Arthur Henri Poole - Group of seven : commissioned by Mrs. John Walsh, Mullinavat

Northern Hemisphere Flickeroonies.It is difficult to get going on the first few Monday mornings of the new year, fear not, we have a lovely family portrait to warm the cockles of your heart..Southern Hemisphere Flickeroonies.If you can leave the barbie and have a break from the oppressive sunshine you might take a minute to comment on this lovely family portrait...With thanks especially today to Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) (initially) and sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) (latterly), it is all but confirmed that this is indeed the shopkeeping Walsh family ( http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kilkenny/Killahy/Mullinavat/533856/ ) of County Kilkenny. While I have mapped the image to the Poole Studio premises in Waterford (where it was undoubtedly taken), Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) recons they lived above their shop in Mullinavat ( https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3687036,-7.1709473,3a,74y,272.44h,102.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2C7McZ5YvzTV3CIARRTLJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 ) . Having taken some time going through the civil records, sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) also suggests that those pictured include:. Ellen Walsh (née Mullins b.~1876). John Walsh (b.~1872). Mary Walsh (b. 13 Nov 1910). Thomas Walsh (b. 8 Aug 1912). John Walsh (b. 23 Sep 1914). Richard Walsh (b. 12 Nov 1915). 'Baby' Walsh (b. after 1916)...Photographer: A. H. Poole..Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=A.H.+Poole&type=Author&sort=title&view=grid ) ..Date: c. 21 May 1919..NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2839b ( vtls000593370 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )