1881-04-30 Ackley Enterprise:
With the death of Nicholas Kearney passes away one of Franklin county's oldest and most honored citizens. When a good man passes away, it becomes more than a private grief in the wide spread sympathy of its announcement. Especially is this the case when the life and labors of the departed have brought him into contact with many people, and endeared him to all.
Mr. Nicholas Kearney, who died at his residence in Franklin county, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12th, 1881, was one whose life in private and public relations it is a pleasure to record and remember, while it enhances regret at his loss. Few men have lived—none live today— whose lives have been more intimately blended with the difficulties of Ireland, and the progress of this country, than was that of the silver-haired sire, who in his 90th year rests peacefully after his active battle of life. He was born in the parish of Kill, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, in 1791, and had a distinct recollection of the massacre of '98, when many of his noble kinsmen and country men fell. He was a man of fine learning and great memory. He prided In relating great trials and royal contests which he witnessed in Ireland.
He was intimately acquainted with Daniel O'Connell, and was an eye witness to the duel fought between O'Connell and D'Estere. It was a fine morning and in Lord Cloncurry's place, about ten miles outside of Dublin, on a field of an estate called Lyons, that the combatants met. He said that the duelists stood but fourteen paces apart, that the reports of their pistols were simultaneous. D'Esterre fell mortally wounded and O'Connell was untouched. He was also present at the world renowned pugilistic feat fought between Donnelly and Cooper in the borough of Kildare.
At an early age the deceased engaged in the cattle trade between Ireland and England, which business he followed successfully for a number of years, but in 1851, inspired with the spirit of freedom and love of liberty, that has impelled thousands of his countrymen to sunder the close ties of kindred to seek a home beneath the shadow of freedom's flag, he together with his wife and family bade adieu to his beloved but down trodden country, and turned his face and footsteps to the land which has ever been a haven to those who would not be serfs. On reaching the shores of this country he wended his way westward as far as Dubuque, which was then but a mere hamlet when compared with Dubuque of the present day. He immediately purchased a tract of land in Jefferson tp., Dubuque county, where he farmed successfully until the spring of 1875 when he sold out and purchased one of the finest farms in the southern part of Franklin county, he resided until the time of his death.
He leaves a wife and six children, four daughters and two sons, all married except one son, all of whom were present to look for the last time on the face of the father they all loved. The deceased complained but little of suffering until within a day or two of his death, and when informed by his physician that he had but a short time to live, be made his will, settled his worldly affairs, after which he consigned his soul to God, attended by Rev. P. O'Dowd of Ackley he received all the consolations of the Catholic Church.
The funeral took place Thursday, April 14th, at 10 o'clock A.M. The residence of his sorrowing family was thronged with mourning friends long before the time arrived for the solemn march to the Ackley Catholic Church, where the service was held, thence to the Catholic cemetery. The remains were laid in an elegant casket, lined with white satin, silver ornaments enriched it and the lid bore a silver name plate upon which was engraved the usual inscription. The pall bearers were Messrs. Thomas Treauor, John McGrath, Martin Cooney, Dennis Desmond, Daniel Cooney and Michael Burns, all former associates of the deceased. He has entered upon his reward. May those who loved him best and miss him most feel now and always their loss his gain; their grief his glory.
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A few notes:
If Kearney was born in 1791 and died in 1881, that's 90 years, not 87 as his marker says. If he was born later than 1791, it's unlikely he would be able to remember battles from 1798.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798, also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organizing force behind the rebellion.
Dan Donnelly (March 1788 – February 18, 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion.
George Cooper, a first-rate ringman, was the opponent in Donnelly's most celebrated victory. He was the 10-to-1 favorite in the bout of Dec. 13, 1815 at Donnelly's Hollow in County Kildare.
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1815 a serious event in O'Connell's life occurred. The Dublin Corporation had always been reactionary and bigoted against Catholics, and served the established Protestant Ascendancy. O'Connell in an 1815 speech referred to "The Corpo", as it was commonly referred to, as a "beggarly corporation".
Its members and leaders were outraged and because O'Connell would not apologize, one of their number, the noted duelist John D'Esterre, challenged him. The duel had filled Dublin Castle (from where the British Government administered Ireland) with tense excitement at the prospect that O'Connell would be killed. They regarded O'Connell as "worse than a public nuisance," and would have welcomed any prospect of seeing him removed at this time.
O'Connell met D'Esterre and mortally wounded him (he was shot in the hip, the bullet then lodging in his stomach), in a duel at Oughterard, County Kildare. His conscience was bitterly sore by the fact that, not only had he killed a man, but he had left his family almost destitute.
O'Connell offered to "share his income" with D'Esterre's widow, but she declined; however, she consented to accept an allowance for her daughter, which O'Connell regularly paid for more than thirty years until his death. The memory of the duel haunted him for the remainder of his life.
With the death of Nicholas Kearney passes away one of Franklin county's oldest and most honored citizens. When a good man passes away, it becomes more than a private grief in the wide spread sympathy of its announcement. Especially is this the case when the life and labors of the departed have brought him into contact with many people, and endeared him to all.
Mr. Nicholas Kearney, who died at his residence in Franklin county, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12th, 1881, was one whose life in private and public relations it is a pleasure to record and remember, while it enhances regret at his loss. Few men have lived—none live today— whose lives have been more intimately blended with the difficulties of Ireland, and the progress of this country, than was that of the silver-haired sire, who in his 90th year rests peacefully after his active battle of life. He was born in the parish of Kill, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, in 1791, and had a distinct recollection of the massacre of '98, when many of his noble kinsmen and country men fell. He was a man of fine learning and great memory. He prided In relating great trials and royal contests which he witnessed in Ireland.
He was intimately acquainted with Daniel O'Connell, and was an eye witness to the duel fought between O'Connell and D'Estere. It was a fine morning and in Lord Cloncurry's place, about ten miles outside of Dublin, on a field of an estate called Lyons, that the combatants met. He said that the duelists stood but fourteen paces apart, that the reports of their pistols were simultaneous. D'Esterre fell mortally wounded and O'Connell was untouched. He was also present at the world renowned pugilistic feat fought between Donnelly and Cooper in the borough of Kildare.
At an early age the deceased engaged in the cattle trade between Ireland and England, which business he followed successfully for a number of years, but in 1851, inspired with the spirit of freedom and love of liberty, that has impelled thousands of his countrymen to sunder the close ties of kindred to seek a home beneath the shadow of freedom's flag, he together with his wife and family bade adieu to his beloved but down trodden country, and turned his face and footsteps to the land which has ever been a haven to those who would not be serfs. On reaching the shores of this country he wended his way westward as far as Dubuque, which was then but a mere hamlet when compared with Dubuque of the present day. He immediately purchased a tract of land in Jefferson tp., Dubuque county, where he farmed successfully until the spring of 1875 when he sold out and purchased one of the finest farms in the southern part of Franklin county, he resided until the time of his death.
He leaves a wife and six children, four daughters and two sons, all married except one son, all of whom were present to look for the last time on the face of the father they all loved. The deceased complained but little of suffering until within a day or two of his death, and when informed by his physician that he had but a short time to live, be made his will, settled his worldly affairs, after which he consigned his soul to God, attended by Rev. P. O'Dowd of Ackley he received all the consolations of the Catholic Church.
The funeral took place Thursday, April 14th, at 10 o'clock A.M. The residence of his sorrowing family was thronged with mourning friends long before the time arrived for the solemn march to the Ackley Catholic Church, where the service was held, thence to the Catholic cemetery. The remains were laid in an elegant casket, lined with white satin, silver ornaments enriched it and the lid bore a silver name plate upon which was engraved the usual inscription. The pall bearers were Messrs. Thomas Treauor, John McGrath, Martin Cooney, Dennis Desmond, Daniel Cooney and Michael Burns, all former associates of the deceased. He has entered upon his reward. May those who loved him best and miss him most feel now and always their loss his gain; their grief his glory.
