Whitty Rev Irwine

1778 - 1832  (53 years)

• Name	Whitty Rev Irwine
  Birth	13 Nov 1778	Dublin, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jan 1832	Golden County, Tipperary, Ireland
  Person ID	I590	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Whitty Rev. Irwine,   b. 1754, Naul, Co. Dublin d. 1842, Kilrush, Co. Clare (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Hill Mary Margretta,   b. 1753, Fieldtown, West Meath d. 16 Nov 1806, Kilrush (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1776
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Palmer Mary Anne
  Marriage	1805
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Nov 1778 - Dublin, Ireland Death - 25 Jan 1832 - Golden County, Tipperary, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Irwine was a Rector who was murdered, no doubt because he was a keen enforcer of collecting tythes. Curate of Cashel 1804 - 12, Rector of Glankeen, 1812 - 16 and Rector of Golden, Co Tipperary 1816 - 32. Irwine was also closely involved in the disturbances over the payment of tithes. These became more intense following the enactment of the Tithe Composition Act of 1823. The tithe traditionally took the form of corn, eggs and poultry but the 1823 Act allowed the clergy to claim the monetary equivalent for the produce. Such valuations were seen as notoriously unjust, not least because the price of corn fell by almost 25% between 1820 and 1830. The 1823 Act also greatly increased the amount of land liable to payment. Irwine's murder in 1832 was widely reported. "Murdered in a field near his own house at Golden, six miles from Tipperary, the rev. Irvine Whitty rector of that parish. He was the eldest son of the rev. Irwine Whitty, of Kilrush, and brother to the rev. John Whitty, archdeacon of Kilfenora, and to major Whitty of the 26th regiment. This gentleman fell a victim to his perseverance in enforcing his tithes, for which he brought forty-five suits at the late sessions at Cashel. The verdict of the coroner's inquest was 'willful murder gainst persons as yet unknown' The Annual Register 24 January 1832" 24 January 1832 "The Rev. Irwin Whitty, Rector of Golden, in the diocese pf Cashel, STONED TO DEATH, on his return home from the sick-bed of one of his parishioners." The British Magazine 27 January 1832 "Rev. Irwin Whitty, Parish of Golden, Died in consequence of the wounds and injuries which he received on the head the evening of Wed. 25th inst., inflicted by some person or persons unknown. Co Tipperary Coroners Inquests." source: research notes of Mary Whitty ++++++++ After Irwine's death in 1832, William Palmer edited a book of letters and meditations written by Irwin; many of the letters were written to his first cousin William Palmer's wife Helen, whom he affectionately addressed as 'sister'. From these letters some details of his immediate family history and domestic life can be drawn. +++++ Mary Anne / Marianne's sister Eleanor married Irwine's younger brother John Whitty source: research notes of Mary Whitty