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William Tempest, from Rostrevor, Co. Down, set up in Dundalk as a printer and stationer in the year 1859. Tempest's premises were in Crowe Street, Dundalk. He printed his first Directory of the town in 1861. Availability of the Directory continued until 1959 when the Centenary Annual was published. In 1965 the Old Dundalk Society revived the Directory, but publication ceased in 1976.
Tempest's Annual was essentially a business directory, and as well as containing useful local information also included articles about the locality. Of interest from the genealogy standpoint: in 1913 the publication started to include a "Street Directory" and in 1931 an "Index to Obituary Notices".
As there was little change in the layout of the Directory itself over the years, I have not included its full contents for every year, but I have included details of articles printed in each publication from 1898 (the earliest publication available to me).
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1898
CONTENTS
Ancient Privileges of Drogheda
A word to our Boys
Bruce, Edward
County of Louth, Directory of
Calendar, Moon's Changes, Memoranda, &c.
Dundalk Business Guide
Dundalk Post-office, Town Sub-Post-offices, Pillar Boxes
Excursion of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Fairs - Armagh, Cavan, Down, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tyrone
Fitzralph, St. Richard of Dundalk
General Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts
Heynestown
High Water at Dundalk Bay
Historical Sketch of Farney
Infallible Signs of the Weather
Irish Money reduced into British
Letter Franking
Lithography, Invention of
Magistrates for the County of Louth
Market Towns
Military Stationed in Dundalk, 1332-1897
Parish of St. Nicholas', Dundalk
Petty Sessions Courts and Polling Districts for Co. Louth
Postal Regulations
Public Houses in County Louth
Ready Reckoner
Simple Laws of Health
Statute and Irish Land Measures
Table of Expenses, Income, and Wages
Directory of -Town of Dundalk
- Ardee
- Ballybay
- Carrickmacross
- Carlingford
- Castleblayney
- Castlebellingham
- Drogheda
- Dunleer
- Greenore
- Warrenpoint
Treasure-Trove
Value of Foreign Coins in English Money
Vincent de Paul, Sketch of
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1899
CONTENTS
A glance at the earlier Antiquities of the County of Louth
Ancient Dictionary Peculiarities
Calendar, Moon's Changes, Memoranda, &c.
Carlingford.
Changes in the Magistracy during the year
Dundalk Business Guide
Directory of County Louth
Directory of - Town of Dundalk
- Ardee
- Ballybay
- Drogheda
- Newry
- Warrenpoint
- Greenore
- Carlingford
- Dunleer
- Castlebellingham
- Carrickmacross
- Castleblayney
Fairs – Armagh, Cavan, Down, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tyrone
General Postal Regulations
High Water at Dundalk Bay
Irish Money reduced into British
Irish Volunteers of 1782
Magistrates for the County of Louth Market Towns
Newry, Ancient History of
Post-office. Town Sub-Post Offices; Pillar Boxes
Petty Sessions Courts and Polling Districts for County Louth
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts
Roundheads and Cavaliers
Statute and Irish Land Measures
The Dun at Dorsey, Co. Armagh, near Dundalk
The Dane's Cast, or The Great Wall of Ulidia
The Local Government Act
The Old Roman Soldiers
The Great Wall of China
The Founder of the Japanese Navy
The Formation of the Louth Hunt
Tippoo Saib
Value of Foreign Coins in English Money
"War - Footing" of Continental Armies
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1900
CONTENTS
Calendar, Moon's Changes, Memoranda, &c
Celtic Notes
Dundalk and its Free Library
Dundalk Business Guide
Directory of County Louth
Directory of - Town of Dundalk
- Ardee
- Ballybay
- Drogheda
- Newry
- Warrenpoint
- Greenore
- Carlingford
- Dunleer
- Castlebellingham
- Carrickmacross
- Castleblayney
Early Irish Printed Books
Fairs - Armagh, Cavan, Down, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tyrone
General Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
General Postal Regulations
High Water at Dundalk Bay
How Irish Names Have Changed
Irish Folk Lore - John Cokeley and the Fairies
Irish Money Reduced into British
Irish Spaniards
Irish Life and Character
Lotteries in Ireland
Magistrates for the County of Louth
Market Towns
Post-office, Town Sub-Post Offices, Pillar Boxes
Petty Sessions Courts and Polling Districts for County Louth
Topography of Counties Louth, Down and Armagh in the year 1790
The Ruins of an Irish Volcano
The Grand Match
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1901
CONTENTS
An Ancestor of the Earl of Roden
Altitudes principal peaks Mourne Mountains
Ancient Laws on Sunday Closing
Calendar, Moon's Changes, etc.
