|
Dale, Samuel |
15 |
|
husband of Elizabeth BREAKEY of
DRUMSKELT HOUSE. |
|
Daley, (?) Mrs. |
64 |
|
wife of Red Michael DALEY |
|
Daley, Anthony |
52 |
|
helped BREAKEY family settle in LISGILLIN;
long time intergenerational friends of BREAKEY family; died within hours of
his wife; and both buried in west end of AGHNAMULLEN graveyard; NOTE:
in At the Ford of the Birches p.421: a later Anthony DALEY served in
the IRA in 1921 and p.448 was a Republican policeman. |
|
Daley, Anthony AKA “Anthony Daly” |
21, 55, 58,64 |
|
found part of half burnt family Bible in
Mick DALEY’s dunghill; he and his brothers nicknamed “Babes of the Wood” in
honour of their gentle dispositions and to distinguish them from the men
behind the hill called “The Dandy DALEYs”; fortunate in the army; mentioned
as ploughing neighbour’s field and victim of practical joke; of DRUMSKELT;
his ancestor found the bandit O’HANLEN sleeping in his barn, but left him and
4 of his men to sleep in peace in return for promise not to be plundered |
|
Daley, Ellen |
56 |
|
wife of Luke REILLY who bought DALEY farm
when her brothers got behind in the rent; seemingly one of the family of
“Dandy DALEYs”; her father “Old DALEY” took a farm in SPORTHALL and
his two sons emigrated to America and never returned. |
|
Daley, James |
52 |
|
son of the Anthony DALEY who helped BREAKEY
family settle in LISGILLIN |
|
Daley, John |
52 |
|
son of the Anthony DALEY who helped BREAKEY
family settle in LISGILLIN; NOTE: in At the Ford of the Birches
p.627 a John DALEY was betrayed by an informer in 1884 and arrested with allegedly
three hand grenades in his possession. |
|
Daley, Mick |
52, 55, 64 |
|
son of Red Michael DALEY married a servant
girl who allegedly burnt the family Bible; |
|
Daley, Red Michael |
64, 68 |
|
was to level DRUMSKELT fort with
William DUNN, but deterred by superstition after their work was half done |
|
Daleys |
52, 56, 58 |
|
There were two DALEY families – cousins to
each other The “Dandy DALEYs” were big into theatrics, played many
instruments and performed in BLACK ROCK and DUNDALK. The “Babes
of the Wood” included Anthony DALEY. |
|
Daly, Hody |
25 |
|
of BOWELK; owned a bull |
|
Daly, James |
14. |
|
lives on farm that was “set to Tom MARTIN”
after Richard KERR took possession as a consequence of a fraud by William
KER. |
|
Daly, James |
|
55 |
SEE: KER, Wm. |
|
Dalys |
3 |
|
of DRUMSKELT |
|
Darnley, (?) Lord |
84 |
|
sang “The Land of Potatoes” by Lord
BELMOUNT |
|
Dartry |
|
12 |
see story under BLACK, Paddy |
|
Dartry, Earl of, AKA Tardy, Elias Rev. |
|
11, 27, 58 |
see story under BLACK, Paddy; See TARDY, Elias Rev. |
|
Dauson, Sir Vesey |
|
58 |
“Very few know that I [Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY] got a similar offer
Sir Vesey DAUSON brother of the late Earl of DARTRY was contending a seat
in Parliment with a man called GREY. The two
met at the road GREY was in posession of the pass. DAUSON galloped his up the
green & caught a bush between the horse & shaft. Father shouted take
your time I am for you anyway. I will make that the best word ever you said
in your
day. Brother John
was near finished as a Dr.. In three days
Mr. DAUSON got him as assistant in
he LISBURN Infirmary under Dr. THOMPSON, then next in the
General Hospital BELFAST, & third to a man of war ship. In a short
time after he saw me here & asked me if I would like to be a soldier. I
said very much. Then said he I will bestow you the position of a Lieutenent
& I will support you till you are able to live. Dr. BREAKEY was so
pleased he gave me an order to Poag the outfitter for my officers uniform. My
brother was here at the time a man of thirty. He saw my leaving would corner
him. He made his box & left inside. three days for Australia. Mother
& Father were very much troubled at the idea of rearing 8 boys & four
girls & not one to bury them. So I had to yeald to their intreatys &
sacrifice self for them & give a pound to get the uniform coat returned.” |
|
Dave, Paul |
39 . |
|
“first rector at AUGHNAMULLEN” |
|
David |
76 |
|
Biblical David of David & Goliath |
|
Davy, Sir Humphrey |
|
24 |
“The invention of Safety lamps by George SEPHIINSON & Sir
Humphray DAVY in 1814.” |
|
Dawson, Mr. |
|
12 |
SEE: BLACK, Paddy story |
|
Days, Bishop |
|
59 |
The son of Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY was his driver. |
|
de Breakey, John & William |
3 |
|
“that
John de BREAKEY of BALLADIAN and William de BREAKEY who settled in LISGILLIN
and built the house in 1690 and in 1717 built DRUMSKELT for his son
William were cousins, so their
fathers must have been brothers” |
|
de Briquet John & James William |
3 |
|
“According
to family tradition, Thomas C. BREAKEY's Huguenot ancestor was James William
de Brequet. When he became a subject of William of Orange, i.e. William III,
King of England, etc., he changed the spell- ing of his name from the French
de Breauet to the English BREAKEY. He is said to have died in 1728. According
to Thomas C. BREAKEY, he died in 1698. E.P.B.” “Wm. D.
