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Biographical Notices of Clare-born in Australian Newspapers 1883 - 1900

Title: Biographical Notices of Clare-born in Australian Newspapers 1883 - 1900
Type: Australian Biographical Newspaper Extracts
Dates: 1 January 1883 - 31 December 1900
Place: Australia
Source: National Library of Australia
TROVE http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
Transcriber/Donator: Margaret O’Heir, Queensland, Australia

Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wednesday 3 January 1883 Edition: Morning. p 3 Family Notices
O'KELLY—McDONALD.—On the 27th ultimo, at St. Mary's R. C. Church, Sale, by the Rev. J. L. Hegarty, assisted by the Rev. P. O'Donohoe, Edward M. O'Kelly, son of the late Jeremiah O'Kelly, County Clare, Ireland, to Mary, only daughter of the late William McDonald, of Geelong.

The Australian, Windsor, Richmond, and Hawkesbury Advertiser (NSW : 1873 - 1899) Saturday 6 January 1883 p 3 Article
THE Irish Times correspondent says: " Great distress exists in County Clare owing to the failure of the potato crop, epidemic among the pigs, and the dear prices demanded for all articles of food. The latter is caused by the tax levied on farmers by the Crime Act, and which has proved a very heavy burden. The country presents a most melancholy and uninviting appearance. Fields and meadows are deluged with water, and men, women and children, pigs, calves, cows, dogs, and chickens are herded together in a conglomerated mass in miserable dwellings unfit for the habitation of any human being. The parish priest at Milltown Malbay writes a gloomy letter to the Freeman's Journal, stating that before two months have passed at least 100 families of the poorer people in his parish will be utterly destitute, and compelled to depend on charity for sustenance. He appeals for aid to prevent them from starving.

Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 27 January 1883 p 1 Family Notices
HERRICK - On 16th January, at her residence, Sassafras, Bridget, the beloved wife of Mr. James Herrick, in her 44th year; highly esteemed and much regretted. Deceased was a native of County Clare, Ireland. R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 27 January 1883 p 1 Family Notices
MCINERNEY--O'CONNOR. -January 2,. at the Sacred Heart Church, by the Rev. Father Garvey, Thomas, second son of Thomas McInerney, of Ardsoleus, county Clare, Ireland, to Ellen O'Connor, only daughter of the late John O'Connor, of Skibbereen, county Cork, Ireland, and niece of Mrs.W. H. Palmer, Rushcutter Bay.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 13 February 1883 p 1 Family Notices
GOURLEY-MCINERNEY. -February 2,1883, at the residence of the Rev. J. P. Piquet, James Whyte Gourley, to Kate, second daughter or Thomas McInerney, Ardsullus, County Clare. Home papers please copy.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 23 February 1883 p 1 Family Notices
KEENAN-RYAN.—February 20, 1883, at St. Patrick's Chapel, Sydney, by the Rev. Father Piquet, Harry Thomas, youngest son of the late John Keenan, Esq., merchant, Dublin, to Maggie, second youngest daughter of the late Michael Ryan, Esq., County Clare, Ireland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 14 March 1883 p 5 Article
THE Maryborough Chronicle of the 10th instant gives the following particulars respecting the accident by which Peter Malony came by his death at the Burrum on Tuesday night last. He arrived at the Burrum from Maryborough on Monday, and on the following day went to work for Messrs. Fountain and Co. In the evening after knocking off work he expressed a desire to go and see the town- ship of Howard. Two men accompanied him, one named M'Grath and the other Hannan. On reaching the Howard they commenced drinking, and kept on apparently till about half-past eleven o clock, at which time they made a start to return to their camps, which were situated on the Maryborough side of the river. At the gate-house on the railway line M'Grath separated from his companions, who then proceeded together as far as the bridge, Hannan here sat down and went to sleep, and remained in this state till the next morning, but Malony attempted to cross the bridge, and when near the opposite side is supposed, through timidity or giddiness, to have fallen off. At the point from which he fell the bridge is about 43ft. in height, and underneath there was a pile of iron rails, upon which Malony was discovered dead on Wednesday morning, by a man named Kenrick, who at once gave information to the police. There was a deep cut upon his head, extending from the crown almost to the forehead ; and as far as could be judged the neck was broken. Malony is said to be a native of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thursday 15 March 1883 p 4 Family Notices
KEANE.—On the 10th March, at Jamestown, of consumption, Michael, third beloved son of Matthew and the late Margaret Keane, Kilnamona, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, aged 25 years. Home papers please copy. R.I.P.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Friday 30 March 1883 p 4 Family Notices
BLOOD.— On the 29th March, Matthew Henry Smyth Blood, M.R.C.S.L., in his 77th year, last surviving son of Matthew Blood, formerly of Castlefergus. County Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 4 April 1883 p 1 Advertising
IF either of the QUINN BROTHERS, born at Carhuclough, Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland, and left for Australia about 25 years ago, would send their address to Punch's Hotel, William-street, Sydney, they will hear of something pleasant. Australian papers please copy.

Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 21 April 1883 Supplement: Supplement to the Launceston Examiner. p 2 Family Notices
SHANNON--On 8th April, Mr. James Shannon, aged 40 years, native of the County Clare, Ireland. R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 19 April 1883 p 1 Family Notices
BLOOD-March 29, at Kapunda, South Australia, Matthew Henry Smyth Blood, M.R.C. S.L., in his 77 th year, last surviving son of Matthew Blood, formerly of Castlefergus, county Clare, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 11 May 1883 p 4 Family Notices
BEECHMAN.-On the 8th May, near Tarlee, Catherine Beechman, aged 52 years, formerly of Lyhinch, County Clare, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 14 May 1883 p 2 Advertising
JOHN T. O'DWYER, of Wingfield, County Clare, Ireland, call at once for important Letters at G.P.O., Adelaide. 134-5

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 15 June 1883 p 1 Advertising
JOHN CHARLES SEXTON, native of Drumbighill, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, is earnestly requested to communicate with his brother, Michael Sexton, of Motuoka, Nelson, New Zealand. 8552

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tuesday 3 July 1883 p 1 Advertising
IF this should meet the eye of MICHAEL DOYLE, or his wife, BRIDGET WHELAN, who left Bradford, County Clare, Ireland, in 1854, in the ship Columbus, for Australia, if they will communicate with the. undersigned they will hear of a good little fortune, left them by a cousin in India.
LAURENCE MURPHY,
Sackville-street, Dublin, ,
Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 10 July 1883 p 1 Family Notices
SHELTON- RYAN.-On the 21st ult., at St. Patrick's, Stawell, by the Rev. P. O'Hare, Henry Shelton to Sonia daughter of Matthew Ryan, Esq., Killaloe, county Clare, Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Thursday 12 July 1883 p 1 Family Notices
SHELTON-RYAN -On the 21st ult, at St Patrick's Church, Stawell, by the Rev. Peter O'Hare, Henry Shelton B.A., inspector of schools, only surviving son of the late Henry Shelton, Esq., South Yarra, to Susie, daughter of Matthew Ryan, Esq., Killaloe, County Clare.

The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889) Monday 30 July 1883 p 151 Family Notices
SHELTON - RYAN - On the 21st ult., at St. Patrick's Church, Stawell, by the Rev Peter O'Hare, Henry Shelton, BA, Inspect of Schools, only Son of the late Henry Shelton Esq, South Yarra, to Susie, Daughter of Matthew Ryan, Esq, Killaloe, COUNTY CLARE.

Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889) Wednesday 8 August 1883 p 126 Family Notices
ANDERSON — HILLERY. — On the 10th July, at St. Ig natius' Roman Catholic Church, Richmond, by the Rev. Joseph Mulhall, S.J., James Anderson, Esq., of the Council Hotel, and storekeeper, Morgan's Gully, Kangaroo Ground, to Bridget, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Michael Hillery, of Park Brien, Miltown, Malbay, County Clare. Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 14 August 1883 p 1 Family Notices
FLANIGAN -On the 12th ult, at Gisborne, Victoria, Michael Flanigan, native of Milltown Malbay, County Clare, brother to Henry Flanigan, Esq., Kinvara, County Galway

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 1 September 1883 p 1 Advertising
TALTY.-MICHAEL and MARTIN TALTY, Carrowduff, Miltown, Malby, County Clare, who left Ireland about 35 or 40 years ago, their Nephew, JOHN GERAGHTY, late from home, is anxious to hold communication with them. Address, care Rev. D. CLANCY, St. Kilda College, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. Any information as to their whereabouts will be thankfully received.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 8 September 1883 p 38 Article
A petition for judicial separation has been filed in Melbourne by Mrs. Bridget Reeves, formerly Cahill, against her husband, Edmund Samuel Reeves, farmer and grazier. The parties were married in April, 1855, at St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Sydney, the respondent being then a widower. The petitioner was born at Kilfane, near Broadford, County Clare, Ire- land, and is now 56 years of age and the respondent is a native of the County of Suffolk, England, and is 65 years of age. There have been nine children of the marriage, the eldest being a married daughter, aged 28 years, and the youngest a daughter aged ll years.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Saturday 15 September 1883 p 1 Family Notices
BUTLER. -On the 14th inst, at his residence, Ruby-cottage, Church street, North Richmond, Mr Michael Butler, formerly of county Clare, Ireland, aged 72 years. R.I.P.

Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) Thursday 11 October 1883 Edition: MORNING. p 2 Family Notices
MEAHAN--NOLAN.--On 26th September, at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Horsham, by the Rev. Father O'Farrell, Martin, youngest son of the late Thomas Meahan, County Clare, Ire- land, to Nora Margaret, daughter of Mr Patrick Nolan, late of Kilmore, now of Wail near Hors- ham.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 20 October 1883 p 1 Family Notices
O'DOWD.-On October 18, at the Sydney Hospital, whilst under chloroform, John O'Dowd, aged 49 years, native of County Clare, Ireland. May his soul rest in peace.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 27 October 1883 p 1 Advertising
O'DONOUGHUE.-If this should meet the eye of JOHN O'DONOUGHUE, of Rynana, New- market and Fergus, County Clare, Ireland, his SISTER will be glad to hear from him. He was last heard of by his sister ANNIE 19 years ago. Any letters addressed to Mrs. SCOWN, Chiltern Valley Mine or J. T. WEBB Bookseller, Chiltern, Victoria, will be promptly replied to, as his sister BRIDGET is anxiously seeking him.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 3 November 1883 p 1 Advertising
CUSICK.- If this should meet the eye of any of the children of THOMAS CUSICK, of Cloneloner, near Limerick, County Clare, Ireland, their Aunt, KATE CUSICK, who came to the colony nearly 30 years ago will be glad to hear from them, Mrs. MACALISTER, Stanthorpe, Queensland. ._

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 8 December 1883 p 1 Advertising
KELLY.-If this should meet the eye of JAMES and DAN KELLY, County Clare, Ireland. DANIEL REIDY wishes to hear from them. Address. Severn Post-office, Vegetable Creek Road, near Glen Innes.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 10 December 1883 p 2 Advertising
IF this should Meet the Eye of BRIDGET JORDON, marriage name not known, native of County Clare, Ireland, born near Ennestimon, left there about thirty years ago, your Niece Bridget Flanigan, daughter of Martin Flanigan, would be glad to hear from you. Any in- formation will be thankfully received. Address 17, Myrtle-street, Darlington, near Sydney.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 7 January 1884 p 1 Advertising
GLEESON.- Mrs. BATH. GLEESON, daughter of Mr. John O'Dea, Balahine, county Clare, Ireland, will hear of important news from J. PRIOR, 303. Pitt-street, Sydney.'

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Saturday 12 January 1884 p 4 Family Notices
HOWARD— EASTHER.— On the 20th December, at Norwood, by the Rev. Father Peters, S.J., Michael Howard, second son of Mr. Timothy Howard, Knockmore, County Clare, Ireland, to Helen Easther, second daughter of Mr. Edward Easther,Belair Hotel, Belair.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 8 February 1884 p 4 Article
The curator of intestate estates has obtained rules to administer the estates of the following deceased persons -Susan Blake Clonlohnn, county Clare Ireland 18th April, 1878;…

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 11 February 1884 p 1 Family Notices
CARROLL--On the 19th December, at Cork, Henry Pierce Carroll Esq., in his 72nd year, son of the late John Ivers Carroll, solicitor and coroner, Ennis, County Clare, and father of Mrs Bergin, of Griffiths point.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 14 February 1884 p 6 Article
8th February, Mary Knox, aged 51 years, from Brisbane and Ipswich hospitals, born County Clare, Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Wednesday 12 March 1884 p 4 Family Notices
O'BRIEN— HOGAN.— On the 25th February, at the Catholic Church, Carrieton, by the Rev. Father Landy, Matthew, second son of Mr. John O'Brien Castletown-Conyers, County Limerick, Ireland, to Kate, third daughter of Mr. John Hogan, Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Saturday 15 March 1884 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. p 4 Advertising
THOMAS MCCARTHY;' date of death, or when reported, September- 28 ; about 28 years of age; 5 ft. 11 in. high, fair complexion, hair, beard, whiskers, and moustache. Deceased was thrown from his horse near the Rocky River, on the 28th September, and died shortly afterwards. Inquest held by C. T.'Mole, J.P. Verdict—"That deceased came to his death through accidentally falling from his horse." Deceased was an Irishman. Has a brother named Michael Macarthy residing at Kells, Corofin P.O., County Clare, Ireland, who has -been communicated with.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 17 March 1884 p 1 Family Notices
D'ARCY.-March 12, 1884, at his residence. 93, Abercrombie-street, Redfern. Thomas D'Arcy, aged 23 years, leaving a sorrowing wife and two children, late of Kilrush, county Clare. Home and American papers please copy.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 21 March 1884 p 6 Article
BENEVOLENT ASYLUM.
The medical officer reported that there were 88 males and 95 females under treatment in the hospital, and 58 males and 15 females under treatment in the other wards. The following deaths had occurred since the previous meeting -Mary Daly, native of county Clare, aged 66, died on tile 14th of chronic nephritis;…

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tuesday 25 March 1884 Supplement: The Mercury Supplement p 1 Family Notices
BLOOD-SMYTH.—On March 19, at Hobart, G. F. V. Blood-Smyth, of Castlefergus, County Clare, Ireland, Lieut. Half-pay 58th Regiment.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 29 March 1884 p 510 Article
An action for an alleged breach of promise of marriage has been instituted by a young gen- man named Alfred J. Gilley, living at Castle Connell, county Limerick, against Mrs. Rosetta Phelps, a widow of middle age, possessing a large amount of property, and residing at Water Park, county Clare. The damages are laid at £10,000.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 10 May 1884 p 1 Family Notices
CROTTY - Died, at Vacy, on the 2nd May (after eight months illness) John Crotty, a native of county Clare, Ireland, aged 70 years. Requiescat in pace.


Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 24 May 1884 p 45 Family Notices
BINDON.-April 1, at Armidale, after a few hours' illness. Michael Burton, son of the late Burton Bindon, Esq., of Cluney House, County Clare, Ireland, aged 65 years, beloved father of Mrs. A. Florence and Ashley Be Bindon, of Petersham.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 18 June 1884 p 3 Family Notices
WHITTING-M'GRATH.-On the 5th June, at St.
Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, George Strettle, eldest son of the late George Whitting, of Clapham, London, to Bridget Mary Frances, second daughter of Michael M'Grath, County Clare, Ireland. [Home papers please copy.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889) Saturday 21 June 1884 p 4 Family Notices
O'CONNOR - GARRITY.- On 10th June, 1884, at
the residence of Mr John Garrity, Lawrence, by the Rev. J. O'Sullivan, MICHAEL, the sixth son of WILLIAM O'CONNOR, County Galway, Ireland, to MARYANNE, the eldest daughter of DENNIS GARRITY, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 12 July 1884 p 1 Family Notices
THYNNE.-On the 11th July, at his residence, Mary-street, Ipswich, Edward Thynne, formerly of Bellinagrave House, County Clare, Ireland, aged 95.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Monday 14 July 1884 p 5 Article
SPEAKING of Mr. Edward Thynne, who died at Ipswich on Friday, the Queensland Times says :—"The deceased gentleman was born at Ballinagrave House, county Clare, Ireland, where he resided up to the month of April, 1864. Although in that year he had lived beyond the allotted span, being seventy-five years old, he determined to emigrate to Queensland. The breaking-up of the old home was an exhibition of great unselfishness on his part, but he willingly committed this act of self-sacrifice in order to promote the interests of his family. The late Mr. Thynne left surviving him in Ireland one son, Mr. Henry Thynne, LL.D., who is now a resident magistrate in Kilkenny, and who, some years ago, was one of a team of Irish riflemen who successfully competed in an international shooting contest in the United States. The deceased had also three sons and four daughters in this colony. Of the former, one is the Hon. A. J. Thynne, M.L.C.; and of the latter, one is the wife of Mr. P. Real, barrister-at-law, another the wife of Sub-inspector Ahearn, and the others are comfortably provided for. We may mention that Mr. Thynne took a very active part in connection with Daniel O'Connell's celebrated Clare election in 1828. The deceased gentle- man was in the enjoyment of his intellectual faculties up to the day of his death, and was beloved among a small circle of friends for his bountiful hospitality, lively wit, and kindly disposition."

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 9 August 1884 p 209 Family Notices
INGRAM-WARREN.-On the 7th August, at Creek-street Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. J. F. M'Swaine, Harry Moore Ingram, Commander R.M.S. Roma, eldest son of the late the Rev. J. H. Ingram, of Halifax. Yorkshire, to Emily Robins, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Warren, The Manse. Ennis, County Clare. Ireland.

WARREN-NICOLAS.-0n the 7th August, at Creek-street Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. J. F. M'Swaine. Arthur Thomas, fourth son of the Rev. Thomas Warren, The Manse, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, to Gertrude Maria, eldest daughter of P. J. Nicolas. Esq., Eden Lodge, Beckenham, Kent, England.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 15 August 1884 p 1 Family Notices
CURRY - On the 14th inst, at her residence, Wellington street Collingwood, Bridget Bedelia, the beloved wife of Michael Curry aged 48, native of Tulla, County Clare, Ireland R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 20 August 1884 p 16 Advertising
HYNES, JAMES, MATTHEW, or –WILLIAM HYNES, from Ennis, county Clare, please send address to Hon. A. J. Thynne, Brisbane, for Information from relatives in America.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 23 September 1884 p 1 Family Notices
ECHLIN- WHITE -On the 26th August at St. Andrew's Church South Brisbme by the Rev. Samuel Robinson, B.A. Richard Boyd, third son of the late George Fleming Echlin, of Down- patrick, County Down, Ireland, to Maude Letitia, eldest daughter of J. Warren White, of Cahirblonig, Currofin County Clare.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 27 September 1884 p 1 Family Notices
CUSACK.-In affectionate memoriam of Miss Cusack, a native of County Clare, Ireland, who died in Sydney, October 1, 1879. Requiescat in pace. In life beloved, in death lamented. Lovingly inserted by her fondly devoted sister.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 30 September 1884 p 4 Family Notices
COFFEY.—On the 30th August, at Parkside Asylum, Patrick Coffey, aged 76 Native of County Clare, Ireland. Interred at St. John's.

