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THEY GARDENED GLASNEVIN: a register of gardeners, labourers, student-apprentices and lady gardeners in the Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, Dublin 1795-1945
E. CHARLES NELSON Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 Occasional Papers No. 4 : pp 66. publication date 1990 publication on-line 2015
INTRODUCTION
The Dublin Society acquired land in north County Dublin on 25 March 1795 and thereon established the botanical garden which today bears the title National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin (see Nelson & McCracken 1987; Nelson 1987, 1989).
Having undertaken to cultivate a botanical garden, as a patriotic project funded by the Irish parliament, the Dublin Society was obliged to employ gardeners and labourers, and also to establish a directorate; the first person engaged was Dr Walter Wade, who served as Professor of Botany until his death in 1825. In the following register are listed the names, dates of birth, and dates of appointment and departure of all persons known to have been employed or to have been apprenticed In the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens between 25 March 1795 and 25 March 1945, including those who directed the work of the Gardens as curator, keeper, director or professor of botany to the Dublin Society.
In compiling and collating this register, I deliberately chose as the termination date 25 March 1945 because it marked the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Gardens, and moreover It denoted (although not precisely) the end of one keepership (John Besant) and the beginning of a new one (Thomas Walsh).
There is no single, continuous source available from which data about the staff of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens can be extracted; the sources available are listed below and comments made there on their contents and extent. In general it may be noted that the Royal Dublin Society, which managed Glasnevin Botanic Gardens until 1878, was assiduous in not preserving records of staff (even the minutes of the Committee of Botany are not entire). After 1877 there are better (but not perfect) records, in particular an uninterrupted series of workmen’s day books (paybooks) recording the daily attendance of each member of the gardening staff (but not of office staff) and their wages; these paybooks have been extracted, but, of course, this source does not include dates of birth, In addition, It should be noted that during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, at busy seasons, casual labour was often engaged; in scanning the paybooks, it Is possible that some of the temporary gardeners and labourers may have been overlooked inadvertently but it is unlikely that any long—serving gardener or student-apprentice will have been omitted. Thus, the register is more likely to be complete for staff employed after 1877; before that year records are most fragmented.
THE REGISTER
Each entry is divided into five columns, thus:
Column 1: name, as recorded in the available sources, with surname first, followed by christian name(s).
Column 2: date of birth, If available: all dates conform to the pattern YEAR. MONTH. DAY: (see also below).
Column 3: the date on which the person commenced working at Glasnevin (‘came’).
Column 4: the date on which the person ceased working at Glasnevin (‘left’); some men, who came as apprentices, left to become journeymen in other gardens and then returned to the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens as full gardeners, and thus in many instances there will be more than one date of commencement and departure.
Column 5: ‘notes’ Including manuscript sources of dates [enclosed in square brackets); notes on the later career of student-apprentices, on the positions held in Glasnevin, etc.; reason for resignation (e.g. ‘reached age limit’) or departure if these were discovered during research; notes sometimes include dates of death.
When no source Is quoted the Information published here was extracted from the entire sequence of ‘Paybooks’, and the quarto notebooks labelled ‘Staff Book... 1894 to April 1942’ and ‘Staff Book April 1942...’, and the two other notebooks labelled ‘Came’ and ‘Left’ (see below).
Dates enclosed In square brackets, e.g. [1860], were deduced or calculated by the present compiler. Other standard annotations may be used when Information Is imprecise or dubious.
In general the post occupied by the person is not stipulated because the person was a gardener. However, anyone entering the Botanic Gardens as a teenager, and remaining for two years (at least Initially), will have entered as an apprentice (later termed a student gardener).
A caveat Is required concerning the birth dates of people listed herein. It was not unusual in Ireland during the nineteenth century (and in the early years of the present century) for men and women deliberately to falsify their dates of birth In order to gain employment (age increased) or, contrariwise, to prolong employment beyond the required retirement date (age decreased); in several Instances it is clear that false dates were given and such discrepancies are noted; It has not been possible to verify the dates of birth In civil or parochial registers.
birthday came left notes
ABBOTT James 1808.05.05 1912.06.03 1914.06.28 went to situation in Scotland
SOURCES
The principal sources of information were
'Apprentices' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: applicants From 1903 - 1932; at back there is a partial (1903 1912) list of lady pupils.
'came' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: c.1894 - 1944, listing of staff and apprentices with date of birth and date of commencement (alphabetic/chronological).
'Extra men' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: February 1903 - 1908, list of casual labourers, with wages.
'Garden Staff Applications' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: 1899 - 1923 listing 244 names and addresses.
'Lady Pupils' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: 1903 - c, 1929 (119 numbered entries) Ion back cover is title 'Lady Gardeners wanted']
'Left' ms (quarto notebook) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: c,1894 - c, 1943, staff and apprentices, giving dates and reasons for departure (alphabetic /chronological listing),
'Paybook' mss (15 volumes) in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, usually titled 'Weekly day book': extant volumes are 1855,12.27 to 1863.06.11. and (not separately cited)
1876.12.26 to 1881.11.02 1917.04.12 to 1922.03.23
1881.11.03 to 1888.08.15 1922.08.24 to 1927.10.19
1888.08.16 to 1895.03.11 1927.10.20 to 1931.05.27
1895.03.12 to 1899.08.30 1931.05.28 to 1936.05.13
1899.08.31 to 1903.02.11 1936.05.14 to 1941.01.29
1903.02.18 to 1907.04.03 1941.01.30 to 1943.05.12
1907.04.04 to 1917.04.11 1943.05.13 to 1949.06.08'Staff book & Pupils list 1894 to April 1942'
ms In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: a chronological list with dates of birth.
'Staff Book' ms In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: April 1942 to June 1969Additional sources cited here are
'1872 list' ms In National Botanic Gardens Glasnevin: a scrap of paper bearing 25 names with dates of birth; Internal evidence suggests It was compiled c.1872.
'1885 lists' mss in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin (Letter book): two lists on printed account forms.
'1890 lists' mss in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin:1: a list, 9 May 1890, stating date of entering service, length of service and wages (42 names)2; a list, 22 July 1890, stating date of birth and date of commencing service (34 names).
'1900 list' ms in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin; 35 names with addresses and 'Number of Family' (original in 'Paybook 1899 - 1903') (see Addenda).
Lady gardeners ms in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: typescript with ms additions, 'Lady Gardeners trained here', 1898 to 1935.
'Library loan register' ms in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: an erratic record of books Lent with borrower's signature; 1852 to c.i950,
'Moore apprentice letter' ms In Moore Papers (photocopy In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin); David Moore to Ninian Niven, 9 November 1838 (8 names).
'Moore memorandum 1857' ms in Royal Dublin Society (photocopy In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin): memorandum about apprentices by David Moore, 7 September 1857, (7 names) with dates of entry which differ significantly from dates given in other documents (see Addenda).
'Moore pay sheet 1866' ms In Moore Papers (photocopy In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin): 16 - 22 August 1866 (24 names) (a second fragment dated 19 August 1866 also exists (13 names))
'Moore pay sheet 1873' ms In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin: 25 June 1873 (34 names)
'Moore pay sheet 1875' ms In National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevln: 8 December 1875 (33 names)
'Moore memorandum 1894' ms in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin (Letter book): memorandum by Fredrick Moore, 13 August 1894, about length of service and wages (45 names). 5
'Niven pay sheet' ms in Moore Papers (photocopy in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin): incomplete wages record, 20 - 27 June 1838 (20 names)
Royal Dublin Society minutes mss In Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin (Minute books of the Committee of Botany): my colleague, the late Dr Eileen McCracken extracted these minutes and kindly made copies of her transcripts available to me. From these copies I have extracted all the names of staff and apprentices. Dr McCracken also compiled separate lists of apprentices (3 ff) and these are incorporated herein (for further details see Nelson & McCracken 1987).
name Birth came Left Notes
ABBOTT James 1888/05/05 1912/06/03 1914/06/28 went to situation in Scotland
ABRAMS, James [1871/11/20] 1919/06/07 [Library loan register] reached age limit: gatekeeper [1890 lists]
AHERN, Owen [1836/06/20] [1838/11/19] [Niven pay sheet: Moore apprentice letter 1838]: apprentice
ALFRED, Joseph 1872/08/21 1803/09/03 1908/03/25 died on 26 March 1908
ANDERSON, [1864/05/25) [Library loan register]
ANDERSON, Iris 1926/01/11
ANDERSON, James 1906/01/30 1906/03/29
1907/02/23 1907/03/30
1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
ANDERSON, Rosalyn 1926/01/11 1926/04 ['Lady pupils' No. 100]
ANGUS, Arthur 1920/08/21 1921/09/03 came in place of J. Woods resigned to rejoin army
ANGUS, John 1896/07/26 1921/09/05 1922/06/23 resigned
ARMIT, Bryan [1812/11/12] sent petition to Dublin Society, in described as 'late labourer'
ARMIT, John [1812/07/02] [Dublin Society minutes: Botany]
ATLEY, Thomas 1896/05/18 1913/05/29 1914/10/10
AUSTEN, Thomas 1823 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
AUSTIN, John [1876/12/27] 1877/07/11
AYLMER, Joseph 1808/11/01 [1873/06/25] [Moore pay sheet 1873: dates list]
BALL, Charles Frederick 1879/09/13 1906/12/10 1914/11 enlisted: killed at Gallipoli 1915/09/13: came as outdoor foreman, promoted 1911/07/01 to Assistant Keeper (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
BALL, William [1836] 1857/04/02 1858/10/20 [Library loan register: 1855-1863 paybook]
BALL, William 21 years 1857/04/21 (Pupil); 2 years
BARRETT, John 1874/09/29 1902/01/23 1904/02/10
BARRETT, Joseph 1913/06/12 1941/02/24 appointed 1942/06/01; promoted asst. foreman 1948/02/18; retired
1948/02/18 1977/10/01
BARRON, John 1896/08/02 1916/01/03 1918/01/03 left when time up
BARRON, Kathleen 1930/01/28 ['Lady pupils' No. 113]
BARRY, Edward ['Ned') 1903/06/31 1929/10/14 1931/09/41 left when time up; to OPW: became Superintendent in Phoenix Park
BARRY, Helen 1925/11 ['Lady pupils' No. 105] from Dublin
BARRY, James 1896/01/10 1915/09/06 1917/10/13 left when time up; situation
BARRY, William [1875/05/07] [1875/12/08) [Library loan register: Moore pay sheet 1876]
BARTON, James [1869/03/13] [187I/05/25] [Library loan register]
BARTON, Rose F, 1906/07/02 ['Lady pupils' No. 6] from Cheltenham, recommended by W, E, Gumbleton [Belgrove, Cobh) first offered place in 1905
BATCHEN, Nancy 1932/01/04 1933/12/23
BEAHAN, Charles 1818/03/01 [1855/12/27] 1879/02/15 [1855-1863 paybook; Moore pay sheet 1866, 1875]: porter [1866): gate keeper [1875]: died
BEAHAN, Michael 1859/03/17 1860/08/15 [1855-1863 paybook] some weeks absent
BEGLEY, Cornelius 1879/12/11 1880/06/12
BEGLEY, William 1880/04/29 1883/03/07
BEHAN, Joseph 1905/07/11 1929/04/02 1931/01/01 left when time up
BEIRNE, Patrick 1863/01/29 [1863/06/17] [1855-1863 paybook]
BEIRNE, Peter 1876/06/28 1918/10/17 1934/09/24 died
BENNET, Patrick 1915/11/21 1942/02/16 1912/02/16
BESANT, John William 1878/08/15 1907/07/01 1944/09/18 appointed Keeper 1922/05/01 on retirement of Sir Frederick Moore: originally came as foreman: died (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
BEVAN, Henry 1885/03/12 1887/03/16
BILL, H.T. 1896/04/23 1921/08/05 1921 soldier trainee
BIRD, Hugh [1852/08/24] [Library loan register]
BIRD, John 1858/12/02 1860/05/02 [1855-1863 paybook]
BISSETT, James 1913/07/30 1937/10/04 1939/10/04 resigned
BOLAND, J, 1941/12/10 1942/02/03 casual labourer
BOSHILL [or Boshell), John c.1816 [1836/06/20] [1840] [Niven pay sheet; name present but deleted] In 1840 said to be 24 yrs old and to have served 2 years
BOSHILL [or Boshell), Paul c.1775 [1804] [1840] in 1840 Boshill was stated to be 66 yrs old, and to have served already 36 years in the Gardens; can this be the same Paul Boshell who was messenger in 1867 (see below)?
