Halfway House at Gweedore in Co. Donegal
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Where: Donegal, Ireland
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When: 01 January 1890
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Even by the standards of the time this photograph is very posed, but I hope you will enjoy it nonetheless. And we may be able to find out something about Daniel Ferry while we're at it. Plus, if known colloquially as the Halfway House, where was it halfway between?
Our long-time contributor ccferrie reports as follows identifing all the people in the photo!!
"My cousin found the same photo in her attic but with a full description of who is in the photo (see link below)
Daniel Ferry, his wife Ellen (Nellie), their daughter Biddie and Michael Coyle of Arduns. The photo was taken in 1884 and this newspaper clipping appears to be from 1979, presumably from a (very) local paper by the way it mentions local names with such familiarity.
Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin
Date: Circa 1884
NLI Ref.: L_ROY_01372
Source: Flickr Commons
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Our long-time contributor ccferrie reports as follows identifing all the people in the photo!!
"My cousin found the same photo in her attic but with a full description of who is in the photo (see link below)
Daniel Ferry, his wife Ellen (Nellie), their daughter Biddie and Michael Coyle of Arduns. The photo was taken in 1884 and this newspaper clipping appears to be from 1979, presumably from a (very) local paper by the way it mentions local names with such familiarity.
Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin
Date: Circa 1884
NLI Ref.: L_ROY_01372
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 84927
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DannyM8
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000656872/ here is a Daniel Ferry a publican and farmer in 1901 in Dunlewy, Donegal
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Who could speak Irish and English, but couldn't read. Is Dunlewy near/part of Gweedore?
DannyM8
www.ebay.ie/itm/GALLAHER-IRISH-VIEW-SCENERY-SCRIPT-133-HA... Image appeared on a Gallaghers Cigarette Card
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Yes - working on map
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] That cigarette card is fantastic, Danny, thanks! They'd all been posed differently for it, and it says Dunlewey...
DannyM8
maps.google.ie/maps?q=Dunlewey+Lough,+Donegal&hl=en&a... Somewhere around here.
billh35
Don't look too hard - the place has its own Facebook page - www.facebook.com/pages/Dunlewey/207014656005299 And Dunlewey Lough is here: maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=dunlewy+donegal&ll=55.03786,...
DannyM8
Lady could be Daniels wife Ellen?
BeachcomberAustralia
How about this house? NB chimneys and windows .... goo.gl/maps/EnAs4 Ed - and the mountain behind.
DannyM8
And perhaps the young Rose Ferry later to be described as a barmaid in the 1901 census at 18 years????
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Ellen would have been 45 in 1901. Could be. Despite her bare feet, I think her clothes are of a high quality? Unless of course, best bib and tucker for the photographer from Dublin?
DannyM8
In 2007, pictures of some old cigarette cards were posted by Joseph Burns to the Photography Ireland forum. The cards were part of the "Irish View Scenery" collection issued by Gallaher Ltd. between 1908 and 1910. The complete set runs to 600 cards. Many of the featured photographs were taken by the great Robert John Welch, who was born in Strabane in 1859. R.J.Welch went on to become the official photographer for Harland & Wolff in Belfast, birthplace of the Titanic. Many of the other images were taken by photographers working for William Lawrence, a Dublin based photographer and studio owner. One of the most prolific of these photographers was Robert French who photographed over 30,000 Irish Views for the Lawrence Collection. Many of the Lawrence views can be seen at the The Lawrence Collection, a digital archive held by National Library of Ireland From The Gallaher Irish View Database - www.andymcinroy.com/gallaher.htm List of all cards here - with a view of most of them - www.andymcinroy.com/gallaher2/galindex.htm Andy McInroy is responsible for the database www.andymcinroy.com/index.html
Niall McAuley
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] That google map search is a bit off: here is Dunlewey Lough.
Niall McAuley
Dunlewy on the 1834 6". 25" fails us :(
Niall McAuley
So, Errigal behind?
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/11114193024/ Here are the two posed photos together - obviously the same day Re date above database says the photos were cards were issued between 1908 and 1910??
DannyM8
From the Gallagher database here is a view of the Dargle which is similar to one of our recent photos. www.andymcinroy.com/gallaher2/412.htm
DannyM8
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] Carol you have the "Gallagher Photo" here under Dunlewy catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000335304 L_CAB_04579
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] So we do, thanks!
TEXASJOHN
The photographer did a good job to get the little girl not to look at the camera!
Reconstructing Light
Looks like a good spot to do Playboy of The Western World......
Niall McAuley
If we had the 25", I bet twopence that we'd see this bar exactly here.
Niall McAuley
We often see children in bare feet, but it's not often we see adults with no shoes. And her feet look as dirty as the little girl's, so she probably didn't take them off to look more sure'n'begorrah.
BeachcomberAustralia
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] It's deffo (when in Rome ... !) somewhere around there. How about a little to the west - are these the ruins of the outhouses to the right, and possibly the bar was demolished for the new road? - goo.gl/maps/F6vBM
Swordscookie
I'm no expert in the field but I've never seen thatch so sparse on a roof! Normally there are several inches of thatch on a roof whereas here it looks very shallow, covered with netting and weighted down with stones. Nice choice Carol.
Niall McAuley
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I like it!
criskemita
Lindo!
davidcreason72
What, drive up service? The bare foot barmaid has poured him half a pint and the bar keep feeds the horse! Did you also notice the little girl is also bare foot?
ccferrie
My cousin found the same photo in her attic but with a full description of who is in the photo www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/21877675362/in/datetaken/ Daniel Ferry, his wife Ellen (Nellie), their daughter Biddie and Michael Coyle of Arduns. The photo was taken in 1884 and this newspaper clipping appears to be from 1979, presumably from a (very) local paper by the way it mentions local names with such familiarity.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Ciaran, how fantastic. You obviously know how much we like to identify the people in our photos, it is fair to say that we are delighted with your comment. I think the "People Identified Fez" will be worn with glee for the next week or two. The link is not working perhaps you can update it. Well done. I will update the tags in the next few minutes.
ccferrie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Apologies, I had the viewing setting on private - you should be able to see it now.
ccferrie
Biddie (Bridget) Ferry was 20 years old in the 1901 census www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Dunlewy... so must have been about 4 or 5 in this photo
ccferrie
And here she is in 1911 as Bridget Gallagher www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Dunlewy... somehow having gained only eight years in age in the intervening ten years!
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I have just added this photo to our 50,000+ Views Album https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157651136879037
jamica1
How about this one www.flickr.com/photos/royalaustralianhistoricalsociety/33...
BeachcomberAustralia
I have a strong suspicion that the dapper fellow in the Gweedore Hotel car is our old favourite Mr Jaunty. Which means that a large number of other 'Jaunty' photos might also be dated to 1884. Or not?