Will: The Wexford Chronicles. January 1877 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Wexford Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Mary Heaphy THE WEXFORD CHRONICLES. JANUARY 1877 1st JANUARY. Mr. James Giles, of Clone House, Monamolin, died at the advanced age of 92 years, 1877. 2nd JANUARY. Lieutenant Edward Osborne, of the Grenadier Company, Wexford Regiment, died at the house of Thomas M'Corde, New Ross, 1812. Dr. Nicholas Archer, of Wexford, died, 1833. He was Physician to County Infirmary for many years. Mr. John O'Farrell, of the Cloth Hall, Wexford, died, 1834. His remains were the first interred in the then new portion of the grave-yard at the rere of the Franciscan Church in that town. Mr. Lundy-Foote murdered at Rosbercon, near New Ross, about 4 o'clock in the evening, 1835. The first birth took place in the Enniscorthy Union Workhouse, 1843. It was that of a female belonging to parents named Quinn. Robert Doyne, Esq., J.P., Wells, died, 1850. Sarsfield Colclough, Esq., died at Douglas, Isle of Man, 1855. He was born in DuffreyHall, county Wexford, in 1768, and is buried in Templeshanbo. Mr. James Kelly, farmer and miller, Edennine-, accidentally killed by the machinery of his own mill, 1873. Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Alcock, Wexford regt.y granted the honorary rank of Colonel, 1875. A barn and a quantity of barley, the property of Mr. Codd, Garryfilom, destroyed by fire, 1876. Captain Patrick French, of the merchant service, Wexford, died, 1877. 3rd JANUARY. Art O'Brien, of Killaligan, near"" Enniscorthy, died 1629. The male representative of this family was residing in Paris some few years since. The Countess De Clonard died at Vendome, France, 1857. Her Ladyship's maiden name was Crosbie, and she was born at Ballinagee, near Wexford. Edward Donovan Hill, Esq., died at Urrin's Fort, near Enniscorthy, 1861. Major Talbot, Castle Talbot, died, 1861. Mr. E. E. Ffrench, formerly of New Ross, died at New York, 1875. Great Floods in the county Wexford — the tide was very high at Wexford, the quays and lower parts of the town being flooded, so that boats passed through a portion of North Main street Some of the line of railway between Bray and Wicklow was carried away, and the mails did not arrive in this county for 48 hours. — 1877, 4th JANUARY. The Theatre erected by Wm. Taylor, Esq., in High- street, Wexford, opened for the first time, 1882. Joshua Roberts, Esq., Enniscorthy, died, 1843. — John W. Breen, Esq., of Slade, Tower of Hook, died, aged 67 years, 1847. Richard Boyd, Collector of Customs at Wick, died, 1866. He was a native of New Ross. A man named Coghlan drowned in the river Slaney, near Newtownbarry, whilst in pursuit of a pig that he was driving, 1876. Miss Julia Murphy unanimously elected Schoolmistress of the Enniscorthy Workhouse National Female School, 1877. 5th JANUARY. A man named Kelly murdered at Berkler, near New Ross, 1833. He was a workman in the employment of Mr. Deane. Thomas Redmond, Esq., of Lancaster Place, Wexford, died, 1851. The Rev. John Barry, P.P. of Crossabeg, died, 1868. He was Curate in the Parish of Wexford, at the visitation of the first Cholera in 1832, where he laboured incessantly administering relief and religious consolation to his afflicted people. Sandham Ely, Esq., of Ely's Walks, New Ross, died, 1861. The Very Rev. Dean Meyler, Dublin, died, 1864. — Mr. Motte purchased, in the Incumbered Estates Court, for the sum of £25,000, the Wexford and Bagnalstown Railway, 1866. 6th JANUARY. Anthony Colcloght arrests Edmund Rewe-a-Wall and lodges him in the goal of Ballyadams, 1549. Edward Percival, R.N., a native of the County Wexford, killed in action, 1813. Adam Loftus Lynn, Esq., of Inyard, Fethard, received a threatening letter, in which it was stated that he would meet the death of Lundy Foote, if he attempted to take some land in his neighbourhood, 1836. Dr. James Skelton, of Enniscorthy, died at the age of 100 years, 1844. The ship " Columbia," bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, wrecked near the Hook Lighthouse, 1852. She had a cargo of 3,800 bales of cotton, and 5,000 bushels of Indian Corn. Eleven of the crew were drowned, nineteen saved. 7th JANUARY. Brennan, the leader of the Kellymount Gang, killed, 1740. —The Kellymount Gang was a band of desperados, commanded by a leader named Brennan, that kept the country in a state of terror for a long time. It is stated by some writers that they were originally banded together for service under the Pretender. A public banquet given in Wexford to Jasper W. Walsh, Agent for Lloyd's, 1855. The late John Edward Redmond, M.P., presided. The American ship " Brandiwine," wrecked at Carnsore point, 1861. William Donovan, Solicitor, Enniscorthy, died, 1863. He was a member of the Ballymore family. Joshua Bobiear, merchant, a member of the Society of Friends, died at Enniscorthy, 1874. 