Adriana, Wonderful! My immigrating ancestor, John Geary, was a saddler who may have also made shoes before and after immigrating to Westmoreland Co., PA. Are you, or anyone else, aware of whether the minutes to the Saddler's and Shoemaker's guilds are publicly accessible; and, if if so, how? I would also welcome any mention of texts that discuss the role of guilds in 18th and 19th century Ireland. Thank you! Sincerely, Brian Geary [email protected] wrote: > Brian, > > Here is a link that describes that current occupant of the old Tailor's > Guild is An Taisce, the National Trust of Ireland: > _http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/high_str > eet/tailors.htm_ > (http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/high_street/tailors.htm) > > I previously located information on a site that no longer exists that said > the following corporations met in the Tailor Guild building because they > didn't their own halls: > Butchers, Smiths, Barbers, Saddlers, Glovers, Skinners, Curriers, and > Joiners. > > Note: Weavers had a separate Guild located on Coombe. They shared this > building with the Hosiers Guild. > I just located a website to request a visit to the Tailor Hall. I sent my > request and hope they can arrange such a visit for my trip to Dublin this > summer. Here is the link in case you're interested: > _http://www.dublintourist.com/details/tailors_hall.shtml_ > (http://www.dublintourist.com/details/tailors_hall.shtml) > Tailor's Hall has been recently renovated. It is the only remaining Guild > Hall in Dublin. > Adriana > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at > http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free > safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the > web, free AOL Mail and much more. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >