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Louth / Re: James Gartlan / Seamus of Drogheda
« on: Thursday 31 December 20 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
James Gartlan ran a distillery in Carrickmacross. When he bought Carolan's distillery in 1822 he closed his original distillery. Gartlans ran the distillery till it closed c.1860. Partial ruins still stand in the grounds of the St Louis Convent, close by the new Civic Centre and Library. His son Thomas McEvoy Gartlan was a leading Nationalist in S. Monaghan who supported Daniel O Connell. O Connell stayed in Gartlan's home, Monalty House when he came to address one of his Repeal Meetings in April 1843. There is a grave in the cemetery attached to the former Ch.of Ireland, Donaghmoyne and Thomas McE and family are buried in St Joseph's cemetery,Carrickmacross.
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Monaghan / Re: Carrickmacross Grammar School (otherwise known as the Viscount Weymouth School?)
« on: Wednesday 30 December 20 23:17 GMT (UK)  »
 Hi Runner55 Some info on the School that may be of benefit.
Founded in 1703 by Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth(ancestor of the Marquis of Bath).
Charter granted in 1711. Purpose to provide an education for the sons of his tenants. Initially a Boarding school it attracted pupils from all over Ireland & from abroad. Day boys were admitted, many of whom were catholics. In 1884 it became a co-ed school admitting girls under a new headmaster, the Rev. Mr Thomas Troughton. Between 1923  and 1925 the headmaster was the Rev. L.W.H.Dickson. He was succeeded as Head by Harold Robert Meacock in 1925.He retired at the end of the 1955-6 school year, The school closed and was sold to a local co-op. Demolished circa 1979 and replaced by retail outlets and a carpark. See Letters from Past Pupils in the Clogher Record2016-17 & 2018-19 available online from JSTOR or from The Clogher Hist.Soc.St Macartan's College,Monaghan.  e-mail: (*)      Cheers.



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