Robert French - Sitting in splendid isolation?
The statue of some cleric sitting in splendid isolation in St. Mary's Cathedral in Limerick City to begin the week. Last week we visited the beautiful county of Clare and today we go east to the gateway to the... More
Small church with square battlemented tower in graveyard, showing grav...
With a catalogue heading such as that above, identifying this church should perhaps be a doddle(?) On the morning of the winter solstice, the true new year perhaps, we can look forward to longer days, brighter... More
Church interior showing altar and pews. Script over altar reads "Worsh...
1860-1930 gives us a date window of 70 years and yet there may be nothing in this photo which will allow us to significantly narrow that window? I am confident that we will get the location...In terms of locati... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Dr. R. Miller and Archbishop of Dublin.
A fine Poole shot of two Reverend gentlemen from the Poole Collection to end the week...With thanks to all for their contributions below, it is understood that the taller man on the left is John Gregg (1873-196... More
Gothic Grandeur Gloriously Guarded
This beautiful shot from the stereo pairs shows a fine church in an unknown location. The initial title was too long so a wee bit of alliteration to start your day:-)..Location Identified as Saint Fin Barre's ... More
Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland
This view of a town from the far side of a river with an imposing church and probably school nearby might interest you...Is it Enniskillen? no it's Navan, Co Meath another Location Identified well done Niall Mc... More
Robert French - Hubba, Hubba! U.S. Coast Guard photograph
Thought we might visit another bathing place today - this time it's the Bathing Slip at Tramore in Co. Waterford. A tad more rampant semi-nudiness on display than at Portrush yesterday.....And what a remarkable... More
Robert French - Fisher Folk - A group of people standing on a dock nex...
It's not often you see so many smiling faces in our early photographs, or men and women being natural and friendly with each other (by modern standards anyway), so here you have some of the fishing community of... More
April 11, 1964. Northern Ireland
A street in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh pictured at 5.50 p.m...Our catalogue gave this location as "Enniskillen Street", which it turns out, was completely incorrect. Our thanks go to A. P. Luckwill ( apl-irl/ )... More
Egg and Fowl Market, Galway, Galway, Ireland
... which is much nicer than an Egg and Foul Market! Love this shot for the huddles of women, the bored-looking children hanging around the cart, but especially for the little terrier that halted whatever he'd ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - June 26, 1931
Church of Ireland group taken after the enthronement of the new Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore, John Frederick MacNeice (father of poet Louis MacNeice)...See our pic for 22 June 1925 ( nlireland/... More
Arthur Henri Poole - June 22, 1925
This is Dr. Robert Miller (1866-1931), Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore...Date: 22 June 1925..NLI Ref.: P_WP_3304 ( P_WP_3304 )
Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland
This view of a town from the far side of a river with an imposing church and probably school nearby might interest you...Is it Enniskillen? no it's Navan, Co Meath another Location Identified well done Niall Mc... More
Robert French - Church Terrace, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Planning to recycle/upcyle some of the Munsterset images that lived over on our original Flickr stream ( yournlireland/ ) long before we launched on Flickr Commons. Hoping they might get a little more attentio... More
Robert French - Hubba, Hubba! U.S. Coast Guard photograph
Thought we might visit another bathing place today - this time it's the Bathing Slip at Tramore in Co. Waterford. A tad more rampant semi-nudiness on display than at Portrush yesterday.....And what a remarkable... More
Book of Common Prayer (Church of Ireland, 1878, title page)
Title page of The Book of Common Prayer for the use of the Church of Ireland, published in 1878.