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Calvary is Hugginstowns newest parish Cemetery, while the new parish Church remains in the village the parish Cemetery Calvary is situated on the road north towards Newmarket and Aughavillar. Situated in the townsland with the lovely name of Romansvalley, the origin of this name is unfortunately lost in the folk memory. The continuity of family names recorded at the old parish Cemetery on the main street of Hugginstown are again established here at Calvary, along with a number of family names new to the area and not recorded locally in any of the graveyards up to now.
The richly sounding named hamlets and villages still carry firmly their old gaelic origins though sometimes anglicized phonetically.
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The graveyards of Hugginstown, Kilkeasy Calvary and Aughavillar, stand out not only as places of
cultural and historical value but in how they are each cared for and maintained. This reflects well on a community with strong affinity and respect for their heritage, with these graveyards being central to it. Calvary has a beautiful view to the Blackstairs mountain from the gate looking east, within it is
Adams, Aylward, Bambrick, Barron, Brennan, Broderick, Butler, Cahill, Clooney, Comerford, Coogan, Cooney, Cox, Crowley, Culleton, Daly, Deloughery, Deloughrey, Doheny, Duggan, Farrell, Fitzpatrick, Fleming, Foran, Gaule, Gibb, Glendon, Gold, Gorman, Grace, Hayes, Henebry, Hogan, Kenneally, L.L, Lonergan, Long, Maher, Manning, McBride, McCarthy, Murphy, Nolan, O`Brien, O`Gorman, O`Shea, Petrova, Phelan, Power, Raggett, Roche, Ryan, Seward, Tennyson, Twomey, Walsh.
Index of Places
Aughavillar, Ballagh, Ballintee, Ballinteskin, Ballybray, Ballygerdra, Ballytarsney, Boolyglass, Boolygloss, Carrickshock, Carrigmerlin, Catstown, Cloughabrody, Coolmore, Condonstown, Croan, Croughtabeg, Dublin, Dunbell, Dunnammaggan, Dunnammaggin, Glen, Gowlawn, Hugginstown, Hugginstown Old Cemetery, Keatingstown, Kilcurl, Kilkeasy, Kilkenny, Kilmoganny, Knocktopher, Kyleva, Lismatigue, London, Moonrue, Mullinavat, Mylerstown, Newmarket, Romansvalley, Sheepstown, The Quay, Thomastown, Windgap.
Index to Masons
Gargan, Kilkenny
McDonald, Dunbell
Molloy Callan,
O `Keeffe and sons, Michael St Waterford,
R. O`Keeffe, Michael St Waterford.
Bernie & Mary very interesting site. Martin Kirwan baptised in Thomastown 06th Nov 1795. Father Millis Mother Mary. Sponsors John Byrn & Anastatia Walsh. Martin was in Arva in 1821/41 as carpenter. Interested to know if you have anything on Milis..Tony Redmond. Granitize@google.com
ReplyDeleteHello Tony thank you for visiting our blog and your kind comment.
ReplyDeleteI have found your Martin Kirwan born on 6th November 1796, parents Milis with one l and Mary Kirwan. Their address is Dangan Thomastown. I am not immediately finding other siblings. Is the Arva you mention in Co Cavan? Perhaps you can give a little further information. There are yet many families about Thomastown with this same family name. We look forward to hearing more from you. Kind regards Mary and Bernie
Tony
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay in replying to you. I have had a good search around in all my graveyard materials and have found nothing to relate to your Kirwan family of Dangan, I can only suggest you check out the Tithe Applotments and Grifiths Valuations for Dangan to see if you can identify the landlord of your family. If these don't exist try checking to see which landlord was holding property at Dangan, Martin might have long gone off to Arva but his family may have remained. If you can identify the landlord then you can start looking for his papers. Landlord papers contain things like rent rolls, some going back to the 18th century and letters and papers relating to tenants. Landlord papers can be anywhere - held locally, held in the National Library/Archives in Dublin, still held by descendants of the family, in England in the various local or national repositories. Why did Martin go to Arva? It is a VERY long way from Dangan, Thomastown. It would have been a difficult journey - what took him there? Did his landlord have property there as well as in Kilkenny?
Hope this is of some help.
Kind regards
Bernie and Mary
Bernie and Mary thank you so much for this very interesting site and all the work you have put into it. Among the Butlers who are buried in this cemetery have you come across a Pierce Butler who died at Newmarket in 1888. He was born in Knocktopher, spent more than thirty years overseas, before returning as a widower in 1867. He married Margaret Cudaher/Cuddihy at St Brendans, Hugginstown in late 1867. I am not sure when she died.