BOSHILL, Paul [1852/10/08] [1863/06/17] [Library loan register; 1855-1863 paybook] garden messenger; mentioned by William Robinson [Gard. Chron. 1864); perhaps son of above?
BOYNE, Patrick 1901/03/02 1942/03/02 1960/02/10 fireman from 1944/07/03; labourer 1958/10/29; dismissed
BRACKEN, Gerald 1905/11 1928/03/27 1930/03/26 left when time up; became Horticultural Instructor
BRADSHAW, James 1881/04/01 1901/09/09 1904/02/03 left when time up, but re-engaged, and then went to situation
1904/02/04 1904/09/23
BRADSHAW, John 1904/02/11
BRADY, James 1819 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
BRADY, Philip 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
BRADY, Terence 1888/01/19 1906/10/25 1908/03/04 left when time up; situation
BRADY, Thomas 1879/07/31 1907/02/23 1907/03/30 [Extra men register] to permanent staff (Nelson & McCracken 1987); promoted gardener 1909/06/17; retired at 70
1907/06/30 1947/09/30
BRADY, William 1897/01/14 1914/10/26 1918/01/23 resigned; ill-health
BREEN, James [1853/11/07] [Library loan register]
BREEN, John 1860/03/01 1860/03/21 [1855-1863 paybook]
BREEN, Laurence 1891/04/21 1912/02/22 1914/03/14 went to Tully Nursery, Kildare
BREEN, Martin 1888/11/17 1909/02/04 1911/02/04 left when time up
BRENNAN Robert [1852/08/24) [Library loan register)
BRENNAN, Matthew 1910/06/08 1931/08/31 1933/08/16 left when time up
BRENNAN, William 1894/01/05 1917/10/25 1919/10/04 went to situation: journeyman
BRIAN, Joseph [1871/07/01) [Library loan register)
BRIDE John [1853/03/10) [Library loan register]
BRIEN, James 1825 1827 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes] fined 5/- in April 1827
BROGAN, Michael 1910 extra staff [Applic, book]
BROWNELL, T, [?S] [1867/11/07) [Library loan register]
BROWNLEE, Thomas [1868/06/03) [Library loan register)
BROWNLOW, John 1877/05 1908/07/02 1908/07/21 disappeared leaving 14/-'
BRUTON, Martin 1877/01/13 1880/06/09
BRYAN, John 1856/04/17 1856/07/25
1857/02/26 1857/10/07 [1855-1863 paybook] some weeks absent
BRYSON, Ada E, 1899/06/26 1900/07/14
BUCKLEY, Jeremiah 1893/08/26 1913/10/09 1916/10/13 left when time up; situation
BUCKLEY, Thomas [1876/10/31] 1878/01/17 propagator [Library loan register)
BURKE Richard 1877/12/17 1878/07/24
BURKE, James 1912/12/11 1929/01/31 1930/12/18 age limit
BURKE, Kathleen [Mrs, McCarthy] 1942/12/23 1943/01/20 maid; dismissed
BURKE, M, 1942/10/22 1944/09/16 student
BURKE, Margaret E, 1942/10/22 left when time up
BURKE, Patrick 1892/07/29 1926/03/25 1933/04/26 resigned [ill from 1932/07/12)
BURKE, Peter 1879/04/09 1879/09/10
BURKE, Thomas 1903/03/19 1903/03/16 [Extra men register)
BURKE, Tobias 1860/03/01 [1863/06/17] [1855-1863 paybook]
BURN, Henry [1886) ['1886 list']
BURNE, Robert 1898/07/29 1926/03/25 1928/03/03 went to situation
BURNS, J. 1942/12/21 1943/03/23 casual labourer [same as below ?)
BURNS, John F. 1917/06/14 1943/04/06 1944/04/05 left when time up
BUTLER, John 1897/01/10 1920/07/17 1922/08/02 birth date incorrect supplied as 1899/01/10; left when time up; joined Irish army; returned; resigned; to Howth as head gardener
1923/09/18 1936/03/03
BYRN, Mai 1921/01/21 ['Lady pupils' No. 82a] from Santry came twice
1925/01
BYRNE, Christopher 1895/12/20 1915/10/14 1917/10/24 left when time up situation
BYRNE, Daniel 1908/01/11 1940/11/14 temporary, left when Emmet resumed; came back, left when time up
1942/11/26 1944/10/25
1944/12/19 1945/02/12
BYRNE, Edward [Ned) 1892/09/24 1920/01/15 1962/09/24 promoted carter 1936/09/04; birthday also given as 1893/09/12
BYRNE, James 1862/03/02 [1862/06/17] [1855-1863 paybook]
BYRNE, James 1884/01/04 1929/05/21 1955/03/02 resigned; birthday 1883/01/01?
BYRNE, Johm 1939/05/27 casual labourer
BYRNE, John 1908/03/13 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
BYRNE, Laurence 1939/06/17 casual labourer
BYRNE, Laurence [or Lawrence) 1863/03/11 [1872/08/05] [1873/06/25] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1873] assistant [1873]; presumably left and returned; died
1878/09/19 1878/09/27
1879/06/05 1879/07/23
1880/10/01 1897/06/09
BYRNE, Michael [1876/12/27] 1878/07/31
BYRNE, Patrick 1868/06/12 1901/08/15 'young skilled labourer' [1871); gardener [1875]; manager of bedding plants [1890); died 1901/08/15
BYRNE, Peter [1873/06/25] [Moore pay sheet 1873]
BYRNE, Thomas [1854/03/24] [Library loan register]
BYRNE, Una 1933/01/09 1934/01/09
CAFFREY, James 1837/06/12 1884/07/06 1899/09/09 'break up'
CAHILL, Michael 1886/04/23 1904/02/04 1906/02/07 left when time up
CAHILL, William 1859/06/16 1859/08/31 [1855-1863 paybook]
CAIRNS, John 1884/01/31 1884/04/23
CAMPBELL William c.1766 [1803] [1840] [Dublin Society minutes; Niven pay sheet 1838] was to be dismissed 1834/08/01 as RDS was short of Money, but was kept on at 1/- a day as he could not get work, In 1840 it was noted he was 74 yrs old and had served for 37 years
CAMPBELL, James [1836/06/20] [1838/11/19] [Niven pay sheet: Moore apprentice letter 1838]; apprentice
CAMPBELL, Patrick 1910 extra staff [Applic book]
CANNELL, Joseph 1860/04/12 1860/04/25 [1855-1863 paybook]
CANNON, William J, 1907/02/11 1933/08/04 1935/09/02 left when time up
CAR, Thomas 1857/07/25 1857/08/19 [1855-1863 paybook]
CAREY, John [1876/12/27] 1877/05/02
1877/08/24 1878/03/23
CARLYON, Christine 1903/07/01
CAROLAN, Patrick 1886/03/17 1908/02/28 1910/02/20 left when time up; situation
CAROLAN, Patrick 1906/03/12 1921/10/31 1926/02/06 drowned; had been moved to labourer on 1924/10/09
CARROLL, Bernard [1855/10/14] 1856/06/05 [Library loan register; 1855-1863 paybook]
CARROLL, James 1899/12/14 1917/10/18 1919/10/04 went to situation: journeyman
CARROLL, John [1866/08/19] 1877/01/07 died [Moore pay sheet 1865, 1876]
CARROLL, John 1878/01/03 1880/04/28 [Library loan register] gardener in Palm House [1866]
CARROLL, Martin [1872/06/27] [Library loan register]
CARROLL, Michael 1896/10/12 1916/10/17 1917/10/24 left when time up; situation
CARROLL, T. 1825 1827 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes] fined 5/- in April 1827
CARROLL, Thomas 1812 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CARROLL, William 1886/10/12 1908/04/01 1910/04/01 left when time up; to America
CARTER, Benjamin 1875/08/01 1898/09/26 1900/03/09 went to situation
CASSERLY, William 1884/02/02 1906/03/29 1908/07/04 arrived 4 days late; left for situation; had worked for 4 years in Co. Meath; trained at Glasnevin
CASSIDY, James 1827 1829 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CASSIDY, John 1835/03/16 1875/05/26 1912/01/10 fireman [1875] to gardener; died
CASSIDY, Joseph 1881/04/21 1881/04/28
1882/06/09 1882/01/18
1883/10/04 1883/10/24
1883/11/03 1884/01/16
CAWLEY, John 1816 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CHAMBERS, William 1900/05/09 1926/02/01 1927/10/08 to Albert College; became Horticultural Instructor; then to Department of Agriculture [Senior Inspector)
CHRISTIE, David 1884/09/11 1886/11/20 ['1886 list']
CHRISTIE, Henry [1866/08/19] [Moore pay sheet 1866] gardener in Victoria Regia house (1866)
CHRISTY, William 1905/01/30 1905/03/29 [Extra men register]
1906/02/01 1906/03/31
CLARK, Henry [1854/02/14] [Library loan register]
CLARKE, Andrew 1880/11/03 [1888/08/22] ['1886 list']
CLARKE, Andrew 1884/04/10 1884/07/02 [Two men with same name are recorded in pay book]
CLARKE, Bernard 1892/05/01 1934/09/17 1951/01/11 resigned, medical grounds
CLARKE, John J, 1910/09/16 1926/04/19 1928/11/16 reached age limit (had 2 month extension)
CLARKE, Philip 1884/09/25 [1888/08/22] ['1886 list']
CLARKE, Philip 1919/08/11 1941/02/17 1942/02/16 to Kew
CLARKE, Thomas 1869/11/24 1888/04/09 came 1888/12 ? ['1890' list]
CLARKE, William [1894/08/13 1896/02/15 garden boy; enlisted [Extra men register]
1904/02/08 1904/03/31
CLIFFORD Daniel [1836/06/20) [Niven pay sheet]
CLINCH, James [1836/06/20) [Niven pay sheet: name present but deleted)
COLEMAN (Colman), Thomas 1885/09/28 1913/04/21 1914/04/18 discharged
COLEMAN, E, 1942/02/23 casual labourer
COLEMAN, John [1856/12/27) 1859/04/27 [1855-1863 paybook]
COLEMAN, Thomas [1807/01/15) petitioned Dublin Society: was disabled and received 5 guineas
COLLINS, John 1888/05/16 [1888/08/22]
COLLINS, John 18??/09/24 1901/07/25 1903/07/01 year of birth erroneous in records
COLLINS, Luke 1908/01/24 1924/06/01 1926/01/23
COLLINS, Robert 1888/03/08 1888/04/20
COLVILLE, John [1854/10/24] [Library loan register)
COLVILLE, Samuel [1857/01) [Library loan register)
COLVIN, Alexander [1893/03) 1894/11/02 dismissed
COLVIN, John [1855/12/27) 1857/01/01 [1855-1863 paybook]
COLVIN, Samuel [1838) 1857/01/07 1869/03/30 [1865-63 paybook]
1859/12/08 1860/04/11
COLVIN, Samuel 19 years 1857/01/07 (Pupil); 2 years
COLVIN, William 1859/03/24 1860/08/01 [1865-63 paybook]
1863/01/29 1877/01/24
1878/07/26 1879/05/30
CONDON, David 1881/03/09 1883/08/31
CONNAUGHTON, Noel 1927/12/27 1942/03/31 1916/10/03
CONNAUGHTON, Patrick 1924/03/24 1938/10/28 1942/03/24 reached age limit
CONNELL, Andrew 1903/03/17 1903/03/31 [Extra men register)
CONNELL, Charles 1879/08/16 1898/05/16 1900/06/01 left as time up; to situation
CONNELL, Charles 1920/04/26 soldier trainee
CONNOLLY, Peter 1883/11/10 1936/10/07 1946/12/04 gateman: died
CONNOLLY, Thomas 1930/02/09 1945/01/29 1918/02/09 left on age limit: garden boy
CONNOR, John 1827 1827/12 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CONNOR, Matthew 1860/02/16 1861/10/09 [1855-1863 paybook]
1863/04/01 [1863/06/17]
CONNOR, Thomas 1906/02/01 1906/03/31 [Extra men register]
Connyngham - see CUNNINGHAM
CONROY Joseph 1915/08/03 1931/01/07 1933/08/03 age limit
CONWAY, James 1868/11/15 1882/01/28 1898/05/11 dismissed
CONWAY, Michael 1875/01/09 1893/03 1896/11/12 went to Trentham, then Veitch's Nursery; propagator: then indoor foreman [replacing Patrick Pope): retired on pension.
