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Arthur Henri Poole - Mr. Duffin's house, Larkfield, Ferrybank

Arthur Henri Poole - Mr. Duffin's house, Larkfield, Ferrybank

"Mr. Duffies' [?] house, Larkfield with mother and baby in summer attire?"..Thanks and congrats to Carol Maddock ( /photos/47297387@N03/ ) for confirming the location as Larkfield in Ferrybank on the Waterford... More

"Street, Dublin City" is actually in Navan

"Street, Dublin City" is actually in Navan

Happy Toffee Tuesday to all. Today we've an image labelled as "Street, Dublin" from the turn of the 20th century. In one of those shops they will have sold my favourite hard rock toffee to stick the teeth toge... More

Fianna Éireann Council, 1915?, Leinster, Ireland

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

Clare Senior Hurling team, is likely the Clare Junior Football team

Clare Senior Hurling team, is likely the Clare Junior Football team

The day after Mr. Pooles native Waterford book their place in the All Ireland Hurling Final against Galway we have the Clare Hurling team from 1925? A fine bunch of young men in those old fashioned "sashed" je... More

Bridge and Stronghold - The following plates are not lettered and therefore not authentic, Athy, Co. Kerry

Bridge and Stronghold - The following plates are not lettered and ther...

This fine shot of the bridge and stronghold at Athy is from the Eason Collection. I have deliberately included the title as shown because it raises questions and of course Athy is NOT in Co, Kerry! .The staff... More

"Genial toff, with monacle, holds passport aloft" is likely Richard Tauber

"Genial toff, with monacle, holds passport aloft" is likely Richard Ta...

An interesting photo from Mr Mason. Based on the description here, I am really looking forward to your musings on this one. Good luck...This image was reversed (from the original catalogue orientation) as per c... More

"Unidentified building in unknown location" is St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park

"Unidentified building in unknown location" is St Mary's Hospital, Pho...

Nothing as exciting as Beagle Balls, collapsing prison walls and daring rescues today! We have a large institutional building photographed by the Wiltshires in the middle of the last century. It looks like a... More

Major General Ennis (with Thompson gun) and Comdt. McCreagh or McCrea

Major General Ennis (with Thompson gun) and Comdt. McCreagh or McCrea

Today and tomorrow we've got two related Hogan photos from the civil war's "Battle for Cork" (July-August 1922). ..The first was labelled in the catalogue as "Major General Ennis (with Thompson gun) and Comdt. ... More

Church (Ruins), Waterville, Co. Kerry

Church (Ruins), Waterville, Co. Kerry

Labelled as "St. Fininan's Church (Ruins), Waterville, Co. Kerry", we have an interesting photo from the Eason Collection to start off the week. We are in the Kingdom, and as a Dub I am happy to visit Kerry at... More

"Salthill Hotel" - but not in Co Galway, it's Co Dublin

"Salthill Hotel" - but not in Co Galway, it's Co Dublin

The recent scenes from Salthill in Galway are in marked contrast to the beautiful still conditions in this lovely Lawrence image of (allegedly) the same spot. We thought it was perhaps too calm to be the west ... More

Deep in the valley O! - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Deep in the valley O! - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

To end the week after some really lovely images, here we have one from our Stereo Pairs Collection of an unidentified valley. It has a cluster of houses nestling below the heavily wooded slopes of a hill. (Cong... More

Mmmmm "Courtown Hotel"?  I don't think so! (it's St Michael's Church, Gorey)

Mmmmm "Courtown Hotel"? I don't think so! (it's St Michael's Church, ...

In recent years I have seen church buildings converted to many other uses, warehouses, restaurants, public houses and even private residences. However I doubt that when this photograph was taken that this was ... More

Robert French - Hotel, Clonbur, Co Galway

Robert French - Hotel, Clonbur, Co Galway

A very interesting photo of a fishing party in Clonbur Co Galway, They can proceed north to Lough Mask or south to Lough Corrib, I wonder which lake and if their piscatorial pursuits were rewarded on the day in... More

Roofs, spires and water

Roofs, spires and water

Having arrived at the northern end of the country on Friday, we decided to go a step further to start this week by going out foreign altogether! This image, from the Hargrave collection, follows the trend of h... More

"Church with square tower of rubble masonry" is the original St Finbarre's Cathedral, Cork

"Church with square tower of rubble masonry" is the original St Finbar...

A visit to the Stereo Pairs Collection today and to a country church(?) with "square tower of rubble masonry". The shot has been reduced to a single image for ease of viewing on Flickr. In the past we have bee... More

"Reelan Bridge, Lifford" is actually the "Dry Arch" in Straboy, Co Donegal

"Reelan Bridge, Lifford" is actually the "Dry Arch" in Straboy, Co Don...

Though labelled as "Reelan Bridge, Lifford, Co. Donegal" in the catalogue, after some initial location theories that were closer to Lifford, it was confirmed that we are a little further afield. Within a short ... More

Sackville Street in the quiet, Dublin, Ireland

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

NOT a "Gothic revival/restoration stone church, square castellated tower with four corner spires", but Down Cathedral

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

Robert French - "Crawford's Burn Bridge & Waterfall, Bangor, Co. Down" clearly isn't...

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

Castle on the hay covered hill

Castle on the hay covered hill

This beautifully restored(?) castle set in a field of early cut hay is this offering from the Stereo Pairs Collection. When you think how old these images are the quality and clarity is just remarkable. Where... More

"Austria in Ireland" is actually Switzerland

"Austria in Ireland" is actually Switzerland

The catalogue title for this image is: "Chapel at Banim?. Small chapel with clock tower Eastern design, with an interesting plaque/ crest over the doorway."..Wherever located, it is certainly unusual looking. W... More

"S. Silk builder, decorator yard, Co. Dublin" - is actually Woking in the UK

"S. Silk builder, decorator yard, Co. Dublin" - is actually Woking in ...

From the Strand in Rosslare to suburban Dublin Woking and a silky builder. ..The scene looks familiar but we wondered where it was. And, for the first time in a long time, it took a while to establish a defini... More

Robert French - The difference between an "N" and an "L"?

Robert French - The difference between an "N" and an "L"?

The question of the day, apart from the where, when, who of most days is whether the name contains an "N" as in Kincara or and "L" as in Kilcara? I suspect that dating this will not be easy with the lack of id... More

"One-storey building, possibly a railway station, with steps, and 4 column, Ionic portico" is Armagh Courthouse

"One-storey building, possibly a railway station, with steps, and 4 co...

Though the catalogue description implies this classical style building was in Limerick City, this Stereo Pairs image is going to take some identifying! Because, it is certainly not the railway station in Limer... More

"Castle and Ruins near Dublin" - is actually Bective Abbey, Co Meath

"Castle and Ruins near Dublin" - is actually Bective Abbey, Co Meath

I've been in Dublin for a long time now but this is not a castle or ruins that I am familiar with. It looks like it was a significant establishment in its day and would be a real attraction today(?) I look fo... More

"Lough Neagh, Donegal Highlands, Co. Donegal" is actually Lough Beagh

"Lough Neagh, Donegal Highlands, Co. Donegal" is actually Lough Beagh

A timeless water and landscape scene from the Eason Collection today. We know where it is but what does it look like today I wonder? I must admit that my visits to Donegal have been few and far between, I mus... More

Arthur Henri Poole - The Lodge, Spa, Ballynahinch : commissioned by Terence G.Johnson, Esq

Arthur Henri Poole - The Lodge, Spa, Ballynahinch : commissioned by Te...

To start the week is an unusual image from the Poole Collection. Labelled as "The Lodge, Spa, Ballynahinch, Co. Down : commissioned by Terence G.Johnson, Esq", this is unusual in that it is far from his normal... More

"Galway by Edward" is actually Warwick Castle, England

"Galway by Edward" is actually Warwick Castle, England

From the urban and exotic Turkish Baths in Dublin, to a verdant country scene for todays shot. This image, labelled as possibly being in County Galway, is from the the Clonbrock collection and features a beaut... More

"Durrow Viaduct, Stradbally, Co. Laois" is probably not...

"Durrow Viaduct, Stradbally, Co. Laois" is probably not...

This is labelled as the "Durrow Viaduct, Stradbally, Co.Laois", and a very fine shot it is. One wonders if it is now disused or perhaps abandoned for some years? It may surprise that this is from the Eason Coll... More

"Railway line and bridge in Sandycove, Co. Dublin" - is actually Newry's Egyptian Arch

"Railway line and bridge in Sandycove, Co. Dublin" - is actually Newry...

A Happy Monday Morning to everyone and a welcome to another image from the Hargrave Photographic Collection. When I saw this I thought it was from Norn Iron and we had seen it before - but according to the blu... More

"Group of women activists holding protest posters and an American flag, being directed by policemen, at an unidentified location" is mostly right

"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

"Street, Dublin City" .... is actually Navan

"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 - Down by the Sea

Robert French - Down by the Sea

The title in our catalogue is "Castle, Throne Room, Dublin City, Co. Dublin", which is obviously incorrect. I am not even sure that this is a Lawrence shot, at lease not a typical Lawrence shot. I will list it ... More