CARLOW INDEX '98

Carlow County - Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP TM)


1798 Rebellion and the
Carlow Holocaust

By kind permission of Susie Warren c2008


Voice of Rebellion - Carlow in 1798
Voice of Rebellion - Carlow in 1798: The Autobiography of William Farrell

Written by William Farrell and was first published in 1949 in Ireland by Browne and Nolan Limited, The Richview Press, Dublin.

This book is an autobiography of William Farrell and edited by Roger J. McHugh. William Farrell wrote his account between 1832 and 1845, when he was an old man. His manuscript consists of 187 parchment pages bound roughly between tattered leather covers. Farrell's express wish was that it should not be published until after his death.


"This account of the rising in 1798 in Carlow was written by William Farrell, and is an eyewitness account of its bloody events."

A copy of this book can be found in the Local History Research section of the Carlow Library, Tullow Street, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. It is also available under the title of "Voice of Rebellion", ISBN 0-86327-687-3.


The following names are recorded in this book on the pages listed.

ASGILL General . (pages 199,204-206)
BAGOT Jack . (page 16)
BANKS Mr. . (page 38)
BEEVOR Captain . (page 211)
BENNETT Mr. of Ballynocken near Leighlin Bridge (pages 51-52)
BERGAN Patrick . (pages 35-37,41,46,50,52-53,58,76,78,80,84,86,
      94-95,98,101)
BERNE John . (pages 80,85,92,117-118,122)
BEST Arudndel Caulfield Esq. . (pages 159,161,198)
BRENAN Jack brother in law of Paul Cullen (pages 138,147)
BUDDS Richard . (pages 96-101)
BURTON Mr. of "Burton Hall" (page 23)
BURTON Sir Charles . (page 83)
BURTON Counsellor son of Mr.Burton, "Burton Hall" (page 123)
BUTLER Sir Richard of Garryhunden (pages 83,138,156,158,209)
BUTLER Lieutenant . (pages 188-189,199)
BYRNE Matt of Rathvilly (page58)
BYRNE Mr. . (page 189)
BYRNE Laurence . (page 120)
CALLANAN Tom . (page 164)
CAREY Mrs. daughter of Sir Edward Loftus, sister of Lieutenant Loftus (pages 102,143,144,146,219)
CAREY Revd. Mr. of Mount FinnCounty Wexford husband of Mrs. Carey (pages 102,143)
CARPENTER Samuel . (pages 103-104,66-169,180-181)
CARROLL Michael . (pages 138,147)
CHESTYN Captain 32nd Regimentof Foot (pages 180,183)
COOKE Sergeant . (page 188)
CORCORAN Tim . (page 15)
CORNWALL Major . (pages 137,198-199,206)
CROSBIE Sir Edward of Viewmount (pages 109,123-127)
CULLEN Paul brother in law of Jack Brennan (pages 138-139,147-148)
ULLEN Garrett brother of Paul Cullen (pages 142,147)
CURRAN Mr. of Timyard (page132)
CURRAN Private . (page 211)
DENNIS Major 9th Dragoons (pages 159,166-168,180-183,195,
      198,215,228-229)
DONAHOE Mrs. of Clocristick and sister of Jack Hughes (page 142)
DONAHOE . . (pages 212-213)
DOWLING Joe . (page 16)
DOWLING Jim . (page 16)
DOWLING Patrick . (page 154)
DOWLING John of Graigue (pages159-161)
ESMOND Doctor . (pages 224-227)
EUSTACE Major . (pages 103-104)
FARRELL Ambrose grandfather of William Farrell (page 2)
FARRELL John father of William Farrell (pages 3,32)
FARRELL Tom brother to William Farrell (pages 19-20,32,76,80-81,86,94-95,98,101)
FARRELL . sister of William Farrell married to Andrew Fitzgerald (pages 132-134,142-144,146,148,150-152)
FARRELL Pat son of Myles Farrell (page 155)
FARRELL Myles father of Pat Farrell (page 155)
FARRELL Captain United Irishman (paes 224-225,227-228)
FAULKNER . 32nd Regiment of Foot (pages 182-184)
FITZGERALD Doctor . (page 87)
FITZGERALD Revd. William . (page 40)
FITZGERALD Mrs. wife of Andrew Fitzgerald, sister of William Farrell (pages 80,97,124,132-134,142-144,148,150-152,
      185,187-188,199-200,202, 206-207,217-218)
