Laois

Crennan Estimate of Work 1893

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Receipt

To Mr EJ Morrissey

Abbeyleix September 1893

Grocery Shop

The shutters, doors, pallasters,cornare of sign, signboard and pannels under windows to have all old painttaken off and prepared and painted in black, green and gold. Same as at present sashes V...

We to supply all materials of the best quality and do the above work in a trademanlike manner for the sum of £8.10.0.

Friday, 1 September, 1893

P1 Stucker Hill

1911 Census

House 16 in Stucker Hill. Patrick Crennan was a Master decorator and lived here with his wife, Annie, and their 4 children, Joseph, Kevin, Mary & Una (the latter two probably twins).

Only an outline of the Chapel exists today in a shape of a crucifix. The Chapel gave rise to name of Chapel Street and it was the site of the first Catholic church in Mountmellick. Building of the chapel was commissioned by Rev. Thady Dunne and continued by of Rev.

1798 Monument

Names of 11 men are inscribed on the monument and these men were hanged in its proximity between 11th and 13th of June 1798.

Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian community started in Mountmellick around 1710, the community started meetings at a house on Patrick Street. Effects of 1798 rebellion and Penal laws reduced the numbers of congregation.

Quaker Meeting House

Quaker Meeting House was built in 1709 although the Quakers held their first meeting in Mountmellick in 1659. Nearby the Quaker Meeting House is the site of a former Quaker School and also former Presentation Sisters’ secondary school St.

The Masonic Lodge

This was formerly the old Methodist Church before the new church was built in 1882. Description of the Lodge Hall, lodge number 660, from the Irish Freemasonry website is ‘a curved ceiling with sunlight in centre.

St. Paul's Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland church is an example of Georgian gothic Church of Ireland which was opened in 1828 and an extension for a vestry was added in 1870. The oldest gravestone in the graveyard is dated 1709 from the time it was a site for a ‘Chapel of Ease’ for Rosenallis Parish.

Clues to the 1798 Rebellion in Mountmellick

The 1798 Rebellion was a significant uprising in Ireland and a casual google search does not find much evidence for activity in Laois/Queen’s County. However, the monument on Wolfe Tone St.

The Methodist Church in shadow and light

The Rev. Gideon Ousley Methodist Church

The beginnings of Methodist faith in Mountmellick started in 1748 with of John Wesley. The first church was built in 1765 where the Masonic Lodge is currently built. The current church, named after preacher Rev. Gideon Ousley, was built in 1882 and this included a school until 1920’s.

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