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A few notes:
If Kearney was born in 1791 and died in 1881, that's 90 years, not 87 as his marker says. If he was born later than 1791, it's unlikely he would be able to remember battles from 1798.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798, also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organizing force behind the rebellion.
Dan Donnelly (March 1788 – February 18, 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion.
George Cooper, a first-rate ringman, was the opponent in Donnelly's most celebrated victory. He was the 10-to-1 favorite in the bout of Dec. 13, 1815 at Donnelly's Hollow in County Kildare.
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1815 a serious event in O'Connell's life occurred. The Dublin Corporation had always been reactionary and bigoted against Catholics, and served the established Protestant Ascendancy. O'Connell in an 1815 speech referred to "The Corpo", as it was commonly referred to, as a "beggarly corporation".
Its members and leaders were outraged and because O'Connell would not apologize, one of their number, the noted duelist John D'Esterre, challenged him. The duel had filled Dublin Castle (from where the British Government administered Ireland) with tense excitement at the prospect that O'Connell would be killed. They regarded O'Connell as "worse than a public nuisance," and would have welcomed any prospect of seeing him removed at this time.
O'Connell met D'Esterre and mortally wounded him (he was shot in the hip, the bullet then lodging in his stomach), in a duel at Oughterard, County Kildare. His conscience was bitterly sore by the fact that, not only had he killed a man, but he had left his family almost destitute.
O'Connell offered to "share his income" with D'Esterre's widow, but she declined; however, she consented to accept an allowance for her daughter, which O'Connell regularly paid for more than thirty years until his death. The memory of the duel haunted him for the remainder of his life.
1881-04-30 Ackley Enterprise:
With the death of Nicholas Kearney passes away one of Franklin county's oldest and most honored citizens. When a good man passes away, it becomes more than a private grief in the wide spread sympathy of its announcement. Especially is this the case when the life and labors of the departed have brought him into contact with many people, and endeared him to all.
Mr. Nicholas Kearney, who died at his residence in Franklin county, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12th, 1881, was one whose life in private and public relations it is a pleasure to record and remember, while it enhances regret at his loss. Few men have lived—none live today— whose lives have been more intimately blended with the difficulties of Ireland, and the progress of this country, than was that of the silver-haired sire, who in his 90th year rests peacefully after his active battle of life. He was born in the parish of Kill, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, in 1791, and had a distinct recollection of the massacre of '98, when many of his noble kinsmen and country men fell. He was a man of fine learning and great memory. He prided In relating great trials and royal contests which he witnessed in Ireland.
He was intimately acquainted with Daniel O'Connell, and was an eye witness to the duel fought between O'Connell and D'Estere. It was a fine morning and in Lord Cloncurry's place, about ten miles outside of Dublin, on a field of an estate called Lyons, that the combatants met. He said that the duelists stood but fourteen paces apart, that the reports of their pistols were simultaneous. D'Esterre fell mortally wounded and O'Connell was untouched. He was also present at the world renowned pugilistic feat fought between Donnelly and Cooper in the borough of Kildare.
At an early age the deceased engaged in the cattle trade between Ireland and England, which business he followed successfully for a number of years, but in 1851, inspired with the spirit of freedom and love of liberty, that has impelled thousands of his countrymen to sunder the close ties of kindred to seek a home beneath the shadow of freedom's flag, he together with his wife and family bade adieu to his beloved but down trodden country, and turned his face and footsteps to the land which has ever been a haven to those who would not be serfs. On reaching the shores of this country he wended his way westward as far as Dubuque, which was then but a mere hamlet when compared with Dubuque of the present day. He immediately purchased a tract of land in Jefferson tp., Dubuque county, where he farmed successfully until the spring of 1875 when he sold out and purchased one of the finest farms in the southern part of Franklin county, he resided until the time of his death.
