1889 Rev. Timothy (Criminal) McCarthy. Parish Priest Kilmeen. Triumphal Return to West Cork from Cork Jail. Jailed for Remarks at the Eviction of Paul Kingston. Testimonial in His Favour. Posse of Armed RIC with Rifles and Government Note Taker on the Train from Cork. Testimonial. Similar case: 1889 Dr. William Kearney Doctor Sunny Rock Rosscarbery 1889 Coercion Court, Rosscarbery, pubs closed huge throngs of people in the town, 90 police drafted in, Dr. William Kearney sentenced to Four Months Hard Labour. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qjLB_ciUBarJ0OatTgZc_MAyqs6RIFOVWvUmrs_01q0/edit … .,,. Testimonial. … .. Friend and Patron of Testimonial Dr. Eugene Crowley, Drimleague, Doctor, Medical Officer 1885 apologies for not attending the National Meeting of 5,000 at Ballydehob. Died 1895, aged 35, wife Annie, Barnahulla, Drimoleague. Attending the funeral of Mrs Thomas Dillon, Bantry 1892. 1889 welcomed Father McCarthy, P.P., KIlmeen on his release fromCorkGaol 1886 secretary and treasurer of relief fund for the Rev. Anderson a Protestant Home Ruler boycotted by some in his Drinagh parish. Jerome Beechinor, 1894, Reenroe House, Drimoleague, landowner, same time involved for Clann na nGael, G.A.A. Club. football matches. "The first sign that a committee was in operation came in February 1888. A letter appeared in the “Skibbereen Eagle” protesting the said Paper’s report of a match between the O’Connell’s club (a Drimoleague-Drinagh combination) and the Geraldine Club (Leap). The letter was signed by John J. McCarthy, Hon. Secretary with John Beamish stepping into the vacant position. There is no other mention of the committee’s members until November 3, 1888 when the full list of officials and committee members is stated in ‘The Eagle’. They were: Treasurer - Dr.Eugene Crowley Secretary - John Beamish Committee: Messrs John Maloney, John McCarthy, Denis O’Donoghue, Michael McCarthy, John McCarthy, Jeremiah O’Driscoll, Patrick McSweeney, Timothy Dempsey, Jerome Beechinor P.L.G., Wm. Collins P.L.G., and Jeremiah Driscoll. Although James Fitzgerald is not listed in the above committee, he is credited with introducing organised sports to Drimoleague. He was originally from Bandon but moved to the parish to live with his son in law, Dr. Crowley, in late ’87. Unfortunately not much is known about James Fitzgerald or his son in law, but we can be very thankful that he decided to move to the parish and help set the foundations for the Clann na nGael Club." Dr. Daunt Doctor, Rosscarbery 1888 attending the funeral of Fr. Arthur O'Leary, P.P., Ardfield Attending funeral 1896, Garrett Barry, Newmill, Rosscarbery, extensive farmer father of Edward Barry, M.P. "1894 patron and judge Cahermore and Rosscarbery drag hunt, ‘no appeal to a court of law’ Timothy Joseph (TJ) Canty, (1844-1929), 1887, The Square Clonakilty, son of Timothy, ed Endowed School, Clonakilty, Managing Director Deasy's Brewery, Director railway Companies, member Cork Co. Council. 1885 Clonakilty Skibbereen Eagle, 22nd August 1885 Regatta Committee. M Ellen d Dr. P. O’Hea, Clonakilty, Officer https://clonakiltyagrishow.com/show-history/ Clonakilty Agricultural Show 1901. Secretary to Committee Skibbereen Eagle 4th November 1882 for Testimonial for RIC, County Inspector Mills, Departing Clonakilty. Sampson T. Beamish, (1871-, 1895, Kilmaloda Kilmaloda House near Timoleague, Co Cork, was built as the country seat of the Beamish family 210-year-old country house near West Cork’s Timoleague, as well as some smashing stone and slate outbuildings dotted around, plus a walled garden, it’s a retreat where time has taken a bit of a toll, and where much of its once extensive lands that merited extensive extra buildings and staff, have been sold off. It was once the centre of a large estate of prime land around Timoleague and by the Argideen river, within easy striking distance of Kinsale, Bandon and Clonakilty, with Cork city and its airport a 40 minute commute. Extras ‘thrown in’ to the equation include 15 acres of land, 200-year-old hardwood trees and some ornamental gardens, stone courtyard buildings and stores, an old flax mill building, butter-cup strewn paddock, plus two acres of overgrown walled garden. There’s also the outline of the old croquet lawn down stone steps from the front drive, and a quaint mid 1900s garden/croquet house with ornate pebble geometric features inset to a cast concrete pagoda. The good news is the amount of original features still here, from sash windows and shutters to old floors, flagstones, tiles, fireplaces and matching fanlight windows, one over the front door, with a slightly smaller counterpart in the entrance hallway, by a very elegant cantilevered staircase and arched rear window. The old servants’ bells still give