Help with address: "Shandon", Leinster Road West, Rathmines, Dublin

[canberraterry]

Hello again aghadowey,

I have had no luck with GoogleMaps but I think I may have struck paydirt with Google Earth. I found a very run down house of an appropriate age which Google Earth says is No 11, but which has a wheelie bin in the front yard with a prominent 24 painted on its side.

Thank you again for your help.

Terry

[canberraterry]

Hello Sinann,


Thank you. It suddenly becomes clearer.

Terry

[hasta]

Hi - I can't give you a link as the newspaper sites are all subscription, and won't show up on Google.
There was no picture of the house I'm afraid.

This Smith family in No 24 in the census are definitely at No 24 in real life as the little girl Dorothy is mentioned a lot winning singing competitions up to 1928 with an address at 24 Leinster Rd W. I'll have another look later

[canberraterry]

Thanks Hasta. Much appreciated.

This is the house in Leinster Road West with the 24 painted on the side of the wheelie bin. It had obviously been unloved for a while when Google took this shot in June 2009

Terry

P.S. But if Fisher stated his address as Shandon, and other records show him at 21, then this is obviously not the house. Shandon must be 21 after all. And 21 Leinster Road West is attached below.

Thank you all who helped me find my family's old home. It means a lot to me.

[aghadowey]

Glad you were able find and 'see' the house but Google images are subject to copyright and can't be posted here.

[canberraterry]

Hello Aghadowey,


Please accept my apologies: I was on a real high at the time after finding it at last.

Terry

[Sinann]

Have a look at the OSI Mapviewer to see the area on older maps
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,591271,743300,0,10

Use search to find the street and than click the historic 25 and 6 for old maps.

[canberraterry]

Thanks again Sinann.

Terry