Freeman's Journal — 6 May 1829

State of the Silk Trade in Dublin

We have personally taken the pains to makeout the following returnof the names of silk and tabinet weavers, now unemployed in this city, with their number, and that of their families. In our next we shal offer some observations upon this painful subject.
Name Residence Family Out of employment
John ARCHER Cooper-alley 4 3m
Judith BARBER 10, Elbow-lane 4 3m
W BECKET 7, Park-street 5 3m
John BENTLY Cork-street 1 4w
John BOLAND 57, Cork-street 9 3m
W BOULGER 1, Brabazon-street 7 3w
Edward BRENNAN 43, Coombe 2 2m
John BRIMFORD Braithwaite-street    
Nicholsa BRYAN 43, Coombe 2 superan.
Patrick BURKE Braithwaite-street 1 3m
James BUTTERLY 38, Skinner's-alley 2 5m
James BYRNE 36, Skinner's-alley    
Richard BYRNE New-row 3 2m
John CADY Black-pitts 1 3m
James CAFFRY Park-street 2  
Thomas CAFFRY Welsh's Court 4 3w
Thomas CASEY 13, Park-street 6 3m
W CHIMERS Ward's-hill 2 1m
John COLGAN 9, Malpas-street 8 2m
Walter Connelly Mark's-alley   2m
John CONNOR 8, Pool-street 1 4m
Nicholas DARLEY 35, Skinner's-alley 1 4m
Daniel DIGNAM 2, Ardee-row 5 4m
Thomas DIGNAM 85, Coombe 6 3m
M DONOVAN Sweeny's-lane 3 3m
John DOYLE Francis-street 6 4m
Henry DRISKALL 43, Coombe    
_ FAGAN 9, Pool-street 1 4m
John FINN Meath-street 1 4m
John FINN Skinner's-alley 6 2m
G Fitzgerald Uncertain 1 4m
Austin FITZGERALD Malpas-street   2w
John FITZGERALD 22, Pool-street 5 4m
John FOWLER Marrowbone-lane 6 2m
Henry FULLER Dolphin's-barn (town) 2 3m
Bernard GAFFNEY 32, Cork-street 4 4m
Thomas GAFFNEY Cork-street 6 1m
William GILL New-market 3 3m
W GREGORY      
James GRUNDY 8, Pool-street 4 2m
William HANLON Flag-alley 6 4m
Thomas HASSET Hanbury-lane    
John HAYES Newmarket 7 2m
James HEALY Patrick-street 7 6m
Francis HOLLYWOOD Braithwaite-street 9 3m
Ed HUMPHRYS John-street 5 3m
W HUNtER Fordam's-alley 4 4w
Henry HUNTER Marrowbone-lane 3 3w
William IRWAN Marrowbone-lane 3 2m
Francis JAMES 5, Braithwaite-street 2 5w
John JAMES Meath-street 2 4m
Samuel JAMESON 1, Brabazon-street 2 4w
W JONES Montrath-street   5w
Edward KELLY Skinner's-alley 1 3m
Thomas KINSELA Elbow-lane 4 3m
Michael KNOWLES 10, Elbow lane 5 3m
James LALOR Spitalfields    
J LAMB New-row 5 5w
Thomas LAMB Fordam's-alley   4w
James LAMBE 10, Ward's-hill 2 18w
W LARAGAN Carman's-hall 3 4w
Bernard LEDWIDGE 1, Stirling-street 5 17w
Peter LEECH Marrowbone-lane 4 3w
John LERY Brabazon-row 4 1m
William LIGHTFOOT 43, New-row 7 3m
W LINN Flag alley 1 3w
John M'ALISTER Brabazon-street 4 3w
Mat. M'ALISTER Ardee-row    
Thomas M'ALISTER Braithwaite-street 4 3m
Michael M'DONNELL 26, Skinner's-alley 9 3w
W M'ELLARY Malpas-street    
Lawrence M'GUIRK   1 4m
Patrick M'GUIRK   6 3m
John MAQUAY Uncertain 1 3m
Peter MATTHEWS New-street    
John MEATHERS 1, John-street 4 4m
Peter NEWMAN Weavers-square 5 2w
Edward PATTERSON 11, Fordam's-alley 5 4w
John PROUDMAN 42, New-market 7 3m
Thomas PURCELL 10, Pool-street 7 4m
William QUINN 25, Skinner's-alley    
Thomas RRICE 43, Coombe 2 superan.
Daniel RYAN 108, Cork-street 7 7w
Sulivan SHANLEY      
S SHILLINGWORTH Ormond-street    
Stephen SMITH 1, John-street 7 3m
Patrick STEPHENS Pimlico 8 3m
Charles TAAFFE Cork-street    
Geo TAFFE Cork-street 3 3w
John THOMPSON Ward's-hill    
William WALKER New Row 4 2m
John WALSH Earl-street 5 4m
James WATSON Fumbally-lane 7 2m
Thomas WHITE Rainsford-street 3 4w
Edward WHITING 17, Ash-street 1 3m
Lewis WILSON Park-street 6 4m


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