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Blennerhassett Lindsay
- References:
There is no record of Lindsay ever entering Trinity College Dublin.
Page from [TCD Alumni].
Blennerhassett Lindsay,
bapt 25 Apr 1819, Tarbert, Co.Kerry,
his step-sister Louisa Ponsonby's mar settlement 1833 says that if she has no heirs, her inheritance is to go to her Lindsay step-brothers Joseph, Blennerhassett and William, she died 1836,
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notes of
Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay
say Blennerhassett was expected to be the
"gentleman of the family",
he was said to be educ Trinity College, Dublin, but there is no record of him in [TCD Alumni], notes of Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay say he was "introduced to the Lord Lieutenant and invited to the Castle receptions etc.", the notes say he became a "friend" of the Chief Secretary for Ireland at the time, George Howard, later the 7th Earl of Carlisle (born 1802, see DNB), who was then (1825-48) styled "Viscount Morpeth", and who was Chief Secretary for Ireland 1835-41, the 7th Earl of Carlisle was later Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1855–58 and 1859–64, [Deed, 1841] appears to be Blennerhassett claiming his share of Louisa Ponsonby's inheritance, he is described as of Dublin, notes of Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay say "Unfortunately he followed the prevailing example of Irish gentry in pleasure hunting and carousing. He left Dublin without a degree for home where he sank sadly.", |
he might be "Lindsay Blenner" who sp the baptism of
John Mahony of Tarbert, 1 Apr 1853,
in
[Ballylongford RC par records],
except this was a Catholic baptism,
at mar 1854 he is listed as "Emigration Agent"
of Tralee,
mar 6 Aug 1854, Tralee
[Tralee Protestant par records],
[GROI]
[him age 35, her age 39]
to Anne Gallagher [or Ann, or Annie, born 1815,
dau of William Gallagher],
she is listed at mar as of Tarbert, NOT Tralee,
notes of
Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay
say
she was "of a much lower station in life"
than he was,
though at mar her father is listed as "Gentleman",
Blennerhassett is listed as
Clerk of the Petty Sessions
at Tarbert in
[Thom's, 1862],
his family held the 3 storey building on
Chapel St
in which the Petty Sessions were held,
his father died 1862,
notes of
Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay
say
"He was very litigious, claimed whole of father's estate",
he is
listed as "gentleman", "farmer", of Tarbert, at death
[NAI],
[GROI],
died Tarbert,
28 Oct 1864
[GROI],
[NAI],
[Lindsay family tree],
or 24 Oct [grave],
age 45 yrs, of pneumonia,
see
death cert
from
[GROI],
bur Aghavallen church,
notes of
Rev. T.E. Lindsay
say there was an entry in Aghavallen parish register (possibly now lost)
which said he was bur 31 Oct,
admin (with will) granted 9 Feb 1865 to widow,
"effects under £400",
no papers survive in
[NAI],
Anne is listed as "gentleman's widow" at death,
she died Tarbert, Sat 30 Dec 1871,
of senile gangrene,
age 56 yrs
[NAI],
[GROI],
[death notice],
did NOT die 1891,
bur
2 January 1872
[Kilnaughtin (Tarbert) Protestant par records],
see death notice, Kerry Evening Post, 3 Jan 1872,
[NLI] microfilm,
will proved 5 January 1875
at Principal Registry, Dublin,
"effects under £600"
[NAI],
further admin of estate, 17 Feb 1877, "effects unadministered under £5"
[NAI].
George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle.
From here.
- Gallagher of Tarbert:
- "William Gallaher" is listed
as running the "Leslie Arms" inn at Tarbert in
[Pigot's Directory, 1824].
- Thackeray stayed at Gallagher's hotel, Tarbert, in his visit to Tarbert in 1842.
-
John Gallagher, Hotel, Market Square, Tarbert, is listed in
[Slater's directory, 1846].
- In [Griffiths Valuation, 1852] Blennerhassett Lindsay's father William Lindsay is renting a modest house in Chapel St, Tarbert from "John Gallagher", who is also running the hotel at the corner of Chapel St and Church St (the building numbered 82/83).
- There is a description of Gallagher's hotel in 1853 in [Lynch, 2008].
- John Gallagher, Hotel, Market Square, Tarbert, is listed in [Slater's directory, 1856].
- William Gallagher, hotel, listed in [Slater's directory, 1870].
- "William Gallaher" is listed
- The Gallagher hotel on the corner in Tarbert (later O'Connor's hotel) has been demolished and replaced with a newer building, but there is still a hotel at the site. It is now The Ferry House hostel. See street view.
Might be related (John Lindsay who married Gallagher)
- John Lindsay, born 1814 [death cert],
see entry in [LDS Ancestral File],
[LDS] says born c.1821, Co.Cork,
[LDS] says mar Bridget Gallighar,
[Annie Lindsay's birth cert] names her mother as Bridget O'Donough,
John died 1885, age 71 [death cert],
had issue:- Charles Lindsay, born c.1845, Ireland.
- Ellen Eleanor Lindsay, born 1859,
West Hartlepool, County Durham,
see entry in [LDS Ancestral File]. - Annie Lindsay, born c.1862,
West Hartlepool, County Durham,
ancestor of:- Alan Foreman, researching family tree.
- Charles Lindsay, born c.1845, Ireland.
