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This book contains everything you want to know about the name Murphy. It all began with the Gaelic name O'Morchoe which was metamorphosed into Murphy by English clerks over the centuries. The Irish sept of the name were located in the south of Co. Wexford, near to where the Vikings built the first town of Wexford. They owned extensive estates that were pilfered from them by the conquerors who came after the Vikings - the Normans and the English. In the middle of the 17th century their lands were finally taken and the Murphys began to scatter not alone throughout Ireland but throughout the world where many of them left their mark.

This book shows the inscriptions on all the headstones, tombs and plaques in Kilrush (Co. Wexford) Old Roman Catholic graveyard. The numbers refer to the position of the grave in the graveyard and on the plan of the graveyard held by the Caretaker.

This book traces the lives of the Stopford Earls of Courtown and their families from the time of the first Stopford to come to Wexford c. 1700 down to modern times.The Stopfords were clever intuitive people and through many calculated marriages their wealth accumulated and opportunities were created for advancement. The marriage of the 2nd Earl to Mary Powys opened doors that were hitherto undreamt of as Mary's mother was Lady Mary Brudenell whose family was closely connected to King George III. We know very little about the day to day lives of the Stopfords with the exception of the 5th and 6th Earls and their families thanks to the diaries of the 6th Earl and his sister Charlotte. Those diaries give us a rare glimpse into the social and personal lives of the families - their sports (hunting for birds, otters, foxes, golf), their maladies, their religion, their social outings, their friends, their prudence in financial affairs and their holidays in London.

The first Talbot, Richard Talbot came to Ireland in 1172 A.D. with King Henry II. According to the census of 1911 there were 752 people of that name living in Ireland. Based in Malahide, which was granted to Richard by King Henry, the family grew and spread out to many other areas in Dublin, Ireland and overseas during the centuries that followed. This study traces the vicissitudes and triumphs of this remarkable family down to the present day. The work is based largely on the extraordinarily detailed 790 page book "Into the Lion's Den" by Stephen. E. Talbot. An Archbishop, a Lord Deputy and an Admiral are just three of the many exceptional Talbots who lived through the centuries.

Descended from the famous Powers of Curraghmore in Waterford, James Power established his world famous distillery in Dublin in the latter half of the 18th century. This is the story of the family's association with Wexford which began when James Power bought the Edermine Estaate, near Enniscorthy in 1690.

The Donovans of Ballymore and the Colcloughs of Tintern & The Duffry were two of the important Wexford families that helped shape modern County Wexford. The Donovans lived in the north of the county while the Colcloughs lived in the south and west of County Wexford. Representatives of both families continued living in their family homes well into the 20th century.

Kavanagh - A History of the Kavanaghs details the story of the Kavanaghs from the time of Donal, the first Kavanagh, who was born to King Diarmuid McMurrough about 1130 A.D. The Kavanaghs were the Royal Line of the people who lived in Ui Cinnsealaigh, a part of Ireland that encompassed modern day counties Wexford and Carlow and parts of South Wicklow in Ireland. The level of detail in this book is nothing short of astounding with genealogical profiles of all the various families that made up the numerous septs of the Kavanaghs in the Middle Ages. This book is a must read for anyone named Kavanagh, Kavanaugh or Cavanaugh, who has an interest in their family roots.

This book is a stand-alone and updated version of the the histories of De Renzy and Dundas families of Co. Wexford which were part of the book entitled The Wexford Gentry II. This book examines in some detail the advent of each family into County Wexford and to their estate known as Clobemon which lay on the banks of the Slaney river halfway between the towns of Newtownbarry (Bunclody) and Enniscorthy. This is a biography and memoir of two prominent Wexford families.While the De Renzy family were the first owners of the estate following the Cromwellian Settlement in the 17th century the Dundas family became owners by purchase in the 19th century.The descendants of the De Renzy and Dundas families are traced from available records.

According to Burkes Irish Family Records, John Boxwell, of Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, was the founder of the Wexford dynasty. Helen Skrine, the family historian, of Butlerstown House, a daughter of Francis Boxwell, the last Boxwell occupier of Butlerstown, told an interesting story about the origins of the Boxwell family. The founding ancestor, John, was a private secretary to Queen Mary, the older sister of Queen Elizabeth, and for his services 'he was granted an estate in Wiltshire called Littlepark. His descendant John Boxwell, backed the wrong side in the Civil War in England and was accused of harbouring royalists. He was charged with supplying them with 480 lbs. of cheese and 30 head of cattle! His estate was confiscated and his son, John, was forced to remove into Ireland. He came to Dublin and took the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy, thus becoming a Freeman of Ireland. He went to Wexford town where he became a ship's chandler, and a dealer in rabbit skins and became successful as a merchant.'

There may well have been other families of Doynes in Antrim as research shows there was a Robert Doyne born in 1647, in County Antrim, Ireland.Robert's father, Thomas William Doyne, was 52 and his mother, Sarah Ann Wharton, was 35 when Robert was born. Robert married Mary Stone about 1674, in Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. In 1680, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as high sheriff. He died on 23 July 1689, in Charles, Maryland, British Colonial America, at the age of 42, and was buried in Saint Ignatius Cemetery, Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, United States.Michael Doyne, of Dublin and Antrim, son of Teig Reagh, was dispossessed under the Cromwellian Act of Confiscation of 1652, but his widow obtained a decree of Innocence in 1662, by which all the lands subject to her inheritance were restored to her only son, Robert.

The Cruise of the R. Y. S. Eva is a book written by Arthur Kavanagh and first published in 1865. The book is a personal account of Kavanagh's journey on board the yacht R. Y. S. Eva, which he owned and sailed on the Mediterranean Sea. The book describes the yacht's voyage from Gibraltar to the coast of Africa, and then to the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. The book provides a detailed account of Kavanagh's experiences during the voyage, including descriptions of the scenery, the people he met, and the challenges he faced while sailing. Kavanagh also writes about the history and culture of the places he visited, providing readers with an insight into the Mediterranean world in the mid-19th century.The book is written in a lively and engaging style, with Kavanagh's enthusiasm for sailing and exploration shining through in his writing. The Cruise of the R. Y. S. Eva is a fascinating read for anyone interested in sailing, travel, and the history of the Mediterranean region. It is a testament to the spirit of adventure and exploration that has inspired sailors for centuries.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Arthur J. Kavanagh, historian, author and publisher, has written ten books in all. In the Shadow of Mount Leinster The Wexford Gentry 1 The Wexford Gentry 2 Ireland 1798 - the Battles O'Nolan - the History of a People The Tipperary Gentry Vol 1 (with Wm Hayes) The Gentry & Aristocracy of Kilkenny The Gentry & Aristocracy of Meath The Kavanaghs Kings of Leinster Lest We Forget ( a book about people from North Wexford and South Carlow) All the books are now out of print but sections of the books are now available on Createspace.

In 1921 the treaty between Britain and Ireland led to the establishment of the Irish Free State, which gave Ireland the right to govern itself as a Dominion within the British Empire. Within a few months, Ireland again erupted in conflict, this time a bitter civil war between the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State and those who felt that the Anglo-Irish Treaty fell far short of Republican ambitions. On the night of February 1922, the 5th Earl of Desart was in London when a small group of Republicans walked up the avenue to Desart Court armed with fire-torches. Why it was felt necessary to destroy the building is unclear. The Desarts had not done anything obvious to bring this destruction upon them . The 5th Earl had been amongst the earliest Irish landlords to agree to the sale of his estate in the wake of the 1903 Land Act. Lady Sybil Lubbock maintained the burning was "for no personal ill-will towards them [the Desarts] but in reprisal for some measure of severity on behalf of the new government".

The Wexford Gentry Volumes I and II have been out of print for over fifteen years. The contents are now being reproduced digitally and in print form on Amazon's Create Space website. Because each chapter in the original books relates to one particular family we have decided to reproduce the books in partswith possibly two or more stories combined - e.g. Hall-Dare of Newtownbarry & Harvey of Kyle.The two family stories have been digitized as one book.

Thomas Taylour was an English surveyor who was closely associated with William Petty the famous author of The Down Survey. He was in fact the Deputy Surveyor General from 1660 to 1667. Shortly after the Cromwellian subjugation of the Irish, Sir William Petty was commissioned to carry out a complete survey of the entire country with a view to deciding the lands of the 'rebel' Irish that should be forfeited and made available for distribution to the soldiers and adventurers. Thomas Taylour came to Ireland in 1653 and was in possession of lands in the Kells area before the end of the decade. He got other lands in the country also either by purchase or by grant. In the early 1800s the family owned over 7000 acres in Co. Meath, 14000 plus in Cavan, almost 13,000 in Westmoreland, 4,500 in York and 3,400 in Lancashire. At the time Lord Headfort's rental rolls brought him in a massive £40,000 per annum. The Watsons were a Quaker family; members of the petty gentry who had been established in Carlow by the early seventeenth century after John Watson from Cumberland obtained a lease of lands at Ardristan from the Earl of Ormonde. It is claimed that they were descended from the Rutland based Watson family who were raised in the peerage in the early eighteenth century to the Marquisate of Rockingham. The family's principal seats in Ireland were in Carlow, at Kilconnor and Ballydarton.