Killarney asylum

[shanew147]

I'll have a look later on - I've a bit of a gap at the moment between 1846 and 1870.

I am almost sure I saw an Ann Rickard on her own in 1870 - can't remember exactly where ... but it was somewhere between Wexford and Dublin...



Shane

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Thanks.  I am assuming the Ann Rickard was his wife, but of course that could be a wrong assumption.

Is the 1870 also Slaters?

[shanew147]

Slaters of 1870 - Linen Drapers &. Haberdashers

Anne Rickard, 4 Market st, Enniscorthy

I can't see any sign of Matthew...


Shane

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Thank you!

I take it there are no Rickards in the Killarney entry in 1870.

[shanew147]

no Rickard or similar in Killarney in 1870

Lunatic Asylum. Castle Island road—
  Walter W- Murphy, M.D., visiting physician;
   Martin Shine Lawlor, resident physician and superintendent,
    and Owen C. M'Dermott, apothecary

the entries I see for the surname are

Mrs— Rickard , Whitestown, Rush (Miller)
Miss — Rickard , Cannon Rock, Howth House (Gentry Section)
William Rickards, Mill st, Ennis (Feather &. Skin Dealer - also Wool Merchant)
Thomas Rickard, Market sq, Lisburn (Haberdasher)
Patrick Rickard, Maghera (Lilnen &. Woollen Draper)
Catherine Rickard , dressmaker, 3 Summer Hill parade, Dublin
Wm. Rickard  coach builder, 16 Great Denmark st, Dublin
Thomas Rickard - Junior Clerk, Dogs Registration Office, Dublin Metropolian Ploice District
 

Shane

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found a Rickard entry in Killarney in 'Henry & Coughlan’s General Directory of Cork & Munster, 1867'

  Christina Rickard, New street, Killarney (Milliner.)



Shane

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That's them!  As far as my relatives can remember, the Matthias Rickard I am looking for had daughters named Kate, Lucy, Christina, Maria.   So the name Christina is bang on.   That must be her.

I must get some of these directories.... you keep coming up with more of them!

Thanks very much for all the Rickards from 1870, none of those names ring a bell unfortunately.  It is strange that Matthias Rickard is not there in Killarney, and indeed the same goes for 1867.  Perhaps he had died by that time, I don't know.  If he had died, perhaps that's why his wife Ann is in Enniscorthy in 1870.   

This is all guesswork.  I need to pin down church records somehow.  He is a hard man to find!

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Could you (or anyone) list the directories that would give his information, between 1850 and 1870 say?

I don't know how many there are, or their names, but I can go to a library to look them up if I know what to look for.

Thanks.

[shanew147]

not sure which of these directories still exist - but as far as I know the best one for outside Dublin for this timeframe would be Slaters.

I dont know the exact years that it was published but I have editions on both sides of the timeframe you're after - 1846 and 1870

So I suspect they there were a few in the years in between - whether any of them survived after all this time is another question...

There are others to keep an eye out for like Pigots and 'Henry & Coughlan'..

I'd say the best bet is a library in the Kerry, or possibly Limerick  area.


Shane