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Homage to Romantic architecture?

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Description: A melange of architectural styles in Ramsfort, County Wexford looks as if someone visited the continent a few times and each time fell in love with another approach? The elegant gate pillars and filigreed frame leading to the fountain and pool seem very far away for enjoyment. The big question is - is it still standing and what was the story? The Dubs won again yesterday but does anybody care? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_09919 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A visit to Avoca is good for the soul

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Description: A few years back I met some American friends and was showing them around. Top of the list of places they wanted to visit was Avoca thanks to some long forgotten (by me) TV series. After a few minutes there in the peace of the ancient village I could feel that peace and the attraction! The water is low but the river runs on forever! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_00586 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Hoops, boots and statues

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Description: Yesterday we went to Newry where we were introduced to a late, great, distinguished Justice. Today we have travelled over to the West where we meet the statue of a Lord while below him stand two boys with boater hats, sturdy boots and the latest toy technology - a hoop! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_00893 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Birth, Death and legacy?

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Description: The Birthplace of the late Lord Russell in Newry, Co. Down was once of such significance that Mr. French ventured North to photograph it. A rather dull Georgian facade probably belies the elegance that lies within. Who was Lord Russell and what does the house look like now? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_06753 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A quiet day in Killenaule?

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Description: Mr. St .John of Crohane, Killenaule in Co. Tipperary commissioned Mr. Poole to produce this image way back in 1908. While I have passed through Killenaule many times I cannot remember such a gathering of horses and carriages but that may just have been a question of timing? On a more serious note I suspect that we will have to dig into the background of Mr. St. John in order to establish the location and other details of this image? Fógra beag: Tá madra ann! Sounding the Location Identified Klaxon for this one. Our very first New Zealand photo. Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: Circa November 10 1908 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 1860 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Down below is Mountmellick

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Description: After our sojourn in Lincoln County, Kansas yesterday we are up in the skies today with the redoubtable "Monkey Morgan" as he flew over Mountmellick in County Laois. The little town is set out in fine detail though a modern drone view would show a lot of changes! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. April 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR1038 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Lighthouse in a bog?

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Description: Why the old Wanderers RFC Pavilion in what is now known as the Aviva Stadium should appear in the Commissioners of Irish Lights collection will probably remain a mystery but it is very opportune for the day that's in it! At 6.00 pm Irish time our Under 20's team will play in the final of the Rugby World Cup in South Africa against their Gallic and gallant opponents the French! The outside half is Sam Prendergast who plays for the Lansdowne Club and they are indeed a team of stars who have done Ireland proud regardless of the result today! BEIR BUA FIR NA hEIREANN, BEIR BUA!!!! Photographer: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), 1840-1913 Collection: Commissioners of Irish Lights Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1890 - 1909 NLI Ref: NPA CIL97 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The prize? A sticky bun with extra toffee!!!

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Description: The Commissioners of Irish Lights have been very kind to us over the years with the identification of the locations of their photos. On this occasion they seem to have slipped up and present us with this rock strewn and cliff dominated stretch of coastline. Some of the Marys are giggling in the background convinced that our intrepid Flickroonies cannot identify it but Morning Mary knows that nothing is impossible for our team. Will you be able to prove her right and if so to collect the prize of a STICKY BUN WITH EXTRA TOFFEE (Virtual)? Photographer: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), 1840-1913 Collection: Commissioners of Irish Lights Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1890 - 1909 NLI Ref: NPA CIL80 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Dutch boy and the Windmill

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Description: Ten years ago I would have known very little about Dundalk but when members of the family moved there that all changed and now I am enchanted by the town, it's people and the hinterland. The "Dutch boy" is not Dutch but looks like the images of such boys from the last century. The windmill is a fine looking example of such astructure though it had already fallen into disuse and disrepair when Mr. French went calling. I have no idea of the mills location in the town but no doubt we can find it? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05973 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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For God's sake nobody smile?

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Description: To end the week we have yet another visit to the Collection of photographs from the late President of Ireland, Seán T. O'Kelly. We have a group of very distinguished looking clerics, four ladies and some gentlemen wearing decorations of some sort. The one name we can be sure of is that of Count Plunkett at the right front of the group (left front as he is sitting). Can we name any of the others and what might have been the occasion. Perhaps they are not so much clerics as an early form of "Steampunk"? Sounding the People Identified and Date Established and Location Identifed Klaxons. Excellent detective work on this one. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Sean T O'Kelly Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1950 May 1920 NLI Ref.: NPA OKE/22 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Lady and the Lighthouse

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Description: Rock Island lighthouse in Co. Cork is set in juxtaposition with a lady on an unlikely position in this image from the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The work appears to be going full tilt with scaffolding, framework and casings aplenty but how did the lady get down there on the rocks? Photographer: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), 1840-1913 Collection: Commissioners of Irish Lights Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1890 - 1909 NLI Ref: NPA CIL63 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Remembering days gone by...

