemen. Penal Days..
Chapter II. On 17th May, 1824, O'Connell censured, in characteristically caustic terms, the conduct of Archbishop Magee with respect to Cath...
Nwe offices, purchasing additional ground, imposition of heavy taxation.
Chapter XX. The tenure of the old offices on Ormond Quay, in which space was very limited, having only a few years to run, and accommodation...
Con Lyne, Thomas Kennedy and the uninscribed tomb, funeral of O'Connell.
Chapter V. Con Lyne, who had taken an active part in the final interment of Curran's remains and enjoyed life with a zest but slightly share...
Burial of Curran, Sir Robert Peel, "Watty" Cox.
Chapter IV. Curran fell with the leaves in October, 1817, and passed away in the bitter blasts which swept over the graveyard. "I fear you c...
More ground needed, purchase of ground at Glasnevin.
Chapter III. So great had been the demand for admission to Golden Bridge Cemetery as a last resting place, that O'Connell suggested the nece...
92nd Highlanders, South Dublin Union, War Office demands, Privy Council.
Chapter IX. One day, during the autumn of 1866, the Committee were surprised to receive from the quarters of the 92nd Highlanders, the follo...
"Zozimus", cholera epidemic, Captain Quill, Thomas Moore.
Chapter VI. Glasnevin Cemetery is somewhat cosmopolitan. The Italian and the Russian, the Gaul and the citizen of the world, are equally inc...
Gallagher the Ventriloquist, "Lord Coolamber", "The Harmonious Blacksmith."
Chapter VIII. On April 6, 1861, Dublin was agitated by a great tragedy The Rathmines omnibus, heavily laden, was about to ascend Portobello ...
Railway accident at Straffan, John Finlay, LL.D., the Ball before the Battle.
Chapter VII. On May the 24th, 1853, the right band of Frederick William Conway lost its cunning, and "the ablest man ever connected with the...
Contents of "History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries."
History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries By William J. Fitzpatrick, LL.D. Continued and Edited by his Son, under the direction of a Sub-Committee of the Board. Dublin Published at the Offices, 4 Rutland Square. 1900. Photos by W. Lawrence & Son, 5, 6, & 7 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin.
chancellors
Life of Lord Chancellor Cranley
CHAPTER V. Life Of Lord Chancellor Cranley. This distinguished Chancellor was of English birth, born in the year 1337...
Chancellors during the reign of Richard II.
CHAPTER IV. Of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland during the reign of King Richard II. John Colton, Dean of St. Patrick's C...
Life of Lord Chancellor Talbot Continued
CHAPTER VII. Life Of Lord Chancellor Talbot Continued. At this time (1435) the state of Ireland caused the Privy Council of Ire...
Life of Lord Chancellor Talbot
CHAPTER VI, Life Of Lord Chancellor Talbot From His Birth To His Refusal To Surrender The Great Seal In 1432. The infant so...
Lives of the Lord Chancellors
Chapter I. Of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland from the reign of Henry III. to the reign of Edward II. The early Irish Records a...
Chancellors during Henry VII's Reign.
CHAPTER X. Of The Chancellors Of Ireland During The Reign Of Henry VII. The reigns of Edward V. and Richard III. offer few ...
Lord Chancellors during Henry VIII's reign.
CHAPTER XI. Lord Chancellors Of Ireland During The Reign Of King Henry VIII. Previously to the reign of King Henry VIII, the English...
Life of Archbishop Alen, Chancellor.
CHAPTER XII. Life Of Lord Chancellor Archbishop Alan, Chancellor. John Alen, or Allen, as the name is more constantly wri...
Sir John Alan, Lor Chancellor.
CHAPTER XIV. Life Of Sir John Alan, Lord Chancellor Of Ireland. John Alan, or Allen, was a native of England, and has been desc...
More Henry VIII Chancellors.
CHAPTER XIII. Lord Chancellors Of Ireland During The Reign Of Henry VIII. - Continued. George Cromer, Archbishop of Armagh, was...
Life of Lord Chancellor Archbishop Curwen
CHAPTER XVII. Life Of Lord Chancellor Archbishop Curwen. The family whence Hugh Curwen, Archbishop of Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of I...
Life of Lord Chancellor Weston.
Chapter XXVIII. Life of Lord Chancellor Weston. When Archbishop Curwen resigned the Irish Seals, in 1567, the Queen selected as his ...
Life of Chancellor Cusack - concluded.
CHAPTER XVI. Life Of Lord Chancellor Cusack - Concluded. On the accession of King Edward VI., Sir Thomas Cusack, Knight, Mas...
Life of Sir Thomas Cusack.
CHAPTER XV. Life Of Sir Thomas Cusack To The Death Of Henry VIII. The family of Cusack is of great antiquity. Sir Bernard Burke...
Life of Lord Chancellor Loftus.
Chapter XIX. Life of Lord Chancellor Loftus, from his birth to the Foundation of the University Of Dublin. As Weston was a very diffe...
Lord Chancellor De Bicknor
CHAPTER II. Life Of Lord Chancellor De Bicknor. There appears some uncertainty as to the time the Great Seal of Irelan...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir William Gerard.
Chapter XXI. Life of Sir William Gerard, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Sir William Gerard, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, ...
Life of Lord Chancellor Loftus - concluded.
Chapter XX. Life Of Lord Chancellor Archbishop Loftus - Concluded. A this period, filling the lucrative, but, I imagine, not very c...
Life of Lord Chancellor Thomas Jones.
Chapter XXII. Life Of Thomas Jones, Archbishop Of Dublin And Lord Chancellor Of Ireland. This eminent individual was a nat...
Life of Lord Chancellor Lord Loftus.
Chapter XXIII. Life Of Lord Chancellor Lord Loftus. The term comprised in the life of Lord Chancellor Adam Lord Loftus of El...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Bolton.
Chapter XXIV. Life Of Sir Richard Bolton, Knight, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Sir Richard Bolton was a native of England, born in S...
Custody of the Great Seal during the Commonwealth.
Chapter XXV. Custody Of The Great Seal During The Commonwealth. IN July, 1654, Oliver Cromwell had reached very nearly the summit of hi...
Life of Sir Maurice Eustace.
Chapter XXVI. Life Of Sir Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor Of Ireland. Many centuries elapsed, and many generations of the house ...
Lord Chancellor Boyle.
Chapter XXVII. Lord Chancellor Boyle, Archbishop of Ireland. The family of Boyle in Ireland owe their fame and fortune to one of the mo...
Life of Lord Chancellor Porter.
Chapter XXVIII. Life of Lord Chancellor Porter From His Birth Till His Removal By King James II. It was the lot of Lord Chancel...
Chancellors during Edward II's reign.
CHAPTER III. Of The Chancellors From The Reign Of Edward II. To The Death Of Chancellor De Wickford. Several names appear in th...
Life of Lord Chancellor Porter - continued.
Chapter XXIX. Continuation of the Life of Lord Chancellor Porter From His Appointment by Wing William III. till his Death. Sir Charle...
Life of Lord Chancellor Methuen.
Chapter XXXI. Life of Lord Chancellor Methuen. THE Methuens,. or Methvens, derive their name from the Barony of Methven, in Perthsh...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Cox.
Chapter XXXII. Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Cox, Bart., from his birth to his appointment as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. ...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Alexander Fitton, Lord Gatsworth.
Chapter XXX. Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Alexander Fitton, Lord Gatsworth. (continued from front page) It is said that James II. empl...
Brodrick, Viscount Midleton, birth to Test Act 1717
Chapter XXXVI. Life of Lord Chancellor Brodrick, Viscount Midleton, from his birth until the attempt to repeal the Test Act in 1717. ...
Life of Lord Chancellor Freeman
Chapter XXXIV. Life of Lord Chancellor Freeman. It is seldom, indeed, that the life of a mere lawyer who has never been much of a...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Constantine Phipps
Chapter XXXV. Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Constantine Phipps. THE father of Sir Constantine Phipps, ancestor of the late Marqui...
Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Cox - continued.
Chapter XXXIII. Conclusion of the life of Lord Chancellor Sir Richard Cox. In 1701, Sir Richard, as already mentioned, was advanced ...
Life of Lord Chancellor West
Chapter XXXVIII. Life of Lord Chancellor West I have found considerable difficulty in tracing the life of Lord Chancellor West from t...
Lord Chancellor Lord Wyndham
Chapter XXXIX. Life of Lord Chancellor Lord Wyndham. Thomas Wyndham was descended from a legal house, his grandfather, Sir Wadham Wyn...
Life of Lord Chancellor Midleton - concluded
Chapter XXXVII. Life of Lord Chancellor Midleton - Concluded. A cause which soon grew into national importance came into the Hous...
Lord Chancellor Bowes
Chapter XLI. Life of John, Lord Bowes, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, from his birth to the rumours of French Invasion in 1759. In com...
Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn.
Chapter XL. Life of Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The family of JOCELYN is distinguished for grea...
Lord Chancellor Bowes concluded.
Chapter XLII. Conclusion of the life of Lord Chancellor Lord Bowes. Rumours of a French invasion, in a.d. 1759, under the guidance of...
Life of Lord Lifford
Chapter XLIII. Life of Lord Lifford, Lord Chancellor from his birth to the enrolment of the Irish Volunteers. Truly may the biographe...
Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clare, even more...
Chapter XLVII. Life of Lord Chancellor Earl of Clare, Continued. I now approach the great question which tended for the time to endan...
Life of Lord Lifford, concluded
Chapter XLIV. Life of Lord Chancellor Lord Lifford, Concluded. The low state of the Irish Exchequer in 1779 occasioned great anxiety ...
Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clare
Chapter XLV. Life of Lord Chancellor Earl of Clare, from his birth to his taking his seat in Parliament. We now reach the most remark...
Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clare, still going...
Chapter XLVIII. Life of the Earl of Clare, Lord Chancellor, Continued. On the north side of Dame Street, Dublin, stood Shaw's Court, ...
Lord Chancellor, Earl of Clare, continued
Chapter XLVI. Life of Lord Chancellor Earl of Clare, Continued. Fitz Gibbon was one of the members of the Dublin University when the ...
Chancellors during the Wars of the Roses
CHAPTER VIII. Of The Chancellors Of Ireland During The Wars Of The Roses. The Wars of the Roses, which deluged England...
The Chancellors of Ireland
It's all grist to the mill, but this just goes on and on ... and on. As a journalist I'm well used to "padding" material out, but this pretty much takes the biscuit. However, as I've only made it up to 1680 or so, I can only hope that he's keeping the good stuff for later. This is just a rough linking page until I finish both books. Book 1 is now finished (Nov. 9 2003)
Chancellors during the Wars of the Roses - Continued
CHAPTER IX. The Lord Chancellors Of Ireland During The Wars Of The Roses - Continued. The state of Ireland during th...
Lord Chancellors of Ireland - Introduction.
Introduction. OF THE LEGAL TRIBUNALS OF THE IRISH, PREVIOUS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH LAWS, WITH THE APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF ...
The Chancellors of Ireland
It's all grist to the mill, but this just goes on and on ... and on. As a journalist I'm well used to "padding" material out, but this pretty m...
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Nassau and Kildare Streets, Museum, Gallery and Merrion Square
SECTION XI Nassau Street, Kildare Street, The Museum, National Gallery, and Merrion Square COMING from the direction of College Green, Nassau Str...
Grafton, Dawson Streets, Stephen's Green
SECTION X Grafton Street, Dawson Street, and Stephen's Green Grafton Street, the busiest thoroughfare of modern Dublin, runs southward from Colle...
Christ Church
PART II The City SECTION I Christ Church Cathedral "How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear the...
Liberties and Coombe
SECTION XII The Liberties - South Great George's, Aungier, Kevin Streets and the Coombe Half way along the southern side of Dame Street is a sh...
O'Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge
SECTION XIII The Southern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Kingsbridge The inland quays of Dublin, like those of Paris, are a characteristic feature ...
Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets.
SECTION XV The North City - Sackville, Henry, Marlborough, Dominick and Henrietta Streets From College Green northwards for nearly half a mile ru...
O'Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street
SECTION XIV The Northern Quays - O' Connell Bridge to Parkgate Street The northern line of quays, while not really so old as the southern, enjoys...
The Phoenix Park
SECTION XVII The Phoenix Park Very few cities can boast of a pleasure-ground so extensive and so little spoilt by artificiality as the Phoenix Pa...
O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount
SECTION XVI The Port of Dublin - O'Connell Bridge to Ringsend and Sandymount At the present time O'Connell Bridge marks the head of Dublin port, ...
Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand.
SECTION XVIII The Northern Suburbs - Cabra, Drumcondra, Glasnevin, North Strand While deliberate design may often be traced in the central plan o...
The Castle
SECTION II The Castle "A palace and a prison on each hand." - Byron. Next to the cathedrals the Castle is the oldest institution in Du...
Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Ranelagh and Donnybrook.
SECTION XIX The Southern Suburbs - Kilmainham, Clondalkin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Ranelagh and Donnybrook. From Islandbridge on the upper Liffey...
Clontarf, North Bull, Sutton, Howth.
SECTION XX The North Shore of the Bay - Clontarf, The North Bull, Sutton, Howth The easiest and pleasantest manner of seeing the beautiful shores...
Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney.
SECTION XXI The South Shore of the Bay - Kingstown, Monkstown, Dalkey, Killiney The southern margin of Dublin Bay has been more built over than t...
Trinity College
SECTION III Trinity College ". . . Provost and Fellows of Trinity Famous for ever at Greek and Latinity." -Graves. ![tcd.gif...
The Old Parliament House
SECTION IV The Old Parliament House Here, where old Freedom once was wont to wait Her darling Grattan nightly at the gate, Now little...
City Hall to Christ Church Place
SECTION VIII From the City Hall to Christ Church Place The older buildings of Dublin have suffered many and strange vicissitudes. At som...
Chart List
By D. A. Chart, M.A. Illustrated by Henry J. Howard. (J. M. Dent & Co., London. 1907).
St. Patrick's Cathedral
SECTION V S. Patrick’s Cathedral "An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches in flat countries with spire steeples, which...
College Green, Dame Street
SECTION VII College Green and Dame Street As centuries go by, place names that were once highly descriptive lose their appropriateness....
Royal Hospital
SECTION VI The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away, Wept o...
Christ Church to Kilmainham
SECTION IX Christ Church Place to Kilmainham At its western end, Christ Church Place contracts suddenly into a narrow and crowded thoroug...
Protestant Ascendancy. 1702-1760.
CHAPTER X Protestant Ascendancy and Commercial Restriction 1702-1760 "O! it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyra...
Viking Dublin 150-1169AD.
CHAPTER I The Viking Stronghold 150-1169 AD. "Thirty men they each commanded, Iron-sinewed, horny-handed, Shoulders broad, a...
Coming of the Norman. 1169-76.
CHAPTER II The Coming of the Normans 1169-1176 "For why? because the good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they...
Progress and Conciliation. 1803-1906
CHAPTER XII Gradual Progress and Conciliation 1803-1906 "And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light;...
Volunteers, United Irishmen. 1760-1803
CHAPTER XI The Volunteers and the United Irishmen 1760-1803 "Oh, the French are in the bay, They'll he here at break of day, And t...
English Decline. 1318-1399.
CHAPTER IV The Decline of English Power 1318-1399 "Perchance it is the chastisement of God, whereby these lands are suffered t...
Dublin 1176-1316.
CHAPTER III From Strongbow's Death to the Scottish Invasion 1176-1316 "They quitted not their armour bright, Neither by day, no...
War of the Roses. 1399-1485
CHAPTER V The Wars of the Roses 1399-1485 "Bella, horrida bella." - Virgil. The terrible Art defied the English power to the...
Fall of the Geraldines. 1485-1558
CHAPTER VI The Fall of the Geraldines 1485-1558 "Ye Geraldines! ye Gerald ines! how royally ye reigned O'er Desmond broad ...
Last Struggles of the Clans. 1558-1603.
CHAPTER VII The Last Struggle of the Irish Clans 1558-1603 Proudly the note of the trumpet is sounding, Loudly the war cri...
Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic. 1603-1660
CHAPTER VIII A Triangular Duel - Royalist, Roundhead and Catholic - 1603-1660 "Such as do build their faith upon The holy...
Williamite and Jacobite. 1660-1702
CHAPTER IX Williamite and Jacobite 1660-1702 "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought o...
Preface.
The seat of this citie is of all sides pleasant, comfortable and wholesome. If you would traverse hills, they are not far off. If champaign ground,...
Cloncurry
London. Irish Refugees. Duel. Arrests.
Chapter IV. 1798-1798. Take up my abode in London - Irish Refugees - Their Appeals to their Fellow-countrymen - The Free-quarters Syste...
How to write yourself into prison.
Appendix The following paper was my first essay in pamphleteering, and was also, I believe, one of the earliest published protests against the pro...
Administration and misadministration of Justice in Ireland.
Chapter X. Improvements in the Administration of Justice - Petty Sessions - Origin of the System at Celbridge - A Case of Appeal - The stipe...
Growing up. Switzerland. Irish Brigade.
Chapter I. 1773-1795. Introduction - Birth in 1773 - School Friends - Dublin Schools in 1785-6 - College - House-property in Dublin, in...
Second marriage. George IV.
Chapter XI. 1807-1825. Viceroyalty of the Duke of Richmond - My second Marriage - Domestic Circle and Occupations - Associates - Mr. Ki...
The Catholic Question. Daniel O'Connell.
Chapter XIII. The Three Irish Political Questions of the 19th Century - Their real Value - The Catholic Question - Kildare Meeting in 1811 -...
Memory lane. Ship Canal from Dublin to Galway.
Chapter XII. Waifs and Strays of Memory - A pregnant Question from Sir Francis Burdett - Mr. Peel's Opinions on Irish Distress and Governmen...
Payment of the Catholic Clergy. Church and State.
Chapter XIV. The Church Question - The Church Establishment a Citadel for the English Garrison - its Failure as an Ecclesiastical Institutio...
The Education Question.
Chapter XV. The Education Question - Restrictions upon the Education of the Catholics - Evasion by the Protestant Clergy of their obligation...
Anglesey, Wellington, O'Connell.
Chapter XVI. 1829-1831. The First Recall of Lord Anglesey - Reasons assigned by the Duke of Wellington - His Attack upon Myself - Lord ...
Parliamentary Reform.
Chapter XVII. 1831-1833. Renewed Agitations and Party Struggles - The Parliamentary Reform Question - Negociations for a Peace with Mr....
The Grey Ministry. Wellington Dictatorship.
Chapter XVIII. 1834-46. Abandonment of Lord Anglesey's Policy - Statesmanship on the Whig Model - Its results in the Demoralization of ...
The Potato Failure. Ruination of the Gentry.
Chapter XIX. The Moral of the Tale - Hope for Ireland - Its Foundation - Over-success of the Policy of the Unionists - The Irish Burthen upo...
A Student. Projected Union. Murder of Dixon.
Chapter III. 1795-1797. Become a student of the Middle Temple - Hear of the Projected Union from Mr. Pitt - Consequent Essay in pamphle...
1795. United Irishmen. Religious Discord.
Chapter II. 1795. Ireland in 1795 - My Father's Settlement in France - Honours of the Church there - His Return to Ireland - Position o...
Espionage. Arrest. Tower of London.
Chapter V. 1799. Disengagement from Politics - Hostile intentions of the Government towards me - Their unsuccessful Efforts to procure ...
Prison. Peerage. Complaints. Freedom.
Chapter VI. 1800-1801. Continued Imprisonment - Accession to the peerage - Communication of the fact of my Detention to the Irish House...
Lord Edward Fitzgerald. The Great Seal. Lattin. Browne.
Chapter VII. Changes observable on my Return to Ireland - Reminiscences of Friend - Lord Edward Fitzgerald - His Affectionate and Enthusiast...
Travels in Europe.
Chapter VIII. 1802-1805. Effects of my Imprisonment upon my Health and Fortune - Difficulties in Repairing the Latter - A Pugnacious Mi...
Lord Cloncurry's Memoirs.
[Lord Cloncurry was very much a "nearly" man. He nearly got himself into trouble in 1798 and 1803. However, since the Government had thoughtfully thrown him into prison, he eventually managed to rehabilitate himself. He seems to have the knack of annoying people in power and they, in turn, paid him back in kind whenever the chance arose. It's not a particularly interesting book to read - it was exceptionally boring to scan and proof - but id does add detail to the period 1790-1846. The first few pages are missing, so I can't tell when it was printed. KF. December 2000]
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Chapter IX. 1806. Ireland after the Union - Insincerity of the English Government - Disappointment of the Catholics - New Enlistment of...
Dalton
Chapter 32.
Ballymadun, where may be seen the ruins of a church which had been dedicated to All Saints. One side of the building is perfect and thickly en...
Chapter 26.
Balbriggan, more anciently called Ballybriggen, into which the village of Balrothery appears to glide imperceptibly. Balbriggan has been a ve...
Chapter 24.
Baldungan, a conspicuous landmark for miles around it, while the eminence itself commands an extensive prospect both by sea and land. The cas...
Chapter 18.
The Barony of Balrothery. This maritime district, according to the survey and valuation of 1824, comprises 14 parishes subdivided into 174 tow...
Chapter 8.
Ballymun anciently parcel of the manor of Santry. Here is one of the four Roman Catholic chapels in the union of Clontarf, and near it a schol...
Chapter 25.
Balrothery was an ancient manor of the Barnewalls, extending over the townlands of Balruddery, Flemington, Stephenstown, Corkean, Turkentown, ...
Chapter 2.
The Family of Barnewall "It is a reverend thing," says Bacon, "to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree...
Chapter 28.
Bremore, which had been the manorial seat of a branch of the Barnewall family from the commencement of the 14th century. Lord Lansdowne is now...
Chapter 19.
Corduff, the next locality on this route worthy of notice, was anciently a manor of the Ormond family, and for four centuries the residence of...
Chapter 4.
Corballies, situated in this parish, the estate of the Barnewalls in the 14th century, afterwards that of John Burnell of Balgriffin, and in t...
Chapter 14.
Fieldstown,
Chapter 11.
The Third Excursion Repassing through some of the localities of the last route; (the villages of Drumcondra and Cross-guns), the tourist, by...
Chapter 35.
Fingal Almost all the localities enumerated in the three foregoing Excursions were included in the ancient district of Fingal, and, when it is...
Chapter 34.
Grace Dieu, the last place of interest in the course of this excursion, was once the seat of the most extensive nunnery in this county. Only...
Chapter 12.
Dubber, Which in 1478 was discharged from all subsidies to the state, [384] on the petition of the abbot of St. Mary's abbey, [King's MSS, p. ...
Chapter 9.
Glasnevin, once the residence of the celebrated Doctor Delany, where that learned divine assembled his coterie of wits in the Augustan age of ...
Chapter 31.
Grallagh, where are the ruins of a church, which had been dedicated to St. Maccallin an Irishman of the 10th century, who took upon him the ha...
Chapter 27.
The Family of Hamilton may therefore, it is hoped, be here allowed as a tribute, which the writer will be ever rejoiced to pay where claimed b...
Chapter 7.
Killeigh, a little ruinous village, on an uncultivated eminence, although within seven miles of the metropolis. Were the vicinity of this spot...
Chapter 30.
Hollywood, the next locality on this route, was an ancient manor of the family who thence derived their name, and extended over the lands of H...
Chapter 13.
Killsallaghan,
Chapter 16.
Killossery, otherwise called Ashbourne-rath, and stated in an ancient document as comprising the following townlands: Acres Acre...
Chapter 22.
Lambay, an island of nearly an oval form, about two miles long and a mile and a quarter. broad, comprising 1,371 acres, and accounted as part ...
Chapter 6.
Knocksedan presents the deserted remains of a once good inn and a large brick mansion, now inhabited by a Mrs. Aungier, overhanging a pretty g...
Chapter 5.
Lissen-Hall next invites attention, a spacious house on the brink of a small creek. A memorial of the lords of the Pale to king Henry the Fif...
Chapter 23.
Loughshinny, an inlet of about a quarter of a mile square, affording, perhaps, the very best natural situation for a harbour along the whole c...
Chapter 20.
Lusk, where the tourist's attention is first attracted by the remains of its ancient parochial church, which, though still used for worship, a...
Chapter 29.
Naul. Its grey walls, here variegated with mossy streaks, here clothed in the livery of everlasting verdure, or checquered between with those ...
Chapter 33.
Palmerstown, near Greenock, the succeeding locality, presents some uninteresting remains of a church, which had been dedicated to St. James; t...
Chapter 35.
The Fourth Excursion Follows the magnificent line of quays that confine the Liffey, traversing Oxmantown, a locality so called from very...
Chapter 3.
Portrane, the seat of Mr. George Evans, one of the present representatives for this county. His mansion-house is a spacious brick building, si...
