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The Honorable George
Ogle - This statue is located inside St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin |
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Entrance to the Bellevue
Estate looking in to where the tenement farmers' homes were. Note
the guard portico to the left. George Ogle had his private militia
known as Ogle's Loyal Blues though many locals referred to them as Ogle's
Bloody Blues. Richard and Henry Pidgeon were tenement farmers and
members of Ogle's militia during the uprising of 1798. |
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Remains of the homes
where Richard Pidgeon and his young family would have lived |
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Looking south down
stream of the River Slaney from where Bellevue estate once stood. |
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The old road that used
to run past the graveyard came up through this gate. The road would have
taken Richard Pidgeon to a nearby Shebayen (illegal
drinking house) from which Nathaniel had to fetch his father to bring him
home. |
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The lonely graveyard
near the estate of Bellevue where Richard Pidgeon most likely challenged
the spirits to a duel and terrified the young Nathaniel |
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Small farmhouse near
Ballydicken which is most likely typical of the small home that Elizabeth
Foley grew up in. |
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Looking over the fields
to the area known as Ballydicken where Elizabeth
Foley grew up. |
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Looking south along the
River Slaney from the eastern bank at Ballydicken where Elizabeth Foley
grew up. The Deeps castle can be seen around the bend in the
distance. |
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Along the road near Caim
heading towards Killoughram Forest. |
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The public hotel at Ferry
Carrig. It was here that Richard Pidgeon slammed his sword into
the mantlepiece in the process of placing a man named MacDonald
under civilian arrest. He believed that MacDonald was involved in
the 1798 rebellion. |
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Looking across the
fields towards Killoughram Forest.
Of course, the forest has been chopped down since the days of 1810.
This was the seat of Colonel Phaire to which the family of Richard Pidgeon
moved after the death of George Ogle of Bellevue Estate. |
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Ferry Carrig hotel |
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Looking north from the
Ferry Carrig hotel |
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The bridge at Ferry
Carrig looking south |
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Approaching the public
hotel at Ferry Carrig along the road from Wexford Town that follows the
River Slaney. This is probably the path that Nathaniel trod along
most frequently. |
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Norse Castle at Ferry
Carrig taken from the road leading into Wexford Town |
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The Chantry
Restaurant at Bunclody. In the 1820's and 1830's, this was a
Wesleyan Methodist meeting house and Pidgeon family members are recorded
in the attendees' register. |
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Norse Castle at Ferry
Carrig |
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Typical scenery looking
west along the road to Enniscorthy around Oilgate. |
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Heading into Enniscorthy
from Wexford along the southern approach |
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St Iberius Church of
Ireland in Wexford Town |
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Looking south over to
Wexford Town from the bridge. On the opposite side of the river to Wexford
is Castlebridge where Elizabeth Foley and Richard Pidgeon were married in
November 1801. |
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Heading out of Wexford
Town along the river road towards Ferry Carrig. Whilst these
buildings were built much later (1874) they are probably typical of the
style of home that the tenement farmers lived in on Bellevue Estate. |
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Wesleyan
chapel 1835, Wexford Town. This would have been the place where
Nathaniel Pidgeon was converted. It is now appartments. |
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The Guardia and prison
in Wexford Town. It was probably here that Richard Pidgeon was
placed in gaol for 3 months for false arrest of the man MacDonald at the
Ferry Carrig public hotel |
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