Mallow in the news

[Dennis Ahern]

>From the Aberystwyth Observer, 31 October 1868

EARTHQUAKE IN IRELAND.

A telegram from Cork says that on Saturday severe shocks of earthquake,
followed by a loud rumbling noise, were felt at two places near Mallow,
in Cork county. It is stated that houses were much shaken, furniture was
broken, and the occupants of the houses were greatly terrified. At the
time the shocks were felt it was blowing a hurricane. A despatch dated
Sunday states that, although the effects of the extraordinary phenomenon
were not felt in the immediate vicinity of Cork, the alarm created by the
intelligence which reached that city on Saturday afternoon has been
intense. The first shock was felt at a place called Newtown, within a few
miles of Mallow. Some gentlemen who were hunting near the place at the
time have confirmed the report. They state that the shock was followed by
a loud rumbling noise and an oscillation of the earth. In other places
between Mallow and Kanturk, a distinct shock of earthquake was also felt.
Houses were shaken from their foundations, and in some instances the
furniture was thrown down and broken. The shock passed from north to
south. Reports from other quarters confirm the above particulars.

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Dennis Ahern | Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society
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[Dennis Ahern]

>From the Cardiff Evening Express, 21 September 1896 -

A LUCKY POLICEMAN.
LOVED BY AN IRISH HEIRESS
WHOM HE HAS MADE HIS BRIDE.

"Some men are born lucky," such is the old saying examples of the
truth of which are daily coming before our notice. The latest is the
accession to wealth and beauty by a Cheswick policeman named
Thomas James Macfaline, who, with an Irish lady of aristocratic
descent, have become the chief actors in a wedding which was
solemnized the other day in a London church. The lady who has
made "bobby" happy was Miss Kathleen Badham Thornhill, of
Mallow, near Cork. She claims descent from the old Irish kings and
possesses a graceful figure and is highly accomplished. Miss
Thornhill first saw her husband when the latter was in the act of
stopping a runaway steed, and so gallantly did he perform the deed
that according to her own statements she fell in love with him on the
spot. Notwithstanding the protest of her friends a courtship was
entered into and so devoted was the lady that it was no uncommon
thing for the policeman to be followed about on his beat by Miss
Thornhill in a handsome [sic] cab bearing refreshments. Macfalines
happiness was crowned the other day by a union with the object of
his affection, and he now has gone with his bride to the latter's family
seat in Ireland, where he has become an Irish landlord.