Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Letter Written by James McCulloch of Camdey on October 24, 1767
This is a letter written by James McCulloch of Camdey on October 24, 1767, on Cullo O’Neil and his descendants. By June 9, 1772 the letter was in the hands of Henry Eustace McCulloch.
“About the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Irish, being desirous to shake off the English yoke, invited Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland, to assist them in their intended enterprise, and in case of success, determined to make Edward de Bruce King of Ireland।
“Edward de Bruce, in consequence thereof, landed in the North of Ireland at the head of 6,000 veteran Scots soldiers, in the year 1315, and drove the English out of Ulster the first campaign; having defeated them in several engagements,--and possessed himself of Carrick-fergus, Connor, and other places of importance. He then marched his army through Ireland several times, and forced the English into their strongholds and fortified places; but always returned to Ulster to take up his winter quarters.
“Edward de Bruce, about the year 1316, preferred Cullo O’Neil to be Captain of horse in his army. Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, came to Ireland with reinforcements to his brother Edward, whose army was then near Dundalk, and King Robert marched his forces near Newry, in order to join him; but the English having received considerable reinforcements from England and France, with several gentlemen volunteers under Bermingham Earl of Lowth, in a manner surprised Edward de Bruce near Dundalk, who could not be prevailed on to quit his post, and to retreat to his brother, King Robert’s army, though his little army was greatly diminished by the fatigues of the preceding campaign, and the English army was treble their number; but would at all events give them battle. The action happened in the month of October, 1317, and the English forced the centre of Edward de Bruce’s army, who, with the assistance of his guards, endeavoring to stop their progress, was killed by one of the gentlemen volunteers named Malpass, under the command of Sir Walter Larpulk; Captain Cullo O’Neil then killed Malpass, and recovered and brought off Edward de Bruce’s sword, and made his retreat to the King of Scotland’s army. King Robert retreated to Connor, where he wintered his army, and quitted all his brother’s posts in Ireland, and carried back his army to Scotland the following spring.
“Captain Cullo O’Neil, and many other Irish officers of Edward de Bruce’s army, went with King Robert de Bruce to Scotland, who knighted Captain Cullo O’Neil, and preferred him to be his standard-bearer and secretary of state; and gave Sir Cullo O’Neil lands in Lorn, as likewise the lands of Myrton and Achawan, which comprehend Killerar and Ardwell in Galloway. Sir Cullo’s charter is dated at Dunstaffnage, holding in fee blank form, the reddendo being a rose to the king to smell at when he comes to Myrton. Sir Cullo O’Neil died in the year 1331, and left his estate of Myrton and other lands in Galloway to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname of McCullo, and Sir Godfrey McCullo had his charter renewed at Perth in the year 1332, by David de Bruce, then king of Scotland. Sir Godfrey McCullo died in the year 1358, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died in the year 1399, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Norman McCullo, who had his charter renewed at Rothsay in the year 1400, by Robert the Third, king of Scotland, and was knighted in 1429 by King James, and died in 1445, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Eleseus McCullo, who died about the year 1448, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died about the year 1524, without issue male; and was succeeded by his son-in-law Henry McCulloch of Killerar and Margaret his daughter (which Henry was descended from Thomas, second son of Sir Norman McCullo), who got their charter renewed by King James the Fifth in the year 1525, and died about the year 1561, and was succeeded by their eldest son Simon McCulloch, who got his charter renewed by Queen Mary, daughter of James the Fifth, and died in the year 1592, and was succeeded by his eldest son William McCulloch, who died about the year----, and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander McCulloch, who, finding his estate much embarrassed by family debts, borrowed some large sum of money from a Doctor McCulloch in London, the repayment of which he secured by heritable bonds, and put his estate of Myrton &c. into the hands of his brother-in-law, John McCulloch Laird of Ardwell, designing that the rents thereof should clear his debts—and after having fired his affairs in such manner, Laird Alexander came to Ireland with his family to Sir Henry O’Neil, who gave him lands near the main water, where he resided until the time of his death, which happened in the year 1643, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William McCulloch, Esq. of Brandalston, who died in the year---- and left two sons, to wit, James of Grogan and Henry of Brandalston. John Laird of Ardwell turned out a bad trustee to Laird Alexander and his family, having bought up for his own use all the old family debts, and heritable bonds affecting Myrton estate, &c. and under color thereof, Ardwell and his family continued possessors of Laird Alexander’s Scotch estates,-- and had a son named Alexander who was knighted by King Charles the Second. But, how William of Brandalston came to submit to such frauds, I have not been able to trace.
“The Genealogy and Memoirs of the House of Myrton herein contained, I transcribed from an old manuscript, which I found among my father’s papers; but made small alterations in the diction of the Memoirs, but none in respect to facts.
