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My Ancestors from Howth, Eire. 1800s +
My Great Grandfather John Angus, was skipper of a 3-masted ship, which I believe
was called 'Rokeby' . John Angus started a little church which was a tin chapel in Hillside Terrace (now called Thornmanby Road) John also built houses in Hillside Terrace. The little tin church is now deralict. Who did John marry?
Two of my great Angus aunts ran a little tea shop at No 4 Hilside Terrace, and I remember as a small child playing 'croquet' on their back lawn, does anyone remember the tea shop.?
John Angus (junior) known as Jack, was also a seaman, but he became coxswain of the life boat station in Howth and was the longest serving coxswain they ...read more here
A memory of Howth contributed by Heather Graham
bray 1962
ihad a wonderful holiday with my friend john morrison from cambuslang,we stayed with a mrs mcgrath.i came from hamilton and we sailed from glasgow to dublin and then by bus to bray.we met a young hairdresserin bray JUNE ONEILL,and she kept me on the right road for my 2 weeks holiday.
A memory of Bray contributed by murray brown
Visit to Blarney Cork 2007
My ancestors came from Cork to England. Whether this means that they sailed from Cork Harbour during the 1850's, or whether they lived in Cork, I am not sure, however my husband and I had an enjoyable few days there this year. The Cohb Harbour Heritage Centre is well worth a visit, especially if you, like me, had family who made the journey in the awful conditions in the ships, which the centre portrays really well. Also of course, Cohb was the last port of call for the Titanic, which also gets a mention there. Patrick Street is a bustling shopping centre, with of course the bridge over the river Lee.
A memory of Cork contributed by Susan winwood
Ancestors in Ireland
I have discovered recently that my ancestors actually came from Sligo town. They were members of the McCormick and Boland families. Michael Boland was born in or around 1815 and some of his descendants emigrated to Co Durham. His daughter Mary married Michael McCormick and they were living in Co Durham with their family from the mid 1800s onward. They were all coal miners and there seems to have been a big community from Sligo all living and working in the same area north of Durham city. Michael and Mary's son John was my great grandfather. I wonder if any residents of Sligo now are connected to either of their family lines - I would love to discover more!
Alice Potter ...read more here
A memory of Sligo contributed by Alice Potter
Extracts From Kingstown & Eire books
Kingstown was the Irish terminal of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Co, who
successfully operated the mail service between Holyhead and Dublin for several
decades. Between 1860 and 1896 the route was operated by the fast four-funnelled
paddle-steamers ‘Ulster’, ‘Munster’, ‘Leinster’ and ‘Connaught’, which were
contracted under penalty clauses to make the crossing in no more than 3.75 hours.
The daily schedule required two ships on the run, each making two round trips, with
a third in steam on standby able to sail at immediate notice. The remaining unit of
the quartet would usually be undergoing general maintenance or even a refit. Though
rebuilt in the 1880s, the paddlers were replaced in the 1890s by four Laird-built twin-
screw, four-cylinder triple-expansion steamers, each of about 2600 grt. In this picture
one of the new steamers is alongside the pier. If the date of the picture is correct, the
large paddler might be the ‘Ireland’. She was built in 1885 as cover for the Provinces
as they were rebuilt in turn, emerging with new engines and two funnels.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
This is a 3400 tons displacement Apollo class cruiser. Completed in the early 1890s, the Apollos, of which there were
21, were rated as second-class protected cruisers and armed with 2 x 6-inch, 6 x 4.7-inch, 8 x 6-pdrs, 1 x 3-pdr and 4
x 14-inch torpedo tubes. Funnel details indicate that this ship may be either the ‘Melampus’, the ‘Naiad’ or the
‘Latona’. By 1914 only the ‘Sappho’, the ‘Sirius’ and the ‘Melpomene’ (ex ‘Indefatigable’) were still rated as cruisers;
the others had been converted into minelayers.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
Laid down at Sheerness in 1895, engined by Clydebank, and completed in 1897, ‘Pelorus’ was the lead ship for a class
on the Cape Station before
transferring to the East Indies. During the Great War she was deployed in the Mediterranean, and was sold for
breaking up in 1920.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
The seven ships of the Pelorus class were completed between 1897 and 1900. When built they were rated as first-class
cruisers; however, they were under-gunned, mounting only 8 x 4-inch, 8 x 3-pdrs and 2 x 14-inch torpedo tubes, and
their deck armour was only two inches thick. From the numbering system used by the Frith archive, it appears that
this picture was taken on the same visit to Kingstown as photograph No 31311. If that is correct, then this ship is
either the ‘Pegasus’ or the ‘Prosperine’, as the other four vessels in the class were still building.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".