BREAKEY of LISGILLIN = James William de Brequet. The initial
"D" -as used here must have derived from the prefix "De"
of the French de Brequet. The cousin who built BALLADIAN House in 1692
was named John.” |
|
de Briquet, |
1, 3 |
|
“According
to family tradition, Thomas C. BREAKEY's Huguenot ancestor was James William
de Brequet. When he became a subject of William of Orange, i.e. William III,
King of England, etc., he changed the spell- ing of his name from the French
de Breauet to the English BREAKEY. He is said to have died in 1728. According
to Thomas C. BREAKEY, he died in 1698. E.P.B.” |
|
DeBrause |
|
52 |
See: TOOLEY, Mrs. |
|
DeBrause, Maud |
|
51 |
See: TOOLEY, Mrs. |
|
DeBrause, William |
|
51 |
See: TOOLEY, Mrs. |
|
DeFoe |
|
50, 53 |
SEE also SELKIRK, Alexander. |
|
Delaney, Elizabeth |
4 |
|
married Obadiah BREAKEY (1783-1860) at
BALLYBOY, FRANKFORT in KINGS COUNTY and had 4 sons and 7
daughters. Probably died in America |
|
Denison,(?)Capt. |
19 |
|
sold EDNAVEA to father of Moses
BRADFORD |
|
Dermot, Eva |
53 |
|
daughter of King DERMOT – mid 12th
Century |
|
Dermot, King |
52,53 |
|
1169 one of 5 kings driven from LEINSTER
came to England to get help from Henry II |
|
DeStanley, Sir John |
|
42 |
Once owner of Isle of Man |
|
Deveroux,(?) Rev . AKA Devero |
27, 51 |
|
a well-off rector at KILLCROW who
had a musical band |
|
Dido, Queen |
11 |
|
painting in BELMOUNT CASTLE Hard to
say what the painting was. There is an 1815 painting by TURNER: “Dido building Carthage; or, the Rise of
The Carthaginian Empire”; The story of Queen Dido is in Virgil’s Aeneid,
written between 26 and 19 B.C., and tells of Aeneas’s brief sojourn there, in
the arms of Queen Dido |
|
Dignum, Tom |
63 |
|
Dignum’s house was built by the first
JACKSONs in CREEVE |
|
Dingham,(?) |
81 |
|
A Dutch woman who taught the British how to
use starch in the time of Queen Elizabeth |
|
Dixon, Robert |
68 |
|
built Northern Bank at BALLYBAY |
|
Dodds |
|
43 |
“The head baker of Spires & Pond, whose name is DODDS, has been
with the firm all his day. His father & grandfaher were bakers before
him, his grandfather was famous for his hot cross buns in the early days of
the past century. In the time of the coronation of George IV, the house of
DODDS was represented in the bakery business. Buns by the thousand were made,
and each bun was stamped with the Royal crown. The same custom was followed by
the DODDS who baked buns for the coronation of Wm. IV, & again at the
coronation of Queen Victoria. The tradition of the custom has been handed
down from generation to generation of the DODDS family. The largest number of
hot cross buns sold by Spires & Pond was ore good Friday 1902, 300,000.” |
|
Donaldson, George |
61 |
|
kept the Orange Lodge |
|
Douglas, William |
12 |
|
lived in house built by John BREAKEY who
went to America |
|
Downshire,(?)Lord |
10 |
|
a judge at an elocution contest in London
that Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY won a chance to compete in |
|
Downy, Jonny |
|
18 |
labourer living close to AUGHNAMULLEN
rectory |
|
Drury, Thomas |
5 |
|
hired Robert BREAKEY |
|
DUBLIN, Earl of |
|
50 |
in 1848 the King was made Earl of DUBLIN & visited Ireland |
|
Duke of Athol |
|
42 |
Once owner of Isle of Man |
|
Dunn, Bob |
14, 60, 68 |
|
brother of William DUNN, took box of money,
sold it and never shared with Red Michael DALEY (partner of William DUNN); in
1846 was a “cotcher man” who had the last remaining pig after a “measles”
