Man with beard and top hat walking along a road (in Bundoran)
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Where: Donegal, Ireland
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Two things we thought might be fun to find out here: The name of the road and the name of the man.
derangedlemur was able to furnish the first (Main Street in Bundoran). And while we did learn about the Mc Vittys merchants in the background, and mcginley2012 and O Mac offered some possibilities, naming the behatted foreground subject was always possibly going to be a cheeky ask. Happy Friday!!
Photographers: J. J. Clarke
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 1890-1910
NLI Ref: CLAR_077
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derangedlemur was able to furnish the first (Main Street in Bundoran). And while we did learn about the Mc Vittys merchants in the background, and mcginley2012 and O Mac offered some possibilities, naming the behatted foreground subject was always possibly going to be a cheeky ask. Happy Friday!!
Photographers: J. J. Clarke
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 1890-1910
NLI Ref: CLAR_077
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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derangedlemur
McVitty merchants are present in Bundoran and Clones in 1901. Of the two, we've seen more of Bundoran so far.
derangedlemur
There's a few more by 1911...
derangedlemur
He seems to be W. McVitty and Co, so Bundoran seems most likely. It doesn't look like Beechwood Avenue, which is the alternative commercial W. McVitty.
derangedlemur
I think it's here - you can see the two two-storey houses on the left match up: www.google.ie/maps/@54.4798893,-8.2758441,3a,75y,174.1h,8...
derangedlemur
The railings on the near side are just someone's front garden: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,582122,859092,12,9
derangedlemur
...and the constabualry barracks' shed and the shop on the end of the row are a perfect match with the 25".
derangedlemur
So to answer your first question, it's the R267.
mcginley2012
Might it be Canon McKenna? www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Donegal/Bundora...
O Mac
Clarke took this one from the same spot. www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/8405158286/in/photolist-z...
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/72163146@N08] If it is Canon Francis McKenna then the photo was taken before 6th Dec 1903. ". Death of Canon McKenna of Bundozan.—A well-known figure has disappeared in the person of the Very Rev. Canon McKenna, P.P. of Bundoran, who died suddenly on Sunday evening. Four years ago he was stricken with an attack of paralysis, from which he quickly rallied, but since then his health had been more or less precarious. On Sunday he discharged his sacred duties, and appeared if anything in better health than, usual. He had just retired to rest for the night when he felt a recurrence of his malady. He called his senior curate (Father Patrick McKenna), who anointed him, after which he passed peacefully, away. Deceased was in the 66th year of his age and a the 40th his priesthood." The Tablet
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/72163146@N08 https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03 I am not sure he looks the part of a Canon?
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02 I was hoping for more than the R267 but R267 it is. In the sister photo linked by https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03 we used Main Street?
sharon.corbet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Both the Bank of Ireland up the road and the Slieve League Hotel claim Main St. as their address...
O Mac
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland we'll never know sure... but still worth a scratch.. Who/what do you think he looks like?
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland He looks like a Returned American Living on Interest of Money to me.
derangedlemur
Perhaps a Superanuated Dist Sup R. I. Consty.
RETRO STU
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02 Wow, well spotted! Thank you. How did you manage to hone in on that one?
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23885771@N03 I checked the national archives for McVitty - it didn't strike me as a common name, and this one seemed to be a merchant of some sort, which is also not a particularly common profession. The census and google maps did the rest for me. (I'm assuming you're not referring to my last two posts, which were jokes).
RETRO STU
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02 Thank you and you're spot-on there. Do you have a link for that national archive please?
derangedlemur
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
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A shot of a Canon !! boom boom