The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III, 1900Various
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The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. III, 1900
Various
American-Irish Historical Society -- Periodicals; Ethnology -- United States -- Periodicals; Irish Americans -- Periodicals
James McElroy,
Andrew Linam,
James McElhaney,
Michael Moore,
William Brady,
George Bryan,
Edward McConnell,
Michael Smith,
Michael Freeman,
John Hart,
Joseph Dunn,
William De Courcey,
David Driscoll,
John Short,
John Dehan,
Richard Wade,
Randall Haley,
Cornelius Sullivan,
Hugh Drennon,
Patrick McCann,
E. Madden,
John Burke,
David Kennedy,
Timothy Logan,
John Slavin,
James Logan,
John Martin,
John Herron,
Patrick Marvin,
Michael Hargan,
Daniel Bryan,
John Carroll,
John McGee,
John Murphy,
Joseph Casey,
Richard Bellew,
John Keen,
Stephen Collins,
William Lyons,
Jacob Dooly,
William Kelly,
Charles Hart,
William Conner,
Daniel McCarthy,
James Fitzpatrick,
Robert Burke,
John Reilly,
John Mahon,
Martin Hughes,
Joseph Sweeney,
Thomas Laughlan,
John Adair,
Patrick Coyle,
Dennis Dailey,
John McQuilty,
William Devine,
John Mitchel,
Gen. Richard Butler,
Maj. John Finley,
Col. James Morrison.
The following served in the several companies named, during the
Revolution, on detached service, mainly against the Indians, who were
the auxiliaries of the British:
In Captain Bourman’s company,—William Barry, Edward Bulger, Patrick
Doran, Isaac McBride, Robert McClanahan, Edward Murray, Joseph Michael
and Thomas Pendergast.
Captain Logan’s company,—Capt. Benj. Logan, Lieut. John Logan, William
Casey, George Flynn, Bartholomew Fenton, Stephen Houston, John
McCormack, John McElhone, James McElwain, John McKaine, Archibald
Mahone, William Neal.
Captain Harrod’s company,—Daniel Driskill, John Conway, Patrick McGee,
John Lewis, William Smiley, James Sullivan, James Welch.
Captain Boyle’s company,—Capt. John Boyle, Barney Boyle, Elisha Clary,
James Coyle, Owen Devine, Peter Higgins, Robert Moore, William Rowan,
Dennis Devine.
Captain Holder’s company,—James Barry, James Bryan, John Butler, William
Collins, William McGee, Hugh Ross.
Captain Boone’s company,—John Butler, Patrick Ryan, Morgan Hughes, John
McFadden.
An idea can be formed of the Irish blood in Kentucky during those
stirring times, from the character of the names given. Nearly all the
great Gaelic family names are represented, and the absence of Scriptural
(Old Testament) names, so common among those of the Presbyterian and
Congregational denominations, indicates that these men were of Catholic
stock when they, or their fathers, immigrated. The first settlers of the
“Blue Grass” state were from Virginia, North Carolina and
Pennsylvania,—nearly all of this stock, which no doubt accounts for the
gallantry and beauty of the modern Kentuckians, men and women, and the
superior quality of the whiskey and horses, for the usquebaugh, or
“mountain dew,” was first distilled in Ireland, and when first tasted by
the sluggish Saxons, the effect was such on their thick blood, muddied
by beer, that they considered it good not only as a beverage, but as
“cure-all” for medicinal purposes.
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