Robert French - The Hell Fire Club
Home of debauchery and devil worship or a gentleman's club? (Maybe the two aren't mutually exclusive!) Generations of Dubliners have been regaled with lurid tales of the goings-on in the Hell Fire Club at Killa... More
Robert French - Sawmill, Foynes, Co.Limerick, circa 1890
Delighted to hear this from Gerard in Ireland: "It is told in my family that the bearded man with hat is Jeremiah O'Connor manager of the sawmill and resident in the large house shown. He died 1922. I am his gr... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Magnificent Millinery
This elegantly behatted group are Mr Murphy of Prior Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and sister(s) perhaps.....Looks as if this was Thomas Murphy, a brewer, and that one of the elegant ladies was his sister, Amy I... More
People's Garden, Phoenix Park, Leinster, Ireland
Posted this photo as a challenge, hoping that the topography and buildings in the distance would help, because originally we had no location information whatsoever...It took under 3 hours for the location of th... More
Robert French - Not Licensed to Sell on Sunday
Wonder if that's the proprietor of the Fair Head Hotel in Antrim, Isabella McLaughlin, lurking in the doorway with ducks around her feet? Now known as "Hunter's Bar in Ballyvoy. The Torr Road starts here and ru... More
Robert French - Afternoon Tea
A rather wooden group having scones, butter and jam at the Glencar Tea House, Co. Leitrim (despite the fact that it says Sligo on the glass negative!)...After some years of looking at this, and prompted by more... More
Robert French - Royal Mail 979 Day Car
This is a mail car near Black's Royal Hotel, Eyre Square in Galway city, loaded up with a fabulous mix of passengers...See here for a little background ( http://www.kennys.ie/News/OldGalway/20052010_blacks_hote... More
Arthur Henri Poole - The Powers
This is Thomas Power and children (and dog) of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Mr Power was a cider manufacturer, and a successful one at that. Power's Blackwater Cider won 1st prize at the Dublin Show in 1904. I fou... More
Market Street, Mountmellick, Leinster, Ireland
In typically infuriating fashion, the car registration number is partly obscured by the the two gents having a chat, but 3844 is visible...Date: 1910??..NLI Ref.: Eas 2728 ( vtls000048053 )
Arthur Henri Poole - March 6, 1910
Harriers in Waterford. This award-winning group, by the looks of the medals and cups, was photographed at the behest of a Mr Farrell. As the photo was taken on a Sunday, presumably this was on the day of a comp... More