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Denise
New Zealand
Thank you so much Denise lovely to hear from you and that your research led you to us.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct in the detail that you have.
Pierce married Margaret Cuddihy on 21st October 1867. In the Church record appears as Cuddihy and in the Civil record the name as Cudahee. But there is no confusion it is the same record.
On The Church record both Pierce and Margaret' address is Romans Valley.
On the Civil document Pierce's address is Barretstown.
Pierce is 53 years and Margaret is 50 years.
James Butler is Pierce's father.
Margarets Father is Andrew Cudahee.
Pierce's occupation is given as Pensioner and Margarets is listed as Cottager, neither had been previously married.
Pierce died on 12th November 1888 he was 75 years old.
His address is Newmarket and His occupation is given as Army Pensioner. Margaret Butler was the informant and was present at his death.
Margaret Butler died on 18th November 1895, at Newmarket.
Her occupation give is Widow of Pierce Butler.. Her age is given as 72 years. Our searches so far have not revealed a Grave for them, we are both trawling the details we have recorded.
We look forward to hearing from you again. I imagine you know his Military history we would appreciate any detail you can give us about this.
kind regards Bernie and Mary
Hi Bernie and Mary
DeleteThank you for reply to my query. And thank you also for the added info of Margaret's death details, I had guessed she was the one who died in 1895 from the indexes.
Pierce Butler, who is my 3 x gt grandfather, was born in Knocktoper in either 1813 or 1814, he joined the East India Company Army in 1834 and spent the next 19 years in India. He was in the Artillery, rising to the rank of Q M Sergeant. He married a widow called Frances Graham in 1843 at Cawnpore in the Bengal Presidency. There first child James was born in 1845 at Umballu, BP. Then my gt gt grandmother Bridget, was born at Cawnpore in 1847. Just recently I found they had a third child Pierce who was mostly likely born on the way to Peshawar, where he died about six months later. Pierce left the HEIC Army in 1853 due to ill health. He was given permission to take his pension in New Zealand, where he spent twelve years, having spent a year in Melbourne, Australia on his way to NZ first. He arrived in New Zealand in 1854 with only his two children James and Bridget. We do not know what happened to his Indo-Brtion wife. In January 1867 he returned to Ireland and as you know married Margaret about 10 months after his return. I have found a few court records relating to his last years in Ireland, so I know he and Margaret lived around the Roman's Valley area during their marriage. This man is my brick wall, I think I have resigned myself to not knowing anything more about him.
Thank you again'
Denise
Denise
DeletePierce's father is given as James Butler, a weaver on his marriage certificate. Andrew Cudahee, labourer is given as Margaret's father. Have you had a look at the Records of the India Office? These are now held at The British Library in London. You may well find further records relating to Pierce's life in India, although you may have already consulted these. The British Families in India website also has a great deal on line such as burial registers etc., Also try Eileen Hewson's site www.Kabristan.org. Or google Kabristan Archive which should find her. The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia might also have information relevant to your search. See www.bacsa.org.uk. They are very helpful. Pierce would have been regarded as British in those days. The Ballyhale registers, available free from The National Library of Ireland might provide you with Pierce's baptism - you have his father's name and Knocktopher was included, for RC purposes, as Ballyhale in those days. It is very interesting that we have Pierce enlisting in the East India Company at this time. We have another young man, from near Inistioge, who also enlisted in the East India Company - there must have been quite a recruitment drive going on, or someone in the area, an officer type, had contacts in the East India company. Do you know if Pierce was sponsored by anyone to enlist in the East India company?
Kind regards
Mary and Bernie
Hi Mary and Bernie
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the Ballyhale registers only begin in 1823, about 10 years too late for Pierce's baptism. There are a number of Butler baptisms in the registers for families living in Barretstown, the place Pierce gave as his residence on his marriage to Margaret.
I have researched at the British Library a few times myself and last year I joined FIBIS and they have done some more research for me around Pierce and also trying to find the name of Pierce's wife Frances' first husband. Trying to work out her maiden name. I do have a number of Pierce's army records including the one that says he was born in Knocktopher. The pension records for his time in NZ, at least those that have survived, say he came from Ballyhale. I do want to get some more records, when finances allow, especially relating to his time at the training depot in England. From memory he was there quite a while before he actually embarked for India. To date I know of no sponsor who may have helped him enlist.
I don't think I know about Eileen Hewson's site so will take a look, thank you.
From my research to date I think that Pierce's father James was deceased before the Griffiths Valuation as although there are plenty of James Butler's none seen to fit in terms of location. I have been looking for records specifically related to weavers or perhaps rent records. Roth House did a search for me some years ago but came up with nothing more than what I knew already.
