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Boilermakers
Like Coopers Boilermakers had a guild or union. Generally only sons of boilermakers could enter the apprenticeships. In 1901 in Dublin about 150 Boilermakers existed. Most of these were employed in the Dockyards, or else the Railways. However it is safe to say the Mackeys worked in Dublin in the Dockyards. The Great Northern Railways (terminus Amiens Street) had their engineering works in Dundalk.
United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders
There is a very good booklet about Boilermakers in England
ttp://www.archive.org/stream/historicalsurvey00cummuoft#page/n7/mode/2up
Boilermakers in the Docks
The trade of Boilermaker evolved from the industrial blacksmith and was known in the early 19th century as a "boilersmith". The involvement of boilermakers in the shipbuilding industry came about because of the changeover from wood to iron as a construction material.
It was easier (and cheaper) to utilize the boilermaker's skills to construct the ship as they were already
present in the shipyard constructing iron boilers for wooden steamships. This utilization of skills extended to
virtually everything that was large and made of iron, or later, steel.
Boilermakers were one of the senior trades in the Dockyard. They built and repaired all the boilers in the
Dockyard and on ships. Boilermakers carried out the construction and maintenance of the ventilation.
This included the funnel, which was the only part of a ship the shipwrights did not build. Boilermakers also built the catwalks in the engine rooms and around the boilers.
Mackey's in the United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders
Michael Keenan
Son of Laurence Keenan, brother in law of Francis Mackey
Michael joined in 1897.
Here is his record...
Britain, Trade Union membership registers Transcription
First name(s) Michael
Last name Keenan
Birth year -
Admission year 1897
Death year 1929
Death date ? ? 1929
Age 28 (on admission)
Trade Boilermakers & iron shipbuilders
Union name United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders
Union branch Dublin
Union branch as transcribed Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Archive Modern Records Centre
Archive reference MSS.192/BM/2/2/3
Title Registration Book
Dates 1873-1876
Information contained Members 12481-18640
No of volumes 1
Record set Britain, Trade Union membership registers
Category Education & work
Subcategory Guild & Trade Associations
Charles Mackey
Charles son of Cornelius Mackey appears in the registers in 1912, 1913 and 1940.
Britain, Trade Union membership registers Transcription
First name(s) Charles
Last name Mackey
Birth year 1891
Admission year 1940
Age 50 (in 1940)
Trade Boilermakers & iron shipbuilders
Union name United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders
Union branch Dublin 1
Union branch as transcribed Dublin 1
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Archive Modern Records Centre
Archive reference MSS.192/BM/2/2/12
Title Registration Book
Dates 1911
Information contained Members 73406-78580
No of volumes 1
Record set Britain, Trade Union membership registers
Category Education & work
Subcategory Guild & Trade Associations
Collections from United Kingdom
Michael Mackey
Michael son of Richard and Ellen Mackey, joined the Society in 1897.
Britain, Trade Union membership registers Transcription
First name(s) M
Last name Mackey
Birth year -
Admission year 1897
Age 21 (on admission)
Trade Boilermakers & iron shipbuilders
Union name United Society of Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders
Union branch Dublin
Union branch as transcribed Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Archive Modern Records Centre
Archive reference MSS.192/BM/2/1/1
Title Registration Book
Dates 1873-1876
Information contained Members 12481-18640; list of superannuated members in 1872
No of volumes 1
Notes Appears to be an earlier series than MSS192_BM_2_2_1-22, possibly compiled when the members first joined
Record set Britain, Trade Union membership registers
Category Education & work
Subcategory Guild & Trade Associations
Collections from United Kingdom
The Boilersmiths during the Lock-Out in 1913.
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