Thank you Brian for your response. While the copy of my grandfather's birth certificate does look like C.S.W.R., it is not the original record, so it is possible it is a transcription error. The consensus does seem to be Great Southern & Western Railway and the location makes sense. Additional reading based on an earlier post also supports GS&WR. Now my remaining question is what is the job of a "fitter"? I have read some railway history and fitters are mentioned, but found no details of the job. Thanks again to all who have responded. Best regards, Nancy in the USA IrishRecordFinder <[email protected]> wrote: I'm no expert but I wonder if this should be GS&WR....Great Southern & Western Railway, Inchicore Works. Brian ----- Original Message ---- From: Nancy Dunne To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:57:46 PM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] Fitter C.S.W.R. in Dublin Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could help me with my great-grandfather Francis (Frank) Dunne's employment which is listed as "Fitter C.S.W.R." on my grandfather's birth certificate from 1886. At that point the family lived in the Lower Palmerstown section of Dublin, Ireland. Thank you, Nancy Dunne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you again to all that help with my inquiry regarding my grandfather's occupation [Fitter G.S.W.R. in Dublin]. I thought I would pass along a a site I learned of today from a Rootsweb.com newletter. Quoted from the newletter: "Editor's Note: There is a great site at http://www.genealogytoday.com/guide/help/answers.html where you can enter old occupation names and find out their meanings. The answers are taken from "A List of Occupations" prepared by John J. Lacombe, II. You can also search for old-world diseases and other generic genealogical terms." Thank you again to all who are willing to share their knowledge. Best regards, Nancy Connecticut, USA