South Main Street and Clock Gate from North Youghal, Queenstown, Co. Cork
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I can almost hear the protests as I type! Youghal and Cobh/Queenstown are two distinct towns in County Cork and North Youghal is not a part of the latter! Labelling aside, this lovely Eason image of South (or is it North?) Main Street in Youghal has so much going on that it makes a fitting image to end the week. Hats, bonnets, chemises aka shimmys, little street urchins and nary a motoring car at all at all. Wonderful!
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Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Likely c.1900-1910
NLI Ref: EAS_0963
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Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Likely c.1900-1910
NLI Ref: EAS_0963
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
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BultacoFan
Definitely the earlier part of your date estimate! Possibly even a little earlier...
DannyM8
McSweeney - Owners of a Boot Shop in Census 1901 It suggests North Main Street? There is also a Michael Barrett a Tobacconist two doors away McSweeney and Barrett were both still there in 1911
BeachcomberAustralia
Oh goody! Another chance to watch this 1910 animation by the Horgan brothers - youtu.be/Cir8DGQnFbQ
B-59
Streetview: goo.gl/maps/orSVyjaoVQy
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I see the Merrick Shop at no 80 is still there!!
DannyM8
It seems Merricks closed in 2009 Historically, Pasley’s supermarket and Merrick’s department store drove town centre retail in the shadow of the tower on North Main Street. The growth in traffic did little for the town too and, in 2003, parking and deliveries had become so problematic that Pasley’s — by then Brooke’s SuperValu — moved to a more spacious address. Merrick’s closed six years later, albeit nowadays a discount store www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/youghal-aims-to...
Niall McAuley
I think this is earlier, the NIAH says this house at left is from 1890, and it is not here. Scratch that, maybe the house was remodelled from 4 windowws to 3. this other 1890 house at left with the moulded render entablatures with consoles is definitely here.
B-59
maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,610482,577917,12,9
Niall McAuley
The photo actually has North Main Street written on it...
Foxglove
a fabulously sharp image ! with so much to ponder over
John A. Coffey
Well,I'll tell you a story that happened to me One day as I went out to Youghal by the sea The day it was hot, the sun it was warm Says I "A quick pint wouldn't do any harm" I went in and called for a bottle of stout Says the barman,"I'm sorry the beer's all sold out Try whiskey, young Paddy, ten years in the wood" Says I, "I'll have cider; I've heard that it's good."
Niall McAuley
At right, #77, we see a partial name: MARSH SEMO - any ideas?
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/34816951053/in/datepos... Marshalls making this yuck since 1885. As kids we called it frog spawn pudding.
O Mac
There's a poster for Allports on the clock gate--- above the boot. John Edward Allport 24 was a grocer and draper in 1901 and by 1911 had become a boot and cycle merchant. This would suggest the photograph is post 1900. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchM...
BeachcomberAustralia
And another "circa 1900" via https://www.flickr.com/photos/corkcitylibraries/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/corkcitylibraries/8210000823/
guliolopez
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] - Unsurprising (though a bit sad) that Merrick's closed. The StreetView "history" bears-out the timeline from that article. In that the 2009 StreeView has signs for a closing-down Sale. And the 2011 StreetView shows an empty premises. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] - Number 77 is still a café. I wonder if they (still) have frog spawn pudding on the menu?
Niall McAuley
In L_ROY_01788 I can see some more details. The sign at Merricks door is for a Free Inflating Station!
abandoned railways
Youghal was a walled town, with some of it still remaining. This was the actual gate into the city with the doors being closed at night.
La Belle Province
Boater hats were big that year!
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/la_belle_province Yes, I tend to think Boaters mean about 1905, what do you think?
Niall McAuley
L_ROY_06511 looks broadly similar (reverse view) and has legible posters for October 1899.
La Belle Province
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] I can't - not so far, anyway - pinpoint the clothing + hat, but I think you're right. Hat History has this to say, "From 1880-1920, the boater was a requisite for the tennis court and picnic, and worn by men and women alike for casual summer wear." www.hathistory.org/dress/index.html
Niall McAuley
EAS_0962 may be a same-day reverse view, I see the similar Shoe poster and the poster with 3 figures in both.
Bernard Healy
Some fascinating posters for now-defunct firms - Winstanley Boots of Back Lane in Dublin, K Boots (merged into Clark's) of Kendal in Cumbria and Pullar's Dye Works of Perth in Scotland. None of them are of any help in narrowing the date range, but speak of a type of industrial activity on these islands that has been transformed by technological, social and economic changes.
Bernard Healy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley The clock on that one reads 12.30pm. He must have gone for a bit of lunch between the two photos!
O Mac
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardhealy They were taken by different photographers on different dates. In L-ROY-06511 there is-- what looks like-- fresh putty in that Marshalls Semolina window so I'd suggest the above Eason is earlier.
Sunny Harry
This was the situation in 2006, https://flic.kr/p/6SCKQZ and 2011 https://flic.kr/p/aJ7dtH, and in 2013 Merrick's https://flic.kr/p/eKmNfe was still there.....
BeachcomberAustralia
I am surprised nobody has commented on the REALLY EXTRAORDINARY Horgan Bros animation of this clock tower dancing ( youtu.be/Cir8DGQnFbQ ) or the IFI website - ifiplayer.ie/the-horgan-brothers-collection-clock-tower-a... , which has a little more information about it and other films they made in Youghal 1910-20. The animation must have been made from a photo taken at the same location and similar time, so any dating information is useful.
Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I think you are mixing up sago and tapioca pudding with semolina. Semolina is smooth and sago and tapioca is the frog spawn stuff. God but I loved them all as a kid.
silverio10
Buena serie de fotos antiguas .
O Mac
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Buena de animación fantásticas de los hermanos Hogan
BeachcomberAustralia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] ¡Riendo a carcajadas! Disfrutar de su huevos de rana.
guliolopez
If memory serves (and per a previous discussion on this image) the publisher of this image - William Ritchie & Sons - were in the postcard business between 1903 and 1928. The image could have been taken before then of course. As with other commenters, I can't imagine we're much earlier than ~1900 or much later than ~1910.
Niall McAuley
This is just to say I have watched The cartoon That was linked By beachcomber And which He may think Was unfairly Ignored. Not so! It was amazing. So early And so funny!
Bernard Healy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia That was amazing!
Can Pac Swire
Nice historic photo.
mym
goo.gl/maps/KMnuDSo82b52
dorothyheaphy
Okay Okay......so how come nobody else noticed it is not South Main Street?? It is North Main Street....
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Hi [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]]. We did notice :) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] and others noticed it - and commented with suggested corrections within a few minutes of our original post :) While we didn't update the title (as that's what we have in the catalogue), we did update the description, tags, and map accordingly. We even added it to our "catalogue corrections" tag..... Sometimes the library cataloguer mightn't have gotten it spot-on, but the contributors to this stream don't miss much. It's what we love our army of pedants :D
dorothyheaphy
Brilliant! The Clock Gate now open to the public with guided tours is fantastic so you can see both North Main St and South Main St from the top all at once. Okay....I can relax now!