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Title A name given to the resource The Fenians - Wolfe Tone Annual 1938 Subject The topic of the resource Fenian Rising Description An account of the resource 1938 edition of Wolfe Tone Annual Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pat Hillgrove Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource physical object Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.1180 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/f4e934becb3bc793b1034a44d109af88.jpg 9a22676623c112402a8a1e3c54c53144 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/12556a95f148249eb380f3f9c1aa9479.jpg dda199237073fd98a957e1713e01b07e https://imkarchive.org/files/original/ec484ce605f1246aeb05811c342adc0e.jpg 9c423c524a0d019b19d11feefb3abdab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Easter Rising Subject The topic of the resource Easter Rising Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Independence Museum Kilmurry Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1926 Description An account of the resource Éirí Amach na Cásca After the split in the Volunteer organisation, the breakaway Irish Volunteers were now wholly under the control of the physical force proponents. However, the Executive leadership of the organisation, while not against the idea of confronting the British, were of the view that any confrontation that would take place would only be in the case of an attempt to impose conscription or any effort to suppress the organisation or seize their weapons. Chief-of-Staff Eoin MacNeill firmly believed that if any uprising were to occur without popular support, it would be doomed to failure. While the leadership of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), the driving force behind the Irish Volunteers, largely shared this view, the IRB Military Council itself had been planning an armed insurrection against the British while they were preoccupied with the First World War. This Military Council would eventually comprise of all the future signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. One of the later additions to the Military Council was James Connolly of the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) whose own inclination, independent of the Military Council, was to stage an armed rebellion. The genesis of the Easter Rising of 1916 is supposed to have begun at Patrick Pearse’s stirring graveyard oration at the funeral of renowned Fenian and Rosscarbery native Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in August of 1915 in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. The mass mobilization surrounding the funeral was a deliberately overt demonstration of the strength and military precision of the Irish Volunteers. When the actual Insurrection occurred on Easter Weekend 1916, the reality was somewhat different. A determination by the Military Council to keep the planning secret both from dissenting leadership of the Volunteers (indeed from some of the IRB also) and from possible informers, resulted in the regional command structure being unaware of the true nature of the planned mobilisation for that weekend. Chaos then ensued due to a countermanding order issued by MacNeill (a press notice was issued in that weekend’s newspaper!), once he became aware of the imminent insurrection. Once this countermanding order from the Chief-of-Staff had been issued, the regional leadership had no choice but to fall in line despite counter-countermanding orders issued subsequently. One also has to appreciate the difficulty of communication given the constraints of time and distance, all under the ever watchful eyes of the police, the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). Another spanner in the works was the arrest of Sir Roger Casement and the interception of the Aud, which was to land at Tralee, carrying much needed guns and ammunition from the Germans. In Dublin the intervention of MacNeill only succeeded in delaying the insurrection for one day because the command structure there was directly linked to the Military Council. “Boys, some of us may never come back!” - Thomas MacDonagh The Rising began on Easter Monday with the mobilisation of the Irish Volunteers, Connolly’s ICA, Cumann na mBan and some other minor groupings. While they seized and occupied many key buildings, they set up headquarters in the heart of Dublin’s main thoroughfare, in the General Post Office (GPO). The reception from the local populace was at best indifferent and at worse insulting. This however soon turned to outright resentment due to the widespread destruction of the city by the consequent British bombardment. It appeared that the Rebels’ assertion that the British would not destroy the properties of one of the major cities of its Empire was unfounded; they were treating Dublin more like Berlin than Birmingham! After 5 days and in the face of overwhelming superiority of forces and artillery, to save lives and property, the Rebels agreed to an unconditional surrender. While plans may