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April 16, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

April 16, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

A lovely capture of Mr McCollins, Station Master at Hazelhatch, Co. Kildare at 3.55 p.m. (or more correctly in railway time 15:55)...Date: Saturday, 16 April 1960..NLI Ref.: ODEA 19/92 ( vtls000304958 )

Bloomsday, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Bloomsday, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Poets Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin at the church in Monkstown with the carriage in which they'd been proceeding about Dublin in the footsteps of Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist in Ulysses - 50 years ... More

Market Square, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 1991

Market Square, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 1991

Taken by photographer, Padraig J. Laffan, who noted: "Catholic Church is on left where tress are, building in distance (Clerys) now gone."..You can compare this view of Bagenalstown with its companion photo ( n... More

Glendalough before Round Tower was restored

Glendalough before Round Tower was restored

Side cars, or perhaps more correctly, Jaunting Cars at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. We knew this was taken between 1860 and 1883, and the "bare headed" Round Tower has helped us to date it more accurately, as dera... More

79 Grafton Street..., Leinster, Ireland

79 Grafton Street..., Leinster, Ireland

... was the Dublin School of Photography and Studio of Frederick Holland Mares.This gives us a much narrower dating window for this one than 1860-1883, as Mares moved to 118 Grafton Street ( http://jacolette.wo... More

Robert French - Dining Saloon on the S.S. Great Eastern

Robert French - Dining Saloon on the S.S. Great Eastern

Thought that after our couple of "shippy" days, it'd be interesting to see what was available to passengers below decks on snazzy (technical term) vessels like the Brunel-designed S.S. Great Eastern, berthed in... More

Robert French - Traffic Jam, Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, Athlone West, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Robert French - Traffic Jam, Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Irelan...

Barges and boats jockeying for position at the lock at the weir on the Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Here's an interesting post on the Irish Waterways History site about this lock and its mechanics ( http... More

... between N[ew]t[own]M[oun]tkennedy and Roundwood...

... between N[ew]t[own]M[oun]tkennedy and Roundwood...

Feeling particularly fiendish today! This image is from a lantern slide in our Joshua H. Hargrave collection...If you like, you can take it as an interesting image in and of itself, but if you're up for a chall... More

Robert French - Trinity College Dublin, late 19th century

Robert French - Trinity College Dublin, late 19th century

Very bustling scene at College Green in Dublin (at 13:16 o' the clock?). There are surely clues in this streetscape that can help us narrow down the date.....This photo was taken probably by Robert French, chie... More

Robert French - H.M.S. Melampus in all her glory

Robert French - H.M.S. Melampus in all her glory

Taken at the harbour in Kingstown, Co. Dublin - now renamed Dun Laoghaire...Think we might get a bit nautical (not ruling out naughty either) for the next few days, in honour of the Dublin Tall Ships Races Fest... More

Unidentified = Eel Weir taken from Town Bridge in Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Unidentified = Eel Weir taken from Town Bridge in Athlone, Co. Westmea...

Thought this was probably on the River Shannon somewhere, but excellent that we now have a proper location for this Lawrence Collection photo that previously had only the rather sad title of Unidentified on our... More

Robert French - Penny Farthing - Victorian era public domain image

Robert French - Penny Farthing - Victorian era public domain image

Not sure if we've seen St. Stephen's Green in Dublin from this angle before. There isn't the usual clarity of a Lawrence Collection photograph, but when I spotted the Penny Farthing, this one was irresistible..... More

Robert French - The Square, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, circa 1900

Robert French - The Square, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, circa 1900

This photo was taken probably by Robert French, chief photographer of William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin...You can compare this view of the The Square at Rathdowney with its companion photo ( nlire... More

Street (running over bridge) Athy, Co. Kildare

Street (running over bridge) Athy, Co. Kildare

This idyllic scene is worth looking at as much for the quality of the shot as for the changes in society and transportation it represents!...Photographer: Unknown..Collection: Eason Photographic Collection ( h... More