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Wednesday 5 November 1884 p 1 Family Notices
GREENALSH—BRODERICK.—At St. Paul's Church, Rockhampton, on the 16th October, John Greenalsh, of Rockhampton, to Maria, daughter of Michael Broderick, County Clare, Ireland.

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Friday 14 November 1884 p 5 Article
The Dublin Gazette contains a proclamation of his Excellency offering a reward of £300 for such information as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons by whom John M'Mahon, a farmer, of Kilvoydau, in county Clare, was shot dead on the road between Ennis and Spancelhill, on the evening of August 14. and £200 for private information leading to the same result.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Tuesday 18 November 1884 p 7 Article
THE HOMESTEAD QUESTION.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir— I came from County Clare to Adelaide about fifteen months since. In Ireland I held and lived upon ten acres of land from my boyhood, which I rented of Henry Trench, a good English landlord, the rent being £2 per acre per annum. I kept a cow for home dairy use, four or five pigs, and some fifteen sheep. I tilled six acres, on which I grew potatoes, barley, turnips, &c. I maintained myself, and reared a family of six children comfortably on this ten acre estate. The last two or three years the potato crops being very largely a failure through blight, I became restless, and considered the propriety of emigrating with my family to South Australia, a colony —as I was led to understand— with unlimited land, only awaiting the hand of the industrious tiller. I sold out my interest in my holding, with crops and improvements, the potato crops looking splendid, the result of a change of seed well suited to the soil. I am here with my family; my grown-up children fairly employed, and I am myself, at fair wages. I have said so much of my circumstances not from any desire or expectation that you or the public can take any special interest in me, but to show that I write in no spirit of bitterness or with any intention to carp at things as I find them. My desire is simply to express first my disappointment that any but the capitalist can secure land to cultivate on his own account, and secondly my regret that there are not facilities offered to the industrious and provident labourer to settle down on his own homestead. My family, although as I have before said are very well employed, are separated, and should I go into the agricultural districts to work would be still wider apart from the family circle, and hence, as doubtless is the case with many scores of others, I prefer labouring in the city on public works, &c. I think the inability which the farmers are said so often to experience in getting good labourers arises chiefly from the causes which I have alluded to. Men do not care to separate themselves from wives and families, and roughing it for half the year, to return back to town and knock about at anything they may be fortunate enough to find to do. Nor on the grounds of economy and morality is it expedient they should do so. For a farm labourer's family to be compelled to be penned in a miserably confined city cottage without a flower or vegetable in their surroundings is not conducive to their wellbeing or progress. If I could lay hold of say twenty or thirty acres of land near a country town- ship where agricultural employment could be only casually secured I know how easy it would be with my family to appropriate my spare time, and with a safe investment for my saved earnings to make myself a comfortable home ; and I should consider it a stepping-stone to a more considerable undertaking in the future. But what chance is there for a labouring man at present? Carted backwards and forwards from town to country, and from country to town, he loses hope and becomes degraded, I do hope to see something done in this my adopted country in the direction which I have hinted at, and many hundreds of thousands will yet find a happy and prosperous home in this sunny clime. I am, Sir, &c, JOHN MARKHAM.

Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Monday 1 December 1884 Edition: Morning. p 3 Family Notices
O'CONNOR—KELLY.—On the 26th November, by the Rev. Father Ryan, at the residence of the aunt of the bride, Mrs T. P. Grace, Willung, Daniel, third son of the late T. O'Connor, Spring Hill, South Gippsland, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late P. Kelly, Rath, County Clare, Ireland.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 6 December 1884 p 1 Family Notices
On November 27th, at St. Johns Cathedral, West Maitland, by the Rev. E. P. Sheehy, Denis Joseph, second son of M. Maher, of Bolwarra, to Catherine Teresa, third daughter of P. F. Davoren, County Clare, Ireland. 9634

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 6 January 1885 p 1 Family Notices
O'GRADY.—January 4, 1885, John O'Grady, sen., formerly of Dromoland, county Clare, in the 87th year of his age. R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 22 January 1885 p 1 Family Notices
TASKER—CLANCY.—November 26, 1884, at St. Joseph's, Balmain, by Rev. T. O'Reily, William C. Tasker, of Banbury, England, to Ellie Clancy, of county Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 28 February 1885 p 1 Family Notices
HAYES—HOWARD.—January 28, by special license, at Mount Carmel Church, by the Rev. J. Collins, Daniel P., eldest son of Patrick Hayes, Esq., of Botany, to Nora, third daughter of Anthony Howard, Esq., county Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 12 March 1885 p 1 Family Notices
MORGAN—McNAMARA.—January 5th, 1885, by the Rev. R. King, Trinity Church, Miller's Point, Charles James Morgan, third eldest son of Richard Morgan, of London, England, to Mary Madglen McNamara, second eldest daughter of Michael James McNamara, harbour-master, Kilrush, county Clare, Ireland.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 March 1885 p 401 Family Notices
WALL.—On the 26th February, at his residence, Harcourt-street. Fortitude Valley. Dennis Wall, formerly of County Clare, Ireland. Aged 72 years.-R.I.P.

Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954) Wednesday 22 April 1885 p 2 Family Notices
MULVILLE — CROWLEY — On the 20th instant, at St. Carthage's, Lismore, by the Very Reverend Dean Doyle, Charles Joseph, son of James Mulville, of Ennis, County Clare, to Ellen Mary, daughter of Lawrence Crowley, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889) Saturday 9 May 1885 p 4 Family Notices
CONLON. - O'CONNOR. -At the R. C. Church, Maclean, May 4th, by the Very Rev. Father Mairumus, P.P., O.F.S.C.. PETER JOSEPH, third son of Mr. Philip Conlon, Roscommon, Ireland, to MARGARET MARTINIA (Maggie), youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thos. O'Connor, Kildysert, county Clare, Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 15 May 1885 p 7 Article
THE BENEVOLENT ASYLUM.
MEDICAL OFFICER's REPORT
The medical officer (Dr Whitaker) reported that the total number of patients under: treatment was 121 males and 119 females. Two deaths had occurred during the week, viz., those of William Culligan, a native of county Clare, Ireland, aged 84 years, on the 13th inst, from broncho pneumonia, and William Pound, native of Bristol, England, aged 66 years, on the 13th inst, from asthma.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 23 May 1885 p 1 Advertising
HOWARD.- MICHAEL HOWARD, native of County Clare, Ireland, please write to PATRICK CLANCEY, Bumbo, Kiama.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 30 May 1885 p 1 Family Notices
DAVOREN-ROBINSON.-April 14th, at St. John's Cathedral, West Maitland, by the Rev. E. P. Sheehy, Thomas F., eldest son of Mr. P. Davoren, County Clare, Ireland, to Isabella Violet, second daughter of Mr. James Robinson, of Ballarat, Victoria 4272

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 30 June 1885 p 1 Family Notices
SCANLAN-BLACK.-On the 19thh February, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Michael Scanlan, native County Clare, Ireland, to Margaret Black, late of Sydney.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Thursday 9 July 1885 p 4 Family Notices
MARININ— McINNES.— On the 25th June, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. T. F. O'Niel, C. C. M. Marinin, Frewville, eldest son of Michael Marinin, County Clare, Ireland, to Annie, second daughter of the late Roderick McInnes, of Millindilla Creek, Palmer, S.A. Mount Gambier papers please copy.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 13 July 1885 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. p 2 Family Notices
MARININ—McINNES.—On the 23th June, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. T. F. O'Neil, C. C., Michel Marinin, of Frewville, eldest son of Michel Marinin, County Clare, Ireland, to Annie, second daughter of the late Roderick McInnes, of Millindilla Creek, Palmer East, S.A.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 22 July 1885 p 1 Family Notices
O'MARA-MOLONEY.~July 10, 1885, by special license, at the Sacred Heart Church, by the Rev. Father C. F. P. Collingridge, Michael Joseph, eldest son of Martin O'Mara, of Fishmoyne, Borrisoleigh, county Tipperary, Ireland, to Bridget, second eldest daughter of James Moloney, Rath, Corofin, county Clare, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Wednesday 29 July 1885 p 4 Family Notices
FOLAN.— On the 28th July, at his residence, Bakewell-road, Payneham, Michael Folan, the dearly beloved husband of Ellen Folan, aged 86 years. A native of Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. A colonist of thirty-three years.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 31 July 1885 p 4 Family Notices
MACKEY.—On the 30th July, at her son's residence, Bertie-street. Hindmarsh West, Honora, the beloved mother of John and Simon Mackey, late of County Clare, Ireland, aged 76 years.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 21 August 1885 p 1 Family Notices
ARMSTRONG -On the 15th inst., at his brother's residence, Elsternwick, Waverley, Sydney, Edmund Ashtown, eldest son of the Very Rev. John Armstrong, Dean of Kilfenora, County Clare, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Monday 24 August 1885 p 2 Advertising
JAMES KELLY, late of Brighton; date of death or when reported. January 29, 1885; about 62 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high, grey hair and whiskers. Deceased died in Adelaide Hospital on January 29, 1885. Certificate of death given by Dr. Dunlop. Date of notice sent to registrar of deaths, January 1, 1885. Deceased was an Irishman (from County Clare, Ireland), a resident of Marion for twenty-seven years. Has two stepsons, named Anthony Liddy (who is supposed to be in the north) and Austin Liddy (supposed in New Zealand). Left no will.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 5 September 1885 p 1 Family Notices
GLEESON—MACNAMARA.—August 14, at St. Mary's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father O'Connor, Patrick Gleeson, eldest son of Michael Gleeson, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland, to Maria Macnamara, second daughter of the late Dennis Macnamara, Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 12 September 1885 p 412 Advertising
INFORMATION respecting the where-abouts of JOHN M'DONOGH, who emigrated from County Clare, Ireland, in the year 1881— when last heard from was in Brisbane—will be thankfully received by P. H. M'DONOGH. Roma street Police Station, Brisbane.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 17 September 1885 p 5 Article
THE following is the superintendent's report of the state of the Benevolent Asylum, Dun- wich, for the week ending 12th September :- In the house at last report, 317 males, 55 females; since admitted, 8 males ; discharged, 3 males ; died (8th September, Michael O'Dea, aged 77 years, born Killee, Dysart, county Clare. Ireland, admitted 23rd November, 1880), 1 male, remaining, 321 males, 55 females; total, 370. The superintendent acknowledges with thanks the receipt of parcels of news- papers for the use of the inmates from Mr. Newman Wilson and the private secretary, Government House.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 22 September 1885 p 8 Advertising
JOHN PERRY, native of Toomgreaney, County Clare, Ireland; four years ago was en- gaged at Government Works, Mount Gambier, and sometimes employed shearing. Send your ad- dress to the undersigned, when you will hear of money left to you by the death of your brother JAMES.- Arthur Cubitt, next-of-kin office, the Arcade, King- street, Sydney.

Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) Saturday 26 September 1885 p 2 Article
OBITUARY,-Our obituary column to-day contains a notice of the demise of Mrs, Newton, relict of the late Mr, William Newton, which occurred on the morning of the 25th inst, at the residence of her son William. The deceased lady who was mother of Mr. John Newton, of the Commercial Hotel, Mr. Thomas Newton, of Riverina and late of Mount Gambier, Mr, Michael Newton, late of Port MacDonnell but now of Ballarat; and Mr. William Newton, of Mount Gambier, had attained the ripe age of 82 years. Accompanied by her husband Mrs. Newton left her native place, County Clare, Ireland, about 1868 and came to her sons at Mount Gambier. Her husband died about 16 years ago. The funeral took place yesterday and was largely attended. The Revs, Dean Ryan and Father Hourigan conducted the funeral rites,

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 13 October 1885 p 1 Family Notices
MORONEY.—In loving remembrance of our dear mother, Mary Moroney, who departed this life on October 13, 1883, aged 61 years, native of county Clare, Ireland. Sweet Jesus have mercy on her. [Inserted by her daughter, Sarah Moroney.]

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 17 October 1885 p 612 Advertising
INFORMATION as to the whereabouts of BRIDGET M'DONOGH, who emigrated from parish of Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland, in either the year '76 or 77; when last heard from was with Mrs. Summers Elisabeth-street. Brisbane, as Dressmaker: will be thankfully received by P.H. M'DONOGH, Roma-street Police Station, Notice to Next of Kin.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 3 November 1885 p 1 Family Notices
WALKER - CULLEN - On the 31st ult., at St. Mark's Fitzroy, by the Rev. J.F. Stretch, Montague, youngest son of the late Captain Walker, H.E.I.C.S., to Ellen, (Ellie) second daughter of the late Charles Cullen, Esq., of Dromeen county Clare, Ireland. Limerick papers please copy.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 6 November 1885 p 1 Family Notices
SALMON.—November 5, 1885, at his residence, 373, Elizabeth-street South, Patrick Salmon, native of county Clare, Ireland, after a short and painful illness, aged 47 years. Requiescat in pace.

Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889) Saturday 7 November 1885 p 182 Family Notices
DOWLING-RYAN.-On the 13th October, at Middle Park, South Melbourne, by the Rev. Charles Bell, Edward Tilden, eldest son of Edward H. Dowling, late of Moulmein, British Burmah, to Nannie Frances, second daughter of Dr. William Ryan, of Riverview, Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 5 December 1885 p 892 Advertising
WILL PAT PURTLE and MARTIN PURTLE of Latemore, near Kilrush, in the County of Clare, send address to MICHAEL ROBINSON, their Nephew, from Kilkee. County Clare, Ireland. Last heard of in Brisbane, when Michael Purtle died. Address MICHAEL ROBINSON. General Post Office. Brisbane. Notice to Next of Kin.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Saturday 12 December 1885 p 4 Article
MORTIMORE - O'FLAHERTY.- On the 10th December, at St. Lawrence's Church, North Adelaide, by the Rev. Dean Kennedy, Mark, fourth son of George Mortimore, Torquay, Devonshire, England, to Mary Agnes, eldest daughter of Michael O'Flaherty, Reean, County Clare, Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 18 December 1885 p 1 Family Notices
CONWAY. -On the 15th inst., at his residence, Tara-hall, Cheltenham, John Patrick Conway, native of County Clare, Ireland, and formerly of Happy Valley Farm, Lancefield, in his 63rd year. R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 25 December 1885 p 1 Family Notices
COLBOURNE -In loving memory of my dearly loved brother, James Henry Colbourne, who died in Glasgow on Christmas Eve, native of Tulla, County Clare, Ireland. Inserted by his fond sister, Harriet. Home papers please copy.

Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) Thursday 28 January 1886 Edition: MORNING. p 2 Family Notices
MALONE—DAVERN -On the 13th January inst.at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Rev. Father Gallavin, John Malone, of Victoria Parade, Collingwood, son of Mr Michael Malone, County Clare, Ireland to Mary Margaret, eldest daughter of William Davern, Esq., Moranding.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) Saturday 13 February 1886 p 2 Article
Departure of Mr. John Meagher, J.P.
It is not generally known that Mr. John Meagher. J,P., has decided to leave Australia for a short term and revisit his native land. A few of his friends feeling that Mr. Meagher deserved at their hands some recognition of his worth deemed it advisable, to take steps to see what could be done to do him honor. Mr. W. G. Stephens issued a number of invitations to gentlemen whom he thought would assist in the movement, and as a result a thoroughly representative meeting was held at Stapleton's Hotel on Thursday night. Mr. W. G. Stephens was voted to the chair, and there were present in the room : Rev. Father Riordan, Aldermen Mullins, Halliday and McDongal, and Messrs. J. Fitzgerald, Esrom, J. Sinnot, Kelso, G. Cunningham, Vale Road, S. P. Mangan, E . H. Parker. — Wallace. — Terry. F. B. Kenny. — All man, G. Hulks. W. C. Kelk. G. Matthews, W. Gornall, C. Clifton. B. Edye, J. Bamfield, A. Forbes, J. Sullivan. J. Lanfranche, — Kirk wood, A. B. Bae, and G. S. White. The Chairman said he had taken the opportunity upon the intended departure of Mr. Meagher, of bringing a few of his friends together to give them an opportunity of taking steps of paying him the respect he deserved prior to his departure. In other places men far less deserving had had honor done them, and if there was any man who deserved it, it was Mr. Meagher. It was for the meeting to decide what would be best to do under the circumstances. A telegram bad been received from Mr. Meagher, who was now in Sydney, stating that he had taken his passage in the Austral, which would sail on the 13th March next. Whatever would be done should be done with- out delay, and he knew the action would be unanimous. He would be pleased to- receive any proposition. Alderman Mullins said that a few days ago he saw two or three friends privately with regard to this movement having heard that their worthy friend was about to visit his native country. It was neither reasonable nor correct that Mr. Meagher should be allowed to leave without receiving some token of that respect which was due to him. It was his intention to move in the matter when he received Mr. Stephens' note. He was glad to be relieved of this responsibility and would willingly assist any movement that would be inaugurated He hoped it would be as creditable to Bathurst as honorable to Mr. Meagher. He had known Mr. Meagher from the time he first came to Bathurst, now about twenty-five years, during which time he had never .changed. He was an extraordinarily honorable man — one of those that are frequently read about, but seldom seen. He thought a banquet should be given, and was prepared to move a resolution to that effect. If this was done they would need the Hall of the School of Arts as the friends of Mr. Meagher were legion, and no other hall in the city would be large enough to accommodate the company. — Mr. Kenny , thought that it would be advisable to allow free discussion before any resolution was made. In this way they would get better at the sense of the meeting as there was no doubt differences of opinion. — Mr. G. Hulks was not prepared to say much, but all he could say, if it was magnified twenty times, could not fairly describe the respect he had for his fellow citizen. Mr. Meagher had raised himself from the ranks. A few years ago he was only a counterman in premises not far from where they now were. He had known Mr. Meagher ever since he (the speaker) came to Bathurst, now twenty years, and during that time his actions had been such that no man could point his finger at him and put a black mark upon his character. He had had large business transactions with Mr. Meagher, who had always treated him more than fairly. The main reason for his success was that he had treated all men with fairness, and hence the confidence which was placed in him. He hardly knew how to express his feelings to- wards Mr. Meagher, he had had so many kindnesses shown him. 'One circumstance he would mention' was that when the installation of the Right Rev. Bishop Byrne was taking place, Mr. Meagher went himself for him (the speaker) and Mrs. Hulks. He accommodated them with seats in his own pew- in the Cathedral, while he himself stood behind. That act alone made him think a great deal more of Mr. Meagher. He thought it would be better to give him a piece of plate, even if it cost £100, rather than a banquet. The plate could be handed down as an heirloom to his three fine sons. If the banquet was given the wine and turkey would be consumed and after a time all would be forgotten, but the plate would be in existence for years. This was his opinion, but he was agreeable to fall in with the views of the majority of the meeting. Mr. W. C. Kelk thought someone would have come to the meeting with a programme cut and dried. He would like to say what he felt and thought about Mr. Meagher. He looked upon him as a good friend and first rate citizen. He would willingly identify himself with any movement that should be thought best by the majority, but he thought the best plan would be to give Mr. Meagher a banquet and present him with an address. Alderman Halliday would like to add a few remarks to what had already been said about Mr. Meagher. There was no man who had more sympathy for him than had Francis Halliday. He respected him both as a citizen and as a countryman, and he felt honored at having received an invitation to take part in the movement which was to do honor to Mr. Meagher prior to his departure. In some things they were at antipodes, but at others they were at one. They had agreed to differ, and he sup- posed such would be the case to the end. They had been cast in different moulds, but if there was one thing he admired Mr. Meagher for more than another, it was that he stood out for what he considered to be right. The present movement had his heartiest sympathy. Mr. G. Matthews had had large business transactions with Mr. Meagher whom he had always found to be a thorough gentleman prepared to assist in any good movement. Alderman McDougal, like the speakers who had preceeded him had known Mr. Meagher for many years, and he was one of those men whom he honored. He was a self made man, and these were the kind of men he admired, who not only attended to their business, but in their spare moments did what they could to benefit the community in which they lived. Mr. Meagher was one such as this. He was always foremost in assisting any movement which was for the public good. He (the speaker) had been a fellow worker with Mr. Meagher on the Hospital Committee and there was no person to whom be was more ready to do honor. He would render all the assistance in his power to any movement. Mr. Cunningham said it was very seldom he was privileged to meet so many of different denominations, hut he found that they were all one after all, and hoped they would be one in the end. He felt honored in being called upon to speak of Mr Meagher. He was glad this meeting had been called, and hoped something would be done so that when Mr Meagher visited his native land he could take it with him and say, 'look! this is what they presented me with in Australia.' He was prepared to con- tribute his mite towards any movement. He honored Mr. Meagher, not because of business relationships, for he did not believe he had spent £10 with him, but he respected him as a man and citizen. Rev. Father Riordan, in an amusing speech, expressed his pleasure, at seeing so many present. He did not often mix with other de- nominations, except it was with Mr Forbes. He bad fought them all before to-day in one form or another, but he was glad to see so many present. He did not agree with Mr. Hulks' suggestion. Mr. Meagher had a large family, and after a time they might see different members of the family, running away with pieces of the plate, and in this way it would not be much of a heirloom. He preferred Mr. Kelks suggestion. The banquet would soon vanish, but they would find an account of it in the Record, Times, Independent, and Free Press. Mr. Meagher would be able to get a large bundle of these and show the reports to his friends in County Clare. Since he first came to Bathurst, now eleven years, he had known Mr Meagher. During the time he had had his battles with Mr. Meagher as well as with the newspapers, but time eased all, and they remained friends. Apart from his personal knowledge of Mr. Meagher he greatly respected him, he was prepared to lend a hand and contribute to any movement that might be organised. Mr. F. B. Kenny agreed with Mr. Kelk's suggestion as he thought it most feasible. The argument of the plate also stood good, but an address, if it was either framed or in book form would remain in the family. Both would speak-with emphasis of the esteem in which they held Mr. Meagher as a citizen. He would have been better pleased if not a word had been said about religion. They had not gone there as a matter of religion but had met to design something by which they could do honor to a fellow-citizen. He could not imagine a more generous or more agreeable task than meeting to do honor to Mr. John Meagher. Every one knew that he was one of their best citizens. He not only looked after his own business, but his time and means were always at hand to assist the cause of any deserving institution in the city. Some might say that because he was a Catholic, the Catholics would be sure to do something, but while he was a Catholic he was no bigot. He had frequently assisted cases of distress without enquiring as to country or creed, and his actions must have commended, themselves to every person. He hoped the meeting would show their esteem in some way. The banquet and address would be the best manner of carrying this out. In this way the world, through the Press would be shown in what esteem Mr. Meagher was held by his fellow-citizens. He thought the opinions had been well ventilated, and that a resolution might now be moved. Mr. Hulks would fall in with the views of the majority. One thing that had not been spoken of was Mr. Meagher's charity. Any of his fellow-citizens could vouch for this. He was always ready to assist the poor by gifts of blankets, food and groceries, and in this way he must have given away hundreds of pounds. The Chairman agreed with the suggestion of the banquet and address. By an address they could put in more, than an ordinary inscription such as would be put on a piece of plate. He had known him a length of time but would not now speak of his personal worth as he doubtless would have an opportunity of speaking, and whatever was said would not be fulsome flattery. Alderman Mullens then moved, and Mr. Gornall seconded that a banquet be tendered to Mr. Meagher, and an illuminated address presented. Mr. F. B. Kenny moved and Mr. Sinnott seconded that- those present at the meeting form themselves into a Committee to carry out all arrangements. Messrs. W. G. Stephens, F. B. Kenny, G- Hulks, W; O. Kelk, G. H. McDougal and F. Halliday were appointed sub-committee to pre- pare the address. Mr. W. G. Stephens was appointed Secretary, and Messrs. G. Hulks and E. H. 'Parker joint Treasurers. The address Committee were empowered to wait on Mr. Meagher to ascertain from him when it would be convenient to hold the pro- posed banquet. Messrs. C. T. Mullins, E. H. Parker, J. Sinnott, G. H. McDougal, F. Halliday, B. Edye, C. Clifton, — Kirkwood, A. Chapple, F. ' B. Kenny and Fitzgerald, with the Secretary and Treasurer -were appointed as the Banquet Committee. Alderman McDougal moved that the price of the ticket should not exceed one guinea.— Mr. Forbes seconded the proposition.— Alderman Halliday said that they would find that Mr. Meagher would take it as a honor to see the poor man at the banquet as well as the man of wealth. No gentleman-who could afford it would object to pay a guinea, but there were many who would like to go who could not afford so much. — Mr. Hulks said it would all depend on the wines and spirits which had to be provided. — Mr. Kenny approved of having what was done, done well. Mr. Hulks knew better than any man what a banquet would cost. If they could get up a first class banquet for less than a guinea they should do so. They did not want to make money out of it, but it should be left to the discretion of the Committee. — Mr. Cunningham moved that the whole matter be left in the hands of the subcommittee. — Mr, G. S. White seconded the motion which was carried. Apologies for non-attendance were received from Messrs. H. J. Barhara, A. Chappie, F. B. McKenny and W..F. Jenkinson, who had/each expressed sympathy in the movement, and willingness to assist. A vote of thanks brought the meeting to a close. The name of Dr. Cortis (Mayor of the Borough) has, with his sanction, been since added to the general committee ; also, the name of the Rev. Mr. Stephens, Messrs. J. E. Tonkin',' J.' H. Mclntosh, Dr. Spencer, Mr. H. Rouse, Mr. W. C. Greville, and Mr. W. H. Paul.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 13 February 1886 p 1 Family Notices
CALLACHOR — DOWNES. —January 7, 1886, by a special license, at St. Francis' Church, by the Very Rev. Dean Sheridan, assisted by the Rev. Father O'Brien, Philip Patrick Callachor, eldest and only son of the late Terence Callachor, of Paddington, Sydney, N. S. Wales, to Bridget Mary Downes, second daughter of the late Charles Downes, of Tulla, county Clare, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 5 March 1886 p 4 Family Notices
HORGAN—BARRY.—On the 25th February, at All Saints, Port Augusta, by the Rev. C. O'Donnell, Cornelius, second son of Mr. Patrick Horgan, P.L.G.. Ashton Lawn, county Cork. Ireland, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Michael Barry, Clonnegarnam, county Clare, Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 8 March 1886 p 7 Advertising
MORTUARY RETURN Chief Secretary's Office, Adelaide, February 20, 1885.
THOMAS CONNELL-Date of death or when reported, August 8; 35 years of age, height 5 ft. 10 in., sandy beard, whiskers, and moustache, brown hair, slightly bald, nose been broken. Deceased was in the employ of Reilly Bros., road contractors, near Angaston. He was taken suddenly ill on August 4, 1885, and L.C. Dechert, by order of Dr. Ayliffe, had him brought to Angaston, where he was attended by the doctor until August 8, when he died. Dr. Ayliffe gave certificate cause of death paralysis of the bladder and congestion of the lungs, brought on by intemperance and exposure to cold and wet. Notice sent to Registrar of Deaths on August 8. Deceased was a native of Innes, County Clare. Ireland. He informed L.C. Dechert when lying ill that he had no relatives living ; he came to the colony about twenty years ago, and that he had been on the spree for ten days previous to his coming to Angaston, where he arrived August. 4, and took ill the same night. He was destitute, having only Is. Id., which was found on his body. He was buried at the Government expense. Deceased is supposed to have an uncle named John Leeder, labourer, in Adelaide. Deceased was a stonebreaker, and was of very in-temperate habits.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 10 March 1886 p 1 Family Notices
DONOHUE — MADDEN. —February 23, by special license, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Balmain, by the Rev. Father J. O'Reilly, Martin Henry, eldest son of Thomas H. Donohue, Esq., county Clare, Ireland, to Mary Anne (Polly) third daughter of Mr. John Madden, Balmain. New Zealand papers please copy.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 12 March 1886 p 8 Advertising
INFORMATION Wanted of JOHN O'DONNELL, of the Parish of Kilshaney Kaharancore. County Clare, Ireland, and his brother Patrick O'Donnell. Information to be received by their youngest sister, Bridget. For further details write to M.J. Conway, Barque E.L. Mayberry, care of Captain F.M. Knight, Port Adelaide.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 16 March 1886 p 1 Family Notices
CUSACK-GARVEY.-March 6,at St. Benedict's Church, by the Rev. Father Grace, John, eldest son of Thomas Cusack, to Kate, second daughter of John Garvey, both of county Clare,
Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Wednesday 31 March 1886 p 4 Family Notices
HENNESSY.— On the 23rd March, at Franklin street, Adelaide, Margaret Hennessy, late of Kapunda and formerly of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, aged 78 years. R.I.P.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Tuesday 6 April 1886 p 4 Family Notices
CASH— KENNY.— On the 8th March, at St. Aden's Church, Colton, by the Rev. Father Phelan, Thomas Patrick, eldest son of the late Patrick Cash, St. John's. Kapunda, and grandson of the late Ignatius O'Sullivan, Morphett Vale, to Bridget Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Michael Kenny, and granddaughter of the late John Daniel Kenny, Six- mile Bridge, County Clare, Ireland. Melbourne Advocate please copy.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Saturday 10 April 1886 p 4 Family Notices
BUTLER,— On the 3rd February, at Stonyhurst College, William Lambert, only son of the late Lambert Butler, Esq., M.D,, of Bunnahow, County Clare, aged 15. Deeply regretted. R.I.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 9 June 1886 p 4 Article
MURDER AND OUTRAGE IN IRELAND.
A report reached Kilrush, county Clare, from Lanaway, near Milltown Malbay, of the death of a farmer named John O'Neil. The deceased was returning home from Milltown Malbay when he was attacked by some men he met on the way, his skull being shattered to pieces. O'Neil was a young man, and the affair created a painful sensation in the district. The coroner held an inquest on the body, when a verdict was returned by the jury that the deceased came by his death from fracture of the skull. Three arrests have been made. Deceased was a Nationalist and an ex-suspect.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 21 June 1886 p 1 Family Notices
O'LOUGHLIN . - Jun 14, at his residence, 84, Palmer-street, Woolloomoeloo, Patrick O'Loughlin, aged 78 yeasrs, native of Kilnaboy, county Clare, Ireland. May his soul rest in peace.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 28 June 1886 p 4 Article
There is a fresh outbreak of crime in Ire- land Various serious outrages have been reported during the week, the chief of which is the murder of a farmer named Quigley, near Tulla, in county Clare Quigley was sitting at his fireside on Sunday night, when he was deliberately assassinated by a shot fired through the window, which scattered his brains about the kitchen Quigley's offence was in taking a boycotted grazing farm Who can wonder that the men of Ulster desire to be spared from a regime which brings events like these in its train?

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Wednesday 30 June 1886 p 4 Family Notices
GREEN.—On the 24th June, at Warooka, Bridget Green, aged 41 years, third daughter of the late Mr. James Green, of Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. R.I.P.

Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954) Wednesday 21 July 1886 p 4 Article
SUICIDE.
Mr. J. P, Stow, S.M., held an inquest on Saturday afternoon, at the Hospital, on the body of, a man named Denis O'Dea, who went by the alias of John Findlay, who that morning shot himself near the Police Station. The following Jury was sworn:-John Besley (fore man), John MacNamee, John Brill, James C. Scott, James U. Morrison, Joseph H. Taylor, David Johnston, William Umpherston, Chas. Wynne, Thomas Bigham, James Jones, and Mark Hayes.
The Jury having viewed the body, the following evidence was received
"Arthur W. Powell, Assistant-Colonial Surgeon, said that a little before 10 o'clock that morning he was summoned by the police to come down and see a man who had shot himself. Went down and saw him on the road leading to the gaol. He was quite dead. There was a wound above the right temple, from which a large quantity of blood and brain substance had exuded. In examination afterwards he found the bullet had traversed across the front lobe of the brain, shattering the two bones of the skull, so that death would be instantaneous. The bullet remained under the skin on the left side.- Thought when he saw the man that he knew him, and had not the slightest doubt he was a man who was admitted to the Hospital on September 23, 1885, under the" name of John Findlay, suffering from severe pains in the brain. He was discharged relieved on October 30. He was a little silly then, and -he (witness) thought that very likely he was not responsible for his actions. Afterwards Findlay was for sometime an out-patient residing at Taylor's boarding-house. Had seen him since about the town, but not professionally.
Michael Cullen, laborer, said he knew the deceased. He: and - witness left Walter's hut, Gambier West, that morning together; to be present at the Court as witnesses in a case that was to be heard. Deceased remained in the hut ten or twelve minutes after witness went out, but - they joined each other at the fence, and walked straight for the Court house. They crossed the railway pad dock and entered the road leading from the gaol to the Court-house. Saw nothing in deceased's manner to lead him to believe there was anything wrong with him. When they reached pretty near the Police station, at about half-past nine, witness was three or four feet in front of him at the left hand side. Heard the report of firearms. Looked inside the police yard thinking; the sound came from there, and heard the deceased- give a groan. Looking round he saw deceased falling on the ground and the blood issuing from his head. Saw the revolver produced lying alongside of him. Called out to two girls he saw at the Police station to tell the police to come. Some passer by arrived first and the police next. Knew deceased slightly the last three or four years. Never knew anything wrong with his mind or otherwise. He was a quiet man. Had no suspicion he had a loaded revolver with him. Had been staying with him for the last two days at the hut. Deceased seemed quite well. He did not appear to be disturbed about anything. By the Jury-Did not think he had been drinking. Never saw him the. worse of liquor. On the way they had been speaking of the case and other things. Deceased seemed rather downhearted about having to appear in the case. Thought he was a single man. A short time ago he told -witness he had no relations in the colony, and that he was a native of County Clare, Ireland. Thought he had been working lately for Messrs. Moore & Blanche on the railway line. He seemed grieved about the case, and said he wished he had not been in the hut at all. Never heard him complain of pains in the head at any time. By Constable Standish-Deceased told him coming along that morning that his name was O'Dea.
Patrick Mulcahy said he was a bit of a sheaoker, a sailor by trade. Knew the deceased, and last saw him alive at Walter's hut at- about 9 o'clock on Friday evening; when witness was arrested. He was in first-rate health then. Deceased must have been there pretty close on three months; witness had known him there six weeks. He used to sleep by day and go out at night with witness. Never saw a revolver with him. Never heard him complain of pains in the head, but when alone he was always talking to himself. Knew him by no other name then Findlay. He had not been working for the six weeks he knew him. By Jurors-De ceased used to go out at night with wit ness to take care of witness, fearing he would be locked up. Deceased was very sober, He seemed to be vexed when witness was arrested.
James Standish, police constable, Mount Gambier, said he last saw the deceased alive at 9 o'clock on Friday night at Walters's hut, Gambier "West. The two last witnesses and also John Morris and Nigel Rutherford were in the hut with him. In consequence of having found a stolen coat in the hut he warned the deceased to attend at the Police Court that morning to give evidence if necessary, He said, "I'll go in along with Cullen." Did not again see him until he saw him lying dead on the road at 10 o'clock that day. The revolver produced was lying on the ground close to his right hand, at his right side. Sent for Dr. Powell, who came immediately. The revolver was still loaded in three chambers. One appeared to be freshly dis charged. By the Jury-This hut was a deserted hut. It was not used by Walters for his men, but was a resort of loafers.
Arthur Sullivan Armstrong, mounted constable, said he searched the body of deceased that day and found on him £10 10s. 0£d. in cash, a purse, and a Savings Bank pass-book in the name of Denis O'Dea, of Millicent, showing a balance coming to him of £210 6s. 7d. The pass-book contained a photograph, on the back of which was written the words, "Matt. O'Dea, Kilbaha, County Clare, Ireland." Also found on the body a closed letter addressed to Father Hour igan, Mount Gambier. The letter was handed to Inspector Woodcock.
Michael Hourigan, Roman Catholic priest, said he was not quite sure whether he knew deceased or not. He received the following letter addressed " To Rev. Father Hourigan, Mount Gambier," from Inspector Woodcook;
June 17 1886. To Rev. Father Hourigan.
I have a savings bank pass with the sum of 210 pounds 6 shillings and seven pence in it and 10 pounds. I give it all up to you to act in my behalf. Retain 10 pounds and send the remaining sum to my father if living Matthew O'Dea or to my brother and sister lived in Kilbaha Carrigabolt County Clare Ireland.
Given under my hand this 17 day of June
1886.
DENIS O'DEA.
' If you don't get a reply write to the PP of Kilballyowen, Garrigabolt P.O.
In connection with the deceased he might say that an individual resembling him came to him seven or eight months ago or thereabouts, stating that he was suffering from brain disease, and also complaining of being low spirited, and at times exceedingly depressed in mind. The same individual he noticed sometime afterwards wandering about the town, and his movements appeared to him to be very erratic. When he first saw that individual he gave witness a pass book and told him to keep it safely for him until he would call for it. When he called for the pass-book he did not seem to be any way better. Could not identify the pass book, and did not remember the name of the person who gave it to him.
This closed the evidence. The Coroner having said a few words, the Jury consulted and found-" That Denis O'Dea, alias John Findlay, came by his death by his own hand while suffering from mental derangement."

