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 THE PARISH OF TANEY,
 
 THE PARISH OF TANEY 
 
 A HISTORY OF DUNDBUM, 
 
 NEAR DUBLIN, 
 AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 
 
 BY 
 
 FEANCIS ELRINGTON BALL 
 
 AND 
 
 EVERARD HAMILTON, B.A., UNIV. OP DUB. 
 
 Member Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 
 
 D UBLIN: 
 HODGES, FIGGIS, & CO., LTD., GRAFTON ST., 
 
 PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
 
 REV. WILLIAM ALFRED HAMILTON, D.D., 
 
 Sometime Canon of Christ Church Cathedral 
 THIS HISTORY OF HIS PARISH 
 
 IS INSCRIBED 
 
 2060866 A2
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 IN placing this little work before the public, the 
 authors desire to acknowledge the valuable assist- 
 ance they have received from the following amongst 
 other friends. 
 
 The Rev. Canon Stokes, D.D., the learned author 
 of Ireland and tJie Celtic Church, and Ireland, and 
 the Anglo-Norman Church, &c., &c., has very kindly 
 revised the chapter upon the Antiquities of the 
 Parish, and supplied the materials for interesting 
 notes. 
 
 The Rev. William Reynell, B.D., M.B.I.A., placed 
 his ample knowledge of the clergy of the Diocese 
 of Dublin at their disposal, besides furnishing many 
 particulars for the biographical portions of the 
 work. 
 
 To John H. Samuels, Esq., the Diocesan Registrar, 
 they desire to return thanks for his unvarying
 
 courtesy in affording access to such of the Diocesan 
 Records as remain in his custody. 
 
 They are also indebted to J. J. Digges La 
 Touche, Esq., LL.D., Deputy Keeper of the Re- 
 cords, and the other officials in the Record Office, 
 as well as to the officials of the Library and 
 Registrar's Office of Trinity College and of the 
 National Library, Kildare Street. 
 
 September, 1895.
 
 CONTENTS, 
 
 CHAP. PAGE 
 
 I. INTRODUCTION * . : . .1 
 
 II. ANTIQUITIES .... 5 
 
 HI. THE GRAVEYARD . . . .26 
 
 IV. CHRIST CHURCH . . . . . 53 
 
 V. CURATES UNDER THE ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN AS 
 
 RECTOR ..... 66 
 
 VI. RECTORS AND CURATES FROM 1851 . . 81 
 
 VII. CHURCHWARDENS .... 93 
 
 VIII. PARISHIONERS . . . . .154 
 
 IX. SCHOOLS, PARISH OFFICERS, GLEBE HOUSE AND LAND 187 
 
 X. THE CHAPEL OF EASE . . .196 
 
 XI. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES . .199 
 
 APPENDICES ... . 229 
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES 237 
 
 INDEX 245
 
 ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 T. C. = Taney Church. 
 
 T. G. = Taney Graveyard. 
 
 B. L. G. = Burke's Landed Gentry. 
 
 B. P. Burke's Peerage. 
 
 B. E. P. = Burke's Extinct Peerage. 
 
 T. C. D. = Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 H. 0. = Holy Orders. 
 
 a. = aged. 
 
 b. = born. 
 
 m. = married. 
 
 unm. = unmarried. 
 
 d. = died or dead. 
 
 ' *'* [ = died or dead without issue. 
 o.s. p. ) 
 
 bapt. = baptized, 
 
 dau. = daughter. 
 
 bur. = buried. 
 
 c. = called. 
 
 q. v. = whom see or which see.
 
 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 CHAPTEK I. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 THE Parish of Taney comprises a district extend- 
 ing from the top of the Three Bock Mountain to 
 near the sea-shore at Merrion ; it is 5^ miles long 
 from N. to S., and 2 miles broad from E. to W. It 
 contains seventeen townlands, covering 4,569A. 3n. 
 14p. Statute measure, of which all but GA. OR. I?P. 
 are in the Half Barony of Piathdown.* This small 
 portion, which forms part of the townland of Eoe- 
 buck, lies in the Barony of Dublin. 
 The following are the townlandsj 
 
 
 A. B. P. 
 
 1. Balally 
 2. Ballinteer 
 
 ... 834 2 5 
 ... 282 1 24 
 
 3. Churchtown, Lower 
 
 ... 180 2 
 
 4. Churchtown, Upper 
 
 ... 221 7 
 
 *D'Alton (History of Co. Dublin, p. 807) states the entire 
 Barony of Rathdown was originally in the County of Dublin ; 
 but when Wieklow was made into a separate county, the 
 Barony was divided into two parts : that part of it lying to 
 the south of Bray River being comprised in the County of 
 Wieklow, and the remainder in the County of Dublin.
 
 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 5. Drummartin ... 
 
 6. Dundrum 
 
 7. Farranboley 
 
 8. Friarland 
 
 9. Kingstown 
 
 10. Mount Anville... 
 
 11. Mountmerrion or Callary 
 
 12. Mountmerrion, South ... 
 
 13. Rathmines, Great 
 
 14. Eathmines, Little 
 
 15. Eoebuck 
 
 16. Tiknock 
 
 17. Trimleston or Owenstown 
 
 A. E. P. 
 
 188 2 
 
 317 2 38 
 
 150 3 7 
 
 39 2 9 
 
 194 2 1 
 
 , 89 26 
 
 376 2 27 
 
 4 2 25 
 
 , 88 2 15 
 
 , 68 3 25 
 
 822 2 17 
 
 , 634 1 29 
 
 , 75 39 
 
 4,509 3 14 
 
 The parish is bounded on the east by the parishes 
 of Booterstown, Stillorgan, Kilmacud, Tullow, and 
 Kilgobbin ; on the west by Eathfarnham and White- 
 church ; and on the north by St. Peter's and 
 Donnybrook. A small portion of the parish touched 
 the sea-shore at Merrion, but was transferred to the 
 parish of Booterstown in May, 1877. 
 
 The following is a statement of the population 
 and number of houses, taken from the Census 
 returns : 
 
 YEARS. 
 
 1841. 
 
 1851. 
 
 1861. 
 
 1871. 
 
 1881. 
 
 1891. 
 
 Population 
 
 3,848 
 
 3,929 
 
 4,208 
 
 4,310 
 
 4,491 
 
 4,669 
 
 No.of Houses 
 
 680 
 
 722 
 
 766 
 
 790 
 
 809 
 
 856
 
 INTRODUCTION. 3 
 
 The parish is a Rectory, which from the time 
 of Archbishop Luke of Dublin (1228-1255) was 
 attached to the Archdeaconry of Dublin, in support 
 of that dignity, and the Archdeacon continued 
 Rector down to the year 1851, when, on the death 
 of Archdeacon Torrens, by an order of the Lord 
 Lieutenant in Council,* the parish was separated 
 from the Archdeaconry. 
 
 It is not thought necessary in the following 
 pages to give the succession of the Archdeacons of 
 Dublin, which will be found, with full biographical 
 notes, in Mason's History of St. Patrick's, and in 
 Cotton's Fasti Ecclesice Hibernica. So far as is 
 possible, the succession of their curates who have 
 had charge of the parish is given ; but owing to the 
 diocesan records not being at present accessible, it 
 is very incomplete until the end of the eighteenth 
 century, when the parish recordsf begin. Before 
 that time the parish only enjoyed the ministrations 
 of curates who had other churches to serve in the 
 Archdeacon's corps. 
 
 In the chapter upon the antiquities of the parish 
 will be found an account of the ancient Deanery 
 of Taney ; the modern rural deanery is of much 
 smaller extent. In 1802 the latter comprised the 
 parishes of Taney, Kilgobbin, Rathfarnham, Still- 
 organ, Crumlin, and Tallaght ; and its contents are 
 still the same, with the addition of the parishes of 
 "Whitechurch, Kilternan, Zion Church Rathgar, 
 
 * Appendix A. f Appendix B.
 
 4 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 and Milltown, and including the chapel of ease, 
 Taney, and the chapels of St. Columba's College, 
 of the Mageough Home, and of the Central Asylum, 
 Dundrum. 
 
 It will be noticed that the name of the parish is 
 spelled in many different ways in the following 
 pages ; the rule which has been observed is, when 
 quoting from any document, to follow the peculiar 
 spelling found in it. This observation also applies 
 to the names of the other places mentioned.
 
 CHAPTEE II. 
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 
 
 'THE Parish of Taney, as an ecclesiastical estab- 
 -'- lishment, has survived the vicissitudes of many 
 centuries; and there seems little room for doubt, 
 although we cannot point to a noble edifice erected 
 by the master-builders of the middle ages, that 
 the worship of God has been conducted in this 
 place since before the English conquest of Ireland 
 in 1172. 
 
 But the parish seems not to have been the earliest 
 ecclesiastical establishment to which the name of 
 Taney was attached. 
 
 When Cardinal Paparo visited Ireland in 1152, 
 he found, it is said, that Taney was one of the 
 rural sees, or chorepiscopates, which then existed, 
 and which were taken as the extent of the jurisdic- 
 tion of the Arehpresbyters-rural, who supplanted 
 rural bishops, and who were the predecessors of our 
 present Eural Deans.* 
 
 There is no doubt that the Kural Deanery of 
 Taney was of great extent in ancient times. 
 
 About 1294, there was a new taxation of the 
 Diocese of Dublin for the Pope, and the total sum 
 
 * Dansey's Horae Decaniccs Eurales, vol. ii., pp. 516, 517.
 
 6 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 raised in the Diocese was 707 11s., a very large 
 amount in those days. 
 
 In this taxation we find the Deanery of "Tanhy" 
 mentioned, and the following places, &c., included 
 in it: Church of Coulok (Coolock) ; Chapel of 
 Isolde's Town (Chapelizod), where "the Hospitallers 
 are rectors;" the tithes of the monks of Clonschi- 
 lagh (Clonsilla) ; Church of Leucane (Lucan) 
 ["Monastery of St. Thomas"]; Church of Bali- 
 thermot (Ballyfarmot), where " the Hospitallers 
 are rectors;" Church of Kylmahud (Kilmacud) ; 
 Temporality of the Prior of St. Catherine (St. 
 Catherine's, near Leixlip) ; Church of Kylmatalwey 
 (Kilmactalway) ; Chapel of Kynturk, " Temporality 
 of All Saints' there ; " Temporality of the Monks 
 at Kylmatalwey ; the Prioress of Lesmolyn at 
 Clonschilagh (Clonsilla) ; Dunsenk (Dunsink) and 
 Belegrene (Belgree, Co. Meath ?) ; the Prior of St. 
 John of Dublin at Palmerstown ; the Prior of All 
 Saints' at Ballycollay ; the monks at Kylmacodrek 
 (Kilmacudrick) ; Ballykegh, " nothing, on account 
 of the war;" the monks at Coulmyne (Coolmine, 
 in the Parish of Saggard) and Clonlyff ; Cloghran- 
 hydryt (Cloghran, near Hiddart), and Aderk. The 
 total sum for the Deanery of " Tanhy " came to 
 60 13s. 4d. 
 
 It is to be observed that neither the Church of 
 Taney, nor its Chapelries of Donnybrook, Kathfarn- 
 ham, and Kilgobbin, are mentioned ; this may be 
 accounted for by the fact that these formed part of 
 the corps of the Archdeacon of Dublin, and that he
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 7 
 
 paid 10 as the tax upon his dignity as archdeacon. 
 The Vicarage of Tauelaghte (Tallaght), which is 
 still in the Rural Deanery of Taney, was included 
 among " the dignities and prebends of the Church 
 of St. Patrick, Dublin, with their vicarages;" but it 
 paid nothing, " on account of war."* 
 
 From the learned paper of Mr. James Mills upon 
 The Norman Settlement in Leinster,} we find that 
 "when King Henry granted Leinster to Strong- 
 bow certainly when King John confirmed it to 
 the Earl Marshal he excepted from the grant 
 the two cantredsj nearest to Dublin," and that 
 " further west (from Carrickbrenan) was Dundrum, 
 held soon after the Conquest by Hugh de Clahull. 
 Northwards lay Tacheny, now Churchtown. The 
 name is preserved in the parish name Taney. 
 This was held by John de Clahull, who was 
 Marshal of the Lordship of Leinster, and had 
 also extensive lands near Carlow, and subse- 
 quently in Kerry, where his family seems to have 
 settled. De Clahull gave all his land of Thacney 
 to the Archbishop of Dublin. (Liber Niger Alani, 
 fol. 108.) Eabo (now Eoebuck) is north-east of 
 Tacheny. It was held at first by Thomas de St. 
 
 * Vide Calendar to Christ Church Deeds, in the 20th 
 Eeport of the Deputy Keeper of Eecords in Ireland, pp. 60, 
 61. 
 
 t Journal-of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1894, 
 pp. 161, 167. 
 
 J A cantred was a division of a county corresponding 
 to a " hundred " in England.
 
 8 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Michael, and given by John, the king's son, to 
 Thomas's brother, Eobert de St. Michael. By the 
 middle of the thirteenth century it had become the 
 property of a branch of the great Norman family of 
 Basset. A charter from David Basset to Fromund 
 le Brun, of the whole manor of Kabo, for ever, is 
 entered on the Pipe Boll of 46 Hen. III. It is 
 printed in Irish Record Com. Reports, vol. i., p. 836." 
 
 In the period immediately after the Norman 
 Settlement was constructed the barrier, known 
 as the " Pale," separating the lands occupied by 
 the settlers from those remaining in the hands 
 of the Irish. This barrier consisted of a ditch, 
 raised some ten or twelve feet from the ground, 
 with a hedge of thorn on the outer side. It was 
 constructed, not so much to keep out the Irish, as 
 to form an obstacle in their way in their raids on 
 the cattle of the settlers, and thus give time for a 
 rescue. 
 
 The Pale began at Dalkey, and followed a south- 
 westerly direction towards Kilternan ; then turning 
 northwards passed Kilgobbin, where a castle still 
 stands, and crossed the Parish of Taney to the 
 south of that part of the lands of Balally now 
 called Moreen, :;: and thence in a westerly direction 
 to Tallaght, and on to Naas in the County of 
 Kildare.f In the wall bounding Moreen is still to 
 
 * Now the residence of Major Lenox Mac Farlane, and 
 formerly of the M'Kay family. Vide M'Kay, chapter vii. 
 
 f A portion of the Pale is still to be seen in Kildare between 
 Clane and Clongowes Wood College at Sallins.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 9 
 
 be seen a small watch-tower and the remains of a 
 guard-house adjoining it. From this point a 
 beacon-fire would raise the alarm as far as Tallaght, 
 where an important castle stood.* 
 
 The earliest mention of the parish is to be found 
 in 1179, when Pope Alexander III. confirmed to 
 Archbishop Laurence O'Toole "the middle place 
 of Tignai with its church." The Papal Bull which 
 deals with Taney, among the other places in the 
 diocese in that year, is preserved for us in the 
 Liber Niger of Archbishop Alan; and a note by 
 the Archbishop himself, in the margin of his Liber 
 Niger, informs us that ' ' Tanney " is a church 
 appertaining to the prebend of the Archdeacon of 
 Dublin, the meaning of which will appear later. 
 
 John Alan occupied the Archiepiscopal throne of 
 Dublin from 1528 to 1534 ; he was an Englishman, 
 like most of the prelates who preceded and suc- 
 ceeded him in that office, educated at Cambridge, 
 Treasurer of St. Paul's Cathedral, and succeeded to 
 the See of Dublin through the influence of Cardinal 
 Wolsey, to whom he was chaplain. Having in- 
 curred the enmity of the Geraldine family, he was 
 murdered by some of their party at Artane, near 
 Dublin, on 28th July, 1534. f 
 
 * This sketch of the Pale is based on a note supplied by 
 the Rev. G. T. Stokes, D.D. 
 
 t Cotton's Fasti Ecclesia Hibernicce, vol. ii., p. 18 ; and in 
 the Dictionary of National Biography, vol. i., p. 305, will be 
 found a fuller account of his life by that eminent historian 
 of the reign of Henry VIII., James Gairdner, Esq., of the 
 English Rolls Office.
 
 10 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 To his industry and love of antiquities we are 
 indebted for the preservation of the contents of 
 many ancient documents which existed in his day, 
 but which have long since disappeared. He found 
 already compiled a register of ancient documents 
 called the Crede Mild, which was made about 
 1275, and this he embellished with notes of his 
 own. The original of this register is in the 
 custody of the Archbishop of Dublin, and is the 
 oldest existing record of the state of the parishes in 
 the Diocese of Dublin. Archbishop Alan caused 
 two other registers to be compiled ; one called his 
 Repertorium Viride, and the other his Liber Niger,* 
 The original of the Repertorium Viride is not now 
 forthcoming, but several copies of it the latest 
 being of the seventeenth century and the original 
 of the Liber Niger are in the custody of the Arch- 
 bishop.t In the latter are to be found many 
 marginal notes in the handwriting of Alan, such 
 as that quoted above about this parish. J 
 
 In addition to being the name of a rural deanery 
 
 * Sometimes called Alan's Register. 
 
 | For a minute description of the present condition of the 
 Crede Mihi and the Liber Niger, vide Preface (pp. xvi.-xx.) 
 to Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, 1172-1320, 
 edited by J. T. Gilbert. London, 1870. 
 
 J The late Dr. Reeves, the Bishop of Down, Connor, and 
 Dromore, caused a copy of the Liber Niger to be made in 
 MS., and he then copied into it, in his own clear writing, all 
 Alan's notes. This copy is in the Library of T.C.D. Vide 
 Journal of Eoyal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1893, 
 p. 303.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 11 
 
 and a parish, Taney is also the title of a prebendal 
 stall in St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 1227 the value 
 of this prebend was forty marks, or 26 13s. 4d., 
 and the name is written " Tathtoin," by which we 
 would not recognise our parish, were it not for 
 Alan's note, "alias Tawney."* 
 
 At this date it was, no doubt, a separate dignity, 
 although the names of the prebendaries have not 
 come down to us ; but Archbishop Luke (1228- 
 1255) granted both the church and the prebend to 
 the Archdeacon of Dublin, in support of his dignity, 
 reserving thence to the Legate a latere, the 
 hundredth part, which had been paid by way of 
 proxy from very remote times. 
 
 The Church of Luske had previously been held 
 by the Archdeacon ; but it was then taken away, 
 and Taney, which was described as a "mother 
 church," having three chapels subservient to it 
 Donabroke (Donnybrook), Kilgoban (Kilgobbin), 
 and Bathfarnham was given in exchange.! 
 
 Both the church and prebend remained in the 
 possession of the Archdeacon from that time until 
 1851 ; the prebend remained in abeyance for some 
 years after 1851; but since St. Patrick's became 
 the National Cathedral, the stall has been revived, 
 and is now assigned to the Diocese of Limerick. 
 
 Except the occasional mention of the parish 
 among the possessions of the Archdeacon, and in 
 
 * Mason's History of St. Patrick's, Appendix v. 
 t Mason's History of St. Patrick's, pp. 44, 45 ; also Alan's 
 Repertorium Viride
 
 12 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 ancient deeds of the period, we have very little 
 information about it during the fourteenth or 
 fifteenth century. 
 
 A considerable portion of the Archbishop's tem- 
 poralities consisted of the Manor of St. Sepulchre, 
 which extended from near St. Patrick's Cathedral 
 into the Parish of Taney beyond Milltown. In a 
 lease from the Archbishop to Thomas Locum, made 
 in 1414, which is preserved in the Liber Niger, a 
 description is given of the style of residence suited 
 to the larger tenants of the manor. By this lease, 
 the tenant was to build within four years, at his 
 own expense, a stone house, walled and battle- 
 mented, 18 feet in breadth by 26 feet in length, 
 and 40 feet in height a house of these dimensions 
 would more resemble a tower than a mere dwelling- 
 house the rent of the land in time of peace was 
 to be 3d. per acre, and in time of war, nothing.* 
 
 The only traces which we find in the records of 
 the Church of the stirring events of Henry VIII. 's 
 reign are those connected with the dissolution of 
 St. Patrick's Cathedral. 
 
 By an inquisition held on the 27th January, in 
 the thirty-eighth year of Henry VIII. (1546), the 
 extent and value of the archidiaconal possessions in 
 Taney were reported to be as follows : 
 
 "In the town-land of Tanee (alias Church- 
 townt) there is of demesne, appertaining to said 
 
 * Vide Mr. James Mills' paper on The Manor of St. Sepul- 
 chre, in Journal of the Royal Historical and ArcJucological 
 Association of Ireland, 1889, p. 31, et seq. 
 
 f Vide post, Survey of Half-Barony of liathdown, 1654.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 13 
 
 rectory or prebend, one messuage and ix acres of 
 arable land, one stang (i.e., a pole or perch) of 
 meadow, value, per annum, ixs. The tithes issue 
 from the town-lands of Tanee, Dondrommy (Don- 
 dromarty, in inquisition of 1 Edw. VI., quoted by 
 Mason [Drummartin or Dundrum ?]), Balawly, 
 Balayn (Ballinteer), Eebowe (Rabo or Eoebuck), 
 "the Chantrell ferme" and Challorighe (Mount - 
 merrion or Callary) value xixl. per annum; the 
 demesne lands, altarages, and oblations of Tanee 
 are assigned to the curate for his stipend."'" 
 
 The cathedral was dissolved in 1546, and the 
 possessions of the Archdeacon were confiscated ; 
 but in 1547 William Power, who had held the 
 Archdeaconry at the suppression, received a pension 
 from Edward VI. as " Prebendary of Tannee and 
 Rathfernane."f During the time of the suppression 
 the parishes of Taney and Bathf arnham were leased 
 to Sir John Allen, Knight. J The Archdeaconry 
 was restored in 1555 by Queen Mary, and, no doubt, 
 the Parish of Taney amongst its possessions. 
 
 The next notice which we find of the parish is in 
 1615, when a " Regal Visitation " was carried out 
 by Archbishop Thomas Jones, in obedience to the 
 command of James I. This visitation found Robert 
 Pont resident curate, and the church and chancel 
 in good repair, and furnished with service books. 
 It may be remarked, that the chancel was mentioned 
 
 * Mason's History of St. Patrick's, p. 46. 
 
 t Cotton's Fasti Ecclesice Hibernica, vol. ii., p. 129. 
 
 { Mason's History of St. Patrick's, p. 45. 
 
 Latin MS. in the Public Eecord Office, Dublin.
 
 14 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 separately, because, under the old ecclesiastical law, 
 the rector was bound to keep that part of the fabric 
 in repair. 
 
 In 1630 Dr. Lancelot Bulkeley, who was Arch- 
 bishop from 1619 to 1650, prepared an account of 
 the diocese, and presented it to the Privy Council 
 on the 1st June in that year. The following is a 
 translation of his report of Taney : " The tithes 
 belong to the Archdeacon of Dublin. The church 
 is ruinous : there are only two householders in 
 that parish that come to church. There is one 
 John Cawhell (Cahill), a priest, that commonly 
 says Mass at Dundrurn and Ballawly. Mr. Eichard 
 Prescott, Master of Arts and Preacher, serves the 
 cure. The Archdeaconry of Dublin is worth per 
 annum a hundred pounds sterling."* 
 
 There are still the ruins of a small church to be 
 seen in the townland, Balally (Ballawley f), and 
 
 * The original Latin document is in the Library of T.C.D., 
 and there is a translation in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 
 1869, vol. v., p. 145, et seq. (Under the head of "Donna- 
 brooke " it is stated that the tithes of that parish, and of 
 Taney and Eathfarnham, belong to the Archdeacon of 
 Dublin, being worth 100 per annum, and that Mr. Prescott 
 discharges the cures, for which he receives 12.) 
 
 t Derivation of Ballawley : Balamhlaibh or Bally Amh- 
 laibh, or Olaf, or Olave = the town of Olave, the famous 
 Danish saint, who had a church off Fishamble Street. This 
 corroborates the tradition that there was a colony of Danes 
 at the foot of the " Three Rock Mountain." It is also to be 
 noted that there is a place called " Harold's Grange," near 
 Ballawley, and that the Harold family have held land near 
 Kilgobbin from the twelfth century. (Note supplied by Rev. 
 G. T. Stokes, D.D.)
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 15 
 
 this is the only mention which we can find of its 
 being used for service. 
 
 The plans of Cromwell for the settlement of Ire- 
 land, after he had obtained the mastery of it, are 
 well known to all readers of history. His method, 
 in this instance, was conceived with the same 
 thoroughness of design which always distinguished 
 his courses of action. Before proceeding to hand 
 over the lands upon which he intended to establish 
 his followers and other English settlers, he caused 
 a careful survey to be made of all the lands which 
 had been forfeited. Of the Half-Barony of Rath- 
 down, two of such surveys were made the first 
 in 1654, by order of Charles Fleetwood, Lord 
 Deputy,* and the second in 1657, by Sir William 
 Petty the latter being the celebrated Doicn Sur- 
 vey.]- 
 
 Fleetwood's Survey describes the Parish of Taney 
 as containing the townlands of " Bellawly," " Don- 
 drom" and "Ballintry" (Ballinteer), "Rabuck" 
 (Roebuck), Owenstown, Kilmacud ; a moiety of 
 Churchtown, Churchtown alias " Tanee," and Tip- 
 perstown.J The parish is stated to be bounded on 
 the west by Rathfarnham, on the south by the 
 Parish of Kilgobbin, on the east and north by the 
 Parish of " Donnebrook." 
 
 * Lodge's Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica, vol. ii., pp. 529- 
 568. 
 
 t Public Becord Office, Dublin. 
 
 J Tipperstown is Tubberstown, the Town of the Well, and 
 is the townland on which Stillorgan station now stands. 
 (Note supplied by Kev. G. T. Stokes, D.D.)
 
 16 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 The townland of " Bella wly " is returned as the 
 property of James Walsh* of Ballawley, " Irish 
 Papist," containing 220 acres, having on the pre- 
 mises one castle thatched, and the walls of a 
 chapel ; the tithes had belonged to St. Patrick's, 
 Dublin, but then to the College of Dublin. 
 
 The townlands of " Dondrom " and " Ballintry " 
 are stated to be the property of Colonel Oliver 
 Fitzwilliam,t of Merrion, " Irish Papist," who 
 acted in the Irish Army as Major-General ; the 
 area was 500 acres ; there was on the premises one 
 castle slated, and a barn ; one garden plot, and a 
 small churchyard ; the premises had been a manor, 
 and had kept court-leet and court-baron ; the tithes 
 belonged to the College of Dublin. 
 
 The townland of "Babuck" is stated to be the 
 property of "Mathew," Lord Baron Trimblestown,J 
 
 * Brewer, in his Beauties of Ireland, p. 216, says that the 
 family of Walsh were of the line of Carrickmaine, and that 
 Kilgobbin Castle was erected by them, but was forfeited in 
 the reign of Charles I., when it passed to the Loftus family. 
 
 f Afterwards second Viscount Fitzwilliam. He was a 
 distinguished military officer, and was a Lieutenant-General 
 under the Marquis of Ormonde. He was created Earl of 
 Tyrconnel, circa 1661. He m., first, Dorothy Brereton, of 
 Malpas, Cheshire, and secondly, Lady Eleanor Holies, eldest 
 dau. of John, first Earl of Clare. ^Creation 1624, vide B. E. P., 
 1866, p. 281.) He d. s. p. April 11, 1667, and was bur. at 
 Donnybrook. (Slacker's Sketches of Booterstown, p. 112.) 
 
 J Matthias, eighth Baron Trimleston, took his seat in 
 Parliament, March 18, 1639. He m. Jane, dau. of Nicholas 
 Viscount Netterville, and d. in 1667, leaving issue. Vide 
 Trimleston, B. P., 1895.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 17 
 
 "Irish Papist," who acted in the Irish Army as 
 Colonel of Horse. It contained 400 acres ; there 
 were on the premises one castle, which had been 
 destroyed by the rebels, one garden plot, and one 
 mill ; the tithes belonged to the College of Dublin. 
 
 The townland of Owenstown is returned as the 
 property of Lord Fitzwilliam, of Merrion,* " Irish 
 Papist;" it contained 68 acres, and the tithes be- 
 longed to the College of Dublin. 
 
 The townland of Kilmacud is stated to have been 
 the property of Maurice Archbold, of Kilmacud, 
 deceased, a " Papist," who left his interest to 
 Eichard Archbold, t of Malpas, in England ; the 
 
 * Thomas, first Baron and Viscount Fitzwilliam (Aug. 5, 
 1629); knighted, Aug. 23, 1608; Sheriff of Co. Dublin, 1609. 
 He served faithfully under Charles I. in England, with his 
 two sons, Kichard, who d. during his father's lifetime, and 
 Oliver, who succeeded to the title. He m. Margaret, eldest 
 dau. of Oliver, fourth Baron Louth. (Blacker's Sketches of 
 Booterstown, p. 111.) 
 
 In the Records of the Corporation of Dublin, there is an 
 account of the riding of the bounds of the city in 1603, which 
 mentions that the procession " turned northward to the 
 sowth-west corner of the orchard diche of Merryon, through 
 which corner the elder (fathers) of the citty said that of ould 
 tyme they did ryde. And now, that for the same was soe 
 strongly fensed with trees and thornes, which, in favor of 
 the gentleman of the House of Merryon (Sir Thomas Fitz- 
 william) being the citty tennant they would loathly breake 
 downe, they rode a lyttell besydes it." (Gilbert's Records of 
 Dublin, vol.'i., p. 191.) 
 
 t He d. June 6, 1678, and in his will, which was proved in 
 1681, he directs that his body may have " decent and 
 
 c
 
 18 THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 area was 95 acres, and the tithes belonged to 
 Christ Church (Cathedral). 
 
 The townland, described as " a moiety of Church- 
 town," is stated to be the property of Sir William 
 Ussher, Knt.,* " English Protestant ;" it contained 
 60 acres, and the tithes belonged to the College of 
 Dublin. 
 
 The townland of Churchtown alias " Tanee," is 
 
 Christian buryall in the Parrish Church of Churchtowne." 
 He mentions his wife, mother, brothers, and sisters, and as 
 he was expecting a child, makes provision for it. He ap- 
 points as his executors " Gerrald Archbold, of Newtowne, in 
 ye co. Kildare, gent., and Christopher Cauldwell, of the citty 
 of Dublin, gent.," and leaves them " twenty shillings a peece 
 to buy them rings in remembrance of me." Vide Tomb- 
 stones I. & II., and notes, chapter iii. In 1741 the will of 
 James Archbold, of Kilmacud, probably Eichard's son, who 
 d. Feb. 17, 1738-39, was proved. (Consistorial Wills, Public 
 Eecord Office, Dublin.) 
 
 The Archbolds were people of importance. In the Funeral 
 Entries, in Ulster's office, it is recorded that Edmond 
 Archbold, of Kilmacud, who d. April 12, 1617, and who 
 " had to wife Anne Warrin," was buried with all the pomp 
 of that time. An inquisition of James I., in 1619, shows 
 that Edmond's son, William, and Maurice, son of Patrick 
 Archbold (d. Oct. 31, 1616), were in possession; and in 
 Fleetwood's Survey it is mentioned that William, sometime 
 of Cloghran, near Swords, and Maurice, held the premises 
 in 1641. 
 
 * Memoirs of Sir Wm. Ussher, sen. (1561-1659), who was 
 Clerk of the Council and M.P. for Co. Wicklow, and of his 
 grandson, Sir Wm. Ussher, jun. (1610-71), who was M.P. 
 for Co. Dublin, will be found in Ball Wright's Ussher Fami- 
 lies, pp. 118-145.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 19 
 
 returned as the property of John Kemp, of the city 
 of Dublin, tailor, who held it under a lease from the 
 " Bishop " of Dublin ; it contained 88 acres, and 
 the tithes belonged to the College of Dublin. 
 
 The townland of Tipperstown is returned as the 
 property of Dean Margetson,* "a Protestant," who 
 held it in right of his Deanery, i.e., of Christ 
 Church Cathedral ; it contained 76 acres, and the 
 tithes belonged to itself. 
 
 It is to be remarked that Kilmacud and Tippers- 
 town are not now in the Parish of Taney, but 
 are in the Parish of Stillorgan ; as is also a town- 
 land called Mulchanstown, which lies between 
 them, and which is included in the Down Survey. 
 The number of acres in the parish belonging to 
 " Irish Papist" proprietors was 1,883 ; to "English 
 Protestant " proprietors, 60 ; and to Church lands, 
 164. 
 
 The Doicn Survey, which comprises a map of the 
 parish and of the Barony of Rathdown, gives the 
 boundaries of the parish as follows : On the north, 
 the parish of " Donabrooke ; " on the east, the 
 parishes of Monkstown, Tully, and Kill ; on the 
 south, the Parish of Whitechurch, and on the 
 west, the Baronies of Newcastle and Uppercross. 
 The quality of the soil is stated to be arable, 
 
 * James Margetson \vas a native of Yorkshire, and was 
 brought to Ireland by the Earl of Strafford. He was Dean 
 of Christ Church from 1639 to 1660, and subsequently Arch- 
 bishop of Dublin (1660-63), and Archbishop of Armagh from 
 1663 until his death in 1678. Vide Cotton's Fasti, &c., vol. 
 iii., p. 22, and Notes and Queries, 8th S., VII., p. 255.
 
 20 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 meadow, and pasture. The townlands comprised 
 in the parish were as follows : " Dondrom," 
 " Ballintiry," " Babuck," Owenstown, Kilmacud, 
 Ballawley, " Tyberstown," Moltanstown (Mul- 
 chanstown), and Milltown. 
 
 It will be noticed that this survey omitted the 
 moiety of Churchtown, and Churchtown alias 
 " Tanee," which were included in Fleetwood's 
 Survey, but included Mulchanstown and Milltown ; 
 from the fact that Sir William Ussher is stated to 
 be the owner of the moiety of Churchtown, in the 
 one, and of Milltown, in the other, it would seem 
 that they were the same townland. 
 
 The following are the owners and area of the 
 townlands as given in it; and, as will be seen, 
 they are substantially the same as in Fleetwood's 
 Survey : 
 
 Names of Owners. Lnnds. Acres. 
 
 Colonel Oliver Fitzwilliam {^flintery^ } ~ 5G2 
 
 Lord of Trimlestowne, ... Eabuck, ... ... 500 
 
 Lord of Meryyoung, ... Ownenstowne, ... 100 
 
 Morris Archbold, ... Kilmacudd, ... ... 150 
 
 James Walsh, ... ... Ballowley, ... ... 440 
 
 Deane of Christ Church, ... Tyberstowne, ... 87 
 
 The same, ... ... Moltanstowne, ... 294 
 
 Total acres ... a, 133 
 
 The Church land is returned at 881 acres, and 
 all the owners as " Irish Papists," except Sir 
 William Ussher.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 21 
 
 The only road marked on the map of the parish 
 is one from Dundrum towards Milltown, which 
 branches towards the east to a bridge at Clon- 
 skeagh, and towards the west to a bridge at Mill- 
 town. 
 
 It is stated that there stands in " Dondrom " a 
 castle in repair, in "Rabuck" another, and in 
 Ballawley another, and that the river of " Donna- 
 brooke " bounds part of the west of the parish. 
 
 Mason* remarks that although in 1649 the 
 Parliament Commissioners had forbidden the pub- 
 lic use of the established ritual, it did not appear 
 that they at once deprived the clergy of their 
 temporal possessions. As soon, however, as the 
 usurpers had established themselves, they assigned 
 to certain trustees, to whom were confided all 
 matters concerning the university, the posses- 
 sions of the Archbishop and of the Dean and 
 Chapter of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Hence it is 
 that in the Down Survey we find the College of 
 Dublin noted as proprietors of several tracts of 
 land which belong properly to the Archbishop and 
 others, and that in Fleetwood's Survey the College 
 is reported to be proprietor of the tithes of Tanee 
 and Eathmichael, parishes which previously be- 
 longed to St. Patrick's. 
 
 Masonf also mentions that in 1660 the glebe of 
 nine acres one stang of arable land at Tawney, which 
 
 * History of St. Patrick's, p. 188, et seq, 
 t Ibid., p. 46.
 
 22 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 the Archdeacon possessed at the dissolution of the 
 Cathedral, was reported to be concealed, and adds : 
 " Some portion, however, has been since recovered, 
 for in 1701 six acres of glebe land near the Church 
 of Tannee (sic) were demised for twenty-one years 
 to Eliphal Dobson* for 2 6s. per annum; this 
 glebe was surveyed about 1750, and found to con- 
 tain GA. 2B. 3p., besides the churchyard, which 
 measured 1 rood 8 perches ; it is situated on the 
 east and south-east sides of the Church of Tawney, 
 and is divided into two portions by the road from 
 Dundrum to Dublin." 
 
 From the Hearth-money Eeturns and Subsidy 
 Rolls of 1664, we can gain an estimate of the 
 number of householders in the parish in that year. 
 
 * Gilbert, in his History of Dublin, vol. i., p. 13, says: " At 
 the ' Stationers' Arms, ' in Castle Street, in the reign of 
 James II. was the shop of Eliphal Dobson, the most 
 wealthy Dublin bookseller and publisher of his day. He 
 was attainted in the Parliament of 1689, and returned to 
 his former habitation after the evacuation of Dublin by the 
 Jacobites. 'Eliphal Dobson's wooden leg,' says Dunton, 
 ' startled me with the creaking of it ; for I took it for the 
 crepitus ossium which I have heard some of our physicians 
 speak of. Mr. Dobson is a great Dissenter ; but his pretence 
 to religion does not make him a jot precise. He values no 
 man for his starched looks or supercilious gravity, or for 
 being a Churchman, Presbyterian, Independent, &c., pro- 
 vided he is sound in the main points wherein all good men 
 are agreed.'" This Dunton was a travelling bookseller, and 
 gives very interesting particulars about the Dublin citizens 
 at the end of the seventeenth century, in a curious book 
 called the Dublin Scuffle. Amongst the burial entries in
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 28 
 
 In " Dondrom " Isaac Dobson* was the only 
 inhabitant who paid the tax for three hearths ; 
 there were twenty-two others who paid for one 
 each. In "Tengknock" (Tiknock) there were 
 four inhabitants paying for one hearth each. In 
 Ballawley John Burr paid for three hearths, and 
 seven others paid for one each. In " Rawbuck " 
 (Roebuck) William Nallyt paid for two hearths, and 
 
 Hughes's St. WerburgWs, p. 126, appears "Alderman Eliphal 
 Dobson, publisher, in 7 Castle Street, March 17th, 1719-20." 
 He lived at Dundrum, in the old house or castle which still 
 stands in the grounds of the present Dundrum Castle (re- 
 cently occupied by that distinguished prelate of the Irish 
 Church, the Most Eev. Charles Parsons Beichel, Bishop of 
 Meath) ; and in his will, which was proved in 1720, he leaves 
 his interest in it and in the town and lands of Dundrum, 
 which he inherited from his father, and which he held under 
 Lord Fitzwilliam, to trustees, and directs that his wife 
 Mary (alias Saunders) should have the use of the castle, 
 of the "castle garden lately made by me," and of the 
 pleasure-grounds. He mentions his sons Isaac (Six Clerk, 
 d. 1754) ; Eliphal (Sheriff of Dublin, 1730, d. 1732) ; Joseph 
 (of Dundrum, d. 1762), [Hughes's St. Werburgli's'] ; Samuel ; 
 his only daughter Hannah, wife of John Davis. To the 
 Library of T.C.D. he bequeathed 10 and " one of the best 
 folio Bibles printed by me." (Prerogative Wills, Public 
 Record Office, Dublin.) 
 
 * He was the father of Eliphal Dobson. (Vide ante.) His 
 will, which was proved on March 12, 1700-1, is dated 
 October 24, 1700, and describes him as of Dundrum. He 
 mentions hi it that he was then eighty years of age. (Pre- 
 rogative -Wills, Public Kecord Office.) 
 
 t Blacker, in his Sketches of Booterstown, p. 125, gives the 
 following amongst the earliest tombstone inscriptions in
 
 24 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 five others paid for one each. In Churchtown two 
 inhabitants paid for one hearth each. 
 
 In the Subsidy Eolls we find Isaac Dobson paying 
 for " Dondrom," William Nally for " Eobucke " 
 and Owenstowne, Richard Archbold for Kiluaacud, 
 John Borr for Ballawley, Owen Jones for Church- 
 towne, and "ye tennant" for " part of Merrion." 
 
 In the Act for the Attainder of Divers Rebels, 
 passed in 1689, after the deposition of James II., 
 the name of "Isaac Dobson, of Dundrum, gentle- 
 man," is given as having " gone into England 
 or some other place beyond the seas," and to forfeit 
 all his lands in this kingdom (of Ireland). * 
 
 The next fact in the history of the parish which 
 has come to our hands, is recorded upon the older 
 of the two chalices which are used in the celebration 
 of the Holy Communion in the parish church. 
 This chalice was presented by Archdeacon Isaac 
 Mannf in 1760, and the inscription^ upon it tells 
 us that the church had then been once more rebuilt. 
 
 Donnybrook graveyard : " Hereunder lyeth the body of 
 
 William Nally, of , in the County of Dublin, gent., 
 
 who departed this life October ye 7th, 1669." He was an 
 ancestor of Leonard M 'Nally, well known for his connection 
 with the Eevolution of 1798. (Vide Blacker, pp. 90, 197, 434.) 
 
 * Appendix to King's State of the Protestants in Ireland 
 under James II., p. 241. 
 
 t Isaac Mann, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, 1757 ; Bishop of 
 Cork, 1772 ; d. 1789. Vide Cotton's Fasti, &c., vol. ii., p. 131. 
 
 { Appendix B. In Erck's Ecclesiastical Register (1834), 
 amongst the grants of the Board of First Fruits, there is a 
 gift of 200 to Tawney. The date is not given, but it was 
 circa 1745.
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 25 
 
 This record gives us the date of the old church as 
 we now see it, and there cannot have been much 
 change in its outward appearance since then. The 
 east gable at one time contained two windows, 
 similar in design to those in the side walls, but 
 these have been for many years past built up. The 
 arrangement, which still remains, of Communion 
 table, with reading-desk and pulpit above it, stand- 
 ing against the east wall, no doubt, dates from 
 1760, when the public sense of correctness in things 
 ecclesiastical had reached, perhaps, its lowest point. 
 Except that the pews have been removed, the in- 
 terior of the building remains unaltered since it 
 was used as the parish church ; and its appearance 
 can best be described by saying that it is barnlike 
 and dismal in the extreme.
 
 CHAPTEE III. 
 'THE GRAVEYAKD. 
 
 THE original graveyard was contained in the plot 
 of ground which adjoins the road leading from 
 Dundrum to Churchtown, and was bounded on the 
 north partly by the old church, and partly by a 
 wall forming a continuation of the north wall of 
 the church, and on the east by a wall running in a 
 curve towards the cottages upon the road above 
 mentioned. About the year 1872, an addition was 
 made to the graveyard, by taking a piece of the field 
 forming part of the glebe land at the north side of 
 the church ; and again, in the year 1887, a further 
 addition was made, by taking another piece of the 
 same field, and extending the graveyard further to 
 the east. On the occasion of the second extension, 
 the old wall bounding the graveyard on the east 
 was removed, and a new wall built enclosing the 
 additional space. 
 
 Some idea of the number of interments in this 
 graveyard may be obtained from the fact that 
 during the short period of twenty-one years, from 
 1814 to 1835, there were 1,044 burials entered in 
 the register. 
 
 A table of the fees charged in the parish in 1814 
 for funerals and other offices is to be found in the
 
 THE GRAVEYAKD. 27 
 
 vestry book.* The fees for burials in the oldest 
 part of the graveyard are still the same as in 1814 ; 
 but in the new ground somewhat higher fees are 
 charged. In both cases, however, the fees are very 
 low a fact which probably accounts for the large 
 number of burials of persons belonging to Dublin 
 and elsewhere outside the parish which is recorded 
 in the registers. 
 
 A careful examination of the inscribed stones in 
 the graveyard discloses only two of the seventeenth 
 century ; these, with any others which appear to be 
 of interest, are inserted in full, and a list is given of 
 the rest, which may be useful for reference. 
 
 A large enclosure, surrounded by an iron railing, 
 near the east end of the church, is known to be 
 the burial-place of the Lighten family.! 
 
 I. 
 
 Here under lyes the Body of James Nicholson, whose 
 fidelity as clerk hath been sufficiently shown in His Majestie's 
 Treasury Office, in the city of Dublin, for 36 yeares or there- 
 abouts. Aged sixty foure, and was here interred 10 Septem- 
 ber, Anno Domini 1676. 
 
 Quaxtor honestus amans solvi tenui reparavi 
 Credita parta meos sponte labore manu 
 Funde preces llegi fueram per debita fidus 
 Fidus pontifici ctetera funde preces. 
 Memento mori.J 
 
 * Appendix C. 
 
 t See Lighten, Sir Thomas, chap. vii. 
 
 j The will of James Nicholson, of the parish of " St. 
 Michaell in the Citty of Dublin," which was proved in 1676, 
 directs that his body should be " enterred in the Church of 
 Churchtowne." He mentions in it Mary (als. Nicholson), 
 wife of Edward Archbold, also his cousin Richard Arehbold 
 of Kilmacud (p. 17), and " Gerrard Archbold of Newtowne, 
 in the Co. Kildare." (Prerogative Wills, Public Record Office, 
 Dublin.)
 
 28 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 II. 
 
 This burial place belonged 
 to Gerrard Archbold of Eadston . 
 
 Here lyeth the body of 
 . . . . Archbold, alias Ball his wife 
 
 who departed this life January ye 
 
 aged 67 years. 
 
 Bequiescant in pace.* 
 
 III. 
 
 Here lies the body of Selina Elizabeth Atkinson, daughter 
 of John Atkinson, Esq., Ely Place, Dublin, who, in the 
 blossom of youth, was untimely cut off, one of Nature's fairest 
 flowers, leaving her afflicted parents and friends unceasingly 
 to deplore her loss, and to look forward with anxious hope 
 to a reunion in that World of Peace, the reward of Innocence 
 and Virtue. She died 17th September, 1813, aged 13 years 
 and 4 months. Here also are buried John Atkinson, Esq., 
 who died the 30th October, 1823, aged 63 years. Judith 
 Atkinson, his wife, who died the 14th May, 1821, aged 57 
 years. Also Anne Atkinson, wife of John Atkinson, junr., 
 Esq., who died 7th April, 1824, aged 30 years. John 
 Atkinson, Esq., died December 13th, 1859, aged 68 years, 
 deeply regretted by his sorrowing wife and family. Also 
 Mary Atkinson, widow of the said John Atkinson, and 
 eldest daughter of the late John Hemphill, Esq., of Cashel, 
 she died at Ely Place, the 18th July, 1888, beloved and 
 mourned by her children and relations. Also Ellena Mary 
 Atkinson, daughter of the said John and Mary Atkinson, who 
 died 9th December, 1890, loved and regretted by all who 
 knew her. " Of such is the kingdom of heaven." 
 
 IV. 
 
 Kichard Atkinson died at Gortmore, 18th July, 1871, aged 
 53 years. " Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
 for the end of that man is peace." Ps. xxxvii. 37. 
 
 * The will of Gerard Archbold of Eadstown, Co. Kildare, 
 dated 25th March, 1694-5, says : " My body I pray my friends 
 to see buried in Churchtowne, als. Tanij." He is evidently 
 the person mentioned as "Gerrald" in Bichard Archbold's 
 will (p. 17), and as "Gerrard" in James Nicholson's will 
 Eadstown and Newtown being adjoining townlands in the 
 North Barony of Naas. He mentions his dau. Joan Archbold 
 and her son James ; and from this fact it would seem pro- 
 bable that he was the father-in-law of Eichard Archbold. 
 (Consistorial Wills, Public Record Office, Dublin.)
 
 THE GKAVEYARD. 29 
 
 Mary Jane Atkinson died in Dublin, 17th June, 1889, 
 aged 67 years. "If we believe that Jesus died and rose 
 again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring 
 with him." 1 Thess. iv. 14. 
 
 V. 
 
 In Loving Memory of Michael Charles Bernard, M.B., 
 T.C.D., & L.K.C.S.I., who for forty years labored as a Physician 
 in this parish. Died 24th April, 1881, in his 71st year. " I 
 know that my Redeemer liveth." 
 
 In Loving Memory of Henry Hilton Bernard, Medical 
 Student, who died on the llth December, 1887, of scarlatina, 
 caught in the path of duty, in his 20th year. "Blessed are 
 the pure in heart : for they shall see God." 
 
 In Memory of Joshua Bernard, died 9th February, 1843, 
 aged 1 month. Sarah Maria Leigh, relict of John Leigh, 
 Lymm Cheshire, died 14th October, 1856, aged 74. Adeliza 
 Bernard, died 13th May, 1864, aged 1 year. Anna Mayne, 
 died 7th April, 1870, aged 3 days. Godfrey Bernard, died 
 16th April, 1870, in his 19th year. Annie Bernard, died 14th 
 March, 1876, aged 10 years. Louisa Bernard, died 6th 
 N ovember, 1887, after a lingering illness. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of the Barrys of Lislee here 
 interred, viz., James Redmond, late of Glandore, died June 
 18th, 1879, aged 90 ; his wife Anne, died 1869, aged 80 ; his 
 mother, died 1852 ; his Aunt Johanna, died 1851 ; his 
 daughter Mary Theresa, died 1860, aged 32. R.I.P. 
 
 VH. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William Ball, Esq.,* who died 
 July 18th, 1824, aged 73 years. 
 
 *" Counsellor " Ball lived in Churchtown from circa 1812 
 until his death, and his name will be found amongst the 
 original purchasers of pews in the present church. (See 
 Appendix D.) He was a Scholar of T.C.D., and graduated 
 B.A. 1769. He was called to the Bar in 1775. In 1806 the 
 degree of LL.D. honoris causa was conferred on him by his 
 University. Ball Wright, in his Records of the Families of 
 Ball (p. 38), mentions that he was commonly known as 
 " Index "'Ball, because he edited a book of legal indexes. 
 He was the third son of the Rev. Thomas Ball, a celebrated 
 schoolmaster in Dublin hi the eighteenth century, who, Ball 
 Wright says, was descended from a Co. Fermanagh family. 
 He was married twice, and left two daughters.
 
 30 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth Ball, who died March 
 28th, 1838, aged 49 years; also of her husband Major 
 Benjamin Ball, formerly of the 40th Regiment, who died 
 April 10, 1841, aged 52 years; and of their daughter Jane, 
 wife of John Dickinson, who died May 20, 1843, aged 25 
 years ; and of her husband John Dickinson, who died May 26, 
 1851, aged 38 years ; and of Charlotte Elizabeth, widow of 
 Eobert Lloyd, M.D. , sister of the above Major Ball, who died 
 August 5, 1853 ; and of the Eev. Euttledge Ball, son of the 
 above Major Ball, who died March 16, 1858, aged 27 years. 
 
 In Memoriam. Charlotte Beaufort, died November 15th, 
 1868. She walked with God. Also of her sister Fanny 
 Mary Anne, who died October 20, 1875. " He that believeth 
 on me hath everlasting life." John vi. 47. " There the 
 weary are at rest." Job iii. 17. 
 
 The Burial Ground of Patrick Bride, Esq., and his pos- 
 terity. 1798. T. Taylor, fecit. 
 
 In the firm hope of a blessed immortality, here lies the 
 body of Margaret Bride, wife of Patrick Bride, Esq., and 
 the daughter of Arthur Lamprey, Esq., who departed this 
 life on the 9th May, 1796, in the 69th year of her age, and 
 the year of her marriage. Here also lieth the body of 
 Eliza Bride, their daughter, who died on the 1st September, 
 1797, in the 22nd year of her age. She inherited the 
 suavity of manners, kindness of disposition, solid under- 
 standing, and true piety, which her dear mother so eminently 
 possessed. Heu! quanta minus est cum aliis versari quam 
 vestri meminisxe. 
 
 In the firm hope and confidence in the goodness and 
 mercy of Almighty God, here lies the body of Patrick Bride, 
 late of Stephen's Green, Esq., who died 29th day of Septem- 
 ber, 1808, aged 82 years. He had been an eminent druggist, 
 but retired from business in the year 1773. He served the 
 office of High Sheriff of the Honorable City of Dublin in the 
 year 1780 ; had been elected a Director of the Bank of Ire- 
 land in the year 1784 ; and served the office of Governor 
 of that Honorable Corporation in the years 1805 and 1806. 
 In every station of public and private life his conduct was 
 pure and correct. He has left one son and four grandsons.
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 31 
 
 XI. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of T. R. Burke, Esq., who departed 
 this life the 25th day of June, 1841, aged 22 years. 
 
 XII. 
 
 In Loving Memory of James Carnegie, who died 18 
 March, 1866, aged 75 years. " As in Adam all die, even so 
 in Christ shall all be made alive." 1 Cor. xv. 22. Also of 
 Beatrice Carnegie, his wife, who died the 24th May, 1883, 
 aged 87 years. " I know whom I have believed, and am 
 persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have com- 
 mitted to him against that day." 2 Timothy i. 12. Also 
 of their daughter Jane, who died 15 April, 1891, and their 
 daughter Eliza von der Nahmer, who died 12 March, 1894, 
 aged 57. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Lieut.-Col. Wm. Cowell, C.B., late 
 of the 42nd Royal Highlanders, whose premature death was 
 occasioned by severe campaigns and wounds received in the 
 Peninsula during the war ; died 24th September, 1827, aged 
 45 years. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Deposited here lie the mortal remains of what was 
 Frances, the beloved wife of James Crofton, of Eoebuck 
 Castle. He, in deep, in sincere affliction, has lived to record 
 her the best of wives, of mothers, and of friends. She ceased 
 her earthly existence on the 8th day of January, 1811, at the 
 early age of thirty-four years, to appear before her God 
 arrayed and conducted to His presence by every virtue. 
 Here also is deposited the body of Eliza, the infant child of 
 the above-named. 
 
 XV. 
 
 In Loving Memory of Michael Carr, died 21st June, 1876, 
 aged 35 years. Also his daughter, Margaret A. Carr, aged 12 
 years, and his son, William T. Carr, died 20th July, 1889, 
 aged 19 years. " To be with Christ, which is far better." 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Erected by Thomas Clarke to the memory of Jane Clarke, 
 his wife, whose many virtues endeared her to every person 
 by whom she was known. She died the 1st of May, 1806, 
 in the 23rd~year of her age, and is here interred with her 
 father, Garrett English, Esq.,* who died on the 5th May, 
 
 * " A steady friend, and an upright and active magistrate." 
 Anthologia Hibernica, vol. i., p. 402.
 
 32 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1793, aged 36 years. Here also lyeth the remains of Mary, 
 second daughter of the above-named Garrett English, who 
 departed this life on the 21st of November, 1807, aged 22 
 years. Here also are deposited the remains of the above- 
 mentioned Thomas Clarke, who departed this life on the 
 21st of May, 1825, aged 52 years. Here also lieth the remains 
 of the Eev. Geor. D. Crooke, son-in-law of the above- 
 mentioned Thomas Clarke, who departed this life October 
 the 5th, 1836, aged 38 years. There also is interred the 
 remains of John Clarke, Esq., son of the above-named 
 Thomas Clarke, who departed this life November 14th, 1836, 
 aged 30 years. Here also are deposited the remains of Eliza 
 Clarke, daughter of the above-named Thomas Clarke, who 
 departed this life on the 12th day of January, 1844, in the 
 24th year of her age ; and also the remains of Sarah Tilly, 
 wife of Benjamin Tilly, Esq., another of the daughters of 
 the above-named Thomas Clarke, who departed this life on 
 the 25th July, 1852, in the 34th year of her age. 
 
 XVH. 
 
