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Denis Strangman
If you know anything
about the ancestors of the Strangman family, Denis
Strangman over in warm and sunny Canberra, Australia
would be most pleased to hear from you.
Having recently read
his most interesting web page which has some very
interesting links of general interest to anyone
originally from the County Waterford area Kiely thought
he might share Dennis's site with you all.
MOCOLLOP
by
DENIS
STRANGMAN.
'My
Strangman ancestors are buried in Mocollop cemetery. They
lived in both Co Cork and Co Waterford, more recently in
Araglen, near Kilworth in Co Cork.
There were
eight brothers and last century, as was the case with
thousands of other people from Ireland several of them,
including my g-grandfather, emigrated to Australia and
New Zealand in search of gold and a better future.
During
Easter 1998 our Australian family travelled to Ireland
and re-established contact with Strangman descendants who
had last been visited by their Australian 'cousins' 75
years previously in 1923.
This
website is a celebration of those areas of significance
to my family but also it is hoped that it will be of
interest to other families either in Ireland or from
around the world who have a connection with the area.'
If anyone
has material or links they believe might be useful for
these webpages please contact me at: string@hotkey.net.au
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MOCOLLOP
"Plain
of the cattle"
County
Waterford - Ireland
Mocollop is located
just near the border between Co Cork and Co Waterford, on the
Waterford side, and close to the Blackwater River. The area
contains some farms, the ruins of a church, an ancient burial
ground, and a ruined castle.
Other
Mocollop researchers
Other people with
internet access who are researching ancestors associated
with the general area include: John Bossidy
Jjjpppbbb@aol.com who is researching William BOSIDY (sic)
and Mary BOSSIDY; Barbara Stone stone@mail1.nai.net who is researching Jane and Patrick
LOMASNEY, William COPPINGER (including in the Ballylavene area),
Mary GRIFFIN and Mary BEGLEY; Deirdre Heller Drajin1@aol.com who is researching KENNELLY and WHALEN;
Frank FranksFarm@aol.com who is researching TOBIN; John Paul
Bradford johnpaul.bradford@sympatico.ca who is researching MOHER; David Collins dfcjr@ultranet.com who is researching QUIRK and CONDON ;
Deirdra Condon Sullivan sullibob@ma.ultranet.com who is researching DESMOND and CONDON
which feature on her webpage at http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/5149/ ; Tony Riordan triordan@email.msn.com who is researching the BALDWIN and
REILLY families which appear in the Riordan Family Genealogy page
at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6886/b-riordan.html ; John Donovan jdonovan@cablesurf.com who is researching DONOVAN (Barnahown,
Araglin) and LEDDY (Gortnaskehy, Araglin) - members of both
families are buried in Mocollop; Pam pkb@fastlink.com.au who is researching the WOODLEY and
BOWLES families; Ray Marshall raymarsh@mninter.net who is researching SCANLON and FOX; Jack
Lamb perpro@worldnet.att.net who is researching CLANCY; Gerry Kennedy
admin@atlanticisland.ie who is a descendant of Rev Hans Butler
of Mocollop Church (curate during 1832-33) and is researching
KENNEDY, BUTLER, SHANAHAN and DREW; Sean Collins wings@telusplanet.net who is researching Dennis DALEY and his
wife Mary FLYNN from Cappoquin; William M Lane lsc@indigo.ie who is researching SCANLON, O'NEILL,
FEENEY, FINN, GEARY, CONDON, COTTER and LANE; Gerry (Geraldine)
Conway Morenski dutiem@mediaone.net who is researching her great-grandfather
DAVID CONWAY (1817-1894) who is buried at Mocollop and who
married HANNAH (JOHANNA) DONOVAN; Patrick Lynch Patlynchma@aol.com who is researching HEAFY/HEAPHY, LYNCH,
LINEHAN and SCANLON in both the Parish of Lismore and Mocollop (Ballyduff)
and the Parish of Ballyporeen (Barnahown) in nearby Tipperary;
Terence Kennelly kennelly@paradise.net.nz who is researching KENEALLY from
Ballyduff;
... (please advise
me if you wish to be listed)
Miscellaneous
names relevant to the general area
Landowners in areas of the Parish of Lismore and
Mocollop, adjacent to Mocollop, taken from
Griffiths Valuation of Waterford during 1848-1851. See another
similar list below. Here is a link to a useful explanatory website about Griffiths
Valuation.
Heads of households
in the Parish of Lismore and Mocollop at the time of the 1901
Census, sorted by surnames and Townlands. Note: this information has been
extracted from LDS film Nos 852422 and 852423; they are large
files (201Kbs). This is a link to the IreAtlas Townland database for further checking of Townland names.
