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Cappoquin Civic Link Notes Happy New Year Now that the Christmas period is well and truly past, a Happy New Year to everyone. Civic Link is gradually getting back into the swing of things, with the youth club back again this week after the Christmas holidays, working hard on the St. Patrick’s Day costumes and their IT skills no doubt. Since our pre-Christmas clear up of some of the Inch, well done to Tom Murray who organised the shredding and environmentally-friendly distribution of the pile of cuttings at the car park. Well done also to the clubs who produced calendars over the Christmas period – it was a pleasure to help with historic photographs in a number of instances. A particular word of congrats to everyone involved in restoring the Christmas tree to the Square, where our records show there has been one for at least a century, as it has always been an important part of town-centre Christmas life. Thanks to everyone who bought Heritage Group Christmas cards yet again – we will publish the balance sheet in the coming weeks. The best of luck to the organisers of the Showband concert at the Community Centre. It should be a particularly poignant visit to Cappoquin for Brendan Bowyer, whose parents graced the Boathouse as excellent operatic performers a long time back. Heritage web links A couple of items of great local historical interest have emerged in recent weeks, both on the web and both totally accessible. Firstly, thanks to Tony McCarthy who has spotted some great material on the National Archives website relating to the 1822 plans to build the stone bridge at Cappoquin. The bridge took close on 30 years to bring to fruition in the end and the 1822 plans and documentation show some very interesting features, including the location of the old road between Lismore and Cappoquin, plans to build a short canal from where the modern boathouse is, to near the Kitchenhole, and the fact that the original bridge was to have five arches, not the eventual six. If you want to check it out, the website is www.csorp.nationalarchives.ie and the year you need is 1822. Also on the web, this time on YouTube, Cara MaGrath has located a great clip of the old Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway line when the trains were in action. A film by Donal Walsh of Dungarvan was a huge hit during the Carnival five years ago when we showed it at the Community Centre and this is sure to be a popular hit for local people too. Full details are on Facebook or if you google ‘Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway’ you should be able to find it easily enough too. And Finally… A number of great people passed away in the locality over the Christmas period, some of whom were far too young. These losses have saddened everyone and not for the first time Christmas has brought sadness as well as joy to many. May they rest in peace. Our photo this week is a chance to remember just one of those who has passed away recently, depicting as it does the last train to cross the Red Bridge in 1967, captured while out walking his dog by that great local gentleman, James Russell.
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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: |
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