| [Index] |
| Henry ALLPORT (1808 - 1901) |
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Thomas ALLPORT (1834 - ) Henry Kingston ALLPORT (1857 - 1944) Charles William ALLPORT (1859 - 1933) Edith Mary ALLPORT (1861 - 1951) Emilie Josephine ALLPORT (1863 - ) Male ALLPORT (1864 - ) |
Henry ALLPORT (1808 - 1901) + Elizabeth CALLAGHAN Mary KINGSTON ( - 1891) |
Thomas ALLPORT (1776 - 1852) | Thomas ALLPORT (1751 - 1832) | Thomas ALLPORT (1716 - 1751) |
| Margaret SPINKS | ||||
| Ann COX (1751 - ) | ||||
| Sophia WATSON (1783 - 1875) | ||||
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| Pic 1. For sale on the net through a Netherland firm for 2200 Euro (2009) |
| b. 1808 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| m. (1) 1833 Elizabeth CALLAGHAN at Co Cork, Ireland |
| m. (2) 16 May 1850 Mary KINGSTON ( - 1891) at Co Cork, Ireland |
| d. 1901 at Cork, Co Cork, Ireland aged 93 |
| Near Relatives of Henry ALLPORT (1808 - 1901) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Thomas ALLPORT | 1751 | Wolverhampton, England | 1832 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 81 |
| Grandmother | Ann COX | abt 1751 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Father in Law | George KINGSTON | |||||
| Father | Thomas ALLPORT | 30 Sep 1776 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 09 May 1852 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 75 |
| Mother | Sophia WATSON | abt 1783 | Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 01 Feb 1875 | Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire, England | 92 |
| Self | Henry ALLPORT | 1808 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1901 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 93 |
| Wife | Elizabeth CALLAGHAN | |||||
| Wife | Mary KINGSTON | 1891 | Lislee, Co. Cork, Ireland | |||
| Son | Thomas ALLPORT | abt 1834 | Co Cork, Ireland | |||
| Son | Henry Kingston ALLPORT | 29 Nov 1857 | Co Cork, Ireland | 16 Mar 1944 | Woking, England | 86 |
| Son | Charles William ALLPORT | 24 Mar 1859 | 15 Feb 1933 | Great Yarmouth, England | 73 | |
| Daughter | Edith Mary ALLPORT | 1861 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1951 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 90 |
| Daughter | Emilie Josephine ALLPORT | 1863 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | |||
| Son | Male ALLPORT | 08 Apr 1864 | Dumcree, Co. Westmeath, Ireland | |||
| Brother | Charles ALLPORT | abt 1803 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Sister | Eliza ALLPORT | 1805 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Brother | Thomas ALLPORT | 1812 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Brother | George ALLPORT | 20 Jul 1813 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | bef 04 Sep 1866 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 53 |
| Brother | Joseph ALLPORT | 13 Mar 1816 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1886 | Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 70 |
| Sister | Emma ALLPORT | 17 Sep 1818 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Sister | Sophia ALLPORT | 1820 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1862 | W. Derby, Liverpool, England | 42 |
| Sister | Mary ALLPORT | 1822 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Brother | John White ALLPORT | 15 Feb 1828 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Daughter in Law | Ellen Maria UNKLES | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Hannah Mary HUMPHREYS | abt 1861 | Co Cork, Ireland | 16 Mar 1954 | Surrey, England | 93 |
| Daughter in Law | Frances Mary PLOWMAN | 21 Jul 1865 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 1947 | Great Yarmouth, England | 82 |
| Grandson | Percy Kingston ALLPORT | 01 Nov 1882 | Lucknow, East Indies (Bengal) | 1909 | South Africa | 27 |
| Grandson | Herbert (twin) ALLPORT | abt 1884 | Ireland | 1964 | Hove, Sussex, England | 80 |
| Granddaughter | Rhoda Mary (twin) ALLPORT | 1884 | Ireland | 1966 | Laurieston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland | 82 |
| Grandson | Albert Edward (Major) ALLPORT | abt 1886 | Dublin South, Ireland | 09 Jan 1941 | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | 55 |
| Uncle | John ALLPORT | 1777 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 08 May 1837 | Kensington, Derby, England | 60 |
| Uncle | William Twigg ALLPORT | 1779 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1831 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 52 |
| Aunt | Alice ASHWORTH | 1779 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 1853 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 74 |
| Uncle | Joseph ALLPORT | 1781 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | America - see notes | ||
| Uncle | James ALLPORT | 1783 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Uncle | Samuel ALLPORT | 1785 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1858 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 73 |
| Aunt | Jane BLAKEMORE | abt 1796 | 1832 | Bath, Somerset, England | 36 | |
| Aunt | Eliza Anne TURKINGTON | abt 1810 | Armagh, Ireland | 1884 | Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England | 74 |
| Aunt | Sarah ALLPORT | 1787 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Hannah ALLPORT | 1789 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Anne ALLPORT | 1791 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Uncle | Charles ALLPORT | 1794 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1879 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 85 |
| Aunt | Elizabeth WARD | abt 1792 | 13 Aug 1848 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 56 | |
