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Photographer with camera, Sydney, 1939
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Yes Maam
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Suck Diesel said:
The Galway Shawl
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Suck Diesel said:
"She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
No paint nor powder, no none at all,
But she wore a bonnet with ribbons on it,
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Suck Diesel Can you sing that song?
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John Spooner said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons As sung by Dermot O'Brien on the LP Ireland's Best vol. 4 yours for £1.25 (Newry Reporter 18/5/1972)
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Suck Diesel said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons No, but who better than Daniel?
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beachcomber australia said:
"Francis Patrick Mary[?!] Browne, SJ, MC & Bar
(3 January 1880 – 7 July 1960) was an Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. ..."
In 1939 -
via en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Browne -
John Spooner said:
From a report of an exhibition organised by the Photographic Society of Ireland in the Irish Independent - Friday 22 April 1938
Another bronze medal went to Rev. F. M. Browne. S.J.. for a portrait study, "Officer of the Watch" (237)—a ships officer gazing out on a darkening sea from a moving liner. I liked the epic of modern industrialism. "A Temple of Ceres" by the same exhibitor, which had a "Commended" label on it'
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John Spooner said:
Wicklow People of Saturday 13 June 1936 had an article telling readers what could be found in the June issue of Irish Travel magazine, including:
An interesting feature for amateur photographers by the Rev. F. M. Browne. S.J. is entitled "When ,you are in the Train, where is your Camera'?" illustrated be a photo of Nenagh showing the church and Ormond Tower as taken front the window of a railway carriage while the train was in motion.
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Carol Maddock said:
beachcomber australia One, if not two, of my brothers has Mary as a middle name. Common back in the very Catholic with a Big C days.
Wind Tunnel Dome Stadium
from SDASM Archives
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Mark Trotter said:
This is a model of the Super Dome in New Orleans and an adjacent hotel (Hyatt Regency New Orleans).
Soviet Era ugliness up the Boro
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Ian Moore Hello Ian. It isn't actually our National Library that made that value judgement. It was one of us three volunteers (The Three Marys) who look after this photostream.
We all take our role as representatives of the Library very seriously, and one of the reasons that NLI Flickr works is that we three volunteers have different experience, knowledge, and taste. This Mary really likes Brutalist architecture, but Morning Mary, who wrote that text, does not. -
beachcomber australia said:
🎶 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary ... 🎶
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bobgbennett said:
The corner tower does have the specific look of 1944 Atlantic Wall (Normandy) gun emplacements about it.
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bobgbennett said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons Love the humour! When I was a young soldier the Bedding Store lady who used to exchange our sheets for a clean issue was Mary from Co Dublin and we all adored her for the good craic every time we saw her.
Offices of the Sydney Harbour Trust at Beresford Chambers, 30 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (NSW), decorated for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York .
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covid convict said:
I think Beresford Chambers might have been built in the mid-later 1880s, but I'm not sure on this...in ca. 1914 it was acquired by the Australian Metropolitan Life Assurance Co, after which it was known as the Metropolitan Building...later still it was acquired by the GSB...it was demolished in ca. 1922-23...I think it might have initially been a casualty of the construction of the new GSB...but in any case it would have been demolished for the Martin Place extension...
Good view of the location in this ca. 1892-93 pic taken from the GPO tower
www.flickr.com/photos/193158484@N02/53729164236/
Also see comments/links at this SLNSW Hall & Co photo of Castlereagh St, which looks to have been taken in 1922, before Beresford Chambers and the other buildings in the row were demolished...
www.flickr.com/photos/193158484@N02/53771331173/
jfi...the building to the right of Beresford Chambers is the of the Australian Star newspaper building...it was built in ca. 1895...it later became the office of the Australian Star and the Sunday Sun. In ca. 1918 it was rebuilt to house the Sun newspaper...
trove.nla.gov.au - the original Australian Star building appears in this NLA Fairfax pic...
No sign of my wife, Dr. Watson!
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John Spooner said:
An article in the Belfast Telegraph - Friday 26 November 1999 mentions Francis Montgomery Moore, official chronometer maker to the government when he died in 1897. He began his horological business in Limerick, and later had branches in Belfast and Dublin. And,
One of their sons was Frank Frankfort Moore the novelist who lived in Sussex and whose first wife was a sister of the celebrated writer Bram Stoker.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
John Spooner Not even six degrees of separation!
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John Spooner said:
And here's his moustache in a picture which accompanied news of his death which appeared in the on 16th May 1931
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Suck Diesel said:
Perhaps this one?
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John Spooner said:
And in King and his Navy and Army` - Saturday 12 November 1904
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John Spooner said:
97, Marina, St. Leonards
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
John Spooner Suck Diesel Do we have any hope of tracking down the Lafayette photograph of Mrs Frankfort Moore? And do we have her name anywhere?