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 19 July 1886 p 5 Article
TRAGIC DEATH AT MOUNT GAMBIER.
By Telegraph
Mount Gambier. July 17.
About half-past 9 o clock this morning John Finlay, a labourer recently employed in the railway works, whilst walking with a companion named Cullen near the Courthouse suddenly took a pistol out of his pocket and shot himself through the head. Death was instantaneous. No reason is known for the suicide. : [Later.] An inquest was held this afternoon by Mr. J. P. Stow, S.M., on the body of the man who shot himself this morning. It was ascertained his real name was Denis O'Dea, that he came from Millicent, and that he had been under treatment at the hospital for brain disease. No cause is known for the suicide. In his pocket was found a purse containing £10 10s, and a Saving Bank passbook, showing a balance of £2106s . There was also a letter addressed to Father Hourigan, a Roman Catholic priest, asking him to send the money to the deceased's relatives at Killalo, Carrigaholt, County Clare, Ireland, but to retain £10 for himself. The Jury found "That Denis O'Dea, alias John Finlay, came to his death by his own hand while suffering from mental derangement." The deceased was under middle age, and it is believed had no relatives in Australia.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Monday 26 July 1886 p 4 Family Notices
MAY—O'SULLIVAN.—On the 22nd July, at St. Lawrence's Church, North Adelaide, by the Rev. Dean Kennedy, William May, second son of Hugh May, Thelbridge, England, to Catherine Sullivan, fourth daughter of Donald O'Sullivan, Shanaway. County Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 30 July 1886 p 1 Family Notices
McINERNEY.- Of your charity pray for the soul of Miss Honora M'Inerney, third daughter of the late Mr. Thomas M'Inerney, Clonnalough, county Clare, Ireland, who died at Parramatta, on the 9th instant. May the Lord Jesus be merciful to her soul. Her end was peace. Victorian newspapers please copy.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 7 August 1886 p 4 Family Notices
BRIDGEMAN-On the 6th August, at the residence of her mother, Light-street, Bowen Hills, Isabella Mary Gertrude youngest daughter of the late Henry St. John Bridgeman, formerly of H.M. Customs, Brisbane, and of County Clare, Ireland, (Home and American papers please copy. R.I.P ]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 16 August 1886 p 1 Family Notices
VAUGHAN-HEARTNEEDY.-August 11, 1880, at Mount Carmel Church, by Rev. M. Vaughan (brother to the bride- groom), Michael, fifth son of Martin Vaughan, Esq.. county Clare, Ireland, to Mary Josephine, youngest daughter of Patrick Heartneedy, Esq., county Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 21 August 1886 p 1 Family Notices
HEALEY - O'DOWD. -July 23, by special license, at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Sydney, by the Rev. Father Piquet, John P. Healey, 5th son of the late Patrick Healey, Turagan, County Galway, to Maggie G., eldest daughter of the late James O'Dowd, of Rathorpe, County Clare, Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 23 August 1886 p 2 Advertising
JOHN CARMODY— Date of death or when reported, April 15; about 36 years of age; 5 ft. 7 in. or 8 in. high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, whiskers, and moustache. Deceased was working at the Beetaloo Waterworks, was ; taken ill with fever, and admitted to the ' Patients' Home,' Laura, on March 30. Notice sent to Registrar of Deaths on April 27. Deceased was an Irishman. Had been a patient in the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum. A brother-in-law of deceased is named Thomas O'Connell, Ballycooney, County Clare, Ireland.

The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil (Melbourne, Vic. : 1873 - 1889) Tuesday 24 August 1886 p 142 Family Notices
WARREN - MACREADY.- On the 14th ult., at the residence of the Rev. Henry Macready, Selwyn-street, Moore-park, Sydney, by the father of the bride, William Edward Warren, B.A., M.D., Mast. Surg.. Queen's Univ., Ireland, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Warren, late of the Manse, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, to Jane Eliza (Jessie), youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry Macready, of Sydney.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 30 August 1886 p 1 Family Notices
CULLLINAN-CULLINAN.-On the 1st ult., at Christ Church, Leesom-park, Dublin, by the Rev. Maurice Neligan, D. D., assisted by the Rev. C. Fleury, Henry Valentine Cullinan, late 2nd battalion Con- naught Rangers (94th Regiment), eldest son of the late Roger Cullinan, ex Sch. T.C.D., Woodstock- house, County Clare, Ireland, to Rebecca Sophia, widow of Cormac Cullinan, surgeon, H.M. Indian Army, and daughter of the late J. H. Fitzgerald, solicitor, Dublin.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 7 September 1886 p 1 Advertising
M'KIRNAN.-On Sunday, September 6th, 1886, Hugh M'Kirnan, bootmaker, fourth son of John and Elizabeth M'Kirnan, born in Killlnasula, of Newmarket-on-Fergus, county Clare, Ireland, aged 60 years. Lord have mercy on his soul.

The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Monday 27 September 1886 p 3 Family Notices
O'DEA.— At her residence, Fitzgerald- street, Perth, September 24, of liver complaint, Bridget, the beloved wife of Martin O'Dea— a native of the town of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; aged 49 years.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 7 October 1886 p 1 Family Notices
KERR-O'NEILL -September 28 at Villa Maria, Hunter's Hill by the Rev. Father Muraire, William Kerr, of Dumfries, Scotland to Mary, eldest daughter of D. O'Neill Esq., Ballina- cragga New Market-on-Fergus, county Clare, Ireland

Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920) Friday 5 November 1886 p 2 Article
The telegram announcing that proceedings of divorce have been instituted by Lord Colin Campbell against his wife is (observes the Herald) a surprise to most people. Very general sympathy was expressed by all the newspapers with Lady Campbell when she obtained a decree of separation from her husband in 1884, and leading articles were written to show that this was a case in which the laws of divorce acted for the benefit of the innocent woman. Lord Colin Campbell is the fifth son of the Duke of Argyll. He was born in 1853, educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He then entered the Middle Temple, but did not practice much in the courts as a barrister. He represented Argyleshire in Parliament from 1878 to 1885, and was attached to Mr. Goschen's celebrated special mission to Constantinople in 1880. He was married in 1881 to Gertrude Elizabeth, youngest, daughter of Edmond Maghlin Blood, of Brickhill, County Clare, but the marriage was an unhappy one from the first, and all will remember the sensation the action for judicial separation created, although the evidence was taken in secret. Cablegrams state that the Prince of Wales is not made co-respondent in the suit, but that the Queen has obtained from the Duke of Argyll letters written by the Prince to lady Campbell, which implicate him to a certain extent.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 9 November 1886 p 1 Family Notices
EDWARDS -On the 7th inst, at Melbourne, Mr. John Francis Edwards, native of Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland, aged 50 years. R.I P.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 1 December 1886 p 1 Family Notices
SLATTERY-REYNOLDS.-October 27,1886, by special license, at the Sacred Heart Church, Lane Cove, Gordon, by the Very Rev. Father Morrogh, William, third son of the late Patrick Slattery, late of Tipperary, Ireland, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Patrick Reynolds, county Clare, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 3 December 1886 p 4 Article
Melbourne Benevolent Asylum
On the 29th ult, John O'Keefe, aged 60, native of County Clare, Ireland, died of asthenia, after having been for 10 years and six months in the institution.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 13 January 1887 p 4 Article
The medical superintendent of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum reports…and 2 males have died, namely Patrick Burns, labourer, native of Ballyvaun, County Clare, Ireland, age 34 ; and Joseph Ogle, labourer, native of County Tipperary, Ireland, age 24 ;…

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 20 January 1887 p 4 Family Notices
FAHEY.-On the 15th January, 1887, at his residence, South Pine River, Michael, eldest son of the late Peter Fahey, of County Clare, Ireland, aged 58 years. [R.I.P. Home papers please copy.]

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Monday 21 February 1887 p 2 Advertising
SOUTH-EASTERN DIVISION.
DENIS O’DE A— Date of death or when reported, July 17 ; 5 f t. 7 in. high, 36 years of age, stout build, black hair turning grey, dark sandy beard. Deceased shot himself while on his way to the Police Court to give evidence in a case of larceny. He was taken to the Mount Gambier Hospital, and an inquest was held on the body by J. P. Stow, S.M. A verdict of 'Suicide, while mentally deranged,' was returned. Deceased's father resides at Kilbaba, County Clare, Ireland. He was a labouring man, and had been working in the drainage districts.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Wednesday 16 March 1887 p 4 Family Notices
PYNE —On the 17th December. 1886, at Tullycrine. county Clare, Ireland, in his 23rd year, Patrick, the only and beloved son of William and Kate Pyne, and also the affectionate brother of E. and J. Pyne, Parkside. Deeply regretted by all who knew him. R.I.P.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 25 March 1887 p 4 Family Notices
NEAGLE - In affectionate remembrance of Patrick Neagle, a native of county Clare, Ireland, who died in Melbourne Hospital from typhoid fever, March 20, 1867, aged 27 years. R.I.P.

Warwick Argus (St. Lucia, Qld. : 1879 - 1901) Tuesday 5 April 1887 p 2 Article
OBITUARY.-We regret having to chronicle the death of Mr. Michael Canny, father of our respected townsman Mr. J. A. Canny, who passed quietly away yesterday-morning at his son's residence in Percy-street, at the ripe old age of ninety-five. The late Mr. Canny was born at Kilnoe, County Clare, Ireland, in the year 1792, and came of an old and respected county family. He arrived in Queensland, accompanied by his family, about twenty-five years ago, and settled on the Mary River, where he was engaged in sugar growing up to about five years ago, since which time he has resided in Warwick. He enjoyed excellent health until the moment of his death, which occurred without pain or sickness at a quarter past 7 o'clock yesterday morning. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 3 and is likely to be largely attended, for the deceased was respected by all who knew him, and was the head of a family who deservedly occupy a high place in the estimation of the community generally.

Warwick Argus (St. Lucia, Qld. : 1879 - 1901) Friday 8 April 1887 p 2 Family Notices
CANNY.-On the 4th inst., at the residence of his son, Percy-street, Warwick, Michael Canny, senr., aged 95, late of Kilnoe, County Clare, Ireland. R.I.P.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 12 April 1887 p 4 Family Notices
McNAMARA —On the 30th March, at Martindale, near Mintaro, through sudden shock to the system caused by accidentally falling from his horse, James McNamara, formerly of Manush. county Clare, Ireland, aged 47 years. Home and American papers, please copy. R.I.P.

Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 21 April 1887 p 3 Article
DEATH OF THE REV. FATHER B. CALLANAN.... A singular coincidence has occurred with respect to the death of .two young Roman Catholic priests who had not been long in the colonies. We referred in our issue of April 12 to the demise at the Launceston Hospital (where he had been conveyed so as to ensure, unremitting attention) of the Rev. Christopher Morris, and now we have to chronicle the death of the Rev. Father Bartholomew Callanan, who died at the St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, on April 9. Singularly, those two young priests died of the same disease (consumption), on the same day, April 9, and at the same hour, and both in hospitals. Our Hobart correspondent wires : -"News was regretfully received here last night of the death, on the '9th inst., at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney of the Rev. Father B. Callanan, who in 1882, during the absence of Dean Beechinor, officiated at Launceston, assisting the Rev: Father Gleeson. Deceased was aged about 29 years, had long been ailing from a pulmonary complaint. His sister and niece were with him at the last, also the good nuns at the St. Vincent's Hospital. De ceased, who was widely 'esteemed; was buried in the cemetery near the Hospital, the funeral being largely attended." Through the courtesy of Dean Beechinor we are enabled to supply the, following further particulars :-Father ; Callanan studied at All-Hallowes College, Dublin, with a special view for service in the diocese of Hobart. He' was a native of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, in the diocese of Killoloe, County Limerick. He arrived in Tasmania in November; 1881, accompanied by the Rev. Bernard Murphy, who is now incumbent of New Norfolk. Deceased had not been long in Tasmania when the late Bishop of Bathurst asked the Bishop of Hobart, Dr. Murphy, for a loan of' his services for a short time owing to the paucity of clergymen in that diocese, and he was appointed curate to the Very Rev. Dean O'Keefe, of Mudgee, New South Wales, where he stayed about a year. Being recalled by the Bishop of Hobart he was appointed early in 1882, one of the curates at the Church of the Apostles at Launceston during the absence of Dean Beechinor, in, Rome. Finding that his health completely. failed him in 'Tasmania (for the cold, damp climate here increased his ailment) after staying about a. year in Launceston he' begged Bishop Murphy to release him from his obligations to the. diocese of Hobart. He then became affiliated, to the diocese of Bathurest,'re suming his work at Mudgee. On returning there, finding himself no better in health, he applied for leave of absence to try the hot springs of New Zealand. This, however, afforded only temporary relief; he gradually got worse;, and returned to Sydney, entering St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was enabled to have constant medical attendance and the unremitting attention of the nurses until his lamented death as stated. The deceased priest was an estimable young man, and was very, popular here during his brief stay.

Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Monday 25 April 1887 Edition: Morning. p 3 Family Notices
BOURKE - O'SHEA. -On the 13th April, at St. Mary's Church, by the Very Rev. Father Hegarty, V.F., Martin, third son of the late Patrick Bourke, County Clare, Ireland, to Norah, second daughter of Michael O'Shea, of Sale.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Tuesday 14 June 1887 p 5 Article
LOCAL NEWS.
DETERMINED SUICIDE AT GRETA -A brief announcement appeared in our last issue of the death of William Carry or Carey who was found at Greta on the previous day with his throat cut. The circumstances disclosed at the inquest held at Mr Rostron's hotel, Greta, on Saturday forenoon, before Mr. Alfred Vindin, coroner, point to a determined case of suicide. Carry was a labourer, aged thirty-six years, and was born in County Clare, Ireland. At times he was addicted to drink, when his conduct was very eccentric. It seems that the unhappy fellow went to Greta recently, and for five days preceding his death he stayed with Michael Cant- well, wheelwright, who last saw him on the after- noon of Thursday. Later in the evening Mr. Cantwell heard that Carry had been seen going towards the river, and as his whereabouts could not be ascertained information was given to Constable Dunshea, who, with Mr. Cantwell, prosecuted a search and inquiry on Friday morning. They learned from a Mr. Maloney that a stranger had been sitting on a log in a paddock adjoining his property in the vicinity of the Hunter River. A search was continued along the river towards a place known as Cockpit, when the body of deceased was found lying a short distance from the edge of the water. There was a deep wound in the man's neck, and in his left hand was the blade of a knife, which had no handle. The right hand was missing. About two years ago, it appeared, the deceased injured himself when under the influence of drink, and his right hand had to be amputated. The knife found on him was recognised as the one which Carry used to screw on to the stump of the right hand to eat his meals with. Some days ago when drinking he behaved strangely, and said "that something had shown him that he was going to die." His condition, however, was not such as to warrant his apprehension. Dr Rogers was of opinion from its position and appearance that the wound was self inflicted. It was five inches in length, and the cartilage and large vessels had been severed. Death had taken place apparently about twelve hours previous to the recovery of the body. The jury found that death resulted from the wound in the throat, which had been inflicted by deceased while labouring under temporary insanity.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Thursday 16 June 1887 p 1 Family Notices
NESTOR.—On the 15th inst., at her residence, Chiltern, Mary Nestor, relict of the late John Nestor, of County Clare, Ireland, and beloved mother of Mrs. John Ilott and Martin and Edward Nestor, Cubitt-street, Richmond, aged 81 years.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 25 June 1887 p 1 Family Notices
QUINN- DUFFY.- June 1 at St. Patrick's by the Rev. Father Le Rennetel, Thomas Albert, fourth son of the late Mr. Timothy Quinn, of Castlecario, County Mayo, Ireand, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Duffy, Cloonawillan, County Clare, Ireland

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 30 July 1887 p 1 Family Notices
MAHER - CASEY - By special license, at St Francis' Church, Sydney, by the Rev. Father Barlow, M. P., youngest son of the late James Maher, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Mary Agnes, youngest daughter of the late Martin Casey, Six-Mile Bridge, County Clare, Ire- land.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thursday 11 August 1887 p 4 Family Notices
CAHALL.—On the 25th January, at Jamestown, Pat. Cahall, late of the county Clare, Ireland, aged 33 years.

Warwick Argus (St. Lucia, Qld. : 1879 - 1901) Saturday 20 August 1887 p 2 Article
THE DROWNING FATALITY.-An enquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Timothy Sexton, which was reported in our last issue, was held by the Police Magistrate on Wednesday. Evidence was given to the effect that deceased called at the Downs Hotel about 4 o'clock on Sunday after- noon, and after partaking of refreshments proceeded on his way home to Toolburra. The deceased was riding, and would have to cross a gully known as Campbell's Gully. His horse was found later on at Rosehill and taken to North Toolburra, and the 'police were informed that deceased was missing. The gully was dragged on Monday by the police and the body was recovered and taken to the Downs Hotel where it was identified as that of Timothy Sexton. The deceased was a native of County Clare (Ireland), and was 52 years of age. He owned 80 acres of land and a few horses. A will which he made two years ago was deposited at the A.J.S. Batik, Warwick. At the conclusion of the evidence the Police Magistrate said there was no doubt the deceased was drowned while attempting to cross a gully which was flooded by the recent heavy rains. The de- positions were ordered to be forwarded to the Attorney-General. The funeral of the deceased took place on Tuesday afternoon, a large number of buggies and horsemen following. The burial service of the R.C. Church was read by the Rev. Father Hughes, and the funeral arrangements were entrusted to ' Mr. F. Reimers.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 20 August 1887 p 1 Family Notices
SMITH-MUSGRAVE. - August 17, at St. Jude's Church, Randwick, by the Rev. William Hough, Henry Young, third son of the late David Smith, Ennis, County Clare, to M. J. (Pattie), younger daughter of the late William Musgrave, Cahirnarry, Limerick, Ireland, and Mrs. Musgrave, Elton Cottage, Ivy street, Randwick.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Monday 29 August 1887 p 4 Family Notices
NEESON-O'DEA.-On the 10th August, at St. Anacletus Church, Petersburg, by the Rev. Father Norton, William James, fourth son of Thomas Neeson, Adelaide, to Elizabeth, third daughter of James O'Dea, county Clare, Ireland, and sister to John O'Dea, Adelaide.

