Donkey Power! Limerick, Ireland

Village street, donkey carts, people in foreground, modern small church in middleground...Thanks to derangedlemur ( /photos/8468254@N02/ ) we know that this is Castleconnell Co. Limerick...swordscookie ( /photos/swordscookie/ ) aka Sean Mulligan tells us a few stories about his family who lived near here. "I was looking at this and never realised where it was until the Lemur (who else?) identified it! My antecedents came from there and indeed were connected (as servants) with the deBurgho's who are mentioned above! One of the girls in my grandmothers family ran off with a relative of that family and they eloped to Australia where their descendants are living today! We keep in touch and they have been over a couple of times! .One of my fathers uncles helped found the rowing club in Castleconnell back in the 1880's and today my nephew and his daughters are involved as coach and crew! The granduncle was drowned when crossing from the quay in Limerick to a ship, a fact which was mentioned in a shot Carol put up of a steamer berthed in the city! ..Ladies and Gentlemen we have created two new albums for your enjoyment, one containing 46 photos, each with over 50,000 views and the second containing 8 photos, each with over 100,000 views. I am sure you will find some of your favorites in the albums. So, if you have a moment click on the following links - 50,000+ Views ( ...nlireland/sets/72157651136879037/ ) and 100,000+ Views ( ...nlireland/sets/72157651599255125/ ) ...Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton. .Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence. .Collection: The Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000034077 ) . .Date: between ca. 1860-1883. .NLI Ref: STP_1867 ( vtls000565182 ) . .You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )