Not everybody left Skibbereen it seems!
More from this collection
Related by Where
Research Help!
Where: Unknown
Try to find the spot where the photographer was standing.
When: 01 January 1900
Try to find the date or year when this image was made.
This Mason image is a hive of industry with Looms, Spinning Wheels and a sewing machine to the fore! A fine bright room with lots of good light coming through the window, religious pictures on the wall probably indicate a local co-operative? Growing up the plaintive song "Skibbereen" was a party favourite but is seldom heard today!
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: 1890 - 1910
NLI Ref: M4/12
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 14059
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: 1890 - 1910
NLI Ref: M4/12
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Info:
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 14059
thomasholmesmason
thomasmayne
thomashmasonsonslimited
lanternslides
nationallibraryofireland
skibbereen
convent
looms
spinningwheels
sewingmachine
women
men
Add Tags
Add Tags
O Mac
"Skibbereen 2624 WL" bottom left corner... ??
O Mac
"Convent of Mercy Schools Skibbereen." credited to Lawrence. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323892
Niall McAuley
The convent on the 25" map. The building marked School there is still standing, and renovated as offices: streetview Edit: wrong School! See the beachcomber's comment below for the correct one.
John Spooner
The teaser from the BNA index for Freeman's Journal on 9th October 1893: "LiNEN WEAVING AT THE CONVENT OF MERCY, SKIBBEREEN. It will be in the recollection of our readers that in 1889 the nuns of the Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen, first made the experiment of introducing the art of linen weaving by hand looms into the .."
O Mac
School was closed 2003. Buildings still there.. R595 maps.app.goo.gl/i2hbR6uhCGp37LUi7
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Listen to Skibbereen? It is a cracker of a song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMi-njuHcC0
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Is it an EDISON sewing machine? Seen better here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323890 . I can't find much about them online, so may be wrong ...
John Spooner
The Freeman's Journal article mentioned above states that by May 1893 they had 23 looms, and had produced 1,400 dozen handkerchiefs, 250 dozen towels, 2,400 yards of linen, 6,000 yards of lawn(?), and a large quantity of towelling. They had won first prize at the Working-Men's and Women's Exhibition in London. They had just (October 1993) won the contract for supplying fine ticken, shirting, lining linen, striped linen for women's gowns, and linen for aprons to the Skibereen Poor Law Union (i.e. the workhouse).
John A. Coffey
Merrily cheerily noisily whirring Swings the wheel spins the wheel while the foot's stirring Sprightly and lightly and merrily ringing Sounds the sweet voice of the young maiden singing.
suckindeesel
Hard to believe that the property could end up in NAMA. The whole site sold in 2004 for well over €1000,000. 10 years later, showing its age, on sale with a reserve of half that
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner Lawn: plain weave linen, also called "handkerchief linen".. Wikipedia
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Looks like "Edison" in other photo. Singer had about 80% of the market in the 1890s, can't find anything similar online, probably an industrial model.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] I think you might have the wrong building; I suggest this - goo.gl/maps/Bafhj4pR2UM3TBVR9 - also marked as a school on the 25" map, and it has those 'pretty' slightly arched windows. Seen here also - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334934 and it must have been on the first floor, see roof - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323890 {Ed. Snap @ www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/] [Aside] I had nightmares after reading this Trove article (originally printed in the London Times in 1846. A letter to the Duke of Wellington from a local landowner about the condition pf the people near Skibbereen due to famine and fever - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/690750 . No wonder they left Skibbereen, and tried to help survivors with 'worthy' projects like in this photo.
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Agreed!
suckindeesel
Site of Bishop's Palace, across the road from cathedral,
aesrth
great pic
Dr. Ilia
Perfect capture
Karin Joy Passmore
Cause a problem, bring a solution on your terms: it is how the world has been conquered.
rexbfire
Great Photo Documentation!!!