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Description: A Rugby souvenir from 1905 showing the four "Home" nations Rugby football teams of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England. Gone were the hats, long trousers and huge handlebar moustaches of yesteryear and the strip were more identifiable with the current style. Over the past couple of days the Rugby family in Ireland and the community of St. MIchaels School have been rocked with the loss of Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wal in Greece while Munster coach and father of an Ireland Under 20 player Greig Oliver died in South Africa. Sport is a great unifier and a creator of memories and so today we remember the two young men and the dedicated coach, their families and their communities. Ar dheis Dé! Photographer: None Collection: NLI Ephemera Collection Date: England 1905 NLI Ref.: EPH A247 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Seán T the peacemaker?

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Description: Uachtarain na hEireann Seán T. O'Kelly at the RDS as two foreign military officers shaking hands with his approval. The names of the two officers were household names back in the days before the television though for many this will have been the first time we saw their faces! This is a new Collection we have managed to gain access to and should prove to be interesting as we move along. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Sean T O'Kelly Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1950 NLI Ref: NPA OKE/10 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Man of Steel

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Description: On Friday we had Monkey Morgan flying over a bog and on Monday we are right down to sea level and up in the North West. The "Metal Man" in Rosses Point, County Sligo is a lot closer to the water than his mate down in County Waterford. It appears that the poor devil has need of a crutch as he has a frame resting against his right leg? Photographer: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), 1840-1913 Collection: Commissioners of Irish Lights Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1890 - 1909 NLI Ref: NPA CIL66 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Futtin the turf in Allenwood

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Description: A Monkey Morgan image of the Bog of Allen at Allenwood in County Kildare. An industry that seemed likely to continue forever but today is seen as being destructive of a habitat and not ecologically sustainable. The rows of peat are laid out in fine lines showing just how well organised and efficient the process was! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. December 1954 NLI Ref: NPA MOR801 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Nestling in the lee of the hill

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Description: According to the details on the link this is "Thatched cottage and lane, Limerick City"! Morning Mary grew up in Limerick City many moons ago and while similar lanes and cottages were there aplenty a lane leading up to a hill like that one were as rare as hen's teeth! One would need to move out into the county or even, God forbid, into County Clare to find such a scene. So where is it and what does it look like now? Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: 1942 NLI Ref: NPA ITA 1406 (Box VII) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Oh where the Shannon River flows...

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Description: A lovely view of Foynes in County Limerick from the heights above with the whiff of war in the background in the form of a huge battle cruiser. I suspect that we have been nearby on the same date in the past but this view of the area is so much more sylvan and attractive? My title comes from a song that a returned Yank used to sing at family parties. Oh where the Shannon river flows, There I shall repose, In the land of the shillelaghs With some shamrock neath my nose... Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_04271 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Cushendun

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Description: To finish off the week we are visiting the Glens of Antrim and specifically Cushendun. I am thinking that the current view will not be that different from what we see in this photo. I also wonder if the group on the near side of the bridge is the transport for Mr French and his assistants? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1960 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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In the Wall in Inniskeen

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Description: A surprise of a photo from Mr O'Dea, firstly there is no train nor station, secondly there is no Morris Minor car. We do have an old cross in a wall, in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan. I can see there is a date of 1729 on the cross and I look forward to reading everything there is to discover about same. Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: September 24 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 22/57 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A haven of kindness and care

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Description: Milford House in Castletroy, County Limerick has seen so many changes even since this photo was taken by the daring "Monkey" Morgan. In the mid 1950's all about it was green with the lordly Shannon in line of sight but today the area has changed. Today Milford House is a vital part of Ireland's Hospice service providing care for those in great pain and near the end of life. But what was it before and why was Mr. Morgan flying above? Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. April 1956 NLI Ref: NPA MOR2241 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Visiting the Clonbrocks

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Description: We've been to Clonbrock before and indeed been blessed with many fine shots by the Dillon family who lived there but this is a visit by the Irish Tourist Association photographer and that little bit different! The title is "Clonbrock Castle ruins" and the shot shows a sturdy fortified tower which surely was the original dwelling? Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: 1942 - 1944 NLI Ref: NPA ITA 464 (Box III) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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There's a mist on the mountain

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Description: I can hardly remember when we last posted an O'Connor image and this lovely if rugged scene is a fitting reminder of his many fine shots! An isolated farmhouse beside water with mountainy scenery abounding - but where is it? Photographer: Fergus O’Connor Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection Date: Between 1900 - 1920 NLI Ref: OCO 57 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Ladies on the rocks

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Description: A general view of the seaside with two ladies enjoying the sun with some ghostly children while strollers and paddlers are down on the strand. There would appear to be little comfort to be found where the ladies are sitting but further down may be wet and is of course subject to the tide. Not many of the Lawrence Collection have been without some clue to location but this one is, though I am open to correction on that. Lahinch came to mind but the building on the hill doesn't rhyme for me! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4360 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Not a Yawl in sight!

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Description: Back from the holliers today to a view of the first seaside town she was ever taken to! Youghal in County Cork, and ancient town that has featured here on a number of occasions. In the past we have had some of the bigger format plates but today, probably because of where he had to take his camera, Mr. French used a cabinet sized one. Is that a crop of spuds in the foreground or is it overgrown with weeds? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_02119 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Aruese man and children walking in a street in Dobo, Warmar Islands, 1908

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Description: Creator: 33072 Southern family photographs, 1908. Location: Aru Islands, Indonesia. Description: Aruese and residents in Dobo. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/collections/queensland. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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James Milne Southern crewing on a pearling boat, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

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Description: Creator: 33072 Southern family photographs, 1908. Location: Aru Islands, Indonesia. Description: The man at the wheel - looking up the companionway on the "Torres". View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/collections/queensland. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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Sails unfurled on a Torres boat with a topsail schooner at anchor, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

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Description: Creator: 33072 Southern family photographs, 1908. Location: Aru Islands, Indonesia. Description: Possibly Torres boat, with tops'l schooner behind. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/collections/queensland. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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People walking around a row of boats beached on shore at the end of the season, Aru Islands Regency, 1908

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Description: Creator: 33072 Southern family photographs, 1908. Location: Aru Islands, Indonesia. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/collections/queensland. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
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All's Well in Trim

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Description: Lovely view of Market Street in Trim, Co. Meath to round out the week. "Normal" Morning Mary will be taking up the reins again on Monday morning. Hopefully she will feel fully refreshed after her holliers. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: 1900-1939 1909-1919 NLI Ref.: EAS_3273 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Claro, ¿cuál es el punto?

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Description: The catalogue gives us no more information other than the line above, there was a description of some sort on the face of the photo, but it has been scratched out. It will be interesting if we can confirm a location for this one, some of the buildings are perhaps distinctive enough to aid the search process. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4358 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Courthouse

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Description: This is The Courthouse, Athy, Co. Kildare. Quite why it warrants an entry in the Irish Tourist Association collection is not clear at all. It is a fine building in the “very curvy style” and I see our old friend Bill Stickers has been very busy on the gable end. Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: Likely May or June 1944. NLI Ref: NPA ITA 1074 (Box V) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Shula-na-gig

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Description: It is probably fair to say that this photo is one of the poorest quality photos we have ever posted on this stream, and perhaps it is best that it is! I will give you the full description from the catalogue to help you with your investigations "Shula-na-gig on south side of abbey. Pilgrim stands on window to & rubs handkerchief to it [Sheela-na-gig / Síle-na-gcíoch]" The year is 1944 and we might be in Cork and the name Feehan is mentioned. Over to you. Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: 1944 NLI Ref: NPA ITA 304 (Box II) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A minor trip on the ferry

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Description: If you want to bypass Limerick while travelling along our West coast your best bet is to take the Shannon ferry from Killimer in Co. Clare to Tarbert in Co. Kerry or vice versa. I see our old friend the Morris Minor is front and centre - we have seen this car a number of times now! Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: June 22 1971 NLI Ref.: ODEA 80/11 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Spot the goat before the train comes!

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Description: I have had a very close look at this photo from the Lawrence stable and a very fine photo it is. I have convinced myself that an incoming train is imminent for no other reason than the stances of the two white jacketed men (are they railway men? are the bowler hats significant?). I also found the goat and I challenge you to do the same. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1659 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Stone walls and the grass is green

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Description: Any time is a good time to look at County Mayo. Compliments of Mr French and the Lawrence organisation we have this lovely imperial plate of Belclare and the reeks. That looks like a sluice gate to the left of the first house, I wonder what was its purpose? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1266 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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A Model

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Description: Much later than usual today, we give you a fine photo of the model farm school in County Cork. I am presuming it was a place to train model farmers? I am sorry for the delay, Morning Mary herself has gone on holiday and you are stuck with me for two weeks, I will try my best not to be late again! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1890 NLI Ref: L_CAB_01140 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Come on lads, let's be having you?

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Description: St. Andrew stands atop his church in Dublin calling on the faithful to come and join him! Well the statue of St. Andrew is posed as if he is calling on the faithful but otherwise the church looks more fortress than a place of welcome to worship. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_01197 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Not even a Wandering Tumbleweed in sight!

