much of his career in West Indies trade, was previously Mate on Ring Mahon Castle and Master on Thomas Hanford . Lloyd’s; UK M&M; O’Riordan, Portraiture of Cork Harbour Commissioners.
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RING MAHON CASTLE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1825 120t; Brig
Home port:
Cork, Trinidad
Owner: Activity: Master:
Murphy &
Foreign trade
1826 – 8 Hugh Pollack b.1793 (Belfast)#7707 1828 J Galwey 1829 – 30 J Evans 1830 – 3 W Ring 1834 – 5 S Barr 1836 – 42 Thomas Stanton b.1901 (London)
Mate:
1837 James Goonin b.1815 (Cove) 1838 Arthur Herbert b.1812 (Cork)
Seaman:
1836 A Murray b.1814 (Cove)#12384 1836 Thomas Murphy b.1811 (Cork)#12385 1836 Nathaniel Murphy b.1818 (Cork)#12386 1837 Cornelius Cain b.1811 (Cork)#16437
Fate of ship:
Moved to the port of Trinidad.
Additional information:
This ship traded with the West Indies.
James Murphy J.P. (1769 – 1855), importer of sugar, tea and rum, founded a distillery in Midleton in 1825 with his brothers. He moved to Ringmahon in 1818 and built Ringmahon House c.1827. He was married to Mary Galwey in 1892. Their grandson, James Jeremiah Murphy was a founder of the Ladys Well Brewery. Captain J Galway in Lloyd’s was not further identified but could perhaps have been related to Mary Galwey. Captain Hugh Pollock would have been the Captain H Pollock in Lloyd’s. He later captained Joseph Wheeler of Cork. Mate Goonin was previously Mate on another West Indiaman, Woodland Castle , and would be Mate on the Joseph Wheeler and later Captain of the Ellen & Margaret. #UK Nat Arch BT120/4; Lloyd’s; UK Nat Arch BT112; UK M&M.
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