Arthur Henri Poole - Group of seven : commissioned by Mrs. John Walsh,...
Northern Hemisphere Flickeroonies.It is difficult to get going on the first few Monday mornings of the new year, fear not, we have a lovely family portrait to warm the cockles of your heart..Southern Hemisphere... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Congress group : commissioned by Mr. Larkin
A 'congress' group with the name Larkin attached in or around 1918, might indicate a certain Mr. "Big Jim" Larkin(?) Could this be an early example of the Irish Congress of Trades Union? Or perhaps an early ve... 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
The Rileys - Survivors of the sinking of the Lusitania, Cobh (former...
With thanks to our amazing contributors, it seems that this really is the Riley family: Annie and Edward Riley and their 4-year-old twins Ethel and Sutcliffe. Given that only 764 of the nearly 2000 souls aboard... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Egan Heffernan Wedding, Seskin, Clonmel.
Wedding group, Egan-Heffernan wedding : commissioned by Mrs. Heffernan, Seskin, Clonmel..A handsome wedding group from Poole today and still in Clonmel! I get a sense in this that the grooms family feel the yo... 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
Arthur Henri Poole - Wedding group : commissioned by Miss White, Alexa...
Given all the war that had and was taking place around the time of this shot, peace was probably a more desirable experience than happiness. I hope the couple in this image had a long and peaceful marriage...T... 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 - Best days of your life?
Thanks for all your comments. The consensus seems to be that this boy is indeed Edmund (though we were led astray for a while by "Edward") Becher, at about age 11. This leads us to a grave record in France as f... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Group of two : commissioned by Mr. Synnott. Solic...
I think DannyM8 ( /photos/79549245@N06/ ) might have finally cracked this one. He proposes John A. Sinnott as the older man and his nephew John Nicholas Scallan a recently qualified a solicitor as the younger... More
Arthur Henri Poole - All lean to the right then?
Wedding group of seven ordered by Miss McCreevy, Newpark House, Kilkenny! This beautiful wedding photograph is one of a number in our collection from the Poole Collection and ordered by Miss McCreevy. They do... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Saving the tobacco crop
Who would have thought that tobacco would be cultivated at Rathmoylan in Co. Waterford? We believe that a Mrs William O'Brien commissioned this photo…..Thanks to OwenMacC for providing the location of Rathmoyla... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Lord Lieutenant & Corporation
This is a terribly grand group at a ceremony at City Hall in Waterford. We now know that the "Lord Lieutenant and Lady Aberdeen visited Waterford yesterday for the purpose of presenting the Fagan Shield (the gi... More
Arthur Henri Poole - The Kavanaghs
Uploaded this one at the request of Timothy Dunleavy who got in touch to say this photo is of his great great grandaunt and her family, and that he could identify all six family members... (That's a big Kerchin... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Magnificent Millinery
This elegantly behatted group are Mr Murphy of Prior Park, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and sister(s) perhaps.....Looks as if this was Thomas Murphy, a brewer, and that one of the elegant ladies was his sister, Amy I... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Grumpiest train-bearers ever?
The youngest members of this wedding group look none too happy about the proceedings or their apparel! The photo was taken for/of a Miss Taylor, either in Fethard (Tipperary? Wexford?) - that's all we had, unti... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Smiliest flower girls ever?
