Act (1909). See Irish Land Act (1909).
Births, Deaths and Marriages, Registry of . Although non-Catholic marriages were registered by the state from 1845, official registration of all births, deaths and marriages for the entire population began in 1864 with the establishment of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (26 & 27 Vict., c. 11). Births, deaths and marriages were registered in the dispensary district of the poor law union in which they occurred, the registrar usually being the medical officer for the district. A superintendent registrar gathered in the returns for the entire union and these were collated and indexed at the General Register Office in Dublin. Only the master indexes are available for public scrutiny at the General Register Office. A small payment is made for a copy of the full entry. (Kinealy, Tracing , pp. 13â16.)
black oath . An oath imposed on all Presbyterians in Ulster in 1639 by Lord Deputy Wentworth requiring them to abjure the Solemn League and Covenant and swear allegiance to Charles I.
Black Rod . Chief usher of the house of lords , so called after the ebony rod carried as symbol of his office. Black Rodâs function was to keep order within the house, a role not dissimilar to that performed by Sergeant-at-Arms in the commons. At the opening of parliament he was dispatched (as he is today at Westminster) to summon the members of the commons to the house of lords for the opening address.
blackrent . Rent or tribute illegally extorted most commonly by Gaelic chiefs on English marchers in return for protection or agreement to desist from plunder.
blazon . 1: In heraldry, a shield 2: A verbal description of heraldic arms.
Bloodâs Conspiracy (1663). The plot conceived by disgruntled Protestants (including at least seven members of parliament) to seize Dublin Castle and ignite an uprising throughout the country. The source of their disaffection lay in the Act of Settlement (1662) which provided for the restoration to their former estates of Catholics innocent of complicity in the 1641 rebellion. Alarmed at the numbers being restored by the court of claims and fearing the loss of their own newly-acquired estates, the conspirators, led by Thomas Blood, assembled in Dublin in March 1663. The administration appears to have been forewarned of the plan which fizzled out when an innkeeperâs wife became suspicious of the gathering in Thomas Street. A small number were executed and the parliamentarians were expelled from the house of commons. Bloodâs later lack of success as an assassin (the Duke of Ormond, 1670) and as a jewel thief (the crown jewels, 1671) appear not to have damaged him in the eyes of the crown. The pardon and grant of land he received from Charles II fuelled suspicions that he had been a spy for many years.
blimp . An airship. The term derives from its designation as type B-limp dirigible. Blimps were employed along Irelandâs east coast from 1918 as anti-submarine escorts for cross-channel shipping.
blue books . The official British parliamentary papers which include house of commons sessional papers, select committee reports and royal commissions, so called because so many of them, particularly the larger ones, were bound in dark blue covers. Many, in fact, were bound in buff.
bluesay . A light, delicate woollen or serge cloth. Also known as âsayâ.
bó-aire. (Ir., cow nobleman?) 1: A prosperous farmer. 2: The head of a creaght .
Board of Works (1831). The Board of Works was constituted out of an eighteenth century institution, âthe Barrack Board and Board of Worksâ, whose military division was responsible for quartering the army in Ireland. It also had a civil division which maintained Dublin Castle, the Viceregal Lodge and the Four Courts . In the early years of the nineteenth century public money under the supervision of the lord lieutenant was voted for the improvement of inland navigation, fisheries and public works
Births, Deaths and Marriages, Registry of . Although non-Catholic marriages were registered by the state from 1845, official registration of all births, deaths and marriages for the entire population began in 1864 with the establishment of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (26 & 27 Vict., c. 11). Births, deaths and marriages were registered in the dispensary district of the poor law union in which they occurred, the registrar usually being the medical officer for the district. A superintendent registrar gathered in the returns for the entire union and these were collated and indexed at the General Register Office in Dublin. Only the master indexes are available for public scrutiny at the General Register Office. A small payment is made for a copy of the full entry. (Kinealy, Tracing , pp. 13â16.)
black oath . An oath imposed on all Presbyterians in Ulster in 1639 by Lord Deputy Wentworth requiring them to abjure the Solemn League and Covenant and swear allegiance to Charles I.
Black Rod . Chief usher of the house of lords , so called after the ebony rod carried as symbol of his office. Black Rodâs function was to keep order within the house, a role not dissimilar to that performed by Sergeant-at-Arms in the commons. At the opening of parliament he was dispatched (as he is today at Westminster) to summon the members of the commons to the house of lords for the opening address.
blackrent . Rent or tribute illegally extorted most commonly by Gaelic chiefs on English marchers in return for protection or agreement to desist from plunder.
blazon . 1: In heraldry, a shield 2: A verbal description of heraldic arms.
Bloodâs Conspiracy (1663). The plot conceived by disgruntled Protestants (including at least seven members of parliament) to seize Dublin Castle and ignite an uprising throughout the country. The source of their disaffection lay in the Act of Settlement (1662) which provided for the restoration to their former estates of Catholics innocent of complicity in the 1641 rebellion. Alarmed at the numbers being restored by the court of claims and fearing the loss of their own newly-acquired estates, the conspirators, led by Thomas Blood, assembled in Dublin in March 1663. The administration appears to have been forewarned of the plan which fizzled out when an innkeeperâs wife became suspicious of the gathering in Thomas Street. A small number were executed and the parliamentarians were expelled from the house of commons. Bloodâs later lack of success as an assassin (the Duke of Ormond, 1670) and as a jewel thief (the crown jewels, 1671) appear not to have damaged him in the eyes of the crown. The pardon and grant of land he received from Charles II fuelled suspicions that he had been a spy for many years.
blimp . An airship. The term derives from its designation as type B-limp dirigible. Blimps were employed along Irelandâs east coast from 1918 as anti-submarine escorts for cross-channel shipping.
blue books . The official British parliamentary papers which include house of commons sessional papers, select committee reports and royal commissions, so called because so many of them, particularly the larger ones, were bound in dark blue covers. Many, in fact, were bound in buff.
bluesay . A light, delicate woollen or serge cloth. Also known as âsayâ.
bó-aire. (Ir., cow nobleman?) 1: A prosperous farmer. 2: The head of a creaght .
Board of Works (1831). The Board of Works was constituted out of an eighteenth century institution, âthe Barrack Board and Board of Worksâ, whose military division was responsible for quartering the army in Ireland. It also had a civil division which maintained Dublin Castle, the Viceregal Lodge and the Four Courts . In the early years of the nineteenth century public money under the supervision of the lord lieutenant was voted for the improvement of inland navigation, fisheries and public works
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