1899/11/30 1934/12/10
1942/01/30
COONEY, Kate 1933/03/09 1933/04/30 temporary cook-attendant
COOPER, John 1901/03/03 1915/06/28 1920/03/06 resigned
COOPER, Willam John [1874/01/29] [Library lean register]
COOTE, W.J. 1890/07/13 1931/09/07 1958/11/03 fireman: labourer 1949/06/30
COPELAND, Nora 1923/01/08 ['Lady pupils' No. 95] from Dalkey came twice
1925/01
COPITHORNE, Irene 1921/01/10 ['Lady pupils' No. 80] worked at Donabate with Hely Hutchinson; from Bantry, County Cork
CORBALLY, Matthew 1904/02/08 1904/03/31 [Extra men register]
CORBALLY, T, 1941/01/08 casual labourer
CORCORAN, William 1889/05/22 1911/02/05 1913/02/03 left when time up; situation
CORMAC, Alfred 1876/06/29 1915/04/25 resigned
1919/06/09 1930/08/02
CORNUT, George [1836/06/20] [1838/05/31] [Niven pay sheet] noted in plant accessions book (Nelson 1990) as apprentice, but assumed by Nelson & McCracken (1987) (on basis of Niven pay sheet') to have been a foreman
CORRIGAN, Andrew 1819 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
COUGHLAN, Patrick 1926/07/02 1945/02/24 1946/02/21 time up but promoted to gardener
COUGHLAN, Timothy J. 1900/03/24 1944/07/25 1974/09/24 garden constable: messenger 1961; died
COULL, William 1880/06/03 1884/10/01
COWAN, John 1860/03/29 1860/11/21 [1855-1863 paybook]
1861/04/14 1861/10/17
COWAN, Peter 1813 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
Cowell - see COULL
CRAWLEY, James 1863/04/30 1863/05/13 [1855-1863 paybook]
CREGAN, Michael 1918/11/21 1941/10/08 1942/10/12 scholarship student; became Horticultural Instructor
CROCKER, Emmeline 1858 1904/07/01 A seasoned traveller, friend of Reginald Farrer; wrote about Glasnevin in 39 articles on gardening [1908); died 1910/02/26 [Desmond, Nelson & McCracken 1987)
CROSBIE, May 1906/07/03 ['Lady pupils' No. 8] from Rathmines, Dublin; later she worked in Trinity College Botanic Garden, Ballsbridge (Nelson & McCracken 1987, Wyse Jackson 1987)
CROSS, Alfred 1883/03/01 1883/05/30
CRYAN, Michael 1894/10 1925/07/29 1927/08/17 left when time up
CULLEN Gerard 1924/04/13 1938/05/23 1938/07/07 resigned
CULLEN, H, M, 1931/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 118]
CULLINAN, James 1883/12/10 1914/03/16 1916/04/01 left when time up; situation in Scotland
CUMISKEY, Michael 1891/09/28 1914/02/02 1916/02/23 left when time up; situation
CUMMIN, Patrick 1907/02/23 1907/03/30 [Extra men register]
CUMMINS, John 1908/01/16 1922/10/20 1926/03/31 reached age limit
CUMMINS, Patrick 1919/02/11 1933/08/04 1937/02/10 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CUNNINGHAM [?Connyngham), Michael
1816 1818 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CURRAN, John 1825 1827 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
CURRAN, Maurice 1816 left when time up; gardener with Eastern Health Board
CURTIS, Joseph 1920/10/10 1944/02/19 1945/02/18
CUSACK, Catherine L P, 1943/10/22 1944/10/20
DALTON, Brendan 1909/12/29 1926/02/04 1927/12/29 left on age limit
DALTON, Edward 1858/04/22 1858/11/24 [1855-1863 paybook]
DALTON, Jane 1902/03/06 1903/09/02
DALTON, Michael 1821 1823 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
DALY, Anne 1936/01/14 1936/12/22
DALY, John 1881/02/17 1881/02/23
DALY, John 1878/08 1915/04/01 1919/03/08 ?departure temporary
DALY, John 1916/07/04 1940/02/19 1940/10/07 became Horticultural Instructor
DALY, Joseph 1851/01/07 1877/01/07 1905/03/25 died; birthday given as 1857/02/07 in '1890' list
DALY, Lawrence 1909/10/16 1926/01/04 1927/07/06 dismissed for unpunctuality
DALY, Michael 1894/07/05 1919/10/06 1921/10/26 left when time up; 'good man' no situation returned, promoted gardener; promoted assistant foreman; retired
1923/03/12
1926/07/30 1964/08/26
DALY, Peter 1860/02/12 1880/10/01 1926/06/30 retired on age limit
DALY, Peter Joseph 1898/09/02 1922/01/23 fireman; for health reasons moved to labourer's class; retired
1932/04/28 1965/10/08
DALY, Thomas 1849/09/16 [1873/04/20) 1879/11/26 [Moore pay sheets 1873, 1876]
D'ARCY, Grace Douglas 1900/07/02
DARLEY, Miss E, C, 1931/10/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 116]
DAVIDSON, William 1904/07/26 1920/03/08 1922/10/18 went to situation: Hampstead
DAVIS, Sheila M, 1915/01/11 1916/01/04 ['Lady pupils' No. 42] 1916 entry - 'second period'
1916/01/04
DAWSON, James 1877/11/14 1880/04/11 [Library loan register)
DAWSON, James 1906/02/08 1908/02/19 left when time up; to situation; worked for Guinness, Edenmore
DAWSON, James W. 1908/09/21 1937/11/05 1939/02/10 became Horticultural Instructor
DAWSON, Laurence 1886/03/21 1905/11/27 1908/01/01 left when time up; situation
DAWSON, Patrick 1818/07 1820 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
DAY, Alicia R, 1909/01 ['Lady pupils, No. 6] from Newbury went to Miss Wolseley as forewoman 1910/04/08
DAY, James [1847] 1889/08/02 1919/03/26 ill-health
DELANEY, John 1878/07/03 [1888/08/22] [Library loan register]
DELANEY, Patrick 1880/01/22 1910/02/14 1912/02/11 left when time up; situation
DEMPSEY, John 1916/08/09 1942/03/11 1943/03/10
DESPARD, Mary L, 1915/01/05 ['Lady pupils, no: 44) recommended by Miss White of Alexandra College; from Monkstown
DEVEREUX, Kevin 1920/10/16 1942/10/24 1943/10/11 became Horticultural Instructor
DEVOY, Patrick 1901/06/24 1916/05/29 1918/04/26 joined Navy
DICKIE, Nora 1920/01/07 ['Lady pupils, no; 99)
DILLON, Edward 1868/07/ 1896/04/09 1902/10/08 dismissed for drunkeness [Extra men register]
1903/03/08 1903/03/31
DILLON, Gerald 1882/08/12 1902/11/04 1904/12/31 dismissed
DILLON, Thomas 1879/07/20 1896/02/13 1906/05/23 drunkeness
DILLON, Thomas 1846/06/16 1884/04/10 1902/11/12 retired - old age
DINGLE, Thomas 1883/06/06 1885/10/07
DIXON, Patrick 1827 1829 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
DOBBIN, John [1834/02/24] [Dublin Society minutes] labourer, living in house in Gardens
DOHERTY, Michael [1874/01/14] [Library loan register]
DOHERTY, Michael 1877/10/11 1895/04/01 1947/10/10 became assistant foreman; retired
DOHERTY, William 1881/08/10 1897/02/15 1909/07/28 to OPW as labourer; brother of above
DONELLAN 1899/04/15 dismissed
DONNELLY, Ernest 1907/05/17 1827/08/18 1929/08/18 left when time up
DONNELLY, William 1869/05/02 1889/04/25 [1896/03/18]
DONOHOE, Patrick [1868/05/06] [Library loan register]
DONOHUE, John [1864/04/21] [Library loan register]
DONOHUE, Patrick 1917/06/26 1944/04/07 1945/04/04
DONOHUE, Thomas 1890/06/14 1919/01/06 went to Mrs Annan Bryce
1920/03/01 1921/12/01
DONOVAN, Timothy 1914/03/20 1937/08/26 1939/08/26 left when time up
DOOHAN, Patrick 1910/09/18 1938/10/03 1940/02/16 left post and returned discharged due to ill health
1941/12/01 1944/01/20
DORAN, Francis 1900/09/15 1921/10/13 1923/10/12 left when time up; to Agricultural School, Clonakilty, as gardener
DORAN, Thomas 1910/10/23 1936/03/03 1938/03/02 left when time up
DOUGLAS, Gerrard J, 1918/06/23 1939/09/25 1940/10/07 became Horticultural Instructor
DOUGLAS, Lucy 1899/06/26 1900/06/30
DOWD, [1831/02/07] [Dublin Society minutes] garden boy fined 1/- for 4 weeks for being insubordinate
DOWLING, John 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
DOWLING, Michael 1859/08/15 1889/04/22 1926/06/30 ganger; retired on age limit
DOWNES, James [1872/06/11] [1874/01/16] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1873]
DOWNES, John 1846/05/27 1901/01/17 1905/04/26 resigned
DOWNES, John 1901/06/29 1922/08/03 1924/08/04 left when time up
DOYLE Christy 1876/11/04 1900/02/15 1901/08/31 went to situation
DOYLE, Andrew 1879/02/26 1906/03/30 1948/02/18 became assistant foreman; retired at 70 (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
DOYLE, Patrick 1864/01/20 1889/04/10 1896/04/08 went to situation
DOYLE, Patrick 1892/06/01 1926/03/18 1936/04/03 gardener
DOYLE, Patrick 1902/08/17 1924/09/27 appointed gardener promoted assistant foreman; went to National Stud, Kildare
1926/07/26
1936/03/04 1946/12/27
DREDGE, Francis 1917/04/06 1932/09/08 1935/04/05 left when time up
DROMGOOLE, Robert 1853/03/16 1880/04/01 1923/06/30 reached age limit; born in 1850?
DUFFY, John 1819 1821 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
DUFFY, Patrick 1859/04/28 1869/05/04 [1855-1863 paybook]
DUNN, Arthur 1860/04/05 1860/05/02 [1855-1863 paybook]
DUNN, James 1834/09/01 [Dublin Society minutes] labourer dismissed
DUNN, William 1820 1822 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
DUNNE, James 1921/03/26 1942/10/22 1943/10/11
DUTHIE, John 1872/02/11 1897/09/23 1899/09/27 left as time up
EAKIN, Samuel 1872/10/01 1896/09/28 1898/08/17 went to situation
EARLE [or Earl), John 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
ECCLES, Mildred 1914/01/06 1916/01/30 left on father's death
EGAN, Daniel 1899/03/25 1923/10/11 1926/01/30 left when time up; returned plant collector & clerk [a civil servant so his pay record ceases on 1945/06/27, although he continued until the age limit)
1929/09/03 1965/03/25
EGAN, John 1820 1822 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
EGGINTON, Helena 1929/01 1929/10/27 ['Lady pupils, no: 97]
ELLISON, William 1880/10/11 1882/01/29 gave birthday as 1900/01/12 garden constable, later labourer: came after discharge from army
EMMETT, Patrick 1899/01/07 1923/08/20 1942/10/12 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
1944/10/26
ENNIS, Cormac 1922/05/25 1943/01/12 casual labourer: returned became Horticultural Instructor
1945/10/10 1946/09/30
ENNIS, Francis 1821/02
EUSTACE, Pearl 1927/01
FAGAN, Michael 1905/01/30 1905/03/29 [Extra men register]
1906/02/01 1906/03/31
1907/02/23 1907/03/30
1908/02/28 1908/03/31
FAGAN, Thomas 1876/05/20 1904/09/22 1941/07/19 arrived 4 days early
FAGAN, William 1904/09/22 1928/03/27 1903/03/26 left when time up
FANNING, John 1922/04/01 1940/10/08 1941/10/06 returned: became Assist, Keeper promoted Senior Inspector; died 1971/12/24 (Nelson & McCracken)
1948/11/13 1963/01/12
FARLEY, George 1906/12/08 1924/01/15 1926/03/07 left when time up; Superintendent in Madras
FARMAR, Leo 1878/02/20 1900/07/16 1902/07/19 arrived 3 days early: left when time up
FARRELL Patrick 1944/02/14 1944/02/26 casual labourer
FARRELLY Michael [1831] 1857/03/12 1869/03/02 [1855-1863 paybook]
FARRELLY, Michael 26 years 1857/03/18 (Pupil); 2 years
FERGUSON-KELLY, Eileen 1920/01/05 ['Lady pupils' No. 81)
FINN, James 1816 1818 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
FINNERTY, Patrick 1884/06/22 1909/02/04 1911/02/04 left when time up
FINNEY, Samuel 1892/12/22 1913/10/13 1915/09/30 left when time up; situation
FINNIGAN, N 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
FITZGERALD, Sheila 1917/10/21 1940/10/22 1942/10/20
FLEMING, Daniel 1870/12/02 1889/04/18 year of birth may be 1868 went to situation
1918/03/11 1919/01/29
FLINN [?Flynn), Daniel [1837] 1856/02/28 1857/11/04 [1855-1863 paybook]
FLOOD, Richard 1880/01 1922/02/02 1922/06/07
FLOOD, Thomas [1875/12/08] [Moore pay sheet 1875]
FLYNN, Daniel 20 years 1856/02/25 (Pupil); 2 years
FORDE, Patrick J, 1913/05/10 1943/02/13 1944/02/22 promoted to gardener; to situation
1945/12/26
FOX, Michael 1909/04/04 1936/07/28 1938/09/17 left when time up; became Horticultural Instructor
FOX, William 1888/09/30 1912/02/22 1913/10/11 moved to farm class: returned and left for situation
1919/10/27 1920/02
FOX, William J, 1939/06/17 casual labourer
FRANKS, Miss A, C, 1931/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 117)
FRANN, Thomas 1883/10/25 1886/07/07
FRAUGREN, Gerard 1898/08/05 1917/10/25 1919/10/29 left when time up; to temporary situation; 'not bad
FRAWLEY, Michael 1938/03/30 casual labourer
FRAZER, William [1871/07/10) [1872/03/07] [Library loan register)
FREEMAN, John [1855/04/23) 1856/12/31 [Library loan register; 1855-1863 paybook]
FRENCH, Daphne 1928/01/12 ['Lady pupils' No. 107) of Graigueconna, Bray
FRENCH, Sheila 1938/01/04 1939/12/20
FRIEL, James 1907/02/27 1928/07/27 1930/07/06 left when time up; to situation; became Horticultural Instructor
FULLAM, Edward 1859/03/03 1869/05/11 [1855-1863 paybook]
FUREY, Patrick 1944/06/03 1945/06/04 later head gardener, Grangegorman Mental Hospital
GAINSFORD, Richard 1879/05/31 1927/07/31 left on age limit
GALLAGHER Dennis F, 1921/09/17 1943/04/08 1944/04/07 to Dublin and Cork corporations: manager of Glasnevin Cemetery
GALLAGHER Michael 1812 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
GALLAGHER Thomas 1815 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
GALLAGHER, James J, 1889/10/07 1910/06/02 1912/05/15 left when time up; situation
GALLAGHER, John [1862/08/24] [Library loan register)
GANIGAN, 1821/01/15 [Dublin Society minutes] labourer to be dismissed
GANNON, Joseph 1868/12/19 1887/10/13 [1888/08/22] year of birth may be1863: resigned
GARDINER, William 1907/04/01 1925/03/19 1926/10/24 went to College of Science
GARNER, Jane 1904/07/04
GARTLAN, Daniel 1881/02/19 1881/02/16 [1865-63 paybook; Dublin Society minute includes J,Gelshannon 1854/07/10]
1881/10/09 [1888/08/22] [Library loan register]
GARTLAND [Gartlan), Edward 1861/08/07 1880/09/08 1924/07/21 left as time up
GARTLAND, Patrick 1888/06/09 1905/05/01 1906/06/03 went home
GELSHANNAN, John [1832] 1856/01/09 1858/04/14 casual labourer
GELSHANNAN, Laurence [1864/02/12] left on age limit
GELSHINAN, John 25 years 1866/01/09 Pupil; 2 years
GEOGHEGAN, William G. 1881/12/08 1899/02/16 1901/02/16 went to situation
GERRARD, Joseph 1881/12/25 1904/07/14 1905/02/01 came as garden boy became an improver 1914/10/26; enlisted
GILBERT, J, 1941/01/08
GILCHRIST, D 1880/01/15 1880/04/22 [Library loan register: Moore pay sheet 1875]
GILLIES, John N, 1909/04/23 1924/10/10 1927/04/23
GILLS Thomas 1875/07/06 1903/03/02 1905/03/01
GLASS, Samuel 1892/05/08 1908/02/13
1914/10/15 1915/03/26
GLEESON, Michael [1875/01/05] [1875/12/08]
GLOVER, Joseph 1885/07/16 1904/09/22 1906/09/19 arrived 4 days early: left when time up; to situation
GOFF(or Gough), Robert 1861/03/31 1900/11/08 1931/09/06 arrived 3 days late: fireman: retired on reaching age limit
GOGGINS, James 1888/11/06 1905/02/01 1906/03/31 [Extra men register]: returned
1907/06/01 1911/03/29 as apprentice: arrived 4 days early: dismissed for not keeping time
GOGGINS, Thomas 1882/09/20 1900/06/31 1956/06/01 resigned (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
GOODMAN, Owen Gerard 1922/09/23 1944/10/10 1945/10/01 became Horticultural Instructor: Joined Agricultural Institute
GORMAN, Dennis 1860/06/03 1860/06/16 [1855-1863 paybook]
1862/03/27 [1863/06/17]
GORMAN, Hugh 1884/04/27 1919/12/10 1920/01/06 ill-health
GOUCHER, George [1872/12/04] [1873/06/25] [Library lean register: Moore paysheet 1873]
GOUGH, Edward 1894/11/19 1916/04/07
GOUGH, Patrick 1888/11/17 1922/07/06 son of GOFF, Robert [see above] appointed fireman [replacing P.J. Daly)
1932/04/28 1961/08/23
Gough, Robert - see GOFF, Robert
GRANT [1866/02/01] [Library lean register)
GRAVES, Mary 1898/06/20 1899/06/24 first lady gardener (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
GREEN, William 1880/08 1909/06/17 1909/07/10 resigned
GRESSON, Robert E, 1870 1894/09/06 1896/12/23 went to Kew
GREVATT, Stephen 1911/12/26 1934/06/12 1936/06/11
GRIFFITH, Richard 1879/02/12 1880/10/06 [Library loan register]
GROENEWEGEN, Jacob 1874/10/02 1896/03/06 1896/09/26 returned home
GROGAN, Denis 1898/11/06 1925/01/01 1927/03/31 left when time up; went to New York Botanic Garden
GROGAN, J 1914/08/15 enlisted
HALL, William [1876/02/09] 1877/10/07 [Library loan register)
HALLIGAN, Patrick c.1768 1800 [1840] [Dublin Society minutes; Niven pay sheet] 72 yrs old in 1840; labourer
HALLIGAN, William 1816 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HALPIN, J [Library loan register)
HAMILTON, Amy 1910/11
HAMILTON, Charles 1857/11/05 1858/10/06 [1855-1863 paybook]
HAMILTON, Constance 1919/01/06 ['Lady pupils' No. 65]
HAMILTON, John 1942/08/10 1944/09/16
HAMILTON, Kathleen, E, 1913/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 36]
HAMILTON, Thomas R, [1838/06/20] [1838/11/19] [Niven pay sheet; Moore apprentice letter)
HANLEY, Michael [1838/06/20] [1838/11/19] [Niven pay sheet; Moore apprentice letter]
HANLON [1821/01/15] [Dublin Society minutes] labourer to be dismissed
HANNIGAN, Francis 1819 1821 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HANNIGAN, Patrick [1834/08/01] [Dublin Society minutes] labourer, not to be retained as finances are short, but kept on at 1/- a day as cannot get work, Is there a possibility that this surname is Halligan [see above)?
HANNON, Eily 1929/01 1929/11/12
HANNON, James [1873/04/24] [1873/06/25] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1873]
HARDY, Jessie 1918/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 64a]
HARKIN, John [1864/02/13] [1864/07/20] Library loan register]
HARMON, Patrick 1875/05/17 1878/02/27] Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1875]
HARPER, Ruby 1906/01/09
HARRIS, Henry William 1905/04/08 1920/03/04 1922/05 went to situation
HARRIS, John Henry 1891/06/15 1912/10/24 promoted to messenger; retired
1929/02/06 1961/06/15
HARRIS, Robert 1895/08/03 1912/01/22 1913/06/15 enlisted
HARROGHY, John 1812 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HARROLD, Patrick 1920/03/15 1943/10/20 1944/10/09 became Horticultural Instructor
HART, Adelaide, S. 1920/04/12 ['Lady pupils' No. 91]
HARVEY, William Henry 1811/02/06 1848/01/27 1866/05/17 Professor of Botany (Nelson & McCracken 1987); died in Torquay
HAYES Daniel 1858/03/18 1860/03/07 [1855-1863 paybook]
HAYES, Thomas 1877/07/14 1897/09/10 1898/05/04 retired sick and then resumed post but again retired sick
1898/08/18 1898/09/24 [1855-1863 paybook; some gaps]
HAYES, William [?Thomas] 1859/04/14 1861/04/13 [1855-1863 paybook]
HEALY, Jeremiah 1868/03/11 1860/05/02 died
HEARNS, Thomas 1898/12/29 1926/03/30 1938/07/31
HEAZLE, William 1907/08/30 1935/12/20 1937/12/20
HEFFERNAN, Lawrence 1833 1866/05/03 1888/02/29 ['1872 list'; Moore pay sheet 1866, 1873] gateman [1866]; fireman [1873]; spelling of surname confused: sick from 1887/10; pay stopped 1888/02/08
HEGARTY, John [1852/08/24] [Library loan register]
HENDERSON, Brendan 1922/10/03 1944/02/22 1945/12/21 gardener in Wallasay
Henly - possibly HURLEY
HENRY, Denis 1896/12/29 1918/02/28
HENRY, James 1892/09/28 1915/02/11 1916/07/01 enlisted
HENRY, John [Sean) 1919/11/22 1943/03/11 1943/06/01 to Gardai
HENRY, Thomas 1920/02/28 left when time up
HICKEY, Arthur 1856/07/26 1856/09/24 [1855-1863 paybook]
1858/04/15 1858/11/24
HILL, Martin 1916/09/09 1942/03/18 1943/01/07
HILLS, John [1868/10/07] [Library loan register]
HIRON, Constance 1928/01/03 ['Lady pupils' No. 98]
HODGINS, William 1901/11/16 1920/05/20 1921/02/24 'left short notice!!!'
