We made mention a little while back of the Ragged School in Talbot Street. Let us take a step back 90 years and see who was in charge – and who were the other residents of Talbot Street in 1917, in the middle of the Great War.
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1 |
Mary Byrne |
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3 |
John Boyd |
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4 |
M Murdock |
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5 |
Joseph Rigby |
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6 |
Mrs Baker |
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7 |
Mrs Chambers |
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9 |
Mrs Fox |
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10 |
David McComb |
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12 |
John Moffit |
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14 |
Miss Parker |
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16 |
Robert Morrow |
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17 |
John Stewart |
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18 |
William J Chambers |
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19 |
Mrs Preston |
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20 |
Miss Pace |
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22 |
James Kempton |
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23 |
Mrs Forsythe |
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24 |
A Lowans |
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25 |
James McGivern |
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26 |
Francis Mathers |
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27 |
Mary J Irwin |
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27d |
Margaret Graham of The Ragged School |
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29 |
Agnes Sterrit |
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31 |
David Herron |
Your editor was recently contacted by a member of the Lowans family abroad. I note the above – at 24 Talbot Street of A Lowans – as the only reference to a surviving member of the Newry family of Lowans!
Irish and World Affairs 1917:
The last of the Easter Rising internees were released from jail
Sinn Fein elect de Valera as their President
Thomas Ashe died on hunger strike at Mountjoy Gaol
At the Battle of Messines in Flanders, the 16th (Irish) Division fought alongside the 36th (Ulster) Division
Francis Ledwidge (b. 1887) was killed at the second Battle of Ypres