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Mrs. Hoggebonne : graphic.
Unknown location. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-116. -
Mrs Hodgeboom on the Strand in Youghal : graphic.
Photograph of May Horgan's mother, Mrs Hodgeboom, on the strand in Youghal. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number D40T9183-. -
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Mourneabbey
The following is the Irish Tourist Association and General Survey for Mourneabbey. -
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Mountlong, Near Belgooly : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 03, no. 13 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. MOUNTLONG. Near Belgooly. - Smith. Vol.I. p.218. A handsome castle of the Longs. It was deserted by the Irish in 1642 when Col. Brocket landed in Kinsale. - Vol.II. p.128. Mr. Long, High Sheriff of the County, formed a camp at Belgooly in 1641, where he was joined by Mac Fineen's brother. Lewis. Vol.II. p.182. An example of the fortified houses of Elizabethan style, built about 1638. It was taken by Cromwell and given to some of his soldiers with the annexed estate. - Cork Journal. 1892. p.168. Thomas Long, who died in Kinsale in 1603, is spoken of as having extensive property in Kinalea and Muskerry. His heir was John Long, a minor, who was entitled to a Manor of 600 acres with a creek called Oysterhaven. Tuckey, in the "Cork Remembrancer" 1837, says that the date 1631 was visible on the stucco till lately. The windows of the centre room of the first floor are divided into 6 compartments of stone. The oaken lintels have been torn away. At the corners were square towers, one has fallen. Gables surmount the building. In the windows were iron bars. The cornice of the principal room was decorated with figures. Monkstown castle is nearly similar. John Long joined in the 1641 Rising, and formed a camp at Belgooly, he was then High Sheriff of the County. When an English Company landed at Kinsale the Camp was given up and John Long was finally taken and executed by order of Cromwell. There is a tale that Long's daughter, hearing that her father had been defeated, set fire to the castle. There are signs of fire, a burnt lintel. In 1649 Long made his will. In 1661 John Long, junior, was given permission to retain his father's lands if he could compensate "the adventurers in possession". He does not seem to have succeeded in doing so. - - Page 02. MOUNTLONG. - Cork Journal. 1907. A letter from Tristram Whetcombe, Mayor of Kinsale, tells how the castle was besieged in 1642 with 300 men, but the garrison had fled and taken the best of the provisions, leaving o -
Mother and two boys : graphic.
Photograph of a mother, Communion boy, and a boy in a sailor suit. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-283. -
Mother and little boy in long trousers : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-269. -
Mother and daughter : graphic.
Portrait of a mother and her daughter in the 1930's. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-291.