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Unfortunately I live in Dublin.If anyone has a copy to sell or knows of
One I'd be delighted.

Maybe there will be another print run?

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100 years of steele's terrace


does anyone know is this book available to buy yet?

i have searched ebay and abebooks etc without joy.

i am related to the moloneys of steele's terrace and would like to learn all i can.

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thanks pwaldron! there was a piccie on there too form 2000.

i'll be in town DV middle of next week and i will have a snoop around.


the single-storey buildings of the fever ward look a bit like the ones in my [very poor] pic don't they?

. well, M. McNamara what can i say! a big thanks you for looking at my photo and for all your help there. i hope to be in ennis week after next DV and i know now what to look for,perhaps in the local library which is excellent. i found mention of the workhouse in john o'connors excellent book "the w...

thats great thanks declan.

i had a feeling it wasn't our lady's as i have been in the grounds when i was a child.my father used to work there.

i will look into your suggestions and thanks again

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can anyone help me identify this hospital?

i believe the pic is from early 1900's

i had thought it might be our lady's but i'm not sure now.

oh thanks you my friend!

i never would have found it.

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can anyone tell me where this is please?

Odhran's Rock

i believe it's somewhere between ennis and limerick

Hey I got a manhole cover! this one was made by my grandfather leonard costello sometime between 1888 and 1927. i am so pleased to have got this,and many thanks to the guys who helped me! its a real solid piece of genealogy. http://i50.tinypic.com/4j6brs.jpg i'm sure there are more to be found and i...

hi lyn

i just sent you a pm

hope it helps

lenc

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TIME FOR AN UPDATE!

and for me it's the best news!

thanks to this thread and a smililiar posting on another board,a manhole cover made by my grandfather has been located in Ennis town!

more info anon......

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i believe that leonard did a major refit of the plumbing and sanitary setup for our ladys hospital ennis.

are there other institutions which were around at the time,other hospitals,poor houses,hotels etc which would have been around at the time,say 1870's to 1927?

many many thanks to everyone

thanks again everyone for looking at this thread.for your interest here is his tree [or pert of]maybe there are some on this thread who are related to someone on here?my father was robert m f costello on the left. leonard married twice,first to kate[catherine] lally of the causeway,ennis and when sh...

. now thats just brilliant thanks polycarp! he was an interesting man.both he and his brother served their time in bairds abbey st dublin and went from living in tenements [gloucester st and mecklenburgh st dublin] to running their own very succesful plumbing and sanitary businesses.leonard went to ...

. thanks miriam.i actually went in there last month,but they have no archives from that time.are the town and county engineer in different buildings i wonder?the one i visited was the town council i think Waterpark House Drumbiggle Ennis i didnt have time to check in with the clare archives in case ...