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Where: Kerry, Ireland
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From Mayo (God help us) to the Kingdom of Kerry and more specifically to Dingle Harbour on a beautiful clear day. This lovely cabinet sized shot was taken from a high PoV giving a great vista of water and land in that special part of the island!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1890. Possibly c.1900
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06167
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Definitely after c.1890. Possibly c.1900
NLI Ref: L_CAB_06167
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
Farrannakilla House, visible to the right: Streetview OSI 25"
sharon.corbet
St Mary's church is in the NIAH but doesn't help much, as it was built 1862-65.
B-59
The railway opened in 1891. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tralee_and_Dingle_Light_Railway
sharon.corbet
There was an archaeological impact assessment which has a comparison between this photo and an earlier one taken in 1891. This photo was assumed to be c. 1900.
oaktree_brian_1976
tiny boats in the harbour, he must have been really high up
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Slightly to the left at the same time - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333875 Reverse view (almost) from down near the station (see note) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323145
abandoned railways
Hussey’s Folly, above, dates from 1845 and was built during the Great Famine (1845–’49) as a means of providing employment for the poor. It is named after the local land agent, R.M. Hussey.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr is sometimes nearly amazing! In 2012 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/124375895@N07/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/124375895@N07/13940935989/
reedpedlow
A section of land near the bottom of this scene shows many evenly spaced piles. Any guess as to what this might be?
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75728326@N03/ Are they making Hay?
reedpedlow
I do notice two figures working to the right and I thought that might be the case, but such small hay stacks I have never seen.
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/reedpedlow If you look out nearer the sea, you can see that they make these little heaps, and then when after a bit of drying, they make real haystacks.
abandoned railways
The new Coastgard Station, now Dingle Skellig Hotel site, was built in 1891.
Niall McAuley
The coastguard station is from 1889 per the DIA.
Niall McAuley
Sharons assessment has a shot where the yard buildings near Farranakilla are not ruined (well, the roof is partially gone...). here they are destroyed, but they are good on the 25", so I think we are after the 25" survey date of 1893.
DannyM8
There must be a Dog here someplace?
sam2cents
A very impressive vista.
O Mac
No Fungie so pre 1983 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungie
silverio10
Muy buenas fotos antiguas .
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Here I go, banging on about piers AGAIN ... The 1893 25" map shows faint markings of planned harbour walls, and thickening and extension of the pier as happened - see the satellite photo - maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,444262,600849,11,9 - press '3' for satellite view Couldn't find anything about the 'new' harbour in Sharon's huge assessment. When did it happen? There is an interesting side-on view of the pier from the old 'Coast Guard Watch House' (see sign at megazoom), with rows of fish(?) barrels about to be shipped. Might help with something - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323147
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/79549245@N06] There is a Dog with those men mowing the meadow - youtu.be/TpgiAgKvwdU
gato-gato-gato
Cooles Bild, sehr schön.
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32162360@N00/ Very good.
Bernard Healy
I wish I'd spotted this yesterday. This is familiar territory for me as I served in Dingle for 4 years. I'm afraid nothing from the photo above helps me date things more accurately. However, if this photo was taken at the same time: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323147 then I think we can say that they are pre-1909. Back in 2009, the residents of a row of two-storey cottages built along the water's edge at "The Wood" celebrated the 100th anniversary of their houses: dinglenews.blogspot.ie/2009/06/dingle-cottages-prepare-to... These cottages _should_ be visible in the photo that beachcomber Australia links to. They aren't. So, if all photos are taken at the same time, I'd say, pre-1909.
sharon.corbet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I think the new harbour is a fairly recent thing. I was having a look at postcards of Dingle on eBay, and it’s the 1990s-ish before you see the new harbour. Even assuming postcards aren’t always up to date, I don’t think the harbour helps much with dating...
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet Drat! I was hoping the faint lines on the map might have implied imminent action by the Congested Districts Board.
Bernard Healy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129555378@N07/ You’re correct. The new harbour/marina is late 20th Century.