vandeleurevictions

Tullycreen Upper, Kilmurry Clonderlaw Parish 1888 The massed power of the state, as represented by RIC and Royal Berks. He was a brave man indeed

Nearby in the catalogue and previously discussed on Flickr, with many of the same characters -

??Streetview?? Going by semi-hipped roof, position of differing chimneys and front door, and the building to the right - goo.gl/maps/9f1rt4GZdN7UFxRu7

Above house is at Knockaderreen, (52.676443, -9.367078) according to Google Maps

Wow! Men with rifles and attached bayonets ... Looks like they were going to fight a war ...

Clare Library has a lot of info on the evictions including here: The 15th of July was Sunday-and before the weekend large contingents of troops and police were already setting up camp around Kilrush House. There were 70 Sherwood Foresters, 50 3rd Hussars, 50 Royal Berkshires (who were located at Cappagh Barrack), and 120 R.I.C. The whole arrangements were in the hands of Colonel Turner. Also present were a number of magistrates – Captain Welsh, Mr. Hodder, Mr. Roche, Mr. Shannon. The sub-sheriff was Captain Croker. The evictions took place in July, so this photo must be from afterwards if it's from August 1888.

Kilrush House "accidently burned to the ground in 1897". Another photo of this portico via twitter- twitter.com/Cooplafocal/status/966739541385236480/photo/4

If you look in Clare Library to the report of The Wreck of The Edmond 1850 off Kilkee. It also is indicative of the poor construction of the mud cabins as also noted in 1848. Could not get it to link for me.

Not to be confused with Kilrush House in Kilkenny, still standing, unlike this one. Evictions also took place during the Famine years, so they had form here. Some info landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.... on the estate (20,000 acres!) and the Vandeleur family

Via Trove a report of the fire in 1897 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104404854 I have posted these contemporary reports before; they are worth reading for the names of some of the characters seen here, and mention of Kilrush House ... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115459777 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169707904 And interesting correspondence about re-instating the tenants in 1889 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170505310

An excuse to link to one of my favourite shots ever:

I think this eviction is on the Vandeleur estate, at the far side of Clare from the O'Halloran girls at Bodyke.

Niall McAuley We either linked to it for one of our other eviction pictures, we had it already, or all evictions look the same. I reckon we saw it whenever you last trotted out your favourite pic above.

L_ROY_01769 is "T.Birmingham's house, Moyasta, Co.Clare with Battering Ram and soldiers outside", and appears to be the same house.

This looks like the same house as in this archive image, titled T.Birmingham's house, Moyasta, Co.Clare with Battering Ram and soldiers outside