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I checked in the Thom's Directories and the Rabaiotti Bros. don't appear until 1910 at no. 49 Amiens Street (for a couple of years before that, an Angelo Santi worked out of that address). The Rabaiotti's are listed as Merchants in 1910 and 1911. By 1914, they've expanded into no. 50 next door and are listed as Confectioners also.

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000193785/ rabaiotti family in 1911 but very much Fish Merchants.

There were Rabaiottis in Swansea when I lived there in the 1980s. I think they ran a café.
Flickr confirms they are still there.


Most of the well-known Italian cafe dynasties in South Wales came from the Bardi region in the 1920s/1930s.

I wonder if the Irish Rabiottis are from the same part of Italy?

Streetview, OS 25" map link at GeoHive.

Describing the Italian cafe influx into South Wales www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/proud-history-valle... This sentence struck me. "Various members of the Rabaiotti families also had cafes and ice-cream carts on the streets well before 1907." Perhaps the Irish ones came via S Wales.

The same corner www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/22001206670/in/photolist-...

Ulysses, Episode 8, Bloom was here: He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the fieldglasses. Or will I drop into old Harris's and have a chat with young Sinclair? Wellmannered fellow. Probably at his lunch. Must get those old glasses of mine set right. Goerz lenses six guineas. Germans making their way everywhere. Sell on easy terms to capture trade. Undercutting. Might chance on a pair in the railway lost property office. Astonishing the things people leave behind them in trains and cloakrooms. What do they be thinking about? Women too. Incredible. Last year travelling to Ennis had to pick up that farmer's daughter's bag and hand it to her at Limerick junction. Unclaimed money too. There's a little watch up there on the roof of the bank to test those glasses by.

In today's photo we see Yeates shop still advertising Race Glasses in the window, and further along, "old Harris's".

Streetview. The pillar box is still there.

Flickr seems to think this photo was taken on May 20th 2091. Perhaps Dublin will have been converted to a Joycean theme park by then.

Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2009 via Patrick Theiner

The 'virtual tour' is fun to fiddle with; scroll down page - www.visittrinity.ie/venue/examination-hall/

Reverse view, same day (the organ looks wonky!) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328266 Mr French returned on a later (?) day. Spot the differences - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323617 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323618 (reverse with still wonky organ)

“Made from carved Portland stone and granite and designed by King George III’s architect Sir William Chambers, the Examination Hall was completed in 1786 and mirrored the Chapel, which stands opposite it on Front Square.” www.visittrinity.ie/venue/examination-hall/

All the excitement in the Examination Hall seems to have taken place in the 1830s: Saunders's News-Letter - Thursday 29 November 1832:

On Tuesday, as the Vice-Provost of Trinity College was leaving the Examination Hall of Trinity College, his gold watch was stolen from his person by some well dressed delinquent, who escaped undiscovered.

What a cad to be well dressed, and not like a scrofulous tatterdemalion from Oliver Twist. Dublin Evening Post - Saturday 21 September 1833:

COLLEGE-STREET POLICE OFFlCE — Thursday. ■ Nagle v. Connolly. Mr. M'Dermott as counsel for the plaintiff in this case, stated that on Tuesday evening a porter fell from scaffold at the top of the Examination Hall in Trinity College, Mr. Nagle came to his assistance very humanely. He was engaged in this duty when Surgeon Connolly came in; observed Dr. Nagle putting the patient’s broken hand down. He put his hand over Surgeon Connolly, who pushed it aside, and asked sent for him ? After some little time Surgeon Connolly committed slight assault ; for this summons had had been issued. After the case had been gone into, Mr. Gabbett recommended an amicable arrangement between the parties. This was not acceded to, and another witness was examined as to the facts connected with the assault. Mr. Gabbett again recommended conciliating Doctor Nagle. Mr. Gabbett said, if Doctor Nagle persisted in asking for his information being taken, the case should sent for trial, which was acquiesced in.

The Dublin Observer went into a bit more detail

Surgeon Connolly turned round and smote him across the face sans ceremonie. Nagle remarked "that’s very ungentlemanlike conduct on your part Mr. Connolly towards me,” when Connolly turned away and said "you know where to find me". Several students went after him and demanded what his reason was for so acting, when my client interfered and told them not to mind him as he was too contemptible to be taken any notice of

And finally the Dublin Morning Register - Tuesday 11 August 1835. Not quite as exciting as two distinguished medics having a scrap over a patient, but it made the papers.

We regret to state that Sir Charles Morgan was obliged to leave the Examination Hall of Trinity College, yesterday, in consequence of a sudden and severe bout of illness.

"A severe bout of illness", no less. Poor Sir Charles. PS SIr Charles Morgan died of apoplexy in 1843.