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St. Nicolai medieval church ruin, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

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Description: Saint Nicolai medieval church ruin in Visby town on the island of Gotland. View from the south-west. In the background Visby city wall. Watercolour from the middle of the 19th century, possibly by Lars Cedergren. The Hanseatic town of Visby is today a UNESCO World Heritage. Sankt Nicolai medeltida kyrkoruin i Visby, från sydväst. I bakgrunden Visby ringmur. Akvarell från 1800-talets mitt, möjligen av Lars Cedergren. Hansestaden Visby är idag ett världsarv på UNESCO:s världsarvslista. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Visby Province (landskap): Gotland Municipality (kommun): Gotland County (län): Gotland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2014 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000531326
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), Uppland, Sweden

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Description: View of Gamla Uppsala, with the Royal Mounds and Gamla Uppsala medieval church from the 12th century. The three burial mounds, also called the Kings' Mounds, are dated to ca 600 AD. Drawing by Truls Arvidsson, from 1709. Vy över Gamla Uppsala, med Kungshögarna och Gamla Uppsala medeltida kyrka från 1100-talet. De tre gravhögarna är daterade till ca 600 e. Kr. Teckning av Truls Arvidsson, från 1709. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Gamla Uppsala Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Uppsala County (län): Uppsala Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000543225
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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The Royal Mounds, Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), Uppland, Sweden

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Description: The mounds in Gamla Uppsala, and Gamla Uppsala medieval church in the background. The three burial mounds, also called the Kings' Mounds, are dated to ca 600 AD. Lithograph by Eugene Ciceri, after original by Auguste Mayer, from ca 1840. Uppsala högar, med Gamla Uppsala medeltida kyrka i bakgrunden. De tre gravhögarna, som också kallas Kungshögarna, är daterade till ca 600 e. Kr. Litografi av Eugene Ciceri, efter original av Auguste Mayer, från cirka 1840. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Gamla Uppsala Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Uppsala County (län): Uppsala Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000543227
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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A truly institutional institution!

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Description: To the Stereo Pairs collection today, and to a vast institution somewhere. These great building projects were intended to provide treatment and care for people in a region and have lasted for many years though few remain in their original use to this day. Where are we and is it still standing? Niall McAuley and derangedlemur combine to tell us that this is longer standing. While it was standing (for 100 years between the 1820s and the 1920s), it was the "District Lunatic Asylum" on the Falls Road in Belfast. Originally built to designs by architects William Murray and Francis Johnston (the latter perhaps best known for his work on Dublin's GPO), it was demolished to make way for a new maternity hospital in the early 20th century.... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0435 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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Kungsstugan (The King's Cottage), Örebro, Närke, Sweden

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Description: The King's Cottage in Örebro, probably built in the 16th century. According to tradition, the future King Karl IX stayed in a guestroom in the building when visiting Örebro in 1580, since Örebro castle was under rebuilding. Primarily, the cottage was used for storing food. (It was moved from its original position in the beginning of the 20th century.) Wash drawing by Olof Sörling, from 1875. Kungsstugan i Örebro, troligen uppförd på 1500-talet. Den blivande kung Karl IX lär enligt trafitionen ha bott i ett gästrum i byggnaden när han besökte Örebro 1580, eftersom Örebro slott var under ombyggnad. Byggnaden användes främst som visthusbod. (Den flyttades från sin ursprungliga plats i början av 1900-talet.) Laverad teckning av Olof Sörling, från 1875. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Örebro Province (landskap): Närke Municipality (kommun): Örebro County (län): Örebro Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2014 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000532267
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Ancient grave field, Stenehed, Svarteborg, Bohuslän, Sweden

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Description: Grave field with standing stones, burial mounds, stone circles and other monuments at Stenehed, Svarteborg, near Hällevadsholm. Wash drawing from the beginning of the 19th century. Gravfält med resta stenar, gravhögar, stenkretsar och andra lämningar vid Stenehed, Svarteborg, nära Hällevadsholm. Laverad teckning från 1800-talets början. Collection: The Liljegren Collection, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Svarteborg Province (landskap): Bohuslän Municipality (kommun): Munkedal County (län): Västra Götaland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2013 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000513684
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Main Street, Longford on a market day

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Description: Starting this week with a Lawrence image of Main Street, Longford on a busy market day! I love shots like this with a wealth of detail, lots of people, animals, carts and produce on display. It will be difficult to date this from the evidence on view but we can enjoy all the atmosphere that Mr. French has so beautifully captured. The general concensus on date is that this image was captured after 1901. The rationale being that, while we can see the shop of J&M Farrell (brothers) in this image and the 1911 census return, at the time of the 1901 census, John and Michael Farrell were "serving their time" separately in other retail businesses on the same street. Hence this image surely dates after 1901 - as, at that time, they hadn't yet set up shop together..... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Almost certainly after c.1901 (businesses visible). Possibly c.1901-1910s NLI Ref: L_CAB_08257 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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Welcome home (to Levuka House, Courtown, Wexford)

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Description: The catalogue description of this Eason shot is "Mansion near Gorey, Co. Wexford" and there is a fine house with additional buildings to the rere. For Morning Mary the delightful aspect of it is the two young girls waiting at the front door area to welcome their loved ones home! B-59 was first to identify the front door as that of Levuka House, Courtown, County Wexford. Designed in the 19th century by Thomas Newenham Deane (also designer of our home at Library Towers) and built for the Scott family, it was later associated with the Stopford 'dynasty'. Known by several names over the years (Invermore House, Oulart Hotel, Sands Hotel and Stopford House Hotel), it was apparently demolished relatively recently - making another sad addition to our "No Longer Standing" album.... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between ca. 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3736 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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Gateway to Visby Cathedral, Gotland, Sweden

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Description: Roofed gateway (the southern lychgate) to the churchyard of Visby Cathedral. Watercolour by A.T. Gellerstedt, from the later half of the 19th century. The Hanseatic town of Visby is today a UNESCO World Heritage. Överbyggd port (södra stigluckan) till Visby domkyrkas kyrkogård. Akvarell av A.T. Gellerstedt, från 1800-talets senare hälft. Hansestaden Visby är idag ett världsarv på UNESCO:s världsarvslista. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Visby Province (landskap): Gotland Municipality (kommun): Gotland County (län): Gotland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2014 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000530858
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Boys in uniform

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Description: "Group of boys and young men in uniform commissioned by Mr. R. Grubb" is the title of this shot, and we have nine boys with uniform accouterments in shot. it reminds me of a ditty my mother would trot out sometimes along the lines: "We are the Boys Brigade, Dressed up in marmalade, threehapenny tuppeny pill box and a couple of yards of braid!" Is this a Boys Brigade group? Based on the typically insightful inputs on this image, it is confirmed that this is a group from the Church Lad's Brigade, an Anglican youth organisation. In this case almost certainly the Christ Church 'company' in Dublin, pictured outside the namesake cathedral.... Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Almost certainly c.1901-1920ish NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3538 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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shc_2009088_06

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Description: Batson oil gusher See more of the Greg D. Box collection at tsl.access.preservica.com/tda/prints-and-photographs/Greg D. Box photograph collection . The preparation and digitization of this collection for online public access was funded in full or in part with a Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. § 9121) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Owner: Texas State Archives
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shc_1978080_01

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Description: Grady Barnhart and four men in Batson, Texas, oilfield. See more of the Horald V. Watson collection at tsl.access.preservica.com/tda/manuscripts/Horald V. Watson collection . The preparation and digitization of this collection for online public access was funded in full or in part with a Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. § 9121) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Owner: Texas State Archives
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Ridgways group when young - and old!

