Bloomsday, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Poets Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin at the church in Monkstown with the carriage in which they'd been proceeding about Dublin in the footsteps of Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist in Ulysses - 50 years ... More
70 Patrick Street, Cork - Victorian era public domain image
These are the premises of the legendary Guy's of Cork - photographers, stationers, and publishers of Guy's Cork Almanacs and Directories. At no. 69 to the left is Allen, a drapers perhaps as a sign in the windo... 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
Robert French - Penny Farthing - Victorian era public domain image
Not sure if we've seen St. Stephen's Green in Dublin from this angle before. There isn't the usual clarity of a Lawrence Collection photograph, but when I spotted the Penny Farthing, this one was irresistible..... More
Exemption Licence at the Anchor Hotel in Moville, Co. Donegal
Don't think we've come across one of these newfangled exemption licences before, have we?..Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls... 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
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
December 25, 1959 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
This is the steam boat train crossing the pier at Dun Laoghaire, Dublin on Christmas Day, 1959...Date: 25 December 1959..NLI Ref.: ODEA17/97 ( vtls000148319 )
Emptying her out - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
And here is engine 207 (aka Boyne) at Amiens Street Station (now Connolly Station) in Dublin, being emptied of cinders, clinkers, ash.....Date: Sunday, 21 June 1964..NLI Ref.: ODEA 39/38 ( vtls000306968 )
Brand Spanking New Bus, Leinster, Ireland
A bright shiny new No. 8 bus pictured on O'Connell Street, Dublin. It looks as if these men can't wait to get on board and try it out for size...Thanks to A. P. Luckwill ( apl-irl/ ) for letting us know that t... More
Sackville Street in the quiet, Dublin, Ireland
Morning Mary is taking a bit of a punt today by posting two images of the same scene from the wonderful Eblana "upsidey downsie" collection. Since they are the same scene yet with great differences of populati... More
Standing still for history Limerick, Ireland
Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and ... More
This is so busy I need a cup of Liptons tea!
This is a FIRST I stand to be corrected but this is the first image from the EBLANA Collection that we have posted here. A busy image full of people, traffic and movement to delight and thrill the viewer. In... More
Robert French - Picnicking at Lough Gill
Yet another visit to beautiful Lough Gill to end this week and a view to die for! Mr. French appears to have brought a few of his drinking partners to share the view with him on this occasion though the top ha... 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
In the long arms of the law!, Dublin, Ireland
In this lovely if damaged glass plate, from the Clarke Collection, a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police appears to have at least one prisoner on their way to the station. In the background some onlookers... 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
Somewhere in the West - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
I know this scene, it is like the Delphi Fishery but I do not think it is, T. C. Kingsmill Moore, would know precisely. It is definitely associated with a fishery in the West of Ireland. We have the scotch pine... More
NOT a "Gothic revival/restoration stone church, square castellated tow...
While this is NOT the exterior of a Gothic revival/restoration stone church it just may be the interior of just such a church. This appears to be one of a number of images of the same church in the archive. T... More
Milady is the height of fashion!
The title on this Clonbrock image is "Spring 1918. Woman standing in parkland, wearing hat and button through coat." The dress style is so outdated and material looks like winter weight cloth for the chills of... More
The blessings of Saint Patrick be upon you all!
This Mason lantern slide of St. Patrick curing a sick man is appropriate for the day that is in it! Patrick was a Welshman who as a boy was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave. He was put minding s... 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
Meet Moate's Main Street - from the west!
Moate, Co. Westmeath has a long and noble main street and it is well captured in this fine Eason shot! We have some of the usual suspects standing about but for me the pose of the man about to climb onto the c... More
"Group of women activists holding protest posters and an American flag...
Good morning all! Continuing the Irish Political Figures images, today we have women carrying placards at some unknown location in protest at the "reign of terror" in Ireland. Not a dog in sight and wet enoug... More
Published image:'An Irish Village'. Cart, man/woman; 2 men and boy ser...
