A visit to the Stereo Pairs Collection today lets us stay in Howth, and gives a view of the area that perhaps neither you nor I has ever seen in reality. Today's fashionable suburb of Dublin is seen in its rustic splendour as a little fishing community. And is almost unrecognisable! When the stereo pairs were first uploaded here they were beautiful, but now,with the facility of "mega zoomability", they are exquisite! It is a pleasure to be able share them with the world.
Apart from a search for dogs, and a discussion on how much Howth changed even in the decades after this image, today's investigations focused on date. And, with help inparticular from
BeachcomberAustralia and
Niall McAuley, the date has been refined to c.1880s - based not least on the visible
Harbour Master's House on the West Pier, which dates to that circa that decade. Otherwise we have confirmation that we're looking down from the hill at Balglass Road, along Main Street/Abbey Street towards the harbour, and out to Ireland's Eye.....
Photographers:
Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor:
John Fortune Lawrence
Collection:
Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue gives c.1860-1883. Likely c.1880s
NLI Ref:
STP_0858
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at
catalogue.nli.ie
Info:
Owner:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Source:
Flickr Commons
Views: 19470
BeachcomberAustralia
Yay for megazoomability !
Niall McAuley
Must be before 1880, or we would see this building on the West pier. Edit - no, squinting harder at megazoom, I DO see that building, so it is after 1880. Reading the DIA entry, it is a vague c.1880, so not much help. Towards the end of the STP range, anyhow.
DannyM8
I strongly believe that there is a dog (stereo dogs) in this photo. I just have not found it yet!
BeachcomberAustralia
Fascinating to see what several of those buildings were from the old 6" map - maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,728699,739061,10,8
BeachcomberAustralia
From the same viewpoint for comparison - Mr French / Lawrence (c.1900 - the church is 1899 but no tower) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000040815 And the LPP (1990) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000354525
BeachcomberAustralia
Can anyone find a date for The Haggard ?
Niall McAuley
There are houses on St. Lawrence Road, between us and the old RC church, which went up betweent the STP and Lawrence pics (this one is under construction in the Lawrence.) Sadly, the DIA and NIAH let us down, no dates.
BeachcomberAustralia
Strewth! Look at the growth of Howth ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/4427427596/in/photostream/
BeachcomberAustralia
Same day ?? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564173
Niall McAuley
Using https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia's same day image and megazoom, I think there is indeed a small dog near the half-barrel by the white cottage (note added).
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley God bless your eyesight!!
philfluther
Arcadia on the sea. 'ager 'ager.
BeachcomberAustralia
Puzzled by the group of buildings half-way-up the right side of the LoC image above. Their photo is pre-1899 (no church), but those buildings do not show up on the old maps, even on the 25" ... ??
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] You'll see those same buildings in all these eBay postcards. That prominent building is in fact the rear of these two colourful houses before a rear addition was built. The same house (with rear extension) in this postcard note the chimney detail. It's still there www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOWTH-IRELANDS-EYE-DUBLIN-Ireland-H75-... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/irish-postcard-ireland-dublin-howth-/4... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/d-irish-postcard-ireland-dublin-howth-... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/irish-postcard-ireland-dublin-howth-/3... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/irish-postcard-ireland-dublin-howth-/3...
BeachcomberAustralia
Thanks Professor https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] - that makes more sense now. Golly this was a popular view.
patrick.vickers1
The Martello Tower ?
BeachcomberAustralia
Found whilst looking for something else - an 'unidentified' earlier STP view - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564145