8th JANUARY. Sir John Tottenham died at Tottenham Green, Co, Wexford 1787. He was succeeded by his son, the Eight Hon. Charles Baron Loftus. The first sod turned for the reclamation of Ballyteigue lake, by John Rowe, J.P., 1847. The ship " Caroline," laden with Indian corn, bound to Liverpool, wrecked two miles east of the Hook light house, 1852. Public Banquet given in Wexford to Major O'Reilly, 1861. He had served with distinction in the Pope's Irish Brigade. The Rev. Thomas Warren, C.C, Enniscorthy, died, 1863. The Rev. James Cumine appointed Rector of the united Parishes of Preban and Kilpipe, Diocese of Ferns, 1877. On same day, the Rev. P. Moinah, was appointed Rector of Killnahue, same Diocese. 9th JANUARY. Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, 435 acres of Ballywilliam, and 95 acres of Ballyleagh, in the barony of Bantry, were assigned to William Warren and Anne, his wife, at a quit rent of £10 14s 8 d yearly. 1667. ' The dwelling house and premises of William Walsh, farmer, St. Kerins, barony of Shelburne, maliciously set fire to and consumed, 1835. Patrick Byrne and Patrick Larkin were arrested and tried for the offence at Wexford Assizes, found guilty, and sentenced to transportation. Captain Hunt, agent to Sir Hugh Palliser, reported to be fired at on his way home from Wexford to Castletown House, Carne, 1847. It was generally believed at the time that he was not fired at — that some person was fowling near where he was passing, however that may be, Captain Hunt had two policemen to guard him until near his death, which took place a few years. afterwards. Maurice Leyne, a talented young gentleman who took a conspicuous part in the Repeal agitation, addressed a public meeting in Enniscorthy, on the subject of free trade and the encouragement of Native Manufactures, 1850. He was grand nephew of O'Connell. The Right Hon. Newton Fellowes, Lord Portsmouth, died, 1854. Edward M. Carr, of Camlin, near New Ross, died, 1858. Thomas Jeffaries, shopkeeper, Wexford, died, 1861. The Rev. Loftus Brennan, P.P., Taghmon, died, aged 68 years, 1866. The appointment of the Rev. Mr. Brennan to the parish of Taghmon, was the last made by the late Right Rev. Dr. Keating. Charles H. Hill, J.P., St. John's, Enniscorthy, died, 1870. A Rick of Hay, valued at £30, the property of Mrs. Mary Bolger, of Killabeg, near Enniscorthy, destroyed by fire, 1876. The fire took place early in the evening, and it was not known how it originated. Dr. W. F. Carmody elected Medical Officer of the Killan Dispensary District, 1877. 10th JANUARY. The Mayor of Limerick complains to Lord Deputy Bellyngham, that a ship belonging to the Port of Limerick, on her voyage from Spain to that city with a cargo of wine, was wrecked on the Wexford coast and plundered by the inhabitants, 1549. Caesar Colclough admitted a Barrister-at-Law, 1783. Mr. Colclough traveled the Leinster Circuit. A public meeting held at Enniscorthy to consider the advisability of improving the navigation of the river Slaney between that town and Wexford, 1832. Lord Carew, Lieutenant of the county, presided. Mr. Yignoles, C.E., attended and explained that it would cost £33,000 to make a canal from Pouldarrig to Brownswood, and from thence to use the river. The average annual traffic on the river at that time between Wexford and Enniscorthy was 56,000 tons. John Corcoran, solicitor, Enniscorthy, died, 1850. An accident occurred at Mill-park Brewery and Mill, Enniscorthy, by which two lives were lost — a young lad named Haughton, and a smith named Doran, 1864. A County Meeting in favour of Denominational Education, held in Wexford, 1872. Samuel Lee, of Barnadown, died, 1876. 11th JANUARY. Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, the following lands in the barony of Ballaghkeene, county of Wexford, were confirmed to Captain Felix Long, viz. : — 41a. Or. 16p., being part of the lands of Garranisk and Garry-Richard ; 104 acres, part of Garryvadden ; 279 acres more of the same ; 151a 2r Op., of Killiagh ; 156 acres of Monavarick alias Monanarick ; 22 acres being part of Tankenick and Tobberlonny ; 186 acres of Courtlongh ; 102a 2r Op., of Killdurant alias Killdarent ; 97 acres of Garrymore ; 14a 2r Op., being part of Ballyboy ; 72a Or 13p. in the northerly part of Owlertwick, with the mill-race to be cut off by an east and west line. — Total quit rent, £27 16s 6d. Inrolled, 1666. Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation there were conferred on John Shelly, viz., 32 acres plantation measure of lands in Keyer, Edermine, and Clonmore, at a quit rent of 17s 4d.— Inrolled 1669. Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation there were confirmed to Andrew Ram, 27a 1r 13p., being part of the lands of Bryanstown, in the barony of Shelburne, at a quit rent of 11s. 1 ½ d., and at same time, 53 acres, being part of the lands of Rathangan, barony of Bargy, were confirmed to Luke Browne, at a rent of £1 Is 5 ½ d a year, 1669. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Portsmouth born, 1825. Colonel Phayre, of Killoughram, near Enniscorthy, died at Southampton, England, 1832. A Tithe Sale advertised to take place at Ballyfad, in this county, 1837. The stock offered for sale belonged to Miss Kitty Forde and Mr. Michael Doyle, farmer. Though thousands attended there were no bidders. The ship " Hollyock," of Boston, United States, lost at Carne, 1855. The brig " Ulswater," from Liverpool, outward bound, lost at Ballymoney, when only one man was saved out of the whole crew, 1868, Mary Cosgrave, 60 years of age, found drowned in a river near Castlebridge, 1876. A Game Protection Society formed for the County of Wexford, 1877. James Moffatt, Esq., J.P., Ballyhyland, Treasurer, and Dr. Wm. Cookman, J.P., Kiltrea House, Secretary. 12th JANUARY. Art M'Murrough died at Ross, 1417. It was sup- posed from poison administered to him in a draught of water. Part of the County Wexford divided into Baronies, 1604. — By an order issued by King James I., the third year of his reign, a jury assembled at Ballyteige, (barony of Gorey,) to divide a part of the county into Baronies for the better governing of same. Robert Fitznicoll, of Ballyhearty, died, 1620. Lewis Miller appointed Captain in the Gorey Yeoman Calvery 1811. The ship " Soho" of Liverpool, wrecked at Ballynesker, 1814. The ship " Hottingeur" bound from Liverpool to New York, wrecked on Blackwater Bank, 1850. Same day the Russian brig " Geisler Adolph," from Koningsberg to Liverpool, was wrecked at Ballygeary. In both cases the crews were saved by the praiseworthy exertions of the country people.. Mr. William Kelly, farmer,. Garrynisk (Edermine) died, 1861. Dr. Pigott elected Medical Officer of the Glynn and Taghmon Dispensary Districts, in the room of Dr.. O'Connor, deceased, 1874. John Delaney, of Roslare, accidentally drowned at the Quay of Wexford, as he was preparing, his boat, to leave for home, 1876. 13th JANUARY. King Henry VIII. pardons the Furlongs, 1540. Henry the Eighth granted a pardon for all offences to William Furlonge, of Greseton, (Growtown), county Wexford, horseman ; to Philip,. Nicholas, and John, his sons ; — to Myas Furlonge, of Daveston, (Davidstown), same county,, horseman ; — to Thomas Furlonge, Bulganreaghe, (Bulgan) ; to Thomas, John, James, and Henry Furlonge,.footmen, sons of Robert Furlonge, on payment of £5 10s.. fine for all. — Extract from Warrants of Henry VIII. Hamond Cheevers, the owner of Ballyvaloo. Ballyna, Ballyclash, Knockbane, Ballyconegar, &c., died, 1626. A man named Michael Dooley murdered at Camolin, 1833. Mr. William Harper, of Yoletown, died, 1861. The ship " Idalia," bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, wrecked at Courtown, 1873. Same day, the ship "Polyxna" was wrecked at Baganbun, near Fethard. Mrs. Mary Callaghan died very suddenly in Selskar, Wexford, 1877. 14th JANUARY. Mr. Walter French, aged 104 years, died, 1701. See tombstone in Bannow Churchyard, near doorway leading to nave. The Eight Rev. Dr. Caulfield, Bishop of Ferns, died at Wexford, 1814. The St. Patrick's Society of Friendly Brothers, Enniscorthy, a Benefit Society composed of all religious denominations, formed, 1833. It is still in existence. John Browne, of Bigbarne, died, aged 88 years, 1836. A proposition for the establishment of a Fever Hospital at Ferns, in connection with the Dispensary there, brought before a Special Presenting Sessions in Wexford, by the Rev. Henry Newland, rector of the parish, which was opposed by one of the presiding magistrates, the Rev. Z. Cornock, a land owner in the neighbourhood, and thrown out by the Cesspayers, 1836. Dr. Boxwell elected Medical Superintendent of the County Wexford Infirmary, 1837. Prizes awarded for the best answering on Electricity by the Mechanics's Institute, Wexford, 1852. — At the course of Lectures delivered by Surgeon Lover this year, the committee of the Mechanics' Institute resolved to give premiums for the best answering on the subject of the lectures — " Electricity." On the evening of the examination, twenty-one candidates presented themselves, eighteen boys and three girls. The questions were printed on cards, and three cards were drawn and handed to each competitor. Any one not answering one out of the three questions had to drop out. This was repeated until the number was reduced to five, when one card only was drawn, and each should answer that question, the others being removed out of hearing. At this stage of the proceedings, the five were Miss Margaret Codd, (late Rev. Mother of the Convent of Mercy, London, and foundress of the House of Refuge in that city) ; Master Patrick Kavanagh, (now a Franciscan Friar, Cork) -, Master North ; Master William Murphy, (Master of the Enniscorthy Workhouse School at the time of his death) ; and Master Nathaniel Vicary, now in the Royal Navy. Vicary and Murphy were equal, and received Silver Medals. Miss Codd was awarded books by the Institute, the President, and the learned Lecturer. Books were also given to the Messrs. Kavanagh and North. Mr. Arthur Kavanagh, sometime a Member of the Wexford Corporation, died, 1876. 