Irish Glass. 17 



The Henzey and Bigo families appear to have intermarried 

 both in England and Ireland. In the will of Philip Bigo, pre- 

 viously mentioned, who died in 1668, ;!^300 is left to the children 

 of his eldest daughter, Catherine Henzie, deceased, formerly wife 

 of Annanias Henzie. All the early glass-houses in Ireland ap- 

 pear to have been in the country, on account of the facility of 

 obtaining wood for fuel, though in the year 1641 a Bill was 

 introduced to stop the felling of trees for fuel for burning glass, 

 iron, lime, etc. 



After about the middle of the seventeenth century the glass- 

 houses were mostly in or near towns, so they will be noted 

 separately under the town with which each was connected. 



DUBLIN. 



The earliest record, at present known, of a glass-house in 

 Dublin occurs in the second half of the seventeenth century, 

 though exactly when the manufacture commenced is not known — 

 probably about 1675. 



In the Parish Registers of St. Michan's Church, Dublin, 

 several entries occur, from the year 1677, relating to glass-makers, 

 and in March, 1696-7, there are entries of the burial of the fol- 

 lowing seven persons, who were killed by the fall of the glass-house, 

 viz., William Loecraft, Daniel Smith, Charles Wheaton, Bartholomew 

 Rivers, John Robinson, William Leasy, and Laurence Hughes. 



In the Dublin Chronicle for September 13th, 1788, the fol- 

 lowing short account of glass-making in Dublin is given : — " A 

 Captain Philip Roche, who held a commission in the army from 

 James II., followed the fortunes of his master when he fled to the 

 Continent, but taking some disgust, he quitted France and visited 

 a great part of the Continent. After some years he returned to 

 Ireland, and turned his attention to trade. Roche, while on the 

 Continent, had acquired a considerable insight into the mystery 

 of making flint glass. He made the attempt in Dublin, and suc- 

 ceeded in his wish ; his first essay was on a small scale, but he 

 projected extensive and convenient works at Mary's Lane. In 

 greeting these he met with much disappointment ; they thrice fell 



