tarboat's photos with the keyword: kildare

Tegral Building Products Ltd. has been based at Athy since it was founded in 1936. The works alongside the Barrow Line of the Grand Canal is well known for the range of artificial slates that are manufactured there. The company also specialises in cladding and flooring materials as well as a range of roofing sheets and tiles.

Odlum's Sallins oatmeal mill is situated part way up the Naas branch of the Grand Canal in Country Kildare. The corrugated iron clad structure once provided cover and storage for grain being unloaded from barges. William Odlum opened his first flour mill in 1845 and subsequently his two sons, William P. and Richard Odlum established the company W.P. & R. Odlum. In the early 20th century, the company operated as many as nine mills but consolidation reduced that number to the three flour mills in Dublin, Cork, and Portarlington and an oatmeal mill in Naas. The company remained in family hands until 1988 and is now owned by Origin Enterprises. The Sallins mill was closed in 2008.

An article from the Leinster Leader 26 March 1898 describes the works and business of the Athy Brick & Tile Co Ltd which had started production in 1893. £120,000 was expended on machinery and buildings on a site on the Monasterevan road at the northern side of the town. About forty men were in constant employment throughout the year, and an average of £50 weekly was paid in salaries and wages. The working men earned from 10s to 20s per week at that time. Weekly output was around 80,000 bricks and the principal market was Dublin. Octagon, bull-nose, and every variety of moulded brick were made.

Iarnród Éireann. GM (London, Ontario) built loco No.211 crosses the River Barrow viaduct at Monasterevin with a train for Dublin.

It was a pleasant surprise to find this cinema still in business in the centre of Naas as there is a five screen multiplex just out of town. Clearly past its best but some attempt has been made to provide more for customers as it now has two screens showing.