Cost of Telegrams per word, etc.
Dan O'Connell and his Secretary in 1846
Fairs - Armagh, Cavan, Down, Louth, &c.
Magistrates and D.L.'s for Co. Louth
Market Towns in Counties
Notes on Irish Ethnology, etc.
Petty Sessions Courts, Polling Places, &c., County Louth
Post-office, Sub-Post Offices, Pillar Boxes
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
Directory of Town of - Dundalk
- Ardee
- Ballybay
- Drogheda
- Newry
- Warrenpoint
- Greenore
- Carlingford
- Dunleer
- Castlebellingham
- Carrickmacross
- Castleblayney
Rostrevor, Newcastle, and County Down
The De Verdons of Louth
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1903
CONTENTS
Battle of Dundalk ...
Census of County Louth, 1901
Cheese as a Food .
Churchwardens, Dundalk - 1748 - 1901
Compulsory Registration of Births and Deaths
Dunleer 1367
Eclipses in 1903
Elocutionary Exercise
English Pale, The
Escape of Colonel Ogle, The
Fairs - Armagh, Cavan, Down, Louth. &c.
Greencastle
Holding one's breath
How to digest Chocolate
How many Thunderstorms a year?
Is that so?
Kings and Queens of England
Louth County Directory
Magistrates and D.L.s for Co. Louth
Market Towns in Counties
Our Garden Favourites
Passengers on Atlantic Liners
Petty Sessions Courts, Polling Places, &c.
Post Office, Sub-Post Office, Pillar Boxes
Printers' Errors
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
Roden Pedigree, The
Rostrevor
Sources of Revenue
Sovereigns of Europe
Traditions of Louth
Weigh the Children
Worth reading
DIRECTORY
Directory of - Town of Dundalk
- Ardee
- Carlingford
- Drogheda
- Newry
- Warrenpoint
- Greenore
- Dunleer
- Ballybay
- Castlebellingham
- Carrickmacross
- Castleblayney
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1904
CONTENTS
Town of Dundalk:
Banks and Trading Companies
Charitable and Benefit Societies
Churches, Schools, &c.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions &c.
Post Office, Sub-Offices, Pillar Boxes
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping, &c.
Societies
Towns:-
Ardee
Ballybay
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Greenore
Newry
Warrenpoint
MISCELLANEOUS: -
Afraid, not at all
Authoress, the ways of a great
British Subjects, who are
Conversation, subjects of
Curious Coincidences
Damp beds
King Edward's Perquisites
Letter-Writer, the correct
Swim early
LOUTH, County of.
County Directory
Census of 1901
Fairs of Louth, &c.
Magistrates and D.L.'s
Mottoes of Local Families
Notes on Louth
Petty Sessions Courts
Polling Places, &c.
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts
Surnames In
ARCHAEOLOGICAL, &c.
American States, origin of names of
Answers to Queries
Deardra, Songs of
Druids, last of the
Dundalk 80 years ago
Dundalk old Advertisements
Dundalk Bay, Battle of
Fortescue, motto
Irish Parliament House
Louthiana, Wright, author of
Louth, Notes on
Louth Surnames, by S.H.M.
Mottoes of Families
Ogle, Notes on Colonel John
Physico Historical Society
United States, Names of
Wright, author of Louthiana
QUARTER SESSIONS, Courts of:
Armagh
Cavan
Down
Meath
Monaghan
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1905
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS:-
Frontispiece - View of Old Dundalk, 1675
The Quays, Drogheda
St. Lawrence Gate, Drogheda
Magdalene Steeple, do.
St. Mary's Abbey, do.
Beauparc Cliffs, River Boyne
The Boyne Valley at the Battlefield
Mellifont Abbey
Wooden House, Drogheda 1570
The Promenade, Blackrock, Dundalk
Early Printing: Caxton showing his printing press to Edward IV 1460.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL, &c.: -
Drogheda and the Boyne Valley
A Relic of Old Drogheda
Carlingford and its Antiquities
Some Dates in Dundalk's History
Bruce and De Manpus at the Battle of Faughart
MISCELLANEOUS.
Health Notes
LOUTH, County of.
County Directory
Census of 1901
Fairs of Louth, &c.
Magistrates and D.L.s
Petty Sessions Courts
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c. 74
DIRECTORY
Dundalk, Town of
Banks and Trading Companies
Charitable and Benefit Societies
Churches, Schools, &c.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions, &c.