An image straight from Punch Magazine to follow a Polar Expedition by hot air balloon! Peasants in rags supposedly imitating their "betters" from Mr. Mason today! Least said the better?..A fascinating discuss... 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
Where is the Clock? + Our 2,000th Photograph on Flickr Commons
Pedestrians on O'Connell Street, Dublin..When this Mary visited Dublin City as a young lady "Under the Clock at Clery's" was inevitably the meeting point. The lack of a clock will probably help with dating, but... 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
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
Robert French - Crusader, XIII Century, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
From long gone golf clubs, to long gone glory hunters in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny. This fine stone effigy, with superb detail, looks like an interesting subject for a day in which the rain is belting d... More
"Street, Dublin City" .... is actually Navan
A street in Dublin City? While this is what the catalogue says, I really don't think so! But, if not Dublin, then where is it or even where was it? A busy hilly street somewhere in Ireland, where a Taoiseach ... More
Robert French - Photography School
An idyllic summer's day. Captured (not once but twice it seems) on the lawn at Ballinskelligs, I am intrigued by the two "barber shop" poles in the background. What were they for? Happy Fotografic Friday every... More
Robert French - Williamsgate Street, Galway City, Co. Galway
Having been to Graigue by brake and back last week we start this week in Galway looking at the makers of the beautiful Claddagh Ring on Williamsgate Street in Galway City...Almost single-handedly, Niall McAuley... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Passengers going to Graiguenamanagh in brakes
Why? I mean why would you want to go to Graiguenamanagh in the first place? Why go there in the buckets of rain? In an open car, late in an Irish summer? In any event, this fine Poole shot captures groups o... More
Robert French - Changed, changed utterly!
The cattle market on North Circular Road in Dublin taken from a high PoV by Robert French. This landscape was well known to Joyce and at least one of the buildings in view was mentioned in "Ulysses" (along wit... More
D. O'Connor, Provincial Stores, 41 Barronstrand Street, shopfront : co...
From yesterdays people who might cast pearls to swine to todays people who might insure those Pearls? Mr. D. O'Connor of 41 Barronstrand Street was proud of his shop and decided to immortalise it by ensuring i... More
Robert French - Fridays child is loving and giving!
The fine shot of Town Hall Street, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh is surely "Fridays Child"? There is so much to see here including some crisp, clear posters, a Peeler, some ghosts and more people standing around ... More
Hat trick - Royal visitors in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle
A royal group in Kilkenny Castle, that beautiful castle in, arguably, Ireland's most beautiful city - but can we name this lot?..And indeed it seems we can. With thanks in particular to some our regular stalwar... More
Monument, James's Street, Dublin
One of those seemingly nameless and perhaps purposeless monuments that we pass daily - and due to traffic or location never get to identify! I have passed this many times over 50 years and could not tell you f... More
Robert French - Knocka Castle, Templemore, Co. Tipperary
Back to County Tipperary once more - but to the North Riding this time. Knocka Castle in ruins near Templemore looks to have been once a great house with a Norman tower nearby for refuge (perhaps in case the W... More
Robert French - Curraghmore, Portlaw, Co. Waterford
We may have moved to the Lawrence Collection today but we remain firmly in Poole territory of Waterford. This magnificent pile may not have survived the "Troubles" but if it has it would make a most interestin... More
"Turnwake, with figures at base of flagpole" - is Tynwald Hill, Isle o...
The Turnwake it says! As if that is enough in itself to describe and locate a circular mound with a flagpole in its centre. Well, I must admit that I never heard of it before nor did I ever see an image of it... More
Main Street, Midleton, Co. Cork
A new week and we start off with a photo from the lovely town of Midleton. I think something looks staged in this one, what do you think?..With thanks in particular today to the contributions of Niall McAuley (... More
Robert French - G.P.O. Belfast - Victorian era public domain image
On the Monday after Assembly Elections in Northern Ireland we go to Belfast and an image of an impressive and deserted (almost) General Post Office. One of the two figures standing on the kerb appears to be a ... More
Robert French - "Crawford's Burn Bridge & Waterfall, Bangor, Co. Down"...
