Kevin Healion
healionk.bsky.social
Kevin Healion
@healionk.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If anyone can help point me towards where papers of the Pim Family and other Quaker families are stored as well as the records of the industries they operated, that would be incredibly helpful towards my aim of filling gaps in Irelands meteorological record.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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/
October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It would be very beneficial to my research to discover if weather observations were recorded at their other breweries and businesses. The Quakers appear to have been keen gatherers of meteorological data and so it is hoped that weather stations were established in other Quaker run businesses. 3/
October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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/
October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM