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
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
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
R.I.C. and military leaving Limerick
R.I.C. military and armoured car leaving Limerick on a scouting expedition..So many maps but no definitive location as of yet - can you help?..Thanks to Dr O Mac ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) for identifying the ... More
Robert French - Revisiting College Street in Killarney
Have upcycled this Kerry photo to a higher res so ye can actually see what's going on! Nicest thing is that this revealed a great sign saying "To Henry Gaze ( nlireland/6633861673 ) & Sons Tourist Office"........ More
"Long shot sea, hills in background, 2 Constables and 2 others at step...
Delighted to have this early close-up of two R.I.C. Constables, even if one of them has come over all manly and shy and is presenting us with his profile...Where was this taken? Do you know?..Date: 1860-1883..N... 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
The Siege of Hurley's Mill, Cork, Ireland
Scenes of the siege at Tim Hurley's Mill at Castleview in Co. Cork. This was a momentous enough event to be reproduced in a colour supplement from the United Ireland newspaper.....Would especially like to know ... More
Robert French - Potatoes should be dug without delay
Good dating (and social history) in the posters outside this R.I.C. Barracks at Brookeborough in Co. Fermanagh...A Department of Agriculture poster warns about Potato Blight and that "potatoes should be dug wit... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Waterford Eviction
Yesterday's unusual capture of an urban eviction scene from the 1880s got me thinking about other later eviction scenes we might have from towns and cities around Ireland, so here's one from O'Connell Street in... More
Robert French - Mitchelstown Eviction Resistance at O'Sullivans!
Feeling some performance anxiety because this photo is very special - it's our 1,000th photo on Flickr Commons! However, it's also special in that it's a quite rare (we think) capture of an eviction in a town. ... More
Military Barracks at 11.07 a.m., but where? Garda Headquarters in the ...
Apologies for late posting this morning!..Today's photo was our 9th "unknown location" Fergus O'Connor photograph. Until today, 7 had been located. Had a feeling that this one, taken between 1900 and 1920, woul... More
Arthur Henri Poole - Pig Strike, Waterford
NLI Ref.: P_WP_0733 ( P_WP_0733 )
"Servant Girls as Spies", Boer War
Hill Street in Newry, with the neatest and clearest display of news posters in Flickroonie history! But also Hair Brushing Machinery(?) at J. Withers' Shampooing Saloon. And a place to get your umbrellas made, ... More
Robert French - Revisiting College Street in Killarney
Have upcycled this Kerry photo to a higher res so ye can actually see what's going on! Nicest thing is that this revealed a great sign saying "To Henry Gaze ( nlireland/6633861673 ) & Sons Tourist Office"........ 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
The Siege of Hurley's Mill, Cork, Ireland
Scenes of the siege at Tim Hurley's Mill at Castleview in Co. Cork. This was a momentous enough event to be reproduced in a colour supplement from the United Ireland newspaper.....Would especially like to know ... More
R.I.C. District Inspector Gore-Hillman (allegedly)…
… and that's all she wrote! However, I had a look in Jim Herlihy's The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922. No sign of a Gore-Hillman or anything like it, but I... More
Robert French - Hanneford Royal Canadian Circus
Hoping that the the posters for A Sacred Cantata at the parish church might help us to date this photograph of Greencastle Street in Kilkeel, Co. Down! When I really squint, I'm getting Wednesday Aug 14 1907?? ... More