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Description: Each morning I have a choice as to which photo to upload and these vary from the sublime to the tragic. Yesterdays shot reminding us of the misery that arose from evictions and other tragedies proved much more educational than we had expected. Today's shot is one that would warm the cockles of your heart. "Ridgways group when young" is the title but there are a couple of adults in there with a Granny looking like a key player in the group! I will enjoy finding out about the Ridgways, have a nice weekend! Based on the description ("Ridgways group when young"), and the census return for the Ridgway family from 1901, the general consensus is that image predates the lower catalogue date range bound. While it could have been a later copy, the suggestion is that this image was probably originally taken c.1890. Perhaps "out the back" of the family home on Newtown Road in Waterford. If correct, according to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] pictured here are Mary Atkinson (granny/mother-in-law), mother Kathleen, father Richard G. Ridgway, and children (oldest first): Henry, Helena, Mary, George, Joseph, Thomas, Leopold, Gerald and Richenda..... Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Perhaps before 1901 (copy?) NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0152b 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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The Frösö rune stone, Jämtland, Sweden

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Description: Runestone (Jä 1) near Östersundet sound between Frösö island and Östersund. "The Frösö rune stone" is the northernmost runestone in Sweden. The inscription says: "Östman, Gudfast's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and he let Christianize Jämtland. Åsbjörn built the bridge. Tryn and Sten carved these runes". Watercoloured drawing by Lars Cedergren, from 1829. Runsten (Jä 1) nära Östersundet mellan Frösön och Östersund. "Frösöstenen" är Sveriges nordligaste runsten. Ristningen säger: "Östman, Gudfasts son, lät resa denna sten och göra denna bro, och han lät kristna Jämtland. Åsbjörn gjorde bron. Tryn och Sten ristade dessa runor". Akvarellerad teckning av Lars Cedergren, från 1829. Collection: Older collection of images (mainly photographs) of rune stones and picture stones, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Frösö Province (landskap): Jämtland Municipality (kommun): Östersund County (län): Jämtland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2016 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000540795
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Visby viewed from the north, Gotland, Sweden

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Description: Visby town viewed from the north. The ruin of Saint Göran (St. George) medieval hospital church in the middle of the picture, Visby Cathedral in the background. The medieval city wall surrounding the town. Pencil drawing by Per Arvid Säve, from 1846. The Hanseatic town of Visby is today a UNESCO World Heritage. Visby stad sedd från norr. Ruinen av Sankt Görans medeltida hospitalskyrka i mitten av bilden. Visby domkyrka i bakgrunden. Den medeltida ringmuren omger staden. Blyertsteckning av Per Arvid Säve, från 1846. Hansestaden Visby är idag ett världsarv på UNESCO:s världsarvslista. Collection: The P.A. Säve Collection, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Visby Province (landskap): Gotland Municipality (kommun): Gotland County (län): Gotland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2011 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000323264
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Ignore the camera, pretend to be working!

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Description: A rare indoor shot from Dr. Clarke for this one, with two National Library Staff (please note that there are no women) concentrating on their work! I'm not too sure what we can find out about it, but It does show how little has changed in the Reading Room in the interim. To all those who extended kind wishes for my recent surgery I would like to say they were much appreciated! I now have a new knee to keep me occupied and am making progress day by day. Thank you all! As [https://www.flickr.com/photos/47297387@N03] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet] point out, it is longstanding lore in Library Towers that this image captures Seán T. O'Kelly. One-time Library Towers employee (1898-1902), and later President of Ireland (1945-1959). While this story/theory has not been corroberated by today's inputs, it equally hasn't been discounted. Photographers: J. J. Clarke Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1897-1904? NLI Ref: CLAR71 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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Miss Grubbs wedding group

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Description: For the lasr two years we had wagered (pardon the pun to come) that this was the wedding of Hilda Grubb to Willliam Hill on 29 July 1907, that was until we heard from cookhamish83 a great nephew of William, denying that it was him in this photo and another related photo. As you can see from the older notes below we did have the idea that this may be the wedding of Eva Lucy Grubb, on the occassion of her marriage to Gilbert Southall on 12 April 1900 and having asked a few followere to review the work of 2 years ago we are now sure that it is the Grubb - Southall wedding. Our thanks as always to Bernard Healy sharon.corbet derangedlemur for their help in confirming these corrections. Older description below I always love a good wedding photo and this is one of the best you will find. The date range of 1901 to 1954 should be narrowed very quickly and I do hold out the hope of you getting the exact day correct. I also expect the names of some of the participants to be discovered. The bride has a big job on her hands, it will be difficult to fling that beautifully arranged bouquet over her shoulder! John Spooner, sharon.corbet and Niall McAuley found the critical location, date and subject "evidence" on this one. In short, while this could be Eva Lucy Grubb, on the occassion of her marriage to Gilbert Southall on 12 April 1900, the general consensus is that it is more likely to be a photo of the marriage of her sister Hilda Grubb in 1907. John Spooner provides details of Hilda's marriage to William Hill on 29 July 1907, paraphrasing a report from the Waterford Standard that the:  marriage between William Hill of Belmont Lodge, Waterford and Miss Hilda M Grubb, eldest daughter of Mr J H Grubb of Bruce Villa, Clonmel. The marriage was celebrated at 9 a.m. the previous Monday [29th July] at the Friends' Meeting House, Clonmel. After the wedding breakfast and reception Mr and Mrs William Hill left for Dublin and the Island of Achill, where they intended to spend some weeks. sharon.corbet also provided confirmation that this picture was taken at the Grubb's homestead at Bruce Villa in Clonmel..... Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Almost certainly either 1900 or 1907 12th April 1900 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 1101 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Edenvale, Ennis, Co. Clare

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Description: Here we are in County Clare. August is always a good time to go to Clare. In fact, any month is a good time to go to County Clare! Eden Vale, a very fancy house. I presume it was either destroyed in the early 1920s or it is now a school or a religious house of some sort. But I may be wrong.... And proved wrong I was. Kind of. After the Stacpoole family vacated their "country seat", this house was not demolished, not converted to a school, nor a convent - but a "tuberculosis sanatorium". Until the mid-20th century at least. It is now (as in, right now) available for purchase. Again. This time to someone with €3.5 million to spend at any rate.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Possible c.1890s NLI Ref: L_CAB_06273 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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In the long arms of the law!

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Description: In this lovely if damaged glass plate, from the Clarke Collection, a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police appears to have at least one prisoner on their way to the station. In the background some onlookers are watching the action! While there is perhaps a perfectly innocent explanation for what (we think) is captured here, the "snatched" nature of the shot suggests that Clarke was quickly trying to capture something fleeting. And hence that there is something more to this than just three people walking nonchalantly down Eden Quay. Whether with prisoner(s) in tow or not, our resident law-enforcement expert tells is that this peeler (collar number C22) was likely attached to Store Steet station. And likely on his way back there.... Photographers: J. J. Clarke Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1897-1904? Possibly after 1902 (helmet badge) NLI Ref: CLAR73 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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Lawn, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

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Description: A lawn with a DesRes in Castlebar would always be a most attractive proposition and this fine house is no exception! I seem to remember a previous shot from Castlebar with an open area/square in the town with that name? Sharon.corbet and B-59 were quick to confirm that this house is now part of St. Joseph's Secondary School. Prior to that, according to dearbhaile2 and guliolopez, it was associated with the Lords Lucan (yes, those Lords Lucan). And finally, while we had almost diluted our tea with tears of lament for the loss of the OSI historic maps website, Niall McAuley has offered a replacement - which has helped us map this image accurately. Thanks all! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_07317 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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General View, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

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Description: This general view of Mullingar is one where it may prove difficult to identify places or indeed the location. As we try to oblige our viewers where possible this is in response to a request by "Jack the Stroller" so here goes! Despite our feeling that this might difficult and "changed utterly", the StreetView found by BeachcomberAustralia and corroberated by sharon.corbet is somewhat recognisable. At least for the spires and larger buildings in the distance. Which match up accurately. The view from the bridge over the Royal Canal remains similar (if you overlook all the cars, car showrooms and car garages that is) :) Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after c.1880 (gas lighting) NLI Ref: L_CAB_01587 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Sidecar in Glencar

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Description: This beautiful scene from County Sligo is today's offering. Not as musical as yesterday's, as political as the day before nor as tragic as Tynan Abbey. Benbulbin must be one of the most photogenic mountains from almost any angle? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_05039 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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Lurganboy, Co. Leitrim

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Description: We needed a change from the tragedy of yesterday and where better than Ireland's least appreciated and really beautiful county of Leitrim? Lurganboy looks a bit damp but you have men at work and naturally you have men watching the men at work but what is it that the man in the bowler is holding? While the discussion on today's image was almost quieter than the scene itself, we do have confirmation (from Fred Dean Snr) of the location. Including an unequivocal "then and now" comparison via Google StreetView.... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1920 NLI Ref: Eas 2643 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Tynan Abbey, Co. Armagh

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Description: This fine looking building in County Armagh will start our week. It would not look out of place in any of our near British or European neighbours. Does it still stand or has it fallen victim to time and 'progress'? Regrettably, based on today's inputs (including from Fred Dean Snr who points us to the building's Wikipedia entry) we have added this image to our "no longer standing" album. Long associated with the Stronge family, the building was the site of terrible events during the Troubles - in which the then elderly 8th Baronet and his son were killed. The building we see here was burned down in the same event, and demolished the following decade. Only the arch of the frontdoor remains..... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_03047 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 gun

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Description: One with very few clues today to end the week and what looks like an early Stereo Pairs shot. A man on his own standing on a stone jetty with a heavy cannon gun beside him. In the background is a conical bare hill/mountain. What I would really like to know today is what was the gun called? Based in no small part on inputs (and a corroberating photo) from mcginley2012 it is confirmed that this cannon is on the lake shore of Ballynahinch Lake in County Galway. Apparently "found" in the lake it was perhaps placed here as part of the demesne for Ballynahinch Castle (now a hotel)..... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_1406 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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William Robert Caldbeck RIP

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Description: Nothing as exciting or as lively as Dad and Sean Lemass in this shot from Mr. Poole. A gravestone of William Robert Caldbeck who died in early middle age in a well kept grave somewhere. Who was William and where was he buried? With thanks to sharon.corbet, mcginley2012, and Niall McAuley we have answers to the key questions here. On the "where", it is confirmed that William Robert Caldbeck's gravestone is in Guilcagh Cemetery, about 2 miles south of Portlaw. On the "who", William himself was postmaster and shopkeeper in Portlaw, County Waterford, and was clearly much loved by his friends in the area - as they erected a fountain in his memory and which still stands in the town. On the "when", as the grave and gravestone look especially fresh, it seems likely that this dates from quite early in the proposed catalogue range.... Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Likely early in range. NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0579 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Boxes, shovels and corner boys!

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Description: This is a cracker of a shot from the Stereo Pairs Collection with terrific detail and all kinds of jewels in the form of merchandise outside the doors of the shops. Where is English Street and where did Peter Fitzsimons have his shop? I look forward to the information emerging on this during the course of the day! With thanks in particular to Ger Cos (with corroberation from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia]), this is "location identified". As the corner of Church Street and English Street in Downpatrick, County Down.... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_2219 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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Australian troops training at Palm Island, 1914, F. S. Burnell, PXA 2165

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Description: Australian troops, machine gun section training at Palm Island, 1914, Frederick Spencer Burnell, from unpublished album of photographs used in the book 'How Australia Took German New Guinea', State Library of New South Wales, PXA 2165, archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110581586
Owner: State Library of NSW
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On the beach

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Description: A scene from a beach, apparently in Achill, where the locals are gathered with tins, buckets, boats and nets. What is really unusual and demands some explanation is the man inspecting the nets while holding a gun? (Incidentally this is the first time I can recall uploading an "Imperial" sized image to this stream. I shall have to study it carefully to see the difference such a significant size will make.) We are on Dooagh Beach, thanks Niall McAuley I think we can understand that the peopel we see had a hard existence, it is nice to see some of them playfully pose for the camera. BeachcomberAustralia provides a piece from the magnificent Trove website curated by our friends from The National Library of Australia where we see Michael Davitt pleading for the building of Piers and Harbours for the fishermen in the area, Davitt argues that at little expense the construction would save uncounted lives and increase fishing productivity. There is evidence of a small pier in the streetview, I wonder how long after this photo it was built? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1880-1900 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1289 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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Children ride a carousel at the Brisbane Exhibition 1947

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Description: Creator: Truth (Brisbane, Qld.) Location: Brisbane, Queensland. Description: 8 August 1947. Collection reference: 28118 Sunday Truth and Sunday Sun Newspaper Photographic Negatives. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/264757 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland 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 street where you live...

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Description: Starting the week with a Stereo Pairs image of a terrace of houses on a broad street many of them decorated with elaborate wrought (cast) iron balconies. I wonder where it is and if it appears on Streetview today! I expected this photograph to pose more of a challenge to our intrepid investigators, but within minutes of posting the location had been identified as Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_2347 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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Out standing in his own field?

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Description: We don't often get the chance to admire the Stereo Pairs Collection so it is great to be able to do so! This noble statue of a man on a plinth complete with a globe in a very fine setting should provoke some interest? Who was it? Where was it and does it still stand? Compliments of sharon.corbet we learn that this is William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP PRS HFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who had several telescopes built. His 72-inch telescope, built in 1845 and colloquially known as the "Leviathan of Parsonstown", was the world's largest telescope, in terms of aperture size, until the early 20th century. From 1807 until 1841, he was styled as Lord Oxmantown and from 1841 as Baron Oxmantown. Niall McAuley provides details of the Sculptor John Henry Foley, we have come across his work many times before, please see the comments below. Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. After 1870 NLI Ref: STP_2276 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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"Öja bricka", a place for games and feats of strength, Öja, Södermanland, Sweden

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Description: "Öja bricka" (Öja tray), a place for gatherings and games, with a flat rock with three heavy stones used for feats of strength for local young unmarried men, to be accepted to "Öja bussar", a team of 16 young men. Lithograph after drawing by Richard Dybeck, from ca 1870. "Öja bricka", en samlingsplats för lekar, med en flat berghäll med tre tunga stenar som användes för styrkeprov för traktens ogifta unga män, för att bli invalda i laget "Öja bussar" med 16 unga män. Litografi efter teckning av Richard Dybeck, från cirka 1870. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Öja Province (landskap): Södermanland Municipality (kommun): Eskilstuna County (län): Södermanland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2016 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000542701
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Reconstruction of St. Olof Church Ruin, Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden

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Description: Reconstruction of Saint Olof medieval church in Sigtuna, viewed from the south-east. Watercolour probably by Olof Sörling, from the later half of the 19th century. Rekonstruktion av Sankt Olofs medeltida kyrkoruin i Sigtuna, sedd från sydöst. Akvarell troligen av Olof Sörling, från 1800-talets senare hälft. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Sigtuna Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Sigtuna County (län): Stockholm Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000543967
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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The Makalös (Peerless) Palace, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden

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Description: The "Makalös" ("Peerless") Palace, built in 1635-1643 for the noble family De la Gardie, in Kungsträdgården (King's Garden) park in central Stockholm. The palace was in the 18th century used as arsenal, and from the 1790s as location for the Royal Dramatic Theatre. It was destroyed by a fire in 1825, during a theatre performance. Chalcography by Georg Christoph Kilian, probably from the first half of the 18th century. Paltset "Makalös", byggt 1635-1643 för adelsfamiljen De la Gardie, i Kungsträdgården i Stockholm. Palatset användes under 1700-talet som arsenal och från 1790-talet som lokal för Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern. Det förstördes i en brand 1825, under en teaterföreställning. Kopparstick av Georg Christoph Kilian, troligen från 1700-talets första hälft. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Stockholm Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Stockholm County (län): Stockholm Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000544422
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Imagined medieval interior, Hablingbo Church, Gotland, Sweden

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Description: Imagined medieval interior in Hablingbo medieval church on the island of Gotland. Watercolour by A.T. Gellerstedt, probably from the 1860s. Föreställd medeltida interiör i Hablingbo medeltida kyrka på Gotland. Akvarell av A.T. Gellerstedt, troligen från 1860-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Hablingbo Province (landskap): Gotland Municipality (kommun): Gotland County (län): Gotland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2013 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000526346
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Ancient monuments, Skatelöv, Småland, Sweden

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Description: Different ancient monuments, mostly graves, in an ancient area at the west side of Skatelöv fjord. Ink drawing probably by Peter Rudebeck, from the 1680s. Olika fornlämingar, mest gravar, i ett omfattande fornlämningsområde vid Skatelövsfjordens västra sida. Tuschteckning troligen av Peter Rudebeck, från 1680-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Skatelöv Province (landskap): Småland Municipality (kommun): Alvesta County (län): Kronoberg Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2015 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000537485
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Nyköping Castle, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

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Description: Nyköping medieval castle by Nyköping stream. Pencil drawing by Carl Svante Hallbeck, from the later part of the 19th century. Medeltida Nyköpingshus vid Nyköpingsån. Blyertsteckning av Carl Svante Hallbeck, från senare delen av 1800-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Nyköping Province (landskap): Södermanland Municipality (kommun): Nyköping County (län): Södermanland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2016 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000540847
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Bengt Ekehjelm Street, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden

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Description: Street view of Bengt Ekehjelm street in the southern part of Stockholm city. Watercolour by Otto August Mankell, from 1874. Gatuvy från Bengt Ekehjelmsgatan på Södermalm. Akvarell av Otto August Mankell, från 1874. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Stockholm Province (landskap): Södermanland Municipality (kommun): Stockholm County (län): Stockholm Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000547144
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Brahehus Castle Ruin, Gränna, Småland, Sweden