...I know, I know. Someone in Library Towers was on the sauce last evening but it wasn't me :) Clearly this image is of the cathedral on the Rock of Cashel. How its label was transmogrified to become "Crawford'... 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
Modern building, possibly an hotel with "Butler" shop attached (is Lis...
This morning we have a rather bleak looking building, apparently in the middle of nowhere, with a goodly supply of horse manure and a bowler hatted corner boy for local colour...And with thanks to today's contr... More
Robert French - Sea Park House, Malahide
On a bright if cold day in Dublin we have a shot taken on a bright summers(?) day in Malahide. I admit to not knowing if Seapark House still exists...The sad news is that the house no longer exists, It was dem... More
I didn't know O'Sullivan was in gaol(?)
The Spring-O'Sullivan bar is in Firies in Co. Kerry and typical of a pub in rural Ireland it could have two or more other businesses operating from under the one roof. In this case the Post Office is right nex... More
The Old Man of the Holy Well
If ever there was a photograph of a man taking his ease in beautiful surroundings this must be it. A holy well in Sligo from the Eason collection...Well done to B-59 ( /photos/66311327@N05/ ) for identifyin... More
Red Bay Arch, with man on bicycle
This morning we go up north to the Arch at Red Bay and a fine upright bicycle. ..With thanks to B-59 ( /photos/66311327@N05/ ) , swordscookie ( /photos/swordscookie/ ) and beachcomberaustralia ( /photos/beach... More
Square obelisk by footbridge with iron railing over wide stream, woods...
Today we change from the misery of a downtrodden people to a memorial to someone long dead. Drogheda is an historic and fascinating town and we really looked forward to finding out more about this obelisk...An... More
Mathias Magrath's house, Moyasta, Co.Clare after destruction by the Ba...
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 result of the type of b... More
Sharman & Neill brush gold ornaments & Antique models. Jeweller/Diamon...
Today we have the longest title this Mary has seen on a photo in the NLI's Commons stream. A fine establishment in central Belfast should make for good searching for those so inclined...And indeed there proved... More
Mansion near Navan, Co. Meath - is the Loreto Convent
Today we have a large institutional looking mansion in Navan, Co, Meath. Very quickly sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) proposed (and others concretely corroborated) that the "mansion" is St Michael's L... More
People strolling and sunning themselves in a park (Phoenix Park)
Labelled as "People strolling and sunning themselves in a park : location unknown", today's image took us from war to peace. Having seen the result of military reprisals yesterday, todays sylvan scene is a welc... More
Cross at Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
This reminds me of the Spencer Tracy film, "Bad day at Blackrock" so the question is which Blackrock is it. A really nice Mason shot to start this week...sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) Identified ... More
Robert French - Roaring Meg, Derry City, Co. Derry
Thanks to sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) 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/8468254@N02/ ) and OwenMacC ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) , let's call it a dead heat and award half the prize ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Ryan Wedding Party
Wedding party : commissioned by Mr. J. Ryan, Pipe Street, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny..Photographer: A. H. Poole. .Collection: Poole Photographic Studio ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=A.H.+Poole... More
O'Neill's Bicycles. EXPLORED #187
This group of workers are proud of their trade and appear happy to pose for Mr. Mason!..Lucania bicycles were manufactured by John O’Neill at the Lucania works in South King Street, Dublin. An advertisement for... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Nolan's Public House, Fennor North, Islandikane, ...
This rather grim looking building is one of several in the Poole Collection...Still difficult to understand what this photo is all about. derangedlemur ( /photos/8468254@N02/ ) Identifies the location as Fenn... More
St Patrick's Church Downpatrick.
