Copy letter, Mary Hungerford, to Clonakilty Urban District Council. The Hungerfords were concerned about keeping all strangers and locals out of the Inchidoney Estate. Gates were erected and traps placed on the grounds. Locals felt they had a right to travel to the beach by an old roadway past Inchidoney House. Clonakilty U.D.C. mediated but Miss Hungerford refused all approaches. A group of locals marched from town, tore down the gates, and asserted their right to travel to the beach. This gave rise to a local song "Who broke the Island Gates", although the words were never recorded. (1905).
You can see this document in the larger context of a portion of a website entitled "Clonakilty Museum Material" which discusses and shows material relating to the Hungerford family of Inchadoney, Clonakilty, county Cork.
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 6:43 PM on January 8, 2025.