 Here lie the remains of Mrs. Jane S. Corry, nat. 1775, 
 ob. Jan., 1820. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 To record conjugal affection, parental tenderness, and 
 every virtue that constitutes genuine worth, this stone has 
 been placed over the remains of Nathaniel Creed, Esq., late 
 of the City of Dublin, by his sorrowing widow, Mrs. Rebecca 
 Creed, as a humble testimony of her gratitude to his memory. 
 He departed this life the 17th day of April, 1805, aged 55 
 years. Here also are interred the remains of their infant 
 son, Nathaniel Creed, who died 17th January, 1805, aged 11 
 months. Here also are interred the remains of William Nat. 
 Creed, eldest son of the said Nathaniel Creed, who departed 
 this life June 13th, 1815, in the 21st year of his age. He 
 was a young man of unspotted purity, and possessed of every 
 virtue which could endear him to society. Here also are 
 interred the remains of James Joseph Creed, son of the 
 above Nathaniel Creed, who departed this life the 18th of 
 April, 1825, aged 24 years. A young man who lived beloved, 
 and died deeply regretted by his family and friends. 
 
 This tomb was erected by James Allen Heyland, Esq., of 
 the City of Dublin, to the memory of Maria, his beloved 
 wife, and eldest daughter of the late Nathaniel Creed, Esq., 
 of Roebuck, County of Dublin. She departed this life in the
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 33 
 
 38th year of her age on the 8th of December, A.D. 1830. 
 Here also are interred the remains of the above-named James 
 Allen Heyland, Esq., who departed this life on the llth of 
 December, A.D. 1837, aged 53 years. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth Cage, daughter of 
 William Cage, Esq. Born June 19th, 1798, died at Syden- 
 ham Eoad, Dundrum, December 24th, 1876. "Blessed are 
 the dead which die in the Lord." Rev. xiv. 13. " For God so 
 loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that 
 whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever- 
 lasting life." John iii. 16. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Louisa Coxe, daughter of Baron 
 Schele. of Osnaburg, in Westphalia, and wife of Daniel Coxe, 
 junr.. Esq. She died January 30th, 1819, aged 48 years. 
 Her father-in-law, D. Coxe, hath placed this monument. 
 Also Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Coxe, junr., Esq., who 
 died oth June, 1819, aged 47 years. 
 
 XXI. 
 
 In Loving Memory of Elizabeth Frances Darlington, who 
 fell asleep in Jesus 27th April, 1875, aged 18 years. Also 
 her sister Margaret, died December 16th, 1850, aged 10 
 months. 
 
 Here lieth the body of Francis Darlington, who departed 
 this life the 9th day of September, 1804, aged 47 years ; also 
 his daughter Susanna, who departed this life the 14th day of 
 November, 1802, aged 22 years. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 In Loving Memory of Arthur, only son of the late W. D. 
 Dickie, Cedarmount, Dundrum, died 15th January, 1891, 
 aged 21 years. " I will arise, and go to my Father." 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 This stone was erected by Thomas Dillon, Esq., of Mount 
 Dillon, Roebuck, and Marcella, his wife, in memory of their 
 sons Cornelius and Thomas, who died in their infancy.
 
 34 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Underneath are deposited the mortal remains of Mr. Peter 
 Depoe,* of Leinster Street, in the City of Dublin, who 
 departed this life the 16th of November, 1826, aged 68 years. 
 A man very generally known, and as generally esteemed and 
 respected for all the Qualities that constitute "a valuable 
 Member of Society. Here also lie interred the Eemains of 
 his Son James Mark Depoe, who died the 25th February, 
 1826, in the 26th year of his age. This stone is dedicated to 
 their memory by Mrs. Elizabeth Depoe, widow of the above- 
 named Peter, tho' imperfectly can such a testimonial con- 
 vey a sense of her grief or of her lasting affliction. Also 
 the remains of Mrs. Depoe, who departed this life the 1st 
 January, 1848, aged 81 years. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of Capt. James Espinasse. late 1st 
 Eoyal Kegt., who died at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, 1st March, 
 1874, aged 70 years. Erected by his sorrowing widow. 
 " Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His 
 saints." Ps. cxvi. 15. Also Julia, his wife, died 19th June, 
 1877, and their daughter Mary, died 29th December, 1879. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 Sir John Franks, died 10th January, 1852, aged 83 years. 
 Also his attached wife Sarah Franks, who died 22nd 
 February, 1874, aged 78 years. 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 Edward, infant son of Edward and Amy Fitzgerald, born 
 August 21st, 1890, and died on the 23rd. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of William John Freke, who died 
 17 November, 1879, aged 71 years; and of Frances May, 
 his wife, who died 3 June, 1880, aged 64 years. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 1868. To the Memory of three dear sisters, who are 
 interred here, Eliza Findlay, died 16th December, 1847, aged 
 83 years. Charlotte Findlay, died 17th May, 1849, in her 
 
 * Manager of Daly's Club-house in College Green. 
 Gilbert's History of Dublin, vol. iii., p. 40.
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 85 
 
 81st year. Annie Findlay, died the 3rd June, 1858, in her 
 85th year. " They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in 
 that day when I make up my jewels ; and I will spare them, 
 as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." Mai. iii. 
 17. Erected by their affectionate grandniece A. H. Church. 
 Here also are interred the remains of their beloved grand- 
 nephew, Mark Bloxham, Esq., County Inspector, E.I.C., who 
 departed this life on the 13th May, 1876, aged 53 years. " I 
 know that my Eedeemer liveth." 
 
 XXX. 
 
 The persons here interred are Mrs. George, the wife of Baron 
 George, A.D. 1814.* Master Eichard George, their fifth son, 
 1806. 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 Charles Samuel Grey, born January 22nd, 1811, died June 
 12th, 1860. " Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
 kingdom of heaven." Also Henry Charles Martin Grey, his 
 son, born April loth, 1851, died May 3rd, 1851. " Of such is 
 the kingdom of heaven." 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 In Memory of Frances Camac Hutehins, wife of Samuel 
 Hutchins, of Ardnacashel, Co. Cork, who died 16th Sep- 
 tember, 1839, aged 44, and lieth at Monkstown. Also of 
 Ellen Elizabeth Hutchins, who lieth here, having died 18th 
 June, 1888, aged 28. "So he giveth unto his beloved 
 sleep." 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 In loving memory of Emma Hudson, died 3rd July, 1894. 
 " With Christ, which is far better." 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Alexander Henry, M.D., born 
 17th March, 1805, died 6th May, 1888 ; and of Caroline, his 
 wife, born July, 1814, died January, 1873. Mary, daughter 
 of Alexander Henry and Caroline, his wife, born May, 1 853, 
 died June, 1878, aged 25 years. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Died on 24th May, 1853, aged 52, Mary, wife of W. E. 
 Hopkins, Esq., h.p., 5th Fusiliers, and daughter of the late 
 Henry Baldwin, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, Bandon, Co. Cork. 
 
 * Dorothea George, bur. June 1, 1814.
 
 36 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 In Loving Memory of William Andrew Hayes, B.A., 
 T.C.D., of Summerville, Dundrum, died 12th May, 1889, aged 
 61 years. " I will arise." 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of William 
 Haliday, Junior, cut off by a lingering disease in the early 
 bloom of life. He anticipated the progress of years in the 
 maturity of understanding, in the acquisition of knowledge, 
 and the successful cultivation of a mind gifted by providence 
 with endowments of the highest order. 
 
 At a period of life when the severe studies have scarcely 
 commenced, he had acquired an accurate knowledge of most 
 of the European languages, of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and 
 Arabic. But of his own, the Hiberno-Celtic, so little, Oh ! 
 shame to the youth of this once lettered Island, an object of 
 attainment and study, he had fathomed all the depths, 
 explored the beauties, and unravelled the intricacies. He 
 possessed whatever was calculated to exalt, to ennoble, to 
 endear: great talents, social virtues, sincere religion, a good 
 son, and an affectionate husband, a steadfast friend. Carried 
 off in the 24th year of his age, his worth will be long re- 
 membered, and his death lamented. 
 
 Obiit 26th October, A.D. 1812. Eequiescat in Pace. 
 
 Danielis Haliday, Edinburgensis Parisiensisque, Medicina> 
 Facultatum Socius ; Academiae Regite Hiberniffi Sodalis. 
 Natus Dublinii, 19 October, 1798, Obiit Die nono Maii, 1836, 
 .SJtatis 38. Requiescat in Pace.* 
 
 XXXVIH. 
 
 Beneath this stone are deposited the mortal remains of the 
 late Lieut.-Colonel George Hart, formerly of His Majesty's 
 26th Regiment ; he served for upwards of 28 years. He 
 departed this life at his house on Rathmines Road on 
 Thursday, the 7th day of April, 1811, in the 78th year of his 
 age, and is buried here at his own desire. Here also lieth 
 buried the remains of John Hart, Esq., Barrister, who died 
 on the 5th February, 1833, aged 27 years. He was the eldest 
 son of W. S. Hart, Esq., of Fitzwilliam Square. 
 
 * See The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin, by Charles 
 Haliday (Dublin, 1882), which contains a notice of the 
 Author's life, by John P. Prendergast, who gives much in- 
 teresting information about William and Daniel Haliday ; 
 also see biographical notices in the Dictionary of National 
 Biography and in Webb's Compendium of Irish Biography.
 
 THE GRAVEYAKD. 87 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 In memory of William Eichard Hamilton, M.D., of Urlar, 
 Co. Sligo, died January 1st, 1882, aged 80 years. " Until 
 the day dawn." 2 Pet. i. 19. Also of Gertrude, who died 29 
 March, 1890, aged 31 years, eldest daughter of the above 
 William E. Hamilton. "Blessed are the pure in heart : for 
 they shall see God." Matt. v. 8. Anita Hamilton, daughter 
 of Alex. Hamilton, B.L., J.P., died 26th August, 1885, aged 7 
 days. 
 
 XL. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Catherine Mary James, the 
 dearly 'beloved wife of Charles Henry James, of Eockmount 
 House, in this parish, born November 25, 1835, died June 21, 
 1875. " He giveth his beloved sleep." Also to the loving 
 memory of Katherine Caroline, third daughter of the above, 
 who died at Clifton, Bristol, on the 18th July, 1886, in her 
 twentieth year. " Heaven is my home." 
 
 XLI. 
 
 Here are interred the bodies of Mrs. Susan Johnston, wife 
 of Eichard Johnston, of the City of Dublin, Architect, who 
 departed this life on the 8th September, 1799, aged 33 years. 
 Also the remains of the above-named Eichard Johnston, who 
 departed this life on the 20th of March, 1806, aged 47 years. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 In memory of Julia Leslie, wife of Eobert Grove Leslie, of 
 the City of Dublin, Esq., Barrister-at-law, who died in the 
 Parish of Taney, on the 28th day of June, 1806, in the 29th 
 year of her age. Her afflicted husband has placed this 
 stone, imposing that his mortal remains shall rest here with 
 those of her whose loss he now deplores, and humbly hoping, 
 through the Eedeemer of mankind, that the souls of both 
 shall meet in heaven to be blessed for ever. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Maria Mary Lloyd, who de- 
 parted this life March 21, 1881, aged 63 years. 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Fanny, the beloved wife of the 
 Eev. Dr. Chas. MacDonnell, who died in the Lord July 17th, 
 1838. To record her devoted love and affection as a wife 
 and mother this monument is erected by her affectionate and 
 sorrowing husband. Also his son Eichard, died January 8th, 
 1837, aged 19 years.
 
 W THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 This tomb and burial-place belongeth to the family of the 
 Merritts of the City of Dublin. Here lieth the remains of 
 Mr. Math. Merritt, who departed this life the 3rd December, 
 1775, aged 63 years. Here also lieth the remains of his 
 wife, Mrs. Eliza Merritt, who departed this life 21 June, 
 1778, aged 60 years. Here also lieth the remains of Mr. 
 Earth. Merritt, who departed this life 15th November, 1790, 
 aged 30 years. Here also lieth the remains of his wife, Mrs. 
 Mary Merritt, who departed this life 3rd June, 1801, aged 42 
 years. Here also lieth the remains of Mr. John Merritt, who 
 departed this life 29th April, 1804, aged 54 years. 
 
 XL VI. 
 
 Beneath lie the remains of Frances Maria M'Naghten, 
 relict of the late Henry M'Naghten, of Coleraine, in the 
 County of Londonderry, Esq., who departed this life at 
 Dundrum, on the 16th of April, 1839, aged 65 years. 
 
 XL VII. 
 
 This monument, erected by Mark Monsarrat, of North 
 Great George's Street, as a token of his devoted attachment 
 to his beloved child, George Darley Cranfield Monsarrat, born 
 19th December, 1830, died 23rd May, 1834. " The Lord 
 gave, and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the name 
 of the Lord." 
 
 XL VIII. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Adolphina, youngest daughter of 
 the late Capt. Nicholas Malassey, Deputy Commissary 
 General, died 24th February, 1875. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 Here lie the remains, by her own desire, of Maria Eose 
 White Mulville, otherwise Tuite, sister of the late Sir George 
 Tuite, Bart. She departed this life on the 18th January, 1860, 
 in the 79th year of her age, esteemed and beloved by all 
 who had the happiness of her acquaintance. This monument 
 is erected by her affectionate and only surviving child, W. 
 O'Grady. They that have seen thy look in death, no more 
 may fear to die. 
 
 Happy soul, thy days are ended, 
 
 All thy mourning days below, 
 Go, by angel guards attended, 
 
 To the sight of Jesus go.
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 89 
 
 L. 
 
 This tomb was erected by William M'Caskey, of Eoebuck, 
 Esq., in respect and memory of his much lamented and 
 beloved wife, Frances Louisa M'Caskey, who departed this 
 life the 3rd day of December, 1830, aged 55 years, sincerely 
 and affectionately esteemed by all who knew her. 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, 
 Whose God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian, and Guide. 
 
 He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee ; 
 And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died. 
 
 Here lieth the remains of the late William M'Caskey, of 
 Roebuck, in the County of Dublin, who departed this life on 
 the 9th day of June, 1834, aged 62. 
 
 LI. 
 
 Cyril Morphy died 6th March, 1879, aged 15 years. 
 Alexander Morphy died 30th September, 1889, aged 63 years. 
 Kate Morphy died 5th January, 1894, aged 65. R.I.P. 
 
 LII. 
 
 Frances M'Causland departed this life the 14th April, 1820, 
 aged 30 years ; and to the memory of Elizabeth Gerrard, 
 departed this life the 27th October, 1848, aged 70 years ; and 
 to the memory of Mary Gerrard, departed this life on the 
 18th day of May, 1862, aged 89 years ; also Hannah M'Caus- 
 land, who died February 16th, 1865, aged 81 years. 
 
 LHI. 
 
 Here lieth the remains of Anne Minchin, daughter of 
 William Augustus Minchin, late of Woodville, in the County 
 of Wexford, who departed this life September the 5th, 1819, 
 aged 16 years. She now inherits the fulfilment of that 
 promise, Because I live, ye shall live also. Adjoining this 
 tomb on the left lies the body of William Minchin, son of the 
 above William Augt. Minchin, who departed this life 22nd 
 April, 1825, aged 18 years. Also the remains of William 
 Augt. Minchin, who departed this life the 3rd January, 
 1841, aged 73 years. 
 
 LIV. 
 
 In memory of Catherine Lucinda, wife of John Maunsell, 
 Esq., whcTdied 3rd February, 1862, aged 34 years. " I know 
 that my Redeemer liveth." Job, 19 chap., 25 verse. Also in 
 loving memory of Edmund Robert Lloyd Maunsell, eldest so
 
 40 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 of John and Catherine Lucinda Maunsell, born 18th October, 
 1852, died 2nd November, 1886. " Blessed are the pure in 
 heart : for they shall see God." Matt. v. 8. 
 
 LV. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Daniel Neill, who died on the 23rd 
 day of April, 1877, aged 57 years ; and of Harriet Haughton, 
 his wife, who died on the 27th day of May, 1872, aged 50 
 years ; also of their son, Daniel Arthur Neill, who died on 
 12th July, 1885, aged 35 years. "I am the resurrection and 
 the life ; he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet 
 shall he live." Johnxi., verse 25. 
 
 LVI. 
 
 The Family Vault of Michael O'Brien, Esq., of the City of 
 Dublin, who died the 2nd February, 1783, aged 68 years, 
 leaving issue one daughter and two sons, Eichard and 
 Michael. Christiana, wife of Nicholas Mulligan, and only 
 daughter of Michael O'Brien, died the 25th April, 1800, aged 
 42 years. Her husband died the 28th December, 1808, aged 
 62 years. Richard O'Brien, eldest son of Michael O'Brien, died 
 the 4th of May, 1807, unmarried, aged 48 years. Here also lieth 
 the remains of Catherine Lyons, daughter of James Lyons, 
 Esq., formerly of Newcastle, in the County of Dublin, and 
 maternal aunt of Mary O'Brien. She died on the 5th April, 
 1852, aged 96 years. Mary, wife of Michael O'Brien, jun., died 
 the 26th of January, 1819, aged 55 years. Her beloved hus- 
 band died the 27th of February, 1829, aged 60 years. Kate 
 Mary O'Brien, daughter of Michael and Mary O'Brien, died 
 the 30th July, 1834, aged 24 years. Maria Anne O'Brien, a 
 twin daughter of Michael and Mary O'Brien, died the 1 6th 
 of April, 1847, aged 28 years. Brigid Mary O'Brien, died on 
 the 15th November, 1876. E.I.P. 
 
 LVII. 
 
 Here lieth interred the mortal remains of Mrs. Mary O'Neill, 
 daughter of the late James Kenney, Esq., of Milltown, and 
 wife of Patrick O'Neill, of Harcourt Street, Dublin, by whom 
 this monument has been erected as an affectionate tribute to 
 her worth. She departed this life the 10th May, 1819, aged 43 
 years. Here also are deposited the remains of the above 
 Patrick O'Neill, Esq., for many years an eminent merchant 
 in the City of Dublin. He departed this life July 16th, 1828, 
 aged 58 years. Here lieth the remains of James Kenney, Esq., 
 of Milltown, County Dublin, who died the 10th September,
 
 THE GKAVEYABD. 41 
 
 1809, aged 73 years. " The noblest work of God an honest 
 man." Here also is interred the remains of his wife, Mary 
 Kenney, who died the 16th November, 1815.* 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Alphonsine Maria Pellegrini, 
 eldest daughter of Doctor Pellegrini, of Trinity College, born 
 in Berne, Switzerland, the 13th March, 1789, died July 6,1822. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 Henrietta Ponsonby, daughter of C. B. Ponsonby, Esq., ob. 
 April 12th, 1815, aged 16 years. She pleased God, and was 
 beloved of Him, so that living among sinners she was trans- 
 lated. 
 
 LX. 
 
 Christina, wife of David Eichard Pigot, died 8th April, 
 1887, aged 65 years. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 Frances Phillips, infant daughter of George and Mary 
 Phillips, born 2nd May, died 17th May, 1858. Also Alix 
 Maud Phillips, born January the 25th, died December 24th, 
 1863. 
 
 LXII. 
 
 To the beloved memory of my husband George Laurence 
 Gardiner Ross, who died November 3, 1891, aged 29 years. 
 "At evening tune it shall be light." 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 In memory of Emily Eadcliffe, widow of J. Eadcliffe, 
 loving, loved, and only sister of Davenport Crosthwaite, LL.D. 
 She was called home 25 July, 1885, aged 57 years. At rest. 
 
 LXIV. 
 
 Annie Eossiter, died 18th January, 1886, aged 43 years. 
 Grace, her daughter, died 8th October, 1885, aged 14 years. 
 
 LXV. 
 
 This Stone was erected by Bernard Eeilly, Esq., in Memory 
 of his beloved wife, Hannah Eeilly, who departed this life 
 
 * D'Alton (History of Co. Dublin, p. 813) describes this 
 tomb as a "very handsome sarcophagus." One of the tablets 
 has been injured, apparently by a bullet, reported to have 
 been in an affray with " resurrectionists."
 
 42 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 3rd May, 1817, aged 45 years. Here also are deposited the 
 remains of the above-named Bernard Reilly, Esq., late Pay- 
 master of the 18th or Koyal Irish Regt. of Foot, who died on 
 the 20th January, 1841, aged 63 years. Universally regretted 
 by those who knew him. 
 
 LXVL 
 
 Job. xix. 23, 26. In loving memory of two dear children 
 taken home, Devonsher Jackson Eowan, on March 17th, 1889, 
 aged 7 years ; and Eliza Villiers Rowan, on April 10th, 1889, 
 aged 21 years. " From the bondage cf corruption into the 
 liberty of the glory of the children of God." Rom. viii. 21. 
 
 LXVII. 
 
 Here lieth the body of William Reynolds, of Ash Street, in 
 the City of Dublin, who died the ... of February, 1736. 
 Also the body of his wife Joanna Reynolds, alias Fagan, who 
 died the ... of April, 1739, anno Mt&tis 68. Also the 
 bodies of their daughters, Margaret and Catherine and 
 Elioner ; and of their son Patrick, and of eight more of their 
 children. Filius eorum Gulielmus . . . . et . ... Minimis 
 Obiit in ... Nube (?) pacem meridionali . . . mo Novembris 
 1771, Anno Vero Suo . . . et sepultus fuit ibidem in 
 locatione cathedrali. 
 
 Here lyeth the body of Alice Reynolds, who died 10th Oct., 
 177 . . aged 31, to whose memory this Stone was placed by 
 her husband, Edward Reynolds, of St. James St., Dublin. 
 Here also are buried two of their children, Patrick and Ed- 
 ward. 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Catherine Rowley, widow of the 
 Revd. John Rowley, LL.D., Rector of Lurgan, County Cavan, 
 and of St. Michan's, Dublin, died 10th April, 1879, aged 
 72 years. "Whether we live therefore or die, we are the 
 Lord's." Romans, 14 Chapt., 8th verse. Also in loving 
 memory of Josias, Commander, R.N., their eldest son, who 
 died loth Feb., 1887, aged 57 years, late of Mt. Campbell, Co. 
 Leitrim, J.P. and D.L. 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 This tomb was erected by John Roe, of North Frederick 
 Street, in the City of Dublin, Esq., in respect and memory of 
 his lamented and beloved wife, Eliza Roe (otherwise Camp- 
 bell, only daughter of the Rev. Matthew Campbell, late of
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 48 
 
 Barn Elm, in this county) ; she departed this life on the 
 15th day of October, A.D. 1826, in the 24th year of her age, 
 sincerely esteemed and regretted by all who knew her. Here 
 also lieth the remains of Eliza Campbell, relict of the late 
 Eev. Matthew Campbell, of Barn Elm, County Dublin, who 
 departed this life June the 1st, 1835, in the 74th year of her 
 age. Here also are deposited the remains of Frederick 
 Campbell, Esq., only son of the above-named Eev. Matthew 
 Campbell, late of Barn Elm, Co. Dublin, who departed this 
 life on the 15th day of February, 1861, in the 61st year of 
 his age. Here also are interred the remains of Maria Camp- 
 bell (otherwise Murray), relict of the above-named Frederick 
 Campbell, who departed this life on the 22nd day of Novem- 
 ber, 1885, aged 82 years. 
 
 LXX. 
 
 Here lieth the body of Philip Eoe, who departed this life 
 December the llth, 1817, aged 53 years. May he rest in 
 peace. Amen. 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 In Memory of Eobert Sherlock, fourth son of Major 
 William Joshua Compton, and Isabella, his wife, who died at 
 Belfield, December 26th, 1852, aged 5 months. 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of Dr. Whitley Stokes, ex-F.T.c.D., of 
 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin, who departed this life in the 
 peace of Christ on the 13th April, 1845, aged 82 ; and of 
 Mary Anne, his wife, only daughter of William Picknoll, 
 Esq., of Seatown House, Swords, who departed this life on the 
 13th July, 1844, aged 68. They were lovely in their lives. 
 This stone is placed here by their youngest daughter, Ellen 
 Honoria Stokes, May, 1863. Also of Ellen Honoria Stokes, 
 died Augt. 6th, 1880. 
 
 Beneath this stone are interred the Mortal Eemains of 
 Harriet Stokes, who died on the 10th June, 1825, aged 27 
 years. And of her sister Mary Anne, who died on the 14th 
 October, 1838, aged 39 years. " I heard a voice from heaven 
 saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead 
 which die in the Lord : Even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest 
 from their labours." "Gather my saints together unto me, 
 those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice." 
 
 LXXIH. 
 
 In fraternal remembrance of Edward Alma Stanley, died 
 12th November, 1881, aged 36 years. This stone was erected
 
 44 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 as a tribute to his memory by his brethren and friends. He 
 was a loving husband, fond father, faithful brother, and true 
 friend. " And they laid him in his own grave, and mourned 
 over him, saying, Alas ! our brother." Also his beloved wife 
 Catherine, who died 26th November, 1890, aged 46 years ; and 
 their eldest son Charles, died 6th December, 1890, aged 22 
 years. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 Margaret Sophia, second daughter of Kobert Johnstone 
 Stoney, Esq., of Parsonstown, and for nine years the wife of 
 George Johnstone Stoney, M.D., F.K.S., died October 13th, 
 1872, aged 29 years. 
 
 " Some men a forward motion love, 
 
 But I by backward steps would move." 
 "For time, that gave, doth now his gift confound." 
 
 In loving remembrance of Anne, third daughter of Bin- 
 don Blood, D.L., of Granaher and Rockforest, County Clare, 
 and widow of George Stoney, of Oakley Park, King's County, 
 born June 4th, 1801, died October 29, 1883, aged 82 years. 
 " Thy Word is very pure ; therefore thy servant loved it." 
 Psalm cxix. v. 140. 
 
 In loving remembrance of Katharine Harriet Stoney, 
 second daughter of George and Anne Stoney, of Oakley Park, 
 King's County, born February 5, 1824, died February 24, 
 1887, aged 63 years. 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 TUKBETT. Sacred to the memory of Robert Turbett, Esq., 
 of Greenmount, who departed this life the 21st January, 
 1830, aged 70 years. A sincere and exalted Christian, he 
 fulfilled the relative duties of husband, parent, and friend 
 with unaffected piety and exemplary affection. His virtues 
 could only be duly appreciated by those who knew him, 
 whilst the sorrowing recollection of so much departed worth 
 affords the most convincing assurance that he lived re- 
 spected and esteemed, and died lamented by all who knew 
 him. 
 
 LXXVI. 
 
 Emma Usher, daughter of Lieut. Usher, B.N., died Dec. 8, 
 1889, aged 62 years. 
 
 LXXVII. 
 
 Family burial-place of J. L. Verschoyle, eldest son of the 
 Eev. Joseph and Catherine Verschoyle, Captain, H.M. 60th 
 Regiment, Douro, Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees,
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 45 
 
 Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula. He departed this life the 
 28th Sept., 1875. Erected by his wife and three sons. " The 
 Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away : blessed be the 
 name of the Lord." 
 
 Lxxvni. 
 
 The family vault of Patrick Waldron, Bathgar House. 
 Mary, wife of Patrick Waldron, born 21st Augt., 1787, died 
 19th Dec.. 1824. B.I.P. Laurence Waldron, elder brother of 
 Patrick Waldron, born . . 1763, died 20th May, 1833. B.I.P. 
 James S. Murphy, son of Jeremiah Murphy of Cork, born 
 . . 1817, died . . 1825. B.I.P. Patrick Waldron, who 
 caused this tomb to be erected, was born 5th September, 
 1772, died 31st Dec., 1851. E.I.P. John Waldron, second 
 son of Patrick and Mary Waldron, born 13th April, 1815, died 
 8th December, 1847. B.I.P. Patrick Edward Waldron, 
 fourth son of Patrick and Mary Waldron, born llth January, 
 1824, died 22nd May, 1846. B.I.P. 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 This Stone was erected by Maria to the memory of her 
 husband William White, of the 61st Begiment, who departed 
 this life the 30th April, 1828. 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 In memory of John L. White, Esq., Surgeon, who departed 
 this life on the 25th day of June, 1870, aged 65 years. This 
 monument was erected by a few personal friends and in- 
 habitants of Dundrum, in remembrance of his many social 
 qualities, his care and kindness as a physician, and especially 
 his attention to the poor of the village and surrounding 
 district. 
 
 Lieutenant Henry White, died December, 1870. Mary 
 Wright, died October, 1871. Frances Dorothea, wife of Dr. 
 J. L. White, died July 8th, 1874. 
 
 LIST OF BUEIALS 
 
 From Inscriptions not printed in full. 
 Bridget, wife of John Anderson, of Dundrum, d. June 10 
 
 1881, a. 69. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Addy, d. Sept. 10, 1859, a. 4. 
 William Ashton, of Clonskeagh, d. Oct. 28, 1879, a. 24. 
 William Burke, Woollen Manufacturer, of Milltown Mills, 
 d. Aug. 19, 1823, a. 43 ; also his son, Christopher, d. an 
 infant.
 
 46 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Garret Byrne, of Milltown, d. Oct. 5, 1882, a. 72 ; also his 
 wife Esther, d. Jan. 31, 1886, a. 66 ; their dau., Eliza- 
 beth, d. June 12, 1863, a. 3i ; and their dau., Ellen, 
 d. March 17, 1870, a. 14 ; also Michael Butler, brother 
 of Esther Byrne, d. April 24, 1881, a. 42. 
 
 Henry Byrne, d. Oct. 21, 1877, a. 12. 
 
 John Byrne, d. Dec. 22, 1880, a. 18 ; also three children, at 
 
 an early age. 
 James Burke, d. March 16. 1889, a. 69; also his wife, 
 
 Catherine, d. Nov. 4, 1870, a. 41. 
 Anne, wife of Francis Burke, of Fleet St., d. Feb. 28, 1789, 
 
 a. 34 ; also nine of her children. 
 John Byrne, d. March 9, 1862 ; and his son, Edward, d. Jan. 
 
 21, 1889, a. 18. 
 James Barrett, of Churchtown, d. Oct. 18, 1818, a. 78 ; also 
 
 his wife, Mary, d. March 18, 1820, a. 54 ; their dau., 
 
 Margaret, d. July 10, 1829, a. 24 ; and their son, Luke, 
 
 d. July 2, 1850, a. 48. 
 Clare, wife of John Byrne, of Townsend Street, d. April 8, 
 
 1821, a 38 ; also three children, Margaret, Teresa, and 
 
 Eliza. 
 Bobert Barnes, d. Aug. 8, 1820, a. 87 ; also his dau., 
 
 Charlotte Dillon, d. March 4, 1800, a. 33 ; and her son, 
 
 George Barnes Loughlin, d. July 2, 1830, a. 32. 
 
 William Browne, d. April, 20, 1892, a. 50 ; also his dau., 
 
 Kate, d. May 10, 1879, a. 1 ; his son, Thomas F., d. 
 
 Aug. 26, 1893, a. 9 ; and his son, Ephraim J., d. Aug. 
 
 28, 1893, a. 8J. 
 
 Eichard Beasley, of Ballinteer, d. April 12, 1870, a. 45. 
 Larence Byrne, d. May 15, 1773. 
 Julia, wife of Patrick Cumiskey, d. Dec. 8, 1861, a. 28; and 
 
 his father, Terence, d. May 10, 1863, a. 74. 
 Arthur Carton, d. Feb. 20, 1871, a. 74; his wife, Catherine, 
 
 d. May 7, 1857, a. 58 ; and their three grand-children, 
 
 who d. young. 
 
 Edward Connor, d 15, 1775, a. 57. 
 
 Margaret, wife of JohnCanna, of Harold's Cross, d. May 28, 
 
 1816, a. 60. 
 Stephen Connor, of Dundrum, d. April 2, 1886, a. 30 ; and 
 
 his wife, Esther (who m. 2ndly Albert Gate), d. Aug. 5, 
 
 1890.
 
 THE GRAVEYARD. 47 
 
 John Carroll, d. Nov. 19, 1887, a. 56; also his wife, 
 
 Catherine, d. Oct. 26. 1867, a. 40 ; and their grandchild, 
 
 Catherine, d. May 28, 1880, a. 1 j ; also Ellen Billings, 
 
 mother of Catherine Byrne, d. Sept. 21, 1885, a. 87. 
 Patrick Cantwell, of South King St., d. June 8, 1810, a. 60 ; 
 
 also two of his children, who d. young. 
 Thomas Coyle, of South Earl St., d. March 29, 1793, a. 41. 
 Timothy Cahill, of Exchequer St., d. Jan. 11, 1825, a. 80. 
 Richard Carr, of Park St., d. June 24, 1788, a. 49 ; and his 
 
 wife, Mary, d. April 15, 1788, a. 46. 
 Henry Curran, d. July 28, 1856, a. 57; also his wife, 
 
 Elizabeth, d. Jan. 29, 1883, a. 76 ; their eldest son, 
 
 Thomas, who d. in New Zealand, Jan. 26, 1868, a. 34 ; 
 
 and four children, who d. young ; also dau., Caroline, 
 
 d. Nov. 2, 1891, a. 50. 
 John Cannon, d. April 21, 1888, a. 17. 
 Margaret, wife of Thomas Clarke, d. July 10, 1892, a. 42. 
 Anna Coombs, d. Dec. 9, 1890. 
 Martha Costello, d. Dec. 23, 1891, a. 20. 
 Bridget Craven, of Montague Lane, d. November 14, 1891, 
 
 a. 48. 
 Mary, wife of Edward Courtney, of Dundrum, d. August 11, 
 
 1890, a. 50; and their son, Edward James, d. June 1, 
 
 1884, a. 4i. 
 Catherine, wife of John Donnellan, of Milltown, d. April 16, 
 
 1792, a. 46 ; also three of their children, who d. young. 
 Five children of Bryan Duffy, of Clarendon Market ; and his 
 
 brother, Miles, d. January 29, 1739, a. 18. 
 Ellen, wife of Timothy Duggan, d. February 1, 1887, a. 72. 
 Sarah, wife of Charles Dickenson, d. March 22, 1883, a. 35. 
 Bridget, wife of Christopher Dromgoole, of Weaver's Square, 
 
 d. March 7, 1805, a. 32 ; also three of their children, 
 
 who d. young. 
 William Dromgoole, of Rathfarnham, d. February 3, 1809, 
 
 a. 79 ; his wife, Catherine, and his son, Edward. 
 John D'Arcy, d. March 4, 1842, a. 46 ; and his wife, Mary, 
 
 d. March 18, 1858, a. 60. 
 Mary Delaaey, d. Aug. 23, 1882, a. l. 
 John and Catherine Doyle ; and their dau., Jane, d. July 15, 
 
 1889, a. 35.
 
 48 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Patrick Duras, d. November 28, 1766, a. 44. 
 
 William Duff, of Golding Lane, d. November 26, 1776, a. 76. 
 
 Anne, wife of William Dunne, of Beaver Bow, d. October 7, 
 
 1885, a. 58. 
 Kate, sister of James Egan, of Newtown-le-Willows, d. 
 
 March 6, 1877, a. 27. 
 James Elverd, d. February 6, 1892, a. 70. 
 William Ennis, of Kingston, d. December 11, 1826, a. 68 ; 
 
 also his wife, Alicia, d. March 23, 1808, a. 49 ; and their 
 
 son, Andrew, d. January 1, 1815, a. 21. 
 William Flannagan, of Eathfarnham, d. November 15, 1759, 
 
 a. 91 ; also seven of his children. 
 Charles, father of Patrick Farrel, " chaneman." of New St., 
 
 d. April 21, 1735, a. 55 ; also his dau., Catrein, Hugh 
 
 Farrel, and his wife, Catrein. 
 
 Eliza Avice, wife of Henry Edward Flynn, d. March 8, 1855. 
 Anne M. Fox, of Milltown ; also her daus., Kate, Avice, 
 
 Monica, Josephine, and her son, Thomas J. Fox, M.D., 
 
 of Cottage Park, Kilgobbin, and his wife, Julia Maria, 
 
 and their children. 
 Patrick Fleming, Inspector, D.M.P., d. April 22, 1892, a. 46 ; 
 
 also his wife, Elizabeth, d. January 17, 1890, a. 40 ; and 
 
 their dau., Mary, d. May 1, 1880, a. 5. 
 Bridget Anne, dau. of Patrick Field, of Ranelagh, d. Feb. 
 
 20, 1888, a. 21 ; also Patrick, jun., d. November 12, 
 
 1891, a. 24. 
 Mrs. Maria Fox, a faithful servant of R. W. Hillas, Esq., of 
 
 Farm Hill, d. February 11, 1889. 
 
 Daniel Finn, of Patrick Street, d. October 6, 1808, a. 31. 
 Henry Fullerton, d. Feb. 20, 1863, a. 52; and his son, 
 
 Thomas, d. March 16, 1859, a. 7. 
 
 Patrick and Hannah Farrell ; also their son, John, d. De- 
 cember 16, 1879 ; and their dau.-in-law, Mary, wife of 
 
 Patrick Farrell, d. May 6, 1884. 
 William Finn, d. January 9, 1891, a. 74. 
 David Goold, of Clare Street, d. Jan. 27, 1790, a. 74 ; and 
 
 his brother, Patrick, d. Aug. 1, 1781, a. 57. 
 Amos Godsell, d. April 22, 1883, a. 62 ; and his wife, Mary, 
 
 d. December 5, 1886, a. 66. 
 Michael Garvey, d. Dec. 8, 1890, a. 72, and his wife Catherine, 
 
 d. May 8, 1894, a. 69.
 
 THE GRAVEYAED. 4tf 
 
 Robert, youngest son of Wm. Hall, of Aberdeen, d. May 4, 
 
 1883, a. 5. 
 Paul Ham, d. November 15, 1816, a. 54 ; and his dau., d. 
 
 July 26, 1815, a. 19. 
 John, son of Daniel Hayes, of Portobello, d. March 24, 1817, 
 
 a. 19. 
 Mary, wife of Matthew Hart, of Churchtown, d. May 9, 1893, 
 
 a. 45. 
 
 Ann, wife of Thomas Hughes, d. Aug. 26, 1769, a. 34. 
 Edmund Jones, d. October 20, 1766, a. 45. 
 James Jackson, d. October 4, 1806, a. 67. 
 James Kearney, of ... Hill, d. October 17, 1758, a. 46 ; also 
 
 two of his children. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Kearney, d. September 10, 1811. 
 Elizabeth Mary Kinlen, d. March 26, 1880, a. 14. 
 Daniel Kane, d. June 22, 1824, a. 60. 
 Mrs. Elnoir Kelly, d. Feb. 9, 1773, a. 40; also five of her 
 
 children, and Michael Kelly, sen., d. November 23, 1785. 
 Simon, son of Terence Kane, of Cullenswood, d. Oct. 4, 1803. 
 Mary Elizabeth, wife of John F. Knott, L.R.c.s.i.,d March 26. 
 
 1879, a. 28. 
 Mary, wife of James Kennedy, of Dublin, merchant, d. Jan. 
 
 7, 1779, a. 60. 
 
 John Kelly, d. May 20, 1884, a. 61. 
 Thomas Kinsella, d. Dec. 25, 1804, a. 39. 
 Ambrose Langan, of Windy Arbour, d. October 14, 1887, a. 55. 
 Marian Letheby, d. March 1, 1891, a. 68. 
 John Lee, of Wall's Lane, d. Jan. 20, 1822, a. 58. 
 Jos. Lennon, d. Jan. 4, 1891, a. 85. 
 Marcella Leonard, d. Oct. 21, 1882, a. 10. 
 Mary Jane Meates, d. April 17, 1853; and her brother, 
 
 Abraham, d. May 26, 1882. 
 Catherine, wife of Wm. M'Kee, of Haddington Road, d. 
 
 May 24, 1873, a. 61 ; and their daughter, Catherine, d. 
 
 Sept. 19, 1872, a. 30. 
 Thomas Messett, of Dundrum, a. 86 ; also his wife, Sarah, 
 
 a. 102 ; their son, Solomon, d. May 22, 1808, a. 66 ; and 
 
 several more of their family ; also their son, Thomas, 
 
 d. March 5, 1827, a. 76, and his wife, Margaret, d. 
 1826, a. 56; and their son, Solomon, d. Aug. 9, 
 1859, a. 57. 
 
 E
 
 50 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Anne, dau. of Bryan McGarry, of Pill Lane, d. May 1, 1772. 
 Agnes, wife of Timothy Maguire, d. June 10, 1779, a. 33 ; 
 
 also two of her children. 
 James M'Kenna, d. March 2, 1883, a. 34; also his child, 
 
 Catherine, d. young ; and parents, Christopher and Ellen, 
 
 a. 74 and 68 ; and his sisters, Catherine, a. 16, and Anne, 
 
 a. 12. 
 John, son of John M'Loughlin, of Milltown, d. July 4, 1880, 
 
 a. 9 months ; also his sons, Patrick and Thomas, a. 14 
 
 and 13i, who were accidentally drowned on Dec. 19, 
 
 1886. 
 
 Annie, wife of Christopher Mulligan, d. March 17, 1756. 
 Mrs. Frances Newton, d. June 30, 1814, a. 80. 
 Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Moran, of Winetavern Street, d. 
 
 Aug. 23, 1810, a. 75. 
 Edward Mullins, d. Dec. 11, 1817, a. 37. 
 Anne, youngest dau. of D'Arcy Mahon, d. March 2, 1824, a. 5. 
 James Murphy, d. June 25, 1882, a. 76 ; also his wife, Mary, 
 
 d. March 13, 1882, a. 75. 
 William M'Arthur, d. July 28, 1880, a. 11. 
 William, brother of John M'Cabe, d. Aug. 16, 1865, a. 20; 
 
 also his infant sister, Kate ; his grandfather, Michael 
 
 O'Neill, d. March 14, 1857, a. 71 ; and his grandmother, 
 
 Jane O'Neill, d. Sept. 16, 1861, a. 60. 
 Thomas Murphy, d. Jan. 31, 1867, a. 47 ; also Ellen Murphy, 
 
 d. July 26, 1868, a. 44 ; and John M'Donnell, d. July 19, 
 
 1884, a. 40. 
 M. Jane, dau. of Patrick Murphy, MiHtown, d. Oct. 21, 1881, 
 
 a. 5 ; also his wife, Ellen, d. Dec. 22, 1883, a. 43 ; his 
 
 son, Joseph, d. June 4, 1889, a. 4 ; his dau., Esther, 
 
 d. May 21, 1891, a. 14; seven other children, d. young; 
 
 and his son, John, d. March 8, 1871, a. 4. 
 Elizabeth English, dau. of John O'Neill, of Frederick Street, 
 
 d. Dec. 3, 1780, a. 27. 
 Mary Dora, dau. of Thomas and Sarah O'Neill, of Dunlavin, 
 
 d. July 30, 1878, a. A ; also their dau., Bridget Mary, 
 
 d. Jan. 13, 1888, a. lj. 
 Laurence O'Borke, d. June 11, 1891, a. 64. 
 Mary O'Connor, d. April 26, 1853, a. 63; also Patrick, d. 
 
 Jan. 21, 1869, a. 88 ; and Christopher, d. June 30, 1890, 
 
 a. 56. 
 Anthony O'Brien, d. Jan. 19, 1795, a. 62 ; his wife, Julian, 
 
 d. Nov. 17, .. . a. 42 ; and five of their children.
 
 THE GRAVE YAKD. 51 
 
 Cecilia Russell Patterson, wife of William Mitchel of London- 
 derry, d. April 9, 1881. 
 Anne Panton, d. June, 1872, a. 4 ; and her brother, John, 
 
 d. Jan., 1873, a. . 
 Edward Purcell, of Windy Arbour, d. Feb. 1, 1868, a. 82 ; also 
 
 nine of his children, who d. young. 
 Thomas Godfrey Power, d. May 27, 1881, a. 52. 
 Two children of John James Quinn, Oct. 6, 1759. 
 George Quinn, Weaver, of Ash Street, d. Jan. 30, 1758, a. 45 ; 
 
 also four of his children; and Jane, his wife, who d. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1774, a. 63 ; with six of their grandchildren. 
 The Mother and four Children of Patrick Reynolds, of 
 
 Plunket Street. 
 Edward Ryan, d. Feb. 17, 1771, a. 56 ; also his wife, Jane, 
 
 d. Sept. 27, 1788, a. 49. 
 Mary Redmond, of Ballypierce, Co. Carlow, d. Jan. 9, 1872, 
 
 a. 72 ; and two grandchildren, Johanna, a. 7 ; and 
 
 Bridget, a. 5. 
 Sarah Jane, dau. of Wm. and Mary Richardson, d. Aug. 9, 
 
 1882, a. 15 ; and Wm. Richardson, d. Sept. 9, 1894, a. 61. 
 Samuel Ranson, d. Nov. 17, 1860, a. 32 : and his wife, Maria, 
 
 d. May 28, 1888, a. 70 ; also their child, Maria Louisa, 
 
 d. May 3, 1859, a. 2. 
 William Button, d. June 4, 1893, a. 78 ; and his wife, Anne, 
 
 d. Jan. 7, 1890, a. 60. 
 
 Maria, wife of William Sproule, d. May 18, 1880, a. 50. 
 Elizabeth, wife of John Sheridan, and dau. of Robert Taylor 
 
 of Ballymascanlon, Co. Louth, d. May 15, 1881, a. 44. 
 George Henry Searle, formerly of Louth, Lincolnshire,^ April 
 
 12, 1890, a. 70. 
 Rosie, dau. of Joseph and Georgina Smith, d. Jan. 31. 1891, 
 
 a. 10J. 
 
 Anne, wife of John Seth, d. Aug. 7, 1875, a. 31. 
 Mrs. Anne Sharman, d. June 16, 1838, a. 72. 
 Nine children of John Scott, 1774. 
 William Sheedy, d. March 14, 1886, a. 55 ; and his dau., Ellie, 
 
 d. Feb. 17, 1894. 
 
 Mary J. Thompson, d. July 6, 1886, a. 46. 
 Jane, wife of Peter Tobin (alias Johnston), d. Nov. 21, 1778, 
 
 a. 27.
 
 52 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Richard Turner, d. March 31, 1841, a. 45 ; also his wife, 
 
 Jane, d. May 5, 1833, a. 36 ; and the following children 
 
 of their son, Joseph Turner of Newtown Park: Richard, 
 
 d. Sept. 1, 1853, a. 3 ; Sarah, d. March 25, 1855, a. 3 ; 
 
 Joseph, d. Dec. 27, 1858, a. 1 ; John, Feb. 8, 1861, a. 
 
 1 day ; Esther, d. Nov. 23, 1867, a. li ; also Mrs. Sarah 
 
 Turner, d. Sept. 15, 1864, a. 68. 
 Walter Blake Kirwan Tyner, d. Oct. 26, 1891, a. 32. 
 Carolina Elizabeth, dau. of Arthur W. Webb and Catherine 
 
 Elinor Webb, d. May 1, 1851, a. 17. 
 Catherine, wife of John Wright, of Ormond Street, d. Aug. 
 
 23, 1770, a. 42. 
 James Whittey, of Rathfarnham, d. Nov. 8, 1756, a. 36 ; and 
 
 three of his children, who d. young. 
 
 The Husband of Mrs. Bridget Walsh, d. June 17, 1793, a. 86. 
 Emily Walsh, d. Oct. 9, 1891, a. 62. 
 John Wade of Terenure, Farmer, d. April 12, 1761, a. 88. 
 Lorance, son of Nicholas Whitty, of Dublin, Throster, d. 
 
 April 17, 1755, a. 20; also his grandfather, Lorance 
 
 Byrne, d. Oct. 12, 1748, a. 94.
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 
 
 ABOUT the year 1809, it was found that the old 
 parish church was no longer large enough for 
 the congregation attending it, and at a Vestry held 
 on June 13th in that year, it was resolved that a 
 new church should be built, on a site then approved 
 of, near the old church, that the expense should 
 not exceed 2,000, and that the private property in 
 the seats of the old church should be preserved. 
 
 Nothing came of this resolution ; for in 1812, at a 
 Vestry held on October 22nd, it was rescinded, and 
 it was decided that the new church should be built 
 upon ground at Drumartane, then thought to be- 
 long to Mr. John Giffard,* but afterwards found to 
 be owned partly by Alderman Hone.f and that an 
 application should be made to Lord Fitzwilliam for 
 a grant of the fee. 
 
 A year afterwards, the consent of Lord Fitz- 
 william to grant the fee having been obtained, 
 a petition to the Lord Lieutenant and Privy 
 Council for leave to change the site of the parish 
 church was prepared, and an application made to 
 
 * See Giffard, John, chapter vii. 
 t See Hone, Nathaniel, chapter vii.
 
 54 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 the Board of First Fruits for a loan of funds to 
 build the new church. 
 
 Subsequently the plans of the new building, 
 which had been prepared by Mr. William Farrell, 
 Architect, of Kildare Street, Dublin, were approved 
 of, and ordered to be forwarded to the Board of First 
 Fruits, with a memorial for the loan. 
 
 This memorial appears upon the minutes of 
 the Board of First Fruits,* under date of 28th 
 October, 1813, and states that the parish church 
 was too small for the congregation attending it ; 
 that it was intended to build a large and handsome 
 church in a more convenient situation ; that several 
 of the parishioners supported themselves and their 
 families by farms upon the mountains, and that 
 they were unable to pay any considerable cess. 
 The memorial resulted in a grant of 4,300, as a 
 loan in aid of the building of the church. 
 
 In 1844 the Vestry was still in doubt as to what 
 plans it would adopt. In that year a committee was 
 appointed to view Monkstown Church, and it 
 reported that the plan of that church was more 
 eligible than . the one drawn by Mr. Farrell. 
 Accordingly, in May 1814, the Vestry adopted the 
 design of Monkstown Church, with what would 
 now seem to have been considerable alterations, and 
 directed the plans to be laid before the Archbishop 
 and the Board of First Fruits. 
 
 This Vestry also determined that the loan of 
 4,300 should be assessed on the parish, to be re- 
 
 * Public Eecord Office, Dublin.
 
 CHBIST CHURCH. 55 
 
 paid by instalments in seventeen years, and should 
 be applotted at the rate of 2s. 3d. per acre per 
 annum, under 48 Geo. III., Chap. 65, and 49 Geo. 
 III., Chap. 103. 
 
 No reply appears to have been given by the Arch- 
 bishop until April, 1815, when a communication 
 was received from the Archbishop of Cashel (then 
 acting as coadjutor for Dr. Euseby Cleaver, Arch- 
 bishop of Dublin, whose mind had become impaired 
 some years before his death in 1819), to the effect 
 that the plans were approved of, subject to the 
 church being duly placed having regard to the 
 orientation of the chancel.* 
 
 At length, without waiting for the order of the 
 Privy Council allowing the site of the parish church 
 to be changed which order was not made until the 
 31st August, 1815 all other preliminaries having 
 been arranged, the building of the church was 
 commenced in June, 1815. 
 
 The different classes of the work were contracted 
 for separately ; and it appears from the Vestry book 
 that the contractor for the masonry work was 
 Mr. Williams ; for the stone-cutting, Alderman 
 Darley ; for the plaistering, Mr. Luke Storey ; and 
 for the painting and glazing, Mr. Veto. 
 
 As the work proceeded, it was found that the 
 
 * In rebuilding the Church of St. Michael the Archangel 
 in Dublin in 1814, the Archbishop of Cashel (the Most Kev. 
 and Hon. "Charles Brodrick) required similar alteration in 
 the original plans, to secure proper orientation. Vide Irish 
 Builder, vol. xxxiii., p. 164.
 
 56 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 cost of the church would considerably exceed the 
 loan obtained from the Board of First Fruits ; and 
 in September, 1816, it was decided to sell the sites 
 of the pews by auction, the purchasers to pay for 
 the carpenters' work of fitting the pews, as well as 
 for the sites themselves, and to be allowed either 
 to attach the pews to their houses in perpetuity, or 
 to retain them in their own name, in which case 
 they were given power to assign them to anyone 
 resident in the parish. 
 
 The Vestry presented the site of a pew to Lord 
 Chief Justice Downes,* who was then resident in 
 the parish, " as a small but grateful acknowledg- 
 ment of his unremitting attention to the interests 
 of the parish, and particularly of his having pro- 
 cured the means of building the church at a com- 
 paratively trifling expense."! A similar benefit 
 was conferred upon Alderman Hone and upon Mr. 
 Giffard, "as an act of proper respect" for having 
 granted a moiety of the ground on which the church 
 was built. 
 
 The auction was held on Thursday, the 24th 
 October, 1816, at the house of Mr. Curran, in Dun- 
 drum, " commonly called the Olympus Boarding 
 House," and the sites of twenty-six pews were sold, 
 realizing 384 10s. } 
 
 * See Eight Hon. William, Baron Downes, chapter viii. 
 
 t Vestry book, from which all the quotations in this 
 chapter are taken, except where another authority is men- 
 tioned. 
 
 J Appendix D.
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 57 
 
 The funds raised by the sale of the pew sites 
 were not, however, sufficient to complete the build- 
 ing, and in February, 1817, a petition to the Board 
 of First Fruits for an additional loan was prepared. 
 It is not clear whether the petition was actually 
 presented to the Board or not ; at all events, it was 
 not successful. We learn from this petition, which 
 was accompanied by an estimate of the expense,* 
 that the plans of the church included the erection 
 of a spire, with a clock and two bells. 
 
 At length, in June, 1818, the church was so far 
 finished as to admit of its being used for Divine 
 Service; and the Archbishop of Cashel having 
 granted the necessary license for its use previous to 
 consecration, the Vestry resolved that the church 
 should be opened on Sunday, the 21st June. 
 
 It is evident, however, from subsequent proceed- 
 ings of the Vestry, that the church was then far 
 from completed. In June, 1820, the church- 
 wardens were directed to procure spouts to carry off 
 the water from the roof, which caused " so much 
 damp inside the church;" and in April, 1821, they 
 were ordered to obtain estimates for roofing the 
 tower. At the Easter Vestry in 1824, Mr. James 
 Crofton,t the outgoing churchwarden, presented his 
 account, amounting to 90, for building the sexton's 
 lodge, and finishing the vestry-room. In the same 
 year the churchwardens were directed to purchase 
 
 * Appendix E. 
 
 T See Crofton, James, chapter vii.
 
 58 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 a bell, which was to weigh about five cwt., and to 
 cost 60. In April, 1825, the Vestry accepted an 
 estimate, amounting to 167 17s. 3d., from Wm. 
 Moyers, of Rathfarnham, for cementing the outside 
 of the church, and putting up metal pipes, and in 
 1832 it was found necessary to expend 95 on re- 
 roofing the church which does not speak well for 
 the manner in which the work was done in the first 
 instance. 
 
 The loan from the Board of First Fruits was 
 never fully repaid. At a Vestry held in 1833 the 
 tenth instalment was ordered to be applotted ; but it 
 was not levied, in consequence of the passing of the 
 Church Temporalities Act, which exonerated the 
 parishioners from repayment of all sums of money 
 due to the Board. 
 
 About 1833 the south gallery was erected, partly 
 by private subscriptions,* and partly by a grant 
 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 
 
 The building, which is now used as an infant 
 school and teacher's residence, appears to have been 
 built about 1836 for a Sunday school. 
 
 In 1844 a small organ was purchased for the 
 church at an expense of 47 19s. 6d., and was 
 placed in the south gallery. 
 
 In 1853 the church was broken into by robbers, 
 who stole the brass branches from the pulpit and 
 reading-desk, the sconces in the body of the church, 
 and brass fittings from the organ loft. 
 
 * See Appendix D.
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 59 
 
 There are persons still residing in the parish who 
 remember the appearance of the church interior at 
 this time ; and plans of the alterations subsequently 
 made, which are in the possession of the Kepresent- 
 ative Church Body, afford additional assistance in 
 correctly describing it. It consisted of the rectan- 
 gular space now forming the body of the church, 
 with a shallow recess in the eastern wall, in which 
 there was an east window, with a small side-light 
 to the north. In this recess the communion table 
 stood, having in front of the rails, and standing 
 out into the church, the pulpit raised above two 
 reading-desks, one of which stood on either side. 
 The pews were the high square erections in which 
 our ancestors concealed themselves from the gaze 
 of their neighbours. A desk for the clerk stood 
 under the south gallery near the large window ; 
 the stairs to that gallery being near the clerk's 
 desk. By the door which now leads into the south 
 porch, the clergymen retired into the "robing- 
 room," as the vestry-room is called in one of the 
 old plans. The north and south galleries were 
 different in design from the present galleries ; the 
 front panelling, which was made of solid oak, was 
 higher, and obstructed the view more, than the 
 present panelling ; the front was curvilinear, instead 
 of being straight ; and the pews were all on nearly 
 the same level, so that persons sitting in the back 
 seats could not see down into the body of the 
 church. Part of the oak panelling was placed in 
 the hall of the rectory, where it forms a dado.
 
 60 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 In the year 1858 the congregation had increased 
 so much, that it was found necessary to afford more 
 accommodation, as we find from a resolution passed 
 by a meeting of the parishioners in that year ; hut 
 it was not until 1861 or 1862 that anything was 
 actually done. About that time, the nave was built, 
 the west gallery erected, and the stairs removed 
 from under the south gallery, and placed in the 
 south porch, which was then built. The com- 
 munion table rails were placed upon a platform, 
 and the pulpit and reading-desk erected behind 
 the communion table according to the arrange- 
 ment not inappropriately called " three-decker." 
 
 These improvements were carried out at a cost of 
 1,200, which was raised partly by private sub- 
 scriptions, and partly by a grant from the Eccle- 
 siastical Commissioners. 
 
 When the present Eector came into office, in 
 1867, he found the church arranged as we have 
 now described it ; and within two years of his 
 institution, he had effected the first of the long 
 series of improvements which have been carried 
 out through his instrumentality. The old square 
 pews were then remodelled, and the " three- 
 decker " arrangement removed, the pulpit being 
 placed at the north, and the reading-desk at the 
 south, side of the communion table. 
 
 In 1871 Mr. Henry Koe* presented to the 
 church a very fine organ, made by Forster and 
 
 * See Eoe, Henry, chapter vii.
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 61 
 
 Andrews, of Hull, which was placed in the west 
 gallery.* 
 
 The erection of the new chancel, with its painted 
 windows, by Mr. Eoe, in 1872, completed the trans- 
 formation of the church, as erected in 1818, into the 
 vastly different building which we are accustomed 
 to see now. 
 
 This portion of the church is built in the deco- 
 rated style, of limestone in broken ashlar masonry, 
 with chiselled limestone dressings and mouldings 
 to the windows, and with coigns of the same 
 material. It contains a large east window, with a 
 five-light decorated tracery. The subjects depicted 
 on the window are seven. In the first section, com- 
 mencing to the left, we have the Finding of Moses 
 in the ark of bulrushes, and the Building of 
 Solomon's Temple; in the second, the Brazen 
 Serpent raised upon a well-defined Latin cross ; in 
 the third, the Translation of Elijah ; in the fourth, 
 Abraham's Sacrifice ; and in the fifth, Moses de- 
 scending from Mount Sinai, with the Tables of the 
 Law, and King Solomon worshipping in the 
 Temple. The legend upon the glass is as follows : 
 
 " The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roe, of Mount Anville, 1872 ;" 
 
 * It was built at a cost of 600, and was first used at Divine 
 Service on Sunday, March 26, 1871. The Archbishop of 
 Dublin (the Most Eev. Eichard Chenevix Trench, D.D.) 
 preached a suitable sermon on the occasion, and Dr. Stewart, 
 afterwards, so well known as Sir Robert Prescott Stewart, 
 played the instrument "with his wonted skill and taste, 
 displaying to perfection the various and charming combina- 
 tions of which the organ is capable." Vide Daily Express, 
 March 27, 1871.
 
 62 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 and below the window there is a brass plate in- 
 scribed thus : 
 
 " This chancel presented to Taney Parish by Henry Eoe, 
 Esq., Mount Anville, Dundrum, 1872." 
 
 The small single-light windows in the sanctuary, 
 to the north and south of the east window, illustrate 
 the texts "I was in prison, and ye came unto me," 
 and " I was sick, and ye visited me ; " which are also 
 inscribed upon the glass, one being " the gift of 
 Florence Koe," and the other " the gift of George 
 Eoe." There are also two windows in the north 
 wall of the chancel, each with two-light tracery, one 
 illustrating the texts : " I was an hungered, and ye 
 gave me meat," and " I was thirsty, and ye gave 
 me drink ; " and the other illustrating " I was a 
 stranger, and ye took me in," and " naked, and ye 
 clothed me ; " all of which are also inscribed upon 
 the glass, being " the gift of Charlotte Eoe," " the 
 gift of Elizabeth Eoe," " the gift of Eichard Boe, " 
 and "the gift of Maude Eoe," respectively. Mr. 
 Eoe furnished the chancel with two handsome brass 
 candelabra, and gave elaborate wrought-iron com- 
 munion rails, and a handsome tessellated pavement 
 in the sanctuary and chancel aisle. 
 
 Mr. Eoe also supplied funds to pay off the old 
 debt remaining upon the church, thus enabling it 
 to be fully consecrated. 
 
 By the act of consecration, which took place on 
 the 10th June, 1872, it was " ordained and consti- 
 tuted the Parochial Church of the Parish of
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 68 
 
 Tawney," and consecrated "to the Honor of God 
 and to Holy Uses," by the name of " Christ Church, 
 Tawney."* 
 
 Since then the church has been further adorned 
 by many gifts, including a handsome carved stone 
 pulpit, erected by Mr. George Kinahan,! of Eoebuck 
 Park. Upon the six panels of the pulpit are 
 inscribed the following : 
 
 " In my Father's house are many mansions." " Feed my 
 lambs." " The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him 
 that heareth say, Come." " Feed my sheep." " I am the 
 Eesurrection and the Life." " In memory of a beloved child, 
 George D. Kinahan, born Sept. 21, 1865, died March 13, 
 1878 ; and of a dear brother, Charles H. Kinahan, born 
 Sept. 29, 1836, died April 13, 1878. 1 Thes. iv. 14." 
 
 Upon a fillet below the panels are the words : 
 " Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name." 
 
 Mr. Charles H. James has given a handsome 
 carved stone prayer-desk, inscribed as follows : 
 
 " Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh 
 come." " In loving memory of Catherine Mary James ; " 
 
 and a brass plate records that it was 
 
 " Erected to the revered memory of a beloved wife, by her 
 husband, Charles Henry James, of Eockmount House, in this 
 Parish, April, 1879."J 
 
 * The consecrating prelate, and also the preacher, was the 
 Most Eev. Eichard Chenevix Trench, D.D., Archbishop of 
 Dublin. See account of the ceremony in the Daily Express, 
 Irish rwne.*,~and Saunders' Neivs Letter, June 11, 1872. 
 
 t See Kinahan, George, chapter vii. 
 
 See Tombstone No. XL., chapter iii.
 
 64 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Mr. E. Henry A. M'Comas,* of Homestead, pre- 
 sented a reredos, upon which are inscribed the 
 words : 
 
 " Come unto me, all that travail and are heavy laden, and 
 I will refresh you." " This do in remembrance of me." " So 
 God loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son." 
 
 Mr. J. F. Fuller, F.S.A., gave a carved wood 
 lectern. 
 
 Mr. W. J. Goulding, of Roebuck Hill, has erected 
 a beautiful painted window in the north gallery, 
 representing "the Good Shepherd," after the well- 
 known picture by Plockhorst : 
 
 " In loving memory of William Goulding, D.L., formerly 
 M.P. for Cork, born 1817, died 1884." 
 
 A mural tablet under the south gallery was 
 
 " Erected by a few friends in memory of Michael Charles 
 Bernard, M.B., T.C.D., L.R.C.S.I., who for forty years laboured 
 as a physician in this parish ; died 24th April, 1881, aged 71 
 years. ' I know that my Eedeemer liveth.' Job xix. 25. "f 
 
 The church was also much improved by the re- 
 modelling of the north and south galleries in 1885. 
 
 In 1875 the extension of the church grounds to 
 the east of the church was completed, and a lease 
 of the additional ground was obtained from the 
 
 * See M'Comas, Eichard Henry Archibald, chapter vii. 
 f See Bernard, Michael Charles, chapter vii., and Tomb- 
 stone No. V., chapter iii.
 
 CHRIST CHURCH. 65 
 
 Earl of Pembroke for 150 years, at a rent of Is. per 
 year. To the expense of the new entrance gates and 
 walls of the extension, as well as to the cost of 
 erecting the new front entrance gates in 1884, and 
 to many other objects connected with the parish, 
 Lord Pembroke* subscribed liberally. 
 
 * George Eobert Charles Herbert, thirteenth Earl of 
 Pembroke, and tenth Earl of Montgomery, whose premature 
 death in his forty-fifth year took place on May 3, 1895, while 
 this chapter was in the press.
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 CURATES UNDER THE ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN AS 
 RECTOR. * 
 
 ROBERT PONT, circa 1615, 
 
 is mentioned in the Regal Visitation of 1615 as 
 serving the churches of Taney, Rathfarnhani, and 
 Donnybrook. On Feb. 26, in the thirteenth year of 
 the reign of James I. (i.e., 1617-18), he was presented 
 to " Silva Salvatoris, otherwise Rath drum, Vicarage, 
 Dublin Diocese, vacant by lapse or otherwise, and 
 in the King's gift of full right." Probably he went 
 afterwards to the Diocese of Raphoe, for it appears 
 from a correspondence between Archbishop Laud 
 and Lord Strafford that a clergyman of the same 
 surname the Christian name is not given was 
 beneficed there circa 1638. He "made a wild 
 sermon " against the Bishop's jurisdiction, and had 
 to leave the diocese. On May 22, 1640, as appears 
 from the Dublin Titles Book, a licence was issued to 
 Robert Pont, B.A., who possibly was a son of the 
 Curate of Taney, to serve the cure of Kilpipe, 
 Diocese of Ferns ; and on May 31 in the same year 
 he was admitted a Deacon at " Tawlaght." (Eat I 
 Stafford's Letters, Dublin, 1740, ed. by Dr. Wm. 
 Knowles, vol. ii., pp. 245, 270, 337 ; Bishop Mant's 
 History of the Church of Ireland, p. 544 ; Diocesan 
 Register ; Patent Rolls, James I., p. 299.) 
 * See chapter i., p. 3.
 
 CURATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 67 
 
 RICHARD PRESCOTT, circa 1630, 
 graduated in T.C.D., B.A., 1620, and M.A., 1628 ; his 
 entrance is not recorded. He is mentioned in Arch- 
 bishop Bulkeley's report (see p. 14) as serving the 
 churches of Taney, Donnybrook, and Eathfarnham. 
 
 JOHN SANKEY, 1679, 
 
 was licensed on May 8, 1679, to serve the churches 
 of " Rathfarnam, Donnabrook, Kilgobban, Tawney, 
 Cruagh, andWhitechurch." (Dublin Titles Book.) 
 
 MERVYN ARCHDALL, 1753, 
 
 son of William Archdall, Goldsmith and Assay 
 Master, of Skinner Row, Dublin (who was a member 
 of the family of the Archdalls of Fermanagh), by 
 his wife, Henrietta, dau. of Rev. Henry Gonne, was 
 I. in Dublin, on April 22, 1723, and bavt. in St. 
 Werburgh's, on May 9. He entered T.C.D. on Oct. 
 10, 1739, and graduated B.A., 1744, and M.A., 1747. 
 He was licensed on Jan. 24, 1750, as Curate Assist- 
 ant of the Parishes of Howth and Kilbarrack, and 
 on Oct. 2, 1753, on the nomination of Archdeacon 
 Pococke, as Curate of " Kilgobban and Tawnee " at 
 a stipend of 35 and " book money." He was also 
 the non-resident Rector of Nathlash and Kildorrery, 
 in the Diocese of Cloyne, from 1749 to 1758. In 
 the year 1761 Dr. Pococke, who had become Bishop 
 of Ossory, gave him the living of Agharney and 
 Attannagh in that diocese, which he held until 
 1786, with the Prebend of Cloneamery, and sub- 
 sequently of Mayne. He resigned Agharney on
 
 68 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 being appointed Rector of Slane, Diocese of Meath, 
 where he continued to reside until his death, on 
 Aug. 6, 1791. He was bur. in Slane Churchyard, 
 and a monument was erected to his memory there. 
 He m., firstly, circa 1748, Miss Sarah Collis, of a 
 Kilkenny family, who d. May 28, 1782, having 
 had issue 1. Thomas Prior, bur. in St. Werburgh's, 
 1750; 2. Mervyn, a lawyer, m., and d. 1809, 
 leaving issue ; 8. Henrietta, m. Eev. John Dalton 
 Harwood ; he n., secondly, in St. Mary's Church, 
 Dublin, on Nov. 25, 1782, Miss Abigail Young. 
 He was the well-known antiquary, author of the 
 Monasticon Hibemicum, and of an enlarged edition 
 of Lodge's Peerage. (Brady's Records of Cork, vol. ii., 
 p. 368 ; vol. iii., p. 143 ; Dictionary of National 
 Biography, vol. ii., p. 67; Webb's Compendium of 
 Irish Biography, p. 5 ; Dublin Titles Book ; Hughes's 
 St. Werburgh's, pp. 99, 181.)* 
 
 JEREMY WALSH, 1758, 
 
 son of Rev. Philip Walsh, was b. at Dublin in 1702, 
 educated by his father in the Co. Wicklow, and 
 entered T.C.D., May 11, 1719. He graduated B.A., 
 1724, and M.A., 1727. He was instituted on Feb. 
 23, 1729, to the Rectories of Kilweilagh and Kil- 
 loah, in the Diocese of Meath, on the presentation 
 of the Earl of Drogheda. On the nomination 
 
 * The following authorities have been consulted, in addition 
 to those mentioned under the several notices : Todd's List of 
 Graduates of T.C.D., Matriculation Books ofT.C.D., Registers 
 of Taney Parish, and Dublin Directories and Newspapers.
 
 CURATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 69 
 
 of Archdeacon Mann, he was licensed on Sept. 1, 
 1758, Curate of " Kilgobbin and Tawney," at a 
 stipend of "35 and book-money." He m. at 
 Whitehall, Sept., 1778, Mrs. Eyre, widow of the 
 late Thomas Eyre, M.P. for the borough of Fore, Co. 
 Westmeath. (Meath and Dublin Titles Books; 
 Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Sept., 1778, p. 536.) 
 
 WILLIAM DWYER, 1787, 
 
 son of Mr. Darby Dwyer, of Tipperary, was b. 1753, 
 and entered T.C.D. as a sizar on June 13, 1775. 
 He took a Scholarship in 1777, and graduated B.A., 
 1780. He was ordained on July 25, 1780, in 
 St. Mark's Church, Dublin, by the Bishop of Dro- 
 more. He was licensed Jan. 10, 1787, on the 
 nomination of Archdeacon Hastings to the Curacy 
 of Taney, but only held it until October in the same 
 year, when he was appointed Curate of St. John's, 
 Dublin. He was subsequently, from March to 
 June, 1789, Rector of Clonmult, and from the 
 latter date to 1813 Rector of Templeroan, both in 
 the Diocese of Cloyne. He also held the Curacy 
 of Nohoval, Diocese of Cork, to which he was 
 licensed Sept. 18, 1802. (Brady's Records of Cork, 
 vol. i., p. 225, vol. ii., pp. 153, 397 ; Dublin License 
 for Ordination; Hughes's St. John's, p. 75.) 
 
 MATTHEW CAMPBELL, 1787-1814, 
 son of Mr. Robert Campbell, of Monaghan, was b. 
 1758. He was educated at Mr. Allen's School, and 
 entered T.C.D., Nov. 4, 1776. He graduated B.A.,
 
 70 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1781. On the nomination of Archdeacon Hastings, 
 he was licensed to the Curacy of Taney on Nov. 9, 
 1787, and was appointed subsequently Eural Dean 
 of Taney on Aug. 17, 1802. On June 10, 1818, he 
 was appointed Perpetual Curate of Kilgobbin, on 
 the nomination of Archdeacon Fowler, but seems 
 to have continued to discharge the duty of Taney 
 until the following year, when his successor, Mr. 
 Eyan, was appointed. At a Vestry held on April 
 12, 1814, it was resolved to present him with an 
 address " for his faithful conduct in the discharge of 
 his duty during a period of twenty -five years." He 
 retained the Curacy of Kilgobbin until his death, 
 which occurred circa 1817. He m. June 17, 1795, 
 Elizabeth (d. June 1, 1835), widow of Garret 
 English, Esq. (whom she in. 1780, her maiden 
 name being White), and had issue one son, 
 Frederick, b. 1800, who m., 1826, Miss Maria 
 Murray (d. Nov. 22, 1885), and d. Feb. 15, 1861, 
 and one daughter, Eliza, b. 1802, who m. in T. C., 
 Sept. 18, 1824, John Eoe, Esq., and d. Oct. 15, 
 1826. (See Tombstones XVI. and LXIX., chapter 
 iii.) (Dublin Titles Book.) 
 
 EICHAKD EYAN, 1814-20, 
 
 was a son of the Eev. William Eyan, of Tipperary, 
 and was b. 1787. He was educated at Mr. White's 
 school in Dublin, and entered T.C.D. May 5, 1806. 
 He graduated B.A., 1811, and M.A., 1832. He was 
 nominated on March 24, 1814, by Archdeacon 
 Saurin to the Curacy of Taney, and was licensed on
 
 CURATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 71 
 
 April 15 following. He held this cure until 1820, 
 when he was appointed to the Vicarage of Rath- 
 connell, Diocese of Meath. He resigned it in 1825 
 on being nominated to the Vicarage of Rathcore, in 
 the same diocese, to which he was admitted on Jan. 
 19, 1826. He continued to reside there until his 
 death on July 8, 1837, and was bur. in Rathcore 
 churchyard. He /,, in T. C., Aug. 3, 1814, Mary 
 Lees, second dau. of John Giffard, Esq.,* and had 
 issue, bapt. in T. C. 1. William, called to the bar 
 1839, Q.C., 1867, J.P. Wexf ord, Wicklow, and Dublin ; 
 2. Sarah ; 3. EUen. (Dublin Titles Book ; Eccle- 
 siastical Commissioners' Report, 1886, p. 224.) 
 
 HENRY HUNT, 1820-21, 
 
 son of Mr. James Hunt, State Apothecary, of Sack- 
 ville Street, Dublin, was b. 1792, and having been 
 educated at Dr. Dowdall's school, entered T.C.D. 
 as a pensioner on Sept. 3, 1810, taking second place 
 at entrance. He graduated B.A., 1815, and M.A., 
 1818. He took Holy Orders in 1815, and on Dec. 
 26 of that year was licensed to the Curacy of Ban- 
 bridge (Seapatrick), in the Diocese of Dromore. 
 In 1818 he became Vicar of Ballynafeagh, in the 
 Diocese of Kildare; and in 1820, on the- nomination 
 of the Marquis of Drogheda, Vicar of Rathconnell, 
 in the Diocese of Meath. In March, 1820, when 
 he assumed the duties, he was nominated Curate 
 of Taney by Archdeacon Torrens, although not 
 licensed until July 21. He held the Curacy until 
 * See Giffard, John, chapter vii.
 
 72 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 June in the following year, when his successor, 
 Mr. Vance, took charge of the parish. At a Vestry 
 held on Sept. 18, 1821, a resolution was pro- 
 posed by Mr. Wadden,* seconded by Chief Justice 
 Downes,| and unanimously adopted, requesting the 
 Archdeacon to convey to Mr. Hunt " the thanks of 
 the congregation, and their sense of the pure zeal 
 which influenced him in the discharge of his 
 clerical duties." He was subsequently appointed 
 in 1822 Vicar of Kiltoom and Gamma, in the 
 Diocese of Elphin, on the nomination of Dr. John 
 Leslie, then Bishop of that see ; on Aug. 23, 1827, 
 a Minor Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin ; 
 and on March 7, 1829, Eector of Ahascragh, also 
 in Elphin, of which diocese he had been nominated 
 Vicar-General. On March 8, 1845, Dr. Leslie, 
 who had become Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh, 
 as well as of Elphin, collated him to the Eectory 
 of Lurgan (Virginia), Diocese of Kilmore, which he 
 held with his minor canonry and vicar-generaiship 
 until his death, which occurred on May 22, 1861, 
 at Donnybrook. His remains were interred at 
 Shercock, Co. Cavan. He m., 1823, Miss Rose 
 Anne Adair, and had issue. (Ecclesiastical Com- 
 missioners' Report, 1836, p. 564 ; Kilmore Register ; 
 Cotton's Fasti, &c., vol. ii., p. 200.) 
 
 WILLIAM FORDE VANCE, 1821, 
 son of the Rev. Patrick Vance, of Antrim, was b. 
 1796, educated at Armagh School, under Dr. Miller, 
 
 * See Wadden, Barret, chapter vii. 
 
 t See Eight Hon. William, Baron Downes, chapter viii.
 
 CURATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 73 
 
 and entered T.C.D. as a pensioner, Nov. 1, 1813. 
 The date of his B.A. degree is not recorded. He 
 took out his M.A. in 1822. He acted as Curate of 
 Taney from June to December, 1821 ; but no 
 license for him appears in the Titles Book. It 
 was resolved, at a Vestry on Jan. 1, 1822, that an 
 address expressing regret at his departure, and the 
 parishioners' -wishes for his future welfare, should 
 be drawn up and presented to him. He in. in 
 Crumlin Church on March 1, 1823, Miss Anna- 
 bella Oakley. 
 
 JAMES BULWER, 1821-24, 
 
 was the only son of James Bulwer, Esq., of Ayl- 
 sham, Norfolk, by his wife Mary, dau. of John 
 Seaman, Esq., of Felmingham Hall, Norfolk. He 
 entered Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated 
 B.A., 1818, and M.A., 1823. He was ordained Deacon 
 by the Bishop of Norwich, 1818, and Priest by the 
 Bishop of Kilmore, June 23, 1822. He served as 
 Curate of Taney from December, 1821, to 1824, but 
 does not appear to have been licensed. A vote of 
 thanks was accorded to him by the Vestry on April 
 20, 1824, "for his indefatigable zeal." He re- 
 signed, on being appointed (May 16, 1824) to the 
 Perpetual Curacy of Booterstown, which he held 
 only a short time, resigning it in the following year 
 (1825). The years 1825 and 1826 he spent in 
 Madeira and Portugal, and from 1827 to 1833 re- 
 sided at Clifton, and served as Curate of St. Paul's, 
 Bristol. He was present at the memorable Bristol
 
 74 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 riots in 1831, when he was assaulted by the mob ; 
 and he afterwards gave evidence for the defence at 
 the trial, in Oct., 1832, of Charles Pinney, Esq., 
 the Mayor of Bristol, for having neglected his duty 
 on that occasion. He was Minister of York Chapel, 
 and Curate of St. James', Westminster, from 1833 
 to 1840, and Curate of Blickling and South Er- 
 pingham, in Norfolk, until 1848, when he was 
 appointed by the Dowager Lady Sumeld, of Blick- 
 ling, Kector of Stody with Hunworth, in the Diocese 
 of Norwich. He held this cure until his death. He 
 d. on June 11, 1879, aged 84, and was bur. at Hun- 
 worth. He m. Eliza, only dau. of Archibald Bedford, 
 Esq., of the Irish Bar, and had issue : 1. James 
 Benjamin Eedford, of the English Bar, Q.C., formerly 
 M.P. for Ipswich, from Feb., 1874, to March, 1880, 
 and for Cambridgeshire, from Sept., 1881, to Nov., 
 1885, and now Chairman of the Norfolk Quarter 
 Sessions, Eecorder of Cambridge, and Master in 
 Lunacy ; 2. Archibald Bedford, of Tomard, Co. 
 Kildare, m., 1856, Jean Hamilton, sister of Sir 
 Alexander Gibson Maitland, third Baronet, of Clif- 
 ton Hall, Co. Midlothian, and has issue two daus., 
 Agnes and Dora Eleanor ; 3. Walter John Bedford, 
 of Barrowford, Co. Kildare, m., 1851, Helena Sarah, 
 third dau. of Bev. Henry Moore, Bector of Ferns, 
 Co. Wexford, and has issue one son, Henry Alan, 
 b. 1854, m., 1886, Mary, third dau. of Bichard 
 Bobert Wingfield, of Fairy Hall, Co. Wicklow, and 
 has issue one dau., Dorothy ; 4. Dorothea Maria 
 Bedford, m., 1840, Bev. Humphrey Lloyd, D.D., 
 late Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.
 
 CUBATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 75 
 
 Mr. Bulwer was author of Views of Madeira, 
 1825-26 ; Views of Cintra in Portugal ; and Views 
 in the West of England. For upwards of twenty 
 years from 1840, he had charge of the Library of 
 rare and valuable books at Blickling Hall, collected 
 by Maittaire, early in the eighteenth century, and 
 was a frequent contributor to the Norfolk Archao- 
 logical Journal. He was learned in botany and 
 mineralogy, and possessed a complete collection of 
 British shells, most of which are now in the British 
 Museum. He was an accomplished artist in water 
 colours, and made two beautiful collections of draw- 
 ings and engravings, one illustrating Blomefield's 
 History of Norfolk, the other Collinson's History of 
 Somersetshire, which together fill upwards of seventy 
 large folios, and are now in the possession of his 
 eldest son. (Blacker's Sketches of Booterstown, <c., 
 p. 8 ; Trial of Charles Pinney, Esq. Blackwood, 1833.) 
 
 HENRY HAMILTON, 1824-25, 
 
 son of Henry Hamilton, Esq., of Dublin, b. 1796, 
 was educated privately, and entered T.C.D., April 
 6, 1812, as a Fellow-Commoner. He graduated B.A., 
 1819, and M.A., 1832. He was ordained Deacon at 
 Kilmore, July 5, 1822. He was instituted as Incum- 
 bent of the Union of Thornastown, Pollardstown, 
 and Dunmurry, in the Diocese of Kildare, on June 
 8, 1822, on the presentation of the Duke of Leinster ; 
 he was at first non-resident, and though not li- 
 censed, acted as Curate of Taney from May, 1824, 
 to May, 1825. In the latter year a Glebe House
 
 76 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 was built at Thomastown, and he went to reside 
 there. He held the living until his death, which 
 occurred circa 1854. (Ecclesiastical Commissioners' 
 Report, 1837, p. 138.) 
 
 ALEXANDER BUEBOWES CAMPBELL, 1825-28, 
 son of Burrowes Campbell, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, 
 was educated by Mr. White, and having entered 
 T.C.D., won a Scholarship, 1819, and graduated B.A., 
 1820, and M.A., 1828. He was ordained a Deacon, 
 and subsequently admitted to Priest's Orders at 
 Kilmore, on June 23, 1823. He acted as Curate of 
 Taney from May, 1825, but was not licensed until 
 Feb. 24 in the following year. His nomination by 
 Archdeacon Torrens is dated Aug. 23, 1825. He 
 held the curacy until 1828. He was Perpetual 
 Curate of Great Keddisham, Suffolk, from 1849 to 
 1858, and Chaplain to the Earl of Cowley from 
 1858 to 1886. He had a son, John, by his wife, 
 Caroline, bapt. in T. C. (Crockford's Clerical 
 Directory, 1879-86.) 
 
 JOHN PRIOR, 1828-1834, 
 
 eldest son of Dr. Thomas Prior, Vice-Provost of 
 T.C.D., was b. May 25, 1803 ; and having been edu- 
 cated by Mr. Jones, entered T.C.D., and graduated 
 B.A., 1826, and M.A., 1829. Having taken Holy 
 Orders, he was licensed March 1, 1828, on the no- 
 mination of Arcbdeacon Torrens, Curate Assistant 
 of Donnybrook, and on March 8, 1830, Curate of 
 Taney. The license mentions that he had for some
 
 CUKATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 77 
 
 months previously discharged the duties. He held 
 this cure until Aug., 1834, when he was obliged to 
 resign on account of ill-health. At a meeting of the 
 parishioners, held on Oct. 27, 1834, a resolution 
 was adopted expressive of regret at the cause of his 
 resignation, and "recording the sense entertained of 
 his activity, benevolence, and Christian charity." It 
 was also decided that a piece of plate should be 
 subscribed for and presented to him. On July 13, 
 1851, he was appointed Eector of Kathcormack, 
 Diocese of Cloyne, and was subsequently Kector of 
 Kirklington, Diocese of Eipon, and Eural Dean of 
 East Catterick, Yorkshire. He d. Dec. 21, 1867. 
 He m., firstly, 1833, Sophia, second dau. of John 
 Odell, Esq., of Carriglea, Co. Waterford, by whom 
 he had no issue surviving ; and secondly, Sept. 
 13, 1836, Sarah, only surviving dau. of the Hon. 
 Charles Butler, and had issue by her 1. Charles 
 Butler, J.P., m. Dora, dau. of Kichard Phillips, 
 Esq., D.L., d. Jan. 7, 1875, leaving a son Kichard 
 Henry, and other issue ; 2. Henry Wallis, m. Mary 
 Anne, dau. of Kichard Phillips, Esq., and has issue ; 
 3. Alice Maria, d. unm. ; 4. Sophia Elizabeth, 7;?,. 
 Major-Gen. Henry Frederick Winchilse Ely. On 
 the death of her nephew, Mrs. Prior succeeded to 
 her paternal estates of Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, 
 Kirklington, Hipswell, and Hudswell, Co. York ; 
 and on Aug. 30, 1882, assumed, by royal license, 
 the surname of Wandesforde. She d. Dec. 21, 
 1892, and was succeeded by her grandson, Richard 
 Henry Prior Wandesforde. (Brady's Records of
 
 78 THE PARISH OF TAN*EY. 
 
 Cork, vol. ii., p. 373 ; Titles Book ; Wandesfordc of 
 Castlecomer and. Kirklington, B.L.G., 1894.) 
 
 SAMUEL HENRY MASON, 1834-36, 
 son of William Mason, Esq., b. 1809, was educated 
 at Mr. Minn's school, and entered T.C.D., Oct. 18, 
 1824. He graduated B.A., 1831, and took out a 
 LL.B. degree 1851, and a LL.D., 1852. He acted 
 as Curate of Taney from August, 1834, to March, 
 1836, but was not licensed. He was one of the 
 officials in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners' office 
 from 1849 to 1863. He d. April 15, 1865. 
 
 CLEMENT ARCHER SCHOALES, 1836-37, 
 son of John Schoales, Esq., Q.C., Assistant Bar- 
 rister, Co. Kildare, by his wife Clementina, dan. of 
 Clement Archer, Esq., M.D., was b. 1807. He was 
 educated at Mr. White's school, in Dublin, and 
 having entered T.C.D. on July 7, 1823, graduated 
 B.A., 1829, and M.A., 1832. He was ordained Deacon 
 in Ferns Cathedral, Oct. 18, 1832, and subse- 
 quently Priest. He acted as Curate of Taney from 
 March, 1836, to October, 1837. He was after- 
 wards Curate of Ballyshannon, in the Diocese of 
 Eaphoe, for some years. Owing to ill-health, he 
 did not seek further preferment, and d. in Dublin 
 in March, 1864. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY STANFORD, 1836-51, 
 was a son of William Stanford, Esq., of Cavan, a 
 descendant of Bishop Bedell, by his wife Sarah, dau.
 
 CUKATES UNDER ARCHDEACON OF DUBLIN. 79 
 
 of John M'Mullen, Esq., K.C. He entered T.C.D., 
 and graduated B.A., 1827, and M.A., 1839. He was 
 ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Kildare, Feb. 25, 
 1827, and Priest by the Bishop of Meath, June 10, 
 1827. He was Curate of Slane until Nov., 1829, 
 and Curate of Maynooth from that date until May, 
 1832. He then went to England, and was Curate 
 at Birmingham and of St. Mary's, Lancaster. He 
 returned to Ireland, and was appointed Curate of 
 Bray by the Hon. and Kev. William Plunket, then 
 Rector of that parish. He again went to England, 
 and was Curate of Stottesdon, in the Diocese of 
 Hereford, for a short time. In 1836, on the nomi- 
 nation of Archdeacon Torrens, he was appointed 
 second Curate of Taney with Mr. Schoales, and 
 after the resignation of the latter in the following 
 year had sole charge of the parish. He was ap- 
 pointed first chaplain to the Criminal Lunatic 
 Asylum by the Lord Lieutenant on Nov. 26, 1850. 
 He held Taney until it was disunited from the 
 corps of the Archdeaconry in 1851, and on Mr. 
 Bredin being nominated as the first Rector, it was 
 arranged that he should succeed him as Rector of 
 Rincurran, in the Diocese of Cork. An address 
 and purse of sovereigns was presented to him on 
 leaving the parish ; the address, which is entered 
 in the vestry minute book, mentions that the 
 feeling of regret at his departure was sincere and 
 general, AS he had laboured amongst the par- 
 ishioners for fifteen years with steady and inde- 
 fatigable zeal, and speaks in high terms of his
 
 80 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 character as a Christian minister. He held Rin 
 curran until his death on Feb. 22, 1856. He m. 
 in St. Ann's Church, Dublin, on Oct. 31, 1833 
 Esther Katharyne, dau. of David Peter, Esq., wh< 
 d. in 1863, and had issue 1. William Henn 
 Nassau (bapt. St. Ann's), M.B., T.C.D., m. Mis: 
 Merelina F. Tindal,o..j>., Nov. 13, 1871 ; 2. Bedel 
 (bapt. T. C.), B.A., T.C.D., in H. 0., m., Sept. 29, 1868 
 Phoebe, dau. of Andrew Thompson, Esq., and has i 
 son, Bedell ; 3. Charles Edward Stuart, m. Fannj 
 (d. Nov. 4, 1883), dau. of William B. Box, Esq. 
 o.s.p., Dec. 7, 1887 ; 4. Adelaide Esther Katharyne 
 m. John H. Cooper, Esq., d. July 24, 1889, leaving 
 a son, Henry Austin Samuel ; 5. Virginia Paulina 
 (bapt. T. C.), m. Samuel Cooper, Esq., who d. Marci 
 20, 1892.
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 HECTORS AND CURATES FROM 1851. 
 RECTORS. 
 
 ANDREW NOBLE BREDIN, 1851-57, 
 eldest son of Major-General Andrew Bredin, R.A., 
 was b. 1808. Having entered T.C.D., he graduated 
 B.A., 1830, and M.A., 1832. He was Curate of St. 
 Ann's, Dublin, and was one of the Stearne Cate- 
 chists at St. Werburgh's. On Dec. 28, 1848, he was 
 appointed to the Vicarage of Eincurran, Diocese of 
 Cork, which he resigned Aug. 12, 1851, on being 
 presented with the living of Taney, to which he had 
 been collated on Aug. 1 in the same year. He held 
 this parish until he was collated Prebendary of 
 Dunlavin, on Dec. 23, 1857. He was installed on 
 Jan. 9, and resigned in April following on being 
 appointed Rector of Clonbullogue, Diocese of Kil- 
 dare. He held this living until his death, which 
 occurred a few months after, on July 18, 1858. He 
 m., first, 1846, Miss Mary Wilhelmina Cooper, by 
 whom he had issue 1. Arthur Francis Noble ; 
 2. Margaret Florence Julia, m. t first, 1879, Rev. 
 Josiah Crampton, Rector of Killesher, son of Sir 
 Philip Crampton, Bart., and secondly, Rev. Lewis 
 Williams, Vicar of Llanwnda, North Wales ; 8. 
 Mary Henrietta, d. unm., 1861; and secondly, 
 Harriett, dau. of Capt. Peter Pemell, of Canterbury,
 
 82 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Kent, by whom he had issue 1. Andrew Nobl 
 WiUiam (bapt. T. C.), in H.O., B.A., Eector o 
 Sutton, Essex, ra., 1881, Pamela Adelaide Alice 
 dau. of Rev. Josiah Crampton (vide ante) ; 2. Har 
 riett Adelaide Pemell (bapt. T. C.), d. unm., 1876 
 8. Ann Jane Pemell, d. unm., 1873. (Hughes's 8t 
 WerburgJis, p. 92 ; Brady's Records of Cork, vol. i. 
 p. 239 ; vol. iii., p. 156 ; Titles Book ; Cotton's Fasti 
 &c., vol. v., p. 125.) 
 
 EDWABD BUSTEED MOERAN, 1857-67, 
 
 son of Edward Moeran, Esq., was b. at Cork, 1810 
 He was educated at Mr. Mulcahy's school, in Cork 
 under Mr. Farrell, and having entered T.C.D., Jub 
 3, 1826, graduated B.A., 1831. He won Bisho] 
 Law's Mathematical Prize in 1832, and was j 
 Prizeman in the Fellowship Examination in 1838 
 He took out his M.A. degree in 1841, and his B.D 
 and D.D. degrees in 1853. He was ordained Deacoi 
 in St. Ann's Church, Dublin, on April 17, 1842 
 by the Bishop of Meath, and Priest in 1843 by thi 
 Archbishop of Dublin. He was for a short tim< 
 Curate of Bray, and was appointed Incumbent o 
 the Bethel (now Christ Church), Kingstown, ii 
 Feb., 1843. In 1852 he was elected Professor o 
 Moral Philosophy in T.C.D., and held the chair, a 
 well as his Chaplaincy, until 1857, when he wa 
 collated by the Archbishop of Dublin to the Rector 
 of Taney. He resigned this parish in 1867, on beinj 
 appointed Rector of Killyleagh, Diocese of Down 
 to which he was presented by the Board of Trinity
 
 RECTORS AND CURATES FROM 1851. 83 
 
 College. He was subsequently appointed Dean of 
 Down in 1876, and was one of the Bishop's ex- 
 amining chaplains. He d. on Oct. 13, 1887, and 
 was bur. at Killyleagh on Oct. 17. He m., first, 
 Miss Christiana Mills, and had issue 1. Henry 
 Edward ; 2. Marion De La Fea ; and secondly, in 
 T. C., Feb. 7, 1865, IsabeUa, fourth dau. of John 
 Barton, Esq., of Stonehouse, Stillorgan Koad, and 
 had issue 1. Francis Meredith (bapt. T. C.) ; 2. 
 Cecil Barton (bapt. T. C.) ; 3. Eobert Warner ; 4. 
 Archibald Edward; 5. Henry Hope; 6. Isabel Ethel 
 Jane ; 7. Katherine Lillian. 
 
 Dr. Moeran was author of Sermons on the Nature 
 of Faith ; Examination of Colewo's Treatises on the 
 Pentateuch ; and treatises on Mr. Baden Powell's 
 Study of the Evidences of Christianity ; Mr. Jowett 
 on the Interpretation of Scripture ; Romanism and 
 Ritualism, &c., &c. He took a leading part in the 
 periodical entitled The Catholic Layman, for which 
 he wrote " The Dumb Village," and many other 
 papers. 
 
 WILLIAM ALFRED HAMILTON, 1867 
 
 fourth son of Henry Hamilton, Esq., J.P., formerly 
 of the 29th Regt. of Foot (who was third son of 
 the Right Rev. Hugh Hamilton, D.D., Lord Bishop 
 of Ossory, by his wife, Isabella, eldest dau. of Hans 
 Widman Wood, Esq.), by his wife Sarah, third dau. 
 of Rev. Michael Sandys, M.A. ; was b. at Tullylish, 
 in the Co. Down. He was educated at Shrewsbury, 
 and having entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1846,
 
 84 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 M.A., 1858, B.D. and D.D., 1877. He was ordained 
 Deacon, 1847, in Chester Cathedral by the Bishop 
 of Chester, and Priest on July 16, 1848, at Cam- 
 bridge, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was 
 appointed Curate of St. Barnabas', Liverpool, by 
 the Eev. Thomas Nolan, and on Dec. 24, 1848, 
 Curate of Silso, Bedfordshire. In February, 1853, 
 he was presented by the Marquis of Drogheda to 
 the perpetual cure of Tullyallen, in the Diocese of 
 Armagh. In 1863 he was presented by the same 
 patron to Duleek, in the Diocese of Meath, but 
 never assumed the duties, as on Nov. 15 in that 
 year the same patron presented him to Monaster- 
 evan, in the Diocese of Kildare. He was Preben- 
 dary of Harristown, and a Eural Dean of Kildare 
 diocese. He was collated on Aug. 21, 1867, Eector 
 of Taney, on the presentation of the Archbishop of 
 Dublin. He was Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, 
 and Prebendary of St. Michan's, 1878-92, Eural 
 Dean of Taney, Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant, 
 1869-92, and Chaplain to the Earl of Ennis- 
 killen. He m., Jan. 10, 1849, Henrietta Catherine, 
 third dau. of Henry St. George Cole, Esq., and 
 has issue 1. Henry Balfour, in H.O., M.A., T.C.D., 
 Eector of West Leake, Nottingham, m., in T. C., 
 Aug. 24, 1875, Hannah Sophia, dau. of John 
 Hubart Moore, Esq., and has issue i. Alfred, ii. 
 John, iii. Augusta Cecilia ; 2. Alfred St. George ; 
 3. William Drummond, M.A., Oxon., m., in T. C., 
 Aug. 5, 1891, Alice Josephine, third dau. of George 
 Kinahan, Esq., D.L., and has issue i. George Alfred
 
 EECTOKS AND CUKATES FROM 1851. 85 
 
 Drummond ; ii. Margaret Henrietta (bapt. T. C.) ; 
 4. WiUoughby James, m., in T. C., May 31, 1894, 
 Sophia Jane, third dau. of Charles Thompson, 
 Esq., J.P. ; 5. Francis Cole Lowry (bapt. T. C.), 
 in H.O., B.A., Durham ; 6. Blayney (bapt. T. C.) ; 7. 
 Gertrude May, m., first, Sept. 1, 1875, Erskine 
 Wilmot Chetwoode, Esq., and had issue i. Edward 
 Erskine, ii. Gertrude Florence Evelyn, iii. Eita 
 Kathleen, and secondly, in T. C., March 13, 1890, 
 Eev. Edward Mewburn Walker, Fellow of Queen's 
 College, Oxon., and has issue i. John Drummond, 
 ii. Henrietta Frances ; 8. Florence Eglantine ; 9. 
 Catherine Henrietta, m,, in T. C., Oct. 25, 1886, her 
 cousin, Robert Pollock Hamilton, Esq., and has 
 issue (bapt. T. C.) i. Charles Pollock, ii. Kathleen 
 Emma May, iii. Eva Maud. 
 
 At the close of 1885 a committee was formed for 
 the purpose of promoting the presentation of an 
 address and testimonial to the Eev. Canon Hamil- 
 ton, in recognition of the high esteem in which he 
 was held by his parishioners. The movement was 
 most cordially received, and on March 31, 1886, 
 the Eight Hon. John Thomas Ball,* on behalf of 
 the subscribers, presented the address and testi- 
 monial to Canon Hamilton. The address was 
 signed by ninety-one parishioners, and acknow- 
 ledged the earnestness and fidelity with which he 
 had discharged the duties of his office, the benefits 
 derived from his ministry and pastoral care, his 
 
 * Of Taney House, 1882-95, and, while Lord Chancellor of 
 Ireland, of Ardmore, Eoebuck, 1876-80.
 
 86 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 kindness and sympathy for those committed to his 
 charge, and his exertions to promote the welfare of 
 every class. 
 
 CURATES. 
 
 JOHN JOSEPH KNOX FLETCHER, 1852-55, 
 son of the Eev. John Fletcher, D.D., b. 1828, was 
 educated at Dr. Graham's school, and having 
 entered T.C.D. on Nov. 6, 1845, he took a scholar- 
 ship in 1849, and graduated B.A., 1851, and M.A., 
 1864. He was ordained Deacon in 1852, and Priest 
 at Cork, May 22, 1853. He was appointed Curate 
 of Taney by Mr. Bredin in 1852, and discharged 
 the duties from that time, although not licensed 
 until Aug. 81, 1854. He resigned the Curacy of 
 Taney in 1855 on being appointed Rector of Killis- 
 key, Diocese of Kildare. He was subsequently 
 Rector of Monasterevan, and Rural Dean, 1867- 
 71, Prebendary of Harristown in the Cathedral of 
 Kildare from 1867 until his death, Rector of Mala- 
 hide, 1871-74, of Brockley, Somerset, 1874-86, 
 Curate of Chelvey, Somerset, 1877-86, and Vicar of 
 Whittlebury, with Silverstone, Diocese of Peter- 
 borough, from 1886 until his death. He m., in 
 T. C., June 14, 1855, Sidney, second dau. of Edward 
 Colborn Mayne, Esq., formerly Capt. in the 95th 
 Regt. of Foot, and had issue. (Crockford's Clerical 
 Directory, 1891 ; Brady's Records of Cork, vol. iii., 
 p. 185.) 
 
 CHARLES SEYMOUR LANGLEY, 1855-56, 
 son of Thomas E. Langley, Esq., by his wife
 
 RECTOBS AND CURATES FROM 1851. 87 
 
 Fridzwide Seymour, was b. at Ballinasloe, April 8, 
 1830. He was educated at the school of the Rev. 
 D. Flynn in Dublin, and entered T.C.D., July 1, 
 1848. He obtained a first honor in Classics, an 
 honor in Ethics and Logics, a Divinity Premium, 
 and a double Moderatorship in Classics and Logics. 
 He graduated B.A., 1854, M.A., 1859, and took out 
 his B.D. degree, 1864, and his D.D., 1868. He was 
 ordained Deacon on July 16, 1854, at Gloucester, on 
 letters dimissory from Limerick, and Priest on July 
 15, 1855, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He 
 was appointed Curate of St. Michael's, Limerick, in 
 1854, and of Taney, by Mr. Bredin, in 1855. He 
 resigned this curacy on being appointed in 1856 
 Rector of St. Mary's, Clonmel, where he remained 
 until collated, Feb. 2, 1861, to the Rectory of Kil- 
 worth, Diocese of Cloyne. He was subsequently 
 appointed a Canon of Cloyne Cathedral, and a Rural 
 Dean. He d. April 9, 1885. He m. Maria, dau. of 
 David Aston, Esq., M.D., of Dublin, and of his wife 
 Maria Catharine, dau. of R. Watkins, Esq., of 
 Prospect House, Roebuck, and had issue 1. 
 Charles Seymour, L.C.S. Edin., m. Aug. 8, 1891, 
 Katharine Phoebe, dau. of Capt. John Brasier 
 Creagh, and has issue Dorothy Kathleen Emily ; 
 2. Mary Katharine (bapt. T. C.), d. Jan. 1, 1892 ; 3. 
 Fridzwide Henrietta. 
 
 ROBERT WILLIAM WHELAN, 1857-58, 
 who was the second son of John Whelan, Esq., 
 by his wife Abigail, dau. of Abraham Brownrigg,
 
 88 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Esq., was educated at Harcourt Street School 
 under Mr. Lowton. He entered T.C.D., July 4, 
 1836, and graduated B.A., 1841, and M.A., 1850. 
 He was ordained Deacon, 1851, and Priest, 1852, by 
 the Archbishop of Dublin. He was Curate of St. 
 Paul's, Dublin, for some years, and of Taney from 
 1857 to 1858. He was subsequently Curate of 
 Derralossory and Laragh for one year, of Blessing- 
 ton from 1861 to 1862, of Hollywood from 1862 to 
 1863, and Incumbent of Malahide from 1863 to 
 1871. He was then appointed Eector of Maynooth, 
 and held that living until 1889. He was Prebendary 
 of Maynooth in St. Patrick's Cathedral from 1869 
 to 1889. He m. Eliza Frances, dau. of James Pratt, 
 Esq., of Kinsale, Co. Cork, and had issue 1. 
 Ernest Hamilton, in H.O., M.A., m. Miss Deborah 
 Carnegie; 2. Kichard Pratt (bapt. T. C.), o.s.p.; 8. 
 William Brownrigg, B.A. ; 4. James Pratt ; 5. Percy 
 Scott, in H.O., M.A., Warden of St. Columba's 
 College ; 6. Charles Pratt, m. Miss Annie Baldwin ; 
 7. Fitzgerald; 8. Gertrude Sarah, m. Eev. E. S. 
 Daunt ; 9. Constance Isabella ; 10. Kathleen Alice. 
 
 JOHN FAWCETT, 1858-61, 
 
 son of George Fawcett, Esq., was educated at Dr. 
 Wall's school, and entered T.C.D., Jan. 11, 1858, as 
 a Fellow Commoner. He graduated B.A., 1856, 
 M.A., 1860. He was ordained Deacon by the Arch- 
 bishop of Dublin, 1857, and Priest by the Bishop of 
 Meath, 1858. He was appointed to the curacy of 
 Monkstown in 1857* and of Taney, by Dr. Moeran,
 
 RECTORS AND CURATES FROM 1851. 89 
 
 in 1858, which he resigned in 1861, on being ap- 
 pointed Perpetual Curate of Tullow (Carrickmines). 
 He was subsequently Curate of Ballymoney (Con- 
 nor), 1868, Curate of Ballymena, 1869, and after- 
 wards went to England, where he was Chaplain of 
 the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, from 1874 to 
 1886, and Chaplain of the Stepney Union, from 
 1877 to 1886. He m., 1851, Miss Dorothea Jane 
 Maunsell Dunlevie, and had a dau., bapt. T. C., 
 Isabella. (Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1886; 
 Cox's Clergy List, 1867.) 
 
 JOHN HOBART SEYMOUR, 1862-65, 
 youngest son of Captain John Crossley Seymour, 
 by his wife Frances Maria, dau. of Aaron Crossley 
 Seymour, Esq., of Calcutta, was educated at Dr. 
 Smith's school at Stillorgan, and having entered 
 T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1853, and M.A., 1861. He 
 was ordained Deacon, 1854, and Priest, 1855, by 
 the Bishop of Down. He was Curate of Lisburn, 
 1854-56, and of Aghaderg, 1857, Incumbent of 
 Glencraig, 1858-59, and Curate of Christ Church, 
 Belfast, 1859-61. On Jan. 21, 1862, he was nomi- 
 nated Curate of Taney by Dr. Moeran, and licensed 
 on the following day. He held the curacy until 
 July, 1865, when he was nominated Curate of 
 Trinity Church, Belfast. He was appointed Curate 
 of Newcastle, Co. Down, in 1871, and was nomi- 
 nated Incumbent of that parish on Jan. 1, 1873. 
 He was appointed Precentor of Dromore in June, 
 1894. He m. t first, May 16, 1856, Lily Anna Floyer,
 
 90 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 dau. of Alexander Jaffray Nicholson, Esq., M.D., 
 of Dublin, who d. 1862, and has by her issue 1. 
 John Nicholson, M.B. and B.CH., m., and has issue ; 
 2. Clara; and secondly, June 4, 1867, Matilda, dau. 
 of William Stevenson, Esq., of Belfast. 
 
 EGBERT BAKER STONEY, 1866-68, 
 son of Eobert J. Stoney, Esq., of Oakley Park, 
 King's Co., by his wife Anne, dau. of J. Smith- 
 wick, Esq., was educated at Parsonstown, Gal way, 
 and Dublin. He entered T.C.D., July 1, 1858, and 
 graduated B.A., 1862, M.A., 1870, B.D., 1874, and 
 D.D., 1891. He was ordained Deacon, 1863, and 
 Priest, 1864, by the Bishop of Cork. He was 
 Curate of Bahan, 1868-64, of St. Mary's, Shan- 
 don, 1864-65, and was nominated to the curacy of 
 Taney by Dr. Moeran in 1866, and licensed on 
 April 18 in the same year. He resigned the curacy 
 in 1868, and became Curate of Donnybrook. In 
 1872 he was appointed Incumbent of St. Matthew's, 
 Irishtown. He was nominated Acting Chaplain to 
 the Troops at the Pigeon House Fort in 1887, was 
 appointed a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in 
 1893, and the same year a Chaplain to the Lord 
 Lieutenant in Ireland. He m. Kate Mabel, dau. of 
 Kichard Atkinson, Esq.,* of Gortmore, Dundrum, 
 and has issue 1. Eichard Atkinson, 2. Alice Mary. 
 Canon Stoney is the author of several papers and 
 pamphlets, among others, of An Easy Catechism for 
 Members of the Church of Ireland, which has been 
 through numerous editions. 
 
 * See Tombstone IV., chapter iii.
 
 RECTORS AND CURATES FROM 1851. 91 
 
 EDWARD ARNOLD CARROLL, 1868 , 
 
 son of William Carroll, Esq., of Eccles Street, 
 Dublin, was educated at Mr. Sargent's school, and 
 having entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1853, and 
 M.A., 1884. He was ordained Deacon, 1855, and 
 Priest, 1856, by the Archbishop of Dublin. He 
 was Curate of Holy Trinity Church, Eathmines, 
 from 1860 to July, 1864, and of Donadea, from 
 1865 to 1868. He was nominated Curate of Taney 
 by Dr. Hamilton in 1868, and licensed on April 1 
 of that year. He m., April 27, 1859, Emily Eliza- 
 beth, eldest dau. of James Carmichael, Esq., Clerk 
 of the Crown for Tipperary, and has issue 1. 
 Arnold Edward ; 2. Aylmer Singleton Arnold (bapt. 
 T. C.) ; 3. Edith Frances ; 4. Elinor Emily Lindsay, 
 m., in T.C., April 6, 1892, Thomas Frederick Nesbitt 
 Irwin, Esq., and has issue (bapt. T. C.) i. Frederick 
 Arnold, ii. Herbert Carmichael. 
 
 SECOND CURATES. 
 
 In addition to the curates already mentioned, a 
 second curate has been occasionally attached to the 
 parish. Amongst those who thus served under Dr. 
 Moeran was the Eev. James Walsh, D.D., Eector of 
 St. Stephen's, Dublin, and Canon of Christ Church 
 Cathedral. In recent years the following have 
 been appointed by Dr. Hamilton : 
 
 -.JOHN EDWARD MURRAY, 1890-91, 
 son of the Eev. John Edward Murray, sometime 
 Eector of Edenderry, was b. in the King's Co., and
 
 92 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 having entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1887. He 
 was ordained Deacon, 1888, and Priest, 1889, by 
 the Bishop of Down. He was Curate of St. Luke's, 
 Belfast, from 1888 to 1890, and was appointed 
 Curate of Taney in June, 1890. He resigned the 
 curacy in Dec., 1891, and has been since Curate of 
 St. Paul's, Leicester. 
 
 RALPH WALKER, 1892, 
 
 son of George Walker, Esq., was b. in the Co. Eos- 
 common, and was educated at Galway Grammar 
 School. He entered T.C.D., and graduated B.A., 
 1889. He was ordained Deacon, 1890, by the 
 Bishop of Ossory, and Priest, 1894, by the Bishop 
 of London. He was Curate of Rathvilly from 1890 
 to 1891, and was appointed Curate of Taney, Jan., 
 1892. He resigned in Nov., 1892, and was ap- 
 pointed Curate of St. Peter's, Paddington. 
 
 JAMES WILLIAM FFRANCK SHEPPAKD, 1893 
 
 son of Frank Sheppard, Esq., of St; Cronan's, 
 Boscrea, who was fifth son of Capt. James Shep- 
 pard, of Clifton, Eoscrea, Co. Tipperary. He 
 entered T.C.D. in 1884, and having obtained a 
 Junior Moderatorship in Ethics and Logics, gradu- 
 ated B.A., 1889, and M.A., 1898. He was ordained 
 Deacon, 1891, and Priest, 1892, by the Bishop of 
 Killaloe. He was Curate of Tulla and of Lickmo- 
 lassy in 1891-92, and was appointed, Jan., 1893, 
 Curate of Taney.
 
 CHAPTEK VII. 
 
 CHUBCHWABDENS. 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST FROM 1791. 
 
 1791. Sir Thomas Lighten, Bart, and John 
 
 Giffard. 
 
 1792. Edward Mayne and Stephen Stock. 
 
 1793. Hon. William Tankerville Chamberlaine and 
 
 Alexander Jaffray. 
 
 1794. James Potts and John La Touche Hume. 
 
 1796 } Jobn Exshaw and Nathaniel Hone. 
 1797. Valentine Dunn and Daniel Kinahan. 
 -irjqq [ Richard Verschoyle and Henry Thompson. 
 
 1800. Charles Haskins and Nathaniel Creed ; June 
 
 3, William M'Kay, vice Nathaniel Creed, 
 left the parish. 
 
 1801. Charles Haskins and Robert Norman. 
 1802.) Faithful William Fortescue and Robert 
 
 1803. {" Norman. 
 
 1804. George Thompson and Robert Turbett. 
 
 1806 1 Daniel Beere and John Townsend Sinnett. 
 1808 I ^ ames Crofton and Walter Bourne. 
 