| Aunt | Mary ALLPORT | 1798 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Elizabeth ALLPORT | 25 Jan 1803 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Cousin | Ann ALLPORT | 14 Mar 1804 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 14 Jan 1842 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 37 |
| Cousin | William ALLPORT | 15 Mar 1806 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 1874 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 68 |
| Cousin | Alice ALLPORT | 23 Apr 1810 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 1898 | Liverpool, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 88 |
| Cousin | Elizabeth ALLPORT | 09 Nov 1811 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Cousin | Sarah ALLPORT | 1813 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 12 Jun 1851 | 38 | |
| Cousin | Charles ALLPORT | 1816 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Cousin | Samuel Molyneux ALLPORT | 1818 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Cousin | John ALLPORT | 1819 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Cousin | Joseph ALLPORT | 16 Jul 1820 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Samuel Blakemore ALLPORT | 05 Nov 1822 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 23 Oct 1899 | Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England | 76 |
| Cousin | William ALLPORT | 03 May 1825 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Henry ALLPORT | 05 Jun 1827 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 28 May 1889 | Cleve, South Australia, Australia | 61 |
| Cousin | Hubert ALLPORT | 13 Feb 1829 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | Australia | ||
| Cousin | Charles Rigby ALLPORT | 10 Oct 1841 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1893 | Lambeth, South London, Surrey, England | 52 |
| Cousin | Kate ALLPORT | 1843 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Mary ALLPORT | 1820 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Anne Jane ALLPORT | 1832 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1926 | West Bromwich, England | 94 |
| Niece | Sophia ALLPORT | 1839 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | aft 1911 | 72 | |
| Niece | Frances (Fanny) ALLPORT | 1840 | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1926 | 86 | |
| Nephew | George ALLPORT | 14 Jan 1844 | Co Cork, Ireland | 1913 | Clonakilty, Ireland | 69 |
| Nephew | John Samuel ALLPORT | 1857 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1915 | Marylebone, London, England | 58 |
| Niece | Ellen Sophia ALLPORT | 1842 | Youghal, Cork, Ireland | 1911 | Wandsworth, London, England | 69 |
| Nephew | Thomas ALLPORT | abt 1844 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | |||
| Nephew | Richard Joseph ALLPORT | 1846 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Niece | Lucy Fanny ALLPORT | 1848 | Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire, England | aft 1911 | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England | 63 |
| Nephew | Joseph Ride ALLPORT | 1850 | Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire, England | 1940 | Lambeth, South London, Surrey, England | 90 |
| Nephew | Henry (Harry) Arthur ALLPORT | 1852 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |||
| Niece | Florence ALLPORT | 1857 | Liverpool, West Derby, Lancashire, England | |||
| Niece | Edith Hewitt ALLPORT | 1860 | Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 1948 | Wallasey, Cheshire | 88 |
| Nephew | Samuel B BAKER | abt 1840 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Niece | Emma BAKER | abt 1843 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Nephew | Henry BAKER | 1848 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Nephew | Phillip BAKER | 1850 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Niece | Eliza BAKER | abt 1857 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Nephew | William BAKER | abt 1860 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Niece | Isabell ORAM | abt 1853 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Nephew | George ORAM | abt 1856 | Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1952 | New Minster, Vancouver, BC, Canada | 96 |
| Niece | Mary Ann ORAM | abt 1858 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 12 Dec 1929 | England | 71 |
| Nephew | Henry ORAM | abt 1862 | Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Sister in Law | Selina (Salina) (OAKLEY) OAKEY | 1813 | Barston, Warwickshire, England | 1849 | Derbyshire, England | 36 |
| Sister in Law | Augusta BEECHER (BECKER) | 1818 | 1902 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 84 | |
| Sister in Law | Catherine (Kate) HEWITT | abt 1819 | Co Cork, Ireland | 1906 | Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England | 87 |
| Brother in Law | Philip BAKER | 1818 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Brother in Law | Benjamin RIDE | abt 1815 | St Osyth, Essex, England | 1886 | Edmonton, Middlesex, England | 71 |
| Brother in Law | George L ORAM | abt 1824 | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||
| Events in Henry ALLPORT (1808 - 1901)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1808 | Henry ALLPORT was born | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | Note 1 | 47 | |
| 01 Jan 1808 | Christening | St Phillips, Birmingham, England | Note 2 | 45, 47 | |
| 1833 | 25 | Married Elizabeth CALLAGHAN | Co Cork, Ireland | Note 3 | 47 |
| abt 1834 | 26 | Birth of son Thomas ALLPORT | Co Cork, Ireland | 47 | |
| 16 May 1850 | 42 | Married Mary KINGSTON | Co Cork, Ireland | Note 4 | 47 |
| 09 May 1852 | 44 | Death of father Thomas ALLPORT (aged 75) | Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | Note 5 | 7, 45, 46, 47 |
| 29 Nov 1857 | 49 | Birth of son Henry Kingston ALLPORT | Co Cork, Ireland | Note 6 | 47 |