HODNETT, George 1877/02/23 1898/09/22 1900/04/18 went to situation
HOEY, M, [1852/08/25] [Library loan register]
HOGAN, J, [1864/03/28] [Library loan register]
HOGAN, Thomas 1896/03/01 1916/02/17 1918/02/14 left when time up; 'to situation Foreman's; v,g,'; returned: replaced M,Conway as propagator; died
1934/12/10 1938/03/18
HORIGAN, James 1815 1816 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HORIGAN, Thomas 1819 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HORREL, George 1863/04/30 1863/05/20 [1855-1863 paybook]
HOULIHAN, George 1890/07/05 1911/11/27 1913/l0/08 move to farm class
HOURIGAN 1872/12/14 1890/06/11
HOWETT, John 1878/08/15 1878/09/18
HUDSON, Thomas 1889/03/24 1911/06/24 1913/04/18 went to situation
HUGHES, Bartholomew 1867/12/31 1868/01/13 [1855-1863 paybook3
HUGHES, Grania 1934/03/01 1935/04/25
HUGHES, John 1912/08/16 1912/09/14 messenger, 'not suitable'
HUNT, James [1868/03/03] [Library loan register]
HURLEY (? Hanly), Matthew 1812 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
HUSSEY, Patrick 1867/04/30 1867/06/20 [1855-1863 paybook]
HYNDMAN, Archibald 1859/03/31 1859/04/06 [1865-63 paybook]
INGLIS, Ella 1907/07
IVERS, James 1939/10/30 1939/12/04 casual labourer
JACK, J, 1842 1872/09/24 [1873/06/25) ['1872' list; Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1873] propagator
JACK, Thomas [1842] 1857/04/16 is there confusion with above?
JACK, Thomas 14 years 1857/04/16 No agreement; student
JACKSON, Charles 1864/07/01 1905/03/02 1907/01/30 left when time up; to Miss Emmeline Crocker; returned; went to situation
1908/03/31 1913/02/24
JACKSON, John 1877/11/10 1895/11/28 1898/01/12 left as time up
JACKSON, W, [1871/07/01] [Library loan register)
JAMES, Robert Ernley ['Bob') 1910 1939/07/31 1973/11/07 propagator; indoor foreman 1942 (replacing Michael Conway); died 1984/01/28
JAMESON, John 1920/05/02 1940/10/08 1941/10/06
JEFFARES, Nancy 1939/01/09
JEFFREY, William 1873/12/06 1894/12/06 1895/02/28 discharged
JEFFREYS, Edmund 1860/03/01 1860/07/11 [1855-1863 paybook]
JENKINS, William 1879/09/25 1883/07/19
JENKINSON, James 1886/10/14 [1888/08/22]
JOHNSTON, Albert E 1897/09/17 1916/07/10 1918/07/10 left when time up; 'v,g,'
JOHNSTON, Walter 1898/05/13 1918/06/17 1918/10/02 'better pay'
JOLY, James [1853/08/30] [Library loan register)
JONES, John 1800/11/03 [1801/07/30] [Dublin Society minutes] under-gardener
JONES, Llewellyn 1901/05/27 1918/04/29 1920/03/01 resigned
JONES, Robert [1874/12/09] [1875/08/12] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1875]
JONES, William [1855/12/27] 1857/04/29 [1855-1863 paybook]
1859/03/10 1863/04/22
JORDAN, Francis 1943/12/30 1944/01/25 casual labourer
JORDAN, R,P, 1894/02/28 left as time up
JOYCE, Patrick 1909/09/22 1938/05/31 1940/06/12
JUDD, William 1878/05/16 1879/04/09 [Library loan register]
KANE, Thomas 1905/01/30 1905/03/08 [Extra men register]
KAVANAGH, Albert 1899/04/18 1920/01/29 1922/01/28 left when time up
KAVANAGH, Bridget 1941/10/29 1942/10/24
KEANE, John 1884/12/06 1903/07/06 1905/07/08 left when time up; to situation
KEANE, M.J. 1911/10/04 1912/06/03 left because sick
KEARNS, Joseph 1939/05/22 1939/06/17 casual labourer
1939/10/30 1939/12/04
KEARNS, Michael 1871/04 1894/11/15 1896/09/19 went to situation
KEEFFE, John [1873/07/17] [Library loan register]
KEEGAN, B [1868/03/03] [Library loan register)
KEEGAN, Bernard 1908/04/11 1927/08/08 1929/08/08 left when time up; returned temporary in lieu of R, Marks; then placed on permanent staff; dismissed
1937/11/08
1938/05/01 1952/11/12
KEEGAN, John [c.1874] 1906/07 one week only
KEEGAN, John 1879/06 1908/07/06 1909/05/29 'unsatisfactory'
KEEGAN, John 1897/12/03 1918/02/18 1920/01/24 left when time up; situation good
KEEGAN, Michael 1891 student
KEEGAN, Michael 1874/07 1899/04/17 1903/03/16 left as time up; to Brooshill
KEEGAN, Michael 1906/02/01 1906/03/31 [Extra men register]
KEEGAN, Thomas 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register)
KEENAN, Joseph 1919/04/04 1942/04/03 1943/04/01 left when time up
KEIT, Julius Wilhelm [William] 1841/05/01 1868 1872/09/25 propagator; to Durban as curator (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
KELLEHER, Dermot 1919/07/31 1943/10/20 1944/10/09
KELLS, James 1938/02/14 1938/03/30 casual labourer
KELLY, John 1822 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
KELLY, John 1904/02/08 1904/03/31 [Extra men register]
1905/01/30 1905/03/29
KELLY, John Joseph 1921/06/24 1945/02/20 1946/02/19
KELLY, Peter 1903/03/10 1903/03/19 [Extra men register]
KELLY, Thomas 1857/07/23 1857/09/30 [1855-1863 paybook]
1860/03/08 1860/03/28
1862/06/05 1863/02/04
KENNEDY [?Kennelly), Michael 1817 [1819/12] [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice in 1818 & 1819; then must have been employed as gardener; in 1819/12 to be paid balance of wages
KENNEDY, Dennis 1887/07 1912/04/11 1912/07/29 resigned - 'said he was sick!'
KENNEDY, James 1880/11 1903/10/26 1905/11/15 left when time up; to situation
KENNY, Annie 1943/02/15 1948/04/23 domestic help
KENNY, Desmond 1918/10/12 1941/10/08 1942/10/12 became Horticultural Instructor
KENNY, Joseph 1871/10/11 1903/03/08 1903/03/31
1908/01/09
1919/03/24 1941/10/10
KEOGH, Ita 1919/01/06 ['Lady pupils' No. 71]
KEOGH, Joseph James 1896/08/05 1936/10/30 1965/06/10 stated his date of birth was February 1875; [Extra men register) enlisted; returned; promoted assistant foreman 1923/01/08
KEOGH, Mary 1879/05/07 1880/12/08 furnace man; ill-health
KEOGH, Patrick 1941/12/10 1942/02/03 casual labourer
KETT, Denis 1896/11/24 1920/04/22 1922/04/21 left when time up; situation
KIDD, James 1870/08/04 1897/12/27 1899/12/27 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice in 1818 & 1819; then must have been employed as gardener; in 1819/12 to be paid balance of wages
KIERAN, M 1937/07/13 1937/09 [Moore pay sheet 1875]
KIERNAN, James [1875/12/08]
KIERNAN, Thomas 1816 [1819/12] summer student [Albert College)
KILMARTIN, John 1886/11/18 1887/11/19 left as time up
KING, Michael 1857/08/21 1857/11/04 [1855-1863 paybook; some gaps)
KING, Michael 1917/12/30 1942/10/27 1943/10/11 became Horticultural Instructor
KING, Nancy 1922/01/05 ['Lady pupils' No. 61]
KINNEAR, Katherine 1901/07/01
KINSELLA, Thomas 1911/08/08 1933/10/02 1935/10/07
KINSLEY, William 1880/03/17 1909/08/22 1914/05/05 left when time up
1946/10/01 enlisted and returned; resigned due to ill-health
KIRKBY (?Kirby), Robert 1891/03/15 1912/08/28 1914/04/04 went to situation in Scotland; returned and enlisted
1914/08/20 1915/03/07 left when time up
KIRKHAM, Michael 1894/04/12 1918/05/18 1920/05/20
KIRKHAM. Thomas 1895/12/28 1918/07/15 1920/07/15 left when time up [? from Curragh]
KIRWAN, John c.1780 [1838/06/20] [1840] [Dublin Society minutes; Niven pay sheet] 60 yrs old in 1840; no length of service stated
KIRWAN, William 1939/06/02 1939/06/07 casual labourer
KIYLEHAN Michael 1894/05/13 1918/06/18 1920/05/20
KIYLEHAN, Thomas 1898/12/28 1918/07/15 1920/07/15
KLEE, Rudolph [1875/03/17] [Library loan register)
LACEY, William 1870/06/28 1914/03/23 1918/08/31 enlisted; returned; gateman died
1919/06/17 1935/07/07
LACK, Thomas 1857/04/16 1857/09/23 [1855-1863 paybook]
LALOR [or Lawlor), Theresa 1942/02/16 matron, retired c.1953
LAMB [or Lambe), William 1849/05/17 [1873/05/15] 1900/12/26 [Library loan register; Moore pay sheets 1873, 1875] died
LANE, Muriel 1905/07/03 1905/07/31 ['Lady pupils' No. 5]
LANE, Ruth 1902/07/01
LANE, William [1853/08/30] [Library loan register]
LANE-POOLE, Charlotte 1935/03/11 1936/03/10
LANGLEY, Jane 1900/07/02
LANIGAN O'KEEFFE, Eileen 1913/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 38]
LANIGAN, Richard c.1760 1804 [1840] [Dublin Society minutes; Niven pay sheet] labourer, aged 80 in 1840, when he had served 36 years, On 1834/08/01 was listed as not to be retained as finances are short, but kept on at 1/- a day as cannot get work
LARKIN, Thomas 1887/03/23 1907/02/04 1909/02/03 left when time up; situation
LAURIE, Thomas 1857/11/05 1859/10/19 [1855-1863 paybook]
LAW, Constance 1901/07/15
LAWLESS, Patrick 1878/03/01 1904/09/19 1908/07/01 went to situation
LAWLESS, Peter 1896/06/18 1943/07/16 1943/09/23 casual labourer
LAWLOR [or Lawler), Maria 1832/11/20 1889/02/21 1902/03/05 resigned; widow of a gardener who died 1889 - probably William
LAWLOR, John [1852/09/27] [Library loan register]
LAWLOR, M,J, 1903/01/29 1929/08/19 1931/09/01
LAWLOR, Vera 1930/02/18 1930/04 ['Lady pupils' No. 115]
LAWLOR, William 1816 1872/05/09 [1873/06/24] ['1872' list; Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1873] temporary then permanent; died 1889
1879/09/10 1879/09/24
1879/10/02 [1888/08/22]
LEAHY, Thomas 1915/03/06 1939/02/23
LEAN, W, [1853/07/01] [Library loan register]
LEARY, Philip 1922/02/02 1943/10/20 1944/10/09
LEE, Joseph 1890/04/28 1913/02/10 1915/02/10 left when time up; situation
LEICHTLIN, Max [A Le Lievre, pers. comm]
LEMON, John 1866/12/03 1868/03 [Dublin Society minutes] propagator
LENNON, Joseph [1865/10/31] [1866/08/22] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1866]
LEONARD, Gerald 1902/11/13 1923/06/15 1925/05/12 left when time up
LEONARD, Patrick J, 1913/03/15 1935/09/03 1937/10/03 left when time up
LEVINS, Richard 1910/05/05 1938/03/07 1939/03/02 went to situation
LEWIS, James [1872/02/17] [Library loan register]
LEWIS, John 1882/11/09 1886/07/07
LEYBURN, John 1850 1872/08/01 [1873/06/25] [1872' list; Library loan register `Moore pay sheet 1873]
LISCOMB, Thomas 1903/03/08 1903/03/19 [Extra men register]
LITTON, Samuel 1781 1826/05/04 1847/06/04 Professor of Botany
LOCKITT, Anne 1808 1862/03/06 [1875/12/09] [1872' list; 1855-1863 paybook; Moore pay sheets 1866, 1873, 1875]
LONG, Margaret 1931/01/08 1935/12/20
LOUGHREY, Christopher 1938/02/14 1938/03/30 casual labourer
LUBY, Thomas 1899/09/21 1916/05/01 1916/05/27 'no good, resigned'
LUDLOW, Thomas 1879/11/01 1902/04/10 1903/09/23 went to situation
LYNCH, Christopher 1914/08/17 1915/03/15 soldier trainee; enlisted
LYNCH, David J, 1884/01/23 1904/05/27 1906/06/26 left when time up; to farm class
LYNCH, George 1903/03/08 1903/03/31 [Extra men register]
LYNCH, Joseph 1910/10/23 1927/08/04 1928/10/23 left on age limit [garden boy)
LYNCH, Nicholas 1876/05/24 1908/08/04 1915/03/15 enlisted; returned; promoted to carter; ill and retired
1929/05/07 1936/07/27
LYNCH, Patrick 1880/03/16 1903/03/08 1903/03/31 [Extra men register] arrived 3 days late: went to farm class
