KILKENNY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Kilkenny, Ireland.

 

METALWORKERS, IRONMONGERS ETC.

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Name of metalworker Date Information

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UNIDENTIFIED (possibly Shanahan) 1786 To be let, an ironmongers retail and workshop … it has been conducted for upwards of 50 years. Proposals in Dublin to Mr Marsh or to Mr Shanahan, Kilkenny, who will continue the business till a proper tenant offers. FLJ 6.9.1786
UNIDENTIFIED (possibly Doyle's) pre 1856 ... antique culinary utensil for many years suspended over the entrance of a foundry in Irishtown. MOD 2.2.1856
AGAR GEORGE 1832 King Street, House Smith. VOTERS
AGAR 1833 A whitesmith in King Street, workshop. JNL 6.3.1833
AGAR GEORGE 1834 To set, profit rent from premises in King Street where George Agar, smith, resides. JNL 26.2.1834
AGAR GEORGE 1852 Exhibited a knife. LAW
AGAR GEORGE 1839 King Street, (Black & white smiths list) SHEARMAN
AGAR GEORGE 1840-42 King Street, (Black & white smiths list) GOGGINS
AGAR GEORGE 1856 Whitesmith & locksmith, King Street. SLATER
AIKENHEAD, CATHERINE & CO. 1856 Ironmonger & hardwareman, High Street & Rose Inn Street. [See St John’s Priory gravestones for a Catherine Aikenhead, widow of William, died 1878 age 80.] SLATER
AIKENHEAD MRS C 1856 Mrs C Aikenhead, Ormonde House. Wanted two apprentices for the ironmongery businesss. MOD 5.7.1856
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1824 Tinplate worker & brazier, Rose Inn Street. PIGOT
AIKENHEAD W 1831 Parade, Kilkenny, brazier, kitchen furnisher & family ironmonger … announcement that he now carries on the Smith business –list of his wares. NB Church bells supplied. JNL 26.2.1831
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1836 Ironmonger, Parade. [An advertisement, the whole of which is for patent medicines.] [See St Johns Priory gravestones for a William Aikenhead died 11.3.1847 age 51.] JNL 9.1.1836
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1839 Parade, (ironmonger & hardware dealers list). SHEARMAN
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1839 Rose Inn Street, (tinsmith & braziers list). SHEARMAN
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1840-42 Parade, (ironmonger & hardware dealers list.) (Also Inspector of Weights & Measures, Parade.) GOGGINS
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1840-42 Rose Inn Street, (tinsmith & braziers list) GOGGINS
AIKENHEAD WILLIAM 1860 Mr William Aikenhead, hardware. INFIRMARY 13.3.1860
AYRES MR 1852 Exhibited wrought-iron nails. [See St Patrick's Gravestones for a John Ayres, Nailer, of c1820.] LAW
BARNES WILLIAM 1772 Journeyman Nailer. FLJ 28.10.1772
BARRY WILLIAM 1856 Nailmaker, Walkin Street. SLATER
BETTS BENJAMIN 1796 City of Kilkenny, nailer. FLJ 30.7.1796
BETTS BENJAMIN 1856 Nailmaker, Bull Alley. SLATER
BETTS BENJAMIN 1881 Watergate, ironmonger/hardwareman. SLATER
BETTS JAMES 1870 Irishtown, blacksmith. SLATER
BETTS JAMES 1881 Irishtown, blacksmith. SLATER
BEATTS JAMES 1894 Watergate, ironmonger & blacksmith. SLATER
BETTS BROTHERS 1884 Hardware dealers, Irishtown. BASSETT
BETTS PETER 1884 Nailer, Irishtown. BASSETT
BOLGER DAVID 1884 Hardware merchant, King Street. Advertisement pg 82. Late M A Cullen. BASSETT
BRANAK PETER 1839 Celebrated cutler of this city, committed suicide. MOD 31.7.1839
BRENNAN CHARLES 1862 Has opened an establishment opposite the Tholsel –coach painting, trimming and smith work. MOD 28.12.1862
BRENNAN R 1919 Smith, James Street. DUBLIN
BRYAN RICHARD 1772 Journeyman nailer. FLJ 28.10.1772
BRYAN WILLIAM 1832 The New Buildings, metal founder. VOTERS
BUCKLEY NICHOLAS 1824 Ironmonger, High Street. PIGOT
BUCKLEY PATRICK 1788 Grocer & ironmonger, High Street. LUCAS
BULGER THOMAS 1824 Ironmonger, High Street. PIGOT
BULGER JAMES 1839 John’s Green (Black & white smiths list) SHEARMAN
BULGER JAMES 1840-42 John’s Green (Black & white smiths list) GOGGINS
BURKE WILLIAM 1884 Tin smith, Chapel Lane. BASSETT
BURNHAM FRANCIS 1788 Ironmonger, Irish Town LUCAS
BURNHAM FRANCIS 1798 FB, white smith and iron-monger thanks for patronage upwards of 20 years past. He repairs and cleans fire-arms. A journeyman gun-maker wanted. FLJ 7.2.1798
BURNHAM & SON 1824 Ironmongers, Coal-Market. PIGOT
BURNANE DENIS 1506 Denis Burnane, point-maker, was received free. LIBER P
BUTLER LUKE 1824 Ironmonger, High Street. PIGOT
BUTLER LUKE 1831 LB High Street, Kilkenny wants a young lad as apprentice assistant in the ironmongery & hardware business. JNL 1.10.1831
BUTLER L 1833 The old established house furnishing, ironmongery, hardware, saddlery & brush warehouse, High Street, Kilkenny. Grates etc. manufactured at the concerns. JNL 30.11.1833
BUTLER LUKE 1834 Has sold his extensive ironmongery establishment to Mr Thomas Power, High Street. JNL 26.4.1834
BYRNE DANIEL 1839 John Street, iron merchants. SHEARMAN
BYRNE DANIEL 1840-42 John Street, iron merchants. GOGGINS
BYRNE JAMES 1824 Tinplate worker & brazier, John Street. PIGOT
BYRNE PATRICK 1856 Tinplate worker & brazier, High Street. SLATER
BYRNE WILLIAM 1815 Copper manufacturer, from Dublin, commenced business in James’ Street, Kilkenny. MOD 1.7.1815
BYRNE WILLIAM 1824 Coppersmith, Irishtown. PIGOT

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