Tony McAllister writes asking for information on his forebears, one of whom, Terance Murphy lived at 8 Mill Street in 1914. These were his neighbours. Also Joy Gardner requests information on her forebears who hailed from
Her father Patrick enlisted in the British Army and in
For Joy, here is a list of residents on that Street at the outbreak of the Great War. As you see, two P Sheridans are listed, at numbers 32 and 38 – and as one is deemed ‘senior’, it’s a fair bet that the other was his relation (if not his son).
3 P Marron
5 M Barry
6 Mary McElherron
8 Terence Murphy
10 Mary Whitfield
12 Ann McElhargy
14 John McAteer
14 (sic) Frank Moore
15 P McLoughlin
16 John Mooney
17 Francis Troy
18 John McGuire
20 John McGinn
22 Ann Murphy
24 W J Feeley
25 M Lowe
26 G B Rowland
27 Patrick McAteer
28 J Costello
30 Thomas Keenan
31-35 Davison & Co
32 P
34 J McClelland
35a John McCartney
36 A Martin
37 Michael Burns
38 Patrick Sheridan
39 P McMahon
40 P McLoughlin
42 J Marron
43 S J
45 Peter Devine
46 Patrick O’Hanlon
47 T Cunningham
48 J Rice
49 William Crilly
50 J Wallace
54 P McAteer
58 B Kelly
60 G Belton
62 Thomas Hughes
64 Rose Conroy