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Description: Brahehus castle ruin high above lake Vättern. The castle was built for Count Per Brahe the younger in the middle of the 1600s. Pencil drawing by Carl Svante Hallbeck, from the 1870s. Brahehus slottsruin högt över Vättern. Slottet byggdes för greve Per Brahe den yngre i mitten av 1600-talet. Blyertsteckning av Carl Svante Hallbeck, från 1870-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Gränna Province (landskap): Småland Municipality (kommun): Jönköping County (län): Jönköping Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2015 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000535040
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Valbret's grave, Tanum, Bohuslän, Sweden

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Description: Grave field with stone circle and cist grave in Tanum on the Swedish west coast. The grave is called "Valbret's grave". According to the myth, Valbret (Wallbrett) was a Scottish chieftain who was killed by the people in Tanum about 1,000 years ago. The grave, however, is from the Stone Age, and rather about 4,000 years old. Watercolour by Olof Hermelin, from the later part of the 19th century. Gravfält med domarring och hällkista i Tanum på västkusten. Graven kallas "Valbrets grav". Enligt myten var Valbrett (Walbrett) en skotsk hövdig som dödades av Tanumsborna för cirka 1000 år sedan. Graven är emellertid från stenåldern, och snarare cirka 4000 år gammal. Akvarell av Olof Hermelin, från senare delen av 1800-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Tanum Province (landskap): Bohuslän Municipality (kommun): Tanum County (län): Västra Götaland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2013 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000523385
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Visborg castle ruin, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

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Description: Ruins of Visborg medieval castle in Visby on the island of Gotland. Pencil drawing by Per Arvid Säve, from 1846. The Hanseatic town of Visby is today a UNESCO World Heritage. Ruinen av Visborgs medeltida slott i Visby. Blyertsteckning av Per Arvid Säve, från 1846. Hansestaden Visby är idag ett världsarv på UNESCO:s världsarvslista. Collection: The P.A. Säve Collection, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Visby Province (landskap): Gotland Municipality (kommun): Gotland County (län): Gotland Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2011 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000327624
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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The Admirality House, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden

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Description: The Admirality House on Skeppsholmen islet in central Stockholm. Originally built in the middle of the 17th century, but rebuilt in later centuries, and not used by the Admirality since 1680 when the navy moved its central base to Karlskrona. Lithograph by Otto August Mankell, from ca 1880. Amiralitetshuset på Skeppsholmen i Stockholm. Ursprungligen byggt i mitten av 1600-talet, men ombyggt under senare århundraden, och inte använt av amiralitetet sedan 1680 då flottan blev centralt baserad till Karlskrona. Litografi av Otto August Mankell, från cirka 1880. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Stockholm Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Stockholm County (län): Stockholm Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000546783
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Two animals at ancient carved stone, Navsta, Torsvi, Uppland, Sweden

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Description: Ancient carved stone (U 693) in Navsta, Torsvi, with two animals facing one another. Ink drawing by Olof Hermelin, from the 1870s. Ristad sten (U 693) i Navsta, Torsvi, med två motställda djur. Tuschteckning av Olof Hermelin, från 1870-talet. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Torsvi Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Enköping County (län): Uppsala Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000544288
Owner: Swedish National Heritage Board
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Somewhere in the West

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Description: I know this scene, it is like the Delphi Fishery but I do not think it is, T. C. Kingsmill Moore, would know precisely. It is definitely associated with a fishery in the West of Ireland. We have the scotch pines, all the fisheries in Connemara seem to have them, I wonder why? sharon.corbet won the race to identify the location for this photo, we are at Glendollagh House looking at Lissoughter Mountain or ‘Cnoc Lios Uachtair’ as it’s known in Irish, meaning ‘hill of the upper ring-fort’ it is situated between Lough Inagh and Recess. The Lake is known as Garroman or Glendollagh Lough. Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_1508 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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Mud, boats and quays - the Barrow at New Ross.

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Description: From the Liffey in Dublin yesterday, to the Barrow in New Ross today. And, from the elegant Elinor Wiltshire, to the burly Robert French. The quays are impressive but empty - which is rather surprising given the time when this image was captured! If memory serves me right, a boat not dissimilar to those seen in the Wiltshire shot sank with loss of life around the same time as the Wiltshire shot was taken. And right up against those quays! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_07229 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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Tams and a Fez perambulating with a perambulator! (Rhyl in Wales)

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Description: To end the week we have yet another example of a Clarke street shot. This kind of candid photograph is much practiced and has many followers. Given the equipment Clarke had available at the time however, these are especially fine examples! That young buck sitting on the side of the pram looks like he he is being held back or he would run wild! Where was it taken and when? Perhaps La Belle Province can help identify the headgear and help with the date? While others did help us with details of headgear (including the toddler's Fez and the ladies' Tam Caps), it was Frank_C who provided the most coveted of inputs - on location. In short, Frank's suggestion (seconded by others) is that this is the Parade in Rhyl, North Wales. And it is still quite recognisable today..... Photographers: J. J. Clarke Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910? Likely c.1900 NLI Ref: CLAR76 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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Dead Slow or I Fire!!

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Description: Here we are back in Cork again, on "the Banks", looking at the Lower Glanmire Road from the Marina. I think it will be a challenge to get a good date, though perhaps the buildings on the North side will help? I also look forward to hearing all the details of the uniform worn by the would be artillery man.... Based on inputs in particular from guliolopez, ofarrl and Niall McAuley we learned quite a lot about the subjects here. While we initially thought that the cannon pictured was the "time gun" (used by Cork's port authorities to signal 10am daily), this was actually slightly further upstream. What we have here therefore is a non-firing trophy gun. This one was captured during the 1855 Siege of Sevastapol. It seems (conincidentally, or just for the fun of the photo) to have a member of a Royal artillery unit standing alongside it. As with much of the other (non human) subjects in this image, the cannon remains in place. As do most of the buildings and structures beyond - though the Marine Radio School at Carrig House is apparently significantly worse for wear.... Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection Date: Collection range c.1900-1920. Perhaps early in that range NLI Ref: OCO 282 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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Mmmmm "Courtown Hotel"? I don't think so! (it's St Michael's Church, Gorey)

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Description: In recent years I have seen church buildings converted to many other uses, warehouses, restaurants, public houses and even private residences. However I doubt that when this photograph was taken that this was an hotel in Gorey, County Wexford. Domhnallcos was very quick off the mark, identifying this as the Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Gorey. Another one for the "catalogue correction" list...... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Perhaps late 1920s/30s(?) NLI Ref: EAS_3712 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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Metropole Hotel, Cork

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Description: This Wednesday we take a trip south to the City of Cork. Have you ever wondered what the word Metropole actually means? We have seen hotels in Dublin and now Cork using it. Well wonder no more I have found that "The Metropole" is the British metropolitan center of the British Empire; i.e., the United Kingdom itself. It is sometimes used even more specifically to refer to London as the metropole of the British Empire. Wikipedia Our friend guliolopez (who always seems to miss the Cork related photos) will know the answer to the following question, are the Musgrave Brothers we see here the same Musgraves which established Centra and Supervalu the biggest retail operators in Ireland? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1880-1900. Likely c.1900 (hotel opened c.1897, extended c.1910) NLI Ref: L_ROY_06243 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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An hotel, omnibus, loiterers and ... a chicken!

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Description: This delightful shot of an hotel in Westport, County Mayo is a great way to begin a week that promises to be a scorcher here in Ireland. The trees are offering plenty of shade for those who sit and await the departure of the omnibus to ...where? There is a lot of detail in the shot, not least the registration number of the 'bus together with the dress of the people standing about and the piles of leaves should help with the time of year if not the date? Sometimes it seems that we could have a stand-alone album for our many 'charabanc' images. Or even for this particular 'bus, registration number IM 180, which has been confirmed to be in the service of the Midland Great Western Railway. Other inputs from Niall McAuley, sharon.corbet, sissonni, and Beachcomber help us refine the 50 year catalogue range to less than 5 years in the early 1910s. In this period, the nature of road traffic started to change. And, while it was the 'airbrush' rather than the internal-combustion engine that removed all the manure from a postcard variant of this image, the same cannot be said for the modern StreetView.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Certainly after 1908 (AA signage). Likely c.1911 -1914 (char-a-banc) NLI Ref: L_ROY_11179 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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Castle on the hay covered hill

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Description: This beautifully restored(?) castle set in a field of early cut hay is this offering from the Stereo Pairs Collection. When you think how old these images are the quality and clarity is just remarkable. Where is it and what does it look like now? With thanks to sharon.corbet we got answers to both of these questions. The first answer (where?) is that this is Kilwaughter Castle, an early 19th century mansion close to Larne, County Antrim. The second answer (look like now?) is that it doesn't look so great. Seized during WWII, it fell into ruin from the 1950s onwards, and barely a shell remains. There does however seem to be a campaign to see it restored.... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0472 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Charabanc at the Lake Hotel