Robert French - Lawrence No. 1, Leinster, Ireland

Robert French - Lawrence No. 1, Leinster, Ireland

Think this is a good shot of Sackville Street, the G.P.O. and Nelson's Pillar in and of itself (and certainly tram heaven for transport enthusiasts), but like it also as it's "No. 1" of the Lawrence Cabinet-siz... More

Robert French - Lovely lamp posts

Robert French - Lovely lamp posts

Parts of this photo may not be pin sharp, but it's a great high view along Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) in Dublin, with lots of details to feast on…..Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of L... More

Robert French - Howth-on-Sea, Leinster, Ireland

Robert French - Howth-on-Sea, Leinster, Ireland

Gloriously sunny day (even in black and white) at Howth, Co. Dublin...Date: Circa 1905? (info. from the excellent Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio ( https://sites.google.com/site/hurdygurdymuseum/home ) in ... More

The Little Engine That Could...

The Little Engine That Could...

Had never spotted an engine with a tram before in any of our photos (had there been a breakdown?), so thought you might be interested in this one. We thought it may have been taken near Terenure College in Dubl... More

Robert French - No. 2 Dredger...

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

O'Neill's Bicycles, Leinster, Ireland

O'Neill's Bicycles, Leinster, Ireland

Hard at work assembling bicycles at a firm called O'Neill's. That young lad looks terrified. Do you know where this firm was? As usual, any and all information about this lantern slide will be entertained, brou... More

August 1, 1915, Leinster, Ireland

August 1, 1915, Leinster, Ireland

Funeral procession of Fenian Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa. Trams drew to a halt and crowds lined the streets as the coffin passed. O'Rossa had died on Staten Island on 29 June 1915, but his body was brought back to... More

Step out of the car please, Sir

Step out of the car please, Sir

Following the Easter Rising, British Army soldiers are about to search a car that they've stopped on Mount Street Bridge over the Grand Canal, in an area of Dublin that had seen fierce and prolonged fighting...... More

Robert French - What's all this then?

Robert French - What's all this then?

Taken on Parkgate Street in Dublin.....Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) , Dublin..Date: 1910-ish??..NLI Ref.: L_... More

Train station Oxo Gives Strength! - Public domain photograph.

Train station Oxo Gives Strength! - Public domain photograph.

Soldiers waiting for a train at Newbridge Railway Station in Co. Kildare. They may have been members of the Cavalry Regiment stationed at nearby Newbridge (aka Kilbride?) Barracks ( nlireland/6282142859/ ) ....... More

Up Sinn Féin, Leinster, Ireland

Up Sinn Féin, Leinster, Ireland

Not a political statement, but words that were chalked on the side of this Austin Armoured Car outside Mounjoy Prison in Dublin during a hunger strike. There were a number of hunger strikes between 1918 and the... More

New Living Pictures, Leinster, Ireland

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 - Rolls-Royce, but where? Ballyboggan, that's where!

Arthur Henri Poole - Rolls-Royce, but where? Ballyboggan, that's where...

We had some tentative information on this one, not all of which we could stand over in a court of law.....We believed these are Mr and Mrs Philip B. Pierce. This is their Rolls-Royce. The photo may have been ta... More

Keep Sketch!, Leinster, Ireland

Keep Sketch!, Leinster, Ireland

That little chap peering around the corner outside the Adelaide Pharmacy on Harcourt Street in Dublin has all the hallmarks of someone keeping sketch!..Date: July 1931 (thanks DannyM8!)..NLI Ref.: Eas 1717 ( vt... More

Early automobiles - February 1, 1928

Early automobiles - February 1, 1928

This is the procession for James MacNeill, newly sworn in Governor General of the Irish Free State. Our catalogue had this as Westmoreland Street, Dublin, but following discussion here, we're now sure that this... More

Donnybrook Village, Leinster, Ireland

Donnybrook Village, Leinster, Ireland

Our catalogue described this as a Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines. I knew we could do better than that, hoping J. McCaffrey at no. 39 would be a help...I was thinkin... More

