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"A ball and supper was given on Monday, of
magnificent scale at the beautiful residence of Thomas
Judkin Fitzgerald, Esq., at Golden Hills, to the elite of that and
the surrounding neighbourhood. Among the company was
-- The Dean of Cashel's family and party; Mr. and Mrs.
Philips Galle and party; Mr. Lowe, Kilshane; Captain
Warburton; Messrs. John and Thomas Butler, Ballycarron;
and Mrs. Maguire, Toureen House, and party; Mr.
Robins, Hymenstown; the Officers of the 10th Regiments
Royal Artillery, the Misses Massy, &c. "
Source: "Fashionable Intelligence" section of "The Irish
Times"; Page 2; published Thursday, 26 Jan 1860.
Transcriber's ref: 18600126Ar00202.pdf
"ARRIVAL OF MILITARY IN CARLOW. -- On Wednesday
last a squadron of that fine regiment, the Scots
Greys, arrived in Carlow, from Newbridge. The following
morning, one hundred men and eighty horses proceeded
to Kilkenny, under the command of Captain
Buchanan, leaving eighty men and sixty-eight horses
in Carlow, under the command of Captain Uniack.
-- Carlow Sentinel. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; Page 3; published Monday,
30 Jan 1860.
Transcriber's ref: 18600130Ar00300.gif
"Lady Judkin Fitzgerald has returned to Golden Hills,
from St. Ann's Hill, Blarney. "
Source: "Fashionable Intelligence" section of "The Irish
Times"; Page 2; published Monday, 17 Sep 1860 and
reprinted the next day Tuesday, 18 Sep 1860.
Transcriber's ref: 18600917Ar00214.pdf, 18600918Ar00209.pdf
"Lady Judkin Fitzgerald has arrived at Morrison's
Hotel from Golden Hills, county Tipperary."
Source: "Fashionable Intelligence" section of "The Irish
Times"; Page 2; published Tuesday, 17 Jun 1862.
Transcriber's ref: 18620617Ar00200.pdf
"LANDED ESTATES COURT
In the Matter of
the Estate of
Norman Uniacke, Esq, and
of Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
Uniacke, and the Rev
Thomas William Haddow,
Owners;
Exparte
The said Norman Uniacke,
Petitioner.
TO BE SOLD, before
the Honorable Judge
Longfield, on Tuesday, the
21st day of June, 1864, at
noon, at the Landed Estates
Court, Inn's quay, Dublin,
the following estate, held in
fee: --
Lot No 1 -- The lands of
Knockgorm and Ballymackibbott,
situate in the barony of
Imokilly and county of Cork, held in fee, containing 317a 3r
22p English statue measure, and yielding the present net
annual rent of £195 12s 8d.
Lot 2 -- The lands of Ballygrunna, parts of Monahraher and
Kilnasundery, situate in the barony of Imokilly and county of
Cork, held in fee containing 349a 0r 22p statute measure, and
yielding the present net annual rent of £181 14s 1d.
Lot 3 -- The lands of Ballynalabagh, situate in the barony of
Imokilly and county of Cork, held in fee, containing 386a 0r
21p statute measure, and yielding the present net annual rent
of £205 7s 11d.
Lot 4 -- Parts of the said lands of Monahraher, situate in the
barony of Imokilly and county of Cork, containing 62a 1r 23p
statute measure, and yielding a net annual rent of £60 19s 9d.
Lot 5 -- The House, Offices, and Demesne Lands of Mount-
Uniacke, situate in the barony of Imokilly and county of Cork,
containing 189a 0r 15p, and are of the supposed net annual
value of £166 18s 5d.
Dated this 22nd day of March, 1864.
J. E. MADDEN, for Chief Clerk.
Proposals for purchase by private contract of the whole, or
any of the lots, will be received and submitted to the judges;
such proposal to be furnished to the Solicitor having carriage
of the sale, on or before the 20th May, 1864.
The estate lies within 7 miles of the post town of Youghal,
and within 3 miles of the town of Killeagh, where Fairs are
held and where there is a Railway Station.
The estate lies in a ring fence, game is abundant, poor rates
moderate, land of superior quality, and let at moderate rents.
For rentals and further particulars apply at the office of the
Landed Estates Court; to
NORMAN UNIACKE, Esq, Mount Uniacke, Kil-
leagh, County Cork; to
JAMES BARRY, Solicitor having carriage of sale,
Youghal; to
Messrs NOBLETT and SON, Solicitors, South Mall,
Cork; and to
SIMON CREAGH, Solicitor, No 40 Lower Ormond
quay, Dublin."
Source: "Landed Estates Court" section of "The Irish
Times"; Page 1; published Thursday, 14 Apr 1864.
Transcriber's ref: 18640414Ar00113.pdf
"DEATH OF SIR THOMAS J FITZGERALD,
BART.
We have now before us the afflicting details of this
sad event.
Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, it appears, had visited
Dublin more than once within the past fortnight in
order to effect an arrangement of some pecuniary
matters. On Monday last, it would seem from the
subjoined letter which we are authorized to insert, that
that arrangement was on the point of being carried out,
and that another week would have removed any present
temporary embarrassment.
While in Dublin on Tuesday evening, Sir Thomas
Fitzgerald communicated by letter his intention of
committing the dreadful deed to no fewer than four
different persons, and pointed out the exact place where his
body was to be found. Ere those letters reached he had
fulfilled his awful intention. In vain one of the
recipients laid next morning the lettter just received
before the Inspector General of Constabulary -- in vain the
efforts of Sir Henry Brownrigg to intervene between
the writer and his self-imposed doom. While plans
were being organized to save the unfortunate gentleman
he was beyond the reach of mortal aid, for all was
over! After posting the four letters to which we have
referred he journed homeward by the night mail
train to Goold's Cross, and from thence to his
beautiful residence, and to his amiable family,
whom he came to embrace "for the last time."
He disarmed all suspicion -- the kiss of burning affection
was imprinted upon the lips, we are to suppose, of each
of the unconscious loved ones -- and then he walked
noiselessly out into the cold midnight air, to conclude
the last scene of this most painful tragedy.
THE INQUEST -- FRIDAY
The Adjourned inquest took place on Friday, and was
held in one of the out-offices at the Golden Hills. The
coroner, Tobias J. Morrissey, Esq, M.D., opened the
proceedings at half past twelve o'clock. The inquiry lasted
for nearly four hours. The place in which it took place
was crowded with the gentry and humbler inhabitants
of the surrounding neighborhood.
When the jury were re-sworn,
John Massy, Esq, J.P., rose and said -- Mr. Coroner,
with your permission before the commencement of this
inquiry respecting this most melancholy event which
has just transpired, I shall make a few preliminary
observations. I received a letter from the lamented
gentleman on the morning of the day upon which this
dreadful occurrence took place. As that letter has
reference to the death of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, I feel
it to be my duty to read for you a few passages from it.
Those passages will also explain why I came here to
Golden Hills on the day that the body of Sir Thomas
was found in the river Suir -- (Mr. Massy was evidently
much affected while reading the passages from this
letter.) The letter is dated from Dublin and was
received by me through the post-office: --
"Dublin, 26th April, 1864.
My Dear Massy -- I have a last request to make of
you, and that is that you will, on receipt of this go
over to Golden Hills and see poor Lady Fitzgerald, my
dearly beloved wife, for before you get this I will be no
more. God have mercy upon me and my poor family.
