Hi Folks, Would sks be able to tell me where I could find out the address of the residence of Martin Phelan. He had the following ocupations at the following times in Coolrain, Offerlane Parish: Road Contractor - up to 1864, Shopkeeper: 1865 - 1867, Publican: 1868 - at least 1872. Are there such things as Trade Directories? Thanks in anticipation. Gordon

Gordon, Check the County Laois (IGP) Genealogy website. We have a lookup offer for a trade directory. http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ The lookups are at the top of the page. Regards, Christina North Carolina, USA On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:45:19 +1300, Gordon Collingwood wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Would sks be able to tell me where I could find out the address of >the residence of Martin Phelan. He had the following ocupations at >the following times in Coolrain, Offerlane Parish: Road Contractor >- up to 1864, Shopkeeper: 1865 - 1867, Publican: 1868 - at least >1872. > >Are there such things as Trade Directories? > >Thanks in anticipation. > >Gordon

There are no directories that would list people from Coolrain over the periods you mention Gordon............ Colrain is a one street village. Is, was and always has been. It has two pubs and maybe a third but I've never noticed it! The pubs are probably there as long as the village - I've no notion of their ages, but the one that is called Sheerans may possibly be older than the other. So, that would be your best bet as regards finding the pub that Martin Pheland owned/rented whatever when he was about. Pubs in Ireland or a lot of them tended to have shops - that is pub and shop in one - the owner could probably list the building as whichever he chose. You walked in and there was the grocery section where the Missus served.........and then at the back was the pub. Sheerans is one of the better well-known pubs in Laois - for it's music, the fact that it is thatched - no longer owned by the Sheeran family, but leased out. The other pub in the village may well have been there when everything was thatched and back when Martin Phelan was about..........more than likely so. I've never been in it, but I have in Sheeran's - so I guess maybe I'm biased towards there. I have photos of set dancing in Sheerans...........maybe some inside, but definitely outside - not much of the pub itself, but really more a little like what the Laois people can be at (as well as the others who join them from other counties and other parts of the world when they get going) and I can send you some copies if you'd like. Mind you, these would be big files and take a while to download. Thought I had them on my web site but can't seem to find them - only Dowlings in Errill. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Collingwood" <gdc@paradise.net.nz> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: [LAOIS] Martin Phelan - Road Contractor, Shopkeeper, Publican in Coolrain > Hi Folks, > > Would sks be able to tell me where I could find out the address of the residence of Martin Phelan. He had the following ocupations at the following times in Coolrain, Offerlane Parish: > Road Contractor - up to 1864, > Shopkeeper: 1865 - 1867, > Publican: 1868 - at least 1872. > > Are there such things as Trade Directories? >