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Description: This delightful shot shows a "Charabanc" or "Omnibus" loading up with happy trippers outside the Lake Hotel in Inchigeela, County Cork. The image is full of detail including hats, horses, people - but any dogs? As evidenced by the modern Flickr view highlighted by BeachcomberAustralia, and the modern StreetView shared by Niall McAuley, while the traffic in Inchigeela has changed, the businesses on view have not changed too much. Indeed, even the signage (for the Cyclist's Touring Club on the guest house, and Murphy's sign on the public house) has similar equivalents today. It is these original/older signs which help date the image - to perhaps the late 1890s or 1900s.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after c.1890s (product signage) NLI Ref: L_CAB_08779 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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NOT a "Gothic revival/restoration stone church, square castellated tower with four corner spires", but Down Cathedral

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Description: While this is NOT the exterior of a Gothic revival/restoration stone church it just may be the interior of just such a church. This appears to be one of a number of images of the same church in the archive. This one shows a beautifully clean, tidy and empty church all ready for Sunday service but where is it? There was mighty craic with the image last Friday and may I apologise to all our Cork brethren for suggesting that their beautiful city is naught but a "hamlet" :-) And today's image is from no small hamlet either - but Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. (Which [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] told us with lightening speed - before our morning coffee had cooled! Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0513 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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Callow Hill, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow

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Description: Having assumed that yesterday's "location unknown" image would keep everyone busy for a few days (how wrong I was), I hadn't really prepared anything for today. And hence have not taken the time to investigate the background to today's offering. Presumably however the "Vartry" reference in the image connects it with the Vartry reservoir and water works of the mid-19th century.... Based on extensive inputs from abandoned railways, sharon.corbet, BeachcomberAustralia, O Mac and in particular Niall McAuley we learned a lot about both the inanimate and human subjects of this shot. Put simply, based on the OSI maps, similar catalogue images, census records and related publications, this tank is indeed part of the Vartry reservoir and works. Not only that, but it is 99% certain that the people pictured are Murtagh Geoghegan, Mary Geoghegan and one of their sons (Thomas, Patrick or John). This family lived at the nearby and aptly named "Tank House", with Murtagh acting as caretaker of this part of the water works. While John Gray was commemorated with a statue on O'Connell Street for his efforts in bringing fresh water and improved conditions to Dublin's citizens, we're delighted to acknowledge the contribution of the Geoghegan family ourselves today :) Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Perhaps c.1890s-1900s NLI Ref: L_ROY_00538 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Railway Station House, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow

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Description: Back when railway stations were designed with a sense of style and purpose, this confection was landed in Bagenalstown in County Carlow. The symmetrical design was to cater for the vast flow of passengers in and out - though they had departed by the time this shot was taken. However, careful examination will show that a couple of special passengers are making their way to the right hand entrance and near the left there is a d..... We learned that this station, together with several other "picturesque gothic" stations in Ireland, was designed by English architect Sancton Wood. Though closed for a period in the late 20th century, Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) station is since reopened and is a "halt" on the Dublin to Waterford line... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10668 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran?

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Description: The triumphant pose of the figure above those boulders reminded Morning Mary of the old tonguetwister. Shot by Mr. French on a cabinet sized camera it would appear to be in a not so accessible position at Carrignagat, Collooney, County Sligo. This monument, dedicated to 1798 leader Bartholomew Teeling commemorates actions at the Battle of Collooney. Built by sculptors Harrison & Sons of Great Brunswick St, Dublin, our contributors tell us that the Teeling Monument was unveiled on the battle's centenary - 1898. Helping refine the 50 year catalogue range to a 15 year period in the late 1890s or 1900s.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely 1898 (monument unveiled) NLI Ref: L_CAB_03577 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Old Cross, Sligo

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Description: From the delights of Woodstown in Waterford and wasp waisted women to ancient artifacts and abodes in Sligo! This fine celtic cross appears to have been beautifully decorated, and is positioned with a tower in the background. Some great vertical lines in the shot. Is it still standing and in that location? Even though this image may have been mirrored in the scanning/digitising process, BeachcomberAustralia and Rory_Sherlock quickly and concurrently identified this as Drumcliffe, County Sligo. Where there are a number of high crosses. And, apparently Sligo's only round tower. Poet William Butler Yeats is buried only a few paces away..... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3409 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Woodstown, water, white wall and wasp waist!

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Description: This lovely shot from the Poole Collection of the beach at Woodstown, County Waterford has a number of attractions. Soft sand, boys making sand castles, fish traps in the distance, a beached boat and a lady with an impossibly narrow waist. Confirmed to have been taken at Woodstown Strand, the consensus is that at least some of those pictured may be members of the Poole family. Perhaps on holiday or a day-out from the busy photography studio in Waterford. Maybe around 1900 or so.... Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Catalogue range c.1901-1954. Likely c.1900s. NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0245 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 place where true happiness can be found

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Description: This beautiful Royal plate from the Lawrence collection was taken by Robert French in "Happy Valley" near Newcastle, County Down. The scene is idyllic (if rather rugged for true happiness) but then the road to happiness is sometimes long and tortured.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_06370 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 Kingdom in all its glory!

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Description: From Mayo (God help us) to the Kingdom of Kerry and more specifically to Dingle Harbour on a beautiful clear day. This lovely cabinet sized shot was taken from a high PoV giving a great vista of water and land in that special part of the island! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1890. Possibly c.1900 NLI Ref: L_CAB_06167 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Go west young man, go west!

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Description: Killala Bay, Kilcummin, Co. Mayo looking pristine with a sharp horizon line is todays offering from the Lawrence Collection. Given the size of Killala Bay this could be looking North, South, East or West and we could still have such an horizon but no doubt the cartographers among you will have the shot properly oriented in jig time? Today's contributors point-out that the main difference between this image and the modern StreetView is that Kilcummin's stone pier/breakwater has not yet been built. There is evidence that this may have been constructed after c.1893, and likely before c.1898 - when a plaque commemorating a French landing in 1798 was seemingly unveiled. This event was (somewhat unusually) marked on the historic OSI maps, along with a label identifying these cottages as part of the local coastguard station. The eagle-eyed amongst our Flickroonies also note that some of the men pictured are wearing coastguard uniforms. By the late 19th century these men were likely more on the lookout for troubled fishingboats than for French invaders..... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue c.1865-1914. Perhaps before c.1890s (pier built) NLI Ref: L_ROY_06091 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 hive of activity - Main Street, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary

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Description: It's a long way from Tipperary South Riding and Cashel to Tipperary North Riding and Roscrea but only if you are trying to walk it! We started the week with a visit to Cashel of the Kings and here we have the Main Street of Roscrea of the Abbeys! This beautiful royal plate from Mr. French shows a scene of great activity, a public fountain and a mysterious building in the middle of the highway. I wonder what can help us to date the shot even if we cannot identify any of the donkeys? While we couldn't identify the beasts of burden, the burgeoning businesses seemingly help date this image to before c.1901. The fantastic fountain still stands apparently - though moved to nearby Rosemary Square. The marvelous and mysterious market house however did not survive the 1920s - perhaps unsurprising given its placement in the "middle of the road" and the coming of the motor car by then..... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1886 (central building). Possibly before c.1901 (businesses/census) NLI Ref: L_ROY_03192 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Chambers Motors Ltd: 'A body building shop'. Hogg/Belfast.

