APPENDIX IX. 115 



At a meeting of subscribers to the Kilkenny Hunt, held 

 at the Club-house on June 27th, 1859, Sir John Power in 

 the chair, it was resolved 



That the coverts of Tory Hill, Carricklriss, and Knockbrack, 

 together with the portion of the country called Briscoe's country, shall 

 be given up to Lord Bessborough for the Curraghmore Hunt* for one 

 year from the 151)1 May last, and for the year following, unless a notice 

 be given in writing, on or before the I5th November, to Lord 

 Eessborough that Kilkenny will resume the country at the expiration of 

 the year 1860, and the same arrangement to continue for a year with 

 regard to a notice to November, such notice to be given by a Com- 

 mittee of the Kilkenny Hunt for the time being, Lord Bessborough 

 guaranteeing a sum of ,50 per annum. The boundary marked by a 

 red line on ordnance map in the possession of Sir John Power, &c. 



APPENDIX IX. 



(i) The Kilkenny Hunt fifty years ago (abonf 1820), written 

 about 1870. 



What a meet ! I remember one glorious spring morn 

 Our hearts beat with joy at the sound of the horn ! 

 The breakfast at Rice's 1 was sumptuous, but short, 

 For all were most eager to join in the sport. 

 Harry Lorrequer's hero" we think of witli pride, 

 And his sister, a Willett, they rode side by side, 



* Henry Lord Waterford, having been killed while hunting in the 

 spring of 1859, was succeeded by his brother, who, being a clergyman, 

 handed over the pack to a Committee, and the Hunt was then first 

 called the Curraghmore Hunt, Mr. Briscoe becoming Master. 



1 Now the Club House Hotel. Rice first had the Wheatsheaf, in 

 Walkin Street, Kilkenny, and afterwards took the present Club 

 1 louse. 



- Major O'Flaherty. 



