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11,27 but is that "Daylight saving time"?

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Description: Market Square, Ardee in County Louth with an imposing statue, a gated building and some impressive gentlemen standing still for the photographer. The variety of headgear is almost as interesting as the buildings but the shot suffers from the lack of canine interest! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 Most likely 1904 to 1911 NLI Ref: L_CAB_09238 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Cart tracks, horse apples and TWO dogs = heaven!

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Description: Gowran Castle in Kilkenny is our feature to end this week. After the excitement of yesterday's bike race in Dublin we can see that the Cats are a more relaxed people with nary a rush on them at all at all! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_03125 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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When Lough Melvin met Lough Erne

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Description: Mr. O'Dea found his way north of the border in 1959 to visit the sheds at Enniskillen and here captures the Lough Melvin gathering dust. For those who had worked at and loved the railways this period must have been a heartbreak watching it all being broken up and removed. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: September 1st 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/53 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Hatter's Castle?

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Description: Ballynastragh House, Gorey, Co. Wexford looks like the perfect doerupper for a modern hotel with it's fine grounds, castellations and lovely bay windows. Who did it belong to when Mr. French came calling and what is it like now? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_07931 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Last place to fill up before America

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Description: Shannon Airport from the air! Monkey Morgan provides us with a fascinating view of Shannon or Rineanna as it was known back then with a selection of propeller driven aircraft on the tarmac and not a jet in sight! In those days it seemed to be the magic link between Europe and the Americas. Many airlines, now long gone, used it's facilities to refuel and stock up before setting out on the crossing of the North Atlantic. Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. June 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR1234 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Posters, pinafores and peace in Portaferry Square

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Description: "Caoimghin" who is one of our followers is a native of Portaferry and he requested that we visit his home town which we do today. Unusually for Ulster the towns space is called a "Square" rather than a Diamond and it looks like a significant piece of real estate. The group of children wearing pinafores and hats would seem to indicate that it is in high summer but what else can we learn about the town? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_05810 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Are ye right there Michael

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Description: Bord na Mona train at Rhode in Co. Offaly is todays shot from Mr. O'Dea (Biddy Mulligan's nephew!) Given that this is out in the middle of a bog it seems unlikely that we will have a streetview? Many years ago I took a group of Cub Scouts there on a tour during our annual camp and we were informed that much of the rolling stock came from the West Clare Railway and the gauge was similar so the lads sang "Are ye right there Michael" for the rest of the camp. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: 27th October 1973 NLI Ref.: ODEA 113/10 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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By the left - Quick MARCH!

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Description: When you see these barracks you begin to realise the extent of garrisons throughout the island during our time in the British Empire. Perhaps it was similar in the UK but in Tipperary alone there were several and they were very big. Does this one still stand or was it burned down as so many of them were in the early 1920's. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_08633 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Heavy traffic outside Fermoy

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Description: We will start the week with a Monkey Morgan image and the location is somewhere outside Fermoy in North Cork! A bright sunny day with lots of good farming practice on display, neat drills, healthy crops, well tended fields and outhouses. The dearth of traffic is further emphasised by the fact that all the people in shot are on the road and ignoring the nearby footpath! When I were a lad (or even a lass) if you wanted to ride your fathers bike but were not tall enough to throw your leg over the saddle then you put one leg under the crossbar and pedalled that way. It looks to me, though I might be mistaken, (as the A said to the B) that the boy on the bike is doing just that? Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. April 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR1028 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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School Excursion, near Ballydowd

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Description: We have a lovely photo from the Dublin Trams Collection for your perusal today. I have not heard the word "excursion" for a very long time. It is a word that reminds me of three specific things, being cold, soggy tomato sandwiches contaminated with sand and egg salad. Oh, the joys of youth and memory! Photographers: Chiefly, William Arthur Camwell Collection: Dublin Trams Collection Date: ca. 1884-1963 1895 NLI Ref: NPA TRAM138 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Beautiful Beauparc, boats and boat boy, by the Boyne.

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Description: I would think if you made the climb from the riverbank up to the house three or four times a day you would be very fit indeed. The boats are interesting, what about the crests at the top of the uprights? The boats look too big for personal purposes, could they be tourism related? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1880 - 1900 NLI Ref: L_ROY_07238 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Fountains Abbey in England

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Description: Perhaps another one for the Clonbrock travel folder? Our cataloguer seems to think so "Fountains Abbey. Large, ruined abbey with many storeys and levels, also showing large tower possibly English" I have no idea why they tell us it is Fountains Abbey and in the next sentence they ask is it possibly English? Anyway, I will be very interested to hear what you have to say about this shot. Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: ca. 1900 NLI Ref: CLON889 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The bridge to church.

