Query from Lister Maisie: Tidying up some photos, I came across one I took of one end of Davis Street, where my husband is standing on an empty piece of ground marked Irish Quarter West, in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. Behind my husband is a row of small, rather humble shops. At the farther end there are some modern flats, presumably indicating that other older buildings had to have been demolished at some point. I have no idea, therefore, where the Gribbin family might have lived on Davis Street, as I have no house number as a guide. My mother's grandmother, Hannah Gribbin, was born in Davis Street, Irish Quarter West. Later, her father Robert Gribbin moved "across he water" to Glasgow where he married a woman from Glasgow. I'm assuming his first wife died in Carrickfergus. He and his brother were handloom weavers. The brother moved to Belfast and may have continued there as a handloom weaver. Robert became a lamplighter in Glasgow. We had the great good fortune to find the Presbyterian church in Carrickfergus open where the Gribbins had been christened. The trustee who just happened to be there gave us a tour and then offered to follow up on my query about the christenings. He was as good as his word, and I was able to further confirm the information he gave me with the Presbyterian H.Q. in Belfast....and at no charge, but with a polite suggestion that a donation would be welcome. All this as an aside. I am wondering about the significance of why this area was named Irish Quarter West. Was there an Irish Quarter East, South and North? If so, were they so named for a purpose? If anyone is familiar with Carrickfergus and might know the answer, I'd be interesting in knowing. Maisie