1722–1775
Pembroke Court, Castle Street, 1722–26
Christ Church Yard, 1726–28
The Pamphlet Shop, opposite the Thosel, Skinner Row, 1729–30
Essex Street, opposite the Bridge, or, The Blind Quay, at the corner of Parliament Street, opposite the Bridge [the same location], 1730–65
College Green, 1750
15 Parliament Street, 1765–75
Apprenticed to Thomas Hume (Munter).
The dominant Irish stationer of the eighteenth century, Faulkner is best known as publisher of Swift's works and of the Dublin Journal.
Joined in a partnership with James Hoey in 1727. According to Munter, this 'ended in a quarrel which led to both publishing identical titles for a while'.
[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Boydell (Calendar) gives Pembroke Court, Castle Street from 1725 to 1726, the Pamphlet Shop, opposite the Thosel, Skinner Row in 1729 and College Green address in 1750. Munter gives the Pembroke Court, Castle Street from 1724 to 1726; Christ Church Yard from 1726 to 1728; the Pamphlet Shop, opposite the Thosel, Skinner Row from 1729 to 1730; Essex Street, opposite the Bridge, or, the Blind Quay, at the corner of Parliament Street, opposite the Bridge from 1730 to 1765; and 5 Parliament Street from 1765 to 1775. Barra Boydell (Long Room) erroneously gives the date of 'The songs sung in the Drapier’s Club in Tuck-st' as 1729 while citing the correct date of 1726.]
Published
Dublin Journal, 9–13 January 1749/50
Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), pp. 42, 46, 54, 261
Munter, Robert, A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland: 1550–1775 (New York: Fordham University Press, 1988), pp. 96–98, 134–35
Boydell, Brian, ‘Hoey, James’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>
Last Update: 20-05-2021