NAI

1. Exchequer Court of Equity Bill Books, 1674-1850.
   • Ancestry
   • Search for Rahilly, Blennerhassett, Cashel.

2. Letters from Theobald Butler, Sept and Nov 1824, [CSORP]. Does he name his father?

3. Business Records Survey no.117
   • This is an old PRO reference, from 1989. This item cannot now be found in NAI. It may be in [KCL].
   • See original reference.
   • From [Kelly and others, 1989, p.396].
   • It has a Blennerhassett/Chute deed of 1804 relating to Blennerville. It may have more deeds and papers.

4. Search for Caleb Chute will 1851.

More

1. CSORP searches - Butler, Yielding
2. CSORP searches - 1834 on - Blennerville, Churchtown, Blennerhassett

3. Blennerhassett in [Crossle Genealogical Abstracts]. Does not look relevant.

Wills

The Baronets family had lots of wills, but almost all were burnt in 1922.

1. DONE - Searched all Blennerhassett wills in:
   • Testamentary index cards in RR.
   • Wills 1858 on.

2. Testamentary index cards have:
   • No Yielding wills.
   • No Hurly wills.

3. [Jehan] says transcripts exist of:
   • Will of Sir Robert Blennerhassett, 2nd Baronet. His will dated 17 Sept 1831. Will proved 1832.
   • Will of his son William Blennerhassett. His will dated 7 June 1835, proved Oct 1835.

NLI

1. Hurly in [Denny, 1923]
2. HURLY in Crisp's Visitation of Ireland
3. Eagar, 1861

4. Trinity College Estate, 1800-1923, Robert MacCarthy, 1992.

5. The College: A History of Queen's University College Cork by John A. Murphy, 1995.

NLI Ms

1. Rowan papers

2. Hurly in Ms 8316 (15).
3. HURLY in Crisp's Visitation of Ireland

4. Eagar - Re-visit [Ms 4112]
   • Have read up to p.115
   • My 2008 site thought this might "have Cashell pedigree".
   • See Eagar and Cashel

5. [NA.UK] has an unusual entry in Discovery: Blennerhassett family, baronets, of Blennerville. Family and estate papers. 18th cent-19th cent. Held by: NLI. See MS sources for the History of Irish Civilization, supplement 1965-75, 1979.
   Cannot see this in NLI catalogue.

NLI offsite

1. Find BLENNERHASSETT in Debrett's Baronetage before 1828.
   • Debrett's Baronetage, 1824. 929722 d 1. Offsite Special Access.
   • Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1829. 929721 d 2. Offsite Special Access.

2. Arthur Blennerhassett of Blennerville is mentioned in connection with schools in Blennerville 1824 [Heritage Council, 2001].

Letters of any Co.Kerry gentry family around 1806

If there was a Rowland Blennerhassett scandal around 1806, almost any Co.Kerry family might mention it in gossip.

• Knight of Kerry papers
  • Microfilm and some original at [NLI].
  • Microfilm at [PRO.NI]. See home page and catalogue.
  • 18 volumes. 1750 to 1850 period. Mainly letters of 17th Knight of Kerry and 18th Knight of Kerry.
  • Vols 1 to 17 are in family possession. Microfilm copies in NLI main room POS 9074-9082 and in [PRO.NI] MIC/639.
  • NLI POS 9082 has Vol 17 plus index.
  • Vol 18 original is meant to be in [NLI]. Can't find ref. This volume is letters dated 1796 to 1884 "abstracted from the general series because of the celebrity of the correspondents". Mostly about politics. Photocopy in [PRO.NI] T/3075.
  • See Transcripts of Knight of Kerry letters in Denny papers.

  • The 17th Knight was born 1717, succ 1779, died 1781. The 18th Knight was born 1774, succ 1781, died 1849. After his father's death, he was the ward of Judge Robert Day of Tralee. Judge Day is one of the principal correspondents in these letters.
  • Volumes 9 and 10 are 1803-1816 letters and papers of 18th Knight.

  
  

• Talbot Crosbie Papers at NLI Ms
  • Letters to John Crosbie from Judge Robert Day, 1784-1813. 34 items. MS 50,545/6/30

• NLI Ms other
  • MS 49,848/1-2. A letter from Daniel O'Connell to Sir Arthur Blennerhassett, 3rd Baronet, on business matters, 2 Nov 1835. A legal opinion concerning a will, signed by O'Connell, 9 June 1819.
  • Ms 29,065. Correspondence between Maurice "Hunting Cap" O'Connell and Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry. 2 items. 1803, 1809.

• McGillycuddy papers. Where are originals?

George Cashel in letters / politics

• George Cashel is apparently supporting Home Rule politics at Carlow in 1879.
• According to my theory, his 1st cousin's son Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett was elected Home Rule MP in 1872.
• Maybe George wrote to him?

• Note that Letitia Blennerhassett (Hurly) is of the Home Rule line. Though she died long before Home Rule times. She died before 1834. She is grandmother of the Home Rule MP. She may be George Cashel's aunt.

• Records of Home Rule association at Carlow?
• Newspaper search for meetings.

Blennerhassett Cashel in letters / politics

Blennerhassett Cashel knew Stephen O'Mara, Home Rule MP.
He knew David Sheehy, Home Rule MP.
He was apparently 2nd cousin of Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett, Home Rule MP.
He was apparently 2nd cousin of Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet, Liberal MP. He went to a talk by him.
Did he correspond with any of these? Was he interested in politics? Does he appear in any letters?

1. NUIG - Rynne papers

2. UL - Stephen O'Mara the younger papers
   Partially consulted. Images photographed.

   
   

3. David Sheehy, MP letters
   • Sheehy Skeffington Papers. [NLI] Ms.

4. Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett, Home Rule MP letters
   • He was alive in 1900 when James O'Mara became Home Rule MP. Wonder did he write to James, who had married (possibly) the dau of his 2nd cousin.

5. 4th Baronet, Liberal MP papers
   • Did (his 2nd cousin?) Blennerhassett Cashel of Cork correspond with him when he was President of Queens College Cork?
   • For 4th Baronet papers from Queen's College, Cork, period, try reading the histories of UCC.
   • 4th Baronet was alive in 1900 when James O'Mara became MP. Wonder did he write to James, who had married (possibly) the dau of his 2nd cousin.

Blennerhassett Cashel was involved in the following. Find records:

• Catholic Institute, Limerick, 1892. He was apparently Secretary.

• Cork Catholic Young Men's Society (or Cork Young Men's Society), Cork, 1898 to 1904.
  See Cork Catholic Young Men's Society - A History - 1852 - 2010. See advert.

RIA

• Diary of Justice Robert Day
• Go through entire original diary in [RIA].
• Is the entire diary printed in [O'Carroll, 2004]?

• Get photocopy of entire Diary of 1807-1813 from Beinecke Library.

• Also see [Day, 1938]
• And other Day papers.

RCB

• [RCB]

• MS1110. Transcript of Rathkeale par records.
  • Yielding marriage 1798.

Other Dublin

1. [TCD]
   • Find BLENNERHASSETT in Debrett's Baronetage before 1828.
   • Debrett's Baronetage, 1819. Vol.1 and Vol.2. Early Printed Books Stacks. 68.ee.86 and 87.
   • Debrett's Baronetage, 1828. Vol.1 and Vol.2. Early Printed Books Stacks. G.ll.38 and 39.

2. [UCD]
   • MacSwiney papers. Letters from Cashel sisters?

3. [DCA]
   • Find source for the Richard Yeilding entry in [Dublin directory, 1738].
   • This is a special modern compilation from various sources.
   • Think the Richard Yeilding entry is NOT from Watson's Almanack. It has no general list of people at this stage.
   • The Richard Yeilding entry might be from the collection of bail bonds of Apr-Sept 1738. Now in DCA.

4. GROI
   • Hewson

KCL

1. Chute papers
   Have searched SL/B/1(1-12).
   Do rest of SL/B/1.

2. Collins papers again.

3. P30 Blennerhassett papers
   Seems to be mainly Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, but family tree may show other lines.

Other Ireland

1. Local custody - St.Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, par records.
   • Millicent Agnes Yielding bapt 18 Dec 1742.
   • Microfilm copy of original in [NAI] Microfilm 15. Have done first pass.

2. Dromavally, Killorglin
   • Rowland Blennerhassett junior was buried 1840 in "the family vault at Droumavally".
   • No burial register survives for Killorglin for this period.
   • See Dromavally (old) burials 1927 on.
   • Grave photos. Has a Blennerhassett grave from 1870s.

3. Baronets graves
   • Rowland Blennerhassett junior is in Dromavally.
   • Arthur Blennerhassett is in Blennerville. There might have been more, but church and site were cleared.
   • Churchtown House is beside Knockane church and graveyard.

UK

1. 4th Baronet papers

2. [BL]
   • Richard Francis Blennerhassett letters.

LR

• Blennerhassett deeds in LR

DONE

• DONE - Looked at all Rowland Blennerhassett in 1758-1821
• DONE - Looked at all Robert Blennerhassett in 1800-1809
• DONE - Looked at all Baronet branch names in 1804-1859

Searching for Baronet branch deeds

• Robert (d.1766), Frances
  • Rowland (d.1821)
    • Millicent
    • Richard (d.1817), Agnes (d.1842)
    • Robert (d.1831)
    • Arthur (d.1839), Helena Jane (d.1846)
    • William (d.1842), Elizabeth (d.1857)
    • Rowland (d.1854), Letitia (d.pre-1855)
  • Arthur (d.1790), Catherine (d.1810)
    • Robert(d.1814), Catherine (d.1841)

• Find wills / will substitutes for Millicent's siblings.
• In a multi-person deed, the name it is listed under in the index is often fairly random. This is true for both the Grantor and Grantee side. Just need to search anything remotely plausible.
• (todo) Search for other Kerry surnames as Grantor to Blennerhassett.

