Irish Election Literature

… what you maybe meant to keep…

An 1893 list of Shops, Homes and Businesses on Dublins Grafton Street April 16, 2012

Filed under: Elections — irishelectionliterature @ 11:48 am

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From 1893 a list of premises on Dublin's Grafton Street.
There are some fantastically descriptive entries
10 Mitchell & Son, confectioners to Her Majesty, Prince of Wales, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and the Lord Lieutenant, refreshment and dining rooms, 98l

Then there are words no longer in common use such as peruke and portmanteau
11 Perry, Geo. & Co. (limited) trunk and portmanteau makers,

Read more… 81 more words

 

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