Updated 21 Feb 2003
Transcribed from public records by Kae Lewis and posted here with her kind permission.
Title Apothecarie's Hall, Dublin : 1791-1829City of Cork William Ponsonby 1794 Robert Searle 1794 Thomas Squirrell 1795 Francis Butler 1796 Thomas Langley 1798 Charles Carroll 1799 Thomas J. Hickson 1800 Robert Carey 1800 Richard Stack 1802 Joseph Halloran 1802 John Callanan 1803 William Murphy 1806 James Crowley 1807 John Hornan 1810 Thomas Tuckey 1811 Thomas L. Eames 1813 Richard Bacon 1815 John L. Ryan 1816 William Jones 1817 John Gordon 1817 Samuel Hobart 1817 Richard Orpin 1819 Thomas Cudmore 1820 John Edgar 1820 Robert Austin 1821 John McCarthy 1821 Richard White 1822 George Power 1822 William Lyons 1822 Robert Gosnell 1823 Charles J. Haines 1823 Thomas Wall 1823 Thomas W. Seyers 1824 Timothy Kirby 1825 William Flynn 1825 Thomas Parry 1825 Robert Hobart 1825 Francis Drew 1826 James Nagle 1826 Denis McCarthy 1827 William Gosnell 1827 Edward Casey 1827 John James Hayes 1828 James J. Barry 1828 Robert Dowden 1828 Bandon, Co. Cork William Jagoe 1818 Edward Homan 1820 Robert S. Wheeler 1824 Henry Belcher 1827 Bantry, Co. Cork Samuel Young 1801 Cove, Co. Cork James Verling 1822 John G. Dase 1825 Henry Harvey 1827 Buttevant, Co Cork John Manning 1827 Carriglass, Co. Cork Denis Rahilly 1823 Castlemartyr, Co. Cork William James Eames 1823 William Eames 1826 Castletownroach, Co. Cork James Shewcroft 1796 Charleville, Co. Cork George White 1795 William Murphy 1799 William Crone 1808 J.G. White 1825 William O'Connel 1829 Clonakilty, Co. Cork Thomas B. Justice 1823 Henry Hayes 1826 Michael Deasy 1827 Thomas Spiller 1829 Doneraile, Co. Cork James B. Wall Kanturk, Co. Cork William McDermott 1821 Geoffrey Samuels 1827 Kilworth, Co. Cork James Hutchinson 1819 Mallow, Co. Cork Thomas Roche 1793 Charles Curtain 1796 Humphrey Haines 1798 Edmund Fitzgibbon 1799 John Bourke 1813 William Roche 1816 Richard Nagle 1817 Pierce Mansfield 1823 Thomas Tarrant 1824 Thomas H. Justice 1824 Middleton, Co. Cork Philip Walsh 1793 Lawrence Walsh 1817 Robert Swayne 1824 Mitchelstown, Co. Cork Philip Lynch 1794 James Mahoney 1797 Cornelius Clancy 1825 Rockville, Co. Cork Pascal P. Drew 1808 Skibbereen, Co. Cork Alexander McCarthy 1808 Youghall, Co. Cork William Whelan 1794 Benjamin Green 1795 John Demond 1809 Samuel Roderick 1819 Graham Torbuck 1821 Richard Ronayne 1823 Anthony K. Sidley 1826 Thomas Sims 1826 Thomas Abernethy 1826 John G. White 1827 John Irwin 1828 Fermoy, Co. Cork George Barrett 1807 James McNamara 1810 David Barry 1822 Richard Quain 1826 William Gardiner 1826 A return of the name of each person in each year since 24 June 1791 who has been examined by the Governor and Directors of the Apothecaries Hall in Dublin and who has received a certificate to become an assistant or journeyman to the business of an apothecary: City of Cork John Neville 1795 James Harris 1800 Thomas Cook 1807 Thomas Lawton Eames 1810 John Edgar 1813 Robert Austin 1819 Richard White 1822 John Verling 1826 Buttevant, Co Cork John Manning 1825 Castletownroach, Co. Cork John Shewcraft 1795 Charleville, Co. Cork William Murphy 1798 Francis F. Donigan 1805 Micheal O'Connor 1815 William O'Connell 1821 Edward Flannery 1821 Cove, Co. Cork John D. Dease 1824 Doneraile, Co. Cork Richard Rice 1816 Fermoy, Co. Cork George Beamish 1805 James Huchison 1815 Kanturk, Co. Cork Richard M'Dermott 1817 Jeffery Samuels 1826 Mallow, Co. Cork Thomas Roche 1792 Charles Curtain 1795 Henry Haines 1797 Edward Fitzgibbon 1798 John Burke 1812 William Roche 1815 Richard Bolster 1816 Richard Nagle 1817 Francis Grant 1827 Mitchelstown, Co. Cork James Mahoney 1796 Youghall, Co. Cork William Whelan 1793 Benjamin Green 1794 Daniel O'Donnell 1816 Samuel Roderick 1819 A return of the name of each person in each year since 24 June 1791 who has been examined by the Governor and Directors of the Apothecaries Hall in Dublin and who has received a certificate to become an apprentice to learn the business of an apothecary: City of Cork: James Harris 1794 Edward Parker 1794 Robert Wolfe 1795 Thomas Bennet 1796 William Dent 1799 Robert Edgar 1799 William Murphy 1799 Daniel Crinson 1800 Thomas Cook 1800 L.C. M'O'Boy 1801 Austin Dickerson 1801 Richard Bacon 1801 William Bacon 1804 Patrick Carey 1805 John Edgar 1806 Denis McCarthy 1807 William Crofts 1807 William Dwyer 1808 Patrick Cussen 1808 William Jones 1809 George Flyn 1810 Samuel Gosnet 1810 Joseph McAustin 1810 John Donovan 1811 Richard Orpin 1811 William Lyons 1812 Robert Austin 1813 Edward Ryan 1814 Charles Haines 1816 Thomas Sayers 1816 Edward Bennett 1817 Henry Boland 1817 Thomas Barry 1818 George Baldwin 1818 D.V. Sullivam 1818 Robert Cleburne 1819 William Gosnell 1819 Patrick Squirel 1819 Edward Casey 1819 Thomas Ahirne 1820 Richard Day 1820 Richard Wall 1820 John Fitzgibbon 1820 Thomas B. Langley 1820 Denis McCarthy 1820 John Taylor 1820 Robert McKenzie 1820 John Morgan 1821 James Barry 1821 Robert Dowden 1821 Frederick Le Grand 1821 Eugene O'Neill 1821 Samuel Forsythe 1822 John Daly 1822 John F.M. Evers 1822 Thomas McDermot 1822 John E. Busteed 1822 Philip Lucas 1822 Denis McLeod 1822 Roger Wood 1822 Daniel McCarthy 1822 John Hallaran 1822 John Buckley 1822 Patrick Fitzgibbon 1823 Andrew Roche 1823 Arthur Sullivan 1823 William J. Cronin 1823 Richard Wood 1823 John D. O'Flynn 1823 Robert T. Lewis 1824 William H. Lewis 1824 John McCarthy 1824 Thomas Corbett 1824 David Ludgate 1824 Frederick J. Lyons 1824 John Lyons 1824 J. B. Murphy 1824 John Harding 1824 John McDonald 1825 Edward Drew 1825 Cosmas Neville 1825 Daniel Callaghan 1825 John B. O'Sullivan 1825 Francis Murphy 1825 William O'Connor 1826 James McCormick 1826 Thomas Hudson 1827 John S. Haines 1827 Pierce Hovendon 1827 James G. Oakshot 1827 John Lloyd 1827 Edward Godfrey 1827 John Blackall 1827 Michael Quarry 1827 S. H. Bibley 1828 James Carlisle 1828 David T. Hare 1828 John B. Reeves 1828 Daniel Steers 1828 John Forest 1828 Ashfort, Co. Cork Uniake Ronayne 1827 Ballyclough, Co. Cork Thomas Cudmore 1812 Ballyhooley, Co. Cork David Connor 1822 Ballykell, Co. Cork James Patterson 1820 Bandon, Co. Cork George Beamish 1796 Francis Hayes 1810 William Jagoe 1811 Edward Homan 1812 Edward Hayes 1812 William Belcher 1815 James Trasilian 1816 William Gash 1816 William Cooke 1817 Richard Hayes 1820 Henry Belcher 1820 Edward Toole 1822 David Scott 1822 Alexander Heard 1824 John Belcher 1825 Bantry, Co. Cork Samuel Young 1791 John Young 1818 Samuel Young 1818 John Young 1819 John Field 1822 Charles Rossfield 1826 Barryrow, Co. Cork Richard White 1814 Bridestown, Co. Cork William Glissan 1827 Brookpark, Co. Cork William Bowden 1808 Buttevant, Co Cork Michael Rogers 1794 Wm James Eames 1815 William Eames 1818 James O'Sullivan 1819 Thomas King 1822 George Byfield 1828 Patrick Rogers 1828 Thomas Crawford 1829 Castlelyons, Co. Cork James Max 1793 John O'Neill 1812 Castlemagnor, Co. Cork George Sharp 1803 Castlemartyr, Co. Cork William Beere 1822 Michael Barney 1823 William Eames 1824 William Sullivan 1826 Castletown-Roche, Co. Cork James Fitzgerald 1822 James Cahill 1826 Charleville, Co. Cork James Donegan 1798 Michael Clifford 1798 William Crone 1800 John Manning 1805 Michael Connor 1806 Edmund Flannery 1811 Christopher Townsend 1811 William O'Connell 1814 John White 1818 Thomas Bransfield 1818 Robert Swayne 1822 John