J। McC। October 24, 1767।
“About the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Irish, being desirous to shake off the English yoke, invited Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland, to assist them in their intended enterprise, and in case of success, determined to make Edward de Bruce King of Ireland।
“Edward de Bruce, in consequence thereof, landed in the North of Ireland at the head of 6,000 veteran Scots soldiers, in the year 1315, and drove the English out of Ulster the first campaign; having defeated them in several engagements,--and possessed himself of Carrick-fergus, Connor, and other places of importance. He then marched his army through Ireland several times, and forced the English into their strongholds and fortified places; but always returned to Ulster to take up his winter quarters.
“Edward de Bruce, about the year 1316, preferred Cullo O’Neil to be Captain of horse in his army. Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, came to Ireland with reinforcements to his brother Edward, whose army was then near Dundalk, and King Robert marched his forces near Newry, in order to join him; but the English having received considerable reinforcements from England and France, with several gentlemen volunteers under Bermingham Earl of Lowth, in a manner surprised Edward de Bruce near Dundalk, who could not be prevailed on to quit his post, and to retreat to his brother, King Robert’s army, though his little army was greatly diminished by the fatigues of the preceding campaign, and the English army was treble their number; but would at all events give them battle. The action happened in the month of October, 1317, and the English forced the centre of Edward de Bruce’s army, who, with the assistance of his guards, endeavoring to stop their progress, was killed by one of the gentlemen volunteers named Malpass, under the command of Sir Walter Larpulk; Captain Cullo O’Neil then killed Malpass, and recovered and brought off Edward de Bruce’s sword, and made his retreat to the King of Scotland’s army. King Robert retreated to Connor, where he wintered his army, and quitted all his brother’s posts in Ireland, and carried back his army to Scotland the following spring.
“Captain Cullo O’Neil, and many other Irish officers of Edward de Bruce’s army, went with King Robert de Bruce to Scotland, who knighted Captain Cullo O’Neil, and preferred him to be his standard-bearer and secretary of state; and gave Sir Cullo O’Neil lands in Lorn, as likewise the lands of Myrton and Achawan, which comprehend Killerar and Ardwell in Galloway. Sir Cullo’s charter is dated at Dunstaffnage, holding in fee blank form, the reddendo being a rose to the king to smell at when he comes to Myrton. Sir Cullo O’Neil died in the year 1331, and left his estate of Myrton and other lands in Galloway to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname of McCullo, and Sir Godfrey McCullo had his charter renewed at Perth in the year 1332, by David de Bruce, then king of Scotland. Sir Godfrey McCullo died in the year 1358, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died in the year 1399, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Norman McCullo, who had his charter renewed at Rothsay in the year 1400, by Robert the Third, king of Scotland, and was knighted in 1429 by King James, and died in 1445, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Eleseus McCullo, who died about the year 1448, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died about the year 1524, without issue male; and was succeeded by his son-in-law Henry McCulloch of Killerar and Margaret his daughter (which Henry was descended from Thomas, second son of Sir Norman McCullo), who got their charter renewed by King James the Fifth in the year 1525, and died about the year 1561, and was succeeded by their eldest son Simon McCulloch, who got his charter renewed by Queen Mary, daughter of James the Fifth, and died in the year 1592, and was succeeded by his eldest son William McCulloch, who died about the year----, and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander McCulloch, who, finding his estate much embarrassed by family debts, borrowed some large sum of money from a Doctor McCulloch in London, the repayment of which he secured by heritable bonds, and put his estate of Myrton &c. into the hands of his brother-in-law, John McCulloch Laird of Ardwell, designing that the rents thereof should clear his debts—and after having fired his affairs in such manner, Laird Alexander came to Ireland with his family to Sir Henry O’Neil, who gave him lands near the main water, where he resided until the time of his death, which happened in the year 1643, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William McCulloch, Esq. of Brandalston, who died in the year---- and left two sons, to wit, James of Grogan and Henry of Brandalston. John Laird of Ardwell turned out a bad trustee to Laird Alexander and his family, having bought up for his own use all the old family debts, and heritable bonds affecting Myrton estate, &c. and under color thereof, Ardwell and his family continued possessors of Laird Alexander’s Scotch estates,-- and had a son named Alexander who was knighted by King Charles the Second. But, how William of Brandalston came to submit to such frauds, I have not been able to trace.
“The Genealogy and Memoirs of the House of Myrton herein contained, I transcribed from an old manuscript, which I found among my father’s papers; but made small alterations in the diction of the Memoirs, but none in respect to facts.
J। McC। October 24, 1767।
Monday, July 14, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
A Dream is an enigma...
A Dream is an enigma…but solving it is an even greater one.
If all of our Dreams were to come true, would they not contradict each other? Nightmares and happy things? Happiness-Sadness, Life-Death, Love-Hate, and the Present-, Past,-, and Future? But then again isn’t the above, combined together, a recipe FOR Life?
Life cannot be all Death, because for there to have been Death, Life must have come before it. The chicken before the egg scenario is no longer a question, but a reality through Life.