He leaves a wife and six children, four daughters and two sons, all married except one son, all of whom were present to look for the last time on the face of the father they all loved. The deceased complained but little of suffering until within a day or two of his death, and when informed by his physician that he had but a short time to live, be made his will, settled his worldly affairs, after which he consigned his soul to God, attended by Rev. P. O'Dowd of Ackley he received all the consolations of the Catholic Church.
The funeral took place Thursday, April 14th, at 10 o'clock A.M. The residence of his sorrowing family was thronged with mourning friends long before the time arrived for the solemn march to the Ackley Catholic Church, where the service was held, thence to the Catholic cemetery. The remains were laid in an elegant casket, lined with white satin, silver ornaments enriched it and the lid bore a silver name plate upon which was engraved the usual inscription. The pall bearers were Messrs. Thomas Treauor, John McGrath, Martin Cooney, Dennis Desmond, Daniel Cooney and Michael Burns, all former associates of the deceased. He has entered upon his reward. May those who loved him best and miss him most feel now and always their loss his gain; their grief his glory.
-----------
A few notes:
If Kearney was born in 1791 and died in 1881, that's 90 years, not 87 as his marker says. If he was born later than 1791, it's unlikely he would be able to remember battles from 1798.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798, also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organizing force behind the rebellion.
Dan Donnelly (March 1788 – February 18, 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion.
George Cooper, a first-rate ringman, was the opponent in Donnelly's most celebrated victory. He was the 10-to-1 favorite in the bout of Dec. 13, 1815 at Donnelly's Hollow in County Kildare.
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1815 a serious event in O'Connell's life occurred. The Dublin Corporation had always been reactionary and bigoted against Catholics, and served the established Protestant Ascendancy. O'Connell in an 1815 speech referred to "The Corpo", as it was commonly referred to, as a "beggarly corporation".
Its members and leaders were outraged and because O'Connell would not apologize, one of their number, the noted duelist John D'Esterre, challenged him. The duel had filled Dublin Castle (from where the British Government administered Ireland) with tense excitement at the prospect that O'Connell would be killed. They regarded O'Connell as "worse than a public nuisance," and would have welcomed any prospect of seeing him removed at this time.
O'Connell met D'Esterre and mortally wounded him (he was shot in the hip, the bullet then lodging in his stomach), in a duel at Oughterard, County Kildare. His conscience was bitterly sore by the fact that, not only had he killed a man, but he had left his family almost destitute.
O'Connell offered to "share his income" with D'Esterre's widow, but she declined; however, she consented to accept an allowance for her daughter, which O'Connell regularly paid for more than thirty years until his death. The memory of the duel haunted him for the remainder of his life.
With the death of Nicholas Kearney passes away one of Franklin county's oldest and most honored citizens. When a good man passes away, it becomes more than a private grief in the wide spread sympathy of its announcement. Especially is this the case when the life and labors of the departed have brought him into contact with many people, and endeared him to all.
Mr. Nicholas Kearney, who died at his residence in Franklin county, Iowa, Tuesday, April 12th, 1881, was one whose life in private and public relations it is a pleasure to record and remember, while it enhances regret at his loss. Few men have lived—none live today— whose lives have been more intimately blended with the difficulties of Ireland, and the progress of this country, than was that of the silver-haired sire, who in his 90th year rests peacefully after his active battle of life. He was born in the parish of Kill, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, in 1791, and had a distinct recollection of the massacre of '98, when many of his noble kinsmen and country men fell. He was a man of fine learning and great memory. He prided In relating great trials and royal contests which he witnessed in Ireland.