My interpretation of some of the ornate writing might not be
accurate.
Other
links of interest
Ballyduff
Community Web-Site http://www.esatclear.ie/~ballyduff/index.htm has been developed by local
person Maurice Geary. It includes a photo of the Mocollop Church (with
the roof still on) and a photo of the Mocollop Forge. The
website is still under construction.
Blackwater Valley
site http://www.blackwater.ie/
Castles of Ireland
site http://www.ireland-now.com/castles/castle1.html
This is an article by Mocollop researcher David
Collins about
his family history experiences at Mocollop and elsewhere. The
article first appeared in the Tiara newsletter. The postal address for Tiara
is: P. O. Box 619, Sudbury, MA 01776 USA. Stories from other
Mocollop researchers are welcome.
The head of family in six townlands from the Civil Parish of Lismore and
Mocollop located in Co Cork at the time of the 1911 Census and
posted by Michael Cronin.
Dungarvan Museum
Society https://members.tripod.com/~dungarvan/ "is based in Ireland, in the town
of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. The museum is a voluntary
organisation dedicated to preserving the history of Dungarvan and
the West Waterford area".
The GENUKI site for
Co Waterford http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/irl/Waterford/ with information about the Waterford e-mail
discussion List hosted by Rootsweb, history, archives, libraries,
media, tourism, business, etc.
Details in the
Griffiths Valuation for these townlands: Garrison, Ballyduff,
Ballyduff Upper, Ballyduff Lower (to be reloaded).
An article on the
IGSI site explaining how Ray Marshall identified Ballyduff as the
likely home of his ancestors (to be reloaded).
This page at the
Magner Family History site http://www.magner.org/historynotes.htm has an interesting description of St
Brigid's Holy Well at Castle Magner. Although not in the same
area, the description is relevant to the reference later in this
site to a Holy Well once associated with Mocollop. This is the
URL for the Magner Clan Page http://www.magner.org
The Murray Family
TombstoneRestoration Project http://www.murrayfamily.org/graves.htm has some interesting photographs of old
tombstones before and after restoration, in a cemetery similar to
Mocollop.
The site for Tallow
in West Waterford http://www.patsireland.com/tallow/ has photographs and an outline of the
local history.
The Waterford
Heritage Centre http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Geneal/Waterfrd.htm is the place to contact when you want to
commission research about your Co Waterford ancestors.
Denis Strangman, Canberra, Australia.
What the area looks
like - sheep grazing behind the Mocollop Church and cemetery.
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In 1746
Charles Smith in his book "The Ancient
and Present State of the County and City of Waterford"
included this reference to Mocollop at pps 62-63:
"The
next parish to this of Lismore is Mocollop where there is
little remarkable, the whole being rough and mountainous. On
the verge of this parish lies Araglin, noted for its Iron-works.
They are at present erecting forges for the making of Bar-iron,
having only hitherto carried on the manufacture of Cast-iron,
which will be of great advantage to this part of the country.
The glin here is very pleasant and romantic, and near it are
the ruins of an ancient castle, that together with the
Ironworks, contribute to the composing (of) such a scene."
In a footnote Smith also writes: "The parish of Mocollop
bounds the County of Cork, on the West the ridges of the
mountains divide it from the County of Tipperary, on the
North and the East it is bounded by Lismore, and part of the
County of Cork on the South."
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In 1834
the Dublin Penny Journal
(Vol 11 No 95, Conducted by P. Dixon Hardy, M.I.R.A. April 26
1834) published the following article about a visit by a
corresponent to Mocollop. The article was accompanied by a line
drawing which showed the outline of the ruined castle and other
buildings, including the church.
 Old Castle and Church Tower.
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 Church Tower
1998.
