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Golding
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Golding family arms. |
| Golding of Shrule |
| The first mention of the name in connection with Shrule is
of John and James Golden (?) who are said to have built Shrule house in
1769 beside the castle now in ruin, the next mention is in a lease taken
by Alicia and Richard Golding in 1811, concerning a plot of land on which
the castle and a few mud cabins were standing, the leaser being Martin Kirwan
of Dalgan. They also held the land of Liss near Headford, and of Shrule
Grove. The above lessees were probably mother and son. |
| Mrs Alicia Golding (nee Burke) died in 1817, Richard died
on January 30, 1864, at the age of 77. They established a brewery in Shrule
which discontinued production after Fr. Mathew, the temperance priest, stayed
with the Goldings on his visit to Shrule, later they opened a distillery.
They also built a great corn mill, the ruins of which remain on the south
side of the river near Shrule bridge. This mill did not stay long in production
as the first drainage scheme on the river, introduced as famine relief work,
caused the water level to drop too much to turn the wheel. |
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