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Description: An unusual image today from the Mason Collection! A body building shop in Belfast where Chambers Motors Limited apparently built the bodies of motor cars. When you visualise the robot assembled vehicles of today with those carefully assembled by craftsmen you can see just how much has changed in the meantime. What can we find out about Chambers and what cars were they assembling in this shop? Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910 NLI Ref: M3/24 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Main Street, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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Description: It may be a "Long way to Tipperary" but today we are going right into the heart of it! Specifically to Cashel of the Kings, the seat of the kings of Munster for many years and later of bishops. The main street always had an elegance about it despite the S bend at the top or Dublin end. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely c.1897-1906 (see comments) NLI Ref: L_ROY_00015 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Pier, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

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Description: We stay in County Clare and with the Lawrence Collection for the last photo of the week. For a while, Ballyvaughan was the official capital of this region of Clare, sporting its own workhouse, coastguard station and a large police barracks. The small boat on the left looks like a Galway Hooker to me, what do you think? Almost single handedly, B-59 helped refine the range, identify a key subject, and pinpoint the location. The date (previously a 50 year catalogue range from the 1860s to 1910s) is likely to be between the mid-1890s and early-1910s. This is based on the fact that the main identified subject (the steamer S.S. Duras) seemingly ran cargo and passenger services to this per (confirmed as at Ballyvaughan, Co Clare) from after 1893 to before 1912. Thanks B-59! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely c.1893-1912 ("SS Duras" service range) NLI Ref: L_ROY_04086 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Drumcliffe, Co. Clare

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Description: What a lovely day for a visit to the Banner County. Spring seems to have sprung in this Emerald Isle of ours. I have seen cattle in grassy (and reasonably dry) fields, apple trees with buds ready to bloom and yesterday I saw my first swallow of the year. There is something charming about the swallow and its life cycle. I read recently that in the old days people believed that the swallow lived in underwater hibernation over the course of the winter. Perhaps some of the Flat Earthers still believe! Nothing substantial known here about this photo, so over to you..... Niall Sisson helpfully points us to entries in the often useful Megalithic Ireland website for the Drumcliff Round Tower and Church. Niall number two (or is it number one), Niall McAuley, similarly helped with the mapping and dating - noting that other images in this possible series may date to c.1880/1890s. BeachcomberAustralia also confirms that this was likely the very late summer - given the haystack in view. Finally (and sadly) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner] points us to a contemporary report which explains the fate of the ancient round tower. Incredibly an ignorant road builder blew it up for raw materials :( ....... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Perhaps after c.1880s (graves?) NLI Ref: L_ROY_04191 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Sunday's Well, Cork City, Co. Cork

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Description: We are staying in the "Rebel County" today, just because it is a good thing to do. I believe all Corkonians will agree with the decision to present this wonderful landscape / cityscape. I am not very good on sports, where is swordscookie when you need him? Probably off somewhere nice enjoying the Sun! If he was here he might explain why rugby and Sunday's Well seem linked in my mind? Though labelled "Sunday's Well" (and the foreground certainly includes much of that area of the northside of Cork), the consensus from contributors to this image is that it was taken from off Donovan's Road on the south side. Perhaps from Connaught Avenue, but certainly across the Western Road and taking in the city entrance to UCC.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after 1902 (bridge) NLI Ref: L_ROY_00288 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Fairy Rings and Flagpoles.

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Description: They're not Fairy Rings of course, but rather enclosures to keep the sheep from eating the plants? To start the week we visit Valentia in Co. Kerry once again and this time to "Glenleam" and what appears to be an hotel or guesthouse. Mr. French appears to have been blessed with sunshine on his visits to the island and got some lovely images of that place at that time. This cabinet sized shot was taken after a trek it seems as he seemed to prefer Royals when he was on ground level! Our intrepid contributors tell us that Glanleam House and Glanleam Gardens are still open to visitors. And, though originally built in the late 18th century, still owe much of their current layout to Peter George Fitzgerald, 'Knight of Kerry', who the gardens in the early to mid 19th century..... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Possibly end of range c.1900 or later. NLI Ref: L_CAB_03879 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Quays, Derry City, Co. Derry

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Description: Staying in Ulster again to end the week and today visiting the lovely city of Derry on the banks of the Foyle! The Quays have shipping tied up - but it does not look like a hive of activity. Looking at the timbers on the quay it is most likely that a lot has changed in the interim? With thanks to all the usual incredible contributions in the comments, we've been able to map this location accurately. And refine the near 50-year catalogue range to perhaps a 15-year range between the mid-1890s and early 1910s. The latter is possible because of the vessels visible. The smaller vessel, nearest the photographer, is the Screw Steamer 'Harrier'. Built in 1892, she was torpedoed in 1943 (by u-boat U181). The larger steamer, just beyond, is the Packet Steamer 'Duke of York'. Built in 1894, she was renamed the 'Peel Castle' in 1911/1912, and pressed-into service as an Armoured Boarding Vessel during WWI. While the subjects on the leftside of this image are gone forever, it's worth noting that at least some of the focus from the rightside (including the city's Guildhall tower) remain as they were.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1894 (Duke of York steamship came into service). And before c.1912 (Duke of York renamed). NLI Ref: L_ROY_02563 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Bloody Bridge, Newcastle, Co. Down

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Description: From the top of Donard to below the Bloody Bridge and still in Newcastle, Co. Down! This looks like a major engineering achievement, not because of the size of the bridge or the fury of the torrent below it, but rather because of the rugged terrain? A beautiful scene and I look forward to seeing it in full living colour. As well as providing several images of this bridge in glorious colour, today's contributors (and Wikipedia) tell us of the origins of this bridge and its name. Also described by in the 'Visit Mourne Mountains' website, the bridge is a landmark in the area. Together with the Bloody Bridge River (evidently a 'spate' river which fluctuates widely from a trickle to a torrent), the bridge takes its name from the killing of prisoners at the bridge during the 1641 rebellion.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05794 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea!

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Description: One can always tell when Mr. French had to get to someplace difficult or awkward, he used the smaller "cabinet" sized camera and slides! This beautiful scene taken on the slopes of Slieve Donard overlooking Newcastle and that beautiful bay must have felt well worth the climb for him as he stood and took in the view! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05097 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Steeple, sun, shadows, skirts and Siezer the dog!

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Description: This beautiful Eason shot of Rathgar at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries features the steeple of the Presbyterian "Christchurch" and a whole world of other detail! I love the fact that the vast majority of the people on view are ladies and girls! Electric trams but no motor cars might provide some clue as to the date but I could sit here all day and enjoy it. The general consensus is that this is after 1900 (electrified trams, fashions) and before 1920 (lack of cars, businesses visible, etc). Of the businesses visible, those on the left of the street (Heffernan's grocers and wine merchants at no.108 and Perry's fruiters at no.106) had a presence from the late 1890s through to at least the mid-1910s. Others (like Hanlon's butchers at no.107) seem to have been later arrivals - but apparently a fixture until the mid-1920s at least. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Probably after c.1901 (tram electrification). Perhaps c.1910 (fashions/businesses) NLI Ref: EAS_1918 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Unidentified women from Weribone Station in a boat, Queensland

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Surat District, Queensland. Description: Copied and digitised from H. Billington and Co's Views of Queensland View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/88384 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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Group of people near the place where Kevin Barry was captured

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Description: Keven Barry was arrested on 20th September 1920, are we dealing with a contemporary photo or one taken after the event, the Catalogue date of 1921 would suggest the latter? The general consensus is that this may have been taken some time after the events of 20 September 1920. Whether a few hours later, days later, or longer, the consensus is that more immediate contemporaneous photos (like this one) suggest a busier scene in the immediate aftermath. That this is the spot, on the corner of North King Street and Church Street, is confirmed however.... Photographer: W. D. Hogan Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection Date: Catalogue date c.1921. Possibly late 1920. NLI Ref.: HOGW 127 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Water elevator at the Mapoon Mission

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Description: Album curated by Queensland Memory Creator: Mobsby, Henry William, 1860-1933. Location: Mapoon, Weipa District, Queensland. Description: Water elevator built by indigenous people at the Mapoon Mission. (Description supplied with photograph). Original images came from the APA-50 Foxton Photograph Album (Access number: 6538) View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/17019 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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Who lives in a Fairy Castle?

