A County Wexford Family in the Land War: The O’Hanlon Walshs of Knocktartan.
Author: URWIN, Margaret.
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2002. 64 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 41.
“The O’Hanlon Walsh family came to prominence during the decade of the land war, and its members had a powerful influence on events in south County Wexford generally, and in particular, on the parishes of Bannow and the Hook (Templetown), during that period. This work concentrates on the relationship of Fr David O’Hanlon Walsh with the tenants of the marquis of Ely on the Hook estate, and on his leadership of them in their agitation. It examines too, the roles of his brother, Nicholas, who was imprisoned under the Protection of Person and Property Act, and his sister, Mary Anne, who stepped into the breach when she was most needed. Considerable tensions were raised in the community when the siting of labourers’ cottages in Bannow became linked to the election of a Poor Law Guardian in 1883-4. The popularity of the O’Hanlon Walsh family was manifested in glowing testimonials to both Fr David and Nicholas; when Fr David was transferred from the Hook by the bishop in 1884, the door of Templetown church was nailed up to prevent access to the new curate. Fr Walsh, during his sojourn in Wexford Town, agitated on behalf of ‘Nationalist’ shops and demanded action on the housing of the poor. He made a final, brief return to the Hook after which he fades out of public life.”
ISBN: 1851827099
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