John Spooner

• 16/Feb/2023 09:11:06

My first thought that the Krazy Kataloger had got his initials and abbreviations mixed up, and that Mr Fogarty was a Justice of the Peace. My apologies to the KK for being suspicious, but there was in fact a Mr John P Fogarty JP who was chairman of Castlecomer Board of Guardians (Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 03 June 1916)

John Spooner

• 16/Feb/2023 09:19:28

Irish Independent - Wednesday 18 November 1942:

MR. JOHN P. FOGARTY Mr. John P. Fogarty, Leinster Rd., Dublin, who died, was a member of a well-known Castlecomer family. Over 20 years ago he was prominent in public life, having been a former member of Kilkenny Co. Council and other local bodies. He was one of the National Directors of the old United Irish League and a close friend of the leaders and members of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 16/Feb/2023 09:35:30

27 July 1920 was a Tuesday ...

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 16/Feb/2023 09:42:02

The oldest girl reminds me of the Mona Lisa. Except for that origami in her hair. Via https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/48771390136/

John Spooner

• 16/Feb/2023 09:58:31

Crikey! Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 20 March 1915

DISASTROUS FIRE IN CASTLECOMER. PREMISES GUTTED. • At an early on Friday morning last a serious outbreak of fire occurred in the business establishment and residence of Mr. John P. Fogarty, .J.P.. M.C.C., Castlecomer. The signal of the outbreak having been given, the police and inhabitants of the town rushed to the scene of the conflagration, but the fire had got such a hold on the building, despite the united efforts of police and civilians, that the whole premises, including the 'entire stock-in-trade both in the drapery, grocery, and wine departments, as well as the furniture in the living rooms, were completely destroyed by the flames; fortunately no lives were lost. At great peril to himself Mr. Fogarty succeeded in rescuing Mrs. Fogarty and their little child from the burning building. The only means of escape was by the front first-floor window, as the ground floor was completely enveloped in flames, but with the assistance of a willing band of workers Mrs. Fogarty and her little one were safely rescued and were followed by Mr. Fogarty. ... Nothing now remains of the once splendid premises but a heap of desolate ruins, and universal sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Fogarty in their great misfortune.

Niall McAuley

• 16/Feb/2023 10:00:43

Here is a John P. Fogarty of Castlecomer getting married in 1912. He is a grocer and draper. His new wife is a widow, Mary Fogarty (was Dowling). John P. is unmarried in the 1911 census, Mary is widowed. She has a daughter Philomena (5), who would be 14 in 1920, the eldest in this shot.

Niall McAuley

• 16/Feb/2023 10:08:00

Fogarty births, mother née Dowling: Mary, 25 march 1913 Cecelia, 14 April 1914 John, 2 August 1915 Mary, 13 August 1917 Margaret, 28 May 1919

O Mac

• 16/Feb/2023 10:12:06

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ John Fogarty must have married his sister in law? ..as she was Mary Fogarty in 1911 prior to her marriage to John Fogarty a year later.

Niall McAuley

• 16/Feb/2023 10:14:17

1913 Mary died aged 2 1/2 months. The P in John P. stands for Patrick

Niall McAuley

• 16/Feb/2023 10:24:27

In 1901, John P. is living with brothers James and Edward. James, Hotel Proprietor, died in 1906, by which time he was married. Yes, here is James marrying Mary Dowling from Freshford in September 1901. So Philomena is half sister and first cousin to her younger siblings!

suckindeesel

• 16/Feb/2023 10:40:24

Philomena is perusing a copy of The London Glove Co. mail order clothing catalogue.

O Mac

• 16/Feb/2023 16:07:21

John Spooner Another from the Duchas schools collection "The real cause of the burning was not found out but the people said that it was the fire that caused it. ... (smart people?) "Mr. Fogarty was the name of the man who was living in the house." www.duchas.ie/en/src?q=Castlecomer&t=CbesTranscript&a... There's another recount of a shop fire in Moneenroe just below the Fogarty one but I don't know if it's the same fire.

Niall McAuley

• 16/Feb/2023 18:51:56

At her birth in 1906, the eldest is recorded as Ellen Philomena

La Belle Province

• 17/Feb/2023 00:41:33

What a lovely family! And the way the eldest girl has crossed her ankles with perfect poise says that she knows she can carry off any size of hairbow.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 17/Feb/2023 06:40:31

https://www.flickr.com/photos/la_belle_province https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Hairbow! Not Origami!

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 17/Feb/2023 08:24:17

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Aha!

Niall McAuley

• 17/Feb/2023 09:18:18

Mary Dowling, 22 in 1901.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 17/Feb/2023 10:17:01

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley Great identification of the subjects.

Niall McAuley

• 17/Feb/2023 10:38:11

Philomena and her mother are wearing dresses of different designs, but with the same decorative bobbles. Philomena's, at least to me, looks homemade.

Frank Fullard

• 17/Feb/2023 12:17:43

Leaving all else aside, it is a beautiful piece of photography!

Niall McAuley

• 17/Feb/2023 12:27:24

As the "a" on the catalogue number usually suggests, there is another shot in the archive, POOLEWP 2863, in which Cecilia looks more cheerful but little Mary does not hold still.

La Belle Province

• 17/Feb/2023 15:53:20

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I stand corrected - it seems to be an early prototype for the Sydney Opera House.

ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq

• 17/Feb/2023 19:47:17

https://www.flickr.com/photos/la_belle_province Love it!

La Belle Province

• 19/Feb/2023 17:15:16

https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia, it was the first thing that popped in my head, but I didn't post it lest I offend. I forgot that we're all among friends here.

Samira Zaman

• 11/Mar/2023 20:50:41

A lovely photograph