Pew Sheet – 5th March 2023

Bicentenary Photographic Exhibition

Opening in the Parish Hall at 8pm

on Friday 10th March

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Bicentenary Celebration Quilt

Reminder of Deadline Easter Sunday 9th April

I’m sure you’re busy working on your square, I’m thoroughly enjoying seeing all the finished ones and the wonderful variety of ideas people have come up with. Keep up the good work and don’t forget Easter Sunday is looming!!

Many thanks Millie

Random Notes CDXX

On the North wall, to the left of the monument to the Revd John Newman Lombard, in St. Mary’s Church, Carrigaline, is a handsome brass plate

by ‘O’ Connell, Cork’ set up in 1908 to the memory of Robert H. Hayes (c.1847-1907) J.P., of Bayview, nr. Carrigaline, a grandson of Thomas Hayes (d. 1817) of Crosshaven House, and Master of the South Union Hunt for four years from 1891, bearing the following an inscription as follows:

‘To the Glory of God

and in loving memory

of Robert H. Hayes

who died on June 10th 1907, aged 60 years

“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ

Gal. VI. 2

Erected by the Parishioners.’

Within the Vestry minute book are two entries relating to the above, the first dated 17th June, 1907,

….’Proposed by Capt. Cooper & seconded by W. Smyth ‘That the Chairman, Major Newenham, Capt. Cooper. and D.H. Young form a sub-committee for the purpose of issuing a circular to the parishioners informing them of the unanimous wish of the Select Vestry to erect a mural tablet to the memory of the late R.H. Hayes & inviting subscriptions toward same.’

The second entry, dated ‘Easter Vestry, 20th April, 1908, gives a list a list of subscribers to the memorial, by then evidently in place.

‘The chairman submitted a list of subscribers to the ‘R.H. Hayes Memorial Fund which was as follows:

L.A. Cantillon [Beaver Lodge}, £1 Mrs Good Aghamarta) 4/-

Mrs Wilson [Knockmore] 5/- S.H.D. Harman [Rectory] 10/-

W.M. Litton 10/- Dr. Connell [Commeen] 7/-

Major Newenham [Coolmore] £1 “From Ballybricken” £1

M.H.J. Roberts [Mount Rivers] 2/6 Mrs Roberts [Kilmoney Abbey] 10/-

Miss O’Grady [Aghamarta] £1 Thomas Bolster 2/6

Mr & Mrs Smyth [The Rock] 5/6 Capt. Cooper [Ballinrea] £1

D.H. Conner [Ballybricken] 10/- D.H. Young [Edenfell] 5/-

The subscriptions amounting to £8-11-00; the actual cost of mural tablet etc. was £7-15-7; the balance of 15/5 was placed to the credit of the Church Expenses Fund’