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Oh, yes we do have her name. But which wife?
His first wife, Grace Balcombe, sister of Florence Balcombe, first infatuation of Oscar Wilde (qv) and eventual wife of Bram Stoker (qv), died in 1901. His second wife was Dorothea, daughter of the Rev. J. W. Hatton of Knowle House, Willingdon. Moore had three daughters.
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beachcomber australia said:
Flickr is sometimes amazing! Here he is staring at the stairs in his Italian home, via Phineas Redux, who says,
The author was, in his time, a famous Irish playwright and novelist. In this volume, and another similar - ‘A Garden of Peace’, he wrote about his literary experiences—which was simply an exercise in name-dropping. I have never read any work in which someone is so anxious to let you know how often he rubbed shoulders with the rich, famous, notorious, or celebrated—a handful of well-known names on every page about sums it up. Exactly how much credence the reader should place in these multitudinous anecdotes is an interesting question.
Although published anonymously, for some strange reason, the author is not above publishing as frontispiece his own portrait photograph ! !
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/134102445@N05/49419191186/in/photostream/]
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [A wide-angle view of marchers along the mall, showing the Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument.], 08/28/1963
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Donald Gibson said:
Always listen to what the people are saying👍
THIS IS AMERICA... WHERE YOU VOTE AS YOU PLEASE, 1941 - 1945
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Donald Gibson said:
Happy Birthday folks. Have a great weekend👍
2026-053
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Paul Hellyer said:
This is truly amazing. A real work of art. Congratulations!
Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California (LOC)
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swanq said:
See
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David Valenzuela said:
It's a shame my mother in law passed away a few years ago she might have like to have seen these Fox Theater Pics she actually lived in Bakersfield for a time long before I was born.
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David Valenzuela said:
I was in Bakersfield once but never saw the Theater of course I only stop on the outskirts of the town.
Pete Seeger at Library of Congress Bicentennial (LOC)
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ysella said:
Superb. 🎶 ❤︎
Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California (LOC)
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swanq said:
Old box office kiosk at Fox Theater
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Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California (LOC)
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swanq said:
See the floor between the old kiosk and the doors.
modern Streetview
Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California (LOC)
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swanq said:
This looks as though it is the floor near the main entrance.
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Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California (LOC)
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swanq said:
The tower is still there.
2026 Streetview
Delightful new form of holiday making - Cruising!
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mikeyashworth said:
Ah, the Lancastria. Yes, the cruising holiday was quite the 'thing' especially during the inter-war period when many companies such as Cunard marketed a vast variety of cruises with many different classes and prices; it was, I suspect, primarily, a 'middle' and 'upper' class thing. The company advertised heavily, both for its trans-Atlantic business in the days before air travel, and its holiday 'cruising' business; as well as adverts, glossy foldout plan brochures, such as this were often issued.
The Lancastria was originally named the Tyrrhenia, built by Beardmore's on the Clyde and launched in 1920 for a sister line to Cunard, the Anchor Line. Refitted and renamed in 1924 the vessel went to the Mediterranean cruise circuit in the 1930s. Upon the outbreak of war in 1939 the Lancastria was requisitioned and sadly, on 17 June 1940, the vessel was sunk by enemy action whilst helping to evacuate British nationals and troops from St. Nazaire whilst heavily overloaded. Although there were around 2,400 survivors the number of those lost varies from 3,500 to 7,000; it is widely recognised as the biggest ship loss of any British vessel. The news at the time was effectively blocked by the use of a D-Notice.
Cunard had a long history, formed in 1840 and based out of Liverpool and latterly Southampton. From 1934 onwards they were connected with the White Star line. The name survives but as a subsidiary of a larger multi-national cruise liner concern.
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Suck Diesel said:
[https://flic.kr/p/9PsR9J]
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beachcomber australia said:
Interesting story of the 1940 sinking at St Nazaire with photos -
news.bbc.co.uk
Edit - More up-to-date version -
www.bbc.com
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Suck Diesel said:
12 Gns for a 10-day cruise in 1920, equivalent to £500 today, seems good value
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
mikeyashworth Like it or not, you are now our official Cunard expert. :)
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Carol Maddock said:
I love that someone, maybe Tom Johnson himself, jotted down calculations of crew numbers.
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John Spooner said:
I'll make a bid for 1934. In the Coventry Evening Telegraph -of Wednesday 21 February 1934 is an advert for Cunard's cruise to Portugal & Spain on the Lancastria, leaving Liverpool on March 29th, and visiting Lisbon and Vigo, price 10 guineas (which match the details on page 2 of the leaflet).
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
John Spooner We will take that bid of 1934, thank you.
