Dying professions in Ireland

**Sheridan** · 14/03/2007, 6:07 PM

Racist.

**Marked Man** · 14/03/2007, 6:50 PM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

Racist.

Plenty of those still left, no?

**BohsPartisan** · 16/03/2007, 10:14 AM

Estate Agents

**blobbyblob** · 16/03/2007, 2:25 PM

Originally Posted by Sheridan

There are no manned lighthouses left in Ireland, so add lighthouse keepers to the list. Fascinating profession.

Yeah - me cousin was the last man to leave a Irish lighthouse. Was talking to him the other night. His whole family were associated with it at one stage.

Im sure there was a documentary on it.

**Lionel Ritchie** · 17/03/2007, 7:15 PM

Originally Posted by blobbyblob

Yeah - me cousin was the last man to leave a Irish lighthouse. Was talking to him the other night. His whole family were associated with it at one stage.

Im sure there was a documentary on it.

Wouldn't have thought there'd be much call for lighthouses, lighthouse keepers or any such in Kilkenny

**pineapple stu** · 17/03/2007, 7:25 PM

Doesn't fit with the note about providing people for interview but in Tim Severin's The Brendan Voyage, he tracks down one of the few remaining curragh makers in Ireland (this was back in the mid 70s) to build him a boat, and comments a fair bit on the traditional means of the work and how it'd died off in recent years.

Also a superb book well worth reading in any event.

**holidaysong** · 18/03/2007, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie

Wouldn't have thought there'd be much call for lighthouses, lighthouse keepers or any such in Kilkenny

Could have done with a lighthouse at the game the other night. The state of the floodlights. Could hardly see the other end of the pitch.

**SligoBrewer** · 19/03/2007, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by holidaysong

Could have done with a lighthouse at the game the other night. The state of the floodlights. Could hardly see the other end of the pitch.

at least they can hold a game at night

**S�C** · 19/03/2007, 2:08 AM

Some may laugh...but Barristers. Wont be a seperate profession in 20 years in the manner it is today

**DiscoPants** · 19/03/2007, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Doesn't fit with the note about providing people for interview but in Tim Severin's The Brendan Voyage, he tracks down one of the few remaining curragh makers in Ireland (this was back in the mid 70s) to build him a boat, and comments a fair bit on the traditional means of the work and how it'd died off in recent years.

Also a superb book well worth reading in any event.

Nice one pineapple. I've been trying to contact a guy recently that still makes currachs down in Cork.

I have that book on a shelf at home somewhere, I'll have to root it out.

**gilberto_eire** · 19/03/2007, 1:09 PM

travel agents and auctioneers the internet are killing those off!.. specailly the travel agents

**Colm55** · 22/03/2007, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoPants

Hi,

I'm doing my college thesis on dying professions in Ireland. I have a list of about 20 here and I need to whittle it down to about five. I'm sure,though, that I have left some trades/professions out so If anyone wants to give me a hand with some suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

Here's some examples: farrier/blacksmith,chimneysweep, thatcher etc. The quirkier the better.

My final thesis will be five fairly substantial profiles/features/colour pieces and so obviously I would need to be able to make contact with these people for interviews etc. So if anyone knows of a friend,neighbour,family member or anyone for that matter that is holding out aginst the all-consuming Celtic Tiger let me know.

Don't mean to bore the good people of foot.ie, but anytime I've brought this up with friends it has always generated a good bit of interest and discussion.

And no; for the purposes of this thesis I will not - just yet at least - consider an Irish footballer as a dying profession.

Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated.
Nice one.
Brian.

My fathers a watchmaker, thats a dying trade of all trades. i'll pm you his contact info, i'm sure he'll give you a dig out if needed..

**the 12 th man** · 22/03/2007, 11:16 AM

Candle makers,
Cutlers (knife sharpeners etc).

**First** · 22/03/2007, 12:25 PM

Fishermen , more being killed as dying away , but you catch my drift ....Boom Boom

**strangeirish** · 22/03/2007, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by First

Fishermen , more being killed as dying away , but you catch my drift ....Boom Boom

Did you have a whale of a time finding that stat trawling through the internets(As Dubya would say)? Don't be coddin' yerself as I leave you to flounder on the scales of justice.

**sparkey** · 27/03/2007, 11:52 AM

Saw Doctors, (not the group, unfortunately), but people who re-tip and re-sharpen saw blades. Still a lot of call for this trade for fixing blades in timber saw mills and stone cutting factories, but very few saw doctors around anymore unfortunately.

**OneRedArmy** · 27/03/2007, 10:19 PM

Anything associated with the clothing industry eg seamstresses, stitchers, weavers etc.

Particularly in the North this industry has gone from being one of the top private sector employers to close to zero in the space of 15 years.