1904/02/11 1906/01/27
LYNCH, Philip 1871/11 1900/03/22 1902/04/09 left when time up
LYNDON, Clare 1916/01/01 1916/09 ['Lady pupils' No. 48]
LYONS, Daniel 1890/07/12 1916/02/21 1947/12/28 promoted to gardeners' class 1923/01/29; medically unfit
LYSTER, Frances 1937/01/05
MacBETH, Ella 1909/01 1910/01 ['Lady pupils' No. 21]
MacDONNELL, Joseph 1890/04/03 1907/04/04 1945/02/12 promoted to gardeners' class 1920/10/04; assistant foreman; died
MacDOWELL, David 1877/01/08 1896/12/28 1897/09/09 resigned
MacINTYRE, Margaret 1905/08
MACK, Thomas 1903/03/31 [Extra men register]
MACKIE, Jane 1822/01/31 1822/06/22 [Dublin Society minutes] widow of John Mackie [below), assistant housekeeper, told to leave
MACKIE, John c.1785 1810/01/18 1821/05/03 [Dublin Society minutes] proposed for post 1809/12/09 went off sick; died 1822/01/29
MACLEOD, Chris 1910/01 1910/04 ['Lady pupils' No. 17]
MADDEN, Hugh 1902/08/07 1926/02/08 1928/03/25 left when time up
MADDEN, Michael 1878/09/29 1898/07/14 1900/07/14 left when time up
MADDEN, Michael 1898/10/29 1916/02/14 1918/03/20 absent, sick from 1918/03/20
MAGILL, Charles 1885/01/27 1902/06/19 1902/11/08 arrived 3 days late: gave notice
MAGILL, Richard 1818/07 1820/08 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice discharged for bad conduct
MAGOWAN, William 1869/05/06 1889/02/21 1904/07/16 started as garden-boy: died in accident
MAHER, Michael 1938/02/14 1938/03/30 casual labourer
MAHER, Patrick Charles 1897/03/18 1915/09/23 1968/03/28 ill health
MAHER, Thomas 1822 1825 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
MAHON, Thomas 1860/05/03 1860/07/11 [1855-1863 paybook]
MANSFIELD, Brendan P. 1904/03/05 1920/05/10 1922/11/21 as pupil from 1921/10/27; left for Kew; later Director Christchurch Botanic Garden, New Zealand (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
MARCHANT, George Henry 1884/11/01 1887/08/31 propagator
MARKEY, Charles 1903/08/29 1942/11/23 was transferred to DA Head Office after labour dispute during which he staged a hunger strike
MARKS, Robert 1875/05/25 1920/08/12 1938/04/30 in place of J, Reilly; ill health
MASON, Ian 1891/01/02 1915/04/15 1915/07/31 enlisted [went to munitions)
MASTERSON, Cyril Luke 1926/02/26 1945/02/22 1946/10/03 scholarship to UCD
MATES, John 1886/02/28 1907/07/11 1909/06/23 left when time up
MATTHEWS, Robert 1881/11/11 1901/02/19 1903/02/21 arrived day late: left when time up; to Carton
MAYNE, Grace 1910/05
M'CAFFREY, Richard 1812 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
McARDLE William 1943/12/30 1944/02/09 casual labourer
McARDLE, David [1866/08/16] [c.1875] [Moore pay sheets 1866, 1873; Dublin Society minutes; Library loan register] gardener in charge of Octagon House 1866; McCracken gave entry date 1861/04; mentioned as pensioner in 1875
McARDLE, David 1849/11/28 1869/01/02 1923/09/29 retired on age limit; son of Patrick McArdle; entered as plant collector and worked as clerk; Obit, Journ, Bot, stated he entered 1869/01/ [cf. 1872 list]; died Ilford 1934/06/02,
or 1851/11/05
McARDLE, John [1864/07/19] [Library loan register]
McARDLE, John 1849/04/17 1901/11/28 1922/11/27 born March 1849?; died of bronchitis
McARDLE, Joseph [1836/06/20] [Niven pay sheet]
McARDLE, Patrick c.1808 [1829] 1868/09/28 [Niven pay sheet; [865-63 paybook; Dublin Society minutes] Octagon House foreman 1856; Outdoor foreman 1841 and 1866; superannuated (approved 1868/10/15); died 1883/11/10
McARDLE, W, [1862/08/25] [1864/09/22] [Library loan register]
McAULIFFE, Timothy 1888/09/18 1910/04/01 1912/03/03 apprentice; indoor assistant 1911/05/09
McBRIDE, Cecilia 1881/08/29 1910/11/17 1916/12/31 left to be married
McCABE, Bernard [1855/12/27] 1857/07/22 [1855-1863 paybook]
McCABE, Coldhurst 1886/10/01 1886/10/20 temporary labourer
1887/02/25 1887/03/02
McCABE, Michael 1844/02/01 1878/07/31 1903/08/20 infirmity
McCABE, Patrick 1873/11/01 1899/09/14 1899/09/27 drunkeness
McCANN, James 1885/06/21 1907/02/06 1907/02/08 [Extra men register] resigned1 ill-health
1909/06/04 1915/08/07
McCANN, James 1898/11/02 1925/08/14 1927/07/31 time up but retained as gardener propagator 1942/02/02; foreman 1949/12/01; got extension; retired
1927/09/01 1964/09/30
McCANN, James J, 1920/10/14 1921/01/22 in place of Parnell left when Parnell resumed
McCARTHV, Patrick 1908/04/02 1930/07/09 1932/07/09 left when time up
McCARTHY, Charles 1907/01/09 1929/08/09 1931/08/08 promoted assist, foreman 1941 (replacing Joe Kenny); retired; brother of below.
1936/08/15 1979/03/15
McCARTHY, Oonagh F, 1911/01/04 1912/01/08 ['Lady pupils' No. 18]
McCARTNEY, Hugh 1859/04/07 1859/11/30 [1955-63 paybook]
McCLEAN, John [1893/05] 1895/05/02 left when time up
McCORMACK Patrick 1893/12/08 1911/03/30 1915/03/15 son of above; enlisted and resumed; label printer; retired, sick since 1962/11/01
1919/01/14 1963/07/04
McCORMACK, Patrick 1868/05/09 1896/05/08 1929/04/18 originally said date of birth was May 1870 [record may be confused]
McCORMACK, Patrick 1907/12/01 1922/05/11 1925/11/30 left on age limit [garden boy]
McCORMACK, Thomas 1876/07/17 1900/01/25 1944/06/10 brother of Patrick [b, 1868); retired
McCOY, Mary [1813/12/09] [Dublin Society minutes] house keeper, wife of Timothy McCoy; died 1841/04/24 (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
McCOY, Timothy [1834/02/24] [1836/06/20] [Dublin Society minutes; Niven pay sheet] labourer; with his family occupied a house in Gardens
McCOY, Timothy [1838/11/19] [Moore apprentice letter] presumably the son of Timothy and Mary McCoy above
McDERMOT, Edward [1854/05/06] [Library loan register]
McDERMOTT, Stephen 1871/12/26 1897/01/14 1897/09/23 dismissed
McDONNELL [McDonald), Henry 1853/03/02 1980/10/10 1923/06/30 reached age limit; born 1863?; father of Joe McDonnell
McDONNELL, John 1911/01/02 1927/05/24 1928/01/02 left on age limit [garden boy)
McDONOGH, Joyce 1926/08/11 ['Lady pupils' No. 88]
McDONOUGH, Thomas [1852/08/24] [Library loan register]
McENROE, Patrick 1880/06/24 1881/02/23
McENTYRE [or McIntyre], John 1868/01 1897/06/10 1904/09/24 dismissed
McEVOY, David 1903/03/30 1903/03/31
1907/02/23 1907/03/30 [Extra men register)
McEVOY, John 1866/05/12 [1892] 1894/09/05 left when time up; returned 'temporary'
1915/08/21 1919/01/08
McFARLANE, Thomas 1880/05/19 1882/11/08
McGARR, Patrick 1884/04/22 1908/06/02 1910/06/02 left when time up; situation
McGARR, Patrick 1899/09/26 1928/12/03 1929/09/16 transferred to Ballyhaise; became Horticultural Instructor
McGARRV, James 1886/02/18 1910/01/03 1911/11/22 left when time up; situation
McGARRY, william 1896/04/18 1919/10/06 1921/10/08 to Albert College; became Horticultural Instructor
McGILLIGAN, U, B, 1944/10/23 1945/10/13
McGOUAN, Daniel [1874/09/22) [1875/12/08] Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1875]
McGOVERN, Michael [1836/06/20) [1838/11/19] [Niven pay sheet; Moore apprentice letter) It is possible that two different men (? father and son) have been conflated here
McGOVERN, Michael 1876/07/12 1903/03/08 1916/01/14 [Extra men register], enlisted; left due to ill-health; died of tuberculosis 1919/11/15
1919/02/10 1919/10/18
McGowan - see also Magowan
McGOWAN, Peter 1913
McGOWRAN, Larry 1882/08/29 1884/08/29
McGRATH, Brendan 1914/11/07 1944/02/24 1946/02/23 later head gardener Portrane Mental Hospital
McGRATH, Patrick 1904/03/16 1922/11/23 1924/11/22 left when time up
McGUINNESS, John 1905/04/01 1939/05/22 1939/06/17 casual labourer
1939/10/30 1939/12/04
1945/01/23 1946/03/19
McGUIRK, James 1882/03/24 1885/12/22
McGUIRK, Michael 1886/12/27 [1888/08/22]
McHUGH, Michael [1871/07/10] [Library loan register]
Mcintyre - see McEntyre, John
McKENNA, Patrick 1921/03/15 1943/10/20 1944/10/09 became Horticultural Instructor
McKENZIE, S [1853/12/31] [Library loan register]
McKEOWN, James 1846/01/01 1878/04/10 1909/04/02 left due to ill-health
McKEOWN, Robert 1869/07/04 1851/04/24 1896/03/16
McKINNIN, Simon [1853/06/14] [Library loan register]
McKIRNAN, Michael [1871/12/07] [Library loan register]
McLAUGHLIN, Christopher 1880/12/25 1907/04/04 1908/01/30 resigned
McLAUGHLIN, Joseph 1876 1898/06/30 1900/01/26 unpunctuality
McLOUGHLIN, John [1816] [1817] [Dublin Society minutes] messenger; given new shoes as he walked to Dublin each week for the wages
McMULLEN, Harry 1913/04/01 1929/02/01 1931/01/01 left on age limit [garden boy)
McNAB, William Ramsay 1844/11/09 1878/04/01 1889/12/02 Scientific Superintendent 1879 (Nelson & McCracken 1987); died; his herbarium bought for the Botanic Gardens
McSWIGGAN, E, J, 1944/10/23 1945/10/20
McWHA, Samuel 1802 1851/04/14 1880/09/08 ['1872 list'; 1855-1863 paybook; Moore pay sheets 1866, 1873, 1875] illiterate
MEADE, Michael 1887/11/23 [1888/08/22]
MEADE, Thomas 1880/04/21 1882/03/29
MEAKE or MEARA ? [1857/03/02] [Library loan register)
MEARY, James 1812 1814 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
MELIAH, Patrick 1903/03/08 1903/03/31 [Extra men register]
MELIAH, Peter 1879/03/12 1881/03/09
METCALF, John 1879/07/03 1900/01/01 1901/12/23 left when time up
MILLER Elsie V. 1892/09/09 1912/01/08 1912/12 ['Lady pupils' No. 3l) returned as secretary [replacing R,Pollock)
1918/11/04 1937/03/10
MILLER, Elsie - see below (Nelson & McCracken 1987)MITCHELL David 1886/06/03 [1888/08/22]
MITCHELL Thomas 1812 1866/06/01 [1873/06/25] ['1872' list; Moore pay sheets1866, 1873]
MITCHESON, William [1836/06/20] [Niven pay sheet; name deleted]
MoKEOWN, Peter 1904/02/30 1904/03/30 [Extra men register]
MOLLOY, George [1852/09/27] [Library loan register]
MOLLOY, John 1820 1822 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
MOLLOY, Patrick 1906/03/11 1930/03/27 1932/03/30
MOLONEY Catherine 1914/01/16 1914/06/08 resigned
MONAGHAN, Philip 1903/03/08 1903/03/22 [Extra men register]
MONAGHAN, Philip 1903/03/08 1903/03/28 [Extra men register]
MOORE, Alexander 1878/01/16 1880/05/26 [Library loan register] nephew of David Moore; went to Australia, died 1881/03/14 (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
MOORE, David 1808/04/23 1838/11/24 1879/06/09 Director; died (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
MOORE, Frederick William 1859/09/03 1879/06/23 1922/04/30 Keeper; retired; son of David Moore (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
MOORE, Martin 1894/06/14 1921/10/06 1923/10/06 left when time up; to instructors class
MORAN, John 1894/03/25 1916/05/11 1918/05/15 left when time up; v.g.