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The castle
is to the left of the drawing and the church tower is the square
outline roughly in the middle. Here is the church tower as we
photographed it in 1998. This is the text of the 1834 article:
Macollop (sic)
Castle - Situated on the banks of Blackwater river, on the
boundary of the County Waterford, and midway between Fermoy
and Lismore, a distance of about ten miles, stands the
ancient ruin of Macollop Castle, consisting of a large round
tower, with several smaller square ones flanking its
immediate base; and with several adjacent improvements, has
at present a very picturesque appearance when viewed in
almost any direction, but particularly across the river, from
the spot where it is said Cromwell, in 1640 (sic, recte 1649),
with an ill directed cannon-shot, reduced it to its present
dilapidated state. The situation of the house which is plain
and rather low, seems as if designed to give the Castle the
most advantageous appearance, while the church, which fills
up the chasm in the centre, with a well-planted hill
screening the more distant mountains of Clogheen and Ariglin,
complete one of the prettiest landscapes which imagination
can convey to the mind; [the previous text has been taken
from a reproduction in a footnote to an article in the Journal
of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society,
referred to in a later webpage. The following text was sent
to me by a person who appears to have had access to the
illustration and the full article.] ... the lawn and adjacent
low grounds are judiciously planted with well grown timber,
and the river, which here enters the County of Waterford, and
winds almost under the Castle, adds much to the beauty of the
scene. A neat timber bridge, subject to a small toll,has,for
public convenience, been erected a little to the west of
Macollop House, by the spirited resident owner, F.Drew Esq. A
little further up the river may be seen, fast falling to
decay, the perforated walls, and high pointed gables of an
extensive mansion on the Waterpark estate. Following the
course of the river, the next place almost adjoining Macollop,
is Ballyduff, a village, like almost all those in the south
of Ireland, worthy of remark for nothing more than a new
chapel, three or four policemen, and three or four times that
number of public houses, the remaining population forming a
vast contrast to the many princely rural residences at either
side of the river. A little further on is Glenbeg, the seat
of G.B.Jackson Esq.; a place for which nature has done much
and art but little. Overhanging the river is a lovely beech
walk, perhaps not to be equaled in the kingdom for situation
and growth of timber. A very pretty cavern was a few years
past discovered on part of the demense; several curious
dilapidated stones and other surprising natural curiosities
have been found,but its extent has not been perfectly
ascertained; almost opposite Glenbeg is Flower Hill, the
prettiest and most enviable situation I know of on the river;
the entrance at the avenue is truly neat and terminates with
the house, built in the cottage style; the lands,which are
neatly planted and most economically arranged, speak much for
the taste of the owner, B Drew, Esq. It is celebrated as a
great cider country, and, in my opinion, might vie with that
of Devon or Cornwall. Adjoining Flower Hill is the natural
Waterfall of Glenmore, and on the opposite bank of the river
is Glencairn Abbey admirably situated.
E.H. (Tallow.
12th December,1833.)
The 19th Century
correspondent was not particularly kind in his description of
Ballyduff but, as we shall see later, today's residents of nearby
Ballyduff make a significant annual contribution to the memory of
the area. The description "one of the prettiest landscapes
which imagination can convey to the mind" has prompted at
least one Dublin-based resident with roots to the area to declare
that even though he cannot be buried in the now-closed cemetery
he would like his ashes scattered in the surrounding fields.
The Curate at the
Mocollop Church around the time that the above article appeared
was the Rev Hans Butler and a descendant has provided background
information about his career, which is reproduced below.
Several years after
the Dublin Penny Journal
treated its readers to a description of Mocollop Samuel Lewis, in
his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland
(published 1837), included this entry for Mocollop:
"MOCOLLOP,
a parish in the barony of Coshmore, county of Waterford, and
province of Munster, 6 miles (w) from Lismore, on the road to
Fermoy, and on the river Blackwater; containing 3503
inhabitants. James, the 7th Earl of Desmond, died at his
castle here in 1462. The castle continued in the possession
of the Desmonds until forfeited by the treason of Gerald, the
16th earl, in 1583. It was defended against Cromwell's forces
in 1650. The surface of the parish is chiefly rugged, and the
land of inferior quality: On its verge, in the picturesque
dell of Araglin, were formerly some iron-works.* The seat of
Francis Drew, Esq., is sitated in a richly planted demesne,
having an unusual extent of orchard, the cider produced from
which is very celebrated. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore; the rectory is united to
that of Lismore, and appropriate to the dean and chapter; the
vicarage is also united to that of Lismore, and appropriate
to the vicars choral. The amount of tithes is included in
that of Lismore. The church is a neat building. In the R.C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of
Lismore: the chapel is at the village of Ballyduff. In a
school, aided by F. Drew, Esq., and the vicars choral, about
120 children are taught; there are also three private schools,
in which are about 190 children, and a Sunday school. Ruins
of an ancient castle exist."
*An article in Decies
suggests there were ironworks at both Mocollop and Araglin. (Thomas
Power, "Richard Boyle's Ironworks in Co Waterford",
Decies, No 7,
January 1978, pps 30-35.)
