News: Nenagh Guardian, County Tipperary, Ireland - 1875
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NENAGH GUARDIAN, COUNTY TIPPERARY, IRELAND - 1875


August 8 1875

Mr. CULLEN, Relieving Officer (No 2) said he heard old
Delany (the fiddler), who was down as 96 years of age,
got married; he had been in receipt this time back of 2s
6d a week, and he wished to kown if the relief was to be
continued to him. Mr. H. POE said that there was half a
column in the Guardian about him, and his marriage to
Shan Van Vocht. Mr. H. HEAD- I think that on a account
of his marrige with the little old woman he would want
more relief. Mr. SHEEHAN heard that Jack got a lot of
money by his marriage. Relieving Officer (No 2) heard
that Jack had £30 of his own, and that the wife brought
£20, so that he was enabled to lodge £50 in one of the
local banks. Mr. H. Head - If he had that money, how was
it that we have ben paying hin outdoor relief?
Vice-Chairman - When was he married? The Relieving
Officer belived on yesterday. On being questioned as to
the age of the bride, he believed tht she was only 70
years of age . And in respect of her lodging £20 in the
bank in conjunction with the bridegroom's £30. He heard
that such had been the case, but he did not know it of
his own knowledge. DELANEY was her third husband; she
was a fine strong lump of a woman. It was said Father
Joe Magrath refused to marry them, and then Jack truged
into Nenagh to get the nupital knot tied; and on his way
he stopped in a cabbin near Bawn for a shower, when he
lilted up " Haste to the Wedding' and had all the boys
and girls dancing like mad. Mr. KENNEDY (Relieving
Officer No1) said DELANY, who is a dark man, along with
being very old, fell some time ago into a fire, and had
a narrow escape of being burned to death; this was said
to be principal cause of his getting married, for
thereby he would have a person younger than himself to
take care of him. It was remarked that allowing the
twice or thrice widwed woman to be 76 years of age, she
would be still twenty years his junior. It was further
stated that Jack had a house rent free; that Lord
DUNALLEY, Lord Bloomfield, and others acted acted very
kindly towards him from time to time. Jack's name was
removed from the list of out-door relief.