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Thanks for that Eadaoin.
I take your point and yes, you're right, terrace would have a capitol "T" and so it is likely to be one word.
Is it OK to attach the full marriage record just for handwriting recognition. It's really not easy to read but might help in comparing letters in various words.
One of the few words which is reasonably legible is "Fairview" and the Rev. Philip Carberry was a curate in Fairview at that time and living next door to the church.
The address "The Tap" also has me really puzzled. Because it appears on both the marriage record and the later baptismal record for their son James in 1880 so I'd be reasonably sure it is in the Clontarf/Fairview parish area and isn't connected to The Tap pub which still exists and is on the corner of Church Street/Nth King St. If Anne was living in Church Street the marriage and later baptism would probably have been in St Michans or St Pauls parishes.

Thanks for all your help

Cheers
Phil

Back Again.

I've read through all the entries on the image of the church register page on which the record of James Hanley's baptism is;
 
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/3db1b50031073

All of the entries have addresses on the northside in and around Santry, Drumcondra, Fairview, Donnycarney and so on.
I think these records may have been mistakenly attributed to St Andrews and may actually refer to Fairview RC. St Andrews is on the south side of the city but all of the addresses on this page are northside and all within what was probably the catchment area for Fairview RC. I know that in the late 1800's Fairview RC parish covered  a large area of mostly rural north city. It certainly covered parts of Glasnevin, Drumcondra, Clontarf and at least as far as Whitehall at that time and so may well have extended to parts of Santry and Coolock.
While Holles St Maternity Hospital is within St Andrews parish The Rotunda hospital on the northside would have been far nearer and more convenient for northsiders. So, on balance, I doubt these records actually do refer to St Andrews or have anything to do with Holles St.
This probably suggests that "The Tap" wherever it is, or was, was within the catchment area of Fairview RC. Although that doesn't narrow it down much.

Gone again
Phil

Hi All,
I know this is a long shot, but.....
I'm attaching an excerpt from a marriage record. The marriage took place in Fairview RC, Dublin in 1878. The couple were Anne Fulton & Christopher Hanley. Fairview was presumably Anne's parish. I'm trying to read the Place of Residence for both but can't make out either. For Anne it looks like "The Tap". She was a servant so that possibly could be the name of her place of employment. I've looked at the OSI historic 25' map but can't see anything resembling  "The Tap" in that area.
After the marriage they lived in the Santry/Ballymun/Collinstown area. So Christopher may have lived in that area prior to marriage and the place of residence for him could possibly be Balcurris which is a townland in that area. But it doesn't really look like it.
So any suggestions as to what either place of residence could be would be gratefully received.

Cheers
Phil

Hi all,

I have a birth cert from South Dublin in 1924. The baby was born in the South Dublin Union Workhouse April 1924. The mothers address is given as Marlborough Street ie North Dublin Union District. The mother was married but had only married in the Pro-Cathedral 3 weeks earlier
so I can understand why the mother would go to the South Dublin Union Workhouse rather than the North Union for the sake of some anonymity.
My question, though, is why in 1924 go to the workhouse at all when the Rotunda Lying-In Maternity Hospital was just around the corner?
The Rotunda was a charitable trust so I presume there was no, or very little, payment. Am I correct?
Any and all ideas welcome.

Cheers
Phil

Dathai

Yep, I believe you are right.
Thanks a million I hadn't noticed the same names above and that would certainly explain it.

Thanks again
Cheers
Phil