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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M'Gann Mark | - | Wine & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Mitchell T. | Castle street | Provision Merchants | Sligo Town |
Monson G. W. | Market street | Cabinet Makers | Sligo Town |
Monson Henry | O'Connell street | Cabinet Makers | Sligo Town |
Monson Henry T. | O'Connell street | Undertakers | Sligo Town |
Moran P. J. | Stephen street | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
Mostyn T. | High street | Ironmongers | Sligo Town |
Mostyn Thomas | High street | Cutlers | Sligo Town |
Mostyn Thomas | High street | Leather Merchants | Sligo Town |
Mostyn Thomas | High street | Seed & Agric.Implement Merchants | Sligo Town |
Motor & Cycle Depot | Market street | Cycle Agents | Sligo Town |
Mullaney Brothers | O'Connell street | Drapers | Sligo Town |
Mullaney Brothers | O'Connell street | Milliners, Dressmakers etc. | Sligo Town |
Mullaney Brothers | O'Connell street | Tailors | Sligo Town |
Mullen Joseph & Sons | High street | Builders | Sligo Town |
Mullen Joseph & Sons | High street | Electrical Engineers | Sligo Town |
Mullen M. | Wolf Tone street | Cycle Agents | Ballymote |
Mullen Michael | Wolf Tone street | Builders | Ballymote |
Mullen's Private Hotel | Wine street | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Mulligan C. J. | Castle street | Oil & Colour Distributors | Sligo Town |
Mulligan M. | Calry Bar, The Mall | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Mulligan Mrs. | Quay street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Munster & Leinster, Ltd | - | Banks | Ballymote |
Murphy P. J. | John street | Dentists | Sligo Town |
Murphy T. | Grattan street | Saddlers & Harness Makers | Sligo Town |
Murray & Sons | - | Coach Builders | Ballymote |
Murray Mrs. | O'Connell street | Stationers & Newsagents | Ballymote |
Murray S., Mrs. | Newtown | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Murrow B. | Albert street | Land & Estate Agents | Sligo Town |
Nairn & McGowan | Wine street | Cycle Agents | Sligo Town |
Nairn P. | Holborn street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Nelson F. | Castle street | Ironmongers | Sligo Town |
Nelson F. | Castle street | Shooting & Fishing Tackle Agents | Sligo Town |
Nelson Francis | Castle street | Watch Makers | Sligo Town |
Nelson Francis & Son | Castle street | Cutlers | Sligo Town |
Nevin Michael | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Newsom & Sons, Ltd | - | Sugar Merchants | Sligo Town |
Newson (sic) & Sons, Ltd | The Quay | Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Sligo Town |
Noone J. | O'Connell street | Fruiterers | Sligo Town |
Noone John | O'Connell street | Confectioners | Sligo Town |
Noone John | O'Connell street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Noone John | O'Connell street | Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Sligo Town |
North Hotel | The Mall | Hotels | Sligo Town |
O'Brien P. J. | O'Connell street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
O'Connell & Burns | Water lane | Cabinet Makers | Sligo Town |
O'Connell & Burns | Water lane | Undertakers | Sligo Town |
O'Connell's | Thomas street | Confectioners | Sligo Town |
O'Connell's | Thomas street | Fruiterers | Sligo Town |
O'Connell's | Thomas street | Tobacconists | Sligo Town |
O'Connor Brothers | O'Connell street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
O'Connor Brothers | O'Connell street | Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Sligo Town |
O'Connor P. | High street | Cycle Agents | Sligo Town |
O'Connor P. | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchants | Sligo Town |
O'Connor P. J., L.D.S. | Wine street | Dentists | Sligo Town |
O'Doherty J. | Stephen street | Solicitors | Sligo Town |
O'Doherty Mrs. | The Mall | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
O'Donnell G. | Imperial Hotel | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
O'Donovan | - | Coal Merchants | Sligo Town |
O'Dowd M. | Wine street | Plumbers | Sligo Town |
O'Dowd Misses | Lord Edward street | Fancy Goods Dealers | Ballymote |
O'Dowd P. F. | Teeling street | Drapers | Ballymote |
O'Dowd P. F. | Teeling street | Emigration Agents | Ballymote |
O'Dowds Misses | Lord Edward street | Booksellers | Ballymote |
O'Dowds Misses | Lord Edward street | Stationers & Newsagents | Ballymote |
O'Hara & Co. | Quay street | Plumbers | Sligo Town |
O'Hara John | High street | Butchers | Sligo Town |
O'Hara John C. | Wolfe Tone street | Civil Engineers & Surveyors | Sligo Town |
O'Hara M. | Wine street | Butchers | Sligo Town |
O'Hara Thomas | Grattan street | Butchers | Sligo Town |
O'Hart P. | Forthill | Physician & Surgeon | Ballymote |