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Description: The Catalogue describes this scene as "River, bridge on piling, modern Gothic church, square tower with pitched roof" It is a scene that does look familiar to me, but I cannot put my finger on it. I am sure Sharon Corbet will tell us exactly where we are within a couple of minutes! Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_2104 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Colonel Maurice Moore

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Description: Colonel Maurice Moore is not a name that immediately jumps off the page at me. Two minutes research in Google and Wikipedia tells me we are dealing with a very interesting man, a man of significant achievement over the course of his life. I look forward to reading your findings. Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: 1915 NLI Ref: POOLED 2796 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Hornibrook Highway viaduct under construction, Redcliffe, 1935

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Redclliffe, Queensland. Description: View showing the progress of work on the Hornibrook Highway through the portal at the Redcliffe end of the viaduct. The portals were designed by Mr John Beebe, F.R.A.I.A., architect. They included accommodation for toll collecting facilities, as well as a strong room for safe keeping of all moneys collected. One end of the viaduct was connected to the other by telephone, the wires of which were placed inside one of the tubular hand railings (Information taken from: M.R. Hornibrook Pty. Ltd., The new gateway to Redcliffe and the great North Coast : official souvenir of the opening of the Hornibrook Highway, 1935). View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/58017. Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
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The rocky road to somewhere

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Description: Boxhill/Christ Church is the location and clearly in the UK so when did the Dillon's go there and what was the attraction. It looks like an ancient place, a typical English village or town. What does it look like now? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Between 1860 - 1930 NLI Ref: CLON1406 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Booking your last bed?

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Description: Grim looking as you might expect given the Victorian attitude to death the Graves Office looks even less welcoming than a cemetery! I had occasion to visit one some time ago and the amount of information they contain is simply amazing and the staff could not have been more helpful. It would make you want to book your stay there;-) Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date:Between 1901 - 1954 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0719a You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Waiting for Dogo?

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Description: I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint those dog seekers among us whose hopes have been raised by the title but I cannot see a dog in this image. Unusually not as crisp and clear as so many Stereo Pairs images we have seen nonetheless this is a very interesting and quite charming shot. The title provided by the cataloguer (they must be constantly on the sauce) is Railway close to shore, Co. Cork and I had great difficulty finding the railway but how they settled on Co. Cork remains to be seen? Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 Most likely between 1870 and 1880 NLI Ref: STP_0988 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Waiting for the Naval Brigade...

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Description: Continuing the Imperial connections today we have "Albert Road, in Kilkee, County Clare and people waiting for - the photographer to give the "all clear"? A really lovely shot of a really lovely place on a fine day with ladies in their finery and lads and lasses in bare feet. We've been to Kilkee before but this one is especially nice and a good one to end a week of travel so we're having a staycation! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_06313 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Food Stall, Friday night market, Haymarket, Sydney, 1941

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Description: Food Stall, Friday night market, Haymarket, Sydney, 1941, Robert Donaldson, ON 388/Box 023/Item 050 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/BVvKOKlQ203yB9581682
Owner: State Library of NSW
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Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum

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Description: A remarkable image from the Clonbrock Collection for today's shot with the Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria front and centre! The Naval Brigade standing in for horses, as is their tradition, towing a gun limber as they pass the Scots Guards Regiment formed up at the side of the street. There appears to be some form of "Stand" behind the soldiers and to the left is a balcony festooned with flags and nobility! Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Most likely the 21st June 1887 NLI Ref: CLON895 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A Queen's Terrace in a Kings Town?

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Description: I went to England with my parents way back when and stayed overnight in Dun Laoighaire. All my memories of the place are of impressive terraces of buildings in bright sunshine. These terraces of fine buildings with sea view named after Queen Victoria certainly had a most desirable location and as they say, it's all about location, location, location! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_09119 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lines, lines, lines, Lion lying and more lines

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Description: Today we have a rare visit to the Wiltshire Collection and a shot by the lovely Elinor. Newman House, St. Stephen's Green is the subject with some great lines, lions and shadows. The "piece de resistance" is the porter resting on his laurels, or even his sweeping brush, while he chats with a colleague in the sunshine. He has clearly made a clean sweep of those steps? Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire Collection: Wiltshire Photographic Collection Date: insert date NLI Ref: WIL 71[10] You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Dirty smoke versus Clean Green

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Description: The dirty smoke emanating from the stacks of the paddle steamer are in sharp contrast to the environmentally friendly sailing ships nearby. Whatever is going on there appears to be a large crowd of onlookers/passengers on the pier. Where is it and what was going on? Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M49/8 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Riding high in the water

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Description: The Senator Possehl moored on the North Quays in Dublin looks a very impressive ship and for some reason caught they eye and the lens of Mr. O'Dea. Generally when O'Dea photographed ships it had some connection to the railways so what was the connection, if any, this time? Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: March 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 19/35 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Mick Phelan, operating the signals, King and George Streets, Sydney, c. 1900, Albert James Perier

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Description: Mick Phelan, operating the signals for electric and cable trams, corner King and George Streets, Sydney, c. 1900, Albert James Perier, from Perier Collection of photos 1890-1950s. collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzO3b5O9 Home and Away - 34431 ON5/76
Owner: State Library of NSW
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When the Sun and the Moon collide in Killiney

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Description: Since our visit to England appears to be two ends of the same street today we felt that some variety was required so here is a Mason image to do just that! The "Sun and Moon stones" at Killiney, County Dublin with that scruffy remains of a shrub obscuring the view. Given all the development in that area since then I wonder are they still there and are they still accessible. Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M57/23 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Waiting at the gate

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Description: Following what was yesterday's damp squib we will continue with the Clonbrock Collection and another of a series that we were hoping might be identified from our visit to Warwick! Warwick is a far cry from the charming village Knocknagoshel with a rich history, some outstanding architecture and a different culture. This image today is one of that series of images and may or may not be taken during the same visit by the Dillon family. It would be interesting to see if it is, or not? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Circa 1860 - 1930 NLI Ref: CLON1620 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Downtown Knocknagoshel - it is not!

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Description: While we were all off visiting with the Clonbrocks in Oxford the man who requested the images was off visiting Clonbrock and missed the craic! Not to worry because today we have one of a series of images taken by the family and apparently in the same town. Most certainly not in Knocknagoshel it appears to be somewhere in England and Rory Sherlock is of the opinion that if we unlock one then the others will all fall into place? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Between 1860 - 1930 NLI Ref: CLON1623 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Lenaboy or not Lenaboy, that is the question?

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Description: The lady is standing in front of a house that may be Lenaboy House or so the cataloguer speculates but my untrained eye sees an institutional building and unlikely to be in Ireland? Our esteemed contributor, Rory Sherlock, accepted an invitation to make suggestions and this is one of his choices. This will be an interesting start to what we hope will be an interesting week? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Circa 1900 NLI Ref.: CLON726 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Rumtumtumming on the Suir

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Description: A glassy Suir in Clonmel with a person (could it be a lady???) out in a rumtum sculling down past the boat club towards that large church. A really nice shot from the Lawrence Collection to end the week. FOGRA Rory Sherlock look out next week we have some work for you to do! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10452 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The old and the new

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Description: Monkey Morgan was flying high over a shiny new hospital but where was/is it? Don't be fooled by the neighbours because they can easily mislead you and lead you up blind alleys!!!! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1954 -1957 NLI Ref: NPA MOR954 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lying in the long grass

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Description: An interesting image from the Lawrence Collection for today with Coole House, Millstreet in Co. Cork and some of the family there. The lady on the right looks downright uncomfortable in her pose while the lady at the rear looks like a reluctant participant. The littlest person on board must provoke some interest as having a person of colour in North Cork back in the early 20th century must have been unusual, to say the least. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10333 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Let's get to the Point

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Description: The catalogue tells us that this is the Strand Hotel, Omeath, Co. Louth (without much evidence supporting the Hotel portion). The one thing for sure is that there is a lot of beer for sale on both sides of the road. The sign post is interesting with the old gaelic type. It is a great shame that the newspaper headlines beside the door on the left is not in focus, dating this photo may be difficult. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10177 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A fine Doer-Upper!

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Description: A strange Eason photograph to say the least. I am presuming that these ruins are not standing now so it may be difficult to find a location especially given the catalogue description of "Ruins near Dublin, Co. Dublin" I have been wrong many times in the past, over to you. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 Circa 1912 NLI Ref: EAS_1732 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Why did the chickens cross the road?

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Description: Main Street in Cappoquin grinding to a halt as the locals contemplate the ancient conundrum "why did the chicken cross the road"? The matter is further compounded by the abundance of chickens either in the process of or contemplating a similar adventure! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1907 - 1908 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10011 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lock, stock and lean on me!

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Description: Ruxton's Lock in Navan Town takes us out to the heart of Royal Meath and the home of this years All Ireland Minor Football Champions! Navan, where the Blackwater and the Boyne merge, has no shortage of water but the lock looks much too small and the channel too narrow to be either of those so where is it and what purpose did it fulfill? Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_1726 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Inniscarra is in Cork!

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Description: "A steam ship passing along the quays" the title says but that is a mooring rope at the bows so the ship is going nowhere. WE haven't had an O'Connor image for some time and a visit to Cork in the summer is always good, especially for those from Limerick who have bragging rights! Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection Date: Between 1903 and 12th May 1918 NLI Ref: OCO 288 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Ghosts of times past in Mullingar

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Description: Klaxon - Poster Alert - Klaxon The Market Hall in Mullingar with ghosts walking about and a fine selection of posters on one corner. My eye was drawn to the ladder on the building down the street which is so long that it rises several feet above the level of the building. It reminds me of one in an image of the quay in Drogheda and must have been wobbly to climb and stand on for any length of time? Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 Most likely June or July 1910. NLI Ref: EAS_3697 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Reflections on water in Waterville.