FITZGERALD Andrew married to sister of William Farrell (pages 96-101,103-104,124,134)
FITZMAURICE Mr . (pages 131,135,154,194-195,198-199)
FITZMAURICE Harman . (pages 97,99-101,103-105,129)
FLOOD Catty nee Hogan, wife of Paddy Flood (page 22)
FLOOD Paddy married to Catty Flood, nee Hogan (page 22)
FOGARTY Jack . (pages 16-19)
FOLEY Paddy . (page 16)
GERNON Revd. . (page 39)
GREENE Mr. of Killkey (page 216)
GRIFFIN Larry of Tullow (page 58,65)
GRIMES Tom . (page 15)
HACKETT Phil of Graigue (nicknamed Paddy) (pages 228-230)
HALL . 9th Dragoons (pages 212-213)
HANLON Mr. of Bagenalstown (page 138)
HAWE Mrs sister of Jack Hughes (page 142)
HENNIKER General . (pages 217-218)
HEYDON Mick . (pages 13,68-69,72-73,76-82,86-92,103,113-114,
      117,190)
HEYDON Dick Carlow Yeoman Infantry (pages 164-165)
HEYDON Richy . (page 120)
HIGGINS Lieut. 9th Dragoons (page 134)
HIGGINS Revd. Mr. . (page 224)
HOBART Revd. Dr. . (page 127)
HOBART Revd. Benjamin . (page 127)
HOGAN Catty married to Paddy Flood (page 22)
HOLLOGAN James . (pages 120,122)
HOWE . grandmother of William Farrell (page 3)
HUGHES Jack . (pages 138,142,147)
IVERS Peter son of Jemmy Ivers (pages 37-43,46-49,52-67,106,117)
IVERS Jemmy father of Peter Ivers (page 38)
JOHNSON Surgeon . (page 189)
JOHNSON Bob . (pages 215-216)
KEARNS . of Dublin (pages 18-19)
KEHOE Pat of Leighlin Bridge (pages 128-130)
KELLY Jack . (pages 136-137,190-191,193)
KENNEDY Phil . (page 159)
KING . 9th Dragoons (page 151-153)
KINSELLA Garrett first cousin of Paul Cullen (page 139)
KINSELLA Mr. of Tathrush or Ratoath (page 212)
KIREVAN Robert . (pages 105-106,127,170,173-174,177-178)
LANNA Mathias . (pages 200,202-203)
LOFTUS Sir Edward of Mount Loftus Co Kilkenny (page 143)
LOFTUS Lieut. 9th Dragoons sister of Mrs. Carey (pages 102,120,143)
LOWTHER Cornet 9th Dragoons (pages 131-132,184-186,189,202-204,206-209)
MACKAY Sergeant 9th Dragoons (pages 149-150)
MACOUL Finn . (page 19)
MAHER . . (page 94)
MAHON Colonel . (pages 87,90,92,97,104,143-144,146,150-151,
      166,189, 194-195,198-199,211)
MARTIN Sergeant 9th Dragoons (pages 109,111,163-164)
McCANN . of Dublin (pages 64-64)
McCORMACK Mr. . (page 219)
McDONALD Mr. . (pages 213-217)
McDONNELL Mr. . (pages 118-119,122,128-130)
MITE Phil . (page 227)
MURPHY Jack brother of Dick Murphy (pages 156-157,164)
MURPHY Dick brother of Jack Murphy (pages 157-158)
MURRAY . . (page 89)
MURROW Mrs. . (pages 214 216)
MYLER Tom . (page 126)
NEILL John son of Sergeant Neill (pages 155-156)
NEILL Sergeant father of John Neill (pages 155-156)
NEWTON Phil . (page 153)
NOWLAN Tom . (page 16)
NOWLAN Laurence of Ballinacarrig (pages 162-164)
NOWLAN Larry . (pages 170-172)
O'CONNOR . . (pages 94,95)
O'NEILL Revd. Mr. . (page88)
RANKIN Bob . (page 17)
ROCHFORT Colonel brother of RobertRochfort (pages 99,103,144-149,164,190-191,194-199,
      203,205-206,211)
ROCHFORT Robert brother of Colonel Rochfort (pages 203-204)
ROGERS Henry brother of Mr. Rogers (pages 53-57,195)
ROGERS Mr. brother of Henry Rogers (page 58)
ROGERS Captain . (pages 80-82,86,93,108,117-119,121)
RUDKIN Harry possibly Henry (page 217)
RUDKIN Henry possibly Harry (pages 103-104)
SHEENY Father in Clonmel (page33)
SMITH . grandmother of William Farrell (page 3)
STAUNTON Revd. . (pages 39-40)
STEWART Captain Leighlin Yeomanry .
SUPPLE William . (page 177)
SUPPLE . . (page 213)
SWAYNE Captain . (pages 223,226-227)
SWITCHER . . (pages 136-137,191,193)
SYKES . . (page 124)
TRAVERS Revd. Mr. parish priest of Baltinglass (pages 169-173,213,215-216)
WALL Mick cousin of William Farrell, on mother's side (pages 56-58,106-109,111)
WHELAN John . (page 202)

By kind permission of Susie Warren c2008

Carlow Holocaust


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