Oscar Traynor (under the X), Leinster, Ireland

Oscar Traynor (under the X), Leinster, Ireland

We were originally fairly sure this photo was taken on Monday, 10 July 1922, but wanted to know a lot more about it than we did. If correctly dated, this would have been taken 5 days after Oscar Traynor's anti-... More

December 9, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

December 9, 1924, Leinster, Ireland

Perched at the back of this jaunting car (holding the umbrella) is the Right Honourable F.O. Roberts, M.P. and British Minister for Pensions, apparently enjoying a ride around St. Stephen's Green...Date: 9 Dece... More

Early automobiles - Nibbling Noblett's

Early automobiles - Nibbling Noblett's

Another tasty view of the corner of Grafton Street, King Street, and St. Stephen's Green in Dublin...Thanks to your recent research on here ( nlireland/9682531809/ ) , that quite ornate box in front of Rudge-Wh... More

Captain Malcolm Campbell at Mountjoy Corner, Phoenix Park during practice

Captain Malcolm Campbell at Mountjoy Corner, Phoenix Park during pract...

Contributed by Bob Montgomery 2012: "This photograph was taken during Thursday practice for the 1929 RIAC Irish International Grand Prix. Malcolm Campell drove this Sunbeam in the race." And thanks to Bob, we n... More

All of early 20th century transport is here…

All of early 20th century transport is here…

… well, with the possible exception of an early bi-plane spluttering across the façade of Trinity College, but we can't have everything!..A lovely high angle view of the junction of Dame Street with College Gre... More

Portholes, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Portholes, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Two chaps eyeing up the hullabaloo at Dun Laoghaire as one of the ships bringing visitors to Dublin for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress docked...Incidentally, if we had a CSI style database of finge... More

Player's Please, Leinster, Ireland

Player's Please, Leinster, Ireland

Glorious searchlit photo of the heart of Dublin, with the city en fête for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress...Date: (Almost certainly) Saturday, 25 June 1932..NLI Ref.: IND_H_2068 ( IND_H_2068 )

Straight On or Left or Right to Westmoreland Street Only

Straight On or Left or Right to Westmoreland Street Only

O'Connell Bridge in the heart of Dublin - we've been here before, but I'm completely unapologetic, because this is so great - a motorbike with sidecar being just one of the gems! ..Date: Circa 20th May to 4th J... More

No. 9 to Donnybrook, Leinster, Ireland

No. 9 to Donnybrook, Leinster, Ireland

Trams on the North Circular Road in Dublin...Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=O'Dea,+James+P.+1910-1992+photographer&sort=year+asc&view=grid ) ..Date: Between June 1937 ... More

James Valentine - Grafton Street

James Valentine - Grafton Street

Grafton Street in Dublin, long before pedestrianisation was even a twinkle in Dublin Corporation's eye. Check out the tags for the car registrations that are clear enough to read - the only one I'm unsure of is... More

Portobello, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Portobello, Leinster, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

And was it 6 o'clock when Elinor Wiltshire took this photo of a tram (no. 15?) crossing the canal at Portobello in Dublin?..Date: 1941-October 1948..NLI Ref.: WIL 75[2] ( vtls000049995 )

December 25, 1959 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

December 25, 1959 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

This is the steam boat train crossing the pier at Dun Laoghaire, Dublin on Christmas Day, 1959...Date: 25 December 1959..NLI Ref.: ODEA17/97 ( vtls000148319 )

March 27, 1959, Leinster, Ireland

March 27, 1959, Leinster, Ireland

Men working in the aftermath of a derailment at Hybla/Ballyneage, Co. Kildare that happened on Thursday, 26 March 1959...Next day's Irish Times reported:."The main line to the South of Ireland was blocked yeste... More

December 31, 1958, Leinster, Ireland

December 31, 1958, Leinster, Ireland

Kind of a sad one for our Pic of the Day from New Year's Eve in 1958. This is the last train ever to run from Harcourt Street Station in Dublin...This photo ran in the Irish Independent on New Year's Day 1959, ... More

C.I.E. Barge 37.M at Portobello

C.I.E. Barge 37.M at Portobello

This barge had a great audience as it made its way through the lock on the Grand Canal at Portobello, Dublin. And see here for a black and white ( nlireland/6095481943/ ) taken within minutes of this shot...Da... More

Railway Footbridge at Churchtown, Dublin

Railway Footbridge at Churchtown, Dublin

One of our Flickr regulars, Niall McAuley ( gnmcauley/ ) , requested this photo from our O'Dea Collection. He thought from our catalogue description that it might be beside his old primary school in Dublin, but... More

Out of action or just taking a break?

Out of action or just taking a break?

Buses at Broadstone Station in Dublin...Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=O'Dea,+James+P.+1910-1992+photographer&sort=year+asc&view=grid ) ..Date: November 1958..NLI Ref.... More

Tramway demolition, Howth, Co. Dublin

Tramway demolition, Howth, Co. Dublin

This is the demolition of the Hill of Howth Tramway...The Howth Tram was a tram which circled Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland, beginning and terminating at Sutton railway station. It operated from June 1901 to... More

GSR Class L2 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

GSR Class L2 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Kingsbridge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin...Our first O'Dea railway related photograph is a while. OwenMacC ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) Tells us that this is the Inchicore Works rather than Kingsbridge Station Dubli... More

Where's the Austin Cambridge, Leinster, Ireland

Where's the Austin Cambridge, Leinster, Ireland

General view with crane, Adelaide Road, Dublin City, Co. Dublin or where's the Austin Cambridge...Thanks for all the comments and fun today. The Mystery car issue is fascinating, was O'Dea a lazy photographer, ... More

An Inspection Car at Straffan Train Station

An Inspection Car at Straffan Train Station

An Inspection Car at Straffan Train Station, Co. Kildare...Date: Friday, 31 March 1961..NLI Ref.: ODEA 24/92 ( vtls000305433 )

April 10, 1965, Leinster, Ireland

April 10, 1965, Leinster, Ireland

Fred McDonagh in his Signal Cabin, Enfield, Co. Meath at 1.55 p.m...We got some lovely information on Fred from his grandson Traingraham:."A wonderfull photo of my Grandad, he was just after moving from Moyvall... More

March 12, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

March 12, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

We thought this was the view from a railway signal box at a Church Road in Roscommon, and as there are quite a few Church Roads in County Roscommon, we asked for help. Apparently, ask and you shall receive beca... More

Christy Mahon in pensive pose, Leinster, Ireland

Christy Mahon in pensive pose, Leinster, Ireland

Our regular roving railway reporter Flying Snail ( flyingsnail/ ) asked for some help, and I was happy to oblige. He's nearing the end of his college work (a photographic project on the former railways in Co. ... More

April 21, 1961, Leinster, Ireland

April 21, 1961, Leinster, Ireland

Couldn't resist a photo of someone called Rusty, so here is railwayman Rusty Kelly beside his Signal Frame at Lucan South, Dublin...Date: Friday, 21 April 1961..NLI Ref.: ODEA 25/51 ( vtls000305490 )

December 1, 1963, Athlone West, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

December 1, 1963, Athlone West, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

This is the Signal Cabin at Athlone West, Co. Westmeath...No name for the gentleman unfortunately, but as he has his CIÉ (Coras Iompair Éireann) jacket on, he's definitely a railway employee...This photo was ta... More

All the Sixes, Leinster, Ireland

All the Sixes, Leinster, Ireland

Taxi driver waiting for a fare (and chatting to another driver leaning on his car?) at the rank in Dublin's O'Connell Street beside the Sacred Heart Shrine...Date: Summer 1964..NLI Ref.: WIL 10[6] ( vtls000047529 )