Chapter 10.
Phibsborough, where is a neat Roman Catholic church, and in the floor beneath are schools for children of both sexes. A savings'-bank was also...
Chapter 21.
Rogerstown, an estate of Lord Howth, having an ancient seaport, the channel of which affords good shelter and is of easy access. To go over th...
Chapter 17.
Rollestown, a neat, shady village, adjoining the residence of Mr. Stubbs. Rollestown and Old-town give their names to the Roman Catholic unio...
Temporary index of Dalton's "History of the Coutny Dublin."
This is a temporary working index of D'Alton's "History of the County Dublin." There are two main difficulties: - (A) One third was photocopied from an 1838 original, the remainder from a 1977 reprint, and the page numbers don't match (reprint numbers now carry an "a" after them - i.e. [267a]). (B) The reprint didn't use the same area headings as the original so I'm going to have to choose one or the other (probably the reprint but this would divide the book into about eight very long and unwieldy chapters ("Excursions" in the original)). There's still a couple of weeks' work in finishing the scanning. Everything from "Sword" to "Finglas" is from the original, "Oxmantown" from the reprint.
Chapter 1
Swords, a small but very ancient town, of about 330 houses, and a population of 1,727 persons, as returned in 1824. It is situated about seven...
Chapter 15.
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Sally Park. At the opposite side of the road is Sally Park, purchased in 1796 by my grandfather. The house is very old. Apparently about half ...
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Mont Pelier
Mont Pelier. Leaving this ancient valley at Friarstown, and crossing over by Piperstown, we come to Mont Pelier, or Mount Pelia, as the countr...
Orlagh
Orlagh. This house was built and the woods planted about 1790 by Lundy Foot. He was the eldest brother of Geoffrey Foot, then the head of the ...
Outline of the history of Tallaght
History of Tallaght The earliest notice we have of Taimhleacht, or Tallaght, [Tallaght is an inl...
Fir-House, Firhouse
Fir-House The small, dirty village of Fir-House [Mr. Handcock says that the house of this name was bought in 1800 by Mr. James Johnson. He sol...
Spawell and Templeogue
Spawell. Below the paper-mills is Spawell, an old-fashioned house of three stories, surrounded by a few trees, and close to the bank of the Do...
Kilvare
Kilvare. The next place to Spawell is Kilvare, now in possession of Mr. Roche. The demesne is surrounded on three sides by the river; the Tall...
Cypress Grove
Cypress Grove. Adjoining Templeogue Demesne is Cypress. Grove, so called from some fine old cypress trees, which still flourish. About 1795, i...
The Battle of Tallaght
The Battle of Tallaght. I should not close this History without giving an account of the Fenian Battle of Tallaght as it was called, though it...
The River Dodder
The River Dodder. The River Dodder has its sources in the chain of hills bounding the south of the County of Dublin. This chain separates it f...
The Church of Tallaght
The Church of Tallaght. The present Church of Tallaght stands about eight yards from the site of a former one, and parallel to it, though much...
Tallaght Castle and Town
Tallaght Castle and Town. In 1310 the bailiffs of Tamelag, or Tallaght, had a royal grant in aid of enclosing their town. In 1324 Archbishop A...
Holy Wells
Holy Wells. On Tallaght Hill [The proverb "Tallaght Hill Talk" appears to have arisen from the circumstance that brawlers and rioters, who had...
Antiquites of Tallaght
Antiquities The Tallaght hills were formerly covered with the rude burial-places of the prehistoric races of Ireland. These were circles of st...
Belgard
Principal Places in the Parish. Belgard. Belgard, a hill close to Tallaght, was formerly the property of the Talbots, an ancient and nobl...
Old Bawn
Old Bawn. Old Bawn, about 100 years ago, was described as a large old house, with old-fashioned leaded windows. In the centre there was a smal...
Tymon Castle
Tymon Castle. On the right-hand side of tile old road from Balrothery to the Greenhills, about half-way between the two villages, stands the o...
Index of Handcock's History of Tallaght
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Kilnamanagh
Kilnamanagh. About a mile to the west of Tymon lies Killyman, or Kilnamanagh, where were the ruins of an old monastery. [The Monastery of Kiln...
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Antuiquity, name and inhabitants of Dublin
The History of the City of Dublin. Chap. I. Of the antiquity, name, and inhabitants of the city of Dublin, before the year 1171, when ...
Cathedrals and Parish-churches.
APPENDIX. Of the Cathedral, Parish-Churches, &c. SECT. I. Of the cathedral of Christ-church or the blessed Trinity. Sitricus, the so...
Further hospital histories.
SECT. III. Of the Work-house of the City of Dublin. The work-house, founded in 1704, was intended for the relief of the poor of this cit...
University and Parliament.
Sect. III. Of the University. Some writers have held that there were schools of literature in Ireland in the times of paganism, and that th...
Histories of the Hospitals of Dublin.
Appendix III. Of the Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other charitable and useful foundations. Sect. 1. Of the Hospital and Free-School...
Public buildings of Dublin
SECT X. Of the Tholsel. This pile was reared in the year 1683 at the charge of the city. It has it's name from the old word toll-stall i.e. a...
Annals from 1169 to 1173, list of adventurers.
CHAP X The history of the city of Dublin continued, from the arrival of the English in 1169, to the settlement of it under that power in ...
Annals of Dublin from 1173 to 1500
CHAP. XI Fasti Dublinienses: Or, a short chronicle of the remarkable actions done from time to time by the citizens of Dublin in defence of ...
Annals from 1504 to 1639.
A. D. 1504. Some of the degenerate English colonies, and particularly Ulick Burke, chieftane of Clanricard, commonly called Mc. William Burke...
Annals from 1640 to 1704.
A. D. 1640, April 3. Sir Christopher Wandesford left lord deputy A committee from the house of commons goes over to England to impeach the ear...
The castle of Dublin.
CHAP. II. A short description of the castle of Dublin SECT. 1. The castle of Dublin is to be considered in a three-fold respect. ...
Ancient walls, castles and towers of Dublin.
CHAP. III. Of the antient walls, castles, and towers of the city of Dublin That the walls and fortifications about Dublin were raised by t...
List of the streets of Dublin
CHAP. IV Some observations on the antient buildings, streets, lanes, and alleys within the walls of the city of Dublin; and what alterations...
Riding the boundaries of the city.
CHAP. VI. Of the manner how the citizens of Dublin rode their franchises in antient and modern times. We shall have little here to do but b...
The city outside the walls.
Chap. V. Of the growth and increase of the city of Dublin without the walls. Sect. I. Whoever takes the pains of comparing the two maps ...
The city guilds at play.
CHAP VII Of the interludes and plays antiently represented on the stage by the several corporations of the city of Dublin. The city of Dubl...
Forces, muster and military discipline of the city.
CHAP VIII. Of the forces, musters, and military discipline of the city of Dublin, according to antient constitutions, customs and usages. T...
Annals of Dublin from 448 to 1169
CHAP IX. Brief annals of the city of Dublin from the year 448 to the year 1169, when it was first invaded by the English, during which perio...
Index for History and Antiquities of Dublin
Introduction and Preface
Introduction to History and Antiquities of Dublin
It has taken me about three months - about two hours a day - to scan and proof this book. It was an absolute pig and I am surprised that I persever...
Kings of Ireland and Dublin
A Synchronical Table of the Kings of Ireland, and the Kings of the Ostmen of Dublin. KINGS OF IRELAND Prom. Death. Years Melsechlin...
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Appendices to Irish Parliaments.
Appendices. Appendix I. The Parliament House - The Exterior - Anecdote of the Statues - A New Order of Architecture - Interior - The Hous...
Index of Annals, Anecdotes, etc., of the Irish Parliament.
Annals, Anecdotes, Traits and Traditions of the Irish Parliaments, 1171 to 1800. By J. Roderick O'Flanagan, B.L. Author of "Lives of ...
Anglo-Normans arrive., Henry II. The Pale.
Chapter I. 1172-1275. The Anglo-Normans settle in Ireland - Council at Cashel - Henry II. acknowledged Sovereign of Ireland - How he be...
Irish Parliaments 1706-1713.
Chapter X. 1706-1713. On the Mode prescribed to appoint a Lord Justice - Statute 33 Henry VIII. - Contradictory Opinions thereon - How ...
Anti-Union riots in Dublin.
Chapter XII. 1759-1760. Anti-Union Riot in Dublin - Peers compelled to swear against a Union - The Desire in the House - Danger of the...
Lucas, Flood, Grattan and Burgh.
Chapter XIII. 1760-1767. Protestant Parliamentary Patriots - Lucas, Flood, Grattan, and Burgh - Charles Lucas born 1713, died 1771 - M...
Addison. George I. Dean Wfit. Drapier's Letter.
Chapter XI. 1713-1759. Anecdote of Addison - Parliament in 1713 - George 1. - The Court of Appeal - Statute 6 George I. to bind Irelan...
Henry Flood (1740-1791)
Chapter XIV. 1767-1791. Henry Flood, born in 1740 - Member for Kilkenny - Equals Lucas in most eminent Parliamentary Talents - Accepts ...
Henry Grattan (1746-1820)
Chapter XV. Henry Grattan. Born 1746; Died 1820. Born in 1746 - Recorder Grattan opposed to his Son's Politics - Is disinherited - A Law ...
Right Honourable Walter Hussey Burgh. Born 1743; Died 1783
Chapter XVI. Right Honourable Walter Hussey Burgh. Born 1743; Died 1783. Born in 1743 - Education - Called to the Irish Bar, 1768 - Lette...
Viceroyalty of Earl FitzWilliam.
Chapter XVII. 1792-1795. Viceroyalty of Earl FitzWilliam - Administration of Earl FitzWilliam - Promise not to oppose the Catholic Reli...
The French land in Bantry - Ballinamuck.
Chapter XIX. 1795-1798. Viceroyalty of Marquis Camden and Marquis Cornwallis - Lord Camden Viceroy in March 1795 - Triumph of the Protest...
Change of Viceroy in 1778 - the Proposed Regency.
Chapter XVIII. Change of Viceroy in 1778 - The Proposed Regency. Duke of Rutland Viceroy - Viceroy's Salary increased - Anecdote of a pro...
Wogan's Parliament, Earl of Desmond, "Butcher of England."
Chapter II. 1275-1478. Wogan's Parliament - The Statute of Kilkenny - The Viceroyalty of the Duke of York - His Popularity - Birth of t...
The end of the Irish Parliament.
Chapter XX. 1798-1800. Marquis Cornwallis Viceroy - His Qualification for Office - Dialogue with Mr. Howard of Corby - Ignorance of the...
Dean Cobbe, Lambetr Simnel, Henry VII, Poynings.
Chapter III. 1478-1534. State of the Anglo Norman Colony, A. D. 1478 - Riva1 Viceroys summon Parliament - Anecdote of Dean Cobbe - Sta...
Last sitting of the Irish Parliament.
Chapter XXI. 1800. Hopes of Popular Dissent rejected - Viceroy's Efforts to procure Public Approval - His abortive Efforts to obtain...
Henry VIII., Dr. Browne, Cromwell, Viceroy Grey
Chapter IV. 1534 - 1537. Henry VIII. Head of the Church - Dr. Brown, Archbishop of Dublin - Irish refuse to renounce the Pope - The Archb...
Edward VI., Mary and Elizabeth. Plantations.
Chapter V. 1537-1603. Reigns of Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth - Mary's Efforts to restore the Catholic Religion - The Queen ...
James II. Sir William Petty. Forfeited Estates. William III.
Chapter VIII. 1685-1690. James II. King - Visits Ireland in 1688 - Summons a Parliament - The King's Speech - Titles of Statutes - Sir Wi...
Confederation of Kilkenny. Cromwell. Adventure Act. Treasonable Plots.
Chapter VII. 1644-1685. Bolton's Treatise - The Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny in 1642 - Cromwell in Ireland - Parliament in Chi...
Confiscation of Ulster, Serjeant Eustace. Impeachment.
Chapter VI. 1603-1644. Bolton's Statutes - Heads of Bills - Accession or James 1. - Disappointed Hopes - Confiscation of Ulster - Parli...
Lord Sydney. Oaths exclude Catholics. Treaty of Limerick.
Chapter IX. 1690-1713. Lord Sydney, Viceroy - Parliament in 1692 - Oath excluding Catholics - Viceroy desires to maintain the Treaty of ...
Preface to Annals, Anecdotes, etc., of the Itish Parliament.