have envisaged a more widespread Rising and aspired to a more successful conclusion, there is no doubt that the leaders were under no illusions as to the likeliest outcome: their courts-martial and executions for treason under the wide-ranging wartime Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). Their main aim all the time was to provoke a reaction from the British and to raise the consciousness of those whom they believed were falsely placated by the promise of devolved regional government, while at the same time giving a glimpse of the paucity of autonomy that Home Rule would provide. Given the strictures of wartime censorship and a mostly unsympathetic press it is difficult to gauge the amount of popular support there might have been for a revolution before the British lionised the leaders by executing them over an extended period of time and by their mass countrywide round-up and internment of Irish Volunteers. In the 1918 General Election, Sinn Féin, their manifesto standing firmly by the same principles as envisaged by the Proclamation of the Provisional Government of Easter, 1916, gained a remarkable landslide victory. “… order, counter-order, disorder” - Terence MacSwiney In Cork, in his role as Brigade Commander of the Cork Volunteers, Tomás MacCurtain, had control of some thousand Volunteers; these were to be deployed in the transport and distribution of the imminent arms shipment due to arrive on the Aud. It is not clear exactly when MacCurtain was informed of the planned Rising for that weekend ( as an IRB member he most likely was taken into the confidence of the Military Council), but he was certainly well prepared for the very real possibility of an engagement with enemy forces when coming into possession of so many arms. The planned role for Cork in the Rising would require that members of the Cork City Battalion would take the train (some made their way by bicycle) from Cork to Crookstown on Easter Sunday, rendezvous with the other Cork Battalions at Béal na Blath, and then proceed to Kilmurry where they were to be joined by some 20 men from the Kilmurry Company. In all some 400 men assembled in Kilmurry and then set off to Macroom from where they were to proceed onto Carriganimma to meet up with other Companies assembled there. MacCurtain was in the winless position of knowing that the shipment of arms had been intercepted but had decided to continue the mobilization through to Macroom, at least as an exercise and even more importantly to maintain discipline and morale. It was only on his return to Cork City on Easter Monday to stand down the Volunteers, having spent the previous twenty-four hours travelling County Cork with MacSwiney, that he was informed that an insurrection had indeed begun in Dublin. The Cork City Volunteers held the Volunteer Hall in Sheares Street for most of that week under threat of bombardment from the British Military forces unless all arms were surrendered. An accommodation was reached after intervention by the Bishop of Cork and Kilmichael Parish native, Daniel Cohalan and Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Thomas C. Butterfield; the arms would be deposited for safekeeping to the Lord Mayor and the men would be free to return to their homes. These terms were then breached by the British when they raided the Lord Mayor’s house and captured the arms and subsequently interned both MacCurtain and MacSwiney. Later enquiries carried out by the Volunteers and the IRB found that MacCurtain and MacSwiney had conducted themselves appropriately given the circumstances on that confusing weekend. Exonerated or not, there was no little frustration experienced by them and their fellow Volunteers; given their sense of uselessness in the face of the much different experience and tragic outcome experienced by their Dublin colleagues. They would have to bide their time to vent this frustration. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Easter 1916 - The Story of The Rising by Brian O'Higgins Subject The topic of the resource 1916 Rising Description An account of the resource Book - paperback Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brian O'Higgins Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource physical object Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.1179 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1916 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/3a8842cb23bd479001534d715db6ac4e.JPG 8fe5d3707b798088c11172468400d652 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/3622c14850acb90b2fcaac48f26563da.JPG 1c4f7c6cadb8326eb89ff7bbd449afc1 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/ffdd7e4be4ae63ef094b777d9162a58a.JPG ed4dc08c809dc6da07d4acf05fb7eed5 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/ff57a480ee806f3439f0cbf523bf9fe2.JPG a1b83f0dffc477b6085b4ccafe076ad6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Souvenir of World War I - converted Brass Shell > Ash Tray Subject The topic of the resource Title Souvenir of World War I - converted Brass Shell > Utensil and Bullet-Knife Subject First World War Description An account of the resource Trench art from First World War Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Nurse Elizabeth O'Connor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Title Souvenir of World War I - converted Brass Shell > Utensil and Bullet-Knife Subject First World War Description Trench art from First World War Creator unknown Source Nurse Elizabeth O'Connor Publisher Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Relation A related resource KHAA.IMK.0188 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource gr Type The nature or genre of the resource metal Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0189 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/0fae11b5c003c94dc53ccfe5ef60991b.JPG a45572ffe3dc324e97d013f906b44bc9 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/871ee05953822bc805d9a6bd01ef5322.JPG 39a5ae33bb797dbe82c9228141188635 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/3f4ac619569417af793fd67aeae83a89.JPG 933f3daa71ac44623e7eaf3ff0d04271 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/3eb99917b459476f9a06020946e11cbe.JPG ec684d6501eb4029052de722826db46f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Souvenir of World War I - converted Brass Shell > Utensil and Bullet-Knife Subject The topic of the resource First World War Description An account of the resource Trench art from First World War Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Nurse Elizabeth O'Connor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource fr Type The nature or genre of the resource metal Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0188 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm Relation A related resource KHAA.IMK.0189 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/7455d7b2a866f072593c225c96729085.JPG f9f44da58993b9cc03d5a8e3e21b1970 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/c4ea8406fda3fad1eb05239f0b2d03da.JPG 8e91f71bd63a84bb6a34e5140acd5ce8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Total Abstinence Society of Ireland Medal Description An account of the resource The early days of January each year are usually devoted to the often futile attempt of adopting a new year’s resolution. However it might be sobering to contemplate a small medal in the collection of Independence Museum Kilmurry that reflects the roots and huge success of one of the most extraordinary (however brief) mass movements in Irish social history, ultimately enlisting millions of Irish men and women. Although a teetotalism movement was already underway in Cork it was under the leadership of Father (Theobald) Mathew, from 1836, that the Cork Total Abstinence Society took off; under his influence branches of the organization soon spread throughout every parish in Ireland despite being badly disrupted by the Great Famine. The mass pledging (some 3 million people or roughly half the population) that ensued no doubt had the effect of reducing alcohol consumption and the knock on effect on the crime statistics of the period is significant. It was recorded that robberies, assaults, arson and even homicides were thus reduced by half in the pre-Famine period before 1845. Bringing his message further afield to England Father Mathew’s crusade yielded similar success. In 1849 he visited America but while there he fell afoul of the Abolitionist (to abolish slavery) movement whereby, having had to give assurances to the Catholic Hierarchy there that he would not stray outside his remit of battling alcohol consumption, he had to refuse an invitation to condemn slavery. This soured his deep friendship with the former slave and famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass who had been so impressed by his interaction with Father Mathew on his visit to Cork in 1845 that he undertook to receive the pledge from Father Mathew himself. Having co-signed a petition in 1841, with Daniel O’Connell (along with 60,000 Irish people) encouraging the Irish in the U.S. not to partake in slavery and given his own efforts for the downtrodden and marginalised in Cork there was little doubt which side of the debate held the sympathies of Father Matthew. However as he was basically on a fund-raising effort for the temperance movement he was reluctant to muddy the focus of his efforts; “I have as much as I can do to save men from the slavery of intemperance, without attempting the overthrow of any other kind of slavery.”. It does seem that Douglass realised the reasoning behind the decision but held no sympathy with it, ‘we had fondly hoped … that he would not change his morality by changing his location … We are however grieved, humbled and mortified to know that HE too, has fallen.’ Their mutual friendship never recovered. It does seem that the success of his movement was also its downfall…..in that it attracted the unwanted attention of other movements which were covetous of its sizeable membership and network. One of these was nationalist leader Daniel O’ Connell’s who opportunistically co-opted the temperance movement to further his agitation for repeal of the union between Ireland and Britain; likely taking advantage of already existing associational networks and mass gatherings. In the regeneration of national consciousness on the centenary of the 1798 Rebellion, Fr. Mathew had at least 3 dedications in his name thus indicating the influence that his temperance movement had on the resurgent nationalist movement; much as the Gaelic League was likewise at that time identified with and shared many members with the turn of the century temperance movements, “Ireland sober is Ireland free". Whatever the reason(s) Fr. Mathew’s movement eventually broke down and sobriety also duly decreased amongst the population. He is fondly remembered in Cork today more for his association with the City and his lasting effort on behalf of its more unfortunate citizens than for any long term effect of endeavours on behalf of the temperance movement; his imposing statue on Cork’s St. Patricks St., is regularly adorned with empty alcohol bottles from the previous night’s activities. That this cheeky activity is more out of affection rather than any disrespect to the Capuchin friar became manifest in 2000 when a proposed plan to remove ‘The Statue’ to another location in the City was shot down when met with widespread opposition among the people of the City. Fr. Mathew is buried in Cork’s St. Josephs Cemetery which he himself had helped establish to facilitate the burial of the Catholic poor of the City. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This medal was found in a sandbank near Bellmount Mills, 1938. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Relation A related resource KHAA.IMK.0570 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource metal Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0149 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 19th Century https://imkarchive.org/files/original/39c5c34cf672e3b70191a43d37368c52.jpg 38dc96ea20ec65c73f48139cb3f589c1 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/1f9aee0d29e7b61b1fe4733a648dc1e4.JPG 3bcbd02bbb4a7a18a818333a7dfeb1e4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School Subject The topic of the resource Kilmurry N.S., St. Mary's Church Description An account of the resource An application for “Kilmurry School, Barony of West Muskerry, Townland of Ballymichael”, was made by Rev. Jas. Daly PP Kilmurry, dated 31st July 1849. Among the many queries to be answered on the application form to the Board of Commissioners was, “when was the existing school established?”- The answer given was, “ten years ago in the adjacent building”. That being so there was a school in Kilmurry in 1839, adjacent to the site that Independence Museum Kilmurry now occupies. Before the introduction of National Schools into Ireland in 1831, many private schools or hedge schools operated throughout the country but children had to pay to attend. The school in Kilmurry fell into that category; privately owned and run by the teacher Mr. Tim Sheehan. In the absence of a suitable site in which to build a new National School a case would have to be made for housing the new Kilmurry National School in the aforementioned building. At stake was the two-thirds funding by the British Government of the project which would fund the teacher’s salary and ensure free education for the local children. The parish priest of Kilmurry at that time was Rev. James Daly and he was hopeful that the Education Commission would look favourably upon the situation in the village. In his application to the Education Commission he pointed out that the building in which the school would be housed was neat, comfortable and nearly new; “Measuring 27 Ft. by 13 Ft. It is well lit, furnished with 7 desks and 14 forums (seats).” The likelihood that the forum (bench) on display in Independence Museum Kilmurry is one of those original benches that survived the transition to a new building when a new Boys National School and a new Girls National School opened a hundred yards further up the village in 1862. Given that these momentous developments happened at a time when the village and people were still suffering from the fallout of the Great Famine, it is a testament to the determination and desire of both PP Canon Daly and Headmaster Tim Sheehan that the present and future children of the area should not want for an education opportunity. This seat is a reminder of that legacy. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-1950 's Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Type The nature or genre of the resource wood Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0319 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 19th Century, 20th Century Relation A related resource KHAA.IMK.1184 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/88318021029769036e6c37499ab6b1ce.jpg 9794902e89cee20a5ba040cf870c757b https://imkarchive.org/files/original/ee5bddc76ea56573785bf3f715d17131.jpg 62cce38744fec58474b74e87e425d91f https://imkarchive.org/files/original/c31125e1102b139f819d6101130d9d6c.jpg 219519c81a7e0e98585dfbab35c7e9b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Soup House Cross Famine Pot Subject The topic of the resource Irish Famine, an Gorta Mór, Sir Augustus Warren Description An account of the resource The Great Irish Potato Famine began in 1845 and due to further potato blights and poor growing weather lasted until 1852. It had a catastrophic and long lasting effect on the Irish population. Over 1 million people died and 1 million people were forced to emigrate to escape the Great Hunger. Kilmurry parish and its environs were no different to the rest of the country in this regard. One of the enduring symbols of the famine was the famine pot and the one in the picture is from Soup House Cross in the Canovee side of Kilmurry parish. The soup houses came into being after the 1847 Soup Kitchen Act. This was in response to the ongoing food crisis in Ireland and a growing unease among the public in Britain at the devastation. Although it has to be said this concern was not shared by all in the British Government. These soup houses were set up by the relief committees, landlords and the Quakers, with 17,000 pints of soup being handed out in West Cork on a daily basis in one month alone. On 13 January 1847 Sir Augustus Warren presided at a meeting to set up soup depots in the parish of Kilmurry. Death and disease were rising sharply. Soup kitchens were set up at the Soup House Cross, Knockavullig, Forrest, Ministers Cross, Aherla, Shandangan, Kilmurry and Curraclough. The soup houses were 40 feet long by 30 feet wide with a door at each end. The pot itself was in the centre and held 30 gallons of soup, there were 100 bowls with spoons provided. As soon as the soup was ready a bell rang and the people shuffled in one door, ate their soup with one portion of bread and shuffled out the other door. The following numbers give some idea of the scale of rations handed out in the parish of Kilmurry in 1847. These were on a daily basis ; Kilbonane 594, Moviddy now Crookstown 1,667, Canovee 640 and Kilmurry 2,645 These numbers add up to 5,546 rations being handed out in the parish alone. Sir Augustus Warren in writing to the Famine relief Commission summed up the situation by writing the following “Miserable as it is, if indeed it can be called relief, will lead to widespread starvation and death will have full liberty to move among its victims.” The famine ended in 1852 but the population had been decimated. Figures from two townlands which bordered the Soup House Cross bear this out. Coolnasoon had fallen from 47 people to 22 and Mahallagh had gone from 271 to 66. Another townland in Kilmurry, Inchirahilly had fallen from 216 to 11. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1845–1852 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource metal Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0358 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1845–1852 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rush light Holder from Kilkea Castle – Home of the Fitzgeralds Subject The topic of the resource Fitzgeralds, Kilkea Castle Description An account of the resource Even though the Independence Museum Kilmurry is situated in the heart of the War of Independence battlegrounds there was little or no recorded activity around this area during the United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798. This rebellion still being sung about nationally to this day seems to have passed this area by. This was probably due in no small part to the local militias led by the landed gentry of the mid-Cork area like the Warrens and the Ryes. However we do have one artefact and it comes from the home of one of the main instigators of that rebellion. The item is a rush light holder. A rush light is a type of candle or miniature torch formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease. For several centuries rush lights were a common source of artificial light for people throughout Ireland. This particular rush light holder comes from Kilkea Castle in Kildare and this castle was home to Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare, one of which was.Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Lord Edward Fitzgerald was born the twelfth son of James Fitzgerald the 1st Duke of Leinster on October 15th 1763. As was the custom of the time he joined the British Army and fought against the Americans in 1781 in the American War of Independence. He was first elected to the Parliament of Ireland in 1783. His support for the French Revolution led to his dismissal from the army. This sense of revolution in Europe along with the continuing barring of Catholics from society led to the setting up of the United Irishmen in 1791 by Wolfe Tone, James Napper Tandy and Thomas Russell. Their main aims were Catholic Emancipation and with Protestant cooperation parliamentary reform. However the British government suppressed the United Irishmen and the society went underground and