53 Castle Street

51 Castle Street
23rd June 2025
55 Castle Street
23rd June 2025

53 Castle Street

Project Attributes

Project:

Ballycastle Museum

Owner:

Ballycastle Museum

Date:

23rd June 2025


Address: 53 Castle Street

Listing: B2

Construction date: 1740-1759 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/013)

 

Year Owner/lessee Business name

Building use

Notes

1835 Mrs McKeever

Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/013.

1859 John O’Neil

There is a surgeon named John O’Neill listed in Slater’s 1856 Directory.

1864 John O’Neil

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1865-1870 John McKenna

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1871-1872 James McBride

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1873-1875 Andrew Verdon

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1876-1901 Jane Verdon Public house

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

Jane Verdon’s name is visible above the entrance to the pub in photo courtesy Danny Morgan.

1901 Jane Verdon Public house

Census – building no. 13

Jane Verdon, 62, head of family, RC, spirit dealer, widow

Patrick Verdon, 36, son, RC, shop manager – grocery and general stores, not married

Mary Jane Verdon, 31, daughter, RC, not married

Andrew Verdon, 28, son, RC, stonecutter, not married

Elizabeth Anne McCormick, 30, servant, RC, cook-domestic servant, not married

1902-1911 Jane Verdon

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1911 Jane Verdon Public house

Census – building no. 14

Jane Verdon, 76, head of family, RC, spirit merchant, widow

Mary Jane Verdon, 40, daughter, RC, shop assistant, single

James Laverty, 27, boarder, RC, bank clerk, single

Kate McNeill, 20, servant, RC, domestic servant, single

1912-1921 Jane Verdon

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

1922-1930 John McKeague McKeague’s Public house

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

Owen McKeague McKeague’s Public house

JMcC research states that Owen’s brother, Niall, runs the Harbour Bar which has also been in the family since the 1920s. The family also owned a farm on Mill Street where they kept cows and sold butter milk. The farm was sold to Jimmy Craig.

 

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