I make it a dying request that you will go at once on
receipt of this, and see what is best to be done * *
I go down to-night, on purpose to see my poor wife
and family for the last time, and then my body will be
found in the Suir at that part called the Pig's Hole,
near Golden Hills * * * I again ask you, as a
favour, not to desert my poor family till things are set
to rights for them. It is the dying request of your
friend, THOMAS J FITZGERALD.
Having received that letter, and particulary from the
intimacy which has subsisted so long between us, I felt
it to be my duty to come over to ascertain whether the
dreadful intelligence conveyed to me was really true,
and, if so, to aid in every way I could to fulfil the dying
wishes of my friend. Though deeply afflicted, Lady
Fitzgerald kindly received me, and from her and others
I learned the sad confirmation of my fears.
John Rourke examined: I am a native of Dublin,
and was living at Golden Hills, in the employment of
the late Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald; I recollect
Tuesday evening, the 26th; I received orders to go to
the train, and meet the deceased at Goold's Cross Station;
I went there, but did not meet him at the half-past
11 train; on the morning of the 26th inst I got orders
from Lady Fitzgerald through the butler, (as all orders
came during Sir Thomas's absence) to meet my master
at the half-past four train; I went, but he did
not come; Sir Thomas's eldest son, Master Joseph, came
with me; at the station he received from the station-
master a message which he gave me; it was to meet
the half past eleven o'clock train same night; I
attended to these orders, and was waiting for Sir Thomas
when he came out; he delayed some time speaking to
the station-master, as I had been told, longer than
usual; when he came within my view he was in the
act of putting on his great-coat; "are you there
Roarke," said he twice; "have you got the lamps,;
or "where are the lamps," I could not say which; I
answered, "No, Sir Thomas, there is one of them broken
for some time; I had no opportunity of sending it into
Tipperary to have it done; but there is no occasion for
the lights, as it is only the light of the train that is in
your eyes, and makes it appear dark; we won't want
them; but if you wish, Sir Thomas, I'll drive out until
you get out of the glare;" Sir Thomas said there was
no occasion, as he found it becoming brighter; when he
called me the second time. I should have stated, I
thought he was not pleased; I said to hiim "you
delayed so long, we must now wait until the train goes."
When I got on the outside car, Sir Thomas, as was his
habit, drove away, and I never knew him to drive more
carefully than he did that night. Up to this night he
was always anxious to converse, and he never spoke
until we came to Mr. Murphy's gate, about half a mile
at, this side of Goold's Cross. "Oh! Sir Thomas, "
says I, "how did the judges deal with Captain
McCraith's case, for yesterday was the day to decide
it;" he replied, "they could not prove it because there
was such a crowd there at that time; he appeared in his
ordinary manner, but not so chatty as usual; he
seemed as if he was not pleased with something; he
drove up the car to the back gate and went in through
the yard to the back door; he alighted, and went into
the house, and I did not see him alive afterwards; at
daylight, about three o'clock on the morning of the
27th, when I was an hour in bed, I was called by the
butler, Michael Burke, and told to look sharply after
Sir Thomas, as he had not returned since he went
out; such was her ladyship's orders; I went to look
for him; after searching some time we proceeded to
a place called "Pig's Hole," a part of the river
Suir; (after delaying some time within two or three
yards of this spot, I found his coat on the bank spread
out, the left sleeve turned out, his jerry hat was under-
neath; I beckoned to Michael Burke and he joined
me; we searched up and down the river for the body,
and I said there was no use in looking, as the river was
muddy; when we found the hat and coat, I told the
butler to look at his watch, and it was then a few
minutes before six; I went to Golden Hills, reported
the matter there, and by Lady Fitzgerald's orders, went
and reported the matter to the police at Golden; I rode
to Sullivan's house opposite to get the key of the boat,
and a pole to shove it on the hole; the junior
Sullivan did not take it up, as the body was found
before the boat came up; Pat Sullivan, his father, and
I came up along the bank of the river when we saw the
crowd running towards the place where the body lay;
Pig's Hole is fully half a mile from Golden Hills, round
by the bridge; I helped to bring the body home on a
door.
Witness (to Coroner): There were no markes of vio-
lence on the body that I could see; when stripping it in
the house I observed that there was white foam on his
mouth; no water that I could see was flowing from his
mouth.
Edmond Dalton, Esq, Ballygriffin, was the next
witness examined; I knew the late Sir Thomas Fitzgerald
well; on the morning of the 27th I came down stairs
between six and seven o'clock, and the first thing I
heard from one of my servants was that Sir Thomas
was drowned; in a few minutes after I got my post bag,
and in it was a letter addressed to me, which I knew to
be in the handwriting of the late Sir Thomas J
Fitzgerald; I have this letter in my possession, and if you
think I am bound to produce it I will do so; I will
abide by your decision; it refers to this unfortunate
event.
Coroner: I think it ought to be read, avoiding, of
course, any portion relating to family matters.
Mr. Dalton here produced a letter, addressed,
"Edmond Dalton, Esq, Ballygriffin, Golden," and bearing
the post mark, "Dublin, April 26, '64" -- the day on
which the letter was posted. The coroner read the
following extract from this letter: --
"Dublin, April 26, 1864.
"Dear Ned -- I am going to ask a favor of you,
and that is, that you will get Mrs. Dalton to break the
sad news of my death to poor Lady Fitzgerald. I go
down this evening, and my poor body will be found in
the Suir, at Pig's Hole, where all the salmon are taken,
near where the white thorn stump is that was lately
cut. The Lord have mercy on me and my poor family.
. . . . Yours Truly,
"THOMAS J FITZGERALD."
The rest of the letter was quite of a private nature.
It was in Sir Thomas Fitzgerald's handwriting.
Michael Burke, butler at Golden Hills, the residence
of the late Sir Thomas J Fitzgerald, was next examined,
and gave testimony similar to that.
John Massy, Esq, J.P., Kingswell House, Tipperary,
was examined, and gave in evidence the extracts
of the letter received from Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, and
which we have published above. Mr. Massy added,
"This letter is in Sir Thomas J Fitzgerald's
handwriting. On receipt of it, I came over and saw poor
Lady Fitzgerald, and found but too true all that had
been written."
The jury, after a deliberation of about half an hour,
returned the following verdict: -- That the said Sir
Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald did wilfully drown himself
in the river Suir on the morning of the 27th of April,
1864, while labouring under temporary insanity. --
Clonmel Chronicle.
A letter signed "Truth," in the Clonmel Chronicle,
says: -- The statement that the poor deceased was in
"greatly embarrassed circumstances," and "greatly in
debt," is much exaggerated. He was recently in
temporary pecuniary difficulties -- from an unexpected
pressure, but neither overwhelming or permanent. He was
-- amongst his many fine and noble qualifications - too
kind a son. He had made himself liable for debts to
relieve his father, the late Sir John Judkin Fitzgerald,
Bart, for the large amount of seven thousand pounds,
from which he never derived the smallest benefit, or
touched of it one shilling. He had his life insured for
several thousand pounds, so that his family might not
eventually be sufferers from his too great kindness to
his own parent, as well as for other purposes; also, that
"bailiffs were in possession." Why is it that the
darkest scenes in human life -- the gloomiest passages of
domestic occurrences -- are ever reported and delineated
the most faithfully? Yes; they were "in possession"
-- did such never before occur in honourable and noble
houses? -- but only for three days -- three fatal days.
It will be gratifing to friends to know that the
deceased baronet has left behind him large and valuable
estates, perfectly free from the smallest incumbrance.
