"Long shot, rocky fields, hills slated cottages spare trees" is Lough Dan, County Wicklow
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For a change we have an image from the Stereo Pairs Collection today with a rocky road surrounded by rocky fields and rocky walls in various states of repair. There is no indication where this might be though it does look to be "down the West" to me. What do you think?
For a while we thought perhaps that we had stumped the unstumpable. But, yet again, we found the community to be stump-proof. derangedlemur and others highlighted that the proximate images in the series (STP_0772, STP_0771, etc) all seemed to be in the Wicklow area (Glendalough, Laragh, etc). And, B-59 noted that the apparent reverse view (STP_0769) showed a body of water. Ultimately, andymullane identified it as Lough Dan House - with corroboration from O Mac and Salty Windows. Incredible work all - and particular thanks to andymullane!
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_0770
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
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For a while we thought perhaps that we had stumped the unstumpable. But, yet again, we found the community to be stump-proof. derangedlemur and others highlighted that the proximate images in the series (STP_0772, STP_0771, etc) all seemed to be in the Wicklow area (Glendalough, Laragh, etc). And, B-59 noted that the apparent reverse view (STP_0769) showed a body of water. Ultimately, andymullane identified it as Lough Dan House - with corroboration from O Mac and Salty Windows. Incredible work all - and particular thanks to andymullane!
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883
NLI Ref: STP_0770
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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B-59
The same scene from the other side: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564087
derangedlemur
Busy today, unfortunately, but with any luck, nobody'll get it before dinner time.
Niall McAuley
This one is hard, but if B-59s is indeed a reverse view, it looks like Connemara North of Maam Cross somewhere,
Bernard Healy
I thought this scene reminded me of the countryside east of Waterville, Co. Kerry, but the mountains look wrong. Some of you may be interested in this piece about the ‘Photo Detectives Exhibition’ that I wrote for the Irish Catholic newspaper.
derangedlemur
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] Interesting. I'd have thought it was the glens of Antrim - up the back of Glenarm or similar. Edit: Although if catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564089 is also near, it's down the west alright - we had that one before and it was Sligo or Connemara, I think Edit edit: Or possibly Wicklow, now I come to think of it.
Peter Denton
The long and winding road... happily, like so many in Ireland!
oaktree_brian_1976
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardhealy Thank you Father, much appreciated.
derangedlemur
So, now that I've had time to check, we haven't actually had catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000564089 before. I was confusing it with the bridges at Belvelly and Blessington, one of which has three arches and the other of which has two pedestrians.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardhealy. Well done - a very interesting read indeed. Thank you for the plug!
derangedlemur
So, we're looking east to south (or at any rate, not west). The road runs along beside some body of water behind and to the left out of shot - i.e to the north or north west. Everything around it in the catalogue seems to be Laragh, Baltinglass and Glendalough. The OSI isn't showing anything useful for Glendalough, Lough Dan or Lough Tay. The reservoir at Blessington didn't exist then and Vartry is too flat. Any other suggestions?
andymullane
Hi all, I think it is Wicklow. The lake in the reverse view is Lough Dan with the distinctive summit of Luggala in the distance. Lough Dan House Maybe? maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,715523,702414,11,9
O Mac
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewomullane] Well done. It's a Guide and Scout hostel now. While a lot has changed the gate pillars remain. www.google.ie/maps/@53.0602453,-6.2768177,3a,88.8y,160.48...
Salty Windows
Amazing detective work all round. Unconvinced until I did a 3D view on Google Maps. It's matches the reverse scene (by B 59) perfectly. www.google.ie/maps/@53.0585188,-6.2775288,63a,35y,11.63h,...
silverio10
Buena serie de fotos antiguas .
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Bwaaaaahaaah (Location found Klaxon) https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewomullane and all the usual suspects - you never cease to amaze and confound me! Twice in the past two weeks I was convinced that I had stymied the best of you - and you have proven me wrong. Congratulations on some super Photo Detective work!
guliolopez
Incredible work all - I wonder if https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] would be interested (more than a few scouts will be familiar with this view)
John A. Coffey
And the Oscar goes to -------------
mcginley2012
Wonderful detective work!