Bridge and Stronghold - The following plates are not lettered and therefore not authentic, Athy, Co. Kerry
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This fine shot of the bridge and stronghold at Athy is from the Eason Collection. I have deliberately included the title as shown because it raises questions and of course Athy is NOT in Co, Kerry!
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As today's commenters note, we've visited the delightfully named Cromaboo Bridge and White's Castle each previously. ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq suggests that (based on the ivy growth on the castle, and possibly coroberated by the fashions visible on the megazoom[tm]) today's image may predate the previously shared image of White's Castle - which was proposed to date to the 1920s or later....
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: c.1900-1939 (though possibly <1920s per comments)
NLI Ref: EAS_2402
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Source: Flickr Commons
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The staff at NLI include all information on a file as provided to them regardless of how inaccurate it may seem. When research clarifies the matter and they can include the correct information then they update the file and correct the error!
As today's commenters note, we've visited the delightfully named Cromaboo Bridge and White's Castle each previously. ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq suggests that (based on the ivy growth on the castle, and possibly coroberated by the fashions visible on the megazoom[tm]) today's image may predate the previously shared image of White's Castle - which was proposed to date to the 1920s or later....
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: c.1900-1939 (though possibly <1920s per comments)
NLI Ref: EAS_2402
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
In 2010 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/roamingpaddy/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/roamingpaddy/4616277224/ And the inscription on the middle of Cromaboo bridge via https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/, see comments - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/22876029957/
j.coffey78
Crom a Boo, known to Historians as the war cry of the Fitzgeralds. but to every Athy person it means just one thing - the graceful humped-back bridge which spans the River Barrow in the centre of the town. On the 23rd May, 1796 the first stone of the new bridge was laid by Robert Duke of Leinster. Crom a Boo Bridge while still in its infancy was to witness many cruel acts. Trial by Court Martial was a common occurrence in Athy during the months of May and June 1798. Seven men were tried, convicted and hanged in the town in the early days of June. ----- Frank Taaffe, Athy.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Much less ivy / creeper on White's Castle than here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332526 - or here (late 1920s) - [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/16293997882/]
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Thanks all - tags/map/etc all updated!
Dr. Ilia
nicely framed
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Great picture. I've walked to Athy many a time, which takes about four hours starting from Carlow. www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/14741141501/