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Cappoquin Civic Link Notes Heritage Week events The Cappoquin Heritage Group will hold its exhibition, Cappoquin and the United Nations: 50 Years of local UN peacekeepers, at Cappoquin library from this Saturday, August 21st at 11.30. The response to requests for photographs and other memorabilia from UN soldiers and the families of deceased UN soldiers had been tremendous. We hope we can guarantee a very interesting exhibition, which will be open upstairs at the library during normal library opening times. There will be approximately 300 photographs, spanning from the Congo (1960) through to Chad in 2010, as well as uniforms, newspaper cuttings and other items of interest. The official opening of the exhibition is scheduled for 11.30 next Saturday morning, August 21st. We plan a simple affair, with a cup of tea for all visitors throughout the morning, but are also delighted to have two Waterford hurling captains coming to do the honours for the occasion. Jim Fives of Tourin captained Waterford as far back as 1951 and served as a Captain in the Congo and Middle East on UN peacekeeping duty after that. Ballyduff’s Lieutenant Stephen Molumphy has captained Waterford in 2009 and 2010 and served in Chad, along with several local soldiers, up to 2010. We are very conscious that local people have been honoured all around the world for their work in the United Nations and are delighted to have two such distinguished people coming to help us honour them now in their own back yard, so to speak. Our picture this week shows Private Timmy Fitzgerald of Melleray Road meeting President McAleese while on duty in the Lebanon
August 21st to 28th is Heritage Week. Best of luck also to the other Heritage Week events going on locally, from Peter O’Connor’s bat walks at Glenribbeen to the open day at Salterbridge Lodge from 10.00 to 4.00 on Sunday next, where Maro Kingston will be on hand to show all visitors the delights of this beautifully restored building. Full details of all Heritage Week events nationally can be found in the booklets available at Cappoquin library. Raft Race Best wishes to all involved in the Raft Race next Saturday, starting at the Rock at 2.30 PM with the main races, before moving to the Boathouse area later in the afternoon for pallet racing, music and the famous barbecue. A great day should be had by all, and hopefully some funds will be raised for the further enhancement of the Rock. Civic Link Meeting After a well-earned July break, the next full Civic Link meeting will take place in the final week of August. Cindy will send full details and reminders to all members in good time, as always.
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Beverly Goldfarb is working at the University of Tasmania on a project that is developing a website about the Young Irelanders during their time in Tasmania.
The synopsis mentions the Cappoquin Seven, who were transported here
… little has been written about them, so their stories remain a topic for further research. Of the Cappoquin seven, six lived in Waterford, and one — James Casey — lived in Tipperary. The attack on the Cappoquin Police Barracks, County Waterford, on 16 September 1849 was evidently organised by James Fintan Lalor, an important Irish Confederation leader. Lalor was assisted by a handful of lower-ranking Confederation members who still remained at liberty after the uprising of the previous year. Joseph Brenan, who managed to evade arrest after the incident before fleeing successfully to America, led the attack. The Cappoquin Seven were not so lucky. All seven were tried at Waterford on 13 July 1850 for their involvement in either attacking or soliciting to attack the Barracks and were subsequently sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land for a period of either seven or fourteen years. They were transported on the Hyderabad and arrived in Van Diemen's Land on 13 December 1850 where they were put to work on the probation gangs and allowed to progress to pass-holder status. In 1854, just before departing the Island, John Martin made a plea for clemency on their behalf. The seven were all conditionally pardoned between 1854 and 1855 and apparently remained in Australia to pursue private, relatively uneventful lives. Richard Bryan (c. 1823 — ?) Beverley's website is: http://www.youngirelanders.utas.edu.au/index.html There is also a Wikipedia page on which one can place comments: http://youngirelanders.wikispaces.com/
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