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John Spooner said:
And here's the itinererery
Old Pro Golf, space course. Astronaut, Ocean City, Maryland (LOC)
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Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga said:
I think that's Paul Bunyan under that helmet!
Give the carte to me
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fastmspacman said:
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY I concur.
O'Malley's Cheddar Cheese Bomb
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CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
NLI, I don't think this is suitable for public distribution . . . The way the world is today. Too many wannabe martyrs . . . I mean nitwits without any other purpose in life.
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Mike Grimes said:
Taken from the link below:
"James O’Donovan was the primary ‘chemist/inventor’ of explosives for the IRA, and the person most responsible for developing and establishing Irish-centered explosive manufacturing. He was a post-graduate chemistry student at UCD and worked directly for Collins.
He began producing fulminate of mercury explosives in 1918 – a notoriously unstable compound. In 1919 Collins directed O’Donovan to develop an explosive that was more powerful, but that ‘men with no technical skill could produce it in a farmhouse kitchen… They have to be fairly foolproof because we can’t have people all over the country having their heads blown off!’
Irish War Flour was O’Donovan’s first original explosive, named after its appearance: it was a nitrated resin using the ingredients of resin, flour, acid and potassium chlorate. Irish War Flour was quite unstable and didn’t have the explosive power he wanted so he kept experimenting.
He called his second explosive compound Irish Cheddar, again named because of its looks. This was his nickname for a form of cheddite, an explosive used quite extensively in the early 20th century. Its ingredients were paraffin, potassium chlorate, nitrobenzene and castor oil."
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beachcomber australia said:
Nicknames of the explosives ...
“Warflour”: Warflour was a nitrated resin, using the ingredients of resin, flour, acid and potassium chlorate.
“Irish Cheddar”: This was the nickname for a form of cheddite, an explosive used quite extensively in the early 20th century, its ingredients being potassium chlorate, nitrobenzene and castor oil. Some sources suggest that “Cheddar” included home made DNT.
Also "Paxo" a while later. See - www.standingwellback.com , which also has ...
The IRA also developed its own detonators at the time, and I won’t describe them here other than to say that interestingly they were non-metallic and quite an effective design.
In terms of IEDs, and further to my earlier post, the IRA of the time made several thousand grenades, mostly under the Dublin Bicycle shop at 198 Parnell St and latterly at other facilities. It appears that the design of these were copied from the German “Egg” grenade of WW1. These were essentially quite a simple design,small and preferred because they were easier to conceal than a larger grenade. They used the standard sort of fuze with a spring-loaded fly-off lever. Occasionally larger improvised grenades were used – this is a diagram of one of them, made by an IRA engineer involved in their manufacture. -
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY I really do take your point, Mr Cassidy, but I would suggest that people with harmful intentions and access to the internet can very quickly and easily find far more effective instructions, including step-by-step videos, than this sketch. It is a part of revolutionary Irish history, just like the gun carrier on a bicycle that we featured a while back, so we considered it worth including. Mary.
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beachcomber australia said:
The bicycle shop Lawless and Heron was raided in December 1920 -
www.museum.ie
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Trove is always amazing! Especially when their OCR renders Heron as Herod throughout. Herod and Lawless is an even better name.
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beachcomber australia said:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, some telegraph operator between Dublin and Australia mistook a _ . for a _ . .
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Carol Maddock said:
From the Nenagh Guardian on Saturday, 16 April 1932...
CLARE FARMER'S MISHAP
Home Made Explosive Causes Shocking Injuries
As a result of testing a home-made explosive, notwithstanding the warning of his brother, Patrick Geoghegan, a young Clare farmer, sustained shocking injuries, necessitating the amputation of his right hand.
Patrick Geoghegan ... needed some explosive to remove a rock which was obstructing the flow of water in his garden. Six weeks ago a Garda permit was issued to him to obtain the necessary explosive, which is stored by the authorities at Limerick. Unfortunately, he did not make the journey to Limerick, because he found other materials which he thought would suit his purpose. When shifting stones from a big heap about 200 yards from his home he discovered in a tin box a quantity of 'home-made' explosive known as "Irish War Flour," or "Irish Cheddar," as it was called during the Anglo-Irish trouble when it was used for the mining of roads, etc. It is of a brown colour, and an explosive of a very powerful nature.
He informed one of his brothers of the discovery, and said he would test some of the stuff to ascertain "would it blow the rock out of the garden". The brother advised him to have nothing to do with the "War Flour," as he could "never know what might happen." The warning went unheeded. Geoghegan bored in the rock, filled the holes with the explosive, which he ignited in some manner not yet fully explained. Almost immediately there was a terrific explosion, which blew the top off the rock and inflicted shocking injuries on the man. ... Inquiries made with regard to the explosive found concealed in the gap of stones reveal that it was hidden there years ago by a member of the pre-Truce I.R.A., who had completely forgotten its existence. -
Carol Maddock said:
Jeepers. At one time, you could just buy Cheddite.
