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Dublin and Ireland News Roundup from August 1741
The piece reports aristocratic and civic matters in Ireland including actions of the States General on the Elector, Dublin assizes with 64 felons tried and several acquitted for poverty, appointments such as Parke as General and Commander in Chief, Hawkshaw marriage to Miss Madden, and local deaths. It details public works like a Cork Hill entrance, finds of antique coins, and transportation of felons. Also noted are fever deaths in Limerick and Cullen parish, plus bread price notes and a list of local ordnance prices. The report mentions several officials and citizens, including Lord Duplin and Lord Chief Justice John Reet, with continued fever and mortality amid rising fevers and fluxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athy
S Fors
Ireland
Lord Shannon
Utler
John Hawkshaw
Mo‘ighan
High Court of Admiralty
John Sterne
Clogher
Miss Madden
Madden
Stepney Rawson
Limerick
Cork
Magill
Carlow
Gosler
Newgate
Loughboy
John Allen
St. Woolfton’s
Donnacompter
England
Lord Duplin
Earl of Kinnoul
Our Revenue
Henryestreet
John Reet
King's End
Ormond Kay
Berry
Cobh Berry
Great Britain
John Lyndon
Carrickfergus
Thwaits
Augustine Thwaits
Bayliffs
Joseph Kane
Combe
Harclib
King’s End Church
Waterford
Morris
Cullen