James Delany (1792 - 1874)

Born 1792 in Ireland

Died 22 Aug 1874 at about age 82 in Ballinakill, Queen's County, Ireland

Biography

"in 1832 ... witnesses (Rev. Michael Keogh, Abbeyleix and Rev J Delaney PP, Ballinakill ) cite eviction as a major cause of ‘ribbonism’. Delaney testifies that the evictions caused a mini-famine. These two witnesses insist that the crimes (‘outrages’) are not political, but result from the practice of clearing people off the land to make way for grazing."^[1]

Rev James Delany died 22 Aug 1874 at Ballinakill, Queen's County, age 82 yrs. ^[2]

The will of Rev James Delany parish priest late of Ballinakill, Queen's County, who died 22 Aug 1874 was proved 14 Sep 1874 at Kilkenny by the oath of Rev James Fenlon RC Curate of Moneyclear, Queen's county, the executor. Effects under £ 25,000

Sources

1. ↑ Crime and Punishment in Queen’s County: Agrarian Crime of the 1830s and Famine Crime 1845–1849 https://laoisheritagesociety.ie/crime-and-punishment-in-queens-county-agrarian-crime-of-the-1830s-and-famine-crime-1845-1849/
2. ↑ https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1874/020651/7246241.pdf

• "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTMX-9MNJ?cc=1921305&wc=M6P3-4P8%3A213610501%2C213650701 : 22 May 2014), Calendar of Wills and Administrations > 1874-1875 > image 89 of 779; Principal Probate Registry, Dublin.