refocused its aim to complete Irish independence. It was into this society that Lord Edward Fitzgerald joined in1796. In May 1796 he and his wife proceeded by Hamburg to Basle, for the purpose of communicating with the agents of the French Government relative to obtaining armed assistance in Ireland. It is now known that his proceedings were carefully watched by spies, and information of all his negotiations conveyed to Pitt. In the spring of 1797 Edward J. Lewins was sent to France by the Leinster Directory of United Irishmen, and resided at Paris as accredited agent of “the Irish nation.” In May of the same year Lord Edward again visited the Continent, and met an emissary of the French Government. Wolfe Tone was then, and had been for some time, working within France. Meanwhile the United Irish leaders were working from without, urging on the French expeditions that eventually led to the failed invasion at Bantry Bay in December 1796, Humbert’s landing at Killala in August 179 , the proclamation of the Republic of Connaught and the engagement off Lough Swilly in September 1798, in which Wolfe Tone was taken prisoner. Lord Edward now assumed the military leadership of the United Irishmen, determined to assert by arms the independence of Ireland. He was well qualified with his military experience. It was decided that the rebellion would be held in March 1798. The society planned to have 270,000 men armed for the rebellion. As the time got closer it was said to Lord Edward that he might be forced out of the country. On this he said “It is now out of the question; I am too deeply pledged to these men to be able to withdraw with honour” On the 12th March 1798 he was at his residence in Leinster House the present day seat of Dail Eireann when the military tried to arrest him. His papers were examined but he was let go. He then went on the run until the 19th of May. He stayed in various places in the city and was visited by a man named Reynolds, who unbeknownst to Lord Edward was an informer. It was during this time that the United Irishmen decided that the French could no longer be relied upon for support so it was decided that Lord Edward would lead them into battle on 23 May 1798. On the 17th May he arrived to a Mr. Murphy, a feather merchant on 153 Thomas Street. With a reward of a thousand pounds on his head he stayed in a valley on the roof of an outhouse. The following day while sick in bed the house was surrounded and soldiers rushed in and up to the room he was in. In the struggle that followed Lord Edward shot more than one of the soldiers. He however was shot in the arm and arrested. He was taken under heavy guard to Dublin Castle and then onto Newgate prison. Newgate Prison was located near Smithfield and had been built 25 years earlier. This prison closed in 1863. Lord Edward Fitzgerald lingered on from his mortal wounds for sixteen days and through this time all communication with his friends and relatives was denied. He died at two on the morning of 4 June 1798. The 1798 rebellion although failed had far reaching consequences for Ireland. William Pitt the Younger used it as the reason to tighten Britain’s grip on Ireland. The 1800 Act of Union led to the amalgamation of the parliaments of Britain and Ireland. This act came into being on January 1st 1801. There would not be another parliament in Ireland until 1918. The United Irishmen made one last bid for independence in 1803 under Robert Emmett but this rebellion was even less successful than its previous rebellion. The United Irishmen then faded into history but remained in lore as an inspiration to following revolutionary generations. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Denis Lucey, Macroom Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1100-1798 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Type The nature or genre of the resource metal, wood Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 12th Century, 13th Century, 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, https://imkarchive.org/files/original/113c641e5b768b02a2a92ea46bd26e73.JPG ac1667cace6f1df563e6709e01ad8476 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/08fd73f4e6929d8620cd94ffe72aaa49.JPG f4d79014b3766659f8480f8710bd0f50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Racehorse Shoe Owned by Abraham Morris. Subject The topic of the resource Art Ó Laoghaire, Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, Abraham Morris, Kilcrea Friary, Hanover Hall, Macroom, Carrignanimma Description An account of the resource Abraham Morris was a member of the landed gentry and a magistrate who would have probably never been remembered in history only for a feud that he became involved in with Art Ó Laoghaire. This incident would be immortalised in the poem “Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoghaire” by Art’s widow Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonnaill. These events all took place in the Penal Law times and show the real hatred and difficulty between the Settler Protestant and the