| 24 Mar 1859 | 51 | Birth of son Charles William ALLPORT | Note 7 | ||
| 1861 | 53 | Birth of daughter Edith Mary ALLPORT | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1911 census | |
| 1863 | 55 | Birth of daughter Emilie Josephine ALLPORT | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1911 census | |
| 08 Apr 1864 | 56 | Birth of son Male ALLPORT | Dumcree, Co. Westmeath, Ireland | Note 8 | 47 |
| 01 Feb 1875 | 67 | Death of mother Sophia WATSON (aged 92) | Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire, England | Note 9 | 7, 45, 46, 47 |
| 1891 | 83 | Death of wife Mary KINGSTON | Lislee, Co. Cork, Ireland | Note 10 | |
| 1901 | 93 | Henry ALLPORT died | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | Note 11 | |
| 1901 | 93 | Census | Gurteenaspig, (Bishopstown, Cork) | Note 12 | 65 |
| Death of son Thomas ALLPORT | Note 13 | ||||
| Personal Notes: |
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Jackson's 1842-3 directory for Cork City lists the following: - also 1845 PO directory lists same
Allport, Henry, gun maker, 77 Old George's street Allport James, gun maker, Mardyke (from Roots web thread) Griffith Valuation (1847 - 1864) - Henry Allport - George's street, Holly Trinity, Cork 1875-76 Francis Guy's Cork Directory - Allport, H. and Sons - gun makers - 43 St. Patrick's Street, Cork 1867 - ditto 1886 - Francis Guy's Directory of Munster - Allport H and Sons - gun makers - 43 St. Patrick's Street, Cork Carolyn Conroy Gunmaker with brothers George and joseph in Co. Cork. Ireland owned gunmakers, Henry Allport and sons, co. cork, ireland. Attacked by Fenians. Intensive seizure of Ammunition http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=25c585c1-fab9-4007-868f-22dcc5a72d4f&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Fenianism in Cork http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=91435708-ea3d-4a84-bd43-807599262e57&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport - Fenianism http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=a64757d8-c433-4c13-bcd5-4f4d5a7625e6&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport - Sacking a gun shop in Cork http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=27d01941-90bb-42ed-acda-643398469447&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport - Cork Assizes http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=48988692-6878-4a5c-8252-2e127b569acf&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport at the Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5702fc2d-9a12-4292-a140-f1f2ada89e40&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport Fenian Raid http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=b28e0240-e2c7-40ef-acca-ab59fcb08a42&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Henry Allport and the Fenian Attack 1863 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=5de3618d-ae42-41e5-9cd6-6f1373e68e38&tid=8168363&pid=-990183725 Great Industrial Exhibition - 1853 - Dublin Allport, H. Cork, Manu. — Double fowling pieces ; minie rifles ; small breech loading rifle, for rook and rabbit shooting ; pistols. The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853 : a detailed catelogue by John Sproule - page 198 "We will now conclude with a brief notice of some of the more remarkable specimens in the Exhibition. First in the order of the catelogue is a case of guns by Mr Henry Allport of Cork, which are very creditable to him as a manufacturer, and display in their finish, and the method of exhibition, considerable taste." Mentioned in entry about Captain Mackey Lomasney - http://ja-jp.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=424389175595&topic=13433 Ard Rígh Capt. Uillean Macdha Ó Lomasna Military Career Captain William Mackey Lomasney was one of most courageous Irish soldiers to emerge during the Fenian era. He was involved in countless operations from the time of the Fenian insurrection in 1867 until his capture in February 1868. After his release from prison he worked tirelessly for the Fenian Brotherhood in the US, eventually being killed while on active service in England in 1884. It was in the county of Cork he gained most of his notoriety, especially after his attack on Ballyknockane Police Barracks in Tipperary and his raid on a Martello tower at Fota island, outside Cork City. Captain Mackey Lomasney was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1841 to Irish parents William Lomasney and Susan Mackey. His parents had immigration from Castlelyons near Fermoy in Cork, a place where his grandfather was hanged for his role in the 1798 rebellion after been betrayed by an informer. His father had maintained the national spirit within the family and proudly passed it on to his sons while in exile in the US. His parents moved to Detroit Michigan to run a Catholic Bookstore in 1844; and both Mackey and his father fought in the American Civil War. It was here Mackey was promoted to Captain, a title he was known ever after for. When the American Civil War ended Captain Mackey took the place of his father and volunteered to travel to Ireland to help with preparations for the planned insurrection of 1865. As many as 400 Fenian officers all with frontline battle experience travelled with Captain Mackey to Ireland, while a further 120,000 Fenian soldiers awaited for the call-to-arms in the US. The English establishment wary of the large number of Fenian commanders arriving in Ireland, made a swoop on the IRB HQ at the offices of the newspaper the ‘Irish People’, arresting many of the Fenian commanders and any known nationalists leaders in Ireland; thus temporarily thwarting the Fenian Rising for nearly two years. Captain Mackey along with his close friend