Post Office, Sub-Offices, Pillar Boxes
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping, etc
Societies
Towns :-
Ardee
Ballybay
Blackrock
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Collon
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Greenore
Newry
Warrenpoint
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1906
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
St. Patrick's Day Procession Frontispiece
Marquis and Marchioness of Bute
Kilsaran Church, Castlebellingham
The "Tara" Brooch
The Bute-Bellingham Wedding, Embarkation at Annagassan
The Deer Park Golf Links - The Dell
Blackrock (by kind permission of the late Blackrock & Dundalk Visitor)
CALENDAR
ARCHAEOLOGICAL.
Some Dates in Dundalk's History - continued from 1905
Memorials of the Dead and Parochial Records
Abbey of Newry
Rocksavage and Inniskeen
Stone of Decapitation, Faughart
Kilbroney, Rostrevor
MISCELLANEOUS
The Volunteers - Drogheda and Dundalk Corps
Dundalk Borough Election, 1832
How we got Stops and Letters
Home Manufacture - Irish-made paper
Concerning the Weather
LOUTH, County of -
County Directory
Census of County Louth, 1901
Fairs of Louth, etc.
Magistrates and D.L.'s
Petty Sessions Courts
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
DIRECTORY
Dundalk, Town of -
Banks and Trading Companies
Charitable and Benefit Societies
Churches, Schools, etc.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions, etc.
Post Office, Sub-Offices, Pillar Boxes
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping, etc.
Societies
TOWNS: -
Ardee
Ballybay
Blackrock
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Collon
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Dunleer
Greenore
Newry
Warrenpoint
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1907
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Rev. Elias Thackery, Vicar Dundalk 1803-1854
Louth Election, Dundalk, 1906
Consecration St. Patrick's Tower and Bells
Jubilee Illuminations, St. Patrick's
MISCELLANEOUS
Annals Ireland
Battle Cries and Prayers
Calendar. Tides, Moon's Phases, &c.
Crusoe's Island, in 1906
Dundalk in 1635
Drogheda in 1635
Dundalk Parish, Survey of, in 1816
Franklin on Marriage
Ireland, some Annals of
Juan Fernandez, Crusoe's Island
Mourne, Rambles Among
Marriage Notes
Memoranda, Personal
Rambles in Mourne
Round Towers
Red Hand of Ulster
Survey of Dundalk Parish in 1816
Ulster, Red Hand of
Louth, County of:
County Directory
Fairs of Louth, etc.
Magistrates and D.L's
Petty Sessions Courts
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
DIRECTORY
Dundalk, Town of:
Banks and Trading Companies
Charitable and Benefit Societies
Churches, Schools, etc.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions, etc.
Post Office, Sub-Offices, Pillar Boxes
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping, etc.
Societies
TOWNS: -
Ardee
Ballybay
Blackrock
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Collon
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Dunleer
Greenore
Newry
Warrenpoint
TEMPEST’S ANNUAL 1908
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock
Dundalk Rifle Club, 1907
Dundalk Municipal Technical School
Mr. Thomas M. Richardson, J.P.
The Foresters' Hall, Dundalk
MISCELLANEOUS.
Calendar, Tides. Moon's Phases, &c.
Carlingford Bay
Census of County Louth, 190
Dundalk Rowing Club
Dundalk Rifle Club
Forty Years Ago!
Greencastle
Linen Trade, Louth, 1816
Linen Trade in Dundalk, 1816
McClintock, admiral
Northern Rangers
Schomberg's Retreat
State of the Borough Representation of Ireland in the year 1784
The Days of Long Ago
Louth County Directory
Fairs of Louth, &c.
Magistrates and D.L.'s
Petty Sessions Courts
Polling Places
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts, &c.
DIRECTORY
Dundalk Town of:
Banks and Trading Companies
Charitable and Benefit Societies
Churches, Schools, &c.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions, &c.
Post Offices, Sub-Offices, Pillar Boxes
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping, &c.
Societies
TOWNS :-
Ardee
Ballybay
Blackrock
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Collon
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Dunleer
Greenore
Newry
Warrenpoint
TEMPEST'S ANNUAL 1909 (JUBILEE EDITION 1859/1909)
CONTENTS
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgment
Almanac; 'Month by Month Calendar'
RETROSPECT OF DUNDALK 1859-1909
Education by R. MacDonnell, M.D.
Churches and Schools
Commerce by T. C. Macardle, J.P.
Racing - a Note
Souvenir of '98 by P. Mathews
Free Library
Dundalk in 1959 by T. F. McGahon
Wreck of the Mary Stoddard
The Neglected Genius by the late John Mathews
The Great Northern Railway Works by P. L. Macardle
A Railway Veteran
Sport by J.C. Sellars M.D., and D. O'Connell
Town Administration by M. Comerford
"In the Smoke" - Poetic
Newspaper & Printing Offices
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND PORTRAITS
[Note: Names marked ** have a biographical note but no portrait]
Allpress, Rev. J. H.
