Lacey's Public House, Johnstown, Waterford : commissioned by Mr. H. Ke...
Continuing our visits to Irish places of hospitality, the ubiquitous Irish Pub. Today's offering is from the Poole Collection and as well as the Lacey establishment we have two young people standing posing out... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Grange Terrace (and its children) Waterford!
I haven't had the pleasure of putting up a Poole shot for some time and today I can put up a cracker! Grange Terrace with its children assembled outside the doors of the nearer houses on a wet day looks so wel... More
Arthur Henri Poole - De La Salle College, Waterford. Tug of War.
Another 'random' group of men photographed by Poole - this time in the De La Salle College grounds it would seem! Tug O' War was a popular sport back in the early years of the last century, and contests seen a... More
Mount Congreve, Waterford, Lady Alethea Buxton and Mr. Peter Eliot.
Another visit to Waterford today and the Poole Collection. A couple who have been identified with a date range of 54 years though I suspect that it will be much later than 1901? Who were Alethea Buxton and Pe... More
Arthur Henri Poole - War Hospital supply, committee group.
A fine group of ladies gathered to organise supply for War Hospitals. I like the way Poole has organised his group for symmetry! Any comments on the punctuation of the title would be welcomed...I am surprised... More
Arthur Henri Poole - The Housekeeper was sacked last week!
The title on this shot is ""Upton", Newtown, smoking room :.commissioned by Captain Greathead" which almost sounds like the name of a James Bond movie character! The similarity with the drawing room in a recen... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Estate and property outside Clonmel
This idyllic rural scene taken from a great height is an unusual one from the Poole Collection. Describing it as an estate seems a bit grand as it looks more like a farm or small holding but where is it?..I ex... More
Happy Anniversary to Erin's Hope!!! 100 years ago this month!
Today we have a wonderful Poole shot taken exactly 100 years ago this month. It features the "Erin's Hope Prize Flute Band" from Waterford taken on 1st August 1915 but where?..The location was identified as th... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Mr. J. Redmond. M.P., Mrs. Redmond and girl
This photo is one of my favourites for quite a while, I have seen quite a few photographs of the great man, but none better than this, in my opinion. ..We have Mr and Mrs Redmond and the consensus seems to be t... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Shamrock Hurling Club, Waterford
Shamrock Hurling Club, Waterford Co. Champions, 1915-16: commissioned by Mr. Murphy, Ferrybank...Carol Maddock ( /photos/47297387@N03/ ) Provides some information about this team from the Munster Express, "2 ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Snapshot at apple market
Lots of discussion today about a clock, a public convenience and apples, it reminded me of a sketch from Halls Pictorial Weekly (for those of you old enough to remember, it was popular way back in the last cent... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Cottage with dog at the gate!
This shot was especially chosen fot the canine lovers among us who have been suffering since the stream went into hibernation!.The title of the shot is; "Cottage with dog at the gate" Commissioned by Mrs. Beale... More
Is this a whole hole or a half a hole, that is the question?
This shot from the Poole Collection is listed as being of a "Mr. Meardon and group of workers at the Bunmahon Copper Mines in Co. Waterford..I note that there are two picks and two shovels on display and the sh... More
Arthur Henri Poole - August 4, 1902
The sharpness of this photo is not great, but could not resist it because of the stuffed badger! It was taken at the Tramore Bazaar, where lots of Waterford businesses advertised their wares with stalls and ten... More