Directory: 1881 Slater'S Directory - Askeaton *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Limerick Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Cathy Labath labaths@celticcousins.net 1881 SLATER'S DIRECTORY - ASKEATON Askeaton Is a parish, petty sessions town, and police station, in the barony of Lower Connello, county of Limerick, about 65 miles N.W. from Cork, and 16 W.S.W. from Limerick, pleasantly situated near the Shannon, on the influx of the river Deel. It is famous for its castle, built by one of the earls of Desmond, and for its abbey, which is considered one of the most beautiful and perfect in Ireland. The parish church and the Roman Catholic church are the places of worship. There are two schools, one under the National system and a parish school. Messrs. J.N. Russell & Sons have a large flour mill here, and there is a station on the Foynes section of the Waterford and Limerick railway. Population of the parish in 1861, 2,736 and in 1871, 2,112, and the town 1,353. POST OFFICE, Askeaton, Thomas Casey, Post Master. - Letters from Limerick, Dublin, London &c. arrive at five and eight morning, and from Tralee and places south at half- past seven morning, and are dispatched in Tralee and places south at five morning, and to Limerick, Dublin, London, and Scotland, at half-past seven morning and half-past seven evening. Money Order Office and Savings Bank. GENTRY & CLERGY. Hewson John, Esq., Askeaton Hewson John B, Esq. J.P. Castle Hewson Hunt Robert, Esq., J.P. Incherourk Lodge Rev. George, Askeaton O'Conner Rev. Daniel, D.D., P.P. Askeaton Sullivan Rev James, Rectory Westropp Rd Esq J.P. Ballysteen SCHOOL NATIONAL SCHOOL - Patrick Conway, master. BLACKSMITHS. O'Brien Patrick Sheehy Morgan BOOT AND SHOE MAKER Connors Patrick Mulcahy Jeremiah Sheehan Jeremiah BUTCHERS Sheehan John Sheehan John, jun. Sheehan Patrick Walsh John CAR OWNERS Hogan John O'Shea Mary Ann Sheehy Henry CARPENTERS Riordan Owen Sheehy John FARMERS Cussen Edward, Rock Abbey Hewson John, Town Daly Kyle Patrick, Ballyheman Starkey James, Town Daly GROCERS & SPIRIT DEALERS (See also Shopkeepers and Dealers in Sundries.) Bowen Patrick Casey Thomas (& druggist) Collins Michael Fennell Richard Hough Edward Ivess Cornelius M'Donnel Charles M'Mahon John Mulcahy Michael O'Shea Mary Ann Quin Michael Shennahan Daniel Shanahan Patrick Sheehan Alice LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. M'Mahon John Pagan Eliza MILLINERS & DRESSMAKERS Connors Margaret Sheehan Ellen PUBLIC HOUSES See Grocers & Spirit Dealers SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES Casey Thomas Collins William Hanly Bridget Madigan Patrick O'Shea Mary Ann TAILORS Barratt Thomas Collins John Kenny Timothy MISCELLANEOUS O'Brien Patrick C M.D. surgeon Russell John N & Sons, millers & bakers Sheehan John, stonemason Walsh James, plasterer PLACES OF WORSHIP And Their Ministers PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Rev. James Sullivan, rector; Rev. George Lodge, curate. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Rev. Daniel O'Connor, D.D., P.P. Constabulary Barrack - Benjamin Good, constable CAR To LISTOWEL, GLIN, TARBERT, FOYNES, LOUGHALL & TRALEE, the Mail Car every morning at five. CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY On the Waterford and Limerick Line (Foynes Section). Station, Askeaton - Patk. Fitzsimons, station master.