This map shows places in Newport where Mary’s ancestors were born or lived. Click on the + and – symbols to zoom in and out. Click on the pins to see the placenames.
1: Fothergill Street – Residence of Patrick & Johanna Collins and birthplace of Mary Collins. Residence of Patrick & John Barry in 1851
2: Mellon Street – Residence of Patrick & Johana Collins 1861
3: Mellon Square – Residence of William Connors & Mary, birthplace of Patrick Connors
4: Emlyn Terrace – Residence of Patrick Connors, 1901, Birthplace of Mary Connors.
5: Castle Street – Birthplace of William Connors
6: Woolaston House – Site of the Workhouse Infirmary – now a hospital – where Bridget Barry spent the last year of her life.
Many properties and some streets have since been re-developed. The historic maps below provides additional context on the locations concerned. In Map 1 from 1905, most of the locations can be seen but Mellon Square and Fothergill Street are no longer marked. Map 2 is from 1885 and show both of these locations which are highlited in red. Emlyn Street is shown with its former name, Cross Street. Map 3 shows the concentration of Irish immigrants in Newport in the 1850s. Fothergill Street, Castle Street, Mellon Street and Cross Street, later named Emlyn Street, all show large numbers.
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Map 1: STREET PLAN OF NEWPORT, MON 1905 Source: Johns’s Directory of Newport and Neighbourhood, 1905
Map 2: W. JONES’S STREET MAP OF NEWPORT (MON) 1885
Source: Reprint produced by “Newport Library & Information Service” 1999. Courtesy of Newport Community Learning & Libraries
Map 3: The Irish in Newport in 1851 Source: “Immigration and Integration. The Irish in Wales 1798-1922 by Paul O’Leary. Cardiff. University of Wales Press, 2000.
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