After a relatively long search Liam O'Hara ( /photos/116877755@N06/ ) identified the Church as St Patrick's, Dungannon, County Down, Northern ireland...Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) narrowed the dat... More
Overprints 1922 - postal stamp - public domain postal stamp scan
This unusual shot from WD Hogan of stamps will mean a lot to the Philatelists among us! I have a great collection of stamps, many of them very old, but nothing as historic as these!..I have mapped the location... More
Robert French - Good Day at Blackrock
The canny billh35 got in his request to see this one just under the wire. It's Blackrock in Co. Louth...Traffic-wise, a rather more relaxed scene than yesterday's photograph of Dame Street/College Green ( nlire... More
Arthur Henri Poole - On a bicycle made for three
Anyone know the technical term for this very snazzy bicycle? These natty gentlemen are members of the Waterford Bicycle Club.....Photographer: Poole Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results... More
Who pays the Ferryman?, Leinster, Ireland
We've come across some ferries here before, but never one quite like this! Taken on the Royal Canal at Downs, near Mullingar in Co. Westmeath.....Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Ho... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Positively the last motoring photo for a while...
... but just couldn't resist the Overland Whippets at Crotty's Garage (photo taken for a Miss Crotty), No. 11 The Mall in Waterford...Had not heard of this Overland make of car before. Had you?..Photographer: P... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Movember's Finest!, Boer War
(And these finely moustachioed gentlemen were actually photographed in November of 1899!)..There's a wee mystery here. Most of these chaps are either tradesmen and/or members of the 3rd Division, Ambulance (pro... More
Young England's Floral Alphabet
We met Edith (1878-1964) and Ethel Dillon (1880-1978) ( nlireland/9946555274 ) a while back. This photo was taken about a year later outside the Photograph House at Clonbrock Estate, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, as ... More
Robert French - No. 2 Dredger...
... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford...Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: Between circa... More
Members of the Irish Women Workers' Union on the steps of Liberty Hall
We first posted this photo back in June 2011. I'm upcycling it now because of this suggestion.....guliolopez ( /photos/20727502@N00/ ) has suggested:."Given today's announcement [that Dublin's newest bridge is... More
Robert French - Surgeon Major Parke, I presume!
This is a statue erected in memory of Surgeon Major T.H. Parke (Thomas Heazle Parke) on what was Leinster Lawn at the "back" of Leinster House, and now is part of the grounds of the Natural History Museum. That... More
Great Squishing Drama of 1959 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Looks as if we might be witnessing the Great Squishing Drama of 1959 at Dromod, Co. Leitrim…..Date: February 1959..NLI Ref.: ODEA 8/62 ( vtls000303207 )
Weir on the River Dodder below Orwell Bridge
This snowy and icy scene from Rathgar in Dublin was also requested by Niall McAuley ( gnmcauley/ ) as he thinks he used to play around this area as a child...Wondered if perhaps we'd be able to date this photo... More
Arthur Henri Poole - E.F. Fraser? = Edward Francis Frazer!
This Poole Studio portrait is of an E.F. Frazer (which we now know, thanks to your research - we thought it was Fraser). Almost certainly taken in Waterford, and we believed the young man may have had something... More
The Tholsel, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Very definitely the earliest sighting of a Post No Bills sign in our photos, way earlier than this Galway one ( nlireland/6988679474/ ) ! Although by the looks of the shopfront visible through the arches, nobod... More
"possibly outside railway station"? No, it's Woodside Skating Rink!