His wife has been provided for with a loving and most
liberal hand, both by settlements and will -- in a word,
he bequeathed her all that was his to leave; and as one
more proof of his attributes as a fond and considerate
husband, and of his confidence and trust in her, he has
given his wife the sole control over his estates, and
nominated her sole guardian of the persons and fortunes
of their children. May I add one sentence from his
last letter -- "I will leave all to yourself what to do;
well for me if you had the management from the first."
The debts which caused him so much misery were
satisfied on Friday by Lady Fitzgerald. Would she not
have sacrificed her heart's blood to save him one pang?
Again I must add that ample funds have been left to
pay every creditor to the last shilling. The late
baronet was only 43 years of age. He was a magistrate and
Deputy Lieutenant for the County Tipperary. He is
succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son -- 10
years old -- now Sir J Capel Judkin Fitzgerald, Bart.
Residences, Golden Hills, County Tipperary, and
Cloghroe House, County Cork. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; Page 3; published Monday,
2 May 1864.
Transcriber's ref: 18640502Ar00300.pdf; 18640502Ar00317.pdf
"BURIAL OF SIR THOMAS J FITZGERALD
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
With deep regret we feel ourselves compelled to
notice the disgraceful and barbarous occurrence which
took place in the churchyard of Ballygriffin, on Saturday
night last, upon the occasion of the interment of the
above lamented gentleman. The harrowing details of
his death had been fully known; but it was not enough
that the shadow of death had fallen upon a home where
affliction had so lately dwelt, and entered with
mysterious and appalling effect, some persons, willing to carry
out a practice which ignorance and cruelty have
unhappily perpetuated, determined to treat the dead with
dishonour! even though it outraged the feelings of an
afflicted family. We learn that on Saturday night a crowd
of people, strangers to the district, lay in wait at the
churchyard of Ballygriffin, determined to deny a place
of sepulture to the remains of the unfortunate baronet,
who, in a time of weakened intellect, succumbed to a
feeling of extreme mental depression. The verdict of
the jury had pronounced that death was the result of
temporary insanity, and to every thinking mind, most
if not all, of the features of that melancholy event were
wholly irreconcileable with any other supposition than
that the mind of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald had really lost
its balance. It had been determined by Lady
Fitzgerald and the immediate relatives of the deceased
gentleman that the funeral should be strictly private, and
accordingly a few only of the nearest friends, and of the
tenants and domestics followed the remains to the grave-
yard, distant but a few perches from Golden Hills, on
Saturday evening. The body, however, was met, we
are informed, outside the gates, by the country people,
who at once said they would not allow the remains to
be buried. Remonstrance was in vain. The grave
they filled up with large stones, and after every entreaty
had proved unavailing, the coffin was borne back to
Golden Hills to remain until Monday. The aid of the
authorities to avoid a repetition of the disgraceful conduct,
the grave within the family burial ground was
reopened, and on the morning of Monday a large
constabulary force was present, and the interment took place
without further annoyance. We learn that a large
party of police is to watch the graveyard for some time,
day and night. The Roman Catholic clergymen in
attendance on Monday cautioned the people against so
barbarous an act as any disturbance of the remains just
committed to the ground, and it is stated that many
seemed ashamed of the outrage perpetrated on Saturday
night. -- Clonmel Chronicle. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; Page 3; published Friday,
6 May 1864.
Transcriber's ref: 18640506Ar00313.pdf
"Lady Judkin Fitzgerald, and her son, Sir Capel
Judkin Fitzgerald, Bart, have left Dublin, for Golden Hills,
Golden, Co Tipperary. "
Source: The "Fashionable Intelligence" section of "The
Irish Times"; page 2; published Thursday, 10 Aug 1865.
Transcriber's ref: 18650810Ar00202.pdf
"Lady Judkin Fitzgerald and Sir Capel Judkin
Fitzgerald, Bart., have left Dublin for her ladyship's
residence, Golden Hills, Golden, county Tipperary."
Source: The "Fashionable Intelligence" section of "The
Irish Times"; page 2; published Wednesday, 27 Dec 1865.
Transcriber's ref: 18651227Ar00231.pdf
"The Golden Amateur Band, accompanied by
several of the respectible inhabitants of the village,
proceeded to Golden Hills, the residence of Lady
Judkin Fitzgerald, a few days since, to welcome that
lady home after an absence of five months. The
band played several airs, and otherwise testified the
satisfaction that is felt at Lady Fitzgerald's return. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 3; published Saturday,
4 Aug 1866.
Transcriber's ref: 18660804Ar00302.pdf
"MDDLE. GAYRARD'S MATINEE MUSICALE
Mddle. Gayrard's matinee musicale went off splendidly.
The fair artiste herself played in her best style, and gave
unqualified pleasure to a crowded and critical audience.
Miss Bessie Craig sang beautifully, and is now a decided
acquisition to any concert room. Her voice has acquired
great compass and volume, while retaining all its freshness
and purity. Mr. M'Gucken also sang capitally, and
the well-known "Amateur" performed his part in the
programme -- and especially the andante -- to perfection.
Of Mr. Hemsley it is superfluous to speak. He sang as he
always sings. The recitations given by Madame Gayrard
added much to the life and variety of the entertainment.
We noticed among the audience -- the Lady Mayoress,
Lady Olive Guinness, Viscountess Gort, Anna Countess
of Kingston, Dowager Countess Rosse, Lady Athlumney,
Lady Cloncurry, Lady Ventry, Lady Muskerry, Lady
Musgrave, Hon. Mrs. Caulfeild, Lady Judkin Fitzgerald,
of Golden Hill; Hon Mrs. Smythe, Mrs. Geale, Mrs.
Fitzgerald, Miss Hort, Mrs. Henry Roe, &c."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 2; published Tuesday,
25 Mar 1873.
Transcriber's ref: 18730325Ar00211.pdf
"BY COMMAND
SICK AND INDIGENT ROOMKEEPERS'
S O C I E T Y.
FOUNDED A.D. 1790,
Under the special patronage of their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales,
And of the following nobility and gentry of Ireland,
who support it by their contributions.
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald"
[transcriber's note: names appearing before &
after Lady Judkin Fitzgerald's name have been omitted.]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 1; published Monday,
7 Apr 1873.
Transcriber's ref: 18730407Ar00103.pdf
"THE LADY MAYORESS'S BALL -- LADY JUDKIN
FITZGERALD
We have had the privilege of seeing two extremely pleasing
photographs from Mr. Chancellor's studio of Lady Judkin
Fitzgerald, in the Spanish costume, so much admired at the Lady
Mayoress's Fancy Ball. The artist has been most successful in
rendering justice to an Irish lady so remarkable for her grace and
many personal attractions."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 2; published Friday,
13 Jun 1873.
Transcriber's ref: 18730613Ar00230.pdf
"CONCERT
AT THE
SHELBOURNE HOTEL
ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN
(By kind permission of the Proprietor).
MDDLE. SOPHIA FLORA HEILBRON,
Who has had the honour of appearing before His Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of Russia,
The Emperor of Germany,
The Emperor of Austria, Signor Rossini, &c,
Begs to announce that she will give a
MATINEE MUSICALE
ON TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), July 3, 1873, under
the distinguished patronage of
The Lady Olive Guinness,
The Lady Fanny Lambart,
The Lady Plunket,
The Lady Judkin Fitzgerald,
Mrs. McDowell; Merrion square,
Mrs. Howley,
Mrs. Edward Geale,
Miss Hort,
The Honourable John A Keane,
Sir William Wilde
Sir Edward Lee,
Benjamin McDowell, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S., Professor of Anatomy, T.C.D.,
The Rev. Frederick M. J. Lucas, B.D.
