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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Wexford => Topic started by: arrabel on Thursday 22 January 09 13:04 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone have any information or photo's of Monk Street Wexford?
I am trying to find out about the houses that were there in the 1930's/40's. :)
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Hi
I am currently working on a book on the streets - Monck Street will be included. The buildings from the 1930s are relatively intact. Most renovations were at the seaward end.
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Just a couple from Google:
15 Monck Street: http://www.daft.ie/searchcommercial.daft?search=1&selected_agent=&id=39464&s%5Bagent_id%5D=2857&s%5Bp%5D=rpwqyqsy
11 Monck Street:
http://www.goireland.com/wexford/the-ferryman-attraction-pubs-id5377.htm
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Thank you for your help. :) :)
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What address are you looking for? Maybe someone local could take a picture for you?
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Hi, thank's for your reply.
I only have the street , there is no number.
I was just told that the family i am looking for lived in that street in the late 1930's and the 40's. :)
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The Georgians rebuilt much of Monck Street with houses for the middle class.
In 1809 number 7 was to let with good stable and yard, furnished or unfurnished.
To be sold in 1831 were houses and ground rents at Ram Street, Monck Street, Wellington Place and Wilson’s Lane. All were part of the Estate of Maurice Crosby Harvey.
The Crown Hotel, a coaching inn, now The Crown Bar, was established in 1885.
The Saddle Warehouse was at Monck Street 1908.
Kelly's pub at the corner of Monck Street was very popular with the people of the Selskar area. It is well known later as the Bohemian Lounge Bar, once the home of Balfe the composer.
In Griffith’s Valuation the principal land owners here were Mary Ann O’Leary, Newton King & Mrs. Tighe, John E Hadden, James Sutherland, James Sinnott, John Stafford, Reverend Henry R Harvey, James Colfer, James Boxwell, Nicholas Scallan and the reps of William Taylor.
Some of the information to be used in the book.
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Thank you for your reply it is very interesting.
Do you know if any street directories are available for Wexford in the 1930's and 40's.
Thanks again. :)
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If someone could look up the Electoral Rolls it would be a great help. What names are you looking for?
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Hi, i am looking for John James McCann he was born in Taghmon 1908.
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'Origins Network' will give the names of the occupiers, but no description of the actual houses. :)
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You can add the name White to your residents of Monk/Monck Street.
An inscription in Selskar Abbey states the following:
To the memory
of
John and Mary Elizabeth White
late of Monck street
and of three of their children
Thomas, John and Eliza
this stone is erected 1865.
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Does anyone have any information or photo's of Monk Street Wexford?
I am trying to find out about the houses that were there in the 1930's/40's. :)
Below are some details of Monck Street residents in the mid 1930's. (Source: Wexford People Oct 1936)
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Death of a Monck St resident in 1936. (Source: Wexford Free Press 31/10/1936)
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Hi thank you for the post.
It said by the second pic that it was taken from the Wexford free press, i have been trying to find a newspaper article from May 1909 that was meant to be in that newspaper, do you know if they have an online archive.
Thanks again.
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Hi thank you for the post.
It said by the second pic that it was taken from the Wexford free press, i have been trying to find a newspaper article from May 1909 that was meant to be in that newspaper, do you know if they have an online archive.
Thanks again.
The Free Press ceased publication in about 1971 - I'm not aware of an on-line resource. The local Wexford library have the Free Press papers on microfilm but only from 1923 according to my records.
The Wexford Echo & People papers from 1909 are on micro film at the local Wexford Town library and at the National Library in Dublin.
If you're unable to access either of these locations then if you advise exactly what you're trying to locate I'll be happy to take a look the next time I'm at the National library which should be in about a month's time.
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Hi, thanks for your offer i live in England so i am unable to check the records myself.
I am looking for a story about a man called Thomas McCann he had a fatal accident on the 2nd May 1909, on the death certificate i think it says he was in Ballyvergan Wexford at the time of the accident.
Thanks again. :)
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not as far as i know
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Hi, thanks for your offer i live in England so i am unable to check the records myself.
I am looking for a story about a man called Thomas McCann he had a fatal accident on the 2nd May 1909, on the death certificate i think it says he was in Ballyvergan Wexford at the time of the accident.
Thanks again. :)
Here is the article - in 5 parts over 3 posts. Source: Free Press (Wexford) Sat 8th May 1909.
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Wow! thank you so much for getting me the story it is much appreciated. :)