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Description: Yet again we have a case of deja vu! We seem to have seen aspects of this estate in the past though not the castle itself. A renaissance style castle set in the North of Ireland must have seemed pretty pretentious to the sober, hard working northern folk? To all our many supporters and contributors on this Photostream we the three Marys and all at Library towers wish you a very happy St. Patricks Day. To the Ireland team who take on England in a Grand Slam decider tomorrow we say COME ON IRELAND Thanks to BeachcomberAustralia, sharon.corbet, and Niall McAuley for quickly identifying that this isn't strictly a castle - but the 19th century Scottish Baronial architecture of Helen's Bay railway station in County Down. John Spooner also suggests that, unlike other stereopairs that he's helpfully "3d-ified" this image isn't an entirely true stereo image. Apparently both sides are identical..... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. Certainly after 1863 (construction). Perhaps some time after (ivy?) NLI Ref: STP_1995 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 Royal Plate for a Royal Hotel in Valentia

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Description: This fine Royal Plate from the Lawrence Collection is our offering for today. A magnificent hotel taken on a sunny and calm day with lots of activity on the nearby pier and water makes it look the perfect vacation destination! The activity on the fishing boat tied to the pier caused me to look at it closely and the rig appears unusual. I would love to have that rig and the nets over the side explained to me? As with yesterday's image of Galway City, there is something of a sense of deja vu with this image of Knightstown on Valentia island - unsurprising given that we (and French, Mason and O'Dea) have visited several times before. This visit was perhaps early in the catalogue's c.1890-1910 range - as the clock tower (perhaps under constructions here) is dated by its NIAH entry to c.1870-1890.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910. Perhaps early in range (clocktower works) NLI Ref: L_ROY_06993 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Eglington Buildings and Claddagh Rings (Dillons), Galway City, Co. Galway

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Description: On the first day on our search for the next 60 million views we have this lovely Eason image of the heart of Galway city. Galway is such a picturesque and welcoming place and this area is the beating heart of the city itself. The Claddagh Ring is synonymous with the county and has been explored here in the past. We were reminded today that we've visited this corner of William St and Eglinton St before - though perhaps not amongst the same crowds evident in this 2017 StreetView. The general consensus is that this image dates to perhaps the mid/late 1920s. Or even the early 1930s. At 1 in the afternoon. 'Dublin Time' :) Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Likely after 1922/23 (buildings). Perhaps before 1935 (businesses) NLI Ref: EAS_2177 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 Giants Ring in Kenmare

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Description: To the Lawrence Collection this morning and to "The Giants Ring", Kenmare, Co. Kerry. It is not easy to pick it out due to the more modern construction dominating the foreground but there appears to be a ring of ancient stones as the feature? As Niall McAuley points out, the construction date of Kenmare Stone Circle itself (c.2500-1000 BC) doesn't really help with dating this image :) Niall's investigations on the nearby/visible houses however suggest that this image dates from after 1874. Helping narrow the catalogue range by a decade (to c.1874-1914). The lime kiln, on the left, was apparently part of a nearby quarry. The more modern landscaping and planting around the circle give it a much more lush and enclosed feel today... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely after 1874 (houses) NLI Ref: L_CAB_06498 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Renaissance Residence as Rustic Rural Retreat?

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Description: A visit to the Mason Collection today and to a very fancy "Hatters Castle" type dwelling in County Westmeath. While it looks formidable those windows and doors probably indicate that it was never intended to repel anything other than the weather. Is it still standing and where is/was it? sharon.corbet raises interesting points. Firstly she thinks that this photo is reversed and I am inclined to agree with her. Secondly she believes this photo is some form of a cropped (and reversed) version of L_CAB_03197 and again we fully accept her proposition. The above points do beg the question as to the relationships between the different photographers, why? how? does Mason end up with a Lawrence generated negative? sharon.corbet DannyM8 O Mac Niall McAuley BeachcomberAustralia I think it is a dog and he/she has moved before L_CAB_03198 was snapped. Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1890-1910 NLI Ref: M24/61/13 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Clonhugh, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

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Description: From the moving statue of King Billy to a big, a very big, house outside Mullingar in County Westmeath. This large building with extensions looks like yet another country house converted into a convent or school. Am I right? Morning Mary I have to tell you you are wrong! Within minutes Niall McAuley told us that the house is currently a private dwelling. Messers French and Lawrence are also incorrect with their spelling, it is in fact Clonhugh not Clonugh as on the face of the photograph. I love the story posted by BeachcomberAustralia from 1891, under the heading DOG BITES LORD GREVILLE Lord Greville, I am sorry to learn, was bitten the other day by a dog at Clonhugh, his lordship's seat in County Westmeath. The popular peer left Ireland immediately, and travelled "right away" to Paris, there to place himself under the care of M. Pasteur. By this time I hope he is completely cured........ We are presuming that he visited the one and only Louis Pasteur who discovered pasteurisation and also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies, again we are presuming the rabies jabs were the object of the dash to Paris by Lord Greville. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely 1870s NLI Ref: L_ROY_05226 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lady riders at horse sport day, Walton Vale, Cloncurry

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Cloncurry, Queensland. Description: Lady riders at horse sport day, Walton Vale, Cloncurry View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/127123 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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Tennis Court (with slight obstruction) in Boyle

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Description: Back to the old reliable Lawrence Collection today and a visit to the beautiful town of Boyle in County Roscommon. Titled "Tennis Court, Boyle" this image appears to be more about the statue than the tennis court in the background but don't let the truth get in the way of a good story :-) And indeed it was/is a good story. This statue, of King William III, had been moved to this location (from a nearby bridge) in the early 19th century. As with other memorials to King Billy, it suffered several defacements, before being entirely removed entirely before the 1930s. The general consensus is that this image dates to before 1905 - when the statue was seemingly beheaded. The pedestal remains, and is a landmark in the surrounding parkland and "Boyle pleasure grounds".... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Before 1905 (statue) NLI Ref: L_ROY_07368 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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"View of parkland in an unknown location : hills and woodland visible in the distance" is Wicklow

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Description: The cataloguer may not have had the benefit of super zoomability as we do, and so perhaps did not highlight the castle nestling among the trees. At first viewing I thought that this might confound us, but that huge keep may make this easier than expected. Where is it and is it still standing? Rory_Sherlock was quick to confirm the location of this shot. It was undoubtedly taken from the garden of Rockmount House looking eastwards towards Castle Howard in County Wicklow. Both residences are located in the Vale of Avoca, close to the "meeting of the waters" on the Avonbeg river. It seems that both are, indeed, still standing. If the lawn or Rockmount House is still set up for tennis, one imagines it didn't get much use during the unprecendented March snow this week..... Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection Date: No date for image. O'Connor images sometimes c.1890-1915 NLI Ref: OCO 45 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 Tomb of King Connor, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

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Description: On a day when history repeats itself, Ireland has 3 inches of snow and slows to a dead stop we have the tomb of King Connor (whoever he was) and perhaps a little bit of real history. And the history of this tomb/effigy is as interesting as it is ancient. Feidlim Ua Conchobair (Fedhlim O'Connor) was King of Connacht from 1233 to 1265, and founded the the Dominican Priory of St. Mary in Roscommon - where this memorial remains. Apart from (apparently) some missing pieces, it is remarkably well preserved after nearly 800 years. One wonders what he would have made of the 'magic' that allows for a 3D model of his memorial.... Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3359 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Top Hats, Trilbys and Bowlers

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Description: A fine image from the Poole Collection of a wedding group commissioned by Mr. Cornelius Phelan, Kilganey House, Clonmel! The ladies in their finery including necklaces, fur stoles and hats are matched by the gentlemen, both reverend and lay, with top hats, trilbys and bowler hats. While most of the apparel appear to be rather somber, the young lady gives a splash of light and colour to the group! While -unusually- we have not yet established the details of the wedding party, ofarrl suggests a location: the garden alongside the Grand Hotel in Tramore. This is corroborated by other contributors, the StreetView, and the front-doors in the background.... After some long and detailed co-operation between sharon.corbet and Bernard Healy we are delighted with the following summary of their work. Thanks again This photo was taken and the wedding itself was in Tramore, backed up by Paul O'Farrell's identification of the location, and the presence of the priests from Tramore. (Thomas O'Brien, Nicholas Walsh) - Cornelius Phelan married Bridget Walsh, the niece of Canon Nicholas Walsh, parish priest of Tramore at the time, sometime before 1923, but after 1911, but there is no record of this available - There are no other Phelan marriages that would be suitable - The civil records site doesn't appear to have *any* weddings in Tramore between 20th Feb and 28th Feb 1922 I think that we are more or less convinced based on this circumstantial evidence that this is the wedding of Cornelius Phelan and Bridget Walsh, but would need to find a marriage record or a newspaper article to be sure. Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: c.24 February 1922 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2989 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Electrical wares on display in the Toowoomba Light and Power Company's shop window

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Toowoomba, Queensland. Description: View looking through the shop window showing a display of a variety of electrical goods, including jugs, stoves, refrigerators, lamps, toasters, mix-masters, kettles and light fittings. The shop windows have leadlight inserts decorating the top part of the frames and the light fittings hanging inside the shop are Art Deco style, as is a small wall bracket on the back wall. There is another light fitting fastened to the ceiling of the awning on the footpath. Two Hecla advertisements are placed one each side of the window, which has an image of a woman holding different appliances. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/138495 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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We finally got to Hollywood, hurrah! (Actually it is Holywood but nearly...)