The MacDermot Roe,
&c., &c."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 1; published Wednesday,
2 Jul 1873.
Transcriber's ref: 18730702Ar00118.pdf
"PUBLIC NOTICES
LADY JUDKIN FITZGERALD requests that no
person will shoot or course upon the lands of Golden Hills,
Knockalour Gorah, Lislorane and George's Land, County Tipperary;
also Cloroe and Knockphrane, County Cork, without her written
permission. "
Source: The "Public Notices" section of "The Irish Tiimes"; page 1;
published Wednesday, 3 Sep 1873.
Transcriber's ref: 18730903Ar00128.pdf
"LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
The assizes will open at Sligo and Mullingar today.
A meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society will be
held today.
Tomorrow the Commission will open at Limerick and
Enniskillen.
The half-yearly meeting of the Irish North Western
Railway Company will be held at Dundalk on
Saturday.
Mr. A. M. Sullivan, M.P., will be entertained to dinner
at Morrison's Hotel on Saturday evening.
This evening the National Gallery will be opened to
the public from eight to ten o'clock.
Mr. Justice Barry will sit in Chamber today to hear
motions for the law courts.
THE DEPARTURE OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT. -- The
names of Lady Judkin Fitzgerald, the Ladies Howard,
Lady Ventry, Lord Meath and Lord Crofton are accidentally
omitted in another column from the list of those ladies
and gentlemen who on board the Ulster yesterday bade
farewell to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and the
Countess Spencer."
[transcriber's note: remainder of article omitted]
Source: The "Local and General News" section of "The Irish Times;
page 2; published Thursday, 26 Feb, 1874.
Transcriber's ref: 18740226Ar00202.pdf
"COUNTESS SPENCER
TESTIMONIAL.
FIRST LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
ALREADY RECEIVED:
Mrs. Wm Dalton, £2
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald, £2
Viscountess Gough, £2
Viscountess de Vesci, £2
Countess of Meath, £2
Lady Kathleen Brabazon, £2
Lady Louisa Tighe, £2
Mrs. E. Ceceil Guinness, £2
Countess of Listowel, £2
Mrs. Cane, £1
Hon Mrs. Howard, £2
The Ladies Howard, £2
Lady Clermont, £2
Lady Coey, £2
Marchioness of Kildare, £2
Lady Alice Fitzgerald, £1
Lady Eva Fitzgerald, £1
Lady Mabel Fitzgerald, £1"
[transcriber's note: remainder of long list of names omitted]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 7; published Thursday,
16 Apr 1874.
Transcriber's ref: 18740416Ar00700.pdf
"Lady Judkin FitzGerald has arrived in Dublin from
England."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 2; published Monday,
20 Apr 1874.
Transcriber's ref: 18740420Ar00209.pdf
"THE LORD MAYOR'S BALL
Attendees:
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald"
[transcriber's note: long list of names prior to and after
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald's name omitted]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 3; published Wednesday,
29 Apr 1874.
Transcriber's ref: 18740429Ar00300.pdf
"STEWART'S INSTITUTE FOR IMBECILES
On Thursday the annual meeting of the friends and
supporters of the above institution was held in the
Molesworth Hall, in which were displayed many
samples of work executed by the inmates. . . .
Since last report several kind friends have interested
themselves in a practical manner, by bringing articles
of an amusing and instructive character to the
children, amongst whom I may particularly mention: --
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald, Golden Hills, Co Tipperary; . . ."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 6; published Saturday,
30 Jan 1875.
Transcriber's ref: 18750130Ar00600.pdf
"THE VICEREGAL COURT.
His Grace the Lord Lieutenant, K. G. and the Lady
Georgiana Hamilton, gave a dinner party last evening
at the Castle. The following had the honour of receiving
invitations --
The Earl and Countess of Meath, and Lady K. Brabazon,
Lord and Lady Brabazon, Lady and Hon. Miss De Roe,
the Lord Chancellor and Mrs. Ball, Lord and Lady
O'Hagan, Lady Judkin Fitzgerald, . . ."
Source: The "Fashion and Varieties" section of "The Irish
Times"; page 2; published Thursday, 25 Feb 1875.
Transcriber's ref: 18750225Ar00207.pdf
"STEWART INSTITUTION FOR IMBECILE
CHILDREN
A BAZAAR AND SALE OF WORK
For the benefit of the
BUILDING FUND
of the above Institution,
Will be held
On THURSDAY, 20th APRIL, 1876,
In the Glass Building of the
EXHIBITION PALACE.
The Bazaar will be open both Day and Evening, and
Military Bands will attend.
PATRONESSES: --
Lady Georgiana Hamilton
The Countess of Charlemont
Lady Clermont
Lady Rachel Butler
Lady Judkin Fitzgerald
Hon Mrs Brooke
Hon Mrs Hill
Hon Mrs Rowley
Hon Mrs Barrell
Mrs Henry Roe, jun
Mrs Putland
Mrs E C S Cole
Mrs Cope
Mrs Eccles
Mrs Kavanagh
Mrs Riall
Mrs Westby
Mrs Hyde Clarke
The following ladies have kindly consented to preside
over tables, or to receive work: --
Lady Rachel Butler, Drumcondra Castle; Mrs Stewart,
75 Eccles street; Mrs Kidd, 30 Merrion square, S;
Miss Parker, 40 Upper Rathmines; Miss Franklin, 42
Lower Baggot street; Mrs Johnson, 13 Mellifont
avenue, Kingstown; Mrs E C S Cole, The Castle,
Leixlip; Mrs Colvill, Coolock House; MIss Pim, 3
Florence terrace, Bray; the Misses Hogg, Craigmore,
Blackrock; Mrs Moore, 6 Emorville, South Circular
road; Mrs Pigott, Ryevale, Leixlip; Mrs Huband, 30
Upper Mount street; Mrs O'Brien Butler, 90 Leinster
road; Mrs R Purefoy, 53 Rathmines road; Mrs Thompson,
13 Fitzwilliam place.
This is the first Sale undertaken for the Institution
since its establishment, and as funds are most urgently
required to complete the new building, the friends of
the Institution are invited to cooperate in making it a
success.
Ladies contributing Five Guineas worth of Work will
be entitled to a Life vote.
Ladies presiding over tables, and disposing of Twenty
Guineas worth of Work, will also be entitlted to a Life
vote.
Contributions of work, fruit, flowers, &c., are earnestly
solicited. All communiations may be addressed to the
Secretary, at the Offices,
40 Molesworth street, Dublin."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 1; published Monday,
27 Mar 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18760327Ar00110.pdf
"CHARGES AGAINST AN IRISH BARONET.
Sir Capel Fitzgerald, Bart., was brought up on a
warrant at Guildhall yesterday before Alderman
Lusk, from Scarborough, on the charge of obtaining
£180 by false pretences from Mr. H. E. Crowe
of London. Mr Chapman, of the firm of Chapman
& Lee, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Wontner for the defence. Mr. Chapman said that
as the prosecutor was in the country he wished a
remand.
Alderman Lusk -- But I can't go and lock a man
up without knowing some of the facts.
Detective Serjeant Randell then deposed to having
received a warrant for the prisoner's apprehension.
He went to Scarborough on the previous day, and
then found the prisoner in custody.
After some further consultation between the
solicitors and the Bench, the case was remanded until
today.
The accused denies the fraud. He says he had borrowed
£250, and promised to pay back £180, the sum for
which the warrant had been granted, and that of
this he had already repaid £30. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 5; published Saturday,
21 Oct 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18761021Ar00526.pdf; 18761021Ar00526.gif.
"(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
(BY IRISH TIMES WIRE.)
153 FLEET STREET, LONDON,
MONDAY NIGHT.
Sir Joseph Capel Judkin Fitzgerald, the
young baronet who was charged on Saturday
at the Guildhall with obtaining a large sum of
money by means of alleged misrepresentations
but who, despite some pertinacity on the part
of Sir Andrew Lusk, alderman and magistrate
succeeded in satisfying the prosecutor that he
had offended indiscretion only through, and in
ignorance of the law, has been adjudged a
bankrupt, and his "first hearing" will come
before the court on the 17th of November.
Sir Joseph appears to be partial to the English
Metropolitan Courts. Some two years ago, as
well as I can remember, he was fined at the
Marlborough street Police Bureau, 20s,
for acting the part of an amateur cab driver,
plying for hire without a licence. This eccentric
young gentleman is the son of the late Sir
Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, who drowned
himself in 1874, in the River Suir, near his own
residence, Golden Hills, County Tipperary."
[Transcriber's note: Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald
drowned himself in 1864, not 1874 as the article
above states. I could find no published newspaper
article in The Irish Times to verify the reporter's
assertion that Sir Joseph Capel Judkin Fitzgerald
had been previously fined circa 1874 for masquerading
as a cab driver plying for hire without a license;
perhaps this allegation is true, perhaps not.]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 5; published Tuesday,
24 Oct 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18761024Ar003.gif.
"BANKRUPTCY OF SIR CAPEL JUDKIN
FITZGERALD, BART.
At the Bankruptcy Court, Westminster, yesterday,
a first meeting was held for proof of debt and
choice of trustee to the estate under the bankruptcy
of Sir Capel J. Fitzgerald, Bart. The bankrupt
adjudicated on the 17th of October, and is described as
of 5 Pall Mall place. He was examined in reference
to the proof of Lady Fitzgerald for £1,100, and stated
that the money was advanced since he came of age
in August, 1874. He was also indebeted to her in the
sum of £1,210 or £1,300, for which she held security
in the shape of mortgage on his estates. The greater
part of the money that he owed was incurred before
coming of age, and ratified since by him. In cross-
examination he stated that he had no doubt but that
Lady Fitzgerald had kept a strict account of all
moneys advanced to him. Most of the debts were
for money borrowed from the Jews at 40 to 60 per
cent, and had really been paid in full. On the
suggestion of the Registrar it was finally agreed that the
meeting should be adjourned for a month, to enable
Lady Fitzgerald to deliver an account of moneys paid
by her. Mr. J. Lumley appeared on behalf of the
petitioning creditors. The liabilities are estimated
at upwards of £50,000, but the greater portion of it is
said to be secured."
[Transcriber's note: Despite the above article
referring to him only as "Sir Capel" rather
than "Sir Joseph Capel", based on the well
established birthdate of 9 Aug 1853* for the
4th Baronet Sir Joseph Capel Judkin Fitzgerald,
there can be no doubt that the "Sir Capel"
referred to in the article and the 4th Baronet
Sir Joseph Capel Judkin Fitzgerald are one and
the same for the above article also mentions that
"he came of age in August, 1874" or in other words
was born in Aug 1853 and reached age 21 in Aug 1874.]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 5; published Wednesday,
8 Nov 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18761108Ar00511.pdf; 18761108Ar00507.pdf;
18761108Ar00511.gif
*"The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal..."; p. 356.
"BANKRUPTCY OF SIR CAPEL FITZGERALD.
The second meeting of the creditors of Sir Capel
Fitzgerald was held yesterday in the Bankruptcy
Court, London. The claim of Lady Judkin Fitzgerald
was proved and admitted. It will be recollected
that she had advanced large sums of money in efforts
to rescue her son from London money dealers, whose
demands on account of debts contracted during his
minority he had honourably ratified the moment he
became of age."
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 5; published Wednesday,
6 Dec 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18761206Ar00519.pdf
"OCTOBER.
. . .
17. The foundation stone of the new Post Office in
Georges square, Glasgow, is laid by the Prince of
Wales, with Masonic honours. Bankruptcy of
Sir Capel Judkin Fitzgerald, Bart.
. . ."
Source: In the "Events of the Year 1876" section of "The
Irish Times"; page 6; published 29 Dec 1876.
Transcriber's ref: 18761229Ar00605.pdf; 18761229Ar00605.gif
"SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST
AN IRISH BARONET.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESONDENT.)
LONDON, SATURDAY.
Sir Joseph Capel Fitzgerald, Bart, residing at
the Southampton Hotel, Surbiton, Surrey, was
brought up on a warrant before Mr. Mansfield,
charged with stealing two diamond stars and other
article of jeweliery, value £400, the property of
Susan Stevens.
Mr. George Lewis, solicitor, who prosecuted, said
it was hardly possible to state the feeling of indignation
which must be felt for a man who stood in
the position of the prisoner. He made the
acquaintance of the prosecutrix, and it was alleged he
had robbed her of her personal jewellery, valued at
£400. A reward had been offered for the prisoner's
apprehension, and she afterwards heard that he was
at a hotel at Surbiton. The prosecutrix was now
at Peterborough, and as it would be impossible for
her to be present then, he should read her information
and ask for a remand.
The information of the prosecutrix was as follows: --
"I live at 36 Westbourne Park Villas. I
have known Sir Capel Fitzgerald, Bart, very
slightly but intimately during the last six weeks,
and during that period he visited my house. I
accompanied him to Paris on the 14th of June, and
stopped there with him eight days, returning to
London on the morning of the 25th of June. In
my trunk I had placed my jewellery and a case
consisting of two diamond stars, a pair of
diamond earrings, a pair of pearl and diamond
earrings, a diamond bracelet, and other ornaments,
valued at about £400. Four or five hours after
my arrival I missed the said jewellery, which had
been ???fly put into my trunk. Sir Capel
Fitzgerald accompanied me to my house where the
trunk was, but he left the house. The same evening
I charged him with having stolen the property.
He admitted that he had taken it, and pressed me
to wait until Friday, when he would bring it back,
and he subsequently asked me to wait until the
following Monday, which I did, resolving, however,
to prosecute him even if he did bring back the
property. He has never returned it, and has not since
been to my house. I have made inquiries, and
ascertained that he has left the house where he
was residing last Friday, and absconded. Before he
did so he wrote to me letters in which he states --
"You do not know what temptation is, especially
if you are with anyone you care for." I pray a
warrant for his arrest for the felony. Sir Capel
Fitzgerald has no house, and I do not know his
address."
The first letter read by Mr. Lewis to the court
commenced, "My darling," and went on to say that
the things would be brought back on the following
Monday, and was signed "Capel." The next
dated from Long's Hotel, New Bond street, was as
follows: -- "Emmmie, what must you think of me,
and what can I say in palliation? If you knew all
perhaps you would not be so hard, but I do not
know whether you are or not, as you have not said
a word. I wish you had; it would be preferable to
your silence. God is my judge, I love you better
than any one in this world, or have ever done. My
darling, can you forgive me? I can never myself.
However, on Friday all will be made right, and you
then, perhaps, to a certain extent will forgive me.