Backhouse, Henry
Bigger, John J.
Black, Rev. Robert
Browne, Dr.
Brown, Stephen
Brunker, Dr.
Byrne, Patrick J.
Byrne, P. (Harper)
Cahill, Peter
Callan, Dr.**
Callan, Philip
Callan, Peter
Campbell, F. F.
Carolan, Nicholas
Carroll, James
Carroll, P. J.
Collins, Patrick
Coleman, Thomas
Coleman, Thomas
Comerford, Patrick
Comerford, Miss Teresa
Coleman, Peter**
Connick, Capt. T.
Connick, Thomas
Connick, John
Connolly, Thomas
Coulter, Joseph A.
Crouzet, Rev. Fr.
Crooke, Rev. Dr.
Culbertson, Billy
Curran, Laurence**
Duffy, John Charles
Dullaghan, James**
Dunne, Very Rev. Dr.
Dickie, Joseph
Denvir, C. McH.
Eccles, Francis
Edmundson, W.
Farmer, "Thavish"
Farrell, Joseph
Farquharson, John
Ferrar, Edward**
Gartlan, Dr.**
Gilfedder, Daniel
Gray, Richard**
Gaskin, James
Gilmore, James
Harbison, Verv Rev. H
Hart, James
Hoey, J. Cashel
Horan, Wm.
Hamilton, Rev. Robt.
Haughey, Nicholas
Hesse, James
Haig, Robert **
Hardy, Rev. T.
Hamill, John
Hamill, Michael
Hughes, Terence
Hanratty, Thomas
Jennings, Patrick
Johnston, Arthur**
Johnston, James
Jocelyn, Major Hon.**
Kieran, Most Rev. Dr.
Kieran, Fr. Pat
Kieran, Tommy
Kelly, Michael (sen.)
Kelly, Neal
Kelly, Michael
Kelly, John
Kelly, Owen J.
Kelly, Stephen
Lawless, Richard**
Lennon, Patrick
MacMahon, Charles (sen.)
Macardle, Rev. H. E.
Macardle, E. H.
McAlester, J. Dudley
McDonald, Terence
McCarthy, Gerard Q.
McGinity, Bernard**
McEvoy, John
Mathews, J.J. ("Examiner")
Murphy, John**
McDowell, John
Murray, John
Mathews, John
Maxwell, Wm.**
McArdle, Jas. ("Cracker")
McCann, H. F.
McMaster, Wm.
Molony, Daniel
McGuinness, Owen
McCoy, John
McKenna, R.
Murphy, Thomas
O'Hare, Ownie
O'Neill. Mathew
O'Neill, Henry
O'Hagan. Hugh (Harper)**
Patteson, Russell**
Patteson, Benjamin
Parks, Samuel
Roe, Thomas
Rainsford, Rev. Marcus
Rainsford, Rev. Jos. G.**
Russell, Sir Chas. (Lord)
Russell, Peter**
Rogers, Arthur
Rogers, Wm. Robt.
Scott, Dr.
Smyth, Cornelius
Shekleton, Alexander
Shekleton, James
Shimeld, William
Turner, Rev. John
Williams, Capt. John D.
Williams, Capt. David
Williamson, Thomas
Wynne, Patrick
Watters, Alex. (sen.)
Watters, Wm.
DIRECTORY
County Louth Directory
Fairs of Louth
Magistrates and D.L.'s
Dundalk, Town of, Statistics
Banks and Trading Coy's.
Charitable & Benefit Societies
Churches and Schools
Clubs, &c.
Inland Revenue
Miscellaneous
Petty Sessions, &c.
Post Office Information
Professional and Business
Public Bodies
Shipping
Temperance Societies, &c.
Petty Sessions Courts
Polling Places
Quarter Sessions, Civil Bill Courts
Ardee
Ballybay
Blackrock
Carlingford
Carrickmacross
Castlebellingham
Collon
Castleblayney
Drogheda
Dunleer
Greenore
Newry
ILLUSTRATIONS
"1859-1909" Frontispiece
An Old Daguerreotype
Old Age Pensioners, Kilcurry
The Clergy
Old & New Friary (St. Malachy's)
Thatched House in Clanbrassil-st.
Dundalk Contingent French Army 1871
T.M. Healy, Esq., M.P. leaving Court House, 1892
Dundalk Free Library
Facsimile Catalogue Title Page 1809
Wreck of "Mary Stoddart"
S.S. "Dundalk": Patk. McArdle; John Wray, Scarborough; Capt. P. Byrne; Memorial Procession; Ship's Bell of S.S. "Dundalk"
Old and New Locomotives of G.N.R.
