Thom's Directory lookup 1871 and 1887

[columbus1947]

Good Evening

I don't know if Thom's Directory also covered Belfast in 1871 but if it did I would be most pleased if you, or someone else, would please look up the address of:

A. Macready, cabinet maker. (think the A stands for Alexander but not certain)

He was one of the witnesses at the wedding of my G-Grandfather William Macready on January 21, 1871 in Belfast.

Very much obliged to you

Colum(bus1947)

[shanew147]

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I don't know if Thom's Directory also covered Belfast in 1871 but if it did I would be most pleased if you, or someone else, would please look up the address of:
......

The Thom's directories are Dublin based - street and trade listings for the city and county. Just limited details for the rest of Ireland for solicitors, officials and clergy etc

There are various links to Belfast directories on the Antrim board e.g. LennonWylie, PRONI etc

See : Antrim Resources


Shane

[columbus1947]

Hello from British Columbia!

Thanks for the information about Thom's.  The Lennon/Wylie directories are of course excellent but restricted and they don't have a directory for 1871 but never thought of it: PRONI should have that directory.   The good thing about PRONI is that it is government-based and they don't charge unlike the Scotland's People database which does and quite substantially.  I mention Scotland's People as our family has Scottish connections and am in the process of researching the Scottish ancestors. 

My G-Grandfather was a bookbinder and lived/worked in the Irish Republic from 1881 until 1895 and they had an address at Kearns Place, Kilmainham and my grandfather (who was a teenager at the time) told us that he witnessed the public hanging of Joe Brady, one of the "Invincibles" outside Kilmainham Jail in 1883. 

Grandfather also told us that his dad worked in Cork for a while so do you know if Thom's Directory covered Cork City or was it only Dublin-based? I ask this because one of Grandfather's brothers may have died in Cork as he is not in the family grave in Glasnevin.

Thanks for your quick response

Colum(bus1947)

[shanew147]

There are some Cork city and county directories available on the Cork Past & Present website, run  by Cork City Council, Libraries Dept. - see :

  http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/

see also the Cork Resources board


S.

[columbus1947]

Thanks for the information on Cork and for getting back so quickly.

Cheers

C