infestation; got one acre of land for use from Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY’s
grandfather. |
|
Dunn, William |
68 |
|
partner of “Red Michael DALEY” in levelling
DRUMSKELT fort, went mad after finding box of “old square money” |
|
DuSale,(?) |
5 |
|
see DALE; a young man learning
the linen trade who married Elizabeth BREAKEY, aunt of Thomas Cathcart
BREAKEY |
|
Earl of Northumberland |
|
42 |
Once owner of Isle of Man |
|
Edward I |
66 |
|
according to Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY,
Lombard St was named after the Lombard Jews “whose business was to lend money
on interest” and where the first banks started. |
|
Edward I, |
|
34, 45 |
“Not one of the EDWARDs was crowned with his Queen in Westminster
Abbey exept the first King of that name, and it is further more remarkable
that the coronation of EDWARD I., and Queen ELENOR was the first took place
in the present Abbey of Westminster. King EDWARD II., was crowned alone for
he was not married at the time of his succession. The third EDWARD was a boy
of 14 when he was crowned. EDWARD IV. was unmarried at the time of his
coronation. EDWARD V., though he was born in the abbots house at Westminster
where his mother had fled for security still he was never actually crowned.
EDWARD VII, was a boy of 10 when the ceremony was performed. Hence from the
day Queen Elnor was crowned in Westminster Abbey with her husband until the
present day no EDWARD has been crowned with his wife. I flatter myself with
the idea King EDWARD VII., with his wife will soon be crowned in said Abbey.
I am happy to say he is well again & crowned with his wife in said abby.
People call him EDWARD VII but in reality he is EDWARD X. as ten kings of
that name have reigned over England. The first three being Anglo–Saxons, the
name is said to be derived from two Anglo–Saxon words which signify worthy of
happiness. EDWARD the Elder ascended the throne at the beginning of the tenth
century. EDWARD the VII at. the beginning of the twentieth. The coronation it
is estimated will cost £125,000. When Queen Victoria was crowned the cost has
£69,401. At the coronation of William IV. £43,159.. At the coronation of
George the IV. £243,388. Englands state carriage was built in 1761 at a cost
of £22,500.” |
|
Edward II, |
|
45, 49 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward III, |
|
44, 45 |
Crown in pawn |
|
Edward IV, |
|
45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward the Elder |
|
45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward V, |
|
45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward VI |
82 |
|
according to Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY, “the
higher classes were very uneducated in the time of Edward VI.” |
|
Edward VI, |
|
45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward VII |
|
26, 42, 45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward X |
|
45 |
SEE: Edward I |
|
Edward, King |
|
48 |
patronized dog called “Tim” who raised money for charity |
|
Edwards, Daniel |
82 |
|
a merchant from Turkey whose servant first
set up sale of coffee in England |
|
Elizebeth I |
32,51,80, 81, 82, 84 |
|
Queen of England – I
haven’t added all of TCBs stories. |
|
Emmett, Robert |
|
23 |
“A Society was formed called the United Irishmen in 1791 Rebellion of
1798. The leader Robert EMMETT was taken & 7 of his accomplices was tried
& condemned to death.” |
|
Essex, Earl of |
|
56 |
John BREAKEY renewed pictures of his |
|
Ewert, |
|
10, 11 |
“In this room a student EWERT would have the sceletons of a man
.& woman so called composition things standing at times & again taken
down & put in a box.” |
|
Faris;(?) Mrs. |
13 |
|
of KILLESHANDRA; part of family of
William BERRY |
|
Ferguson, Bessie AKA Elizabeth Mary |
9 |
|
(1869-1957) parents Elizabeth BREAKEY &
Isaiah Jeremiah FERGUSON |
|
Ferguson, Henry John |
9 |
|
(1867-1949) parents Elizabeth BREAKEY &
Isaiah Jeremiah FERGUSON |
|
Ferguson, Isaiah Jeremiah |
9 |
|
(1808-1889) husband of Elizabeth BREAKEY |
|
Ferguson, Mrs. - Née Elizabeth BREAKEY (1831-1886) |
|
1 |
She lived with Mrs. Captain VANDILEUR; sister of Thomas Cathcart
BREAKEY |
|
Ferguson, Robert Wesley |
9 |
|
(1865-1940) parents Elizabeth BREAKEY &
Isaiah Jeremiah FERGUSON |
|
FitsPatrick, Miss |
|
56 |
“BREAKEY [John BREAKEY] done another sign board for the Grandfather
of Misses FITSPATRICK going to a wedding in a Sedan chair carried by two
horses with set tails and led by men dressed in fantastic costumes, that was
in the palmy days of the McMAHONs being the owners of the MONAGHAN and
CASTLEBLAYNEY estate.” |
|
Fitzgerald,(?) |
51 |
|
old gentry of CLONES |
|
Fitzpatrick, (?)Mrs. Peter see also Phitzpatrick |
35, 52,.53, 75 |
|
Mr. [Peter] Fitzpatrick of CORMEEN
married daughter of McMAHON; had the finest property in all of BALLYBAY SOURCE: AT the Ford of the Birches
p58 “Another generous person to aid in the furnishing of the [TULLYCORBET]
Church was Mrs. Peter FITZPATRICK (alias McMAHON) of CORMEEN, AUGHNAMULLEN.
She supplied the Stations of the Cross in memory of her ancestors (McMAHONs)
from BALLYBAY and TERRYGEELY who are buried in the adjoining
graveyard.” p.62: “Mrs Peter Fitzpatrick (nee McMAHON) of CORMEEN and
a native of BALLYBAY donated the windows on either side of the
sanctuary. One representing ‘The Guradian Angels’ in memory of her
late husband, Peter FITZPATRICK and other portraying ‘The Sacred Heart’
and in memory of her late parents Bernard and Catherine McMAHON, her sister
Anna Maria and her brothers John James and Cornelius.” |
|
Fortiscue, William |
31 |
|
in 1799, represented Borough of MONAGHAN
in DUBLIN parliament |
|
Francy, Sam |
40 |
|
his land was used to hold services as
Second BALLYBAY Church was being built. |
|
Galivan (?). AKA Galivin |
5, 81 |
|
GALIVAN & PEEBLES – where Robert
BREAKEY, brother of Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY worked as a book-keeper |
|
Garway, Thomas |
82 |
|
first set up selling of tea in London in
1660 |
|
Gault, Hugh |
|
46 |
SEE: CUNNINGHAM, Mr. Book II, p46 “Apothocary” |
|
Gault,(?)Dr. |
68 |
|
resident medical man in BALLYBAY |
|
Gaveny, Pat |
51 |
|
“of the Now” |
|
Gaviny, Pat |
20 |
|
his 3 railway horses went without feed
(1847?) for four days during famine times and he killed himself by a gun shot
to his head. |
|
Gavney,{?) |
14 |
|
got one acre of the meadow given up in 1796
by Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY’s
grandfather |
|
George III, |
|
7, 15, 23, 42, 43 |
“George the third had offered a round sum to any person who could
produce the head of said wolf or solves.” |
|
George IV, |
|
23, 43, 45, 55 |
“Death of George IV1830 at Windsor
at the age of 68. During his reign many valuable alterations were made in the
laws of the country, one of the most important being the abolition
of death for the crime of forgery & theft
which with a few exceptions made
punishable by transportation.” |
|
George, King |
55 |
|
mentioned in reference to call up for
battle at Waterloo |
|
Gibson, Miss Sarah |
35 |
|
of DRUMLUN House, married Isaiah
BREAKEY; “Father's aunt, Mrs.
Isaiah BREAKEY, was a very pretentious woman, used a Sedan chair coming to DERRYVALLEY
of a Sunday, would have 8 men out
of the work to carry her from MILLMORE HOUSE, where Thomas HENRY
now lives in AGHNAMULLEN. She and
her men would dine here on her way back. One of the shafts of her
Sedan is in my kitchen. Her maiden name
was Gibson of DRUMLUN House now in possession of John PRIMROSE.” |
|
Gibson, Rev. William |
36, 40 |
|
Oct 9, 1890 – ordained First BALLYBAY; SOURCE: Full Circle p 62-65
biography: 1808-7 June 1867,only son of James GIBSON, BALLYMENA;
involved in the tenant rights cause; officiated at marriage of Margaret
JACKSON of CREGGAN & Daniel Gunn BROWNE. |
|
Gilbert, Mr. |
|
13 |
“Mr. LESLIE destroyed a grand well on Pat BANNON's hill by bringing
it to the last of Mr. GILBERTs row of houses.” |
|
Gillanders, David |
74. |
|
had his own life insured for ₤500
payable at age 60, but had to prove his age to the court |
|
Gillespie, Bessie |
7 |
|
SOURCE: Full Circle p. 108 Born in
Canada and died there age 6, Daughter of Rev. John GILESPIE & Mary
BREAKEY. |
|
Gillespie, John Rev. |
7 |
|
SOURCE: At the Ford of the Birches p
22: David GILESPIE, son of John GILESPIE of DRUMMUCK is mentioned in
lease of EDENANEANE. SOURCE: Full Circle p. 108: d. c1890 |
|
Gillespie, Mary Breakey |
7, 8 |
|
“Mary
was educated at the MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT at COOTEHILL. During
that time, she executed several pictures, two of which are here still,
"The Beggar of Bethlam Green" represented in worsted, and the
"Map of Ireland" handprinted on white satin. She was married to
Rev’d John GILESPIE during his ministry in Canada, and had one child, Bessie,
during their stay in that country. Bessie died in Canada at 6 years of age.
After that, they removed to the State of Missouri where John GILESPIE was
pastor of a church in Gallatin. He did not live long there, and died, I
think, about 20 years ago. Mary GILESPIE (6) is still living in the house
where her husband died. She is of medium size with brown hair and a good deal
of complexion. Her hair is very much crimped and curled.” See letter
written by Mary BREAKEY GILESPIE from Gallatin, Missouri, U. S. A., in 1915.
In appendix. E.P.B “The
love of home was more strongly developed in Mary GILESPIE and him (James
Breaky) than other members of this family. Mary GILESPIE has more than once
written to me that nothing this side of Heaven could give her more pleasure
than to see the old house and my children.” 1824-1916 SOURCE: Full Circle p. 108: d. 1916
at Gallatin, Missouri, USA. |
|
Gillott |
|
52 |
GILLOTT, Joseph (1799-1873). Sheffield inventor who perfected a
process for the manufacture of STEEL pen nibs. |
|
Gillis, David |
59 |
|
in the time of Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY, he
lived in the old KER family home at CORRYHAGAN in the parish of AGHNAMULLEN |
|
Gillis, David |
|
54 |
SEE: KER, Mrs. MURRAY |
|
Gimisom, Robert |
66 |
|
had a loans fund bank on MONAGHAN
Rd. with Andy MOORHEAD and William KERR “that robbed every man”. |
|
Gladstone, Mr. William |
31 |
|
1809-1898; Prime Minister of England
(Liberal Party) when land reform was undertaken. |
|
Godfrey,(?) Miss |
10 |
|
tutor of Letitia BREAKEY; of BANBRIDGE. |
|
Goliath |
76 |
|
Old Testament character |
|
Goudy, John |
|
5 |
“Miss ARNOLD would tell a quear story of a cat of Mr. John GOUDY's.
This very big cat took killing hens. She had been overlooked for a time when
one morning it was found she had killed a lovely white cock. Mr. GOUDY said
she must be shot. Miss GOUDY said she & Miss ARNOLD were going to ARMAGH
& she would put the cat in the well of the car & hand her out to some
person far away. At a cross road where quite a number of cotchers lived &
a lot of thorns festooned with ivy were all about. The coach man who was
tired of the nonsense of how to get of the cat said to his mistress I think
the cat is being smothered, Miss GOUDY said look at her. The fellow bungled
lifting the lid & out leaped the cat... He was sent to catch her but it
was to throw all sorts of things at behind the bushes. Miss GOUDY did not
like to leave without telling some women who were about the failure of the
cat had. As quick as thought one shouted to another how many hens are killed
already. Two of them seaset a good rug off the car & before Miss GOUDY
could get rid of them she had to hand out 10/ to get rid of them. The next
morning but one strange to say the cat was home not less than 9 miles off
& when some of the servants got up this terrible cat was back & had
killed a gander. He had then to go to the pikes parlour as my children call
it. That cat evidently went back to the tastes of her savage friends the
tiger panther & others.. A cat come to us years ago. The servant girl
said she was her mothers & on Sunday morning she took the cat in a thin
bag home to her people who lived two miles away. At two oclock the cat was
back here for dinner & lived here for her day” |
|
Goudy, Miss |
|
5 |
SEE: GOUDY, John |
|
Graham, |
6 |
|
Husband of Sarah BERRY (daughter of Jane BREAKEY & John BERRY);
of MOUNTMELLICK. |
|
Graham, Rev. James
Francis |
36 |
|
SOURCE: Full Circle p 100-102: b. 25
Feb 1864, son of James Francis GRAHAM JP of DERVOCK, near COLERAINE;
married Agnes WADDELL, third daughter of John Baxter WADDELL, CORDEVLISH,
BALLYBAY; had four children: Gerald Francis b. 1896; Alice Mary Agnes
Ross, b.1900; Jane Ross b. 1902; Sydney Herbert, b. 1903; oprdained First BALLYBAY
9 Oct 1890. |
|
Graham, Edith |
13 |
|
of COOTEHILL, married Robert Wardlaw
MOORE, uncle of Thomas Cathcart BREAKEY. |
|
Graham, James |
22 |
|
see “Claverhouse” |
|
Gray, Big Billy |
21 |
|
of the hotel, crippled with gout, known to
throw his chamber pot contents at small boys who were taunting him; an
innkeeper who was either the father of the notorious Sam GRAY or else his
eldest son (most likely the latter – see William GRAY). |
|
Gray, Edward Warren |
30 |
|
youngest son of the notorious Sam GRAY,
tried for murder in 1866 at MONAGHAN and was acquitted; SOURCE: At the Ford of the Birches p.
479: 1825-1874; in the violent aftermath of the election of 1865, he was
charged with the murder of two men - Peter SHEVLIN and a man named McARDLE; |
|
Gray, James |
29, 30 |
|
transported to Tasmania for perjury
relating to one of his father’s trials; SOURCE: At the Ford of the Birches
p. 476: twin of Rachel; 1818-1889; elected to House of Assembly in the colony
1872-77 and 1880-1882; married Mary NEWTON and had one unmarried daughter;
wife and child were Catholic and it seems he likely became so. |
|
Gray, Rachel |
53 |
|
1818-1899; twin of James GRAY; “The last of an
old family that should have been respectable is dead, Miss Rachel GRAY,
daughter of Sam GRAY, who cut a remarkable figure in this County for a long
term of years. Like her father, she was utterly unreliable as a friend and
those who were foolish enough to make her a confident would very soon find
that confidence exposed. She was possessed of all the bad tastes of her
father except that of murder which she was at all times to denounce and
ignore. Like her parental progenitor, as she frequently called him, she would
kick with the two feet and, like the man who said "God was good and the
Devil was not a bad fellow either", she could be seen sometimes at Mass
and again at Church at divine service.” |
|
Gray, Sam (or
GREY) |
18, 28, 29, 30, 35, 45; 46, 53, 57, 58,
66, 68 |
|
1782-1848; “Sam GRAY was for many years a remarkable
figure in this County. Around him he gathered a set of desperadoes who were
ever ready to commit any crime, from perjury and robbery to murder. He was
appointed a County Cess Collector, a tithe proctor, and by some sponsors, a
rent agent. He always carried two or more pistols, which he used on every
occasion when he had the slightest excuse. He was frequently returned for
trial. Assizes after assizes, he was brought up charged with assaults, firing
at and wounding, riots, manslaughter and murder, but the Crown could never
obtain a conviction except once, when he deliberately shot two men, who had
been witnesses against him in a civil case. One of them died on the spot, the
other (named Corigan) survived. He was acquitted of the murder, but was
