Robert French - The difference between an "N" and an "L"?
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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 identifiable clues but you will have to admit that it is a nice shot of what seems to have been a lovely sunny day!..Today's contributors point in particular to the NIAH entry for Kilcarra House ( http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI®no=16404002 ) (with an "L"), which confirms that this lodge was built c.1888. Seemingly part of the Glenart estate (now a hotel), the gate house was apparently up for sale in recent years ( https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/fairytale-ending-could-be-yours-two-bedroom-gate-lodge-in-woodenbridge-co-wicklow-selling-for-325000-writes-donal-buckley-26870180.html ) - although with a new family crest gracing its arch!...Photographer: Robert French..Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914. Certainly after c.1888 (construction)..NLI Ref: L_CAB_05687 ( vtls000334401 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )
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