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SandhillRoad

We might see more detail in this photo.

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SandhillRoad

House colours may have changed since 2004

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1901 Census - Iraghticonner Barony
Listowel Civil Parish
Listowel Town & Urban Area - Townlands

Listowel Town & nearby Townlands
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3- Townlands
Church Street
Market Street
Lane at rear of Market Street
Convent Lane
un-named street Bridewell Lane
Courthouse Road
Newmans Lane
The Square
William Street Ballygrinane
Ballygowloge
Bedford
Curraghatoosane
Islandgannir North



This is a complete extraction from the house and Building Return for the Town of Listowel, referred to as Urban Listowel, from the 1901 census. Listowel is in Iraghticonnor Barony, Listowel Parish, Listowel Poor law Union, in the North Kerry Parliamentary Division.

The film also includes five townlands listed as within the Listowel urban or rural area.

The data was extracted from LDS Film #0838577.

The film is one of three that contain the 1901 Kerry census- the other two are #0838576 and #0838574. You can rent the films yourself from your local Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints/Family History Center.



Church Street, Listowel Civil Parish
house # Name Building
1 Matthew R. Dillon Barber shop
2 Mary Potter Public house
3 Thomas Beary Post office
4 John Maye Eating house
5 David J. Larken Public house
6 Michael O'Connor Public house
7 Mary O'Connor shop
8 Margaret Keefe Public house
9 Johanna Spillane Tobacco shop
10 John Dillon Confectioner
11 Michael McDonnell Victualler's shop
12 Patrick Hayes bookmaker's shop
13 Johanna Kirby shop
14 John T. Maguire Medical hall
15 Michael Kirby Draper's shop
16 Patrick Molyneaux Public house
17 Deborah Buckley Public house
18 Denis Flavin Public house
19 Ellen Fitzmaurice shop
James Lunney
20 John Dillon Victualler's shop
21 Jane Enright Public house
22 John Troy Draper's shop
23 John Mara private dwelling
24 John P. Finucane Harness making shop
house # Name Building
25 William Keane private dwelling
James Morrison
26 Johanna Flavin Stationery, meal and flour shop
27 Denis Murphy Victualler's shop
28 Timothy Curtin Rivet shop
29 Michael Malone Public house
Jennie Shaughnessy
Bridget Mahony
? Keane
Mulvihill
30 Margaret Mulvihill Public house
31 Kate Hennegan
James Monekton Public house
32 Patrick Mullally grocery shop
33 Nora Hudson Public house
34 Jane McFadden private dwelling
35 Thomas Colohan Public house
36 Robert Browne Provn. shop
37 uninhabited shop
38 Isac McMahon private dwelling
39 Sarah Stack private dwelling
40 John Grany private dwelling
41 Martin Sheehy? private dwelling
42 Thomas McLoughlin RIC Barrack
Richard J. Walshe The RIC Form St.
43 James Cain grocers shop
44 Daniel Browne grocers shop
45 Nora Dillon grocers shop
Robert Fitzpatrick The RIC Form St.
46 Michael Madden private dwelling
47 Patrick Breen Public house
48 Edward Wilmott Swat? shop
49 Patrick Hennesy Public house
house # Name Building
50 James Horigan private dwelling
51 Jeremiah Kennelly Provn. shop
Denis Connor
52 Margaret O'Connor Public house
53 Bernard McGinley Public house
54 John Broderick Public house
55 Timothy Purcell private dwelling
56 James Sullivan same
57 Honora Keane same
58 Thomas Dowd same
59 Catherine Kearns shop
60 Joseph Dolan private dwelling
61 Mary O'Connor grocer's shop
62 uninhabited private dwelling
63 Michael Leahy private dwelling
64 James Carroll same
65 William Cannavan same
John Godfrey
66 Thomas Pierse same
67 Mary O'Connor same
68 Edward O'Connor same
69 uninhabited same
70 William Twomey Public house
71 Michael Costelloe private dwelling
John Kiely
72 Joseph Wilmott private dwelling
73 John Browne Victualler's shop
74 Cornelius Farrell Harness maker's shop
house# Name Building
75 Michael Barry private dwelling
76 Evell Leahy Public house
77 Mary Kelly private dwelling
78 Daniel Sweeney tailor's shop
79 Michael Quill carpenter's shop
80 Thomas Grogan tailor's shop
81 Mary Buckley Public house
82 Mary O'Brien Eating house
83 Ellen Whelan private dwelling
84 Thomas McGrath Restaurant
Julia O'Connor
85 Thomas McElligott private dwelling
86 Thomas Stack private dwelling
87 Garrett Sayers private dwelling
Margaret O'Reilly
Edward Brandon
88 Catherine Banyane store
89 John Barrett tailor's shop
90 Michael Keane shoemaker's shop
91 Johanna Shanahan shop
John Griffin
92 William Leahy Public house
93 uninhabited
94 Timothy Lehane private dwelling
95 James Kenny private dwelling
96 James O'Hanlon Fish and fruit shop
97 Michael Kennelly private dwelling
Edmond Lacy
Daniel McCarthy
Thomas Carey
98 Patrick Loughnane shop
99 Patrick Harnett shoemaker's shop
house # Name Building
100 James Barry shoemaker's shop
101 Mary Costelloe Public house
102 William Kinny Victualler's shop
103 Mary O'Flaherty shop
104 James Enright public house
105 Patrick Kearney Book shop
106 Timothy Moylneax shop
107 James Bunyane Public house
108 Jeremiah J. Larkin Public house
Eugene O'Connell
Kate Driscoll
109 Matthew Finucane Drapers's shop
110 John O'Shea Public house
Mary O'Keefe
Mary Cremmen
111 Elizabeth Loughnane Public house
112 uninhabited
113 uninhabited
114 John C. Harnett Public house
115 Patrick Corridan Public house
116 Jeremiah Buckley Draper's shop and Town Hall
Elizabeth McMahon
Gertrude Clancy
117 Thomas McAuliff Stationer's shop
118 James O'Conner Bacon shop
119 Martin Sheehy grocer's shop
120 Jeremiah Hayes Flour store
121 John Reidy Egg and Feather shop
122 uninhabited
123 Margaret O'Carroll Public house
124 Thomas Hayes private dwelling
125 Male National School #42

