Irish Occupations

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Irelands National Police Website has lots of information if your ancester was in the Policeservice from the creation of the Police force to modern day mounted Police. The site even features it's own genealogy society dedicated to the subject.



http://www.esatclear.ie/~garda/

The History of the Irish Post Office, looks at the way post was being delivered in Ireland.  Find out about Donkey Post and the First Irish Stamp.

http://www.letterpost.ie/histbody.html
http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/About+An+Post/History+and+Heritage/



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[cairolyle]

Hi Christopher!

Joy again from Florida, USA.  I came upon these entries about occupations and I was wondering what you knew about slaters. I know they are masons, or something to that effect. But my understanding was that my family was made up of farmers. You had mentioned, I think, about the Slaters of The Rock in Muff Parish, where my ancestors came from....I think so far. Eveyrthing seems to fit to what I have.   

Another quick query...do you know of a better way to find gravestone inscriptions?  www.irishgenealogyie.com was a website I saw recommended, but when I looked (and they did find a Slater in Muff Parish, so I was excited) they wanted 20 euros for a fee! Do you know of some alternate sites, or people who may be willing to help for less or free?  As a teacher, I don't get paid for teaching the next generation, so therefore the funds are low! 

Any help would be wonderful!

Joy

[em26]

Hi,

I thought i would see if anyone could help me on this thread, i realise it is primarily for ancestors who were in the police force but i was hoping someone might have some ideas on my research.
I am looking for some information on my gg grandfather.
His name was Charles Doherty and he was a Tea Dealer in Belfast i have him as working at 1 Exchange Buildings,Waring street in Belfast in 1907.
Also if anyone can confirm the profession of his son Joseph Doherty dob 1883 that would be great,  i have quite a few possibilites for him... stone cutter,tailor, rope spinner or grocer.
Any help greatly appreciated
Thank you

[Christopher]

Could someone help me please ... the link on the RootsChat message at the beginning of this thread is for the Metropolitan Police ... "Working Together for a Safer London." What happened to the link about Ireland's National Police Website?

When I tried the second link about the Donkey Post and the First Irish Stamp I received this message ... "The page cannot be found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."  

I'm not doing too well finding any details about the Donkey Post and the First Irish Stamp but click here to learn about the "Effects of the Partition of Ireland on the postal service (1920-1922)."

I'm getting there although I've not yet succeeded in finding that donkey ... click here to read about the mail packet ships to Ireland in the early eighteen hundreds ... it's part of an article headed "Turmoil & Unrest -Liverpool to Ballymote, Ireland, 1831" on the victorianweb.org site.

Christopher

[acooper]

What about the army circa 1900?

If a Catholic man in Cavan had been in "the army" around 1900, would that have been the Irish army?

Is there a place to lookup such a record?

[Christopher]

Welcome to RootsChat acooper,

There wasn't an Irish army until 1922 when the Irish Free State was formed.

Christopher

[acooper]

Thank you for the welcome.

Well, I did wonder about that, which means he would have served in the British army at the time, yes?

Guess I'll start looking at British army records then. 

[michelina]

ok i think my great grandfather was stoker could you tell what this entailed and would there be any records
he would i think lived in the limerick area would this also be a family ocupation the surname was Sheehan

many thanks michelina

[Christopher]

Hello Michelina,

A Stoker: is a person who tends portable or stationary high pressure boilers that supply heat or power for engines, turbines, and steam-powered equipment, such as steam shovels, pile drivers, or cranes, or industrial processes ... he could have been working in a boiler room, a factory, on a railway engine or on board a ship. Have a look at this link for more information ... www.occupationalinfo.org/95/951685010.html

Christopher