New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-03
CLAIMS TO BE A PEER
IN The O'CalIdghans Interested IN
a Young Mans Pretcnsions.
-. Eos. 81 &c Rren.wood coEnra.,,.

rf--ryrtEut- 1905. b. the Brentwood Corarsrv.l
-,-s., n 1905 old Lord Lismore died AT the &c
sehty-two. bequeathtng Shanbally Castle his
,.i<ui place in Tipperary. TO his lovely niece.
-, beatrice Pole-Carew. daughter of Lord Or
- and wife % General Sir Reginald Pole
- s. was generally believed that his viscounty
= IS two oaronies, one OF them English and
,.1,or irish. had become extinct. since he had
- .reieoeased h both OF his sons Nov how
= after an Interval CT ten years cIaiuna Mt
:. srreared. not 20 his English but his Irish
- in tho person OF certain Leslie OCaI-
-.rfsn who is a farmer In the neighborhood of
- Re claims 20 be descended from the Hon.
.-a,-re O'CsliEghan. a younger son OF the first
- Ifsrore. and who is set down in the pages
= ell the standard peerages having died unmsr-
+as The claimant alleges that George who was
T,-ctestant married a certain Nellie O'Connell,
catholic. and daughter OF village shoemaker,
I'D a hundred years ago at the time when the
marriage Is said TO have taken place, unions be
.,,aer Roman Catholics and Professionals in Ireland
s-e illegal The claimant asserts that at a later
7e-e the shoeElakers daughter became convert
:. r-orestautis1l. and then that the marriage was
ola-7nized anew. according Protestant rites, in
6 Protestant church That his pretensions OF
soma weight may be gathered from the feet that
10 leading London illustrated papers. such the
.,.-srhic- have printed his portrait But should
- e-en succeed in proving his rights 70 the title
- Lord Ilsrlore it zyill be merely empty honor.
ssnce there Is not the slightest chance. according
:, rnE Sf or irish law. of his recovering the es-
Gates including Shanbaly Castle.
some time ago there Were rumors that claim
had been put forward TO the honors of the late
r.-r5 Iasuore by surgeon General Daniel oCal-
laghan. on the ground o: his being member Ct
-re C-CaIlagllan family In fact. he claims to
~ ~ the present moment its chief He is the
fs-be- q Lady Irving the widow of Sir Henry
ring the famous actor But Surgeon General
a-Cauashan has never until now taken any
steps toward securing possession Of the titles
The 0-t-aIIashan family = OF The oldest IN
f--e -G
Nuns-er. and were seated al and had as their
ancestral home the Castle Of D7umaneen- Their
CHEZ. Cornelius O'Cauaghan. enjoyed very extern
sive territorial possessions in the reign Of queen
Elizabeth according TO records OF that reign. one
of the number vas a famous lawyer and member
n Parliament IN the reign of Queen Anne, ana
Cornelius O-Callaghan was raised to the peerase
~ Ireland II F7s4 his son being advanced TO the
rank Of z vtscount-
TIE .ast Lord Lisnore had two sons one OF
vrh7-7 died. unmarried as member Of Parliament
-,- -=-7era-z- while :he elder. the Hon George
-,.~.r-er,sn was killed while playing polo al
1---1alz out n India He left wife, the daugh-
81 n clergyman Of the Church Of England, VINO
= <7--n-ls Is an actress the stage under the
s--a ~ Rosina OCauaghan- Her first husband
- rra eldest son of Sir William Webb Toilet
a r. = distinguished lawyer. and after becoming
. zs57-- she married the Hon George O'Callashan-
rg-.,e- 30 met with his death on the polo heId Il
VS. found tnat he had made absolutely no pro
,5et,r +o- his wife. and his parents, VINO had Al
80 discount enanced his marriage and refused TO
..-e -z,af- daughter ir-law. absolutely declined
- &c her anv allowance OF 10 DO anything Tor
-. So has nov remarked and Is the wife or
s-gz-nou James Sharp q Manor house. weston
-. Al Lord and Lady Ldsulore's property,
----5-r 70 scrne $4,000 year. vas divided
- --ef- Two eranduieces, Lady Beatrice
-. Y-s-eu and her unmarried sister. Lady Con
---s z7r-;e-. shanbsIy Castle going TO Lady
Beatrice