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Market Street, Listowel, Listowel Parish
house # Name Building
1 Thomas Gibson Drapery
2 Johanna McKenna Hard ware shop
3 Bridget McDonnell Victualler's shop
4 Gerald L Stack Chemist shop
5 Margaret Eggleston Public house
6 John Murphy Hard ware
7 Kate O'Sullivan Public house
8 John Davis shop
9 ? Public house
10 William Maher same
11 Patrick Scanlon same
12 Edward Moran Draper shop
13 Michael O'Connor Hotel
14 John Bunyan private dwelling
15 Bridget ? shop
16 Michael Corsiden shop
17 Mary O'Brien private dwelling
18 Patrick O'Connor shop
19 Patrick Stokes private dwelling
20 John O'Sullivan Public house
21 Margaret Moroney shop
22 Kate Griffin shop

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Lane at rear of Market Street, Listowel, Listowel Parish
house # Name Building Landholder
1 Maurice Sullivan private dwelling
Johanna Dillon
2 unoccupied Timber and saw mill John Fahey of William St.
3 unoccupied Black smith forge Patrick Connor of Convent Lane
4 unoccupied Slaughter house Michael McDonnell of Church St.
5 unoccupied private dwelling

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Convent Lane, Listowel, Listowel Parish
house # Name Building
1 John Carroll private dwelling
2 Cornelius Kennelly same
3 Denis Neligan same
4 Johanna McCarthy same
5 Kate Murphy same
6 John Daly same
7 Mary Hayes same
8 Edward McCarthy same
Kate O'Sullivan same
9 Julia Dee same
10 Martin Ashe same
11 Benjamin Foly same
12 James Cotter same
13 Garrett Cotter same
14 Michael Hennessy same
Thomas Carroll
15 Maurice Nugent same
16 John Moynahan same
17 Catherine Quirk same
18 Patrick Pelican same
19 John Moran same
Daniel Holly
20 Timothy Keller? same
21 James Costelloe same
22 John Mackeesy same
James Fitzgerald
23 William Fitzmaurice same
24 Michael Leane same
25 Johanna Murphy same
26 John Patt same
27 Thomas Casey same
James O'Brien
28 John Connor same
29 Patrick Allen same
30 Mary Kennell same
Michael Gleason
31 Timothy Allen same
32 Michael Somers same
33 Michael Shea same
34 Ellen O'Connor same
35 Matthew Banyane Same
36 Thomas Granville private dwelling
37 William Barteshette same
38 Stephen Connor same
39 Edmond Murphy same
40 Hannah Barry same
41 Bernard Murphy same
42 Patrick Connor same
43 Thomas Callaghan same
44 Mary Diggins same
45 James Crowley same
46 Mary Barteshette same
47 Patrick Healy same
48 Catherine Mulvihill same
49 James Connor same
50 Thomas Boland same
51 John O'Connor same
52 Thomas O'Connor same

