Irish Occupations

[Christopher]

Hi Everyone, Hi Christopher,

My great Grandfather was head groom, so the story in the family goes. I think that he worked for :-

Lord Londonderry, but I cannot find his Irish estates anywhere, despite a lot of searching! Have you any idea how I could find out where it is?  

I have found a marriage which is a possible, but he came over to Liverpool later on and worked as a dock labourer.  So the groom might have been his father.

I am well and truly stuck on this line.   I'd be so grateful for any pointers you can give me

Rabbit B 

Hi Rabbit B,

Garron Tower on the Antrim coast and Mount Stewart in Co. Down were properties owned by Lord Londonderry

Christopher

[Berni]

hi
my great uncle was born in cahersiveen county kerry
john valentine o'shea b1887
he worked at waterville as a telegraphist in the commercial cable company
he left ireland for new york 1907 related to his job
then onto canada then finally the azores he ended up running the company in the azores
his daughter married the grandson of the founder of the company george mackey
berni

[Rabbit B]

Hi Rabbit B,

Garron Tower on the Antrim coast and Mount Stewart in Co. Down were properties owned by Lord Londonderry

Christopher

Hi Christopher,

Thank you for that information, I am trying to find an archivist that I could write to. So far no luck, have you any ideas?

Thank you for your reply

Rabbit B 

[alex_01]

Have just received my gg grandmothers birth cert  1864 and her father's occupation is pilot Charles Hanrahan can anyone tell me what his job would have involved, she was born in Limerick windmill st . Thanks Pat

[Rabbit B]

Have just received my gg grandmothers birth cert  1864 and her father's occupation is pilot Charles Hanrahan can anyone tell me what his job would have involved, she was born in Limerick windmill st . Thanks Pat

Hi Pat,

Welcome to Rootschat, I am not sure where your ggg.gfather lived, near the coast he would have been the pilot that brought ships safely into harbour.

That is a very skilled job indeed.  The pilot is taken out to meet an incoming ship via a small boat, or gets on an outgoing ship in the harbour to take the ship safely into the deep ocean,  or comes back to port having met the ship out at sea.

When the pilot takes over, I think I am right in saying that he outranks the captain for that part of the journey into/out of harbour.

Rabbit B 

[alex_01]

Thanks for replying have checked on the map and they lived near the shannon river, sounds like a cool job!! thanks again Pat

[Rabbit B]

Hi Pat,

My pleasure, it is what this site is all about!

Rabbit B