At least one of the
Mocollop schools received assistance from the "Kildare Place
Society" during 1827-1840. The Society, founded in 1811 and
named after its location in Dublin, was dedicated to promoting
the education of the poor in Ireland. Ostensibly undenominational,
Catholics were involved in its work before 1820 but afterwards it
was essentially Protestant. According to the records of the
Society, Mr Thomas Irwin, one of the teachers at Mocollop, had
been teaching since 1812. (Thomas Power, "Schools in
Connection with the Kildare Place Society in Co Waterford 1817-1840",
Decies, Vol 17, May 1981, pps 4-16.)
In 1980 a writer in
the historical journal Decies
provided some further information about the Church at Mocollop:
"The
identity of the separate parish of Mocollop has for centuries
been submerged in the combined parish of Lismore and Mocollop.
Hence the modern Protestant Church here seems to have been
rated as a chapel-at-ease to Lismore. The Church is a First-Fruits
type, erected in 1820 in the ancient cemetery beside the pre-reformation
church foundations. Up to very recently both Catholics and
Protestants continued to be buried here as there was no
alternative catholic site. Church and cemetery are now semi-derelict.
The roof timbers still remains but the slates are mostly gone."
(John Mulholland, "A Checklist of Church of Ireland
places of Worship in County Waterford",
Decies, No 14, May 1980, pps 43-48.)
Does anyone know what is meant by a "First-Fruits type"?
HANS BUTLER
1808 - 1891. Curate at Mocollop Church 1832-33.
Father of
Jeannette Butler, first wife of Frederick H Kennedy
REV. HANS
BUTLER was son of Francis Butler, of Rathmoyle House,
QueensCounty, a gentleman. Educated by a Mr Martin, he
entered TCD on Oct 18,
1824, aged 16, BA in 1831, ordained deacon in 1831, a priest
in 1832. He was
curate in Mocollop in the Lismore diocese 1832-33, and he was
married (in St
George’s, Dublin Sept.12, 1837) to Mary Baker, daughter
of Abraham Baker of
Balhealy House, Co Dublin.
Abraham Baker
was married to Sophia, daughter of Sir John Blunden
andLucinda Cuffe, the daughter of John Cuffe, first Lord
Desart , b.1683.
Hans Butler was
Chaplain of Villierstown 1847-1886. He died on 7th January,
1891, (his wife
having died on Feb 2nd 1860). At the time of his death his
address was 12 Ranelagh Road, Co.Dublin, and his executor was
his son Francis Theobald Butler MD, then of 8 Parchmore Road,
Thornton Heath,Surrey. (Francis T Butler had married in 1874
Ellen, daughter of W.R.Jenney of Malta).
Hans Butler’s
will amounted to £1,804.
Another son of
Hans Butler was Henry Stuart Butler, who died before him on29th
June 1887 at 4 Garden Street, Chatham, Co.Kent.
At that date
Hans Butler had an address at 47 Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
Henry Stuart Butler was a solicitor, with offices at 4 Lower
Ormond Quay, Dublin.
This address
was later to be that of Frederick H Kennedy’s legal
practice.
Hans Butler's
wife's family were descended from General Gorge, and feature
in one of Ireland's weirdest 'ghost stories', refer to a book
by Sheila St Clair.
Hans Butler was
(Reg.of Deeds reference) Trustee of the affairs of one Hannah
Butler, widow, of Castlestown, in Queens County.
This is likely
to have been his sister-in-law. In any event Hannah Butlerwas
mother of Charlotte Butler, who married Garrett Moore, and
their children were Hans Garrett Moore and Frances Garvey
Moore.
A second
Trustee of above affairs was one James Bird MD, of Banagher,
Co.Offaly.
He was married
to another Hannah, who was likely a daughter of Hannah Butler.
As noted
elsewhere in these Records, Hans Butler was married to a
MaryBaker.
She was of
Balhealy House. Registry of Deeds references (1861.34.14.&
1861.35.282) concern the affairs of these Bakers.
Arthur Baker,
formerly of Balhealy House, then of Frankfort Castle Dublin,
likely Mary Baker’s brother, was father of Henry Baker
and of Jane Baker, she married Barry Drew.
Henry Baker
with a Robert Butler bought property from Arthur Baker.
Barry Drew was
son (?) of Edward Paoli Drew of Cappoquin, Co Waterford. This
Drew family are documented in Burkes ILG (1912 edition).
Extract
from 'Records of 'The Kennedy Family' by Conan Kennedy
Click here to view
some thumbnail scenes of the Mocollop area which, when clicked on, will open a
larger version of the thumbnail view.
More about the church and cemetery.
Enquiries about
this site: Denis Strangman string@hotkey.net.au
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