A hive of activity - Main Street, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
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It's a long way from Tipperary South Riding and Cashel to Tipperary North Riding and Roscrea but only if you are trying to walk it! We started the week with a visit to Cashel of the Kings and here we have the Main Street of Roscrea of the Abbeys! This beautiful royal plate from Mr. French shows a scene of great activity, a public fountain and a mysterious building in the middle of the highway. I wonder what can help us to date the shot even if we cannot identify any of the donkeys?
While we couldn't identify the beasts of burden, the burgeoning businesses seemingly help date this image to before c.1901. The fantastic fountain still stands apparently - though moved to nearby Rosemary Square. The marvelous and mysterious market house however did not survive the 1920s - perhaps unsurprising given its placement in the "middle of the road" and the coming of the motor car by then.....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1886 (central building). Possibly before c.1901 (businesses/census)
NLI Ref: L_ROY_03192
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While we couldn't identify the beasts of burden, the burgeoning businesses seemingly help date this image to before c.1901. The fantastic fountain still stands apparently - though moved to nearby Rosemary Square. The marvelous and mysterious market house however did not survive the 1920s - perhaps unsurprising given its placement in the "middle of the road" and the coming of the motor car by then.....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1886 (central building). Possibly before c.1901 (businesses/census)
NLI Ref: L_ROY_03192
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
B-59
Streetview OSI 25"
B-59
www.boards.ie/b/thread/2057471670 says that the market house was built in 1886 and was demolished in the 1920s.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/66311327@N05 More colourful perhaps but not a fraction of the charm of Mr. French's work!
B-59
The fountain is now in Rosemary Square Streetview S. also www.roscreathroughtheages.org/jim-larkin-visit-to-roscrea...
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
After 1886 (see https://www.flickr.com/photos/60812213@N04/'s note).
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
There are three (at least) other photos taken on the same day, judging by the temporary constant of an iron frame and horse apples to the right of the Market House - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320260 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332671 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332672 (lower) Ed. And a reverse view showing Mr French's second floor window view - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332673
Foxglove
And as ever .... there is a dog
DannyM8
I saw the Dog first...
Niall McAuley
The fountain was moved in 1925 per the NIAH
Niall McAuley
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320260 aka L_ROY_07528 from the beachcomber shows that the bank to the left of todays shot is not there in its present form. The NIAH says it was purposebuilt in 1880. Clearly not.
John A. Coffey
Wonder where Mr.French was when he took this fantastic photograph ?
Niall McAuley
Directory from 1889 includes Quinn, Rudd, Dooley, Cooke, Larkin, and in another of the beachcombers shots, Berry's hotel. It includes a Mrs. Meara, here I see Daniel O' Meara In one of those, I see T. Hunt, Saddlery, but in 1889 he is in Rosemary Square. No sign of xxxsasons, CG Sadlier, or Mulally.
Niall McAuley
From the 1901/11 census, I think we are between 1889 and 1901. T. Hunt has moved to Main Street by 1901 and Dunne is nearby. Charls George Sadlier is here too. The last Berry in 1901 has been adopted by Richard Brien at the hotel,
Niall McAuley
Reverse view, some years later:
Niall McAuley
On the corner at right we see a Post Office. Today the Post Office is in this building on nearby Castle Street, dated c. 1900.
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Thanks https://www.flickr.com/photos/66311327@N05, https://www.flickr.com/photos/60812213@N04, and https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia for helping "bump up" the lower bounds of the range. And https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley for suggesting a revised upper bound. I've updated the date (and map, tags and description) to try and summarise the spectacular surmises....
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album - Nice Week End.
maorlando - God keeps me as I lean on Him!!
Marvelous old capture that highlights change... luv it this way!!!
Dr. Ilia
Very nice work