 1809. ) Peter Digges La Touche and William Ridge- 
 
 1810. f way.
 
 94 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1811.} 
 
 1812. V William Ridgeway and Richard Versehoyle. 
 
 1813. J 
 
 1814. William Ridgeway and George Thompson. 
 
 1815. William Ridgeway and Daniel Beere. 
 
 ) William Ridgeway and William Wood ; Sept. 
 f *} I- 22, 1817, George Thompson, vice William 
 
 J Ridgeway, deceased. 
 1818. George Thompson and Walter Bourne. 
 
 1820 I John White and Hum P hre y Minchin. 
 
 1821. Barret Wadden and Robert Billing; Sept. 28, 
 
 the resolution appointing Barret Wadden 
 and Robert Billing rescinded, and John 
 White and Humphrey Minchin reappointed. 
 
 1822. Sir George Whiteford and James Crofton ; 
 
 Aug. 21, James La Farrelle, vice James 
 Crofton, resigned. 
 
 1823. John Maconchy and Henry Dawson. 
 
 1824. Morris Hime and Daniel Kinahan. 
 
 1825. Daniel M'Kay and Joseph M'Dermott. 
 
 1826. Daniel M'Kay and William Augustus 
 
 Minchin. 
 
 1827. William M'Caskey and William Scott. 
 
 1828. William Jervis Whitthorne, and Samuel 
 
 Warren. 
 
 1829. Arthur Burgh Crofton and John Goddard 
 
 Richards. 
 
 1830. John Blake and George Kinahan. 
 
 1831. William M'Caskey and John Theophilus 
 
 Boileau. 
 
 1832. John Curry and Hutchins Williams.
 
 CHURCHWAKDENS. 95 
 
 1833. John Elliott Hyndman and James Turbett. 
 
 1834. Daniel Kinahan and Samuel Box well. 
 
 1835. Arthur Burgh Crofton and John West. 
 
 1836. John Blake and Daniel Kinahan. 
 
 1837. John West and William Walsh. 
 
 1838. John Blake and John Elliott Hyndman. 
 
 1839. William Walsh and Samuel Tipper. 
 
 1840. Daniel Kinahan and John West. 
 
 1841. Michael Charles Bernard and John Hill 
 
 Linde". 
 
 1842. William Lewis and John Blake. 
 
 1843. Eobert Maunsell and John William Bead. 
 
 1844. Henry Joseph Mason and John Lee Whar- 
 
 ton. 
 
 1845. Manners M'Kay and Michael Charles Ber- 
 
 nard. 
 
 1846. John La Touche White and Henry Lindsell 
 
 Shade. 
 
 1847. John Lee Wharton and John Blake. 
 
 1848. Charles Pickering and Henry Thomas Price. 
 
 1849. Henry Birch and John Lee Wharton. 
 
 1850. William Stanley Purdon and Eichard 
 
 Thomas Bourne. 
 
 1851. James Lawrence Digges La Touche and 
 
 Eobert Euskell. 
 
 1852. Eobert Orme and George Daniell. 
 
 1853. John Thomas Lloyd and William Lewis. 
 
 1854. William Curtis and Henry Thompson. 
 
 1855. James Lawrence Digges La Touche and 
 
 James Turbett. 
 
 1856. Edward Perceval Westby and Eichard 
 
 Downer Webb Bond.
 
 96 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1857. Alexander Dickson and John Porter. 
 
 1858. Charles Pickering and Henry Thomas Price. 
 
 1859. Edmund D'Olier and Edward Perceval 
 
 Westby. 
 
 1860. Richard Manders and Edward Armstrong 
 
 Vicars. 
 
 1861. Henry Birch and Edmund D'Olier. 
 
 1862. John Vincent and James Espinasse. 
 
 1863. John Maunsell and John Davis Garde. 
 
 1864. Edward Perceval Westby and Henry Eoe. 
 
 1865. George Kinahan and Eobert Turbett. 
 
 1866. Henry Birch and James Espinasse. 
 
 1867. Henry Eoe and Martin Kirwan. 
 
 1868. Edward Perceval Westby and George Kina- 
 
 han. 
 
 1869. John Eeilly and Henry Birch. 
 
 1870. Edward Perceval Westby and Eobert Ash- 
 
 worth Studdert. 
 
 1871. Eobert Ashworth Studdert and William 
 
 Andrew Hayes. 
 
 1872. William Andrew Hayes and John Eeilly. 
 
 1873. John Eeilly and Henry Birch. 
 
 1874. Edward Perceval Westby and Henry Birch. 
 
 1875. Edward Perceval Westby and William John 
 
 Freke. 
 
 1876. William John Freke and John Walsh. 
 
 1877. Francis Eawdon Moira Crozier and Eobert 
 
 Henry Tilly. 
 
 1878. Eobert Henry Tilly and Henry Darby 
 
 Griffith. 
 
 1879. Henry Darby Griffith and Eichard Henry 
 
 Archibald M'Cornas.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 97 
 
 1880. Richard Henry Archibald M'Conias and 
 Isaac William Usher. 
 
 ! 00 ' > Isaac William Usher and Isaac Ashe. 
 
 J.OO.4.) 
 
 1883. Walter Reginald Crofton and Everard 
 
 Hamilton. 
 1884. ) 
 
 1885. (Everard Hamilton and Thomas Manifold 
 
 1886. f Craig. 
 1887. ) 
 
 1888. Thomas Manifold Craig and Joseph St. 
 
 Clair Mayne. 
 
 1889. Joseph St. Clair Mayne and Isaac Beckett. 
 
 1890. Isaac Beckett and Isaac William Usher. 
 
 1891. Isaac William Usher and Francis Elrington 
 
 Ball. 
 
 1892. Francis Elrington Ball and John Gardiner 
 
 Nutting. 
 
 1893. John Gardiner Nutting and Alexander 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 1894.) Alexander Hamilton and William Henry 
 1895. f Foster Verschoyle. 
 
 ASHE, ISAAC, 1881-82, 
 
 of the Central Asylum; M.D. & M.CHIR., T.C.D., 
 F.K.Q.C.P.I. ; eldest son of the Rev. Isaac Ashe, by 
 his wife Jane, dau. of Robert Ellis, Esq. ; m. Sarah, 
 dau. of Henry Gore, Esq., and had issue 1. Isaac 
 Leslie, Sch. & B.A., T.C.D. ; 2. Arthur, Sch., T.C.D., 
 d. July 4, 1892 ; 3. Robert William D'Estcourt ;
 
 WO THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 4. Edward, d. Oct. 7, 1875; 5. Mary Kathleen 
 Jane ; 6. Sarah Ethel Barbara ; 7. Lilian Evelyn. 
 Dr. Ashe d. Nov. 19, 1891. 
 
 BALL, FRANCIS ELRINGTON, 1891-92, 
 
 of Taney House ; J.P. Co. Dublin ; second surviving 
 son of the Eight Hon. John Thomas Ball, and of 
 his wife Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Charles 
 Eichard Elrington, D.D. 
 
 BECKETT, ISAAC, 1889-90, 
 
 of Altamont ; J.P. Dublin ; had issue, by his wife 
 Georgina, 1. George Edmund, 2. Arthur, bapt. in 
 T. C. 
 
 BEERE, DANIEL, 1805-6-15, 
 
 of Mount Anville ; Secondary in Lord Treasurer's 
 Eemembrancer's Office, and Deputy Pursuivant of 
 the Court of Exchequer; m., 1791, Miss Butler, 
 only dau. of Gerald Butler, Esq., of Ballyadams, 
 Queen's Co., and had issue 1. George, Captain 1st 
 West India Regt., d. at sea, leaving one son, Col. 
 D. Beere ; 2. Gerald, in H.O., m., 1827, Mary, eldest 
 dau. of General Armstrong, R.A., and had issue ; 
 
 3. Edward, went to Australia, m., and had issue ; 
 
 4. Daniel, m., and had issue; 5. Susan; 6. Char- 
 lotte, m., in T. C., Oct. 8, 1820, William Maxwell 
 Eason, Esq., and had a son, Henry Daniel, bapt. 
 T. C. ; 7. Anne; 8. Margaret; 9. Eosetta Adeline. 
 Mr. Beere d. circa 1824.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 99 
 
 BERNARD, MICHAEL CHARLES, 1841-45, 
 of Elm Lawn, Dundrum; B.A., 1832, M.B., 1835, 
 T.C.D., L.R. c.s.i. ; third son of William Bernard, 
 Esq., of Clonmulah, Co. Carlow; b. May 20, 1810, 
 m., Feb. 23, 1841, Jane, youngest dau. of John 
 Leigh, Esq., of Broomhedge, Cheshire, and Bole 
 Street, Liverpool, and had issue (bapt. T. C.) 1. 
 Joshua Josiah, d. an infant, Feb. 9, 1843 (bur. 
 T. G.) ; 2. William Leigh ; 3. Godfrey Mayne, o.s.p., 
 April 16, 1870 (bur. T. G.); 4. Charles John; 
 5. Joseph St. Clair Smith; 6. Henry Hilton, 
 o.s.p., Dec. 11, 1887 (bur. T. G.) ; 7. Kachel 
 Isabel* ; 8. Sarah Maria Elizabeth (now of Elm 
 Lawn) ; 9. Louisa Jane Victoria, d. unm., Nov. 6, 
 1887 (bur. T. G.); 10. Eleanor Frances Henrietta; 
 11. Adeliza Susan Mary Wilhelmina, d. young, 
 May 13, 1864 (bur. T. G.) ; 12. Anna Travers 
 Crofton, d. young, March 14, 1876 (bur. T. G.). 
 Dr. Bernard d. April 24, 1881, and was bur. T. G. 
 (pp. 29, 64). 
 
 BILLING, EGBERT, 1821, 
 
 of Bird Avenue, Farranboley ; Solicitor ; son of 
 Thomas Billing, Esq. ; m., first, 1794, Elinor, dau. 
 of John Meyler, Esq., and had by her issue 1. 
 Theobald, m. Miss Ball ; 2. William, d. young ; 3. 
 Emily, d. young ; 4. Eleanor ; m., secondly, 1805, 
 Martha, dau. of John Busby, Esq., and had by her 
 issue l.-Eobert, o.s.p.; 2. Alfred (bapt. T.C.), m. 
 Miss Harriet Lewis ; 3. Anna Lucinda, MI., in T. C., 
 * See Mayne, Joseph St. Clair.
 
 100 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 May 26, 1853, Daniel Maunsell, Esq. (see Maunsell, 
 Kobert) ; 4. Eliza, m., in T. C., Nov. 6, 1838, James 
 Stirling, Esq., afterwards of Ballawley Park, and 
 had issue i. James Wilfred, Major R. Art., m. 
 Miss Hoste, dau. of Colonel Hoste ; ii. Eliza Isabel, 
 m., in T. C., July 10, 1867, William Napier Magill, 
 Esq. ; iii. Matilda Lucy, m., in T. C., Dec. 16, 1869, 
 Duncan Christopher Oliver Spiller, Esq. ; iv. Agnes 
 Jane, m., in T. C., Sept. 2, 1874, Theophilus 
 Clements, Esq. ; v. Alice, m., in T. C., Oct. 28, 
 1875, Henry Elsdale, Esq. ; 5. Harriet. Mr. Billing 
 d. April 18, 1840. 
 
 BIBCH, HENRY, 1849-61-66-69-73-74, 
 of Drummartin Castle; Barrister-at-Law, c. 1830, 
 J.P. Co. Dublin ; m. Miss Sayce. He d. s. p. at 
 Monaincla, Eoscrea, July 4, 1882, aged 76 years. 
 
 BLAKE, JOHN, 1830-36-88-42-47, 
 of Weston, Churchtown ; was the third son of 
 Isidore Blake, Esq., of Oldhead, Co. Mayo (see 
 Blake, of Towerhill, B.L.G., 1894) ; he m. Miss 
 Charlotte Blake, of Corbally, and had, amongst 
 other issue, Isidore John, Barrister-at-Law, who 
 bad by his wife, Henrietta, issue, bapt. T. C. i. 
 John Edward, ii. Isidore Anthony, iii. Richard 
 George, iv. Henry Eugene, v. Maria Wilhelmina, 
 vi. Charlotte Henrietta. 
 
 BOELEAU, JOHN THEOPHILUS, 1831, 
 of Drummartin ; he had issue by his wife, Eliza- 
 beth Dorothea, bapt. T. C. 1. Nassau Molesworth ; 
 2. Jasper Disbrisay ; 8. Samuel Brandram.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 101 
 
 BOND, EICHAKD DOWNER WEBB, 1856, 
 of Janeville, Koebuck ; son of Andrew Bond, Esq. ; 
 ra., T. C., Aug. 9, 1855, Louisa Harriett, dau. of 
 James Pratt, Esq., of Farmhill, and had issue, 
 bapt. T. C. 1. Kichard Pratt ; 2. Charles John ; 3. 
 William Henry. He d. at Bath, Nov. 21, 1864. 
 
 BOUKNE, KICHARD THOMAS, 1850, 
 of Taney Hill ; M.A., T.C.D., Barrister- at-Law, c. 
 1840; fifth son of Walter Bourne, Esq. ; m., in T. C., 
 Feb. 24, 1846, Mary Sophia, dau. of John Hill 
 Linde, Esq. (q. u.), and o. s. p., Dec. 27, 1890. 
 
 BOURNE, WALTER, 1807-8-18, 
 of Taney Hill, and previously of Owenstown ; Deputy 
 Clerk of the Crown of the North-East Circuit, 
 and Clerk of the Crown of the King's Bench ; 
 b. 1766 ; m., first, 1788, Elizabeth, dau. of Walter 
 Peter, Esq., by whom he had issue Peter, m. 
 1820, Miss Ellen Gibbs (d. Sept. 18, 1882), and d. 
 Oct. 10, 1844, leaving issue ; m. secondly, 1791, 
 Elinor, second dau. of Andrew Carmichael, Esq., 
 by whom he had issue 1. Walter, Clerk of the 
 Crown for Co. Antrim, m., m T.C., Aug. 6, 1821, 
 Louisa Arabella (d. Jan. 2, 1882), dau. of Humphrey 
 Minchin, Esq. (q. v.}, and d. Nov. 19, 1881, having 
 had issue i. Eichard Carmichael, Surgeon 3rd 
 Dragoon Guards, d. April 15, 1871, ii. Humphrey 
 Minchin,. Barrister-at-law (present owner of the 
 Bourne property at Dundrum), iii. Walter, M.D., m. 
 May 18, 1870, Geraldine Caroline, only dau. of Sir
 
 102 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 John Judkin Fitzgerald, Bart., and has issue, iv. 
 Andrew (bapt. T. C.), Solicitor, m. Miss Clarke, 
 o.s.p., Dec., 1893, v. William Henry, M.D., o. s. p., 
 June 22, 1856, vi. John (bapt. T. C.), vii. Charles 
 Henry, viii. Eleanor (bapt. T. C.),m., 1849, Anthony 
 Beaufort Brabazon, Esq., M.D., and has issue, ix. 
 Frances, x. Louisa, xi. Julia Adelaide (bapt. T. C.) ; 
 2. Thomas Daniel, Clerk of the Crown for Co. 
 Monaghan, o.s.p., Jan. 31, 1877 ; 3. William, in 
 H.O., Eector of Eathcormack, m., 1833, Elizabeth, 
 eldest dau. of Charles Frizell, Esq., M.D., of Castle 
 Kevin, Co. W r icklow, and o. s.p., April 5, 1851 ; 4. 
 Andrew, m. Miss Charlotte Bolton, o. s. p., March 6, 
 1886 ; 5. Richard Thomas (q. v.) ; 6. Jane, m., 
 1812, Richard Carmichael, Esq., M.D., and d. Nov. 
 21, 1864 ; 7. Ellen, d. unm., July 16, 1876 ; 8. 
 Marianne, d. unm., April 20, 1878 ; 9. Eliza, m. 1828, 
 Thomas Belton, Esq., and d, Jan. 18, 1880 ; 10. 
 Frances Margaret, m., in T.C., July 5, 1827, Bridges 
 John Hooke, Esq., of the 34th Regt. of Infantry, 
 and has issue, including Bridges Carmichael (bapt. 
 T. C.) ; 11. Anna, m., 1826, Rev. Lyndon Henry 
 Bolton, and d. May 14, 1886, leaving issue ; 12. 
 Emily, m., in T. C., Aug. 23, 1831, Keith Claring- 
 bould Hamilton Hallowes, Esq., and has issue. 
 Mr. Bourne d. Nov. 18, 1848. 
 
 BOXWELL, SAMUEL, 1884, 
 
 of Campfield House ; m., 1802, Miss Jane Tinckler, 
 and o. s.p., 1852.
 
 CHUECHWAKDENS. 103 
 
 CHAMBERLAINE, HON. WM. TANKERVILLE, 1793, 
 of Churchtown, and of Stephen's Green, Dublin, 
 was the eldest son of Michael Tankerville Chamber- 
 laine, Esq. He graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1774, and 
 was called to the Irish Bar in 1779. He was re- 
 turned in 1792 to the Irish Parliament as member 
 for the Borough of Clonmines (Co. Wexford). He 
 was appointed a Justice of the Common Pleas, 
 Dec. 6, 1793, and a Justice of the King's Bench, 
 June 20, 1794. He d. at his residence in Church- 
 town on May 12, 1802, and was bur. in St. Ann's 
 Church, Dublin. He m., 1780, Lucy, eldest dau. 
 of Higatt Boyd, Esq., of Koslare, Co. Wexford, 
 and had issue four sons and six daughters. (See 
 pedigree of Chamberlaine family, Irish Builder, 
 vol. xxix. (1887), p. 265.) 
 
 The following obituary notice of him appears in 
 the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. Ixxii., pt. i., p. 585 : 
 
 "To the most profound legal knowledge he joined an 
 inflexible integrity and firmness of mind, which were so 
 eminently displayed in the late unfortunate rebellion, that 
 he will live for ever in the hearts of a grateful nation. He 
 possessed brilliant talents with an infinity of wit ; but such 
 was the benevolence of his disposition, that in his most 
 cheerful hours he was never heard to utter an expression 
 that could cause a pang in the heart of anyone ; and though 
 suffering excruciating pain from the gout, he always pre- 
 served his usual equanimity of temper. His manners were 
 gentle and conciliating. He discharged the duties of every 
 station with exemplary fidelity ; and universally respected, 
 he died universally regretted." 
 
 The Dublin Evening Post, May 15, 1802, says he 
 was " a good man, an able lawyer, and an honest 
 judge."
 
 104 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 In an inscription on a monument erected in St. 
 Ann's Church, Dublin, to him and to his friend 
 Lord Downes (who desired that he should be 
 buried with him), he is stated to have excelled in 
 promptness and penetrating force of intellect. See 
 Blacker 's Sketches of Booterstown, p. 822. 
 
 CRAIG, THOMAS MANIFOLD, 1884 TO 1888, 
 of Eockmount ; son of Eichard Craig, Esq., m. 
 Annie, dau. of Thomas Gorton, Esq., of Burton- 
 on-Trent, Staffordshire, and had issue 1. Arthur 
 Eichard Thomas, d. Feb. 28, 1890 (bur. T. G.) ; 
 2. Ernest Manifold; 3. Myra Eleanor; 4. Nora 
 Mary, m., in T. C., June 3, 1891, Thomas Du Bedat 
 Whaite, Esq., A.M.D. Mr. Craig d. Dec. 2, 1890, 
 and was bur. in T. G. 
 
 CREED, NATHANIEL, 1800, 
 
 of Owenstown, and of Great Ship Street, Dublin ; 
 Livery Lace Manufacturer ; was b. 1750, m., in 
 St. Mary's Church, Dublin, Sept. 30, 1790, Miss 
 Eebecca Donolan, and had issue 1. William 
 Nathaniel, d. June 13, 1815 ; 2. James Joseph, d. 
 April 18, 1825 ; 3. Nathaniel, d. Jan. 17, 1805 ; 4. 
 Maria, m., T. C., Dec. 23, 1819, James Allen Hey- 
 land, Esq. (d. Dec. 11, 1837), and d. Dec. 8, 1880. 
 Mr. Creed d. April 17, 1805, and was bur. in T. G., 
 with the above members of his family (p. 32). 
 
 CEOFTON, ARTHUR BURGH, 1829-35, 
 
 of Eoebuck Castle ;* J.P. and High Sheriff, 1842, of 
 
 * See under John, Baron Trimleston, chapter viii.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 105 
 
 Co. Dublin ; eldest son of James Crofton, Esq. 
 (g.v.); m., in T. C., Oct. 7, 1828, Catherine (d. April 14, 
 1882), dan. of Willcocks Hubaud, Esq., by his wife 
 Frances, eldest daughter of Arthur Chichester 
 Macartney, Esq., by his wife Anna, dau. of Samuel 
 Lindesay, Esq., and had issue (lapt. T. C.) 1. 
 George James, d. ; 2. Frances, d. ; 3. Louisa, d. ; 4. 
 Matilda, d. ; 5. Letitia Augusta Laughton, m. David 
 Boyle Hope, Esq., Sheriff of Koxburghshire, Ber- 
 wickshire, and Selkirk, and has issue i. James, 
 ii. Kathleen, iii. Hilda. Mr. Crofton d. Dec. 29, 
 1850. 
 
 CROFTON, JAMES, 1807-8-22, 
 
 of Roebuck Castle,* and of the Irish Treasury ; 
 m., 1797, Frances (d. Jan. 8, 1811, bur. T. G.), dau. 
 of Arthur Stanley, Esq., and had issue 1. Arthur 
 Burgh (q.v.) ; 2. George, Lieut., 17th Lancers, d. 
 in India ; 8. Louisa, bur. T. G., June 25, 1822 ; 
 4. Anne, bur. T. G., April 29, 1817 ; 5. Frances, 
 d. ; 6. Eliza, d. an infant, bur. T. G. Mr. Crofton 
 was bur. T. G., June 5, 1828 f (p. 81). 
 
 CROFTON, WALTER REGINALD, 1883, 
 of Roebuck Lodge ; c. to the English Bar, Inspector 
 
 * See under John, Baron Trimleston, chapter viii. 
 
 f Mr. Crofton and his son, Mr. Arthur Burgh Crofton, 
 were Commissioners for the construction of the Eoyal Har- 
 bour of George IV. at Kingstown, then called Dunleary, and 
 their names appear on the monument erected in 1823 to 
 commemorate the laying of the first stone by the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant (Earl Whitworth), on May 31, 1817.
 
 108 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 of Irish Prisons, J.P. Co. Dublin; eldest son of the 
 Eight Hon. Sir Frederic Crofton, C.B., by his wife 
 Anna Maria, only dau. of the Eev. Charles Shipley ; 
 /., 1880, Georgina Louisa, dau. of Rev. John 
 Harrison, late Vicar of Bishopstone, Sussex. 
 
 CEOZIEE, FEANCIS RAWDON MOIEA, 1877, 
 of Roebuck Hall; M.A., T.C.D., Solicitor; son of 
 Thomas Crozier, Esq., of Seafield, Stillorgan Road ; 
 m. Catherine Sophia (d. Feb. 16, 1887), dau. of Rev. 
 William Magee, Rector of Dunganstown, and has 
 issue 1. Thomas Francis, 2. William Magee (bapt. 
 T. C.), 8. George Francis, 4. Francis RawdonMoira 
 (bapt. T. C.), 5. Louis Herbert (bapt. T. C.), 6. Kath- 
 leen Amelia. 
 
 CUEEY, JOHN, 1832, 
 
 of Drummartin House and of Sir John Rogerson's 
 Quay ; Timber Merchant ; m., Kilgobbin Church, 
 Oct. 6, 1824, Eliza, fourth dau. of Alexander 
 Brenan, Esq., Six Clerk in Chancery, of Kingston 
 Lodge, and had a son, Benjamin Shafton, and a 
 dau., Anne Elizabeth, bapt. in T. C. Mr. Curry d. 
 circa 1887. 
 
 CUETIS, WILLIAM, 1854, 
 of Churchtown. 
 
 DANIELL, GEOBOE, 1852, 
 
 of Mount Dillon ; Captain, E.N. ; third son of Henry 
 Daniell, Esq., and Isabella, dau. of Robert Tighe, 
 Esq., of South Hill (see Daniell, of New Forest ;
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 107 
 
 B.L.G., 1894); b. Aug. 81, 1797, m., June 23, 
 1842, Alicia Catherine (d. March 3, 1885), eldest 
 surviving dau. of the Eight Hon. Francis Black- 
 burne,* and had issue, a son, Francis Henry Black- 
 burne (bapt. T. C.), Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- 
 bridge, c. to the English Bar, who m., Aug. 16, 
 1877, Caroline Sophia, eldest dau. of William Bence 
 Jones, Esq., of Lisselan, Co. Cork, and has issue 
 i. George Francis Blackburne, ii. William Arthur 
 Blackburne, iii. Francis Eeginald Blackburne, iv. 
 Henry Edmund Blackburne, v. Alice Caroline 
 Blackburne. Captain Daniell d. Nov. 2, 1856. 
 
 Captain Daniell had a distinguished naval career ; 
 he joined as First-class Volunteer in the Africaine, 
 June 24, 1810, and served in the action between 
 her and the French frigates, Astree and Iphigenie, 
 on Sept. 13, 1810, when she was captured. He 
 was prisoner in the Mauritius until Dec. 6, 1810, 
 when the island was taken by the British. He 
 afterwards served in the Mediterranean, and in 
 1813-14 took part in cutting out attacks at Lan- 
 guillia and Alassio, on the coast of Genoa, in the 
 capture of Leghorn, in the attacks on forts at 
 Spezzia, and in other operations preceding the 
 surrender of Genoa. He was at Plymouth in 
 1815, when the Bellerophon was there with Napo- 
 leon, and, in a letter in the possession of his son, 
 mentions that Napoleon was very observant of 
 everything on board the English ships, and par- 
 ticularly of the exercises of the sailors. He took 
 * See Eight Hon. Francis Blackburne, chapter viii.
 
 108 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 part in the expedition of the Leven and Earracouta, 
 which were sent to explore the African coast, and 
 which made the first survey of Delagoa Bay and of 
 the coast up to Madagascar. At the Battle of Nava- 
 rino he commanded the cutter of the Mosquito in an 
 attack on fireships, when two of the boat's crew 
 were killed and three wounded, and was promoted 
 to the rank of Commander for his conduct on that 
 occasion, besides receiving the Navarino medal. 
 He commanded the Despatch in the West Indies 
 from June 7, 1832, to Oct. 6, 1835, and received 
 the thanks of the British Consul and merchants at 
 Para, in Brazil, for the protection to life and pro- 
 perty afforded during a revolution there. The 
 Portuguese Government also conveyed their thanks 
 through their Ambassador in London to Lord 
 Palmer ston, and the Lords of the Admiralty ex- 
 pressed approval of his conduct in a despatch to 
 the Comiuander-in-Chief on the West Indian and 
 North American station. He was promoted to the 
 rank of captain on June 28, 1838, being amongst 
 those who received commissions at the coronation 
 of our present Sovereign. 
 
 DAWSON, HENRY, 1823, 
 
 of Drummartin Castle, and of Hume Street, Dub- 
 lin ; b. 1782; Barrister-at-Law, c. 1806; m., first, 
 1807, Miss Letitia Stapleton (d. Aug., 1808), and 
 had issue, William, d. Jan., 1818 ; m., secondly, 
 1811, Miss Emily Dunne, and had issue 1. 
 Thomas ; 2. Henry, d. Oct., 1868 ; 3. Bichard ;
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 109 
 
 4. William Augustus (bapt. T. C.), in H.O., d. July, 
 1857 ; 5. Elinor, m., T. C., Feb. 28, 1835, William 
 Jacob, Esq. ; 6. Louisa (bajrt. T. C.) ; 7. Catherine 
 (bapt. T. C.) ; 8. Emily Vesey (bapt. T. C.). Mr. 
 Dawson d. Jan., 1833, and is bur. in Stillorgan 
 Churchyard. 
 
 DICKSON, ALEXANDER, 1857, 
 of Moreen ; Barrister-at-Law, c. 1841 ; m., but 
 
 D'OLIER, EDMUND, 1859-61, 
 
 of Roebuck Cottage ; B.A., T.C.D. ; had issue by his 
 wife, Maria Louisa, bapt. T. C. 1. Edmund; 2. 
 Isaac Bertram ; 3. Cathcart Rutherford ; 4. Emily 
 Elizabeth Violet ; 5. Margaret Ethel ; 6. Theodora 
 Alice ; 7. Rosanna Beatrice. 
 
 DUNN, VALENTINE, 1797, 
 
 of Dundrum, and of Castle Street, Dublin ; Iron- 
 monger ; TO., 1791, Miss Barbara Sinnett, and d. 
 circa 1822. 
 
 ESPINASSE, JAMES, 1862-66, 
 
 of Rockmount Cottage ; Captain 1st Royal Regt., 
 son of William Espinasse, Esq., by his wife Susan 
 Mangin ; m. Julia (d. June 19, 1877, bur. T. G.), 
 dau. of William Stephens, Esq., of St. Kitts, West 
 Indies,_and had issue 1. William, m. Margaret, 
 dau. of Robert Bailie, Esq., and has issue i. 
 Robert, ii. James, iii. Mary, iv. Dora ; 2. Reuben,
 
 110 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 w. Miss Madeline Gilmor, and d. at Melbourne, 
 June 27, 1893, leaving one son, Bernard ; 3 Mary, 
 d., Dec. 29, 1879 (bur. T. G.). Capt. Espinasse d. 
 March 1, 1874, and was bur. in T. G. (p. 34). 
 
 EXSHAW, JOHN, 1795-96, 
 
 of Koebuck and Grafton Street, Dublin ; book- 
 seller and publisher. He was Sheriff of Dublin in 
 1779-80, and Lord Mayor in 1780-90, and for part 
 of 1799-1800. He d. Jan. 6, 1827. 
 
 His death is thus recorded in the Gentleman's 
 Magazine, vol. xcvii., pt. i., p. 94 : 
 
 "At his seat at Eoebuck, John Exshaw, Esq., senior 
 Alderman and the oldest magistrate in the County of Dublin. 
 Alderman Exshaw was elected to the aldermanic gown in the 
 year 1782. In 1790 he contested the election for the City of 
 Dublin in the Irish Parliament, but did not succeed. During 
 the disturbances in 1797-98, he commanded the Stephen's 
 Green Yeomanry,* which formed a fine and well-disciplined 
 battalion, upwards of 1,000 strong : he was likewise Adjutant- 
 General to the entire yeomanry forces in the Dublin district, 
 and was considered an excellent officer, reversing the adage, 
 cedunt arma toga. On one occasion, during these distur- 
 bances, the command of the Dublin Garrison devolved upon 
 
 * On St. Patrick's Day, 1797, " the first regiment of 
 Royal Dublin Volunteers, commanded by Captain Alderman 
 Exshaw, received two very elegant stands of new colours 
 from the hands of Miss Exshaw (daughter of the captain 
 commandant) at her father's house in Grafton Street, very 
 richly embroidered with great taste by this young lady, 
 which she presented with a most becoming modesty, accom- 
 panied with a short but handsome speech." Hibernian 
 Magazine, 1797, pt. i., p. 217.
 
 CHUECHWAKDENS. Ill 
 
 him for a short time in consequence of the absence of the 
 troops of the line. Alderman Exshaw was one of the police 
 magistrates of the 2nd Division ; this office, in consequence 
 of the late - arrangements, dies with him. He was likewise 
 the publisher of the Hue and Cry, the emoluments of which 
 are stated to be about 1,000 a year." 
 
 FOKTESCUE, FAITHFUL WILLIAM, 1802-3, 
 of Ballaly, and Milltown Grange, Co. Louth ; Bar- 
 rister-at-Law, c. 1796 ; Member for the Borough of 
 Monaghan in the Irish Parliament, 1797-1800 ; 
 only son of William Fortescue, Esq. (see History 
 of the Family of Fortescue, by Lord Clermont, 1880, 
 p. 212), m., Nov., 1796, Jane, second dau. of John 
 Adair, Esq. (see Adair of Bellegrove, B. L. G., 
 1846), and o. s. p., 1824. 
 
 FREKE, WILLIAM JOHN, 1875-76, 
 of Bellemont ; B.A., T.C.D. ; son of James Freke, 
 Esq., by his wife Anne, dau. of the Eev. Michael 
 Sandys ; m. t 1843, Frances Mary (d. June 3, 1880, 
 bur. T. G.), dau. of Thomas Johnson, Esq., and had 
 issue 1. Percy Evans, m., in T. C., July 15, 1885, 
 Kathleen Maria, dau. of William Eichard Hamilton, 
 Esq., M.D., and has issue (bapt. T. C.), Raymond 
 Forbes ; 2. Katherine Mary. Mr. Freke d. Nov. 17, 
 1879, and was bur. in T. G. (pp. 84, 37). 
 
 GABDE, JOHN DAVIS, 1863, 
 
 of Mount Dillon ; Crown Solicitor, Cos. Longford 
 and Cavan ; in. Catherine McVeagh, dau of Henry 
 Lumsden, Esq., D.L., of Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire,
 
 112 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 and had issue 1. Kichard Davis, m. Ida Mary, 
 dau. of Colonel Paton, D.L., of Granholm, Aber- 
 deenshire ; 2. Susan Elizabeth, m. Edward Perceval 
 Westby, Esq., D.L. (q. v.) ; 3. Katherine Georgina, 
 m. John Smyly, Esq., M.A. ; 4. Henrietta Lumsden ; 
 5. Mary Olivia. Mr. Garde d. in 1889. 
 
 GIFFARD, JOHN, 1791, 
 
 of Woodbine Hill, Dundrum ;* Accountant-General 
 of His Majesty's Customs in Dublin ; High Sheriff 
 of Dublin,| 1793-94; a Captain in the Dublin 
 Militia. He m., June, 1769, Sarah, dau. of William 
 Morton, Esq., and had issue 1. Ambrose Har- 
 dinge,} LL.D., T.C.D., Chief Justice of Ceylon, 
 and a Knight; m., 1808, Harriet, dau. of Lovell 
 Pennell, Esq., d. April, 1827, leaving issue ; 2. 
 John, d. young ; 3. William, Lieut. 82nd Eegt., 
 murdered by the rebels in May, 1798 ; 4. Stanley 
 Lees, || M.A., LL.D., Barrister-at-Law of the Middle 
 Temple, for twenty-five years editor of the Standard, 
 d. Nov. 6, 1858, having m., first, 1814, Susannah 
 Meares, dau. of Francis Moran, Esq., of Down- 
 hill, Co. Mayo, by whom he had issue i. John 
 
 * Woodbine Hill is mentioned in the Post-Chaise Com- 
 panion, 1803, p. 3, as being on the main road opposite Dun- 
 drum Castle. 
 
 f " His chariot was pearl blue ; the carriage and wheels 
 dark brown, picked in with orange, blue, and white." Antho- 
 logia Hibernica, vol. ii., p. 315. 
 
 J See Dictionary of National Biography, vol. xxi., p. 290. 
 
 See Gentleman's Magazine, vol. Ixviii, pt. i., p. 535. 
 
 || See Dictionary of National Biography, vol. xxi., p. 296.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 118 
 
 Walter de Longueville (bapt. T. 0.), M.A., Oxon., 
 a Judge of the County Courts in England, m. 
 Emilie, dau. of D. B. Scott, Esq., and d. Oct. 
 28, 1888, leaving issue, ii. Francis Osborne (bapt. 
 T. C.), B.A., Oxon., in H.O., m. Anna, dau. of Eev. 
 Richard Ryan (vide post], and d. Dec., 1894, leaving 
 issue, iii. Hardinge Stanley, Baron Halsbury, 
 sometime Lord High Chancellor of England, m., 
 first, Caroline, dau. of W. C. Humphreys, Esq., 
 and, secondly, Wilhelmina, dau. of Henry Wood- 
 fall, Esq., and has issue, iv. Sara Lees, m. J. 
 Houston Browne, Esq., v. Susanna, m. T. Aldwell, 
 Esq., and having m. secondly, 1830, Mary Anne, 
 dau. of Henry Giffard, Esq., R.N., by whom he had 
 two sons and two daus. ; 5. Harriet, m., first, Major 
 George King, and secondly, Rev. James Phelan, d. 
 Dec. 24, 1858 ; 6. Mary Lees, m. Rev. Richard Ryan 
 (see p. 71), who had, in addition to the children 
 there mentioned, Anna Maria (vide ante), bapt. in 
 Rathconnell Church. Mr. Giffard d. May 5, 1819. 
 John Gifl'ard, of Drummartin, or Woodbine Hill, 
 was b. in 1745, and was the only son of John 
 Giffard and Dorcas O'Morchoe (anglicised " Mur- 
 phy"), of Oulartleigh, a family of great antiquity 
 in the county of Wexford. Mr. Giffard's father, 
 John Giffard, was the head and representative of 
 the Giffards of Halsbury and Brightleigh, one of 
 the oldest families in the West of England, full and 
 detailed particulars of which are to be found in 
 the County Histories of Devon, Heralds Visitations, 
 and many other works, such as the Worthies of 
 
 i
 
 114 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Devon, by the learned Dr. Prince. The last 
 Giffard of Halsbury was Eoger Giffard, Esq., who 
 sold that property, and died in 1763. This Roger 
 Giffard was the uncle (his father's younger brother) 
 of Mr. John Giffard, the subject of this sketch. 
 The other great family property, Brightleigh, with 
 its vast possessions, was diverted from the regular 
 channel of succession by the act of John Giffard, 
 Esq., of that place, who in 1712 illegally disin- 
 herited his little grandson, John Giffard, the father 
 of John Giffard, of Druinmartin. Retaining only 
 a portion of his patrimonial estates, this Mr. John 
 Giffard was bred to the law, and died at the com- 
 paratively early age of 47, while engaged in attempt- 
 ing the recovery of his family estates, leaving one 
 son (as before mentioned), John Giffard, a baby in 
 arms. 
 
 This orphan child, deprived thus early of his 
 father, and of his mother six years later, was 
 adopted by Counsellor Ambrose Hardinge, a friend 
 of his father, who brought him up as his adopted 
 son, until he too could help him no longer, by reason 
 of liabilities incurred through an act of charity to a 
 near connection. Thus deprived of all help from 
 his friends and relations, and ousted from his lawful 
 possessions in England, Mr. John Giffard went 
 forth to seek his own fortune, which, though at first 
 hard and necessitous, he encountered with a forti- 
 tude worthy of the race from which he sprung. 
 Steadily he set himself to overcome the many diffi- 
 culties which faced him, until at length he obtained
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 115 
 
 a lucrative appointment in the Customs, and was 
 subsequently made Accountant-General of the 
 Customs in Dublin. He became a leading member 
 of the Dublin Corporation, and took an active and 
 prominent part in all local affairs. When the 
 Volunteer movement was started in 1778, he was 
 one of the earliest to join, and the first company of 
 Dublin Volunteers was formed at his house. In 
 1793 he entered the City of Dublin Militia on its 
 enrolment, and continued a Captain until 1802. 
 On the occasion of Emmet's rebellion in 1803, he 
 applied for permission to raise a corps of Yeomanry 
 in the neighbourhood of Dundrum, and in ten days 
 had enlisted 150 Volunteers, and was able to march 
 them fully armed and respectably disciplined to a 
 review in the Phoenix Park. While High Sheriff 
 he detected the Back Lane Parliament, and, at risk 
 of his life, entered and dispersed the meeting. A 
 strong Protestant and supporter of the English 
 Government, he had good reason for being decided 
 in his views, as he had seen his son murdered by 
 the rebels in Kildare, and also as his wife's nephew, 
 Captain Eyan, had been killed in assisting to arrest 
 Lord Edward Fitzgerald. As the owner of a paper 
 called the Dublin Journal, he materially assisted the 
 Government, and was one of the most resolute 
 advocates for. the Union with England. 
 
 With such opinions, it is needless to say, he has 
 been the subject of much misrepresentation from 
 political opponents, and Gilbert in his History of 
 Dublin, vol. ii., p. 53, gives an account of his career,
 
 116 THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 extracted from Sir Jonah Barrington's Personal 
 Sketches, which in many respects is ungenerous and 
 unjust. He says, however, in the conclusion that, 
 notwithstanding Giffard's strong political and re- 
 ligious prejudices, he never allowed the acerbities 
 of party feeling to impede the dictates of benevo- 
 lence ; and in private life he was always found to 
 be a steadfast and generous friend.* 
 
 See obituary notice in Gentleman's Magazine, 
 vol. Ixxxix., pt. i., p. 481, and under Halsbury in 
 B. P., 1895. 
 
 GRIFFITH, HENKY DARBY, 1878-79, 
 
 of Margaretta, Koebuck; General, C.B., Colonel 
 5th Lancers, Equerry to the Queen, commanded 
 the Scots Greys all through the Crimea, and was 
 wounded at Balaclava. He was son of General 
 Matthew Chitty Darby Griffith (see Griffith of Pad- 
 worth, B. L. G., 1894), and m. Miss Bainbridge 
 (d. May, 1893). He d. s. p., Nov. 17, 1887. 
 
 * His son, Dr. Stanley Lees Giffard, in a letter written in 
 1837 (Dublin University Magazine, vol. x., p. 622) to vindi- 
 cate his father's memory from an attack made on him in 
 connection with his command of a detachment of the Dublin 
 Militia at the " Battle of the Diamond," in the Co. Armagh, 
 in Sept., 1795, says that, though the part which his father 
 acted in Irish politics was not very obscure, he was never 
 accused of a single act of persecution, and that he frequently 
 expressed his thankfulness that he had passed through the 
 whole of the civil war from 1795 to 1799, generally holding 
 an independent military command, without being under the 
 necessity of inflicting severity in a single instance.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 117 
 
 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, 1893-94-95, 
 
 of Bellemont ; Barrister-at-Law, J.P. Co. Dublin ; 
 son of Gustavus Hamilton, Esq., m., T. C., Aug. 14, 
 1883, Anita Ellen Mary, dau. of William Eichard 
 Hamilton, Esq., M.D. (p. 37), and has issue 1. 
 Muriel Maud ; 2. Mildred Anita ; 3. Anita, d. an 
 infant, bur. T. G. 
 
 HAMILTON, EVERABD, 1883 TO 1887, 
 
 of Sydenliam Terrace, now of Ballinteer Lodge; 
 B.A., T.C.D., Solicitor ; son of John Hamilton, Esq. 
 (who was son of Gustavus Hamilton, Esq., above 
 mentioned), by his wife, Adelaide Margaret, dau. of 
 William Maffett, Esq., m., T. C., April 21, 1881, 
 Elinor Anna, dau. of Andrew Nolan, Esq., M.D., 
 and has issue, bapt. T. C. 1. Gustavus Everard ; 
 
 2. Helen Mary Adelaide ; 3. Sylvia Grace Victoria. 
 
 HASKINS, CHARLES, 1800-3, 
 
 of Eoebuck, and of Summer Street, Dublin ; a 
 clothier ; m., 1788, Miss Mary Kelly. 
 
 HAYES, WILLIAM ANDREW, 1871-72, 
 
 of Summerville; B.A., T.C.D. ; m., first, 1851, Miss 
 Elizabeth Carolin ; secondly, Miss Mary Eleanor 
 Pratt, and had issue, baj>t. T. C. 1. Thomas 
 William Patrick ; 2. Madaline Eleanor Eebecca ; 
 
 3. Eva Sarah. His dau. Grace m., T. C., Sept. 7, 
 1882, Brandram Henry Sydenham Boileau, Esq. 
 Mr. Hayes </. May 12, 1889, and is bur. T. G. (p. 36).
 
 118 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 HlME, MOKBIS, 1824, 
 
 of Koebuck ; had issue by his wife, Sophia (who d. 
 Nov. 20, 1841)!. Maurice Caldwell, in H.O., m. 
 Harriot, dau. of the Rev. Bartholomew Lloyd, D.D., 
 Provost of T.C.D., and had issue i. Bartholomew 
 Clifford, Sch., B.A. &Mod., T.C.D., d.; ii. John Ehames, 
 B.A. & Mod., T.C.D., C.E., d. ; iii. Humphrey, Estate 
 Agent in Toronto ; iv. Maurice William, B.A. and 
 Vice-Chancellor's Prizeman, T.C.D., in H.O., Army 
 Chaplain, d. in India ; v. Frederick, General, B.E. ; 
 vi. Robert Douglas, B.A., T.C.D., Indian Civil Ser- 
 vice, d. ; vii. Albert, Hon. Colonel, R.E. ; viii. 
 Sophia, m. John H. Chapman, Esq., F.E.C.P.I. ; 
 2. John Rhames, m. Miss Susan Black, and d. Oct. 
 11, 1843, leaving issue i. Henry William Lovett, 
 Col. R.A. ; ii. Maurice Charles, LL.D., Barrister-at-law, 
 Head Master of Foyle College, m., first, Mary Stuart, 
 dau. of the Rev. George Robinson, Rector of Tar- 
 taraghan, Co. Armagh ; secondly, Rebecca, dau. of 
 Professor James Apjohn, M.D., and has issue John 
 Godfrey Whiteside, Charles Richardson, Mary 
 Henrietta, Frances Charlotte ; iii. Thomas White- 
 side, m. Miss Annie Tate ; iv. Frances Harriot, m. 
 Rev. F. S. Aldhouse, M.A., Head Master of Drogheda 
 Grammar School ; 8. Eliza, m. Edward Smith, Esq.; 
 4. Clarissa, m., in T.C., May 81, 1817, George Gilling- 
 ton, Esq. ; 5. Sophia, m. Surgeon Henry Haffield ; 
 6. Sarah, m. Rev. Edward Hearn, Rector of Hurst 
 Green, Lancashire ; 7. Harriot, m. Rev. John 
 Whiteside, brother of Lord Chief Justice White- 
 side. Mr. Hime d. circa Jan., 1828.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 119 
 
 HONE, NATHANIEL, 1795-96, 
 
 of Hannahville, Dundrum ; an Alderman of Dub- 
 lin, High Sheriff, 1798-99, and Lord Mayor, 
 1810-11 ; J.P. Co. of Dublin, and sometime 
 Governor of the Bank of Ireland. He m., 1784, 
 Miss Hannah Dickinson, and had issue 1. Henry ; 
 
 2. Addison ; 3. Nathaniel ; 4. Hannah (bapt. T. C.), 
 in. Frederick Moore, Esq. ; 5. Sarah (bapt. T. C.). 
 He d. April 8, 1819. 
 
 " A gentleman very much lamented, and who possessed 
 many amiable qualities." Saunders' News-Letter, April 9, 
 1819. 
 
 HUME, JOHN LA TOUCHE, 1794, 
 of Eoebuck; was third son of George Hume, Esq., of 
 Humewood, by Anne, dau. of Thomas Butler, Esq. 
 (See Hume, of Co. Wicklow, B.L.G., 1894.) He 
 d. Jan., 1827. He was m., and left issue 1. John 
 Samuel, d. Sept. 1, 1854 ; 2. Louisa ; 3. Elizabeth ; 
 4. Anna Maria, m. Robert Mayston, Esq. 
 
 HYNDMAN, JOHN ELLIOTT, 1833-38, 
 of Roebuck Lodge,* and of Bachelor's Walk, Dub- 
 lin ; Merchant ; Coroner of Dublin ; High Sheriff, 
 1834-35 ; m., 1820, Miss Mary Hutchinson, and 
 had issue 1. George Hutchinson (bapt. T. C.) ; 2. 
 Elliott, m. Miss Elizabeth Curtis LaNauze, o. s. p. ; 
 
 3. Thomas Warwick (bapt. T. C.), in Australia ; 
 
 * Lewis, in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, vol. ii., 
 p. 518, says that this was formerly the manor house, and 
 about fifty years before that date (1837) the only house in the 
 neighbourhood, with the exception of the Castle.
 
 120 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 4. John; 5. Mary (hapt. T. C.), d.unm.; 6. Everina; 
 
 7. Elizabeth, m. Eev. Stephens; 8. Matilda. 
 
 Mr. Hyndman d. April 21, 1859. 
 
 JAFFRAY, ALEXANDER, 1798, 
 
 of Koebuck; he d. at Cheltenham, on March 20, 
 1818, in the 84th year of his age. 
 
 "He was formerly an eminent merchant in the City of 
 Dublin, and the first elected Governor of the Bank of Ire- 
 land. He was descended from an ancient and respectable 
 family in the Co. of Aberdeen, and was one of the surviving 
 great-grandsons of Robert Barclay, of Urie, in Scotland, 
 author of the learned Apology for the People called Quakers, 
 in the principles of which sect he was educated. When he 
 arrived at an age to form his own decisions, he became a 
 member of the Established Church ; but through life he 
 retained that simplicity and integrity of mind and conduct 
 for which they have been justly celebrated. To these were 
 added, a cultivated understanding, a generous and affectionate 
 heart." Annual Register, vol. lx., p. 199; also see Gentle- 
 man's Magazine, vol. Ixxxviii., pt. i., p. 473. 
 
 KIRWAN, MARTIN, 1867, 
 of Orchardton. 
 
 KINAHAN, DANIEL, 1797-1824, 
 
 of Boebuck Park, previously of Churchtowa, and of 
 Merrion Square, Dublin ; b., 1756, ., first, 1791, 
 Martha (d. 1800), dau. of George Paine, Esq., and 
 had issue 1. George (q.v.)', 2. John, in H.O., M.A., 
 T.C.D., Rector of Knockbreda, Co. Down, b. 1792, 
 m., Stillorgan Church, Sept. 25, 1823, Emily, dau. 
 of John George, Esq., and sister of the Eight Hon. 
 Mr. Justice George, and d. Aug., 1866, leaving
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 121 
 
 issue; 3. Daniel (</. v.) ; 4. Eobert Henry, M.A., 
 T.C.D., J.P., High Sheriff, 1851, and Lord Mayor 
 of Dublin, 1853, b. 1799, TO., Dec. 22, 1822, 
 Charlotte, dau. of Edward Hudson, Esq., M.D., of 
 Fields of Odin, Eathfarnham, and d. April 29, 
 1861, leaving issue;* 5. Prudentia, m., T. C., June 
 10, 1814, Rev. Charles Henry Minchin (see Minchin, 
 Humphrey), and d. 1868 ; 6. Martha, d. 1798. Mr. 
 Kinahan m., secondly, 1805, Miss Julia Carr, and d. 
 July, 1827. He was bur. in St. Mary's Churchyard, 
 Dublin. 
 
 KINAHAN, DANIEL, 1834-36-40, 
 
 of Belfield, Roebuck; Classical Gold Medallist, 
 T.C.D., M.A., Barrister-at-Law ; third son of Daniel 
 Kinahan, Esq. (q. r.), b. 1797, m., 1825, Louisa 
 Anne Stuart (d. Jan. 6, 1887), dau. of John Miller, 
 Esq., by whom he had issue 1. Daniel Miller, d. 
 1848; 2. John Robert, M.D., T.C.D., d. 1863; 3. 
 George Henry, ., 1855, Henrietta Anne (d. 1889), 
 dau. of Samuel Gerrard, Esq.; 4. James Bond, d. 
 1857; 5. Charles Alfred (d. 1892), m., 1864, Louisa, 
 dau. of Rev. Charles Minchin ; 6. Thomas William 
 (bapt. T. C.), M.A., T.C.D., J.P., ?., 1864, Florence 
 Sarah (d. July 11, 1881), dau. of Justin Macarthy, 
 Esq. ; 7. Willoughby (bapt. T. C.), d. 1845 ; 8. 
 Wensley (bapt. T. C.), d. 1845 ; 9. Louisa Stuart ; 
 10. Julia Miller, d. 1886; 11. Henrietta Martha 
 (bapt. T. C.), d. 1865 ; 12. Anna, m., 1865, John 
 Kinahan, Esq., M.D. ; 13. Maria Charlotte, d. 1890 ; 
 
 * See Sir Edward Hudson-Kinahan, Bart., chapter viii.
 
 122 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 14. Katherine Stuart (bapt. T. C.), m., 1876, H. 
 Leonard, Esq. ; 15. Lucy Wensley. Mr. Kinahan 
 d. June 9, 1859. 
 
 KINAHAN, GEOBGE, 1830, 
 
 of Roebuck Park; M.A., T.C.D., J.P. ; eldest son of 
 Daniel Kinahan, Esq. (q. v.), b. 1791, m., 1815, 
 Maria Jane (d. 1850), dau. of Alderman Cash, and 
 had issue 1. Daniel, M.A., T.C.D., J.P., m., 1851, 
 Harriett, dau. of J. Hone, Esq., and d. 1860, leaving 
 issue (bapt. T. C.) i. George Percy Daniel, m. 
 Amalinda Eosa, dau. of Major John Atkinson, 
 89th Eegiment ; ii. Annie Julia, m., July 23, 1873, 
 Charles Bent Ball, Esq., M.D. ; iii. Maria Jane ; iv. 
 Harriett Lucy Nanette, m., May 17, 1894, James 
 Caverhill, Esq.; 2. George (q.v.); 3. John Cash 
 (bapt. T. C.) d.; 4. Robert William (bapt. T. C.), 
 d. in Canada ; 5. Charles Henry, Major 63rd Regt., 
 d. April 13, 1878 ; 6. Isabella; 7. Julia ; 8. Maria, 
 m., T. C., Feb. 2, 1843, Joseph Hone, Esq., of 
 Ashton Park, Monkstown; 9. Emily; 10. Henrietta 
 Eleanor, m., T. C., May 14, 1845, Rev. George 
 Bennett; 11. Matilda Louisa (bapt. T. C.) ; 12. Char- 
 lotte Mary (bapt. T. C.) ; 13. Adelaide, ?., T. C., 
 Oct. 9, 1860, Herbert William Clifford, Esq., M.D. 
 Mr. Kinahan d. in 1853. 
 
 KINAHAN, GEORGE, 1865-68, 
 
 of Roebuck Park; J.P., D.L., and High Sheriff, 1873, 
 of the City of Dublin, J.P., and High Sheriff, 1879- 
 80, of the Co. of Dublin ; second son of George 
 Kinahan, Esq. (q. v.). m., 1863, Margaret, dau. of
 
 CHUKCHWAKDENS. 123 
 
 Eev. Daniel Dickinson, M.A., Rector of Seapatrick, 
 Co. Down, and has had issue (bapt. T. C.) 1. 
 George Daniel, d. an infant ; 2. George Dickinson, 
 d. March 13, 1878; 3. Arthur Edward, B.A., Cantab.; 
 4. Margaret Charlotte Emily, m., T. C., May 24, 
 1892, Ivon Henry Price, Esq., LL.D., T.C.D., 
 District Inspector, R.I.C. ; 5. Maria Georgina; 6. 
 Alice Josephine, m., T. C., August 5, 1891, William 
 Drummond Hamilton, Esq., M.A., Oxon. ; 7. Emily 
 Elizabeth; 8. Isabella Frances; 9. Violet Georgina; 
 10. Lilian Grace ; 11. Olive Rosa. 
 
 LA FAREIXE, JAMES, 1822, 
 
 of Friarsland and of the Stamp Office, Dublin ; in., 
 Dec., 1817, Eliza, dau. of John Greene, Esq., of 
 Leeson Street, and Greenfield, Co. Kildare, and had 
 issue, bapt. T. C. 1. Thomas ; 2. Mary Anne. 
 
 LA TOUCHE, JAMES LAWRENCE DIGGES, 1851-55, 
 of Mountainview, Churchtown ; Barrister-at-Law, 
 J.P. Co. Dublin ; son of James Digges La Touche, 
 Esq. (eldest son of William La Touche, Esq., D.L., 
 and Grace, dau. of John Puget, Esq.), and Isabella, 
 dau. of Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., m. Miss 
 Elizabeth Pye, and o. s. p. 
 
 LA TOUCHE, PETER DIGGES, 1809-10, 
 of Belfield, Stillorgan Road, fifth son of James Digges 
 La Touche, Esq., M.P., by his second wife, Martha, 
 dau. of William Thwaites, Esq., m., 1789, Charlotte, 
 dau. of George Thwaites, Esq., and had issue 1. 
 Peter Digges, m. Mary Anne Moore, dau. of Dodwell
 
 124 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Browne, Esq., of Eahins, Co. Mayo, and had issue : 
 i. Peter Dodwell Digges, in H.O., m. Miss Elizabeth 
 Digges La Touche, ii. David Henry Digges, o. s. p., 
 Hi. William Nassau Digges, iv. John James Digges, 
 LL.D., Deputy Keeper of the Public Kecords of 
 Ireland, m. Miss Anne Pringle, v. Everard Neal 
 (Major), m. Miss Clementine Eagar, vi. Mary 
 Elizabeth, d.itnm.,vu. Charlotte Sophia, viii. Louisa, 
 (/. unni., ix. Janet, d. unm., x. Margaret Adelaide, 
 d. unm., xi. Isabella Florence, m. Rev. Theodore 
 James Cooper, xii. Marianne, d., m. Madison Wall 
 Fisher, Esq., xiii. Octavia, d. unm.; 2. John James 
 Digges, in H. 0., o. s. p., July 13, 1835; 3. George 
 Digges, Barrister-at-Law, m., first, Miss Emily 
 Grueber, and had issue two children ; secondly, 
 Feb. 18, 1841, Frances, dau. of Kev. Caesar Otway, 
 and had issue two children ; 4. Theophilus Digges, 
 o.ft.p., June 24, 1858; 5. William Digges,M.D., o.s.p., 
 Oct. 7, 1834 ; 6. Elizabeth, d.unm., Dec. 11, 1872; 
 7. Emily, m. John Brenan, Esq. (d. Aug. 2, 1865), 
 d. Dec. 3, 1841; 8. Frances, d. unm., Nov., 1826 ; 
 9. Charlotte, d. young ; 10. Henrietta, <l. unm., 
 Dec. 8, 1859 ; 11. Grace, d. unm., March 4, 1834 ; 
 12. Gertrude, d. unm., March 21, 1880 ; 13. Martha, 
 d. young ; 14. Sophia, d. unm., March 4, 1840. Mr. 
 La Touche d. Feb. 2, 1820. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM, 1842, 
 of Harlech, Roebuck ; Solicitor ; d. circa 1850. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM, 1853, 
 
 of Harlech, Roebuck ; Solicitor ; had a son by his 
 wife Jane, Harvey, bapt. in T. C.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 125 
 
 LIGHTON, SIR THOMAS, BART., 1791, 
 of Merville and of Stephen's Green, Dublin. A 
 banker of the firm of Lighten, Needham, and Shaw, 
 of Foster Place. He represented the Borough of 
 Tuam in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797, 
 and the Borough of Carlingford from 1798 to 1800. 
 He was created a Baronet on March 1, 1791, and 
 took the title of Sir Thomas Lighten, of Merville, 
 Dublin. He was High Sheriff of the Co. Dublin, 
 1790. He was son of John Lighten, Esq., of 
 Raspberry Hill, Co. Tyrone, by Elizabeth, his wife, 
 dau. of John Walker, Esq., of Tisdern, Co. Tyrone. 
 He m., Dec. 11, 1777, Anna (d. June, 1804), dau. of 
 William Pollock, Esq., of Strabane, by whom he 
 had issue 1. Thomas, who succeeded to the 
 Baronetcy on the death of his father, and m., Dec. 
 14, 1811, Miss Sylvia Brandon (d. May 24, 1817) ; 
 he d. May 11, 1816 (bur. T. G.), and left an infant 
 son, Thomas, b. Nov. 1813, who succeeded to the 
 Baronetcy on the death of his father, and d. April 
 20, 1817 ; 2. James, d. April, 1806 (bur. T. G.) ; 3. 
 John, in H.O., Kector of Donaghmore, Co. Donegal, 
 succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his 
 infant nephew, m., Jan. 23, 1817, Mary Hamilton 
 (d. June 28, 1826), second dau. of Christopher 
 Pemberton, Esq., M.D., and d. April 5, 1828, leaving 
 issue i. John Hamilton, b. May, 26, 1818, suc- 
 ceeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father, 
 and o.s.p., April 29, 1844 : ii. Christopher Robert, 
 M.A., in H.O., Vicar of Ellastone, succeeded to the 
 Baronetcy on the death of his brother, b. May 28,
 
 126 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1819, m., June 2, 1843, Mary Anne Elizabeth, only 
 dau. of Eev. Digby Joseph Stopford Earn, and d. 
 April 12, 1875, leaving Christopher, the present 
 Baronet, and other issue ; iii. Thomas, b. Sept. 26, 
 
 1820, o. s. p., May 3, 1852; iv. Andrew, M.A., b. 
 Dec. 26, 1822, m., May 25, 1860, Eliza Amelia, 
 youngest dau. of Henry Sumner Joyce, Esq. ; v. 
 Mary, d. young ; 4. Henry Chester ; 5. Elizabeth 
 (d. Jan. 18, 1848), m., Aug., 1803, Sir Samuel 
 Hayes, Bart. ; 6. Anne, m. Charles Kea, Esq., of 
 Fort Koyal, Co. Donegal ; 7. Charlotte, m. Eev. 
 John Sweeny ; 8. Mary, d. Nov., 1794, bur. T. G. 
 Sir Thomas d. April 27, 1805, and was bur. in 
 T. G. on April 29. 
 
 The following interesting account of his life 
 appears in the obituary notices in the Annual 
 Register, vol. xlviii., p. 496 : 
 
 "At Dublin, Sir Thomas Lighten, Bart, and Banker, 
 who was one of the many instances that ' honesty is the 
 best policy.' He was very early in his life an humble 
 trader, in the town of Strabane, in the North of Ireland, and 
 proving unsuccessful, he went in search of better fortune to 
 the East Indies, as a soldier in the company's service. He was 
 a man of talent, and of a strong mind, and rendered himself 
 extremely useful by having, in a very short time, acquired a 
 knowledge of the Oriental languages. It was his good 
 fortune to be confined in the same prison with the late 
 General Matthews, who, previous to his unfortunate catas- 
 trophe, entrusted to the care of Mr. Lighton jewels and 
 property to an immense amount, to be delivered to his family 
 if he should effect his escape ; and to ensure his zeal and 
 punctuality, he presented him with a considerable sum. 
 Being some time afterwards employed as an interpreter, he
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 127 
 
 took advantage of the first opportunity that offered to 
 escape. After assuming various disguises, and encountering 
 many perilous adventures, he arrived in London, and, waiting 
 on Mrs. Matthews, delivered to her the last letter of her 
 husband, together with the treasure. By her his fidelity is 
 said to have been rewarded with 20,000. He immediately 
 wrote to Ireland, to inquire for a beloved wife and child, 
 whom he had left behind him, and sent a sum of money to 
 discharge his debts. He found that his wife, whom he had 
 left young, handsome, and unprotected, had, by honest in- 
 dustry, supported herself and her daughter, then ten years 
 of age, and given her an education superior to her humble 
 means. He now took a handsome house in Stephen's Green, 
 Dublin ; the seat belonging to the late Lord Chief Baron 
 Foster, father of the Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
 near Dublin, was purchased, and new carriages were built 
 for him. But an inactive life had no charms for him, and he 
 embarked the greatest part of his fortune in a banking 
 house, which has been very successful. Lady Lighten, 
 whose amiable manners endeared her to all ranks, died some 
 time since, and left a numerous family. " 
 
 LINDE, JOHN HILL, 1841, 
 
 of Drummartin House ; m., 1823, Charlotte Maria, 
 dau. of Sir Henry Jebb, and had issue 1. William 
 Edward (bapt. T. C.) ; 2. Mary Sophia, m., T. C., 
 Feb. 26,1846, Eichard Thomas Bourne, Esq. (q. v.) ; 
 8. Florence Beeves (bapt. T. C.) ; 4. Adelaide 
 Louisa Jebb, ?., July 9, 1857, Herbert Panmure 
 Bibton, Esq. (who was murdered at Alexandria, 
 June 11, 1882), and had issue, Ada. 
 
 LLOYD, JOHN THOMAS, 1853, 
 of Farmley (now Lynwood) ; Barrister-at-Law ; 
 eldest son of Bev. Edward Lloyd, of Castle Lloyd,
 
 128 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 by his wife, Dania Connor, m., Sept. 17, 1882, 
 Elizabeth Grace (d. 1874), second dau. of Rev. E. 
 Thomas, Rector of Ballinacourty, and had issue 
 
 1. Edward, m. Miss Dora Harvey, and o. s. ;;., May, 
 1850 ; 2. Richard, m. Miss Dorothea Harvey ; 8. 
 William, d. 1876; 4. Francis; 5. Jane Georgina, m., 
 1855, James Howlin, Esq., J.P., of Ballycronigan, 
 Co. Wexford (Howlin, of Ballycronigan, B.L.G., 
 1894), and has issue i. James, ii. Jane Georgina, 
 iii. Nina ; 6. Dania ; 7. Edwina ; 8. Eliza Alice 
 (bapt. T. C.). Mr. Lloyd d. 1853. 
 
 MANDERS, RICHARD, 1860, 
 
 of Rockrnount, and subsequently of Brackenstown, 
 Swords ; m. Caroline, sister of Henry Roe, Esq., 
 D.L. (q. v.), and had issue 1. Richard, m. Alice 
 Dorothea, dau. of Henry Smith Wright, Esq.,M.p. ; 
 
 2. Henry Robert (bapt. T. C.), in H.O., Vicar of 
 Horbury Junction, Wakefield ; 8. George Edward 
 Roe (bapt. T. C.) ; 4. John Frederick; 5. Caroline, 
 m. C. P. Laudon, Esq., Indian Telegraphic Service; 
 6. Kate Charlotte. Mr. Manders d. 1884. 
 
 MASON, HENRY JOSEPH, 1844, 
 of Summerville, Dundrum. 
 
 MACONCHY, JOHN, 1828, 
 
 of Roebuck ; eldest sou of John Maconchy, Esq., of 
 Co. Derry (see Maconchy of Rathmore, B.L.G., 
 1894), 6. May 30, 1793, m., March 4, 1816, Deborah, 
 dau. of Stewart King, Esq., and had issue 1. 
 George, afterwards of Rathmore, in. Louisa Eliza-
 
 CHURCHWAKDENS. 129 
 
 beth, dau. of John Goddard Eichards, Esq. (q. v.) ; 
 2. John Stewart, m. Henrietta Frances, dau. of Rev. 
 Charles William Doyne ; 3. Elizabeth, m. Rev. 
 Frederick FitzJohn Trench ; 4. Helen (bapt. T. C.), 
 m. James Chaigneau Colvill, Esq. ; 5. Barbara, m. 
 Lt.-Col. Thomas Harper Colvill. Mr. Maconchy 
 d. Dec. 10, 1843. 
 
 MAUNSELL, JOHN, 1863, 
 
 of Rockmount, Dundrum, now of Edenmore, 
 Raheny ; Solicitor, J.P. Co. Limerick ; son of Robert 
 Maunsell, Esq. (q. v.), m., first, 1851, Catherine 
 Lucinda (d. Feb. 3, 1862, bur. T. G.), dau. of Thomas 
 Lloyd, Esq., D.L., and had issue 1. Edmund 
 Robert Lloyd, M.A. and LL.B., T.C.D., Barrister-at- 
 Law, b. Oct. 18, 1852, m., 1879, Annie Rachel, 
 dau. of Joseph Emerson Dowson, Esq., and d. Nov. 
 2, 1886 (bur.T. G.), leaving issue ; 2. John Drought, 
 late Capt. Durham Light Infantry, now Army Pay 
 Department, m. Miss Euphemia Bushe ; 3. Frederick 
 William, m. Eleanor, dau. of P. O'Brien, Esq., C.E., 
 and </. May 10, 1894 ; 4. Eyre Lloyd, d. Nov. 19, 
 1894; 5. Annie Mary. Mr. Maunsell m., secondly, 
 Emily Roche, only child of Archibald John 
 Stephens, Esq., Q.C., LL.D., Recorder of Winchester, 
 and by her had issue Archibald John Stephens 
 (bapt. T. C.), Capt., Royal Warwickshire Regt. ; 
 and thirdly, Annie, dau. of Rev. George Peacocke. 
 
 MAUNSELL, ROBERT, 1843, 
 
 of Ballawley Park, and of Merrion Square, Dublin ; 
 Solicitor ; ninth son of Daniel Maunsell, Esq. (see
 
 180 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Maunsell of Bally william, B.L.G., 1894), b. Aug. 
 9, 1795, m., first, Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. 
 John Lloyd, and by her had issue 1. Daniel, m., 
 T. C., May 26, 1853, Anne Lucinda, dau. of Robert 
 Billing, Esq. (q. v.) ; 2. John (q. v.) ; 3. Elizabeth, 
 m., T. C., June 10, 1851, Robert Mayne, 37th Regt. 
 M. N. I., son of John Mayne, Esq., and grandson 
 of Judge Mayne (q. v.) ; 4. Isabella, m. William 
 Boyne Butt, Esq., M.D. Mr. Maunsell m., secondly, 
 Frances (d. July, 1844, bur. T. G.), eldest dau. of 
 Francis Dwyer, Esq., and by her had issue (bapt. 
 T. C.) 1. Francis Richard; 2. Albert Edward; 
 3. Fanny Barbara Maria ; and thirdly, Louisa, dau. 
 of James Douglas, Esq., and had issue George 
 Meares, Captain. Mr. Maunsell d. 1876. 
 
 MAYNE, EDWARD, 1792, 
 
 of Churchtown and of Stephen's Green, North, 
 Dublin, was the eldest son of Charles Mayne, Esq., 
 of Freame Mount, Co. Monaghan, by his wife 
 Dorothea, dau. of Edward Mayne, Esq., of Mount 
 Ledboro, Co. Fermanagh (see B. L. G., 1868, p. 
 998). He entered T.C.D., and having won a 
 Scholarship in 1775, graduated B.A. in 1777. He 
 was called to the Bar in 1781. He was appointed 
 a Justice of the Common Pleas, Feb. 21, 1805, and 
 was transferred to the King's Bench, Oct. 24, 1816. 
 He resigned on Dec. 1, 1818, and d. in 1829. He 
 w.,1780, Sarah (d. 1853), dau. of JohnFiddes, Esq., 
 and had issue 1. Charles, in H. 0., M.A., T.C.D., 
 Rector of Kilmastulla, m. Susan (d. 1865), dau. of
 
 CHUECHWAKDENS. 131 
 
 William Henn, Esq., and d. 1873, having had 
 issue i. William, m. Emily, dau. of Thomas 
 Murray, Esq., d. 1876, ii. Charles, iii. Edward 
 John, iv. Susan, d. unm., June 6, 1894, v. Eliza, 
 m. John Going, Esq., of Cragg, Co. Tipperary ; 
 2. Edward, m. Eliza, dau. of William Henn, Esq., 
 and d. 1878, having had issue i. Edward, m. first, 
 Miss Janette Woodall ; secondly, Miss Georgie Taylor 
 (d. 1881), and d. 1888, ii. Susan, d. unm., 1864 ; 
 8. John, m. Anna, dau. of the Very Kev. Dean 
 Graves, and d. 1829, having had issue i. Edward 
 Graves, o. s. p., ii. John Dawson, iii. Elizabeth, 
 m. Henry Colles, Esq.,* iv. Sarah, m. her cousin 
 Dawson Mayne, Esq. (p. 132) ; 4. Eichard (bapt. 
 T. C.), K.C.B., Chief Commissioner London Metro- 
 politan Police, 1829-68, m. at Danbury, Aug. 31, 
 1831, Georgina (d. April 12, 1872), dau. of Thomas 
 Carvick, Esq., of Biffham Lodge, Essex, andd. Dec. 
 26, 1868, having had issue i. Carvick Cox, d, 
 Sept., 1851, ii. Eichard Charles, Eear- Admiral, 
 E.N., C.B., M.P. for Pembroke Boroughs 1886-92, 
 m., 1870, Sabine, eldest dau. of Thomas Dent, 
 Esq., and d. May 29, 1892, iii. Edward William, 
 d. Aug., 1844, iv. Eobert Dawson, m. Emma 
 Elizabeth, dau. of Professor Maiden, d. June, 1887, 
 v. Charles Edward, d. Nov., 1873, vi. Georgina 
 Marianne, m., 1870, Horace Brooke, Esq., vii. 
 Sarah Fanny, m., 1877, Charles E. Maiden, Esq., 
 viii. Katherine Emily, d. 1868 ; 5. William, o. s. p., 
 1867 ; 6. Dawson, m. Miss Mary Hewitt, o. s. p., 
 
 * See Abraham Colles, M.D., chapter viii.
 
 182 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1872; 7. Kobert, o.s.p., 1843; 8. Dorothea, m. 
 John Mayne, Capt. 9th Dragoons, and had issue 
 i. Dawson, ra. his cousin Sarah, dau. of John 
 Mayne, Esq. (p. 131), ii. Kobert, ?., T. C., June 10, 
 1851, Elizabeth, dau. of Eobert Maunsell, Esq. 
 (q. v.), iii. John Colburn, Madras Light Infantry, 
 o. s. p., in India, iv. Helen, v. Dora, ?., 1862, 
 Colonel Gustavus Charles Walsh, 14th Bengal 
 Native Infantry, son of John Walsh, Esq., of Dun- 
 drum Castle, and had issue, John Kussell, m. 
 Miss Norcott, third dau. of Arthur Norcott, Esq., 
 of Park, Doneraile, Co. Cork, and Dorothea Helen ; 
 9. Sarah, m., 1830, Rev. E. French Lawrence, d. 
 1832 ; 10. Kate, m. Major Basil Heron, R.A., d. 
 1869 ; 11. Margaret, m. at Berne, Oct. 29, 1823, 
 Thomas E. Beatty, Esq., M.D. ; 12. Fanny, d. unw., 
 1872. 
 
 MAYNE, JOSEPH ST. CLAIR, 1888-89, 
 of Sunnybank ; Barrister-at-Law ; son of James 
 Arthur Mayne, Esq., Solicitor, in., in T. C., Aug. 
 4, 1869, Rachel Isabel, eldest dau. of Michael 
 Charles Bernard, Esq., M.D. (q. v.). 
 
 MCCASKEY, WILLIAM, 1827-31, 
 of Hermitage, Roebuck, and of Church Street, 
 Dublin ; Iron Manufacturer ; d. June 9, 1834 (p. 
 
 M'CoMAs, RICHARD HENRY ARCHIBALD, 1879-80, 
 of Homestead, Ballawley; Junior Moderator and 
 M.A., T.C.D., Barrister-at-Law, c. 1875 ; third son of
 
 CHUBCHWAKDENS. 133 
 
 Archibald M'Comas, Esq., M.A., of Cliff Castle, 
 Dalkey, and Elgin Road, Dublin, by his wife Jane, 
 dau. of W. Jones, Esq. ; m., Jan. 28, 1875, at St. 
 Mary's, Donnybrook, Susannah Alice, dau. of C. 
 Goodman, Esq., of Lapsdowne Eoad, and had issue 
 (bapt. T. C., excepting Mabel) 1. Edwin Archibald; 
 2. Harold; 3. Cyril Henry; 4. Gerald; 5. Regi- 
 nald; 6. Rupert; 7. Mabel Christine Jane; 8. 
 Sybil Frances ; 9. Olive. 
 
 M'DERMOTT, JOSEPH, 1825, 
 
 of Castleview, Roebuck ; Solicitor ; m., 1811, Miss 
 Mary Stone, and d. 1837, leaving issue 1. John 
 (bapt. T. C.) ; 2. Joseph (bapt. T. C.) ; 3. Fanny ; 
 4. Anne Joanna (bapt. T. C.). 
 
 M'KAY, DANIEL, 1825-26, 
 
 of Moreen and Stephen's Green ; Solicitor ; eldest 
 son of William M'Kay, Esq. (q. .), m., April 16, 
 1811, at Rhuabon Church, North Wales, Eliza, 
 dau. of Edward Rowland, Esq., of Gurthen, in the 
 Co. of Denbigh, and had issue 1. William; 2. 
 Manners (q. v.) ; 3. Rowland ; 4. Louisa Jane ; 5. 
 Eliza Maria. He d. Dec. 5, 1840, and was bur. in 
 St. Ann's Church, Dublin. 
 
 M'KAY, MANNERS, 1845, 
 
 of Moreen ; Capt. Dublin Militia, formerly of 3rd 
 Dragoon Guards, J.P. Co. Dublin ; second son of 
 Daniel M'Kay, Esq. (q. v.), m. Alice Georgina (d. 
 Nov. 22, 1853), dau. of Thomas Bunbury, Esq., of
 
 134 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Lisbryon, Co. Tipperary, and d. June 12, 1854, 
 leaving issue (bapt. T. C.) 1. Mary Eliza, m. Major 
 James Lenox MacFarlane, J.P. ; 2. Alice Georgina ; 
 3. Sarah Jane, m. George Selby, Esq. 
 
 M'KAY, WILLIAM, 1800, 
 
 of Moreen,* and of Merrion Square ; Solicitor, Pur- 
 suivant to the Court of Chancery, Deputy Clerk of 
 the Faculties, and Clerk of the Recognizances in 
 Chancery ; m., 1794, Miss Mary Bartley, and had 
 issue 1. Daniel (q. v.) ; 2. John; 3. Anne. Hed. 
 Oct., 1812. He held the position of Assistant Clerk 
 of the Council, and was amongst the officers of the 
 Irish Houses of Parliament to whom annuities were 
 granted at the Union. Gilbert's History of Dublin, 
 vol. iii., p. 371. 
 
 MINCHIN, HUMPHREY, 1819-20-21, 
 of Roebuck Lodge; | J.P. Co. Dublin, High Sheriff 
 
 * " Near the four-mile-stone is Moreen, a most pleasing 
 situation. It is within three miles of the sea, of which it 
 has a grand view, also of the city and adjoining county for 
 many miles. This place is remarkable for having a desperate 
 battle fought in it some centuries ago by two of the neigh- 
 bouring families, who, on their revenge being satiated, 
 mutually agreed to erect a church in the valley where the 
 engagement was had, and from thence called the Cross Church 
 of Moreen; on the rocky ground adjoining, with great in- 
 dustry and expense, is erected a neat, compact house, with 
 gardens, lawns, plantations, and suitable offices, belonging to 
 William M'Kay, Esq." Post-Chaise Companion, 1803, p. 391. 
 
 t In 1798, at the time of the rebellion, Mr. Humphrey 
 Minchin was residing at the Grange, Eathfarnham. A party 
 of the rebels entered his house, headed by his gardener and
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 135 
 
 of Dublin, 1795-96; b. Nov., 1750, ra., first, Frances 
 Catherine, dau. of Major Sirr, and had issue 1. 
 Charles Henry, in H. 0., m., T. C., June 18, 1814, 
 Prudentia, dau. of Daniel Kinahan, Esq. (q. v.), 
 and had issue; 2. Joseph, m. May 22, 1804, Miss 
 Louisa Hall, and had issue ; 3. Frances, ra. Major 
 Kingsmill Pennefather; 4. Elizabeth, m., 1797, 
 Captain Townsend Monckton Hall, of the 28th 
 Eegt. of Foot; 5. Emma, m. James Walcot Fitz- 
 gerald, Esq. ; 6. Louisa Arabella, m., T. C., Aug. 6, 
 1821, Walter Bourne, Esq., jun. (q. v.). Mr. Minchin 
 m., secondly, 1812, Miss Arabella Ashworth. He 
 d. in 1830, and was bur. in St. Werburgh's. (See 
 Hughes's St. Werburgh's, pp. 42, 140.) 
 
 MINCHIN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, 1826, 
 
 of Ballinteer; b. 1768, m., first, 1796, Mary, dau. of 
 John Ferrar, Esq., of Limerick, and had issue 1. 
 Augustus, in H. 0., Rector of Buncrana, Co. Done- 
 gal, m. Miss Anne Tittle (whom., secondly, in T.C., 
 Feb. 6, 1879, James Arthur Mayne, Esq.), and d. 
 
 gate-keeper, about seven o'clock in the evening, when he 
 and his family were in Dublin. They carried off various 
 articles of furniture in two of his carts, and his gardener 
 declared that all Ireland had risen that night, and that he 
 would return in a day or two, and take possession of the 
 house and demesne for his own. Mrs. Minchin's aged 
 father and a female servant were the only Protestants in the 
 house, and the gate-keeper's wife threatened to cut their 
 throats ; but some other women who assisted her in plunder- 
 ing the house, dissuaded her from it. Assassins were posted 
 on the avenue to shoot Mr. Minchin ; but fortunately he did 
 not return from Dublin that evening. Musgrave's Memoirs of 
 the Rebellion (Dub., 1801), p. 224.
 
 136 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1873; 2. John, o. s. p., Oct. 14, 1850; 3. William, 
 
 0. s. p., April, 1825, bur. T. G. ; 4. Anne, d. Sept., 
 1819, bur. T.G. ; 5. Kosetta, d. 1849, bur. Newtown- 
 breda; 6. Mary, m., T. C., Sept. 19, 1834, her cousin, 
 Michael Ferrar, Esq. (d. Feb., 1884), and d. Dec. 
 3, 1858, leaving issue i. William Hugh, F.T.C.D., 
 m. Miss Banks, and d. May, 1871, leaving issue 
 
 Benjamin, M.D., Mary Howard, m. Binns, 
 
 Esq., Annie, m. Eev. J. Paterson Smyth, and Elsie, 
 ii. Augustus Minchin, m. Miss Hughes, and has 
 issue, iii. Michael Lloyd, m. Miss O'Donnell, and 
 has issue Michael Lloyd, Beatrice Minchin, m. 
 Wolseley Haig, Esq., B.C.S., Gwendolyn Howard 
 Minchin, m. J. M. Holms, Esq., B.C.S., iv. Howard 
 Minchin, o. s. p., 1872, v. Henry Stafford, in 
 America, m., and has issue, vi. John in Natal, m., 
 and has issue, vii. Mary Minchin, m. Dr. Hardy, 
 and has issue, viii. Eosetta Minchin. Mr. Minchin 
 m., secondly, 1810, Miss Charlotte Burrowes, who 
 d. March, 1853 (bur. T. G.), and had by her issue 
 
 1. Kobert, o. s. p., Jan. 2, 1878 (bur. T. G.) ; 
 
 2. George Howard, m. Miss Matilda Beck (d. Aug., 
 1859, bur. T. G.), and d. Dec. 30, 1877, bur. T. G., 
 leaving issue i. William Augustus, ii. Charlotte 
 
 Matilda, m. Hunter, Esq., and has issue. Mr. 
 
 Minchin d. Jan. 3, 1841, and was bur. T. G. 
 
 NOKMAN, KOBEKT, 1801-2-3, 
 
 of Dundrum ; in., 1782, Miss Anne Jennings, and 
 had issue 1. Anne, m., T. C., April 3, 1802, George 
 Hughes, Esq. ; 2. Charlotte, m., T. C., March 12, 
 1810, George Corbett, Esq.
 
 CHUECHWAEDENS. 137 
 
 NUTTING, JOHN GARDINER, 1892-93, 
 of Gortmore; D.L. Dublin, J.P., and High Sheriff, 
 1895, Co. Dublin; son of John Nutting, Esq., ra. 
 Mary Stansmore, dau. of Eestel E. Bevis, Esq., of 
 Manor Hill, Birkenhead, and has issue 1. Harold 
 Stansmore ; 2. John Godfrey Stansmore ; 3. Arthur 
 Eonald Stansmore ; 4. Dorothy Stansmore ; 5. 
 Mary Stansmore (bapt. T. C.). 
 
 ORME, EGBERT, 1852, 
 
 of Mount Anville, and of Owenmore, Co. Mayo, 
 and Enniscrone, Co. Sligo ; J.P. and D.L. Co. Sligo ; 
 second son of William Orme, Esq., Belleville, Co. 
 Mayo, ., Feb. 16, 1843, Sydney Frances, dau. 
 of Major Christopher Carleton L'Estrange, of 
 Market Hill, and had issue 1. Eobert William 
 (bapt. T. C.), now of Owenmore ; 2. Christopher 
 Guy ; 3. Albert ; 4. Janet Georgina (bapt. T. C.), 
 m. Claude Brownlow, Esq. Mr. Orme d. 1877. (See 
 Orme of Owenmore, B.L.G., 1894.) 
 
 PICKERING, CHARLES, 1848-58, 
 
 of Eoebuck Grove ; Solicitor ; his dau. Sarah m., 
 T. C., Sept. 13, 1853, John M'Donald Eoyse, Esq., 
 and his dau. Jane Adelaide m., T. C., Feb. 19, 1856, 
 Charles Furlong Harding, Esq. 
 
 PORTER, JOHN, 1857, 
 
 of Weston House, Churchtown ; m., 1850, Miss 
 Lydia Georgina Duff.
 
 138 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 POTTS, JAMES, 1794, 
 
 of Kichview, Roebuck, was the proprietor of Saunders 1 
 News-Letter. He m., 1761, Miss Elizabeth Irwin, 
 and d. May, 1796. His death is thus recorded in 
 Walker's Hibernian Magazine for that year (p. 
 884) : 
 
 " Most sincerely and justly lamented, James Potts, Esq., 
 an eminent printer and bookseller ; his conduct and char- 
 acter as a man of business have been for many years under 
 the observation of his fellow-citizens, who have long known 
 him an upright, inoffensive, unassuming, and courteous 
 trader." 
 
 In Gilbert's History of Dublin (vol. i., p. 276), 
 some information will be found about Potts' s con- 
 nection with Saunders' News- Letter. He carried on 
 a violent newspaper warfare with Mr. John Giffard 
 (q. v.), and a paragraph reflecting on " the dog in 
 office" as Giffard was called having appeared 
 in Saunders', Giffard and his son Hardinge horse- 
 whipped Potts outside Taney Church, on Sunday, 
 October 19, 1794. Criminal proceedings were taken 
 by Potts, and the case was tried in the following 
 July. A full report appears in the Hibernian 
 Magazine for that year (p. 144). Mrs. Campbell, 
 wife of the Eev. Matthew Campbell, was one of 
 the principal witnesses. Hardinge Giffard was ac- 
 quitted, but Mr. John Gifiard had to pay 20 to the 
 poor of Taney, 20 to the poor of Stillorgan, and 
 10 to the Dublin Marshalsea. 
 
 PRICE, HENRY THOMAS, 1848-58, 
 of Drummartin Lodge; m., 1838, Miss Emma Hall,
 
 CHURCHWAKDENS. 139 
 
 PUBDON, WILLIAM STANLEY, 1850, 
 of Arbour House, Windy Arbour ; m., 1838, Miss 
 Sarah Porter, o. s. p. 
 
 BEAD, JOHN WILLIAM, 1843, 
 of Lyndhurst, Churchtown. 
 
 EEILLY, JOHN, 1869-72-73, 
 
 of St. Bridgid's, Roebuck; Barrister-at-Law, c.1842, 
 Clerk of Records and Writs in Chancery ; eldest 
 son of James Miles Reilly, Esq. (see Reilly of 
 Scarvagh, B.L.G., 1894), b. 16 Nov., 1817, m., 14 
 Aug., 1845, the Hon. Augusta Sugden, youngest 
 dau. of Edward, first Lord St. Leonard's, and had 
 issue i. Emily ; 2. Kathleen Matilda, m., T. C., 
 July 7, 1870, Capt. Matthew John Bell ; 3. Wini- 
 fred, i., first, Hon. John Montague Stopford ; 
 secondly, Arthur, fifth Earl of Arran. Mr. Reilly 
 d. July 1, 1875. 
 
 RICHARDS, JOHN GODDARD, 1829, 
 of Roebuck, and of Ardamine, Co. Wexford ; Bar- 
 rister-at-Law, J.P., D.L., Co. Wexford, High Sheriff, 
 1824 ; eldest son of Solomon Richards, Esq., the 
 celebrated Dublin surgeon (who purchased the Roe- 
 buck estate, still held by the Richards family, from 
 Lord Trimleston), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of 
 Rev. Edward Groome. He m., first, July 16, 1821, 
 Anne Catherine (d. May 10, 1835), dau. of Hon. 
 Robert Ward, by whom he had issue 1. Solomon 
 Augustus (bapt. T. C.), m., June 10, 1856, Sophia
 
 140 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Mordaunt, dau. of Eev. Bernard John Ward, and d. 
 Jan. 13, 1874, leaving issue ; 2. Eobert Edward (bapt. 
 T. C.), in H.O., M.A., Principal of the Gloucester, 
 Bristol, and Oxford Training College ; 3. William 
 Hamilton (bapt. T. C.), Col., late 55th Regt. of 
 Foot, m., Aug., 1858, Margaret Isabella, dau. of 
 Major Samuel Hill Lawrence, and has issue ; 4. 
 Louisa Elizabeth, m., 1843, Geo. Maconchy, Esq., 
 of Rathmore, and d. 1864, leaving issue (p. 128) ; 
 5. Mary Anne (bapt. T. C.), m., Nov. 5, 1850, Samuel 
 Johnson, Esq., J.P., of Janeville, Co. Wexford, and 
 had issue ; 6. Emily Sophia (bapt. T. C.), m., April, 
 1849, Rev. Philip Walter Doyne, and had issue. 
 Mr. Richards m., secondly, May 5, 1840, Mary, 
 dau. of Sir William Rawson, by whom he had no 
 issue, and d. April 13, 1846. 
 
 RIDGEWAY, WILLIAM, 1809 TO 1817, 
 of Runnymede, Balally. He graduated T.C.D., B.A. 
 in 1787, LL.B., 1790, and LL.D. in 1795. He was c. 
 to the Bar in 1790, and was some time Seneschal of 
 the Liberties of St. Patrick's. He m., 1797, Miss 
 Catherine Ledwich. In Walker's Hibernian Maga- 
 zine for 1807, p. 445, it is mentioned that 
 
 " He was complimented with his freedom of the Corpora- 
 tion at large, partly by claim as being son-in-law to the 
 celebrated Irish historian, the Eev. Dr. Ledwich, and that it 
 was unanimously carried with some compliments on Mr. 
 Eidgeway's professional and private worth and abilities." 
 
 He d. Aug. 27, 1817. His death is thus announced
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 141 
 
 in the Gentleman 1 s Magazine, vol. Ixxxvii., pt. ii., 
 p. 572: 
 
 "Of a fever, while attending his professional duty on 
 circuit at Trim, Mr. William Bidgeway, an eminent Irish 
 lawyer, and a most worthy man." 
 
 ROE, HENRY, 1864-67, 
 
 of Mount Anville ; D.L. Dublin ; son of Henry Eoe, 
 Esq., m., 1857, Miss Charlotte Theodosia Jane 
 D'Olier, and had issue 1. Richard, o.s.^.; 2. George 
 Henry; 3. Charlotte D'Olier, m., Sept. 4, 1878, 
 Lord Granville Armyn Gordon ; 4. Elizabeth, m., 
 T. C., Feb. 20, 1882, George Augustus Hotham 
 Howard, Esq. ; 5. Maude Mary ; 6. Florence Made- 
 line. He d. Nov. 21, 1894. 
 
 " Many of the citizens of Dublin will learn with feelings 
 of deep regret of the death of Mr. Henry Eoe, which oc- 
 curred recently in London. He was the representative of 
 a family whose name was long identified with the business 
 life of Dublin, and whose numerous gifts to charitable ob- 
 jects were always cheerfully given, and given, too, with no 
 niggard hand. He spent himself nearly 200,000 in re- 
 storing the fabric of Christ Church Cathedral, which is an 
 enduring testimony of his public spirit and his attachment 
 to the Church." Daily Express, Nov. 26, 1894. 
 
 In the Daily Express of Nov. 28th, a letter 
 appeared from Dr. Hamilton, which told of Mr. 
 Roe's gifts to Taney Church : 
 
 " The restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, magnificent 
 in its design, and perfect in its completion, was not the only 
 work of the kind which Mr. Koe carried out. His gifts to 
 Christ Church, Taney, his parish church, were no less
 
 142 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 generous in their character, and I and my congregation 
 must ever retain his name in grateful recollection. Soon 
 after I became Rector of the parish, I brought under his 
 notice the desirability of improving the musical portion of 
 the service, and he, in reply, offered to present the church 
 with an organ, which he did at considerable cost. There, 
 however, his gifts did not end. Entirely without solicitation, 
 he undertook to build a chancel, which was much required. 
 It is needless to mention that he had the work done in the 
 best manner, regardless of expense, not alone building the 
 chancel, but furnishing it with five stained-glass windows of 
 beautiful design ; and by this addition he converted our 
 church into the handsome edifice it now is." 
 
 EUSKELL, EGBERT, 1851, 
 
 of Ballinteer House; his dau. Jemima m., T. C., 
 Nov. 23, 1856, Godfrey Parr, Esq.; he d. circa 
 1855. 
 
 SCOTT, WILLIAM, 1827, 
 
 of Drummartin and of Stafford Street, Dublin ; 
 High Sheriff of Dublin, 1829-30. He had a son by 
 his wife Sarah Jane, bapt., T. C., William Frederick 
 Augustus. Mr. Scott d. circa 1853. 
 
 SHADE, HENRY LINDSELL, 1846, 
 of Larchfield, Churchtown, and Parliament Street, 
 Dublin; m., 1828, Miss Eachel Jane Powell, and 
 had a son, bapt. T. C., Charles Francis. 
 
 SINNETT, JOHN TOWNSEND, 1805-6, 
 of Churchtown and of Merchant's Quay, Dublin; 
 Wholesale Silk Merchant, m., 1791, Miss Emelia 
 Dunn, and d. circa 1836.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 148 
 
 STOCK, STEPHEN, 1792, 
 
 of Churchtown. He d. Dec., 1800, but was not 
 then residing in the parish. His death is thus 
 recorded in Walker's Hibernian Magazine : 
 
 " Most sincerely and deservedly lamented, at his house 
 near Dublin, Stephen Stock, Esq., late of Dame Street, an 
 eminent woollen draper, and only brother to the Lord Bishop 
 of Killala ; his study was ever to ameliorate the condition of 
 the poor by a distribution of the essential comforts of life, 
 which renders his death a public loss, while they afford a 
 bright example to the affluent." 
 
 STUDDERT, EGBERT ASHWORTH, 1870-71, 
 
 of Clonlea, Ballinteer, now of Kilkishen House, 
 Co. Clare; J.P., D.L., and High Sheriff in 1848 of 
 that county, Barrister-at-law, c. 1841, late Major, 
 Clare Militia; son of Thomas Studdert, of Kilkishen 
 House (see Studdert of Bunratty, B.L.G., 1894), 
 b. Dec. 31, 1817, m., Jan. 18, 1849, Maria, eldest 
 dau. of Eev. William Waller, and had a son 
 Thomas, b. 1850, d. 1869. 
 
 TILLY, EGBERT HENRY, 1877-78, 
 
 of Clonlea, Ballinteer, and of Shanahoe, Mount- 
 rath; son of Eobert Tilly, Esq., of Chantilly, 
 Loughlinstown, m., May 7, 1844, Mary Anne, 
 eldest dau. of James William Cusack, M.D. (see 
 Cusack of Gerardstown, B.L.G., 1894), and had 
 issue 1. Hubert ; 2. Florence ; 3. Beatrice. He 
 d. Dec. 13, 1890, at Shanahoe.
 
 144 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 TIPPER, SAMUEL, 1839, 
 
 of Eoebuck and of Ormond Quay, Dublin ; Paper 
 Manufacturer ; had issue by his wife, Elizabeth, 
 bapt. T.C. 1. William Gore; 2. Samuel; 3. Lucy 
 Ellen. 
 
 THOMPSON, GEORGE, 1804-14-17-18, 
 of Clonskeagh Castle,* and of the Treasury, Dublin 
 Castle, was the second son of David Thompson, 
 Esq., of Oatlands, Co. Meath, by his wife, Anne, 
 fourth dau. of George Higginbotham, Esq., of 
 Largby, Co. Derry, by his wife Anne, dau of Eobert 
 Acheson, Esq. He was b. Aug. 16, 1769, and m., first, 
 Eleanor, dau. of John Wade, Esq., of The Lodge, 
 Co. Meath, and had issue 1. David, J.P., Co. Dublin, 
 o. s. p., 1875 ; 2. Thomas Higginbotham, J.P. Cos. 
 Galway and Dublin, m., in T. C., Feb. 6, 1836, 
 Martha, only dau. of Thomas Wallace, Esq., K.C., 
 M.p.,t and d., May 27, 1886, having had issue i. 
 
 * Clonskeagh Castle was built by Mr. Henry Jackson, 
 who also erected the adjoining iron works at an expense, 
 D' Alton, in his History of the County Dublin (p. 808), says, of 
 20,000. Jackson took a prominent part in the rebellion, 
 and was an active member of the Executive Committee of 
 the United Irishmen. He was never brought to trial, but 
 underwent a prolonged term of imprisonment. His daughter 
 married Oliver Bond, who was convicted of high treason, 
 July, 1798. (Fitzpatrick's Secret Service under Pitt, pp. 7, 
 127, 187.) In Whittock's Guide to Dublin, Lon., 1846, p. 139, 
 it is stated that Jackson was obliged to emigrate to America, 
 and that from him General Jackson, President of the United 
 States, was descended. 
 
 f See Thomas Wallace, K.C., chapter viii.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 145 
 
 George, bapt. T. C., d. 1865 ; ii. Thomas Wallace, 
 d. 1864 ; iii. Eobert Wade Thompson, B.A., T.C.D., 
 Barrister-at-Law, called 1873, J.P. Co. Dublin, late 
 Capt. Dublin Artillery Militia, m., T. C., March 10, 
 1876, Edith Isabella, dau. of Eev. William Jameson, 
 by his wife Eliza, dau. of Arthur Guinness, Esq., 
 of Beaumont, Co. Dublin, and has issue Thomas 
 William, Hamlet George, William Jameson, Edith, 
 Freida Catherine, Madeline Geraldine, Alice Isabella ; 
 iv. Hamlet Wade, 25th K.O.B. Eegt., d. 1866; v. 
 Arthur William, Major Dublin Artillery Militia ; 
 vi. Katherine, m. Colonel Eowan, J.P., of Belmont, 
 Tralee, and d. 1876; vii. Ellen, m. Eev. W. T. 
 Turpin, M.A. ; viii. Anne, m. Major de Wet ; ix. 
 Louisa, m. Capt. 0' Sullivan de Tedeck, of the 
 Chateau de Tedeck, Belgium ; 3. George William ; 
 4. Margaret Hannah (bapt. T.C.), d. unm.; 5. Anne 
 Mary, m., T. C., Dec. 2, 1828, David Peter Thomp- 
 son, Esq., of the King's Co., J.P., who had, among 
 other issue, EUen, ?., T. C., Jan. 17, 1866, Major- 
 General Henry Alexander Little, C.B. ; 6. Louisa 
 Elizabeth (d. 1841), m., T.C., May 25, 1832, Edmund 
 ffloyd Cuppage, Esq., of Claregrove, Co. Dublin, and 
 had issue i. Alexander (bapt. T. C.) ; ii. George 
 William (bapt. T. C.), of Eiverston, Co. Meath, m. 
 Louisa, dau. of Edward Vernon, Esq., D.L., of Clon- 
 tarf Castle ; iii. Hamlet Wade, Capt. 43rd Light 
 Infantry, m. Hannah Gerrard, dau. of David Peter 
 Thompson, Esq. ; iv. Ellen, d. unm. Mr. Thompson 
 m., secondly, Catherine, dau. of General Eobert Alex- 
 ander, of Derry, and, thirdly, Jeanett, fourth dau.
 
 146 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 of William Butler, Esq., of Drame, Co. Kilkenny, 
 by Hon. Caroline Massy, sixth dau. of Hugh, 1st 
 Lord Massy, and by her had a son, Massy Wade 
 (bapt. T. C.), o. s. p. Mr. Thompson d. May, 1860. 
 Mr. George Thompson's father was the fifth son 
 of William Thompson, Esq., of Clonfin, Co. Long- 
 ford, who m. Miss Metge, of Athlumney Castle, Co. 
 Meath, and was grandson of Capt. William Thomp- 
 son, of Yorkshire, one of three brothers who accom- 
 panied King William III. to this country in 1688. 
 The King gave Capt. Thompson certain confiscated 
 lands, and he settled and married in Co. Longford. 
 (See Thompson of Clonfin, B. L. G., 1894.) 
 
 THOMPSON, HENRY, 1798-99, 
 
 of Eoebuck, and of Ormond Quay, Dublin. He (/. 
 Nov., 1800. The following obituary notice appears 
 in Walker's Hibernian Magazine of that date : 
 
 " Suddenly in his carriage, on the road to Bath, Henry 
 Thompson, Esq., of the city of Dublin, an eminent mer- 
 chant ; he was strict in the discharge of every duty as a 
 husband, parent, friend, and Christian, and his death, like 
 his life, was serene and calm; his temper was mild and 
 gentle, and his disposition uncommonly affectionate and un- 
 commonly generous ; to his friends he is an irreparable loss, 
 and to the poor he never can be replaced. He lived beloved 
 and died lamented by all who had the pleasure of his ac- 
 quaintance." 
 
 THOMPSON, HENRY, 1854, 
 of Greenmount, Ballaly.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 147 
 
 TURBETT, JAMES EXHAM PUREFOY, 1833. 
 of Owenstown ; only son of Kobert Turbett, Esq. 
 (q. v.), b. 1790, m., Dec. 12, 1823, Sophia (d. Dec. 
 13, 1882, bur. T. G.), dau. of the Hon. and Very 
 Eev. George Gore, Dean of Killala, third son of 
 the second Earl of Arran, and of his wife, Anne, 
 dau. of Robert Burrowes, Esq., of Stradone, and 
 had issue (bapt. T. C., excepting Mary) 1. Robert 
 Exham (q. v.} ; 2. James (q. v.) ; 3. George William, 
 of Roebuck Hill, and subsequently of Owenstown, 
 m. Ellen, dau. of the Rev. John Morton, and 
 d. Feb., 1894, bur. T. G., having had issue (bapt. 
 T. C.) i. James Gore, ii. Richard George, iii. 
 Charles Morton, iv. John Routledge, v. Eyre 
 Anthony Weldon, vi. Royston Cecil Gladwyn, 
 vii. Ethel Clementina Burrowes, d. April, 1889, 
 bur. T. G., viii. Eleanor Sophia Georgett ; 4. 
 Thomas, of Scribblestown House, m. Florence, 
 dau. of Jolliffe Tufnell, Esq., F.R.C.S.I. ; 5. John 
 Gore, o. s. p., April, 1850, bur. T. G. ; 6. Mary 
 Anne, w., T.C., Nov. 6, 1844, John Pollock Ferrier, 
 Esq. ; 7. Sophia Frances, m., T. C., June 6, 1849, 
 Robert Manders, Esq., of Landscape, and had 
 i ssue _i. Frances Sophia, m., T. C., Oct. 13, 1887, 
 George Medlicott Vereker,Esq.,ii. Gertrude Caroline 
 (bapt. T. C.), m. General J. Davis, C.B., iii. Cecilia 
 Maude (bapt. T. C.), m., T. C., Jan. 4, 1888, Capt. 
 Edward Hamilton Gordon, of the 2nd Gordon 
 Highlanders; 8. Jane, m., T. C., July 19, 1853, 
 Richard Manders, Esq., and had issue i. Arthur, 
 ii. Reginald, iii. Helena Frances, m., T. C., Nov. 23,
 
 148 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 1876, Henry Lumsden Forbes, Esq., of Invery, Guild- 
 ford, iv. Augusta Margaret Elizabeth, m. F. Coryton, 
 Esq., of Liss House, Hants, v. Harriett Jane, m., 
 T. C., July 25, 1882, Spencer C. Blackett, Esq., late 
 21st Hussars ; 9. Louisa, m., T. C., Aug. 12, 1858, 
 Gordon James Douglas, Esq. ; 10. Emily, m., T. C., 
 Aug. 25, 1859, John Graburn, Esq. ; 11. Cecilia ; 
 12. Eleanor, m.,T. C., July 30, 1872, Major Warren 
 Richard Colvin Wynne, R.E., and d. Dec. 14, 1873, 
 bur. T. G. ; 13. Ada, m., T. C., April 19, 1872, 
 Henry Hazell Unett, Esq., of Huntingdon Hall, 
 Yorks. He d. Oct. 27, 1868, and was bur. in T. G. 
 
 TUEBETT, JAMES, 1855, 
 
 of Oaklawn, Roebuck ; son of James Exham Tur- 
 bett, Esq. (q. v.) ; m. Harriet, dau. of John Powys, 
 Esq., of West Wood Manor, Staffordshire. 
 
 TUKBETT, ROBEBT, 1804, 
 
 of Greenmount ; b. 1760, m. Miss Marianne Purefoy, 
 (who m., secondly, T. C., Aug. 31, 1831, William 
 Noble, Esq., of Arnageel, Co. Louth, and d. July, 
 1834, bur. T. G.), and d. Jan. 21, 1831, bur. T. G. 
 (p. 44), leaving issue one son, James Exham Pure- 
 foy (q. v.). 
 
 TURBETT, ROBERT EXHAM, 1865, 
 of Belfield, Roebuck; M.A. ; son of James Exham 
 Turbett, Esq. (q. v.) ; m. Lucy, dau. of Benjamin 
 Lefroy, Esq., of Cardenton House, Athy, and d. 
 March, 1889, bur. T. G., having had issue (bapt. T. C., 
 excepting Kathleen) i. Robert James, ii. Langlois 
 Benjamin, iii. George Frederic Gore, iv. Kathleen.
 
 CHURCHWABDENS. 149 
 
 USHEE, ISAAC WILLIAM, 1880-81-82-90-91, 
 
 of Tudor House; L.B.C.P., Edin., 1863; L.R.C.S.I., 
 1862 ; eldest son of Isaac Usher, Esq., by his wife, 
 Frances, dau. of John Parker, Esq. (See Ball 
 Wright's Memoirs of the Ussher Families, Dub., 
 1889, p. 19.) 
 
 VEBSOHOYLE, RICHABD, 1798-99, 1811-12-18, 
 
 of Mount Merrion ; J.P. and High Sheriff in 1819 
 of the Co. Dublin. He was a Commissioner for the 
 construction of Kingstown Harbour, and his name 
 appears on the monument near the pier (see p. 105). 
 He was the second son of Joseph Verschoyle of 
 Donare (see Verschoyle of Kilberry, B.L.G., 1894), 
 and m. Miss Barbara Fagan. He d. s. p. at Brighton 
 on Aug. 27, 1827, and was bur. there. In an in- 
 scription on a tablet erected to his memory in 
 Booterstown Church, he is described as a man of 
 strong religious character, with a mind richly 
 stored with intellectual knowledge. (See Blacker's 
 Sketches of Booterstoivn, p. 80.) 
 
 VERSCHOYLE, WILLIAM HENEY FOSTER, 1894-95, 
 
 of Woodley ; J.P. Co. Dublin ; second son of John 
 James Verschoyle, Esq., of Tassaggart, Co. Dublin, 
 by his wife, Catherine Helen, dau. of the Kev. 
 William Foster (see Verschoyle of Castleshanaghan, 
 B.L.G., 1894); m., June 16, 1888, Frances Har- 
 riett Hamilton, youngest dau. of Edward James 
 Jackson, Esq., of Upwell, Co. Norfolk, and of the
 
 150 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Priory, St. Andrew's, N.B., and -widow of Captain 
 W. Unett, 21st Hussars, and has issue 1. George 
 John Foster (bapt. Stillorgan Church) ; 2. William 
 Arthur ; 3. Kathleen Laura (bapt. T. C.). 
 
 VICAKS, EDWARD ARMSTRONG, 1860, 
 of Trimleston Lodge; Government Inspector of 
 Military Schools in Ireland ; eldest son of Kichard 
 Vicars, Esq., and brother of Captain Hedley Vicars 
 (97th Eegt.), and Clara, Lady Eayleigh ; m. Julia 
 Frances, dau. of George Eckersall, Esq., of St. 
 Catherine's, near Bath, and had issue 1. Hedley 
 (bapt. T. C.), in H. 0., Bector of Huntingdon ; 2. 
 George Bayleigh (bapt. T. C.), in H. 0., Curate of 
 Whitley Bridge, Yorkshire ; 3. Edward, in Foreign 
 Office ; 4. May Catherine (bapt. T. C.), d. 1892 ; 5. 
 Isabel Mary (bapt. T. C.) ; 6. Evelyn Clara (bapt. 
 T. C.) ; 7. Lilian Frances; 8. Margaret Annie; 9. 
 Marion Julia. Mr. Vicars d. June 9, 1870. 
 
 VINCENT, JOHN, 1862, 
 of Charlton, Boebuck. 
 
 WADDEN, BARRET, 1821, 
 
 of Boebuck, and of Palace Street, Dublin; Silk 
 Manufacturer; m., 1809, Miss Elizabeth M'Connell, 
 and d. circa 1823. 
 
 WALSH, JOHN, 1876, 
 
 of Dundrum Castle ; son of John Walsh, Esq., and 
 brother of the Hon. Frederick William Walsh, who 
 was called to the Bar 1836, made a Q.C. 1855,
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 151 
 
 and Bencher of the King's Inns 1871, appointed 
 Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy, 1875, and d. 
 1886, and of Colonel Gustavus Charles "Walsh 
 (see under Mayne, Edward, p. 132). 
 
 WALSH, WILLIAM, 1837-39, 
 of Drummartin ; m., 1809, Miss Anne Shannon. 
 
 WARREN, SAMUEL, 1828, 
 
 of Churchtown ; m., 1825, Miss Catherine Watson, 
 and d. circa 1850. 
 
 WEST, JOHN, 1835-37-40, 
 
 of Cedar Mount, Mount Anville; m., 1803, Caroline, 
 dau. of John Busby, Esq., and had issue 1. John, 
 in H. 0., M.A., D.D., T.C.D., ordained Deacon at 
 Glasnevin, Aug. 24, 1829, by the Bishop of Kildare, 
 Priest at Ferns, March 7, 1830, Curate of Monks- 
 town, and of St. Ann's, Dublin, Vicar of St. Ann's, 
 Domestic Chaplain to Archbishop Whately, Arch- 
 deacon of Dublin, Dean of St. Patrick's, m. Eliza- 
 beth Margaret, eldest dau. of the Most Rev. Charles 
 Dickinson, D.D., Bishop of Meath, and d. July 5, 
 1890, leaving issue; 2. Samuel, d. young; S.Eliza, 
 m. Rev. Elias Thackeray Stevenson, d. ; 4. Lucy, d. 
 unm. 1892. Mr. West d. circa 1850. 
 
 WESTBY, EDWARD PERCEVAL, 1856-59-64-68- 
 70-74-75, 
 
 of Roebuck Castle,* and of Kilballyowen and 
 Roscoe, Co. Clare; D.L., and J.P., Co. Clare; J.P. 
 
 * See under John, Baron Trimleston, chapter viii.
 
 152 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Co. Dublin ; High Sheriff, Co. Clare, 1854 ; eldest 
 son of Nicholas Westby, Esq., and of his wife, the 
 Hon. Emily Susan, eldest dau. of William, Lord 
 Eadstock, m., first, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of the 
 Eight Hon. Francis Blackburne,* who d. 1863, 
 and had issue 1. William Francis Perceval, o. s. p., 
 1870 ; 2. Francis Vandeleur (bapt. T. C.), High 
 Sheriff of Co. Clare, 1895, m., 1888, 'Janet Louisa, 
 second dau. of George Orme, Esq., of Castle 
 Lacken, and has issue ; 3. Emily Jane Laura 
 (bapt. T. C.). Mr. Westby m., secondly, T. C., 
 June 16, 1864, Susan Elizabeth, dau of John 
 Davis Garde, Esq. (q.v.), and d. April 23, 1893. 
 
 WHARTON, JOHN LEE, 1844-47-49, 
 
 of Sweetmount; Solicitor; m., 1843, Miss Eliza 
 Wilme, and had issue, bapt. T. C. 1. George 
 Henry; 2. Esther Jane; S.Elizabeth Georgiana ; 
 4. Jane Julia Anna Wilme. He d. June 17, 1866. 
 
 WHITE, JOHN, 1819-20-21, 
 of Ballaly. 
 
 WHITE, JOHN LA TOUCHE, 1846, 
 
 of Eeadsvale, Dundrum; L.K.O.S., Edin., L.A., Dub. ; 
 m., T. C., Nov. 2, 1844, Frances Dorothea (d. July 
 8, 1874), youngest dau. of Sir Henry Jebb, and had 
 issue, bapt. T. C. 1. Henry Francis La Touche ; 
 2. Mary Jane Eibton Jebb. He d. June 25, 1870, 
 and was bur. T. G. (p. 45). 
 
 * See Eight Hon. Francis Blackburne, chapter viii.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 153 
 
 WHITEFORD, SIR GEORGE, 1822, 
 
 of Annaville, Churchtown, and Mount Salem, 
 Mountrath; Silk and Poplin Manufacturer. He 
 was an Alderman of Dublin, and was High Sheriff 
 in 1821, when George IV. visited Ireland. He then 
 received the honour of Knighthood. He was Lord 
 Mayor in 1833-34. He m. 1811, Miss Anne Bergin, 
 who d. Dec., 16, 1847. He went subsequently to 
 reside in the Queen's Co., and d. Jan. 14, 1865. 
 
 WHITTHORNE, WILLIAM JERVIS, 1828, 
 of Churchtown ; Solicitor. 
 
 WILLIAMS, HUTCHINS. 1832, 
 
 of Bloom Villa, Farranboley, and of Merrion 
 Square, Dublin. 
 
 WOOD, WILLIAM, 1816-17, 
 
 of Churchtown and of Bishop Street, Dublin ; a 
 Merchant. High Sheriff of Dublin, 1818-19. He 
 m., 1803, Miss Mary Williams, and d. circa 1836. 
 
 NOTE. The information in these notes has been obtained 
 mainly from private sources and from the Parochial 
 Eegisters, but in some cases from wills and grants in the 
 Public Eecord Office, from B. P. and B. L. G., and from 
 Dublin Directories and Newspapers.
 
 CHAPTEK VIII. 
 
 PAEISHIONERS. 
 
 T^HE following biographical and genealogical notes 
 J- on some of the more remarkable persons who 
 have resided in the parish, and who are not in- 
 cluded amongst the Churchwardens, are necessarily 
 brief, in order to come within the limits of this 
 History ; and it is therefore possible only to give a 
 mere outline of the lives of the distinguished men 
 who are mentioned. It is hoped, however, that these 
 notes may serve to prevent their connection with 
 the parish being forgotten. The dates after the 
 names give with such accuracy as is possible the 
 period of residence. 
 
 THE FAMILIES OF FITZWILLIAM AND HERBERT, 
 circa 1442-1895. 
 
 The members of these noble families, who have 
 resided in Mount Merrion,* deserve prior and prin- 
 
 * Amongst the temporary residents at Mount Merrion 
 have been Archbishop King and the Bight Hon. John Fitz- 
 Gibbon, afterwards and better known as Lord Clare. In 
 Mant's History of the Church of Ireland, vol. ii., p. 272, 
 et seq., there are letters from Archbishop King written in 
 August and September, 1714, which are dated from Mount 
 Merrion. "His temporary country residence, near Dublin," 
 says Bishop Mant, " by the kindness of Lord Fitzwilliam." 
 He mentions in one of them that he went to see his 
 neighbour, Lord Kildare, at Stillorgan. Lord Clare occupied 
 Mount Merrion circa 1787-9. (See Slacker's Sketches of 
 Booterstown, pp. 182, 426.)
 
 PARISHIONERS. 155 
 
 cipal mention as the chief parishioners of Taney, 
 and as lords of the soil of a great portion of the 
 parish. It is, however, thought unnecessary to 
 insert their pedigrees, which will be found, of the 
 Fitzwilliam family in B. E. P., 1866, p. 214, and 
 of the Herbert" family under Pembroke in B. P., 
 1895, p. 1119. Blacker's Sketches of Booterstown is 
 also replete with information on the subject, and at 
 p. 108 he gives a pedigree of the Fitzwilliam 
 family. 
 
 EIGHT HON. FRANCIS BLACKBURNE, 1827-51. 
 
 This great lawyer resided for many years at Eoe- 
 buck Hall.f He was the only surviving son of 
 Eichard Blackburne, Esq., of Footstown, in the 
 Co. Meath, by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Francis 
 Hopkins, Esq., of Darvistown, in the same county. 
 He was b. Nov. 11, 1782, and having entered 
 T.C.D., took a Scholarship in 1801 ; he won the 
 gold medal for the most distinguished collegiate 
 career, and graduated B.A. in 1803. He subse- 
 quently in 1852 took out his LL.D. degree. He 
 
 * On the death of Eichard, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam, 
 without issue in 1816, the principal part of the Fitzwilliam 
 estates passed to George Augustus, eleventh Earl of Pembroke, 
 whose grandfather Henry, ninth Earl of Pembroke, m. Mary, 
 eldest dau. of Eichard, fifth Viscount Fitzwilliam. The 
 Fitzwilliam title devolved upon John, eighth Viscount, who 
 o. s. p., 1833, when the title became extinct. 
 
 t Mentioned by D'Alton as the only place in the neigh- 
 bourhood which did not present a " sombre, unsocial ap- 
 pearance." (History of the Co. Dublin, p. 809.)
 
 156 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 was c. to the Bar in 1805, and was made a King's 
 Counsel in 1822. He was appointed a Sergeant in 
 1826, and was Attorney-General from 1830 to 1835, 
 and from 1841 to 1842, when he was raised to the 
 Bench. He was Master of the Rolls from 1842 to 
 1846, Lord Chief Justice from 1846 to 1852, and 
 Lord Chancellor in 1852. He was appointed the 
 first Lord Justice of Appeal in 1856, and held that 
 office until again appointed Lord Chancellor in 
 1866. He resigned the Chancellorship in 1867. 
 He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dub- 
 lin from 1852. He m., 1809, Jane (d. 1872), 
 dau. of William Martley, Esq., M.D., and had issue 
 1. William Hartley, m. Mary, dau. of the Rev. 
 William Thorpe, D.D., d. May 8, 1868, leaving 
 issue; 2. Francis, o. s. p., 1863; 3. Edward, of Rath- 
 farnham Castle, Q.C., J.P. Co. Dublin, m., 1857, 
 Georgiana, dau. of Robert Graves, Esq., of Merrion 
 Square, and has issue ; 4. Frederick John, of Renny 
 House, Co. Cork, m., 1856, Annette, dau. of Eardley 
 Hall, Esq., of Wilmington, Essex, d. Oct., 1863, 
 and had issue ; 5. John Henry, m., 1857, Elizabeth, 
 dau. of Anthony Crofton, Esq. ; 6. Arthur, o.s.p. ; 
 7. Alicia Catherine, m. Captain George Daniell, R.N. 
 (p. 106); 8. Jane Isabella, m., T. C., Oct. 25, 1845, 
 Thomas Rice Henn, Esq., Q.C., Recorder of Galway, 
 of Paradise Hill, Co. Clare; 9. Elizabeth Mary 
 (bapt. T. C.), m. Edward Perceval Westby, Esq., D.L. 
 (p. 151) ; 10. Adelaide Frances (bapt. T. C.), d.unm. 
 Mr. Blackburne d. Sept. 17, 1867, and was bur. at 
 Mount Jerome.
 
 PAEISHIONEES. 157 
 
 In the Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography 
 (vol. i., p. 600) Dr. John Francis Waller thus wrote 
 of Mr. Blackburne : 
 
 " His statements were masterpieces of forensic eloquence, 
 singularly lucid, simple, and brief ; he placed every fact 
 before the Court in the clearest light, and drew his con- 
 clusions with a force that was irresistible ; while the power 
 of his calm, self-possessed, and solemn eloquence was deeply 
 impressive. But in his judicial position all these faculties 
 attained their perfection. His calmness rose to imperturbable 
 deliberation, his self-possession to dignity, and the quiet, 
 melodious tones of his voice gave force to the dispassionate 
 and impartial judgments which he delivered." 
 
 It is impossible, however, within the scope of 
 this History to give any extract which would do 
 justice to Mr. Blackburne's attainments, and to the 
 consummate ability and dignity with which he 
 filled all the highest judicial offices. To form a 
 true estimate of his character and of his services 
 to his country, the reader must consult larger works, 
 and is referred to the Life of Francis Blackburne, 
 by his son (Lon., 1874), and to biographical notes 
 in the Dictionary of National Biography (vol. v., 
 p. 122), and in Burke's Lord Chancellors of Ireland. 
 
 EIGHT HON. ABRAHAM BREWSTEE, 1855-74. 
 This distinguished leader of the Irish Bar, who 
 became Lord Chancellor of Ireland, resided at 
 Eoebuck Grove,* from the year 1855 until his 
 
 * Previously called Koebuck House. Mr. Brewster pur- 
 chased the place from the representatives of Sir John 
 Power (q. v.).
 
 158 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 death. He was son of William Bagenal Brewster, 
 Esq., by his wife Mary, dau. of Thomas Bates, 
 Esq., and was b. in April, 1796. He entered 
 T.C.D., and graduated B.A., 1817, and M.A., 1847. 
 He was c. to the Bar in 1819, and was made a 
 K.C. in 1835. He was appointed Law Adviser in 
 1841, Solicitor-General in 1846, and was Attorney- 
 General from Jan., 1853 to 1855. In July, 1866, 
 he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal, and in 
 March in the following year Lord Chancellor, which 
 office he continued to hold until the resignation of 
 the Government in Dec., 1868. He d. July 26, 
 1874, and was bur. at Tullow, Co. Carlow. He 
 m. Mary Anne (d. Nov. 24, 1862), dau. of Kobert 
 Gray, Esq., by whom he had issue 1. William 
 Bagenal, Colonel ; 2. Elizabeth Mary, in. Henry 
 French, Esq., and had issue one son, Eobert 
 Abraham, who has assumed the name of Brewster. 
 See Dictionary of National Biography t vol. vi., 
 p. 299, and Burke's Lord Chancellors of Ireland. 
 
 " One of the ablest advocates which the Irish Bar has 
 produced during the present century. . . . His manage- 
 ment of the public business was always honest, firm, and 
 unswerving, and no imputation of favouritism was ever 
 made against him." The Times, July 28, 1874. 
 
 "It is of course impossible to learn from a report the 
 effect or force of a legal argument ; but those who have been 
 the contemporaries of Mr. Brewster can speak of the strength 
 and power of his handling of cases on either side of the 
 Hall of the Four Courts, the incisive force of his points, the 
 weight of his argumentation, and his readiness for every 
 emergency. Whether it was a new trial motion, a bill of 
 exception, or a dry legal argument, he was ever ready, ever
 
 PARISHIONERS. 159 
 
 fortified ; and when he gave up Common Law business, and 
 confined himself to Chancery instead, he assumed and took 
 the lead of that Court, which he maintained until the repose 
 of the Bench gratefully rewarded him." Dublin University 
 Magazine, 1874 (p. 652). 
 
 RIGHT HON. WILLIAM BROOKE, 1852-81. 
 This eminent lawyer, churchman, and philan- 
 thropist resided at Taney Hill House for nearly 
 thirty years. He was the eldest son of William 
 Brooke, Esq., M.D., by his wife Angel, dau. of 
 Captain Edward Perry, and was b. in 1796. He 
 was educated at the Eev. John Fea's School, and 
 having entered T.C.D., he won a Scholarship in 
 1812, and graduated B.A. in 1814, taking the Gold 
 Medal awarded for a distinguished collegiate career. 
 In 1871 the degree of LL.D. honoris causa was 
 conferred on him by the University. He was c. to 
 the Bar in 1817, made a King's Counsel in 1835, 
 and a Bencher of the King's Inns in 1846. In the 
 same year he was appointed a Master of Chancery. 
 In 1874, when the Great Seal of Ireland was in 
 Commission, he acted as one of the Commissioners, 
 and was then created a Privy Councillor. After 
 the passing of the Irish Church Act he took a pro- 
 minent and active part in the formation of a Con- 
 stitution for the Irish Church, and in the debates 
 of the Synod on the Revision of the Prayer Book. 
 He was elected one of the Diocesan Nominators of 
 the Diocese of Dublin. He m., first, 1819, Emily 
 Margaret, only dau. of Robert Rogers Wilmot, 
 Esq., by his wife Eliza (who d. 1850), dau. of
 
 160 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 the Rev. John Chetwode, of Glanmire, Co. Cork, 
 and had issue 1. Robert Wilmot, Lt.-Colonel, 
 60th Rifles, m., first, Elizabeth, only daughter of 
 Sir Duncan Macgregor, K.C.B., and had issue 
 Graham Wilmot, Eardley Wilmot, Lieut. 60th 
 Rifles ; and secondly, Bertha, dau. of Sir Crawford 
 Caffin, K.C.B., and has issue Robert Wilmot, Craw- 
 ford Wilmot ; 2. Henry Edward, in H.O., m. Maria, 
 dau. of Rev. John A. Jetter, Vicar of Trowbridge, 
 Salop, and has issue William Montagu, Henry 
 Sinclair, in H.O., Margaret Graham; 3. Charles 
 Francis, Lieut. 40th Regt., fell in the New Zealand 
 War, 1860 ; 4. Caroline Hamilton, m. Bartholomew 
 Clifford Lloyd, Esq., Q.C., and has issue Clifford, 
 William Chetwode, Lt.-Col., Humphrey Wilmot, 
 Alfred Robert, Major, Arthur Brooke, Frederick 
 Charles, Captain, Emily, m. Major Wynne, Con- 
 stance, Florence, Caroline, m. Captain Anson 
 Schomberg, R.N. He m., secondly, in 1853, Cathe- 
 rine Anne Daschkaw (d. Oct. 25, 1882), dau. of 
 Rev. William Bradford, by his wife Matilda, dau. 
 of Edward Wilmot, Esq. He rf. Aug. 19, 1881, 
 and was bur. at Mount Jerome. 
 
 " One of the best friends of the Church of Ireland, a dis- 
 tinguished member of the Bar, and a kindly, upright Irish 
 gentleman. . . . His death will be received with a 
 general feeling of regret by all who knew his sterling worth, 
 kindly qualities, and charitable disposition." Dublin Even- 
 ing Mail, Aug. 22, 1881. 
 
 A very handsome monument to Master Brooke's 
 memory was erected in 1882 in St. Patrick's
 
 PARISHIONERS. 161 
 
 Cathedral by a number of his friends. The idea of 
 the design is borrowed from a Venetian window. 
 In the centre on a white marble tablet is the 
 following inscription : 
 
 " In loving memory of the Eight Honble. William Brooke, 
 LL.D., for many years a Master of the High Court of Chancery, 
 and subsequently a Commissioner of the Great Seal of Ire- 
 land. Born July 22, 1796, died Aug. 19, 1881. 
 
 " Throughout a long and useful life he ' adorned the 
 doctrine of God our Saviour in all things,' and having to 
 its close rejoiced in the faithfulness of Him whose word was 
 his constant support, he died in perfect peace. ' Casting 
 all your care upon Him ; for He careth for you.' 1 Peter 
 v. 7." 
 
 MR. JUSTICE BURTON, 1825-47. 
 
 The Hon. Charles Burton was for many years a 
 parishioner, and lived at Mount Anville.* This 
 distinguished judge was an Englishman by birth, 
 descended from the ancient family of Burton of 
 Leicestershire (see B.L.G., 1846), and was b. Oct. 
 16, 1760. He was c. to the Irish Bar in 1792, and 
 was made a King's Counsel in 1806. He was 
 appointed successively 3rd Sergeant on Oct. 30, 
 1817, 1st Sergeant on Dec. 1, 1818, and a Justice 
 of the King's Bench on Dec. 2, 1820. He m., 
 1787, Miss Anna Andrews, who d. March 10, 1822, 
 and had an only daughter, Eliza Felicia, who m. at 
 
 * It is now the Sacred Heart Convent. Judge Burton 
 purchased the place from the representatives of Mr. Daniel 
 Beere (p. 98), and after the Judge's death his representa- 
 tives sold it to Mr. Dargan (q. v.), who sold it to the trustees 
 of the convent. 
 
 M
 
 162 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Nov. 8, 1819, John 
 Beatty West, Esq., Q.C., M.P. for the City of Dublin 
 (d. 1842), and who had a son, Charles Burton, and 
 several daughters. Judge Burton d. on Dec. 10, 
 1847, and was bur. in St. Peter's. 
 
 " He filled the very highest place as a lawyer. ... As 
 a judge he fully sustained the high character he acquired at 
 the bar. Calm, dignified, and impartial, he turned neither 
 to the right nor left in dealing out rigid justice." Annual 
 Register, Ixxxix., p. 272; also see Gentleman's Magazine, 
 vol. xxix. (N. S.), p. 198. 
 
 ABRAHAM COLLES, M.D., 1816-42. 
 
 Mr. Colles, one of the most eminent of the great 
 surgeons of Dublin, resided at Donnybrook Cottage, * 
 which is in the townland of Roebuck, for many 
 years. He was the second son of William Colles, 
 Esq., was b. in Kilkenny on July 23, 1773, and 
 was educated at the Endowed School in that town. 
 He came to Dublin, and took out the Diploma of 
 the College of Surgeons in 1795; he then proceeded 
 to Scotland, and took out the degree of M.D. in the 
 University of Edinburgh, and subsequently studied 
 in London. On his return to Dublin, he was ap- 
 pointed Kesident Surgeon to Steevens' Hospital, of 
 which institution he was afterwards the Visiting 
 Surgeon. In 1804 he was appointed Lecturer on 
 Anatomy and Surgery in the Royal College of Sur- 
 geons, and in 1826 became Professor of Surgery. 
 
 * Now called St. Margaret's. Mr. Colles sold the house to 
 Judge Plunket (q. r.).
 
 PABISHIONEBS. 163 
 
 He was twice President of the College. In 1835 he 
 resigned his professorship on account of ill-health, 
 and the College presented him with a superb piece 
 of plate, and placed his portrait in their board- 
 room, and his bust in their museum. He was 
 offered a baronetcy in 1839, but declined the 
 honour. He d. on Dec. 1, 1843, and was bur. at 
 Mount Jerome. He m., 1807, Sophia, dau. of the 
 Kev. Jonathan Cope, Rector of Aghascragh, Co. 
 Galway, and had issue 1. William, M.D., M.CH., 
 honoris causa, Eegius Professor of Surgery, T.C.D., 
 m., 1859, Penelope, dau. of Cadwallader Waddy, 
 Esq., M.P., and d. 1892, leaving issue i. Abraham 
 Eichard ; ii. Margaret, m., 1891, Eev. William 
 Beaufoy Stillman; iii. Sophia Cope, ?., 1890, Eev. 
 Herbert Kennedy ; 2. Henry Jonathan Cope, Bar- 
 rister-at-Law, m., 1845, Elizabeth, dau. of John 
 Mayne, Esq. (p. 131), and d. Dec. 25, 1877, leaving 
 issue i. Abraham, M.D., m., 1875, Emily, dau. of 
 Major Alexander Dallas, and granddau. of Eev. 
 Alexander E. C. Dallas, M.D., F.R.C.S.I. ; ii. John 
 Mayne, LL.D., m., 1885, Bessie, dau. of Eev. Charles 
 Dickinson, and granddau. of the Most Eev. Charles 
 Dickinson, D.D., Bishop of Meath ; iii. Henry J. 
 Cope ; iv. Anne Sophia, ???., 1866, Hon. Mr. Justice 
 Bewley; v. Frances, m., 1868, the Eight Hon. 
 Edward Gibson, Baron Ashbourne; vi. Minnie, m., 
 1888, W. S. Burnside, Esq., F.T.C.D., and d. 1890 ; 
 vii. Henrietta Elizabeth, m., 1874, Henry Falconer 
 Grant, Esq. ; viii. Ethel, m., 1888, Joseph H. Moore, 
 Esq. ; 8. Abraham, B.A., m. Anna, dau. of Francis
 
 164 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Hopkins, Esq., of Mitchelstown, J.P., d. 1879 ; 4. 
 Thomas, d. March 30, 1829 ; 5. Eichard, B.A., Bar- 
 rister-at-Law, of Melbourne, m., 1841, Frances, dau. 
 of John Wilmett, Esq., of Bordeaux, Advocate, d. 
 1883; 6. Graves Chamney, M.A., Solicitor, m., first, 
 Mary Anne, dau. of Robert Harrison, Esq., M.D. ; 
 secondly, Saremna, dau. of Rev. John Blower, d. 
 1893 ; 7. Mary Anne, m., in T. C., Aug. 21, 1832, 
 Lt.-Col. James Harrison, Madras Artillery, d. 1850 ; 
 8. Sophia ; 9. Frances Jane, m. James Wall, Esq., 
 of Knockrigg, County Court Judge, Co. Tipperary, 
 d. 1888 ; 10. Maria Jane Cope, d. 1887. 
 
 " The leading features of Mr. Colles's character were solid 
 judgment, manly directness, perfect probity, the soundest of 
 understandings, and the kindest of hearts. In every relation 
 of life he was amiable and upright, nor were his talents more 
 remarkable than his gentleness and modesty." Dublin 
 University Magazine, vol. xxiii., p. 688. 
 
 Also see biographical notices in Webb's Compendium ol 
 Irish Biography, p. 86 ; Dictionary of National Biography, 
 vol. xi., p. 333 ; and Imperial Dictionary of Universal Bio- 
 graphy, vol. i., p. 1090. 
 
 WILLIAM DARGAN, 1851-65. 
 
 A History of the parish would be incomplete 
 without some mention of this well-known and re- 
 markable man, who resided at Mount Anville for 
 a considerable time. He was a native of the Co. 
 Carlow, and was b. in 1799. He was placed in a 
 surveyor's office, and soon acquired a knowledge oi 
 his profession. Having been employed under Tel- 
 ford in the construction of the Holyhead Road, he
 
 PAKISHIONEKS. 165 
 
 returned to Ireland, and commenced business on 
 his own account. He was the original promoter of 
 the Dublin and Kingstown Railway the first line 
 made in Ireland and became the contractor for its 
 construction. He was subsequently the contractor 
 for the Ulster Canal, the Dublin and Drogheda, 
 Great Southern and Western, and Midland Great 
 Western Eailways. The Dublin Exhibition of 
 1853 owed its existence to his generosity ; he ad- 
 vanced enormous sums for its promotion, and lost 
 by it 20,000. At the opening of the Exhibition he 
 was publicly complimented by the Queen,* and was 
 afterwards offered a baronetcy, which he declined. 
 He was a J.P. and D.L. of Dublin. He d. Feb. 7, 
 1867, and was bur. at Glasnevin. He left a widow, 
 who d. June, 1894, but had no children. 
 
 " To follow the career of Mr. Dargan would be to comment 
 on almost every great undertaking in the land. We believe 
 the estimate is not overstated which attributes to him the 
 
 * The Dublin Evening Mail, Aug. 31, 1853, thus describes 
 the Queen's reception of Mr. Dargan: "Her Majesty re- 
 ceived Mr. Dargan with manifest delight. She advanced 
 rapidly to the edge of the platform, warmly congratulated 
 him on the success of his splendid undertaking, and ex- 
 pressed her great pleasure on seeing him on that occasion. 
 The Queen stretched forth her hand as if for the purpose of 
 shaking hands with Mr. Dargan ; but that gentleman's 
 modesty not permitting him to respond to a distinction as 
 great as it was unexpected, he hesitated for an instant, when 
 Her Majesty kindly laid her hand upon his arm, and shook 
 it warmly. The immense assemblage burst out into a 
 unanimous and enthusiastic cheer, which was repeated again 
 and again."
 
 166 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 construction of over one thousand miles of railway, and one 
 hundred miles of canals, embankments, and tunnels. He 
 is one of the most remarkable instances on record not in- 
 frequent as such instances are in modern times of men who 
 are the architects of their own fortunes, and the promoters, 
 at the same time, of the progress and prosperity of the 
 country to which they belong. He possesses, in truth, in a 
 singular degree, the qualities which can alone place a man 
 in the van of civilization and industrial progress. Prompt, 
 sagacious, clear-sighted, and far-seeing, he estimates char- 
 acter by instinct, and is thus seldom mistaken in those whom 
 he selects to carry out his object." Imperial Dictionary of 
 Universal Biography, vol. ii., p. 26. 
 
 Le Farm, in his Seventy Years of Irish Life, in 
 speaking of Mr. Dargan (p. 208), says : 
 
 " I have never met a man more quick in intelligence, more 
 clear-sighted, and more thoroughly honourable." 
 
 Also see Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 
 xiv., p. 54 ; Gentleman's Magazine, vol. ccxxii., 
 p. 888. 
 
 The Queen, when in Ireland for the opening of 
 the Great Exhibition, visited Mr. Dargan at Mount 
 Anville. This event, memorable as the only occa- 
 sion on which the parish has been honoured by a 
 visit from Her Majesty, is thought worthy of record, 
 and an account, somewhat abridged, taken from the 
 Dublin Evening Mail of Aug. 81, 1853, is here 
 inserted : 
 
 " Her Majesty proceeded at a quarter to five o'clock to 
 visit Wm. Dargan, Esq., at his residence Mount Anville. At 
 half-past four o'clock, the two chariots, each drawn by four 
 splendid bays, driven by postilions wearing the Eoyal livery 
 and attended by five outriders, drove round to the principal
 
 PARISHIONERS. 167 
 
 entrance of the Viceregal Lodge. Her Majesty, Prince 
 Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Countess 
 of St. German's entered the first carriage. His Excellency 
 the Lord Lieutenant, the Hon. Miss Bulteel, and the Earl of 
 Granville occupied the second carriage. In a barouche were 
 the officers of the staff in attendance on Her Majesty. The 
 route taken was along the quays, Dame Street, Grafton 
 Street, Nassau Street, Stephen's Green, North and East, 
 Leeson Street, Donnybrook Road by Clonskeagh, and on by 
 Roebuck to Mount Anville, the residence of Mr. Dargan, 
 where Her Majesty and party arrived at half-past five. The 
 cortege proceeded up the splendid avenue of the princely 
 residence at a slow pace. The carriages having been drawn 
 up in front of the principal entrance, the Royal party 
 alighted, and Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of 
 Wales, and Prince Alfred were received by Mr. and Mrs. 
 Dargan. The manner of Her Majesty was exceedingly 
 gracious and courteous, and that of Prince Albert most 
 polite and cordial. Mrs. Dargan having been presented to 
 Her Majesty and Prince Albert, by whom she was most 
 warmly and graciously received, the Royal party were after 
 a time conducted through the splendid mansion to the lofty 
 tower adjoining, from which they obtained a view, not to be 
 surpassed for grandeur, beauty, and variety in the United 
 Kingdom. Her Majesty and His Royal Highness expressed 
 their warmest admiration of the scenery. After paying a 
 visit of more than half-an-hour's duration, the Royal party 
 prepared to return, and the Queen and Prince Albert took 
 leave most graciously of Mr. and Mrs. Dargan. In return- 
 ing the party proceeded at a rapid pace by the route leading 
 through Kilmainham to the Park, and arrived at the Lodge 
 shortly after seven o'clock. " 
 
 EIGHT HON. WILLIAM, BARON DOWNES, 1811-26. 
 
 The parish has never had a more distinguished 
 resident than Lord Downes, who lived at Merville
 
 168 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 for some years ; and, as has been mentioned in an 
 earlier part of this History, he took an active interest 
 in its affairs, and was instrumental in procuring 
 the means of building the present church. His 
 life has been fully recorded in other works, and 
 it is only necessary to state here that he was called 
 to the Bar in 1776, was M.P. for the Borough of 
 Donegal, was appointed a Justice of the King's 
 Bench, 1792, Lord Chief Justice, 1803, and Vice- 
 Chancellor of the University of Dublin, 1806. He 
 resigned the office of Chief Justice in 1822, and 
 was created an Irish Peer in the same year. He d. 
 March 3, 1826, and was bur. in St. Ann's Church, 
 Dublin, in the same tomb with his friend Judge 
 Chamberlaine (p. 103). (See Slacker's Sketches of 
 Booterstown, pp. 122-4, 319-23 ; also biographical 
 notice by Blacker in the Dictionary of National 
 Biography, vol. xv., p. 395.) 
 
 EIGHT HON. ANTHONY FOSTER, circa 1770. 
 Chief Baron Foster resided at, and there is reason 
 to believe was the builder of, Merville,* and from 
 him the adjoining road is called Foster Avenue. 
 He was the son of John Foster, Esq., of Dunleer, 
 Co. Louth, by his wife Elizabeth, youngest dau. of 
 William Fortescue, Esq., of Newrath, Co. Louth, 
 and was b. in 1705. He entered T.C.D., and 
 
 * His town residence was "Kerry House," Molesworth 
 Street, in which he was succeeded by his distinguished son, 
 the last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Gilbert's 
 History of Dublin, vol. iii., p. 260.
 
 PARISHIONERS. 169 
 
 graduated B.A. in 1726. He was called to the Bar 
 in 1732, and made a King's Counsel in 1760. He 
 represented the Borough of Dunleer in Parliament 
 for over twenty years, until returned for the Co. 
 Louth in 1762. He continued to sit for that county 
 until 1765, when he was appointed Chief Baron of 
 the Exchequer. He was created a Privy Councillor. 
 In 1776 he resigned the office of Chief Baron, and 
 d. on April 3, 1778. He m., first, Feb. 25, 1736, 
 Elizabeth (d. July 30, 1744), younger dau. of 
 William Burgh, Esq., of Dublin, and had issue 1. 
 John,* last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, 
 created Baron Oriel in 1821, m., 1764, Margaret 
 Amelia, dau. of Thomas Burgh, Esq., M.P., of Bert, 
 Co. Kildare, and d. Aug. 23, 1828 ; 2. William,! 
 D.D., Bishop of Cork, and subsequently of Kilmore 
 and of Clogher, Chaplain to the Irish House of 
 Commons, m. Catherine Letitia (d. 1814), dau. of 
 Eev. Henry Leslie, and d. 1797 ; 3. Margaret, m. 
 Eight I Rev. and Hon. Henry Maxwell, Bishop of 
 Meath, and d. 1792. He ?., secondly, July 29, 
 1749, Dorothea, dau. of Thomas Burgh, Esq., of 
 Oldtown, M.P., Naas, and by her had no issue. (See 
 Foster's Peerage, 1881, under Massereene ; and 
 Foster, Eev. Sir Cavendish, Bart. ; and in B. P., 
 1830, under Ferrard, Viscount.) 
 
 * See Dictionary of National Biography, vol. xx., p. 56. 
 t See Cotton's Fasti, &c., vol. i., p. 234 ; vol. iii., pp. 83, 
 170, and "Brady's Records of Cork, vol. iii., p. 81. 
 j Thus styled in the Meath Register. 
 See Cotton's Fasti, &c., vol. iii., pp. 123, 174, 284.
 
 170 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Chief Baron Foster did not confine his attention 
 to his profession ; he took a practical interest in 
 agriculture, and was remarkable in the age in 
 which he lived for advanced views on the manage- 
 ment of property. Arthur Young calls him a 
 " prince of improvers," and gives a long account 
 of a visit which he paid in July, 1776, to the Chief 
 Baron on his estate at Collon in the Co. Louth. 
 He says that twenty years previously it was a waste 
 sheep-walk, covered with heath, and inhabited by 
 people as miserable as can be conceived, and 
 describes this barren wilderness, at the time of his 
 visit, as a sheet of corn, a country smiling with 
 cultivation, and planted with a happy and indus- 
 trious tenantry. The operations in reclaiming the 
 estate were of a magnitude such as Young had 
 never heard of before ; enormous quantities of 
 lime had been laid on the land, miles of fences and 
 roads had been constructed, many acres of planta- 
 tions had been made under the direction of the 
 Chief Baron's son, and " a new race of tenantry had 
 been nursed up." The Chief Baron gave Young " a 
 variety of information uncommonly valuable ;" he 
 told him that he had found raising rents quickened 
 the industry of the tenantry, set them searching 
 for manures, and made them better farmers, and 
 was of opinion an opinion which would not find 
 much acceptance in the present day that it was 
 one of the greatest causes of the improvement of 
 Ireland. Arthur Young's Tour in Ireland, ed. by 
 A. W. Button, Lon., 1892, vol. i., pp. 110 et seq.
 
 PARISHIONERS. 171 
 
 MR. JUSTICE Fox, 1812-19. 
 The Hon. Luke Fox, one of the Justices of the 
 Common Pleas, resided at Trimleston for several 
 years. He was the son of Michael Fox, Esq., and 
 was b. in Leitrim in 1757. He entered T.C.D. on 
 July 8, 1773, and having won a Scholarship in 
 1777, graduated B.A. in 1779. He was c. to the 
 Bar in 1784, and appointed a King's Counsel in 
 1795. He sat in the Irish Parliament as member 
 for the Borough of Fethard, in the Co. Wexford, 
 from 1795 to 1797, for the Borough of Clonmines, 
 in the same county, from 1797 to 1799, and for the 
 Manor of Mullingar from 1799 to 1800. He was 
 appointed a Justice of the Common Pleas, March, 
 1801, and continued to occupy that position until 
 he resigned in 1816. He d. suddenly at Har- 
 rogate, where he had gone for the benefit of his 
 health, on Aug. 26, 1819. He m. in 1791, at Eath- 
 farnham Castle, Miss Annesley, niece to the Eight 
 Hon. Lord Viscount Loftus. 
 
 SIR JOHN FRANKS, 1836-51. 
 Sir John Franks, of St. Brigid's,* was the second 
 son of Thomas Franks, Esq., of Ballymagooly, by 
 
 * St. Brigid's was occupied by Sir John's elder brother, 
 Matthew Franks, Esq., who purchased it in 1806, before it 
 became 'his residence. It has since remained in the pos- 
 session of the Franks family, and is now the residence of his 
 grand-nephew, Thomas Cuthbert Franks, Esq., Solicitor, 
 ex-President of the Incorporated Law Society, and J.P. Co. 
 Dublin. (See Franks of Carrig, B.L.G., 1894.)
 
 172 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Catherine, dau. of Kev. John Day, and sister of the 
 Hon. Mr. Justice Day. He was l>. in 1770, and 
 having entered T.C.D., he graduated B.A., 1788, and 
 LL.B., 1791. He was c. to the Bar in 1792, and 
 went the Minister Circuit. In 1822 he was made 
 a King's Counsel, and in 1825 he was appointed 
 Judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta. He was 
 presented to the King on his appointment, and 
 received the honour of Knighthood. He returned 
 from India in 1835. He m., first, Catherine, dau. 
 of Thomas Franks, Esq., of Carrig, Co. Cork, and 
 had issue 1. John, D.L., m. Eleanora, dau. of 
 William Whitmore, Esq., and d. 1881, leaving 
 issue ; 2. Matthew, llth Dragoons, m. Louisa, dau. 
 of Captain Koche, and d. t leaving issue; 3. Margaret, 
 m. Ven. John Hawtayne, Archdeacon of Bombay ; 
 4. Catherine, m. Thomas Montgomery, Esq. ; 5. 
 Lucy, m. Henry Holroyd, Esq. He m., secondly, 
 Jane, dau. of John Marshall, Esq. ; and thirdly, 
 Sarah Wollaston (d. Feb. 22, 1874, bur. T. G.), 
 dau. and co-heir of William O'Began, Esq. Sir 
 John d. Jan. 10, 1852, and is bur. in T. G. (p. 34). 
 
 " Upon his appointment to the Indian Bench in 1825, he 
 was presented with an address from all his brethren of the 
 Munster Bar, breathing the most cordial sentiments of affec- 
 tion and respect ; and before his final departure from the 
 East, he was presented with similar testimonies to his 
 ability and worth. ... As a companion his conversa- 
 tion was always attractive. In addition to his stores of 
 general knowledge, derived from books and from the expe- 
 rience of a long life, he brought a quality of his own which 
 individualized his thoughts and diction a peculiar aboriginal
 
 PARISHIONERS. 173 
 
 wit, quiet, keen, and natural to the occasion, and, best of 
 all, never malignant." Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xxxvii. 
 (N. S.), p. 408 ; also see Dictionary of National Biography, 
 vol. xx., p. 198. 
 
 Sm EDWARD GROGAN, BART., 1875-91. 
 
 Sir Edward Grogan resided at Ballintyre for 
 nearly twenty years. He was the eldest son of 
 John Grogan, Esq., by his wife Sarah, dau. of 
 Charles Dowling Medlicott, Esq. (B.P., 1895, p. 641.) 
 Having entered T.C.D., he graduated B.A., 1823, 
 M.A., 1833. He was c. to the Bar in 1840. In 
 1841 he was elected M.P. for Dublin, and represented 
 the City for nearly a quarter of a century until 1865. 
 He was created a Baronet, April 23, 1859, and was 
 a D.L. of Dublin. He d. Jan. 26, 1891, and was 
 bur. at Mount Jerome. He ?., July 27, 1867, 
 Catherine Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir Beresford 
 Burston MacMahon, Bart., and had issue 1. 
 Edward Ion Charles, the present Baronet ; 2. 
 Maria Katharine Nina ; 3. Sarah Madeleine ; 4. 
 Aileen Edward Sybil Teresa. 
 
 " His keen and close attention to business, and his uncom- 
 promising adherence to the party to which he had attached 
 himself by conviction, commanded the respect of friends 
 and opponents alike." Daily Express, Jan. 27, 1891. 
 
 LIEUT.-GENERAL HENRY HALL, C.B., 1839-75. 
 
 General Hall, who resided at Merville from 1839 
 until his death, was the fourth son of the Vene- 
 rable Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, by
 
 174 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Christiana Traill, niece of the Eight Eev. Dr. 
 Traill, Bishop of Down. (See Hall of Mairwara, 
 B.L.G., 1863.) He was b. Sept. 11, 1789, entered 
 the Army in 1804, and went to India in the follow- 
 ing year. He was successively lieutenant, captain, 
 major, and colonel in the Bengal Army. He saw 
 much active service, and displayed great bravery in 
 several expeditions against the native chiefs. In 
 1822 he was appointed Governor of Mairwara, and 
 in the subjugation and civilization of that province 
 exhibited remarkable administrative ability. He 
 continued to hold that position until 1835, when he 
 returned from India. He was made a C.B. in 1838, 
 and became a Major-General, and subsequently, in 
 1858, a Lieutenant-General. He was J.P. for the 
 Cos. of Dublin and Galway. He d. Aug., 1875. 
 He m., 1827, Sarah (d. 1847), eldest dau. of 
 General Fagan, Adjutant-General of the Bengal 
 Army, and had issue 1. Henry Edward, Captain 
 13th Light Infantry, served in the Crimean War 
 and Indian Mutiny, m., Nov. 23, 1858, Annie, only 
 child of Col. T. Moore, Bengal Army, and <l. Feb., 
 1869, having had issue i. Henry Thomas, Captain 
 18th Hussars, m. Lizzie Annie, eldest dau. of Major 
 John Joseph Lopdell, of Eaheen Park, Galway ; ii. 
 Charles Henry Edward ; iii. Arthur Francis ; iv. 
 Clara Annie Isabella ; 2. Christopher James Traill, 
 o. s.p., 1854 ; 3. Eliza Margaret (d. July 14, 1885), 
 m., T. C., Jan. 30, 1855, the Eev. Macnevin Brad- 
 shaw, M.A., sometime Eector of Clontarf ; 4. Annie, 
 d. unm.
 
 PARISHIONERS. 175 
 
 A full account of General Hall's career as a 
 soldier and as an administrator will be found in the 
 Story of Mairwara (Lon., 1868). The author, in 
 speaking of his character, says (p. 127) : 
 
 " In advanced years he retains and exhibits the energy, 
 the assiduity, the benevolence, the active beneficence, and 
 the unfailing judgment, which in other days achieved for 
 him such great results in India." 
 
 SIR EGBERT HARTY, BART., 1826-32. 
 Sir Eobert Harty was only for a short time a 
 parishioner, owing to his premature death ; but the 
 residence of his family, since his decease, at Pros- 
 pect Hall has identified the name of Harty with 
 Dundrum. Sir Eobert was a well-known citizen 
 of Dublin. He was an Alderman ; High Sheriff 
 in 1811, and Lord Mayor in 1830. He was 
 elected M.P. for the City in 1831, and on Sept. 30 
 of that year was created a baronet. He m., March 
 21, 1807, Elizabeth (<l June 9, 1875), eldest dau. 
 of John Davis, Esq., of Eden Park, and had issue 
 1. Eobert, the present baronet, m., Jan. 6, 1857, 
 Sophy, dau. of Eev. Samuel G. Fairtlough, Ecctor 
 of Ahinagh, Co. Cork, and had issue i. Eobert 
 Way, o. s.p., July 22, 1879; ii. Caroline Elizabeth 
 Josephine; iii. Isabella Henrietta; 2. Marcus, C.E., 
 o.s.p., Dec., 1879 ; 3. Charles Allsop, o.s.p., July 
 20, 1840 ; 4. Henry Lockington, J.P. Co. Dublin, of 
 Casino,* m., 1854, Anna (d. March 11, 1880), dau. 
 
 * Casino was the country residence of Dr. Robert Emmet, 
 the father of Thomas Addis and Robert Emmet, and his 
 name appears in the applotments for the Church cess, under
 
 176 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 of Henry Davis, Esq., and has issue i. Allsop 
 Frederick ; ii. Lionel Lockington ; iii. Paulina 
 Ehoda ; iv. Elizabeth Kathleen ; 5. Louisa Matilda, 
 m., Aug. 11, 1846, George Haigh, Esq. (d. 1883), 
 of Bemerside, Yorkshire ; 6. Elizabeth Henrietta ; 
 7. Adelaide Emma Jane, m., T. C., Dec. 13, 1859, 
 George Henry Haigh, Esq. (d. 1887), Grainsby 
 Hall, Lincoln. Sir Eobert d. Oct. 10, 1832. 
 
 SIR EGBERT KANE, 1856-73. 
 Sir Eobert Kane resided at Wyckham for a num- 
 ber of years. He was b. in 1810, and having 
 entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1835, and LL.D., 
 1868. He was a Fellow of the King and Queen's 
 College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Eoyal 
 Society, and a Member of the Eoyal Irish Academy. 
 He was appointed President of the Queen's College, 
 Cork, in 1845, and Director of the Museum of Irish 
 Industry in the same year. In 1846 he received 
 the honour of Knighthood. He d. in Dublin on 
 Feb. 16, 1890. He m., 1838, Katharine (d. 1886), 
 dau. of Henry Baily, Esq. 
 
 SIR EDWARD HUDSON HUDSON-KINAHAN, BART., 
 
 1873-92. 
 
 This well-known citizen of Dublin, who was for 
 many years one of her most prominent public men, 
 
 the townland of " Farmbolie," from 1794 until his death, 
 which occurred in Oct., 1802. His son Eobert returned to 
 Ireland about that time from the Continent, where he had 
 gone after the rising of 1798, and remained at Casino in 
 seclusion for some months. It is said he formed hiding- 
 places between the floors of the rooms. Webb's Compen- 
 dium of Irish Biography, p. 169.
 
 PARISHIONEBS. 177 
 
 purchased Wyckham in 1873, and resided there 
 until his death. He took an active part in every 
 movement for the advancement of the material 
 pi'osperity of his city and country, and was a muni- 
 ficent supporter of all charitable institutions. In 
 his political opinions he was a Conservative, and, as 
 a much esteemed member of his party, his counsel 
 and assistance were sought and greatly valued in all 
 times of emergency. He was the second son of 
 Robert Henry Kinahan, Esq., Lord Mayor of Dub- 
 lin, 1853, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of Edward 
 Hudson. Esq., M.D. (p. 121), and was b. Nov. 27, 
 1828. He was a J.P. for the City and Co. of Dublin, 
 and for the Co. of Cork. He was High Sheriff 
 of Dublin, 1868, of the Co". Dublin, 1875, and of 
 the Queen's Co., 1892. He was created a baronet, 
 Sept. 26, 1887, and assumed, by royal license, Oct., 
 1887, the prefix of Hudson. He d. at Maryborough, 
 where he was attending the Assizes as High Sheriff 
 of the Queen's Co., on March 8, 1892, and was bur. 
 at Mount Jerome. He m., May 12, 1863, Emily 
 Isabella, dau. of the Eev. Daniel Dickinson, M.A., 
 Rector of Seapatrick, Co. Down, and had issue 
 1. Edward Hudson, the present baronet; 2. Robert 
 Henry ; 3. Daniel Dickinson ; 4. George Frederick 
 (bapt. T. C.) ; 5. Cecil Barton (bapt. T. C.) ; 6. 
 Margaretta Emily, d. June 12, 1873 ; 7. Charlotte 
 Hudson, m., T. C., Jan. 22, 1895, Cornelius 
 Richard O'Callaghan, Esq. ; 8. Grace Elizabeth ; 
 9. Emily Margaretta ; 10. Gertrude Isabella Mar- 
 garet; 11. Ellen Louisa Maria ; 12. Eileen Julia.
 
 178 THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 In speaking of Sir Edward, the Daily 
 March 9, 1892, said : 
 
 " Few men who have taken so prominent a part in public 
 life during times of great political excitement have won and 
 retained to so large an extent the respect and honour of their 
 fellow-citizens of all creeds and classes. Although a very 
 firm, courageous, and consistent upholder of Conservative 
 principles, he was never obtrusive in his political attitude, 
 and the bitterest and most sensitive opponent could not find 
 the slightest occasion for offence in his expression of his 
 opinions." 
 
 HON. PATRICK PLUNKET, 1842-59. 
 The Hon. Patrick Plunket, Judge of the Court 
 of Bankruptcy, resided at Donnybrook Cottage,* 
 from 1842 until his death. He was the fifth son 
 of William Conyngham, first Baron Plunket, some- 
 time Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by his wife, 
 Catherine, only dau. of John M'Causland, Esq., 
 M.P. (B. P., 1895). He was b. in 1799, and having 
 entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1821, and M.A., 
 1832. He was called to the bar in 1824. He was 
 appointed a Commissioner of Bankrupts in 1837, 
 and, under legislation in 1858, became a Judge of 
 the Court of Bankruptcy. He d. July 31, 1859. 
 He t., May 24, 1838, Maria, dau. of John Atkin- 
 son, Esq. (p. 28), and had issue 1. William 
 Conyngham, Lieut. 22nd Regt. ; 2. Charles John 
 Cedric, m., Aug. 4, 1881, Alice, third dau. of 
 Francis P. Cupiss, Esq., F.R.C.S. ; 8. Constance 
 Gertrude Maria, m. t Feb. 9, 1866, Richard Mayne 
 Tabuteau, Esq. 
 
 * Now called St. Margaret's (see p. 162).
 
 PARISHIONERS. 179 
 
 SIR JOHN POWER, 1814-55. 
 
 Sir John Power, who was one of O'Connell's most 
 influential supporters, resided at Roebuck House" 
 for over forty years. He was a D.L. and J.P. of 
 Dublin, and was created a Baronet, Oct. 18, 1841. 
 He d. June 26, 1855. He m., Sept. 26, 1799, Mary 
 (d. 1834), eldest dau. of Thomas Brenan, Esq., 
 and had issue 1. James, the second Baronet, D.L. 
 and J.P., M.P. for Co. Wexford, m. Jane Anna Eliza, 
 dau. of John Hyacinth Talbot, Esq., D.L. and M.P., 
 and d. Sept. 30, 1877, leaving issue (see B.P., 
 1895); 2. Mary, d. unm. ; 3. Catherine, m. Sir 
 Nicholas FitzSimon, M.P. ; 4. Margaret, m. Francis 
 Augustus Codd, Esq. ; 5. Annetta, m. Thomas S. 
 Coppinger, Esq. ; 6. Eliza, in. John Hyacinth Tal- 
 bot, Esq. ; 7. Emily ; 8. Ellen, m. Joseph Barry, 
 Esq. 
 
 " Simple-hearted and sincere in his manner, upright and 
 liberal in every transaction of life, unbounded and discrimi- 
 nating in his charities, his memory will be long cherished by 
 his family and friends." Dublin Evening Post, June 28, 
 1855. 
 
 " Sagacious, active, and energetic, he dispensed with wise 
 
 munificence an ample fortune He respected 
 
 conscientious difference of sentiment, and lived on terms 
 the most friendly with those of opposite views." Freeman's 
 Journal, June 27, 1855. 
 
 WHITLEY STOKES, M.D., 1806-31. 
 Dr. Whitley Stokes resided in Dundrum for 
 many years, and is buried in Taney Graveyard, 
 
 * Now called Roebuck Grove (see p. 157).
 
 180 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 with several members of bis family. His distinc- 
 tion as a collegian was not less than the eminence 
 he enjoyed as a physician; and he is one of the few 
 instances in which a Fellow of T.C.D. filled the 
 chair of Regius Professor of Physic. He was b. in 
 1763, and was educated at the Endowed School, 
 Waterford. He entered T.C.D. , and having won a 
 Scholarship, graduated B.A., 1783, M.A., 1789, and 
 M.D., 1793. He became a Fellow in 1788, and 
 was appointed King's Professor of Practice of 
 Medicine in 1793. In 1816, on becoming a Non- 
 conformist, he resigned his Fellowship, and was 
 appointed Lecturer in Natural History. In 1830 
 he was appointed Regius Professor of Physic. He 
 was instrumental in founding the College Botanical 
 Gardens, and also took a leading part in establish- 
 ing the Zoological Gardens. As a physician he 
 had a large practice, and much distinguished him- 
 self by his treatment of fever during severe 
 epidemics in 1817 and 1827. He d. at his house 
 in Harcourt Street on April 13, 1845. He m. Mary 
 Anne (d. July 13, 1844, bur. T. G.), only dau. of 
 William Picknoll, Esq., and had issue 1. Whitley; 
 2. William, Honorary M.D., Dub.; D.C.L., Oxon.; 
 LL.D., Cantab.; LL.D., Edin. ; three times President 
 of the College of Physicians of Ireland, Regius 
 Professor of Physic, T.C.D., </. Jan. 7, 1878 ; 3. 
 Gabriel ; 4. Henry ; 5. John ; 6. Harriet, <L June 
 10, 1825, bur. T. G. ; 7. Mary Anne, d. Oct. 14, 
 1838, bur. T. G. ; 8. Eliza ; 9. Sarah ; 10. Ellen 
 Honoria, d. Aug. 6, 1880, bur. T. G. (see p. 43).
 
 PARISHIONERS. 181 
 
 Dr. Stokes was a son of the Kev. Gabriel Stokes, 
 D.D., Chancellor of Waterford Cathedral, and Eector 
 of Ardtrea, in the Diocese of Armagh (Cotton's 
 Fasti, vol. i., pp. 148, 191, vol. iv., p. 146), who m. 
 Miss Sarah Boxwell, and had issue 1. Whitley ; 
 2. William, M.D., formerly of Killeshandra, who 
 was bur. T. G., Oct. 20, 1806 ; 8. Gabriel, m. Miss 
 Merrit, and was bur. T. G., April 18, 1848, leaving 
 issue Gabriel, bur. T. G., June 13, 1853 ; 4. Harriet ; 
 5. Eliza, lur. T. G., March 25, 1846. 
 
 " A man who conferred many and great benefits on society 
 in Ireland, and whose body, soul, and spirit were for years 
 devoted to the pursuit of means to promote the moral 
 interests and develop the physical resources of his country, 
 and who was so far in advance of the times in which he 
 lived, that it is now only we can appreciate what he strove 
 for during a long life ; and we are now reaping the benefits 
 of that for which he endured years of toil, obloquy, and 
 even persecution to accomplish. . . . Doctor Stokes was 
 through a long life a strenuous advocate of the liberties, not 
 only of his country, but of mankind. He was the uncom- 
 promising enemy of tyranny, whether despotic or democratic. 
 He was the first successful teacher of medicine in Ireland, as 
 well as the founder of clinical medical instruction." Dublin 
 University Magazine, vol. xxvi., p. 202. 
 
 The above extract is taken from a most interest- 
 ing memoir in the University Magazine; also see 
 a biographical notice in Webb's Compendium of Irish 
 Biography, p. 502, and Stubbs's History of the 
 University of Dublin, pp. 294, et seq. 
 
 ..JOHN EDWARD VERNON, 1854-87. 
 Mr. Vernon, as agent to the Pembroke Estates, 
 resided for many years at Mount Merrion. He was
 
 182 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 the eldest son of the Eev. John Fane Vernon, by 
 his wife Frances, dau. of the Bight "Rev. John 
 Kearney, D.D., Bishop of Ossory. (See Vernon of 
 Clontarf, B.L.G., 1895.) He was ft. in 1816, and 
 having entered T.C.D., graduated B.A., 1838, and 
 M.A., 1865. He was J.P., D.L., and High Sheriff, 
 1864, of Cavan, and J.P. for the Cos. Dublin, 
 Wicklow, and Monaghan. He was some time a 
 Director and Governor of the Bank of Ireland. In 
 1881 he was appointed one of the Land Commis- 
 sioners. He d. March 7, 1887. He m., first, July 
 2, 1846, Harriet, youngest dau. of the Eight Rev. 
 John Leslie, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore, by his wife 
 Isabella, dau. of the Hon. and Eight Eev. Thomas 
 St. Lawrence, Bishop of Cork, and had issue 1. 
 John Fane, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, J.P., and High 
 Sheriff, 1890, Co. Cavan, and J.P., Co. Dublin, m., 
 May 11, 1882, Thomasina Georgina, dau. of Eev. 
 Canon Henry Joy Tombe, D.D. ; 2. Edward Saunder- 
 son, m., 1882, Miss Georgina Eich ; 3. Isabella 
 Frances, m., T. C., June 24, 1875, Henry Chichester 
 Tisdall, Esq. ; 4. Charlotte Diana, </. Dec. 19, 1867. 
 He m. secondly, T. C., Nov. 17, 1857, Maria Esther, 
 eldest dau. of the Hon. George F. Pomeroy-Colley, 
 and had issue (bapt. T. C.) 1. George Arthur 
 Pomeroy, LL.D. ; 2. Walter Pomeroy, d. Oct. 10, 
 1890; 3. Anna Lilian ; 4. Helen Eose ; 5. Blanche. 
 " A public man of high talents and character. . . His 
 appointment as a Land Commissioner was one for which his 
 natural talents, experience, independence, and strict probity 
 fitted him. As agent of the Pembroke Estates, he had long 
 been noted for his practical recognition of the duties as well
 
 PAEISHIONEES. 183 
 
 as the rights of property, and no Irish estate was better 
 administered. . . . His death brings to a close a most 
 useful life, and cannot but be regarded as a distinct loss to 
 his country." Dublin Evening Mail, March 8, 1887. 
 
 JOHN, BAKON TRIMLESTON, circa 1534. 
 
 D'Alton states that John, the 3rd Baron of Trim- 
 leston, resided in the Castle of Roebuck.* He was 
 the grandson of Eobert, 1st Baron of Trimleston, 
 who m. Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Christopher 
 le Brune, of " Rabo " or Roebuck, and, there is no 
 doubt, was the owner of the estate which remained 
 in the possession of the Trimleston family until the 
 beginning of the present century. In 1509 he was 
 appointed second Justice of the King's Bench in 
 Ireland, in 1522 Vice- Treasurer of Ireland, in 1524 
 High Treasurer of Ireland, and in 1534 Lord 
 Chancellor of Ireland. He m. four times, his first 
 wife being Jane, dau. of John Bellew, Esq., of 
 
 * Brewer, in his Beauties of Ireland, p. 213, says the 
 building was nearly destroyed in the wars of 1641, whilst the 
 property of Matthew Barnewall, Lord Trimleston, but has 
 been since restored. Lewis, in his Topographical Dictionary 
 of Ireland, ed. 1837, vol. L, p. 518, says it was occupied by 
 James II. and the Duke of Berwick when they encamped in 
 the neighbourhood. He mentions that it was repaired about 
 1790 by the then Lord Trimleston, who fitted up one of the 
 apartments, a noble room, 50 feet in length, as a theatre, 
 and that it was purchased about ten years afterwards by 
 Mr. James Crofton (p. 105), who pulled down a portion of the 
 buildings; and modernised the remainder, of which the room 
 mentioned, then used as a drawing-room, was the only 
 remaining part of the old castle.
 
