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The DIA says the fusiliers memorial id by Kathleen Shaw, 1906.

The Carberry memorial is at Findagrave, and a clearer pic says the sculptor is named TH Denanny (1901 census link)

Oh ! I have a photo (close up !) of the statue to the fusilier from 2011, it's in my Ireland 2011 folder: I'll post a link when I get to my pc ..later

Niall McAuley Kathleen Trousdell Shaw, thank you. We haven't had many women scupltors on here over the years. This is a perfect title... A Woman Among Men

I can't say the handbill is successful in its effort to denigrate the council: one statue stands to this day in a prominent place in a public park, the other is in a graveyard.

From Ulysses...

Crowded on the spit of land silent shapes appeared, white, sorrowful, holding out calm hands, knelt in grief, pointing. Fragments of shapes, hewn. In white silence: appealing. The best obtainable. Thos. H. Dennany, monumental builder and sculptor.

... in this short Indo article, 30 April 2016

The words on the Hugh Carberry statue. Galway Observer - Saturday 29 April 1905:

Cardinal Logue selected the plan for the monument. When it was finally finished stirring words were carved in the marble, saying that Hugh Carberry had fought English despotism, and fell fighting in the glorious cause of independence. Cardinal Logue, more peacefully inclined then than now, objected to the strongly worded sentiment. So the carved words were filled in with mortar, which time, aided by a few willing hands, scraped out.

'The Last Post' in August 2014 via Beechgarave
Still looking for the Carberry one ...

Found with Google Lens -
imgur.com/gallery/memorial-boer-war-soldier-PNdkQfF

[Aside] And a couple of other memorials of similar design -
www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/31309...
www.historicalpicturearchive.com/shop/pictures/father-pre...

Model CH-300
The date is wrong. By 1956 it was no longer legal to show a NC registration.
Stig

B-24D-25Co, Serial 41-24301 “Lady Be Good”, assigned to the 376th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force

B-24D-25Co, Serial 41-24301 “Lady Be Good”, assigned to the 376th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force

The date can't be correct.
Seen here with Pan Am who turned it over to USAAF in Sep 1942 and never got it back.
I have it listed as taken ca 1940 at Ke'ehi Lagoon, Hawaii.
The year must be either 1939 (delivered in Jan that year), 1940 or 1941
Stig

There is also a Miss De Lacy in the archive, a teenager. No hits in likely counties in the 1901 census, but a possible
Miss in Yoletown, Wexford, 1911

The Island must mean Little Island

I see other Pooles titled The Island for Mr. Fitzgerald, which would be Little Island.

Mr. Diesel beat me to it.

Undigitized, but there is a Cabinet commissioned by Miss De Lacy, The Island, Waterford

Dated 1912, which suggests she was old enough to order pics herself, older than the Yoletown Mary.

Lovely photo.

A paragraph in Lady's Pictorial - Saturday 20 September 1890 which begins:

The ladies of Waterford are emulating the bachelors in the matter of giving balls. They organised a very pleasant and brilliant one for last Tuesday night, which came off at the Imperial Hotel, and proved a most cheery festivity. Of course all the big people of the county were invited, including Lord and MI Waterford, Lord and Lady Carew, Lord and Lady Huntingdon, Lady Camilla Fortescue, Lady Gwendoline O’Shea, Lady Sinclair, Lady Lane, and a host o{ others, comprising many military.

ends

Mrs. De Lacy, of "The Island,” looked uncommonly well in a stylish black dress richly ornamented with jet, and set off by some handsome jewels.

So one of the "big people" of Waterford.

Waterford Standard - Wednesday 01 February 1888. A report headed THE FERRY ARRANGEMENTS AT THE ISLAND began

A curious case concerning the arrangements for ferrying the occupants of the Castle and the occupants of the Island between the Island and the mainland was heard at Callaghane Petty Sessions yesterday.

