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A Glenmore Mystery: 1905 Photographer [Updated]
One of our readers, Mick Breen, bought three post cards depicting Glenmore. These post cards were post marked March-May 1905. He also shared two post cards of New Ross that the same sender sent to the same receiver in early June 1905.
The Glenmore post cards are not professional post cards. In the early part of the 20th century photographers, who did not possess the equipment to develop their film, took their film to a pharmacy or chemist to have their film developed. Photographers could have their developed photos placed on regular photographic paper or they could have them placed on post cards. Post cards were an economical method of sending photos as there was no need for an envelope and the postage was much less then sending a letter containing photos. The two New Ross post cards are professional post cards.
Below there are three Glenmore post cards postmarked 22 March 1905; 8 April 1905 and 22 May 1905. The two New Ross post cards are both postmarked 8 June 1905.
Who Was the Photographer?
From the various post cards it appears that the photographer and sender of the 1905 post cards had the initials B.A. Given the sender’s reference to working at the school we checked the National School Teachers’ Register and could find no one with B.A. as initials. Thinking that B might stand for Bill we also looked for W. A. Given the fact that B.A. stayed in Glenmore for at least a couple months we do not believe that he or she was a school inspector.
By 1905 the building of the railways was complete and the building of the Glenmore Creamery was commencing. An extensive newspaper search began to determine who may have been in Glenmore in March-June 1905 and connected with the school.
The Agriculture & Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1899, and the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act 1902, established the Department of Agricultural Technical Instruction for Ireland and provided funding for local schemes in agriculture and technical instruction. These Acts remained in place until 1930 when the Vocational Education Act repealed most of the technical instruction provisions. The following year the Agriculture Act dissolved the Department and transferred its functions.
The Kilkenny County Council established the Kilkenny County Committee of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. Instructors were hired and by April 1905 the Kilkenny People (Sat. 29 April 1905, p. 2) were providing excerpts from Miss J.M. Campbell’s, Poultry Report; T. Rea’s, Horticulture Report and William Smyth’s, Agricultural Instruction Report. Glenmore was mentioned in the Poultry and Horticulture Report. William Smythe spent the spring of 1905 providing instruction regarding fruit trees. The closest his report mentioned to his being in Glenmore was Mullinavat.
Based upon what we have uncovered thus far we believe that the photographer was associated with the Agriculture and Technical Instruction which usually took place in schools.
The Addressee: Miss L. Ericsson
The receiver of the post cards was Miss L. Ericsson of 49 Kelmscott Road, Wandsworth Commons, Surrey, London. The address where she lived in 1905 is a terraced house now worth £1,715,000 (per the Move Market). No ties with Glenmore were discovered. Interestingly on one post card B.A. appears to write a few words of Swedish “Minga Halsningus friss(?)” Given the statements made on the post card it appears obvious that Miss Ericsson was unfamiliar with Ireland. There is no marriage record for L. Ericsson in Ireland from 1905 to 1920 and no obvious match could be found in British records.
[Update 30 May 2025– Per the1901 Census, for 49 Kelmscott Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey the Ericson (sic) family included Eric, the father. Eric was 46 (b. 1855 in Sweden) and worked as a tailor’s cutter. His wife Louisa was 33 (b. 1868). Their daughter Lilian was 14 (b. 1887) and their son Eric was 10 (b. 1891). The baby of the family was Winifred who was 8 (b. 1893). Thus, the recipient of the 1905 post cards was Miss Lilian Ericsson who was 18 in 1905.
In the 1911 Census the family was residing at Crescent Wimbledon Park SW, Surrey, England. The father Eric was 56 and still employed as a tailor’s cutter. His wife, Louisa was 43. Lilian Catherine Ericson was 24 and employed as a school teacher. Winifred Nellie Ericson was 18 and employed as a telegraphist.
Lillian Catherine Ericsson married Edward Charles Cull in 1914. They were both 27 years of age. They were also both teachers although Edward was employed since 1901 as a lecturer. His father was John Cull, a Civil Service Clerk. The witnesses were Louisa Ericson and Louisa Cull. Lilian’s father was dead by the time of her marriage (Portsmouth Evening News, Tues. 21 April 1914, p. 4).
The 1921 Census reveals that Lilian and her family were residing at 10 Watson’s Green, Kates Hill, Dudley, Staffordshire, England. Her husband Edward was 34, and he was a University lecturer in Education at the University of Birmingham. Their son, John Ericson Cull, was born 15 April 1919, at Dudley, Worcestershire. Lillian’s widowed mother, Louisa was also in the household. In the 1939 Census Lilian, Edward and John were living at 90 Oakfield Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Edward was employed as a University Lecturer in Education and Psychology. John aged 20 was a university student.