Who pays the Ferryman?, Leinster, Ireland

Who pays the Ferryman?, Leinster, Ireland

We've come across some ferries here before, but never one quite like this! Taken on the Royal Canal at Downs, near Mullingar in Co. Westmeath.....Photographer: James P. O'Dea ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Ho... More

Emptying her out - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Emptying her out - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

And here is engine 207 (aka Boyne) at Amiens Street Station (now Connolly Station) in Dublin, being emptied of cinders, clinkers, ash.....Date: Sunday, 21 June 1964..NLI Ref.: ODEA 39/38 ( vtls000306968 )

Brand Spanking New Bus, Leinster, Ireland

Brand Spanking New Bus, Leinster, Ireland

A bright shiny new No. 8 bus pictured on O'Connell Street, Dublin. It looks as if these men can't wait to get on board and try it out for size...Thanks to A. P. Luckwill ( apl-irl/ ) for letting us know that t... More

April 24, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

April 24, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

This fine trio are Mr J. Malone and his son, accompanied by their terrier who was in full voice by the looks of things, all pictured at Ashtown Train Station, Dublin. The photographer James O'Dea had obviously ... More

January 14, 1967, Leinster, Ireland

January 14, 1967, Leinster, Ireland

Four wheel bulk cement wagons (nicknamed "Bubbles") at Kildare Train Station. See the comments below for a ton of information from Flying Snail ( flyingsnail/ ) on these Bubbles.....Ellen-Mai contributed that ... More

Locomotive That's some test run..., Public domain image

Locomotive That's some test run..., Public domain image

A girl surveys the wreckage and clean up operation after a train crash at Newbridge, Co. Kildare...Date: Friday, 7 September 1962..NLI Ref.: ODEA32/68 ( vtls000148548 )

December 24, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

December 24, 1960, Leinster, Ireland

Taken on Christmas Eve, 1960, in the Signal Cabin at Clondalkin, Co. Dublin...Date: 24 December 1960..NLI Ref.: ODEA 22/100 ( vtls000305250 )

April 14, 1961 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

April 14, 1961 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

This photo was taken at Leixlip, Co. Kildare and shows P. McCormick and other C.I.É workers in the middle of a Staff Exchange. It's a little blurry, but that's all part of the flurry of a staff exchange, which ... More

Locomotive Filling her up, Public domain image

Locomotive Filling her up, Public domain image

This is engine 207 (aka Boyne) at Conniberry, Co. Laois. According to our catalogue, this picture was taken while 207 was "getting coal supplies". However, the consensus from comments below is that it is water ... More

March 30, 1961, Leinster, Ireland

March 30, 1961, Leinster, Ireland

P. McCormick (Paddy?) captured in the Signal Cabin at Leixlip, Co. Kildare at 5.45 - though not sure whether it was morning or evening...Date: Thursday, 30 March 1961..NLI Ref.: ODEA 24/90 ( vtls000305431 )

Christy Mahon on the phone, Leinster, Ireland

Christy Mahon on the phone, Leinster, Ireland

Our regular roving railway reporter Flying Snail ( flyingsnail/ ) asked for some help, and I was happy to oblige. He's nearing the end of his college work (a photographic project on the former railways in Co. ... More

Cheers! James and Fred at Furey's Pub...

Cheers! James and Fred at Furey's Pub...

