Biddy Gray's Crooked Wood, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
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For many in the past (who were not Irish or who were more than one generation away from the island) this might appear to be an idyllic Irish scene. The thatched cottage, the granny sitting on the wall outside the open door, the children, well washed and dressed playing in the yard, and the old gentleman stopping to bid good day to the woman of the house! What could perhaps be more sterotypically Irish than that?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06954
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06954
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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DannyM8
Could that be a box of photography equipment in the car? is it perhaps the photographers car?
philfluther
"the woman of the house": "the person of the house" Dickens; the trousers of the house, too. One image puts me in mind of The Stolen Child.
O Mac
The wooden chimney pot would hardly comply with todays building regulations.
Smeets Paul tx for 7,4 million views !
And a chicken in the doorway...
guliolopez
The right-hand side of the house (with the bigger cross hatched window) looks like a later extension/addition. I wonder if Dermot Bannon's ancestor had some input.... (Several likely candidate locations in the 6" and 25" OSI maps. Might require local knowledge.)
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It was pretty windy and cold, when the photo was taken. Idyllic . . . a romantic notion of Ireland. As there is a photographer already set up and taking this photo, perhaps it is a landlord giving them what for, threatening to turf them out if they don't pay the rent.
derangedlemur
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] I'd guess this one www.google.ie/maps/@53.6031502,-7.2929169,3a,75y,31.93h,8..., just based on the topography.
j.coffey78
Old townsland name was Taghmon, could that be the local priest on a visit?
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I'd say that's the Planning Inspector - or maybe that man from Lehaunstown looking to re-house his 70 South Dublin tenants.
DannyM8
I think the box and straps is similar to the box and straps in this photo, or am I adding 2+2 and getting 6? https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/31636807885/in/dateposted/
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] The satchel on the car in this other one is also similar to the small satchel in your well photo above.
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Before or after ? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322251
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks all. Have mapped to the crossroads at Taghmon/Crookedwood for now. On the "mystery satchel" (and indeed the mystery gentleman), are we perhaps suggesting that the man could be French himself? He certainly had similar facial hair....
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I think it could be, but the evidence is very light.
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Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] - I concur...
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Mary, Catch me if you can and The African Queen, two of my favorite movies referenced in two days - excellent work. D
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] If you liked Catch Me If You Can, you might get something out of this talk by the real Frank Abagnale - I know I did :)
Michiel2005
Is the man saying "ni" to that old lady?
DannyM8
Have a look at the photo of French on this site, I am now proposing that the Top Hat is Mr French himself!! Edit - I did not see that you had already linked to the same photo.
mcginley2012
Could the passenger here be Mr French? General View, Ballhill. If it is, he is landing on Rooney's Island having rowed across from the Coastguard Station. catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414/Home?lookfor=ba...
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An interesting notion [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] - it could very well be Mr French in the boat...
mcginley2012
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I have a theory that he visited the Donegal Town area at least twice.
patrick l clinton
An amazing coincidence, as my father lived with his uncle in this cottage around 1930's. Both long since gone. I visited my uncle several times in late 60's and he was on his own with his dog and the turf fire always burning. I was able to borrow his rowboat and fish the nearby lake. Great memories for me.
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That is indeed amazing https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]! We always love hearing family connections and stories relating to these images. Thanks for taking the time to share yours!
patrick l clinton
Just checked on google and it’s been knocked down and I am going to visit next week but too late to see it again, very sad.