Robert French - Good Day at Blackrock
The canny billh35 got in his request to see this one just under the wire. It's Blackrock in Co. Louth...Traffic-wise, a rather more relaxed scene than yesterday's photograph of Dame Street/College Green ( nlire... More
Any knives need sharpening, Mrs?
Thrilled to spot this mobile cutler! Either he's Mr Burns or he worked for Burns, Cutler...Didn't know where this was, and in fact, thought it might be somewhere in Co. Down, but derangedlemur identified it in ... More
Shop Street, Drogheda, Leinster, Ireland
This is from our Stereoscopic Collection, which was bought over by William Lawrence in Dublin, and then came to us. The photographers involved were James Simonton and Frederick Holland Mares...It looks as if on... More
Robert French - Shop Street, Drogheda, same day?
This is from our Lawrence Collection. Looks as if Lawrence's chief photographer, Robert French, was in town around the same time as James Simonton or Frederick Holland Mares who took the photographs in our Ster... More
Robert French - Lighthouse at Greenore
Please forgive another lighthouse photograph (and the poorer than usual clarity two days in a row), but have had my beady eye on this one of the Lighthouse at Greenore, Co. Louth for a while. Special flags, ban... More
North Quay, Drogheda, Leinster, Ireland
The lure of the sea called to me again when I saw these gorgeous ships. But for those of you tired of maritime magnificence, there are some great businesses to be seen here too and the railway viaduct in the di... More
Leprechaun?, Leinster, Ireland
We're indebted to beachcomberaustralia ( beachcomberaustralia/ ) for this very rare Leprechaun sighting (admittedly not yet officially authenticated)...Date: 1860s?..NLI Ref.: STP_2878 ( STP_2878 )
Cross of Muiredach, Leinster, Ireland
This is the very famous 9th/10th century high cross at Monasterboice in Co. Louth...Thanks to beachcomberaustralia ( beachcomberaustralia/ ) for this Wikipedia article ( http://Muiredach's_High_Cross#West-face... More
Any knives need sharpening, Mrs?
Thrilled to spot this mobile cutler! Either he's Mr Burns or he worked for Burns, Cutler...Didn't know where this was, and in fact, thought it might be somewhere in Co. Down, but derangedlemur identified it in ... More