Lillian C. Cull died in 1958 at the age of 71 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and Edward Charles Cull died aged 79 in 1966 in Malvern District, Worcestershire.]
Post Card 1
“This is Glenmore. Looks better through the trees than close to. I am staying just at the foot of the road.” This appears to be “The Churns.”
Post card dated Wed. 22nd 3.05. “Dear L./ Received yours this morning. Having grand weather here today. Quite like summer. Will write soon. B.”
Post Card 2
“This is Glenmore. The photo shows nearly all of the houses. Right under the arrow is my little place. The school where I work is at S.” The S is obviously pointing to the National School. The church can be clearly seen to the right. The arrow indicating where he is staying is problematic by its placement, but given the previous post card it appears that he stayed in one of the small houses built by the Landlord Dr. Mackesy.
” Postcard dated Glenmore 8.4.05. I expect you wonder where I get classes of 18 & 20 from in a place this size. This is big compared to my other district. Minga Halsningus friss? [Swedish = best wishes?] B.A.”
Post Card 3
“Cottage at Glenmore”
“Glenmore. Fancy living with a family of 3 or 4. This is only a stones throw from my place. Will give you some idea of rural Ireland. B.” [postmarked 23 May 1905] We believe that this cottage was on the Vee Road between Bridie Doolan’s tiny shop was later located and where the creamery was being built in 1905.
Post Card 4
Back of Postcard dated 8 June 1905, Glenmore. “A sample of some of the back streets of New Ross.”
Post Card 5
Back of Post Card dated 8 June 1905, Glenmore. “Another St. Michael’s. Looks a smaller place than yours. B”
Please send any corrections, additional information, or suggestions to glenmore.history@gmail.com .
Old Kilkenny County Council records are stored in the Kilkenny Archives and as time permits we shall search these records for instructors sent to Glenmore in 1905. Special thanks to Mick Breen for sharing these post cards.
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
Captain C.F. McLoughlin (1897-1967) of the Glenmore Volunteers, Part I
The Military Service Pension Act 1934 caused the former officers of the old IRA to be contacted in 1935 to obtain the names, ranks and dates of service on two designated dates, 11 July 1921 and 1 July 1922, of the men who served in their units. A list was duly made and submitted. See our list of members of the Glenmore Company of the old IRA.
C.F. McLoughlin applied for a pension noting that he was a Captain with the Glenmore Volunteers in 1915 on. However, McLoughlin does not appear on the Glenmore list submitted, and McLaughlin wasn’t a name generally associated with Glenmore.
It transpires that C.F. McLoughlin, was Cornelius Frederick McLoughlin born in Callan, Kilkenny in 1897 the eldest child of R.I.C. Sergeant, John McLoughlin (c. 1864-1944) and his wife Sarah Jane Heffernan (1866-1923) of Glenmore. The couple were married in Glenmore on 17 June 1896. Sarah Jane, of Cappagh, Glenmore, was a dressmaker and her father was Michael Heffernan (c. 1839 -1914) a retired R.I.C, sergeant. John MacLoughlin was a native of Roscommon. John and Sarah Jane McLoughlin had 9 known children; 5 boys and 4 girls.
Evidence Submitted in 1938
In 1938, C.F. McLoughlin was seeking recognition and a pension for his work as an Irish Volunteer from 1915-1923. His first application was rejected. The National Library of Ireland has digitalized four letters that were sent by Glenmore people to provide information concerning his work as a Volunteer. The letters include: [1] Michael Heffernan’s letter dated 1 February 1938; [2] James Power, Jr. of Jamestown letter dated 27 December 1937; [3] Peter Mernagh’s letter dated 27 December 1937; and [4] Widow Ellen Cassin’s letter dated 1 February 1938.
The First Glenmore Volunteers
Ellen Cassin née Malone (c.1879-1963) moved to Glenmore in 1899. She first heard of the Volunteer movement when men began drilling in Glenmore under Nick Curran, John Dunphy and Jim Fluskey about 1913 or 1914. George Jones, an ex-soldier of the British Army used to instruct them. The movement fell away for a time, but it began to revive again on a smaller scale at the end of 1915 when “Freddie McLoughlin began training men. (Cassin letter p.1).
