Bangor Castle I - Public domain image of steamship
Paddle steamer Bangor Castle en fête for some big event! We don't know where this was taken. Can just make out ...KLOW at extreme left on the prow of the steamer behind the Bangor Castle...Date: 1860-1883..NLI ... More
Robert French - Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast (2)
… taken from further back, showing all of the Rothesay Bay out of Glasgow (is that how it's termed?)...Date: Between October and December 1889 or between July 1890 and mid-1899..NLI Ref.: L_NS_01663 ( vtls000344666 )
Robert French - S.S. Shannon - Public domain image of a steam boat
Yesterday's photo of the S.S. Hazel showed hundreds of people bundled on board. Today, a rather more orderly group are disembarking the S.S. Shannon at Cappagh Pier, Kilrush, Co. Clare...P.S. Did we ever come t... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Sibyl - Public domain image of steamship
As derangedlemur solved today's mystery image ( nlireland/9454962057/ ) in about 30 seconds, presenting today's bonus photograph - the paddle steamer Sibyl (libations to all the maritime gods that for once the... More
Keep Off Propellor - Public domain image of steamship
Displaying a fine example of Eats, Shoots and Leaves ( http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/854886-eats-shoots-leaves-the-zero-tolerance-approach-to-punctuation ) signage, this is the SS Scotia docked at Holyh... More
Robert French - No. 2 Dredger...
... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford...Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: Between circa... More
Arthur Henri Poole - On Deck of S.S. Coningbeg
More funnels than you could shake a stick at on the deck of the S.S. Coningbeg, on the River Suir in Waterford...Date: Saturday, 14 March 1914..NLI Ref.: P_WP_2541a ( P_WP_2541a )
Robert French - No. 2 Dredger...
... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford...Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: Between circa... More
Keep Off Propellor - Public domain image of steamship
Displaying a fine example of Eats, Shoots and Leaves ( http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/854886-eats-shoots-leaves-the-zero-tolerance-approach-to-punctuation ) signage, this is the SS Scotia docked at Holyh... More
Fishermen on the pier at Downings, Co. Donegal
We've had photographs of quite a few old sea dogs at this stage, but none quite so salty as this bearded chap sitting on the mooring bollard!..Date: Circa 1910 (but definitely between circa 1906 and 1914)..NLI ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Sibyl - Public domain image of a steam ship or bo...
As derangedlemur solved today's mystery image ( nlireland/9454962057/ ) in about 30 seconds, presenting today's bonus photograph - the paddle steamer Sibyl (libations to all the maritime gods that for once the... More
Robert French - Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast (1)
… with just the prow of the Rothesay Bay showing...Date: Between October and December 1889 or between July 1890 and mid-1899..NLI Ref.: L_CAB_06638 ( vtls000333345 )
Robert French - Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast (2)
… taken from further back, showing all of the Rothesay Bay out of Glasgow (is that how it's termed?)...Date: Between October and December 1889 or between July 1890 and mid-1899..NLI Ref.: L_NS_01663 ( vtls000344666 )
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
Bangor Castle I - Public domain image of steamship
Paddle steamer Bangor Castle en fête for some big event! We don't know where this was taken. Can just make out ...KLOW at extreme left on the prow of the steamer behind the Bangor Castle...Date: 1860-1883..NLI ... More
Robert French - Bangor Castle II
And here's the steamer Bangor Castle again at the docks in Belfast. Very different ornamentation around the wheel. And is that No. 5 or No. 3 Ferry ( nlireland/6981574337/ ) lurking behind the Bangor Castle?..... More
The London Clown Cricketers are coming!
Knew there was no way we couldn't date this - how often did the London Clown Cricketers come to the Munster Hall and Mardyke Cricket Ground? (At the very least thought there'd be newspaper reports of mothers lo... More
The Flying Huntsman, Limerick - Public domain image of steamship
Lovely Limerick skyline with a paddle steamer, the Flying Huntsman, in the foreground...This photo was originally uploaded well over a year ago, but unbelievably has never attracted any comments! Hoping that by... More
Robert French - All aboard!. Northern Ireland
And it certainly looks as if most of the population of Portrush, Co. Antrim are all aboard this crowded steamer...Date: On or after Friday, 14 June 1907? (definitely between 1907 and 1914)..NLI Ref.: L_NS_01481... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Torpedoes Away!
British Navy torpedo boats at The Quays in Waterford city. The ones that are identifiable are H.M. Torpedo Boats 49, 59, and 63. These three were first launched in 1886 and were disposed of in 1919, 1913, and 1... More
Last one in, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
People in bathing costumes in outdoor swimming pool, pier and ship visible in background...Thanks to sharon.corbet ( /photos/129555378@N07/ ) we know this photo is of the Public baths at Dun Laoghaire, Co Dub... More
Robert French - No. 2 Dredger...
... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford...Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: Between circa... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Sibyl - Public domain image of a steam ship or bo...
As derangedlemur solved today's mystery image ( nlireland/9454962057/ ) in about 30 seconds, presenting today's bonus photograph - the paddle steamer Sibyl (libations to all the maritime gods that for once the... More
Robert French - Alexandra Graving Dock, Belfast (2)
… taken from further back, showing all of the Rothesay Bay out of Glasgow (is that how it's termed?)...Date: Between October and December 1889 or between July 1890 and mid-1899..NLI Ref.: L_NS_01663 ( vtls000344666 )