Where: Munster, Tipperary, Ireland
Try to find the spot where the photographer was standing.
When: 01 January 1901
Try to find the date or year when this image was made.
Cashel of the Kings, with the focus on King Cormac’s Chapel is today’s image from the ubiquitous Lawrence Collection. It is one of those iconic places which, seen in the right light, can take your breath away. When you enter the ancient compound, one of the most memorable aspects is this chapel which, of itself, is most memorable!
What can we find out from this photograph?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1901-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_00025
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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What can we find out from this photograph?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1901-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_00025
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
Views: 8749
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sharon.corbet
It was taken after 1901, as that's when the last inscription on the grave in the foreground is from. (And before 1931, as that's when the next inscription was added.)
sharon.corbet
They were still doing restoration work on the chapel when the Streetview lads were up there, so here's a Google Sphere instead.
BeachcomberAustralia
Droneview July 2019 - youtu.be/EMvKFT_faRQ Sometimes Flickr is amazing! In 2014 via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/12066757874/]
BeachcomberAustralia
We visited Cashel 7 years ago. I wonder if these photos were taken on the same visit by Mr French? The patches of moss look the same ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/8449295447/
suckindeesel
Is it my imagination but are there considerably less gravestones in the modern view?
suckindeesel
archiseek.com/2014/1134-cormacs-chapel-rock-of-cashel-co-...
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I think that in today's photo the growth looks more luxuriant.
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet The headstone looks very fresh, no algae or moss. Allowing for the time to commission and erect, suggest 1902 earliest.
BeachcomberAustralia
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] There's an earlier photo with the gravestone blacked out and cropped at the bottom so 'Brother Michael' may not be there yet. And that tall monument behind left is not yet there - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000336737 The see-thru tomb has sides. The burial plot thickens ...
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet Looks like the gravestone is much earlier than I thought. It seems to have been cleaned up and the engravings highlighted in black in our photo. Looks very fresh, so must be 1901 or not too much later.. I noticed that the tall monument in background is now not so tall in the modern view, it has lost its 'spire' It might show up in 'find a grave', as they have recorded most of the memorials on the Rock.
O Mac
Another grave situation!! The cross atop the Cantwell headstone is different from that seen in the photo that BeachcomberAustralia linked.
suckindeesel
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] I think that tall one in background is the Gorman family grave. The latest date on the main inscription, as seen in our photo is for Alicia, died 1898 www.findagrave.com/memorial/204330329/mary-gorman#view-ph... The next later date is for William, died 1916, but this is on the next panel beneath, which appears to be still blank in our photo. www.findagrave.com/memorial/204328004/william-gorman#view... So, we're now between 1901 - 1916, less precise than the NLI dates
BeachcomberAustralia
Tomb It May Concern ... SMOKING CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH The irony of Players putting a graveyard on a cigarette card ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8158868451/ via https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
oaktree_brian_1976
The IHS on the grave suggests a Jesuit, but he wouldn't have a son. Just God-fearing folk instead.