Preface As the General Election has once more placed Mr. Gladstone as Prime Minister, and that great statesman having already shown his d...
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Landlord and tenantry in 1760, Hanged on his own gate.
Chapter I. Personal Sketches &c., &c. Family mansion described - Library - Garden - Anecdotes of my family - State of landlord and t...
Promulgation of the French Constitution. Napoleon. Fouche.
Chapter LVII. Promulgation of the Constitution. Apathy of the people - Temporary building in front of the Hotel des Invalides - Po...
A Dublin Boarding-house.
Chapter X A Dublin Boarding House. Sketch of the company and inmates - Lord Mountmorris - Lieut. Gam Johnson, R. N. - Sir John and L...
Irish Beauties. Lady M--- married against her will.
Chapter XI Irish Beauties. Strictures on change of manners - Moral influence of dress - The three beauties - Curious trial respectin...
Singular Customs of the Irish Parliament.
Chapter XVI Singular Customs of the Irish Parliament. Anecdote of Tottenham in his boots - Interesting trial of the Earl of Kingst...
Fatal duel of my brother. General Gillespie tried for murder.
Chapter XIV Fatal Duel of my Brother. Duel of my brother, William Barrington, with Mr. M'Kenzie - He is killed by his antagonist's s...
Irish Inns. Objections made to them. A near-fatal accident.
Chapter XIII Irish Inns. Their general character - Objections commonly made to them - Answer thereto - Sir Charles Vernon's mimicry ...
Entrance into Parliament. Attack on Grattan and Curran. Lord De Blacquiere.
Chapter XV Entrance into Parliament. My first entrance into the Irish House of Commons - Dinner at Sir John Parnel's - Commencement ...
Entrance into Office. Lord Clare. Earl of Ormonde.
Chapter XVIII Entrance into Office. The Author first placed in office by Lord Westmoreland - Made King's Counsel by Lord Clare - Jea...
Patricians and Plebians. Irish poets. Misdirection of travellers.
Chapter XII Patricians and Plebians The three classes of gentlemen in Ireland described - Irish poets - Mr. Thomas Punter and D. Hen...
Stuart Hamilton, Richard Musgrave, Edward Newnham, Vesey Colclough, Frederick Flood, John Blacquiere, Boyle Roche.
Chapter XVII The Seven Baronets Sir John Stuart Hamilton - Sir Richard Musgrave - Sir Edward Newnham - Sir Vesey Colclough - Sir Fre...
Dr. Achmet Borumborad. Metamorphosis of the Turk.
Chapter XIX
Great-aunt Elizabeth. My uncle seized and hanged.
Chapter II Elizabeth Fizgerald. My great-aunt Elizabeth - Besieged in her castle of Moret - My uncle seized and hanged before the wa...
Orangemen. United Irishmen. Aldermen of Skinner's Alley.
Chapter XX Aldermen of Skinner's Alley. The institution of Orangemen - United Irishmen - Protestant ascendancy - Dr. Duigenan - Origin, progre...
Dublin Corporation, riding the Fringes (Franchises)
Chapter XXI. Procession of the Trades Dublin Corporation anecdote - Splendid triennial procession of the Dublin Corporation, called ...
Rebellion in 1798.
Chapter XXII. Irish Rebellion Rebellion in Ireland in 1798 - Mr. Waddy's Castle - A priest cut in twoby the portcullis and partly ea...
Wolf Tone. Trial. Attempt at Suicide.
Chapter XXIII. Wolf Tone. Counsellor Theobald Wolf Tone - His resemblance to Mr. Croker - He is ordered to be hanged by a military cou...
Getting elected in Dublin.
Chapter XXIV. Dublin Election My contest for Dublin city - Supported by Grattan, Ponsonby, Plunkett, and Curran - Singularity of a c...
Election for County Wexford.
Chapter XXV. Election for County Wexford Mr. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's contest for County Wexford omitted by all his pseudo-biogra...
Duek of Wellington and Marquess of Londonderry.
Chapter XXVII. Duke of Wellington, and Marquess of Londonderry. My first acquaintance with the Duke of Wellington and the late Marques...
Lord Norbury. House of Commons. Toler.
Chapter XXVIII. Lord Norbury Quarrel between Lord Norbury and the author in the House of Commons - Curran's bon-mot - Dinner at Lo...
Wedded life. Lord Clonmell. Lord Tyrawley.
Chapter XXVI. Wedded Life Lord Clonmell, Chief Justice of the Irish Court of King's Bench - His character - Lady Tyrawly's false charge ag...
Henry Grattan. The guillotine. Colonel Burr.
Chapter XXIX. Henry Grattan Mr. Grattan in his sedan-chair - The point of honour - Mr. Egan's gift of second sight - The guillotine and ...
Attachment of the lower orders to the gentry.
Chapter III Irish Gentry and their Retainers. Instances of attachment formerly of the lower orders of Irish to the gentry - A field ...
John Philpott Curran.
Chapter XXXI. John Philpott Curran Sketch of his character - Personal description - Lodgings at Carlow - Mr. Curran and Mr. Godwin - S...
Lord Aldborough sentenced to Newgate prison. Mr. Knaresborough.
Chapter XXX. High Life in Newgate Lord Aldborough quizzes the Lord Chancellor - Voted a libeller by the House of Peers - His spirite...
Dean Kirwan, Sheridan, Curran and Grattan contrasted.
Chapter XXXIII. Pulpit, Bar, and Parliamentary Eloquence Biographical and characteristic sketch of Dean Kirwan - His extraordinary e...
Sketch of three Irish barristers. Yelverton, Fletcher and Egan.
Chapter XXXV. Lord Yelverton and the Bar. Characteristic and personal sketches of three Irish barristers - Mr. William Fletcher, afterwa...
The law of Libel - nothing ever changes [KF, I should know!]
Chapter XXXII. The Law of Libel. Observations on the law of libel, particularly in Ireland - Hoy's Mercury - Messrs. Van Trump and...
Irish Judges. Lord Kilwarden. Robert Emmet.
Chapter XXXVII. Anecdotes of Irish Judges. Baron Monckton - Judge Boyd-Judge Henn - Legal blunder of a judge, and Curran's bon-mot the...
Queen Caroline. The Thames.
Chapter XXXIV. Queen Caroline. Reception of the late Queen Caroline, then Princess of Wales, at the drawing-room held after the "Delic...
Mr. Norcutt's attempt at suicide. The faithful valet.
Chapter XXXVI. Mr. Norcott's Attempt at Suicide The hollowness of interested popularity illustrated in the example of Mr. Norcot - The...
The Fire-Eaters. Rules and Regulations.
Chapter XXXVIII. The Fire-Eaters. Passion for duelling in Ireland - ancient duel before the judges and law authorities, &c., at the C...
Duelling Extraordinary.
Chapter XXXIX. Duelling Extraordinary Frequency of election duels - Ludicrous affair between Frank Skelton and an exciseman - Frank...
Early education. Rev. P. Crowley.
Chapter IV My Education. My godfathers - Lord Maryborough - Personal description and extraordinary character of Mr. Michael Lodge - ...
Hamilton Rowan and the Bar.
Chapter XLI. Hamilton Rowan and the Bar. Sketch of the character of Mr. Hamilton Rowan - His Quixotic spirit of philanthropy - Case ...
Self-decapitation - by mistake. His reputed ghost.
Chapter XLII. Self-Decapitation An Irish peasant cutting his own head off by mistake - His reputed ghost - Natural deaths of the...
Curious and tragic history of George Hartpole.
Chapter XL. George Hartpole Curious fatality in the Hartpole family - Characteristic sketch of the last of the name - Description of...
Father O'Leary. Mistaken notion respecting Ireland.
Chapter XLIII. Father O'Leary. Humorous story of Father O'Leary and a bear - Mistaken notions respecting Ireland on the Continent ...
Lady Morgan. Maria Edgeworth. Jonathan Clerk. Thomas Moore.
Chapter XLV. Memoranda Critica. Remarks on Lady Morgan's novel of The Wild Irish Girl, &c. - Prince O'Sullivan at Killarney - Miss...
Death of Lord Rossmore. Belief in ghosts.
Chapter XLIV. Death of Lord Rossmore. Strictures on Dr. Johnson - his biographer, Boswell - False definitions and erroneous ethics -...
Memoranda Poetica.
Chapter XLVI. Memoranda Poetica. Poets and Poetasters - Major Roche's extraordinary poem on the battle of Waterloo - Tears of ...
Early visits to the Theratre. College Pranks.
Chapter XLVII. Theatrical Recollections The author's early visits to Crow Street Theatre - Interruption of the University men - Co...
Irish Dissipation in 1778. A cow and hogshead consumed by the party.
Chapter V. Irish Dissipation in 1778 The Huntsman's cottage - Preparations for a seven days' carousal - A cock-fight - Welsh main - ...
Mrs. Jordan - her life.
Chapter XLIX. Mrs. Jordan. Public mis-statements respecting that lady - The author's long acquaintance with her - Debut of Mrs. Jo...
Memory. How to avoid ennui.
Chapter LI. Memory. Diversity of the author's pursuits - Superficial acquirements contrasted with solid - Variety and change of stud...
Mrs. Jordan in France. A lonely life.
Chapter L. Mrs. Jordan in France Decline of Mrs. Jordan's health - Description of her cottage and grounds at Boulogne-sur-Mer - Mada...
Poilitical conduct of the author.
Chapter LII. Political Conduct of the Author. Letter from the author to Mr. Burne relating to the political conduct of the former at the p...
Return of the Emperor Napoleon. Le Havre.
Chapter LIII. Scenes at Havre De Grace Peace of 1814 - The Bourbons and émigrés generally - Motives of the author in visiting the ...
Arrival in Paris. Treasonable garments.
Chapter LIV. Commencement of the Hundred Days. A family council - Journey from Havre to Paris - Attention of the French officers to...
Last days of Napoleon's Government.
Chapter LV. Last Days of the Imperial Government. Rejoicings on Napoleon's victory over Blucher and surprise of Lord Wellington - Bull...
Inauguration of the Emperor Napoleon.
Chapter LVI. Inauguration of the Emperor. The peer's and deputies summoned for the 8th of June - Abduction of the regalia by the ro...
The English in Paris. General Arthur O'Connor. Mr. Hobhouse.
Chapter LV. The English In Paris. Dr. and Mrs. Marshall - Colonel Macirone, aid-de-camp to Joachim Murat whilst King of Naples - G...
Remarks on Waterloo. Detention at Vilette.
Chapter LIX. Detention at Vilette. Negotiation between the Provisional Government of Paris and the Allies -Colonel Macirone's missi...
My Brother's Hunting-lodge. Stuck to a wall.
Chapter VI My Brother's Hunting-Lodge Waking the piper - Curious scene at my brother's hunting-lodge - Joe Kelly's and Peter Alley's...
Napoleon bottles out.
Chapter LX. Projected Escape of Napoleon. Attack on the bridge of Charenton by the Russians - Fouché's arrangements for the defence ...
Battle of Sevres and Issy.
Chapter LXI. Battle of Sevres and Issy. Afternoon ramble on the Boulevard Italien - Interrupted by the report of artillery - Sang f...
Capitulation of Paris.
Chapter LXII. Capitulation of Paris Retirement of the army of Vilette behind the Loire - Occupation of the French capital by the All...
The Catacombs and Pere La Chaise.
Chapter LX. The Catacombs and Pere La Chaise The Catacombs of Paris - Ineffective nature of the written description of these as co...
Jonah tries to find out who he is.
Chapter LXIV Pedigree Hunting. The author's efforts to discover the source of his name and family - The Irish herald-at-arms - Refer...
Murder of Captain O'Flaherty.
Chapter VIII Murder of Captain O'Flaherty. Murder of Captain O'Flaherty by Mr. Lanegan, his son's tutor, and Mrs. O'Flaherty - The l...
The Irish Volunteer. The Church. The Law.
Chapter VII Choice of Profession. The Army-Irish Volunteers described - Their military ardour - The author inoculated therewith - He...
Adoption of the Law. Female attractions.
Chapter IX Adoption of the Law. Marriage of my eldest brother - The bride'smaid, Miss D. W. - Female attractions not dependent on person...
Jonah Barrington introduces himself.
Preface. The compilation by me of a medley of this description may appear rather singular. Indeed, I myself think it so, and had got nearly ...
Index to Personal Sketches of Sir Jonah Barrington
Personal Sketches of Jonah Barrington.
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Preface and Sources of Anglo-Irish Dialect.
Preface This book deals with the Dialect of the English Language that is spoken in Ireland. As the Life of a people - according to our mo...
Comparisons
Chapter X. Comparison. Some of the items in this chapter would fit very well in the last; but this makes no matter; for 'good punch dr...
A Variety of Phrases
Chapter XII. A Variety of Phrases. Among fireside amusements propounding riddles was very general 60 or 70 years ago. This is a custom that h...
Affirming, Assenting, and Saluting.
Chapter II. Affirming, Assenting, and Saluting. The various Irish modes of affirming, denying, &c., will be understood from the examples ...
Memory of History and of Old Customs
Chapter XI. The Memory of History and of Old Customs. Church, Chapel, Scallan. All through Ireland it is customary to call a Protesta...
Assertion by Negative of Opposition.
Chapter III. Assertion by Negative of Opposite Assertions are often made by using the negative of the opposite assertion. 'You must be hu...
Idions derived from the Irish Language.
[p.23] Chapter IV. Idioms derived from the Irish language. In this chapter I am obliged to quote the original Irish passages a good dea...
The Devil and his 'Territory.'
Chapter V. The Devil and his ‘Territory.’ [p.56] Bad as the devil is he has done us some service in Ireland by providing us with a fund...
Grammar and Pronunciation
Chapter VII Grammar and Pronunciation. Shalt and Will. It has been pretty clearly shown that the somewhat anomalous and complicated...
Swearing
Chapter VI. Swearing. The general run of our people do not swear much; and those that do commonly limit themselves to the name of the ...
Proverbs
Chapter VIII. Proverbs. The Irish delighted in sententious maxims and apt illustrations compressed into the fewest possible words. Man...
Exaggeration and Redundancy.
Chapter IX. Exaggeration and Redundancy. I have included both in this Chapter, for they are nearly related; and it is often ha...
Index to English as we speak it in Ireland.
What's in a word?
Vocabulary: A to K.
Chapter XIII. Vocabulary and Index. [p.209] [In this Vocabulary, as well indeed as through the whole book, gh and ch are to sound g...
Vocabulary R to Y.
Rabble; used in Ulster to denote a fair where workmen congregate on the hiring day to be hired by the surrounding farmers. See Spalpeen....
Vocabulary L to Q.
Leprachaun; a sort of fairy, called by several names in different parts of Ireland:- luricaun, cluricaun, lurragadaun, loghryman, luprachau...
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Preface and early days.
PREFACE It requires no ordinary amount of courage, even in an author of established fame, to come before the public when he has long passed ...
Faction fighting. Battles of the burying. Fairy Doctors.
Chapter III Faction fights: the Reaskawallahs and Coffeys - Paternal chastisement - A doctor in livery - I bear the Olive branch -Battles of...
Lord Edward's Dagger, John Sheares, Ilchester Pak.
Chapter II Lord Edward Fitzgerald's dagger - United Irishmen: the Apologia of John Sheares - Doctor Dobbin's kind deeds - The story of the I...
The peasantry before 1831, old servants and their theories.
Chapter IV Good will of the peasantry before 1831 - A valentine - A justice's bulls - A curious sight indeed - Farms to grow fat on - Some c...
Trinity College, a miser, Whately, Charles Lever.
Chapter VI The pleasures of coaching - I enter at Trinity College, Dublin - A miser Fellow: Anecdotes about - Whately, Archbishop of Dublin,...
The "Charleys", Phaudrig Crohoore, The Dublin Magazine.
Chapter VII The "Charleys"' life was not a pleasant one - Paddy O'Neill and his rhymes - "With my rigatooria" - Too far west to wash - On t...
Peasants after the famine, Superstitions, Blarney Stone.
Chapter VIII Peasant life after the famine of 1847 - An aged goose - Superstitions and Irish peculiarities - The worship of Baal - The Blarn...
Anthony Trollope, Railway adventures, Irish repartees.
Chapter XIV Anthony Trollope: his night encounter - A race for life on an engine - Railway adventures - I become Commissioner of Public Work...
Killing or murder? "Shamus O'Brien, Samuel Lover.
Chapter IX Mitchelstown remembered - A Night on the Galtees - The weird horse - Killing, or murder? - The ballad of "Shamus O'Brien" - A let...
Tory Island, William Dargan, Bianconi, Sheridan Knowles.
Chapter XV Tory Island: its king, customs, and captive - William Dargan: his career and achievements - Agricultural and Industrial experimen...
Tithe war 1831, Boycotting.
Chapter V The tithe war of 1831: the troops come to our village - A marked man - "Push on; they are going to kill ye!" - Not his brother's k...
Religious intolerance, true faith, railway maniam 1846 Famine.
Chapter XII A proselytizing clergyman - Some examples of religious intolerance - An inverse repentance - The true faith - The railway mania ...
A duel, sketch of my brother's life, murderous Grand Jury.
Chapter X A determined duel - I act the peasant, and am selected for the police force - Death of my sister - Sketch of my brother's life - D...
Sergeant Murphy, Pat Costello, Thackeray, Dan O'Connell.
Chapter XI The power of the people - Sergeant Murphy; his London manners - Pat Costello's humour - I meet Thackeray - Paddy Blake's echo - D...
Smith O'Brien's Rebellion, married by mistake, fooling the English.
Chapter XIII Smith O'Brien's rebellion - Louis Philippe's interview with the Queen, as seen by the Boy Jones - Plain fare and pleasant -Marr...
Hypnotism, experiments and lessons, a dangerous power.
Chapter XIX The science of hypnotism - Early experiments and lessons - A drink of cider - I convert Isaac Butt - All wrong - A dangerous pow...
Irish bulls, Sir Boyle Roche, Clerical anecdotes.
Chapter XVI Irish bulls - Sayings of Sir Boyle Roche - Plutarch's Lives -A Grand Jury's decision - Clerical anecdotes and biblical difficult...
Shooting and fishing, fishing anecdotes.
Chapter XVII Shooting and fishing - Good snipe grounds - Killarney and Powerscourt - My fishing record - Playing a rock - Salmon flies - Sal...
Illicit stills, poteen, marriage and language.
Chapter XVIII Illicit stills - Getting a reward - Poteen -- Past and present - Dress and dwellings - Marriage and language - Material improv...
Catholic emancipation, tithe war, famine of 1846, Fenian agitation.
Chapter XX Catholic emancipation, 1829 - The tithe war of 1832 - The great famine of 1846 - The Fenian agitation of 1865 - France against En...
Contents of "Seventy Years of Irish Life."
Seventy Years of Irish Life Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences By W. R. Le Fanu New Edition Edward Arnold 37 Bedford Street. New York, 70 Fifth Avenue 1896.
Lucania
Clondalkin Parish.
Lucan I. - Clondalkin Parish. In the County Dublin there is not a fairer spot than Lucan and its surroundings. Here nature does a ho...
St. Catherine's, Owen Roe O'Neil.
X. - St. Catherine's, Owen Roe O'Neill and Cardinal Rinuccini. In the western side of Lucan is the famous St. Catherine's. There is a well ...
Leixlip and St. Catherine's. Silken Thomas.
XI. - Leixlip and St. Catherine's. Silken Thomas. Leixlip is another boundary of Lucan. A gate lodge of the Castle is the last house on thi...
Murder of Dr. Allen, Archbishop of Dublin.
XII. - Murder of Dr. Allen, Archbishop of Dublin. On the committal of the Earl of Kildare to the Tower the enemies of the Geraldines used e...
Confey.
XIV. - Confey. Confey is another boundary line between the Lucan and Leixlip districts. It joins Lucan at "Pass-if-you-can," the lands of ...
St. Catherine's Well. Suppression of Holy Wells.
XIII. - St. Catherine's Well. Suppression of Holy wells. In 1707 the Union between England and Scotland was effected. The agitation which a...
Visits of Archbishop Walsh.
XVII. - Visits of His Grace, the Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, to Lucan. 1. The Consecration of a new Bell, 3rd November 189...
Lucan a Sanatorium.
III. - Lucan, A Sanatorium. One of the chief attractions of Lucan is its Spa." The Old Spa is right opposite the Catholic Church. In the la...
Luttrellstown
XV. Luttrellstown. Is another of the Lucan boundaries. It is now called Woodlands, and is the property of Lord Annally. It is one of the mo...
Lucan Parochial District.
II. - Lucan Parochial District. The Parochial District of Lucan is bounded on the North by Coldblow and Pass-if-you-can on the frontiers of...
Donoughmore House, Palmerstown.
XVI. - Donoughmore House, Palmerstown, Now the Stewart Institution for Imbeciles. Lord Donoughmore, Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary, died...
Murder of Father MCCarthy.
IV. - Murder of Fr. M'Carthy (MacCartney?), Trial of the Murderers. It will be interesting to record from a contemporary paper all that c...
Palmerstown.
V. - Palmerstown. Lord Palmerston died on the 18th October, 1865. Up to his death he was Prime Minister of England. He was an Irish Peer. He...
Esker.
VI. - Esker Esker, "a ridge of hills," is so called from being part of the Great Causeway which, in the third century, was constituted betw...
Archbishop Lynch.
VII. Archbishop Lynch. Not the least of Lucan's glories is that here the future Archbishop of Toronto said his first prayers, learned his f...
The Sarsfields.
VIII. - The Sarsfields. The name of the glorious Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, is inseparably connected with the history of the district. Lucan...
Index.
The history of Lucan.
This is a deeply flawed book which deliberately confuses local history with the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the area. The final chapt...
Vindication of Sarsfield.
IX. - Vindication of Sarsfield. The reputation of Sarsfield did not escape the lash of the bigot. Lord Macaulay, with an ingenuity peculiar...
Neighbourhood
Ringsend, the Great South Wall and the Pigeonhouse.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF DUBLIN (Above) O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, around the turn of the century. Fro...
Rathfarnham, Whitechurch, Kelly's Glen and Kilmashogue Mountain.
CHAPTER X Rathfarnham, Whitechurch, Kelly's Glen and Kilmashogue Mountain. To reach Rathfarnham, we either proceed there direct in the tram v...
A Day on Mount Pelier
CHAPTER XI A Day on Mount Pelier There are few places more attractive for a ramble on a summer's day than the green, rounded hill of Mount Pel...
Rockbrook, Glendoo and Glencullen
CHAPTER XV Rockbrook, Glendoo and Glencullen Starting from Rathfarnham, we take the road through Willbrook and Ballyboden, small hamlets in se...
Harold's Grange, the Three Rock, Two Rock and Tibradden Mountains.
CHAPTER XII Harold's Grange, the Three Rock, Two Rock and Tibradden Mountains. Rathfarnham has been selected as the starting point for this ex...
Ranelagh, Dundrum, Enniskerry, the Scalp.
CHAPTER XVI Ranelagh and Cullenswood, Dundrum, The Scalp and Enniskerry. Leaving the city by Charlemont Bridge, we enter the the district of R...
Ranelagh, Rathgar, Templeogue, Bohernabreena.
CHAPTER XVII Rathmines and Rathgar, Templeogue and its Spa, Boharnabreena and Ballinascorney Gap. Portobello Bridge, which connects the city w...
The Battle of Rathmines and Baggotrath
CHAPTER XVIII The Battle of Rathmines and Baggotrath The most notable event in the annals of Rathmines was the battle in 1649, during the Civi...
Harold's Cross, Crumlin, the Green Hills, Tallaght and Oldbawn
CHAPTER XIX Harold's Cross, Crumlin, the Green Hills, Tallaght and Oldbawn The earliest information available concerning Harold's Cross would ...
Poolbeg Lighthouse and the South Wall Extension, Irishtown, Sandymount, Beggardbush and Baggotrath
CHAPTER II The Poolbeg Lighthouse and the South Wall Extension, Irishtown, Sandymount, Beggardbush and Baggotrath. The maintenance of the Sout...
Ballymount, the Talbots of Belgard, Clondalkin, the Corkagh Powder Mills
CHAPTER XXI Ballymount, the Talbots of Belgard, Clondalkin, the Corkagh Powder Mills Leaving town by either Terenure or Crumlin, we make our w...
Saggart, Rathcoole, Newcastle and Celbridge
CHAPTER XXII Saggart, Rathcoole, Newcastle and Celbridge Pedestrians desirous of following the route described herein, should take the tram to ...
Clane, Clongoweswood and Bodenstown
CHAPTER XXIII Clane, Clongoweswood and Bodenstown To visit the district described in this chapter, the most convenient route for cyclists on t...
Mud Island, Fairview, Clontarf and its island, Dollymount and the North Bull.