Shall I come to you, Emmie? I do not know
how to face those eyes of yours -- Yours always,
"Capel"
The third letter was written from his hotel, and
received by the prosecutrix: --
"MY DARLING EMMIE -- "No rooms at the Great
Western except sitting and bedrooms, so have got
a room in 23 on the second floor. I shall see you if you
like tomorrow, and on Friday all will be right. I
do love you so much, and you must know it,
darling. I am and shall be so lonely without you.
-- Yours ever and always, "Capel"
Mr. Lewis intimated that he could not proceed
further with the case, and the prisoner was
accordingly remanded.
He left the dock without saying anything. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 5; published Monday,
8 Jul 1878. Exact same article reprinted in "The
Weekly Irish Times"; page 1; Saturday, 13 Jul 1878.
Transcriber's ref: 18780708Ar00504.pdf; 18780713Ar00000.gif.
"THE CHARGE AGAINST SIR
CAPEL FITZGERALD.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LONDON, WEDNESDAY.
At Marylebone Police court yesterday, Sir Capel
Fitzgerald, Bart, aged 25, described as of South-
ampton Hotel, Surbiton, was charged on remand,
before Mr. Cooke, with stealing on June 25th a
number of articles of jewellery, value £400, the
property of Susan Stevens.
Mr George Lewis prosecuted, and Mr Douglas
Straight appeared for the prisoner.
Mr Lewis again explained the facts of the case
and called
Susan Stevens, who said she lived at 36 Westbourne
Park Villas. She had known the prisoner about
six weeks before she went to Paris, and she had
known him a little previously. On his invitation
she went with him to Paris last Friday fortnight.
They stayed at the Hotel de Rivoli. She had with
her a pair of diamond stars and a paif of diamond
earrings, a pearl and diamond pendant, and four
rings and a gold collar stud. While in Paris the
prisoner asker her to lend him £2. She had not
got it, but she lent him a £5 note, and he said she
should have it back on the following morning, as he
expected a letter by which he would get money
from Rothschild's Bank. When she took the £5
note from her purse there was a £10 note, a £5
note, and a sovereign in it, but the prisoner
did not see the money. He did not
return the £5. They left Paris on
Monday, the 24th of June after staying
ten days. They arrived in London on Tuesday
morning. On the night before leaving, when she
had on a diamond and pearl locket and chain,
diamond and pearl earrings, three diamond rings
and a plain one, he asked her to take them off,
and put on a traveling dress. She did so, and
placed the jewels in her jewel case. At the request
of the prisoner she put the case at the bottom of
her trunk between some of her clothes. She strapped
her box, but did not lock it, as the lock was broken.
Before leaving Paris she saw the £10 note and £5
note safe in her purse. On arriving in London the
prisoner accompanied her to her house. She left
her purse on the table of the diningroom
in a small bag. At nine o'clock in the morning
she missed the sovereign from her purse.
She had left the diningroom before she missed it.
The prisoner had been in and out of that room
from half-past seven till nine o'clock. At eleven
o'clock her maid made a communication to her, and
she went to her trunk, and both the jewel case
and the jewels, value £400, were gone. In the
evening the witness spoke to the prisoner, and
asked him why he had taken the jewels. He said
they would be returned on the Friday. Between
the time of his leaving her house at half past three,
and before he came in the evening, which was
about nine o'clock, she received a letter (which has
already been published asking her to fogive hiim.
When she asked him that evening why he had
taken the jewels, he asked her to forgive him,
and he would return everything on the Friday.
On the following day she received a letter
which was read, written in a similar tone to the
other and stating that on Friday all would be
right. On the Friday she received a letter from
him, in which he addressed her as "My darling,"
and said that by no chance could he return her
things until the Monday, and he would then be at
her house. She could not, he said, tell
what he had suffered. He was ashamed, and
asked her to think well of him. He did not call on
the Monday, and he had never returned the jewellery
nor the £5 note, nor had she got the sovereign.
She afterwards applied to that court for a warrant
for his apprehension, and a reward of £20 was
subsequently offered. On the Wednesday, the day
after she applied for a warrant, she received a letter
from him, in which he enclosed a document, and
said he had been rying to get money. The document
he enclosed she would, he said, have to send
to Arthur and Co., Paris, with £13, and they would
send the things to her registered. By the time she
got that letter he wrote he would be miles from
London. He dared not say anything more; he was
too wretched. Instead of being miles away the
witness said the prisoner was found at Surbiton.
Cross-examined by Mr. Straight -- Stevens was her
husband's name. At the time of making the
acquaintance of the prisoner she was under the
protection of a gentleman who was providing the
establishment at Westbourne Park Villas. She had
known the prisoner three years ago, and since
then she had heard his furniture had been sold.
She did not know he had been obliged through
pecuniary difficulties to go into the Bankrumptcy
Court. Since the renewal of their acquaintance he
had given her £25. That was within the last six
weeks. When at Paris they were not living
extravagantly, far from it. She did not know the
bill was over £50. Sir Capel never told her. The
prisoner never said anything to her on any
occasion about money. He left the house
at four o'clock on the Wednesday afternoon,
and did not return. On the same evening she saw
the gentleman under whose protection she lived,
and the absence of certain rings from her fingers
was noticed, and on her return home she wrote to
the prisoner to return return everything. While in Paris
they went to the Grand Prix. They dined some-
times at the hotel and sometimes at a restaurant.
She had never seen him in the society of other
women. He had never told her that he had taken
the jewels to pay the hotel bills. He never said
anything to her to make her believe he was poor.
Re-examined by Mr Lewis -- She had stated the
facts about the sovereign to her solicitor.
By Mr Cooke -- The jewel case produced was the
case in which her jewels had been placed.
Ellen Taylor, servant to the prosecutrix, said she
remembered the latter arriving home at 7:30 on the
Tuesday morning. She unstrapped her trunk at
about ten that morning. She subsequently opened
the defendant's protmanteau and found the jewel
case. There were a solitaire, a bracelet, sleeve
links, and a pencil case in it, but all the rest of
the things were gone. The prosecutrix opened her
purse and found the money was gone. The prose-
cutrix gave her a £10 note with which to pay for a
telegram she sent off.
Joseph Roe, Inspector at the B Division, deposed
to arresting the prisoner at a quarter to eleven on
Saturday, in consequence of an advertisement in
the Times. The prisoner was staying at the
Surbiton Hotel under the name of Charles Frazer.
On the way froom the hotel he said, "I did
not steal these things. Susuan Stevens, mentioned
there, and I were in Paris together. We had no
money and had overrun our bills. I had to pay the
hotel bill and the fares to London. You will find
them (the jewels) at Arthur's, 10 Rue Castagliene,
Paris."
The Prosecutrix, re-examined, said she believed
they took return tickets when starting from
London.
That was the case for the prosecution.
Mr D Straight contended for the defence that
the larceny, if any, was committed in France, and
out of the jurisdiction of this court.
Mr Cooke considered the case within the juris-
diction, and committed the prisoner for trial at the
Central Court.
Mr Straight asked that the defendant should be
admitted to bail.
Mr Lewis urged that the prisoner having been
charged at Brighton and the Guildhall with frauds
it would be unwise to allow bail.
Mr Cooke would take tiime to consider the
matter, and the prisoner was then removed.