This is James P. O'Dea (left) and Fred McDonagh raising a glass at a pub in Moyvalley, Co. Kildare. By the looks of the CIÉ logo on Fred's jacket, he was one of the many railway workers all over Ireland, who wo... More

US diesels arrive, North Wall, Co. Dublin

US diesels arrive, North Wall, Co. Dublin

This was the beginning of a change from British to US locomotives in the CIE livery. As the mighty Wikipedia states:.From the early 60s, CIE looked to GM, with their history of reliability. 15 121 Class were pu... More

Gricers on Bloomsday, Leinster, Ireland

Gricers on Bloomsday, Leinster, Ireland

Dave & Christy at train, Straffan, Co. Kildare...I am very happy, OwenMacC ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) has Identified these three men as Dave Murray, Christy Quinn and Fr, O Sullivan, well done Owen...The life o... More

2.45pm leaving, Dundalk, Co. Louth

2.45pm leaving, Dundalk, Co. Louth

245 leaving, Dundalk, Co. Louth...It seems that this is not No 245 leaving Dundalk but the 2.45pm leaving Dundalk, thanks to OwenMacC ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) . Owen also tells us that this is a class WT 2-6-... More

Just a load of Hot Air, Leinster, Ireland

Just a load of Hot Air, Leinster, Ireland

A hot air balloon, captured mid-inflation at the Canal Festival, Robertstown, Co. Kildare...Date: Sunday, 8 August 1971..NLI Ref.: ODEA 83/4 ( vtls000307861 )

The Five Lamps, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

The Five Lamps, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

To finish off our week we stay in Dublin. We are on the North side of the City at an intersection that will see plenty of traffic this weekend, with the expectant followers of Tyrone, Dublin, Kerry and Galway m... More

Armoured car on Henry Street, Dublin

Armoured car on Henry Street, Dublin

We have had armored cars on this stream before and whereas I do have that "déjà vu" feeling, I believe we have not seen this particular one. We are in the center of Dublin the questions are what is the date an... More

Station, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath

Station, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath

Today we are off to "Children of Lir" country in County Westmeath. It looks to me like Mr O'Dea took the photo from inside a Train? I’ve been meaning to make a list of bad railroad puns…but I keep getting sid... More

Group of people near the place where Kevin Barry was captured

Group of people near the place where Kevin Barry was captured

Keven Barry was arrested on 20th September 1920, are we dealing with a contemporary photo or one taken after the event, the Catalogue date of 1921 would suggest the latter?..The general consensus is that this m... More

Robert French - Ducats Grove, Carlow, Co. Carlow

Robert French - Ducats Grove, Carlow, Co. Carlow

This fairytale castle in Co. Carlow looks more like a child's dream than a mature person's reality. Lines of statues leading to a door guarded by armoured spear bearers. All this was bound to deter the faint ... More

I.S. Varian & Co., brushmakers. North Dublin

I.S. Varian & Co., brushmakers. North Dublin

To finish off the week we make a visit to the Mason Collection. What a great variety of brushes, I wonder can we identify all the different uses? In the 1911 Census there are 337 people with "brush" as part of ... More

Robert French - Donnacomper, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Robert French - Donnacomper, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

On this Monday we present a fine Lawrence shot of Donnacomper. What can you tell us about it?..And the main things that our contributors "told us about" were the house/estate, and the lads (in the cart) by its ... More

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

We have a very special edition for you today - we are posting 3 photos for you to enjoy.. .Sabina Higgins, wife of President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, officially launched our “Photo Detectives” exhibition ... More

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

We have a very special edition for you today - we are posting 3 photos for you to enjoy.. .Sabina Higgins, wife of President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, officially launched our “Photo Detectives” exhibition ... More

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge Boudoir, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

Robert French - Vice-Regal Lodge Boudoir, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

We have very special edition for you today - we are posting 3 photos for you to enjoy.. .Sabina Higgins, wife of President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, officially launched our “Photo Detectives” exhibition in... More

Allen Tower, Kildare, Co. Kildare.

Allen Tower, Kildare, Co. Kildare.

Let's see if we can get back to normal this Friday after all the excitement of the last few days. We are off to County Kildare to have a look at Allen Tower. I wager it is close to a railway given this is from ... More

Robert French - John and Andrew Fox's house, after eviction, Clongorey, Co.Kildare

Robert French - John and Andrew Fox's house, after eviction, Clongorey...

