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Parnell, Hon. Chas. of Dublin, Ireland

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Irish members in their seats in the House of Parliament, 1886

Print shows, from back to front, 1. Alexander Blane, 2. J.D. Sheehan, 3. Sir Joseph N. M'Kenna, 4. Donal Sullivan, 5. Patrick O'Hea, 6. Dr. Fox, 7. Joseph Nolan, 8. Edw. Harrington, 9. J.F. Smithwick, 10. Willi... More

Ireland. After an eviction: a scene in Mayo

An evicted girl, seated on table outside cottage, with household belongings. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 May 8, p. 180, middle right.

Robert French - Dining Saloon on the S.S. Great Eastern

Thought that after our couple of "shippy" days, it'd be interesting to see what was available to passengers below decks on snazzy (technical term) vessels like the Brunel-designed S.S. Great Eastern, berthed in... More

The Giants Honeycomb. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Giants Honeycomb, Giant's Causeway..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~055~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.go... More

[Lower Lough Erne. County Fermanagh, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12084". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

"A raal convanience - a woife," a country farm-yard in Ireland

A woman sewing a button on a man's shirt?, in doorway of house. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marriage...; Phot... More

The Suevic, Liverpool. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1907..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Suevic , Liverpool..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~041~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/resea... More

Ireland. Dublin Castle, Chapel Royal

Public domain photograph of chapel, church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1st class cabin, Titanic. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1912..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Titanic, 1st class, cabin interior...PRONI Ref: D1403_2~031~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov... More

The Rope Bridge, Carrick-a-rede

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Rope Bridge, Carrick-a-rede, County Antrim Coast...PRONI Ref: D1403_2~067~A..Copying and copyright:.Please s... More

Linen Hall, Belfast - Public domain historical image

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Linen Hall, Belfast..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~008~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/research... More

Queens University, Belfast - Public domain historical image

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Queens University, Belfast..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~011~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/r... More

Donaghadee Light House. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Donaghadee Light House, County Down ..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~020~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk... More

1st class cabin, Titanic. Northern Ireland

Children building another moat in the sand

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Children building another moat in the sand..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~058~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.pron... More

There's room for you. Enlist to-day / W. A. Fry ; printed by Wm. Strai...

Poster showing soldiers boarding a train, gesturing to others to join them. Poster no. 122.

Hope's Court, Millfield. Northern Ireland

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 1915..Description: on back of photo: Hope's Court, Millfield. These houses had no yards. Common lavatory at end of cul-de-sac. Streets in photo: Hope's ... More

Appeal from John Redmond, M.P., to the people of Ireland

Poster is text only, with lengthy message encouraging enlistment and support of the war effort.

Tramless Patrick Street in Cork

We've seen this snippet of Patrick Street in Cork before, but that was when it was very much be-trammed (technical term). It looks as if trams were gone as a mode of Cork transport by the time this Valentine C... More

The warmth and charm of an open fire

There is a certain sense of deja vu about this in that we have been in sitting rooms before with a similar clutter of decorations on the walls. A cosy, comfortable, lived in room with lots of books, big chairs... More

Hats off, Portland, Maine

After the fun we had yesterday, I am very confident to present this fantastic photograph, the catalogue description is "Release of Republican Prisoners, Dun Laoghaire 1918? (Showing Dev)" the notes also point u... More

Miss Furey behind the bar, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare

A visit to the delightful bar of Miss Furey in Moyvalley and to the O'Dea Collection today! It looks like a welcoming house and that James was a welcome guest...As well as confirming the mapping location, Beac... More

Trams and pedestrians on Nassau Street, viewed from Grafton Street

Leaving "Urbs Antiqua" behind we return to "Urbis Obedientia" with a Clarke photograph taken while he was a student in Dublin...The news this morning is dominated by the brutal murders last evening in Mancheste... More

There's always one! Four little girls in the shadow of the Ballymun t...

This charming image of four youngsters posing for a photograph in the shadow of the Ballymun towers back in 1969 would brighten any Wednesday morning! The 'flats' had just been opened, the families had moved f... More

The march of the Archbishops - Bishops etc., outside Pro Cathedral, Co...

