"River, single arch bridge in foreground, small modern church, adjoining church ruin, modern square tower background" is Cong
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I just love putting up these images from the Stereo Pairs Collection! There is something other worldly about them, a really distinctive view into the past and in stereo to boot! This image with its long and convoluted catalogue description has really caught my fancy with the mix of aspects, the bridge, the stone walls, the ruins, the apparently 'in use' church buildings and the more modern structures in the background. Who will be first to identify them and give us a location - The Lemur, Sharon, Niall, That guy from the land down under? Lets go....
And indeed it was Niall (quickly corroborated by Stuart) who gave us the location - as the church and abbey at Cong, County Meath. Confirming that very little around here remains unknown for too long...
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_1928
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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And indeed it was Niall (quickly corroborated by Stuart) who gave us the location - as the church and abbey at Cong, County Meath. Confirming that very little around here remains unknown for too long...
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_1928
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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Inverarra
Look forward with confidence to finding out where this great photo is located.
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Are you aware there is a viewing device called a stereoscope? I actually own a Sokkia M27 Mirror Stereoscope.
Niall McAuley
Cong?
RETRO STU
Yes, does look like Cong! That 19th century church was replaced c.1973. www.wejchert.ie/projects/project-detail/cong-church-co.-mayo
Niall McAuley
Check the ruins in this streetview of Cong. If this is it, I think the "modern church" is gone.
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] yep. www.google.ie/maps/@53.5397634,-9.2864746,3a,75y,316.79h,...
sharon.corbet
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] French was there too: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000339686
O Mac
The Reverend and Mrs. Playfair's house has yet to be built.
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Spot the differences - no Mutton Chops Man (see note) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000339686 Ed. @ www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet/ Snap - yet again!
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And this from the Thomas J. Wynne album - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000227793
Inverarra
Cong it is then. Thanks Niall & Stuart.
Foxglove
one of the joys of this stream is the skill of the detectives in the threads before me - I am still at the dog and barefoot child stage :-)
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Bit of a Red Herring, but imho interesting - That Wynne Album has several interesting early photos of Cong, including a fabulous one of Father Pat Lavelle (1825 - 1886) reading a book to a greyhound DOG - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000227804 . Fr Lavelle was the Parish Priest at Cong from 1869 to 1886 (likely when this photo was taken) and had a fascinating life, including trying to steal back the Cross of Cong from the National Museum of Ireland. See - tourmakeady.weebly.com/father-pat-lavelle.html
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One of the details in the Lavelle story above is that the church had a thatched roof which blew off in the "Great Wind of 1869" (!!), and the Cross was swapped for 100 guineas to tile the roof. So this photo must be after 1869. Is the nave of the new church not yet built? It is an odd shape ...
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Excellent stuff https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley and https://www.flickr.com/photos/23885771@N03 (and https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03 and others for the corroboration). Have updated the map (and description) accordingly!
Bernard Healy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I would add that the tiled roof doesn't look especially new. The decorations along the ridge show evidence of being a bit weather-beaten.
Inverarra
Think the night of the big wind ( Oiche na Gaoithe Móire) was 1839.
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I'll have you know that there are st least two guys from the land Down Under perusing this fine group! ☘️😃
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Great https://www.flickr.com/photos/smoooooth-lll - You are very welcome! Or should I say, "¡ǝɯoɔlǝʍ ʎɹǝʌ ǝɹɐ no⅄"
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] Oooo - Hoʍ pᴉp ʎon po ʇɥɐʇ¿ www.upsidedowntext.com/
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