Directories set out to record the ‘principal inhabitants’ of a community, particularly those in trade or the professions. Directories were put together by individuals and publishers for commercial purposes at intervals during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Here is the 1931 Trade Directory, exclusive to From-Ireland.net:
Name | Address | Occupation | Town |
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Nolan Martin | Main St. | Tobacconists | Mountrath |
Nolan Martin | Main St. | Watchmakers & Jewellers | Mountrath |
Odlum M., Miss | Main St. | Bootmakers & Warehouses | Mountrath |
Odlum Martha, Miss | Main St. | Drapers | Mountrath |
Odlum W. | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Odlum W. | Main St. | Hardware Merchants & Ironmongers | Mountrath |
O'Toole C., Mrs. | Main St. | Hardware Merchants & Ironmongers | Mountrath |
Phelan M. | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Reid William | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Roche J. A. | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Rourke & Son | Main St. | Bootmakers & Warehouses | Mountrath |
Rourke William | Main St. | Drapers | Mountrath |
Ryan J. P., M.P.S.I. | Main St. | Chemists | Mountrath |
Sawyer Henry | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Sheenan P. & Son | Main St. | Millners & Dressmakers | Mountrath |
Sheeran & Son | Main St. | Bootmakers & Warehouses | Mountrath |
Sheeran Patrick & Son | Main St. | Drapers | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Butter & Egg Merchants | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Coal Merchants | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Cycle Agents | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Hardware Merchants & Ironmongers | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Tobacconists | Mountrath |
Telford J. E. | Main St. | Watchmakers & Jewellers | Mountrath |
Telford John E. | Main St. | Bakers | Mountrath |
Treacy P. J. | Main St. | Drapers | Mountrath |
Treacy P. J. | Main St. | Millners & Dressmakers | Mountrath |
Wallis F. | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Wallis Fintan | Main St. | Bakers | Mountrath |
Whelan Kate | Main St. | Bakers | Mountrath |
Whelan Kate, Miss | Main St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Young M., Miss | Main St. | Dressmaker | Mountrath |
Bennett Miss | Market Sq. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Byrne Miss | Market Sq. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Drury T. | Market Sq. | Victuallers | Mountrath |
Moloney T. | Market Sq. | Bootmakers & Warehouses | Mountrath |
Moloney T. | Market Sq. | Millners & Dressmakers | Mountrath |
Moloney Thomas | Market Sq. | Drapers | Mountrath |
Murphy Mrs. | Market Sq. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
O'Meara James | Market Sq. | Carpenter | Mountrath |
Rourke W. | Market Sq. | Victuallers | Mountrath |
Rourke William | Market Sq. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Ryan Daniel | Market Sq. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
Ryan Kieran | Market Sq. | Tailors | Mountrath |
Wallace Ed. | Maryboro' Rd. | Bootmaker | Mountrath |
Nunan T. J. | Mayville' | Physician & Surgeon | Mountrath |
Lynch J. A., L.D.S. | O'Rourke's Chemist | Dentists | Mountrath |
Fitzgerald | Ryan's Chemist, Main St. | Dentists | Mountrath |
Dunne Martin | Shannon St. | Saddlers | Mountrath |
Golderick Joseph | Shannon St. | Saddlers | Mountrath |
O'Connell W. D., & Sons | Shannon St. | Butter & Egg Merchants | Mountrath |
O'Connell W. D., & Sons | Shannon St. | Grocers, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Mountrath |
O'Gorman Patrick J. | The Sq. | Hardware Merchants & Ironmongers | Mountrath |
In Ireland, many of the towns had a square, and around the square were houses (homes) with one or two shops or business’s. The streets of the town all went from that square. Most towns had a ‘Main street’ – some called it a High street, and it was usually on that main street that the majority of shops and businesses were located. Shops had one or two large windows depending on the size of the shop. Many Public houses had a grocery section. You walked in the door and the grocery section was at the front of the shop with the pub at the back – usually a wooden division separating both. The Grocer or Publican may have had a field or more behind the building, cows were milked and the milk was sold to those who would bring in their ‘Jimmy’ cans. Most business men/people had more than one occupation. The Publican as described above was also the Grocer and if he sold milk then he could also be described as a Dairy man. As you go through this list of names you will see that many.