Boats moored by a harbour, in an unknown location (probably Schull, Co Cork)

A summary note attached to this O'Connor shot adds a description: "Two men, possibly fishermen or harbour workers, are posing for the camera. A railway line is visible in the foreground" - but there's no expansion on the barrels, freight carriages or vessels in the background. ..The O'Connor collection has provided intruiging fodder ( ...nlireland/8366240991/ ) for previous investigations into location and subject, so we were hopeful of expanding on the entry for this image. Very quickly sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) obliged (and derangedlemur ( /photos/8468254@N02/ ) confirmed) by establishing that we're probably at Schull harbour. While we've yet to firm-up the date (from the opening decades of the 20th century), the comments below suggest that the barrels likely contained herring or some other local fish product......Main author: Fergus O'Connor ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Fergus O'Connor Collection ) ..Contributor: O'Connor, Fergus..Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000314125 ) ..Date: c. 1900-1920..NLI Ref: OCO 266 ( vtls000299234 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI's catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )