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Actions	White Letter \| Goold-Verschoyle Estate, Co Limerick Remove from selection Add to selection TitleWhite Letter \| Goold-Verschoyle Estate, Co Limerick ReferenceIE 627/SM621 Date 5 Sep 1906 CreatorWhite, EW \| fl1894-1916 \| Belfast and Athea, County Limerick \| Solicitor Production date 1906 - 1906 Scope and ContentPhotocopy of letter from E.W. White, Water Buildings, Waring Street, Belfast, to 'Dear Sir', regarding estate and land ownership matters, referring to the Goold/Versachoyle-Goold estate in Athea, West county Limerick. 'In the North of Ireland we do not realise the extraordinary revolution that is taking place in the South under the Land Purchase Acts'. The author relates that he intends to review the recent purchase of the estate in order to refute charges of bigotry leveled against the Catholics of the South and to exemplify the changes taking place. Sergeant Goold bought the lands in question from Lord Courtenay in c.1817 and was a life long friend of Daniel O'Connell ('The Liberator'). He was an 'excellent landlord', readjusting through an arbitrator the tenants' rent in the difficult times following the Napoleonic wars. The author states that in later years a son of Sergeant Goold, known as 'The Archdeacon', 'steeped in feudalism regarded himself as a demigod, and his tenants serfs', built a church and distributed bibles and religious tracts to the tenants, 'tampering with the religious convictions of the Catholics'. This caused feuds and demoralisation. The Archdeacon also settled the first Protestants in the estate. According to the author, relations have been of the 'most exemplary character' between the two denominations, even in times of trouble. Mentions Fenians, and 'moonlighters'. Notes that in particular Protestant clergyman Canon Vance was very kind to Catholics. Outlines changes to the Goold estate since the sale, with the main house being sold to a tenant. Extent16pp Physical descriptionPhotocopy LanguageEnglish Persons keywordGoold-Verschoyle family \| Athea, County Limerick SubjectLanded Estate Papers, Landlords and Tenants, 20th century AccessHard copies: Accessible to Readers by appointment. Access restrictions apply to some collections. Digital object/copy: see Download Media and/or Digital Reference RightsLicensing information available on request by email to archivist@corkcity.ie Copyright Cork City and County Archives, Cork City Council, unless otherwise indicated. All Rights Reserved. LevelFonds RepositoryCork City and County Archives Download mediaDownload media

TitleWhite Letter | Goold-Verschoyle Estate, Co Limerick

ReferenceIE 627/SM621

Date

5 Sep 1906

CreatorWhite, EW | fl1894-1916 | Belfast and Athea, County Limerick | Solicitor

Production date 1906 - 1906

Scope and ContentPhotocopy of letter from E.W. White, Water Buildings, Waring Street, Belfast, to 'Dear Sir', regarding estate and land ownership matters, referring to the Goold/Versachoyle-Goold estate in Athea, West county Limerick. 'In the North of Ireland we do not realise the extraordinary revolution that is taking place in the South under the Land Purchase Acts'. The author relates that he intends to review the recent purchase of the estate in order to refute charges of bigotry leveled against the Catholics of the South and to exemplify the changes taking place. Sergeant Goold bought the lands in question from Lord Courtenay in c.1817 and was a life long friend of Daniel O'Connell ('The Liberator'). He was an 'excellent landlord', readjusting through an arbitrator the tenants' rent in the difficult times following the Napoleonic wars. The author states that in later years a son of Sergeant Goold, known as 'The Archdeacon', 'steeped in feudalism regarded himself as a demigod, and his tenants serfs', built a church and distributed bibles and religious tracts to the tenants, 'tampering with the religious convictions of the Catholics'. This caused feuds and demoralisation. The Archdeacon also settled the first Protestants in the estate. According to the author, relations have been of the 'most exemplary character' between the two denominations, even in times of trouble. Mentions Fenians, and 'moonlighters'. Notes that in particular Protestant clergyman Canon Vance was very kind to Catholics. Outlines changes to the Goold estate since the sale, with the main house being sold to a tenant.

Extent16pp

Physical descriptionPhotocopy

LanguageEnglish

Persons keywordGoold-Verschoyle family | Athea, County Limerick

SubjectLanded Estate Papers, Landlords and Tenants, 20th century

AccessHard copies: Accessible to Readers by appointment. Access restrictions apply to some collections. Digital object/copy: see Download Media and/or Digital Reference

LevelFonds

RepositoryCork City and County Archives

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