Extracts from The Independent, 1882-1885
11 Oct 1882, Wexford Union
Making a new boundary wall round the Kilmore burial ground
The Board of Guardians of the above Union will, on Saturday 14th October,
1882, receive and consider Tenders for making a Boundary Wall round the Kilmore
Burial Ground, according to a Plan and Specification to be seen at Mr Nicholas
Keating's, of Sarshill.
The Contractor will be obliged to complete the work to the satisfaction of
a Committee to be appointed by the Guardians. The contractor to state in
his Tender the length of time he will require to complete the work.
Tenders, naming two solvent persons willing to join the Contractor in a joint
and several Bond of £30 for the date fulfilment of the contract, to
be lodged in the Tender Box at the Workhouse, before Twelve o'clock, noon
on the above-named day.
(by order)
James O'Connor, Clerk of Union, Clerk's Office, Workhouse,
October 2, 1882.
See Sarshill 1901.
14 Oct 1882, Crossfarnogue
To William Boxwell, of Sarshill, in the County of Wexford, Esquire, and Francis Boxwell, of Butlerstown Castle, in the County of Wexford, Esquire, Justices of the Peace for the County of Wexford; Henry Lloyd Meadows, Esq., Clerk of the Peace for the County of Wexford; and Townley Ball, of Taghmon, in the County of Wexford, Esquire, Sub-inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, for the District of Taghmon, in the County of Wexford, and to all other persons concerned.
I, Patrick Rockford, of Crossfarnogue, in the County of Wexford, late a Captain in the Merchant Service, do hereby give Notice, that it is my intention to apply at the annual Licensing Quarter Sessions to be held at New Ross, in the County of Wexford, on the 9th day of November, 1882, for an ordinary License to sell Beer, Spirits, Wine, &c., to be consumed on the Premises at my House and Premises situate at Crossfarnogue, in the Townland of Crossfarnoque, Parish of Kilmore, Barony of Bargy, and in the said County of Wexford, now licensed in the name of my brother, Richard Rochford, late of Crossfarnogue, in the County of Wexford, Publican, now deceased.
Given under my hand this 4th day of September, 1882.
Patrick Rochford
See Sarshill 1901 for
Boxwell & Bassetts Kilmore Quay
1885 & possibly Chapel Petition 1871
for Rochford.
18 Oct 1882, Sarshill
Deaths. October 13th, at Sarshill, County Wexford, Susannah,
youngest daughter of William Boxwell, Esq., J.P., aged
15 years.
See Sarshill 1901.
21 Oct 1882, Neamestown
Wreck Sale By Auction.
To be sold by auction on Monday, the 30th October 1882.
On the strand opposite the road to Neamestown (near Kilmore)
A large quantity of Ceiling and Outside Planks, Top Timbers, Futlocks, Hardwood,
Floorings, Some Oak, 13 Logs of Pitch Pine, Firewood, &c.
Akso about two tons of Yellow Metal, Ten Tons Iron, small Chains.
Terms-cash. Sale to commence at Twelve o'Clock. Walsh & Son, Auctioneers.
Wexford, Oct 14th, 1882.
Note: this may be the auction of the wreck of the
schooner 'Victory'. The
vessel left Cardiff for Waterford, with coal, on October 16 1882 and was
not
heard of again until wreckage was washed ashore at Ballyteigue Bay. The loss
is recorded in the Board of Trade returns for 1882-83. The death of the 26
year-old master, Samson Strike, by drowning is listed in the Deaths at Sea
Register.
Researcher: Neil Hawke (neilandmaryhawke AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk)
28 Oct 1882, Bargy
A list of applications for new works to be made at Duncormick for the
Barony of Bargy on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 1882, at 12 o'clock.
A, To make a gullet on the road from Kilmore to Baldwinstown, at Mr
Grant's of Ballyteigue, not to exceed £4 etc...
See Ballyteigue 1901
1 November 1882, Bargy
Ordered-That the Presenting Sessions previous to Spring assizes, 1883,
be held at the following times and places :-
At Duncormick, for the Barony of Bargy, on Tuesday, 7th November, at
12 o'clock.
Bargy
1 James E Meyler, Harristown, Ballymitty
2 Mathew Meyler, Ballyseskin, Kilmore See Meyler
widow, possibly to Mathew, in Ballyseskin
1901
3 John Sparrow, Ballyconnick, Clearystown
4 Nicholas Sinnott, Ballymadder, Bannow
5 John Day, Gollogh, Kilmore
6 W H Lett, Balloughton, Bannow
7 Lemuel (?) Furney, Ballycross, Bridgetown
8 Nicholas Colfer, Cooleshall, Bannow
9 John Rossiter, Ballingale, Taghmon
10 William Morris, Killag, Duncormick
11 James Devereux, Tomhaggard, Ballycogley
12 James Roche, Levitstown, Duncormick
13 William Burnsides, Cullenstown, Bannow
14 Michael Browne, Bridgetown
15 Francis Keating, Ballyhealy, Kilmore
16 John Codd, Newtown, Bridgetown
17 Christoper Jeffares, Bridgetown
18 John Roche, Clearystown
19 John Fortune, Gainstown, Clearystown
20 James A Ennis, Woodgraigue, Duncormick
21 Edward Harpur, Ballymaddir, Bannow
22 Andrew Cullen, Bannow
23 Arthur Keating, Carrig, Bannow
24 Thomas Kavanagh, Scar, Bridgetown
1 Nov 1882, Kilmore
Mr A Keating asked for the appointment of a committee to inspect the
building of the boundary wall round Kilmore graveyard.