Hate and Love, Life would not be complete without it. For instance: You Love to run but Hate to be tired. Yet you run anyway. You Hate that you Love someone who you know doesn’t feel the same. Yet despite it you still Love. Therefore Hate cannot be pure. For Hate cannot exist without some form of Love. Although Hate and Love rarely exist together in the same measurements, you still and always will Hate and Love, only choosing to express one over the other.
Happiness and Sadness both can never be destroyed from the earth. If for instance it was, Life would cease to exist. However this loss of Life through the disappearance of Happiness and Sadness would not result in mortal Death per say, but loss of living, eternal nothingness, because without Happiness and Sadness, Love and Hate would cease to exist, and a Life without Love is a life not worth living.
Present, Past, and the Future. The Present is always and will always be the shortest period of time, and in the end the Past will be the only time left. Because the Present is rapidly and continually fleeting into the Past with Future hot on its heels, desperately trying to escape, trying to get to the other side of the Present where the grass surely WAS greener.
What though is a Dream exactly? An unconscious reality? A movie of possibilities? A review of what you have witnessed throughout your life? An experimental trial and error of life? A simple playground for the restless mind?
A Dream is an enigma…but solving it is an even greater one.
If all of our Dreams were to come true, would they not contradict each other? Nightmares and happy things? Happiness-Sadness, Life-Death, Love-Hate, and the Present-, Past,-, and Future? But then again isn’t the above, combined together, a recipe FOR Life?
Life cannot be all Death, because for there to have been Death, Life must have come before it. The chicken before the egg scenario is no longer a question, but a reality through Life.
Hate and Love, Life would not be complete without it. For instance: You Love to run but Hate to be tired. Yet you run anyway. You Hate that you Love someone who you know doesn’t feel the same. Yet despite it you still Love. Therefore Hate cannot be pure. For Hate cannot exist without some form of Love. Although Hate and Love rarely exist together in the same measurements, you still and always will Hate and Love, only choosing to express one over the other.
Happiness and Sadness both can never be destroyed from the earth. If for instance it was, Life would cease to exist. However this loss of Life through the disappearance of Happiness and Sadness would not result in mortal Death per say, but loss of living, eternal nothingness, because without Happiness and Sadness, Love and Hate would cease to exist, and a Life without Love is a life not worth living.
Present, Past, and the Future. The Present is always and will always be the shortest period of time, and in the end the Past will be the only time left. Because the Present is rapidly and continually fleeting into the Past with Future hot on its heels, desperately trying to escape, trying to get to the other side of the Present where the grass surely WAS greener.
What though is a Dream exactly? An unconscious reality? A movie of possibilities? A review of what you have witnessed throughout your life? An experimental trial and error of life? A simple playground for the restless mind?
A Dream is an enigma…but solving it is an even greater one.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
My Anti-Drug
Creativity: My Anti-Drug
Instead of spending my day smoking pot and shooting up, I expressed creativity by using a black Ultra Round Stic Grip Bic ink pen to blacken out teeth, draw mustaches, uni-brows and piercings on various people in magazines. Better Homes & Gardens may have saved my life. True story.
Instead of spending my day smoking pot and shooting up, I expressed creativity by using a black Ultra Round Stic Grip Bic ink pen to blacken out teeth, draw mustaches, uni-brows and piercings on various people in magazines. Better Homes & Gardens may have saved my life. True story.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Guitar Hero**
While playing Guitar Hero at a friends house I began to wonder, why the guitar? Why should the guitar be the only instrument allowed to have its name in old style gothic print upon the shelves of every super Wal-Mart and gaming store in North America? How do you think the kazoo feels, doomed forever to be a child’s gift bag stuffer, never truly appreciated by the human race? Wouldn’t you think that the percussion and wind instruments feel totally left out right about now? Not to mention the other string instruments, such as the harpsichord, lyre, and the graceful koto। Where would we be without the violin, flute, trumpet, tuba, tambourine, piano, and the cello? Why does the guitar get to be the hero?
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Introduction
Hi, and welcome to the initiation of intelligent thoughts! As this is my first blog I assume I should begin by introducing you to myself. My name is Inzey Cellie. I live in my own little world most of the time but for the remainder I live on a small rural farm in a formerly productive rural shoebox farming and industry community in North Carolina near the Virginia border.
I am one out of a family of five, with two younger siblings, one of each. My sister is a typical middle school child who enjoys most typical girlish activities such as shopping for clothing. (This, in my opinion is a time wasting act that was most likely sent from Satan to torture me ad infinitum.) My brother…., well lets just say he managed to get a guitar stuck in his pants today. Then there is me, I’m the strange one. At least that’s what everyone says.
If you would like to know more about me you can check out my profile.
I am one out of a family of five, with two younger siblings, one of each. My sister is a typical middle school child who enjoys most typical girlish activities such as shopping for clothing. (This, in my opinion is a time wasting act that was most likely sent from Satan to torture me ad infinitum.) My brother…., well lets just say he managed to get a guitar stuck in his pants today. Then there is me, I’m the strange one. At least that’s what everyone says.
If you would like to know more about me you can check out my profile.
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