Follow the story as it unfolded in the comments below to see what was achieved from scant information in our catalogue, and an incorrect date for this lovely wedding photo.....Date established as Saturday, 27 J... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Happy Days
Choosing photos for this stream is an interesting process, but whenever a photo makes me laugh that more or less clinches a slot, and that's what happened when I came across this one. Hope you like it too.....S... More
Arthur Henri Poole - January 2, 1915
This is the Fitzgerald family of Otteran Place, Waterford city...Especially love the cheeky grin on the son down the front, and it looks as if we've got the earliest example of a wristwatch appearing in our pho... More
Arthur Henri Poole - October 31, 1936
We're back with H. Downes and Co. ( nlireland/6285806012/in/photostream ) , 10 Thomas Street, Waterford for October's last Pic of the Day...This time it's the Cooperage Department. The barrel on the left, that'... More
Arthur Henri Poole - October 21, 1910
No information on exactly where or why, but this is a Masonic Group gathered in Waterford in full regalia...Thanks to Levantian ( /photos/meehaneo/ ) who tells us that this is a gathering of various branches... More
Arthur Henri Poole - October 19, 1903
This is millionaire industrialist and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, pictured with assembled dignitaries for the laying of the foundation stone of Waterford Free Library at Lady Lane - one of five free... More
Arthur Henri Poole - October 17, 1915
Here is Miss Hookey of Bank Lane, Waterford with her Camogie team. This photo had been up here for over a year without us knowing which was Miss Hookey, until cjkavana identified the young woman sitting on the ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - September 21, 1933
This is Mrs Flynn with her children. Photo taken at Leperstown, near Dunmore East, Co. Waterford...8th June 2017, seanmac999 ( /photos/151540246@N08/ ) Sean McGowan, Tells us that the young girl sitting on th... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Winning Team
Winning oarsmen at Waterford Boat Club with an impressive array of very ornate silverware. Would love to identify all of these chaps.....First to be identified is the Cox (centre) - Austin Farrell, 1872-1934, g... More
Arthur Henri Poole - August 25, 1906
We're back with the SS Copeland, literally, as this photo is from 1906 and we've already uploaded later photos from 1910 - 18 June ( nlireland/5845359162/ ) and 30 July ( nlireland/5990054892/ ) ...While saili... More
Arthur Henri Poole - August 20, 1928
The Lord Mayor of Waterford, Edward Walsh offering a civic welcome to Fr. Walsh. We assume the woman in the photo is the Lord Mayor's wife. Hope that the two Walshes is not confusion on the part of the photogra... More
Arthur Henri Poole - August 12, 1937
An unusual photo in our collections - this unidentified woman was photographed for a Dr. J.C. Walsh, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary specifically to show the effects of Pellagra. This disease is caused by a lack of the ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - July 14, 1924
Scoláirí, Coláiste Déaglán. Students at St. Declan's Irish College. Our metadata said that this college was in Ardmore, but we thought it might actually have been in Dungarvan, so we were very grateful to get c... More
Arthur Henri Poole - June 18, 1910
Passengers on board the SS Copeland. While sailing from Glasgow to Cork in December 1917, this ship was torpedoed and sank off Tuskar Rock with the loss of 12 crew...Had wondered if the moustached captain (id-e... More
Arthur Henri Poole - May 18, 1906
5 members of Waterford Boat Club, with their awards...The gentleman seated on the left has been identified by Brendan J. Grogan ( 38524172@N08/ ) as his great uncle, Austin Farrell, 1872-1934...Austin Farrell ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce group, Waterford, from the Poole Collection...See comments below for those that we've managed to identify.....Date: Monday, 12 May 1930..NLI Ref.: P_WP_3697 ( P_WP_3697 )
Arthur Henri Poole - Group of two : commissioned by Mr. Synnott. Solic...
I think DannyM8 ( /photos/79549245@N06/ ) might have finally cracked this one. He proposes John A. Sinnott as the older man and his nephew John Nicholas Scallan a recently qualified a solicitor as the younger... More
Arthur Henri Poole - The O'Grady clan
Family Group: Commissioned by Mrs O'Grady, The Mall, Waterford..This handsome family group from The Mall, Waterford was taken in the Poole Studios...We always like it when we can use the People Identified Tag ... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Saving the tobacco crop
Who would have thought that tobacco would be cultivated at Rathmoylan in Co. Waterford? We believe that a Mrs William O'Brien commissioned this photo…..Thanks to OwenMacC for providing the location of Rathmoyla... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Coming of Age
One of these gentlemen is Lord Dunalley (we think). The occasion was the coming of age of his son, the Hon. Desmond Prittie - the young chap in the centre presumably. This was taken at Kilboy, Nenagh, Co. Tippe... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Wedding at Waterford Courthouse
Really delighted with this one, as we have so little evidence of Jewish life in Ireland in our photographs! We found out that the bride and groom were Ester Levin ( http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1... More