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CÚL OF THE ROCK

Dublin.
8 September 1877

Sir, I reported to you that the work was completed at
Greystones Coastguard Station and wish an inspection as
soon as possible, as I am in need of money.

Thomas Evans

Contractor [16]

What a pity the actual serial number of the photo cannot be
read, because the image does not appear to exist in the online
collection. As to the year: could it be 1880-ish?

Samuel French in his 1964 booklet refers to the first twenty-
five years 1864 - 1889 from the consecration of St Patrick's
Church as the period ‘during which most of the houses on
Church Road and Trafalgar Road were built’, then continues ‘a
road (i.e. La Touche Road) from Trafalgar Road to the station on
the seaside was constructed to connect with another new road
along the seafront. All this is shown on the ordnance sheet of
1885.’ So it is worth another look.

Conclusion

Back in 1870s Greystones it must have seemed that it was
all happening. Arthur Evans opened his second coal yard at the
back of J.C.McEntaggarts in 1871. The RNLI Lifeboat House
was opened and the pulling lifeboat Sarah Tancred was installed
on station in 1872. A substantial new Coastguard station was
commissioned early to mid-decade. And in 1876 an application
for permission to create a piped water system was made by the
then incumbent of Bellevue House and Demense, William
Robert La Touche.

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