Captain John Mac Cafferty were both exiled back to the US, where Mackey remained training soldiers in the Fenian Brotherhood till 1867. At the start of 1867 Captain Mackey Lomasney returned again to Ireland in preparation for the planned rising of March 6th, and became a central figure throughout the county, being Head Centre for the Fermoy area. On March 6th he led the Fenian raid on Ballyknockane barrack in Tipperary, capturing the station and relieving the English garrison of their weaponry. When the rising failed to gain momentum across the country, especially after the informer Corydon compromised the huge arms raid at Chester in England, Captain Mackey resorted to guerrilla warfare in command of a dedicated unit of Fenian soldiers comprised mainly of Cork men and New York men. Throughout the summer months Mackey’s flying column dug up railway tracks, cut telegraph wires and attacked the homes of planter landlords in incidents that seriously embarrassed the English government in Ireland. On November 28th 1867 Captain Mackey Lomasney carried out a raid on a gunsmiths premises in Patrick Street, Cork City, capturing over 120 revolvers and at least 8 Snider rifles. He did it so skilfully that no trace of either the weapons or the raiding party could be uncovered in the follow up search. A month later Captain Mackey Lomasney captured the Martello tower at Fota island, making prisoners of the gunners on guard duty, while capturing 300lbs of gun-powder, a quantity of fuse and other military stores along with several rifles. The ingenious and daring feats of the Fenian party under Captain Mackey was reverend right across the island, while the English establishment failed to track the whereabouts of Mackey’s flying column even with huge rewards being offered. Four days later the Fenian ‘collectors of arms’ travelled into the heart of Cork City again, at nine in the morning and entered the gun-shop of Henry Allport in Patrick Street. The Fenian party consisting of eight men produced revolvers and cleaned out the shop of at least 72 revolvers and a large number of rifles; five of the men carried away the weaponry, with two returning to help empty the shop of its entire ammunition supply; then calmly strolled off before the alarm could be raised to the local constabulary. While the English press raged over the seemingly unstoppable Fenian group who were strongly supported by a huge Fenian network throughout Cork, three days later the flying column struck again in Ballincollig, carrying out a raid on the largest Gun Powder Magazine in Ireland, which was stationed right next to a British Army barrack. The Fenian party seized so much gun-powder in the raid, it was reported that they had even difficulty carrying away their spoils-of-war, vanishing into the countryside with absolutely no trace of their whereabouts being discovered. It was not until the 7th of February 1868 that Captain Mackey Lomasney was eventually captured, while holding a meeting in the grocery/spirit shop of Mr. Cronin in Market Street, Cork. The building was surrounded by RIC constables who eventually rushed the door trying to capture the occupants of the building. One of the constables of a very strong build wrestled for almost twenty minutes trying to bring Mackey Lomasney to the ground. The sergeant eventually drew his gun on Mackey saying “dead or alive, I’ll take you”, whereupon Mackey replied “I have but one life to lose, and if it goes, so be it”. He drew his gun at the same time and shot the constable in the leg, inflicting a serious wound, of which the officer died a few days later. Mackey was taken prisoner and charged with murder on the 10th March at a sitting of a court in Cork. He was acquitted of the murder charge and sentenced to 12 years penal servitude in Portland prison England for his raid on Ballyknockane barrack’s and the Martello tower in Cobh. Eventually he was freed under the prisoner amnesty three years later and exiled for life to the US. For the next few years Captain Mackey Lomasney worked tirelessly for the Fenian Brotherhood and Clan na nGael and had several children with his wife Susan O’ Connell. He remained in close contact with all the various factions of the Fenian Brotherhood, being a close friend of both John Devoy and Ó Donnabháin Rossa. He volunteered for the Dynamite campaign in England and travelled as part of a small unit that comprised of his brother James Lomasney and John Fleming. He was linked to an attack on the Mansion House in London and also several attacks on the Metropolitan railway line, one a few days before his tragic death. On the 13th December he hired a small boat with his brother James and John Fleming and the three of them carried out an unsuccessful bomb attack on London Bridge in the dead of night. The explosives went off prematurely instantly killing all three of the Fenian dynamiters - with their bodies being washed downstream in the fast flowing tide; so vanishing them from mortal existence. So secret were the group of Fenians connected to Captain Mackey Lomasney, that it took almost three years before definite accounts of his death could be confirmed to his grieving family and friends back home in Detroit. He will always be remembered as a fearless, courageous and true son of Ireland; and a martyr that stood firm to the cause of Irish freedom till his dying hour. 1867 - Speeches from the dock http://www.fullbooks.com/Speeches-from-the-Dock-Part-I4.html Four days afterwards there was another "sensation" in Cork. The Fenian collectors of arms had made another haul! And this time their mode of action surpassed all their previous performances in coolness and daring. At nine o'clock in the morning, on the 30th of December, eight men, who had assumed no disguise, suddenly entered the shop of Mr. Henry Allport, gunmaker, of Patrick-street, and producing revolvers from their pockets, covered him and his two assistants, telling then at the same time that if they ventured to stir, or raise any outcry, they were dead men. While the shopmen remained thus bound to silence, five of the party proceeded to collect all the rifles and revolvers in the establishment, and place them in a canvas sack which had been brought for the purpose. This sack, into which a few guns and seventy-two splendid revolvers of the newest construction had been put, was then carried off by two men, who, having transferred the contents to the safe-keeping of some confederates, returned with it very quickly to receive and bear away a large quantity of revolver cartridges which had been found in the shop. This second "loot" having been effected, the guards who stood over Mr. Allport and his men, lowered their weapons, and after cautioning all three not to dare to follow them, quitted the shop in a leisurely manner, and disappeared down one of the by-streets. As soon as he was able to collect his scattered wits, Mr. Allport rushed to the nearest police station, and gave information of what had occurred. The police hastened to the scene of this daring exploit, but of course "the birds were flown," and no one could say whither. Allport Post - Ancestry. I have just come across your post on Allport the gunmakers, I am currently researching the fenian movement in Ireland and the Allport gunshop was raided by no ordinary fenian but by the infamous William Mackey Lomasney famous in fenian circles. The said Lomasney was later to die in an attempt to blow up London Bridge in the 1880s. The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 17 April 1868 IRELAND. Two arrests were made in Cork on Feb. 3, which it is thought will lead to some important disclosures in reference to the extraordinary robberies of arms committed there in the early part of last month. About midday Mr. Allport noticed passing by his shop two men ; one of them bore a strange resemblance to one of the party by whom his revolvers were taken away. He sent after the pair his assistant, Mr. Daunt, who was present when the shop was plundered, and had ample opportunity of observing its unwelcome visitants. Mr. Daunt at once recognised the man on whom Mr. Allport's suspicion had fallen, and, seizing him, gave him into custody. The man's companion was also arrested, though not recognised by either Mr. Daunt or Mr. Allport. The person charged by Mr. Daunt is a coachbuilder named Barry, and belongs to the city. The companion's name is O'Sullivan, a cooper. The fact of the prisoners being local men encourages the police to hope that they may succeed in unearthing the whole gang, and exposing the three robberies which have so greatly alarmed and perplexed the community-that of the Martello tower, and those of Allport's shop and Murray's magazine. A third person, named Fitzpatrick, a printer, was arrested later in the day for threatening to " do for" the policeman Duffy, who had given evidence against a brother craftsman in connection with the explosion of Greek fire in the city a short time ago. A man named Adams, of respectable position in life, was ar- rested last week at his house in the city, and it is alleged that papers of considerable importance in connection with Fenianism were found in his possession. He will, it is believed, be transmitted to Dublin, and tried with some others at the commission of Oyer and Terminer for treason-felony. It is alleged that on being searched in the gaol, a recipe for making Greek fire was found in his possession. Adams was in custody once before under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. On Sunday night, Feb. 2, all the telegraph wires in the neighborhood of Cork were cut. On Friday evening, Feb. 7, the police arrested in a tavern, in Market-street, Cork, Captain Mackay, a noted Fenian, and three others. One escaped. Mackay made a desperate resistance, and fired a revolver, wounding a constable named Casey. A large mob had assem- bled. The police charged with bayonets, wounding one man. Mackay pitied the police for being the minions of an oppressive Govern- ment. He was lodged in Bridewell, which was guarded by 108 police. Mackay and the three men arrested with him at Cork, and three taken subsequently, having revolvers in their possession, were examined before the magis- trates on Feb. 8, charged with high treason. Mackay has been identified as the leader in the Martello tower business. They were all re- manded. The capture is considered the most important yet made. The constable Casey died on the 22nd February of his wounds, and Mackay will be charged with wilful murder. In the Commission Court of Feb. 15, the trial of Mr. A. M. Sullivan tor seditious libels in the 'Weekly News' was proceeded with. He pleaded " Not Guilty." The trial was preluded by some little scenes between the pri- soner's counsel, the Attorney-General, and the court. A juror who had been called having been directed in the usual form by the Crown to "stand by," Mr. Heron protested against it, and complained that the Attorney-General had done so in person. This the Attorney-General repudiated, and stated that he had done so through the officers of the court. Mr. Heron denounced it as an infamous system, and the court interposed and requested that such observations might not be repeated-that they were wholly uncalled for. Mr Heron disclaimed any intention of saying anything personal to the court. The subject then dropped, and shortly afterwards another unpleasant rencontre took place. Mr. Heron stated that he had received a communication from Mr. Pigott, who said he did not want to evade justice, and thought it hard that he