15th JANUARY. Lodowick Bryskett, Clerk of the Council, petitions Walsyngham, Secretary of State, that he may be relieved of his labours, as he has taken a Priory in Wexford for £30 per annum, and prays that he may be granted the allowance of eight horse and twelve foot soldiers, till he may take root therein. 1582. Gerald Kavanagh, of Parkeneswonck, died, 1625. Carolan O'Doran, of Tomneboly, died, 1627. Nicholas Whittt, of Kilgarvan, died, 1628. Mr. John F, Harvey, second son of John Harvey, Esq., County Treasurer, died at Skerrington, 1833. Charles Tottenham,Esq., entertained his supporters at a public banquet in New Ross, 1835. Alexander Moorhead, Esq., Wexford, died, 1837. Geo. Little, Esq., solicitor, Cullentra, near Wexford, died, 1852. Thomas Boyce, Esq., Bannow, the friend of the Poet Moore, died, 1854. The ship " Chattanooche," 1115 tons, bound from Liverpool to Savannah, wrecked near Greenore Point, 1857. The crew, 27 in number, were saved. Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., obtains a writ of Habeas Corpus in the Court of Queen's Bench, London, to bring over to England, one John Anderson, a slave who had escaped from the United States to Canada, 1861. The ship " Test," bound from the Mauritius to Glasgow with a cargo of sugar, wrecked at Mauricecastle, 1861. Captain W. M. Westeopp-Dawson, Charlesfort, Ferns, appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Wexford, 1868. Dr. N. Furlong elected Medical Officer of the Enniscorthy Workhouse, in the room of Dr. P. O'Rourke resigned, 1874. 16th JANUARY. Henry VIII., granted to Richard Butler, of Dormerstown, (?) Esq., in consideration of the sum of £25 13s 4d., the site of the Monastery of Augustine Friars of Ross county Wexford, together with tenements in Ross, held by James Courcy, Edmund Hopper, Denis Couly, James Travers, and John Browne, and land in Pollcapyll, in county Wexford, to hold for ever, by the service of the twentieth part of a Knight's fee and a rent of 16d yearly. Nicholas Roche, of Newbay, near Wexford, died 1637. Wm. Hope and Ralph James Hope appointed Lieutenants in the Clonegal Yeoman Infantry, 1822. It may be interesting to the play-going public of Wexford to know that on this date, 1832, the well-known " Ferry-Carrig Scene," was first used in the Theatre of that town. It was painted by a native artist, Mr. John Willis. The ship " Grace" of and for Preston, from Alexandria, lost on St. Patrick's Bridge, Kilmore, 1851. The Captain, Henry O'Neill, and one seaman drowned. Saint Patrick's Bridge is a narrow ridge always under the water extending in a curve from the little Saltee Island north-ward to the mainland. It is composed of large stones, like paving stones ; the depth on it at low water is from 7 to 10 feet. The town of Enniscorthy first lighted with Gas, 1852, Adam Sutton, steward to the Rev. Z. Cornock, J.P., Cromwell's Fort, Wexford, died, aged 98 years, 1858. The old Bridge of Ross carried away by a flood and great flow of ice, 1867. — It is not known as certain by whom, or when a Bridge was first built across the Barrow, at New Ross. Mr. Patrick O'Connor, of Templeshannon, Enniscorthy, died at his country residence, Ballybanogue, 1876. For some years he had a seat at the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Enniscorthy, and also represented the Electoral Division of Edermine at the Enniscorthy Board of Guardians. 17th JANUARY. A premium of £5 8s. was granted by the Dublin Society to William Webster, a resident in the county Wexford, for having during the previous two years planted 23,390 forest trees. 1793. Mr. Maurice Allen, of the firm of Allen, Brothers, merchants, Wexford, died, 1850. Mr. Philip Redmond, Notary Public, Selskar, Wexford, died, 1853. Mrs. M'Sweeney , sister to the " Liberator," died at Wexford, 1854. Mr. Patrick Murphy, of Kilmannon, died, aged 77 years, 1858. The Church of St. Mary's, New Ross, after undergoing repairs, opened for worship, 1866. The Very Rev. Wm. Doyle, ex-Guardian of the Franciscan Convent, Wexford, died therein, in the 46th year of his age, 1867. Mr. Thomas Codd, the Ring, died, 1875. He was a great admirer of O'Connell's, and during the Repeal Agitation acted as Repeal Warden for his district. The Rev. John Cold, CC. Crossabeg, died of malignant scarlatina caught in the discharge of his sacred duties, 1877. He was educated at St. Peter's College, Wexford, and ordained at Maynooth in 1861. 18th Jan. Queen Elizabeth orders the Lord Deputy of Ireland to issue a warrant granting to Sir Nicholas White, Master of the Rolls, the reversion of Dunbrody Abbey, county Wexford, 1569. Mr. Stephen Botce appointed to a Lieutenancy in the Scarawalsh Yeoman Infantry, 1811. Mr. John Corish, Harveystown, died, 1837. The Very Rev. Charles R. Elrington, son of the last resident Bishop of Ferns, and sometime Rector of Kilscoran, in this diocese, died Dean of Armagh, 1850. The ship " James Calder," bound from New Orleans to Liverpool, with a cargo of 2,000 bales of cotton, wrecked in Ballyteigue Bay, 1854. The crew were saved by the exertions of the inhabitants of the district and the coastguards. The Rev. Patrick Keating, Parish Priest of Piercestown, died in the Fifty-eighth year of his age, and the Thirty-third of his missionary labours in his native diocese, 1858. The ship " Versailles," wrecked at Roslare, 1861. 18. Mr. Michael Browner, a farmer, residing at Cam- Ross, accidentally killed by being thrown from his car, 1864. 18 A public meeting held at Arthurstown, for the purpose of promoting the construction of a railway between Wexford, Roslare, New Ross, and Waterford, 1873. Mr. Graves, M.P., for Liverpool, died, 1873.—- Mr. Graves, who died rather suddenly at a comparatively early age, was born in and closely connected with the county Wexford. Mr. Graves was the second son of the late William Graves, Esq., J. P., by Sarah, daughter of the late Samuel Elly, Esq., New Ross, and was born in 1818. He was educated at a private school in New Ross, and in 1848, married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Haughton,Esq., county Carlow. Mr. Graves settled in Liverpool, where he became a merchant and shipowner. The Austrian barque " Nanta," wrecked at Cahore, 1877. The crew were saved by the lifeboat of the station. 19th JANUARY. Wm. Furlong, of Horetown, died, 1636. The Parishes of Leskinfere, Ballycanew, Monamolin, and Kilfcrisk, ecclesiastically united by act of Privy Council, 1793. The "Town of Wexford" steamer launched from Wexford Dockyard, 1836. Elizabeth Shaw, aged 102 years, died in the old House of Industry, Stonebridge, Wexford, 1836. Mr. Robert Doyle, of Money tucker, died, 1837. The " Sultana" of Wexford, wrecked in the Bay of Wexford, 1837. Crew saved. Dr. Wilson, Enniscorthy, died, 1837. He was Medical Attendant of the Fever Hospital and Dispensary of that town. Public Dinner at the Portsmouth Arms Hotel, Enniscorthy, to celebrate the lighting of that town with Gas, 1852. The body of Denis Connors, of Tomgarra, near Adamstown, found in the river near the town of New Ross, 1864. Great fire at the Medical and Drug Store, Slaneystreet, Enniscorthy, 1874. Not a particle was saved from the house, and the proprietor had to escape through a back window into another house. The Italian brig " Yittorisso G," wrecked in the bay of Bannow, 1874. The crew were saved by the Duncannon Life-boat, which was brought overland a distance of 5 miles. Lord George Willam Loftus, third son of John, second Marquis of Ely, died suddenly at Nice, 1877. 20th JANUARY. Murrough M'Lysagh, of Ballyutumer, Duffrey, died, 1608. Boulavogue Chapel consecrated — the sermon was preached by the Very Rev. Dr. Cahill, 1850. John Sinnott died in the Gorey Workhouse, aged 16 years, 1857. He was only 26 inches high. Sixteen casks of Rum picked up in the South Bay, Wexford, by fishing boats, 1868. Public Meeting at Enniscorthy in favour of closing Public Houses on Sunday, 1874. Mr. John Jackman, sometime Stamp Distributor for the County, died at Wexford, 1875. Mr. James Barry, grand-nephew, and last male representative of "Saucy Jack Barry," the founder and first Commodore of the American Navy, died at Kellystown, near Drinagh, 1876. 21st JANUARY. The barque " Elerslie," bound from Liverpool to Barbadoes, wrecked at Hill of Sea, Rosslare, 1858. A Public Banquet given to Mr. Edward Keogh, New Ross, 1858. Dr. Howlett, J. P., presided. Mr. James Corry, of Newtownbarry, dropped dead whilst attending to business, 1859. The Right Rev. Dr. Sheil, Bishop of Adelaide, Australia, delivered a lecture on "Primative Revelation," before the Catholic Young Men's Society, Wexford, 1868. Captain W. A. Armstrong, J.P., Rathmacnee, died, 1869. He served in the 11th regiment daring the Peninsular campaign. Two young men convicted before the Magistrates at Duncormack Petty Sessions for tarring and sanding a young woman, 1870 William Izon Bryan, Esq., J.P., LL.D., died at Bormount, Enniscorthy, 1873. The Rev. P. B. Weldon appointed Incumbent of Kilmuckridge, 1873. Mr. Robert Pender, of Bachelor's Hall, died, 1875. 22nd JANUARY. Lands granted to James Underwood and Matthew Williams, 1668. — Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation the following lands were confirmed to James Underwood, and to Phillips, son and heir of Lieutenant Matthew William Snr, viz. : — To Underwood-in Ballynrush alias Bollinrush, alias the old town of Ballinrush alias Askerveller alias Dunishell, 248a plantation measure, in the barony of Scarawalsh, and county of Wexford, at a quit rent of £5 Os 6d. And to Williams — Out of the south side of Ballinrush aforesaid, 153 acres, and 56a 2r 26p. more in the south-west end of same, at a quit rent of £4 4s. The Very Rev. Dean Murphy, for half a century Parish Priest of Glynn, Diocese of Ferns, died at Wexford, 1867. The Countess of Granard died at Johnstown Castle, Wexford, 1872. She was daughter of H. K. G. Morgan, Esq., D.L. Mr. Peter Coghlan, a native of the county Wexford, died Postmaster of Galway, 1873. The Ven. Archdeacon Corvan, D.D., Rector of Enniscorthy, died, 1875. — The Rev. Dr. Corvan was born at Kilcormuck Rectory, (of which parish his Father was Rector), on May 4th, 1803. He was educated by his Father, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated. Two large Fishing Boats, the property of Mrs. Devereux, the Faythe, Wexford, wrecked on the Long Bank, 1877. 23rd JANUARY. The Rev. William Lamport, P.P., Lady's Island, esteemed a saint and prophet by his flock, died, aged 40 years, 1753. Richard Boyse, Esq., Bannow, died, 1793. This gentleman was brother to the Rev. Mr. Boyse, of Newcastle, county Cork, the patron of John Philpot Curran. Mr. William C. LeFebure, of the Wicklow Militia, died at Gorey, 1847. A great Tenant-Right Meeting and Banquet held in Wexford, Mr. Patrick Keating, Moneyhore, presided, 1855.Patrick M'Mahon, M.P., C. G. Duffy, M.P., G. H. Moore, M.P, &c., &c., were present and addressed the meeting. Mr. Wm. Warren, Clonhenrit, Camolin, died, 1875. Mr. James Redmond, aged 56 years, died suddenly of heart disease, at his residence, 43, Dominick-street, New York, 1877. Mr. Redmond was a native of the parish of Ferns, county Wexford, and emigrated to America when very young. He settled in New York, where, by perseverance and industry, he became an eminent merchant, distinguished for his high sense, integrity and genial disposition. 24th JANUARY. Nicholas White, Master of the Rolls, reports to the Government of England, that the County of Wexford was now peaceable, 1570. Lands in the county Wexford granted to Robert Thornville, Esq., 1666. — Under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation the following lands were confirmed to Mr. Thornville, viz. : — In Kayer, Ed ermine and Clanmore, 1,398 acres profitable and 98 acres unprofitable ; Ballylane, 916 acres ; Ballybrittas, (part) 249 acres profitable and 18 unprofitable ; part of Clanrock and Ballymackissy, 84 acres ; B allynenany more, 138 acres; Aske, 381 acres ; Ballyloghan, 43 acres ; Fortchester, 225a 2r Op ; Gurteens (part), 177a 2r Op ; Doyle's park in Gorey, 7a 2r Op ; Mullannagrogh (part), 62 acres, all in the county Wexford. Mr. James Curry, of the county Wexford, received a premium of £5 10s., from the Dublin Society, for having raised ten stocks of bees in the year 1 793. The Rev. Richard Hayes, O.S.F., Wexford, died, 1824. — Father Hayes was born in the Town of Wexford, where he received the rudiments of his education. When very young he went to Rome, where he completed his studies under the religious order to which he belonged. A Meeting of the Magistrates of the County, held at Enniscorthy, to take into consideration the disturbed state of a portion of the county, and to adopt measures for the suppression of midnight outrages. The Meeting resolved that the Police force of the county be increased by one hundred men, and that, in addition to the military stations of Wexford, Duncannon, and New Ross, the Government be requested to have soldiers stationed at Enniscorthy, Newtownbarry, Templeudigan, and the White Mountain ; and also, to have an armed vessel stationed near New Ross, in order to protect the county from the depredations of the Whitefeet. — 1833. Mr. John Sparrow, of Ballinclay, county Wexford, died, 1834. The ship " Shanaccadie," of Liverpool, laden with cotton, and bound from Brazil to Liverpool, wrecked at Kilmore, 1837. The crew were saved by the exertions of the country people. A Public Banquet given to Mr. William Gaffnet in the Chamber of Commerce, Wexford, 1850 ; Charles A. Walker, Esq., V.L., presided. Mr. Gaffney was for many years Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce. Mr, James W. Ricards, apothecary, Wexford, died, 1857. He was father of the Right Rev. Dr. Ricards, the present Bishop of the Cape of Good Hope. Laurance Galavan, Esq.,J.P., NewRoss, died, 1858. The Schools of the Christian Brothers, Enniscorthy,entered, by breaking the windows, and a large number of school books wantonly destroyed, 1859. Same night, the premises of the Presentation Convent of the town was entered, when an amount of property was destroyed, and a small sum of money stolen. Colonel Myles Byrne, of the French Army, died at Paris, 1862. — Colonel Byrne was a native of the County Wexford, being born at Monaseed on the 20th of March, 1780, and was one of those who had to fly his country for the part taken by him in the insurrection of 1798. Mr. Patrick Finn, North-street, New Ross, died, 1875. 25th JANUARY. Walter Cowley writes to Lord Deputy Bellyngham, to let him know that some freebooters of the Kavanaghs had made a raid on Corbally, in the county Wexford, and stolen some kine belonging to William M'Shane Nantagh, 1549. Edward Kavanagh, of Kilmichael, county Wexford, died, 1635. Stevens Goff, for many years Sub- Sheriff of the county Wexford, died at Enniscorthy, 1860. Joseph Harrigan accidentally killed near Gorey by being thrown from a car, 1864. Mr. John Furlong, of Raheen, died, aged 72 years, 1865. The Royal Mail Steamer " Armenian," wrecked on Arklow Bank, 1865. Eighty-six of the passengers and crew were landed in Wexford. Sister Anne Walsh, died in the Convent of Mercy, Wexford, in the forty-sixth year of her age and the seventeenth of her religious profession, 1875. She was daughter of the late Mr. Laurence Walsh, of Corlican. A labouring man named Michael Walsh, found suffocated on the road side near Enniscorthy, 1875. He had been drinking. 26th JANUARY. Queen Elizabeth, by letters patent, dated 26th January, 1583, granted to Sir Thomas Masterson, Knight, a Cheshire gentleman, the lands of Ferns, and a large district around. He was appointed Governor of the northern portion of the county Wexford. The Flag Ship of the Fleet engaged to assist and protect Duncannon Fort during the siege, went down in a storm off the Tower of Hook, when the Admiral and all the crew perished, 1645. Mr. John Gamble died at Enniscorthy, 1750. The Very Rev. Dr. Caulfield, P.P., New Ross, appointed coadjutor Bishop of Ferns, 1782. He was consecrated the 7th of July following. The military guards withdrawn from the Banks, Custom House, and Gaol in the town of Wexford, 1831. The barony of Bantry, and parts of Scarawalsh and Shelburne, were, during the years 1832 and 1833, very much disturbed by the proceedings of the Whitefeet, and some murders were committed by them, more particularly that of the Haddock's at Tomfarney. The Police force of the disturbed districts had been increased, and continual night patrols were kept up. On the night of the 26th January, 1833, the Police being on patrol duty in the neighbourhood of Adamstown came on an armed party of the Whitefeet, whom they challenged to surrender, but the Whitefeet refused, and one of them levelled his gun at the Police, but it missed fire, upon which some of the patrol fired, and a man named Thomas Gregory, who resided in the neighbourhood was killed. The shooting of this man, the execution of Redmond and Jackman for the Tomfarney murders, and the transportation of many others, together with the active exertions of the local magistracy, put a stop to the depredations of the "Whitefeet in this county, but they continued for some time longer on the borders of the county Kilkenny. On the same night of the above occurrence an armed party of Whitefeet attacked the houses of William Power, and John and Moses Nowlan, in the parish of Whitechurch, barony of Shelburne. They were threatened with death if they did not give up their lands, The Ship " Niobe," Wells, master, bound from New York to Cork, laden with Indian corn and meal for the distressed Irish, lost at the Keeroges of Cullenstown, Bannow, 1847. Mr. Henry Cookman, B.A., died at Monart House, Enniscorthy, 1851. Mr. Robert Hat, of Balinastraw, Enniscorthy, died, aged 32 years, 1862. Patrick Sarsfield Colclough.Esq., J.P., died, 1867. A young woman named Anne Neill, dropped dead in the Main- street, Wexford, 1877. She had not been complaining of any illness previously. 27th JANUARY. In 1668, under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation the following lands were confirmed to Alderman William Bridges, viz : — In Glanteige, 506 acres, being lands retrenched by Colonel Richard LeHunte ; in Crefoge, 228 acres, being also lands retrenched by the Colonel, all in the barony of Ballghkeene, and county of Wexford, at a quit rent of £14 17s 21d. The Rev. George Carr, New Ross, died, 1849.— Mr. Carr was born in the town of Ross, where he received his early education. He entered Trinity College in 1794, and was ordained for the curacy of St. Mary's, in his native town in 1800, in the Twenty-first year of his age. In the year following he married Miss Shaw, of the county Kilkenny, by whom he had a large family. Mr. Stephen Rea, printer, died at Wellington road, Liverpool, 1858. He was a native of Wexford, (where he served his time,) and second son of Mr. Stephen Rea, of the Customs, and grandson of Captain William Hore, of the 92nd regiment of Highlanders. Denis Doyle died at River Chapel from excessive drinking and exposure to cold, 1865. The Rev. Thomas Busher, P.P., Oilegate, died, 1865. Nicholas Ellis, Esq., who was for forty years agent to the Portsmouth estates in the Co. Wexford, died, 1867. Colonel James W. Stubbs, son of the late Rev. J. M, Stubbs, rector of Rosdroit, diocese of Ferns, died, 1867. A Medical Society for the county of Wexford established, with Dr. Goodisson as President, and Dr. Drapes, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, 1877. Objects. — the bringing together and promoting a kindly feeling amongst the Members of the Profession scattered through the County, and by collective action to advance the interests of the Profession generally, as well as its individual members. 28th JANUARY. William Sayntloo, the Seneschal of the County of Wexford, writing to Secretary Crumwell, complains that he has only 25 marks a year, and that he cannot pay the rents reserved on the lands of Davy Nevill and Jas. Ketyng, both of whom had been attainted for treason, nor the tithes of Kilmore, which had belonged to the Abbey of Tintern. He also complains that the soldiers allowed him had been withdrawn, and therefore he could not protect the county from the continual spoils, burnings, and destruction wrought by the Kavanaghs. — 1540. Sir Edmund Butler makes a raid on Ferns, and takes great spoil therefrom, 1569. Thomas Esmonde created a Baronet, 1628. Admiral Sir Robert M'Clure, the discoverer of the North- West Passage, born in the town of Wexford, 1807. William Boxwell Hogan, Esq, Wexford, died, 1861. Lord Woodehouse, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, visit Johnstown Castle, 1865. Two women, named Finn and Roche, suffocated in bed in Ballytarsna, 1868. The night being cold the women brought a fire in a pot into their small bed-room, and were thus suffocated. Mr. Thomas Codd, farmer, Harpoonstown, barony of Forth, killed by the wall of an old house, which he was getting thrown down, falling on him, 1875. 29th JANUARY. The Marble Altar Tomb of the Whittys, of Ballyteigue Castle, erected in the Church of Kilmore, 1647. — The family of Whitty of Ballyteigue Castle, was from Devonshire, the ancestors coming in the train of Henry II. to Ireland, in 1171. They erected the Castles of Ballyteigue and Ballyhealy. Richard Whittay was summoned as a Juror to Waterford by Henry III. in 1266, and Henry Wythay, of Ballytogh, was a witness to Aymer de Valence's emancipation of the Wexford Ostmen in 1290. Mr. Stearne Phillips appointed to a Commission in the Wexford regiment, 1810. The Rev. Peter Murphy, C.C, Ferns, died, 1854. Mary Catherine, widow of Colonel Fitzhenry, and daughter of Thomas F. Colclough, of Ballyteigue, died at Wexford, 1857. The brig " Panope" wrecked near the Tower of Hook, 1865. Part of the Old Castle of Ferns fell during a storm, 1865. Mary Grannell, an inmate of the Wexford Workhouse, died at the advanced age of 102 years, 1866, 30th JANUARY. Jasper Code, Esq., Clougheast Castle, Carne, died, 1587. Charles Douglas Ogle, Esq., appointed to a Commission in the Wexford regiment, 1815, The Poor Laws came into operation in the Enniscorthy Union, 1840. The brig " Fairfax" of Jersey, wrecked at Ballyteigue. She was bound from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, and had on board 470 tons of palm oil, 1850. The crew were saved by the exertions of the country people. The barque " Stirlingshire," laden with rum and sugar, wrecked on Tuscar rocks, when six of the crew perished, 1865. John Goodall, Esq., Willmount, near Castlebridge, died, 1875. The fishing smack " Fairy" of Wexford, run down and sunk near that Harbour, 1877. The Rev. A.B.Wilson, M.A., Prebendary of Timoleague, diocese of Cork, appointed to the Precentorship of Rosscarberry Cathedral, 1877. Mr. Wilson is a native of Enniscorthy, Mr. Daniel O'Neill, proprietor of the Pittsburg (United States) " Despatch" newspaper, died, 1877. Mr. O'Neill was a native of the County Wexford, being born at Cloughbawn, barony of Bantry, on New Year's Day, 1830. His father, Mr. Hugh O'Neill, was principal of a school there, which had been established by the grandfather of the present Lord Carew, and from which emanated some good scholars and successful writers. 31st JANUARY. Charles A. Walker and Thomas Walker, Esqrs., elected Members of the Royal Dublin Society, 1811. Mrs. Jane Teresa Frayne, Superioress of the Presentation Convent, Wexford, died, 1852.— Mrs. Jane Teresa Frayne, in religion Mary J. Baptist, of the Presentation Convent, Wexford, was a native of that town. At the early age of twenty-one she consecrated herself to the service of her Divine Master, and for Thirty-three years was unceasing in her devotion to the intellectual and religious training of the female children of the poor of her native town, many of whom had been snatched, as it were, by her teaching and instruction from the paths of vice and iniquity, and rendered good and virtuous, and in many instances, prosperous members of society. She was twenty-seven years Superior of the Order in Wexford. At the Wexford January Quarter Sessions of the Peace in 1836, there were thirty- two applications for licenses to sell spirits and beer, only eight of which were granted — two of them being for Hotels — one in Wexford and one in New Ross. There were then ninety public houses and spirit dealers in Wexford. At the same Sessions, Mr. Charles Tottenham claimed to be registered as a Freeman of the Borough of New Ross. Mr. Frank Thorpe Porter, (afterwards well known as a Police Magistrate in Dublin,) opposed the claim on the part of the liberals. Mr. Tottenham produced the corporation books which showed that he had been sworn in as a freeman in the year 1829, and handed in a certificate that he had been admitted as a Freeman in 1808. In reply to Mr. Porter, Mr. Tottenham stated that he was only six weeks old when admitted. Mr. Porter further objected that the corporation book should have been produced by the proper officer. The objection was over-ruled, and Mr. Tottenham's claim was admitted, but the Town Clerk was fined £5 for allowing the book to be taken out of his possession. End of January.