Coppingers of Barryscourt Descriptive List (Ref. U405)

U405

horse to Barry’s Court ‘to be taken care of, for he was brought home in a most mi serable condition’ He asks how much the grey mare sold for. He reports that Doctor Walsh and Mr Butler ‘live in harmony’, both performing parish functions, but ‘who is to be the Mediator between them is not yet known’. He reports ‘Colonel Hyde was yesterda y chose Nemine Con – his election gott him scarce two [Th.ds] of Clarret, a sad thing when the Knight of the Shire for the county of Corke is elected at so little cost, at least its bad for Wine Merchants’. He adds that he is busy ‘regulating my accounts f or a close inspect ion’ by William and his sister.

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20 October 1747

Letter to William Coppinger, Barry’s Court, from John Galwey, Corke, explaining that he has arrived in Cork after collecting his papers from Carrigg and ‘here I am prepairing for tomorrow & a disagreeable meeting it will I fear be for me’. He states that he has seen ‘our friend F.K.’ [Kennedy] and sends ‘a friendl y advice which I beg youll take notice of in every particular’ and ‘doe every thing as he desires’. He thinks it not wor th examining ‘R.S.’s freehold’. He informs Coppinger that ‘Kitty Galwey is certainly married to White & has been so these 14 or 15 months past. A brave match she has made as he is Im informed worth 300 Pounds & upwards’. [The letter is frayed along the bo ttom edge, affecting the text].

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24 October 1747

Letter to William Coppinger ‘at Mr William Grace’s, Mer[chan]t, Abbey Street, Dublin’, from Joseph Coppinger, Cork, exhorting him to ‘for God sake banish all gloomy & afflicting thoughts & don’t ren der your friends more miserable by impairing a health so dear to us’. He reminds him that ‘we shall always see others in a more deplorable situation’ and advises ‘lett no tormenting ideas get the better of religion & reason’. He is glad that William intends to return home shortly, and notes that he will remain silent as to any business until then. He reports that their sister and her family are well. He also notes ‘They had a good draft of Herrings last night. Those that are all ready saved I can sell very well if they send them up to me, but they are not yet come’. He refers to the incident of ‘Mr Butler’s behaviour tow[ar]ds Mr O Bryon’ and Dr Welsh, including the use of an ‘indecent word’ in chapel, remarking ‘you never heard the like of it’. He adds that he has delivere d William’s letter to Dr Welsh.

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