should be subjected to the indignity of an arrest. If a letter was addressed to him by the Crown solicitor he would attend at any appointed time. Whoever had been intrusted with the execution of the bench warrant " must have been as blind as the Attorney-General was in open court." The Attorney-General declared this observation to be most unwarrantable. Mr. Pigott had been called upon to take his trial and did not appear Mr. Heron said he was sure the Attorney General would be incapable of an unkind act, and it would be unkind to arrest him. The Attorney-General asked why Mr. Pigott was not there to take his trial like a man, as Mr. Sulli- van. Mr. Heron in his turn pronounced this remark most unwarrantable, and asked, did the Attorney-General insist on insulting him. The Attorney-General said he insisted on nothing. At the suggestion of the court it was ultimately agreed that Mr. Pigott's undertaking to appear should be accepted. He did appear at the latter part of the day, and was bound in £500 to attend from day to day during the commission. The trial closed on Feb. 22, when the defendants, who had been found guilty, were sentenced, Mr. Sullivan to 6 calendar months' imprisonment at the expiration of which to enter into bail, himself in the sum of £500 and two sureties in the sum of £250 each, for his future and good behaviour. Baron Deasy sentenced Mr. Richard Pigott to 12 months' imprisonment and to give bail to a similar amount. RIOTS IN CORK. Great excitement has prevailed in Cork since the arrest of Mackay. On Sunday night, Feb. 9, Courteney, a detective, was dogged in Cork by two men. Suspecting their design he hurried on until he met two other constables, and the three awaited their approach. On reaching within a few yards one of the two drew a revolver, and discharged four barrels at the police, but without effect, although a ball whistled within half an inch of the constable's head. The police had no firearms, and the fellows escaped. Two men named O'Brien and Eddy were arrested on suspicion. Constable Horgon identified O'Brien as having fired the shot. He has been committed for trial. The same night the house of Mr. Hugo, Pope's road, Cork, was attacked by three men, who demanded arms, and obtained a gun. The ' Cork Constitution' gives the following account of the subsequent riotous proceedings:-"On Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 11, as a party of police was returning from the Bridewell to Tuckey street, they were assailed with stones. Opposite Brunswick-street, as if by premeditation, a shower of them, with brickbats, and bottles, either broke on the bayonets, or rebounded off the men's heads and shoulders. They, never- theless, marched on, not halting until they reached the station. As they approached it an immense mob was met, who set up the familiar hooting. This was followed by a volley of stones, and the police were wheeled round to the crowd and ordered to charge. The effect was to partially clear the place, but again, and again, after each charge, the mob recollected, and, while a stone was to be found, hurled it in the direction of Tuckey-street, where the police stood. In one charge down George's-street, a mounted policeman drove his bayonet into the back of the neck of a man. He fell, but who he is, is not known, as he was not taken to the infirmary. A young man, named Prendregast, got on to the Berwick Fountain, and made a speech to the mob, calling on them to show fight to the " Peelers." Sub-Inspector Gun ordered his men to remove him, and some constables got inside the railings and arrested the orator. The mob closed round the fountain, Constable Rielly knocked down, and the butt of his rifle, which was loaded, broken. After this several charges were made, in one of which a lad, named O'Leary, was ridden down by a mounted policeman, and his skull was so fractured that he died soon afterwards. He and a man named Lucy were received into the North Infirmary, the latter suffering from a deep bayonet wound in the thigh. Many more received injuries, principally bayonet wounds. Amongst the policemen wounded was Constable Cantillon, who got a deep cut over the right eye from a stone, and several constables were struck with missiles of a similar kind and bottles, but their wounds are trifling. Much injury was done to shops on the Parade, into which hundreds of the mob rushed on each approach of the police. A cigar divan kept by Mr. Dorney was almost demolished. A search was made in most of the public-houses along the parade in the hope of discovering some per sons conspicuous among the rioters, but no arrests were made in them. As the police emerged from one public-house a large stone, weighing several pounds, was thrown from the window of a house opposite, and broke into pieces on the pavement, one part striking Constable Kilcole, and another a young woman who was standing at her own door, wounding her severely in the leg. She swooned and fell into the hall. A great many minor injuries were received by police and civilians. Towards midnight when the streets were cleared, the utmost vigilance was observed as to all passers by. Almost every one was stopped, and those who failed to give a satisfactory account of themselves were placed under arrest." A man named Daniel Dineen has been arrested for firing at the police in the north of the city. He was found concealed under a bed in a lodging house. His nose was nearly cut off by the bullet. The revolver used by the prisoner was also found. Dineen was first examined on Wednesday, Feb. 12, for shooting Kelly, identified, and committed for trial. - Bullen and Hynes, the men who were arrested soon after the outrage and in whose possession there was found the stock and barrel of a gun, one having the barrel and the