Lynchs Castle, Shop Street, Galway
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In a New Year of promise and expectation we have the old reliable Robert French of Lawrence Photography to start us off. Here is Lynch's Castle, Shop Street in Galway on what must have been a quiet day. Today, even early in the morning this street seems to hum with life, those up early, those going home late, those that have little to do but stand around and, inevitably, the music and life of the city!
To all a Happy New Year from all at Library Towers and the Three Marys!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: c.1880-1900 (though possibly later than c.1900, given apparent electric street lighting)
NLI Ref: L_ROY_00881
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To all a Happy New Year from all at Library Towers and the Three Marys!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: c.1880-1900 (though possibly later than c.1900, given apparent electric street lighting)
NLI Ref: L_ROY_00881
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
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DannyM8
Good start to 2017, I see a Dog!!!!
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Happy New Year Danny, chosen with you in mind of course!
Inverarra
Glad you came West to start the New Year. Great photo. The old tram operated between 1879 and 1918 when a shortage of horses and changing times finished it off. Many thanks for all the photos you brought us last year and looking forward to your choices for this year. The photo features what John B Keane regarded as one of the outstanding features of Irish towns in days gone by, the corner boys.
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GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/s8Bdk3hoPq22 - full of trucks! #HNY2017
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Four years ago, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley/ established that Galway's electric street lamps happened in 1905 ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/5785190759
sharon.corbet
Kirwan's are in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses.
sharon.corbet
1901: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Galway_N...
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Thank you Mike, we love going West and keep searching out good images to indulge ourselves. I was thinking the same about the "corner boys" a forgotten aspect of times gone by when people had time on their hands!
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Galway & Salthill Tram Company 1879-1918. The tracks presumably stayed in place for many more years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway_and_Salthill_Tramway
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
You wait and wait - then two come along at once . . . catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=L_CAB_04256&t... catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=L_CAB_06802&t...
guliolopez
Happy new year all! I don't have much to add to this. Other than perhaps to offer this link (from the Galway Civic Trust) which has a little on Lynch's Castle ..
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Is the dog the same one as seen in this photo ? Black head, docked tail etc ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6988679474
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Interesting to compare this earlier photo via https://www.flickr.com/photos/chethams_library/ - no street lamp, a soap and candle shop, and more corner boys ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/chethams_library/9038805303/
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Thanks all! I've updated the map, added a note to the date range, "borrowed" that link from guliolopez, and tweaked the tags. Great to be back, and looking forward to lots of banter for 2017 :)
BultacoFan
You're missing a word in your date summary - "though maybe possibly than c.1900" - presumably 'later'?
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Thanks https://www.flickr.com/photos/bultacofan. Corrected