Bygone Dublin street

[luas]

Just got a cert. for the marriage of my grandparents, and it gives my grandfather's address as 40 Chambers Street, Dublin.  It didn't ring any bells, and there seems to be no street currently with that name.  Maybe it disappeared or got re-named (the cert. is from 1894).  Can anybody please advise where Chambers Street was?  There's a possibility that I'm mis-reading the cursive writing, but I can't see what else it could say.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[margnip2]

I have just had a look on my Dublin map and found a Chamber Street.  The map I use is the OS map of Dublin 4th edition.  Chamber St is on map 37 C3.  It's off Cork St near a Convent.  Hope this helps.

[luas]

Yes, I have it now.  I'm sure that's right, because they set up house just off Greenville Terrace, South Circular Road, so it's in the part of the city I would have expected.  Many thanks for finding that - it never occurred to me to try it without the "s."

[Taidquest]

hi Luas,
            just noticed this post.I also have a marriage cert with this address for both my grandparents.
although they married in 1918 and lived there until about 1930 before moving to kimmage.
the parents of the bride lived in a small cottage in the yard of number 40,I think this may have been a
caretakers cottage at some stage.the marriage took place in st catherines church meath street.
                                                                                                          Anne

[luas]

Hi Anne.  My great-grandfather Thomas Griffin was the head of the household at 40 Chamber Street in 1894, but I can't for the life of me make out his occupation on the certificate.  I wish I could scan it so others could hazard a guess.  His son James, whose marriage it was, was a baker, but I don't recall my father ever mentioning what his grandfather did.  Thomas has gone from the address by the 1911 Census.

[Taidquest]

pity about not being able to scan the cert.I wonder if you gave the
reference number for the cert would someone have a way of checking it for you.
I also forgot to mention that number 40 was one of many tenement houses on chamber street.
I seem to remember seeing a photo on line of red brick houses.
chamber street is mentioned a few times in a book called dublin tenement life,
some stories told by people born there,my own dad and several of his siblings were born there and lived there til his mid teens.
                                                            Anne

[luas]

There's no reference number.  This is just a photocopy of the entry, and the bit where the number might be is missing.  I do have a scanner I used with the old PC, but I have no installation software, so I never got around to using it with the new computer.  I'm told you can download the software from the scanner manufacturer's website.  I'll see about doing that, then I can post the writing and see if anyone can make it out.  That book sounds interesting.  I must look out for it.

Paul

[kellyeoin]

I've just received a copy of my great great grandparent's marriage entry. John Barry and Catherine McGauran (sometimes McGovern) at St. Catherine's, Meath Street - Sept 15, 1866. Catherine's address given as 40 Chamber Street. Her father was Ml. McGauran, Labourer.

[deccam]

Here is an old pic of Chamber St.