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Description: A neglected and abandoned looking Railway Station at Maguiresbridge, Fermanagh in 1959. The weeds are coming up along the permanent way, the platform and even the buildings and the decision to cut off all rail connections with the Republic take effect. It looks like it was a really important stop along the line at that time so the impact locally must have been significant? Photographer: James P. O'Dea Collection:James P. O'Dea Date: September 1st 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 13/44 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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From the Banks of the Shannon to the dear Departed Bank

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Description: If ever there was a statement in the form of a building then this Ulster Bank building in Belfast is the one! Very ornate, impressive and the adornments are elaborate and varied. Were those lovely metal railings melted down to make munitions during one of the intervening World Wars? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2677 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Steaming up the river...

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Description: A Paddle Steamer churning up the water as it moves past "Curripinny" in Crosshaven, County Cork. That must have been a wonderful sight to see when Mr. French took the shot? There are people at the stern there so was this a passenger or day trip event and what was/is that large institutional style building on the far shore? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_06251 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Weird goings on in Thomastown

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Description: A view from the bridge in Thomastown, County Kilkenny overlooking the River Nore with many buildings stacked up above the river. There are sheds and warehouses along the bank with a church and convent above. But, down in the river there are some strange sights, a jarvey's car parked in the water as a water taxi and what appears to be a catamaran with people enjoying the delights of the Nore??? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4277 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Pub with no beer?

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Description: A dry house in Irish terms or a Temperance Hall for the rest of the world. The Temperance Hall in Sligo looks like a solid edifice and has a number of members willing to pose for the photographer. Is it still standing and is it still used for the same purpose(s) And yes, there is a D.......uck Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 11th May 1902 (when Canon Harte announced the trip) and June 29th 1902 (when it took place). NLI Ref: EAS_3388 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Cooke's Centenary Church, Belfast

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Description: A solid looking, architectural hodge podge of a church on an Imperial Plate from the Lawrence Collection for todays image. Interesting that it is described as "Cooke's Centenary Church" rather than by a name such as Saint Cooke or the Cooke Baptist Church? There is surely a story behind that? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa May 1892 - 1905 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2680 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Dead whales on beach near Gweebarra Bay, Donegal

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Description: We start of this week in Donegal with a disturbing scene of two dead whales on a beach. From many years of watching David Attenborough documentaries I know that whales are known to beach themselves sometimes for reasons believed to be associated with a failure in their navigation systems, I wonder if this was the case here? Photographers: Denis Tynan 1923 - 2010 Collection: Tynan Photographic Collection Date: Likely June 1968 NLI Ref: NPA TYN896 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Donkey, The Fiddler and the Sugarloaf

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Description: This might have been entitled "The Invisible River" given that the Krazy Kataloguer describe it as "General View of the Dargle River" this despite the writing on the plate. Tom the Fiddler must have been quite the character, and his donkey was a great one to laugh as they moved about County Wicklow? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 to before July 1887 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1491 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Those neighbours are cows and you can't talk to them

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Description: Burnaby Estate in Greystones, Co. Wicklow with a very bucolic neighbourhood to enjoy! Clearly an early urbanisation of the old fishing town with what look like good solid houses that would be very much in demand these days of housing shortages! Why "Burnaby" one wonders? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 1904 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0890 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Bring Flowers of the Fairest - to Clonmel

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Description: We've been to the river at Clonmel before and the boat club but today we are in "Upsy Downsy" format and with the most sublime reflections. Indeed the reflections are so good it is really only possible to right the image by the writing giving the location at the bottom! Why the title? Today is the !st of May and apart from being "International Workers Day" is also the day when an entire generation seemed to wait to hear Father Sidney McEwen singing a hymn to the Virgin Mary. Here's the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gv0S3M-mR8 Enjoy May Day! Photographers: Unknown Collection: Eblana Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1870-1890 NLI Ref: EB_2143 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Dun Borin - go to Bundoran

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Description: Apparently not a "live" photo but rather a photo of a painting from Mr. French for today. A really fine scene of the beach at Bundoran in Co. Donegal with lots of activity and fine detail. (Agus feach ansin, tá madra ann!!!) Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3890 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Hall Door with camera shake?

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Description: The first thing that came to mind when we saw this image was a poster that was out and about some years ago of many Georgian Doors in Dublin. The colours, the decorations and the detail on the fanlights above the doors were a joy to see. Given the similarities in this shot another poster of doors throughout the country could easily be as big a hit? The Grange in Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny is the subject of this image and one hopes that the building matches the sturdiness and detail of the door? Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: 1942 - 1944 NLI Ref: NPA ITA 1204 (Box VI) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Reflections on a village

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Description: The village of Carrick in County Donegal on a fine still day with the water like glass and the smoke rising lazily into the sky. What a great day to be alive and able to enjoy one of the most beautiful counties in Ireland? Mr. French managed to catch some lovely reflections in this Imperial Plate! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1449 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Telescope with a basket to catch the stars?