Rahilly 1824 John McGrath 1825 Patrick Storkey 1825 William Cronins 1825 Richard Maloney 1825 John Cronin 1826 William B. Heley 1827 James S. Green 1828 Clonakilty, Co. Cork James Deasy 1813 Gersham Herrick 1813 Henry Hayes 1815 James Spiller 1816 Thomas Justice 1816 Michael Deasy 1819 Thomas Spiller 1819 John Bennett 1820 James Collins 1820 Marsh Hayes 1822 James O'Regan 1823 Doneraile, Co. Cork Samuel Wall 1816 William Wall 1822 Cloyne, Co. Cork James Cooke 1814 Coolbane, Co. Cork Batholomew Purdon 1819 Cove, Co. Cork Richard Mason 1800 James R. Verling 1802 Thomas Harvey 1814 John Dease 1817 Thomas Kirby 1818 John Virling 1818 James Lambert 1819 Isaac Wesley 1819 David H. Scott 1822 Arthur Harclay 1825 Thomas Ward 1825 Edward J. Virling 1826 William Malone 1827 Henry F. Coppin 1827 Thomas Kirby 1828 Henry Stainstreet 1828 Dunmanway, Co. Cork Thomas Holmes 1828 Egmont, Co. Cork Michael Cowtry 1828 Enniskean, Co. Cork James M'Namara 1803 Fairyhill, Co. Cork Bartholomew Webb 1818 Fermoy, Co. Cork James Hutchison 1808 Michael McNamara 1810 Andrew Dargowell 1811 David Barry 1814 William Bible 1814 Daniel Nevill 1815 James Buckley 1816 Richard Quain 1816 Edward F. Barry 1819 William Gardiner 1819 Henry Harney 1822 Henry Quaine 1822 John Ludgate 1822 Robert H. Ludgate 1822 Ebenezer Donaldson 1825 William Campbell 1826 Mathew Lesebure 1827 Hollybrooke, Co. Cork Corn. O'Driscoll 1824 Holyhill, Co. Cork Daniel McAuliffe 1821 Innishannon, Co. Cork Emanuel Orr 1819 Janeville, Co. Cork Thomas Massey 1824 Kanturk, Co. Cork Richard Stanistreet 1809 Michael McDermott 1809 Jeffry Samuels 1812 William McDermott 1813 Wm Ormsby Layng 1823 William Crofts 1826 Robert Lowe 1827 Henry Webb 1827 Kilworth, Co. Cork George Morrogh 1823 Kinsale, Co. Cork William Leahy 1800 Daniel Kelly 1806 Patrick M'Allenan 1813 Edward Jago 1820 Richard McCarthy 1821 Thomas Markhams 1824 John O'Regan 1826 Thomas Hackett 1826 Richard Griffith 1827 Patrick Coleman 1828 Thomas Smith 1829 Liscarrel, Co. Cork John Browne 1811 Thomas Ahurn 1819 Magourney, Co. Cork John Godfrey 1827 Mallow, Co. Cork Butler Kell 1794 Patrick Quaan 1795 John Berry 1797 William Murphy 1801 James Sullivan 1802 John Homan 1803 John Bourke 1805 William Connell 1807 Richard Rice 1807 William Roche 1807 William McCormick 1808 Richard Bolster 1809 Richard Nagle 1810 William E. Gladman 1814 John Downing 1814 Francis Grant 1814 Patrick Daly 1814 James Nagle 1815 Thomas Justice 1815 John Galvin 1815 Bryan O'Brien 1815 Pierce Mansfield 1816 Thomas Tarrant 1817 Tobias Mansfield 1824 Charles Haines 1825 Maurice O'Connell 1827 Mallow Lane, Co. Cork John Robinson 1815 Michaelstown, Co. Cork William Connell 1828 John C. O'Brien 1828 Michael Fitzgibbon 1828 William O'Brien 1828 James McCraith 1828 Middleton, Co. Cork John O'Brien 1794 Richard Swayne 1806 Laurence Walsh 1808 Robert Swayne 1816 John Flynn 1822 Philip Walsh 1822 Mackgrove, Co. Cork Edward MacKey 1826 Millstreet, Co. Cork Barry Coller 1826 Mitchelstown, Co. Cork James Devine 1820 William Calaghan 1821 Cornelius Clancey 1825 Thomas Collins 1826 Newmarket, Co. Cork Thomas L. Eames 1803 John Ryan 1808 Passage, Co. Cork William Cottrell 1812 Rathclane, Co. Cork John Walsh 1822 Rathcormick, Co. Cork William Flynn 1817 Rockmills, Co. Cork Thomas Smyth 1824 Rosscarberry, Co. Cork John Maloney 1826 Scariff, Co. Cork Charles Murphy 1829 Skibbereen, Co. Cork James Crowley 1800 Marsh Beamish 1815 John McCarthy 1816 Frederick Clarke 1818 Stephen Sweetman 1824 Jonathan Clarke 1824 George Cooke 1825 Daniel Donovan 1826 Jer. Crowley 1827 Denny Taylor 1827 G. A. Roundtree 1828 Strand, Co. Cork Robert Banry 1829 Tullilease, Co. Cork James Sullivan 1826 