55 Castle Street
53 Castle Street
23rd June 2025
57 Castle Street
23rd June 202555 Castle Street
Address: 55 Castle Street
Listing: B2
Construction date: 1860-1879 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014)
| Year | Owner/lessee | Business name |
Building use |
Notes |
| 1739? | John McCurdy? |
This building once housed an inscribed stone reading “This house was built by John McCurdy 1739”. According to the notes of canon Barnes (c.1906), the stone measured about two feet by one foot; it was not ornately carved, or built into the present structure but was lying in an outbuilding. See Boyd in The Glynns vol. 5 (1977). |
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| 1835 | Daniel Kelly |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 1859 | Robert McVicker |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 1864 | Robert McVicker |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1864-1872 | Andrew Verdon |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1873 | William Kirkpatrick |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1873-1875 | James McElroy? |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1876-1880 | Patrick ? |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1881-1883 | William Glass |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1884-1901 | Archibald Coyle |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1901 | Archibald Coyles | Flesher’s shop |
Census – building no. 12 Archibald Coyles, 55, head of family, COI, butcher and cattle dealer, married Ellen Coyles, 26, daughter, COI, shop assistant, not married Mary Agnes McClarty, 29, daughter, RC, dressmaker, widow Anne McClarty, 2, granddaughter, RC, not married |
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| 1902-1911 | Archibald Coyle |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1911 | Archibald Coyles | Butchers and dwelling |
Census – building no. 13 Archibald Coyles, 67, head of family, COI, flesher, married Ellen Johnston, 36, daughter, COI, married William Johnston, 30, son-in-law, COI, flesher, married Archbald Johnston, 4, grandson, COI, scholar, single James Johnston, 0, grandson, COI, single |
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| 1912-1918 | Archibald Coyle |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1919-1928 | William Johnston |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1929-1930 | John McAlister |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1934 | ? O’Connor |
Electrical shop |
JMcC research states that Neal O’Connor’s father (Denis O’Connor?) had an electrical shop here in 1934. There was a mat at the entrance into shop that when you stood on it the bell rang to alert that a customer had entered the shop. |
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| 1935 | Robert Brown |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 1941-1959 | Denis J. O’Connor |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 1959-1960 | Ellen O’Connor |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 1960-1964 | Patrick ‘Patsy’ Hill | Electrical shop |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. JMcC research states Patsy Hill had worked at O’Connor’s electrical shop and took it over in 1958. Patsy Hill, also known as Chunky Hill, was a professional photographer and ended up working with the BBC, (Working Group review 19/12/24). |
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| 1965-1972 | Daniel Donnelly | Donnelly’s Bakery | Bakery |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
| Early 1970s | Brown | Sculptor |
Working Group review 19/12/24. |
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| Mid 1970s | Drapers |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| Mid 1980s-1990s | Theresa Kane(?) | TJ’s Boutique | Ladies’ fashion |
Working Group review 19/12/24. |
| 2004 | Kate’s Barber Shop | Barber shop and dwelling |
Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/014. |
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| 2019 | Joanne’s Hairdressers |
Hairdressers |
JMcC research. |
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| 2023 | Leviathan Ink | Tattoo parlour |
