clongorey

Some information here.

"EVICTIONS IN CLONGOREY: THIRTY-NINE PERSONS HOMELESS" is the heading of a lengthy report in Freeman's dated November 24 1888. No mention of corn or fires, but it does say

The houses of the tenants were mostly mud hovels, and the Emergency men did not find much difficulty in battering them in.

Also:

Two evictions were abandoned, Dr Murphy, of Newbridge, having certified that the tenants, who were old women, were in a dying state and unfit for removal.

beautiful scene

Gerry Ward fascinating account and at the same time horrendous

If you've got some time (30 mins) you can watch four videos on YouTube.

News from the exhibition

'Photo detectives' shed light on historical shots -
Irish Independent

Amateur sleuthing helps solve the mysteries of old Irish photos - Irish Times

And the following photograph is featured on the Front page of the Irish Times.


National Library to launch ‘Photo Detectives’ exhibition - Hotpress

Sorry to have missed the launch: will catch up on the exhibition soon!

This is my chief suspect: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,681209,718750,11,9, based on the topography and the census saying that clongorey extends down to oldconnell. It's gone now though.

23 November 1888 according to this YouTube video (part 1 of 4). John and Andrew Fox are mentioned at 7:43.
youtu.be/v7IwA-5_bik

EDIT: I think the 1888 date must be wrong. There is no mention in Trove of anything before 1889 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=clongorey+evictions+&...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Loving all the reports and pics from the Photo Detectives Exhibition. Well done all !

2155-61 are eviction pictures from Clongorey, Co. Kildare, which were around 1889, I think. (Terms and conditions apply, time may go backwards as well as forwards etc.)

I imagine that the piles of bricks are to be used to build fireplaces/chimneys - no way to heat a wooden hut like this in those days without a fire. I see four stove pipes sticking through the roof.

Per this MA thesis Seven sets of evictions took place in Clongorey between 16 February 1883 and 1 September 1892

Via the invaluable Trove, 29 August 1891: EVICTIONS ON THE CLONGOREY ESTATE On July 11 the evictions from the huts on the Clongorey estate, which were erected to shelter the evicted tenants on the farm of Mrs. Mary Kelly, were resumed by the sub-Sheriff, accom- panied by a large force of police, under the command of County Inspector Loch. The work of evicting the poor families commenced imme- diately, and concluded in about half on hour, as the people had cleared out almost all their household goods. Father Kinsella, P.P., of Caragh, was also present, as well as a large concourse of people from the surrounding dis- tricfs. Everything passed off quietly.

From the thesis linked above: "An old woman named Kelly had allowed her farm at Clongorey to be used for huts for evicted tenants. She was ordered to remove them and did not."