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no street name, Urban Listowel, Listowel Civil Parish
house # Name Building Landholder
1 Mary Shea private dwelling Earl of Listowel
2 Bridget Collins same
3 Denis McGrath same
4 Patrick Rowan same
5 Wilson McCaracken same
6 Ellen O'Keeffe same
7 Jeremiah Nolan same
8 Patrick Broder same
9 Mary Quilter same
10 Mary McDonnell same
11 Michael Moran same
12 Mary Talbot same
13 Edward Broder same
14 Thomas Carroll same
15 Mary Stack same
16 Cornelius Halpin same
17 Mary Dowde same
18 Johanna Granville same
19 Mary Jones same
20 John Relihan same David Collins of Listowel
21 Jeremiah Gearan same Earl of Listowel
22 Margaret Gun same
23 Kate Sheehan same
24 Deborah O'Halloran same
25 Patrick Bunce same
26 Mary Foley same
27 Margaret O'Sullivan same
28 Kate Barrett same
29 Mary Fitzgerald same
30 Francis Grans same
31 Mary Enright same
32 Mary Hannon same
33 Samuel McCormack same Earl of Listowel
34 Gate Lodge
35 Matthew Daly Court house
36 Michael Ambrose Railway Station GS & W Railway
37 unoccupied private dwelling Listowel/ Ballybunion Railway St

Bob Dylan Fan

See the attached Photos I took during my trip

Bob Dylan Fan

Heres another Photo at the River Feale

Bob Dylan Fan

Nice Photos SandhillRoad of Upper William St......maybe someone has a Photo of my house where I grew up......actuallyI do not have one.....when I was home Dec 2003 - Jan 2004 I cannot believe I did not take one...I must have taken over 400 Photos but not one of my house from the outside...what was I thinking....lol

Bob Dylan Fan

Say hello to Jim for me tell him Bernard is on here

AnBealBocht

Bob Dylan Fan wrote:

Heres another Photo at the River Feale

Castle now fully renovated and statue of Bryan McMahon stands in front near the Square.

SandhillRoad

Bob Dylan Fan wrote:

Nice Photos SandhillRoad of Upper William St......maybe someone has a Photo of my house where I grew up......actuallyI do not have one.....when I was home Dec 2003 - Jan 2004 I cannot believe I did not take one...I must have taken over 400 Photos but not one of my house from the outside...what was I thinking....lol

Is it as far up as Vincent Carmody's ? On the same side ?

Bob Dylan Fan

Its 31 upper william st on the same side as vincent carmody 4 houses up

Bob Dylan Fan

Thank you Mary for doing this for me very much appreciated. So everyone here is where I grew up and where my Dad still lives.

SandhillRoad

An interesting site :

www.irishlifeandlore.com

SandhillRoad

Bob Dylan Fan wrote:

Its 31 upper william st on the same side as vincent carmody 4 houses up

Bob Dylan Fan:
Check your private messages.
SANDHILLROAD

AnBealBocht

Bob Dylan Fan wrote:

Its 31 upper william st on the same side as vincent carmody 4 houses up

Did Maureen MacMahon live further up?.
How abouty Kitty Madell ( ? spelling) & the Protestant Hall?

Cherry Tree

Indeed Maureen macMahon did live further along. Medil's Hall is now a Chiropractic clinic and was previously a hairdressing salon. Point of information about the Upper William St. Patrick St. issue. It would appear that at the time of the 1916 commemoration there was a plebescite held to determine if there was a majority of its residents in favour of changing the name of the street from Upper william St. to Patrick St. The name change was not favoured by a big enough majority so Upper william St. it remained. However a few die-hards failed to accept the result and chose to call their street
Patrick st. Some still do to this day!

SandhillRoad

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Please don't be a spoiler.


Just a reminder:

It is very important that we refer to each other in the Listowel Forum by our nicknames only.

This is so we may retain our own privacy and encourage other participents to the Listowel Forum and fully guarantee that we will respect their right to privacy.

If you do know each other please use the Private Message option.

Then on the other hand if you wish to be recognized that is your option.

SandhillRoad

AnBealBocht

You guys should plan a reunion next year for the 50th. anniversary of that photo.
We, the class of 1962 at St. Michael's, did so at the Listowel Arms in 2000 ( actually it was our 38th. anniversary, but we anticipated that Y2K was going to put an end to history!.)

For your '57 class, one of the local guys ( ? Ned, ? the Prophet on the way to Dromin) could begin to set the ball rolling locally.