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Wednesday 21 September 1887 p 1 Family Notices
LLOYD-APJOHN. —On the 14th instant, of consumption, while journeying from Springsure to Rockhampton, George Lawrence Marshall Lloyd-Apjohn, M.D., late of Springsure, and of St. Elmo, County Clare, Ireland. (Deeply regretted by all who knew him.)

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Friday 7 October 1887 p 6 Article
HORBIBLE TRAGEDY AT STEPNEY
A MAN MURDERS HIS WIFE AND SHOOTS HIMSELF.
The usually quiet suburb of Stepney was thrown into a state of great commotion on Thursday afternoon when it became known that a terrible tragedy had taken place in a humble dwelling in Ann-street, a thoroughfare which branches from the main road, and contains many residences. It is some consider- able time since anything of a sensational nature occurred at Stepney, and when it was noised about that a tragedy had occurred which had resulted in the death of one who was in the full vigor of manhood, and was likely also to be the cause of the death of a careful wife and a loving mother, the subject soon became the theme of general conversation. Late in the afternoon Lance-Corporal Burchell reported at the metropolitan police-station that at half-past 3 o'clock John O'Brien, a laborer, 25 years, re- siding in Ann street, a short distance from the tramline, had shot his wife Catherine, aged 27 years. Lance-Corporal Burchell's report stated that immediately after the tragedy Dr. A. E. Wigg was called in, and having examined the unfortunate woman pronounced that she was in a dying condition, and that it was probable she would not live many hours. The tragedy occurred in the house of Mrs. Bridget Lenane, a widow, and the mother of Mrs. O'Brien. After endeavoring to take his wife's life O'Brien left the house, and walking a few steps from the back door, shot himself dead. The deceased was confined to the Lunatic Asylum about 12 months ago for a couple of weeks on account of his having shown unmistakable symptoms of insanity. Sometime after that he neglected his wife, and about six weeks ago he was arrested on a warrant for having left her with- out adequate means of support. He was brought before the Police Court, and ordered to contribute £1 a week towards her maintenance. From that time until Thursday after- noon he was absent from his house, and it was supposed that he was working at either Dry Creek or Port Adelaide. At 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon he entered the house where his mother in-law (Mrs. Lenane) and a sister of the deceased woman were seated. He appeared to be in his proper senses and was not excited, nor did he show any signs of his having been drinking. He enquired if Kate (meaning his wife) was at home, and Mrs. Lenane replied in the negative, and added that she had just stepped over for a little while to Mrs. Weddell's, a neighbor residing only a short distance away. Then he said he would like to see her, and asked the old lady if she would go after her. Mrs. Lenane expressed her willingness to do this, and shortly afterwards left the house and proceeded to Mrs. Weddell's, where she found Mrs. O'Brien and told her that her husband had returned and that he wanted to see her. The woman came at once, and when she reached the house her mother and sister left her alone in the kitchen with her husband. Mrs. Lenane and her other daughter remained for some little time in the front room, and while there they heard O'Brien ask his wife some questions about his child, a little thing but six months old, "was it cross," and "did it cry much," and other questions which a husband might reasonably put to his wife regarding his child. A few moments of silence ensued, and then the occupants of the front room were startled by the report of a firearm, and rushing into the kitchen they found the wife lying on the floor near the back door with the baby in her arms, and the husband standing a short distance from her with a revolver in his hand. Norah Lenane, the single daughter, pushed O'Brien out of the door. But the fellow was not to be thwarted in his purpose, and freeing himself from the women's grasp, he again levelled the weapon at his wife, who while lying on the floor, and in such deadly peril, still clung affectionately to her babe. He fired two shots at the poor woman as she lay prostrate on the floor, and the terrified mother and sister ran from the room and called out for assistance. The local police authorities were soon communicated with, and lost no time in reaching the house when such an appalling scene had been enacted. Police-Constable Mullins was the first to arrive, and upon entering the back yard of the house another horrible sight met his view. Lying a few paces from the side fence was the lifeless body of Lenane (O'Brien). He had fired two shots into his breast a few inches apart. Nearby was the weapon with which the double deed had been committed —a new six-chamber revolver. The surrounding circumstances go to show that after firing at his wife O'Brien reloaded the revolver before passing out of the house to shoot himself. The poor woman who, as it turned out was mortally wounded, was picked up and taken into her bedroom, and Dr. Wigg was soon in attendance. From the first there was no hope of recovery, and after suffering great agony she expired soon after 9 o'clock at night. The murderer and his wife were natives of County Clare, Ireland, and came to the colony as immigrants in the ship Nebo about six years ago. Four years later they were married, and at the time of the terrible occurrence the murdered woman was living with her widowed mother. Mrs. Lenane is a woman advanced in years, and has five daughters and four sons. Her husband died 14 years ago, and by dint of hard work and much perseverance she had succeeded in bringing her family up respectably. She is, of course, much distressed over the terrible occurrence, and also are the others of the family. The tragedy has cast a gloom over the entire neighborhood, where Mrs. O'Brien, who was a tidy nice looking Irish woman, was well known. O'Brien was a strongly-built man, with dark features. He had rather a full face of a distinctly Irish type. One bullet wound is situated on the right breast, and the other in the chest, and death must have speedily ensued. The weapon with which the deed was com- mitted is a cheap revolver of small calibre, and is quite new, having apparently been purchased for the occasion. It does not bear a maker's name. In the chambers were found three full cartridges and three empty ones. The city coroner took Mrs. O'Brien's dying depositions. She said "My husband shot me with a revolver. I don't know what for." At the earnest request of the relatives of the dead woman the body of the murderer was removed to the morgue, but the remains of the wife left at the house in charge of a policeman. An inquest will probably be commenced this morning. The neighborhood is a respectable one, the residents being chiefly hardworking people of the artisan and laboring classes. Several years ago a man endeavored to murder his wife there, shooting her in the breast with a gun, but not, however, killing her. Another case of attempted wife murder also occurred there a long time ago, when a woman was stabbed by her husband. The present occurrence has created much excitement in the district, and on Thursday evening groups of people were congregated outside the house of death discussing the details.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 25 October 1887 p 1 Family Notices
FLOYD—CUSACK.—October 19, at St. Mary's Cathedral, by the
Rev. Father M'Donnell, Patrick, eldest son of Isaac Floyd, County Tipperary, to Bridget, third daughter of Denis Cusack, County Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 21 December 1887 p 1 Family Notices
COLBOURNE.-In loving memory of our dear brother, James H. Colbourne, died in Glasgow 21st December, 1884, native of Tulla, county Clare. Ireland. Sweet Jesus have mercy on his soul. Inserted by his loving sisters, Harriot and Mary.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 25 January 1888 p 18 Family Notices
THE FRIENDS of the late TIMOTHY KANE (late of county Clare, Ireland) are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral ; to move from the Sydney Hospital, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for the Necropolis. J. and G. SHYING and CO., Undertakers, No. 8, George-street West.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 7 February 1888 p 4 Article
QUINLAN-CALLINAN.—On the 4th February, at St. Patrick's Church, by the Rev. Father Hurley, James Edmund Quinlan, Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Catherine Cullinan, Kilshanney, County Clare, Ireland.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 11 February 1888 p 201 Family Notices
CURRY—MARKEY.—On the 25th January, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Malachy, son of John Curry, of Ninah, County Clare. Ireland, to Bridget, daughter of Richard Markey, of Carlanstown, County Meath, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 14 February 1888 p 4 Family Notices
O'CONNOR - BOURKE -On the 10th January, at St. Lawrence's (R.C.) Church, N.A., by Dean Kennedy, James O'Connor, second son of the late James O'Connor, Loughgrany, County Clare, Ireland, to Johanna A. Bourke, third daughter of the late John Bourke, Knorkforle, County Tipperary, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 28 February 1888 p 1 Family Notices
HERBERT — MADIGAN. —February 8, 1888, by special license, at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Araluen, New South Wales, by the Rev. James J. Mahony, John Gaffney Otway Herbert, of 115, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, solicitor, eldest son of Michael Herbert, of Redfern, surveyor, to Margaret Agnes Alice Madigan, eldest daughter of James Madigan, Esq., of Ballycarrick, county Clare, Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 5 March 1888 p 1 Family Notices
THE Friends of WILLIAM HUGH, son of Jeremiah and Letitia, and grandson of Michael Hennessy, formerly of New Grove, County Clare, are informed that his remains will be moved for interment in the St. Kilda Cemetery, from his father's residence, Clyde-street, St. Kilda, THIS DAY (Monday), 5th, at 3.15 p.m. sharp.
WM. GEO. APPS, Undertaker, Moor-street, Fitzroy; and High-street, St. Kilda.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1884 - 1893) Wednesday 14 March 1888 p 2 Article
Cairns District Hospital.
The names of the patients who died were-Martin O'loughlin, aged 23, native of Ennis. County Clare, Ireland, admitted to the hospital on 1st February, died on the 4th from continued fever:…

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 17 March 1888 p 1 Advertising
WALSH, MAT.-If this should meet the eye of MAT. WALSH, from County Clare, Ireland, late of Lissboenvarna, will he kindly write to his Nephew MARTIN WALSH (son of John Walsh) Address, Broken Hill, N.S.W.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 22 March 1888 p 4 Family Notices
FLANAGAN. — On the 4th January, at her residence, Barkstead, Victoria, Eliza, the beloved wife of Denis Flanagan, daughter of the late Daniel Carroll, Builder, of Ennis Town, County Clare, Ireland, and sister to Mrs. John Potts, of Brisbane, Queensland.

Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904) Saturday 24 March 1888 p 2 Family Notices
AT her residence on Wednesday, March 15th, Ann, the beloved wife of James Land, aged 48 years, native of County Clare, Ireland.

Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 31 March 1888 Supplement: Supplement to the Launceston Examiner. p 1 Article
BRADY AND HIS ASSO CLITES. No. 10.
It is a considerable time since the previous article appeared, giving an account of the surrender of Brady to Mr. John Batman in April, 1826, and his trial and execution. It now only remains to record the closing career of the last member of the once dreaded band, Dunne, whom we have lost sight of since he was succoured by Mr. David Gibson's shepherd at Snake Banks. The cause of the delay has been the necessity of hunting up some' old Government records, in order to verify my account of his career. All that was diabolical, atrocious, hideous, and malignant in this Irish fiend soon developed itself when he lost the con trolling and commanding authority of the master mind of Brady. The first robbery he committed after leaving Brady was from an old couple named Drummond, who kept the White Horse public-house at St. Paul's Plains, near Avoca. After cruelly ill-using them, he tied them and their man-servant, and then attempted to set fire to the premises. Fortunately for them there was a rescuer near at hand in Jno. Batman. who with his blacks was scouring the country in search of some aborigines who had been guilty of depredations. Dumne's career for some months was of the same dastardly character,-robbing isolated persons, accompanied with violence, so much so that it roused the indignation of the bushmen and stock riders. Many narrow escapes from the rifle did Dunne experience, and feeling that his life hung upon a straw, lie made for the interior and took up his quarters with the aborigines. There dwelt a tribe in the heart of the island, sheltered by the Frenchman's Cap, near Lakes Crescent and Sorell. The valleys were watered by the rivers Shannon and Ouse, and their hunting grounds were extensive. Its ravines and dells were as they were left by the Almighty. Here dwelt the primitive man, and they were known to the whites as " The Big Tribe," on account of their stature, the males being mostly above 6ft. Among this tribe entered the white savage. His amorous disposition sought the favours of a good-looking gin, but all his advances were rejected by the black man's wife. He soon found means to remove the obstacle; that means was the musket, for lie shot her husband. The poor woman wept bitterly at the death of him whom she only knew, and refused to go away from the mutilated body. Dunne cut off his victim's head, drilled a hole through the nape of the neck, and suspended it by a cord around the neck of the outraged wife. Then, drawing his knife, he drove her onward to his bush retreat, or more properly speaking to the den of a tiger. That woman, after making her escape from his clutches (her name was Walloa), became the "Joan of Arc" of her people, leading her warriors on to war. By her appeals and her courageous conduct in the field that peaceful tribe became the terror of that neighbourhood and its surroundings. Even Mr. G. A. Robertson had a narrow escape of his life. For five days this woman pursued him, showing she made war against the white race. Mr. Du Terrau, an artist, residing in Hobart at this period, has left a portrait of her brother Manalogana, and anyone viewing that portrait would be struck with the manly proportions, but as I am not writing the life of the aborigines I must refer my readers who wish for a more explicit account to " Bonwick's history of the lost race." Dunne being pursued by both white and black, was rarely seen in the haunts of white men, but being driven from his ambush by hunger, he appeared on the Macquarie Plains, near the present township of Hamilton. He was closely pursued by civilians and constables, and attempted to conceal himself in a hay rick, but was discovered and taken to Hobart Town, where he was tried and found guilty. He appeared on the scaffold in a singular costume-a long white muslin robe, with a huge black cross marked thereon, before and behind his cap was of a similar character, and he walked with a rosary in his hands. The assumption of a devotional demeanour, the theatrical striking of his breast in mock humility, and his well-intoned ejaculations of "Lord deliver us," greatly moved the ignorant crowd of fellow felons before him. It is difficult to understand the morbid taste of some people. About one hundred of his co-religionists followed him to the grave, having previously presented him with an elegant cedar coffin. Dunne was a native of County Clare and was what would now be termed a kind of huckster, attending fairs and dealing in cattle. He was of a gigantic size and enormous strength, and had the neck of a bullock. Mr. Dogherty, the "Jack Ketch" of the island, said it was the largest neck he had ever encircled with hemp. He had hardly arrived in the colony before lie was sentenced to Nottman's chain gang, and here lie met his co-equal in strength and ferocity in the shape of Mr. Nottman. March 21. B.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 14 April 1888 p 564 Advertising
THOMAS CLANCY, late of Rathorpe, County Clare, Ireland, last heard of at Walkers- town, near Mackay, in June, 1885,—Your Sister is anxious to hear from you. Anyone knowing his whereabouts kindly communicate with MARY CLANCY, St. Patrick's Presbytery, Herberton.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 2 May 1888 p 4 Family Notices
BRENNAN-MILLS -On the 27th April, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Patrick Brennan, of Loophead, County Clare, Ire- land, to Maria Charlotte, third daughter of Edward Mills, Esq. , Trinity Pilot, Shooter's Hill, Woolwich, England.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Monday 28 May 1888 p 4 Family Notices
SMITH - CLANCY. - On the 12th May, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev D. Fouhy, William Dawson, eldest son of Robert Smith, contractor, Stirling, Scotland, to Maggie Josephine, eldest daughter of the late T. Clancy,, County Clare, Ireland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thursday 7 June 1888 p 4 Family Notices
COLLINS -On the 24th May, at his residence, Broken Hill, of typhoid fever. Martin, the dearly beloved husband of Mary Collins, aged 30 years, late of Stuart street S.A., and a native of New Quay in the County Clare, Ireland, leaving a sorrowing wife and three children to mourn their loss. R.I.P.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tuesday 19 June 1888 p 4 Family Notices
HINCHEY—DOWD.—On the 6th June, at St. Joseph's Church, Orroroo, by the Rev. J. Maher, Michael, third son of Patrick Hinchey, county Clare, Ireland, to Ellen Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late G. Dowd, of Sandergrove, South Australia.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 23 June 1888 p 1 Family Notices
DAVOSEN.-In loving memory of our dear mother, Ellen Davosen. who died on the 23rd of June, 1886. Loved and respected by all who knew her. Seventy-five years;: native of County Clare, Ireland. May she rest in peace. Inserted by her loving children, Mrs. M. Vaughan, J. Davosen, Mrs. E. White, and Mrs. J. Roche.

Queensland Figaro and Punch (Brisbane, QLD : 1885 - 1916) Saturday 7 July 1888 p 11 Article
The Hon A. J. Thynne, M LC.,
Minister fob Justice.
The Hon. Andrew Joseph. Thynne, M.L.C., and Minister for Justice, has been a Member of the Upper House since 1882. He is a solicitor by profession, and takes his portfolio as Minister for Justice (in lieu of Attorney-General) by a special proclamation under the Act to Amend the Laws relating to the Office of Attorney-General, which permits of the creation of this office. He has always occupied a prominent position in the Legislative Council-, and is well stored with general information. He is especially interested in Defence Force matters, and particularly enthusiastic with regard to the Volunteer branch of the service, being Major commanding the Brisbane Volunteer Rifles, and one of the chief promoters of the Irish Volunteer Corps. He was born at Ballinagrave House, County Clare, Ireland, on October 30th, 1847; came to Queensland in August, 1864; was a short time in the Civil Service; and was admitted as a solicitor in December, 1873,

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 21 July 1888 p 84 Advertising
WILL MICHAEL O'DOHERTY (Late of County Clare, Ireland, and last heard of in Normanton two years ago) communicate with his sister, ELLEN O'DOHERTY, at once. Charters Towers Post Office.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 30 July 1888 p 1 Advertising
IF PATRICK FOLEY (or his children), from Ennistimon, County Clare, Ireland, when last heard from by his brother, Cornelius Clancy, of Vermont, N. America, he was in Sydney. Any information will be thankfully received by his niece, Mrs. A. ROWE, Queensland Hotel, Erskine-street, Sydney.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Wednesday 1 August 1888 p 4 Family Notices
MOODY — WOODS—On the 24th July, at St Patrick's Church, West terrace, by the Rev. Father Byrne. William Moody, the eldest son of the late John Moody, Adelaide, to Honora Woods, fourth daughter of the late Denis Woods, county Clare, Ireland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 3 August 1888 p 5 Article
Benevolent Asylum, Dunwich.
…John Ready, 30, labourer, admitted 5th January, 1888, native of county Clare, Ireland….

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 11 August 1888 p 9 Advertising
Benevolent Asylum, Dunwich.
…Death during the week, John Brown (27), labourer, admitted 28th February, 1888, native of County Clare, Ireland….

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thursday 16 August 1888 p 4 Family Notices
FITZPATRICK. -On the 7th August, at Broken Hill, at the residence of Michael Healy, suddenly, John Fitzpatrick, late of Carrieton and Seven Hills, the beloved father of Mrs. John Knightly, of Carrieton, aged 59, native of County Clare, Ireland —R.I.P'.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Thursday 6 September 1888 p 1 Family Notices
DUGGAN. —On the 2nd inst. (suddenly), at Geelong Hospital, Patrick Duggan, native of County Clare, Ireland, aged about 60.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 5 October 1888 p 1 Family Notices
COGHLAN —M'INERNEY. —On the 6th ult., at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Port Melbourne, by the Rev. Prior Butler, Michael Coghlan, late of the Commercial Hotel, to Kate M'Inerney, Naval Brigade Hotel, Bay-street, Port Melbourne, both of County Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 26 October 1888 p 11 Article
MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY.
MANSLAUGHTER AT ULTIMO.
Yesterday, at the Crown Hotel, Crown-road, Ultimo, before Mr. T. K. Abbott, J.P., S.M., an inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the death of a woman named Catherine Canny, who died somewhat suddenly at her residence, 488, Darling-street Ultimo, on Tuesday morning last, from, it is alleged, the effects of ill-treatment received at the hands of a man named Patrick Murray. ' Bridget Ryan stated that the deceased was her mother, 75 years of age, a native of County Clare, Ireland, a widow; she left a family of four children ; she was a woman of temperate habits ; about 10 o'clock on the night of the 11th instant, deceased, witness, and her husband, in company with four young men, were present in the house of witness, 488, Darling-street about two hours previously Ryan went out with a man named Patrick Murray, and at 10 o'clock the former returned and entered the house by the front door; he asked witness for the key of the back gate ; it was refused him, and on witness looking round, she saw Murray standing at the back gate ; he called out to witness to give up the key, and some words then passed between them; witness then tried to close the back door leading to the kitchen; and, whilst doing so, Murray burst open the door and rushed into the kitchen, caught hold of deceased under the arms and threw her to the floor; in her descent, her right hip came into contact with- a box which was standing in the kitchen; witness screamed, and Murray made a rush for her but she evaded him; the deceased was placed in bed, where she remained up till the time of her death; Murray occasionally took Ryan out to get some drink; deceased did not say anything to Murray previous to the occurrence. James Ryan stated that on the night in question both himself and Murray were under the influence of drink; he could remember going to the back gate to try to get in, and failing to do so went into the house at the front, but of what occurred after this witness had no recollection. Sergeant Collins gave evidence as to the arrest of Patrick Murray on suspicion of having caused the death of deceased. Dr. John Joseph Power stated he was called in to see the deceased on the evening of the 11th inst-, and on arrival found her to be suffering from a fracture of the upper end of the right thigh-bone; there was no other external mark of violence; the bone was very brittle and would have caused very little violence to break it ; the de- ceased died on Tuesday morning, the cause of death being shock to the system consequent upon the fracture described, accelerated by a weak and fatty heart. Mr. Abbott found that the deceased died from the effects of injuries inflicted by Patrick Murray.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Friday 2 November 1888 p 1 Advertising
PATRICK JOSEPH COONEY, from Kilrush, County Clare, please communicate with your brother, Joseph Cooney. Address Beaconsfield Hotel, Beaconsfield.

Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) Wednesday 7 November 1888 p 3 Article
CASUALTY AT SCONE.
A RAILWAY GATE-KEEPER KILLED [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
An inquest was held at the Golden Fleece Hotel, Scone, on the 1st instant, before Mr W. J. Parker, Coroner, touching the death of James Curtin, aged 37 years, who was killed by the mail train on the 31st ultimo while opening the gates across the railway line in Liverpool-street, Scone. William Butler, police constable, deposed that on the previous night, about 20 minutes past 9, he proceeded to the crossing known as Curtin's gates; observed the gate near the railway station broken in pieces, and splinters lying about every where; from information received, went into the gate house (about 21 yards from the gates) deceased was then lying in an unconscious state on a couch in the front room and Dr Stevenson was attending him, noticed a cut on the right side of the deceased's head and other wounds; in company with Constable Pierce witness remained there until 40 minutes past 10 p.m., when by order of Dr Stevenson, Senior-Sergeant Coady, Constable Pierce, witness and others conveyed the deceased to the hospital.
Winifred Curtin deposed , she was the wife of the deceased James Curtin; she was in charge of the gates in Liverpool-street; her husband had charge of the gates, on the previous evening from 6.40 to 9.30 ; she retired to rest about 7.45 p.m. leaving deceased to look after the gates; the next time witness saw her husband he was lying on the ground close to the railway line, and the 9 p.m. mail train had pulled up in front of her house; the deceased was carried into the house; he was unconscious; he was after wards conveyed to the hospital, according to the doctor's instructions where she had seen his body that morning; the deceased was 36 years of age last June, and was a native of County Clare, Ireland ; he had left five children, the youngest being 1 year and 5 months old, the eldest 10 years old; it was the custom when a train was approaching the gates when all was right, to display a green light; when it was desired to stop the train a red light was shown; as a gatekeeper she was provided with those lights, viz, a red, a white, and a green, the white light is used us a signal to go steady ; she received 5s per week for looking after the gates; she usually retired at the same time every night. Charles Eaton deposed he was a draper in the employ of Messrs M. Campbell and Co., about 9 p.m. on the previous night he was proceeding up Liverpool-street in the direction of the Post Office when on reaching Curtin gates he (witness) observed a train coming from the station house in the direction of the gates, at that time the gates were closed across the railway line witness went into Curtin's house to inform him of the approach of the train found deceased on the verandah in a chair asleep, witness aroused him, he (deceased) jumped up in a confused state, ran to the end of the verandah, picked up a lantern and proceeded towards the gates holding the lamp at arms length above his head; the train was so close at hand that deceased had only time to open one gate when the other gate was burst open by the engine and smashed; the train immediately came to a standstill, witness proceeded towards the gates and found deceased lying on the ground apparently unconscious, witness could not say whether deceased was knocked down by the engine, or by the gate; witness told the guard that Curtin was under the train and went home as soon as he saw the guard leave the van to go to deceased's assistance; re turned to the spot shortly afterwards and saw deceased in an unconscious state on a couch in the gate-house; witness could not say what was the color of the light deceased displayed to the train; he was calling out loudly with the lantern at arms length over his head; the train was going at the usual rate, when he went to inform deceased of the approach of the train, he (witness) did not notice that any light was displayed. John V. M'Carney, engine driver, deposed: He drove the mail train which left the Scone station on the previous night at four minutes past 9 p.m.; on leaving the station witness blew the ordinary starting whistle ; when opposite the goods shed he sounded a long whistle to challenge the gates; then saw two green lights which were the proper number of signals; almost immediately one green light disappeared from view, but as this is often caused by the gatekeeper turning round, witness proceeded with his train; when he (witness) came within 20 yards of the gates at Liverpool-st., he saw by one light of the lamp in front of the engine that the gates were closed across the line; he instantly shut off steam and applied his westing-house brake with full force, at the same time calling on the fire man to apply his engine brake; he (witness) saw a man pass from the left to the right side of the line between the two gates with a white light in his hand ; saw no more of him but noticed at the instant the engine came in contact with the gate, that only one gate was closed across the line; when he first observed that the gate was shut, he had attained a speed of 25 miles an hour, therefore he was unable to pull up until the engine and about two vehicles of the train had passed through the gates; as soon as the train stopped he went back and saw the guard with two or three other men lifting deceased up; had a red light been shown when the train was 50 yards from the place where he first saw the gates he would have been able to pull up before striking the gates, as the speed would not have been so great; he first observed the gates at about 20 yards distant; the white light that he observed was not a waving light; had been connected with locomotive management for 25 years during 20 years of which he had been in the service of the Government and had never till then met with an accident by which any person was seriously injured; in driving, he always kept on the right side of the engine and had the fireman on the left. William Burke, fireman, gave corroborative evidence. Stephen Dwyer, night officer at Scone station deposed that shortly after the 9.4 p.m. left on the night in question, he heard a crash and with a porter went down the line as far as Curtain's gates and found the gate nearest the station broken; as they arrived they saw some men carrying the deceased into his house ; the distant signal was not lighted until after the incident occurred; the engine whistle sounded twice after leaving the station ; the deceased was in the habit of lighting the distant signal for witness after the goods train which followed the mail had left. F. C. Stevenson, legally qualified medical practitioner and Government Medical Officer at Scone deposed : Last night shortly after 9 p.m. that as he was going home along Liver pool-street shortly after 9 o'clock on the previous night, he saw the mail train at a stand still opposite Curtin's gates, witness heard that Curtin was seriously injured and that he (witness) was required; went into the gatehouse and found Curtin lying on the couch in a state of profound coma groaning heavily; his pulse was small and rather weak; examined the deceased and found a gash over the right side of his head ; the whole side of the head seemed to have been struck violently; it was swollen ; the right side of his face showed signs of considerable injury; the bone of the skull was exposed; I examined the surface of the bone so exposed with my finger also with a probe but could find no fracture externally; there were many minor bruises about the body, witness advised the removal of the de ceased to the hospital ; I attended to the de ceased from the time he first saw him after the injury till his death at 3.32 a.m. that day; the cause of death he (witness) believed to be either concussion or compression of the brain) was of opinion that deceased was not struck by the engine but by some of the timber or iron of the gate; the concussion of the brain was caused by the accident; the deceased never recovered consciousness up to the time of his death. The jury found that the deceased James Curtin was accidentally killed on the night of the 31st October, while endeavoring to open the railway gates; and that the railway officials were in no way to blame for the accident.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 12 December 1888 p 4 Family Notices
MELICAN-GRIFFIN.-On the 8th December, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. D. Fouhy, Stephen, youngest son of John Melican, pilot, Scattery Island, to Mary Josephine, eldest daughter of Simon Griffin, pilot, Scattery Island, county Clare, Ireland.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904) Tuesday 1 January 1889 p 2 Family Notices
November 14th, 1888, at the Parish Church, Kilrush, by the Rev. Daniel Courtney, C.C., assisted by the Rev. Thomas O'Meara, P.P., Pillimir and Knockerra, MICHAEL, second son of JOHN MEAGHER, J.P., Esq., of Bathurst, to ETTA, second daughter of the late PATRICK PETER FOLEY, Esq., Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Friday 11 January 1889 p 4 Family Notices
McNAMARA.-On the 4th January, at her residence, Steelton, Mary, the beloved wife of Martin McNamara, in her 69th year. A native of Currafinn, County Clare, Ireland, and a colonist of 41 years. May her soul rest in peace.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 26 January 1889 p 1 Advertising
LAHIFF.-RICHARD LAHIFF, of county Clare, Ireland, left his home for Sydney November 20, 1884, was last heard of in June, 1887. Any information concerning the above will be thankfully received by his Sister, MARY LAHIFF, care of Mrs. W. R. Wood, Southport, Queensland.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Saturday 9 February 1889 p 5 Article
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT AN AUS- TRALIAN.
LONDON, February 8.
News has been received from Ireland of an outrage upon an Australian who proposed to become a landholder in that country. The occurrence took place at Feakle, a small village in the western portion of county Clare, about 15 miles north-west of the town of Killaloe, but fortunately did not result fatally. It appears that Mr. Halloran, an Australian recently returned from the colonies with the intention of settling down in Ireland, and he was negotiating for -the purchase of a farm in county Clare, in the neighborhood of Feakle. Some of the disaffected peasantry found the place appear, however, to have disapproved of his intention of buying land there, and a plot was formed amongst several of them to murder him. On Wednesday night when Mr. Halloran was riding past a quiet spot an attempt was made to shoot him. The shot, however, failed to take effect, and he escaped unhurt. No arrest has yet been made.

The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Thursday 28 February 1889 p 4 Family Notices
COPELAND —CUNNINGHAM. —On the 21st February, at St. Patrick's Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. Father McMahon, Robert M. Copeland, of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, to Margaret Cunningham, of Craganock, county Clare, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 13 March 1889 p 7 Article
MURDER IN IRELAND.
(Bv CABLE PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
LONDON, MARCH 11.
Another fatal outrage has been com- mitted in Ireland. Mr. Creagh, a land- lord, when driving to church, near Quin, in county Clare, was shot at and mortally wounded. His sister, who was with him, had the tip of her nose shot off.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 30 March 1889 p 4 Family Notices
GANEY - CLANCEY. - On the 18th March, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, John Ganey, second son of John P. Ganey, Dalveen, to Mary Clancey, eldest daughter of James Clancey, County Clare, Ireland.

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Thursday 18 April 1889 p 1 Family Notices
CLEARY — M'DONOUGH. —At Rockhampton, by the Rev. S. H. M'Donough,. P.P., 0n Tuesday, 2nd April, instant, Daniel Paul, youngest son of the late Joseph Cleary, of Tottenham House, Tottenham Square, London, to Margaret Agnes, third daughter of the late Patrick Vaughan M'Donough, M.D, of Feakle, County Clare, Ireland.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Tuesday 23 April 1889 p 4 Article
The Late Sergeant Cruise.-After a lengthened illness and much suffering, which he bore with patience and resignation, the late Sergeant James Cruise passed to his rest on Friday evening at 9 o'clock. Few men connected with the police force in the Northern district were more widely known and esteemed than the deceased. Conspicuously courteous in the discharge of his duties he was also an intelligent, conscientious officer, and gained the goodwill of his comrades and the public generally. Sergeant Cruise was born in Newmarket, County Clare, Ireland, on the 13th August, 1812, and was consequently not quite forty-seven years of age. For some six years he served in the Irish constabulary, and during that period he was stationed in the City of Limerick. He subsequently came to this colony and joined the New South Wales police force, in which he served for over twenty-two years. For seven years he was in charge of the Lochinvar station, and the remainder of the time he spent at West Maitland. By strict attention to duty, sobriety, and trusworthiness he was promoted to the rank of senior-constable, and a few years later he was appointed to the post of sergeant, until he met with an accident about two years since he was a hale, hearty man, full of the strength and vigour of manhood. While helping to extinguish the fire which broke out in Ant cliff's buildings in December, 1886, the late Sergeant Cruise was carrying some water on the roof of an adjoining structure to prevent its catching fire, when he slipped and injured himself. After that he complained of an affection of the heart, induced by the injury he had sustained. A couple of months since he was obliged to take to his room and he sought the advice of Dr. B. G. Alcorn, who was constant in his attendance upon the sufferer. For a time Mr. Cruise rallied somewhat, but it was only for a brief period. More dangerous symptoms presented themselves, and for two or three weeks prior to his decease his life was despaired of. In the presence of his family and friends he expired, as already stated, on the evening of Good Friday. The immediate cause of death was aneurism of the heart. He has left a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. On Sunday the remains of the deceased were conveyed to their last resting place in the Church of England cemetery, at Campbell's Hill. A large number of friends of the late Sergeant Cruise joined in the funeral procession, the coffin having been borne from the police station to the hearse and from the hearse to the place of interment by five of the deceased's comrades. At the conclusion of the impressive service the Rev. W. H. H. Tarlington, in a brief address full of earnest sympathy, spoke a few words of comfort to those assembled around the open grave. He pointed out that death had a melancholy interest for all, and that such a solemn event taught us of the uncertainty of human life. Sergeant Cruise was a most reliable man in his vocation, was an excellent husband and kind and affectionate father. The deceased was one whom we could ill spare. He was happy to say that their late friend was a true Christian man. He died on the anniversary of the crucifixion of Christ, and was buried on the day on which we commemorated the Resurrection of our Saviour.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 27 April 1889 Supplement: Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury p 5 ArticleA Limerick correspondent telegraphs : - Mr. Arthur G. Creagh, J.P., who is said to be a cousin of Mr. William O'Brien, was driving to church yesterday (Sunday), near Quin, county Clare, in company with his sister, Miss Rebecca Creagh, when they were fired at by a party of men hidden behind a high hedge j five shots were fired in rapid succession. Mr. Creagh had an extremely narrow escape, several grains of shot having passed through his hat and one or two striking Ina head and inflicting slight wounds. Miss Creagh was less fortunate, Some pellets struck her in the lip, on the side of the face near the left eye, and on the forehead. Mr. Creagh drove at full speed into the village of Quin, and gave information of the out- rage to the police. Miss Creagh's face was smeared with blood, and she was in a very excited condition. Her wounds were washed at the police-barracks, and subsequently she and her brother were attended at their residence of Drs. Maloney and Lewis. The police are scouring the country, but have not yet succeeded in making any arrests. Mr, Creagh, who is very popular as a magistrate in the district, was fired at fourteen years ago, but escaped, owing to the blunderbuss bursting in the hands of his would-be-murderer. Some time after- wards a second attempt was made upon his life, shots being fired at him while he was bidding good- night to his own sister in his own house, but he again escaped without injury. The only reason assigned for the latest outrage is that Mr. Creagh recently evicted a tenant and has since farmed the land himself.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Saturday 27 April 1889 p 1 Family Notices
BROMFIELD —BRENNAN. —On the 20th inst., at St.
Phillip's, Abbotsford, by the Rev. W. W. Mantell, Henry Alfred Miller Bromfield, solicitor, Rushworth, youngest son of P. F. Bromfield, Esq., C. E. Fair- field, to Francis Albina, second daughter of Edward Brennan, Esq., Coburg, niece of the Hon. Samuel Bindon, Esq., County Court judge, and grand- daughter of Samuel H. Bindon, Esq., S. M., Water- park, County Clare.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 21 May 1889 p 3 Article
THE IRISH QUESTION.
TO THE EDITOR.
Sir—Your correspondent" Unionist" makes out a good case from a Unionist and Irish land- lord point of view. To follow him in all his details would be too much for a newspaper
letter. I was reared on what a South Australian would call a " patch of land" near Six mile Bridge, County Clare, which took its name from being six miles from Limerick. It is three miles from Bunratty, on the River Shannon, which is one of the most fertile spots in Europe, which will explain to your readers that the patch was not a bad one; it was what I call first-class second quality of land. I think I will be able to show as I proceed with this, letter that Sir. Dillon made out a better case for the oppressed tenantry of Ireland than "Unionist" made for the landlords. Next Christmas will be 60 years since my widowed mother had the last supper with her family. Next morning she stood at her cabin door to have a last look at her two sons and two daughters wending their way to Botany Bay, as Australia was then called, to look for a living. I being the oldest of the four we agreed when at Cork that I should turn back to secure a home for our mother. I did, and remained until I signed the census of 1841. They put down that census at eight millions and a half. I think I may put down the number now at the end of 50 years to be four and a half million. I will ask "Unionist" what has become of the decrease? My answer is, two millions of them died of a famine starvation in the presence of one of the richest and most powerful Governments in the world—the other two millions took to the emigrant ships, and carried with them in their breasts a rankling hatred to landlord oppression and British miss rule. The increase which should follow according to nature took the same course, so that the population of Ireland has been at a standstill for the last 50 years, all through oppressive land laws backed up by English power. Mitchell, the historian, Says that the day the first shipload of Indian charity meal came to Ireland, that day 13 shiploads of the food of the people left Ireland to pay the rent, and let the people die as before stated. An American journalist states:—" I have traveled all the slave states of America. I have visited -their houses and partook of their meals, and studied the laws which govern them, and I can safely say—and there is not one drop of Irish blood in my veins—that the American slave is better housed, better fed, better clothed, better governed, and fives under better laws than the tenant farmers of Ireland." A police man stated before the Times Commission in answer to a question, that the tenant farmers on the estates of a lady land lord in (Clare and a lady landlord in Kerry asserted that if they had their tenements rent free they could not get their living on them. I will say for myself that I lived on said patch of land until I was 30 years of age ; that my mother raised eight of us on it; that she gave us all the schooling the village could afford ; and that we left her with a broken heart because we could no longer pay the rent; and I will add that we tried every means to do so. We scarcely knew the taste of flour bread, and if we ate animal food it would make us sick ; and this will apply to four-fifths of the tenant farmers of Ireland. I have often met with the statement in print and out of print, and I think "Unionist," is of the same opinion, that it is the unthrifty nature of the Irish people that reduced them to such poverty. Will the Irish in South Australia bear that' Statement out I say, no. When myself and my brother had been four years in South Australia we purchased 80 acres of land -in Morphett Vale; the year after we purchased another 80 acres, and I promise "Unionist" we brought no money out of Ireland. When another Unionist in the early days of the colony gave in the House of Commons a false report of the habits? of the Irish in South Australia Major O'Halloran and Sir George S. Kingston and other Irish gentlemen collected statistics to show how every Irish man improved and conducted himself from his landing in the colony to date of statistics. I started from Troubridge to Blackrock Plains when the harvest was in full swing. I took notice of every farm as I passed, and I will say, without fear of contradiction, that there were as many machines working on Irishmen's farms that I passed in proportion to numbers as there were on any other farms. I receive letters and papers from Ireland regularly—and I never get any account of the great prosperity which " Unionist" refers to, so that I think the old state of things should be done away with and the people of Ireland allowed to manage their own affairs, which I promise they would do with as much obedience to the laws as we Irish do in South Australia. In support of my statements I will further say that I recollect the first ship loaded with a full cargo of emigrants that left Limerick between 60 and 70 years ago for America. From that date to the present the Irish have partly inhabited every state in the Great Republic. They have been found in the legislative councils of every state; they have done their part as mayors and aldermen in the largest cities; they have been in the front rank of the army; they have numbered in the Senate of the great Congress; and the descendant of an Irishman, perhaps of as evicted tenant, if not, certainly the son of some outcast who disobeyed the laws of England as administered in Ireland, is now President of the Great Republic. Pat Egan, of London Times notoriety, is now American ambassador of one of the Spanish possessions. I will say that one and all the Irish obey the laws of their adopted country; and, I will ask "Unionist," why not then obey the laws of Ireland—a country for which he claims such prosperity for these last 19 years? I will give a case or two in point, which will show why the people of Ireland do not obey the law. Before the Plan of Campaign was Adopted, of which "Unionist" complains so much, 15 tenants were evicted at Gweedore for £48 rent. Father McFadden got horses and cars to convey the evicted to the poorhouse. Not having sufficient conveyance he placed some in his own vehicle, and walked in a drenching rain. That man is on his trial now as a murderer because he advised his tenants to adopt the said Plan of Campaign, and live in their holdings as long as British bayonets would allow them to keep possession. I know the estate, not many miles from Six-mile Bridge, where a tenant was evicted last September. He paid £1 5a per acre rent, and after being evicted his wife went into the garden to root some potatoes to cook for her hungry children. She was sent to goal. I wrote home to Six-mile Bridge to know if this man lived on a certain part of the said estate. The answer I received was that he did, and that he was now living in the village with his family. I will not name the estate although I know it perfectly well, and knew it when the tenants from the same part where this evicted tenant lived, worked for the landlord for generations from one year's end to the other for 6d? a day—it is needless to say without eating or drinking—to pay the rent. How the evicted tenant neglected his duty was not explained to me in the letter, but for "Unionist's" information I will state that better land and larger farms are rented from Government on this west coast for Id. per acre rent than any holding or holdings on the estate I have referred to. I will ask " Unionist" how can he make this last case of mine fit in with his 19 years of prosperity which he and Lord Salisbury claim to be equal to any tenantry in Europe? I will close this letter by stating that from all I know and all I can learn the Irish landlord is the most oppressive and the most callous of the human family, and lam proud to learn that John Dillon got such a grand reception in Adelaide to claim the sympathy of the people of South Australia for the unfortunate tenant farmers of Ireland.-
-I am, &c., MICHAEL KENNY. Ballymikenny. Colton.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 30 May 1889 p 4 Family Notices
KELLY-REIDY.-On the 16th May, at St. Stephen's
Cathedral, by Rev.D.Fouhy, John, second son of Martin Kelly, of Cranny, to Elizabeth Josephine, the only daughter of the late William Reidy, merchant, Killydicet, both of County Clare, Ireland. [Home papers please copy.]