 184 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Bellewstown, and d. in 1538. (D'Alton's History 
 of the County Dublin, p. 809 ; B.P., 1895 ; Burke's 
 Lord Chancellors of Ireland, p. 38.) 
 
 THOMAS WALLACE, K.C., 1820-47. 
 
 Mr. Wallace, who purchased Belfield, Stillorgan 
 Eoad, which is still in the possession of his son, 
 from the executors of Mr. Peter Digges La Touche 
 (p. 123), was one of the distinguished Nisi Prius 
 lawyers of his time. He was the son of James 
 Wallace, Esq., of Bristol, and was b. 1766. He 
 entered T.C.D. on July 7, 1789, taking first place 
 at entrance. He won a Scholarship in 1791, and 
 graduated B.A. in 1793, and LL.B. and LL.D. in 1815. 
 He was c. to the Bar in 1798, and was made a 
 King's Counsel in 1816. In 1827 he was returned 
 to Parliament as member for Yarmouth, and con- 
 tinued to represent that borough until 1830. He 
 sat for Drogheda from 1831 to 1832, and was one 
 of the members for the Co. Carlow from 1832 to 
 1835. He d. at Belfield, Jan. 9, 1847. He m. 
 Katharine (d. May 20, 1857), dau. of John Chap- 
 man, Esq., of Castle Mifcchel, Co. Kildare, and 
 granddaughter of Sir Eobert Waller, Bart., of New- 
 port, and had issue 1. Thomas, B.A., T.C.D. , c. to 
 the Bar, subsequently took Holy Orders, and was 
 sometime Curate of St. Michan'sand St. Thomas', 
 and Incumbent of Kill, Diocese of Dublin, from 
 1865 to 1890, m. at Beaumaris, April 6, 1847, 
 Sophia Mary (d. July 23, 1894), third dau. of the 
 Eev. William Eoberts, Eector of Llanfaelog, in
 
 PARISHIONERS. 185 
 
 Anglesey, and granddaughter of the Ven. Thomas 
 Koberts, Archdeacon of Merioneth, and had issue 
 (bapt. T. C.) i. Thomas William, d. Aug. 13, 1862 ; 
 ii. Eobert Waller, in H. 0., M.A. ; iii. Norris 
 Edmund, B.A., Barrister-at-Law, d. at Capetown, 
 South Africa, May 19, 1883; iv. Charles John, 
 M.A. ;* v. Sophia Elizabeth : vi. Edith Katharine 
 Maria, d. Jan. 7, 1859 ; 2. Martha, m., T. C., Feb. 
 6, 1836, Thomas Higginbotham Thompson, Esq., 
 of Clonskeagh Castle (p. 144). 
 
 Mr. Wallace was author of the following works : 
 Essay on the ^Manufactures of Ireland, Dub., 1798; 
 Variations of English Prose from the Revolution, 
 Trans., Irish Acad., 1796 ; View of the Present State 
 of the Manufactures of Ireland, Dub., 1800 ; Observa- 
 tion on the Discourse of Natural Theology by Lord 
 Brougham, Lon., 1834; I Additional Observations, 
 Dub., 1835 ; Thoughts on the Elements of Civil 
 Government, Lon., 1836. 
 
 Curran, in his Sketches of tJie Irish Bar, gives a 
 most interesting account, written by him in 1826, of 
 Mr. Wallace, then at the head of his profession. 
 He says (p. 334) that 
 
 " He is distinguished for a solid and comprehensive judg- 
 mentfor manly sagacity rather than captious subtilty in 
 
 * Author of The Analogy of Existences and Christianity, 
 Lon., 1892. 
 
 t Archbishop Whately, in one of his letters, says, refer- 
 ring to this book, that Mr. Wallace appears to be a much 
 sounder philosopher than Lord Brougham. (Life of Richard 
 Whately, by his daughter, Lon., 1868, p. 113.)
 
 186 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 argument for the talent (and here he peculiarly excels) of 
 educing an orderly, lucid, and consistent statement out of a 
 chaotic assemblage of intricate and conflicting facts for his 
 knowledge of human nature, both practical and metaphy- 
 sical and along with these for the sustained and authorita- 
 tive force of his language and delivery, which operate as a 
 kind of personal warranty for the soundness of every topic 
 he advances." 
 
 Curran mentions (p. 329) that in the intercourse 
 of private life Mr. Wallace was 
 
 " Of the most frank and familiar manners, an extremely 
 attractive companion, and a warm and constant friend."
 
 CHAPTEE IX. 
 
 SCHOOLS, PARISH OFFICERS, GLEBE HOUSE AND LAND. 
 
 THE earliest record of the existence of a school in 
 the parish is a license issued by Archbishop 
 Fowler on May 7, 1790, appointing, on the nomi- 
 nation of Archdeacon Hastings, Henry Curran as 
 Parish Clerk and " English Schoolmaster " of 
 Taney ; and it is probable that a parochial school 
 was first established in that year. 
 
 The next mention is to be found in the Vestry 
 Book. At a Vestry held on Sept. 25, 1792, a vote 
 of thanks was passed to the Rev. George Horan, 
 A.M., "for his excellent sermon preached here last 
 Sunday for the charity of the school of this parish," 
 and immediately following the minutes of this 
 Vestry are the proceedings at a meeting "of the 
 Treasurer, Governors, and Subscribers to the 
 Charity School of Taney," held on Oct. 7, 1792. 
 The accounts from August, 1790, to September, 
 1792, were presented by the Treasurer, Sir Thomas 
 Lighton, and showed receipts amounting to 145 
 16s. 9d., including a collection of 62 16s. after 
 Mr. Koran's sermon, and an expenditure of only
 
 188 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 <i5 3s. 9d. Mr. Sweetman and Mr. Potts* were 
 then appointed Governors, and the following ex- 
 penditure approved of for the ensuing year : 
 
 Master ... ... 15 
 
 Mistress ... ... 600 
 
 Coals, &c. ... ... 500 
 
 Books, &c 2 10 
 
 For Clothes for any number 
 
 under 80 Boys, sum not 
 
 exceeding ... ... 22 15 
 
 For Food ... ... 15 
 
 Materials for Work ... 10 
 
 Sundries 300 
 
 79 
 
 The history of the schools from 1805 can be 
 easily traced, as the book containing the accounts 
 
 * Mr. James Potts, of Eoebuck (p. 138), and Mr. John 
 Sweetman, of Churchtown. The appointment of the latter 
 a Eoman Catholic shows the liberal principles on which the 
 schools were managed. He was afterwards concerned in the 
 Eebellion of 1798, and the informer, John Hughes, of Bel- 
 fast, in his evidence given before the Secret Committee of 
 the Irish House of Commons, mentions that in April, 1798, 
 Neilson, one of the leaders of the United Irishmen, called 
 on him when in Dublin, and that they went to Sweetman's, 
 near Judge Chamberlaine's, to breakfast. Sweetman was 
 then in prison, but Neilson lived in the house. They drove 
 subsequently in Sweetman's carriage to Mr. Grattan's, at 
 Tinnehinch. A copy of the Report of the Committee is in 
 Marsh's Library, and was presented to it in 1798 by Mr. 
 James Crofton, of the Treasury (p. 105).
 
 SCHOOLS. 189 
 
 from that year until 1858 has been preserved. It 
 was carefully kept, and shows that the necessary 
 funds to support the schools were in the early years 
 provided by an annual sermon, supplemented by 
 some subscriptions. The offertories were large, as 
 the following instances will show : 
 
 1805 90 16 10 
 
 1810 84 7 11 
 
 1815 ... ... ... 112 19 5 
 
 1820 ... 91 19 5 
 
 1825 81 4 8 
 
 1830 ... .. ... 76 12 2 
 
 1835 ... ... ... 63 3 10 
 
 From 1836 to 1858 two sermons were annually 
 preached in aid of the charity ; but the revenue 
 from that source declined, while the receipts from 
 subscriptions increased. 
 
 The sermons were at first advertised in the Dub- 
 lin Newspapers, and particulars about the schools 
 are given in the advertisements. In 1808 42 boys 
 and 42 girls were educated, 75 children were 
 clothed, and 1,606 breakfasts were provided. In 
 1813 63 boys and 80 girls were educated, 75 re- 
 ceived clothing, and 2,795 breakfasts were pro- 
 vided. In 1819 200 children were educated, and 
 80 were clothed. 
 
 It appears from the advertisements that the 
 children were of all persuasions, and that they were 
 instructed in the first principles of Christianity, in 
 reading, writing, and arithmetic, and that the girls
 
 190 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 were taught to sew and knit. In 1817 it was 
 mentioned that the male school would have to be 
 enlarged to accommodate the increasing number 
 under the new master, who was educated in the 
 school of Kildermo. 
 
 In the advertisement in 1814, in addition to the 
 school-work, it is stated that 
 
 " The poor of the parish are constantly supplied with 
 money, and with clothes, blankets, fuels, and provisions at 
 a cheap rate, and a sum of money is lent on securities re- 
 paid by weekly instalments." 
 
 The schools were under the control of the clergy 
 and a treasurer, who sometimes were assisted by a 
 committee. As the Treasurer seems to have taken 
 a very leading part in the management, a list of 
 the parishioners who filled the office may not be 
 without interest : 
 
 1790-1805 Sir Thomas Lighton. 
 1805-1819 Alderman Nathaniel Hone. 
 1819-1825 Joseph M'Dermott. 
 1825-1827 Henry Dawson. 
 1827-1880 Brindley Hone. 
 1830-1834 William M'Caskey. 
 1834-1850 Arthur Burgh Crofton. 
 1850-1853 John Lee Wharton. 
 1858-1858 Robert Orme.* 
 
 The schools were originally held in one of the 
 
 * With the exception of Mr. Brindley Hone, all the 
 Treasurers filled the office of Churchwarden, and are 
 mentioned in chapter vii.
 
 SCHOOLS. 191 
 
 houses under the graveyard ; but D 1 Alton," writing 
 in 1838, says that the old church was then con- 
 verted into a school attended by about thirty boys, 
 and that at the foot of the burial ground was a 
 female charity school attended by about thirty 
 girls, and near it a repository for selling goods to 
 the poor at moderate prices ; so evidently the in- 
 creased accommodation which was mentioned in 
 the advertisement of 1817 as required, was obtained 
 by annexing a portion of the old church for the 
 use of the boys' school. 
 
 This arrangement continued until the present 
 school-house, with the teacher's residence at Eglin- 
 ton Terrace, was built by Lord Pembroke about the 
 year 1859, of which he granted a lease in 1878 
 to the Kepresentative Church Body for 150 years 
 at Is. per year. This lease contains a covenant 
 that the school-house is to be used only as a 
 parochial school under the Church of Ireland, and 
 for no other purpose without the permission of 
 the lessor. 
 
 The infant school was a separate institution, and 
 it appears from a report for the year 1857 that it 
 was established in 1829. It was under the 
 management of a committee of ladies and the 
 parochial clergy, and was supported by an annual 
 collection in the church and subscriptions. 
 
 * History of the County Dublin, pp. 813-14.
 
 192 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 PARISH OFFICERS. 
 APPLOTTEBS AND APPRAISERS. 
 
 In addition to the Churchwardens, there were 
 appointed each year, until the Church Bate ceased 
 to be levied in 1862, two Applotters, whose duty it 
 was to applot the assessments on the parishioners ; 
 and, until 1821, there were also appointed two 
 Appraisers, who made any valuations which were 
 required for the purpose of assessment. :;: 
 
 VESTRY CLERK AND PARISH CLERK. 
 
 These offices were held by the same person. In 
 1792 Henry Curran received a salary of 10 as 
 Vestry Clerk, and of 2 5s. 6d. as Parish Clerk. 
 In 1813 his salary as Vestry Clerk was 9 2s., and 
 as Parish Clerk, 10. In 1823 John Sherlock had 
 a salary of 6 16s. 6d. as Vestry Clerk, and of 10 
 as Parish Clerk, and in 1832 he had 12 as Vestry 
 Clerk, and 10 as Parish Clerk. No assessment 
 was made for the salary of the latter office after 
 1882, as it was paid by the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
 sioners from that time. The duties of the Vestry 
 Clerk were denned by Mr. Daniel Kinahan in 1836, 
 and were "to receive instruction from the Clergymen 
 and Churchwardens for serving notices of Vestries, 
 to prepare same, and have them served by Beadle of 
 the parish, to keep up the minutes of the Vestry, 
 and to write out copies of the Parish and Grand 
 Jury Cess." In 1843 James C. Kelly had a salary 
 of 17 as Vestry Clerk, which in 1853 had risen to 
 
 * See Assessments, chapter xi.
 
 PARISH OFFICERS. 193 
 
 19 10s. In 1862 the office was held by John 
 Kingston, at a salary of 21 ; but at the Easter 
 Vestry, on April 22, the assessment for the amount 
 was rejected, and the office ceased to exist. 
 
 PARISH CONSTABLE. 
 
 A Parish or Petty Constable was appointed each 
 year until 1829, when the office became amalga- 
 mated with that of Beadle. Until 1806 the posi- 
 tion was an honorary one, but in that year a sum 
 of 2 5s. 6d. was assessed for his salary ; this was 
 afterwards increased, and in 1829 it was 6. 
 
 BEADLE. 
 
 In 1802 a Beadle was appointed at a salary of 
 2 5s. 6d., which rose to 4 in 1833, to 10 in 
 1843, and to 18 in 1853. In 1862 the assessment 
 for his salary was rejected, and the office, like that 
 of Vestry Clerk, ceased to exist. 
 
 SEXTON. 
 
 The Sexton's salary in 1792 was 4 ; in 1813, 
 6 16s. 6d. ; and in 1832, 15 ; after which year 
 it was paid, like the salary of the Parish Clerk, by 
 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 
 
 COLLECTOR OF CESS. 
 
 There was also a Collector of the Church Kate, 
 who was -paid a salary which varied from time to 
 time. 
 
 o
 
 194 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 GLEBE HOUSE AND LAND. 
 
 The Glebe Land originally extended from the 
 Graveyard to where the Glebe House now stands. 
 Before the railway was made, it was intersected 
 only by the road leading to Windy Arbour; 
 but the Eailway Company, under its compulsory 
 powers of purchase, took the portion lying between 
 that road and the road wall bounding the lawn of 
 the Glebe House. Some further portions of the 
 Glebe were alienated from the Church after the 
 passing of the Irish Church Act, under which the 
 tenants in occupation of Glebe Lands obtained a 
 right of pre-emption of their holdings. By this 
 means the field lying between the river and the 
 road to Windy Arbour, together with the buildings 
 standing upon it, passed to the occupiers. 
 
 The Glebe Land now consists of the field lying 
 round two sides of the graveyard, and the plot of 
 ground upon which the Glebe House stands, together 
 with its lawn and garden. This land was purchased 
 in 1873 from the Church Temporalities Commis- 
 sioners, for the sum of 541 19s Id., which was 
 made up partly by 150 subscribed for the purpose 
 by Mr. George Kinahan and Mr. Edward Hudson 
 Kinahan ; partly by the composition value of the 
 Sexton's salary, and some rent of the Glebe placed 
 to the credit of the parish by the Eepresentative 
 Body, and partly by money paid out of the Parochial 
 funds in 1875. 
 
 The purchase-money paid by the Kailway Com-
 
 GLEBE HOUSE AND LAND. . 195 
 
 pany was about 800 ; it had been lodged in the 
 Court of Chancery by the Company, and the in- 
 come paid to the Rector for the time being. 
 
 In 1868 the Eector (the Rev. Alfred Hamilton) 
 gave up his interest in the fund in Court, and con- 
 sented to the capital being devoted to the building 
 of the Glebe House; and a further sum of about 
 700 was subscribed by the parishioners, which 
 enabled the house to be built. 
 
 In 1874 a loan of 200 was obtained from the 
 Board of Works to build a stable ; this loan is re- 
 payable by thirty-five annual instalments of 10 
 3s. each. The present Rector pays a rent for the 
 Glebe House, which is placed to the credit of the 
 parish, in part payment of the annual sum required 
 to provide for the stipends of the future clergy. 
 The next Rector will have the Glebe House free of 
 rent.
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 THE CHAPEL OF EASE. 
 ST. THOMAS'S. 
 
 TN 1859 a cottage in the grounds of Seafield, 
 -*- Stillorgan Eoad, then the property of Mr. 
 Thomas Crozier,* was opened for Sunday Evening 
 Service, and continued to be used until 1873, when 
 it was decided to build a church, the cottage having 
 become too small for the congregation attending it. 
 
 The Earl of Pembroke granted a site at the 
 corner of Mount Merrion Demesne, where Foster 
 Avenue joins Stillorgan Road. 
 
 A committee was formed, consisting of Lord 
 Viscount Gough.t the Archbishop of Dublin (Dr. 
 
 * Until his death Mr. Crozier took a deep interest in the 
 services, and was a much valued supporter of this auxiliary 
 place of worship. His good work has been carried on with 
 respect to St. Thomas's by his daughter and her husband, 
 Henry Malkin Barton, Esq., of Stonehouse, the adjoining 
 place to Seafield, where the Barton family have resided for 
 over sixty years. 
 
 t George Stephens, second Viscount Gough, who d. at his 
 residence, St. Helen's, on May 31, 1895. Up to the close of 
 his life he was a constant attendant at the services in the 
 Chapel of Ease. St. Helen's is in the parish of Booterstown, 
 but a small portion of the land, adjacent to Foster Avenue, 
 is in the townland of Owenstown, and consequently in this
 
 THE CHAPEL OF EASE. 197 
 
 Trench), Thomas Crozier, Esq., John E. Vernon, 
 Esq. (p. 181), and Henry Koe, Esq., junior (p. 141), 
 and by the exertions of the Rector, the Eev. Alfred 
 Hamilton, subscriptions, including 100 from Lord 
 Pembroke, were raised, and in 1874 the church, 
 which was built at an expense of 850, was opened 
 free of debt." 
 
 It was licensed by the Archbishop for the per- 
 formance of, " according to the use of the Church 
 of Ireland, Evening Prayer, and all rites and cere- 
 monies of the said Church, which legally might or 
 ought to be performed in a Chapel of Ease." 
 
 The building is in the form of a single aisle, with 
 a suitable chancel at the east end ; it is in the 
 pointed style, in granite, with cut stone dressings 
 to the door, windows, and coigns. The interior is 
 fitted with pitch-pine pulpit, reading-desk, com- 
 munion rails, and pews, and is supplied with a 
 harmonium. 
 
 The chancel contains a painted window, repre- 
 senting Christ blessing little children, and two side- 
 lights. A brass tablet upon the north wall bears 
 the following inscription : 
 
 " To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Thomas 
 Crozier and Mary, his wife, of Seafield, County Dublin, these 
 windows have been placed by their children, June, 1875." 
 
 parish. Blacker, in his Sketches of Booterstmcn, gives much 
 information about the Gough family, and particularly about 
 that distinguished officer, Field-Marshal Lord Gough, father 
 of the second Viscount. 
 
 * The Opening Service was on Thursday, December 3rd, 
 1874 ; vide Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, Dec. 23, 1874.
 
 198 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 A marble tablet on the south wall was erected 
 
 " In memory of Edward Perceval Westby, D.L., of Eoebuck 
 Castle, Co. Dublin, and Co. Clare, who entered into rest, 
 April 23rd, 1893, aged 64. The Lord always did lead him. 
 Deut. xxxii. 12. The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in 
 safety. Deut. xxxiii. 12." 
 
 And a similar tablet on the west wall was placed 
 
 " To the praise of God and the hallowed memory of Eleanor, 
 dearly loved wife of Warren Wynne, Lieutenant, Royal 
 Engineers, and seventh daughter of James Turbett, Esq., and 
 Sophie, his wife, of Owenstown, Co. Dublin, who, at the age 
 of 24 years, was, by God's will, removed from the home she 
 so sweetened and adorned to one far sweeter and brighter, 
 she fell asleep on the Lord's Day, 14th December, 1873. As 
 Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in 
 Jesus will God bring with him. So shall we ever be with 
 the Lord."
 
 CHAPTEK XI. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
 
 Assessments. 
 
 T1HE Church Kate seems to have been levied in a 
 very rough and ready manner until 1794, 
 when, at a Vestry held on April 22, the Church- 
 wardens were ordered "in future, to the best of 
 their power, to procure an estimate of the number 
 of acres respectively in the parish, and enter the 
 same in the parish Applotment Book, for the pur- 
 pose of making out an applotment." 
 
 The Vestry were called upon occasionally to 
 applot rates other than those for the church, and 
 on June 21, 1796, the sum of 438 16s. lid. was 
 applotted at the rate of l^d. half-farthing per acre 
 as barony cess, under warrant of the Treasurer of 
 the Grand Jury. 
 
 Again, on June 12, 1804, the sum of 151 2s. 
 lOd. was applotted as barony cess, and from time 
 to time Vestries were held to applot assessments 
 under warrants from the Treasurer of the Grand 
 Jury. 
 
 The following minute appears in the proceed- 
 ings at a Vestry held on April 16, 1805 : 
 
 " Whereas it appears Mr. Mark Moran has been charged 
 parish cess for forty-four acres, and it appearing that a
 
 200 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 great part of the ground is rock and mountain, therefore 
 it was agreed in Vestry to reduce the acreable tax one- 
 fourth, leaving him liable to pay cesses for thirty-three 
 
 At the Vestry held on May 28, 1810, Messrs. 
 Verschoyle and Bourne, residing within the parish, 
 and occupying " respectively a house value for at 
 least 30 Irish currency," were appointed as valua- 
 tors of houses under an Act of that session relating 
 to the making of Public Eoads in the County of 
 Dublin, and on June 18, 1813, Alderman Hone and 
 Mr. Morris Hime were appointed in a similar 
 capacity. 
 
 Special Vestries were held on the 18th October 
 and 13th November, 1824, under the provisions of 
 an Act made in the fourth year of the reign of His 
 Majesty King George IV., entitled " An Act to 
 provide for the Establishing of Composition for 
 Tithes in Ireland for a limited time," when the 
 Archdeacon (Torrens) agreed to accept 450 per 
 annum as a composition for all tithes from Novem- 
 ber 1st, 1824, for a period of twenty-one years. 
 
 An autograph consent to this arrangement from 
 the Archbishop, as Bishop of the Diocese and 
 Patron of the Parish, is inserted in the Vestry 
 Book. 
 
 Mr. Richard Verschoyle, on the part of the 
 parish, and Mr. Daniel M'Kay, on the part of the 
 Archdeacon, were appointed Commissioners under 
 the Act, and were thanked for acting without 
 remuneration. They state in their certificate that
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 201 
 
 the average price of oats being the corn prin- 
 cipally grown in the county for the period of 
 seven years ending November 1st, 1821, was 15s. 
 2d. per barrel. 
 
 At a Vestry held on May 9, 1826, it was re- 
 solved that, in consequence of the great inequality 
 in the value of land in the parish, a suitable 
 gradation should be made in the applotment for 
 parish cess, and that the model and basis be the 
 applotment for carrying out the tithe composition. 
 Twenty-eight acres were to be taken off Ticknock, 
 being " the number assessable, equal with the num- 
 ber already paying tithe." 
 
 And at a Vestry held on April 24, 1848, it was 
 resolved that Ticknock was not to be included for 
 the future in applotments for parish cess, on 
 account of the poverty of the occupiers, which was 
 shown by the many years arrears they owed. 
 
 The Church cess ceased to be levied in the year 
 1862. (See p. 208.) 
 
 Coaches. 
 
 It was not until 1816 that regular communi- 
 cation with Dublin by a public conveyance was 
 established. In the commencement of that year 
 Mr. Kobert Turbett (p. 148)* devised a scheme for 
 
 * It is an interesting coincidence that Mr. Kobert Turbett's 
 grandson, James Turbett, Esq., formerly of Oaklawn (p. 148), 
 now of Field House, Chester, is a well-known "whip." He 
 takes a great interest in the coaching world of the present 
 day, and ran a coach between Dublin and Bray within recent 
 years.
 
 202 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 providing a service of coaches. He was supported 
 by a Committee consisting of all the leading in- 
 habitants at the time, and the following plan was 
 printed : 
 
 "PEOSPECTUS of A Plan for running Coaches between 
 Dublin, Dundrum, and Enniskerry, With a Calculation 
 of Expences and Income, &c. 
 
 " One Coach to leave Dublin every Morning for Enniskerry 
 and return to Dublin from Enniskerry every Evening. An- 
 other Coach to leave Dundrum every Morning for Dublin, 
 and to leave Dublin for Dundrum at five o'Clock. 
 
 " It is supposed that the Coach to Enniskerry would be filled 
 by Persons going to see the County of Wicklow, the Dargle, 
 Waterfall, &c., and returning from them, and by Persons 
 going in the Morning to Dundrum to drink Goats' Whey. 
 The Dundrum Coach to Dublin in the Morning would be 
 filled by Persons living in Dundrum going to Dublin on 
 business, and by those who came out in the Enniskerry 
 Coach to drink Goats' Whey. The Dublin Coach to Dun- 
 drum would be filled at five o'Clock by Persons living at 
 Dundrum returning to Dinner, and Persons not living there, 
 but going to dine, who could return in the Evening by the 
 Enniskerry Coach returning to Dublin. 
 
 " The Enniskerry Coach to be drawn by four Horses with 
 two spare Horses. The Dundrum Coach to be drawn by 
 three Horses without a spare Horse. The Coaches to carry 
 six inside and ten outside Passengers, with Luggage and 
 Parcels. 
 
 Outfit ... 
 
 ... 700 
 
 IncomeJ... 
 Yearly Expenditure 
 
 Profit , 
 
 ... 1,017 5 
 617 17 6 
 
 399 7 6 
 
 Should the Profit be only 300 per annum, it would leave 
 42 per cent."
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 203 
 
 The result of Mr. Turbett's scheme was the es- 
 tablishment of two coaches, each carrying six in- 
 side and twelve outside passengers, to run between 
 Enniskerry and Dublin. One coach left the Earn. 
 Hotel, Aungier Street (the starting-place was after- 
 wards changed to Molesworth Street) at 7 a.m., 
 arriving in Enniskerry at 9 a.m., and returning 
 from Enniskerry at 8 p.m.; the other left Ennis- 
 kerry at 8 a.m., arriving in Dublin at 9.55 a.m., 
 and returning from Dublin at 4.80 p.m. The fare 
 from Dundrum was Is. 3d. inside and lOd. outside. 
 
 Derivation of Place Names. 
 
 Dr. Joyce says that Dundrum means a citadel 
 on a low hill or ridge, and thinks the fort was 
 situated where the present church stands. Ballinteer 
 is the town of the builder or carpenter. Farran- 
 boley is land where cattle are fed or milked. Tik- 
 nock, or Tiknick, is the house of the hill ; and 
 Callary was the name of an Irish tribe. The deriv- 
 ation of Ballawley has been already given in a foot- 
 note (p. 14). Clonskeagh means the meadow of the 
 white-thorn bushes. (See Joyce's Irish Names of 
 Places, vol. i., pp. 277, 280, 524, 224, 347, 240, 
 382, 125, 519.) 
 
 Dispensary and Officers of Health. 
 
 In the year 1812, as appears from the Vestry 
 
 Book, & meeting of the parishioners of Taney was 
 
 held in the Parish Church on Sunday, Oct. 25, 
 
 " for the purpose of taking into consideration the
 
 204 THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 expediency and best mode of establishing a Dispen- 
 sary in Dundrum to promote the comfort of the 
 poor in that village and its vicinity." The follow- 
 ing Committee was appointed, with directions to 
 make their report on the next Sunday : Eight 
 Hon. Lord Chief Justice Downes, Hon. Mr. Justice 
 Mayne, Kev. Matthew Campbell, William Bidge- 
 way and Eichard Verschoyle, Churchwardens; 
 Alderman N. Hone, Peter D. LaTouche, John 
 Duffy, Thomas Sherlock, James Crofton, Daniel 
 Beere, Solomon Eichards, John Walsh, Edward 
 Butler, Eichard Corballis,* and Walter Bourne. 
 
 There is no record with regard to any further 
 proceedings ; but D'Altonf says that a dispensary 
 was established in 1816. 
 
 In the Freeman's Journal of Oct. 24, 1818, there 
 appears an advertisement of a charity sermon in 
 aid of the " Taney Charitable Fund and Dundrum 
 Dispensary," which states that " contributions will 
 be received by the treasurer, Mr. Eobert Turbett, 
 or by the physician, Dr. Burke." 
 
 Before the Poor Law system was introduced, 
 grants were made by the Grand Jury towards the 
 expenses of the dispensaries which were organized 
 
 * Of Kosemount, Eoebuck, where the Corballis family 
 have resided for over ninety years. Mr. Eichard Corballis, 
 who d. 1847, was succeeded by his son, John Richard 
 Corballis, Esq., LL.D., Q.C., who d. 1879, and he was suc- 
 ceeded by his son the present owner Eichard John 
 Corballis, Esq., M.A., J.P. 
 
 t History of the County Dublin, p. 812.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 205 
 
 by voluntary effort ; the first presentment for Dun- 
 drum was passed at Michaelmas Term, 1817, the 
 amount being 60, "to be applied, with 60 re- 
 ceived by private subscriptions, in providing 
 medicines and medical or surgical aid for the poor 
 of Dundrum and its neighbourhood." 
 
 It appears from a map in the possession of the 
 Grand Jury that the dispensary was first estab- 
 lished in a house at the corner of the road now 
 leading to the back of the railway station. 
 
 In 1831 cholera had appeared in England, and a 
 meeting of householders was held for the purpose 
 of appointing officers of health (under 59 Geo. III., 
 chap. 41). The following were nominated : A. B. 
 Crofton, R. Charles, T. M. Scully, W. M'Caskey, 
 and Capt. Whyte, R.N., and it was resolved that 
 "the assistance and advice of the medical gentle- 
 men of the parish will be highly desirable and much 
 valued." Mr. M'Caskey was appointed treasurer, 
 with power to solicit and receive subscriptions. 
 
 At a Vestry held on Dec. 26, 1831, a parochial 
 rate equivalent to one half of the parish cess was 
 ordered to be levied on the parish under the same 
 Act, and a voluntary contribution of Is. to 5s. each 
 was approved from the householders to provide 
 flannel and other necessary things to preserve the 
 health of the poor. 
 
 On April 19, 1832, the following were appointed 
 officers of health : J. Duncan, J. A. Curran, P. 
 Magan, Daniel Kinahan, and Thomas Wright. 
 
 It appears from the proceedings at a Vestry held
 
 206 THE PARISH OF TAXEY. 
 
 on May 20, 1833, that an advance of 150 had 
 been made from the Consolidated Fund (under 2 
 Will. IV., chap. 9), and it was ordered to be 
 assessed on the parish. The accounts of the 
 officers of health were presented by the Treasurer, 
 Mr. Daniel Kinahan, which showed an expenditure 
 of 178 15s. 8d., and receipts amounting to 185 
 14s. 8d. ; and it is evident from them that there 
 was a number of cases of cholera in the parish. 
 
 Officers of health were annually appointed from 
 this time until 1862, and minutes of their meetings 
 appear in the Vestry Book. 
 
 Distress. 
 
 In the minutes of the Vestry there are resolutions 
 showing that exceptional want existed in the parish 
 on more than one occasion. 
 
 At a meeting on April 15th, 1800, it was resolved 
 that 
 
 " On account of Henry Curran's extraordinary trouble in 
 conducting the poor accompt, from the dearness of provisions, 
 and distributing meal to the poor of this parish, that we pay 
 said Curran for the last year the sum of 2 5s. 6d." 
 
 On Sunday, April 12, 1801, a Vestry was held 
 
 " To consider who are the most proper poor persons to 
 receive three tons of potatoes ordered by the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant for the express purpose of planting them." 
 
 In 1812 provisions were at a very high price, and 
 this gave rise to riots in various parts of the king- 
 dom (Annual Register, 1812, p. 132) ; but our parish
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 207 
 
 retained its quiet character, and on March 31 it was 
 resolved 
 
 " That the loyal and peaceable conduct of our poor neigh- 
 bours and fellow-parishioners in the Parish of Taney, entitles 
 them to our affection and utmost assistance in this time of 
 apprehended scarcity, and that the affluent parishioners be 
 and are hereby called upon to subscribe to form a fund to 
 furnish provisions at a moderate price to such persons 
 inhabiting this parish as shall stand in need thereof.' 
 
 A committee was appointed consisting of Arch- 
 deacon Fowler, President ; Eev. Matthew Camp- 
 bell, Vice-President and Treasurer ; the Church- 
 wardens, and every gentleman who subscribed three 
 guineas ; and a list of subscriptions, amounting to 
 184 11s. 6d., is given. 
 
 A circular was also prepared, stating that it was 
 the duty of the more opulent classes effectually to 
 cherish, relieve, and support the poor inhabitants 
 under every distress, and that it was " true mercy 
 that blesseth him who gives, and him who takes," 
 which Faulkner's Dublin Journal (April 16, 1812) 
 said manifested the true benevolence which should 
 subsist between Irishmen. 
 
 On June 12, 1814, a meeting was held for the 
 purpose of taking into consideration the state of the 
 poor, and adopting such measures as might be best 
 calculated to afford them permanent relief. 
 
 We also insert here a resolution passed on January 
 1, 1822, which records the good work of some kind 
 ladies ia the parish at that time 
 
 " That the best thanks of this parish be presented to the 
 Misses Drury for the unremitting attention which they have 
 bestowed on every occasion to the Poor and Charitable Insti- 
 tutions of this parish."
 
 208 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Effects of Disestablishment upon the Parochial 
 Finances. 
 
 In the early part of the nineteenth century from 
 whence the parochial records afford us continuous 
 information we find that the sources of income 
 for the requirements of the parish were as follows : 
 (1.) The Tithes, which were paid to the Arch- 
 deacon of Dublin as Eector, and out of which he 
 paid the curate's stipend in 1837 the Tithe com- 
 position was 415 7s. 8|d., and the curate's 
 stipend 75.* (2.) The Marriage and Burial Fees, 
 which went to the curate. (3.) The offertories and 
 other collections in church, for the poor. (4.) The 
 special collections made for the schools. (5.) The 
 cess levied upon the parish for the expenses of 
 Divine Service, and of repairing the church fabric, 
 and for the payment of the parish officers, &c. 
 
 In 1851 the Archdeacon ceased to be Eector, 
 after which the tithe rent charges and the marriage 
 and burial fees were paid to the Hector (in 1868 
 the tithe rent charges amounted to 311), and the 
 collections for the poor and schools were raised and 
 applied as before. 
 
 In 1833 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners under- 
 took the payment of the expenses of Divine Service, 
 and of repairing the church fabric, and in^the year 
 1862 the cess for the payment of parish officers, &c., 
 
 * For some years the parishioners contributed to supple- 
 ment Mr. Stanford's income the last curate under the Arch- 
 deacon.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 209 
 
 ceased to be levied, by reason of the opposition of 
 some of the Eoman Catholic parishioners. From 
 the latter date, all expenses, except those provided 
 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Poor 
 Law Union, were raised by voluntary subscriptions. 
 
 For some years after the appointment of the 
 rector in 1851, he continued to pay the curate out 
 of his tithe rent charges, as the Archdeacon had 
 done ; but at length the parishioners relieved him of 
 this burden, and thenceforward raised the curate's 
 salary by voluntary subscriptions. 
 
 It will appear from this that the expenses con- 
 nected with the church had gradually come to be 
 more of a voluntary burden, so that when dis- 
 establishment and disendowment came in 1869, the 
 parishioners were not wholly unaccustomed to sup- 
 port the parochial institutions themselves. 
 
 Were it not for the fact that it behoved the 
 parish to make provision for the clergy who should 
 succeed those in office in 1869, there would have 
 been no additional expense thrown upon it during 
 the tenure of the then clergy, because the rector 
 retained his stipend for his life ; and the curate, 
 although he had received no stipend from the 
 Establishment prior to 1869, was then able (with 
 others in the like position) to make good a claim to 
 receive a stipend of 120 a year out of the Church 
 funds for his life, so that in his case there was a 
 gain instead of a loss to the parish. Thus it will 
 be seen that the provision for the future clergy 
 was the only immediate burden thrown upon the 
 parish by Disestablishment. 
 
 p
 
 210 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 It is not necessary to explain here the principles 
 of the financial plan of the diocese, whereby pro- 
 vision has been made for the future clergy ; it is 
 enough to say that by an annual payment of 192, 
 commencing in 1871, the parish has secured stipends 
 of 220 for the rector, and 110 for the curate of 
 the future. 
 
 Goats' Milk. 
 
 Dundrum was at the beginning of the present 
 century celebrated for its goats' milk, which was 
 much ordered at that time by physicians for their 
 patients ; and no doubt the village of Goatstown 
 derives its name from goats having been kept there. 
 
 Eutty, in his Natural History of the County Dub- 
 lin, published in 1772, says (p. 272 et seq.} 
 
 " Goats' milk has been observed to have affected some 
 remarkable cures of consumption where the cows' and asses' 
 milk had failed, and for this purpose it is sometimes sent from 
 the neighbouring mountains to Dublin, and sold at 3d. per 
 quart. Goats' whey deserves to be considered as a medicine, 
 which, as goats abound on the mountainous parts of the 
 country, our physicians have of late learned to order their 
 chronical patients in the neighbourhood of Dublin, instead 
 of dismissing them to the mountains of Mourne, and for 
 this purpose good lodgings have been lately provided at 
 Carrickmayne, and also the whey has been drank at Dun- 
 drum, a distance of only three miles from the city." 
 
 He then goes on to say that 
 
 " The goat kids in March, and consequently that month, 
 or rather April and May, when the season is further ad- 
 vanced for supplying them with vegetables, is the proper 
 season for drinking the whey. The use of it, indeed, is con-
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 211 
 
 tinued by many in June and July ; but even in June the milk 
 thickens, for which reason they then mix four ounces of 
 water with a quart of the milk before they turn it, and more 
 water in July, the milk growing thick as the season advances, 
 so that in August it is not to be drank ; but in September is 
 a second Spring, and the milk becomes thinner again, and 
 may be used medicinally, though not with equal advantage as 
 in the former season." 
 
 This explains an advertisement which appears in 
 the Freeman's Journal of Sept. 27, 1813 
 
 " MEADOW BROOK BOARDING HOUSE, DUNDKUM. The Second 
 Whey Season having commenced, Ladies and Gentlemen 
 are respectfully informed there are a few Vacancies in the 
 House ; the Accommodation will be found agreeable, and 
 terms very much reduced respectable Society in the House." 
 
 Brewer, in his Beauties of Ireland, published in 
 1825, says (p. 215) 
 
 " Dundrum is the fashionable resort of invalids for the 
 purpose of drinking goats' whey. At early hours of the 
 morning numerous jaunting-cars convey from the city large 
 parties of visitors to partake of that sanative beverage, 
 amidst the reviving scenery over which the animals have 
 browsed." 
 
 Lay Patron and Nominators. 
 There is ancient precedent in the case of our 
 parish for the office of nominator under the present 
 constitution of the Church of Ireland ; and it is a 
 fact worthy of note that the lay patron more than 
 300 years ago was a Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 
 and that now in our own day one of the existing 
 nominators should also have filled that high legal 
 office.
 
 212 THE PAEISH OF TANEY. 
 
 We find that in the first year of the reign of 
 Edward VI. (1547) a lease, dated June 22, was 
 granted to Eichard Eede, Knight, Lord Chancellor 
 of Ireland,* of the precinct of the house of the late 
 Chancellor of the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin ; 
 the rectory or prebend of Tawney, lands in Tawney, 
 with tithes, &c ; the rectory or prebend of Raffer- 
 nan, the house and lands belonging thereto, with 
 the tithes, &c., to hold for twenty-one years, at a 
 rent of 69 6s. 8d., finding fit chaplains for the 
 churches of Tawney and Raffernan. (See the 8th 
 Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records 
 in Ireland, p. 29.) 
 
 The nominators since disestablishment have 
 been 
 
 1876 . George Kinahan.f 
 
 1876-82. James Stirling. 
 
 1876-81. John Walsh. 
 
 1881-88. Robert Tilly. 
 
 1882-93. Edward Perceval Westby. 
 
 1888 . Right Hon. John Thomas Ball.f 
 
 1893-94. Everard Hamilton. 
 
 1894 . John C. Parkes.f 
 
 Militia and Yeomanry. 
 
 Amongst the numerous volunteer forces raised in 
 Ireland at the close of the last century, was a troop 
 of Yeomanry called the Rathdown Horse, to which 
 Dundrum seems to have contributed both officers 
 
 * See Burke's Lord Chancellors of Ireland, p. 43. 
 f Still in office.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 213 
 
 and men. In Walker's Hibernian Magazine for 
 January, 1797 (p. 92), the Kathdown Horse, com- 
 manded by Sir Thomas Lighton, is mentioned 
 amongst the regiments tendering their service on 
 the occasion of the apprehended invasion by the 
 French, and in the same number of this periodical 
 (p. 95) it is stated that the remains of Lord 
 Trimleston were moved from Kildare Street to the 
 County Meath, attended by a detachment of the 
 Eoebuck Cavalry. 
 
 There was also a corps of infantry raised in 
 Dundrum at the beginning of the present century ; 
 for in the same magazine for May, 1808 (p. 315), 
 it is mentioned that on the previous Sunday the 
 Dundrum Infantry and Harold's Cross Corps ex- 
 ercised together, and practised firing at a target 
 for some hours on the strand of Eathfarnham, near 
 Lord Ely's gate.* 
 
 In consequence of war being declared with 
 France in 1803, several Acts of Parliament were 
 passed with regard to the Militia, and under the 
 provisions of this legislation, a Vestry was held on 
 Aug. 15, 1803, to raise the quota of four men for 
 the army of reserve. An assessment for this pur- 
 pose, amounting to 35 17s. 6d., was ordered to be 
 levied at 3d. per acre. 
 
 On Nov. 18, 1807, a similar assessment of 60 
 was ordered to be levied at 7d. per acre, for a quota 
 
 * The gate of Eathfarnham Castle, now the residence of 
 Edward Blackburne, Esq., Q.C. His father, the Eight Hon. 
 Francis Blackburne (see p. 155), left Eoebuck Hall on pur- 
 chasing the Castle from the Lof tus family.
 
 214 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 of four men, and on March 6, 1810, a sum of 
 27 6s., at 3^d. per acre, for three men. On April 
 20, 1813, an assessment of 47 7s. lid. was 
 ordered to be applotted at 5d. per acre, for a quota 
 of four men ; but at a meeting on June 8 the con- 
 firmation of the applotment was suspended, and it 
 never seems to have been levied. 
 
 In the accounts there is an allowance to the 
 collector of the Militia Cess, of 5d. each upon 72 
 dollars ; these coins were Spanish dollars, which 
 were re-stamped, with an inscription purporting 
 that they would circulate for 6s. each, and were 
 issued by the Bank of England at the beginning of 
 the present century, owing to a scarcity of silver 
 coinage. (Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1804, p. 
 446.) No doubt, the allowance was to cover a 
 depreciation in their value. 
 
 The fact that Kilmacud, which is a townland in 
 the parish of Stillorgan, was included in Taney for 
 the Militia assessment, is not so easily explained, 
 and no reason for it has been ascertained.* 
 
 Ordination. 
 
 Taney was on one occasion selected as the church 
 in which an ordination should be held. In Pue's 
 Occurrences it is related that on Sunday, July 5, 
 1761, the Bishop of Limerick (Dr. James Leslie)! 
 
 * Also see under Giffard, John, p. 112. 
 
 f Dr. Leslie commenced his clerical life in the Dublin 
 Diocese. He was Curate of Swords, Vicar of Donabate, and 
 Perpetual Curate of St. Nicholas' Within. (See Cotton's Fasti, 
 &c., vol. i., p. 389 ; vol. v., p. 60 ; also the Irish Builder for 
 January 15, 1890, p. 24.)
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 215 
 
 held an ordination in Tawney, by licence from the 
 Archbishop of Dublin, and that Edward Ledwich, 
 John Bowden, A.M. ; Beather King, George Hickes, 
 and Matthew Browne, were ordained Priests ; and 
 Josias Fleming, B.A. ; Stephen Baldwin, B.A. ; and 
 James Ford, B.A., were admitted Deacons.* 
 
 Outrages. 
 
 In Walker's Hibernian Magazine for Feb., 1791 
 (p. 191), there appears the account of an occurrence 
 which probably greatly excited the residents of 
 Dundrum at the time 
 
 " A night or two ago, at a very late hour, two persons, 
 seemingly gentlemen, drove themselves out in a post-chaise 
 to Churchtown, where there is a burial-place, with a dead 
 body coffined up in the carriage. They rapped up the grave- 
 digger, and told him that they had, under the disguise of 
 
 * Ledwich was a B.A. and LL.B. of T.C.D., and became Vicar 
 of Aghaboe, Diocese of Ossory. He was a distinguished 
 antiquary and Irish historian. His name has been already 
 mentioned in the note on Mr. William Eidgeway (p. 140). 
 (See Webb's Compendium of Irish Biography, p. 287, and 
 Dictionary of National Biography, vol. xxxii., p. 340.) Bowden 
 became a D.D. of T.C.D., and was Vicar of Santry and Chan- 
 cellor of Lismore Cathedral. (See Adams's History of Santry 
 and Cloghran, pp. 5, 15, 71.) King was a Sch. and LL.D. of 
 T.C.D. He became Curate of Stillorgan, of St. Bride's, and 
 of St. John's, Dublin, and was Vicar of Straffan, and Pre- 
 bendary of Kilmacdonagh, Diocese of Cloyne. (See Hughes's 
 St. John's, p. 74, and Brady's Records of Cork, vol. ii., pp. 
 271, 351.) Hickes, Browne, and Fleming were all Scholars 
 and Graftuates of T.C.D. Baldwin was a Scholar and B.A. of 
 T.C.D., and became Curate of Murragh and of Holy Trinity, 
 Cork. (See Brady's Records of Cork, vol. in., p. 146.) Ford 
 was also a Graduate of T.C.D.
 
 216 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 night, brought out a corpse to be interred, which in the day 
 time they were apprehensive might be arrested for debt, and 
 for the burial of which he should have a guinea. The grave- 
 digger alleged he was unequal to the business himself ; upon 
 which these persons said they would give him half a guinea 
 for an assistant ; which was agreed to, and the corpse was 
 accordingly left with the grave-digger. The latter imme- 
 diately called up an assistant ; but upon an agreement they 
 determined postponing the business until daylight. When 
 they arose in the morning, curiosity urged them to open the 
 coffin, which on so doing ! shocking to mention they 
 found the body of a man in his clothes, with boots on, and 
 his throat cut in a most frightful manner. In his pockets 
 were found six guineas and a watch; for the property of 
 which these two persons differed, or else the transaction 
 would probably never have come to light. The body remains 
 at the place to be owned, which as yet has not taken place, 
 nor has anything occurred which can lead to a discovery." 
 
 In the same periodical for Dec., 1798 (p. 898), it 
 is mentioned that 
 
 "The house of oneEnnis, a poor farmer at the foot of the 
 Three Kock Mountain, was lately robbed for the fourth time 
 since the rebellion broke out. The unfortunate farmer has 
 been completely dispossessed of his habitation by the last 
 attack, and forced to take refuge in the house of his land 
 lord at Dundrum." 
 
 At a Vestry held on April 16, 1816, Major 
 Broome produced a requisition from John Pasley, 
 Esq. (Coroner of the County of Dublin), that five 
 guineas should be paid to Doctor Thomas Hewson 
 for his attendance on an inquest, and opening the 
 body of Mrs. Browne, who had been murdered by 
 robbers in the house of Major Broome. The requi- 
 sition was received, and inquiry was to be made 
 whether the parish was liable to the charge.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 217 
 
 In the Freeman's Journal of Feb. 22, 1815, there 
 is an account of the trial of four men Thomas 
 Markey, Thomas Giffin, Thomas Byrne, and Michael 
 Collins for the murder of Hannah Browne in the 
 house of her master, William Broome, Esq., at 
 Kilmacud, on the 12th December, 1814. The first 
 three were convicted, and sentenced to be hung. 
 Collins was acquitted. 
 
 At a Vestry held on May 27, 1817, Major 
 Broome's claim was again adjourned, and there is 
 no further record respecting it. 
 
 Parochial Accounts. 
 
 Some curious items appear in the accounts from 
 time to time ; and as they are interesting in showing 
 the manners of our ancestors, they are given here. 
 1793-4 Holly and ivy ... ... ... 2 8 
 
 (This item appears for many years.) 
 Washing surplices 4 times ... ... 044 
 
 Whitening the Church ... ... 1 
 
 1797-8 Framing and glazing 2 panes in Church 
 
 window for letting in air ... ... 5 5 
 
 1800-1 Church hangings and pulpit cushion ... 6 16 6 
 Eliza Kennedy for 20 weeks assisting the 
 parish clerk ... ... ... 2 14 8 
 
 1802-3 Eliza Kennedy for 20 Sundays singing 
 
 at 2s. 8|d. per ... ... ... 2 14 2 
 
 1805-6 Velvet pulpit cushion and hangings, 
 
 covering reading and clerk's desk ... 6 12 
 1806-7 Anne Mann for her attention to the stove 
 
 and cleaning the church ... ... 2 5 6 
 
 8 washings of surplices ... ... 8 8 
 
 By making an additional surplice ... 6 6 
 1816-17 By 4 Ib. candles to wake Murphy and 
 
 Wynn ... ... ... ... 4 
 
 Washing surplices 14 times at Is. Id. ... 15 2
 
 218 THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Pound. 
 
 In the accounts for 1792 the following item 
 appears : 
 
 Cash paid Mr. Ely in full for a pound ... 1212 9 
 
 At the Easter Vestry, April 2, 1793, a pound- 
 keeper was appointed. 
 
 In the year 1804 this extraordinary minute 
 appears in the Vestry Book : 
 
 " At a Vestry held on April 29, for the purpose of taking 
 into consideration the enormity of cutting the pound gate 
 on the night of the 24th April, and feloniously taking the 
 
 cattle of Atkins, Donnybrook, that were impounded for 
 
 trespass on the lands of Mt. Pleasant by some evil-minded 
 person or persons, Now, in order to bring to condign punish- 
 ment the perpetrator or perpetrators of the above outrage, 
 We, the undersigned, do offer as a Eeward the sums annexed 
 to our respective names to any person or persons that will 
 give information and prosecute to conviction the person or 
 persons concerned in committing said outrage." 
 
 There are no sums or names annexed. 
 
 A pound-keeper was appointed annually at the 
 Easter Vestry, from 1812 to 1822, and at a Vestry 
 held on March 23, 1818, it was resolved that 
 
 "Mr. Walsh be allowed to change the 'scite' for the 
 parish pound, he undertaking to build a new one in all 
 respects equal to the present pound." 
 
 At a Vestry held on Nov. 16, 1829, there was a 
 contested election for the office of pound-keeper, 
 and a ballot was taken. There were two candidates ; 
 one received 12 votes, and the other 8 votes.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 219 
 
 Profanation of the Sabbath. 
 
 At a Vestry held on March 9, 1829, to appoint 
 overseers to assist the churchwardens and civil 
 officers in preventing the profanation of the 
 Sabbath, fourteen leading parishioners were nomi- 
 nated under 55 Geo. III., chap. 19, and 100 
 copies of their nomination were ordered to be 
 printed and served in all the public-houses, and 
 also posted in the most conspicuous places, in the 
 parish. A report of the houses where spirits were 
 retailed was also ordered to be made to the Church- 
 wardens every month, in order that they might see 
 how they were conducted. 
 
 At a Vestry held on April 13, 1830, the Church- 
 wardens were requested to put their powers in force 
 in restraining the profanation of the Sabbath. 
 
 Railway. 
 
 The most important event which perhaps ever 
 occurred in the history of the Parish, though pro- 
 bably its full significance was not realized at the 
 time, was the establishment of railway communica- 
 tion with Dublin. The construction of a line which 
 would touch Dundrum had been long in contempla- 
 tion originally by a company formed to promote a 
 line called the Dundrum and Eathfarnham Rail- 
 way, which was afterwards merged in the Dublin 
 and Wicklow scheme but had been delayed from 
 various causes. Finally, however, the railway from 
 Harcourt Street to Bray was opened on Monday, 
 July 10, 1854. The Dublin Evening Post of July 11,
 
 220 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 in giving an account of a private inspection of the 
 line, says 
 
 "A rich treat was on Saturday afforded to the share- 
 holders of the Dublin and Wicklow Eailway and their 
 friends, who through the medium of special trains were con- 
 veyed along the line to Bray, and thus enabled to witness 
 the complete manner in which the works have been exe- 
 cuted. . . . The trains started from the new terminus, 
 Harcourt Koad, at 12, 2, and 4 p.m., occupying about half- 
 an-hour in running down to the other end of the line, and 
 returned to town at 6 and 8 p.m. Each train conveyed 
 upwards of 200 persons. ... At the Dundrum station, 
 although not yet entirely completed, the evidences of atten- 
 tion to the comfort of the public, as well as to the details of 
 the building, are observable." 
 
 An advertisement in Saunders' News-Letter of 
 July 15 gives information as to the train accom- 
 modation which was then provided 
 
 " Dublin and Wicklow Eailway. 
 
 " The above line is now open for Passenger Traffic between 
 Dublin (Harcourt Boad) and Bray. Trains calling at Dun- 
 drum, Stillorgan, Carrickmines, and Shankill will run as 
 f ollows : 
 
 From Bray at 7, 9, 11, 2, 4, and 7 o'clock. 
 From Dublin at 8, 10, 1, 3, 5, and 8 o'clock." 
 
 Roads. 
 
 At the end of the last century the approaches to 
 Dundrum from Dublin were the same as those at 
 the time of the Down Survey (p. 21), hy a bridge at 
 Clonskeagh, and by the bridge now known as 
 Classon's* Bridge. The latter was probably the 
 
 * Mr. Classon is mentioned in the applotments from 1794 
 to 1796 as residing hi the townland of Ilathmines.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 221 
 
 one principally used ; the route to Powerscourt 
 given in the Post-Chaise Companion of 1788 is by it 
 and on through Churchtown. There was also a 
 ford at Milltown, which appears, from the following 
 paragraph taken from the Hibernian Magazine for 
 1782, p. 551, to have been a source of danger to 
 incautious travellers : 
 
 "In the heavy rain last night [Oct. 10], as Mr. Clarke, 
 Steward to the House of Industry, was returning home on 
 horseback, about 9 o'clock, from Dundrum, in crossing the 
 river at Milltown, the flood was so violent that it threw him 
 off his horse, and he was unfortunately drowned. It is 
 somewhat remarkable that his daughter and only child was 
 drowned in the same river about twelve months ago." 
 
 The records of the proceedings of the Grand Jury 
 are extant from 1807, and there is also in their 
 possession a fine map made on a very large scale 
 circa 1820 ; from these it appears that the roads 
 kept in order by the County in Taney Parish at the 
 commencement of this century were nearly the 
 same as at present the Koebuck Eoad, with its 
 two branches, Foster's Avenue, Mount Anville Hill 
 Road, Drummartin Eoad, Taney Hill Road (then 
 called Hag Lane, and ending at a point opposite 
 the Churchtown Road, from whence it was diverted 
 at the time of the construction of the railway), 
 Kilmacud Road, the Main Road,* Birds' Avenue, 
 Ballinteer Road (the bridges on which were called 
 the Rock Tavern Bridge and Towers' t Bridge), and 
 
 * This road then branched off at a point below Windy 
 Arbour to Classen's Bridge. 
 
 f Mr. James Towers is mentioned in the applotments from 
 1794 to 1801 as residing in Dundrum.
 
 WZ THE PAKISH OF TANEY. 
 
 the Churchtown Road. They were then, however, 
 in a very unsafe condition, and there are frequent 
 presentments to take down hills " to make it easy 
 and safe for passengers to pass over same," and to 
 build walls " to prevent carriages and passengers 
 falling into dangerous precipices." 
 
