Looking down John's Lane towards Silver St

Looking up John's Lane towards the C.B.S. Walking in trebidation not knowing what the day would bring. Running home at dinnertime  and a penny to spend going back to school. Mrs Gunnell used to stand at her half door waving all the scholars back to school. Her family were one of the last to leave before they moved to Connolly Park.

Old C.B.S and former Fever Hospital built in 1829 by William Burr. It continued to be a Fever Hospital until 1849 when the Workhouse was built in Tyone. On the outbreak of the Crimean War it served as an auxiliary barracks for Nenagh Militia.

In my day it was a grim and foreboding school and seemed to be permanently cold. Some of the stone stairs had noticeably worn steps which challenged many pupils on wet days. Those and the grim outside toilets left an impression of a building straight out of any Dickens novel. Being forcefed Irish and Religion added to the overall ambience. Picture also all the pupils lined up in the nearby Guards Field with different coloured flags mimicing something out of a Nuremburg rally. In later years, the abandoned building became a childhood playground after the Brothers vacated. The Orchard was especially prized.

The Residents

1911 neighbours and residents in John's Lane

Water deliveries to Shamrock Court 1996

Johns Lane 2018