An antique and storied land : history of the parish of Donoughmore, Knockea, Roxborough, Co. Limerick and its environs
Toomey, Thomas
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Limerick : Toomey-Greensmyth, 1991.
Contents:
Churches, clergy and religious of the parish [ - Churches and monastic settlements [Caheravalley, Friarstown, Donoughmore, Cahernarry, Rathuaird, Kyltaroge, Derrygalvin, Ballyclough, Knockea]. List of parish priests since 1704. List of curates. Native born parish priests. Church of Ireland]. Roads of the parish [Main roads - the Old Limerick/Cork Coach road, the Old Limerick/Tipperary Coach Road, the main Cork road, the Limerick to Croom/Fedamore Road, the Ballyneety to Croom road. Secondary roads. Bohereens]. Schools and education [Knockea School, Roxborough School, Donoughmore School, St. Enda's, Brothers of Charity (Bawnmore)]. From the Famine to the War of Independence. Drombanna Creamery. The War of Independence [includes, Organisation and Structure of Local IRA]. From the War of Independence to the present day.Townlands - antiquities - folklore. Population trends and housing developments. Families, names and areas of identity. Pastimes and sport since 1922. Organisations and associations. Extracts from Griffith's Valuations 1851. Listing of tenants and landholders in 1825. Findings of the Irish Folklore Commission 1937/1938.The parish today and how it evolved. Settlements at Knockea and Cahernarry. St. Patrick in Knockea and Donoughmore. From the earliest times to 1600. Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley. From the Battle of Kinsale to the Treaty of Limerick. Landed gentry of the parish [Smythe, Fitzgibbon, Vereker, Croker, Furnell, Hunt, Frend, Cripps, Russell, Shine, Shaw]. Castles and big houses [Rathuaird (Rathurd), Ballyneety Castle, Drombanna - (Creagh), Drombanna - (Power), Ballynagarde Castle, Callyclough Castle, Lickadoon Castle, Williamstown Castle, Raheen Castle, Toureen Castle, Cahernarry Castle, Roxborough Castle, Ballynagarde House, Cahernarry House, Boherlode House, Lickadoon House, Friarstown House, Ballyclough House, Roxborough House, ballysheedy House, Routagh House, Glenview House, Edwardstown House, Brooklands]. Treaty of Limerick to the Famine. Whiteboy disturbances. Evolution of tenant farmers and labourers.
Dewey class:
941.941
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English
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134732