Robert French - Right leaning chimneys in Rathdowney!

The week is off to a rocky start with visit to a brewery first thing on Monday morning. This fine Royal plate from the Lawrence Collection, taken on a still day, shows a fine enterprise seemingly in full swing. Those chimney vents are interesting. and I suspect that they were under the influence of the wind to take away the vapours? I never heard of a brewery in Rathdowney and it will be interesting to read what can be dug up!..The "leaning chimney cowls" are confirmed to be of a type that turned with the wind ( Oast_house ) - so obviously weren't always angled to the right :) Our contributors also tell us that Perry's Brewery ( http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/heritage-towns/towns-and-villages-of-lao/rathdowney/perrys-brewery/ ) dates back to 1800 - and looks very similar in this 1832 illustration ( http://www.askaboutireland.ie/_internal/cimg!0/nsq6a2t02wmj0fsebf4u4287dyizfy6 ) . The suggestion, though not absolute, is that this image may date from around 1900 - based on the dates attributed to other Lawrence/French images of the area.......Photographer: Robert French..Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Perhaps after c.1900..NLI Ref: L_ROY_10403 ( vtls000316778 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )