To his excellency the lord lieutenant general and general governor of ...
Print shows a farmer plowing, another man sowing flax seed, and in the background, a man driving a team pulling a harrow; on the left, a woman, with several children, seated against a tree, beckons her husband ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Lord Lieutenant & Corporation
This is a terribly grand group at a ceremony at City Hall in Waterford. We now know that the "Lord Lieutenant and Lady Aberdeen visited Waterford yesterday for the purpose of presenting the Fagan Shield (the gi... More
Duke of Penaranda, Lord Wimborne
Photograph shows polo player Hernando Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of Peñaranda de Duero (1882-1936) with Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939), who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. (Source: Fl... More
Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington.
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
To hell or to Connacht for dummies?
While Oliver Cromwell was indifferent about how the Irish were to get to either hell or to Connacht the late Queen Victoria was more helpful by providing a bridge to do so! This O'Dea shot from 1963 of the bri... More
The true maner [sic] of the execution of Thomas Earle of Strafford, Lo...
Crowd gathered for execution. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rutland memorial, Merrion Square, Dublin
One of those monuments you pass by and it never dawns on you what it is or why it is there. Not Elinor's best shot ever - yet an interesting choice for today's image. The Rutland Memorial has seen a lot of tr... More