other the stock, were next put forward on a charge of having arms in a proclaimed district. An attempt was made to identify them with the outrage on Mr. Hugo on Sunday night Feb, 9; but Mr. and Mrs. Hugo, when produced, failed to recognise either of the prisoners. The gun found with them was, however, clearly identified by Mr. Hugo as that taken from his house on the occasion, showing that the prisoners were at least indirectly connected with the affair. The prisoners were then committed on the charge entered against them. - A great number of Fenians have left Cork since Mackay's arrest. It is supposed they are afraid he will turn informer. A boy who was in the affray died of his wounds on Feb. 22. The Brisbane Courier 2 May 1868 AND The Queenslander 9 May 1868 CAPTURE OF A FENIAN DESPERADO. From the Cork Daily Herald we abridge the following account of the capture of the noted Fenian conspirator, Mackay He is believed to have been the leader of the party who plun dered a martello tower at Foaty, near Queens town, and of the gang that stuck up mid robbed Allport, the gunsmith in Cork, of a large quan tity of aims and ammunition in broad daylight The policeman Casey alluded to below as having been shot, has since died, and Mackay will be tried for murder:- " An important arrest in connexion with Femianism was made in this city on Friday evening, at Corn Market street. About 8 o'clock, Head constable Geale accompanied by Constable Kennedy and Sub constable O'Brien, proceeded to tho public house kept by Mr Cronin in Corn Market street The police, who were no doubt acting on private information, immediately entered the taproom, which adjoins the bar of the public house. There were four persons inside, all of whom were preparing to leave, as if they suspected the police were on their trail. The person believed to be Mackay was the first to attempt an exit from the place. He was met at the door by the Head constable, whom he endeavored to pass. The Head constable, however, seized him. Then commenced a most desperate resistance on the part of the alleged Fenian leader, who endeavored to release himself from the grasp of his captor. The other policeman made on attempt to arrest the other occupants of the apartment, and those also resisted the efforts to secure them. The struggle continued for some minutes. Mackay was noticed to fumble at his breast, and the Head constable, fearing it was for a pistol he was looking, tried to prevent the movement. In this way the captives fought to gain their release, until the arrival of a party of policemen from the bridewel. Before, however, the assistance arrived one of the four had managed to escape but Mackay, who appeared to be known to the constables, was the principal object of their at tention There can hardly be a doubt that he also would have secured his freedom armed as he was with a revolver but for the arrival of additional police. Mackay managed to produce his pistol, which he presented at the breast of the policeman. Head constable Geale struck the pistol down, and immediately the shot took effect in the leg of one of the police who had just entered the house, and probably but for the act of striking down the weapon the bullet would have entered the body of Geale himself. A large crowd of people had assembled outside the house, and the report of the pistol and the cries of the wounded officer caused con siderable excitement. Several persons attempted to rush in and would have entered if not for the police who guarded the approaches to the place. Mackay and the other men continued to resist until they were completely over powered by the numerical superiority of the constabulary. The contest lasted for nearly half an hour, during which the excitement without continued to increase in intensity. The police, fearing an attempt might be made to rescue the prisoners, remained in the house after the latter had been hand- cuffed, awaiting fresh reinforcements of men. ln less than half an hour police arrived from the different stations, and formed themselves into a body outside the public house, which was surrounded by a dense multitude from whom the preservers of the peace expected some trouble. Ultimately, when all the avail- able force was concentrated near tho spot, in- cluding five horse poliemen, who were engaged in trying to keep the crowd at bay, the prisoners were removed from the public house and placed in the middle of about 100 police men, with fixed bayonets, under Sub Inspector Gunn. The crowd pressed on closely, yelling and hooting the ' Royal lrish,' and calling for the release of Mackay. At one time the mass closed in so much, and became so wild in their demeanor, that the police were ordered to charge. In the retreat of the people one man was stabbed. The populace retaliated by a shower of stones at the escort. Although the distance between the place where Mackay was arrested and the bridewell scarcely exceeds one hundred yards, the police had the utmost difficulty in removing their prisoners. They were assulted from all sides by brickbats and by missiles of every description, and some of the men were severely hurt. At length the party reached the prison gate, and Mackay and his associates were hastily taken in. The con- course which at this period nearly filled the en- tire open space at Corn Market-street were unsparing in their denunciation of the Queen and the British authorities. No attempt at rescue was made, but this, perhaps, was to be attributed in a great measure to the elaborate precautions which had been observed. The policeman was found to be wounded near the knee, and was attended on by Dr O'Flyn and other medical gentlemen. His name is Casey, and he is one of the auxiliary force which was recently drafted into the city. The names of the men who were arrested in the same house with Mackay are Timothy Maninix, fisherman, and Walter Walsh, also a fisherman. When the prisoners were searched nothing of a compromising nature was discovered, except some breech-loading cartridges which were found in one of the pockets of the supposed Fenian Chief. The latter was evidently pre pared for an emergency, and would have shown obstinate fight if he had not been completely subdued by superior force. The revolver which was taken from him was a weapon of splendid finish. It has eight chambers, and is one of the patent self acting pieces. The prisoner appeared to be about 22 years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, of slight build, but of active and athletic proportions. His features are sharp, and his small tapering chin, with deep set eyes and heavy eyebrows, betray a mind of resoluteness and daring. As an example of his coolness we may state that on his way to the bridewell he remarked to the policemen ' it was a pity to see such a fine body of men as the constabulary so loyal to the Government of an oppressed country.' Mackay was, we believe, born in Fermoy, whence he emigrated at a very early age to the United States, in whose army he served with distinction during the war with the Southern Confederacy. During the night at storm guard was maintained at the bridewell of over one hundred men." Sydney Morning Herald 14 Nov 1877 SEIZURE OF ARMS IN CORK. The correspondent of the Times reports that at the Cork Police office on the 25th September, Patrick Herlihy, a schoolmaster, residing at Wixon-lane, at the northern side of the city, was charged with having in his possession a quantity of arms alleged to have been stolen, and also with having these arms, and a lot of ammunition, in a proclaimed district, not being duly licensed. Mr. Potter, sub inspector, proved that he obtained a warrant for the search of Herlihy's house. He discovered the following weapons and articles-10 rifles and five rifle-barrels, eight locks, and six breech-loaders, six pistols, two loaded revolvers, seventeen bayonets, two swords, one pikehead and one dagger, nine cases of, revolver ammunition, and 286 revolver bullets, nine packages of rifle cartridges, and 119 loose rounds of ammunition, making altogether 468 rounds. He also discovered some boxes of caps, one canister of shot, six flasks of powder, one belt and pouch, and four bullet moulds. On one of the belts there was a harp without crown. It was stated that the rifles bore the Tower mark, and, that some of them were believed to have been stolen from the Mallow Militia Barracks on the occasion of the Fenian raid. Two of the pistols were marked with the stamp of " Allport, Cork," and are supposed to have been taken on the occasion of the Fenian raid for arms from that establishment during the Fenian excitement. Two other pistols bore the mark of W. Rigby, Dublin, and one revolver, a beautiful new weapon, had the stamp of Clough, Bath. The discovery of these arms, at a time when it was supposed the Fenian movement had utterly died out has caused a good deal of excitement. FROM AN ANCESTRY NOTICEBOARD (Relative of Hannah May Humphreys who married Henry Kingston Allport 1857 - 1944.) The British Newspaper Archive has a vast collection of local papers, some of which can now be searched online. However so far only two of them come from county Cork – Cork Examiner (1841-1870) Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier (1845-1850) Searching for references to ‘Allport’ in these two papers finds numerous hits, most of them advertisements for Henry Allport’s shop; some references are reproduced below. The shop sold guns, ammunition and gunpowder and catered to a community of sportsmen; for this reason it also carried fishing equipment and outdoor clothing. The firm also appear to have run firework displays. The rise of the Fenian movement seems to have caused some interest in the purchase of guns for self-defence as well as sports. A letter to the Cork Examiner mentions the Fenians as a threat to the landed gentry of Ireland, and the author (‘M’) claims to have made an agreement with Henry Allport for the supply of hand-grenades to people like himself, for blowing up any Fenians who attacked them in their homes. However this comes to a serious head with the raid on Allport and Sons by eight armed men in 1868, when sixty pistols and a considerable amount of ammunition was taken. The firm was criticised for making itself such a tempting target; also for being too “timid” in not following the raiders. |
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| 45. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Pamela Garrett ne Allport tree GR, Title: Pamela Garrett (ne Allport) tree GR, Auth: David Garrett |
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| 47. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: Descendants of William Allport, Title: Descendants of William Allport, Auth: Cindy Wood |
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| 65. Type: Census, Abbr: 1901 & 1911 Ireland Census, Title: 1901 & 1911 Ireland Census, Auth: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie, Publ: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie |
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| - Notes: ALLPORT (recorded as AEEPAT)
Henry (98) I.C.- head - no occupation - widower - b Birmingham Edith Mary (40) I.C.- dau - not married - b Cork Emilie Josephine (38) I.C.- dau - not married - b Cork GIBSON Hilda (10) I.C.- visitor - scholar - b Cork PARKER Henry (24) Methodist - visitor - bank clerk -b Co Fermanagh FLANAGAN Anne (63) I.C.- visitor - widow - co Wicklow DRISCOLL Kate (19) - RC- servant - b Co Cork |
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