St James Road

[celtdunm]

Hello All. -------  139 - McKee, Knew them all. Lived opposite at 86.

[BeakerRingo]

My mum's family (O'Connors) lived at 151 until the early/mid 70's I think.  Moved to Ladybrook after that.

[Tipperdarby]

My Dad's 2 brothers lived in St James Road. Arthur and Mary and their kids Colette and Artie lived in #115 and Joe and Bridget and their family, Joe, Elizabeth and John lived in #80.
Aunt Mary just died last year aged 96 and had been living with Colette for some years so the house was empty but it sold late last year I believe,

[celtdunm]

That would be the O'Neills at 115. Where is arty & Collette now? Give them my regards Jnr McGarry no 86. I heard Mrs O'Neill died last year and believe she was the last of the parents who lived there when we were young.

[doare.]

my brother lived on st james number 50, he just paaed away last week RIP. I worked around the corner from him on Donegal rd for a few years in the old Maguire & Patterson site with mc kenna & mc ginley, now a supermarket.
 

[Tipperdarby]

That would be the O'Neills at 115. Where is arty & Collette now? Give them my regards Jnr McGarry no 86. I heard Mrs O'Neill died last year and believe she was the last of the parents who lived there when we were young.

Yes, I wasn't too smart with that post was I!! I forgot to give their surname. .both families were O'Neill.   Colette lives in Ladybrook and Artie isn't too far from her. I am in contact with Colette by email and I call her now and again (I live in Canada). Her name is McCaffrey.
When we were young we visited their family a fair bit. My Dad actually lived with Arthur and Mary when they were first married, he was an orphan. Imagine being only married and having a 15 yr old living with you!!!    I will let Colette know you were asking about her.

[cyprus girl]

I worked with a Catha Kennedy from St James Rd just before I came to Canada, anyone know her?

[celtdunm]

Thanks Tipperdarby, I have 4 sisters living in Hamilton, Canada. Colette would know them all, Anne, Renee, Phyllis & Patricia. I think Renee was the main one she shummed around with.

[celtdunm]

An E Kennedy lived at no 37 but that was too far up the hill for us to know very well so maybe someone else could be more informative.

[cyprus girl]

I worked with a Catha Kennedy from St James Rd just before I came to Canada, anyone know her?

I should have added that I came to Canada in '69 so Catha would be in her sixties now.

[kate.o]

my brother lived on st james number 50, he just paaed away last week RIP. I worked around the corner from him on Donegal rd for a few years in the old Maguire & Patterson site with mc kenna & mc ginley, now a supermarket.

hi doare, so very sorry for your loss of your brother R I P.

[doare.]

hi doare, so very sorry for your loss of your brother R I P.

thx kate, it was a bit of a shock, he was unwell for a few years.i had considered going back, but my mother is gone a while back too, so i want a place all to myself, so i let it go, i eat a different lifestyle from most of ny rellys..lol. anyway it is not the time now.

[mona lisa]

anyone know what happened to the gribbens they lived in the last house on st. james ,also the walshs from st. james parade

[eros]

 I used to knock about with tom Gribbens they were a nice quiet family ,I left home so I don't know what ever happened to them  I do believe that Tom emigrated but not sure, Eros

[celtdunm]

Don't know what happened to the Walshes. used to chum around with Eamonn in the sixties.