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A HERO OF THE SIEGE.

In the nineteenth chapter of Macaulay's History of England, in speaking of John Bart, A.D. 1692, he adds: "About the same time a young adventurer, destined to equal or surpass Bart, Du Guay Trouin, was entrusted with command of a small armed vessel. The intrepid boy-for he was not yet twenty years old-entered the estuary of the Shannon, sacked a mansion in the county of Clare, and did not reimbark till a detachment from the garrison of Limerick marched against him". For this fact Lord Macaulay cites Memoirs de Du Guay Trouin.

PENAL LAWS.

The principal statutes against the Catholics were passed by James I. and Charles II. King James disallowed them to bring actions; not to hold public office or charge; widows not to claim part of husband's estate; no estate by courtesy, nor by way of dower; not to go five miles from home without license; not to come to court; not to keep arms; not to go within ten miles of London; forfeit two parts of a jointure or dower; £20 for not receiving sacrament yearly; £100 for marriage not according to the Church of England; £100 for omission of church baptism; £20 for unlawful burial. That their houses may be searched for reliques, to be burnt, and they fined and committed; against giving or receiving Popish education; against selling or buying Popish books; against Papists presenting to churches.

Charles II.-The oaths of supremacy for members of parliament; to take oath for place at court, and offices civil and military. These were extended by William and Mary, and George I.

Charles I.-Against convents and nunneries for education, etc.

ARTICLES OF LIMERICK.

The civil articles amounted to 13, the military to 29. The "secret proclamation", as it was jocosely called, offered more liberal terms, but was suppressed by the Lords Justices by whom it had been prepared, on the intelligence of Ginckle's treaty. Sir Toby Butler had liberalized the articles very freely, but was called to order by Sarsfield.-Gordon.

THE KING'S ISLAND,

in the southern part of which stands the English town, while the northern is used as a military field for reviews and exercises, is about a mile long, and was some years ago occupied by houses and gardens, of which latter, part of the enclosures only remain, and might be mistaken for some of the numerous military entrenchments thrown up during the olden times. Cromwell's fort, in the N. W. part, can be distinctly traced, and may be roughly squared at 100 yards a side. It was a star fort.

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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

Note pages 473, 474.-Monsell of Tervoe.-Ephraim Monsell had two estates in England, one at Frome and the other at Nunny Moadly. He sold the former, and possessed himself, in 1644, of several large tracts of land in the county Limerick. By his first wife, Miss Samborn, he had two sons, Samborn and Thomas. Samborn, who was a friend of Farquhar the poet, died unmarried; Thomas lived near Carrig o' Gunnell. It was this Thomas who, when high sheriff of the county, was fined in a large sum for presuming to take one of his tenants down from the gallows on the supposition of the man's innocence. His son Samuel, in the year 1688, his father having been stripped and plundered during the civil wars, was obliged to pass over to England, where, in order to restock his lands, and for other purposes, he mortgaged the estate of Nunny Moadly to a Mr. Whitchurch, who left the securities to his daughter, married to a Mr. Theobald, a timber merchant in London, which estate, through the neglect of the eldest son of Samuel Monsell, Major John Monsell, in paying neither principal nor interest for twenty years, was lost to the family. By a rent roll taken at a manor court, held by his father, the 30th October, 1696, the estate produced £406 a year.

Page 429.-Vereker, Colonel.-The third Viscount Gort was John Prendergast Vereker, son of second viscount. Born 1790, succeeded 1842, married 1814, daughter of the first viscount. M.P. for Limerick 1826-30. Heir, his son Standish Prendergast Vereker.

1865.-DEATH OF LORD GORT.-We regret to announce the death of Viscount Gort, which occurred at East Cowes Castle, his seat in the Isle of Wight, on the 20th inst. He was born on the 1st July, 1799, and was educated at Harrow School, where Lord Byron, Sir Robert Peel, and the late Viscount Palmerston were amongst his senior schoolfellows. He was for some time member for Limerick, the contests which he fought with the present Lord Monteagle for the representation of that city having been remarkable for their length and severity. He was afterwards one of the representative peers for Ireland, and colonel of the Limerick artiller

militia. In politics he was ever a warm supporter of the Conservative party. He was married, first to the Hon. Maria O'Grady, daughter of Standish, first Viscount Guillamore; and, secondly, to Elizabeth Mary, daughter and heir of Mr. John Jones; and by the former has left a family to mourn his loss. His lordship's death creates a vacancy in the Irish representative peerage. Page 333.-Cornet Pierse's brother saved the crown jewels at the great fire at the Tower of London in 1840; and he was held back by force, as represented to the commissioners: he was rewarded with-munificent thanks! The Duke of Wellington was his patron. He was a native of Newcastle, county Limerick, and nephew of General Maurice De Lacy, "a good Catholic".

