Isaac McCabe

Isaac McCABE (Isaac1) was born about 1808 in Dunmanway, Cork, Ireland and died April 7, 1892, in Bandon, Cork. His occupations included farmer, scripture reader, and schoolmaster. He married Catherine JONES on May 5, 1836, in Midleton, Cork, Ireland. Catherine was born around 1814 possibly in Midleton and died April 18, 1879, in Bandon.

Children of Isaac McCABE and Catherine JONES:

Isaac Jones McCABE was born in Corran and baptized February 13, 1837, at Desertserges Parish. Isaac married Catherine HALES on August 19, 1858, at Bandon.

Helena McCABE was born on May 9, 1838, in Ballinard and married John SAVAGE on November 26, 1863, in Kincurran, Cork.

Jane Anne McCABE was born on December 1, 1839, in Ballinard and married John CROWLEY on May 16, 1865, at Ballymodan, Bandon.

Leonora McCABE was baptized on March 7, 1841, at Ballymoney Parish and died on January 22, 1899, in Bandon. She married John MOLONY, a shoemaker, on September 28, 1886, in Bandon and they lived on Shannon Street. John was born around 1835 in County Cork and died after 1914 probably in Kinsale. He was the son of Thomas MOLONY, a weaver.

Mary Anne McCABE was baptized on August 7, 1842, at Ballymoney Parish and may have died around 1871. She married Thomas CROWLEY, baker and merchant, of Kinsale on August 25, 1866, in Kinsale. Thomas was born 1846 and was the son of John CROWLEY, gardener and he was listed as a merchant on Fisher Street in the 1891 Guy’s Directory for Kinsale.

Thomas McCABE was born on June 6, 1844, in Ballinard and married Annie SEARLS on April 3, 1866, in Ballymodan Bandon.

William McCABE was born around 1846 near Bandon and married Mary OTTLEY on October 3, 1867, in Kinsale.

Sampson McCABE was born on March 15, 1847, in Castle Derry, Desertserges and died on August 15, 1882, in Manhattan, New York. He married Anna Matilda McCORMACK on March 14, 1880, in Manhattan. She was the daughter of William McCORMACK and Matilda OLES.

Francis McCABE was born on August 7, 1848, in Castle Derry, Desertserges and married Elizabeth STANLEY on July 2, 1874, in Bandon.

Richard J. McCABE was born on August 7, 1848, in Castle Derry, Desertserges and married Fannie Baldwin THOMPSON on December 31, 1877, in Jersey City, New Jersey.

The earliest record found for Isaac McCABE was from the Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records in St. Leonard Parish, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England. This January 24, 1831, record indicates the young adult Isaac was sent from the workhouse near London back to his homeland of County Cork. Isaac stated in this record that he was born in Dunmanway, located about 17 miles west of Bandon.

Isaac McCABE is listed in the 1851 Griffith's Valuation List as the occupant of a schoolhouse on land owned by the Earl of Bandon in Castlederry townland, Desertserges Parish.

Isaac and his family lived on farmland in Curravarahane (two miles south of Bandon) in 1865. During the period 1867-1874, the family lived in Desertserges (about five miles west of Bandon). Isaac's address in both 1879 and in 1892 was Castle Road, Bandon.

Isaac and Catherine are buried in the Kilbrogan (Christ Church) graveyard off North Main Street in Bandon.

Christ Church was built around 1610 on the site of a Danish fort. It was one of the earliest Protestant churches in Ireland and was an active church for 363 years. A portion of the old Bandon walls form part of the building structure. Christ Church was deconsecrated in 1973 and is the current day site of the West Cork Heritage Centre.