Residence

Date from 1874 to 1879
Place Ballyregan, Kilpeacon, Limerick, Ireland
Description Moved to Limerick City 1879 and then to Dublin

Narrative

Thomas Hannan said that he lived in a cottage in Limerick city and may have arrived in Dublin 1880 or 1881. Patrick Hannan was replaced as the tenant listed in the Valuation Office Cancelled Books for Ballyregan in 1879, so the move to Limerick city likely happened in 1879 at the latest, followed by a move to Dublin a few years later.

Thomas describes his earliest memory as being able to see a prison and an "asylum for the feeble minded" (now Limerick Prison and St. Joseph's Hospital) over the wall at the back of the cottage he lived in. He also said there was a forge at the end of the street. It's likely that back of the cottage faced onto Roxboro Road or Ballysimon Road, or a street off one of those roads. It's not likely to be the house where Tom Moloney lived on Cornwallis/Gerald Griffin Street because Thomas lived there around 1900 and would have known it was the same place.

Narrative

Some of Thomas's siblings, like Annie and John, appear to have remained in Limerick. It's not clear who in the family moved to Dublin, but Pat and Katie were there.

Source References

  1. Valuation Office: Cancelled Land Books
      • Page: Patrick Hannan (Grange) in Limerick, Kilpeacon, Book 8 p12, Book 4 p8
      • Transcript:

        County of Limerick
        Barony of Pubblebrien
        Parish of Ballycahane
        Union of Croom
        Electoral Division of Kilpeacon

        Book 8
        Page 12

        Townland of Ballyregan
        Ord S 23

        Reference to Map 2 a
        NAMES
        - Occupiers Patrick Hannan Junr
        - Immediate Lessors Melioria Furnell
        Description of Tenement Ho. off and
        Area: A: 40 R: 2 P: 17
        Rateable Annual Valuation
        - Land: £ 32 10 s 0 d
        - Buildings: £ 1 0 s 0 d
        - Total: £ 33 10 s 0 d
        Observations

        Reference to Map 2 b
        NAMES
        - Occupiers James Hayress
        - Immediate Lessors Patrick Hannan Junr
        Description of Tenement House
        Area: A: R: P:
        Rateable Annual Valuation
        - Land: £ s d
        - Buildings: £ 0 10 s 0 d
        - Total: £ 0 10 s 0 d
        Observations

        Book 4
        Page 8

        In 1879 the lessor in 2 a changed as follows:
        Patrick Hannon Jun -> Thomas Punchy

  2. Thomas Hannan 1874 - 1964: Looking Backwards on Life
      • Page: Home in Limerick City, Page 1
      • Source text:

        "My first recollections is that our family lived in a cottage not far from the Good Shepherd Convent and St. John's Hospital and St. John's Catholic Church in Limerick City. I could look over a wall at the back of the house by climbing up by crevices in it, and used to see the Limerick County Prison and also an asylum for the feeble minded. "

        "Then about that time I was down the street and a horse broke away from a smith's forge that was at the forge end of the street,"

      • Page: Arrival in Dublin, page 2
      • Source text:

        "I must have been tired as I don't remember more about that arrival in Dublin. It may have been in the year 1880 or 1881."

      • Page: Pat or Katie, first day of school, p2
      • Source text:

        I was brought to school by someone, perhaps Pat or my sister Katie who was older than Pat.

References

  1. Hannan, Thomas