New Zealand Newspapers - Bandon articles

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Bandon-related events from New Zealand newspapers 1841 to 1920 – full entries can be found on Papers Past, New Zealand.

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Date	Event	Names	Location	Other
1841	Election	Serj Jackson	Bandon	Elected as member of new Parliament
1842		Earl of Bandon		To succeed Lord Shannon as Lord Lieutenant of County Cork
1846	Call for famine relief	Lord Dunraven	Bandon	Calling on government to act more responsibly to relieve the distress of the people
1847	Famine	Mr Alcock	Bandon	Several Poor Law Commissioners suffered from fever and Mr Alcock has fallen victim
1849	Rent reductions	Earl of Bandon	Bandon	Voluntarily reduced rents from between 10s and 14s per acre
1851		Bandon River	Bandon	Catchment area is given as 228 square miles
1851		Flax growing	Bandon	Up to 1000 acres said to be planted in flax within the Bandon Union
1852	Visit	His Excellency (Lord Lieutenant?)	Cork	Arrived by special train from Bandon to visit the National Exhibition in Cork
1857	Peer	James, Earl of Bandon		Writ issued to elect a Temporal Peer of Ireland following the death of the Earl.
1858	Floods	Shanagool Branch of Bandon River	Bandon	Flooding in the Shanagool Branch which swept through South Main St, tearing away several shop fronts
1858	Visit	Prince of Wales	Bandon	Prince on a tour of the West, to visit Bandon, Bantry, Skibbereen and Killarney
1858	Visit	Prince of Wales	Bandon	Had stayed night in Bandon as guest of Earl of Bandon at Castle Bernard.
1858	Riot	Orange and Green	Bandon	Disturbance resulted in charges being laid by both sides. These were later withdrawn as it proved difficult to find out who was the aggressive party.
1864	Hydrophobia	Hosford	Bandon	In service of Earl of Bandon, bitten by dog and later died from hydrophobia
1867	School appointment	Miss Stothard – Principal of Onehunga Young Ladies School	Auckland	Miss Stothard was formerly Principal of Bandon Training School for Teachers (2½ yrs) and has a testimonial from Rev C Bernard, brother of the Earl of Bandon
1868	Fenian trial	Burke	Old Bailey	Reference to Burke having a mother and sister residing in Bandon
1869	Election			Liberals carried Bandon in Parliamentary elections
1870	Land question	Earl of Bandon – Agricultural Dinner	Cork	Asserts that landlords and tenants ‘are on the best and kindliest terms and no grievances exist’ and that the country is prosperous.
1870	Seeking	Robert Moore		Formerly of Bandon and late of Melbourne, asked to contact James O’Mahony, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia
1870	Obituary	Countess Dowager of Bandon		Reported several NZ papers
1871	Dublin Ball	Lady Olive Guiness	Dublin	Daughter of the Earl of Bandon, described as ‘a glittering apparition’ with dark Spanish-like beauty
1873	Court case	Joseph, John and Patrick Hourihan	Dunmanaway, trial at Bandon quarter sessions.	Arrested for firing at and wounding a distant relative, John Hourihan, over a farm from which Joseph Hourihan had been ejected and the victim put in his place. Victim not expected to recover
1873	Flooding		Bandon	Rivers said to be so high that ‘seven salmon were killed in the streets of Bandon, some in the very houses’
1874	Population		1871 Census Bandon	Population of Bandon 6131, 68% Catholic and 32% Protestant.
1874	Parliament	Swanston	Bandon	Liberal member for Bandon
1877	Marriage	John H Shine of Bandon and Isabel Boston of Roscommon	Wellington	Isabel = daughter of late Thomas Boston
1877	Death	Earl of Bandon
1878	Drowning	George Hay, John Rooney, Peter McSweeney.	Innishannon	Three Monks, Brothers from Upton Boys Reformatory drowned in Bandon River, less than a mile from the home. A fourth, Denis McCarthy, survived.