Motor Trains G.N.R.
Rangers' Gaelic Football Club
Young Irelands' Gaelic Football 1887
Rugby Football Club, 1883
Charades - "In the Smoke"
Map of Dundalk, 1853
The First Traction Engine
Tempest’s: -
Our Toy Wareroom
Gramophone & Phonograph Salon
Book & Stationery Dept.
Lithographic & Copper-plate Dept.
Lithographic Cylinder Machine
Lithographic Power Press
Roll Ticket Printing Section
Composing Room
Letterpress Machine Room and Folding Machine
Monotype Type Setting Room
TEMPEST'S ANNUAL 1910
CONTENTS
Calendar - January to December
Moon's Changes
Sun's Rising and Setting
Tides-High Water Dundalk Bar
Local Events
Jubilee St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Soc.
Jubilee St. Patrick's Illustration
St. Mary's College. Dundalk
Society St. Vincent De Paul
Dundalk Labourers' Society
Rainfall in Dundalk. 19O9
Incumbents of Dundalk, 1577 - 1910
Armagh City
Armagh City Illustration
Dundalk Big Bridge
Old Age Pensions - a Reminiscence
Louth Hounds
Louth Hounds and the :Master, Frontispiece
Cambric Factory in Dundalk, 1699-1720
Though Dundalk on a Stage Coach, 1742
Paper Chase in Louth in the Sixties
Paper Chase Illustration of "Tow"
Census of Louth, 1901
Justices of Louth
Petty Sessions
Polling Places in Louth
Louth County Directory
Dundalk Directory
Dundalk Urban Councillors (Illustration)
Dundalk Public Bodies, etc.(Illustration)
Dundalk Rural Councillors (Illustration)
Blackrock Directory
Drogheda Directory
Ardee Directory
Carlingford Directory
Newry Directory
Warrenpoint Directory
Greenore Directory
Dunleer Directory
Ballybay Directory
Castleblayney Directory
Collon Directory
Castlebellingham Directory
Carrickmacross Directory
Dundalk Post Office
Postal Information
Quarter Sessions - Louth, Meath, Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Cavan
Fairs and Market Towns
TEMPEST'S ANNUAL 1911
CONTENTS
Calendar - January to December
Moon's Changes
Sun's Rising and Setting
Tides-High Water Dundalk Bar
Local Events
Count Redmond O'Hanlon
Licensed Publicans in County Louth
Notes on Old Dundalk Charters
How to be Healthy
Sovereigns and Rulers
Breeder's Calendar
How to find the day of the week or month
Census of County Louth, 1901
Organ of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dundalk
Justices of Louth
Petty Sessions in Louth County
Louth Directory
Dundalk Directory
Dundalk Urban Councillors
Dundalk Public Bodies
Dundalk Rural Councillors
Blackrock Directory
Drogheda do.
Ardee do.
Carlingford do.
Newry do.
Warrenpoint do.
Greenore do.
Dunleer do.
Ballybay do.
Castleblayney do.
Castlebellingham Directory
Carrickmacross do.
Dundalk Post Office
Postal Information
Quarter Sessions-Louth, Meath, Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Cavan
Rainfall in Dundalk, 1910
Fairs and Market Towns
TEMPESTS ANNUAL 1912
CONTENTS
Annals of Carlingford
An Election Ballad of 1826
Ardee Directory
Ballybay Directory
Blackrock Directory
Breeder's Calendar
Calendar - January to December
Carlingford Directory
Carlingford Abbey
Carrickmacross Directory
Castleblayney Directory
Castlebellingham Directory
Census of County Louth, 1901-1911
Census of Ireland for 1911
County Louth Directory
Drogheda Directory
Dundalk Directory
Do. Public Bodies
Do. Rural Councillors
Dundalk Urban Councillors
Dundalk Post Office
Dundalk Garrison
Dundalk Professional and Business Guide
Dundalk Retrospect for 1911
Dundalk Gaelic Athletics for 1911
Dunleer Directory
Fairs and Market Towns
Greenore Directory
How to find the day of the week or month
Justices of Louth
Local Events, 1911
Louth County Courthouse
Military in Dundalk
Moon's Changes
Mr. Philip Callan, M.P.
Newry Directory
Newspaper Cuttings of the 18th Century
Obituary for 1911
Old Dundalk
Petty Sessions in Louth
Population of Towns
Population of France
Postal Information
Quarter Sessions - Louth, Meath, Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Cavan
Rainfall in Dundalk, 1911