I was this day old when I learnt of the word, POULTERER.
| It may exist on signage that I have passed. But today, in Bangor, was the very first time that the word registered with me. Outside of the English Market, there are no stand alone butchers remaining in the island of Cork City. Meat can be bought in supermarkets but O’Flynn’s was the last of the independent own-door city centre butchers. I remember doing work with a builder who was reroofing a building on White St / Sawmill St., possibly the City Veterinarian’s Office. It had a layout drawing of the English Market that showed very many fishmongers where now only two exist. There have been a few butchers who have closed in recent years in the English Market. None have been replaced with meat stalls. I cannot see any POULTERER starting a business any time in the near future. This shop in Co. Down may be the only place that I will see this word. | poulterer noun a dealer in poultry and game.  |
High Street, Bangor, Co. Down
