School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha (roll number 10047)

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1. The Macroom of 1824 (continued)

   

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   have been built seven hundred years ago. The demesne which is in a high state of cultivation abounds with pleasant walks and the scenery is much enlivened by the river which glides along the foot of the plantations and castle and by which the demesne is bounded on the right.

   Macroom possesses a dispensary, and charity schools for the education of the poor. The church is about to be enlarged and repaired, and the Catholic Chapel is a large and respectable building with a loft tower. The town is covered by the resident magistrates. It has a goodly good weekly market on Saturday and fairs for castle etc. every month in the year. The population is estimated at 6,000.

   Under the heading gentry and clergy the following names are given: Captain Armstrong, Chief of Police; Edward Ashe, Richard Ashe, Magistrate Lieut Richard Ashe, John Barter, James Boyle, John Browne Magistrate; Patrick R Browne, Thomas Richard Browne Thomas Mitchell Browne, Rev Simon Davis, Rector; Robert Hedges Eyre, Magistrate; William Furlong, Thomas Gollock Philip Harding, Edward Hartnett, Rev R Kirchhoffer, Magistrate; Alexander McNamara, Eugene McSweeny MD; William Minhein, Rev Basil Arpen, Rev James Ryan PB; Rev John Sheahan CC. Samuel Sweet, Magistrate; Sir Augustus Warren, Magistrate, Samuel Welply, and Francis

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Julia M. Twohig

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Macroom, Co. Cork