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Description: To Birr/Parsonstown for the start of the week and the amazing telescope there. Clearly in the early days of the development of the telescope with the structure laid bare. It is hard to imagine how much things have changed since then with enormous telescopes sent into space and detecting not only the stars but the black holes left where stars once were! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0455 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The High and the Almighty

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Description: We've been to Kylemore before and may even have seen this church before but we've been down the West for most of this week and it felt like a good ending to visit the beauty of Connemara! Kylemore Abbey and especially this church are in a most beautiful setting but it also appears to be most unlikely for such an establishment. Wild and rugged terrain must have been difficult enough to reach when it was first mooted and later developed. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4445 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Walking the plank for the Nuns?

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Description: Nun's Island in Galway, or even in Connemara in Galway surrounded by falling water and men fishing for sprats or even the gleaming, rushing salmon. Most Irish people will have visited and looked on this scene at one time or another but I, for one, don't remember it quite like this! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3181 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Burglars beware - we've got you covered!

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Description: We just love the Stereo Pairs Collection and today's offering is an enormous manor house with rather strange but effective fortifications on two of the visible corners. As usual there is no location given for the STP images so it will be interesting to find where this is/was! Whoever owned it clearly felt under threat and one suspects that they had a nautical connection as those two mini round forts look rather like the "Figthting Tops" in use by the navy at that time? Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Date: between ca. 1860-1883 NLI Ref: STP_2966 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Where Brian Boru's ghost still walks?

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Description: Dromoland Castle in County Clare looks pristine and well cared for in this image from the ubiquitous Lawrence Collection. The seat of the descendants of AFAIK the only Munster High King of Ireland, Brian Boru but the man himself never stood in it's halls or enjoyed it's comforts. Later changing use into a luxury hotel it is well regarded and has hosted a wide range of distinguished visitors including Pop Stars and the POTUS! If memory serves me right it is also the ancestral home of one of our upside down supporters who shall remain nameless! But not for long? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2871 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Keeping the dead in or the living out?

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Description: While the West of Ireland is so much in the news these days it is good to remember that the land, no more than the people, is rugged and varied. It has been settled for thousands of years and while the only traces may be circles in the land or old passage tombs like this one they are proof of life and death in the West. This Cromlech/Dolmen is in the Cavan Burren park in County Clare Cavan and is all bricked up which begs the question - to keep the dead in or the living out? Perhaps it was done more recently to provide shelter for people or animals? Photographer: Irish Tourist Association Photographer Collection: Irish Tourist Association Photographic Collection Date: 1942 NLI Ref: NPA ITA 25 (Box I) You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Local boys in the bottle trees in Dalby

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Description: Location: Dalby, Queensland. Description: Part of 6600 Rev Higlett Photograph Album View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/38678. Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
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A castle fit for a President?

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Description: On the day when the President of the United States of America is due to visit the historic town of Carlingford we have, serendipitously, a fine Imperial plate image of King John's Castle in that town! The Cooley peninsula and Carlingford Lough are some of the hidden gems of the island with views of the Mourne mountains and south Ulster across the water and ready access to the hinterland on both sides. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2450 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Where the streets have no name...

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Description: According to our much loved and derided Krazy Kataloguers this shot of Clare Castle is on Main Street, Ennis, Co. Clare:-( In most likely is Clare Castle NEAR Ennis in County Clare but an unusual view of the castle and with an interesting foreground. You are all welcome back after the Easter break and hopefully you are not suffering from an overdose of Chocolate? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3161 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Hey mister, that lawn won't cut itself

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Description: While one neighbour has been digging for gold and another playing Boy Scouts the gentleman in the shot is resting while the lawnmower also takes a break! The Hill of Howth the caption says and while there is not a lot of detail it is an interesting shot nonetheless! That fine, rectangular patch of lawn looks perfect for a spot of bowling or perhaps croquet and it certainly stands out amidst the rough grass nearby. That tent may have been commonplace at the time but we would probably associate it with scouting or the military? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2298 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Red sails in the... Daytime?

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Description: A very familiar place but a very unfamiliar scene. The forest of masts in the harbour, the sails in the background and the pretty bare pier show that this is indeed a very old photograph! Dunmore East in County Waterford is a pretty, charming and busy fishing, tourism and boating centre and has seen a great deal of development since this was taken. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1779 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Water, water everywhere...