The Eucharistic Congress in Dublin during 1932 ( Eucharistic_Congress_of_Dublin_(1932) ) was a source of many images for different photographers - but this one is an up close and personal view of church dignit... More

Robert French - Labourer's hut, Gweedore

Yesterday we visited Parsonstown AKA Birr and the grandeur of Cumberlands column. Today we go north to Donegal and the poverty of a scraw hut near Gweedore...With thanks to the community, and especially B-59 (... More

Beside the seaside. Northern Ireland

We've travelled further afield for our next image of "Clarke Week". Based on the poster in the shot it seems clear that we're close to Bundoran, County Donegal. The bucket and spade and sun-hats might suggest a... More

Boundary Street Area: Between Louden Street and Upper Cargill Street

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 30th May 1912..Description: Boundary Street Area: Between Louden Street and Upper Cargill Street across No.s 125 & 126. Streets in photo: Dover Street, ... More

Little York Street Area: Little Henry Street looking towards Henry Str...

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation.Date: 23rd April 1912.Description: Little York Street Area: Little Henry Street looking towards Henry Street No.s 20 to 29 on plan. Streets in photo: Little Yo... More

A view of Donaghadee from Fort. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: A view of Donaghadee from Fort..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~057~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/ind... More

... between N[ew]t[own]M[oun]tkennedy and Roundwood...

Feeling particularly fiendish today! This image is from a lantern slide in our Joshua H. Hargrave collection...If you like, you can take it as an interesting image in and of itself, but if you're up for a chall... More

[From east, Waterford. County Waterford, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12092". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Vale of Avoca. County Wicklow, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12035". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Glenoe Village. County Antrim, Ireland] view, photochrome print postc...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905, where the title is misspelled as "Glencoe." Print no. "12112". More information about the... More

[The Honeycombs, Giant's Causeway. County Antrim, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12071". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Clifden. County Galway, Ireland] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12081". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

The venders' harvest day - characteristic Irish market, Cork, Ireland

Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wassson (International View Co.). No. 1505. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr.; Markets.

John Bull: Are these my Islands or yours?

John Bull is seen standing on an outline map of the British Isles (he stands squarely between London and the Midlands), facing a "Tory peer"-type who is dressed in hunting clothes, ermine-trimmed robes, and a m... More

Train at Abbeyleix - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

This is Abbeyleix Train Station, Co. Laois. The train is pulled by Engine No. 60...There's a fine array of advertising signs and posters on the gable wall, and dotted about the station, including what looks lik... More

August 1, 1915, Leinster, Ireland

Funeral procession of Fenian Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa. Trams drew to a halt and crowds lined the streets as the coffin passed. O'Rossa had died on Staten Island on 29 June 1915, but his body was brought back to... More

Carrickfergus Castle. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Carrickfergus Castle..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~014~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/researc... More

Children spinning, County Donegal

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Children spinning and reeling wool, Highlands, County Donegal..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~025~A..Copying and copyright:.Pl... More

The Wishing Chair. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Wishing Chair, Giant's Causeway..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~051~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.u... More

Botanical photograph - Public domain botanical illustration

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Botanical photograph..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~070~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/researc... More

Barbican Bridge, Glenarm Castle

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Barbican Bridge, Glenarm Castle..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~028~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/in... More

Have you any women-folk worth defending? Remember the women of Belgium...

Poster showing a portrait of a woman wearing a shawl drawn over her head.

Chetwynd Viaduct and the Mystery Car!!

Chetwynd Viaduct lifting train, Chetwynd, Co. Cork...I will leave it to the reader to keep themselves abreast of the "Mystery Car" controversy - see comments below. ..This a viaduct on the Cork, Bandon and Sou... More

James Valentine - Grafton Street

Grafton Street in Dublin, long before pedestrianisation was even a twinkle in Dublin Corporation's eye. Check out the tags for the car registrations that are clear enough to read - the only one I'm unsure of is... More

Bringing home the turf - A group of people standing next to a donkey

To end the week with a wee bit of colour we have a most charming photograph of a time long gone. The activity captured here was once ubiquitous - but now less common. The whole process of bringing home the tur... More

"Europe leaning to the right" is Antwerp

A Mason image for today with a scene apparently from the Continent of Europe around the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries! The scene is dominated by distinctive church buildings but the street is alive with ... More

Robert French - Camlin Falls, Longford, Co. Longford

These unusual water falls in County Longford are today's offering from the Lawrence Collection. Obviously part of a river management system and I imagine an adventure for kayakers if it still exists. I love t... More

Éamonn Ceannt, full-length, facing front portrait, seated, holding pip...

Eamonn Ceannt sitting with a set of "uileann pipes" is today's offering. Eamonn Ceannt was of course one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising and apparently an exponent of that strange instrument the "el... More

Robert French - Clonhugh, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

From the moving statue of King Billy to a big, a very big, house outside Mullingar in County Westmeath. This large building with extensions looks like yet another country house converted into a convent or scho... More

Small church with square battlemented tower in graveyard, showing grav...

With a catalogue heading such as that above, identifying this church should perhaps be a doddle(?) On the morning of the winter solstice, the true new year perhaps, we can look forward to longer days, brighter... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Grange Terrace (and its children) Waterford!

I haven't had the pleasure of putting up a Poole shot for some time and today I can put up a cracker! Grange Terrace with its children assembled outside the doors of the nearer houses on a wet day looks so wel... More

Robert French - St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

This amazing shot of St. Patricks Cathedral taken by Mr. French could probably never be repeated. Not at least short of knocking down buildings and recreating others! It creates a vision of a very open and spa... More

Bird's Eye View, Lurgan, Co. Armagh

Before the days of helicopters and drones a church steeple or high hill provided a "birds eye view" as in this shot. Lurgan appears a well developed town with industry and institutions aplenty back when this s... More

Robert French - Roaring Meg, Derry City, Co. Derry

Thanks to sharon.corbet ( /photos/[email protected]/ ) for the following information on "Roaring Meg"...Roaring Meg, named because of its ferocious sound in battle, was used during the Siege of Derry. One accoun... More

College Street, Killarney, Ireland

Busy market day in an unknown provincial town...Location Identified by both derangedlemur ( /photos/[email protected]/ ) and OwenMacC ( /photos/[email protected]/ ) , let's call it a dead heat and award half the prize ... More

Saint Patricks Day - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print showing scenes such as the birth of St. Patrick, his arrival in Ireland, the "Evils of Intemperance," the sun rising over a new society embracing the values of temperance (dance and tea parties), and the ... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Patrick of Irelan...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The cove and harbour, County Cork Ireland / drawn by J. Brenann 223 E....

Print shows a view of the harbor at County Cork, Ireland, from a street above, with many well-dressed pedestrians, several buildings, among them "O'Sullivan's Dining, Saloon", "Emigration Office, Cunard Line", ... More

Belfast - Window (3). Northern Ireland

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 11th May 1912..Description: Window (3)...PRONI Ref: LA/7/8/HF/3/37..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/research_and_records_held/c... More

Boundary Street Area: Northern side of Gable Street

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 10th June 1912..Description: Boundary Street Area: Northern side of Gable Street westwards to Boundary Street, No. 16 on plan. Streets in photo: Gable S... More

A waterfall in Glenariffe. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: c.1888..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: A waterfall in Glenariffe..PRONI Ref: D1403_1~038~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/re... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Spiral

Not quite a Wall of Death, but this must surely have been quite a thrilling act for audiences at Lloyd's Circus nonetheless. I like the tiny part of the crowd that's lit up by sunlight...Lloyd's Circus (aka Llo... More

The Great Irish Ventriloquist, with his Performing Parliamentary Manik...

Music hall style poster showing John Redmond as a ventriloquist with Bannerman as his mannequin, balanced on his knee...Artist: Unknown.Printer: A White and Co.Publisher: Conservative Central Office.Place of Pr... More

Step out of the car please, Sir

Following the Easter Rising, British Army soldiers are about to search a car that they've stopped on Mount Street Bridge over the Grand Canal, in an area of Dublin that had seen fierce and prolonged fighting...... More

November 24, 1920 during World War I

Friends of the victims and members of the military outside Jervis Street Hospital during the military enquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings at Croke Park on Sunday, 21 November 1920...Monday's Irish Independ... More

DOLLY MADISON BREAKFAST. MRS. SAMUEL IRELAND

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ocean liners: Titanic. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1912..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: The Titanic, interior view...PRONI Ref: D1403_2~033~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/re... More

Belfast - Donaghadee. Northern Ireland

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Donaghadee Harbour..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~018~A..Copying and copyright:.Please see www.proni.gov.uk/index/research_an... More

Ceremonies and Parades - New York School Children's "Americanization D...

Date Taken: 1917. - Photographer: Paul Thompson Ceremonies and Parades Public domain photograph - Military parade in Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newcastle from Belleview Hotel - Public domain historical image

Creator: R. Welch (Photographer)..Date: 1914..Original Format: Photographic Print..Description: Newcastle from Belleview Hotel, Newcastle, County Down..PRONI Ref: D1403_2~011~A..Copying and copyright:.Please se... More

Linen Hall, Belfast - Public domain historical image

The real Irish spirit / M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, Ltd., Dublin & Belfast...

