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Title: Mineral water companys,1897 Dublin
Post by: gerrygannon on Friday 16 March 12 15:22 GMT (UK)

Would anyone know the names,address,and any information on mineral water companys in Dublin in 1897 and onwards.
Very interesting would be photos, employment records or statistics etc!
                                                 Thanks

Title: Re: Mineral water companys,1897 Dublin
Post by: troymaclure on Monday 07 April 14 22:23 BST (UK)

Hovendan and orr were one of them my great great grandfather was working there in late 1800s int0 1900s
James Royal was his name not sure where the factory was though

Title: Re: Mineral water companys,1897 Dublin
Post by: gerrygannon on Monday 07 April 14 23:48 BST (UK)

Thanks troymaclure for your reply.
My grandad also worked in a mineral water company.
His name was Frederick Arnold and he lived in the summerhill area.
I must research the company name.
Thanks again .gerry

Title: Re: Mineral water companys,1897 Dublin
Post by: denmcn on Thursday 17 April 14 10:07 BST (UK)

My great grandfather worked as a Mineral Water engineer according to his 1901 census - he worked in Cantrell & Cochrane (C&C), so you might add this to your list of companies.

Denise

Title: Re: Mineral water companys,1897 Dublin
Post by: gaffy on Wednesday 23 April 14 06:04 BST (UK)

All of these are listed as making mineral water(s) in Dublin City, while they are a good bit later (1918 street directory) than you would have hoped, at least they give you something to start researching:

- Bewley & Draper Limited, 23 Mary Street;
- Brights, Walter Ltd. (successors to J. Shanks and Co. Ltd.), 55-56 Townsend Street;
- Cantrell and Cochrane Ltd., 2-12 Nassau Place;
- Egan, John & Son, 30 Ormond Quay Lower and 23-24 Great Strand Street;
- Hamilton, Long & Co. Ltd., 107 Grafton Street and 3 Sackville Street Lower;
- Hovenden & Orr Ltd., 4 Glover's Alley and 131 St. Stephen's Green South;
- Irish Direct Trading Co. Ltd., 8-19 Glover's Alley (poss. connected to H & O Ltd., given the address?);
- Kernan and Co., 68 Camden Row;
- Manchester Chemical Co., 14a Hawkins Street;
- O'Brien & Co., 5-9, 11-13, and 17-18 Henry Place;
- Taylor & Son Ltd., 17-23 Foley Street;
- Thwaites, A & R & Co. Lim., 57 Sackville Street Upper;
- Twinem Bros, 31 Clanbrassil Street Lower and 66a Circular Road South.

Edited to add: A quick check of the Freeman's Journal around 1897 confirms that Bewley & Draper, Cantrell and Cochrane, Hovenden & Orr, and Thwaites were on the go (not to say the rest weren't).

Another company I noticed in the Journal not previously mentioned is the Dublin Artesian Mineral Water Co. Ltd.