convicted of the wounding. In 1840, the Sheriff's bailiffs refused to execute
a writ on Sam GRAY, and the late Mr. Hugh Swanzy, who was Subsheriff that
year, attempted to execute it himself. GRAY attempted to shoot him, but the
pistol missed fire and GRAY threw Mr. Swanzy back and escaped into the house
and shut the door, thereby excluding the Sheriff. “About 1841, Sam GRAY was at the zenith of
his power. The law of the land had no terror for him. A jury had acquitted
him in March, 1841, of his last charge of the murder of Owen MURPHY. Sam GRAY
had a loan bank, out of which he lent the money of a great and wealthy
admirer of his named Moses BRADFORD, and through this he attained the
gratitude of some and the popularity of all. During one of Sam GRAY's terms
of imprisonment, awaiting trial for murder, all efforts having failed to get
him out on bail; his son James GRAY, got one of his gang called William
MILLER, to impersonate a Dr. Burn, and swear that Sam GRAY's health. was
endangered by continual incarceration. Sam got out, but the plot was
discovered, and MILLER was transported at the MONAGHAN Sumner Assizes
of 1812. Several efforts were made to get James GRAY off, but the Government
again packed a jury, and transported him after MILLER to Tasmania. These
convictions shook Sam's power to the foundation. “Amongst those who followed Sam GRAY blindly,
was a man called Bradford STEWART of CLONTABRET, nephew of Sam's
generous patron, Moses BRADFORD, and in the summer of 1841, he was tried for
perjury committed to get Sam out of one of his charges. Stewart was considered
by all to be the heir of minister Moses BRADFORD's wealth. But, after
BRADFORD's death it was found, to the astonishment of every one who had this
impression, that he had left a will bequeathing all his property -- not to
his nephew but to Sam GRAY. Of course, the will was disputed, and proved to
be a perjury, executed after the death of the alleged testator. This base
ingratitude of Sam GRAY disgusted many, and turned away from him most of his
faithful followers who, up to that, believed firmly that he was above all the
powers of law. “Sam GRAY was seldom heard of outside BALLYBAY.
The news of his death on 7th September, 1848, brought to memory many daring
and desperate deeds of former times. Three of his sons came into notoriety.
His son Edward was tried at MONAGHAN in'1866 for the murder
of a Catholic at an election, and was acquitted. His son William contested
the County MONAGHAN as a liberal at the Parliamentary Election of
1867, and was defeated by the landlords and Orangemen. His son James, when
released from prison, did not return home, but settled in Tasmania, where he
rose to a good position and became a member of the Tasmania Parliament, and a
democratic leader. He died a Roman Catholic, I believe. “Sam GRAY had a dispute at his door of a
Saturday with a young man who was to be a priest. Sam turned the boy over and
gave him a kick on the back of his head which killed him on the spot. When
Sam would be in company with Orangemen, he would say "I spoiled a
priest, boys." SOURCE: At the Ford of the Birches p.469. There
are many pages in this bookdetailing the larceny, thuggery and murder trials
of Sam GRAY of BALLYBAY; had six children – William, James, Rachel,
Samuel, Jane and Edward Warren. |
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Gray, Sam (1780-1847) or (1782-1848) AKA Grey, Sam |
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13, 54, 56 |
SEE also: TODD, Wm; |
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Gray, William |
30 |
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contested the 1867 election in CO.
MONAGHAN as a Liberal “and was defeated by the landlords and Orangemen”. SOURCE: At the Ford of the Birches p
480: 1821-1871; succeeded to the York Hotel property; eldest son of Sam GRAY |
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Grayham |
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12 |
of ROCKCORRY |
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Greer, John |
3 |
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inherited original BREAKEY house at LISGILLIN |
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Grey |
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58 |
He contested a seat in Parliament with the late Earl of Dratry. |
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Grey, Sam |
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56 |
see GRAY, Sam |
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Griffith,(?) |
70 |
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a joiner who had a SMALL shop in COOTEHILL
who built the widows houses in ROCKCORRY; he built his coffin and used
to lie in it; he died when the lid fell down and closed him in. |