Robert French - Pier, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare

We stay in County Clare and with the Lawrence Collection for the last photo of the week. For a while, Ballyvaughan was the official capital of this region of Clare, sporting its own workhouse, coastguard station and a large police barracks. The small boat on the left looks like a Galway Hooker to me, what do you think?..Almost single handedly, B-59 ( /photos/66311327@N05/ ) helped refine the range, identify a key subject, and pinpoint the location. The date (previously a 50 year catalogue range from the 1860s to 1910s) is likely to be between the mid-1890s and early-1910s. This is based on the fact that the main identified subject (the steamer S.S. Duras ( https://www.kennys.ie/News/OldGalway/06032003-SSDuras/ ) ) seemingly ran cargo and passenger services ( Galway_Bay_Steamboat_Company ) to this per (confirmed as at Ballyvaughan, Co Clare ( Ballyvaughan ) ) from after 1893 to before 1912. Thanks B-59 ( /photos/66311327@N05/ ) !...Photographer: Robert French..Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Likely c.1893-1912 ("SS Duras" service range)..NLI Ref: L_ROY_04086 ( vtls000323174 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )