The Quaker's of Mountmellick - a book?- COMPLETED

[Mountmellick Local]

Hi there,  The name of Shaw is well-known in Mountmellick and there is a shop in Mountmellick called "Shaws" which has branches around the country. There are some of the family there and there are some of the family now in Portlaoise, Athy and Carlow.

[Mountmellick Local]

Just to add, where people from other countries have tried to track down their relatives in Laois, they sometimes write a letter to the Editor, Leinster Express, Portlaoise, Co Laois.  To be honest, I couldn't say whether it works for everyone but it is a widely-read local paper. 

[Jack2227]

The 'Archives' section of Laois County Library are located  in the County Council office on the Abbeyleix Road Portlaoise.
They have extensive records of Laois, the kind you will not get in a local Library.
Amanda Hyland is the lady in charge of that section, and has an e-mail (I cannot give it here) and they have copies of the 'Leinster Express' from the first publication in 1831, They would most likely look-up the paper records if requested.
Jack

[Delton]

Hello Ann-Marie

Could I ask you to look up two more names for me?
Margaret Bloomer Shaw
Margaret Shannon Shaw
These were my ancestors wives.
It will be intresting to know if they were Quaker's
It would also help to explain why my ancestor immigrated.
I have been told that you would be expelled from the Quaker's if you married outside their society.
Best Regards
Delton

[Anne-Marie]

Hi Delton

Sorry no Margarets but found these:

Pupils in the Quaker Provincial School Mountmellick 1786 to 1886.

1789  Elisabeth Bloomer
1793  William Blomer (yes Blomer)
1806  Joshua Shannon     Musgrave Shannon
1807 John Shannon
1809  Jane E Shannon
1815  Jemima Shannon  Ellwood Shannon
1821   Dinah Shannon
1826  Jane Shannon



Mountmellick as a Girls School 1855 to 1886

1855  Sarah Shannon
1857  Elizabeth Shannon
1860  Helena Shannon
1865  Marian Shannon
1867  Mary Shannon
1872  Frances Shannon
1873  Eliza Jane Shannon
1874  Emma L Shannon


Hope they help!

A-M