local Catholic population at this time. Art Ó Laoghaire was born in 1746 in Uibh Laoghaire on lands that had been held by his family for generations. At some stage in his youth they moved to Rathleigh House. His father acted as a Land Agent for the Minhear Family of Carrigaphooka. This would have enabled the Ó Laoghaire’s to have a comfortable life despite being a Catholic family during the Penal times. Art purchased a commission in the Austrian Army and served as a captain in the Hungarian Hussars Regiment. Around this time, Art also fell in love with Eibhlín Dubh O’Connell of Derrynane House in Kerry. They met in Macroom Town Square. Eilbhín was an aunt of Daniel O’Connell the Liberator. The O’Connell’s however were against the match and so they eloped. It would seem from the accounts of the time that Art was a brash young man, proud of his lineage and his officer status and it would appear that it was this that got him into trouble with Abraham Morris. There was a history of bad blood between Art and Morris who was High Sheriff of County Cork in 1771. On the 13th of July 1771 there was an encounter between the two men at Hanover Hall. The first notice of this is on 19 August when Art stated in the Cork Evening Post that he had been charged with different crimes and that he was prepared to stand trial at the next Assizes in Cork. This was answered by Morris on the 7th of October in which he outlined his charges against Art from that earlier incident in July. Morris’s fellow magistrates in the Muskerry Constitutional Society agreed and three days later judged Art in his absence. He was outlawed and a price of 20 guineas was put on his head. On the 19th of October Art replied through the same newspaper and defended himself from the charge and stated that judgement should be suspended until he has had a fair trial. Events seemed to die down for a while as Art was away in Austria until early in 1773. The event that led to the fatal culmination of the feud was over a fine horse that Art had brought back from Austria. Morris demanded that Art sell him the horse for 5 pounds. The Penal laws stated that no Catholic could own a horse worth more than 5 pounds. Art refused the sale and struck Morris with his horse whip. He also challenged Morris to a duel, which was declined.. Morris however had other plans. He used his position as a magistrate and convinced his fellow magistrates to support him and proclaim Art as an outlaw. Art Ó Laoghaire could now be shot on sight legally. On the 4th of May 1773, Abraham Morris was in Millstreet on business which Art heard about and set off to Carriganimma to intercept and possibly kill Morris. It is said that Art was drinking in the Inn in Carriganimma and boasting of what he was going to do to Morris. One of the people at the Inn slipped away and rode towards Millstreet to warn Morris. Morris on hearing this then returned to Millstreet and took a posse of soldiers with him to Carriganimma to set up an ambush for Art Ó Laoghaire. Art rode into the view of the soldiers and Morris gave the order to shoot. Art was shot in the neck and fell off his horse over a hundred yards away. He was then left to die by the soldiers. At a Coroner’s inquest held on the 17th May a verdict was returned that Abraham Morris and the party of soldiers were guilty of the wilful and wanton murder of Art Ó Laoghaire. Art’s brother Cornelius decided to seek revenge for his brother. He rode into Cork city on the 7th of July and arrived to Mr. Boyce’s house in Hammonds Lane where Morris was staying. He saw Morris at a window and shot three times, wounding him. Cornelius then took passage to France and from there to America. The local gentry were outraged by this attack and a Proclamation was issued on the 26th of July for Cornelius and large sums were offered as a reward for his capture. However, Cornelius was long gone. On the 4th of September Abraham Morris submitted himself to trial by the local Magistrates. The Ó Laoghaire family were not represented and the soldiers involved had been sent to the East India colonies. He was tried and honourably acquitted. Abraham Morris died in September 1775 from the wounds that he had received in the shooting by Art’s brother Cornelius two years previously.[1] The horseshoe on display in the Independence Museum Kilmurry is from a racehorse owned by Abraham Morris [1] The life and times of Art O Laoghaire by Peter O’Leary Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paud Casey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18th Century Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource metal, wood Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0288 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 18th Century https://imkarchive.org/files/original/ca498e6b398c539234218161473efcf9.JPG 51315b622c72bd597bcb49a167c81db2 https://imkarchive.org/files/original/8dcbc29c0bd01910461d68021c12016e.JPG 7f16038e80149f0dc923758dabbac778 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Princess Mary Christmas gift box Subject The topic of the resource First World War, Allies, Entente Powers Description An account of the resource The Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Gift Box was a brass box that was intended as a Christmas present for ‘every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front’ in the Great War on Christmas Day 1914. This ‘gift from the nation’ was named after Princess Mary, the seventeen year old daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, whose original idea it was. However the scale of the project was such that a ‘Sailors & Soldiers Christmas Fund’ was established to invite monetary contributions from the public. The response to the sincerity and earnestness of the young Princess’ personal appeal was such that the original idea was extended to include all those serving, either at home or abroad. Due to the phenomenal response from the public the fund was in surplus. Thus distribution criteria were able to be extended to meet the increasing demand with many service people feeling they had been ‘left out’. Eventually all who were serving whether at home or abroad, prisoners of war and the next of kin of 1914 casualties would receive the gift box; eventually over 2,600,000 people were to benefit from the widened eligibility. The gift was a brass box (silver for the officer class – plus ça change!) which featured a relief portrait of the young Princess flanked by a double monogram as well as reliefs referring to the allied Nations. The gift initially included an embossed brass box, one ounce of pipe tobacco, twenty cigarettes, a pipe, a tinder lighter, Christmas card and photograph (packet of acid tablets, a khaki writing case containing bullet pencil, paper for boys and/or non-smokers in place of tobacco items). Provision was also made for the religious and dietary sensibilities of Indian troops. Given the vastly expanded constituency for the gift recipients it was impossible to manufacture, supply and distribute the gifts by Christmas Day 1914 to those other than troops serving at the front – later recipients who only got their gift in 1915 received a New Year 2015 card instead of a Christmas 2014 card. In fact so vast was the task of getting the items to over 2,600,000 people that some only received their gifts after the Armistice in 1918! Obviously there was a strain on the availability of brass during wartime and arrangements were made for the supply of some 45 tonnes of brass strip from the United States of America, which at that time, May 1915, had still not entered the war. The ship used to transport the shipment was none other than the RMS Lusitania, which was torpedoed 18 km off the Old Head of Kinsale and inside the war zone as declared by the Germans. While it might have been a stretch to justify the sinking of an ocean liner with the loss of 1,198 lives on the basis that it was carrying 45 tonnes of brass strip for the ‘war effort’ it was subsequently learned that the ocean liner did have a substantial cargo of munitions on board. Apart from the fact that so many were distributed, another reason so many still exist is testament to the quality of brass and workmanship that went to make up each box – at least those made earlier in the war – subsequent boxes were made of inferior metal plated alloy. Consequently those were not as treasured as the earlier issue which were relatively airtight and as such were useful for keepsakes, photographs, papers, etc., long after their original contents were gone. It is estimated that fifty or so Kilmurry men saw service in the Great War. In his book Kilmurry 1915-1918: The War Years (Cork: self-published, 2015) local historian Michael Galvin has recorded their service and the fact that at least 14 perished in the war. Generally recruitment numbers in rural areas was less than those in urban areas; the general trend was that rural recruitment tended to be mostly farmer’s sons, although Kilmurry Parish had quite a high percentage of recruits from local gentry families. As Michael states in his book, whatever the various reasons or motivations that sent these young men to war there was no doubting their raw courage. One of the 14 who never returned home was a Shandangan man, John Barry, a Royal Navy sailor who lost his life in a submarine explosion in the North Sea on St. Stephen Day, Christmas 1915. While the particular provenance of the brass box (one of the earlier brass embossed ones) exhibited in the Independence Museum Kilmurry collection is unknown, it is quite likely that it belonged to one of the Kilmurry men who served. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Independence Museum Kilmurry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914-1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Kilmurry Historical & Archaeological Association Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource physical object Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource metal Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KHAA.IMK.0560 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1914-1920,