CHEDDITE DOES NOT FREEZE.
No dangerous process of thawing or warming. Stronger, safer, and cheaper than Dynamite or Gelignite.
Manufactured by Curtiss & Harvey, Ltd. Sole agents for Ulster---
CAMBRIDGE & Co., Arms and Ammunition Merchants, Carrickfergus. Telephone 29.
(Belfast Newsletter, 1 January 1907)
Dr. J.S. Billings, at desk (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq. We'll add some of his info to the catalog record.
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jessamyn west said:
Added to his Wikipedia page
Baren de Zulylen, portrait bust (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks Michiel2005 and swanq. I see we made a few errors in transcribing his name, we'll get that fixed.
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jessamyn west said:
Thank you -- I've added this to his Wikipedia page
Geo. Hacken Schmidt, standing, with cane and coat, press photo (LOC)
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Nicolas Appel said:
A genuinely enchanting result. So happy to see you in explore!
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Pattaya Patrol said:
Congratulations on making Explore - what a well-deserved recognition! This portrait is so striking: the confident stance, the crisp overcoat, and the way the cane and draped coat add character make the image feel both timeless and cinematic. Your eye for composition and timing turned a simple moment into a memorable story - beautifully done.
Guerrillas in the mists (of time)
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Bualadh bos! But no resting on your laurels. What day was 22 August 1921?
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beachcomber australia said:
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beachcomber australia said:
" ... The [Vaughan Hotel] was an important meeting place for many of the leaders of the IRA and a safe-house for Michael Collins.[3][4] A system was developed whereby a flowerpot in the back window signalled danger ... "
Can anyone see the flowerpot ?!
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beachcomber australia said:
Via Faecebook -
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
1. Seated on Ground: Dick Cotter (brother-in-law of Sinead de Valera), Eamonn Price (Bob), Eva Price, Phyllis, Bean Uí Cheallaigh, Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin.
2. First row (seated): Máirín McGavock (Mrs. Sean Beaumont), Harry Boland, Mrs. Jennie Wyse Power, Archdeacon O’Callaghan, P.P., Mrs. Price, Liam Deasy, Leslie, President de Valera, Tom Barry, Dr. Nancy Wyse Power, Mr. Price, Miss Mary MacSwiney, Countess Markievicz.
3. First row (standing): Seán Lehane, Kathleen Kerrigan, Jack Price, Pete Kearney, Jim Hurley, Ted Sullivan, Mick Collins, Seán MacCarthy, Mick Crowley, Dick Mulcahy, Mrs. O’Donovan, Eoin O’Duffy, Mrs. Tom Cullen, Kathleen Phelan, behind her only forehead appearing, Liam Tobin, Emmett Dalton, Marie O’Reilly (the big hat), Tom Cullen, Aoife Taaffe, Rory O’Connor, Susan Colum, behind her Seán MacSwiney, Fr. Tom Duggan, Fiona Plunkett (sister of Joseph Plunkett), Treasa Ní Modhráin, Dan Corkery (Macroom), Una Ní Modhráin, Tadh Sullivan (behind her), Seán Buckley (Bandon), Eileen Colum, Agnes Sharpe.
4. Second Row (standing): Proprietor Hotel, Seán Hales, Liam Devlin, Vincent Gogan, Emmett …’.
Many of the wedding guests would shortly find themselves on opposite sides in the Civil War. In fact, a year later to the day, Michael Collins would die at Béal na Bláth (22 August 1922). Harry Boland, Seán Hales, and Rory O’Connor were also victims of the conflict.
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O Mac said:
Michael Collins was there again the following month.
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
O Mac Yes. Vaughan's was the wedding venue!
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq Madly broadcasting the People Identified Klaxon, thank you!
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Suck Diesel said:
The 22nd it is
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
Suck Diesel Interesting that a lot of information is entered as Gaeilge.
Haste to the wedding!
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Suck Diesel said:
beachcomber australia
Marquis Anglesey, portrait bust (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks, swanq, the British National Portrait Gallery has a copy of this photo at www.npg.org.uk which confirms you identification.
Belleek Old Church near Lough Scolban, Co. Fermanagh, Ulster, Ireland
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jenny77m said:
Oughterdrum Church
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Dr. C.H. Parkhurst, profile portrait (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.
W.B. Yeats, portrait bust (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.
S.G. Heacock, portrait bust (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll add his full name to the catalog record.
W.B. McKinley, portrait bust (LOC)
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq, we'll update the catalog record.