Michael Heffernan (c. 1877-1951) in 1938, was the Peace Commissioner in Glenmore. He stated that C.F., or Fred, as he was known in the family was his nephew. “He spent a great part of his youth and usually all his holidays in Glenmore. After finishing at Blackrock College in the summer of 1915 he had some difference with his father and came to live with his aunts—my sisters—Mrs. J.K. Walsh [1884-1955] and Miss M. Heffernan [Mary “Minnie” Heffernan (c. 1872-1944)] in Glenmore. About that period, the autumn or winter of 1915, he began organising and training a company of Irish Volunteers. We knew some of the men who were with him, but we had not exact knowledge of all he was doing, and it was not his practice to talk much to anybody. Some things we could not help noticing. (Heffernan letter p. 1).
Peter Mernagh (1892-1990) stated that he joined the Irish Volunteers at Glenmore in October or November 1915. “C.F. McLoughlin, known to us then as Fred, and sometimes now as Conn, was the Captain at the time.” (Mernagh letter, p. 1)
The Glenmore Volunteers of 1915
- Neddy Purell (moved to America)
- Johnny Barron (died in America)
- Johnnie Power, Jr. of Jamestown
- Jimmy Roche, of Weatherstown
- Jim Mernagh (moved to Castlecomer)
- Batty Mernagh (deceased)
- Little Mick Power
- Tom Dunne (moved to Wexford)
- Needy (sic) Doolan, of Shanbogh
- Paddy Barron, of Carrickcloney (moved to England)
- Peter Mernagh, of Ballyverneen
- Captain C.F. McLoughlin
The men drilled regularly, about twice a week, at Cappagh Lane, in the lane at Graiguenakill, in Doyle’s big field opposite the schoolhouse, Robinstown, and at Haggard Line, Mullinahone. (Mernagh letter, p. 1).
Warnings & Threats
“On several occasions before the 1916 Rising an R.I.C. man in New Ross who was friendly disposed asked me [Michael Heffernan] to speak to my nephew and to advise him to be careful in what he was doing. The Parish Priest at the time, Fr. Phelan, also asked me to get him to stop this work; but my nephew was set on his purpose. As far as I recall he used only to smile when I mentioned these things, and to carry on as before. He was not a person to be easily altered once he was set on a thing.”
“On the second occasion that Fr. Phelan spoke to me, I remember he threatened something to the effect that if I was not able to influence young McLoughlin he would take steps to have him shifted as the activities he was engaged in might create disturbances in the parish. Anyhow, my nephew carried on in spite of these warnings and advices. He was drilling men over the Cappagh Road and in other places.”(Heffernan letter, p. 1)
A day or two before the actual Rising of 1916 Fred visited Michael Heffernan and his wife, to say goodbye. He did not expect to see them for some time. A few days later they heard of the Rising and they then realized that something serious was afoot.
Easter Week 1916
Before the Rising the Glenmore Volunteers had an idea that something was “to come off.” Peter Mernagh knew that at any time he could get a shotgun from John Dunphy, of Ballyverneen. Dunphy was sympathetic and allowed Peter Mernagh to sleep on his premises. (Mernagh letter, p. 1)
On the Tuesday after Easter, Peter’s brother Batt relayed orders from Captain McLoughlin to proceed to Buttersbridge, Rosbercon about dusk to meet others. Batty knew that the Rising had started in Dublin and they were hopeful that they would get rifles in New Ross and join up there. Captain McLaughlin returned from New Ross and told the men to quietly return to Glenmore. (Mernagh letter, p. 2)
For the rest of that week Peter Mernagh kept an eye on the “New Line” (main road from Waterford to New Ross). He worked in John Dunphy’s fields and had a view of the “New Line” from the Creamery Manager’s house to Ballyverneen. Peter Mernagh got very little sleep that week watching the road night and day. (Mernagh letter, p. 3)
Arrest in Glenmore
The week after Easter Week, on Tuesday the Glenmore Volunteers heard of the surrender in Dublin. “We were not disposed to believe it.” The volunteers were disappointed that they did not have an active part in the Rising. “The police began to come out again and to show some activity.” (Mernagh letter, p. 3)
Michael Heffernan heard of arrests in New Ross. “One day when I met the friendly policeman in New Ross he informed me that my nephew Fred was noted as one of the ringleaders in the district and was a marked man, and it was not advisable for him to remain in the area.” When Michael Heffernan told Fred he was not frightened by the news and determined to carry on as before. (Heffernan letter, p. 1)
Captain McLoughlin was arrested. John Dunphy broke the news of the arrest to Peter Mernagh. Peter thought that it was the 6th of May 1916, and he expected that he too would be arrested. However, he was not. (Mernagh letter, p. 4)
Ellen Cassin was working for Fred’s aunts and was milking a cow when the police arrived to arrest Fred. “There was great excitement in the Village that day over Freddie’s arrest. It was expected that others might be taken at any moment. Freddy’s aunts were very upset…” No other arrests were made and the excitement died down.” (Cassin letter, p. 1)
Michael Heffernan learned one morning that the police and military were arresting Fred at his sister’s house in Glenmore Village. He was not surprised. “I went to see what was happening and saw the R.I.C. and military with rifles standing about the house where Fred was sleeping. There was some little delay. I went to hunt fowl out of the new potatoes that were coming up in my garden on the hill. On clapping my hands loudly, I remember that two R.I.C. turned the corner at the bridge. They appeared to have some interest in the noise, but I explained that I was only frightening fowl away, and the incident ended. I saw Fred being taken off under escort a few minutes afterwards…” (Heffernan letter, p. 1).