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Description: The caption on this Morgan image says "Sports Fields and houses" and shows a very fine establishment but with a dreadful inundation. For the 1950's the set up at the establishment is very elaborate and the flood must have been a nightmare for the stable. Where was/is it and what does it look like now? Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1954 -1957 NLI Ref: NPA MORPRINT111 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Market on the Hill below the castle

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Description: Markethill in County Armagh may not have the usual market we would expect but has a fine faux medieval castle in it's stead - or perhaps as well? Armagh is a county of many contrasts and with a rich and varied history so no doubt the history of this place will be interesting too? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0913 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Mother Ireland on her knees

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Description: An interesting sculpture in this Imperial Plate with Mother Ireland on her knees as a cleric appears to intercede for her. In the background the Station of the Cross is leaning off to the Clare side in solidarity with our poor country. Sums it all up really? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0603 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Not a Banshee in sight

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Description: Achill Sound in County Mayo long before it became famous for sausage fingers and mini donkeys. The gateway to the lottery that is Achill Island. If the weather closes in you could end up spending a holiday looking out at Atlantic waves and rain or even waves of rain. If the weather stays fine you would end up in what is very close to heaven here on earth! Achill for the holidays! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_1296 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Finally, a big wall around Cork

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Description: When Morning Mary saw the title on this photo she gave a groan, not another Cork city centre photo! But this one is different and shows a General View of some part of Cork City - but which part? Those walls in the foreground look relatively new which might give some help with the identification and the date? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0701 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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An Cláir Abú in Port Lairge

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Description: The De La Salle hurling team in Waterford but with a wonderful twist. Each of the players appears to have their native county's name As Gaeilge written on their hurley. You have men from Corcaigh (Cork), Gaillimhe (Galway), Cill Coinnigh (Kilkenny), Tiobraid Aran (Tipperary), Luimneach (Limerick the Current All Ireland Champions). The man with the sliothair (ball) and apparently the team captain proudly displays his county An Cláir (Clare). There are also two men with local club names who may have been actual Waterford men? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: 9th June 1920 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2858a You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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All lined up and ready for takeoff

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Description: Dublin Airport, Collinstown way back in 1954 with a collection of airplanes lined up for boarding and eventual takeoff! Given that the airport has changed so much over the years and the controversies ongoing today this does harken back to a different time, a different industry and looking at that horizon a very different Dublin. Even the ramp where the aircraft are parked with it's patchwork effect shows how much construction methods have changed! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. 1954 NLI Ref: NPA MORX-8 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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All ready to dance the Charleston

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Description: We were feeling romantic this morning and so a wedding photo was the order of the day! Mr. A. Tingey (not Tringey as per the catalogue) of Moran's Hotel in Dublin placed the order. The ladies are all dolled up with those lovely hats, fashionable dresses, beautiful bouquets and silk stockings so very much "a la mode" and looking very charming. The gentlemen on the other hand are looking rather dull, dry and conventional. It was ever thus!!! Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: 17th October 1928 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3583 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Just open and ready for business

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Description: Cork Corporation Cemetery in pristine condition ready for those who will spend their eternity there. The two chapels are fine solid constructions and the few memorials that have been erected look shiny and new so we should be able to fine out the place and the date. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0132 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Men Man the Machines while Women Work the Weed

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Description: While "Goodbody's Tobacco Factory" might have been a thriving business in it's time today it would be the opposite! An interesting scene with mounds of dried tobacco leaf on the floor, women sitting and apparently stripping the leaf from the stalks while the men man the machines. Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: Mason Photographic Collection Date: 1890 - 1910 NLI Ref: M6/26 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Early mobile phones but no Social Media

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Description: The Krazy Katalogers have entitled this "Semaphore of Haulbowline lighthouse, Irish Lights Department flag displayed, Co. Down"! That means that there are two conundrums therein. There are at least three signalling systems on display, the Semaphore Flags, the Signalling Flags and the light for Morse Code Signalling. The other conundrum, at least for Morning Mary, is Haulbowline and Co. Down being listed together? The only Haulbowline we are familiar with is down in Cork Harbour but perhaps that one has a twin up North like the recent shot of St. John's Lighthouse? Photographer: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), 1840-1913 Collection: Commissioners of Irish Lights Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1890 - 1909 NLI Ref: NPA CIL195 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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People, horses, cows, sheep and - wait for it - DOGS!

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Description: Finally, after months of searching and poring over the images across all the collections we have located one with not one but at least two dogs therein! Athboy is our benefactor on this occasion with a busy scene on Main Street on Market Day. It seems that the young lady in the foreground walking along the kerbstones is being very careful not to get involved in the muck and horse apples on the street! I am finding it hard to make out the hat she is wearing? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_08404 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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The Builder, the Crew and The Son!

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Description: A builder and his building crew pose for a photo by Mr. Poole Junior and the builder holds his son and heirs hand outside their latest project. This brings back memories of buildings and especially building sites with wooden scaffolding, wooden barrels full of water, buckets full of water and cement being pulled up on a line to those at the top and tradesmen clambering about putting things together to create homes and business premises. Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: 4th January 1928 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3476 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Whatcha doin mister?