MORGAN, John 1887/04/24 1913/07/10 1914/08/05 enlisted
MORNING, Francis 1823 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
MORRIS, Andrew [1864/11/18] [1866/08/22] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1866]
MORRIS, Patrick 1860/03/01 1862/03/26 [1855-1863 paybook]
MORRIS, Stephen 1871/06/06 1894/02/22 1894/07/25 dismissed
MORRIS, William [1853/09/29] [Library loan register]
MORRISON [1867/11/07] [Library loan register]
MORRISON, Matthew 1861/10/31 1861/12/18 [1855-1863 paybook]
MULHERINS, Patrick [1866/08/22] [Moore pay sheet 1866]
MULLEN, Kate 1867/10/12 1915/03/25 1933/03/08 resigned
MULLEN, Stephen 1859/12/31 1902/10/09 1913/02/26 left due to ill-health
MULLIGAN, John 1908/07/04 1938/07/11 1976/10/27 handyman
MULREEDE, Patrick 1916/12/01 1941/03/10 1942/03/09
MULVIHILL, Kevin 1923/01/17 1943/06/03 1944/06/02
MURISON, J 1872 1877 Gard. Chron. March 1902
MURPHY [1876/02/02] [Library loan register]
MURPHY, J 1929/08/27 1914/10/19 1946/10/02 garden boy
MURPHY, James 1856/04/03 1866/09/24 [1855-1863 paybook]
MURPHY, James [1873/06/25] 1879/10/01 [Moore pay sheets 1873, 1875] is he the same man as above?
MURPHY, James ????/02/01 1895/05/21 1896/12/16 resigned
MURPHY, James 1874 1895/10/31 1897/06/09 left
MURPHY, James 1915/07/14 1943/02/16 1944/02/15 returned as gardener; retired
1848/03/31 1952/08/23
MURPHY, John 1900/03/24 1922/04/24 1924/01/05 resigned; 1944 to Albert College as garden; reappointed: promoted assistant foreman 1947/10/11; died
1926/07/29 1944/01/07
1945/03/06 1961/07/31
MURPHY, Joseph [1890] 1925/12/31 carpenter: reached age limit
MURPHY, Liam 1923/12/24 1938/08/02 1938/10/11 garden boy
MURPHY, M, 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register)
MURPHY, Owen 1886/11/06 [1888/07/04] carpenter employed occasionally
MURPHY, Paul 1919/09/07 1936/11/02 1937/10/30 unpaid outdoor trainee: graduate Assistant Keeper: to post in Britain
1945/10/22 1947/04/17
MURPHY, Richard 1920/05/21 1935/05/27 1938/05/21 garden boy
MURPHY, Thomas [1875/12/08] 1878/01/02 [Moore pay sheet 1875] Pupil in 1875
MURPHY, Thomas 1906/02/01 1906/03/31 [Extra men register]
MURPHY, Thomas 1913/05/10 1932/07/19 1933/03/08 student from N. Ireland
MURPHY, William 1878/05/08 1878/07/24
MURRAY, Michael 1872/07/23 1899/10/12 1904/08/31 left for situation
MURRAY, Owen 1886/10/21 1888/05/23 went to USA 1897
NAYLOR, George 1881/12/23, 1900/05/17 1902/05/28 left when time up
NEELY, John Charles 1877/11/12 1896/11/16 1897/11/25 enlisted
NEILL, John 1877/02/08 1880/05/19 [Library loan register)
1880/09/30 1881/02/16
NEILL, Thomas 1866/02/01 1883/09/05 [Moore pay sheet 1866, 1873, 1875;`'1872' list [no birthday included); Library loan register) wages increased 1870/01/03; manager bedding-out plants [1871/06]
NELSON, William 1870/09/10 1889/05/30 [1890)
NEWNHAM, Winifred 1924/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 96]
NIVEN, Ninian 1799 1834/03 1838/11/23 Curator; came from Chief Secretary's Lodge, Phoenix Park; revived Gardens (Nelson & McCracken 1987); resigned to run nursery
NIXON, C,J, 1937/07/01 1937/08 summer students from Northern Ireland [Mm, of Agriculture); Chief Inspector of Horticulture, NI,
NOLAN, Andrew 1917/07/02 1918/09 'without pay'
NOLAN, Mary Anne 1864/05/05 1903/08/31 1916/03/24 resigned, ill
NOLAN, Patrick Charles 1879/07/12 1895/04/01 1897/02/09 enlisted
NOONAN, Thomas 1915/04/01 1940/10/08 1941/10/06 became Horticultural Instructor
NORTH, William 1906/03/03 1944/12/19 1945/02/12 temporary labourer
NORTON, James 1901/07/16 1916/08/19 1920/05/06
NORTON, Michael 1908/02/28 1908/03/31 [Extra men register]
NORWOOD, T,J, 1937/07/01 1937/08 summer students from Northern Ireland [Mm, of Agriculture)
O'BEIRNE, Michael 1862/03/20 [1863/06/07] [1855-1863 paybook]
O'BEIRNE, Patrick 1863/01/29 1863/02/04 [1855-1863 paybook]
O'BRIEN, James 1906/07/19 1926/02/02 1927/03/31 left when time up
O'BRIEN, James 1913/02/19 1928/01/18 1931/02/28 left on age limit [garden boy); returned left when time up
1936/07/30 1938/10/07
O'BRIEN, James F, 1902/08/06 1923/10/18 1926/07/26 resigned
O'BRIEN, John [1866/08/16 [1867/02/27] [Moore pay sheet 1866: Library loan register]
O'BROIN, Pierce C. 1917/04/09 1940/07/08 1940/09/21 temporary: birth date questioned: university student; became Horticultural Instructor
O'BYRNE, John 1886/10/26 [1890]
O'CONELL, Michael [1874/04/02] [Library loan register)
O'CONNELL, Joseph 1917/10/13 1941/10/08 1942/10/12 became Horticultural Instructor
O'CONNOR, B.B. 1944/10/23 1945/10/20
O'CONNOR, Margaret 1937/02/01
O'DONNELL, Daniel A, 1917/07/23 1939/10/16 1941 /01/18 became Horticultural instructor [Dublin): landscaper
O'DONNELL, James 1827 1829 apprentice
O'DONNELL, Michael A, 1919/11/14 1942/06/26 1942/10/17 instructor trainee
1944/10/10 1946/03/29 left without notice: became Horticultural Instructor
O'DONNELL, Timothy 1902/02/06 1924/01/08 1926/02/06 left when time up
O'FARIELLY, Joseph 1890/04/09 1916/04/21 1916/08/06 went to situation
O'FARRELL, Eileen 1917/06/18 1918/02/02 ['Lady pupils' No. 76] to situation
O'FARRELL, Mizie 1917/05/15 1918/02/02 ['Lady pupils' No. 76] to situation
O'GRADY, Michael 1886/02/16 1906/02/12 1908/02/19 left when time up; situation
O'HANLON, James [Seamus) 1926/10/03 1941/10/26 1944/10/03
O'HARA, Kevin 1911/04/04 1932/07/12 1934/07/11 left when time up
O'KANE, Gertrude 1938/01/04 1939/12/22
O'KEEFE, Cornelius 1896/04/30 1939/06/29 1942/01/16
O'KEEFE, John [1874/11/19] [Library loan registerl
O'KEEFFE, Joseph 1862/03/27 [1863/06/07] [1855-1863 paybook]
O'KELLY, Maureen J. 1923/08/21 1940/10/28
O'KELLY, Molleen 1923/01/09 ['Lady pupils' No. 93]
O'KENNEDY, Niall 1942/07/01 1942/09/23 University student
1943/07/06 1943/10/02 became Horticultural instructor
O'LEARY, John 1871/11/25 1889/12/19 [1890] apprentice
O'LOUGHLIN, James 1830/01/12 1859/12/29 1860/01/18 [1855-1863 paybook; '1872' list: Moore pay sheet 1873, 1875] retired due to 'break up age'
1872/06/13 1896/04/29
O'LOUGHLIN, Patrick [1873/06/25] [1894) [Moore pay sheet 1873] temporary labourer 'during the heavy press of labour...'