I know we have been in this area about five years ago, but, I think these eviction photos are so important that they deserve their own day in the spotlight. The research on our eviction related images has been ... More

Thos Whelan + Patrick Moran? March 1921

Thos Whelan + Patrick Moran? March 1921

The catalogue detail for this entry notes this as "[Patrick Moran?] (left), holding pipe, and Thomas Whelan, shaking hands and smiling, with British officer in background. Patrick Moran and Thomas Whelan were e... More

Icon Pearse's Surrender, public domain photograph

Icon Pearse's Surrender, public domain photograph

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the Irish Political Figures Photographic Collection. Our boss has decided to make the collection available for use on Flickr. Grasping the opportunity with both han... More

Robert French - Trinity College, Botany Bay, Dublin City

Robert French - Trinity College, Botany Bay, Dublin City

I have never heard of "Botany Bay" in the context of Trinity College. Of course the real Botany Bay holds an important position in Irish history - more for transportation of convicts rather than anything to do ... More

Robert French - Slums, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

Robert French - Slums, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

You would have to class this as an atypical Lawrence shot, we see very little interest in the camera or the photographer. I notice that the photo is labeled Brown Street, a street which is not immediately famil... More

W.D Hogan and friends at the Keany's house, Westbrook, Dundrum

W.D Hogan and friends at the Keany's house, Westbrook, Dundrum

Another entry for our "Focus on our Photographers" Album. I am hopeful of finding names for quite a few of this jolly group. I wonder which of the two men is our Mr Hogan and who took the photo? I suppose if i... More

Robert French - Lucan steam train

Robert French - Lucan steam train

This photograph reminds me of a painting by Jack B. Yeats titled "In the Tram" I have also seen it described as "In the Lucan Tram" and "The Merry Wives of Lucan" The painting is owned by our near neighbours t... More

"Harcourt Street, Dublin" is actually Charlotte Streest at Harcourt Road

"Harcourt Street, Dublin" is actually Charlotte Streest at Harcourt Ro...

The question of the day is, will the Flicker system behave itself? The antics on Friday were disappointing, we lost several comments and I worked harder than a pair of nesting robins, in my search for a solutio... More

Hat trick  -  Royal visitors in the Picture Gallery, Kilkenny Castle

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

Spire of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath

Spire of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath

Another contribution from the Eason Collection to end off the week. I have seen this spire / tower many times while driving but I have never had the opportunity to visit it. Is it a pure folly or was it intende... More

Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

Main Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

I think this is the first non military / non railway photo of Newbridge we have ever posted. There is a lot going on here and I think the megazoom via the catalogue link below is worth a look. ..Our eagle-eyed ... More

British soldiers marching out of a barracks

British soldiers marching out of a barracks

We end this week with another interesting photo from the Hogan Wilson Collection. At first reading the above description from the archives begs two questions, which barracks? and why were they marching out? I w... More

"Scene near Rathfarnham, Dublin" - is Grange Golf Club

"Scene near Rathfarnham, Dublin" - is Grange Golf Club

We are off to the leafy suburbs of South Dublin today courtesy of the Eason collection. I am fully expecting that we can identify the location, the names of the 3 men, the make and model of the fancy motor car... More

Humphreystown Bridge, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.

Humphreystown Bridge, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.

An unusual shot from O'Dea today with a bridge that has no apparent connection to railroads! Humphreystown Bridge is quite unusual and picturesque, I wonder is it still there and in use or has it fallen to "pr... More

Gothic style institutional building, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

Gothic style institutional building, Dublin City, Co. Dublin

This building looks quite new. The catalogue says Dublin City and it does look familiar to me, but I have the distinct impression that something is missing. The chimney "sweeper" has had his way with this one ... More

Robert French - Prince Albert's statue, Leinster Lawn

Robert French - Prince Albert's statue, Leinster Lawn

Prince Albert and four others, this could make for an interesting Friday. I wonder where it is now? I am intrigued by the orientation of this Lawrence photo, we do not get a portrait presentation very often. (E... More

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