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Cape Clear in County Cork with what appears to be a Reverend Gentleman waving a greeting or a farewell to someone out of shot! There are a fine selection of boats at the quay and in the harbour and lots of barrels about which would indicate plenty of trade and activity there.
Is é an Rinn Chléire, oileán lasmuigh de Corcaigh agus labhraíonn siad Gaeilge ann gach lá!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2126
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Is é an Rinn Chléire, oileán lasmuigh de Corcaigh agus labhraíonn siad Gaeilge ann gach lá!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_2126
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
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
I think Mr French / Lawrence was in the graveyard. Sometimes Flickr is amazing! In 2011 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/52421717@N00/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/52421717@N00/6091083629/
Niall McAuley
No Streetview on Cape Clear, but here is a nearby photosphere
Niall McAuley
In 1911, I see Patrick Cahalane, RCC Curate , 29 and Thomas Hill 28 In 1901 Timothy Lawton 33, and Jeremiah Crowley. Clearly not this guy..
Niall McAuley
No CoI clergymen in either census.
Niall McAuley
There is a sequence of Cork IMPs. L_IMP_2118 shows Baltimore harbour and pier looking newish, of which the DAI says: Completed by R O'C's contracting company (martin & co.) between 1903 and 1909.
John Spooner
I think he's trying to attract the attention of Mrs Doyle to tell her to put the kettle on. Can anyone enlighten me as to the purpose of the frame of posts on the harbour, with a man standing under the rightmost one like a goalkeeper? At first they reminded me of the frames used on the for drying fish, or the ones on Bolshoi Solovetski for drying seaweed . But those were more extensive and these are too high to access easily..
O Mac
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29809546@N00/ Drying nets
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
The 12th century ruin on the left is Ireland's most southerly church - www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/06/in-search-of-irelands-mo... - which also mentions a 1897 primary school. Can anyone see the school in any of the Lawrence Cape Clear photos?
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03 Aah, thanks. I wondered about sails, but nets makes much more sense.
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
Come Sail Away www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MAg_yWsq8 Sail Away www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zkjQVh5KmQ Sail On www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE Sail www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf5H3Newx3Y
Niall McAuley
The school is still there on Google Maps, marked in the same spot as on the 25" of 1900ish. I see a shot of the little church near the school, but not the school itself.
O Mac
John Spooner Nets were made from cotton and would rot if left in a wet heap. There's a neatly folded net under the frame, I wonder were the Brixham sailing trawlers locally owned? Pity we cannot see the port code and numbers. Brixham Trawler. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixham_trawler
nlpnt
33% chance, as John Spooner said, "put the kettle on!" 33% "Good luck with today's catch!" 33% "Write me when you get to New York!"
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I was going to say that the church in my little church shot is clearly further south than the ruin, so no, the ruin isn't it, but I see on the OSI map viewer that it is gone - not even a ruin. It was gone in 1995, the earliest aerial shot. It was standing in 1930 for the 6" cassini. As it is marked Church and not RC Chapel like St. Ciaran's, I guess it was a CoI church.
Niall McAuley
Here is a CoI marriage record from 1893, parish of Clear, priest appears to be named Jonas Jones. Here is Jonas Jones in the 1901 census living in Baltimore. No sign in 1911. Given that there were 1017 residents of the island in 1901 and only 23 were Church of Ireland, I'd say Jonas Jones sailed out from Baltimore to take care of them. He died in June 1906, aged 72, so I think he is a good candidate for the gent pictured and we are before that date.
Niall McAuley
Jones was already CoI clergyman in Baltimore in 1880 when he married Annie Townsend of Monkstown in Cork.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] I miss streetview when it's not there! [https://www.flickr.com/photos/91549360@N03] Ships' numbers more visible in these three - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000328348 (Imp) with overdressed-for-Cape Clear lady looking 1890-ish catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000251299 (Roy) with a Dog catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334929 (Cab)
O Mac
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32162360@N00/ great photos.. I see a few Zulus tied up... "S" is Scull ... across the bay.
John Spooner
Rev Jonas Jones officiated at the wedding of his brother Rev Richard Jones, Curate of Youghal, to Jane Townsend (any relation to Annie, or just a coincidence?) in 1867. Their late father was Rev. Jonas Travers Jones, Rector of Kilmacabea. (Cork Constitution - Saturday 27 April 1867). Jonas Jones was appointed to the Curacy of Tullagh (the parish which included Baltimore) on 3rd July 1859. (Cork Constitution - Tuesday 26 July 1859) In 1873 he was appointed to the living of Tullagh (no longer just the curate) (Cork Constitution - Friday 11 April 1873) He signed off letters to the Cork Constitution with "Rev, Jonas Jones. Tullagh Glebe, Baltimore" An article in the Cork Daily Herald - Wednesday 17 July 1895 headed "SENSATIONAL INCIDENT IN A PROTESTANT CHURCH" revealed that Rev Jonas Jones, "the popular rector of the parish", had collapsed while officiating at a Sunday service.. He was removed on a stretcher and carried to his home at Church Strand. He had lost the power of speech and was unable to tell people the whereabouts of his wife who was not present. However in December 1895 he wrote to the Cork Constitution announcing that he had made a full recovery, and thanking everyone for their kind wishes and prayers during his illness. His retirement due to ill health was announced in the May 28th 1906 edition of the Irish Independent (although other sources say he retired on Jan 1st) , and his sudden death occurred just over 2 weeks later on 14th June (Dublin Daily Express - Saturday 16 June 1906).
John Spooner
Dog News According to 1902 dog licensing records Revd Jonas Jones of Baltimore owned 2 dogs - a black & tan sheepdog and a brown terrier, paying 4s for the licence plus a 6d fee.
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12458821@N08 1% "Rover! Come here!"
John Spooner
Glebe House Baltimore in the NIAH glebe noun 1. HISTORICAL a piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income. "the rich vicarage of Churcham had no glebe at all" 2. ARCHAIC land; fields.
Niall McAuley
John Spooner Jane Townsend was not Annie's sister, her father was Thomas in the Royal Navy, Annie's was Samuel a JP.