Does this location look familiar to anyone? Our catalogue information says "... possibly outside railway station"...Plus I'm wondering is that scaffolding or a railing on roof of the large establishment with th... More
Robert French - Queen Elizabeth at City Quay, Dublin
I love this one! A great shipping photo, but look at that structure on the quay - are they public toilets? Love the children sitting on barrels while one appears to read to the others from a newspaper. There ar... More
Robert French - Main Street in Roscommon Town
Was very ashamed when I looked around all the counties of Ireland and realised that we've been overlooking Roscommon, so here's one to slightly redress the balance... Hope you like it!..Date: Circa 1903..NLI Re... More
Robert French - Unidentified = Glenariff, Co. Antrim
Thought this would be a toughie, but yet again, you all laughed in the face of toughiness!..Was "Unidentified" as the title on our catalogue, but thanks to robinparkes ( 13073434@N03/ ) especially, we now know... More
Robert French - George's Street, Limerick
Hope you don't mind, but think I'll recycle one or two photos that have been hiding away in the bowels of our stream since we started on Flickr and before we hit the Commons, as they're pretty good but haven't ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Communion Day
This is Master Alfred (or perhaps Frederick) Forte of 17 Broad Street, Waterford, pictured in his Holy Communion outfit. It's pure coincidence as I chose this photo a few days ago, but all over Ireland today ch... More
Arthur Henri Poole - April 15, 1901
Impeccably clad P. Gallwey playing golf at Tramore. Don't know whether he's in the rough, or whether Tramore Golf Club just wasn't as manicured as we're used to nowadays...See comments below for sad news about ... More
Glendalough, Leinster, Ireland
Tourists or walkers at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow with the Round Tower and St. Kevin's Oratory in the background...Thanks to MKSeery ( 39393844@N04/ ) for the following:."Might as well throw in some dear old Geo... More
April 9, 1970, Leinster, Ireland
The aftermath of a huge fire at Thomas McKenzie & Sons Ltd. on Pearse Street, Dublin, luckily situated just opposite Tara Street Fire Station...This report is from the front page of the Irish Times on the follo... More
Arthur Henri Poole - April 2, 1915
Extensive fire (and presumably water) damage to Hearne & Co. at 27 Georges Street, Waterford...Nice account in Irishmen or English Soldiers by Thomas P. Dooley of how the Royal Engineers helped out:."At least o... More
March 13, 1922, Cork, Ireland
Michael Collins addressing a mass meeting in Cork, described by photographer W.D. Hogan as a "Free State demonstration". Sean McKeon is also somewhere on the platform with Collins...Thanks to blackpoolbeach ( b... More
March 8, 1966, Leinster, Ireland
A half-demolished Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street, Dublin...From the front page of the Irish Times on Tuesday, 8 March 1966:."The top of Nelson Pillar, in O'Connell street, Dublin, was blown off by a tremen... More
Arthur Henri Poole - March 2, 1906
This is the chapel of the Presentation Convent, Waterford. The light coming in the stained glass windows makes it very atmospheric, but also unfortuately obscures a lot of the architectural and other detail... ... More
Robert French - Dr Tully's House
An eviction on the land of the Marquis of Clanricarde at Woodford, Co.Galway. Farmer and boatbuilder, Francis Tully, known locally as “Dr Tully”, was an activist for the Plan of Campaign in Galway...The Plan of... More
Arthur Henri Poole - February 3, 1909
A group of farriers in action at the Cavalry Barracks in Waterford. One of them may be a Sergeant Murray...Date: Wednesday, 3 February 1909..NLI Ref.: P_WP_1881 ( P_WP_1881 )
Arthur Henri Poole - January 9, 1916
You will all have to forgive this group's rather wooden poses! This is the fruits of the labour of students at a technical school in Waterford...Couldn't resist it on a number of grounds. Firstly, it wins the m... More
Escape, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
At the start of the Irish Civil War in 1922, the Battle of Dublin took place from 28 June to 5 July. This photo shows guests finally making their escape from the The Edinburgh Hotel at 56 Upper Sackville Street... More
November 19, 1924 Limerick, Ireland
This is Clonespoe, the winning horse in the Irish Cambridgeshire at the Curragh Racecourse in Co. Kildare. Clonespoe was owned by Limerick man, N.J. Grene, and was trained at Patrickswell by R. Moss. The jockey... More