1904

1 July 1904 was a Friday ...

Not listed on Lady Lane in the census. The only family the right size in Waterford in 1901 is John B. and Pauline Sheehan & 7 children. Looking at the photo, I guess the kids in age order are M,M,F,M,M,F,F? And yes, that is the order in the census, but a) I could be wrong and b) it could be a coincidence. Also notable about the census family is that John B. is 68 to his wife's 40 - this does look possible.

They're a tough enough looking mob.

They may be from an institution of some sort, which might explain the haircuts and the lack of Sheehans on Lady Lane.

John dies in Nov 1910, address WIlliam Street.

Newspaper story: LARCENY ON BOARD SHIP -- At North Shields, to-day, John Renstrom, fireman, of Finland, was charged with stealing from on board the steamer Arroll, on Nov 14th, a pair of trousers, two singlets, two shirts, a pair of socks, and a pair of drawer, valued at £1 7s, the property of Albert Woollass. -- Prosecutor stated he joined the above vessel on Nov. 14th, at the Albert Edward Dock, and took his clothes on board. He came ashore again, and on going to the vessel the next morning he found his bag had been opened and a number of articles of clothing extracted. He asked the men in the fo'csle if they had seen them at all, and they all said they hadn't. Witness made a complaint to the captain, and afterwards defendant went to his berth, and brought out a signlet, a sweater, and pair of socks, and gave them to witness. They were the same as had been stolen from his bag. Detective Scougal deposed to taking defendant into custody. In answer to the charge he said he found the goods. The Bench imposed a fine of 10s including costs. --- Shields Daily Gazette, 12 Jan 1903, page 3

Burnt down by the RIC and Tans, 18th November 1920, Coláiste Uladh

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The original college

It is gone from the hill and the glen,
The strong speech of our sires,
It is sunk in the mire and the fen
Of our nameless desires.
We have bartered the speech of the Gael
For a tongue that would pay,
And we stand with the lips of us pale
And bloodless today.
We have bartered the birth-right of men,
That our sons should be liars.
It is gone from the hill and the glen,
The strong speech of our sires.

Like the flicker of gold on the whin
That the Spring breath unites,
It is deep in our hearts and shall win
Into flame where it smites.
It is there with the blood in our veins,
With the stream in the glen,
With the hill and the heath, and the wains
Shall think it again.
It shall surge to their lips and shall win
The high road of our rights,
Like the flicker of gold on the wind
That the sunburst unites.

Roger Casement

The Frontier Sentinel of Saturday 11 August 1956 mentioned the previous week's "Golden Jubilee celebrations at Cloughaneely Irish College", which suggests an earliest date of 1906.