1878	Incident at funeral	Woman said to have become a Roman Catholic shortly before death	Bandon	2 COI ministers present at service at request of husband, a Protestant. 2 Catholic priests seized the coffin and took it off for interment with RC ceremonies
1878	Death	Earl Russell		Elected to represent Bandon in 1826
1878	Fire	Allman’s Distillery	Bandon	Fire destroyed the millroom with malthouse and 400 barrels of grain. One life was lost. Damage estimated at £6000
1878	Death	Very Rev Canon O’Brien	Bandon	Parish Priest, described as ‘gifted preacher, erudite scholar and zealous priest’
1878	Market		Bandon	Bandon butter market to be revived
1878	British Association	Professor Allman and Professor Tyndall		Professor Allman, President for the coming year. Both men natives of Bandon
1880	Election	Captain Percy Bernard, Alexander Swanston	Bandon	Bernard (Conservative) replaced Swanston (Liberal)
1880	Election inquiry	Bandon included in list of places where there is suspicion of widespread bribery and corruption in the most recent election		Conservatives and Liberals said to be equally guilty
1883	Meeting of landlords	Earl of Bandon – presiding	Cork	Landlords seeking abolition of the tithe-rent charge
1883	Exhibition	Earl of Bandon	Cork	The Cork Industrial Exhibition was opened by the Earl on July 3^rd
1884	Weavers	William Howitt – book ‘The Aristocracy of England”	Bandon	Stated that numbers of weavers had declined from 6000 to less than 100 since the Act of Union 1800
1885	Representation	Bandon borough		To merge into County as population under 15000
1886	Retaliation	Harris	Kilbrittain	Pins were found inserted into turnips on the farm of Harris, who had taken over an evicted farm the property of Lord Bandon
1886	Marriage	R H Davies, River Bank, Inglewood to Ida Mary Cornwall of Bandon	Bell Block, Wanganui	Ida = 2^nd dau of Capt Cornwall, late 75^th Reg
1886	Burial	Rev P J Magner	Knockavilly	Died in Dunmanaway aged 36 yrs. After services in Dunmanaway the funeral left for the family burial place in Knockavilly
1886	Crops	Bandon Deanery	Bandon	The Deanery passed a resolution on Sept 7^th calling the Government’s attention to the sad state and condition of the country’s crops
1886	National League	Rev William Murphy	Kilbrittain	Enthusiastic meeting held on Sept 26^th attended by Alderman Hooper and John O’Brien from Cork
1886	Rents	Earl of Bandon		Threatens to take legal measure if rents, grinding as they are, are not paid immediately
1887	Rents	Bandon Board of Guardians – meeting Nov 3^rd 1886	Bandon	Names mentioned: Collins, O’Hea and F J Beamish. Landlord Guardians said to be in the majority and a motion to reinstate the tenants of Mr Beamish was defeated 15 to 10
1887	Sale of cattle	John Stanley	Clifford, Innishannon	A Sherriff’s sale of cattle took place where Stanley’s cattle, which had been seized by J W Payne, agent to R Frewen. The cattle were purchased by E O’Driscoll, a member of the National League, and were later decorated and taken to his farm which adjoins Stanley’s.
1887	Evicted tenants	Bandon Board of Guardians	Bandon	Reminded by Local Govt Board that it is illegal to set aside special wards for evicted tenants to diet them differently from other inmates. If the rules were infringed the Guardians would be liable for the costs and would not be recompensed.
1887	Eviction	Tim Hurley – from his home commonly known as Tim Hurley’s Castle. Only his wife and five children were at home	Castle View, Ballinascarthy	60 policemen, plus various officials including County Inspector Curling of Bandon
1887	Storm	Board of Guardians	Bandon	Terrific gust of wind took the roof off the board room during a meeting and brought proceedings to an immediate halt.
1887		Board of Guardians – C Crowley	Bandon	Moved that the Board take the necessary steps to have the town placed under the Towns Improvement Act.
1887	Eviction	Maurice Hickey	Kilbeg	Evicted from farm, landlord = Denis Wade, rent is £2 per acre, double the government valuation. Eviction carried out by John Savage, Kinsale and 8 policemen. About 200 people gathered including Very Rev Canon McSwiney and C Crowley. Mr Wade is a middle man and his agent is G T Applebee, Deputy County Surveyor, North Main St.
1887	Jubilee	Town Commissioners	Bandon	Refused to take any steps in connection with the 50^th Anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign
1887	Football	Bandon team	Cork	Match played between Cork and Bandon, part of the Munster Challenge cup, which Bandon holds. Bandon won by a goal and a try to nothing.
1887	Bishop	Dr J J Doyle, Bishop of Grafton, Australia		J J Doyle was born at Kilmurry, near Bandon on Dec 5^th 1849.
1887	Eviction	George Ross, Edward Unkles	Castleventry	Evicted for non-payment of rent for 18 months, from property of Richard Beamish, Bandon. Both have large families. A sub-tenant of Ross named Cullinane was also put out with his family.
1887	Meeting	Very Rev Canon McSweeny	Bandon	Large open air meeting to protest against coercion. Other speakers: Rev Denis McCarthy, P J McCarthy and J P Howard.
1887	Horse racing	McDonagh	Bandon	Master McDonagh, riding Sailor without a bridle for much of the race, won a difficult 4½ mile race on a course laid out near Bandon.
1887	Meeting	Newspaper reporters	Bandon	At a Nationalist meeting the representative of the Cork Constitution and Brandon, of the London Illustrated News, were roughly handled.
1887	Commissioners	J Foley	Bandon	At Sept 5^th Meeting a resolution was passed against the passing of the Coercion Act and the proclaiming of the National League. Rev J Stevenson, Protestant clergyman, seconded the motion.
1888	Damage	Scots Church	Bandon	More than sixty panes of glass in the Scots Church in Watergate were discovered broken on a recent Sunday morning.
1888	Arrest	Dr J Magner	Ballinadee	Arrested under the Coercion Act for delivering a Nationalist speech at Ballinadee – now imprisoned in Cork gaol for 2 months. (Later in same year elected Medical Officer of the Timoleague Dispensary)
1888	Marriage	Munchin Keenan of Camerons near Greymouth NZ to Elizabeth Jane Brian of Timaru	Greymouth	Munchin = youngest son of Eugene Keenan of Bandon, artist. Elizabeth = eldest dau of late Thomas Brian, grain merchant of Timaru
1888	Rents		Bandon	30% and 40% reductions allowed in Middleton and Bandon by the Sub-Commissioners
1888	Landlords	Lord Bandon, Duke of Devonshire		Lord Bandon owns 40941 acres in Co Cork, Duke of Devonshire has 32550 acres. Two of the three largest landowners in the County
1888	Evictions		Bandon	60 tenants on the Bandon Estate have been served with eviction notices
1888	Eviction	Denis Sullivan	Laragh	Has always paid his rent and ‘noticed’ under the eviction-made-easy clause. Eviction was unexpected and ruthless. The Duke of Devonshire is the ‘land thief’.
1888	Meeting	Hon Ashley and Mrs Ponsonby	Bandon	Attended a Nationalist meeting at Bandon – supporters of Home Rule for Ireland
1889	Commemoration	Allen, Larkin and O’Brien	Bandon	Large crowd gathered on ‘dripping wet’ night and sang in memory of the ‘Manchester Martyrs’. Police armed with swords and batons charged the procession but retired after several hours.
1889	Death	General John Longfield aged 85 yrs	Kilcoleman, Bandon	Colonel of ‘The Kings’ Liverpool Regiment
1889	Taking fish illegally	John McCarthy prosecuted by William Heron	Bandon River	William Heron = secretary to the Bandon Fishery Conservators. McCarthy gaoled for 2 months.
1889	Prosecution	O’Connell	Bandon	A respectable farmer prosecuted for writing on a poster the words ‘God Save Ireland’. He admitted the charge ‘but queerly was allowed off with a caution’.
1890		John McSweeney	Tullylands	Stopped by two policemen and asked to open his saddle bag. When he refused, the police slashed open the bag and found only a plough coulter
1890	Eviction	Ellen Ring, Thomas Cotter, Daniel Crowley, Driscoll	Borleigh, Kilbrittain	Evicted from holdings which were of poor quality and rents were difficult even in good times. The Bandon Union refused them outdoor relief after eviction.
