Quaker families also operated businesses in meteorologically data sparce regions of Ireland including Mountmellick, Co. Laois, and Ballitore, Co. Kildare. Mountmellick had breweries, bakeries, and a famous embroidery industry. The papers of these industries may have weather data within them. 4/

After further sleuthing, I discovered that this address was the location of James & Co. Ale & Table Beer Brewers. The Pim’s were a well-known Quaker family in Dublin who operated other breweries in the city as well as a famous department store on South Georges Street. 2/

I’ve recently begun a PhD, part of which is to discover missing historical meteorological observations recorded across Ireland. Meteorological tables contained within the short-lived Dublin Magazine of 1820 were recently found. The observations were taken by a J. Pim at 55 City Quay, Dublin 1/