Names: McCann Vs. The King.
From Pat Purcell Papers.
1815.
John McCann of Tullow in the County of Carlow,
Yeoman, on the Sixteenth Day of October in the fifty fifth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, of the United Kingdom of
Great-Britain and Ireland, King, at Tullow in the County of Carlow
being a man of disloyal and seditious principles and intending to
pervert the loyal subjects of our Lord the King from their duty and
allegiance contemptuously, maliciously and seditiously by disaffected
seditious speeches and arguments by him then and there uttered did
obstruct and hinder the liege subjects of our said Lord the King from
enlisting themselves as soldiers in his Majesties army in order to
deprive his Majesty of the aid and assistance of his subjects against
his enemies to the evil example of all others.
- John McCann found "not guilty"
- (signed) James Nowlan, for Self and
Fellows.
- Carlow Court 1816.
Names: Mulady & Roberts.
Pat Purcell Papers.
1815.
By the
Reverend Samuel Roberts, one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for
Carlow.
The
Examination of Lucy Mulady ~ who being duly sworn upon the Holy
Evaneglists and Examined saith that on the night of Friday the 14th of
April 1815 she lodged in the House of James Landiekin of
Leighlinbridge, Carlow, and saith that a Woman who calls herself Anne
Keenan [ ? ] was put to sleep with her, who a little before daybreak,
begged Lucy Mulady to rise and give her a drink of Water, she arose to
get it and at her return found the bed Greatly disturbed and her
Pocket taken from under the Bolster and Lucy Mulady being Blind felt
in her Pocket and found that she had been Robbed of Three Shillings
and four pence Sterling, and she is positive that the said Woman and
no other Person took the money and further saith that the said Woman
is quite unknown to her, and that she does not know her name~~~
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(signed) Lucy, her X mark, Mulady.
- Sworn
before me (having first been truly read to Informant Lucy Mulady)
this 15th Day of April 1815.
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(signed) Samuel Roberts.
[Note added 2012, - a purse was called a
"pocket". Reverend Samuel Roberts, Church of Ireland clergyman, was
involved in helping the poor of his parish, the following letter from
him is in the National Archives of Ireland : Reference
CSO/RP/1822/836.
Reverend
Samuel Roberts, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow: for advance of public
works scheme to build road through Coolcullen mountains.
Letter dated 16th July 1822 from Reverend
Samuel Roberts, Coolcullen Glebe, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, to
Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, expressing discontent at
delay in response to application for aid to help local starving poor
by construction of road through Coolcullen mountains; emphasises
extent of need of those in locality, many of whom ‘are assembling
about my door since six o’clock crying out for food’; in addition he
observes ‘now Disease is added to distress’
‘no
less than five died in one House with Typhus fever in the course of a
few days’.
Source: Michael Purcell
Transcribed by Friend of Carlow 2012.
Names: McDonald, Conran, Neill &
Whitty.
Pat Purcell Papers.
1815.
Garret McDonald, James McDonald, and George
McDonald all of Ballyedmond Maketh Oath that they usually reside at
Ballyedmond in the Townland of Ballyedmond in the parish of
Hacketstown in the Barony of Rathvilly and in the County of Carlow.
Patrick Conran of Hacketstown Maketh Oath that
he is a Householder and has a house where he actually Resides at
Hacketstown in the Townland of Hacketstown in the Parish of
Hacketstown and in the Barony of Rathvilly and in the County of Carlow
and that he is worth the Sum of five pounds Sterling over and above
his just Debts and that he Supports and Maintains himself by his
Honest indeavours and said farm Michael Neill of Ballyedmond Maketh
Oath that he is a Householder and has a house where he actually
resides at Ballyedmond in the Townland of Ballyedmond and in the
parish of Hacketstown in the Barony of Rathvilly and in the County of
Carlow and that he is worth the Sum of five pounds Sterling over and
above his just Debts and that he Supports and Maintains himself by his
Honest indeavours.
Sworn before Me this 2nd Day of July 1815
(signed) John Whitty
Source: Michael Purcell c.2012
1815
[Note added 2012 -
to explain how the Examination of
Maher takes place in November 1815 BUT it appears the trial took place
in October 1815, no year is stated on the Jurors return sheet except
to state "on the Sixteenth Day of October in the fifty fifth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third".
King George was crowned King on 25th October
1760 - so up to 25th October 1761 was recorded as the first year of
his reign, hence October 1816 was the 55th year of his reign simple
(or what?).]
Pat Purcell Papers.
1815.
Examinations of Thomas Maher, Sergeant of his
Majesties 101st Regiment of Foot now on the recruiting Service in the
Town of Tullow in Carlow taken before Edward Eustace of Ellengrove,
Esquire one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of
Carlow.
Thomas Maher who being duly Sworn on the Holy
Evangelists and examined deposeth that on the 16th day of October 1815
he saw a crowd about Michael Hyland's door in Tullow, he went down to
see what was the matter when John McCann of Tullow in a Violent manner
came up to him and desired him to quit the Street which he refused to
do.
Thomas Maher further Saith that McCann there
upon in a loud voice called him a Crimp Sergeant and warned the people
not to enlist with him saying that they were not for his Regiment but
~ that would be sent off and never heard more about.
That on the day following about the hour of
Twelve O'Clock Thomas Maher was with some of his party of soldiers
passing through the Town of Tullow when he was followed by said McCann
who in a loud voice warned the people not to enlist with him and asked
him was he going again to Crimp.
And again in a few days after, he met McCann
in the street he gave him the same language.
Thomas Maher is Convinced that the Conduct of
McCann was to injure the recruiting Service in Tullow as Many who
seemed disposed to enlist having declined allegding they would be sent
to the depot in Waterford and from there to battle overseas and not
allowed to return.
Thomas
Maher also Saith that McCann also abused him and called him a Rascal.
(signed) Thomas, his X mark, Maher.
Being first truly read to Thomas Maher before
signing.
Sworn before me this 4th Day of November 1815
(signed) Edward Eustace.
Source: Michael Purcell c.2012
Surnames: Malone, Cummins & Fitz Gerald.
Pat Purcell Papers.
1815.
Judith Malone maketh Oath that she usually
Resides at Rageran in the Townland of Rageran in the Parish of
Ballymurphy, Barony of Idrone East, in the County of Carlow.
(signed) Judith her X mark, Malone.
Be it remembered that the above-named Judith
Malone is Indebted unto our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, in
the Sum of £10 Sterling and shall appear in her proper Person to
Prosecute Walter Cummins of Inchenfookey for an assault and a rape.
Sworn before ME at Montgerald, Carlow this
18th Day of February 1815. Fitz Gerald.
Source: Michael Purcell c.2012
Next Year
1816
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