In the Famine times, O'Shaes came into Arklow from the Co. Cork in the year of the Famine. The People in Arklow wondered at them gathering a thing called praiseas which is a yellow flower and they used to boil it with salt. This was the only food besides the food given out at the old barracks in Arklow. They remained in Arklow till they died. I was told this story by my Grand Aunt. Miss A Kearon, 21 harbour Road, Arklow. Shielu Tracey, ST Meadow's Lane, Arklow.

The Rossiters of Ballymoyle were two brothers named John and James. They were young farmers who followed the Arklow leader Matthew Doyle of Beech Road, Arklow and took part in the Battle of Arklow. Like a great many of the farmers who lived north of Arklow

There was a shipwreck twenty years ago on the north beach of Arklow. The name of the ship was the "Champion". It was coming from Garston? to Arklow with a cargo of coal. The captain, who was supposed to be drunk, ran the ship ashore. The life-saving apparatus from Arklow went to his assistance and fired the rocket line to them. One of

Battle of Arklow 1798
Arklow Men who took part
The leader of the Arklow contingent was Matthew Doyle who went round before the rebellion organ- ising for the United Irishman. An account of him is given in The Memoirs of Myles Byrne, but he was followed by a great many farmers sons from round the North side of Arklow, as well as by a contingent of Arklow sailors, and fishermen
Most prominent amongst them was Tom Hackett of Coolroe, Arklow Hackett before the rebellion made pikes, and when rebellion broke out in Wexford very early joined Hackett after taking part in all the encounters of the period in N. Wexford and South Wicklow.
According to local tradition

Georgie Agar Coolboy Arklow Co Wicklow

This man was also on his way to Arklow after fighting at Bally Ellis.
He did not take the advice he got to attack Arklow that night as he said his men were tired and he would give them a rest, so when he reached Arklow next morning the Military had increased their numbers and strengthened the fortifications so the Battle of Arklow was lost to the insurgents.
General Madge Dixon was supposed to be the wife of Captain Thomas Dixon she was known as "Yalla Madge" as she was a

Arklow Woman
Once upon a time there lived in Arklow a wise woman + there was a certain priest lived in Arklow too who condemned her + told the people not to believe in her. Once day the priest was going down the street + his horse fell + no matter what the priest himself or anyone else done they could not get it up. The wise woman happened to be going down the street + she came upon the scene + she shook her apron + the horse jumped up. The priest never said anything about her again.

Many years ago in Wicklow, the police asked a jarvey named Kavanagh to drive them to Arklow. The reason they were going to Arklow was to arrest a priest Father Michael Clarke who had given offence about the Land League movement. When the jarvey heard this he refused to drive them, so they hired a man named Behan. They drove to Arklow and arrested the priest and brought him to Wicklow Gaol, when the Rev. Father Clarke saw Behan he gave him a slap in the face, and the mark of the Priest's hand remained on Behan's face until the day he died.

school at Arklow, Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. There is a new school near that place where the hedge school was. It was near a round tower at Arklow. It was at a farmers house. The teacher used to lodge in the nearest house. The master used to sit on the thrunk of a tree and the children would sit on the grass.

A Shipwreck off Arklow
These are some very dangerous sand banks in the sea a few miles from Arklow.If a ship happens to get an them she seldom gets off again,but usually founders and and both ship and new are lost.
Such a case happened some years ago when the ''Julia'' a three-masted schooner belonging to Arklow was lost with all hands.She was found from Glasgow to Newhaven with a cargo of Pig Iron.She met with bad weathers in the channel and had to make for shelter.In doing so,she got on the north end of the Arklow bank,which is off Wicklow head and was lost.
The weather was very thick and foggy at the time,so she was not noticed by anyone ashose for a couple of days.Then awing to a nepast , a boat went off and found she was under water with only the top plasts of her masts to be seen , there was no sign of the crew .
It was thought that she may have

the rocket apparatus about three times a year, which a number of country men attend. The coast guard station was never repaired since. Sadie Cuthbert June 1938 Cloneranny Arklow Told by Mrs J.Hall (55) Cloneranny Arklow