Listowelmaeve

I'm so proud that my first cousin, Gerry O'Carroll, from Buna ghara, has joined the illustrious company of Listowel's writers with his new book The Sheriff, A Detective Story. He certainly has had a colorful and exciting career. My Dad, the Chum, would have been extremely proud of Gerry! LISTOWELMAEVE:)

SandhillRoad

THE SHERIFF: A DETECTIVE'S STORY




Retired Detective Inspector Gerry O'Carroll worked on many of Ireland's biggest murder cases, bringing to justice some of the country's most brutal gangsters. He cracked his first case when a shared prayer with a suspected killer prompted the man to confess - an unorthodox method for a larger-than-life personality. From there, he went on to achieve an unprecedented conviction rate. Following his retirement from the force, Gerry has become a popular media figure and famously helped Jon Voight to prepare for his performance as an Irish policeman in the John Boorman film "The General". The film was based on the life of Martin Cahill, a gangster vigorously pursued by Gerry. "The Sheriff" recounts Gerry's story from his Kerry upbringing as one of a family of fifteen children to his professional success as Ireland's highest-profile policeman.

ISBN: 1 84596 183 8

SandhillRoad

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

Interesting History of our home town and the sad times of long ago.


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Listowel, Co. Kerry
[Records] [Bibliography] [Links]

Listowel Poor Law Union was formally declared on the 27th March 1840 and covered an area of 326 square miles. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 27 in number, representing its 21 electoral divisions as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one):

Co. Kerry: Abbeydorney, Ardfert, Ballyheigue, Ballylongford (2), Drumkeen (2), Duagh, Gunsborough, Kilconly, Kilfeighny, Kilflyn, Killahan, Killahinny, Kilmoily (2), Kilshinane, Kiltomy, Knockanure, Lissleton, Listowel (3), Newtownsands, Rattoo, Tarbert (2).

The Board also included 9 ex-officio Guardians, making a total of 36. The Guardians met each week at noon on Thursday.

The population falling within the Union at the 1831 census had been 65,198 with divisions ranging in size from Kilflyn (population 1,072) to Listowel itself (6,802).


The new Listowel Union workhouse was erected on a six-acre site half a mile to the west of Listowel at the north side of Quill Street. The building and operation of a workhouse had to be financed by the ratepayers of each union and in many places was seen as an intolerable imposition from England and its officials. It took until 7th February 1844 to raise the first poor rate in Listowel, with the workhouse being declared fit for the reception of paupers on 17th August 1844, and not receiving its first admissions until 13th February 1845.

Designed by the Poor Law Commissioners' architect George Wilkinson, the building was based on one of his standard plans to accommodate 700 inmates. Its construction cost £5,980 plus £1,276 for fittings etc. The workhouse location and layout are shown on the 1921 map below.





Listowel workhouse site, 1921


The buildings followed Wilkinson's typical layout. An entrance and administrative block at the south contained a porter's room and waiting room at the centre with the Guardians' board room on the first floor above.

The main accommodation block had the Master's quarters at the centre, with male and female wings to each side. At the rear, a range of single-storey utility rooms such as bakehouse and washhouse connected through to the infirmary and idiots' wards via a central spine containing the chapel and dining-hall.

During the famine in the mid-1840s, sleeping galleries were erected to accommodate an additional 100 inmates. A fever hospital to accommodate 46 patients was erected at the north-east of the workhouse.

The workhouse buildings no longer exist and a local hospital now occupies the site.

SandhillRoad

AnBealBocht wrote:

You guys should plan a reunion next year for the 50th. anniversary of that photo.
We, the class of 1962 at St. Michael's, did so at the Listowel Arms in 2000 ( actually it was our 38th. anniversary, but we anticipated that Y2K was going to put an end to history!.)

For your '57 class, one of the local guys ( ? Ned, ? the Prophet on the way to Dromin) could begin to set the ball rolling locally.

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Let us see what happens . Keep your eyes peeled !

SandhillRoad

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If you know anyone in this photo of 1957 ,please ask them to contact me ( I'm in the back row , fourth from the left ).


johnfsheehy@msn.com

AnBealBocht

Tony is on tour of the American West and has just arrived from San Diego to Scottsdale, which is quite next door to me.
We spent several hours at their hotel conversing about Listowel and our fellow-schoolmates.
Photos were taken & they will surely end up, in good time, on this board.
Tony & group go on to the Grand Canyon in the morning, after a hot-air balloon sight-seeing flight over our Sonoran Desert at high dawn!.:)

SandhillRoad

AnBealBocht wrote:

< http://martinsecundoblogspot.spaces.live.com/blog/ > :rolleyes:

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AN BEAL BOCHT ,
I know, your right to freedom of speech etc ...... but this is outside the realm of the Listowel Forum.

SandhillRoad

SandhillRoad

Another angle

SandhillRoad

The BIG WHEEL gets bigger and bigger

SandhillRoad