Page 214.-Schonberg, Duke of. A strong contest in the English Courts of Equity arose in 1843, regarding a portrait of Schonberg, bequeathed by will of the Duke of Leeds. The case is reported in the Law Journal, under the title of " Duke of Leeds v. Earl Amherst".

Page 450.-Colleen Bawn.- Mr. Dion Boucicault most successfully dramatised this piece, and it had an extraordinary run in London, as well as his " Arrah-na-Pogue". Both were also running in full performance in America, Australia, and London, at the same time, 1864-5. Page 738.-Fenians.-A strongly organized conspiracy, originating in America, and having for its object the overthrow of the English rule and the substitution of a republic, was discovered and broken up in 1865. Some arrests in the county Limerick were made, but there have been no prosecutions in Limerick by the crown lawyers under the "Treason Felony Act" of 1848.

Page 688.-Note.-The Honourable Mr. Justice Shee is called "Justice Shee". This might mean a simple justice of the peace: the judges in England are called "Mr. Justice". His lordship is the first Roman Catholic made judge in the Queen's Court in England since the Reformation. His lordship is a native of Thomastown, county of Kilkenny.

Tierney, Dr. Sir Matthew.-The first baronet was a native of Rathkeale, where his father kept a small shop. He rose to great eminence, as did his brother Edward, the crown lawyer of Dublin and the hero of the famous suit of "Earl of Egmont v. Dayrell, baronet", in 1864, to recover back the Egmont estates, which the Tierney family enjoyed under an alleged will of the late earl.

St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Mary's Church.-In reference to p. 552, and to Myler FitzHenry's Inquisition, we see it is in the inquisition of 1201, in the B copy of the Black Book, taken by Dr. Todd St. Mar. Rotunda. Cum. per.; and the same in a copy from the original, in the possession of the Hon. Robert O'Brien, that is in the inquisition taken before Myler Fitz Henry. In Dr. Todd's copy of the second inquisition, before William de Burgo, it is "Eccliam Sci. Marie Rotunda", in the charter of Lord John FitzJohn King of England, and, therefore, antecedent to 1201, Singland is granted to the church of the Blessed Mary of Lymerick, and the canons there serving God. These matters have been pointed out to the very eminent antiquarian and writer, Dr. Reeves, of Armagh, and he considers St. Mary Rotunda, (not Rotundus as printed at p. 552), to be St. Mary Magdalene, which we find assigned in the Black Book by Bishop Donough O'Brien, ante, 1207, for the sustentation of the canons of the church of St. Mary the Virgin, of Lymeric, thus showing there were two St. Mary's churches at that early period, in the city. Kellmurille, near Limerick, is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene; but we have no reason to state that it is not the same church. In the heading of chapter liv. the word "taxation" should be "inquisition".

"THE FIFTEEN CORPORATIONS".

The Congregated Trades, note pp. 361-2. Though "the fifteen corporations" no longer exist, as set forth in the above note, yet the congregated trades of Limerick constitute a numerous and deserving body of industrious, intelligent artizans, whose news room, library, and place of meeting, the Mechanics' Institute, Bank Place, are very well conducted. Some of the charters which the corporation granted to certain trades, if not to all of them, in other times, are extant, but the great majority of them have perished. The fifteen corporations made a conspicuous figure on all public occasions in former days, while it must be added that the congregated trades have been at all times foremost in the candid manifestation of their sympathy and coöperation in the struggles of Daniel O'Connell for Catholic Emancipation, parliamentary and municipal reform, etc. Lectures have been occasionally given at the Mechanics' Institute; and it is highly creditable to the public spirit of the congregated trades that they have been able, even in times of depression and difficulty, to support an institute which is calculated to confer many advantages upon its members. The most ancient scal extant connected with the trades of Limerick is that of "the barbers chirurgeons". It has the motto under the arms "Christus, Salus Nostra"-and the legend surrounding the arms, "The arms of the barbers, chirurgeons, or Guild of St. My. Magdalene". "Granted by Henry VI.”.

THE LIMERICK CEMETERIES.

The new cemetery of St. Lawrence, which may be called the miniature Pere-la-chaise of Limerick, occupies a considerable space of ground at Gortnemana, near the Black Boy, and is very neatly laid out with walks, and adorned with a variety of shrubs and flowers. It contains several handsome monuments, and was consecrated about thirteen years ago. Four of the other churchyards of Limerick are now all but closed as places of burial, and are taken very little care of;

they are:-St. Michael's, still occasionally used; Ross Brien, near the Foynes Railway; and Killilee, near Patrick's churchyard. There is also a burial ground for the military on the King's Island, and one for the Society of Friends at Ballinacurra. They had also a burial place near Garryowen, and another near Peter's Cell, now disused-both neatly kept. Killelia, Killquane, and the pauper's burial ground at Ballynanty, are outside the borough bounds.

CASTLE TROY.

I find that this castle was originally erected in the time of Henry III., by one of the O'Briens.

OCCUPANTS OF HOUSES IN LIMERICK.

In 1851 there was an average of 9.65 persons to each of 5,548 houses; in 1861 the population, diminished by 9,177 persons, occupied 5,689 houses, being an average of 7.85 per house.

THE RECORDERSHIP OF LIMERICK.

In 1820, when expected to become vacant, O'Connell applied for this situation, with the view of opening it to civic election, but did not press his suit when the time of appointment came(Dublin Mag., p. 52, 1865). The Recordership was abolished by the Reformed Corporation, the duties of Recorder being performed by the chairman of the county of the city.

LIMERICK ATHENÆUM

is in Upper Cecil Street. The Right Hon. Wm. Monsell, M.P., has been elected President. Literary lectures are occasionally given; it possesses a news room, library, and other advantages.

THE ENVIRONS OF LIMERICK.

Although the great want of a public promenade near the city has been frequently complained of, the walks on the north circular road, on which several of the gentry and traders of Limerick have their country seats, in a great measure meet the public requirements in this respect. But the desideratum can hardly be said to be supplied by this or the Island Bank, another pleasant walk, until the completion of the People's Park, which is expected to take the place of one of the unsightly corkases near the city.

"MONSTER HOUSES".

There are three great drapery and tailoring establishments in Limerick, which employ altogether some hundreds of intelligent assistants, male and female. These are the houses of Messrs. Todd and Co., William Street; of Messrs. Revington and Co., George's Street; and of Messrs. Cannock, Tait, and Co., George's Street. Their trade is enormous, absorbing as it does nearly all the drapery and much of the tailoring business of the city, and supplying many of the country traders in the smaller towns of the county, and of the counties of Clare, Tipperary, Kerry, etc., with cottons, linens, silks, ribbons, woollens, etc., etc. They are conducted in a spirited business manner.

NEWSPAPERS.

Note pages 360-61, shows that in newspapers Limerick took an early lead in the last century. In the present century there have been several newspapers projected and launched, many of which were destined to meet with almost immediate shipwreck; some of which, however, flourish. Among the journals that existed in the earlier portion of the century, were the Limerick Evening Post and Clare Sentinel, of which Daniel Geary, Esq., was the proprietor; the Limerick Star, of which his son, William D. Geary, Esq., and Joseph Hayden, Esq., were the proprietors; the Limerick Times, of which the above Joseph Hayden, author of the Dictionary of Dates, was the proprietor; the Limerick Herald, of which William R. Yielding, Esq., was the proprietor; the Limerick Guardian, which was published for a short time in 1833, and the Munster Journal in 1832, the Limerick Standard in 1840-1, of which G. W. Dartnell, Esq., was the proprietor; the Limerick and Clare Examiner in 1845, of which Messrs. Lynch and Co., were proprietors, and afterwards Messrs. McCarthy and Mr. J. R. Browne; the Limerick Observer, in 1856, of which Patrick Lynch, Esq., solicitor, was the proprietor; the Limerick Herald, by Messrs. Purdon, of Dublin, in 1853. Mr. William Glover started the Munster Telegraph in 1819, but it did not survive long. Mr. Alexander M'Donnell published the Limerick Advertiser in Rutland Street. There are at present in the city the Limerick Chronicle, established in 1766, of which William Hosford, Esq., and Mrs. Sarah Bassett, are the proprietors. The Limerick Reporter and Tipperary Vindicator, the first named established on the 12th of July, 1839; the latter in Nenagh on the 21st January, 1844; both incorporated on the 1st of January, 1850, of which Maurice Lenihan, Esq., the author of this History, is the proprietor. The Munster News, established in 1852, of which F. Counihan, Esq., is the proprietor; and the Limerick Southern Chronicle, established in 1863, of which G. W. Bassett, Esq., is the proprietor.

