Robert French - Paddy's Market, Cork City
And could this be anywhere other than Cork with all those Beamish & Crawfords (at nos. 31-35 and no. 39)?..One of my favourite Lawrence market photos. We have a framed version of this up on a wall inside in the... More
The Laughing Lady of Castle Street
Bustling street scene at Castle Street, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, complete with lovely laughing lady (and a random dog to keep DannyM8 happy). Also, don't think we usually see someone actually captured riding a bi... 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
Market Street, Mountmellick, Leinster, Ireland
In typically infuriating fashion, the car registration number is partly obscured by the the two gents having a chat, but 3844 is visible...Date: 1910??..NLI Ref.: Eas 2728 ( vtls000048053 )
Robert French - Twelfth July at Coleraine, but what year?
We have gas lighting, we have telegraph wires, we have (rather incongruously) mention of American Soda Water, we have a policeman's uniform - might help with dating.....The very lovely Jayne Shrimpton ( http://... More
"View of slag heaps and mine buildings, in an unidentified location" =...
We had a very unsatisfactory description of this Fergus O'Connor photo in our catalogue, but thought it might be somewhere in Wicklow...Thanks to all of our commenters below, we now know this photograph was tak... More
Robert French - Egyptian Arch, Newry, Co. Down, circa 1905
This photo was taken probably by Robert French, chief photographer of William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin. There are fragmentary posters under the arch. ..From what I can make out, the furthest one ... More
April 17, 1962, Leinster, Ireland
Apologies, people! Not a great photo for today's Pic of the Day, but there were slim pickings for photos taken on 17th April in the vaults of Library Towers...Anyway, this is the 225 - up train to Sligo, pictur... More
Arthur Henri Poole - October 22, 1900
Opening of a Hunt Meet outside the Adelphi Hotel on The Quays in Waterford City...Date: 22 October 1900..NLI Ref.: POOLEIMP 832 ( vtls000036453 )
Arthur Henri Poole - October 8, 1903
The original description for this photo provided by Poole Photographic Studios merely says: "Mr T. Barton on Bovril Tins in river". Wish there was more information, as this was surely a big day in Waterford. Th... More