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by Kevin November 30, 2020
War of Independence

The Centenary of the murders of Patrick Tierney and Sean O’Carroll

Who were these men and why are they been so honoured each year? To get a better understanding of this let me bring you back in time to Ardee on the early morning of the 30th November 1920.

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by Kevin May 25, 2020
History , Local History

Census of Atherdee Barony in 1659

Inspired by William Petty's obsessive concern with the ratio of Irish to English in each barony and county, a most crucial component of the ‘Census’ is the listing of the principal family names at the end of each baronial entry.

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by Kevin April 13, 2020
History , Local History

General Election in Ardee in 1768

The Ardee Corporation Minute Books along with the Ruxton Transcripts are now in the County Archives in Dundalk. However, I made copies of them over 20 years ago and have recently digitalised them all with a view to making them available online in the near future.

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by Kevin March 4, 2020
History , Local History

1766 ‘Census’ of the United Parishes of Ardee, Shanlish, Smarmore, Stickillen and Kildemock.

The original list was compiled in 1766 by the Vicar of Ardee, William Lill, most likely from the Parochial Tythes Book. Tythes were another form of taxation and constituted a levy raised by the Church upon the population to fund its institutions.

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