Occupations of Dublin Inhabitants in 1891 March 24, 2011
Posted by irishelectionliterature in History, Irish History.Tags: dublin, History, Irish History
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I have an old Thoms directory at home and thought this might be of interest to some of you.
The Classification of Occupations of Dublin Inhabitants from 1891. Also the number of Manufacturing Establishments and the numbers employed.
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Seven breweries in Dublin,apart from Guinness what other breweries were in Dublin?
There were well over 200 breweries in the city by the turn of the nineteenth century, quite a few of them in the Liberties, most of them very small. Two of them were excavated a few years ago. One, on the corner of Cork Street and Ardee Street, was quite extensive and seems to have closed down in the 1820s. Twaite’s (they still make mineral water I think) took water from the Commons Stream which ran through the site as well as the Abbey Stream (aka, theough inaccurately, the Poddle). They were just downstream from a fairly large tannery which discharged waste water into the stream. It must have tasted something like Carlsberg or Heineken. Nonetheless they were providing women in the Lying-In Hospital in George’s Street with beer for medicinal purposes a few years before Uncle Arthur had opened shop.
The other one was under the Iveagh Markets on Francis Street and was run by the Sweetman family. It extended right up to the city wall behind Back Lane. Two of the brothers were heavily involved with the Dublin Directory of the United Irishmen and one of them was arrested on the site.
A lot of the smaller concerns were bought out by Guinnesses throughout the nineteenth century. This seems to have had a two-fold purpose: obviously to remove another beer from the market but also to acquire a land bank around James’s Gate and elsewhere in the city. The Iveagh Markets for example were built by the Guinnesses to replace a nearby shambles, before being handed over to the Corpo in 1907. There was another brewery under the Bayno on Bull Alley, also built by Guinnesses
Interesting to note that Catholics were already in the majority among the professional classes by this time. Given the penal laws had only been abolished fifty years or so beforehand, this is a pretty important social developments, which was no doubt instrumental in creating the “revolutionary generation” who founded the state — middle-class Dublin Catholics almost to a man. This is a history waiting to be written.
It surely is. Amazing stuff and great find IELB.
The book is great, it’s a treasure trove of info. If there is anything people would like to see I’ll scan some more of it and post it.
I’ll look up and see if I can find the Breweries.
The List of Brewers is as follows
John D’arcy and Son, Usher Street.
Guinness & co, James Gate.
Jameson, Pim and co, Anne Street Nth.
Lawrence, Malone & co, The Mountjoy Brewery Russell Street.
Phoenix Brewery Co, 67 Watling Street and 89 James’s Street.
Stoer John and sons(Larger Beer) Dartry Brewery.
Watkins Joseph & Co, 22 Ardee Street.
indeed great find.
found it intersting to see no police listed.
lot of trades and skills lost these days. Bit nostalgic maybe but striking none the less
Good stuff. If you’re not already aware you can go to the ‘Interactive Map’ section on the http://www.osi.ie website, then select the historic 6″ or 25″ map, and from the historic layer key select dif parameters including breweries.