Sandymount was found on the end of Abbey Rd close to where it joins Watergate St. Like nearby Barrack Lane it was one of the poorest parts of the town. The houses were typically 2 roomed cabins, with thatched roofs and without proper sanitation or running water.
This area was cleared in the 1930s by Navan UDC.
Philip Hazelwood was the main landlord. The house valuation were from 10 shillings to £3-15-0. Below are the inhabitants of Sandymount as recorded in the 1911 Census.
1. James Kelly
2. Peter Finn
3. Mary Reilly
4. Garret Reilly
5. William Molloy
6. John M’Fadden
7. Mary Kelly
8. Michael Flood
9. Owen Murtagh
10. Thomas Pendelton
11. Bridget Reilly
12. Mary Brien.
13. Thomas Fitzsimon
14. William May
15. Francis Reilly
16 & 17. Thomas Carpenter
18. Nicholas Walsh
19. Michael Lynas
20. Edward Leonard
21. Thomas Smith
22. Laurence Leonard
23. Honoria Reilly
24. James King
25. James Leonard
26. Bridget M’Nally
27. James Gough
28. James Aylmer
29. James Fox
30. Patrick Murray
31. Joseph Clarke
32. Patrick Mathews
Sandymount, Navan.
My Mother and her Father came to England in 1935/36 and from Irish Census records and other websites, I have been able to find that she was born in Navan in 1919 and that her family had, in earlier years, lived in Sandymount Street. Her father, George Mildon, was born in 1886 and was married to Ellen Elliott in 1910 in St Mary’s Parish Church. In the Irish Census of 1911, George and Ellen were living in Infirmary Hill. I have not been able to obtain my Mother’s Birth Certificate and so I am still groping for information.
Derek Mileman