John McLoughlin’s Letter of 18 May 1916
John McLoughlin wrote to Robert Chalmers, expressing his disappointment in his 18-year-old son Cornelius F. McLoughlin. Sir Robert Chalmers, was famous for being the rudest man in Whitehall whose “pomposity and cynicism concealed his many benefactions,” as Under Secretary. (G.C. Peden, “Chalmers, Robert, Baron Chalmers (1858-1938),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as cited by Martin Maguire (2008) in The Civil Service and the Revolution in Ireland, 1912-38, Manchester University Press, p. 39.)
Sir,
I have just heard that my son Cornelius F. McLoughlin, who is aged 18 years and 10 months, has been arrested in connection with this Sinn Fein insurrection, at the residence of his aunt (Miss Minnie Heffernan) at Glenmore, Waterford where he resided for the past five months, and has been deported to some part of England. If this boy has by Overt act or otherwise done anything to merit punishment I trust the authorities will deal with him in a firm manner. I spent a considerable sum of money in the bringing up and education of this boy, up to the summer examinations of last year, where he completed his Intermediate course. As he was young, able, active, clever and physically fit, and in my opinion eminently suitable for his Majesty’s forces, I did my utmost during the autumn of last year to induce him to join the O.T.C. or other branch of the regular forces but failed. As he had no taste for soldiering and as he expressed a wish to go seek his fortune in America and join friends who are out there, and so I had no employment for him here. I consented to his wish. It was just then that the stampede of young men took place which caused the Government to prevent the departure of passengers unless provided with passports. He filed papers with the view of getting one, and as he saw there were some obstacles put in the way, he allowed the matter drop and changed his mind. As he was not willing to join the army or go to America and so I had no business for him, he went to his aunt’s at Glenmore.
While under my charge he never mixed with any evil companions, what evil company he with since he left me, I do not know. How or when he became connected with this Sinn Finn business, if he has been so connected, I have no knowledge. I need hardly say I have no sympathy for him in his present miserable predicament, and that is m reason for saying that I trust he may be fittingly punished if there is any evidence of guilt brought home to him, as I do mot believe in making heroes of young fellows by arrest and discharge without adequate punishment, which would be a lesson to them in the future.
As I look upon this attempted insurrection as the greatest curse that could befall this unhappy land when everyone should be united in the midst of this awful war to combat and beat the enemy. I am compelled by a strong sense of duty to write this letter. I am a ex Sargeant of the R.I.C. and had the honour of serving my King and country for 30 years.
This is confidential and the contents are not to be shown or made known to the boy as it might cause him to have ill feeling toward me afterward.
I am, Sir
Your Obedient Servant
J. McLoughlin
(National Archives of Ireland; Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/5611/8501/1) To view a copy of the handwritten letter see the website, Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times: Letters 1916-1923.
Impact of His Father’s Letter
By January 1913 John McLoughlin had retired from the R.I.C. and was living at Maryville, Tullow, Co. Carlow with his wife and children. That month he was appointed Collector of Income Taxes for 26 districts in Carlow and parts of Kilkenny (Carlow Sentinel, Sat. 18 Jan. 1913, p. 2). His post as Tax Collector was omitted in his extraordinary 1916 letter regarding his son’s arrest and detention.
Given that Fred was detained about a month. It is unlikely that the letter had a negative impact on his case. It transpired that he was sent to Wakefield Prison in Western Yorkshire, England. After the 1916 Rising, Wakefield Prison was taken over by the military. In Part 2 we will outline Fred’s continued work as a Volunteer and information we found regarding his later life.
Please send any corrections, further information or photos to glenmore.history@gmail.com . Also we would like your thoughts concerning John Loughlin’s 1916 letter.
The featured photo is Wakefield Prison in 1916 courtesy of wikimedia commons [http://maggieblanck.com/Land/WakefieldPrison/WP5.jpg Maggie Blanck] |Date=1916 |Author={{author|unknown}}.
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
Can You Identify Miss Walsh of Glenmore? [Updated]
We were recently asked if we could help identify the lovely lady in this photograph. It is from the Poole Collection in the National Library, and one of our readers purchased it hoping that she was one of his kin. She is not. There are 294 Glenmore related photos from the 1880’s through the 1950’s in the collection. Thirteen of these photos are digitalized and may be viewed on the National Library webpage.
This photo (described as a cabinet vignette) was commissioned by Miss Walsh of Glenmore, circa 1932. Another c. 1932 photo (described as “candlestick”) was commissioned by Mrs. James K. Walsh, of Glenmore.
Candidate 1
Could the lovely Miss Walsh be Etta Walsh? Etta Walsh was the daughter of James K. Walsh (1891-1934) and Lizzie (J.K.) Walsh née Heffernan (1884-1955). Etta Walsh married in 1937 to a Garda named Fitzpatrick. See our post of 22 December 2020 regarding details of her family and 1937 wedding.
Candidate 2
It has also been suggested that the lovely Miss Walsh may have been the sister of “Jim B.” Walsh (1918-1988) of Glenmore Village. Mary Walsh was a beauty, according to the Glenmore Golden Club gentlemen on Tuesday. Mary married John “Jack” Breen of New Ross. See our post of 12 March 2023 for a photo of “Jim B.” and his two sisters as young children.
[UPDATE–Mick Breen does not believe that the photo is his mother Maureen Breen née Walsh (b. 1917)) Here is a photo of his mother from around that time.
Other Candidates?
Could this lady be from one of the numerous other Walsh families of Glenmore? Even if you do not know her name have you seen this photo before? Who had the photo? Please comment below or send your thoughts to glenmore.history.com.
Thank you!
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
From Danny’s Files: First Passenger Train Through Glenmore [Updated]
Danny Dowling (1927-2021) over seven decades amassed an enormous collection of information concerning Glenmore and nearby areas. Recently work has commenced to attempt to file or refile Danny’s work into accessible files. Below are several articles that were copied into a file that had no name or subject matter attached to it. All the articles concern Glenmore or her people, are from the beginning of the twentieth century and several concern the new railway line that ran through the parish.
The Waterford & New Ross Extension Railway Line
First Passenger Train Through Glenmore
The Evening News (Waterford) on (Wed. 27 April, 1904) reported that 121 years ago today “at six o’clock in the morning the first regular passenger train left Waterford for New Ross over the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford line. Trains arrived from New Ross at 9 a.m.; 10:30; 2:35 p.m.; 4:30 and 6:10. This service is only temporary, and will continue each week day until the 31st of May, after which date the full train service will be in force.”
Sale of Railway Buildings
The following month the Waterford News & Star (Fri. 20 May 1904, p. 5) advertised the sale of three wooden houses owned by the railway
“To be sold by auction, on Wednesday, 25th May 1904, at 12 o’clock, at Abbeylands, Waterford by direction of Messrs S. Pearson & Son, Ltd., 3 large wooden houses used in connection with the New Ross to Waterford Railway Extension. The houses can be easily removed, and are most suitable for farmers, builders and others. Terms—cash. Thomas Walsh & Son, Auctioneers, The Mall, Waterford.”
Glenmore Robbery After Missing Train
Eight months after the first passenger train went through Glenmore it was reported that an elderly man who missed the last train was robbed.
“A daring highway robbery took place near Glenmore one night last week. It appears an old man named Thomas Fitzgerald, of Glenmore, left the city on his way home and missing the last train for Aylwardstown, he drove on a car as far as Rowe’s gate where he alighted, intending to walk the remainder of the journey. On the way he met a young man who offered to carry his bag, and the old man, being considerably under the influence of drink, allowed him to do so. Another man subsequently came on the scene, and said the police were coming. They then persuaded the old man to get inside a gate, which he did, they following. Fitzgerald sat down and fell asleep, and when he awoke he found himself minus his watch and chain, his bag, and a quantity of silver. On Monday the old man came to Waterford and made an information before Alderman Ward, J.P.” (Munster Express, Sat. 17 Dec. 1904, p. 5).
[Editorial note–3 May 2025, the Rowe family lived in Ballyhobuck on the High Road that runs from Donovan’s Mill through Scartnamore, Ballyhobuck, Rathinure, etc. toward the old GAA pitch. Per the 1901 Census William Rowe (48); and his wife, Ellen Rowe (38) were farming and both born in Co. Kilkenny. They had two servants, Edward Power (30) and Patrick Walsh (30). Edward Power was a native of Waterford and Patrick Walsh was from Cork.
We believe that Thomas Fitzgerald that was robbed was Tommy Fitzgerald (1836- ? ) of Aylwardstown. He was known as “Tommy the Women” because he was married three times. The 1901 Census provides that Thomas Fitzgerald (60) and his wife, Margaret Fitzgerald (46) were farming and had a four year old son James. Thomas and Margaret were married at Glenmore on 12 July 1895. To distinguish the various Fitzgerald families this family had the nic-name of Bryan or Bryant. Jim “Bryant” Fitzgerald (c. 1897-1973) married but had no children. From his father’s first or second marriage he had a half brother who was a priest. }
Waterford and New Ross Railway Extension: Hearing of Traverses at Kilkenny Assizes
At the Kilkenny Assizes last week [March 1903], the Lord Chief Baron was engaged three entire days hearing 18 traverses cases lodged by Mr. Daniel Dunford, solicitor, O’Connell St., Waterford on behalf of the undermentioned tenants, whose lands were compulsorily taken by the Dublin, Wicklow & Waterford Railway Company for the purpose of their new line from New Ross to Waterford.
The amounts awarded by Mr. Abbott, the Arbitrator, as compensation for the value of the land taken and for severance caused dissatisfaction, and on Mr. Dunford’s advice the eighteen tenants for whom he acted consented to him entering traverses. The result has been most gratifying, as all the tenants succeeded in getting very substantial sums for compensation, as will be seen by the following awards, the amount in brackets denoting the compensation awarded by the Arbitrator:–
Daniel Cody, Carrickcloney [£57 19s 6d yearly rent abated £3 9s 2d.] £188 0s 11d.
Reps. Patrick Delahunty, Aylwardstown [£55 19s 4d, rent abated £1 2s 8d]. £160.
Michael Heffernan, Aylwardstown [£20 13s 6d, rents abated 4s 8d] £70
Patrick Morrissey, Aylwardstown [£17 0s 2d, rent abated 7s 10d.] £85
Reps. John J. Morrissey, Aylwardstown [£53 9s, rent abated £1 14s 6d.] £100
Robert Irish, Aylwardstown [4s 6d, rent abated 2s 2d.] Settled with Railway.
Richard Kehoe, Rathinure [£3 18s 1d, rent abated 6s 4d.] £10
Richard Roche, Rathinure [£3 9s 10d, rent abated 5s 4d.] £6
Reps. Martin Roche, Rathinure [£15 8s, rent abated £1 8s.] £45
Elizabeth Roche, Rathinure [£8 5s, rent abated 15s.] £10
James Wall, Rathinure [£5 10s, Rent abated 10s.] £8
John Roche (Pat), Rathinure [13s 6d] £9 10s
Thomas Walsh, Rochestown [£26 15s 4d, rent abated £1 0s 4d] £79
John Roche, Scartnamore [£12 2s, rent abated £1 12s] £30
Thomas Walsh, Ballyrowrah [£25 17s, rent abated £2 7s.] £50
John Donovan, Ballyrowragh [£30 3s 2d, rent abated 15s.] £90
Pat Duggan, Luffany [£4 6s 2d, rent abated 15s.] £23
In addition to the amounts awarded by the jury the abatements of each tenant’s yearly rent were left the same as fixed by the Arbitrator…(Munster Express, Sat. 21 March 1903, p. 1).
Glenmore Wedding, 1902
I wondered why the wedding below was in the file, but it appeared to fit because the bride’s father was one of the plaintiffs in the case outlined above. Additionally, her brother Richard Delahunty (1867-1954) sued the railway after his house was destroyed by fire in 1935 started by the “Hell Fire Jack” steam engine. See our post of 10 October 2021 for further details of the fire and lawsuit.
“MARRIAGE OF MR. JOHN DOLLARD, D.C.—A very happy event took place at Glenmore on Tuesday, when Mr. John Dollard, D.C., Ballytarsney, Mooncoin, and brother to Rev. J.B. Dollard, the famous writer of Gaelic news, was united to Miss Delahunty, Aylwardstown, Glenmore. The marriage ceremony was celebrated by the Rev. Father Walsh, formerly of Clogga, and at present officiating in Canada. A large number of friends witnessed the interesting event (Munster Express, Sat. 16 Aug. 1902, p. 5).
[The bride was Ellen Delahunty of Aylwardstown, Glenmore, daughter of Patrick Delahunty (farmer). The groom, John Dollard (1863-1913) was the son of Michael Dollard (deceased farmer) and Anastatia Quinn. Ellen Delahunty (1877-1954) was born at Glenmore on 7 April 1877 the daughter of Patrick Delahunty and Mary Grant. The groom died in 1913 and the bride died in 1954 after being a widow for 41 years.]