SARSFIELD TESTIMONIAL.

Referring to p. 505, the movement has been revived since 1845. Nearly £1,000 have been subscribed towards a testimonial to Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan, by the admirers of his patriotism and bravery. The secretary to the Sarsfield Testimonial Committee is Thomas Baker Jones, Esq., who has been indefatigably zealous, and it is to be hoped that the project may soon be fully realized.

CLOCK TOWER.

A handsome Clock Tower to be erected by public subscription, at Baker Place, nearly opposite the Dominican Church, was commenced in 1865, as a testimonial to Alderman Tait, Mayor of Limerick for 1866, for his enterprise as an employer and manufacturer: The design is by W. E. Corbett, Esq., architect.

THE FIRST MAYOR OF LIMERICK.

An old tradition has it that the citizens not agreeing about the choice of a mayor, they resolved to choose the first man that presented himself after crossing the Shannon, who hap pened to be John Sarvent, or " Shawn na Scoob", that is "John of the Brooms", which article it appears this first of the mayors sold. But then, what about Adam Sarvent, who figures first upon all the lists? Non hæc cohærent.

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THE LIMERICK CITY REGIMENT OF MILITIA.

The Limerick city regiment of militia was raised early in the year 1793, John Prendergast Smyth, Esq., then member of parliament for the city of Limerick, and afterwards Viscount Gort, being appointed (14th April, 1793), by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, colonel of the regiment. The law provided for its being raised by ballot, but the officers and leading citizens subscribed liberally to a fund for the payment of bounties, and the corps was fully completed by voluntary enlistments alone. In the following month the colonel appointed the Honourable Edmond Henry Pery (afterwards first Earl of Limerick) to be lieutenant colonel, Charles Vereker, late of the 1st Royals (afterwards second Viscount Gort), to be major, and George Gough, Esq., to be one of the captains thereof the Lord Lieutenant approving. The other earliest appointed officers were:

Captain-Lieutenant-Samuel Tomkins (afterwards major), 25th May, 1793.
Adjutant-Henry Horsfall, lieutenant 39th foot, 15th May, 1793.
Lieutenant-John Waller, (afterwards adjutant), 16th May, 1793.

Ensign-Hugh Gough (now Field Marshal Viscount Gough), 16th May, 1793.
Ensign-David Nash (afterwards captain), 16th May, 1793.

Ensign-Exham Morony (afterwards lieutenant), 16th May, 1793.

Shortly after being raised, the regiment was embodied, and made its first march to Birr, 19th July, 1793, receiving in charge the ammunition for the King's County militia, which they were to meet on the march from that town. Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable Henry Pery having previously resigned, Major Vereker became lieutenant colonel, and Charles Smyth became major (15th July, 1793). Captain and Adjutant Horsfall having resigned, Major Smyth took the adjutantcy (29th October, '93), Captain George Gough became major, CaptainLieutenant Tomkins was made captain, Lieutenant John Waller was promoted to be captainlieutenant, and Ensign Hugh Gough became lieutenant. The latter distinguished soldier was appointed to the line as ensign in October following.

On the receipt of Lieutenant-General Massy's report of the forward state of the regiment, on the day of inspection, the colonel, by order from the adjutant-general (24th October, 1793), was at liberty to grant leave of absence to the officers whenever he may think the service would not suffer by it. In the month of March following, the regiment, whilst on the march from Birr en route to Cork, was ordered to halt at Fermoy, and divide itself between that, Rathcormack, and Castle Lyons-the whole county Cork being then in commotion

The establishment of the regiment at this time, as per letter of 18th March, 1788, from Messrs. Armit, Borough, and Co., was fixed at:

I Lieutenant-Colonel

1 Major.

4 Captains.

1 Captain-Lieutenant.

6 Lieutenants.

5 Ensigns.

1 Quartermaster.

1 Surgeon.

1 Adjutant.

1 Chaplain.
1 Sergeant-Major.

1 Drum-Major.

17 Sergeants.
18 Corporals.

255 Privates.

13 Drummers.

Passing now over the intervening years, without following the several marches consequent on change of quarters by the regiment, the succession of its officers, and other matters which

✩ Major-General Stuart's letter, Córk¡ March 9, 1794.

have, for the most part, reference mainly to the interior arrangements of the corps, we come down to that eventful period in the history of our country, a period fruitful in events which since that time all along to our own time, is, and must be during all time, ever memorable in the historic association of the brilliant achievements of the city Limerick regiment of militia-the year 1798.