To do

• Mark all searched deeds in yellow in table.

• Do similar table and search for all YIELDING / YEILDING deeds.
• Search BUTLER of Waterville/Belville. Going to be hard. Too many false hits.
• Search HASSETT.

• View originals:
  • Arthur Blennerhassett marriage settlement, 1799. His mother Millicent Agnes Yielding was apparently alive as at this deed. Online image is illegible. See original. How is her name spelt?
  • [Deed, May 1795]. Online image is obscured. See original.
  • [Deed, apparently 1789]. Online image is hard to read. See original. Is it really 1789?
  • Rosana Blennerhassett in Grantors Index 1816. Reference is illegible online.

• Find these:
  • Godfrey to Blennerhassett, 1788. [Deed, Dec 1802] refers to a deed of 25 Mar 1788 from Edward Godfrey to Rowland Blennerhassett about the house in Tralee where the 1st Baronet then lived.
    Searched Godfrey in Grantor index 1788 to 1792. Not found.

  • What appears to be yet another Deed of 25 Mar 1804. Richard Blennerhassett of Ballymacprior and Richard Chute of Chute Hall and Richard Blennerhassett of Blennerville. Transcript in [Kelly and others, 1989, p.396].
    Searched Blennerhassett in Grantor index 1804 to 1809. Not found.

Misc

• Story than Blen Cashel bought Scattery Island around 1883.

• Irrelevant: Blennerhassett of Newmarket, Co.Cork.
  • Deed, 1784. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin and Melian Blennerhassett of Rathkeale, widow. 435 289 285306.
  • Deed, 1794. Melian Blennerhassett of Dublin, widow, to Stoughton. 479 449 308212 (think not 306212).
  • Deed, 1797. Melian Blennerhassett of Co.Cork, widow, and her dau Sarah. 511 40 330125.
  • Deed, 1800. Registered 1806. [LR] 584 158 396318. Arthur William Blennerhassett.

• Unidentified:
  • Deed, 1788. Registered 1788. [LR] 387 541 263841. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin and Thomas O'Connor.
  • Deed, 1792. Registered 1801. Robert Blennerhassett of Milltown, Co.Kerry, to John Shea. 537 207 352595.
  • Deed, 1796. Registered 1804. [LR] 564 95 376561. Arthur Blennerhassett of Tralee to John O'Hagan.
  • Deed, 1806. Registered 1806. [LR] 586 9 394547. Arthur Blennerhassett of Tralee to O'Connor.
  • Deed, 1809. Registered 1809. [LR] 613 260 418577. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin, attorney, and Michael Dwyer.
  • Deed, 1840. Registered 1840. [LR] 1840 19 100. Arthur Blennerhassett of "Ballyordey", Co.Kerry.

Newspapers

• Kerry Evening Post is online
  • Many historical articles.

• Go through the following by Mary Agnes Hickson (died 1899)
  • May 7, 1892
  • May 18, 1892
  • May 24, 1893
  • 12 Aug 1893
  • 16 Aug 1893
  • 19 May 1894
  • June 13, 1894
  • 30 Sept 1896
  • 10 Oct 1896

• Hickson work reprinted after her death:
  • May-June 1908 reprints

  • 24 June 1908.
  • 5 Aug 1908
  • 22 Aug 1908
  • 26 Aug 1908
  • 29 Aug 1908
  • 19 Sept 1908
  • 28 Oct 1908
  • 16 June 1909
  • 4 Sept 1909

• Go through the following others:
  • June 18, 1892
  • 19 Oct 1892
  • 14 Mar 1908

George Cashel at school

1. Find listing of school children 1810-28
2. Blennerville or Churchtown

3. Erasmus Smith school, Blennerville
4. Erasmus Smith schools archive says about Blennerville school:
   • Founded 1811. Patron Sir R. Blennerhassett
   • Architectural plans exist 1812
   • Property documents exist 1812-1840.
   • No correspondence exists. This means no list of pupils exists.
   • Discontinued (from Erasmus Smith system) 1839. New school built 1840.

Letitia Yielding theory

• Letitia Yielding of Tralee
  • Some of the facts fit quite well.
  • See notes on Yielding theory.
  • See notes on Letitia Cashel.
  • Find more about the 1811 legal case.

Other theories

1. Arthur of Fortfield had a natural dau Elizabeth
   • She mar pre-1798 to Denis Murphy.
   • Maybe Murphy died and she then married Cashel?
   • We would then be looking for the marriage of Cashel with the widow Elizabeth Murphy, having issue George Cashel, born 1807.

2. Oliver Mason Creagh mar Cashel
   • He mar 1stly in 1863 to Letitia Collis (born 1837), grand-dau of Rowland Blennerhassett and Letitia Hurly.
   • After she died he mar 2ndly in 1869 to Annie Cashel.