Farmer Injured Working on Railway (1901)
“A great many accidents have occurred on the Ross Railway since operations were commenced there. Last week a farmer named John Murphy met with a serious accident by getting his leg fractured. The railway company had him and his horse and cart employed. It appears when going down an incline near Aylwardstown, with a heavy load on the beast, some of the harness got broken and the animal became restive and attempted to break away. In Mr. Murphy’s attempt to rectify matters he got knocked down, the wheel going over his leg, with the result already related. I am glad to say the poor fellow is progressing favourably (Munster Express, Sat. 25 May 1901, p. 5).
The ”sappers” are having a gay old time of it around Glenmore. They appear to be a jolly fine crowd. Their waltzing on the “Rocky Road” is simply fine (Munster Express, Sat. 25 May 1901, p. 5).
For further information regarding railway related injuries see our post of 12 August 2024 and our post of 8 July 2024.
Other News
Reward for Missing Bullock
“Strayed from the bridge on Monday (Fair Day) a year and a half old red Bullock, with scissors mark K on right hip. Any person giving information of same will be rewarded by Thomas Kelly, Aylwardstown, Glenmore, or at any of the Waterford Police Stations” (Munster Express, Sat. 17 Oct. 1903, p. 4).
Valuable Glenmore Grass Farm For Sale in 1901
“Ballyrowragh, Aylwardstown, Co. Kilkenny—Valuable Grass Farm For Sale. To be sold by auction on Thursday, 17th January 1901, at 12 o’clock, at our salesrooms, the Mall, by direction of G.H. Bloomfield, Esq, JP, his interest in Ballyrowragh, Aylwardstown, containing 72 Statute Acres, for first class grazing land, held yearly at £20. This farm is situated within three and a half miles of Waterford and five of New Ross. For further particulars apply to Thomas Walsh & Son, Auctioneers” (Munster Express, Sat. 12 Jan. 1901, p. 1).
[Editor’s note–Ballyrowragh is not in Aylwardstown, Glenmore. It is a townland in Slieverue.]
Aylwardstown Bicycle Crash in 1903
A bad smash took place at Aylwardstown, Glenmore. On Sunday. James Sullivan, who is a bargeman to Mr. James Farrell, Kilmacow, was riding his bicycle to the coursing meeting when he lost control of the machine and ran into the stone wall at Aylwardstown Lodge. It was feared at first that he was killed, but eventually he recovered sufficiently to be removed on Mr. Hennessy’s car to hospital at Waterford (Munster Express, Sat. 21 Feb. 1903, p. 5).
Please send any corrections or additional information to glenmore.history@gmail.com
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
The featured photo above is the Aylwardstown, Glenmore, train station. For other photos of the Aylwardstown railway station see the Kilkenny Digital Archive. For information concerning a train crash averted by the Aylwardstown Station Master see our post of 5 May 2020.
More Glenmore Post Cards [Updated]
Jackie Walsh shared two postcards and a photo from her collection. If you have never visited Jackie’s facebook page “Glenmore Memories” it is well worth a visit for the lovely old photos.
Post Card 1
This postcard is from 1912. It provides a good view of the buildings that once stood between the Mullinahone Road and Fluskey’s shop and post office. Today, all that remains is Fluskey’s (which is a private dwelling) and to its left Danny Dowling’s (1927-2021) house. No longer standing: (1) the Dispensary; (2) Gaffney’s house & shop (later Lizzie J.K.’s); and (3) Gaffney’s Mill.
See our post of 25 April 2020 regarding the Glenmore Dispensary. For further information on Gaffney’s Mill see our post of 6 April 2025. See our post of 28 May 2020 regarding the Fluskey family.
Glenmore Photo
It is not known when this photo was taken. Given the car depicted it was likely taken in the 1940’s or 1950’s. The people are gathered in front of Fluskey’s. Do you recognise any of these people?
[Update–James Grace noticed that the wall at the bridge (to the left of the stage) was repaired. He believes the photo was taken after Michael Murphy (1930-1974) of Robinstown, Glenmore, lost control of his experimental tractor, crashed through the wall and ended up in the stream. James was an apprentice at Duggan’s when this occurred. See our post of 27 June 2020 for more information regarding the runaway tractor of June 1953. Thus this photo was taken after June 1953.]
To the right of the photo is the stage house built by landlord Dr. Mackesy, to store corn. The stage allowed for wagons to be loaded easily, and politicians used the stage for addressing local people. This stone building was removed to allow for the construction of the Sallies housing development. The stone building to its left and across the stream is the coach house which still stands in Cappagh townland. See our post of 4 March 2025 regarding landlord Dr. Mackesy.
