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Laois (Queens) / Re: Mountmellick Children's Home
« on: Friday 27 August 10 18:57 BST (UK)  »
To be honest, I don't know about any of that. It was always a geriatric hospital in my lifetime and I only knew that it originated as a workhouse. But I'll see what I can find out and let you know...

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Laois (Queens) / Re: Mountmellick Children's Home
« on: Friday 27 August 10 14:43 BST (UK)  »
As far as I know, St Vincent's Hospital was a workhouse and not a mother & baby home per se.  I'll ask my Mum but I think that was its past history.

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Laois (Queens) / Re: The Quaker's of Mountmellick - a book?- COMPLETED
« on: Friday 06 August 10 22:20 BST (UK)  »
Just to add, where people from other countries have tried to track down their relatives in Laois, they sometimes write a letter to the Editor, Leinster Express, Portlaoise, Co Laois.  To be honest, I couldn't say whether it works for everyone but it is a widely-read local paper. 


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Laois (Queens) / Re: The Quaker's of Mountmellick - a book?- COMPLETED
« on: Friday 06 August 10 22:14 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,  The name of Shaw is well-known in Mountmellick and there is a shop in Mountmellick called "Shaws" which has branches around the country. There are some of the family there and there are some of the family now in Portlaoise, Athy and Carlow.

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