Loading sheep on board a merchant vessel possibly at west Woolloomoolo...
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic... More
Train station Robert French - Curves in Cork - Public domain photograp...
Chose this curvy photo of the railway station in Cork for the bewildering multiplicity of signage. Most scenes in our early photos are blissfully uncluttered, but not this one!..Also chose it because it has a c... 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
Queenstown, where soldiers found a home, and sailors their rest
Lovely view of Queenstown (now Cobh), and more evidence of harbour-side urinals, though perhaps not as fancy as the ones we saw at City Quay, Dublin ( nlireland/8042702091/ ) ...Date: 1890s? (between 1893 and F... More
Robert French - Fast Excursion to the International Exhibition
It looks as if some quite stylish ladies have just alighted from a train at Limerick Railway Station, though they're of no interest to local children who are completely focused on the photographer...Delighted t... More
Robert French - A lot of horse power in these stables!
These are the stables on the Rockingham Estate in Boyle, Co. Roscommon - home to the King family (the Estate, not the Stables!). It looks as if real horse-drawn conveyances and horse power as we know it today w... 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
Robert French - Moll's Gap, Kerry
Very ominous clouds moving in on these tourists in Kerry. Looks as if they're going to get pelted with rain...From the sign post, Sneem is 15 miles behind them, and they've 14 miles to to to Killarney.....Date:... More
New Living Pictures, Leinster, Ireland
It's killing me that I can't read the detail on the posters outside the Rotunda Round Room, but thought you might like this one in any case... ..There're our gorgeous "bollards" ( nlireland/6509876797/ ) again... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Positively the last motoring photo for a while...
... but just couldn't resist the Overland Whippets at Crotty's Garage (photo taken for a Miss Crotty), No. 11 The Mall in Waterford...Had not heard of this Overland make of car before. Had you?..Photographer: P... More
Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill inspects a ship's figurehead at Snapper I...
This photograph depicts Federal Minister for Defence Sir Robert Archdale Parkhill (in a bowler hat), inspecting a ship's figurehead at Snapper Island in Sydney on 20 July 1935. Minister Parkhill presented badge... More
A soft day thank God! - Public domain portrait drawing
A very early O'Dea shot from "out foreign" to end this week. Guildford in 1936, with old cars for the car enthusiasts, old hat for the mad hatters, and rain for those suffering from the drought! I love the sh... More
Old woman and two young boys in doorway of thatched cottage
Today is the day, the Photo Detectives exhibition ( NationalLibraryofIreland/posts/10159391458300038 ) opens at 12.30. I found a to-do-list on the other Marys desk earlier. It read: "Tan / Nails / Hair / Pedic... More
Robert French - Cemetery, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Good morning everyone, the excitement is palpable, the activity is corybantic, preparations are nearing an end, only two more sleeps until the opening of our Flicker exhibition "Photo Detectives" ( http://www.n... More
Virginia Road Station, Virginia, Co. Cavan
I had a colleague who I envied for many years, her annual vacations were always spent with "friends in Virginia". It took me 3 years to realise she was talking about Virginia Co. Cavan rather than its American ... More
Robert French - Biddy Gray's Crooked Wood, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
For many in the past (who were not Irish or who were more than one generation away from the island) this might appear to be an idyllic Irish scene. The thatched cottage, the granny sitting on the wall outside ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Bow only from W. Nichols
High, dry and handsome! This ship -which has been allowed to rest on the bottom after the tide went out- looks so different from the sleek and powerful creature of the sea! To me, a landlubber, there seems a ... More
Hat trick - Royal visitors in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle
A royal group in Kilkenny Castle, that beautiful castle in, arguably, Ireland's most beautiful city - but can we name this lot?..And indeed it seems we can. With thanks in particular to some our regular stalwar... More
Doon Well, Donegal Highlands, Termon, Co. Donegal
Doon Well? This is one of many "Holy Wells" throughout Ireland with those strange items of clothing material on twigs and sticks nearby. This looks more like a Lawrence image to me, what do you think?..As B... More
Robert French - Square, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
The Square in Cahir is the subject of today's image with lots of life and activity therein. There is no sign of motor transport and lots of people; but frighteningly in between the two 'jaunting' cars in the c... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Two ladies with elegant hats and two dog - Yeehaw...