These boats couldn't get enough men in Arklow. They never liked the Wicklow town's men and took none of them.The Arklow men went to this fair on carts of all kinds. It was held in the Spring at Benogue Co. Wexford.The Arklow skippers took the tiller of his boat with him. (The tiller was a small piece of timber which fitted into the top of the rudder, and was used for steering a boat. It's possession showed the authority of master or skipper of the boat) The fishermen paraded in the fair. Those of them who could rope nets that is attach ropes properly carried a small piece of rope in his hat, and those could mend nets, carried

This was a hiring fair apparently which had a connection with the hiring of crews for the local fishing boats, in Arklow.An old fisherman Thomas Kavanagh (70) says:-"I was never at the fair of Benogue, but I remember the old fellows going there to ship their crews. All the intending fishermen from Arklow went, as well as men from Courtown, Tara Hill and Blackwater Co Wexford. You see there was such a crowd of fishermen wanted for the Arklow fishing boats, ( there must have been 80 mackeral boats 60 herring boats, and about 60 oyster boats)

these men Rossiters tried to return home when the Battle of Arklow was over.
One of the brothers James was very badly wounded from a bayonet thrust in the stomach, and his brother , and some other men from his own part were helping him home, moving secret by at night, from a house on South of Arklow where he had lain since the day of the battle. The use of a cart to take him past Arklow was out of the question, and therefore his friends carried him, while he attempted to walk.
They had reached a spot in the sandy fields of Ferrybank when the wounded man, unable to stand the strain, died from the hardship of his journey.

Out at Arklow Rock there is a well called the Grannie's Well and it is said if anyone has a sore or a disease and dips the diseased part in the well and leaves a rag on the tree beside it, cures will be wrought.
Every year crowds of rags are to be seen on the tree.
I got this information from my aunt, Miss Tyrrell, age 40 48 Ferrybank. Arklow. Iris Gregory, Shelton Villa. Arklow.

About three fields from Whaley Abbey in the year 1934 Mr. J. O'Toole contractor Arklow [had his men?]digging a foundation for one of new designed labourers cottages, when they came on a large stone which had to be unearthed. Beneath the stone lay a bag of silver coins in a good state of preservation, about 72 in all. they were of the time of Queen Elizabeth and bore the date of 1593.
These coins were taken by the contractor to Arklow and we heard that [?] justice Price went to see them. the field in which they were

There are the ruins of a castle in Arklow. Arklow castle was built by one of King Henry of England's followers named Theobald Fitz Walter first Butler of the King and founder of the Butler family in Ireland commonly known as the Butlers of Ormond. The Castle was used for a a summer residence for the Kings at one time and was used as a fortress to subdue the native Irish for a considerable time.
At another period of its history git was attacked by the surrounding natives and the garrison were all killed (1641).
It was again captured by the English but was once more in the hands of the Irish when Oliver Cromwell was in Ireland in 1649 when it was destroyed by the Lord Protector.
The remains of the tower is all that is left of Arklow Castle to-day.
There was a secret passage from the castle to abbey which was found a few years ago.

About 80 years ago and from that on to 25 years ago a large part of the Arklow fishing fleet, instead of stopping on East coast of Ireland,

Holy Wells
Lady's Well
The Lady's Well is a small well situated on Murray's Farm at Arklow Rock, about one mile south of the town of Arklow.
It is situated within about 100 yards of the old ruined church called Chapelhogan (perhaps Sepeal an logain)". A small part of the wall of this church still stands.
People from the Rock district pay great respect to this well. Every year the people from the lower part of Arklow town visit this well on 25th March, say a decade of the Rosary, take some water from well, and drink it. They also take home some water and bring it home to give to people at home to drink. Each one as he takes water ties a 'bit of rag' on a bush out the well.