There was a summons at the Richmond Police
Court against Sir Capel Fitzgerald, described as of
Morpeth terrace, Victoria street, charging him
with having obtaned from the Castle Hotel, Richmond,
on the 2nd of June, by false pretences, and
with intent to defraud, three dinners, two bottles of
champagne, a coachman's dinner, a pint of ale,
half a gill of sherry and bitters, a half bottle of
champagne, &c. The summons was issued more
than a month ago, and has been renewed from week
to week, in consequence of the inability of the
officers to find the defendant and effect the service.
Mr Haynes solicitor, said it was impossible for
anything to be done, as the defendant was now in
custody. The summons was then adjourned sine
die. "
[Transcriber's Note: We've seen this address of
Morpeth terrace, Victoria street for Sir Joseph
before as published in the 1877 edition of
"The Upper Ten Thousand" by Adam Thom on page 209.]
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 6; published Thursday,
11 Jul 1878.
Transcriber's ref: 18780711Ar00602.pdf
"OUR LONDON LETTER
(BY IRISH TIMES WIRE.)
(FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENTS.)
153 FLEET STREET, LONDON,
FRIDAY NIGHT.
. . .
At the Central Criminal Sittings, which
commence on Monday, the trial of Sir Capel
Fitzgerald, Bart., County Clare, who is charged with
stealing a quantity of jewellery from a divorced
Cyprian with whom he had gone to Paris, much to
the chagrin of an amiable nonentity, who kept up
her establishment in the Notting Hill district, will
be disposed of."
Source: The "Our London Letter" section of "The Irish Times";
page 5; published Saturday, 19 Oct 1878.
Transcriber's ref: 18781019Ar00507.pdf; 18781019Ar00507.gif
"OUR LONDON LETTER
(BY IRISH TIMES WIRE.)
(FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENTS.)
153 FLEET STREET, LONDON,
FRIDAY NIGHT.
. . .
After deliberating for more than an hour
this afternoon, the jury empanelled at
the Central Criminal Court took rather
a merciful view of the charge preferred against Sir
Capel Fitzgerald, Bart., and acquitted him, though
his own counsel admitted that there was no doubt
that, in appropriating the jewellery of the "lady
fair" who accompanied him to Paris, he had
disgraced himself and the honourable name he bore. It
is to be hoped that Sir Capel will turn to the righteous
path. Another such dilemma may considerably
imperil his future residence in Middlesex.
. . ."
Source: The "Our London Letter" section of "The Irish Times";
page 5; published Tuesday, 22 Oct 1878.
Transcriber's ref: 18781022Ar00500.pdf
"NOTICE OF INTENDED SALES UNDER THE
LAND PURCHASE ACTS.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND,
CHANCERY DIVISION -- LAND JUDGES.
In the Matter of the Estate of
SIR JOSEPH CAPEL JUDKIN FITZGERALD,
Bart., continued in the name of John Folland
Lovering, trustee of the Estate of said Sir Joseph
Capel Judkin Fitzgerald, Bart., Owner and
Petitioner.
Whereas the Irish Land Commission have, in
pusuance of the 40th Section of the Land Law (Ireland)
Act, 1896, caused the Lands described in the Schedule
hereto, which have been ordered to be sold in this
matter, to be inspected, and have reported respecting
the said Lands and the circumstances thereof, and the
price at and the conditions under which the sale of such
Lands to the Tenants thereof under the Land Purchase
Acts can properly be made; Let all persons take notice
that the Report of the Irish Land Commission has been
lodged with the Registrar of the Court for public inspection,
and will come before the Honourable Mr. Justice
Ross for his consideration on Thursday, the 13th day of
December, 1900, at 11 o'clock, at his Court, at the Four
Courts, Dublin, when all persons interested are at liberty
to attend. And meanwhile offers for the purchase of the
said Lands, or any part thereof, may be sent to the
Solicitors having carriage of the proceedings, who will
submit such offers to the Judge on or prior to the
consideration of the Report.
Dated this 14th day of November, 1900.
T. LYNCH, Examiner.
JUSTIN MACCARTHY & CO., Solicitors
having carriage of the proceeddings,
19 Westland row, Dublin.
SCHEDULE
Part of the Lands of Cloughroe, otherwise Cloghroe,
containing 573a. 2r, 16p. statute measure, and part
of the Lands of Dromin, containing 55a. 1r. 6p.
statue measure, both situate in the Barony of East
Muskerry and County of Cork, held in fee-simple. "
Source: "The Irish Times"; page 11; published Saturday,
17 Nov 1900.
Transcriber's ref: 19001117Ar01118.gif
"LETTERS PRIZES
DEAR GRANNY, -- I wish to give you a
description of the River Suir from Ballygriffin
Bridge to Athassel Abbey. About fifty yards
from the bridge on the left bank there is a
graveyard, and the the ruins of an old church.
Opposite the graveyard on the right bank, a
house is situated called Golden Hills. It was
the former residence of Sir Thomas Fitz-
gerald. About half a mile from Ballygriffin a
river called the Multeen flows into the Suir.
From this point to the village of Golden the
rier is very deep. Some seven hundred
yards above Golden, Mr. Scully's boathouse
is situated. A little below that on the
opposite bank there is a small brick house, which
is supposed to have been built by a monk
long ago. Its name is Monk's Cell. The left
bank for about one mile above Golden is
covered with beautiful woods and groves.
The river divides into two branches, just
about Golden, these unite lower down. On a
little island, surrounded by the river, is an
old castle, which is supposed to have been
bombarded by Cromwell.
The river divides the village into two parts,
the larger being on the left bank. There are
six publichouses, two places of worship, a
Post Office, and a police barrack, in the
village. Farming is the principal occupation
of the people; the land, too, is very fertile.
There is nothing of note below Golden until
we reach Athassel Abbey, which is situated
about a mile below the village. It is a majestic
old structure of Norman architecture. It is
kept in a state of preservation by the Society
of Antiquarians. It is a great resort for
tourists who visit this part of the country. A
winding stairs leads on to the top of the
walls, which are very high. There are a
large number of cells in a perfect state of
preservation. Also the carved stone-work in the
east window of what was once the chapel is
in good repair. Some ancient tombs are in
the abbey, with curious writing on them.
I hope, dear Granny, you will consider this
letter worthy of a prize, as I intend to be a
constant competitor in your column. -- I am,
dear Granny, your loving grandson,
ALFRED AUSTIN HANBIDGE.
MY DEAR ALFRED, -- I am very pleased with
your letter, and the good hand in which it is
written. I hope you will enter for our other
prizes. -- Your affectionate GRANNY."
[Transcriber's note: One important thing
from this 'children's' article; the house of the
Judkin Fitzgerald's called "Golden Hills" was
EXTANT in Mar 1907. Article mentions it as
the "former" residence of Sir Thomas Judkin
Fitzgerald; it is unclear to me if by referring to
the "former" Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald if
the author is merely trying to indicate that
Sir Thomas is deceased OR if he is implying
that the house no longer belongs to the
widow of Sir Thomas -- the Lady Judkin Fitzgerald.
We know this property passed upon the death
of Sir Thomas into the control of Lady Judkin
Fitzgerald and we also know that she did not
die until 1908. The question is did she SELL
the house called "Golden Hills" prior to Mar
1900, and if so, to whom did she sell and is the
house still standing today???]
Source: The "Children's Page" section of "The
Weekly Irish Times"; page 8; published Saturday,
2 Mar 1907.
Transcriber's ref: 19070302Ar00808.pdf;
19070302Ar00808.gif.
"DEATHS.
. . .
JUDKIN-FITZGERALD -- October 1, at St.
