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thepalace1
16-12-2008, 3:12 PM
just found an ancestor in Dublin in 1911 census, looking for Him for ages, funny part of it being is he is on the census as Living on a Row Boat for pleasure. Love it, had the biggest chuckle i ever did have.

have a look 1911 Dublin Census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/2144952/nai000250405/)

Great, brightened my day up now end.
v.wells
16-12-2008, 3:28 PM
|laugh1||laugh1|

Well it takes all kinds but living on a rowboat? That is just hilarious:D
Rubina
16-12-2008, 6:13 PM
There was loads of them! Do you think it just happened that they were on a jaunt on the night of the census?!
v.wells
16-12-2008, 6:38 PM
The fish must have been really hopping that night:D
Aislin
16-12-2008, 6:54 PM
The fish must have been really hopping that night:D

I've heard of sleeping in your car, but a rowboat takes the prize.
Astoria
16-12-2008, 10:22 PM
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DLdjpdBzuO8
Penny Gallo
17-12-2008, 5:31 PM
Sandycove, where your row boat was taken in the census, is a famous Dublin location because of featuring in James Joyce's "Ulysses". The Martello Tower at Sandycove is now a museum dedicated to Joyce. I wondered, maybe they might have some photos of the bay in the 1900s?