The regiment, then 420 strong, was stationed in the province of Leinster, and was employed in quelling the disturbances in that province. On the invasion of Ireland by the French under General Humbert, in that year, it was ordered to Sligo; and when the French, after the victory at Castlebar, attempted to invade the province of Ulster, the Limerick City Militia, under Colonel Vereker, and supported by some dragoons and fencibles, met them at Coloony, and checked their advance with so much gallantry, that they gave up their intention of entering Ulster, and, marching to the south, came in for the large army under Lord Cornwallis, to whom they were compelled to surrender themselves prisoners of war. Lieutenant Rumley was killed, Colonel Vereker and four officers wounded. The official records of the killed and wounded amongst the non-commissioned officers and men being unfortunately lost or incautiously destroyed.

Of this action, for his gallantry in which Colonel Vereker was granted by his late Majesty George III. the privilege of bearing supporters and other honourable augmentations to his arms, with the motto " Coloony", the Corporation of Limerick marked their opinion by the following resolution, dated 8th October, 1798:

"RESOLVED-That the steady, loyal, and gallant conduct of our fellow citizens of the Limerick City Regiment of Militia on the 5th September last, under the command of Colonel Vereker, so intrepidly engaged and successfully opposed the progress of the whole French and rebel army at Coloony, merits our sincerest thanks and warmest applause; a conduct which has not only covered them as a regiment with eternal honour, but has also cast an additional lustre on this their native city, already so eminently distinguished for its loyalty and zeal for our happy constitution".

"RESOLVED That the sum of fifty guineas be paid by our chamberlain towards raising a fund to purchase a piece of plate for the officers' mess, and proper medals for such of the noncommissioned officers and privates of the regiment as were engaged in the action of that day". Relative to the disposal of the French prisoners in the hands of the regiment after the battle, J. Taylor, then A.D.C. to Major-General French, writes on the 30th November, saying:

"The general desires that the French prisoners may be transmitted to Dublin under a sufficient escort. It will be necessary to appoint some careful person to act as provost martial to accompany and subsist them on the road, unless the agent for French prisoners has already appointed some person to act in that capacity".

On the 5th December following, the corporation of Limerick, in addition to the fifty guineas referred to in the resolution of the 8th October, also ordered the purchase of a sword of honour to be presented to the colonel of that regiment by the mayor, and caused his description of the battle to be inserted in their minutes.

In noticing this engagement, Plowden, in his History of Ireland, remarks that Humbert said that Colonel Vereker was the only general he met in Ireland.

Colonel Adair, in his papers on The National Defences and the Militia, referring to the field services of the militia, remarks:-"Then, again, at the pass of Coloony, where Colonel Vereker and the city of Limerick regiment defeated a force of French and others, four times greater than his own, the French general experienced the steady skill of the commander, and the vigour of a national regiment combating on their own soil".

In Brennan's History of Ireland, published some few years ago, the gallant Colonel Vereker and the regiment under his command on that occasion, is touched on in passing. In a word, it may be asked with pride by our city regiment, in speaking of their valour, Quo regis in terris non plena fortitudinis? for we find that on the 12th July previous to their victory at Coloony, a party consisting of sixty five men, were taken to attack a fortified camp some miles from Edenderry, which, after a severe struggle, they took with the loss only of two men, and brought back with them to Edenderry the greater part of what was in it. The prize money falling to each man for his share in this affair amounting to £5 13s. 1d.

In August, 1801, the regiment offered to extend its services to any part of the United Kingdom. In May, 1802, the probability of a lasting peace, the regiment was disembodied.

On the 25th March, 1803, the regiment was again embodied. In the month of October, 1803, the newly embodied regiment was inspected by Brigadier General Affleck, who reported very favourably of the corps.

In 1804, the regiment was stationed at Ballinrobe; in July, 1805, at Boyle; and in August, 1805, the head quarters were at Enniskillen.

In January, 1806, the regiment was augmented to 100 men per company.

In the beginning of 1807 the head quarters were at Ballyshannon.

In August, 1808, they were at Cavan, and in June, 1809, were removed to Naas, where they continued until the spring of 1811, when they were in Dublin.

In July, 1811, the regiment was thanked by H.R.H. the Duke of York, for "the zealous offer of their extended services", made by all the officers and nearly 400 men,

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