He was intimately acquainted with Daniel O'Connell, and was an eye witness to the duel fought between O'Connell and D'Estere. It was a fine morning and in Lord Cloncurry's place, about ten miles outside of Dublin, on a field of an estate called Lyons, that the combatants met. He said that the duelists stood but fourteen paces apart, that the reports of their pistols were simultaneous. D'Esterre fell mortally wounded and O'Connell was untouched. He was also present at the world renowned pugilistic feat fought between Donnelly and Cooper in the borough of Kildare.
At an early age the deceased engaged in the cattle trade between Ireland and England, which business he followed successfully for a number of years, but in 1851, inspired with the spirit of freedom and love of liberty, that has impelled thousands of his countrymen to sunder the close ties of kindred to seek a home beneath the shadow of freedom's flag, he together with his wife and family bade adieu to his beloved but down trodden country, and turned his face and footsteps to the land which has ever been a haven to those who would not be serfs. On reaching the shores of this country he wended his way westward as far as Dubuque, which was then but a mere hamlet when compared with Dubuque of the present day. He immediately purchased a tract of land in Jefferson tp., Dubuque county, where he farmed successfully until the spring of 1875 when he sold out and purchased one of the finest farms in the southern part of Franklin county, he resided until the time of his death.
He leaves a wife and six children, four daughters and two sons, all married except one son, all of whom were present to look for the last time on the face of the father they all loved. The deceased complained but little of suffering until within a day or two of his death, and when informed by his physician that he had but a short time to live, be made his will, settled his worldly affairs, after which he consigned his soul to God, attended by Rev. P. O'Dowd of Ackley he received all the consolations of the Catholic Church.
The funeral took place Thursday, April 14th, at 10 o'clock A.M. The residence of his sorrowing family was thronged with mourning friends long before the time arrived for the solemn march to the Ackley Catholic Church, where the service was held, thence to the Catholic cemetery. The remains were laid in an elegant casket, lined with white satin, silver ornaments enriched it and the lid bore a silver name plate upon which was engraved the usual inscription. The pall bearers were Messrs. Thomas Treauor, John McGrath, Martin Cooney, Dennis Desmond, Daniel Cooney and Michael Burns, all former associates of the deceased. He has entered upon his reward. May those who loved him best and miss him most feel now and always their loss his gain; their grief his glory.
-----------
A few notes:
If Kearney was born in 1791 and died in 1881, that's 90 years, not 87 as his marker says. If he was born later than 1791, it's unlikely he would be able to remember battles from 1798.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798, also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organizing force behind the rebellion.
Dan Donnelly (March 1788 – February 18, 1820) was a professional boxing pioneer and the first Irish-born heavyweight champion.
George Cooper, a first-rate ringman, was the opponent in Donnelly's most celebrated victory. He was the 10-to-1 favorite in the bout of Dec. 13, 1815 at Donnelly's Hollow in County Kildare.
Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator, or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
In 1815 a serious event in O'Connell's life occurred. The Dublin Corporation had always been reactionary and bigoted against Catholics, and served the established Protestant Ascendancy. O'Connell in an 1815 speech referred to "The Corpo", as it was commonly referred to, as a "beggarly corporation".
Its members and leaders were outraged and because O'Connell would not apologize, one of their number, the noted duelist John D'Esterre, challenged him. The duel had filled Dublin Castle (from where the British Government administered Ireland) with tense excitement at the prospect that O'Connell would be killed. They regarded O'Connell as "worse than a public nuisance," and would have welcomed any prospect of seeing him removed at this time.
O'Connell met D'Esterre and mortally wounded him (he was shot in the hip, the bullet then lodging in his stomach), in a duel at Oughterard, County Kildare. His conscience was bitterly sore by the fact that, not only had he killed a man, but he had left his family almost destitute.
O'Connell offered to "share his income" with D'Esterre's widow, but she declined; however, she consented to accept an allowance for her daughter, which O'Connell regularly paid for more than thirty years until his death. The memory of the duel haunted him for the remainder of his life.
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