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Rev. Robert Traill & Ann Hayes | Page last modified: |
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Two quotes from WIKIPEDIA’s detailed account of his life and family. To see the entire account (including links to
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“Robert Traill or Trail FRSE (1793–1847) was a clergyman in the established Church of Ireland. He was rector of Schull, County Cork from 1832 until his death and part-owned a copper mine in the area. Traill complained of losing tithes from the Roman Catholic population due to the 1830s Tithe War but was recognised for his compassion during the Great Famine in Ireland from 1846. He was depicted in an Illustrated London News article of the time and was the subject of a letter published in several newspapers.”
“Personal life and death
Traill was married to Anne Hayes, daughter of Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet, in 1829. Traill died of “famine fever” (typhus) in April 1847. Upon his death he left a large family including two sons, three-year-old Robert Walter Traill and baby Edmund. The family moved to Dublin, where Robert studied civil engineering and Edmund medicine at Trinity College before they abandoned their studies to become ranchers in Argentina.”
From the Skibbereen & District Historical Society (Ireland),
a letter written by Dr Robert Traill describing the dreadful condition in Schull in 1847:
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https://skibbereenhistorical.ie/letter-written-by-dr-traill-describing-dreadful-conditions-in-schull-in-1847/
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