moyasta

Compelling images

L_ROY_01767 and L_ROY_01768 both show one and the same house yet one is "Michael Connells"and the other "Mathias McGraths" ......neither resemble the above. Looks like all the tenants/houses are mixed up. Birmingham, McGrath, Connell- Partick and Michael- so its very hard to know exactly who's house is which.

I have created a new Album entitled Evictions where I have included all of our photos with the tags "Eviction" or "Evictions" to help contributors with an interest in this subject. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157659547823814]

O Mac I'm confused too! Please sort it all out, Professor O Mac. You are so very good at it !

For reference - Very full account of the McGrath day - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/115459777 Interesting Red Herring - The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen visited the McGrath house and family in September 1888, a couple of months after - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/212688001 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen

A sad scene of times past.great image.

My Grandmothers Family ( Liddane ) were evicted from their farm in Rehy, Co. Clare during the closing days of the 19th Century !!! The family scattered to the UK; the USA, and New Zealand !!! The Youngest, Dennis Liddane was killed fighting for the American Army in France; Oct. 10, 1918, about a month before the end of the war. He is buried in France at the Muese Argonne American Cemetery. I don't even think he was an American Citizen. So sad. The family never recovered.

For anyone interested, though we first posted this image a few years back, the events it captures were covered in a 2015 episode of Tríd an Lionsa (available, as of Nov 2015, on the TG4 web-player).

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Any chance please of a hi-res version of this. I think that is "Mr & Mrs Tourist" aka Major and Mrs O'Shaughnessy on the right wearing the same hat, which implies the date is Tuesday 31/7/1888. This is the middle view between and

beachcomber australia Already on the request list - we will have it for you in a couple of weeks.

The Vandeleur evictions took place between 18 and 30 July 1888. Mr. French, a photographer working for Lawrence, was present at the eviction of Matthias McGrath in Moyasta on 26 July and at some of the other evictions. See `The Vandeleur Evictions in Kilrush 1888: The Plan of Campaign' by Noel J. Mulqueen (1988) and `The Vandeleur evictions, Kilrush 1888', by Ignatius Murphy in The Other Clare, Volume 4 (April 1980), 37-41.

My Grandmother's Family ( Liddane ) were evicted from their farm in Rehy, Co. Clare in the closing days of the 19th Century. Rehy is not far from Moyasta. The family scattered to The UK; The USA; and New Zealand. The youngest son, Dennis Liddane, was killed in France on Oct. 10, 1918 about a month before the end of World War 1. He was fighting for the American Army. I don't think he was even an American Citizen. Dennis is buried at the Meuse Argonne American Cemetery in France. So sad. The family never recovered from the death of the last born child.

Link below story of Relatives from Irelad and the UK visiting the grave of Dennis Liddane in France. www.clarechampion.ie/index.php?option=com_content&vie...

Marine Attack Squadron ( VMA ) 225 As you say, "so sad", especially to be killed so close to the end of WWI. Thanks for all of the above information, and the Clare Champion article is lovely....

A more recent article from the Clare Champion. The name Linnane should be Liddane. In Sept. 2011, I was able to get approval from the US Army for the Purple Heart and two WW 1 Victory Medals for Dennis Liddane. The US Army will not be sending the Medals to me in NY til the Summer of 2012. I will be taking the Medals back to County Clare in 2013. I intend to give these Medals to the people of County Clare. The link to the Clare Champion is below. www.clarechampion.ie/index.php?option=com_content&vie...