It's not often that we can satisfy the wishes of several of our contacts with the one shot. In this fine image of two ladies in elegant dress with hats accompanied by two dogs we hit all of their preferences. ... More
Robert French - James Malton - Survey of Dublin, Co. Dublin
An ancient map of a much smaller Dublin as photographed by Lawrence. The north side appears to have been the poor relation even back then...With thanks to today's contributors, and following from a previous po... More
Robert French - Bathing Strand, Co. Wicklow
From the Rocky Road to Glencar to the "golden sands" of Wicklow today. A glorious summer scene with a broad strand dotted with occasional seasonal visitors. I suspect that modern transport has made this a lot... More
Arthur Henri Poole - General Lord Roberts AKA "Bobs"
This Poole image of a much decorated British General is a fine portrait shot. Kipling adored Roberts and wrote a poem especially about him..THERE’S a little red-faced man,. Which is Bobs,.Rides the tallest ’... More
Sean McDermott, half-length portrait
A half length portrait of one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising who was executed in Kilmainham Gaol...From Wikipedia ( Se%c3%a1n_Mac_Diarmada ) :..Seán Mac Diarmada (English: John MacDermott; 27 January 1883 – ... More
Robert French - The Club on the Bridge - Shannon Rowing Club, Limerick
To anyone crossing Sarsfields Bridge over the Shannon in Limerick this fine old building dominates the upstream side. A venerable institution it was at different times in its history one of the most successful... More
Interior of cluttered room, Augusta Crofton Dillon seated on armchair,...
This jawbreaker of a title for an intimate family scene provides todays image from the Clonbrock Collection. I would just love to have the opportunity to browse through all those books for a year or two...With... More
Sir Charles Ball and Jerry, Dublin, Ireland
Subtitled in the catalogue as "old man wearing overcoat patting dog on steps", this tender moment is from the Clonbrock collection. We knew that much of the detail in the description would be changed in short o... More
Robert French - Battering Ram "Back with them, away with them"
We return to a harrowing and tragic scene today to mark the latest Tríd an Lionsa ( http://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/trid-an-lionsa/ ) programme on TG4. This programme uses several of our "Bodyke Eviction" and... More
Devonshire Arms Hotel, Lismore, Co. Waterford
We start November with a stay in the Devonshire Arms Hotel in Lismore, one of the most beautiful areas in Ireland. Rich with castles, trees and the beautiful Blackwater River - what better place to spend an Aut... More
Town scales, in the market square, Donegal town
Today we have an image from a collection I have not personally come across before - so for those also new to the collection, let me introduce Joshua H. Hargrave. Those who have followed the stream for a while (... More
Republican prisoners captured during the attack on Passage West being ...
Following from yesterday's related Hogan shot ( ...nlireland/21840621989/ ) , here we see pro-treaty forces escorting anti-treaty prisoners following the Battle of Cork. Given the learnings yesterday, it seems ... More
Robert French - Queen's College, Observatory, Cork
Anyone visiting the college for 2015's "George Boole 200" events may be interested to know that this observatory is accessible to visitors for the first time ( http://georgeboole.com/events/tours/being-boole-ge... More
Ballyshannon Show, Man, Boy & Donkey
An alternative title of "Mind your step!" springs to mind :)..While the notes from the catalogue entry add some extra context ("Advertisement on cart possibly reads: Ballyshannon Shows! August 1908, Horse Jumpi... More
Robert French - Belvelly Castle, Fota, Co. Cork
For our Cork supporters today we have an old and very clear shot of the castle at the bridge from Fota. ..This shot generated a number of good stories today - leaving us with a tough job to select the most int... More
The Candlemaker, lantern slide, Dublin, Ireland
No 6: Rathbourne's No. 9 Piano and factory candles..An interesting Company which was established in 1488, the oldest continuously trading company in the world, Rathborne Candles has endured everything from plag... More
Robert French - Mansion, Blarney, Co. Cork!!
This is intended to confuse the uninitiated! Everybody knows that Blarney is in Cork?..Of course you all knew that Blarney is in Cork not Kerry as per our catalogue. This fine house unlike some we have seen re... More
Coffin of Bishop Miller, commissioned by Mrs. Miller, Bishops Grove, W...
A most unusual shot for this stream we have a coffin with flowers in the plush sitting room of a house. The coffin has been closed which probably means that viewing the remains has finished and he is about to ... More
Back to work!!, Cork, Ireland
All breaks must come to an end, and thanks to the determination of some marvellously dedicated Flickroonies we are delighted that we’ll be resuming posts from today. Different volunteer contributors will be pos... More
Taking a break..., Donegal, Ireland
We wanted to let you know that we're pausing our posting of images on Flickr Commons for the moment, while we integrate the information generated over the last few years into our catalogue, and identify how to ... More
Robert French - Silence is requested!