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Description: Holywood, County Down is a great place to visit on this morning after the BAFTAs - given that they frequently indicate who might win the Oscars! Holywood looks pristine in this lovely cabinet sized shot. But how has it fared in the meantime? Seemingly, in the meantime, much of the streetscape from this image has changed. In fact, without the church in the distance, and the wall in the right foreground, it may have been difficult to place. However, [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] has suggested(with corroberation from others) that this image is taken from under the railway arch on Holywood's Esplanade. The houses pictured, at Marine Parade, are all but gone. Even the lagoon which takes up much of this picture was filled-in and built-over. Only the spire (or indeed the lack of one) on the distant church helps with dating - suggesting that this image was taken after the church of St Colmcille was built (1872-1874) but before its spire was added (1888-1890).... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Possibly c.1870s-1880s (church/spire) NLI Ref: L_CAB_01278 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 collection of ivy? (on 'St. Columb's House')

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Description: The title for this Stereo Pairs image goes "Celtic Oratory - very overgrown" which is somewhat of an understatement! Looking at the door and the stonework I would not have recognised it as a Celtic church building festooned with ivy. It will be interesting to see if we can establish its location? (FYI - Well done to all on the terrific detective work yesterday! To identify not only the people in the shot but the place where it was taken was excellent and very enjoyable to watch as it unfolded.) Perhaps less intensive (but no less invaluable) investigation has confirmed that this is St. Columb's House a 12th (or perhaps 10th) century oratory in Kells, County Meath.... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_0523 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Future site of the Michael Crouch Family Galleries, looking north-east (Dec 2017)

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Description: The end of 2017 saw a flurry of activity in the south-east wing of Mitchell Building with great progress being made. Learn more about our plans for this area: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ourfuture
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Right leaning chimneys in Rathdowney!

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Description: The week is off to a rocky start with visit to a brewery first thing on Monday morning. This fine Royal plate from the Lawrence Collection, taken on a still day, shows a fine enterprise seemingly in full swing. Those chimney vents are interesting. and I suspect that they were under the influence of the wind to take away the vapours? I never heard of a brewery in Rathdowney and it will be interesting to read what can be dug up! The "leaning chimney cowls" are confirmed to be of a type that turned with the wind - so obviously weren't always angled to the right :) Our contributors also tell us that Perry's Brewery dates back to 1800 - and looks very similar in this 1832 illustration. The suggestion, though not absolute, is that this image may date from around 1900 - based on the dates attributed to other Lawrence/French images of the area.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Perhaps after c.1900 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10403 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 Queen's Yacht but not in Queenstown?

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Description: The Queens Yacht at anchor (it is affixed to a buoy which means that it is moored not anchored) with what looks like its twin in the background. As Queenstown was the name given to Cobh in Co. Cork and this looks nothing like Cobh it is safe to say that this is not Queenstown! This lovely, crisp Royal plate from the Lawrence collection shows the detail of the ship to perfection. What seems surprising is the number of small boats in close proximity, herself was not that fond of mixing with the peasants? With confirmation that this is not Queenstown, and as derangedlemur notes, is actually/ironically Kingstown, we have mapped this image to the harbor at Dún Laoghaire. In terms of date, given that this "version" of the royal yacht was superseded by a newer vessel in 1901, it seems plausible that this image dates to a royal visit in 1900.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Very likely c.1900 (Royal visit) NLI Ref: L_ROY_06471 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Rugged mountain and calm day at Glencar!

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Description: Glencar Lake, Glencar, brings us back once again to the lovely and much maligned County Leitrim. Jokes such as "even the snipe wear wellingtons in Leitrim" give the impression of an unlovely and unloved county. However, as this and yesterday's photo show, such is far from the truth. We appear to have Mr. French's mode of transport parked conveniently as a gentleman fishes nearby! While the label on the slide says Sligo, and the view if clearly of Leitrim, this may be because Mr French was standing in one county while photographing the other. (The suggestion being that he was all but straddling the border between the two). Apart from location, some of today's conversation involved a revisit to previous images of the nearby Glencar Tea House - with some updates to the notes/discoveries over there...... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_02959 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 very rare visit to County Longford

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Description: This is a rare visit to the county of Longford and the pity is that it shows two institutional buildings rather than the many fine sights there! The Convent of Mercy beside the Union building on a rise must have been dominating the town for many years. Not as difficult to locate as the bombed out bridge of last week but it will be nice to see what has changed here in the meantime? Our interpid detectives have confirmed that the changes in the meantime include the addition of an extra wing to the convent building, and the demolition of the workhouse buildings themselves (on the right). The general consensus is that image was captured no more than a few years after the building of the convent (c.1892) - given the condition, unfilled statue niches, and saplings in the garden.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range 1865-1914. Definitely after 1892 (built). Probably not long after 1892 (condition) NLI Ref: L_ROY_07954 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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No place like home!

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Description: The original title for this stereo pairs shot is "Institutional building, open University, wings 3 bays wide, 4 deep, main obelisk 3 a side 3 to central portion, cart foreground" and I suspect that it won't last too long? A very imposing if unattractive building that I do not recognise and suspect that it no longer stands? Most assuredly it looks no place like home! While I was (thankfully) wrong about the "no longer standing" prediction, I wasn't wrong about how quickly this one was identified. sharon.corbet was quick to pinpoint this as the Custom House in Belfast. B-59 tells us that it was designed by the prolific Charles Lanyon (1813–1889), whose firm's works we have come across several times before. Sharon also proposes a refinement to the date range - based on the suggestion that the south entrance (visible/tagged on the right) was only in place between 1872 and 1886..... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. Perhaps c.1872-1883 (south entrance) NLI Ref: STP_1986 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Beauty on the double

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Description: Good morning and a happy Monday to you all! I have a sense of deja vu all over again on this shot - though the one I am imagining is a Lawrence photo rather than this magnificent Stereo Pairs image. The scene is truly beautiful, and the two young ladies on the ass cart appear to complement it to perfection. The only one that appears down in the mouth is the poor ass. Can we cheer him up by identifying the place? As well as confirming that we'd met the jaunty bloke with the muttonchops once or twice before, BeachcomberAustralia was quick in finding (and Nydialy in refining) a location. Whether the ass is happy about it or not, it seems pretty certain he's less than a half-mile from a spot we've visited on this stretch of the Blackwater previously. Seems likely that Mr Muttonchops was a driver or similar assistant attached to the Lawrence studio party.... Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_1784 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Ashill Tower, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

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Description: Staying in Limerick but going down to the country town of Kilmallock and what appears an ancient castle/home nearby. Being out of doors today we will not have engravings and identifiable sculptures to assist us but the sleuthing of the Photo Detectives will no doubt make short work of that! As the masters of the AshhillDOTcom website do a nice job of summarising the history of the place, I won't attempt to top it. That said, an intruiging snippet from this summary, as B-59 and BeachcomberAustralia note, tells us that "due to excessive rates [..] some parts of the house, including the towers, were removed in the early 1960s". Today's contributors (as well as indulging some horsey tangents :) ) also tell us that the house was built and owned by the Coote family in the 18th century, passed through the Evans and Weldons in the 19th century, before being ultimately bought by Mrs Johnson in the 20th century. It's fantastic to see such a grand building still in use as a home. And B&B.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_10352 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Sitting in splendid isolation?

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Description: The statue of some cleric sitting in splendid isolation in St. Mary's Cathedral in Limerick City to begin the week. Last week we visited the beautiful county of Clare and today we go east to the gateway to the Shannon and the spiritual home of Rugby on the island of Ireland. The main learnings from today's photo concern the three memorials pictured:  • Centre is a statue of John Webb (bishop; 1775–1833) which was sculpted by Edward Hodges Baily in 1836.  • Right is a memorial to Thomas Summerfield (major; c.1767-1833) which was commissioned by his fellow officers, and  • Left is a memorial to George Tierney (merchant; d.1788) placed by his nephew following a bequest to the church in which it stands. In terms of dating this image, Niall McAuley offers a well-consider suggestion that it was captured prior to some renovation works (in this corner of the cathedral) which completed around 1880.... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Maybe before 1880 (renovation) NLI Ref: L_CAB_02704 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 Royal Opera House, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden

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Description: The Royal Opera House with the Opera Terrace, at Kungsträdgården park (King's Garden) in Stockholm city. The Opera house was built in 1892-1898. Lithograph after drawing from 1893 by Robert Haglund. Kungliga Operan med Operaterrassen, vid Kungsträdgården i Stockholm. Operahuset byggdes 1892-1898. Litografi efter teckning från 1893 av Robert Haglund. Collection: The Collection of drawings, watercolours and prints, Archives of the Swedish National Heritage Board Parish (socken): Stockholm Province (landskap): Uppland Municipality (kommun): Stockholm County (län): Stockholm Photograph by: Lars Kennerstedt Date: 2017 Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000544379
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