SPOUT ROAD / STREETS

SPOUT ROAD

The corner of Spout Road from Castle St ( aka Loemans Corner)

Some of the residents of Brewery Lane

Names are: Jack Flannery - No 1, Paddy Flannery - No 2, Bridget Butler - No 3, Molly Cooney - No 4, Nan Creagh - No 5, Michael Cooney - No 6, Mary Ford - No 7, Kate Flannery - No 8, ? Butler - No 9, Jim Hanrahan - No 10

Eamonn Ryan's Munster Arms at the corner of Brewery lane

Present day and plans to knock it and build houses

McGraths

Bridgie Clancy's sweetshop

Commemorating "The Spout"

"ERECTED BY LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO COMMEMORATE

the unparalleled benevolence of the English Nation

TO THE POOR OF IRELAND AT A SEASON OF EXTREME DISTRESS,

A.D. 1822"

Contentious sentiment carved into the dedication of "The Spout" considering most of the alluded poverty was caused by absentee English landlords

Whelans electrical workshop

Photo of Stephen Flannery's garage taken 25/06/1937 when it was owned by Deignans

The iconic doorway of Hogans Farrier & Blacksmith

Stamp from Ryan's Grocers, 16 Dublin Road

Kings County Almanac - 1873

Aerial view of Dublin Road in 1933

Looking up Spout Road

Dublin Road and surrounding water meadows and fields flooded, a common enough occurance yet nowadays sites of Hotel, Shops and other businesses

Malthouse workers in 1939

The Malthouse

Joey's Shopping Centre....memorable for Joey's disembodied voice heard over the tannoy from his office, if he saw you from his high vantage point looking at the potatoes or vegetables. The attached Friary Castle Bar became a sort of youth club as we got the barman or barmaid to put Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii on the video player. We were learning to drink and contained in a safe place without any interference from adults