Regards
Denise
Denise
ReplyDeleteHave you heard of The Butler Society? Was run by Lord Dunboyne. He was a great and learned genealogist and there was nothing he did not know about Butler, especially Butler of Kilkenny. He is now no longer with us but all the records have survived. He has great indexes for every Butler he came across. Try Goolgling The Butler Society - they also have a regular Butler Journal. Also regular international rallies in Kilkenny, every few years or so. Might be worth trying.
Mary and Bernie
Hi Mary and Bernie
DeleteI did belong to the Butler Society at one point and did attend one of their rallies about 2001. I spoke to the son of Lord Dunboyne, the now current Lord Dunboyne, and asked him what the likelihood of my Butler being related to the the Dukes of Ormond given the location of his birth. He thought it would be about 90%. If we are then we are obviously connected through a very junior branch that fell off the tree a very long time ago. I did enjoy the rally I attended, especially the private tour of Kilkenny Castle.
Regards
Denise
Hello Mary and Bernie - I was hoping you could point me in the right direction in regards to what cemetery family members may be buried. They lived and passed in Kilmaganny (Kilmoganny). I have been able to find census records (1901,1911) and a civil death record for James Wright (born about 1836 and passed 14-Jan.-1903) and Married to Susan, but can't find anything regarding where they may be buried. He was a Farmer, so I'm not if that social status would make a gravestone unaffordable. I did review your blogs and there is not note of their names. There is a John Wright, which may or may not are a relative. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Dave
ReplyDeleteHello Dave - Thank you for visiting our blog.... You are correct in the civil death record detail of James Wright.
ReplyDeleteHe died at Kilmoganny on 14th of July 1903, he was 77 years of age which would put his birth year at 1826.
James is buried in the graveyard at Aughavillar and while Mary and I have spent a lot of time researching there we have not found a headstone to this family.
James was born to parents John and Sarah Wright on 13th August 1826. James married Susan/Susannah Ashbury in 1863 Susan was daughter of Edward Ashbury (Sub-Inspector Constabulary) of Co waterford and mother Susannna Sloane.
James and Susan married on 20th June 1863 in the Church of Ireland Church at Stradbally Co Waterford. James's address is noted as being Kilmoganny, his occupation is noted as farmer and from time to time later he is mentioned as being Church Sexton at St Matthews Church of Ireland Kilmoganny.
Their son Edward John Wright was born on 3rd April 1864...Stephen Wright was born on 21st October 1866...William Thomas was born 15th June 1869...Anna/Anne Marie Christina was born 21st December 1871...Catherine Sarah was born 22nd July 1874...Emily Jane was born 21st July 1878....James was born 3rd July 1880. I have further information about the Ashbury family..I have not found a death record for Susan..yet...Hope this is a help to you Dave we are now interested in knowing more about your side and from whom you descend. Kindest regards Bernie and Mary
Hello Bernie and Mary-
DeleteFor whatever reason I never did circle back to find your response to my question. While terribly late, I do sincerly appreciate you taken the time to find and share this information.
I am planning on taken a trip to Ireland with my family will make a stop in Kilomganny along with other areas of interest. I am still going to pay a visit to the Auhavillar graveyard, even though you don't believe there is a headstone.
My Great Grandfather was the youngest son (James). Both he and Edward made their way to America, although about years apart in the late 1890's. I've enjoyed figuring out this puzzle, but with this family portion of our tree I can only go back to about 1800. I had not been able to find the name of James's mother (Sarah), so that was very helpful. We will see what that information yields.
Thank you,
Dave
Dave
ReplyDeleteSusan A Wright was the informant on her husband's death and the above should say of course 14th January 1903
Welcome back Dave you have quite a lot of information to think about above for a while. I have an official Death Certificate to show you but it is filed away so safely I must remember where. Do let us know when you are in Kilkenny we will not be too far away.
DeleteContact us again anytime again and add any information you want to share. you never know who is reading that may be able to add to your knowledge.
Regards
Mary and Bernie
How did Hugginstown get its name
ReplyDeleteHugginstown is called in the Irish Baile Ui Huigin meaning Huggins homestead or sometimes Ballyhuggon. So it is named after someone with the name of Huggin. It is in the middle of the Carrickshock district. Hugginstown has a Fair dating from 1684 so we know this is an fairly ancient usage. Thank you for looking at our site.
ReplyDeleteThe index of names includes Seward. This is where my friend Michael Seward is buried. He died in 1997. His son Nathan is mentioned on the small headstone: "Father of Nathan". I've been trying to contact Nathan since Michael died. He would be around 36 now (in 2021) and lived in Northampton as a child. I would appreciate any help in this regard. Thanks, Dominic Carroll
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