Poster showing a man dressed in green, with shamrocks in his hat and at his feet, addressing a soldier. Caption: I'll go too! P. 3177/7500.

The call to arms. Irishmen don't you hear it? / David Allen & Sons Ltd...

Poster showing a soldier playing bagpipes, beside him a dog, with troops marching in the background. Wt. 1725 20000 7/16 H.M.S.O.

Irish freedom demonstration - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a group of women with picket signs in support of American intervention in the cause of an independent Ireland. J243902 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Harris & Ewing News Ne... More

The ashes of despair, Donegal, Ireland

From the Hallowed Halls of Library Towers to the ultimate in human desolation for todays photograph. A wee cottage in Glenbeigh has been reduced to its constituent parts, the walls a mere pile of stones. The ... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Lady Duncannon with baby

Everybody loves a baby and this wee one is a bouncer if ever there was one! A photo for many with a hat for our friend in Quebec, a baby for those who love children and a title for those who love to research "... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Remembering the Mammy and Daddy!

An Irish boy who did well in the US remembers his Mother and Father with a beautifully crafted tombstone! The workmanship on this is really fine work at a time when machines did very little of the work...Thank... More

Robert French - Eviction scene, Ireland

Following the recent related Tríd an Lionsa program ( http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=4636432704001&title=Tr%c3%add an Lionsa&series=Tr%c3%add an Lionsa ) , today's image shows the scope of the eviction m... More

Fianna Éireann Council, 1915?, Leinster, Ireland

Sticking with our recent "100 years ago" theme, today we post an image of the council members of Fianna Éireann ( Fianna_%c3%89ireann ) . The catalogue lists this as "1915" with a front row (left to right) of P... More

Trains lined up at sheds, Adelaide, Co. Antrim.

To start the week we have an O'Dea shot from Co. Antrim to warm us up on a cold and wet July day!..Thanks to Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) for the location and his notes on the crest which can be seen ... More

Gothic Grandeur Gloriously Guarded

This beautiful shot from the stereo pairs shows a fine church in an unknown location. The initial title was too long so a wee bit of alliteration to start your day:-)..Location Identified as Saint Fin Barre's ... More

Ardagh Chalice. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Probably published in book or periodical on Irish art. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate rep...

Print shows an interior view of a "scutch" mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fiber. Plate V. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Perdeum et F... More

Irish emigrants leaving their home for America--the mail coach from Ca...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 21 (1866 Jan. 20), p. 273 (cover). Reference copy may be in LOT 7010. Caption card tracings: Immi... More

Ireland's historical emblems / Eagle Litho. Co.

Ancient cross, ancient harp & shamrocks, standard of Erin, roundtower, abbey, lakes of Killarney.

The eviction: a scene from life in Ireland / VE [monogram printed in r...

Print shows clusters of tenants with their belongings after being forcibly evicted from their homes on land largely owned by British absentee landlords. With "verses written expressly for this picture, by Mrs. ... More

The Ha'Penny Bridge Dublin - Drawing. Public domain image.

View of the cast iron footbridge then officially known as The Liffey Bridge, looking from Aston Quay across to Bachelors Walk and down river towards Grattan Bridge and the Four Courts.

Gardiner Street Area: Abbey Street No.s 60 to 57 reading from left to ...

Creator: Alexander R. Hogg for Belfast Corporation..Date: 27th April 1912..Description: Gardiner Street Area: Abbey Street No.s 60 to 57 reading from left to right. Streets in photo: Gardiner Street, Abbey Stre... More

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901

3/4 lgth., standing, facing right; holding papers. Steel engraving copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I.; BI; Publ. Ind.; Shelf.

Ireland. Peasantry seizing the potato crop of an evicted tenant, in Ke...

People taking potatoes from field after tenant was evicted by landlord.

[Bank of Ireland, Dublin. County Dublin, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12043". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Glengariff Harbor. County Cork, Ireland] view, photochrome print post...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12017". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Queenstown Harbor. County Cork, Ireland] view, photochrome print post...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12024". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Londonderry. County Derry, Ireland] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905, where the county is misidentified as "Limerick." Print no. "12120". More information abou... More

Arthur Henri Poole - May 28, 1901

Waterford Bicycle Club group outside the Court House, Catherine Street, Waterford...Date: Tuesday, 28 May 1901..NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 869 ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000036564 )

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