The
people who looked after Carlow in 1910
Source: Carlow Nationalist Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Sometimes
when we look back on old photographs or articles in a newspaper and read
the names therein the thought strikes us, are there any descendants of
those people around at the moment.
It is surprising how many names are still
involved in the same profession or activity that their forebears were in
many years ago. It was while looking through old files on county
officials recently that I came across a description of Carlow in 1910.
Having informed us that Carlow was an inland
county, almost in the centre of the southern half of Leinster, just 50
miles south-west from Dublin, and the counties that border it, it went
on to give the length of the county as 30 miles and its breadth as 23
miles. The area of the county is about 221,000 acres, of which 508 are
under water.
After some more descriptive bits they go on
to say that some of the finest limestone in Ireland can be found near
the town of Carlow. This stone is specially adapted for monuments,
headstones, etc., and is said to remain intact for over 1,000 years.
There are 44 parishes in the county. The
assizes at Carlow and the Quarter Sessions at Carlow, Bagenalstown and
Tullow. Prior to the union Carlow sent six representatives to
Parliament, but since that period ended it is represented by one man,
the present and popular representative being Patrick Molloy Esq., a
prosperous Carlow tradesman, and as popular with his constituents as he
is with his colleague in the House of Commons. (This was after the break
up of the Irish Parliament and long before we got the right to elect our
own Government in our own country).
Ecclesiastically, the whole county was in
the Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin and in the Protestant
Diocese of Dublin, Ferns and Leighlin. The Great Southern and Western
Railway and the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway run through the
county. The population of the county is made up of 37,000 Catholics,
3,940 Protestants, 164 Presbyterians and 197 Methodists, Lord
Rathdonnell, Lisnavagh, was Lord Lieutenant of the county.
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The Carlow County
Council was made up of the following members: |
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Brophy, John, |
Miltown, Kilbride; |
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Kinsella, Patrick, |
Ballytarsna,
Bagnalstown; |
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Byrne, Thomas, |
Busherstown,
Carlow; |
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Deering, Patrick, |
Ballybit Little,
Rathvilly; |
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Kelly, Ignatius A., |
Knockeen, Glynn,
Borris; |
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Murphy, John, |
Tullow Street,
Carlow; |
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Foley, Michael, J.
P., |
Old Leighlin House,
Leighlin-bridge; |
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Governey, Michael, |
Wellington Square,
Carlow; |
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Hanlon, Patrick, |
Grangeforth,
Carlow; |
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Hughes, Edward P., |
Ballinabrannagh,
Carlow; |
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Joyce, Edward, |
Ballymurphy,
Borris; |
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Lyons, Patrick, |
Moanduff,
Leighlinbridge; |
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Kavanagh, Walter,
D. L., |
Borris House,
Borris; |
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Lyons, John, |
Hacketstown; |
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Maher, Patrick J., |
Ballyelin House,
Goresbridge; |
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Murphy, James, |
Castlemore, Tullow; |
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Murphy, John G., |
Belmont, Tullow; |
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O'Leary, James, |
Clingarron,
Clonegal, Ferns; |
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Ward, Samuel, |
Bagnalstown.
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Ex-Officio: |
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Breen, Patrick, |
Coolyhune, Graig; |
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Kelly, Patrick J., |
The Grange, Tullow; |
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Butler, Pierce, |
Coolmanagh,
Hacketstown. |
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Co-Opted: |
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McNally, Charles
F., J. P., |
Grange, Tullow; |
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Whelan, John,
Tullow St., |
Carlow. |
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Officers of the
county were: |
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Richard J. Keogh, |
Secretary,
Solicitor; Accountant, |
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James O'Neill, |
Clerk, |
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Edward Rogers, |
County Surveyor, |
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Edward T. Quilton,
M.A., C.E., |
County Solicitor, |
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Charles H. Thorp; |
Coroner, |
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Dr. Joseph J.
Nolan, |
County Analyst, |
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Sir Charles A.
Cameron, |
Assistant
Surveyors, |
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John D. Feehan, |
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William Young, |
Treasurer, The
National Bank Ltd. |
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Next we had the Poor Rate Collectors and
their Collecting Districts:
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Baltinglass Rural
District No. 2: |
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Peter Brown, |
Electoral Divisions
of Clonmore, Hacketstown, and Haroldstown. |
Poundage rate, 5d. |
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Michael Dowling |
Electoral Divisions
of Kineagh, Ticknock, Rahill, Rathvilly and Williamstown. |
Poundage rate, 5d. |
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Carlow Rural
District: |
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Thomas C. Nixon |
Electoral Divisions
of Burton Hall, Carlow Rural, Johnstown, Kierig, Balincarrig,
Clogrenane, Kellistown and Nurney. |
Poundage Rate, 7d. |
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John Dawson |
Electoral Divisions
of Ballintemple, Kilbride, Tankardstown, Tullow Urban, Tullow Rural,
Tullowbeg, and Grangeford. |
Poundage Rate, 6d. |
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John Keal |
Electoral Divisions
of Ballon, Fenagh, Rathrush, and Templepeter; |
Poundage Rate, 6d. |
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Thomas Doyle |
Divisions of
Garryhill, Myshall, Shangarry. |
Poundage Rate, 6d. |
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Henry Burgess |
Electoral Divisions
of Agha, Bagnals-town Rural, Bagnalstown Urban, Ballymoon, Sliguff,
Leighlinbridge, Old Leighlin, Rathoran, and the Ridge. |
Poundage Rate, 9d. |
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Walter Perrin |
Electoral Divisions
of Ballyelen, Borris, Corries, Killedmond, and Rathanna. |
Poundage Rate, 6d. |
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Thomas Ryan |
Electoral Divisions
of Clonegal and Craan more. |
Poundage Rate, 6d. |
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Idrone Rural
District: |
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James J. Kelly |
Electoral Divisions
of Ballymurphy, Coonogue, Glynn, Kyle, and Tinnahinch. |
Poundage Rate, 5d. |
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The records go on to deal with the towns and
villages of Carlow and the people that live in them. It is surprising to
see how many names are still in the different towns and villages that were in
them almost 100 years ago. I wonder did the councillors in those days
get as much hassle as they do today.
Conditions were poor at the turn of the
century and employment was at a low ebb. The housing position was
anything but good and the means of travel mostly the horse and cart, if
you had one. The people had no electric light and often very poor light
otherwise. Yet life went on and the people of Carlow overcame any
difficulties that came their way and lived their lives to the full.
I wonder if in 100 years from now when
someone reads an account of our own time and reads the names of the
people who ran the county, what will they think. Most of us think that
they are doing a fair job, will others think the same?
Source: Carlow Nationalist Wednesday, September 07, 2005
CARLOW 1911
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