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Description: Waterville House in County Kerry where the Kerry County Board, the management team and senior tacticians are meeting to plot the downfall of Tyrone for next weekends All Ireland Football semi final! (Yet another fairy story from the Kingdom) Some of the wonder of this fine landscape from the Eason Collection is lost in mono but it still stands out showing the rugged terrain, the house (apparently in the middle of nowhere) and the bridge on the right with the reflection in the pool. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: Eas 2384 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Trainless wheels and a wheeless train - can we arrange a marriage?

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Description: Stranorlar railway yard in all it's glory with a vast range of equipment on display. Lest there be any doubters out there there is a dog in this picture - he's called Rover and is in the signal cabin with Patsy Mc Gonagle;-) I love those little bus-like carriages. They must have had a character all their own when full? Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: September 2nd 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/78 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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One man and his dog

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Description: To end the week we have to go to the seaside and where better than the "Sunny South East" and Ballymoney? Indeed this is Ballymoney as few of us have ever seen it as it is now a haven for fugitives from other parts of the island fleeing congestion and the stress of city/town life for the joys of sun, sea and sand. That man has a glorious golden beach all to himself and yes, there is a dog!!!!!! Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3704 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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An Observation on Belle Lake by Mr. Poole

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Description: Continuing the trend for this week of having a different collection featured each day we have a Poole image as today's offering. An unusual one from Arthur Henri in that there does not seem to be much point to this and he worked on commissions so it would be interesting what the attraction was? Where is it, what is it like now and could the fisherman among us spend some hours casting flies there? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Between 1901 - 1954 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0411 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Cats in hats

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Description: A rare visit to the Keogh Photographic Collection this morning with a visit to the ancient city of Kilkenny and a political rally from the last century. "E.T. Keane addresses Sinn Fein supporters in Kilkenny from platform might be interesting as I for one have never heard of him before - but then again I am not from Kilkenny? Photographer: Brendan Keogh Collection: Keogh Photographic Collection Date: insert date NLI Ref: KE143 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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United Colours of ... Shamrock Rovers????

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Description: The old Shamrock Rovers ground at Milltown in low sunlight by Mr. Walker makes a change from our usual mono images. A ground with a chequered history with many victories and fewer defeats it's eventual closure was the subject of some controversy. Photographer: Michael S. Walker Collection: Michael S. Walker Collection Date: insert date NLI Ref: NPA WALK46 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Jim Brady, the Navigator

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Description: Jim Brady looks happy and at ease in his signal cabin at Killucan back in 1961. This is a typical O'Dea shot though we cannot see his mode of transport on this occasion. There's a lot to see, Jim himself in uniform, badges on display, the "Navigators" wheel, the levers and that jumbled desk. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: April 3rd 1961 NLI Ref.: ODEA 24/100 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Squall, theatrical production, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 29/8/1944, by Sam Hood

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Description: "The audience which saw the opening performance of "The Squall" at the early evening session at the Theatre Royal yesterday laughed quite often, but the play was not a comedy." "THE SQUALL" (1944, September 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved April 19, 2021, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17919257 The Squall, theatrical production, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 29/8/1944, by Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, Home and Away - 30819, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110027973
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H marks the spots!

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Description: The "Fifteen Acres" in the Phoenix Park from high above with lots of activity on the pitches it would seem. At the bottom right is the Magazine Fort, scene of a famous crime, and the road out to Chapelizod at the very bottom. Generations of Dubliners will have come here to play games at weekends while runners and others will have done circuits in races and training. Rivers of perspiration should abound! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1954 -1957 NLI Ref: NPA MOR2059 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Grimly Gothic Gods Gaff

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Description: To a fine Stereo Pairs image of a Gothic church someplace in the country that appears to be newly built. It may be very irreverent but these grim buildings remind me more of places of incarceration rather than places of consolation and worship! Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_2010 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Up the back of the book or Domnach Airgid - Sunday Silver?

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Description: One of the sure things about the Mason Collection is that there will always be a surprise around the corner. This image of a metal plated book cover (?) is titled "Domnach Airgid" which with my basic Gaelic translates as "Sunday Silver". What is/was it? Where was/is it? and where is it now? Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M32/30 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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With a toot toot and a whish of steam

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Description: We missed the anniversary by two days but this magnificent steam traction engine would have been worth posting on Sunday had Morning Mary been awake! O'Dea describes it as "Showman's engine back from Stradbally Steam Rally" and it must have been one of the stars of the show there? Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: August 8th 1968 NLI Ref.: ODEA 59/1 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Clandeboye is very handy boy!

