POUND ST

It's hard to believe that this primarily residential street was once the commercial hub of Nenagh. Pound St was the principle street in Nenagh and extended around the corner into what would later become Queen St.

Bottom of Pound St

Mackey's Lane

Bowlers / Hanly's Lane

Lower Pound St,,,previously known as Allan Carry's corner. All measurements of distances to other towns were taken from here

The demolition in 1956 of the old Bridewell in Pound St

Nenaghs oldest citizen? Resident at 79 Pound St.  

- (Faulkners Dublin Journal 06.02.1772)

The naming of the streets - 14/09/1839

Hallorans Butchers

O'Keeffe's Grocers

Tom Walsh of Clareen, Grallagh on his way to the Creamery chats to Jimmy Shaughnessy at the bottom of Pound St

Pound St in the 1950's

Nenagh Mutiny - Ebag Reminiscences on the shooting of publican Peter Gibbons - (Nenagh Guardian - 05/02/1905) -

In Slaters Directory of 1856 he is noted as a dealer in Sundries and Groceries

22 Pound St, site of Peter Gibbons premises

Andy Flynn's previously Bourkes 'The Tucson Bar'

Paddy Bourke behind the counter of the Tucson

Building embellishments 1

Building embellishments 2

Building embellishments 3

Rohan's Bar & Grocery

Rohan's Bar & Grocers and a music night

Upper Pound St

Sextons - a pub no more - where people would gather for post mortems during a local election vote count at the Scouts Hall next door

Street Mural on Sextons Gable end

The Dapp Inn which closed its doors in 2024

The Squash Court now bulldozed