O'Reilly Brothers | Holborn street | Bakers | Sligo Town |
O'Rorke J. | Charles street | Photographers | Sligo Town |
O'Rourke K. | Thomas street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
O'Rourke P. | The Stag's Head, O'Connell st | Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Orr J. T. H. | Young's Medical Hall | Opticians | Sligo Town |
Palmer John | Wolfe Tone street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Palmer W. R. | O'Connell street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Paul Brothers | The Quay | Flour Merchants | Sligo Town |
Pebbles William D. | Sligo Independent | Newspapers | Sligo Town |
Peebles William D. | Grattan street | Printers | Sligo Town |
Peebles William D. | Grattan street | Stationers, Booksellers etc | Sligo Town |
Pettigrew R. & Sons | Quay street | Bacon Curers | Sligo Town |
Pettigrew Robert & Sons | Quay street | Provision Merchants | Sligo Town |
Phibbs | - | Solicitors | Sligo Town |
Phibb's Private Hotel | Lord Edward street | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Phibbs W. Talbot, LL.D. | Teeling street | Solicitors | Sligo Town |
Phillips Bedilia | Market street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Picture Theatre | - | Cinemas | Sligo Town |
Pollexfen W. & G. T., Ltd | Ballisodare Mills | Millers | Sligo Town |
Price C. | Commons | Booksellers | Ballymote |
Quigley Thos. | O'Connell street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Quinn J. P. | Albert Line | Civil Engineers & Surveyors | Sligo Town |
Quinn J. S., M.B. | Wine street | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
Quinn P. M. | Albert road | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
Quinton Herbert, L.D.S. | Wine street | Dentists | Sligo Town |
Ramsay's Hotel | Bridge street | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Rank Joseph | The Quay | Flour Merchants | Sligo Town |
Rees W. M. | Agent** | Flour Merchants | Sligo Town |
Regan Thomas | Church street | Builders | Ballymote |
Regan Thomas | Church street | Coach Builders | Ballymote |
Regan Thos. | Church street | Ironmongers | Ballymote |
Regan Thos. | Church street | Oil & Colour Merchants | Ballymote |
Regan Thos. | Church street | Painters | Ballymote |
Reynolds Harry | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Robinson R. G. & J. D. | Stephen street | Land & Estate Agents | Sligo Town |
Roche J. H., & Son | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Roche J. H., & Son, M.I.A.A. | High street | Auctioneers & Valuers | Sligo Town |
Rogers | - | Auctioneers | Ballymote |
Rogers J. J. | Market street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Rogers J. J. | Market street | Leather merchants | Ballymote |
Rogers M. A., Mrs. | O'Connell street | Egg Merchants | Ballymote |
Rogers M. A., Mrs. | O'Connell street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Rogers M. A., Mrs. | O'Connell street | Ironmongers | Ballymote |
Rogers W. | O'Connell street | Booksellers | Ballymote |
Rooney P. J. | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Rose Hill Nursing Home | Rose Hill | Hospitals | Sligo Town |
Rouse Thomas, M.D. | Wine street | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
Ryan | - | Hairdressers | Sligo Town |
Ryan Charles F. | Central Hotel | Opticians | Sligo Town |
Ryan F. | John street | Cycle Agents | Sligo Town |
Scanlon J. | Bridge street | Monumental Works | Sligo Town |
Scanlon James | Bridge street | Builders | Sligo Town |
Scanlon James | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Scanlon P. | Cairns View | Monumental Works | Sligo Town |
Scanlon P. | The Market Yard | Monumental Works | Sligo Town |
Scanlon T. | Market street | Tailors | Sligo Town |
Scully T. | Rock House | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Scully Thos. | The Rock House | Wine & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Sharkey Mary, Miss | Market street | Leather merchants | Ballymote |
Sharkey Misses | Market street | Fancy Goods Dealers | Ballymote |
Sheerin | - | Provision Merchants | Sligo Town |
Sheerin M. | Wolf Tone street | Booksellers | Ballymote |
Shell Mex (Dublin) Ltd. | Finisklin road | Oil Distributors | Sligo Town |
Sinclair James & Co. | O'Connell street | Butter Merchants | Sligo Town |
Sligo Champion | Wine street | Newspapers | Sligo Town |
Sligo Drug Co. Ltd. | Wine street | Chemists & Druggists | Sligo Town |
Sligo Independent | Grattan street | Newspapers | Sligo Town |
Sligo School of Shorthand | O'Connell street | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
Sligo Stationary Depot | Market street | Printers | Sligo Town |
Sligo Stationary Depot | Market street | Stationers, Booksellers etc | Sligo Town |
