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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Collier Laurence | Watergate street | Victuallers | Navan |
Conaty Brothers | Trimgate street | Cycle Agents | Navan |
Conlan A. & Co. | Castle street | Drapers | Kells |
Conlan A. & Co. | Castle street | Tailors | Kells |
Connell J. | Farrell street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Kells |
Connell Peter | Watergate street | Boot & Shoe Merchants | Navan |
Connell Peter | Watergate street | Drapers | Navan |
Cooke Joseph | Ludlow street | Tailors | Navan |
Cooney George, Ltd. | Bective street | Motor & Cycle Agents | Kells |
Cooney George, Ltd. | Cross st. & Kenlis pl | Ironmongers | Kells |
Cooney George, Ltd. | Cross street | Seed Merchants | Kells |
Cowley T. | Haggard street | Saddlers | Trim |
Coyle C. | Haggard street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Coyle Mrs. | Athboygate | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Coyle Patrick | Chapel street | Bootmakers | Oldcastle |
Crean John | The Square | Drapers | Oldcastle |
Cregan J. | Maudlin street | Victuallers | Kells |
Crinion E. | Market square | Grocers | Navan |
Crinion see Central Hotel | Market square | Hotels | Navan |
Crosbie A. | Farrell street | Tobacconists & Newsagents | Kells |
Crosbie G. | Farrell street | Tailors | Kells |
Crosbie T. | Cannon street | Tailors | Kells |
Cullen see Smith & | Cavan street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Cullen Thomas | Cavan (sic) | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Cunningham & Ward | Farrell street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Kells |
Daly E. | The Square | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Daly's Hotel | Cavan street | Confectioners, Tea Rooms &c. | Oldcastle |
Daly's Hotel | Cavan street | Hotels | Oldcastle |
Darcy Thomas | Market street | Victuallers | Trim |
Delaney Frank | Academy street | Builders | Navan |
Delany P. | Market square | Tobacconists | Navan |
Delany Peter | Market square | Builders | Navan |
Delany Peter | Market square | Newsagents & Tobacconists | Navan |
Denning John | Watergate street | Plumbers & Gasfitters | Navan |
Denver | St. Finian's Terrace | Tailors | Navan |
Dolan Patrick | Fennor | Builders & Contractors | Oldcastle |
Donegan T. | Climber Hill | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Kells |
Doran John | Athboygate | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Doyle Andrew & Son | Market street | Builders & Contractors | Kells |
Doyle's Hotel | Market street | Hotels | Kells |
Duffy F. | Flower Hill | Grocers | Navan |
Duffy J. | Trimgate street | Victuallers | Navan |
Duffy James | Market street | Drapers | Trim |
Duncan W. | The Square | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Dunne T. | John street | Saddlers | Kells |
Durr M. K. | Trimgate street | Tailors | Navan |
Dwyer John | Trimgate street | Motor Engineers | Navan |
Egan Brothers | Emmett street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Egleston Thomas | Railway street | Wellboring & Pump Contractor | Navan |
Electric Cinema | The Square | Cinema | Oldcastle |
Elliott Joshua | Blackwater Saw Mills | Timber Merchant | Navan |
Elliott Joshua | The Mollies | Sawmills | Navan |
Everard James | Market square | Grocers | Navan |
Fagan J. F., Dr. | Lennox street | Physicians & Surgeons | Oldcastle |
Farrelly M. | Church street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Kells |
Farrelly's B. Ltd. | Castle street | Seed Merchants | Kells |
Farrely Bryan | Castle street | Ironmongers | Kells |
Feely Brothers | Market street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Feely Mrs. | Central Hotel | Hotels | Trim |
Feely William | Market street | Auctioneers | Trim |
Finegan J. | Trimgate street | Wine & Spirit Merchants | Navan |
Finegan Joseph | Corn Market | Turf Accountants | Navan |
Finegan Patrick | Trimgate street | Victuallers | Navan |
Finegan Peter | Ludlow street | Grocers | Navan |
Finegan Peter | Ludlow street | Ironmongers | Navan |
Finegan Peter | Ludlow street | Seedsmen | Navan |
Finegan William | Ludlow street | Chemists | Navan |
Finnear Robert | Lennox street | Coal Merchants | Oldcastle |
Finnear Robert | Lennox street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Finnear Robert | Lennox street | Ironmongers | Oldcastle |
Finnegan L. J. P., M.D. | Moatlands | Physicians | Navan |
Finnegan Thomas | Ludlow street | General Merchants | Navan |
Finucane J. & Son | Ludlow street | Tailors | Navan |
Finucane James | Ludlow street | Drapers | Navan |
Fitzsimons F. | Suffolk street | Blacksmiths | Kells |
Fitzsimons Peter & Sons | Cross st. & Castle st. | Bakers | Kells |
Fitzsimons Peter & Sons | Cross street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Kells |
Flanagan Mrs. | Chapel street | Confectioners, Tea Rooms &c. | Oldcastle |
Flood P. | Watergate street | Grocers | Navan |
Fox Miss | Newmarket street | Drapers | Kells |
Fox P. | Market street | Drapers | Kells |
Fox see Preston & | The Square | Auctioneer | Oldcastle |
Fox's | The Square | Confectioners, Tea Rooms &c. | Oldcastle |
Gaffney Mat | Cavan street | Blacksmith | Oldcastle |
Gallagher Patrick | Trimgate street | Turf Accountants | Navan |
Galligan Bartholomew | Fennor | Blacksmith | Oldcastle |
Garry Brothers | Market street | Grocers & Spirit Dealers | Trim |
Garry Brothers | Market street | Ironmongers | Trim |
Gaughran P. | Watergate street | Drapers | Navan |
Gaughran Peter | Watergate street | Boot & Shoe Merchants | Navan |
Gavigan T. | Newmarket street | Drapers | Kells |
Gavin P. | Moynalty | Physicians | Kells |
Geraghty Patrick | Chapel street | Drapers | Oldcastle |
Giblin E. J. | Farrell street | Boot Warehouse | Kells |
Gibney James | Lennox street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Gibney James | Market square | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Oldcastle |
Gibney James | The Square | Bakers | Oldcastle |
Gibney James | The Square | Coal Merchants | Oldcastle |
Gibney James | The Square | Ironmongers | Oldcastle |
Gibney Luke | Brew's Hill | Cattle Dealers | Navan |
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.