Thanks Kathy- what are "sandmen"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Little.House.Antiques" <little.house.antiques@comcast.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence Cemetery,1850s transcription complete > Chris, > > > See > http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesinquestreportsfuneralreportsetcfromTheLimerickChronicle/Alphabeticallistingsofobituariesdeathnoticesetc/f.pdf > > > There are at least 8 FRAWLEY obits published in the Limerick Chronicle > from 1858 to 1908. > > > Using the years given for the Frawleys (and the death dates in the > accompanying obits) you should be able to check the burial registers for > Mt. St. Lawrence to see if any of these 8 are buried there. > > > Also I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that George Kelly of this list has > FRAWLEYs in his family and that a few of them are buried in Mt. St. > Lawrence Cemetery. The FRAWLEY family of Limerick (like the SHANAHANs) by > occupation were SANDMEN. > > > Happy Hunting! > Kathy Rhodes > > > Researching LUBY and SHANAHAN in > Co Limerick > Co Tipperary > Co Waterford > Co Cork > > ----- Original Message ----- > ----- Original Message ----- > "Chris Hunt" <cah1800@earthlink.net> > > My Frawley family settled in Mt St Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. > there were 7 brothers & 2 sisters but so far I have not found any in IL > (except when I lived there!) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'd like to tell you they tiptoed around Limerick sprinkling sand in children's eyes bringing them good dreams... but actually their job was a LOT harder than that! lol! Read the article here: http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/sandmen.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hunt" <cah1800@earthlink.net> To: irl-limerick@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:21:07 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence Cemetery, 1850s transcription complete Thanks Kathy- what are "sandmen"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Little.House.Antiques" <little.house.antiques@comcast.net> To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence Cemetery,1850s transcription complete > Chris, > > > See > http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesinquestreportsfuneralreportsetcfromTheLimerickChronicle/Alphabeticallistingsofobituariesdeathnoticesetc/f.pdf > > > There are at least 8 FRAWLEY obits published in the Limerick Chronicle > from 1858 to 1908. > > > Using the years given for the Frawleys (and the death dates in the > accompanying obits) you should be able to check the burial registers for > Mt. St. Lawrence to see if any of these 8 are buried there. > > > Also I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that George Kelly of this list has > FRAWLEYs in his family and that a few of them are buried in Mt. St. > Lawrence Cemetery. The FRAWLEY family of Limerick (like the SHANAHANs) by > occupation were SANDMEN. > > > Happy Hunting! > Kathy Rhodes > > > Researching LUBY and SHANAHAN in > Co Limerick > Co Tipperary > Co Waterford > Co Cork > > ----- Original Message ----- > ----- Original Message ----- > "Chris Hunt" <cah1800@earthlink.net> > > My Frawley family settled in Mt St Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. > there were 7 brothers & 2 sisters but so far I have not found any in IL > (except when I lived there!) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Chris, Sandmen used to dredge the floor of the Shannon and Abbey rivers for the sand that was used in most of the building works in Limerick city until the beginning of the last century. They had their on style of boat called a Sandcot, with a flat base that helped transporting the sand. They mostly lived in the Abbey area of the city which was in St. Mary's Parish, They lived along side another group The Abbey Fishermen, and although the two families intermarried they didn't always get along as the sand dredging would disturb the fishing areas. Sharon On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Chris Hunt <cah1800@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thanks Kathy- what are "sandmen"? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Little.House.Antiques" <little.house.antiques@comcast.net> > To: <irl-limerick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] [Norton AntiSpam]Re: Mount St Lawrence > Cemetery,1850s transcription complete > > > > Chris, > > > > > > See > > > http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesinquestreportsfuneralreportsetcfromTheLimerickChronicle/Alphabeticallistingsofobituariesdeathnoticesetc/f.pdf > > > > > > There are at least 8 FRAWLEY obits published in the Limerick Chronicle > > from 1858 to 1908. > > > > > > Using the years given for the Frawleys (and the death dates in the > > accompanying obits) you should be able to check the burial registers for > > Mt. St. Lawrence to see if any of these 8 are buried there. > > > > > > Also I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that George Kelly of this list has > > FRAWLEYs in his family and that a few of them are buried in Mt. St. > > Lawrence Cemetery. The FRAWLEY family of Limerick (like the SHANAHANs) by > > occupation were SANDMEN. > > > > > > Happy Hunting! > > Kathy Rhodes > > > > > > Researching LUBY and SHANAHAN in > > Co Limerick > > Co Tipperary > > Co Waterford > > Co Cork > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > "Chris Hunt" <cah1800@earthlink.net> > > > > My Frawley family settled in Mt St Louis, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. > > there were 7 brothers & 2 sisters but so far I have not found any in IL > > (except when I lived there!) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-LIMERICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Limerick's Life <http://www.limerickslife.com> Limerick's Life Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/limerickslife>