Thought this would be a good image to end on (please excuse me while I tuck away my dangling preposition). This is my last day here at the NLI, and I want to thank all of you for the research, investigation, ar... More
The Mall in Tralee - A black and white photo of a city street
It's a shame that some of the business and shop names are not crystal clear in this one, but liked the woman with the shawl alongside the influx of cars and modern fashions and telephone lines…..This was probab... More
A Shower Bath apparently!
All we had was "House near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary". That did not explain the soldier, the matting outside, or the notice. Thanks to all for your comments below that solved this mystery.....Oh, and a very Happy ... More
Snowhite and the Seven Corkmen, Leinster, Ireland
Back to our Ghosts of Xmas Past extravaganza - and today we're being haunted by the cover of the script of this pantomime that was performed by the Bernadette Players at Christmas 1941 in the Bernadette Hall, R... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Positively the last motoring photo for a while...
... but just couldn't resist the Overland Whippets at Crotty's Garage (photo taken for a Miss Crotty), No. 11 The Mall in Waterford...Had not heard of this Overland make of car before. Had you?..Photographer: P... More
Robert French - An Autocycle, Donegal, Ireland
We haven't really had a clear shot of an autocycle before, so I was delighted to spot this one alone and palely loitering outside Margaret O'Doherty's Hotel at Malin Head in Co. Donegal.....Photographer: Almost... More
Ulster Welcomes Her King & Queen
Belfast generally, and Robinson and Cleaver Department Store in particular, en fête for the State Opening of the first Northern Ireland parliament.....Photographer: W.D. Hogan ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/H... More
Robert French - Our first Chimney Sweep?
Think this might be our first spotting of a chimney sweep in the wild - or at the very least his brushes, in front of Lipton's Market on Church Street in Athlone…..Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French o... More
Robert French - Sailors of HMS King Edward VII…
... at Rathmullan Pier on Lough Swilly in Co. Donegal. At least I think that's what it says on their caps, which I studied at close quarters with great diligence, all in the pursuit of knowledge and not because... 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
Robert French - The Hall at Powerscourt House, Co. Wicklow
Was tempted to call this one The Killing Fields…..Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: Circa 1900??.... 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
Feenagh Dolmen - A black and white photo of a person sitting on a rock
Quite early and rather atmospheric image of the Dolmen at Feenagh in Co. Leitrim...Photographer: Edward King Tenison ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Tenison, Edward King ) ..Date: Circa 1858..NLI R... More
Robert French - George's Street, Limerick revisited
This lovely street scene was uploaded in December 2010, but has not had a lot of attention to date. So I'm upcycling it and hopefully you'll find it of interest…..Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of... More
What? Where? Why?, Leinster, Ireland
What's all this then?..Photographer: W.D. Hogan ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Hogan, W. D photographer. ) ..Date: Circa 1924??..NLI Ref.: HOG199 ( vtls000218424 ) ..P.S. Off on my travels tomorr... More
More Besties from the Clonbrock Estate
A few weeks ago, we met two sisters ( nlireland/9515878024/ ) from the Clonbrock Estate in Ahascragh, Co. Galway. Today's two girls and their dog are equally cute, but hail from the other end of the social spe... More
Robert French - Coral and Copper Snow
… of 49 Amiens Street! Could not believe my good luck when I spotted these two ice cream carts alongside the statue of Thomas Moore on the corner of College and Westmoreland Streets. If I haven't said it often ... 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
Would have been perfect if the Butcher's Shop was called Hazlett!
Very patiently queueing horses at the Market Square in Dromore, Co. Down. Do we reckon those sacks and bundles are grain? (In which case, it must have been torture for the horses - so near and yet so far!)..Lov... More
Robert French - To market, to market…
A fine display of pig herding skills on Friar Street in Youghal, Co. Cork...Date: Circa 1900??..NLI Ref.: L_CAB_07723 ( vtls000332419 )
Donkey rides at Kilkee - Victorian era public domain image
Quintessential Victorian seaside in Co. Clare, complete with bathing machines, dandies and donkey rides, although this poor donkey's hooves are in sore need of trimming.....Date: 1863-1880..NLI Ref: STP_1660 (... More
Robert French - Gas Lamp no. 313
Couldn't resist the clarity of this one - so sharp that you can see the number on the gas lamp. Plus it's great to see the original position of our beautiful "bollards" ( nlireland/6509876797 ) . And a clear ru... More
James Valentine - Meet you under the clock at Clery's
Rather nice panoramic view "up" O'Connell Street from the top of Nelson's Pillar. We think this was taken around 1950, but would love confirmation or suggestions to the contrary...Very surprised when I zoomed i... More
Clothes Market, but where? Kildare Town!