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Description: A place that has been a source of controversy on a number of occasion in recent times and all for different reasons. The Military Barracks in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath in it's original glory. The latest recruits stand awaiting near the square while a lady from the Married Quarters looks on. One young volunteer decided to come right up to the photographer and check out what he was doing there! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 1902 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_08098 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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God and Glory - Dia agus Glóir

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Description: With the tiny church and graveyard representing God and the Moat or Motte in the background surely representing the Normans who invaded Ireland representing Glory surely Ardamine represents the place where the two come together? That Motte looks in very good condition, what does it look like today? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_09927 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Bowling on the green and Tennis in whites

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Description: Ward's Park, Bangor in Co. Down is a hive of activity with men and women at play while the kiddies stand watching the adults ignore them! It looks like a great place for recreation but the ladies in their tennis whites must have really struggled in those long dresses. Is é inniu tús Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Labhair Gaeilge linn? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_ROY_11234 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Up, down, in, out - what a hodge podge?

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Description: Humewood in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow looks far more an institution that a family home but, should it be the latter then it would have to be one very, very big family! It looks like a mad architects dream building with a mix of military, religious and domestic styles! Does it still stand proud or has it fallen by the wayside? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3853 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Crowd gathers around an aeroplane that landed at Meat Works Flat, Parsons Point, Gladstone, ca. 1920

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Gladstone, Queensland. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma...; Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
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Families enjoying Barney Point Beach, Gladstone, Queensland, 1906

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Description: Creator: Unidentified. Location: Gladstone, Queensland. Description: This view shows groups of people on the beach at Barney Point Beach. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
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Town of Gladstone, Parish of Gladstone, County of Clinton, Gladstone Land Agent's District 1

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Plan of the town of Gladstone, Port Curtis 1854

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Description: Creator: John Arrowsmith, Location: Gladstone, Queensland. View the original image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma... Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/research-collections. You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Owner: State Library of Queensland, Australia
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Chicken for dinner?

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Description: To start the week we visit the Eason Collection and while we are at it we will visit a different time and pace when hurry and bustle were not in too many peoples vocabularies! The Powerscourt Arms Hotel in Enniskerry looks as if time has been stood still and there is nothing to worry about - apart from how we are going to cook one of those chickens for dinner? Our visit to KIngscourt on Friday was Explored over the weekend to congratulations to all for your contributions! Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_3886 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Tubbernasplink? Now there's a name for ya!!!

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Description: Were this image in full living colour it would be 50 shades of green with a sprinkling of grey and perhaps blue from the bridge and the water. Given the fuzziness of the herbiage I suspect that the photographer was blessed with a breeze to keep him cool while setting up and taking the shot. But Tubbernasplink? Cavan is a county with a rich variety of names for townlands and places and this is one of the more curious ones. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4286 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Towers and castellations galore!

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Description: Knockdrin Castle in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath looks like an childs version of a castle. Lots of towers with lots of fancy castellation on top but of dubious defensive value? That gate looks like it was the entrance to another fortress that was retained when fancy Dan was built. It certainly doesn't control access to the castle. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3504 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Hats on V hats off

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Description: Back in action after Irelands first ever Bank Holiday celebration of Féile lá le Bríde (The festival of St. Brigids Day) or even Imbolg the ancient Celtic name for the first day of Spring! And what better way to mark a new beginning than with the image of a happy couple on their wedding day? Just after the end of the dreadful Emergency in Ireland and the Second World War everywhere else white dresses and dress suits were out of the reach of most people and so the ladies wear Costumes and hats while the men wear the good suits! Commissioned by Mr. William Ward of New Ross we can hope that they had a long and happy life together! Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date: November 1945 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 4511 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Reading the Cross of Kells

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Description: For many years we have been fascinated with the wonderful work on the pages of the Book of Kells but here we have the Cross of Kells with it's own wonderful work. We have been intrigued by the symbolism on paintings and sculptures in many countries and here is a fine stone Celtic cross with a great array of features. Those at the base would be a good place to start? Morning Mary had a few minutes to spare in Dublin yesterday and called in to the NLI Photographic Archive in Temple Bar. There the exhibition "PEOPLE AND PLACES" is on display and well worth a visit! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0118 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Dong, dong in Cong so the Pigeons leave the hole!

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Description: Cong in County Mayo is better known for many reasons but how many of us knew that there was a cave known as the "Pigeons Hole" there that was so spectacular? Not an easy shot taking it from the bottom of the steps up towards the light. I wonder what it looks like now? Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_3399 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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A crows eye view of Luttrellstown Castle,

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Description: While all the Mary's at one time or another have passed this castle it is probable that none has been inside! A well know feature on the North side of Dublin which has been the scene of at least one pop stars nuptials. The only thing this Mary knows about the family after whom the castle is named is that one of their ancestors played a significant and treacherous role in the defeat of the Jacobite army at the battle of Aughrim! Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. April 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR1042 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Take a chill pill in Pill Town?