Independent (Footscray, Vic. : 1883 - 1922) Saturday 22 June 1889 p 2 Article
We regret to announce the death of Mrs. D. Newell,'who succumbed at her residence, Newell street, on Thursday evening. The deceased lady, who was highly esteemed and well-known, owing to the prominent public position held by Mr. Newell for years, had a lingering illness of months duration. and, despite the skill and attention of Drs. McCarthy, Burke and Molloy, who could only mitigate her sufferings, passed calmly and quietly away, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Newell, who was 49 years of age, was a native of County Clare, Ireland, and was a colonist of 32 'years' standing. The funeral will take place to-day. and will no doubt be largely attended as a token of respect and esteem for her and the sorrowing mourners.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Tuesday 25 June 1889 p 4 Article
THE LATE MR PATRICK FORD-The many friends and acquaintances of Mr Patrick Ford will regret to learn that he breathed his last at his residence, Buchanan, on Friday last Mr Ford was born in the County Clare, Ireland, fifty four years ago and arrived in this district when he was only about fourteen years old, and has resided here ever since Some years ago he became the proprietor of a large grazing estate near Buchanan, where he raised many of the best draught stock the Northern district could boast of, indeed lie was very largely interested in this branch of horsebreeding He was always noted for a genial flow of spirits and wit which distinguishes many of his countrymen, and the musical character of his notes as a whistler were of a most uncommon order He was a great favourite with young and old, and gained great respect for his simple nature and business integrity. About seven years ago he had a severe attack of paralysis, since which his health has gradually declined until ho finally left for the hereafter on Friday last. Mr. Ford was a widower, and left a family of three sons and five, daughters to mourn their loss. The funeral of our old friend took place on Saturday last when his remains were interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Campbell's Hill, in the presence of a very large number of friends.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 3 August 1889 p 4 Family Notices
DONNELLAN — SMITH - On the 26th June, at St. Laurence's Church, N.A., by Licence, by the Rev. Dean Kennedy, Thomas J., fourth son of Andrew Donnellan, of Chruskeen, County Clare, Ireland, to Mary A., youngest daughter of the late John Smith, of North Adelaide.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 23 August 1889 p 1 Family Notices
DAVOREN. - In loving memory of my dear father, Patrick Davoren who died at his residence, Lisdoonvarna, county Clare, Ireland, August 23rd, 1888. Sweet Jesus have mercy on his soul Inserted by his loving son, Stephen. Home papers please copy

DAVOREN -In sad and loving remembrance of my dear father, Patrick Davoren, who died August 23rd, 1888, at his residence, Bally Connoe, county Clare. Ireland. May his soul rest in peace. Inserted by his loving daughter Maggie, of Sydney.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 11 September 1889 p 1 Family Notices
WRIGHT —O'BRIEN. —On the 11th ult., at St. Ignatius Church, by the Rev. Father Kennedy, S.J., Thomas Wright, third son of Thomas Wright of Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, to Antoinette Josephine Mary O'Brien, of Clifton-street, S. Richmond, Victoria.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Saturday 12 October 1889 p 4 Family Notices
MURPHY— O'MEALY.— On the 23th September at St. Laurence's, North Adelaide, by the Very Rev. Dean Kennedy, John Murphy, youngest son of Dennis Murphy, of Danesforth, County Kilkenny, to Catherine O'Mealy, second youngest daughter of Patrick O'Mealy, of Dromona, County Clare, Ire- land.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Monday 21 October 1889 p 4 Family Notices
BRADY-HORAN.-On the 6th October, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Edward Brady (Ennis, County Clare), to Mary, youngest daughter of Patrick Horan, of Kangaroo Point.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889) Tuesday 29 October 1889 p 2 Family Notices
GARRITY.-At his residence, Queen-street, on Monday, October 21st, MICHAEL GARRITY, native of County Clare, Ireland, in his forty-sixth year, after a long and painful illness, leaving a sorrowing widow and one child to mourn their loss.

Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 9 November 1889 p 1 Advertising
BLACKWELL.-Should GEORGE JOSEPH BLACK WOOD, Esq. (late of Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland), see this advertisement, his cousin ELLIE would be glad to hear from him. Address Mrs. William O'Kane, Hospital-street, Greymouth, New Zealand.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 7 November 1889 p 1 Family Notices
DWYER.-November 5, at his residence, No. 80, Womerah-avenue, Darlinghurst, Thomas Dwyer, aged 60, a native of Doonass, county Clare, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 6 December 1889 p 1 Family Notices
PINE - MCNALLY.-November 25, at the Sacred Heart, Darlinghurst, Frederick William Pine, of Sussex, England, to Kate McNally of Burren, county Clare, Ireland.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 7 December 1889 p 4 Family Notices
HOWARD—O'BRIEN.—On the 25th November, at St. Mary's R.C. Church, West Melbourne, Victoria, by the Rev. J. Cusack, assisted by the Rev. P. J. Aylward, during Nuptial Mass, Michael George, eldest son of Mr. M Howard, Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland, to Mary Josephine, eldest daughter of Mr. M. O'Brien, North Melbourne, Victoria.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 31 December 1889 p 1 Family Notices
BRADY-MORRISS_October 23, 1889, by special licence, at St. Charles's Church, Waverley, Sydney, by the Rev. Father Joyce, James, eldest son of Anthony Brady, Bondi, Sydney, formerly of Carburley, Bodyke, county Clare, Ireland, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Morriss, Scurrbog, Elphin, county Roscommon, Ireland.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 1 January 1890 p 1 Family Notices
SHANNON. - On December 30, 1889, at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Susan, third daughter of John and Mary Shannon, of County Clare, Ireland, in her 23rd year. Beloved sister of Ellen and Honora Shannon and Mrs. J. W. Piggott, of Balmain. May she rest in peace.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 3 January 1890 p 1 Family Notices
WALTON. - December 27, at Gundagei. Richard Baker, fifth son of the late George Walton, Ballysheen House, Six-mile Bridge, county Clare, brother to W. F. Walton, Summer Hill, Sydney. Deeply regretted.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Saturday 15 February 1890 p 4 Family Notices
GALLERY.-At Liverpool, England, on December 15, 1889, MARY GALLERY, aged 58 years; native of Innes, County Clare, Ireland ; leaving one son and three daughters to mourn their loss. -R.I.P.
Bereft of mother, father, all,
I'm left alone to weep. She obeyed our Lady's call.
In heaven, dear mother, we'll meet.
Though dead and gone and is no more,
Her loving memory I'll cherish.
My love for her is as before.
Such love can never perish.
Inserted by her loving daughter - ELIZABETH
GALLERY, Grafton.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Monday 17 February 1890 p 1 Family Notices
HONAN-BURKE.-On the 12th inst., at St. Killan's, Sandhurst, by the Rev. Father Lawlor, M. Honan, of Marlbed, to Maggie, fifth daughter of Thomas Burke, Esq., Connelly, County Clare, Ireland.

The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 8 March 1890 p 470 Family Notices
GERAGHTY—COGHLAN.—On the 17th February, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Patrick J. Goraghty, third son of James Geraghty, of Ballintubber, county Mayo, Ireland, to Norah Agnes Coghlan, seoond daughter of Denis Coghlan, of Kilrush, county Clare, Ireland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Friday 7 March 1890 p 4 Family Notices
SCANLAN.-On the fifth January, in the bush, near Austral Downs, Herbert River, Northern Territory, Martin Scanlan, native of County Clare, Ireland, aged 28 years
Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) Saturday 15 March 1890 p 25 Advertising
MARY WHITE, born in parish of Quinn, County Clare, Ireland your brother JAMES wishes to hear from you. Address Nyullagine diggings, via Roebourne, W.A. JAMES WHITE.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 19 March 1890 p 1 Family Notices
McCARTNEY.-GARRIHY.-February l8, at St. Leonard's Church, Paddington, by the Rev. P. B. Lawler, John M'Cartney, son of Robert M'Cartney, Glasgow, Scotland, to Maria, third daughter of Owen Garrihy, county Clare, Ireland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Tuesday 8 April 1890 p 4 Family Notices
DUNPHY-GLEESON.-On the 7th April, at St. Stephen's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Fouhy, Edmund Dunphy, of Ballynell, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Mary Gleeson, eldest daughter of James Gleeson, Castle Crin, County Clare, Ireland.

Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) Thursday 24 April 1890 Edition: MORNING. p 2 Article
Mr Thos. Casey, the landlord of the Red Lion Hotel, Kilmore, died on Saturday morning last, aged 52years. Deceased gentleman, who purchased, the establishment named, nearly twelve months. ago, came here from Dandenong, where he had been for some time engaged in a similar business. Of late his health was very indifferent, and; although he was able to move about almost up to the time of his death, the sad event was not unexpected. Mr Casey was a sterling, straightforward man and was well esteemed by all who knew him. On Monday morning the remains were conveyed by train to Dandenong for interment. Mr Casey was a native of the County Clare, Ireland; and he spent some a time at Reedy Creek diggings over thirty years ago.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 30 April 1890 p 4 Family Notices
CANDLISH-O'DOHERTY.-On the 8th April, at Georgetown, North Queensland, John- Candlish, storekeeper, Cumberland, only son of the late Captain John Candlish, of Liverpool, England, to Catherine O'Doherty, third daughter of Mr. James O'Doherty, of Milltown, Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 17 May 1890 Supplement: Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury p 2 Article
SINGLETON.
DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT OF PATRICK'S PLAINS - In every man's life there is not only a history but a moral also, and both these belong to the subject of this obituary notice, who is the late Mr Michael O'Brien of Claremount Whittingham, of whose recent demise a brief intimation was given in the Maitland Mercury of the 6th instant, by your Singleton correspondent. Mr O'Brien was born in County Clare, Ireland. He arrived in New South Wales 17th of August, 1841, now nearly 50 years ago, a passenger with one of the first shiploads of free people who adopted this colony as their future home, the year subsequent to the one which signalized the discontinuance of transportation to our shores. On landing in Sydney he engaged with the late Mr Kelman of Kirkton, to whose estate-12 miles from Singleton-he at once came. After remaining in the service of Mr. Kelman for three years, he entered the employment of the late Mr Henry Dangar, of Neotsfield, whom he served for another two years. Here a bad accident befell him, which resulted in both his legs being broken. But, just like the Dangar family, who have always been the best and most humane of employers, he was not bundled off to welter in the then Singleton Hospital-save the mark-which was then but a dingy bark hut surrounded with squalor, but was housed at Neetsfield, where the fractured limbs were set by the late Dr. Glennie, and he attended with unremitting care by Mrs. Dangar, whom he was ever wont to speak of as a kind, humble, and benevolent lady. Of the Dangar and Kelman family, two of our oldest landed and genteel families on the Hunter, the deceased ever expressed himself in the highest terms of praise and gratitude, extolling them as good colonists und Christian employers. He left Mr. Dangar to commence farming on his own account, having leased an extensive farm from Mr. John Larnach, of Rosemount, now Mr. A. A. Dangar's, Baroona. He occupied this tenure for some time, and leaving it he took another from Mr. Henry Dangar, at Scoot's Flat. Sometime subsequent to this date he purchased 140 acres of the Castle Forbes Estate, for which at that early period paid 10 pounds per acre, It being a part of the plains proper, and is now worth £30 per acre. From the time of this purchase till his death his prosperity increased. In 1869 he purchased the Woodwell estate in the Wollombi district, formerly the property of Mr. Wood, a clergyman. His whole aim was, so great was his paternal affection, to leave his children well provided for, and to give them a good example by his industry and perseverance. He was a strictly honest man, a good neighbour, a lover of truth, an admirer of virtue, but a bitter antagonist to evil doers. Like every true Irishman, he was a thorough lover of genuine sport, but he always savoured it with temperance. When at Neotsfield, he has been known to walk to Maitland to attend the races of her early days. And when Mr. E. Terry, a few years ago, made his first appearance in this district with the hounds, Mr. O'Brien mounted his jumper and followed them as one of the most sprightly, although then seventy years of age. He was a tall, athletic and strong muscular man who, by abstaining from intemperance, evil habits, and debauchery, conserved his strength for time itself to wear out. His widow and one son only survive him to inherit and enjoy his honoarably acquired and valuable property. As the life of such a man as the late Mr. Michael O Brien is useful for instruction and example, for that purpose I (a once acquaintance of his) write it out and send it to the Singleton correspondent of the Maitland Mercury, for the latter journal perchance may deem it just to give it publicity for the information of its many readers.

The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Saturday 17 May 1890 p 1 Family Notices
Died, on May 3,1890, at his residence, Claremount, Whittingham, Michael O'Brien, aged 78 years, native of County Clare, Ireland, leaving a widow and married son with wife and six grandchildren to mourn their loss. May his soul rest in peace.

Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954) Thursday 15 May 1890 p 2 Family Notices
GRIFFIN.—On the 3rd of May, 1890, at his residence, Moranding, James Griffin, native of Carvan, County Clare, Ireland. Aged 49 years. R.I.P.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Saturday 28 June 1890 p 5 Family Notices
LANSDOWN-M'NAMARA. - On the 18th inst, by the Rev. Father Hegarty, at St. Mary's Church, St. Kilda, second son of Thos. Lansdown, Wiltshire, England to Catherine M'Namara, youngest daughter of Cornelius M'Namara, of County Clare, Ireland.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 2 July 1890 p 9 Article
THE MURDER AT GEMBROOK.
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FURTHER PARTICULARS.
THE ALLEGED MURDERER STILL
DENIES THE CRIME.
Mr. Candler has decided to open the in- quest to day upon the body of the man named Alexander Olsen, who was murdered at Gembrook by his companion William Conyingham, on Sunday evening last. Detective sergeant Lomaine was yesterday instructed to assist Constable Crowle, of Pakenham, in the preparation of the evidence, but as the population of the district in which the murder occurred is so scattered, considerable difficulty has been experienced in discovering the witnesses, and it is not probable that anything further than formal evidence will be taken at the inquiry to- day. So far the result of the inquiries has revealed no motive for the murder, unless it was comnitted in a moment of sudden temper. Both the murderer and his victim had been drinking together during the afternoon but several witnesses assert that neither of them was what might be called the worse of liquor.
The deceased was 39 years of age and was a native of Sweden, and the murdererer is 22 years of age and a native of the County Clare, Ireland. Olsen's age has only been guessed at from a tattoo mark on his right arm where the letters A.L.O.S. and F.O.B. appear over 1851, which is supposed to be the year of his birth. In his pockets was found a letter from his friends in Sweden, which goes to show that he was respectably con nected. It was addressed to the care of Mr Hand, Warre Yallock, near Seville. This was the locality where he and Conyingham were working. Two brothers named Oussey had a contract from a Mr Watson to do certain fencing work in the neighbourhood of Warra Yallock, and these brothers engaged Conyingham and Olsen. The two men were working together for nearly four months, and appeared on the best of terms with each other. Last Sunday morning they started for Gembrook to purchase some stores, and took with them an old Enfield rifle and a muzzle-loading gun to shoot rabbits if they came across any on their road to the township. They reached Gembrook at about midday, and went to a general store and public house in the place kept by two brothers named Birchall, who were originally engaged in banks in the city but took to country storekeeping about five months ago. They explained to the proprietors of the store that they were bona-fide travellers within the meaning of the Licensing Act, and were served with some brandy. They had lunch at the hotel, and in the afternoon were joined by two other labourers whose names are not known, but who are employed at Mr. De Bavay's vineyard, near Lilydale. The Messrs Birchall say that they were afraid if they served these people with drink that a disturbance might take place, so one brother left the house and the other explained that he could not supply any liquor, as his brother had taken away the key of the bar with him.
The men resented this refusal, but left the place after some little persuasion. Within a few minutes, however, Birchall heard a noise like a window being smashed, and when he went out he found one of the windows of the bar broken in. Olsen and Conyingham were standing near the place, and he accused them of having done the damage. They protested their innocence, and Conyingham told Mr Birchall that the two labourers from Mr De Bavay's had broken the window. Mr. Birchall got his horse and rode after these men, who, when they heard the accusation, were so in dignant that they returned to the place, and expressed a desire to fight Conyingham and Olsen. Mr Birchall succeeded in preventing any such disturbance, and the parties separated Conyingham then announced his intention of staying at the hotel all night, and asked for beds, which were promised to him, but no sooner bad be got them than he wanted more drink. This was refused him, but he was not to be put off so easily. He waited down the road until he saw a man named John Halliday, whom he knew well, come riding along, and he asked him to purchase 2s 6d worth of whisky for him, which Halliday did, and handed it over to him. This was about 5 o'clock on Sunday after noon. About an hour afterwards the two Birchalls, and a friend of theirs named Cole, were down near the stables at the rear of the store, when they heard the report of a gun. They thought that Conyingham and Olsen were there, and knowing that these men were in a reckless mood they were afraid that they might shoot some of the cattle about the place. Taking the direction indicated by the sound of the report, they hurried to the front of the building, and about 20ft from the bar door they saw Olsen lying on the ground, groaning loudly, and Conyingham standing over him with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw them he raised the gun to his shoulder, and said-"stand you-." Instead of obeying this threatening mandate, they fled incontinently, and did not stop till they reached Mr A Crichton's residence, which is fully a mile and a half away.
Mr. Crichton is the largest landowner in the district and a justice of the peace, and though there were some, nearer neighbours the Birchalls and their companion thought it better to go on to Mr Crichton's. That gentleman immediately despatched a messenger to Pakenham to inform Constable Crowie of the affair, and ask him to come out at once The messenger reached Pakenham about 10 o clock on Sunday night, and Constable Crowie started for Gembrook immediately. The roads were in such a terrible state that he did not arrive at Mr. Crichton's till about 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. In the mean- time further information of the affair had been received there. A man named Samuel Hodgkinson, who is employed on a selection in the district owned by Mr. Sharples, the head master of the state school at South Melbourne, rode over to the Birchalls' store about half-past 6 on Sunday night to purchase some supplies. He found the kitchen door open, the table laid for tea, and a lamp burning brightly in the room, but could get no answer to his reputed calls. He then walked round the house, and by the bright moonlight of the night be saw Olsen lying on his back with his hands outstretched in a pool of blood. He thought at first, that it was some drunken man who had been fighting and had been knocked down. He went over to him, and found that he was quite dead, so he re- mounted his horse, and hurried off to inform Mr. Crichton. He saw a gun lying beside the deceased, but did not notice a second weapon anywhere about.
Nothing further was done till daybreak, when a party from Mr Crichton's, including Constable Crowie, went over to the store. They found the deceased lying as Hodgkinson had described him. The gun was by his side, but a second gun was leaning against the tank a few feet away. The gun at the side of the deceased was un- loaded, and the stock and barrel were heavily covered with dew, us if it had lain out all night. The second gun was loaded and was quite dry, as if it bad only been placed there recently. For safety sake it was discharged, and the cap exploded at the first attempt, proving still more conclusively that the gun had not been exposed to the dews during the night. A man named Robert Moore, who is employed by Mr. Crichton, appeared on the scene while the party were examining the body, and stated that some short time before, as he was going to work, he had seen the deceased lying where he was, and Conyingham was walking slowly round the corpse. He spoke to Conyingham, and asked him what was the matter. Conyingham said, ' It is my mate. We were drinking here last night and he has shot himself. "He added that he was working down near to Mr. English's farm, and, as that gentleman was a magistrate, he was going to tell him of the affair. Having inquired which was the Lily- dale road, he walked away at a sharp pace. Constable Crowie at once telegraphed to Constable Roberts, of Berwick, to come across and try and intercept the murderer if he attempted to make his way to Melbourne, while he himself followed along the Lilydale road. After going for some distance, he saw a man walking across one of the cleared pad docks near Mr Cooper's house. He called out to him, and as the man came over to the fence he asked him his name. The man replied William Conyingham. Constable Crowie then arrested him on a charge of wilfully murdering Olen, and warned him not to make any statement which he thought might incriminate him. Conyingham said, "God Almighty ! Me murder him? That couldn't be. What would I want to shoot him for? When I got up this morning I saw my mate lying outside of Mr Birchall's place. He was shot through the head. When I saw him there I was very sorry to see him dead, and I was going to Mr. English, J.P , to tell him about it when you overtook me. We were drinking at Birchall's yesterday, and I got so drunk that I didn't know what happened alter Jack Halliday got 2s 6d worth of whisky, which we drank. I slept at Birchall's place last night."
Constable Crowie brought him to the store at Gembrook and kept hin there till the arrival of Constable Roberts from Berwick, and the prisoner was then brought in to
Pakenham, where he was lodged in the lock-up. Yesterday he still persisted in his denial of any knowledge of the murder, and has repeated his first statement. He admits that he saw Moore at the store early on Mon- day morning, but says that he had just got out of bed at that time, and had found his mate's body. He wanted to take his own gun away, but Moore advised him to touch nothing till the police arrived on the scene, and he then started off to find Mr. English. His statement that he slept at Birchall's store on Sunday night appears to be quite correct, for one of the beds is disturbed, as if someone had slept in it, and no one else except himself was near the house on that night after the murder was committed. He says he is a maltster by trade, and formerly worked for the Tankard Malting Co , both at their Melbourne and South Yarra premises; but be preferred a bush life, and accepted this engagement to erect fencing for the Messrs. Cressey. He has an uncle named John Gardiner, who has a grocers' shop in South Yarra, and another uncle, a farmer, at Oakleigh, but with these exceptions has no other relatives in the colonies. He first met Olsen at Warre Yallock, and was his mate all through the work on which they were engaged. He is a short stoutly built man of fresh complexion and youthful appearance, and the only evidence be given of realising his position is his oft-repeated remark, "This is a terrible thing for me to be accused of." There were no traces of blood upon his hands, but some spots which are supposed to be bloodstains were found upon his clothes, and these were at once taken from him, and will probably be sent to the Government analyst for examination.
Alter the accused bad been safely locked up, arrangements were made for the conveyance of the corpse to Pakenham, and it was brought in late on Monday night, and placed in an outbuilding of the Gembrook Hotel, where it now lies awaiting the inquest.
Before it was removed from the spot in which it was discovered a careful examination of the surroundings was made. Signs of a slight struggle were noticeable a few feet away from where the tragedy occurred. The body lay upon its back. The arms were stretched out, the right leg was slightly bent, and the boot was absent from the left foot. A hard boxer hat, which had evidently been smashed in, was found a few feet away. There was a bruise on the left cheek, and the left eye was slightly discoloured. A post- mortem examination of the body was made yesterday afternoon by Dr Elms, of Berwick. He found that death bud resulted from fracture of the skull, consequent upon a gun- shot. The charge had entered near the right temple and had gone through the brain in a slightly upward direction and penetrated the skull on the opposite side. There were three distinct wounds on the right temple, as if the charge had separated into three portions. There were no powder marks on the face, so that the shot must have been fired at a distance of about 7ft. or 8ft. The direction which the shot took after it had entered the skull shows clearly that the wound could not have been inflicted by the deceased himself, for to pro- duce such a wound the gun must have been fired when in almost a horizontal position. The abrasion on the left cheek and the slight discolouration of the eye Dr. Elms thinks were probably caused by the deceased's falling after he had been shot. From the extensive bleeding which took place he considers it possible that the deceased lived for five or ten minutes after having been struck. Constable Roberts washed the head and found 11 pellets of lead. They are of the size known as No. 2, or swan drop, and correspond with the shot found in a flask which was discovered near the body of the deceased. Altogether some 30 or 40 of these pellets were found in the deceased's head, and one was found embedded in the fleshy part of the right thumb, as if he had put up his right hand to shield himself when he saw the murderer aiming the gun at him. All the organs of his body were in a healthy condition, and there was very little trace of alcohol in the stomach.
At the request of Detective Lomaine Dr. Elms visited the prisoner yesterday afternoon to ascertain if there were any traces of insanity about him. The doctor found him in a nervous state, which probably resulted from his drinking bout, but he declined to express any opinion as to the man's sanity or otherwise until he had better opportunities for examining him. The inquest will open today at the Gembrook Hotel, Pakenham, at half past 9 o'clock, when a special jury of seven will be empanelled.

Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 - 1932) Tuesday 22 July 1890 Edition: morning p 2 Article
…The defence was that it was a pure accident. The prisoner was recommended to mercy.

The North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, VIC. : 1872 - 1938) Friday 4 July 1890 p 2 Article
Mr. Jno. Quinn, a very old resident of Devenish, joined the great majority on Tuesday night last. Deceased had ailed only a few days altogether. He complained of tooth-ache a couple of days prior to his demise. Dr Davies who was, in consequence, called to at tend him, and who regarded the case as a serious one, drew a couple of deceased's teeth. But the sufferer although greatly relieved thereby, soon afterwards, began to grow worse and expired as stated above. He was 90 years of age having been born in 1800 and came to Victoria from his native place in Ireland-County Clare -in the year 1853, settling-down soon afterwards in Bylands, near. Kilmore. Having remained, at that place till 1873-for 20 years; during which time he followed farming pursuits-he selected land on thee broken Creek in the Benalla district, near Devenish, where he has lived ever since.. All through his lifetime Mr Quinn was noted for undeniable integrity. His conduct as a man was always beyond reproach; and few have gone to their graves who more justly earned the reputation he bore for manliness of spirit and honesty of purpose. Although an old man his death will all the same be deeply regretted, not only in Benalla but throughout the district of Kilmore where he when a young man, won--and that deservedly too the confidence and esteem of very many people. His remains were interred in the Devenish cemetery yesterday, the funeral cortege being a large one. Speaking of de- ceased from a religious aspect it need hardly be noted that he was an ardent champion of the Roman Catholic faith, for the maintenance and support of, which he was always a liberal contributor. Early in life he married and thus leaves a family behind him, his eldest son being Mr Jno. Quinn, of Devenish.

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 16 July 1890 Supplement: The Mercury
Mr. Arthur Knox Maloney, who lived for many years in New Zealand, earning bread and butter as a gold miner and labourer, has made good his claim in Dublin to the extensive estates of the late Mr. Henry Gonne Maloney, of County Clare. The ex-sundowner and miner will be one of the richest country gentlemen in Ireland.

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Saturday 19 July 1890 p 4 Detailed lists, results, guides
A centenarian has recently died at Gympie. Referring to the event the Times says:-"An obituary notice in this morning's issue announces the death of Mr. Thomas Purcell at the great age of one hundred and one years. Eighteen years ago Mr. Purcell was in business in Brisbane as a publican. He then sold out and came to Gympie to join his sons and daughters who had settled here, and he remained a resident of the goldfield ever since. He retained possession of his full senses to the last, and his vitality was so great that even up to a fortnight ago he was able to do odd jobs of light work about his home. His remains were buried on Sunday, and were followed by a large concourse of mourners. Deceased, we may add, was a native of County Clare, Ireland."

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 1 October 1890 p 4 Family Notices
BEHAN -On the 24th September, at Tambo, of "la grippe," Peter Behan, Bootmaker, native of Kilrush, county Clare, Ireland, aged about 49 years.

Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Saturday 4 October 1890 p 4 Family Notices
GARRITY.-On the 30th September, 1890, at his residence, South Arm, after a long and painful illness, which he bore with patience, JAMES GARRITY, native of County Clare, Ireland, aged 47 years; leaving a sorrowing wife, three children and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 15 October 1890 p 1 Family Notices
KEANE. - At Upper Pulletop Station, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., John Keane, sen., native of County Clare, Ireland, aged 95 years.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 31 October 1890 p 1 Family Notices
SHEEHAN-McNAMARA.-October 22, 1890, at St. Mary’s Church, by the Rev. J. J. Byrne, Daniel Sheehan, second son of Andrew Sheehan, native county Cork, Ireland, to Margaret McNamara, eldest daughter of the late James McNamara, county Clare, Ireland.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Friday 31 October 1890 p 4 Family Notices
O'CALLAHAN.—On the 24th October, at Baker's Flat, near Kapunda, Michael, the beloved husband of Mary O'Callahan, and eldest son of the late Martin O'Callahan, of Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland, and son-in-law of the late John Conolan, of Kapunda, aged 53 years, leaving a wife and five children to mourn their loss. Deeply regretted by a large circle of friends; a colonist of 32 years. May his soul rest in peace. Home papers please copy.

Warwick Examiner and Times (St. Lucia, Qld. : 1867 - 1919) Wednesday 5 November 1890 p 3 Advertising
On account of the failure of the potato crop, Sir William Fitzgerald has granted an all round reduction of 40 per cent, on the rents of his estates at Kildysart, County Clare. The generous act has given great satisfaction.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 15 November 1890 p 4 Family Notices
BREW.—On the 8th November at her residence, Victoria Park, Catherine, relict of the late Michael Brew, sen., in her 83rd year, native of Kilrush, county Clare, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tuesday 18 November 1890 p 4 Family Notices
COLLINS -On the 14th November, at Springbank, Lower Mitcham, after a long and painful illness, John, son of the late Michel Collins, of Craigleagh, County Clare. Ireland, and beloved husband of Mary Collins, also dearly beloved brother of Mrs. J.Byan and Miss Kate Collins, Belair Park, Blackwood, aged 53. R.I.P.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Wednesday 26 November 1890 p 4 Family Notices
O'NEILL. -- On the 2nd November at the residence of his son in law, Charles Lane, The Terraces, Toowong, Michael O'Neill, of Indooroopilly, formerly of County Clare, Ireland, in his 88th year.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 6 December 1890 p 1 Family Notices
HAYES, -November 25, at her parents' residence, North-Leichhardt, late of Feakle, county Clare, Katie, the dearly beloved daughter of Edmund and Margaret Hayes, aged 21 years. R.I.P. Home papers please copy.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Saturday 6 December 1890 p 1 Family Notices
HEHIR - BONHAM -On the 20th ult., at St Ignatius' R.C. Church, Richmond, by the Rev. J. Kennedy, S.J., assisted by the Revs. J. Mulhall, S.J., and P.J. Clune, Goulburn, N.S.W., Daniel Edward Hehir, youngest son of Edward Hehir, Ballygriffy, Dysart, county Clare, Ireland, to Annie Isabella Bonham, second daughter of the late James Bonham, Richmond, Victoria.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 19 December 1890 p 1 Advertising
M'NAMARA or LAWLER,-Will MICHAEL (Bonie) M'NAMARA, from Rhynanna, county Clare, Ireland, or Mrs. LAWLER from Jaspers Pound, near Quinn, county Clare, Ireland, or anyone knowing their whereabouts, communicate with Mrs. M'NAMARA, 10 Abercrombie-street, Sydney.

Fitzroy City Press (Vic. : 1881 - 1920) Wednesday 24 December 1890 p 2 Article
It is with regret to have to record the death of the late Constable Michael McMahon, who for upwards of 21 years has done police duty in Fitzroy. The deceased officer was born in County Clare, Ireland, in the year 1829, and at the age of 20 joined the Irish constabulary. After serving ten years in that body he came to Melbourne in 1859, and shortly after his arrival in the colony joined the police force. The deceased was of kindly heart and was highly respected by all who knew him. He always was a special favorite of the children of Fitzroy. The cause of death was Bright's disease.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 30 December 1890 p 5 Article
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT TILE BISHOP OF KILLALOE.
LONDON, DEC. 29.
An attempt has been made on the life of Dr. Michael Flannery, Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, County Clare. Shots were fired through the hall door at the bishop, who, however, escaped unhurt.


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