Asked if this Square dislodged any memories for you, because we didn't know where photographer Richard Tilbrook took this one.....DannyM8 identified it in jig time as Kildare Town!..Date: June 1963..NLI Ref.: T... More
Punch and Judy?. Northern Ireland
We visited the Ladies' Bathing Place ( nlireland/6553218327/ ) at Portrush, Co. Antrim a while ago, but this "Bathing Place" seems to be for all inhabitants and visitors to Portrush...Looks as if they're waiti... More
Whilst here of pleasure you partake…
… One penny give for Jesus' sake..A bit of an odd one for you today. Any hope of finding out where this well was? Probably not a Holy Well, despite the religious lines and biblical reference? Perhaps in the gro... More
Robert French - Good King Billy
Statue of William III aka William of Orange on College Green/Dame Street in Dublin...This statue is long gone from the Dublin streetscape. When did he appear? When did he disappear? Where did he go?..Date: Circ... More
We're a Couple of Swells - Two men standing next to a statue in front ...
Two gentlemen admire the statue of Edmund Burke outside Trinity College Dublin... ..Date: Between Tuesday, 21 April 1868 (unveiling) and circa 1870. ..NLI Ref: STP_1257 ( vtls000564570 ) . .You can also view t... More
Robert French - Uh oh!, Leinster, Ireland
More maritime misadventure for you today - this time in the harbour at Arklow, Co. Wicklow...Date: Circa October 1886..NLI Ref.: L_ROY_00416 ( vtls000326007 )
Arthur Henri Poole - For the Gentlemen
Supplying the 1930s sartorial needs of men in the South East, I give you the Men's Department at Hickey's in New Ross...Hickey's obviously had A.H. Poole photographers in because of a huge sale they were having... More
Sundial at Castle Shane, Ardglass, Co. Down
A slightly unusual photograph for you today, but there is one among you who is very interested in shadows, and who is on record as saying that "there are not enough outstanding railway or castle" ( 2013/01/15/c... More
XXI OCTOBER MDCCCV, Leinster, Ireland
We've seen shots of Nelson's Pillar before, but usually in the distance or in a state of chassis following its blowing up in March 1966, so I was delighted to find this fine view of it in our Eason Collection. ... More
New Living Pictures, Dublin, Ireland
It's killing me that I can't read the detail on the posters outside the Rotunda Round Room, but thought you might like this one in any case... ..There're our gorgeous "bollards" ( nlireland/6509876797/ ) again... More
Robert French - The Hell Fire Club
Home of debauchery and devil worship or a gentleman's club? (Maybe the two aren't mutually exclusive!) Generations of Dubliners have been regaled with lurid tales of the goings-on in the Hell Fire Club at Killa... 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
Arthur Henri Poole - Mr Wilcock, butler at Butlerstown Castle?
There's a bit of a mystery to this Poole Collection photograph. It was allegedly taken in Butlerstown Castle in Waterford (circa 1904, I think). There are three photos all taken at the same time. It was ordered... More
Think there might be a sale on in that shop...
... at the Diamond in Derry! But the reason I picked this one was for the excellent capture of a lamplighter in his natural environment, complete with carty ladder or laddery cart. Could he be doing maintenance... More
Robert French - Moat at Donaghadee
We had a Moat in Ballymena ( nlireland/8536563246/ ) a couple of weeks back. Couldn't resist this one either. It made me think of the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail - "Your mother was a hamster and ... More
Robert French - Dublin Bread Company revisited
We recently saw the Dublin Bread Company ( nlireland/8491917382/ ) building at 6-7 Lower Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) in a state of chassis after the Easter Rising of 1916...I think that this photog... More
Robert French - Bowling along in their motor
We've seen this vehicle IM 181 at Leenane before ( nlireland/6851004167/ ) , or at least its sister vehicle IM 180. It's supposed to be near Westport, Co. Mayo. Can any of you place this viaduct?..Can make out ... More
Robert French - Arcade, New Tipperary
Following on from yesterday's photo of Dillon Street in New Tipperary ( nlireland/8557077664/ ) , here's the Arcade built near the same location. Couldn't decide between the two images we have digitised, and as... More
"Success to New Tipperary; 'tis the glory of our land!"
I know that there's a story behind this rather innocuous looking street - Dillon Street - so I hope it will pique your interest. While it was within Tipperary town, this was very definitely New Tipperary!..Date... More
Robert French - Footing the Turf
We're staying around Ballymena for another day. I like this photo for its own sake, but this was probably also a challenge on a par with locating the Linen Bleach Green ( nlireland/8251136135/ ) , only with eve... More
Robert French - One man went to mow...
Well, this is a slightly mad photo, isn't it? The frozen pose of the mower down below and the gentleman astride the hill above.....Would love any and all information about this "Moat" at Ballymena, Co. Antrim!.... More
Robert French - Tread softly, Donegal, Ireland
Women hand tufting carpets in a factory in Killybegs, Co. Donegal...Date: Circa 1905??..P.S. Don't you all dare run off before finishing your eccer here, but whatsthatpicture ( whatsthatpicture/ ) is looking... More
Dancing - A group of men standing on top of a boat
A lighter moment during the Irish Civil War captured by photographer W.D. Hogan, as Free State soldiers on board the S.S. Arvonia dance with each other to melodeon music.....Date: Monday, 7 August 1922 (99% ce... More
Robert French - America, Co. Mayo?! Yes, although actually in Co. Galw...
We asked where the hell was this place, and is that what it was/is really called? We have a couple of photographs of this location in our Lawrence Collection, and each glass plate is clearly inscribed with Amer... More
Shooting Seals on Achill Island
Three men posing around a dead seal - not much mystery here as to who the suspects are!..Thought that this was taken at one of the Seal Caves at Doogort on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, but it's great to have confir... More
Great Squishing Drama of 1959 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Looks as if we might be witnessing the Great Squishing Drama of 1959 at Dromod, Co. Leitrim…..Date: February 1959..NLI Ref.: ODEA 8/62 ( vtls000303207 )
View of a village street, with pedestrians, in an unidentified locatio...
Not at lot to go on, but you've all woven magic out of far less - Barry's Hotel on one side of the street, and Comerford's shop on the other, and in jig time ccferrie ( 77199267@N03/ ) suggested Rathdrum in Co... More
Robert French - Moll's Gap, Kerry
Very ominous clouds moving in on these tourists in Kerry. Looks as if they're going to get pelted with rain...From the sign post, Sneem is 15 miles behind them, and they've 14 miles to to to Killarney.....Date:... More
Robert French - Queen Victoria "visits" Library Towers, Boer War
It's a while since we saw a photo featuring our lovely building here in Dublin, even though we're just playing a supporting role to the star of this one - a statue of Queen Victoria. Uploading this because gerr... More
Street in a village, with horse and cart, and bystanders = Main Street...
That's all that we had. Only clue was that some images after this one seemed to be from Bundoran in Co. Donegal…..Date: Circa 1897-1904..NLI Ref.: CLAR84 ( vtls000168497 )
Robert French - Leviathan of Parsonstown...
... or the 6 foot telescope of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867). The photo also features (following much debate!) Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (1840-1908)...Great photo, and this allows us ... 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
Telegraph Office, but where? Adrigole, that's where!
I had hoped that this one would be a fiendishly difficult challenge, and so it proved! This is from our Fergus O'Connor Collection, and all that we had on it was Post and telegraph office: exterior view in an u... More
Pub, building in street with hexagonal tower? Sligo Courthouse!
Well, the title in our catalogue more or less accurately described this one, but where was it? Thanks to the aptly named derangedlemur ( 8468254@N02 ) , we now know this was the Court House in Sligo Town...The ... More
Home & Foreign Fruits (at no. 48)
A lovely high view of King Street (now MacCurtain Street) in Cork. Where was the high point from which this photo was taken?..I hope that the unusually situated dog in this photo will satisfy those of you who r... More
Queenstown, where soldiers found a home, and sailors their rest
Lovely view of Queenstown (now Cobh), and more evidence of harbour-side urinals, though perhaps not as fancy as the ones we saw at City Quay, Dublin ( nlireland/8042702091/ ) ...Date: 1890s? (between 1893 and F... More