Building use

Notes

Historic Buildings Record HB05/15/013.

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

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

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.

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

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

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

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers.

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.