CHAPTER XXIV Mud Island, Fairview, Clontarf and its island, Dollymount and the North Bull. Westward of the North Strand, between Nottingham St...
Glasnevin, Finglas and the adjacent district
CHAPTER XXV Drumcondra, Santry, Buck Jones and Clonliffe Once an isolated village on the Great Northern road, Drumcondra now retains few vesti...
Glasnevin, Finglas and the adjacent district
CHAPTER XXVI Glasnevin, Finglas and the adjacent district Leaving town, we proceed by tram or otherwise to Glasnevin, passing what is known as ...
Fingal - Swords, Grace Dieu, Ballyboghil, Chaplemidway and St. Margaret's
CHAPTER XXVIII Fingal - Swords, Grace Dieu, Ballyboghil, Chaplemidway and St. Margaret's Passing through Drumcondra, Santry, and Cloghran; we ...
Fingal - Portrane, Donabate and the Barnewalls of Turvey
CHAPTER XXIX Fingal - Portrane, Donabate and the Barnewalls of Turvey The whole of the peninsula of Portrane has, in recent years, been altered...
Baldoyle, Portmarnock, Malahide and St. Doolagh's
CHAPTER XXVII Fingal - Baldoyle, Portmarnock, Malahide and St. Doolagh's The north of the County Dublin, though not possessing the same attrac...
The Rock Road - Ballsbridge, Merrion, Booterstown, Blackrock and Monkstown.
CHAPTER III The Rock Road - Ballsbridge, Merrion, Booterstown, Blackrock and Monkstown. Leaving town by the Kingstown tram route - Lower M...
Fingal - Rush, Skerries, Lusk and Baldongan Castle
CHAPTER XXX Fingal - Rush, Skerries, Lusk and Baldongan Castle In this, as in the last excursion, we proceed by Drumcondra, continuing along th...
Howth - the old Mail Road, the Castle, a ramble around the Hill
CHAPTER XXXI Howth - the old Mail Road, the Castle, a ramble around the Hill The road distinctively known as "The Howth Road" starts from the ...
Howth - its Hills and Wilds
CHAPTER XXXII
The Featherbed Pass, Glencree and its Royal Forest, Loughs, Bray, Sally Gap and Coronation Plantation
CHAPTER XXXV The Featherbed Pass, Glencree and its Royal Forest, Loughs, Bray, Sally Gap and Coronation Plantation The whole of the district ...
Kilmainham, Chapelizod, Palmerston, Lucan and Esker
CHAPTER XXXIII
The Strawberry Beds, St. Catherine's, Leixlip, Maynooth Castle and Obelisk
CHAPTER XXXIV
Glennasmole or the Valley of the Thrushes
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Kilbride, the Three Castles, Blessington, Poulaphuca and Ballymore Eustace
CHAPTER XXXVII
The Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Clonee and Dunboyne
CHAPTER XXXIX The Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Clonee and Dunboyne Entering the Phoenix Park at Parkgate Street, we proceed along what is now kno...
Dunleary, Kingstown and Dalkey
CHAPTER IV Dunleary, Kingstown and Dalkey Passing in succession through the various localities along the Rock Road, we enter Kingstown, known ...
The English Pale
CHAPTER XL The English Pale After the first waves of Anglo-Norman invasion had subsided, and the new settlers had securely established themsel...
Canals and Canal Travelling in the last century
CHAPTER XLI Canals and Canal Travelling in the last century A perusal of the journals and pamphlets of the period when the various projects for...
Martello Towers
CHAPTER XLII Martello Towers Martello towers, which are so plentifully studded along many portions of the English and Irish coasts, were built...
Ballyman Glen, Carrickgollogan, Ballycorus, Tully, and Bride's Glen
CHAPTER VI Ballyman Glen, Carrickgollogan, Ballycorus, Tully, and Bride's Glen Leaving Bray Station, we walk up the Quinsborough Road, cross B...
The Bray Road, Donnybrook, Stillorgan, Loughlinstown, Old Bray and its Smugglers.
CHAPTER VII The Bray Road, Donnybrook, Stillorgan, Loughlinstown, Old Bray and its Smugglers. Leaving town by what was formerly known as the D...
The Old City Water Supply
CHAPTER XLIII The Old City Water Supply Early colonists landing at the mouth of the Liffey, would naturally select as their headquarters, the ...
The Neighbourhood of Dublin
'The Neighbourhood of Dublin' by Weston St. John Joyce (third and enlarged edition 1920). Joyce, a keen walker and cyclist, though sometimes recommending a motor car, avoids the centre of Dublin and describes the suburbs and outskirts of the city, quite often venturing into the neighbouring counties of Wicklow and Kildare. He's a chatty writer, fond of a good story (both historical and from legend) and a man who delights in flora and fauna. Although many of the places he describes have changed beyond recognition, much still remains. He assumes that the recent history of the places he visits is of no interest - he was, after all, writing a history. 'The Neighbourhood of Dublin' has been scanned in from an original edition and all text is included. Some small revisions have been made where language has changed. Whatever mistakes you find are mine, what you enjoy is pure Weston St. John Joyce. It has not been possible to scan the original photographs from the pages as the quality is not good enough. The illustrations used are either my own, those I have collected, or from old postcards and miscellaneous publications. Above all, this is an excellent read - enjoy!
Rathdown, Greystones, Killincarrig, Delgany and the Glen of the Downs
CHAPTER VIII Rathdown, Greystones, Killincarrig, Delgany and the Glen of the Downs Cyclists and pedestrians desirous of making this excursion ...
Tinnehinch, the Great and Little Sugar Loaf
CHAPTER IX Tinnehinch, the Great and Little Sugar Loaf, Kilmacanogue and Powerscourt The district described in this chapter can be most readil...
NorthDub
West of Church St. and the Finglas Road.
CHAPTER I. West of Church Street and the Finglas Road Up to the end of the 17th century the portion of the City of Dublin, lying to the north ...
Between the Old and New Road to the Sea.
CHAPTER X. Between the Old and the New Roads to the Sea AFTER the old road to Ballybough Bridge the next district of the north city is that...
The New Road to the Sea
CHAPTER XI. The New Road to the Sea. Starting from the Custom House, the new road to the sea runs by Store Street, Amiens Street and the...
North Wall, North Lotts
CHAPTER XII. The North Wall and the North Lotts. Custom House Quay dates from 1791 when the new Custom House was built. (The name Custom Hous...
Clontarf Island.
CHAPTER XIII. CLONTARF ISLAND It is hard to realise now, when three or four miles, of land occupy a space where once the sea flowed, what an i...
Fairview and Marino.
CHAPTER XIV. Fairview and Marino Passing beyond the old city boundary at Ballybough Bridge, one of the first objects of interest is the Cathol...
Clontarf.
CHAPTER XV1. Clontarf The last highway from the north side of the city is that which leads by the seashore to Clontarf and Howth, a dist...
Malahide Road.
CHAPTER XV. The Malahide Road. Malahide Road, which is skirted by the wall of Marino, is one of the most cheerful highways near Dublin. ...
Howth
CHAPTER XVII. Howth We have now reached the district of Sutton, the threshold of Howth. Sutton Railway Station is situated at the narrow...
Phoenix Park. The Tyrells.
CHAPTER II. The Phoenix Park and the Barony of the Tyrells (Castleknock) The Phoenix Park, one of the chief beauties of Dublin north of the Li...
Tolka, Glasnevin, Naul Road.
CHAPTER III. The Tolka, Glasnevin and the Naul Road. A little beyond Westmoreland Bridge the highway forks left and right. This spot was the o...
Grattan Bridge, Old Essex Bridge.
CHAPTER IV. Grattan Bridge, Old Essex Bridge and the Pill. Having disposed of the highways to Ratoath, Navan, Slane, and Naul, the next great ...
West of the Great North Road.
CHAPTER V. West of the Great North Road. Westward of Capel Street we find Chancery Place, (1825) formerly called Mass Lane, from a Church of t...
Great North Road and Fingal.
CHAPTER VII The Great North Road and Fingal Those who travel by the main roads on the north side of Dublin may remark that the country proper ...
East of the Great North Road.
CHAPTER VI. East of the Great North Road. Proceeding once more from Grattan or old Essex Bridge, there are many interesting memorials on t...
Centre of the North City
CHAPTER VIII The Centre of the North City. Having disposed of the great northern highway the next thoroughfare to be traversed in the northern...
North Dublin
North Dublin By Dillon Cosgrove. Originally published in 1909. Chapter 1. West of Church Street and the Finglas Road. [...
The Old Road to the Sea.
CHAPTER IX. The Old Road To The Sea Great Britain Street, Summer Hill and Ballybough Road are a very old thoroughfare, but were quite rural un...
OldDub
Echoes of past centuries in its streets and institutions.
Dedication To Sir Charles A. Cameron CB, MD, DPH, CAMB, FRCS, FRCP, Medical Superintendent and Executive Officer of Health, and Public Anal...
The street of the Cooks
PART II. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF COOK STREET. CHAPTER I. The Street of the Cooks - Jesuit College, Back Lane - "Mass Houses" in Coo...
First Hospital in Dublin
CHAPTER X. First Hospital in Dublin - Poor Relief in former days - The Foundling Hospital and its Founders - Dublin's First Workhouse - Ho...
Four Masters. Execution of Lord Conor MacGuire.
CHAPTER XII. The Four Masters - Capture, Trial, and Execution of Lord Conor MacGuire - Introduction of Quakerism into Dublin. The Franci...
Trial, Torture and Execution of Archbishop O'Hurley.
CHAPTER XV. The Trial, Tortures, and Execution of Archbishop O'Hurley - Papal Commission preparatory to his Canonization - Father Betagh'...
Rewards for capture of priests and bishops.
CHAPTER XIII. The Dominicans in Cook Street - Rewards for Capture of Priests and Bishops - St. Audeon's Arch and Church - The Lucky Stone - Th...
Old Wooden Houses, Jesuits in Dublin.
CHAPTER XIV. Old Wooden Houses - The Jesuits in Cook Street - Their Chapel and University - Father Austin, S. J. - His Schools and Burial Pla...
Three Centuries of Dublin Printing
PART III. THREE CENTURIES OF DUBLIN PRINTING. First Book printed in Dublin - Printing in Dublin before and after the Union - Old Ma...
Memories of Isaac Butt QC
PART IV. REMINISCENCES OF A GREAT TRIBUNE. Kilmainham Jail - Mr. Butt and General T. F. Burke - The Shooting of Talbot - Mr. Butt's Co...
18th century reports on Dublin 'Mass Houses'
CHAPTER II. 18th Century Reports on City "Mass Houses" - Schools in Mary's Lane - In and Around Bolton Street - The Linen Hall - Ormond...
In and around Capel Street
CHAPTER III. In and around Capel Street - Mint House of King James II. - Lottery Offices - Sir William Newcomen and the Union-Religious As...
Mary Street. Escape of Hamilton Rowan.
CHAPTER IV Mary Street - St. Mary's Church - Escape of Hamilton Rowan - Old Sheriffs Prison - Green Street Courthouse - Newgate Jail - Oli...
Robin Hood and Little John in Dublin.
CHAPTER VI. Robin Hood and Little John in Dublin - Old Law Courts on Michael's Hill - The Thingmote - Irish Secret Service Records - Lo...
Jervis Street Hospital. Wolfe Tone.
CHAPTER V. Jervis Street Hospital - Birth-place of Theobald Wolfe Tone - The Fate of Luttrell - St. Michan's Roman Catholic Chapel - Th...
Fenian Prisoners of '65 and '67
CHAPTER VII. Waterford and Dublin - Lord Clonmel and the Rev. William Jackson - Montpelier Hill - Arbour Hill Prison - Emmet's Poems - Jo...
Billy in the Bowl
CHAPTER VIII. Historic Associations of Oxmantown - One of the Roads to Tara - Its Mayday Festivals - Its Convents and Orphanages - "Fair F...
King James II. and the Benedictine Nuns.
CHAPTER IX. King James II. and the Benedictine Nuns - Founding of Convent in Channel Row - Lady Butler and the Duke of Ormond Convent in "...
Contents of 'Life in Old Dublin'.
'Life In Old Dublin' was published in 1913 by James Duffy and Co. Ltd., 38 Westmoreland Street. Written by James Collin it is a curious volume whi...
PictDub
Picturesque Dublin Old and New
Picturesque Dublin Old and New. Written by Frances Gerard with illustrations by Rose Barton ARWS and reproductions of old engravings. Publis...
Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle Castle of Dublin. - Ancient History. - The Worst Castle in Christendom. - Upper and Lower Castle Yards. - Curious Trial by Comba...
The Phoenix Park
The Phoenix Park Phoenix Park. - Its Beauties. - Viceregal Lodge. - Pleasant Associations. - Chief Secretary's Lodge. - Lady Emily Peel. - The...
Kilmainham Hospital
Kilmainham Hospital Kilmainham. - Ancient History. - Vicissitudes. - Old Man's Hospital. - Lord Carhampton. - Sir Edward Blakeney. - Lady Blak...
Luttrellstown
Luttrellstown, Chapelizod, Etc. Luttrellstown. - The Luttrells. - Castle Knock. - Chapelizod. - La Belle Iseult. - Brass Castle. - Lucan. - Mr...
Clontarf
Clontarf, Marino, etc. Clontaff. - Marino. - Howth Castle. - The Hill of Howth. - The Traditions of the Howth Family. - Miss Stokes. O...
Delville At Glasnevin
Delville At Glasnevin Glasnevin. - Delville. - Addison. - Tickell. - Dean Swift. - Dr. Delany. - Mrs. Pendarves, afterwards Mrs. Delany. -...
Blackrock, Frescati, Dalkey
Frescati, Maritimo, Dalkey, etc. Blackrock. - Frescati. - Pamela. - Lord Edward FitzGerald. - Mantimo. - Lady Cloncurry. - DaIkey. - ...
Rathmines, Ranelagh, Rathfarnham
Rathmines, Ranelagh, Rathfarnham, etc. Rathmines. - Portobello. - Canal Travelling. - Lord Edward FitzGerald. - Mrs. Di1lon. - Ranelagh Ga...
Society In Dublin City
Society In Dublin City. Dublin Society as it is. - Changes. - Social Entertainments. - Music. - Theatricals. - Leaders of Society, etc. ...
A Viceroy's Life
A Viceroy’s Life Is Not A Happy One. Political role of the Castle.- Wraxhall’s Definition - Political Squibs:- "A List of the Pack;" "The P...
The Fringes and Liberties of Dublin City
The Fringes and Liberties of Dublin City Castle Street. - Cage-House of Sir Daniel Bellingham. - Hoey's Court. - Eede's Coffee-House. - The...
Houses With Traditions
Houses With Traditions Belvedere House. - Lady Belvedere's Story. - Kenmare House. – Major Swan. - Lord Edward FitzGerald and Dagger. - Henrie...
The Bank And College Green
The Bank And College Green. The Parliament House. - Vexed Question of the Architect. - House of Imbeciles. - Members of the Old Houses of Parl...
The Quays
The Quays, Bridges, and the Four Courts. Foreign Air of the Quays. - Thackeray's Admiration. - Ormond Quay. - Arran Quay. - Smoke Alley. - Sk...
Stephen's Green
Stephen's Green Stephen's Green - Indian Jungle. - Crusaders. - Lazar-House. - Sir Walter Scott. - The Beaux' Walk. - George II.'s Statue. - M...
House with Traditions 2
House with Traditions (Continued) Aldborough House. - Eccentric Conduct of Edward, Second Earl. - Building of Stratford House and Aldborough ...
The Squares Of Dublin
The Squares Of Dublin Earl of Barryrmore. - Earl of Llandaff. - Eccentricities. - Luke White. - Honourable Julia White. - Sir Thomas Staples. ...
shamsquire
Tales of Jonah Barrington.
Sir Jonah Barrington Sir Jonah Barrington, whose name we have frequently mentioned, published a work entitled "Personal Sketches," containing m...
Who's who in "Baratariana."
Baratariana This book has always possessed peculiar interest for historic students of the period to which it refers; and several communications ...
Bequests of the Sham Squire
The Sham Squire's Bequests. After several letters of inquiry on the subject appeared, it was urged by the Irish Times, in a voluminous leadin...
Jephson punished, Jebb rewarded.
How Lord Buckingham Punished Jephson and Purchased Jebb. Magee's lampoons on the Sham Squire's patron, the Marquis of Buckingham, were met by r...
The secrets of the Castle revealed.
Abstraction of Papers from the Castle Archives. We have received from Mr S. Redmond, a respectable gentleman connected for many years, first wi...
An equally base Englishman.
Cockaigne, the English Spy. So many examples of treachery, perpetrated and prompted by Irishmen, have been given in the foregoing pages, that i...
Documents relating to the Sham.
Deeds Relating to Higgins, Magan, and Others. (See Chapter 6) Among the documents relating to Francis Higgins, preserved in the Registry of D...
A treacherous priest
Projected Rebellion in Cork - Secret Services of Fr. Barry. The appendix to the new edition of the first volume of "The Lives and Times of the ...
Duggan gives his account..
Duggan the Informer The allusion to Duggan and M'Guickan in the foregoing letter reminds us that of both we have something curious to tell. M...
Informers in history
Informers not confined to Ireland Conspirators and informers will co-exist until the crack of doom, and the wider the conspiracy the greater is...
Death of Lord Kilwarden
Emmet's Insurrection. Emmet's revolt exploded on the evening of July 23, 1803. Mr Phillips, in "Curran and his Contemporaries," writes:- "Lor...
A human bloodhound.
Jemmy O'Brien. O'Brien, to whom Mr Macready refers, had obtained an unenviable notoriety for murder, burglary, and general chicane, when Major S...
Unscrupulous and wily
John Pollock (See Chapter 6)) In the "Memoirs and Correspondence of Marquis Cornwallis," (vol. iii., p. 320,) a letter appears, addressed by M...
A matter of judgement.
Judge Robert Johnson. The history of Judge Johnson, whose name occurs in a previous page as counsel for the Sham Squire, discloses some curious...
Rebellion in Kildare
The Rebellion in Kildare. We are indebted to the Rev. John O'Hanlon, the able biographer of Archbishops O'Toole and O'Morghair, for the followi...
Burial of Lord Edward?
Lord Edward Fitzgerald. A late eminent writer, Mr Daniel Owen Maddyn, author of "Ireland and its Rulers," "Revelations of Ireland," "The Age of...
General Lawless makes his escape.
General Lawless (See Chapter 5) Having some reason to doubt the accuracy of the account given on hearsay by the late Lord Cloncurry, and quo...
Details of the period of the Rebellion.
Mr. Macready's Statement. [After we had received from Mr Macready a verbal statement of the facts recited (Chapter 5), he was good enough to co...
MacNally the betrayer.
MacNally and Turner. (See Chapter 6) The "Cornwallis Correspondence," published in 1859, confirms the allegation that Leonard MacNally, the c...
Where was Emmet buried?
The Mystery Enshrouding Emmet's Grave Robert Emmet, when asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon hi...
O'Connell gets carried away.
O'Connell "A United Irishman". The uncompromising attitude of hostility maintained by O'Connell towards the advocates of physical force, specia...
Rebellion in Wicklow
The Rebellion in Wicklow - Fusilade at Dunlavin. The Rev. John F. Shearman, late of Dunlavin, and now of Howth, has obligingly sent to us, sinc...
Some odd memories of the Rebellion.
Reminiscences of the Rebellion. The same hand which conveyed the foregoing traditional details from the Rev. S. F. Shearman, also brought to us...
An enemy of the cause.
Reynolds the Informer, and Mr. William Cope. The following remarks have been addressed to us by Sir William H. Cope, Bart., in vindication of t...
Satires on the Sham Squire and his Friends.
Slang Satires on Shamado and his Friends. By desire of the Publisher and others, we give, unabridged, in this Appendix the songs from which in ...
Juggling Judges. Inefficiency of the Police.
CHAPTER III Lord Clonmel and the Fiats. - Richard Daly. - Persecution of Magee. - A Strong Bar. - Caldbeck, Duigenan, and Egan. - The Volunteers...
The Duke of Wellington on Bribing the Press.
CHAPTER II. Peculation. - The Press Subsidised and Debauched. - How to get up an Ovation for an Unpopular Viceroy. - Lord Buckingham. - Ju...
Magee's Vengeance on Lord Clonmel. More Turpitude.
CHAPTER IV Magee's Vengeance on Lord Clonmel. - Hely Hutchinson. - Lord Clare. - The Gods of Crow Street. - Renewed Effort to Muzzle Magee. - Le...
Annesley Trial. Early Struggles of the Sham Squire. How to catch an heiress.
CHAPTER I. The great Annesley Trial. - Wonderful Adventures. - Murder of Patrick Higgins. - Early Struggles and Stratagems of the Sham Squir...
Escape of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Major Sirr. Death of Lord Edward.
CHAPTER V. Hairbreadth Escapes of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. - Testimony of Lords Holland and Byron. - A Dark Picture of Oppression. - Moira House....
Secret Service Money. Shrouded Secrets Opened.
CHAPTER VI. A Secret well Kept. - The "Setter" of Lord Edward Traced at Last. - Striking in the Dark. - Roman Catholic Barristers Pensio...
A Dark and Painful Mystery. In the footsteps of Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
CHAPTER VII. Was Higgins Guiltless of Oliver Bond's Blood? - Walter Cox - Reynolds the Informer - William Cope. - Insatiable Appetite for Bloo...
Death of the Sham Squire. His tomb attacked.
CHAPTER VIII Effort of Conscience to Vindicate its Authority- Last Will and Testament of the Sham Squire. - A Tempest Roars Round his Death-be...
Index to the Sham Squire. 1798 in Dublin and Ireland.
So who really informed on Lord Edward? Just about everyone did, could or would have if they'd been offered the money. Extremely popular when published it went through many editions, each one adding information to the last. Trying to keep track of the cast of characters is a full-time job. A book for dipping into - not to be read in one sitting. [KF. Oct 2000.]
Introduction to The Sham Squire.
The Sham Squire and The Informers of 1798 with a view of their contemporaries. To which are added, in the form of an Appendix, ...
Lives and deaths of the brothers Sheares
John and Henry Sheares The Brothers Sheares were natives of Cork, whither the younger had proceeded, early in May 1798, for the purpose of orga...
And finally ...
Supplemental Note We have received from an ex-member for Limerick an interesting letter suggesting a few additional details at p. 167, which he ...
No law but martial law.
The Reign of Terror in Ireland. Exception has been taken to impressions of the reign of terror in Ireland, whether derived from traditional sou...
The men at the top.
"The Step-Ladder, or a picture of the Irish Government as it was before Lord Cornwallis's arrival, and during the System of Terror, etc. No....
Hard drinking and some verses about it.
Toping Seventy Years Ago. It did not need the example of the Duke of Rutland to make hard drinking the fashion in Ireland. The anecdote, "Had y...
Keeping Ulster quiet.
Treason in Ulster - Houlton. (See Chapter 2) The repeated mention of Houlton's name in the history of the Sham Squire leads to the query whet...
The Yeomanry in 1798.
The Irish Yeomanry in 1798. (See Chapter 5.) The connivance of Dempsey, the yeoman, at Lord Edward's escape is the more singular, when we rem...
Seduction of a patriot.
Walter Cox. (See Chapter 6) The seduction of the once-indomitable patriot Watty Cox, who was eventually bought up by the Richmond government, ...
Thackeray
Arrival in Dublin.
The Irish Sketch Book of 1842. By W. M. Thackeray A Summer Day in Dublin, or there and thereabouts. The coach that brings the pas...
From Glengariff to Killarney.
Chapter X. From Glengariff to Killarney The Irish car seems accommodated for any number of persons: it appeared to be full when we...
Killarney, stag-hunting on the Lake.
Chapter XI. Killarney - Stag-hunting on the Lake. Mrs. Macgillicuddy's house is at the corner of the two principal streets of Kill...
Tralee, Listowle, Tarbert.
Chapter XIII Tralee - Listowel - Tarbert. I made the journey to Tralee next day, upon one of the famous Bianconi cars - very comf...
Killarney, the Races, Muckross.
Chapter XII. Killarney - The Races - Muckross. The races were as gay as races could be, in spite of one or two un...
Limerick.
Chapter XIV. Limerick. A capital steamer, which on this day was thronged with people, carried us for about four hours down the noble s...
Galway, an evening with Captain Kenny.
Chapter XV. Galway - "Kilroy's Hotel - Galway Nights' Entertainments - First Night: An evening with Captain Kenny. When it is stated t...
Rainy Galway, a walk, entertainment.
Chapter XVI. More rain in Galway - A walk there - and the second Galway Night's Entertainment. "Seven hills has Rome, seven mouths has...
A country-house in Kildare. Sketches of an Irish family and farm.
Chapter II. A Country-house in Kildare - sketches of an Irish family and farm. It had been settled among my friends, I don't know for ...
Clifden to Westport.
Chapter XIX. Clifden to Westport. Ox leaving Ballinahinch (with sincere regret, as any lonely tourist may imagine, who is called upon ...
From Galway to Ballinahinch.
Chapter XVII. From Galway to Ballinahinch. The Clifden car, which carries the Dublin letters into the heart of Connemara, conducts th...
Roundstone Petty Sessions.
Chapter XVIII. Roundstone Petty Sessions. "The temple of august Themis," as a Frenchman would call the sessions-room at Roundston...
Westport.
Chapter XX. Westport. Nature has done much for this pretty town of Westport; and after Nature, the traveller ought to be thankful to L...
From Westport to Ballinasloe.
Chapter XXII From Westport to Ballinasloe The mail-coach took us next day by Castlebar and Tuam to Ballinasloe, a journey of near eigh...
Two Days in Wicklow.
Chapter XXIV. Two Days in Wicklow. The little tour we have just been taking has been performed, not only by myriads of the "car-dr...
The Pattern at Croaghpatrick.
Chapter XXI. The Pattern at Croaghpatrick. On the Pattern day, however, the washerwomen and children had all disappeared-nay, the stre...
Ballinasloe to Dublin.
Chapter XXIII. Ballinasloe to Dublin. During the cattle-fair the celebrated town of Ballinasloe is thronged with farmers from all part...
Country Meetings in Kildare, Meath, Drogheda.
Chapter XXV. Country Meetings in Kildare - Meath - Drogheda. An agricultural show was to be held at the town of Naas, and I was glad, a...
Dundalk.
Chapter XXVI Dundalk. The stranger can't fail to be struck with the look of Dundalk, as he has been with the villages and country lead...
Belfast to the Causeway.
Chapter XXVIII Belfast to the Causeway. The Lough of Belfast has a reputation for beauty almost as great as that of the Bay of Dublin;...
Newry, Armagh, Belfast - Dundalk to Newry.
Chapter XXVII Newry, Armagh, Belfast - from Dundalk to Newry. My kind host gave orders to the small ragged boy that drove the car to ta...
The Giant's Causeway, Coleraine, Portrush.
Chapter XXIX. The Giant's Causeway - Coleraine - Portrush. The traveller no sooner issues from the inn by a back door, which he is info...
From Carlow to Waterford.
Chapter III. From Carlow to Waterford The next morning being fixed for the commencement of our journey towards Waterfo...
Templemoyle - Derry.
Chapter XXXI. Templemoyle - Derry From Newtown Limavaddy to Derry the traveller has many wild and noble prospects of Lough Foyle and t...
Dublin at last.
Chapter XXXII. Dublin At Last A wedding-party that went across Derry Bridge to the sound of bell and cannon, had to flounder through...
From Waterford to Cork.
Chapter IV. From Waterford to Cork The view of the town from the bridge and the heights above is very imposing; as is the river both w...
Peg of Limavaddy.
Chapter XXX. Peg of Limavaddy. Between Coleraine and Derry there is a daily car (besides one or two occasional queer-looking coaches),...
Cork, the Agricultural Show, Fr. Mathew.
Chapter V. Cork - the Agricultural Show - Father Mathew A man has no need to be an agriculturist in order to take a warm interes...
Cork, the Ursuline Convent.
Chapter VI Cork - The Ursuline Convent. There is a large Ursuline convent at Blackrock, near Cork, and a lady who had been educate...
Index to The Irish Sketch Book (1842.)
William Makepeace Thackeray enjoyed a leisurely visit to Ireland in 1842. He had a fine time and left a very readable account. He's highly opinionated and almost completely detached from everything he sees, but there is the ring of truth about the descriptions - he simply didn't care enough in most instances ("Catholicity", maybe, excepted) to make up a lie. Dublin only features as a "top and tail" but I think it paints a fairly accurate picture of Ireland at the time (as seen by a slightly cynical Cockney!) KF, Oct. 2001.
Cork to Bantry, Skibbereen.
Chapter VIII From Cork to Bantry; with an account of the city of Skibbereen. That light four-inside, four-horse coach, the "Skibbereen...
Rainy days at Glengariff.
Chapter IX. Rainy Days at Glengariff. A smart two-horse car takes the traveller thrice a week from Bantry to Killarney, by way of Glen...
Cork.
Chapter VII. Cork. Amidst the bustle and gayeties of the Agricultural meeting, the working-day aspect of the city was not to be judged...
THealy
Monaghan Election (1883)
Chapter XIV Monaghan Election (1883) A week after my release from prison in June, 1883, a vacancy occurred in the representation of Monaghan...
Early Days (1862-72)
Chapter I Early Days (1862-72) In 1862 (when I was seven) my father left Bantry, Co. Cork, on being appointed Clerk of Union at Lismore, Co....
Devices of Parliamentarians (1883-4)
Chapter XV Devices of Parliamentarians (1883-4) In 1884, Gladstone's Bill to extend the franchise included Ireland, despite Forster's hostil...
Parnellism and Crime (1887-8)
Chapter XXII "Parnellism and Crime" (1887-8) By the time I was able to return to London the situation had been straightened out. Arthur Balf...
Captain O'Shea, Nationalist or Liberal (1886)
Chapter XIX Captain O'Shea, Nationalist or Liberal? (1886) The elections of November, 1885, swelled the Irish Party to 86. Irish voters in Br...
The Pigott Forgery (1887)
Chapter XXI The Pigott Forgery (1887) In October, 1886, United Ireland published an article styled "The Plan of Campaign," signed by Tim H...
Ireland and the Vatican (1885)
Chapter XVIII Ireland and the Vatican (1885) In October, 1885, I went to Kerry, as Lord Randolph Churchill asked, with William O'Brien. O'Br...
Parnell's Downfall (1890)
Chapter XXV Parnell's Downfall (1890) Before the debates began in Room 15 on Parnell's deposition I sketched to my wife in shorthand the situa...
The Party Split (1890-1)
Chapter XXVI The Party Split (1890-I) Parnell's behaviour as chairman in Room 15 in interrupting and making rulings in his own favour was ti...
The House of Commons in 1874
Chapter III The House of Commons in 1874 At 19 years of age I saw the House of Commons for the first time, on the 30th June, 1874. I went to...
Newspaper Rivalry (1891-2)
Chapter XXIX Newspaper Rivalry (1891-2) When proposals came from the Gray family (chief owners of the Freeman) for an amalgamation with th...
Parnell Dies at Brighton (1891)
Chapter XXVIII Parnell dies at Brighton (1891) Parnell's campaign against the Party lasted ten months. His marriage repelled his followers, ...
George Wyndham in Dublin Castle (1899-1903)
Chapter XXXV George Wyndham in Dublin Castle (1899-1903) In the summer of 1899 Arthur O'Connor, on the Terrace of the House of Commons, broug...
The Easter "Rising"
Chapter XLII The 1916 "Rising" On Easter Monday, 24th April, 1916, a bolt from the blue fell on Dublin. Pearse and Burgess (latter styled Caha...
Butt's Decline and Death (1879)
Chapter V Butt's Decline and Death (1879) In April, 1878, Mitchell Henry, M.P. for Galway, a well-meaning Lancashire man (who spent a millio...
A Sunburst and Clouds (1922)
Chapter XLVI A Sunburst and Clouds (1922) The outgoing British garrisons, embarrassed by this civil strife, unintentionally bred trouble for...
Peace - but not for Ireland (1918-20)
Chapter XLIII Peace - but not for Ireland (1918-20) The Government proposals on Home Rule took the shape of nominating members of a "Conferenc...
Parnell's American Mission (1880)
Chapter VI Parnell's American Mission (1880) Ireland simmered for weeks over the "papist rats" episode. Gray was a Protestant who had turned...
Contents of "Letters and Leaders of My Day" by T. M. Healy
Tim Healy had Pitman shorthand and so, I believe, did his brother, Maurice. They communicated, sometimes on a more than daily basis, but Tim pres...
Gladstone's Land Act (1881)
Chapter IX Gladstone's Land Act (188I) On the 7th April, 1881, Gladstone introduced his Land Bill. Ireland was on the tenterhooks of expecta...
Wright
Index of An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin.
An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin, Illustrated by engravings, and a plan of the city Second Edition, with corrections and additional articles, also an Itinerary and various useful information for Tourists and Strangers. By G. N. Wright, A. M. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1825.
Introduction to An Historical Guide
Preface to the Second Edition. Although reduced in bulk, by a compressed form of printing, for the purpose of enabling the publishers to off...
Roman Catholic Churches
Roman Catholic Chapels
Getting to Dublin - Hotels.
Packets to Dublin. STEAM-PACKETS from LIVERPOOL, viz. The city of Dublin Steam-Packet Company Office, No. 18 Water-street; the St. G...
Churches of Dublin
Churches.
Municipal Government.
Municipal Government. As the history of the corporation of every city is intimately connected with the history of the city itself, the most...
Police, Prisons, Jails and Asylums.
Police Establishment. The first institution of Police in Dublin, is supposed to have taken place in the reign of Elizabeth, but upon a ve...
Friaries, Nunneries and Seceders.
Friaries Augustinian Convent. - The friary of St. John, in John-street, on the north side of Thomas-street, is within the district of ...
Charitable Institutions
Charitable Associations. Sick and Indigent Room-keepers. In 1791, the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Ormond Market associated, for...
Schools for the education of the Poor.
Schools for the Education of the Poor. Incorporated Society. - This Society, which meets at a large building in Aungier-street, was inc...
Poor Schools and Religious Societies
Poor Schools Female Orphan-House. - About the year 1791, Mrs. Tighe and Mrs. Este formed a plan for fostering and educating female orp...
Public Squares and Statues.
Public Squares. No city in Europe is supplied with more spacious and beautiful public squares, or so great a number of them in proportion ...
Private Residences
Private Residences Most of the mansions of the nobility have been converted into public offices, and have been already noticed as such. L...
Theatres and places of Public Amusement.
Theatres and Places of Public Amusement. In the reign of Elizabeth, plays were represented in the ball-room of the castle, by the nobilit...
Dublin walks and routes to Cork and Belfast.
Perambulations of Dublin Or Guide to all the Principal Public Buildings, Squares, Streets, and other objects which are deserving of the a...
The Law Courts
Law Courts Previously to 1695, the courts of law in Ireland were itinerant. Carlow, Drogheda, and various town the kingdom, occasionally g...
Public Offices
Public Offices. General Post-Office. - France may, perhaps, be considered as being the first nation that established a regular and sys...
Barracks and Bridges
Barracks. The foundation of the Royal Barracks was laid in 1701, on the north side of the Liffey, near to the Park Gate: they consist of a...
Commercial Buildings
Commercial Buildings. The Royal Exchange - is situated on Cork-Hill, near the Castle gate, almost the highest ground in the city, and...
Dispensaries
Dispensaries Of institutions of this kind, there are a great number; which with a single exception (the Talbot Dispensary) are supported b...
Hospitals and Medical Institutions
Hospitals and Medical Institutions Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. - Before the year 606 there was a priory, on the south side of the cit...
Fine Arts
Fine Arts Though Ireland has produced many eminent artists (painters particularly), yet the Arts are, comparatively speaking, almost in a ...
Trinity College Dublin.
The University. Though the cultivation of learning, in Ireland, has been of very early date, yet few traces of the literary exertions of t...
Dublin Castle and Executive Government
The Castle This edifice, which was built by Henry de Loundres, Archbishop of Dublin, in 1220, was first used as a vice-regal residence in ...
History and Geography of Dublin
ANCIENT HISTORY of THE CITY OF DUBLIN. The city of Dublin anciently stood on the south side only of the river Anna Liffey, an inconsiderable...
Various Dublin societies.
Various Societies. Farming Society. - This society was instituted in 1800, and incorporated by royal charter 1815. Its objects are the i...
The Bank of Ireland.
Bank of Ireland. This noble structure, formerly the Parliament House, but purchased after the Act of Union, by the Company of the Bank of...
The Dublin Society (now the RDS)
Dublin Society. This valuable institution originated in the private meetings of a few eminent men, Dr. Prior, Dr. Madan, and others, 1781,...
Cathedrals, Christ Church and St. Patrick's
Cathedrals Cathedral of St. Patrick. The Cathedral dedicated to this celebrated Apostle of Ireland, was built by John Comyn, Archbi...