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Description: Clandeboye is one of those names that many Irish people will be familiar with but will not know where it comes from or what it looks like so here is a little insight. This fine manorial house standing in rolling, wooded countryside would appear to be either called Clandeboye or be in a place of that name? Our image of Howth Abbey went to Explore over the weekend so thank you all for your input and research! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1904 or later. NLI Ref: L_CAB_09078 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Abbey on the Viking's Head

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Description: Staying with the Lawrence Collection to end the week we have a magnificent view of St. Mary's Abbey and Howth before the bay was filled in. I imagine that most people think that the Abbey is a tavern rather than an ancient place of learning and worship/ Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_00856 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Babes, bikes and buckets on Barrack Street in Boyle!

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Description: Before I am lynched for describing ladies as "Babes" remember that Morning Mary is allowed a certain amount of artistic licence! A very busy scene on Barrack Street with ladies in hatorific confections, gentleman walking his bike, donkey carts moving and parked while a hackney stands waiting for his fare. We know the where but the when and the who should be interesting. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_07877 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Ship shape on Ship Street

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Description: Still in Dublin today but we went South side today to Ship Street at the rere of Dublin Castle. I'm finding it hard to identify any of the buildings in this fine Royal plate but it could perhaps be the PoV? As regards date we can be sure that it was before 1922 if nothing else:-) Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_03083 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Plane crash Katherine River, 22 January 1939

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Description: Guinea Airways Limited plane, Lockheed 14H, VH-ABI, Koranga, after crash into the Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 January 1939. State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/.../Yj7ojW49/bO8RwP8kV6O4r On the morning of 18 January 1939 Captain C. R. Clarke had been forced to wait until the heavy downpour of rain eased before he could taxi onto the Katherine Aerodrome runway. He and the other 3 members of the crew were destined for Adelaide but as the plane started its take-off run down the rain-sodden ground it was clear they were in trouble. From his office at the aerodrome, Flying Doctor, Clyde Fenton, watched as the plane took off. Seeing it clear the fence at the end of the runway by less than a metre he immediately knew it was in serious trouble. As he watched the plane plummeted from the sky and he heard a "Final terrific crash, then utter silence”. The Guinea Airways Limited plane had gone head-first into the nearby Katherine River and although Fenton was quick to get to the site, he was unable to save the four occupants. These images were taken by the Sun newspaper four days after the event. "Four Killed When Guinea Airways' 'Plane Crashes At Katherine River". The Barrier Miner. 18 January 1939. collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7ojW49/7Qvy680X0A33
Owner: State Library of NSW
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Naval manoeuvres on the Galway Mayo border!

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Description: What a fantastic photograph from the Lawrence organisation, we are looking out on Irelands only fjord commonly known as Killary Harbour one of only three fjords in Ireland the other two being Carlingford Lough and Lough Swilly. I see the water is flat calm which anyone who knows the area will tell you is a rare occurrence indeed. We have come across Royal visits to this area before, but this looks more like a naval exercise? I am really looking forward to reading your findings on this one. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 Sunday, October 8th 1899 NLI Ref: L_ROY_06469 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Bill Stickers Replay!

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Description: There are few better ways of narrowing a Lawrence date range than being able to view a good well positioned poster. In fact, if I could talk to the young Robert French, I would tell him to include as many posters and especially newspaper headline posters in his photos as possible. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 June 1904 NLI Ref: L_CAB_08417 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Elegant waterworks

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Description: We will finish out the week with a run of three very interesting Lawrence shots, we start today with a photo of The Waterworks on the banks of the river Lee in Cork. Large Irish waterworks projects suggest Victorian times to me, and we have visited similar projects at Roundwood and Bohernabrenna before. This scheme is different in that it seems to rely on the river for its water supply rather than on reservoirs as is the case with the other two examples. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1880 - 1899 NLI Ref: L_CAB_01142 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Are they inside the gate or outside the gate?

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Description: The pencilled title reads Castlemacgarrett, I think, but I may be wrong. We make an overdue visit to the Wynne Album to view this absorbing photo. Even though it is obviously staged, it does leave us with a few questions to answer. Either way I do not fancy the horses’ chances of jumping that gate and if it was running today at the Galway races in the Latin Quarter Handicap at 8.15pm, I would look for a better specimen of equus ferus caballus to carry my fiver! Photographers: Thomas J. Wynne 1838 - 1893 Collection: Wynne Album Date: Circa 1880’s NLI Ref: WYN55 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Montree, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

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Description: While looking at this photo during catalogue selection it struck me as a very modern image for the Lawrence collection. I suspect that we will be much nearer the end of the date range rather than the start. The fishing boat in the little inlet will not help with dating as the design of these boats does not seem to change over the years, you could buy a boat very similar in design today and the only difference would be a strengthened stern section to accommodate a small outboard engine. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_05258 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A tempting tableau of turntable, tower, tracks and trains.

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Description: This photo, and in particular the above title is dedicated to Morning Mary who is recovering from a recent operation, we look forward to having her back with us in the very near future. From Wikipedia I see that "In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came". Well, I never knew that the words turntable and wheelhouse were interchangeable. We are in Cork today courtesy of Mr. O'Dea, what can you tell us about this busy photograph. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: September 07 1961 NLI Ref.: ODEA 27/81 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A lovers tryst - a chance meeting?

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Description: For many of Arthur Henri's images the people are carefully posed in a formal manner but this, while carefully posed, has a sense of informality about it that is quite charming. The lady's hat is a hatorifically fine confection and the gentleman's dress is "country squire" and they do make a handsome couple. The lady's dress looks as though it has a "bustle" which might help with dating? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Between 1901 - 1954 Most likely 1880s. NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0153 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Bell, book and candle!

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Description: Father Dominic in the centre flanked by Father McCormach(?) and Father O'Connor arrive at Brixton Prison for the inquest on the death of Terence McSwiney, former Lord Mayor of Cork. Photographers: London News Agency photographers Collection: Irish Political Figures Photographic Collection Date: 27th October 1920 NLI Ref: NPA POLF185 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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In their death they were not divided.

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Description: Lots of people visit graveyards to look at the headstones and to learn about those who have passed before us. This grave would be of immediate interest to them. It is nothing special until you realise that the two people it holds died on the same day, a husband and wife. There is also the rather cryptic message "Lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided" which asks many more questions than it answers! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1897 - 1902 NLI Ref: L_ROY_05598 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Industrial School at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.

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Description: Any photo of an Irish "Industrial School" reminds us of the awful reports which we have read from inquiries which happened years after most of the people shown in this photo had passed away. There are not many smiles to be seen, smiles were not part of photography then, and I think it is fair to say that smiles were probably not a big part of their lives at that time either. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 186576 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_01437 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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All Quiet on the South Western Front

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Description: With a title that reads Red Cross car passing through a village at the South Western Front during the Irish Civil War a car festooned with red crosses passes a group of civilians somewhere in County Limerick during the Civil War. I think we have been nearby before with both the church and that stone wall looking very familiar. Since the crosses look more like the Cross of St. George than the traditional reverse broad Swiss Cross of the red cross this could be misinterpreted had England won last evening! Photographer: W. D. Hogan Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection Date: 25th July 1922 NLI Ref.: HOG111 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Chez Nous or "My Humble Abode"

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Description: Ashton Court, Youghal, Co. Cork is far from a humble abode with it's many rooms, balustrades, clock tower and fine Orangery! Right down next to the beach and well sheltered by trees this is/was a prime location. To whom did Ashton Court belong and how does it look today? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1898 - 1905 NLI Ref: L_CAB_07725 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Winners of the "Funny Hats Competition 1925

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Description: A happy group of young people wearing funny hats pose for young Mr. Poole on the steps of some building, presumably in Waterford, with a sign HELP - Star of the Sea out in front. We can probably name one of the people with the priest surely the one who commissioned the image Fr. O'Connor. What else can we find out about it and where was it taken? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: ca. 23 August 1925 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3320 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Worker at Hadfields Steel works, Sydney, 10 June 1939

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Description: Worker at Hadfields (Aust.) steel works, Mitchell Road Alexandria, Sydney, Australia, 10 June 1939, Sun newspaper negatives, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lXZZD9/GXwyM5glq6eGa
Owner: State Library of NSW
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Achill tragedy remembered.

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Description: Island and coastal communities have suffered more than their fair share of tragedies over the years. The Wild Atlantic Way is more than just tourist phrase and the wind, waves and currents have claimed many lives both young and old. This memorial to a terrible tragedy in Clew Bay is a reminder of that danger and these young lives lost. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1895 - 1897 NLI Ref: L_ROY_05105 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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High Bridge over the Low Valley

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Description: One of my favourite collections is the Stereo Pairs and it feels good to end the week with a fine pair of images of a viaduct across a valley in a hilly countryside. As usual with the Stereo Pairs the location is not readily available but no doubt that won't too long? Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0881 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Knick knacks for Ballyhack

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Description: An ancient ferry site from Ballyhack to Passage on the mighty Suir and today's image shows a snapshot in the history of the service. It seems to be the Waterford shore and the pier at Passage East in the foreground with Ballyhack on the Wexford side. The service continues to this day but there are vehicles doing the crossing now! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1906 NLI Ref: L_ROY_06524 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Misty lake of Islands

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Description: Lough Erne in County Fermanagh looks beautiful in the early morning mist with the broad expanse of water and the many islands making it a place of adventure and romance! The premises in the foreground has signs of former grandeur with that flag mast, the cast iron gate posts and railing on the balcony. Yet there are signs of neglect with stuff left lying about. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_01106 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Expressions at Luna Park, Sydney, c. 1940

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Description: Expressions at Luna Park, Sydney, c. 1940, by R. Donaldson, from film negative, State Library of New South Wales, People Magazine, ON 388/Box 008/Item 035 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/A5OaeX7kpo3g5
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The lady's name was Ivy

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Description: A rustic scene with a corner of the Doo Lough Hotel visible in the midst of a verdant foreground with a bleak and hungry looking mountain in the background. The lady standing close to the hotel seems in rather pensive mood as she contemplates going fishing, swimming or boating before lunch? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 1894-1914, probably nearer 1900. NLI Ref: L_CAB_07545 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Laying tram tracks, St Andrews and George Streets, Dunedin, New Zealand, c. 1900

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Description: Laying tram tracks, St Andrews and George Streets, Dunedin, New Zealand, c. 1900, by Walter Ernest Messervy Burke. In the background is the "Gleebone Rainbow Hotel." Volume 2: New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, ca. 1892-1950, DGB 4/vol. 2 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/WkedP5lBGyb0
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The high and the mighty Rossmore - no more?

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Description: Rossmore Castle! A magnificent gothic pile with a vast array of rooms and windows is our photograph to end Monaghan Week. It has been a most interesting visit to the county with that one diversion to keep you all awake and makes you realise just how interesting the border counties are on both sides of the line! Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3340 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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What would happen if Clones was cloned???

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Description: Continuing Monaghan Week with a slight diversion to meet Mr French and Jaunty, we are with the O'Dea Collection today and to the town of Clones in - wait for it - County Monaghan! The title is "Station and Sheds" and it looks like a complex junction with a water tower in the foreground and an unusual set of sheds in the background. No doubt those lines would have been jammed with carriages for the Ulster finals of yore? Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: August 31st 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/41 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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God lives in 'Blayney!

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Description: If God lives in the Temple, then God lives in Castleblayney? This little gem is reminiscent of the Casino in Marino in Dublin, with similar classical design. Continuing our Monaghan Week, we have moved over from the county town of Monaghan to its near neighbour and rival, Castleblayney. I look forward to reading about this Temple, and to see if it still stands! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_08906 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Mist in the hills - power in the valley

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Description: Having been led up the garden path, or even the road to Navan, yesterday at least today we have no idea where the scene in this Mason image actually is! A bit overexposed in places but a very interesting scene stretching from the drama in the foreground with the conversation between the men and the viaduct in the valley with industry among the houses. Where is this and what does it look like today? Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M50/19 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Anna Livia - transpires to be Navan

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Description: The Liffey in Dublin the title says but where on the Liffey. I can think of a couple of places but the buildings are throwing me. It looks idyllic and is certainly above the weir at Islandbridge as none of the city bridges matches. What does it look like now? Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_1725 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Downtown Ahascragh - or somewhere like it?

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Description: After the long weekend and the ending of the lockdown a trip out foreign seems just the thing to start the week! A view out over the roofs of a city somewhat larger than the metropolis of Ahascragh with a distinctive building in the right foreground. Church, Opera House, Railway station???? Photographers: Dillon Family Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection Date: Between 860 - 1930 NLI Ref: CLON2057 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Don't pay the ferryman...

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Description: Staying in Cavan and this time in Virginia, the town called after Elizabeth I, though a beautiful town unlike the Queen. Set on the shores of Lough Ramor in a very rural area, one wonders who were the users of the ferry? And where did it deliver its patrons on the other side? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10392 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

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Description: Back to the North Coast and to the lovely town of Whitehead today with the Eason Collection, and a visit to the local yacht club! This has most things – ladies in their finery, children playing at the boats, boats, chains and anchors, even boys with their toys, but nary a sail in sight! Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_0838 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Boys who fought with heart and hand!

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Description: The 1798 Memorial in New Ross town commemorates a time of revolt and carnage that took place mainly in that county, and neighbouring Wicklow. A powerful reminder of a popular uprising that allegedly resulted in more casualties than the French revolution 9 years earlier? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_09607 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Daisy the cow was here!

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Description: A nice collection of fresh cowpats on a street in Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh with a nearby drinking trough the obvious attraction! A memorial to those who lost their lives in the South African war would appear to help with the date, while the nearby Memorial Hall adds some substance to the shot! It is Friday so please make allowances. :-) Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_08336 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Calm waters at last

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Description: A rare visit to the Fergus O’Connor Collection, and a lovely scene of a single-arched bridge across a seemingly broad expanse of water. It looks idyllic, and being out on that surface in a single scull would be just heaven! Where is it, and does it still stand? Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection Date: Between 1900-1920 NLI Ref: OCO 260 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Leaning on a lamppost in Tralee!

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Description: How to confuse a Dublin man? Tell him that Tralee is in Killarney in Co. Kerry! The cataloguer was trying to tell a Kerryman joke while giving the title of this shot as Castle Street, Tralee, Killarney, Co. Kerry! It is a very busy street scene with lots going on. Sunshades down, and plenty of traffic... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_2241 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Rocking around the Clock in Rockingham

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Description: Clearly the golfer gave up trying to play his way out of that situation, and brought in the photographer to record the scene so he could shut the naysayers up in the bar in future! The Golf House in Rockingham, Co. Roscommon looks very neat and tidy, apart from the clubs and balls on the floor, but would not accommodate much more than a foursome? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_07333 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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POW Avenue in Belfast, complete with resident canine?

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Description: Somehow this image comes with a sense of déjà vu, and one finds it hard to square with Prince of Wales Avenue in Belfast, but that is what the catalogue says and we must go with that? A very rural, dare I say it, almost a seaside atmosphere on this one. Fine houses, well spaced out. would make a very desirable location. And as we know, when it comes to housing, it is all about location, location, location!! +++ UPDATE +++ Huzzah for Rory Sherlock, who gave us a correct location for this one in jig time! Not Belfast, but rather Whitehead, Co. Antrim... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: Eas 809 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The King and his Palace in Cork

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Description: King Street in Cork City is the location for today’s Lawrence image, and those Corkonians did not have the good grace to stand still while they were being shot! A fine image with lots of movement and detail, but what can we find out about it? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_00809 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Sailor suit and no shoes

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Description: Across the Shannon today to nearby Roscommon, and yet another Castle, but this time Castle Street. A Royal plate gives wonderful detail, with children and adults out and about but no real traffic on the street. A few horse apples are spread out which are very good for the roses! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 1901-1914 (Edwardian postbox) NLI Ref: L_ROY_10306 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Donkey day in dear old Skibbereen

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Description: Bridge Street in Skibbereen is straight as a die with plenty of young lads, donkeys, and other onlookers in this shot by Mr. French. A fine Royal plate gives us the benefit of lots of detail, but my fading eyesight cannot see a dog anywhere :-) Remember the song? I always loved the final chorus: Oh father dear, the day will come when in answer to the call Each Irishman with feelings stern will answer one and all, I'll be the man to lead the van, beneath our flag of green, And loud and high we'll raise the cry, “Remember Skibbereen!” Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_07532 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The castle outside the walls

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Description: I’ve never seen this castle so I don’t know if it still stands, but the arrangement of a fortified tower OUTSIDE the walls of a military barracks seems counterproductive? An interesting scene with a sentry at the gate and a gentleman speaking to him, while along the wall on both sides are posters. I wish that this had been a Royal plate and they might have been more readable? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_09210 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The sport of Kings

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Description: On the day they plan to fly a drone on Mars, we have this lovely aerial shot of a stud farm somewhere on earth! This fine image is of a fine establishment, with beautifully laid out stables and gallops. Where is/was this? And what does it look like now? Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: April 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR967 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Mr. Gray composing his elegy?

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Description: On this Good Friday, when church services have been curtailed/prohibited due to the pandemic, it seems appropriate that we go to church? This lovely photograph of the “Old Cathedral” at Leighlin in County Carlow shows a church that looks like it was built in stages. The gentleman loitering on the tombstone looks like a poet in contemplative mood, and so inspired the title above. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_00853 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Rocky Waters ford

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Description: Having scaled the intellectual heights of Rūmī and George Herbert, Morning Mary felt the need to come back down to earth, and the wonderful Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection is perfect to lift the mood! A rocky ford in a sylvan setting with mountains for a backdrop, has the makings of a wonderful landscape by a skilled artist. As ever, there is no stated location for the STPs, but I am sure those distinctive mountains will be a big help in the identification? Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0677 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The ruins are not yet ruined...

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Description: The Ruins of Tully Church in Kildare don't look too ruined in this Eason image. Perhaps two images were wrongly catalogued? This church looks in good condition, and those standing outside would be in a position to give testimony, but are probably long gone? +++ UPDATE +++ Definitely a bit of rogue cataloguing or “computer says daft thing” going on here. Not ruined. And not Tully Church. We are at least in the right county. This is actually St. Brigid’s RC church in Kildare town. The tower used to have four big statues. “Who pinched the Apostles?” (as the actress said to the bishop) – We can always rely on our beloved beachcomber australia to lower the tone! Thankfully. :) On a more serious note, this church seems to have been rather ill-fated in the statue department, as a statue fell from the new altar inside in 1886, killing Dr. Kavanagh, parish priest. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between ca. 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_2545 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit – Happy Saint Patrick's Day

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Description: We would like to wish all our viewers and commentators a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day I am not sure what river this is, but I do know that Saint Patrick's Day is the day when angling opens on any river that has not already opened on the 1st March. Living close to the River Dodder as a child, I remember the anglers would gather on the 16th March as the clock approached midnight and as soon as the hour had passed, they would fish away in an effort to catch the first trout of the season. It must be said that one or two of the anglers were "the worse for wear" having come to the river directly from closing time at the local pub! Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection Date: 1900-1920 NLI Ref: OCO 235 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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