Sligo Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. | Union street | Solicitors | Sligo Town |
Sligo Wood & Iron Co. | O'Connell street | Cutlers | Sligo Town |
Sligo Wood & Iron Co. | O'Connell street | Ironmongers | Sligo Town |
Sligo Wood & Iron Co. | O'Connell street | Oil & Colour Distributors | Sligo Town |
Smith Barton | Stephen street | Cutlers | Sligo Town |
Smith Barton | Stephen street | Shooting & Fishing Tackle Agents | Sligo Town |
Smith C. | Main street | Grocers & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Smith C. | Main street | Leather merchants | Ballymote |
Spillers & Baker | Union Place | Flour Merchants | Sligo Town |
St. Patrick's Hotel | Sandhill | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Stephenson | O'Connell street | Drapers | Sligo Town |
Summerhill College | - | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
Swan H. J. | Weston House | Physicians & Surgeons | Sligo Town |
Swan Hotel | Strand Hill | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Tarrant John | Teeling street | Solicitors | Sligo Town |
Taylor Richard Kerr | Castlebaldwin | Egg Merchants | Ballymote |
The Cinema | - | Cinema | Ballymote |
The Grammar School | - | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
The High School | - | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
The Model School | - | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
The Pavillion | - | Cinemas | Sligo Town |
The Smokers' Own | Grattan street | Tobacconists | Sligo Town |
Tighe J. & E. J. | High street | Bakers | Sligo Town |
Tighe J. & E. J. | High street | Confectioners | Sligo Town |
Tighe J. & E. J. | High street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Tighe T. | Main street | Wine & Spirit Merchants | Ballymote |
Togher J. | Stephen street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Toher Thomas P. | Stephen street | Chemists & Druggists | Sligo Town |
Tolan W. J. | Quay street | Cement Importers | Sligo Town |
Tolan W. J.** | Agent** | Sugar Merchants | Sligo Town |
Toner Mrs. | Market street | Hairdressers | Sligo Town |
Torney Bros., Ltd. | The Market | Fruiterers | Sligo Town |
Tresnan Thos. | Grattan street | Builders | Ballymote |
Tunny J. | Pound street | Bootmakers | Sligo Town |
Tyler John & Son Ltd. | Castle street | Bootmakers | Sligo Town |
Tymon John | Teeling street | China & Glass Dealers | Ballymote |
Ulster Bank Ltd | - | Banks | Ballymote |
Ursuline Convent | - | Schools & Colleges | Sligo Town |
Victoria Hotel | Rosses Point | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Victoria Hotel | Strand Hill | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Wallace & Sons | High street | Bill Posters | Sligo Town |
Wallace & Sons | High street | Carriers & Removers | Sligo Town |
Walsh Jos. | Church View | Tailors | Ballymote |
Walsh M. | O'Connell street | Bootmaker | Ballymote |
Walters J. | Holborn street | Bootmakers | Sligo Town |
Ward Annie | Teeling street | Booksellers | Ballymote |
Ward Annie | Teeling street | Fancy Goods Dealers | Ballymote |
Ward Mary, Mrs. | Teeling street | Stationers & Newsagents | Ballymote |
Watters J. | Holborn street | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Waverly Hotel | Strand Hill | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Wehrly Brothers | O'Connell street | Watch Makers | Sligo Town |
Wesern Wholesale Co. (sic) | Wine st. & Adelaide st. | Provision Merchants | Sligo Town |
Western Hotel | Quay street | Hotels | Sligo Town |
Western Wholesale Co. | Wine st. & Adelaide st. | Grocers, Tea, Wine & Spirit Merchts | Sligo Town |
Whyte B. | John street | Stationers, Booksellers etc | Sligo Town |
Whyte B. | John street | Tobacconists | Sligo Town |
Williams Brothers | Teeling street | Motor Engineers | Sligo Town |
Williams Kim | Castle street | Butchers | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F. | Castle street | Bootmakers | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F. | Castle street | Cutlers | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F. | Castle street | Ironmongers | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F. | Castle street | Leather Merchants | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F. | Castle street | Motor Engineers | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F., Ltd. | Castle street | Cycle Agents | Sligo Town |
Woods W. A. & A. F., Ltd. | Castle street | Seed & Agric. Implement Merchts | Sligo Town |
Woolworth F. W. & Co. Ltd. | O'Connell street | Fancy Goods Stores | Sligo Town |
Woolworth F. W., & Co. Ltd | O'Connell street | Stationers, Booksellers etc | Sligo Town |
Young's Medical Hall | O'Connell street | Chemists & Druggists | Sligo Town |
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.