Blarney Group L.D.F. 1942










The Coroner on Friday 26 July 1867, held an inquest at the South Infirmary to enquire into the death of John McCarthy who died in the institution on Thursday.
The 125th anniversary of the first train to Blarney from the Western Road terminus of the Cork and Blarney Light Railway at the former Jurys, and now River Lee, Hotel site was celebrated in 2012.
In Issue Number 9 of ‘Old Blarney’, the Journal of the Blarney and District Historical Society (2013), the present author reported on two tragic accidents in 1912 and 1919 involving trains of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Company or, as it was popularly known, the ‘Muskerry Tram’.
Sir George Oliver Colthurst
The Cork Examiner Friday 25th August 1882
Colthurst: On the 24th Inst. At Inchers, County Cork, the wife of Sir George St. John Colthurst, Bart. Of Blarney Castle, County Cork, of a son.
The Cork Examiner Tuesday 1st September 1903: Coming of Age of Master George Oliver Colthurst. Rejoicing at Blarney
Following Timothy Mahony’s death on 2nd January 1818, the business was run by Martin, who possessed a different temperament to his brother.
How many people living locally realise that Blarney once had its own museum? Do others still remember it and where it was located? Who owned it or how long it stayed open? This is the background.