Mrs Kearns of Tinakilly was in Waterford about fifty years ago. There was a fair in Waterford the same day. Herself and another woman were walking around the fair, when they heard two people talking Irish close by. Mrs. Kearns never heard Irish before, so she asked the other woman to stop and listen. They did so, and they were listening for some time, when the two fellows noticed them, and says one of

Macollop is the name of a towneland between Kilworth(Co Corte) and Ballyduff(Co. Waterford). It is in the Co of Waterford. There was an ould song about that too. 'Twas composed for the Groo's of Macollop big English settlers that lived there for years.
One of the Grooh's of Macollop was out a horseback one evening and he heard a woman singing it as she was milking the cows. He hid himself until he had finished the song. Then he went up to her and asked her to sing it again. She did; and he gave her a five pound note for singing it.

There was a man living wan time by the name of Pat Devereux. He was a most peculiar man for answers and no matter what happened he was always as cool as a cucumber. He was married twice. The first woman had to go under some operation and she died. The operation took place in Waterford and Pat went there for to bring her home when she was dead. He was coming home and she was in the coffin beside him. There were other people on the train also and they were trying to console Pat in his great trouble. "Well", says Pat,"I never travelled so far with her before without getting abused". Pat was put in gaol one time for three months but that didn't take the least effect on him. When the

for he had a few shillings a week and he could afford to send some home to the wife who wanted it bad enough. John worked away with the farmer for the three years and when that time was up the farmer told him that he didn't want him any more, and told him he would have to go home to his wife and he paid him whatever money was comin' to him. Then the farmer asked John what way was he travelling home and John said he was going by boat to the Co. Waterford, and then he said he would go the rest of the journey by foot. The farmer then gave him a loaf of bread and told him not to eat it until he would arrive home. He also told him not to go on any boat that there would be rats in and not to

floor of his room. He gripped up the loaf of bread and ran out on deck and jumped into the water and swam for the shore with all his might holdin onto the loaf of bread up over his head with wan hand and swimming with the other. He reached the shore anyhow and everybody thought he was after goin mad, but (then) John wouldn't stay in the boat when he saw the rats in it. A lot of people asked him why he jumped out of the boat and he told them that he had forgotten his purse and that the was goin' back for it. John then went around town and after some time he came back again and wanted to find out when was the next boat leaving for Waterford. He was told that the next boat would leave the next day at a certain

when John noticed five or six rats in the corner of his room. "Well the curse of Cromwell" may right on you for rats" says he and he ran to the deck and he was about to jump into the water when he saw another ship beside going in the same direction. John jumped from his own ship onto this wan. and the first thing he did was asked wan of the men where the ship was goin. He was told that that she was goin to Waterford John then was delighted and he was shown into a room after he had produced his ticket. He was afraid of his life that he would see some rats on her, but he could see none. Anyhow he decided to remain on board whether their were rats or not for he had got trouble enough without goin through anymore. there were

no rats to be seen anyhow and John was at his ease. The boat reached Waterford without a hitch and John got on shore and started to walk in the direction of his own house. He travelled on until night began to fall and then he began to look for some place to stop. He saw a farmer's house by the side of the road and he knocked at the door and went in. There were three people in the house. An old man and an old woman and a young girl. John told them his story and they soon started to make the stay for him. When the old man was blowing the for boilin the kettle he started to yawn and say he "so o con" John jumped up and said he would be goin. This came on him so suddenly that they all got a fright and asked what he was in such a

sleep in any house where there would be rats, or where there would be an old man saying "ocón ocón" or sleep in any house where there would be two dogs, or in a house where he would see a black cat.
John then took the loaf of bread and started off down to the harbour. He got his ticket and went down to where he saw a ship ready to sail for Waterford. He produced his ticket and got into the boat and in a few minutes she was ready to go. John kept walking around to see were there any rats in her but he could see none. Then the ship was ready to sail and everybody was sayin goodbye and waving handkerchiefs, and in a few seconds the ship was in motion and was about five or six yards away from the quay when John say two rats runnin' around the

and a "roaring fire" in the day room of the R. I. C. Barracks, Carlow, while a little piper who had been arrested at the Station the same night for "piping in" a released Volunteer, was thrown into a cheerless black-hole. Dick got a life-sentence with option of joining the Tans. He selected the latter course & was shot down in an ambush near Baltingglass. His mother did a few years & was then surreptiously removed to some menial position in a "birds' nest' - where she belonged! as the people would say.
Thus for the story of Father Clowry from 1830 to 1918, I have given a true & accurate account from inside & intimate sources, knowing full well that there is nobody living who could do so, but
Mr Mark Purser, manufacturer, engineer and inventor, first cousin to [?] Dick, is one of Carlow's most respected citizens & a trully worthy man. There is a parallel in Waterford city since 1930, where it would be bad taste, if not actionable, to mention facts in fronto of Mr Martin Breene, who is, or recently was, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, Hort. Comissioners, etc
You will notice from above story that Friday is, or at least was, the shopping day in Co. Carlow. Hence Thursday was pay-day. We had 5 men in constant employment on the estate at 10/- per week,

Meath and Corkmen too,
Cheers for Kerry's boys so merry cheers for all we did renew,
Dublin, Louth and Tipperary stalwart lads with hearts so brave
Friendly farewell at the station, mid the cheering we did wave,
Clare and Cavan distant Galway and the dear Kilkenny boys,
Irish colleens gaily smiling fearless of the rush and noise
All the way from Londonderry, yes from Down and Antrim too
Men were parting on that evening with a friendly loyal adieu
Longford, Mayo, and Roscommon, Carlow Waterford so trim, [?]
Limerick Wicklow here and Offaly and Tirconnell honoured him
Every county honoured Wolfe Tones even the hills of Donegal
Evan Fermanagh and fair Leitrim and Kildare more famed than all,
Westmeath sent her column stately no partition there was known

Father Jim Delaney of Rosenalis, Queen's Co
{No more popular hero in my young days than this stalwart land league who did goal so often fo the cause}
He always referred to the Orange ascendency of Co. Carlow as the "Bigs B's". It would appear the the lands of Co. Carlow were divided on these whose names began in 'B:
Bagnel, Bruen, Brown, Beauchamp, Beresford, Burton, Butler, Blanchfield, Birmingham, Bigod, etc. etc.
He also referred repeatedly in his speeches to the time when "Bruen the Bear & Kavanagh the louse (*1) / BRUEN sat for Carlow in the Parliament House."
M'athair: "The first Sunday Father Jim said mass in Rosenalis his first words when he turned to address the congregation were: " Thanks be to God. I thought I never live to complete the sacrifice when I saw all the 'sharp-shooters'on one knee at the door.'
When he arrived at the Parochial House for his dinner he found nothing before him except 'hairy meat' & cabbage. He stood up from the table & rode up to the first "big house" he met & asked for his dinner. The butler
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I have noticed that S. Kildare was allotted to the A's
" " " Waterford " " the C's
*(1) See page infra