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gerri Keane - My father Bill (William) Keane (right with glasses) in the Nugget Polish factory with Mr Belchambers.

Ailish Keane Bailey - Dad joined the Nugget in 1933 , when the war broke out they closed because it wasn't possible to get the supplies for the polish, and dad went into the railway and when Nugget reopened in April 1945 he went back and and applied to live in the cottage 1 Nugget Cottage and was there till his passing. He stayedIn the nugget until his retirement.

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three Nugget Cottages were owned and built by the Nugget Shoe Polish co, hence the name. beside the factory

1930 - 31 Nugget United, no doubt named after Nugget's Boot Polish factory just up the canal from Inchicore.

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Mary Farrell - Hi Ken some photos from the old Nugget factory in Bluebell, mentioned by Liz Gillis in her presentation on the Killeen ambush 1921. There was a previous ambush of an RIC patrol outside the Nugget factory in Camac Park. My aunt Betty Mackey is in these photo

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Hi Ken some photos from the old Nugget factory in Bluebell, mentioned by Liz Gillis in her presentation on the Killeen ambush 1921. There was a previous ambush of an RIC patrol outside the Nugget factory in Camac Park. My aunt Betty Mackey is in these photo

Betty Macky in the centre and Sadie Maycock on the right.

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