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Free Research > C > Cochran > Family StoryUse the free genealogy search to quickly discover your family history or share your own! Watch & Clock Makers in Ireland
My Great Great Grandfather Hugh Hall Cochran from Northern Ireland was a watch and clock maker in Lurgan,His son Hugh (junior) was also a watch and clock maker, but had moved to New Ross, Co Wexford,Ireland.
He at some point made a clock for himself, but realizing many people had'nt got their own clocks, he put his own clock in his front window of his house, which had a gass lamp outside so people passing in the dark could see the time, he was later commissioned to make 'The Tholsel (Town Hall) clock, which is still in use today in New Ross. His son my Grandfather,Samuel was a watch and clock maker, he served his apprenteship at John Fegan's jewelers in New Ross, before moving to Dublin where he worked for John Morton jewelers for about fifty years. I wonder if there are any Cochran clocks still around ? Heppy
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