 At Easter Term, 1807, a presentment was made 
 to build a new bridge at Clonskeagh at a cost of 
 535 19s. 6d. ; and at Michaelmas Term, 1816, a 
 presentment was passed to build the present bridge 
 at Milltown at a cost of 1,662 6s. 
 
 Seats in the Parish at the beginning of the century. 
 
 The parish has undergone great alterations during 
 the last hundred years. At the end of the eighteenth 
 century it was only emerging from what may be 
 called its prairie condition, and farms were gra- 
 dually being changed into the well-kept places sur- 
 rounded by high walls and trees which are now so 
 remarkable a characteristic of the neighbourhood.* 
 
 It appears from the Kegistry of Trees, kept by 
 the Clerk of the Peace, under the provision of an 
 
 * Archbishop Whately's friend, Mr. Senior, writing in 
 1852 of the drive from Dublin to Bedesdale, in the parish 
 of Stillorgan, said : " Nature meant the road to be an open 
 terrace between the sea and the mountain. Man has made 
 it a dirty lane, twisting between high walls. Almost all the 
 country near Dublin is cut into squares, each with its wall 
 without and its fringe of trees within ; merely ugly in sum- 
 mer, but damp and unwholesome in winter." Life of Richard 
 Whately, p. 267.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 223 
 
 Act passed in 1765,* that vast plantations of beech, 
 ash, elm, sycamore, oak, and other trees were made 
 by the residents about the beginning of this century. 
 Amongst those who registered trees we find in 
 Dundrum, Alderman Hutton (4,132), Mr. Handle 
 MacDonnell (24,707), and Mr. John Walsh (3,400) ; 
 in Ballinteer, Mr. Eichard Johnston (10,596), and 
 Mr. Valentine Dunn ; in Ballaly, Mr. James Towers 
 (909) and Mr. Eobert Turbett; in Eoebuck, Mr. 
 Thomas Leland; in Friarsland, Mr. Thomas Wil- 
 son; in Churchtown, Mr. Townsend Sinnett, and 
 Mr. William Corbett ; and in Drummartin, Mr. 
 WiUiam Scott. t 
 
 There were then very few places which presented 
 any feature worthy of notice ; much information 
 about the seats in the County Dublin at that time 
 is to be found in Archer's Survey of the County 
 Dublin (Dub., 1801), and in Dutton's Observations 
 on Mr. Archer's Survey (Dub., 1802), but only five 
 places in our parish are mentioned. 
 
 Merville is described by Archer as a well laid out 
 demesne, with some timber trees, in good order, and 
 highly cultivated. The gardens were then remark- 
 able for their extensive glass. Dutton, who was 
 a landscape gardener, carried out various improve- 
 
 * This Act (5 Geo. III., c. 17) enables tenants to claim, at 
 the expiration of the term of their lease, compensation for 
 trees planted and duly registered by them. 
 
 t The only entry in our own day is the registration by the 
 Bight Hon. Christopher Palles, Lord Chief Baron of the Ex- 
 chequer, of a plantation in the grounds of Mount Anville 
 Park.
 
 224 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 ments for Sir Thomas Lighten, " who was ever 
 ready to try experiments with great public spirit," 
 and gives a curious account of breaking up an 
 avenue by means of a plough drawn by four mules. 
 He mentions that Sir Thomas had erected a com- 
 fortable and highly ornamental range of cottages 
 for his workmen, but observes that they were usually 
 kept in a very filthy state. 
 
 Mount Merrion is described as an excellent house, 
 with a well-wooded demesne and handsome gardens. 
 
 Koebuck Castle, then recently purchased by Mr. 
 James Crofton (see p. 183), is mentioned as a fine 
 old castle, with a small demesne and good gardens. 
 
 Belfield, Stillorgan Eoad, had just been built by 
 a Mr. Ambrose Moore. Archer says that it promises 
 to be a handsome seat ; but Dutton does not join in 
 this commendation, and says that there is no space 
 left for planting out the garden wall in which time 
 has shown he was mistaken and complains of the 
 " steep zigzag turn" on the avenue. Probably 
 these remarks would not have been necessary if 
 Button's services had been retained by Mr. Moore. 
 
 Milltown, the seat of Judge Chamberlain, is de- 
 scribed as a capital house, pleasantly situated, with 
 a beautiful small demesne and good gardens. 
 
 Services. 
 
 Some seventy years ago service seems to have 
 depended on fine weather, for it is noted in the 
 Vestry Book, in connection with giving notices of 
 Vestries, that on Jan. 10, 1819, there was " no
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 225 
 
 service ; wet day," and also on Feb. 21 in the same 
 year a similar entry was made. 
 
 Stocks. 
 
 At a Vestry held on May 17, 1796, the Church- 
 wardens were empowered and authorized to provide 
 and erect a pair of stocks for punishment of 
 offenders, to be charged to the " parish accompts," 
 and to be erected in the most suitable position. 
 
 In the accounts for 1796-7 the following items 
 appear : 
 
 Paid sundries for Stocks 
 B. M'Clune for Timber ... 1 17 3 
 
 L. Kearney for Smith's Work ... 4 4 
 Carriage of Timber ... ... 2 2 
 
 Padlock and 3 Keys ... ... 7 
 
 Carpenter's Work and Painting 1 14 H 
 
 4 4 11 
 John Wright for Masonry ... 100 
 
 5 4 11 
 Vestry Books. 
 
 The custody of these books seems to have been 
 a disputed point in 1818, in consequence of the pro- 
 ceedings at the meeting about the Window Tax 
 (q. v.), and Dr. Badcliff, the Vicar- General, was 
 consulted as to who had a right to keep them. 
 His opinion, which cost the parish 1 19s. 3d., 
 was to the following effect : 
 
 " If there be a Vestry Clerk, he has a right to the custody 
 of the Vestry Books ; if there be not, the Churchwardens, 
 in whom ail the personal goods of the Parish are vested, 
 have a right to the custody until the Vestry Clerk shall be 
 appointed. 
 
 " J. BADCLIFF. 
 
 "March 28, 1818."
 
 226 THE PARISH OF TANEY. 
 
 Window Tax. 
 
 Meetings for the purpose of securing a repeal of 
 this tax, which was assessed according to the num- 
 ber and size of the windows in the house, and 
 which had been imposed by an Act of the Irish 
 Parliament in 1799 (which was not finally re- 
 pealed until 1879), were held in the various Dublin 
 parishes during the years 1817-18. In moving a 
 motion on the subject, which was defeated, in the 
 House of Commons on April 21, 1818, Mr. Kobert 
 Shaw, Member for Dublin, said that the tax was 
 obnoxious to the citizens of Dublin for its unequal 
 pressure, the inquisitorial nature of its levy, and the 
 ruinous consequences resulting to the health of the 
 City. Annual Register, vol. lx., p. 119. In Taney 
 the question arose in connection with the appoint- 
 ment of valuators, and seems to have given rise to 
 some difference of opinion at the Vestry. The pro- 
 ceedings are thus recorded in the minutes : 
 
 " At a meeting held on Monday, October 6, 1817, for the 
 purpose of appointing valuators according to the request of 
 the Chief Commissioner of Excise, it was resolved : 
 
 " That the Window Tax having been originally proposed 
 to Parliament by the Minister of the Crown as a war tax, to 
 subsist during the war and no longer, we claim it as a right 
 from the Crown, now that the war is happily and honorably 
 terminated, to redeem its pledge so solemnly given to the 
 Irish Parliament, under the faith of which we have hitherto 
 patiently borne a heavy and oppressive tax. 
 
 "That relying on the justice of the Crown, and the 
 wisdom of Parliament to keep faith with the people, we do 
 reject the proposed commutation, preferring even to bear
 
 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 227 
 
 those ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of. 
 " That these resolutions be respectfully communicated to 
 Mr. Hawthorne as our opinion upon his letter, and that they 
 be also published in the Freeman's Journal and the Corre- 
 spondent papers. 
 
 " (Signed) RICHARD RYAN, L. Curate." 
 
 The following proceedings are recorded on a 
 sheet of paper fastened into the minute book : 
 
 "The Rev. Mr. Ryan having left the chair, and the 
 Churchwarden being called thereto 
 
 " Resolved That the thanks of this meeting be given to 
 the Rev. Mr. Ryan for his upright and independent conduct 
 in the chair. 
 
 " Resolved That the following gentlemen be appointed a 
 committee for this parish to communicate and co-operate 
 with our fellow-citizens of the metropolis in petitioning 
 Parliament for a Repeal of the Window Tax viz., Mr. 
 Hime, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Turbett, Mr. Minchin, Mr. John 
 Power, and Mr. M'Dermott, and that these resolutions be 
 published along with the other resolutions of this parish. 
 " (Signed) GEO. THOMPSON. 
 
 "Resolved That the thanks of this meeting be given to 
 Mr. Thompson, our Churchwarden, for his spirited and 
 proper conduct in the chair. 
 
 H. MINCHIN. 
 
 "Note. The proceedings mentioned above were not 
 passed at a Vestry, and were inserted thus in this book with- 
 out my knowledge several days after. 
 
 " (Signed) RICHARD RYAN, L. Curate." 
 
 At a meeting on October 13, 1817, it was resolved 
 unanimously 
 
 " That the thanks of this parish are justly due and are 
 hereby given to Charles Stewart Hawthorne, Esq., first Com- 
 missioner of Ireland's Excise and Taxes, for the manly,
 
 228 THE PABISH OF TANEY. 
 
 candid, and constitutional manner in which he sought th 
 free and unbias'd opinion of the People of Ireland on th 
 proposition for commuting a proportion of the Window Ta 
 for a Rent or House tax, and also for his polite and gentle 
 manlike attention to our application to him for explanatioi 
 on the subject, and that this resolution be communicated t 
 Mr. Hawthorne by our Churchwardens in the most respect 
 ful manner. 
 
 " That the anonymous publication in the Hibernian 
 Journal of the 10th instant (and since republished in othe 
 newspapers), purporting to be a statement of the proceeding 
 of our Vestry on Monday last on the subject of the sai< 
 commutation, is an insidious and malignant misrepresenta 
 tion of the proceedings of this parish on that occasion 
 calculated to deceive His Majesty's Minister in his endeavou: 
 to collect the unbiased sense of the people. 
 
 " That the ancient mode of summoning Vestries in thii 
 parish has been by written notice delivered at the houses o 
 the resident landholders, in addition to the usual notice ir 
 church, and that the same be from henceforth continued. 
 
 (Note. This not to be published in the newspapers.) 
 
 " That the foregoing resolution, together with the resolu 
 tion of Monday last, be published in the Correspondent and 
 Freeman's Journal. 
 
 " (Signed) RICHAKD RYAN, L. Curate." 
 
 The volume of the Hibernian Journal for 1817 is 
 in the National Library. The report of the meeting 
 on Oct. 6 is very full, and extends to several 
 columns.
 
 APPENDIX A. 
 
 ORDEK OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL SEVERING TANEY AND 
 RATHFARNHAM FROM THE CORPS OF THE ARCHDEACON 
 OF DUBLIN. 
 
 BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT AND COUNCIL OF IRELAND. 
 CLARENDON, 
 
 WHEREAS the Archdeaconry of Dublin being now vacant, 
 " it is expedient that the Parishes of Taney and Rath- 
 farnham, part of the corps of the Archdeaconry, should be 
 disappropriated and disunited therefrom : 
 
 Now we, the Lord Lieutenant and Council, by virtue of the 
 powers vested in us by the statutes in that case made and 
 provided, do order and direct that the said Parishes or 
 Vicarages of Taney and Rathfarnham be, and the same are, 
 hereby severally disappropriated, disunited, and divested 
 from and out of the said Archdeaconry, and that the said 
 Parishes or Vicarages respectively shall be and become 
 separate and distinct Parishes for ever, with all Parochial 
 rights, and that the residue of the corps of the said Arch- 
 deaconry as heretofore constituted shall henceforward form 
 and constitute the new corps of the said Archdeaconry for 
 ever. 
 
 IMAZIERE BRADY, C. 
 THOS. MEATH. 
 CLONCURRY. 
 F. BLACKBURNE. 
 E. BLAKENEY. 
 K. EEATINOE. 
 RICHD. W. GREENE.
 
 280 APPENDICES. 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 CHURCH PLATE, REGISTERS, &C. 
 
 Church Plate. 
 
 The Plate consists of two Chalices, two Patens, and 
 a Flagon. The following are the inscriptions : 
 
 Chalice (1.) 
 
 DEO OPT. MAX. 
 
 TEI-UNI 
 
 in usum S. C(EN^ DOM. Sacramenti 
 
 in Ecclesia Parochiali TACHNENSI 
 
 nunc denuo sumptibus pub. extructa 
 
 participum 
 
 D.D.D. 
 
 ISAACUS MANN 
 Archidiac. Dubl. 
 
 MDCCLX. 
 Chalice (2.)* 
 The gift of Henry Dawson, Esq. Taney Parish, 1825. 
 
 Paten (I.) 
 
 DEO OPT. MAX. 
 TBI-UNI 
 
 D.D.D. 
 
 ISAACUS MANN 
 Archidiac. Dubl. 
 
 MDCCLX. 
 Paten (2.) 
 
 Tawney Church, 1835. 
 Flagon Modern, and bears no inscription. 
 
 * At a Vestry on May 10, 1826, a vote of thanks was passed 
 to H. Dawson, Esq., for his very liberal donation of a silver 
 cup for the use of the Parish.
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 231 
 
 Registers. 
 
 
 Book 1* Baptisms 
 
 ... 1791 to 1835. 
 
 Marriages 
 
 ... 1795 to 1835. 
 
 Burials 
 
 ... 1814 to 1835. 
 
 2 Baptisms 
 
 ... 1835 to 1867. 
 
 Marriages 
 
 ... 1835 to 1845. 
 
 Burials 
 
 ... 1835 to 1857. 
 
 ,,3 Baptisms 
 
 ... 1867 to 1895. 
 
 4 Marriages 
 
 ... 1845 to 1875. 
 
 ,,5 
 
 ... 1875 to 1890. 
 
 6 
 
 ... 1890 to 1895. 
 
 ,,7 Burials 
 
 ... 1857 to 1866. 
 
 ,, 8 
 
 ... 1866 to 1883. 
 
 ,,9 
 
 ... 1883 to 1895. 
 
 Vestry Books. 
 Bookl 
 
 ., 5 
 
 ... 1792 to 1813. 
 
 ... 1813 to 1830. 
 
 ... 1830 to 1847. 
 
 ... 1847 to 1861. 
 
 . 1861 to 1895. 
 
 * The Parochial Eeturns for Taney, which were furnished 
 to the Archbishop at the annual Visitation, are in the Public 
 Record Office, and contain a complete list of the Births, 
 Marriages, and Burials from the year 1788.
 
 232 
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 APPENDIX C. 
 
 TABLE OF FEES 
 TANEY PARISH. 
 
 (In the Archdeaconry of Dublin.) 
 A TABLE OF FEES FOR 1814, &c., &c., &c. 
 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Marriages by License 
 To the Minister... 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Burials in the Church- 
 To the Church- 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 wardens for the 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 use of the parish 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 Marriages by Publication 
 To the Minister... 5 
 
 
 
 To the Clerk 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 To ditto for public- 
 ation 
 
 o 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 Burials of Parish- 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 ioners in the 
 Churchyard 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 
 
 2 6 
 
 Churching of Women 
 
 To the Clerk 
 
 
 
 1 3 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Burials of those who 
 
 
 
 Burials in the Chancel 
 To the Church- 
 wardens for the 
 use of the parish 10 
 To the Minister for 
 vault ... 5 
 To ditto for inter- 
 ring ... ... 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 live out of the 
 parish 
 To the Minister ... 
 To the Church- 
 wardens for the 
 use of the parish 
 To the Clerk ... 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 3 4 
 2 6 
 1 6 
 
 To the Clerk 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Funerals going out 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of the parish 
 
 
 
 Burials in Tombs or 
 
 
 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 
 
 2 6 
 
 Vaults 
 
 
 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 1 3 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 To ditto for pass- 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 ing bell 
 
 
 
 1
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 233 
 
 Palls 
 
 Funeral Desk Prayers in 
 
 To the Minister 
 
 
 
 
 the Church- 
 
 
 
 for a velvet pall 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 To the Minister 
 
 
 
 To ditto for a 
 
 
 
 
 for a velvet pall 
 
 
 
 child's do. 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 on the desk or 
 
 
 
 Cloth or Plush 
 
 
 
 
 pulpit, in addi- 
 
 
 
 Pall 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 tion to the fee 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 for a pall in 
 
 
 
 Monuments in the 
 
 
 
 
 parish 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Church- 
 
 
 
 
 To the Minister 
 
 
 
 To the Minister 
 for erecting a 
 
 
 
 
 for desk prayers 
 in addition to 
 
 
 
 Monument in 
 the Church ...10 
 
 
 
 
 
 the Burial Fees 
 To the Parish 
 
 
 
 6 6 
 
 To the Parish 
 
 
 
 
 Clerk 
 
 
 
 5 5 
 
 Clerk 
 To the ditto Sex- 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Organist... 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 5 
 2 6 
 
 ton 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 Tombs, Vaults, or 
 
 
 
 
 "Pomcf vv 
 
 
 
 Monuments in 
 the Churchyard 
 To the Minister 
 for erecting a 
 Tomb ; Vault, or 
 Monument of 
 the ordinary 
 dimensions ... 5 
 To the Parish 
 Clerk ... 2 
 To the ditto Sex- 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 xiegisiiry 
 To the Vestry Clerk 
 for searching the 
 Registry Book 
 To ditto for a Cer- 
 tificate ... 
 To ditto for Re- 
 gistering Seats 
 or Pews in the 
 Church Books 
 To the Parish 
 Clerk for Easter 
 
 2 8 
 5 5 
 
 10 10 
 
 ton ... 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 Dues, ninepence 
 
 
 
 Flat Stone 
 
 
 
 
 per house 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 To the Beadle for 
 
 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 attending Fune- 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 rals out of the 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 parish 
 
 
 
 2 2 
 
 Head Stone- 
 
 
 
 
 To ditto in the 
 
 
 
 To the Minister... 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 parish 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 To the Clerk ... 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 To the Sexton for 
 
 
 
 To the Sexton ... 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 a passing bell... 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 WM. EIDGEWAY. 
 GEO. THOMPSON. 
 
 Church- 
 wardens.
 
 234 
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 APPENDIX D. 
 
 PURCHASERS OF PEW SITES, &C. 
 
 N o?" 
 Pew. 
 
 Purchasers at the Auction held on 
 October 24th, 1816. 
 
 Price 
 of 
 Site. 
 
 Expense of 
 Carpenter* 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 1 
 
 Reserved for Chief Justice 
 
 
 
 
 Dowries 
 
 
 41 8 6 
 
 2 
 
 Reserved for Alderman Hone 
 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 3 
 
 John Busby 
 
 14 "6 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 4 
 
 Daniel Kinahan 
 
 20 5 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 5 
 
 Robert Turbett 
 
 18 5 
 
 19 1 10 
 
 6 
 
 James Lyne 
 
 13 15 
 
 19 3 7 
 
 7 
 
 Reserved for Parish 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 , , for Rector and Church- 
 
 
 
 
 wardens ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 George Thompson ... 
 
 17 5 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 11 
 
 Solomon Richards ... 
 
 17 5 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 12 
 
 John White 
 
 17 5 
 
 19 9 2 
 
 13 
 
 Samuel Scott 
 
 15 
 
 19 3 7 
 
 14 
 
 Joseph M'Dermott ... 
 
 10 
 
 19 3 7 
 
 15 
 
 Reserved for Parish 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 ,, 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 19 14 7 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 William Scott 
 Daniel Beere 
 
 500 
 10 5 
 
 18 4 10J 
 18 4 10i 
 
 20 
 
 James Crofton 
 
 17 5 
 
 23 8 6 
 
 21 
 
 Richard Verschoyle 
 
 11 15 
 
 23 5 4 
 
 22 
 
 Reserved for Parish 
 
 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 ,. 
 
 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 Humphrey Minchin 
 
 6 10 
 
 19 8 6 
 
 27 
 
 William Ridgeway ... 
 
 900 
 
 19 5 
 
 28 
 
 Robert Blake 
 
 11 15 
 
 24 14 6 
 
 29 
 
 William Wood 
 
 10 10 
 
 25 8 6 
 
 30 
 
 Reserved for John Giffard ... 
 
 
 19 12 5 
 
 31 
 
 Richard Ryan, passed to Ald- 
 
 
 
 
 erman Exshaw ... 
 
 8 10 
 
 19 17 6 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 18 12 1
 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 235 
 
 2 
 
 Purchasers at the Auction held on 
 October 24th, 1816. 
 
 
 Expense of 
 Carpenters' 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 
 GALLEBY (North). 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 James Lafarelle 
 
 24 10 
 
 34 15 T, 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 Humphrey Minchin 
 John M'Kay 
 
 10 
 20 
 
 23 2 3 
 32 16 7i 
 
 4 
 
 Walter Bourne 
 
 20 5 
 
 32 18 OA 
 
 5 
 
 William Ball 
 
 20 15 
 
 32 18 Oi 
 
 6 
 
 Thomas Cusack 
 
 23 5 
 
 32 16 ll 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 Charles Philip Moore 
 George Thompson ... 
 
 900 
 
 23 5 
 
 23 2 3 
 
 34 15 1 
 
 
 
 384 10 
 
 731 16 11 
 
 
 SOUTH GALLERY. 
 
 
 
 
 Erected in 1833. 
 
 Subscription. 
 
 
 1 
 
 Judge Burton 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Mr. Deane 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 Free Sittings 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 ... 
 
 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 Lady Harty 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Free "sittings 
 
 
 
 
 
 9) 
 
 H. Williams 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 10; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Thomas Leland 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 Mr. M'Caskey 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Free Sittings 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Additional subscriptions and 
 
 
 
 
 interest ... 
 
 10 9 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 205 9 3 

 
 APPENDICES. 
 
 APPENDIX E. 
 
 ESTIMATE FOR BUILDING 
 
 TANEY CHURCH. 
 
 CHURCH. 
 
 
 
 
 
 S. d. 
 
 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Mason Work 
 
 2,350 15 1 
 
 
 
 Carpenters' Work 
 
 2,138 14 5 
 
 
 
 Plaisterers' Work 
 
 298 4 
 
 
 
 Stone-Cutters' Work ... 
 
 238 14 
 
 
 
 Glaziers' and Painters' Work ... 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 Carvers' Work 
 
 28 10 11 
 
 
 
 Slaters' Work 
 
 136 6 10 
 
 
 
 Plumbers' Work 
 
 23 11 3 
 
 
 
 Ironmongers' Work 
 
 31 19 10 
 
 
 
 Erecting Stoves 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 Incidentals ... 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 Architect's charge 
 
 274 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 761 
 
 12 4 
 
 SPIRE. 
 
 
 
 
 A Bath Stone Spire, 64 feet high, 
 
 
 
 
 6 inches thick 
 
 320 
 
 
 
 Ornament at top 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 Architect's charge 
 
 17 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 362 
 
 5 
 
 One large and one small Bell, including wheels, 
 
 
 
 mounting, &o. 
 
 
 136 
 
 
 
 A large Clock, Dials, &c. 
 
 ... 
 
 110 
 
 
 
 Surrounding Walls 
 
 
 190 
 
 
 
 Gate Entrance and Iron Railing 
 
 
 300 
 
 
 
 Forming and Gravelling Ground 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 Cash paid by Architect for Advertising ... 
 
 10 
 
 12 5 
 
 6,970 
 
 9 9
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 
 
 THE PALE (p. 8). 
 
 DR. STOKES has kindly supplemented the description of 
 the Pale by the following additional particulars and 
 graphic sketch of an invasion by the Irish : 
 
 "The Pale was a fence or bank, such as is commonly called 
 a double ditch, ten or twelve feet high, made of earth and 
 stone faced externally with a thick fence of bushes, and broad 
 enough on the top for two persons to walk thereon. From 
 Clongowes Wood College to the village of Clane a pathway is 
 still carried along a portion of the original Pale there remain- 
 ing. This double ditch did not entirely surround the four 
 Pale counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath, and Louth as the 
 makers of it availed themselves of every natural object a 
 river, lake, or wood which served the same purpose ; for we 
 must ever remember that the Pale was not to keep the wild 
 Irish out a fence ten feet high could scarcely avail much 
 in that way with bare-footed and bare-legged Celtic outlaws 
 accustomed to climb like monkeys but rather to keep the 
 cattle of the Pale inside that boundary, and stop them for a 
 little, so as to give the attacked and alarmed inhabitants time 
 to collect their retainers and pursue the invaders. Let us 
 throw ourselves back mentally to the year 1500, and imagine 
 an invasion of the O'Byrnes or O'Tooles in a dark Novem- 
 ber night. They have swept down from the neighbourhood 
 of Lough Bray, and have spread far and wide over the fields 
 from Dolphin's Barn to Clondalkin, gathering as quietly and 
 quickly as they can all the cattle there feeding. Suddenly 
 a warder on Tallaght Castle gives the signal announcing that 
 the Irish enemy are inside the Pale, and lights his beacon,
 
 238 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 
 
 which is repeated from Tymon, Drimnagh, Baggotrath, 
 Rathmines, and dozens of other castles. All the English 
 assemble with their retainers at the indicated points of 
 attack, and follow the flying foe, who drive their prey before 
 them as quickly as they can. But then, flying to their native 
 haunts, they come straight up against this double ditch, 
 which the cattle refuse to mount. Meanwhile the pitiless 
 foe are behind, growing in numbers as they advance ; and 
 knowing well the long rope and short shrift which await 
 him, the Irishman makes his escape across the ditch, leaving 
 the cattle behind. And thus the Pale served its purpose." 
 
 ANCIENT DEEDS (p. 12). 
 
 Among the deeds in the Liber Niger is one from Walter 
 the Miller confirming to William of Winchester the lands of 
 Tirknoc (Tiknock) near the Dodder (fol. 26), the rent to be 
 a pair of white gloves ; and there is also a memorandum of 
 eighty-five acres of land at Taney, granted by Archbishop 
 Alexander de Bicknor (1317-49) to Edmund Racket (fol. 27). 
 This land was in the manor of St. Sepulchre ; sixty acres lay 
 between Roebuck and the king's highway, and extended from 
 Dundrum to Bolie (Farranboley) ; and twenty-five acres ex- 
 tended into the lands of Galfridi de Bret of Bathfarnham. 
 In 1325, at an inquiry held on the request of John Racket, 
 it was proved that three acres of land near " Renville Parkes " 
 did not belong to the Archbishop of Dublin, but were part 
 of the holding given by Edmund Racket to the said John 
 Racket. In a subsequent note it appears that in 1317 this 
 land was in the occupation of Thomas Fitzwilliam, who had 
 succeeded William Runncoile (fol. 571). 
 
 WILLIAM POWER (p. 13). 
 
 His pension, in lieu of all his endowments, was 40 per 
 annum (8th Report of Deputy Keeper of Records in Ireland,
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 289 
 
 Fiant No. 94), which would be equal to about 400 a year of 
 our money. 
 
 ARCHBOLDS (pp. 17, 18, 27, 28). 
 
 Amongst the Plants of Elizabeth is a pardon granted in 
 1584 to " Piers, son of Rich. Archbold of Kilmacod, gent." 
 (Fiant 4,405). The family was one of the oldest in the Co. 
 Dublin, and the name appears frequently in the Fiants and 
 Close Bolls. The earliest mention of the name which we 
 have found is in Gilbert's Chartularies of St. Mary's Abbey 
 (vol. i., preface xxviii., and pp. 279, 333), which shows that 
 the Archbolds were living at Bochestown about the year 
 1300. In 1408 John Archbold was examined as to the 
 boundaries of the holding of the Abbey at Kilternan, and 
 stated that he was born at Rochestown, and was then eighty 
 years of age. In the reign of Henry VIII. we find Archbolds 
 of Moche Bree and Lytle Bree ; in the reign of Edward VI. , 
 Archbolds of Glasmokrey, Kylbarroke, and Loughanston ; in 
 the reign of Philip and Mary, Archbolds of Ballynloghan and 
 Carrickmayne ; and in the reign of Elizabeth, Archbolds of 
 Tymolenbeg, Kynleston, Ballerahin, and many other places. 
 (See Beports of Deputy Keeper of Records in Ireland and 
 Calendar of Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland.) 
 
 In B. L. G., 1846, under Archbold of Davidstown, it is 
 mentioned that Richard Archbold of Eadestown m. Mary, 
 dau. of Matthew Ball, grandson of Nicholas Ball, Mayor of 
 Dublin in 1582. Burke says he had a son "Garret;" so 
 probably in Tomb II. we should have supplied "mother" 
 instead of "wife." 
 
 HOUSEHOLDERS IN 1664 (p. 22). 
 
 The Hearth Money Returns are in the Public Record 
 Office. The number of inhabitants in the parish about that 
 time can, however, be obtained with more accuracy hi a census
 
 240 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 
 
 of 1659 a copy of which is preserved in the Boyal Irish 
 Academy. It gives the numbers as follows : 
 
 No. of People. English. Irish. 
 
 Dondrom ... ... 47 14 33 
 
 Titnocke 15 15 
 
 Churchtowne ... ... 7 2 5 
 
 Moltyanstowne 18 7 11 
 
 Rabuckeand Owenstowne ... 30 5 25 
 
 Eabucke 19 2 17 
 
 Kilmacudd ... ... 13 11 2 
 
 Balacoly ... ... 18 7 11 
 
 167 48 119 
 
 JOHN DUNTON (p. 22). 
 
 In that most comprehensive of modern works, the Dic- 
 tionary of National Biography (vol. xvi., p. 236), there is a 
 biography of Dunton by the editor, Leslie Stephen, Esq. 
 
 DUNDBUM CASTLE (p. 23). 
 
 Through the kindness of Austin Darner Cooper, Esq., 
 J.P., of Drumnigh, Co. Dublin, we have had an opportunity 
 of examining the MS. notes made by his grandfather, Austin 
 Cooper, Esq., who was an antiquary and patron of art in the 
 last century, of various places of interest in the Co. Dublin. 
 He thus describes Dundrum Castle, the date of his visit 
 being April 16, 1780: "The Castle of Dundrum, three miles 
 S. of Dublin, is inhabited, and in excellent repair ; at the 
 N.E. end of it are the remains of a much older building than 
 the present castle, which is visibly a modern addition in 
 comparison to the old mansion. There is but very little of 
 this ancient part remaining ; some of the walls are six feet 
 thick ; about the castle are several traces of old walls, 
 avenues, &c., proving it to have been once a very complete 
 habitation. The whole is on the summit of a small hill,
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 241 
 
 surrounded with ash trees, with a handsome rivulet running 
 at its foot, but this shelter will soon be removed, as they are 
 cutting away the trees." 
 
 Gabriel Beranger, a well-known artist in Dublin at the 
 close of the last century, made three sketches of the castle, 
 and describes it as very picturesque. He says the principal 
 entrance was from the courtyard by a stone stairs. (See Ap- 
 pendix to Sir William Wilde's Memoirs of Gabriel Beranger.) 
 
 JAMES II. (p. 24). 
 
 In September, 1892, there was a very large find of brass 
 money of this monarch's reign on the land of James Sheill, 
 Esq.. in the townland of Kingstown. (See Journal of the 
 Eoijal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1893, p. 164.) 
 
 WILLIAM BALL (p. 29). 
 
 Mr. Ball was one of the sub-commissioners employed in 
 collating the records of Ireland, and prepared an authentic 
 edition of the Irish Statutes. (See 2nd Eeport of the Com- 
 missioners of Records of Ireland, 1810-15.) Amongst his 
 father's pupils were Henry Grattan and John FitzGibbon, 
 afterwards Earl of Clare. (See Irish Builder, August 15, 
 1895, p. 194.) 
 
 MONKSTOWN CHUECH (p. 54). 
 
 In the paragraph in which this church is mentioned " 1844 >; 
 should read " 1814." The present church was not built until 
 1 832, and from a view of Old Monkstown Church in the Journal 
 of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland for March, 
 1895, it will be seen that its design was similar to that of 
 Taney Church as originally erected. 
 
 SIR THOMAS LIGHTON (p. 125). 
 
 In a series of articles on the Old Dublin Bankers, by C. M. 
 
 Tenison, Esq., M.K.I.A., which has recently appeared in the
 
 242 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 
 
 Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 
 there is a short account of Lighten and Shaw's Bank (Feb., 
 1895, p. 72). In its earliest years it had the largest circula- 
 tion of any of the Dublin banks; and in 1836 it was merged, 
 into the Royal Bank of Ireland, which now occupies its offices. 
 Sir Thomas Lighten was amongst those who voted against 
 the Union. His daus. Anne and Charlotte were bapt. in T.C. 
 
 ISAAC WILLIAM USHER (p. 149). 
 The following announcement appeared in the Dublin papers 
 in July, 1895: "On the 6th July, by special licence, at 
 Laurel Lodge, Dundrum, by the Rev. Edward Carroll, Isaac 
 William Usher, Surgeon, Tudor House, Dundrum, to Rosie, 
 youngest daughter of the late Captain Meyler, Dundrum 
 House." 
 
 RIGHT HON. WILLIAM BROOKE (pp. 159, 160). 
 
 Owing to an accidental transposition of the type the date 
 of the death of Master Brooke's first wife has been placed 
 after her mother's name. 
 
 Mrs. Bradford, mother of Master Brooke's second wife, 
 edited the Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw (published by 
 Colburn in 1840), from whom Mrs. Brooke got the name. 
 The Princess Daschkaw was lady-in-waiting to Catherine II. 
 of Russia; she travelled with her son throughout Europe, 
 and came to Dublin. She was the lion of Dublin society in 
 1779, when she composed the music for a hymn sung at the 
 Magdalen Chapel in aid of a collection for that charity. She 
 was a great friend of Lady Arabella Denny, who then resided 
 at Lisaniskea, Blackrock, where the Princess planted two 
 ilex trees, which still flourish there. On this visit she be 
 came acquainted with Mr. Wilmot, and subsequently invited 
 his daughter to pay her a visit on her Russian estate ; there 
 Miss Wilmot remained several years. On her return she 
 married the Rev. Mr. Bradford, the father-in-law of Mastei 
 Brooke.
 
 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 243 
 
 RIGHT HON. ANTHONY FOSTER (pp. 168, 169, 170). 
 His great-great-grandson, James Foster Vesey Fitzgerald, 
 Esq., supplies the following additional information : "There 
 can be no doubt that Merville was built by Chief Baron 
 Foster. It was built to gratify his second wife, a very witty 
 and capricious lady, which were family characteristics of the 
 Burgh ladies. The country round Merville was quite wild 
 and open at that time ; and one day, while she was out 
 driving, she stopped where Merville now stands, and declared 
 she would have her house built there. The Chief Baron 
 intended building a house at Collon ; but in obedience to his 
 wife, he built Merville instead. He was one of the founders 
 of the Royal Dublin Society. He was distinguished for his 
 impartial administration of the law, and steadily refused to 
 admit Francis Higgins, the Sham Squire, to practise as an 
 attorney in his court, characterizing his repeated attempts 
 as 'impudence,' and threatening a committal to Newgate if 
 repeated." (Fitzpatrick's Sham Squire, p. 21.) 
 
 ROEBUCK CASTLE (p. 183). 
 
 Mr. Austin Cooper (see p. 240) thus describes the castle on 
 March 25, 1781 : "At Rawbuck near Merrion stands a large 
 castle in the shape of an L. Part of it has a slated roof, and 
 is used for sundry purposes by a farmer who has a snug house 
 there. I could not see the inside. In the window over the 
 gate, N.W. angle, is a stone whereon are the arms of the 
 Trimblestown family, who are owners hereof and a large 
 estate thereabouts. I suppose it was built by some of their 
 ancestors. On it are the letters R. B. A. F., and on one side 
 Robart." 
 
 ROADS (p. 220). 
 
 In the Royal Irish Academy there is a most interesting 
 map, on a large scale, of the County Dublin, dated 1799. 
 
 TIPPERSTOWN AND MULCHANSTOWN (p. 19). 
 These townlands are now in the Parish of Kill, and not in 
 the Parish of Stillorgan.
 
 DEX. 
 
 Accounts, Parochial, 217. 
 
 Aderk, 6. 
 
 Alan, John, Archbishop, 9, 10, 11. 
 
 Alexander III., Pope, 9. 
 
 All Saints' (at Kynturk), 6. 
 
 Prior of (at Bally collay), 6. 
 Allen, Sir John, 13. 
 Ancient Deeds, 238. 
 Antiquaries, Journal of Eoyal Society of (Ireland), 1 (note), 
 
 10 (note), 12 (note), 241. 
 Antiquities, chap, ii., 5. 
 Appendix A, 229. 
 
 B, 230. 
 
 C, 232. 
 
 D, 234. 
 
 E, 236. 
 Applotters and Appraisers, 192. 
 
 Archbold family, 239 ; Maurice or Morris, 17, 20 ; Eichard, 
 
 17, 24, 239. 
 Archdall, Mervyn, 67. 
 Archer's Survey of the County Dublin, 223. 
 Artane, 9. 
 Assessments, 199. 
 
 Balally, 1, 8, 12, 223; Balawley, 13, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24; 
 
 Balla^vley, derivation of, 14 (note) ; Balowley, 20 ; Bel- 
 
 lawley, 15, 16. 
 Ball, Eight Hon. J. T., 85, 212.
 
 246 INDEX. 
 
 Ball, Counsellor William, 29, 241. 
 
 Ball Wright's Ussher Families, 18 (note), 149 ; Ball Families, 
 
 29 (note). 
 Balithermot, 6. 
 Ballinteer, 1, 13, 15, 16, 20, 203, 223 ; Balayn, 13 ; Ballintery, 
 
 20 ; Ballintiry, 20 ; Ballintry, 15, 16. 
 Ballycollay, 6. 
 Ballykegh, 6. 
 
 Basset, family of, 8 ; David, 8. 
 Beadle, 193. 
 Beere, Daniel, 98, 204. 
 Belegrene, 6. 
 Belfield, 123, 185, 224. 
 Bernard, M. C., 64, 99. 
 
 Blackburne, Eight Hon. Francis, 155, 213 (note). 
 Blacker's Sketches of Booterstown, 16 (note), 17 (note), 23 
 
 (note), 75, 104, 154 (note), 155, 168. 
 Booterstown, 2. 
 Borr, John, 24. 
 
 Bourne, Walter, 101, 200, 204 ; E. T., 101. 
 Bredin, Andrew Noble, 81. 
 
 Brewer's Beauties of Ireland, 16 (note), 183 (note), 211. 
 Brewster, Eight Hon. Abraham, 157. 
 Broderick, Hon. Charles, Archbishop of Cashel, 55, 57. 
 Brooke, Eight Hon. William, 159, 242. 
 Broome, William, 216. 
 Brun, Fromund le, 8. 
 Building of church, estimate for, 236. 
 Bulkeley, Archbishop Lancelot, 14. 
 Bulwer, James, 73. 
 Burial Fees, &c., Table of, 232. 
 Burke, Dr., 204. 
 Burr, John, 23. 
 Burton, Mr. Justice, 161. 
 Butler, Edward, 204. 
 
 Callary, 2, 203 ; Challorighe, 13.
 
 IXDEX. 247 
 
 Campbell, Alexander Burrowes, 76 ; Matthew, 69, 204, 207. 
 
 Carroll, Edward Arnold, 91. 
 
 Cashel, Most Rev. and Hon. Charles Broderick, Archbishop 
 
 of, 55, 57. 
 
 Cawhell (Cahill), John, 14. 
 Central Asylum, Dundrum, 4, 79. 
 Cess, Collector of, 193. 
 Chamberlaine, Judge, 103, 224. 
 Chantrell Ferine, 13. 
 Chapel of Ease, chapter x., 196. 
 Charles, R., 205. 
 
 Christ Church (Taney), chapter iv., 53. 
 Cathedral 18, 19. 
 Dean of, 20. 
 Deeds, 7 (note). 
 
 Church Plate, 230. 
 
 Churchtown, 1, 7, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 26, 215, 223. 
 Churchwardens, Chronological List of, chapter viii., 93. 
 
 Alphabetical List of, 97. 
 Clahull, Hugh de, 7 ; John de, 7. 
 Cleaver, Dr. Euseby, Archbishop, 55. 
 Clerk, Parish, 192. 
 ,, Vestry, 192. 
 Cloghranhydryt, 6. 
 Clonliff, 6. 
 Clonschilagh, C. 
 
 Clonskeagh, 21, 203, 222 ; Clonskeagh Castle, 144. 
 Coaches, 201. 
 
 College of Dublin, 16, 17, 18, 19. 
 Colles, Abraham, 162. 
 Constable, Parish, 193. 
 Corballis, Richard, 204. 
 Cotton's Fasti Ecclesice Hibernicce, 3, 9 (note), 13 (note), 24 
 
 (note), 72, 82, 144 (note). 
 Coulmyne, 6. 
 Coulok, 6. 
 Crede Mihi, 10.
 
 248 INDEX. 
 
 Crofton, A. B., 104, 190, 205 ; James, 57, 105, 204, 224 ; W. R., 
 
 105. 
 
 Cromwell (Oliver), 15. 
 Crozier, Thomas, 197 ; F. B. M., 106. 
 Crumlin, 3. 
 Curates under the Archdeacon as Rector, chapter v., 66 
 
 from 1851, chapter vi., 86. 
 
 second, 91. 
 Curran, M., 56; J. A., 205; Henry, 187, 192. 
 
 Dalkey, 8. 
 
 Dansey's Hora Decaniac Euralts, 5 (note). 
 
 Dargan, William, 164. 
 
 Darley, Alderman, 55. 
 
 Deanery, ancient Rural, 5 ; modern Rural, 3. 
 
 Deeds, ancient, 238. 
 
 Disestablishment, effects of, 208. 
 
 Dispensary, 203. 
 
 Distress, 206. 
 
 Dobson, Eliphal, 22 ; Isaac, 23, 24. 
 
 Dollars, Spanish, 214. 
 
 Dondromarty, 13. 
 
 Donnybrook, 2, 6, 11, 15, 19, 21 ; Donnybroke, 11 ; Donne- 
 brook, 15 ; Donabrooke, 19, 21. 
 
 Down Survey, 15, 19, 21. 
 
 Downes, Right Hon. William, Baron, 56, 166. 
 
 Drummartin, 2, 13, 223 ; Drumartane, 53. 
 
 Dublin, Archbishops of John Alan, 9, 10, 11 ; Lancelot 
 Bulkeley, 14 ; Euseby Cleaver, 55 ; Thomas Jones, 13 ; 
 Luke, 3, 11 ; Laurence O'Toole, 9 ; R. C. Trench, 61 (note), 
 63 (note) ; R. Whately, 185 (note), 222 (note). 
 
 Dublin and Wicklow Railway, 219. 
 
 Duffy, John, 204. 
 
 Duncan, J., 205. 
 
 Dundrum, 2, 13, 15, 16, 203, 223 ; Dondrom, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23 ; 
 Dondrommy, 13 ; Dundrum Castle, 23 (note), 240. 
 
 Dunsenk, 6.
 
 INDEX. 249 
 
 Dunton (John), author of The Dublin Scuffle, 22 (note), 240. 
 Dwyer, William, 69. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 58, 60. 
 Erck's Ecclesiastical Register, 24 (note). 
 Estimate for building Taney Church, 236. 
 
 Farranboley, 203. 
 
 Farrell, William, Architect, 54. 
 
 Fawcett, John, 88. 
 
 Fees, Table of Marriage, Burial, &c., 232. 
 
 First Fruits, Board of, 54, 56, 57, 58. 
 
 Fitzwilliam, Oliver, 16, 20 ; and Herbert Families, 154 ; 
 
 Lord of Merrion, 17, 53. 
 
 Fleetwood, Charles, 15 ; Fleetwood's Survey, 15, 20, 21. 
 Fletcher, John Joseph Knox, 86. 
 Forster & Andrews, of Hull, 60. 
 Foster, Right Hon. Anthony, 168, 169, 170, 243. 
 Fox, Mr. Justice, 171. 
 Fowler, Archdeacon, 207. 
 Franks, Sir John, 171. 
 Friarland, 2, 223. 
 Fuller, J. F., 64. 
 
 Giffard, John, 53, 56, 112. 
 
 Gilbert's Records of Dublin, 17 (note), History of Dublin, 22 
 
 (note), 115. 
 
 Glebe House and Land, 194. 
 Goats' Milk, 210. 
 Goatstown, 210. 
 Goulding, W. J., 64. 
 Gough, Viscount, 196. 
 Graveyard, chapter iii., 26. 
 
 ,, inscriptions on tombstones arranged alphabeti- 
 
 cally, chap, iii., 28. . 
 Grogan, Sir Edward, 173.
 
 250 INDEX. 
 
 Hall, Lieut.-General Henry, 173. 
 
 Hamilton, Alexander, 117 ; Everard, 117, 212 ; Henry, 75 ; 
 
 William Alfred, 83, 195. 
 Harty, Sir Bobert, 175. 
 Health, Officers of, 203. 
 Hearth-money Eeturns, 22, 239. 
 Henry II., King, 7. 
 Hiine, Morris, 118, 200, 227. 
 
 Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, 10 (note). 
 Hone, Alderman Nathaniel, 53, 56, 119, 190, 200, 204. 
 Householders in Parish, 239. 
 Hudson-Kinahan, Sir E. H., 176, 194. 
 Hughes's St. Werburgh's Parish, 23 (note), 68, 82. 
 Hunt, Henry, 71. 
 
 Inscriptions on tombstones arranged alphabetically, chapter 
 
 iii., 28. 
 Isolde's Town, 6. 
 
 James I., 13. 
 
 II., 24, 241. 
 James, Charles Henry, 63. 
 John, King, 7. 
 
 Jones, Archbishop Thomas, 13 ; Owen, 24. 
 Joyce's Irish Names of Places, 203. 
 
 Kane, Sir Eobert, 176. 
 
 Kemp, John, 19. 
 
 Kilgobbin, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 15 ; Kilgoban, 11. 
 
 Kill, 19. 
 
 Kilmacud, 2, 6, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 214 ; Kylmahud, 6. 
 
 Kilternan, 4, 8. 
 
 Kinahan, Daniel, 121, 192, 205, 206 ; Sir E. H. Hudson, 176, 
 
 194 ; George, 63, 122, 194, 212. 
 King's State of the Protestants in Ireland under James II., 24 
 
 (note). 
 Kingstown (Townland of), 2, 241.
 
 INDEX. 251 
 
 Kylmacodrek, 6. 
 Kylmatalway, 6. 
 Kynturk, 6. 
 
 Langley, Charles Seymour, 86. 
 
 La Touche, Peter, 123, 204. 
 
 Lay Patron, 211. 
 
 Ledwich, Edward, 140, 215. 
 
 Leinster, 7. 
 
 Lesmolyn, Prioress of, 6. 
 
 Leucane, 6. 
 
 Liber Niger Alani, 1, 9, 10, 12, 238. 
 
 Lighten family, 27 ; Sir Thomas Lighten, 125, 190, 213, 224, 
 
 241. 
 
 Limerick, Diocese of, 11 ; Dr. Leslie, Bishop of, 214. 
 Locum, Thomas, 12. 
 
 Lodge's Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica, 15 (note). 
 Luke, Archbishop, 3, 11. 
 Luske, 11. 
 
 McCaskey, W., 132, 205. 
 
 M-Comas, E. Henry A., 64, 132. 
 
 M'Kay family, 8 (note) ; Daniel, 133, 200 ; Manners, 133 ; 
 
 William, 134. 
 Magan, P., 205. 
 Mageough Home, 4. 
 Mann, Archdeacon Isaac, 24. 
 Margetson, Dean, 19. 
 Marriage Fees, Table of, 232. 
 Mary, Queen, 13. 
 
 Mason's History of St. Patrick's, 3, 11 (note), 13 (note), 21. 
 Mason, Samuel Henry, 78. 
 
 Mayne, Mr. Justice, 130, 204 ; Joseph St. Clair, 132. 
 Merrion, 1, 2, 24. 
 Meryyoung, Lord of, 20. 
 Merville, 125, 167, 173, 223, 243. 
 Militia and Yeomanry, 212.
 
 252 INDEX. 
 
 Mills's, Mr. James, The Norman Settlement in Leinster, 1 
 
 The Manor of /St. Sepulchre, 12 (note). 
 Milltown, 4, 12, 20, 21, 222, 224. 
 Moeran, Edward Busteed, 82. 
 Monkstown, 19 ; Church, 54, 241. 
 Moreen, 8, 134. 
 Mount Anville, 2, 166. 
 Mountmerrion (or Calary), 2, 154, 224. 
 Mountmerrion, South, 2. 
 Moyers, William, 58. 
 
 Mulchanstown, 19, 20, 243 ; Moltanstown, 20. 
 Murray, John Edward, 91. 
 Musgrave's Memoirs of the Rebellion, 135 (note). 
 
 Naas, 8. 
 
 Nally, William, 23, 24. 
 
 Names, Derivation of Place, 203. 
 
 Newcastle, Barony of, 19. 
 
 Nicholson, James, 27. 
 
 Nominators, Parochial, 211. 
 
 Olympus Boarding House, 56. 
 
 Ordination held in parish, 214. 
 
 O'Toole, Archbishop Laurence, 9. 
 
 Outrages in Parish, 215. 
 
 Owenstown (or Trimleston), 2, 15, 17, 20, 24. 
 
 Pale, the, 8, 237. 
 Palmerston, 6. 
 Papal Taxation of Dublin, 5. 
 Paparo, Cardinal, 5. 
 Parish Clerk, 192. 
 
 Constable, 193. 
 
 officers, 192. 
 
 pound, 218. 
 
 Registers, 230. 
 stocks, 225.
 
 INDEX. 253 
 
 Parishioners, chapter viii. , 154. 
 
 Parkes, John C., 212. 
 
 Pembroke, Earl of, 65, 196. 
 
 Petty, Sir William, 15. 
 
 Pew sites, purchase of, 234. 
 
 Plate, Church, 230. 
 
 Plunket, Hon. Patrick, 178. 
 
 Pont, Eobert, 13, 66. 
 
 Population of parish, 2, 240. 
 
 Post Chaise Companion, 112 (note), 134 (note), 221. 
 
 Power, Sir John, 179, 227 ; William, 13, 238. 
 
 Prebend of Taney, 11. 
 
 Prescott, Kichard, 14, 67. 
 
 Prior, John, 76. 
 
 Privy Council, order of severing parish from Archdeaconry, 
 
 Queen, The, 166. 
 
 Railway (Dublin and Wicklow), 219. 
 
 Eathdown, Half Barony of, 1, 15, 19 ; Horse, 212. 
 
 Rathfarnham, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 15, 213, 229 ; Rathfernane, 13. 
 
 Rathmichael, 21. 
 
 Rathmines, Great, 2 ; Little, 2. 
 
 Rectors and Curates from 1851, chapter vi., 81. 
 
 Rede, Richard, Lord Chancellor, 212. 
 
 Regal Visitation (1615), 13. 
 
 Registers, Parochial, 230. 
 
 Reichel, Most Rev. C. P., 23 (note). 
 
 Repertorium Viride, 10, 11 (note). 
 
 Richards, Solomon, 139, 204 ; John Goddard, 139. 
 
 Ridgeway, William, 140, 204. 
 
 Roads and Bridges, 220, 243. 
 
 Roebuck, 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 20, 23, 223 ; Rabo, 7, 8, 13 ; 
 
 Rabuck, 15, 16, 20, 21 ; Rawbuck, 23 ; Rebowe, 13 ; 
 
 Robucke, 24 ; Roebuck Castle, 183, 224, 243 ; Roebuck 
 
 Cavalry, 213.
 
 254 INDEX. 
 
 Roe, Henry, GO, 61, 62, 141, 197. 
 
 Rural Deanery, ancient, 5 ; modern, 3. 
 
 Ruttey's Natural History of the County Dublin, 210. 
 
 Ryan, Richard, 70, 113, 227, 228. 
 
 Sabbath, Profanation of, 219. 
 
 St. Catherine, Prior of, G. 
 
 St. Columba, College of, 4 ; Warden of, 88. 
 
 St. John of Dublin, Prior of, 6. 
 
 St. Michael, Robert de, 8 ; Thomas de, 7. 
 
 St. Patrick's Cathedral, 7, 11, 12, 16, 21. 
 
 St. Peter's Parish, 2. 
 
 St. Sepulchre's, Manor of, 12. 
 
 St. Thomas, Monastery of, 6. 
 
 Sankey, John, 67. 
 
 Schoales, Clement Archer, 78. 
 
 Schools, chapter ix., 187. 
 
 Scully, T. M., 205. 
 
 Seats in the Parish, 222. 
 
 Second Curates, 91. 
 
 Services in Church, 224. 
 
 Sexton, 193. 
 
 Seymour, John Hobart, 89. 
 
 Sheppard, James William tfranck, 92. 
 
 Sherlock, Thomas, 204. 
 
 Stanford, William Henry, 78. 
 
 Stillorgan, 2, 3, 19, 214. 
 
 Stirling, James, 100, 212. 
 
 Stocks, Parish, 225. 
 
 Stokes, Whitley, 179. 
 
 Stoney, Robert Baker, 90. 
 
 Story, Luke, 55. 
 
 Strongbow, 7. 
 
 Subsidy Rolls, 1664, 22, 24. 
 
 Tallaght, 3, 8, 9 ; Tauelaghte, 7.
 
 INDEX. 255 
 
 Taney, Tacheny, 7 ; Tachnensis, 230 ; Tachney, 7; Tanee, 
 12, 13, 15, 18, 20 ; Tanhy, 6 ; Tannee, 13, 22 ; Tanney, 
 9 ; Tathtoin, 11 ; Tawnee, 67 ; Tawney, 11, 21, 22 ; 
 Tignai, 9. 
 
 Thompson, George, 144, 227 ; Henry, 146. 
 
 Tiknock, 2, 203 ; Tengknock, 23. 
 
 Tilly, Robert Henry, 143, 212. 
 
 Tipperstown, 15, 19, 243 : Tyberstown, 20. 
 
 Tombstones, Inscriptions on, arranged alphabetically, chap, 
 iii. 28. 
 
 Terrens, Archdeacon, 3. 
 
 Townlands forming Parish, 1. 
 
 Trench, Dr., Archbishop of Dublin, 61 (note), 63 (note), 196. 
 
 Trees, Plantation of, 222. 
 
 Trimblestown, Mathew, Lord, 16, 20. 
 
 Trimleston, John, Baron, 183. 
 
 Trimleston or Owenstown, 2. 
 
 Tullow, Parish of, 2. 
 
 Tully, 19. 
 
 Turbett, J. E. P., 147; James, 148; Robert, 148, 201, 204, 
 227 ; Robert E., 148. 
 
 Uppercross, Barony of, 19. 
 Usher, Isaac William, 149, 242. 
 Ussher, Sir William, 18, 20. 
 
 Vance, William Forde, 72. 
 
 Vernon, John Edward, 181, 197. 
 
 Verschoyle, Richard, 149, 200, 204 ; W. H. F., 149. 
 
 Vestry Books, 225, 231 ; Clerk, 192, 225. 
 
 Veto, Mr., 55. 
 
 Walker, Ralph, 92. 
 
 Wallace, Thomas, 184. 
 
 Walsh, James, 16, 20 ; Dr. James, 91 ; Jeremy, 68 ; John, 
 
 150, 212 ; William, 151. 
 Webb's Compendium of Irish Biography, 68, 164, 176 (note), 
 
 181, 215 (note).
 
 256 INDEX. 
 
 Westby, Edward P., 151, 198, 212. 
 Whately, Archbishop, 185 (note), 222 (note). 
 Whelan, Eobert William, 87. 
 Whitechurch, 2, 4, 19. 
 Whyte, Captain, 205. 
 Williams, Mr., 55. 
 Window Tax, 226. 
 Wright, Thomas, 205. 
 
 Zion Church, Rathgar, 4. 
 
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