Leonards-on-Sea, Emma Louisa Maunsell, widow
of Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, Baronet, of
Lisheen, Co. Tipperary, and Cloghroe House,
Co. Cork, J.P., D.L.
. . ."
Source: The "Deaths" section of "The Weekly Irish Times";
page 24; published Saturday, 17 Oct 1908.
Transcribers ref: 19081017Ar02406.pdf; 19081017Ar02406.gif.
"THIS IRELAND
Carrick's
Old Bridge
by Elgy Gillespie
THERE'S HARDLY a moment of the day
when the Old Bridge at Carrick-on-Suir is
not carrying something. The little niches
are ideal for conversations overlooking the
Suir, and as the aorta from Carrick Beg to
Carrick Mor it has been carrying all the
heavy traffic from Waterford lately, as well
as schoolchildren on their way home. It is
a function the Old Bridge has performed for
six centuries.
. . .This old bridge one more time clocks
Then stands erect in mossy socks. . . as
the last two lines of local poet seamus
McGrath's ode runs, giving us an idea of
the affection in which it is held by the
townspeople.
Despite its antiquity, the Old Bridge's
continuing existence was placed in jeopardy
two years ago when the Dillon Bridge. . .
MICHAEL COADY has done an enormous
amount of research into the history of the
Bridge . . .it was the first bridge
across the Suir upstream from the coast, and
thus of great strategic importance in its early
days. In 1498, John Wise wrote to the Earl
of Ormonde about the question of defence. . .
The O'Brien's had their eye on Carrick
and were a serious worry to the Earl of
Ormonde. Nevertheless the Bridge remained
whole and did not need repairs until the
year of the Restoration, 1666. . .
The next event in the bridge's life
occurred in 1797. . .
In 1798 there men were hung upon the
Bridge: Lawlor, Healy and Brien. They had
been found guilty of housebreaking or raiding
for arms by the notoriously harsh
Judking Fitzgerald and the North Cork
Militia. Trying to prove an alibi for them,
Moll Purcell was forced to loan a table for
their drawing and quartering from her own
public house.
. . ."
[Transcriber's note: photo of the bridge taken
by Eddy Kelly and published with this
article was retained; however, I cannot
publish it online as it is a copyrighted image].
Source: From the "THIS IRELAND" section of "The Irish Times";
page 12; published Friday, 21 Feb 1975.
Transcriber's ref: 19750221Ar01201.pdf; 19750221Ar01201.gif;
19750221Ar01201_bridge_image.jpg.
"INISHLOUNAGHT --- 612
It couldn't happen nowadays,
thankfully, but when a Colonel of
the British army, described as 'a
brutal ruffian whose zeal for
flogging suspects without trial was
even by contemporary standards,
excessive', was mulcted of £500
at the Clonmel assizes, March
1799, Attorney General John
Toler and Chief Secretary,
Viscount Castlereagh, arranged
for his immediate compensation
out of the secret service money,
and he was made a baronet in
1801. This man, Thomas Judkin
Fitzgerald, was the High Sheriff
of Tipperary for 1798, and he was
mulcted for adminstering 500
lashes to a French teacher, whose
only crime was the possession of
a note in a language which Fitz-
gerald could not read. In 'Gleann
an Oir' Eoghan O Neill writes:
Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald (recte
Uniacke) a bhi ina Ard-Shirriam
ar Thiobrad Arann agus ta a
dhroch-chail i mbeal an phobail go
foill de dheasca na ndunmharuithe
agus an cheasta a rinne se ar
dhaoine nach raibh ambras futhu.
His greatest excesses were in the
Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel
areas. Sir J. Judkin Fitzgerald
resided at Lisheen in 1814, and
this appears to have been the
residence of Judkin Esq. in 1778.
In 1876 Sir Joseph Capel Judkin
Fitzgerald, Inniscarra, Co. Cork
owned 1041 acres in Co. Tippe-
rary. Also in this county was
Major Charles J. Fitzgerald, 46th
Regiment with 1058; Sir William
Seymore Fitzgerald, resident in
England with 1587 acres, with
eleven others of lesses holdings.
In Co. Cork in 1876 Robert U. P.
Fitzgerald had 5307 acres; Sir
Gerald Fitzgerald had 1190 acres;
Sir James had 310 acres, and
Lady Fitzgerald had 2054 acres.
Co. Limerick had a Right Hon.
John D. Fitzgerald with 1324
acres, and Desmond Fitzgerald,
Knight of Glin had 5268 acres,
and in Co. Waterford there were
two Fitzgerald holdins of 2276
and 2372 acres. Plenty of titles
and plenty of land.
The 'flogger' Fitzgerald had the
full supoort of Colonel John
Bagwell, asserted to have given
his militia regiment carte blanche
in dealing with the rebels, so long
as he had no official cognizance
of their activities. Um! The
Bagwells had been in Ireland
since the late seventeenth cen-
tury, and Taylor & Skinnets 1778
'Maps of the Roads of Ireland'
shows a Bagwell at Kilmore in
the Co. Tipperary parish of
Lisronagh, and another at Great
Island, Co. Cork. John Bagwell,
finding little scope in his native
Cork, had build up influence in
Tipperary, and in 1797 he was
member for the county, had one
son in Parliament, and was
shortly to bring in another. In the
canvassing and dealing for votes
relating to the proposed Act of
Union, the Earl of Donoughmore,
in a pro-Act of Union line-up,
claimed the support of nearly all
the leading Roman Catholics.
'Some of his signatories', wrote
Donoughmore to Castlereagh,
'were not great enthusiasts for
union, but wished to display their
hostility to the anti-unionists, in
particular to Colonel Bagwell'.
Soon after the vote in favour of
the Act of Union in the House of
Commons, Richard Bagwell, one
of the two MP sons of John
Bagwell, left politics and went
into the Church.
In 1814 John Bagwell is shown
as residing at Marlfield, Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary, and in 1876 his
descendant, another John, is
shown there on 3519 acres. 662
Tipperary acres are listed as the
property of John Bagwell of
Lecklash Castle, Fermoy, Co.
Cork, and John Bagwell,
Lisronagh, Clonmel had 547 acres
here. MARLFIELD names a
townland in the Co. Down parish
of Ardquin, and two in Co.
Tipperary, in the parishes of
Ardfinnan and Inishlounaght. It is
in this latter that the Bagwell
lived, and continue to live to the
present day. Marlfield is in the
parish of Inishlounagh, Inis
Leamhnachia, the inch/water
meadow of the new milk."
Source: From the "WHERE'S THAT" section of "The
Irish Times"; page 17; published Thursday,
19 Sep 1991.
Transcriber's ref: 19910919Ar01701.pdf
"WHERE'S THAT / GRAIGUE 1302
TOWLERTOWN in the Co. Limerick
parish of Kilmurry derives from
tamhlachiain, "a burial pit".
Tolerton (earlier spelling Towlerton)
in Kilabban, Co Laois, appears to have a
similar derivation.
. . .
High Sheriff of Tipperary for 1798, "a brutal
ruffian whose zeal for flogging suspects with-
out trial was, even by contemporary stan-
dards, excessive", was fined £550 in 1799.
Toler, then the Attorney-General, together
with Castlereagh, arranged for his immediate
compensation out of the secret service money.
. . .
FLANN O RIAIN"
Source: From the "WHERE'S THAT" secion of "The
Irish Tiimes"; page 2; published Monday,
24 Apr 2000.
Transcriber's ref: 20000424Ar00202.pdf
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