1890	Union	John C Hickey	Ballymodan, Bandon	Elected as Nationalist Poor Law Guardian for the Ballymodan district.
1890	Deaths	Rev Edward Butler, Rev D Crowley	Bandon	Father Butler died at his father’s home near Bandon. Father Crowley also from the area, died in Cork. Both were in the first year of their ministry.
1891	Evictions	John Connor, Margaret White	Creaghmore, Clonakilty	In very poor circumstances and evicted on a wet day. Neighbours Arthur Hurley and John Sullivan provided alternative accommodation for the evicted families.
1892	Accident		Bandon	Cattle train of 30 wagons plus a carriage of about 40 passengers was wrecked near the Bandon station. More than 100 cattle were killed or injured, and two drovers injured.
1892	Death	Sergeant Barrett aged 56 yrs	Wellington	A native of Bandon, had joined the NZ Police Force approximately 28 yrs ago and had served 10 yrs in the Royal Irish Constabulary. Leaves a wife and 4 grown-up sons
1892	Death	Sgt Major John Bevin aged 61 yrs	Dunedin	A native of Bandon, born 19^th July 1831. Served apprenticeship to carpentry trade in Tipperary before enlisting with the 8^th Royal Hussars (Kings Own). Leaves a wife and grown-up family of 7.
1892	Cattle		Bandon	Low prices for cattle - £2.10 the highest realised.
1893	Commemoration	William Allen, Larkin and O’Brien – executed at Manchester for Fenianism	Bandon	2000 people said to have attended, with a significant absence of police presence. Mentioned as present: C J Collins, D J Galvin.
1894	Fire	Captain Sarsfield	Shippool	House destroyed by fire
1897		Mr Dillon	Bandon	Speaks of the need for a Catholic University
1897	Death	Mrs Hungerford	St Brenda’s, Bandon	Well-known Irish novelist (nee Hamilton), suffering from typhoid, she was attended by Dr J J Welply of Bandon. Works include ‘Molly Bawn’.
1897	Park	Sir John Arnott	Bandon	Mention of Sir John having given the people of Bandon a public park.
1897	Death	Mary Wheeler of Bandon, aged 72 yrs	Bandon	2^nd dau of late Richard Wheeler, sister of R T Wheeler, Dunedin?
1897	Visit of South Australian Premier	C C Kingston – visiting G K Sherlock, his cousin. Addressed a town meeting – comments on Irish capacity for government	Bandon	Others present: R W Sherlock, Thomas Scanlon, T K Sullivan, J Walsh, J Buckley, H Desmond, J O’Driscoll, P Butler, M Walsh, J Crowley, J McDonnell, R Griffith, R E Sergeant, G A Armstrong.
1897	Letter to the editor	Quotes from report of Daniel O’Connell’s visit to Bandon in 1839		Reported to have been 30000 people gathered to hear O’Connell speak
1898	Biography	Gen Arthur O’Connor/Connor	Bandon	Nutshell biography relating to his role in the 1798 Rebellion. Son of Roger Connor of Connorville. Great-grandson of Daniel Connor, Merchant of Bandon
1898	Death	William Coveney aged 115 yrs	Kilpatrick	Had worked and lived at Kilpatrick for more than 90 yrs, right up until the last 12 months. Had memories of a great concentration of soldiers in Bandon in 1798 when the French fleet was in Bantry Bay.
1899	Catholic University	Lord Bandon		Seeking election to Bandon District Council as representative for Ballymodan, advocates a Catholic University for Ireland
1899	Home Rule	Bandon Union	Gorey	Gorey Union received a resolution recently passed by the Bandon Union in favour of Home Rule.
1901	Impending visit	Lord Lieutenant and Lady Cadogan	Bandon	To visit Lord Bandon at Bandon
1901	Death	John Sweeney aged 50 yrs	Kilpatrick	Injured in an accident with a furze machine and died some days later. Employed by M Nash, leaves a wife and eleven children
1901	Death	Thomas White	Ballinascarthy	A District Councillor. Interred at Kilnagross, funeral attended by many Bandon people
1901	Death	Timothy Scanlon JP	Bandon	At his home, Shannon Lodge
1901	Death	Ven J Coghlan	Cork	Archdeacon of Cork and parish priest of Blackrock. Born Bandon 1835?
1901		O’Sullivan	Buxton-on-Trent	Head brewer at Bass’ Brewery. Holds Blue Ribbon in a special line of chemistry and considered to be the finest brewer in the world
1901	Clerical changes	Rev Jeremiah Coghlan, Rev Michael O’Sullivan	Bandon/Cork	Rev Coghlan to move from Bandon to the Cathedral. Rev O’Sullivan to replace him in Bandon
1901	Death	John R Wheeler aged 78 yrs	North Main St, Bandon	9^th Oct 1901. Eldest son of late Richard Wheeler and only brother of R T Wheeler, Dunedin
1901	Death	Canon McCarthy aged 60 yrs	Blackrock, Cork	Of Ballincollig, born in Bandon
1902	Purchase of land holdings	23 tenants of the Leinster and Munster Bank in vicinity of Bandon	Bandon – approximately 50 separate farms	J Wren selected to negotiate with banks. Very Rev Canon Shinkwin also mentioned
1902	Athletics	P Roche	Cork	Of Bandon. Second in 100 yrds Handicap Open Sprint which featured American A F Duffey. First in the 220 yds.
1902	Rescue	Timothy Crowley, John Hosford	Bandon River	Timothy of Ballineen, received Royal Humane Society testimonial and £1 for rescuing a youth named Condell. John Hosford also received a testimonial for his attempts to save the same boy.
1903	Land	Canon Shinkwin	Bandon	Warns tenants to be careful of making bargains under the new Land Act – responsibilities would be binding for 70 yrs
1903	Sale	Lord Bandon		Lord Bandon gives notice of his intention to sell his estates in Co Cork – extensive holdings with some 15000 tenants
1903	Sale	R W Doherty	Bandon	First sale under the new Land Act – small separate estate belonging to Doherty and held by one of the largest farmers in the area
1904	Cross	Mrs Axford	Kilbrogan	Erection of a Celtic cross on her brother’s grave in the Protestant cemetery led to the cross being taken down and ‘flung into a ditch’ by the Church authorities. The cross was later rescued and re-erected in a public street with additional wording.
1904	Marriage	John Jagoe Welply and Oriel Adelaide Cave	Dunedin	John = only son of J J Welply, MD of Floraville, Bandon. Oriel = only dau of Arthur O S Cave, Schull
1905	Death	Richard Love Allman	Bandon?	Head of Allman and Dowden, Distillers
1905	Land	Canon Shinkwin/Arnott	Bandon	Canon Shinkwin calculated that Sir John Arnott was seeking a profit of £112000 on the amount he had paid for the Devonshire estates
1906	Fire	Bandon Hosiery Co	Bandon	Fire in November 1905 caused £1000 of damage
1906	Rescue	Owen Mahony/W O’Regan	Bandon	Owen received a testimonial from the Royal Humane Society for the rescue of W O’Regan from the river at Bandon on June 10^th
1906	Death	Rev Timothy Canon Murray	Douglas, Cork	Born in Murragh in 1830
1912	National Convention on Home Rule	Bandon Council declines to send representative		Dissatisfied with treatment of All-for-Ireland League
1914	Death	Rev Mother Brigid Desmond aged 53 yrs	Pahiatua, New Zealand	Born in Bandon. Worked in NSW before coming to N.Z. Interred at Mangatainoka cemetery.
1917	Death	Charles Shinkwin aged 80 yrs. Railwayman	Greymouth	Brother of Dean Shinkwin Dean of Cork, Canon Shinkwin of Bandon and Rev Father Shinkwin of Cork. Survived by daughters Norah and Mary of Greymouth, and son Michael of Whangarei.
1920	Inquest	Mulhern	Bandon	No jurors attended – further reprisals expected
1920	Arrest	Young woman arrested	Bandon	Suspicion that she was carrying Sinn Fein dispatches
1920	Shooting	Police Sergeant	Bandon	Shot on way to Mass
1920	Fire	Bandon Hosiery Factory	Bandon	Burned and all stock and machinery destroyed. Estimated value of damage = £50000. Believed to be started by soldiers
1920	Shooting		Bandon	Three civilians shot by police.