Messrs. Nicholas Keating, James Power, Thomas Stafford and Thomas Barry
were appointed.
Mr Browne hoped that the contractor would not be permitted to take any
of the stones belonging to the old church.
The Chairman said he would not.
Mr Keating was very glad to report that the contractor had put a stop
to trespass.
This was approved of.
For Nicholas Keating See Sarshill
1901
1 Nov 1882, Wexford Land Commission
Two of the Sub-Commissioners presided on Monday in the Record Court,
County Courthouse. The Commissioners for the Division are - Gerald
Fitzgerald, Esq., Barrister-at-Law; Professor Baldwin,
and A B Nolan, esq., Registrar; Jerome O'Brien,
Esq., and Official Valuator, J M Walker. Sixty three
cases were entered for hearing (only Kilmore transcribed).
The Commissioners present this day were Mr Fitzgerald
and Professor Baldwin.
Mr Fitzgerald said-That as he
saw so many tenant farmers present, he thought it well to remind them
that if they wanted to take the benefit of the Arrears Act they should
pay up a year's rent before the 30th November. Of course this only applied
to persons who came under the Act, and whose holdings are under £30
a year, and who, it could be proved, were unable to pay their rents.
Several cases were withdrawn.
John Busher, tenant; Mrs Bolton and another,
landlords. The holding is situate in the electoral division of Kilmore.
Mr Busher examined by Mr Colfer-I am tenant for the last seventeen years;
I succeeded my father; the rent is £10 15s 2d; valuation, £8 15s; the
farm was larger formerly, but a portion was taken from my father about
twenty-six years ago; the rent was never raised; I live ten miles from
Wexford; it is a tillage farm; it is wet from springs; I think £7 10s
would be a fair rent.
Possibly the John Busher in Newtown
1901
John
Fardy, tenant; same landlords. Area 7a 1r 11p; rent, £9 6s 2d; vslustion,
£8 5s. The tenant, in answer to Mr Colfer, said he got possession from
his wife; when he went there first the rent was £8 19s 8d; it is now
£9 6s 2d; a portion of my land was taken from me and given to John Bates,
but I got so much more in place of it; the fresh land I got was in a
very bad state, and I had to sewer it; I never got a good crop out of
the new land after all my outlay on it; I sank the drains by Mr Rowe's
order 2 1/2 feet deep; I have created nine inches of soil on the land
since I went into it; I think 28s an acre would be a fair rent for it.
To Mr R Elgee-If the rent was fixed at 28s an acre i could not say what
the farm would be worth.
Possibly the John Fardy in Newtown
1901
William Rossiter, tenant; same
landlords. Area, 6a 0r 6p; rent, £9 8s 8d; valuation, £5 15s. Mr Rossiter
examined by Mr Colfer-My father bought Mr Busher's interest; he paid
£31 for it; the rent was never raised; I drained and fenced the place;
about an acre do be flooded; I live on Mr Bruen's property; it joins
this holding; I did pay Mr Bruen 45s an acre, but now only 38s. To Mr
Elgee-I do get manure from Ballyteigue, but not for this farm; I can
use the manure only on Mr Bruen's holding; I do use some of it sometimes
on this farm.
Seems to be in Libgate see Bassetts
Kilmore Quay 1885 & Chapel Petition
1871 & Libgate 1901
Peter Rossiter, tenant; same landlords. Area 15a 0r
22p; rent, £20 4s 6d; valuation, $15 10s. Mr William Rossiter
(possibly the William above is the son of Peter
Rossiter) examined by Mr Colfer-My father is
the tenant; he is not able to come to town; he is ninety years of age;
this place has been in the possession of our family for at least three
centuries; it is a tillage farm; I always complained of the rent being
too high.
See
Newtown in 1901
Francis Rossiter,
tenant; same landlords. Area 3a 0r 38p; rent, £4 9s 6d.; valuation,
£2 10s. Mr Francis Rossiter examined by Mr Colfer, and stated the improvements
made by him.
Seems to be in Libgate see Bassetts
Kilmore Quay 1885 & Chapel Petition
1871 & Libgate 1901
Judith Fardy, tenant, same landlord;
7a 2r 5p.; rent, £11 1s 5d.; valuation, £6 15s. The witness deposed
that the land was not as good as the other tenants'
William Moore, tenant,
same landlord; 4a 0r 37p, rent, £6 4s.; valuation, £3 10. Mr Moore examined
by Mr Colfer-I live at Libgate; I succeeded my aunt; there is a portion
of the farm a marsh; it is about 3 roods, 11 perches; I drained it;
in wet weather the drains do not work; but at ordinary times they do;
it is owing to the want of s sufficient fall they do not work at all
times; I think 25s an acre would be fair. To Mr Elgee-I keep a horse;
I do hire him out sometimes; I think the drains are about three feet
deep; I think my land is the worst on the property; it is the fag end
of it.
See Libgate 1901
Patrick Rochford, tenant; same landlord. Area, 46a 3r 35p; rent,
£33 14s 7s (mistake for "d"); valuation, £22 10s. Mr Rochford examined
by Mr Colfer-I am in possession 24 years; I got it by marriage; it was
held under lease; the rent is the same still; it was not increased after
the lease was out; it is a mixed farm; about two acres of it are waste
owing to marl holes and rocks; about an acre do be flooded during heavy
rains; I have greatly improved the land; I have filled a marl hole;
I consider 15s 6d an acre would be fair rent for the farm unless for
the bad portion which is not worth anything. To Mr Elgee-I commenced
improving in 1862, and continued up to the present time; I spent £20
in filling the marl hole; I did not think at first it would have been
so expensive; I went into possession in 1858, and commenced improving
then, but did not commence right until 1862.
Possibly on Chapel
Petition 1871
Daniel Doyle, tenant; same landlord; area, 7a 0r 9p; rent, £5
2s 11d; valuation, £3 10s. Mr Doyle examined by Mr Haggard-I have improved
the place; the landlord gets more out of it than I do; it is poor, cold,
hungry soil, that is impossible to make good; 13s 6d an acre would be
a fair rent for it all round. To Mr Elgee-There is land on the other
side of the road worse than mine; I killed myself working on the land,
trying to improve it; I do two men's work every day; I am up at work
at three in the morning; I do take road contracts; I built bridges on
the road.
Mr W H Lett examined by Mr Colfer
gave evidence as to value-He valued John Busher's after
making deductions at £7 3s 8d; John Fardy's, £6 1s
9d; William Rossiter's, £8 18s 2d; Francis
Rossiter's , £4; Peter Rossiter's, £13 12s
4d; Judith Fardy's, £6 17s 4d; William Moore's,
£3 5s 9d; and Patrick Rochford's, £23 4s; he allowed
in his calculation 2s an acre in consequence of the facilities for getting
manure; in some place he allowed 5s for that. To Mr Haggard-The
net value I fix on Daniel Doyle's is £3 4s 9d. Mr C W Harvey
was examined by Mr Elgee on the part of the landlords,
and fixed the value for John Busher's at £9 3s 6d;
John Fardy's at £9; William Rossiter's
at £8; Peter Rossiter's at £19 7s 9d; Francis
Rossiter's at £5; Judith Fardy's at £9 and
William Moore's at £4 13s 3d.
The court then adjourned.
24 Sep 1884, Kilmore Quay
Kilmore Quay, September 19, 1884
The committee appointed to inspect the pump at the quay, find that there
is no water in the pyblic pump, and that the people of the quay are
no better off for water than they were before was put down last February,
and that they think the well ought to be sunk until they are satisfied
that there will be enough water in the well to supply the quay under
all circumstances, and that it ought to be done before 15th October
next.
A short discussion ensued on the reading of the above, when the question
was further adjourned until the next meeting.
2 Sep 1885, Ballyteigue
BALLYTEIGUE DRAINAGE
This useful drainag work, by which a large area, known as “The
Ballyteigue Mudlands”, containing about 1,700 acres, now lying
waste under water, will, it is hoped, be dried and converted into valuable
arable and pasture lands, was most successfully commenced on Saturday
last ; the inauguration ceremony of “turning the first sod”
having been gracefully performed by Mrs William Boxwell,
of Sarshill, in the presence of a large number of the gentry of the
surrounding neighbourhood, the proprietors of the soil, and members
of “the board”, all of whom have taken a keen interest in
the carrying out of the works, as well from the benefit to be derived
by themselves as the advantage to be gained in opening a field of remunerative
labour to the workmen of the district. This drainage has been undertaken
in the years 1849 and 1850, and a sum of £48,000 expended in the
reclamation of these lands, but the works had gradually failed from
the process of “silting up” along the delivery canal ; and
it was with a view to restore them to a more perfect action and avoid
the calamity of so large a loss, principally of public money, that the
drainage scheme now happily inaugurated was designed.
After the ceremony, the entire company was entertained at an al-fresco
luncheon on the Burrow of Ballyteigue, exactly on the future site of
the new canal, by William Boxwell, Esq.,bod Sarshill,
when the success of the undertaking, and the health and prosperity of
its principal promoters, was drunk in a magnum of champagne. The construction
of the works has been entrusted to the energetic contractor, Mr T
Dixon, under the superintendence of Mr William Lewis,
Engineer of the Board, both of whom, in very admirable reply speeches,
assured the promoters of their sanguine expectation of a rapid and successful
completion of the works.
See Sarshill 1901 for
William & Jane Boxwell.
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