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Description: The Piltown Co-Operative Agriculture and Dairy Society looks like it was well up and running in May of 1925 almost 100 years ago. The Co-Ops made a massive contribution to the development of rural Ireland and conditions for the people. One wonders what was happening that prompted them to commission this photograph from the Poole Studio? Photographer: A. H. Poole Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford Date:ca. 10 May 1925 NLI Ref: POOLEWP 3268 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Lighting up the rocks

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Description: St. John's Point, which the Krazy Kataloguers have placed in Donegal, is in fact resting below the Mountains of Mourne on the opposite side of the island near Newcastle in County Down. Down is one of the most beautiful parts of the island with golden beaches, wonderful seascapes and great hills to explore and climb. But in fact the Kataloguers were correct and there is a St. John's Lighthouse in County Donegal also. This photograph is of the Donegal version. Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_1073 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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It could have been a great photograph if...

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Description: Usually the Eason photos are really good shots showing great detail and evoking a response in the viewer but this image does nothing for Morning Mary. The Great Southern Hotel, once the jewel in the crown of hotels in the south of Ireland can be seen but only just while the lovely background of hills looks dull and dreary. Now please tell us how the image could have been improved? Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_2391 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Interior of entrance foyer, Minerva Theatre, Sydney, 1939

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Description: Interior of entrance foyer, Minerva Theatre, Sydney, (taken for Building Publishing Co.) by Sam Hood, May 1939, from original nitrate film negativeNCY30/530https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5e3ZMn
Owner: State Library of NSW
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Dining in Style with all eyes on you?

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Description: Yesterday we had a castle that wasn't a castle but there is no doubting that today we have a real live dining room. The subject is the Dining Room in Carton House near Maynooth in County Kildare. Festooned with portraits of ladies and gentlemen when dining all eyes would be on the diner! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2285 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Trams and flags on the Green

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Description: Without the benefit of Monkey Morgans airplane nonetheless Mr. French managed to get a shot of St. Stephens Green from high above the street. A lovely scene with trams (electric), flags on high and ladies in the latest fashions. If yesterday's image showed where the city had changed utterly then today's is surely changed even more with very few of the establishments there or if they are looking the same. Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_2514 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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All changed, changed utterly...

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Description: A view from the sky over the southeast wing of Dublin shows a scene that has not only changed but changed utterly! We haven't visited the "Monkey" Morgan Collection for some time and this is a cracker of a shot to show us just how interesting they can be. I'm curious about the apparent running track on the bottom right - Shelbourne Park perhaps? Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection Date: ca. March 1955 NLI Ref: NPA MOR891 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Ballinrobe rush hour...

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Description: Morning Mary has a special affection for Thomas Wynne and his collection of photographs. The first of the Wynne images posted here was an albumen print as is this one. After emigrating to the US where his wife died leaving him with a child he returned to Ireland and founded a photographing dynasty with his many children scattering throughout the country and continuing the family profession. Main Street, Ballinrobe looks so quiet and remote in this image and the almost pink shading really gives the sense of age! Photographers: Thomas J. Wynne 1838 - 1893 Collection: Wynne Album Date: Circa 1880’s NLI Ref: WYN76 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Amazingly Ardfert Abbey appears to have shrunk?

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Description: While this may or may not be downtown Ardfert then either that wee building in the square is the smallest Abbey in Ireland or the Krazy Kataloguers have been at it again. Wherever we may be the scene is pleasant, seemingly warm, certainly dry and the photographer was the centre of attention - if only for the time it took to take the photograph. Yesterday's Imperial Plate of the Waterside was explored overnight so congratulations to all of you our supporters and contributors for everything! Photographer: Unknown Collection: Eason Photographic Collection Date: between 1900-1939 NLI Ref: EAS_2218 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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Trains and boats but no planes in Waterside

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Description: The Waterside in Derry, a city divided by a river and a significant history along with a whole lot more to boot. Here we have a view of the port with some of the city in the background. While I could work my way around Derry city centre I could not tell if the Waterside is the other side of the river or on the nearside? Have a listen if you have the time@ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olj56pYtCVQ Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_0414 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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A picture of a picture picturing the picture?

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Description: An imperial plate of a painting in the National Gallery of Ireland just around the corner from the Library. An unusual one I imagine with a strange scene that clearly was not witnessed by the artist. Men in armour, long sharp spears, castles on the hill and dead and dying in the foreground. A time of great rejoicing it was not! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_IMP_4417 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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