Post Card 2
This postcard is also undated. Two children are in front of Danny Dowling’s house and someone is standing in the doorway. No graffiti is apparent on Fluskey’s wall. It appears that the Village pump which once stood (in front of the current Glen Bar) is not apparent in this photo. This suggests that the photo was taken after 1931 when the Village pump was removed due to pollution.
See our post of 23 May 2020 regarding the village pumps and water scheme. See our post of 9 April 2020 regarding Glenmore Village in the 1930’s.
Request From Reader
We have a reader who wonders if anyone has photos or a postcard depicting the old bus stop area at the top of the Churns. He recalls that there was a finger sign that had “Glenmore 1/4.”
For other postcards of Glenmore see our posts of 22 January 2025 and 29 January 2025.
Please send any corrections, further information or other old photos or post cards of anywhere in Glenmore to glenmore.history@gmail.com . Special thanks to Jackie Walsh for sharing these postcards and photo.
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
Two More Glenmore Post Office Postcards
Last Wednesday we posted a postcard of the second Glenmore Post Office in Fluskey’s shop. Two more similar but different postcards of the second Glenmore Post office in Fluskey’s shop were shared this past week. We were very excited to receive postcard 2 below because it is not within Danny’s collection and Pat Dowling noted that he has never seen it before.
Postcard 1– Posted 29 January 2025
The post card above features Danny Dowling’s (1927-2021) mother Hannah Dowling née Murphy (1903-1989) carrying a bucket to the Village pump. The Village pump was removed in 1931, thus we know that the photo was taken before 1931. For information on the Village pump see our post of 23 May 2020. The Village pump was located where the Glenbar is located today.
The house to the left of Fluskey’s is the house where Danny was born in 1927. Previously Mary Hanrahan, née Murphy (1863-1938) (Danny’s great-aunt) married James Hanrahan of Glenmore Village in 1905. They owned the house along with a farm of nearly forty acres. Her husband, Jimmy Hanrahan (c.1876-1920) died aged 44 of TB in 1920. Ten months later her son, John Hanrahan (1906-1921) died of appendicitis at 15 years of age. Mary Hanrahan née Murphy asked her niece Hannah Murphy to come to live with her. Mary Hanrahan née Murphy died in 1938 and Pat Dowling was present when she died. She gave the house and land to her niece Hannie Murphy, who was married to Pat Dowling, of Jamestown.
Special thanks to Mick Breen for sending on these two postcards and providing some close ups. This closeup of the postcard with Danny’s mother is very similar to the postcard we posted last Wednesday. There are three people who appear to be the same 3 people as last week, namely: Maggie Holden (b. 1911) of Weatherstown; James “Jim” Power (1884-1947) postman and Jim Walsh (1898-1958). for further details on these individuals see our post of 22 January 2025.
The graffiti behind the two men depicted looks the same as what was depicted on the postcard we posted on 22 January 2025. The difference between the photos is that the bicycle is gone from in front of the shop; the two men have moved away from the door and Hannah Murphy and the Village pump are visible as well as what appears to be a Model T automobile. Model T Fords were made in England from 1911 to 1927.
Given the three people depicted at Fluskey’s appear to be the same three people, dressed the same we believe that the postcard posted the 22nd of January and this one were taken the same day. It is not clear who owned the depicted automobile. It could have been a patron of Fluskey’s, or belonged or was being used by Jim Walsh or perhaps it belonged to the photographer.
Postcard 2– posted 29 January 2025
To the left is a head on shot of Fluskey’s without other buildings being depicted. There are 3 individuals depicted but all three are men. The post office and telegraph are present, but there is no graffiti on the walls. There is no bicycle leaned against the wall. There are window boxes in the windows and a sign over the door states C? Fluskey. A pony or cob is pulling a two wheel farm cart. The man to the right appears to be a farmer, and we wonder if the man to the left is Robert Fluskey based upon his dress and stance. The younger man in the centre we believe may be Jim Fluskey but this is a guess. We believe that this postcard is older than the postcard above and the postcard posted last Wednesday, 22 January 2025.
Unfortunately, the postcard was not mailed it has no stamp, postmark or written date. Mick Breen acquired it from a man in Scotland who collected post office postcards. The collector did not appear to realize the post card was from Ireland. It appears that Beatrice’s father once lived in Glenmore.
Have you seen this postcard before? Do you have other postcards of Glenmore that you will share? Please comment below or send corrections, thoughts, other postcards to glenmore.history@gmail.com
Dr. Kathleen Moore