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at the end of the Long Bridge, Belfast, near the other glass works. 

 In the Belfast News-Letter for June 24th, 1823, the following 

 advertisement appears : — " New established glass works. Bridge 

 End, Belfast. John Wheeler begs to inform his friends and the 

 public that his glass works are now com[)leted and in full operation. 

 From his long experience in the manufacture of glass he is enabled 

 to supply glass of a superior quality." In the next year Wheeler 

 appears in partnership with J. Stanfield, junior, and John Kane, 

 a brewer and wine merchant. The warehouse of this glass-house 

 was burnt in October, 1825, and the remaining stock of plain, cut 

 and engraved flint glass was advertised to be sold. 



About this time Stanfield and Wheeler appear to have retired, 

 and the business was carried on by Kane alone, who in October, 

 1827, stated that "he had enlarged his glass-house at Ballyma- 

 carrett, and was constantly supplied with an extensive assortment 

 of plain and cut glass." 



In 1829 the concern was known as the Shamrock Glass Works, 

 Ballymacarrett, and in 1833 Kane opened a warehouse for the sale 

 of his glass at 40 North Street, Belfast, and stated that he was 

 making rich cut glass, patent deck lights, heavy, light, and lunette 

 watch glasses, oval and round figure shades, etc. About 1840 

 Kane appears to have purchased the Peter's Hill Glass Works, and 

 to have carried on both concerns until about 1850. About this 

 period the glass works at Ballymacarrett were taken over by 

 Christopher O'Connor, and William Ross, and appear to have been 

 carried on by Ross until about 1868. 



In the Bdfast News-Letter for December 28th, 181 3, the fol- 

 lowing advertisment is to be found : — " Glass manufacture, Queen 

 Street, Belfast. W^allace Tennant intimates that his works being 

 now completed, he will, about January ist, 1814, begin to manu- 

 facture every description of flint glass. He has general and 

 particular knowledge of the business." In a directory of 1819 his 

 name appears as a glass cutter ; probably the works did not pay 

 and he became simply a cutter of other people's glass. 



In the Cork Mercantile Chronicle for April, 17th, 1805, Wallace 

 Tennant advertises that he will open a fancy and useful glass 