O'MEARA, Ellen 1882/09/07 1933/05/01 1942/11/10 cook-attendant
O'NEILL, John 1880/06/23 1898/02/10 1900/02/12 left when time up
O'NEILL, Margaret 1930/01/07
O'NEILL, Peter 1909/11 1931/04/02 1933/04/01 left when time up
O'REILLY, Bernard 1916/06/02 1939/11/20 1941/02/01 to allotments: Chief Parks Superintendent
O'REILLY, Peter 1923/05/20 1944/10/10 1945/10/08 became Horticultural Instructor
O'RElLLY, Edward J, 1876/12/06 1905/02/02 1907/02/01 left when time up; no situation
O'RORKE, Thomas 1863/02/19 [1863/06/07] [1855-1863 paybook]
O'ROURKE, Michael [1875/12/08] 1877/04/04 [Moore pay sheet 1876)
O'ROURKE, R, [1864/03] [Library loan register)
ORR, David 1815 1849/05/14 1879/10/01 ['1872 list'; 1855-1863 paybook: Moore pay sheet 1866, 1873, 1875]; foreman in conservatories [1856): assistant foreman [1873]: died 1890/02/01
ORR, James 1862/06/02 [1863/06/07] [1855-1863 paybook]
O'SULLIVAN, John 1918/01/21 1940/03/05 1940/10/07 became Horticultural Instructor
O'SULLIVAN, Michael [1877/05/07] [Library loan register)
O'SULLIVAN, P,J, 1918/10/08 1938/10/10 1940/10/07 became Horticultural Instructor
O'SULLlVAN, Timothy 1922/05/17 1944/10/10 1945/10/08 to Department as Agricultural Inspector
OTHMER, Bernhard 1871/06/29 1894/03/01 1894/12/05 returned home
O'TOOLE, W.G. 1915/07/24 1939/03/25 1941/03/24 left when time up; became Horticultural Instructor: then Senior inspector, Department of Agriculture
O'TOOLE, William 1910/01/03 1931/09/03 1933/09/30 left when time up
OUSLEY, John 1814 1816 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
OWEN, James. [1873/10/233 [Library loan register)
PARNELL, Frederick S, 1882/02/20 1898/05/12 1902/06/16 left when time up returned; outdoor foreman 1920/09/23; born 1882/11/08?
1904/07/25 1949/06/29
PARNELL, George A, 1878/07/31 1878/08/14
1879/10/13 1879/11/16
PARNELL, Nathaniel 1879/07/24 1883/11/30
PARNELL, Richard [1875/03/23] [Library loan register)
PARNELL, William 1833/09/03 [1848) 1852/04 came as apprentice; to Kew['1872' list) appointed to vacant foreman's post 1868/09/26 [Dublin Society minutes]; died; buried 1906/11/30; father of Frederick,
1863/11/01 1906/11/28
PARTRIDGE, Miss M.E. 1931/01/07 ['Lady pupils' No. 119]
PATERSON, Charles 1876/12/26 1878/04/28 [Library loan register] sick
1878/10/31 1879/03/12
PATTON, Hugh 1902/02/14 1922/01/02 1924/01/02
PEARCE, W,C, 1893/07/03 1914/04/06 1916/02/01 left when time up
PEARSON Eleanor Mrs 1887/07/23 1922/03/16 1950/11/03 enlisted
PERKINS, John 1882/02/05 1885/02/11 resigned, medical reasons
1886/07/10 1886/07/28
PHELAN, John 1861/06/20 1860/06/26 [1855-1863 paybook]
PHELAN, Patrick 1877/03/13 1896/12/28 1898/06/16 went to situation
PHELAN, Patrick 1920/09/01 1920/12/28 soldier trainee; left due to illness
PHELAN, W. 1894/02/10 went to situation
PIGOTT, Patrick 1860/05/31 1862/03/19 [1855-1863 paybook]
PIKE, Robert 1903/03/31 [Extra men register]
POLLOCK, Rosamond 1904/11/04 1918/09/22 for situation; see 'Lady gardeners' (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
POLLOCK, Rosamond N. 1902/07/01 later became secretary [see above) (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
POOTS, Robert 1858/03/18 1860/02/29 [1855-1863 paybook]
POPE, Patrick 1807 1841/03 [Dublin Society minutes] as extra labourer [? temporary); permanent by 1854 [1872 list; 1885-1863 paybook; Moore pay sheets 1866, 1873, 1875] in charge of Economic Museum [1866); died; (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
1854/08/14 1879/02/19
POPE, Patrick 1869/04/08 1883/01/14 1934/12/08 propagator 1887/10/06; then indoor foreman; retired on pension
POPE, William 1834/01 1853/05/19 ['1872' list] left and returned; wages increased 1870/01/03 [Dublin Society minutes; Moore pay sheet 1866]; in charge of Conservatory [1866/08); outdoor foreman [1868); foreman in conservatories [1873]; retired on age limit; died 1915/12/22 (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
1856/03/06 1899/11/29
POWER, James 1923/08/14 1944/04/10 1948/05/09 to Horticultural Instructor [Louth)
POWER, Philip 1924/11/29 1946/06/05 1946/09/30 brother of above
PRENDERGAST, Michael 1818 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
PRENDERGAST, Thomas 1819 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
PRICE, Thomas [1875/12/08] 1877/12/26 [Moore pay sheet [878; Library loan register] sick
PRINCE, Harry 1887/06/06 1905/07/13 1907/07/10 arrived 3 days late; left when time
PRINGLE, William 1863/05/07 [1864/03/22] [1855-1863 paybook; Library loan register]
PURCELL, William 1861/03/28 1863/10/14 [1855-1863 paybook]
PURFIELD, Mary 1857/05/07 1862/03/05 [1855-1863 paybook]
QUIN, Kevin 1826 1827 apprentice
QUINN, Edward 1924/04/07 1942/10/23 1943/10/11 became Horticultural Instructor
RAFTERY, James 1914/03/16 1941/02/24 1943/01/30
RAFTERY, Patrick 1911/03/06 1935/10/01 1937/10/30 left when time up
RAINSFORD, Edwina 1927/01 1927/07
RAY, Patrick 1885/04/18 1907/02/04 1909/02/03 left when time up; situation
REDMOND Denis 1902/06/22 1922/12/07 1926/01/30 left when time up
REDMOND, James 1920/06/01 1941/06/24 1942/05/22 casual labourer
REDMOND, Margaret Mary 1942/11/12
REID, D, 1941/12/10 1942/02/23
REILLY (or Riley), Stephen 1876/03/20 1901/03/08 1918/12/09 sick; to sanatorium; resumed; finally resigned due to ill-health
1919/04/24 1921/02/21
REILLY Joseph James 1882/05/10 1932/11/26 1955/03/01 stated birthday as 1882/06/10 but baptismal certificate showed otherwise; poor eyesight
RENNICK [? Renix), William 1861/03/28 1863/02/28 [1855-1863 paybook]
RENNICK, Henry 1885/02/25 1887/02/16
REYNOLDS, Patrick [1866/08/16] [Moore pay sheet 1866]
RICE, John 1903/03/09 1903/03/31 [Extra men register)
ROBERTS, Henry [1874/01/14] [1875/12/08] [Library loan register; Moore pay sheet 1875]
ROBERTSON, John [1838/06/20] [1844/05/06] [Niven pay sheet; Dublin Society minutes] (fireman [for nearly 7 years in 1844)
ROBINSON, John [1838/11/19] [Moore apprentice letter; his signature is on this document]
ROCHE, Gerald 1876/09/23 1899/09/28 1901/07/17 went to situation
ROCHE, John 1907/02/09 1933/09/28 1935/09/28 left when time up
ROCK, George 1924/09/20 1938/01/19 1941/09/20 left on age limit [garden boy)
ROGERS, Jane 1903/07/01
RONAN, Andrew 1843 1860/04/26 1891/12/29 [1855-1863 paybook; '1872' list; Moore pay sheets 1866, 1873, 1875] in charge of Stove House (1866); 'skilled labourer' now useful among collection of hardy herbaceous plants (1871/06)
RONAN, Michael 1816 1856/01/14 1881/08/30 [1872' list; 1855-1863 paybook; Moore pay sheet 1866, 1873, 1876] in charge of Camellia house [1866)
ROSE, Agnes 1894/01/17 1917/01/01 1922/03/01 died of pneumonia
ROSE, Frederick 1889/11/14 1911/02/13 1912/10/09 to farm class
ROSE, Stephen George 1892/01/04 1907/04/08 1915/03/25 enlisted: drowned 1915/01/15
ROSE, William Henry 1903/11/31 1918/01/17 1923/10/01 temporary clerk & plant collector position permanent; dismissed
ROSEMAN, James 1927/04/20 1928/05/01
ROSS, William 1869/06/12 1887/03/03 [1890] [1865-1863 paybook]
ROSS, William 1856/12/04 1856/12/18 left when time up; to Belfast
ROURKE, James 1894/04/10 1914/04/20 1916/05/10 to Kew; became Superintendent of Glasgow Botanic Gardens [Desmond]
ROWAN, Martin 1820 1894/03/17 apprentice [Dublin Society minutes]
RUSHE, Frank 1918/03/26 1941/10/08 1822 became Horticultural Instructor
RYAN, Betty 1926/07
RYAN, Christopher 1827 1912/10/12 apprentice
RYAN, Daniel 1823 1829 apprentice: Daniel Ryan applied for
RYAN, Irene 1916/09/19 ['Lady pupils' No. 60]
RYAN, Michael 1860/02/02 1860/02/15 curatorship in 1838 (Nelson & McCracken 1987): could he be this apprentice?
RYAN, Patrick 1815 1816 [1855-1863 paybook]
RYAN, Patrick 1916/06/21 1941/03/05 1942/03/04 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
RYAN, Thomas 1823 1825 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
RYAN, William 1825 1827 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
RYAN, William 1904/10/31 1927/04/01 1929/04/01 left when time up
SALMON, William 1825 1827 [Dublin Society minutes] apprentice
REFERENCES
DESMOND, R. G. C. 1977. A dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists. Taylor & Francis, London. JACKSON, P. N. 1987. The story of the Botanic Gardens of Trinity College Dublin 1687 to 1987. Trinity College Botanic Garden, Dublin NELSON, E. C. 1987. Botany, medicine and politics in eighteenth century Dublin and the origin of Irish botanic gardens. Moorea 6: 33 - 43. NELSON, E. C. 1989. Three centuries In Irish botanical gardens: a epitome and a bibliography. Long Room 34: 14 - 28. NELSON, E. C. 1990. The sources of plants for the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 1795 - 1879. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, MS. NELSON, E. C. & McCRACKEN, E. 1987. The Brightest Jewel; a history of the National Bot8nic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, Boethius Press, Kilkenny.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks are due to Aidan Brady (Director), Paul Meath (Curator) and Tom Crawford (former Curator), National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, for invaluable comments and assistance. Miss Maura Scannell (formerly senior officer, Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens1 Glasnevin) for bringing to my notice ‘Moore memorandum 1857’. Major General F. D. Moore greatly facilitated my work during the 1980s, and I gratefully acknowledge also the collaboration of the late Dr Eileen McCracken.
SARSFIELD, Matthew 1907/11/05 1930/03/27 1932/03/30 left when time up
SAYEN, Thomas [1866/08/16) [Moore pay sheet 1866; Library loan register]
SCHULZE, Christian [1800] apiarist (Nelson & McCracken 1987)
SEMPILL, Frances 1939/01/09
SHARKEY, Patrick 1899/11/19 1940/11/22 1941/01/15 casual labourer
SHEEHAN, Edward 1839 1855/01/07 1859/04/06 [Library loan register; 1855-1863 paybook]
SHEEHAN, Edward 18 years 1855/01/07 Apprentice; 4 years
SHERRARD, G.O, 1883 1903 gentleman gardener for one year; became Professor of Horticulture at UCD (Nelson & McCracken 1987) died 1959/09
SHERRY, John 1910/11/28 1938/08/26 1937/08/25 left when time up
SHERRY, Patrick 1909/10/28 1931/08/20 1933/08/23 left when time up
SHERRY, Thomas 1906/08/28 1926/07/26 1928/07/26 left when time up