the occasional ring, in memory of times past. The less-good news is the sheer amount of space needing new purposes, from the many utterly original basement rooms to the enormous attic rooms under hefty original beams and slates, home to old nursery toys and suitcases that could be a century old. Back in its heyday, and into the early 1900s when owned by Sampson Beamish, Kilmaloda had up to six indoor staff and 10 estate workers. Irish RM writer Edith Somerville, in a diary entry, describes going by train “to hunt with Dick Beamish’s hounds at Kilmaloda”. Subsequent owners included the McCarthy Morrogh family, members of the Burnett family of the London White Satin gin dynasty House, Timoleague, mother Mannah Madras Descended also from Evansons of Durrus., listed 1922. Land owner and farmer. Officer https://clonakiltyagrishow.com/show-history/ Clonakilty Agricultural Show 1901. 1901 Subscriber Southern Star, 3rd August 1901. Among those were Magistrates, E. Barry, M.P., S. T. Beamish, Kilmaloda, M. A. R. Beecher, Ballyduvane, T. J. Canty, Bence Jones, Evans B. Crooke, Lettercollame, J. Fitzpatrick, Savage French, Cobh, R. E. Hodson, Bandon, H.T. Hungerford, Cahermore, W. Hungerford, Sunmount, R. Bence Jones, Lisselan, H. Longfield, Sea Court, C. McCarthy, Clonakilty, M. O’Hea, Rock Cottage, T. S. Reeves, Glandore, Colonel Shouldham, Captain W. T. Townsend, Rosscarbery, A. H. Smith Barry, Fota, F. V. Johnson Travers, appointed later, Butlerstown, H. B. Travers, Ballymacowen, R. Travers, Timoleague, J.Sullivan, Carrigroe. Clonakilty Agricultural Society. Vice Chairman, 1904 Timoleague Athletic Sports Attending funeral 1902 Southern Star 26th July 1902 of James Fitzpatrick, Poor Law Guardian, farmer, magistrate, farmer, Coolcrahen, Clonakilty. Signed requisition 1905. Cork Junction Railway Bill. Requisition Cork Examiner 8th May 1905. to the Right Honourable The Earl of Bandon K.P., to Call a meeting for the purpose of Approving the Cork Junctions Railway Bill. Cork Co. Council 1901, listed 1921, listed 1922, listed 1916. 1911 executive committee Cork Examiner 3rd August 1911 Carbery Show. Attending 1898, enormous funeral of Dan O'Leary, JP, aged 71, Clonakilty, probably draper 1911 Member Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Week ending Feb. 19, 1887. Car owner 1913. Mr. T.J. CANTY, Square, Clonakilty, has been appointed to the commission of the Peace. His brother in law Pat O’Hea https://www.jstor.org/stable/20750027?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Af05c545a163a91877e36ccfd1365d134&seq=2, Cork Solicitor secretary to Parnell Nationalist MP for West Donegal 1885-1890. Family home originally Ballygurteen Courtesy: Kilmeen Parish History, 1975 Dan O’Leary, Funded by Jerry Beechinor. later location of O'Sullivan's pub. 1906 Skibbereen Eagle 9th June 1906. on sub committee of Clonakilty to promote Irish goods. 1910 Evening Echo 6th August 1910 member Clonakilty Committee Feis and Aeridheach. 1911 everyone in the household has Irish. March Courtesy Courtmacsherry & Barryroe History Group, http://www.courtmacsherrybarryroehistory.com/southern-star---courtmacsherry-reports---1916.html. COURTMACSHERRY NOTES – SOUTHERN STAR. MARCH 1916. RECRUITING MEETING AT COURTMACSHERRY A meeting was held at Courtmacsherry on Sunday, the 27th February, at 10.30 o’clock under the auspices of the Clonakilty Recruiting Committee. The Pipers played some nice selections previous to the meeting and headed the congregation coming from Church. The following members travelled from Clonakilty, Messrs T. J. Canty J.P., C.U.D.C., M.C.C.; H. Hoskins, M.P.S. (Hon. Sec.); J. Helen, U.D.C.; John Rowan, D.I.,R.I.C.; S.H. Levis, Manager, M. & L. Bank; J. T. Wheeler, Agent, Bank of Ireland; T. O’Regan, Egg Dealer. Also present were County Inspector Tweedy; Capt. O’Driscoll; R. J. Ruddock R.D.C.; Capt. Hawkes; Johnson Travers; Lance Corporal Vaughan;, R.A.M.C.; Ml. O’Hea, J.P.; Sergt. Leo Wylie, recruiting sergeant; William Murphy, R.D.C.; John White, R.D.C.; J. D. O’Driscoll, R.D.C.; M. G. Hegarty, Thos. Brophy and J. Whelton, Currihy. On the proposition of Mr. T. J. Canty, seconded by Mr. R. J. Ruddock, Captain O’Driscoll took the chair. Mr. J. T. Wheeler (Agent, Bank of Ireland) said they had travelled from Clonakilty and they all knew for what purpose this meeting was held. (Hear, hear). He was not there that day to speak to them on any religious or political subject, but he was there to tender a word of advice and reason; he was connected with the people of their village for the last 25 years, he was acquainted with nearly every person around there. He need not tell them that England and her Allies are at war with Germany and other nations; they all knew that, and perhaps better than he did. They had seen and read it in the papers and had debated it in conversation, he need not dwell on the magnitude of the war, he said Courtmacsherry had done a fair share, but there may be a few more to come yet and assist. Don’t think, said he, that you are not wanted. He was often asked ‘is the war going on always?’ That shows a sign of slackness. He often heard people say when asked to enlist, ‘Sure there is enough of us there, England is beating them all the time’. (Cheers). But that is not so. They have not fought a battle yet on German soil. He pointed out the deadly contest that was going on at present and he would ask the men around him to go and volunteer and leave the men who are trained to go out, and help these poor fellows who are in the conflict. The speaker then pointed out that any man enlisting now was not asked to go to the front immediately, but would have to be thoroughly trained before he went out, but he would be a means of allowing those men that are trained to go forward; he asked them not to allow themselves to be put down as slackers. There is conscription in England at the present time, and the Irish leader asked at a public meeting that this conscription would not be for Ireland as there was no necessity for it and that he would get sufficient recruits. The speaker then impressed on the men around him to do their duty, and let their leader see what were the fruits of his undertaking. There were many young men who could play ‘pitch and toss’ and throw a ‘score’ of bowls who could be spared. He pointed out that the Germans were most anxious to get possession of their beautiful country. It was a case of a party going out and the bay and shooting wild widgeon, and taken away the good ones, and leaving the flappers behind. That is the way the Germans will treat their land too, they will take the best of it, and leave the waste there. They would not like to see a gunboat in the morning running along the little bay, so he asked them to buck up now and join – they could select any regiment they wished. He said he may be asked why he himself did not go or any other questions, but he was there to answer them all. Every male relative of his or his wife that was of military age had gone; and are now serving their country (Cheers). He introduced Lance Corporal Vaughan. Lance Corporal Vaughan R.A.M.C. said he did not come to ask them to raise a new army, but he only wanted ‘voluntary men’, so as to form a reserve for the regiments that are fighting and to uphold the honour of Ireland (Cheers). He asked them to go forward and to do the same as their friends and old Allies, Belgium and France, had done. He had heard quite a number of men saying they were going to uphold Ireland’s honour. If you say you are going to fight for Ireland, it is as much to say you will allow the German’s to run in – to say I will defend Ireland in Ireland is absurd, and the man that will say it, is making the greatest mistake of his life. In order to uphold Ireland’s honour we must go and keep the Kaiser at bay. What would they be if the Germans ran in? Where would their land and property be? They all knew that Germans consider that there is no better land than Ireland, and Ireland’s land they want. The Kaiser wants a greater coast line, he would then achieve the great need he has in view. Some of the people around have a bit of land and they should defend it and keep it. He (the speaker) was in Cork lately and saw a chart which was found on a dead German which showed every principal house and piece of land in Ireland was mapped out. Every fine holding will be given to a friend of the Kaisers 1916 recruitment drive Courtmacsherry. In the early years of World War 1 there was strong support from all classes regardless of religion or politics in Ireland towards recruitment to assist the British. There was hardly a townland in the country that did not have recruits. Additionally the farmers prospered due to high food prices. However at least in nationalist Ireland from mid 1916 and into 1917 when conscription was suggested the mood changed. Perhaps around 50,000 Irish born men perished for nothing, Ireland was a colony, in contrast another small Northern European State, Denmark was independent and neutral. It is thought that about 800 Danes died in the conflict. He was offered property by the Canty family for £6 provided he stopped selling Lane’s Bandon Porter and instead sold Canty’s ‘Clonakilty Wrestler’. March 1916 recruitment drive Courtmacsherry. John McCarthy O’Hea Bandon a Bandon solicitor his nephew. It seems that during the Troubles that when Lord Bandon was kidnapped he asked his captors to go to the pub and buy Clonakilty beer ‘The Clonakilty Wrestler’. His obituary mentioned that Cork Examiner 10th October 1929 he was a great friend of the fishermen.