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When I saw the title in the catalogue I thought that this might not be a great shot but I am happy to post such a fine view! This is a beautiful Poole Collection image and away from the studio shots that we expect. The scene has changed somewhat over the years but not that much. I stood on those heights a few years ago watching the Tall Ships pass down to the sea, magic!
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: ca. 7 May 1905
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0504
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Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: ca. 7 May 1905
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 0504
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Somewhere near here? goo.gl/maps/SeLi1S5P3KZXMM35A It has hardly changed in 115 years. 7 May 1905 was a Sunday ... hence the Sunday best hats?
suckindeesel
A sidecar and a bicycle. Passage East, not the other one.
suckindeesel
Strongbow landed here in 1170, on his second visit, with several hundred knights. A ferry operated at the time of photo, and still does, acrosss the Suir to Ballyhack in Co. Wexford, saving over 30-miles by road. The notorious Geneva barracks were just south of here.
John Spooner
Megazoom releals some men standing in the street (just outside what is now the post office ) with their hands in their pockets, as if waiting for a bar to open. Could this possibly be a clue as to the time of day the picture was taken? (just before 2 p.m. if my understanding of Irish licensing laws in the early 20th century is correct)
Swordscookie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29809546@N00/ yes John, on a Sunday that would have been right for those outside of Dublin. Dublin enjoyed the "Holy Hour" until quite recently but that only applied Monday to Saturday.
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner The pub hasn’t survived, although the Constabulary Barracks seems to have morphed into the Garda Station. There’s a second group of idlers hanging around in another street.
suckindeesel
It’s a lovely shot, with the sidecar adding human interest. I wonder if that was just happenstance or perhaps arranged. People in those old photos always looked like they were happy to pose for the photographer, probably a great novelty at that time.
rsb62rsb
A bicycle always improves a photograph 😄. Wonder where the bicyclist is?
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24304307@N02 Perhaps he/she is taking the photograph?
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04 https://www.flickr.com/photos/24304307@N02 https://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Are the white poles some form of navigation aid or device?
Dr. Ilia
just beautiful!
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Could only guess as to purpose of poles, perhaps for hanging nets to dry? Not navigtional I think, there is a navigational buoy out in the estuary, called the "Spit Light", barely visible in photo.
Swordscookie
I was at the tall ships in Waterford as well and this was taken quite close to where Mr. Poole would have been set up! https://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie/5899995853/in/album-72157627108646298/ Unfortunately I was looking at the ships coming down the Suir and did not get to shoot in the direction of Passage.
sam2cents
Fantastic scenery, and a palpable sense of the moment, which is unusual in photos more weighted in history.
rsb62rsb
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland yes - could be. I wonder what size camera (glass plate?) they had, and how far they cycled with it? Obviously made of sterner stuff than modern weight weenies.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/24304307@N02 Roger, they were great men and women and really dedicated to their craft.