Youghall, Co. Cork Thomas Sims 1796 Jer, Higgins 1798 John Desmond 1802 Bartholomew Cashman 1807 Samuel Roderick 1811 Graham Torbuck 1814 Richard Ronayne 1815 William E. Hayes 1817 Pierce Power 1817 Robert Campbell 1818 William Gardner 1819 Anthony Kyrle Sedley 1819 Thomas Abernethy 1819 James Egan 1820 John G. White 1820 Justin Roynane 1820 Stephen Murphy 1821 Kyle A. Sidley 1821 John Irwin 1821 Lawrence Kennedy 1821 Patrick Walsh 1823 William Hassett 1823 Joseph Green 1823 James M. Browne 1824 Thomas Stanistreet 1825 William Sims 1825 Robert Langster 1825 Charles Ronayne 1825 Thomas W. Kenah 1827 William Meade 1827 From Pigots Directory for Cork City 1824 Apothecaries Bennett & Lucas, 8 Parliament Street * Callanan, James, 148 Barrack Street* Carroll & Jones, 3 Patrick Street* Edgar, John, 3 Paul Street* Fowler, Richard, 78 Mallow Lane Gosnell, Wm., 48 North Main Street* Haines, Humphrey, 40 Patrick Street Hutchinson, James, 47 Patrick Street* Langley, Thomas H., 122 George's Street McCarthy, James, 32 Grand Parade M'Guire & Gordon, 28 Princes Street* Orpin, Richard, 77 Patrick Street* Ryan, John James, Bridge Street* Sharp, George, 75 North Main Street* Squire & Ring, 45 Shandon Street Stack, Richard, 115 Mallow Lane *denotes also a druggist. A few examples to track the career of the Apothecary in Co. Cork: Richard Stack gained his certificate to open a shop in 1802 and appears with an apothecary shop in Cork City in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. Thomas Langley gained his certificate to open a shop in 1798 and appears with apothecary shop in Cork City in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. Richard Orpin began his apprenticeship in 1811 and gained his certificate to open a shop in 1819, a period of 8 years. He appears with an apothecary shop in Cork City in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. William Gosnell began his apprenticeship in 1819 and gained his certificate to open a shop in 1827, a period of 8 years. He appears with an apothecary shop in Cork City in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. William Jagoe began his apprenticeship in Bandon in 1818 and gained his certificate to open a shop in 1811, a period of 7 years. Thomas Lawton Eames began his apprenticeship in Newmarket in 1803 and became a journeyman apothecary in Cork in 1819, a period of 7 years, He gained his certificate to open a shop in Cork 3 years later in 1813. George Sharp began his apprenticeship in 1803 and appears with an apothecary shop in Cork in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. James Hutchison gained his certificate to open a shop in 1819 and appears with an apothecary shop in Cork City in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. John Edgar became a journeyman apothecary in 1813 and gained his certificate to open a shop in Cork in 1820. He appears with an apothecary shop in Cork in Pigot's 1824 Directory of Cork. From the Ffolliott index: Cork Mercantile Chronicle 15 July 1811: Died "on Thursday at an advanced age and after a tedious illness, Mrs Fowler wife of Richard Fowler Esq of this city, apothecary." Cork Mercantile Chronicle 12 Aug 1818: Died "suddenly on Thursday last at Mallow where he had gone for the benefit of his health, Mr Richard Fowler senior, apothecary of Mallow Lane in this city." Southern Reporter 17 Jan 1818: Married " on Sunday last at St Anne Shandon by Rev Richard Lee, Mr Richard Fowler apothecary to Ellen dau to Thomas Crofts Esq of this city." The apothecary shop owned by both father and so was at 78 Mallow Lane, operated by Richard Fowler Jnr in 1824 (Pigots)
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