At the hearing Captain Claude de Lacy stated he had lived on the island since 1878. And at one point he says "I have had to wait there an hour at a time with Mrs de Lacy, and on one occasion had to stay out all night."

No other name is given to the island except "The Island", and on one occasion "The Little Island".

Other residents of the island are Edmond Corcoran and Mr Gerald Purcell Fitzgerald (who appears to be the owner of the Island - Captain de Lacy had at one time been his agent).

I suggest that this is The Island / Little Island in question.

Mr Poole's Touch-up Department has been busy - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591074

This the former Indian AF/RAF B-24J N94459 which was brought back from India via England by David Tallichet in Oct 1973. It stayed in Britain for almost two years before jumping the Pond for Chino.
Stig

This is the original The Blue Streak as can be seen from its s/n 41-11613.
It carried the name Liberandos on its starboard side and The Blue Streak on its port one.
Stig

There were a myriad of Libs named Shoo Shoo Baby, some with small variations. This is a B-24H 41-29208 (it says A/C 208 on the neg)
When photo was taken it belonged to 66BS 44BG
Stig

The Squaw, starboard side, most likely after its return to the USA
Stig

This is the famous B-24D 41-11761 'The Squaw' from 344BS 98BG which went back to the USA and toured the country.
The map on its fuselage (only port side) shows its area of operation.
Stig

B-24E
Stig

Checking the USAAF loss lists, this was not a crash but some kind of ground accident on 21 Aug 1944 at Pantanella AB between four Libs in total. Of these four 42-51129 was the only one to be totally destroyed by fire.
Stig

Hairless Joe was popular figure in WW 2
At least six Libs were dubbed after him.
44-40437 'E' was with 860BS 493BG when this mission photo was taken
Stig

Patches was a 15th AF Lib assigned all her lifetime to 726BS 451BG from July 1944
She was damaged twice by Flak but made it through the war only to be salvaged 6 Aug 1945.
Stig

This should be N7866 'Shoot You're Covered' with Pima County Museum (depending on date....)
Stig

Convair 440
Stig

Centro Escolar University
660-a, Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila
htt14.599198335581741, 120.99208132474142ps://maps.app.goo.gl/R5k55w9QSo1bPv597

maps.app.goo.gl/q5mETDoWHatVnsWK9
13°52'49.8"N 120°55'26.8"E

Ft. Mills, Corregidor Island, Philippines during the Liberation of the Philippines WW2
14.387611707955433, 120.58054277401735

Bacolod Airfield, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
10.64587035614348, 122.93261827516773

Stunning image from a time when categorizing and documenting cities was the norm. Leaving us a deep and rich history. Thank you for sharing this really gorgeous and important photograph

Bo Dudas You're very welcome.

A little to the left, and lurker-less in December 2012 via William Murphy
Edit - Also

beachcomber australia I'm obviously wildly biassed, but ours is more atmospheric?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Indeedy!
LurkerView (I went for a snoop up the stairs) - maps.app.goo.gl/ZHoJ81oEyJCNfT2B6

beachcomber australia Back in the foggy smoggy late-19th century, there'd have been newspaper articles about you - the Ship Street Snooper!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha! But I can only count 33 steps.
Someone will know ...

That's Cole's Alley. Ship St... derived from Sheep. Irish being Sráid Mhór na Caorach
maps.app.goo.gl/PfKMzTp7DFsVts2NA?g_st=ac

O Mac I think we'd heard about the Sheep before. But any knowledge on origins of Cole's Alley?

The upstairs window has been rearranged since.
maps.app.goo.gl/Nn1Xy6Dpc9KvguNC6?g_st=ac

Sigh - it's spelt 'Treacy' in the photo ( the number of times I have to correct the spelling in England then to see it on an Irish site ...)

The "Tracey's" but, the name is T. TREACY Tobaccanist / News Agent. Maybe they misspelled it.

19 June 1922 was a Monday ...

Similar Trompe-l'œil wall decoration seen in 1915 here -

Waterford Evening Star - Tuesday 10 April: 1917

READERS Please Note—The "Evening Star”" can always be had from Mr. Treacy, newsagent, 7 Barrack Street, also the weekly issue every Friday. Owing to the great demand for the "Star’ we advise our patrons to place an order with their newsagents to ensure their getting a copy every evening.

John Spooner Great to have the house number, thanks.

See
www.murphy-waterford.name/index.php?page=person&id=63

No dog in the picture, but 7 years and a few days earlier, there might well have been a Yorkie.
Evening News (Waterford) - Thursday 24 June 1915:
Same small ad on the 30th, by which time hope was probably fading.

My favourite Barrack Street photo...

Google Lens is suggesting a "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Malta", whatever that is. See similar garb - from - ristorantevillaalta.com/villa-sagna/

Was this taken at the 1922 Met Gala?

beachcomber australia Certainly looks identical. Now on to the "whatever that is", the whoever that is, whenever that was, and the photographer...

O Mac Probably a bit too understated.

Reporting the coronation of Pope Pius XI in February 1922, the correspondent of the Drogheda Independent noted that

The Knights of the Order of Malta and those of the Holy Sepulchre were much admired in their red and white uniforms

John Spooner Hmm, so perhaps it was 1922 then. That would make sense.

P.S. Is it called a coronation?

The Undecipherable Photographer looks to me like Giuseppe Felici:
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Felici_(fotografo)

He is known for having been the official photographer of numerous Vatican events.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons But it doesn't look so much red-and-white as white-with-a-little-bit-of-something-else-possibly red.

The Glace Bay Hotel on Union Street according to these Facebook pictures: www.facebook.com/VintageCapeBreton/photos/glace-bay-hotel... and www.facebook.com/groups/2348963930/posts/10158192218658931/

Thanks Abbie Hudson, no wonder we couldn't identify the photo! Thanks for your identification of CR30K-1-36.147 as well, in addition to the other Pam Collins photos you identified - the records in the database for all have been updated with their locations.

In 1923 we switched to driving on the right side of the road. Same with the steering wheel switching to the left side. Although blurry, it looks like this car has the steering wheel on the left side and is driving on the right... so I'm thinking it must be after 1923

Abbie Hudson Thanks for your help with this, Abbie! That's a great piece of information to go on. We've updated the date here and in the database.

I think the person on the left may by Harry Holland 1868 -1933, and Australian politician and owner of the International Socialist. Dora Montefiore helped edit the paper while he was ill in 1911. I guess the photo was taken in Australia during this time

James van den Bos I think you are right! We'll update as we did previously with the Dora Montefiore tip. Thanks.

Ship illustrated is the SS Canada

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Unfortunately, trips were one way, emigrants only

“Vintage travel posters are among the most attractive and among the highlights in this auction is Lot 478, a trans-Atlantic liner poster, for the "Dominion Line" featuring an illustration of SS Canada. It was made for display in "Great Southern and Western Railway" stations, advertising the line's trans-Atlantic schedule for autumn and winter 1900. The poster has added historical interest because these sailing never, in fact, happened.

The SS Canada was taken out of service in mid-1900 to ship troops to Southern Africa to fight in the Boer War and the services advertised on this poster were cancelled as a result. “

www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/fine...

Suck Diesel Lots of records of application for naturalization in subsequent years travelled on the SS New England. Here's one, Cornelius Sheehan, Queenstown to Boston in 1900

None of the dates of sailings in 1900 match the dates on the poster. Perhaps these dates were best guesses, dependent on several factors, of perhaps the applicants had difficulty remembering the exact dates after 19 years.

Suck Diesel The Canada may have been withdrawn, but the New England continued in service as advertised on the poster. Here's the top of the passenger list for the 26th October sailing from Queenstown to Boston, with J James in command.

John Spooner Those poster dates never happened, as the S Canada went off to to South Africa as a troop ship

the SS 'Canada' with an extra higher bridge (Ed. 1909+?), and some history,
via pjc&co

Suck Diesel The Irish Times sounds confused. The illustration is of the Canada, but the dates are for the SS New England. Here's the entry for Cornelius Seehan on the September 28th sailing on the New England. So it would appear that 19 years later his memory of the exact date wasn't quite accurate.


So the passenger lists confirm that the dates on the poster are correct, at least for the September 28th and October 28th sailings.

John Spooner Would Cornelius have been a little more affluent than many emigrants, I wonder? The occupation of "student" on the Application for Naturalization surprised me a little.

I think the sailors might be HMS Sydney?

State Library of New South Wales
In 1949, HMAS Sydney (III), Australia's first aircraft carrier, was formally commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy. She was delivered from the UK in late 1948 and commissioned on February 5, 1949, under the command of Captain R.R. Dowling. She arrived in Sydney harbour on 28.5.1949. for the first time on her arrival from England.
www.awm.gov.au/collection/C232976
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(R17)

Apparently it's now a franchise (the cafe not the aircraft carrier) - www.harryscafedewheels.com.au/
With some quite poor reviews - www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restaurant_Review-g255060-d1232681...
2012 -

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The single YB-36 where the redesigned and raised cockpit is clearly visible
It is also before its conversion to the YB-36A (each main landing gear only has one wheel
Stig

The sole GRB-36F with its RF-84F attached
Stig

Tail boom, rudder, and horizontal stabilizer of the Convair Model 118 (ConvAirCar). Test pilot Reuben Snodgrass flew the prototype, registration No. NX90850, for the first time on November 15, 1947. On November 18, 1947, while on a one-hour demonstration flight, it made a low fuel forced landing near San Diego, California, destroying the car body and damaging the wing.

No this is a regular T-29D
Its buzz number prefix on the nose (TP) shows it belongs to the Trainer section
Stig

Since this airframe is going nowhere I am pretty confident it was the static airframe built under BuNo 138648
Stig

Jazz Guy possibly. My friend hit a big tree when he fell asleep and his wheel looked very similar.

SDASM Archives I believe this to be Assan Beach where the Guam landings happened. I visited Guam with the 31st MEU in 2012 and took the following pictures:

5252-5262 Green St www.flickr.com/photos/halifaxarchives/albums/721577078079...

This one was identified in one of your other albums as Commercial Street between North and Ochterloney

This is the 1xx block of W 2nd St, Kewanee, IL -- not N 2nd St. -- 2nd St runs east-west.
- 2022 Streetview
- 2013 Streetview

Thanks swanq, we'll change the North to West.

This is the NB-36. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_NB-36H?wprov=sfti1

5288 Tobin st

Nice bumpside truck.

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See

For a page with advertisements for Easter fashions in 1908, see
The Evening World, 10 April 1908, p. 11
- www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tew19080410-01.1.11

These young women are up-to-date.

Grand St is in Lower Manhattan, running from FDR Drive to Varick St., near the intersection of Varick and Canal Sts.

this looks like the perfect record cover!

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This is her husband Viscount Lascelles.
www.thepeerage.com/p10072.htm#i100715

I had never heard of this chan before but apparently their distinctive architecture was well known at their peak.

restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2013/12/01/roast-beef-fr...

Wow, gut gemacht

See comments with

for information about this incident.

This magnificent building still stands on the corner of Donegall Square South and Bedford Street... www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Donegall+Square+S,+Belfast/@5...

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- 2024 Streetview

Building on corner is:
172 Gadsden St, Chester, SC 29706
The street is also "SC-9 Business"

Sorry, but while interesting in itself, the dates listed by Convair are completely mixed up.
First of all 8 July 1946 listed here was the day of the first flight!
The registration is here painted vertically and we have no "logo Convair 110" on the nose.
So let us call this photo A
Now over to the next one
Stig

Stig Jarlevik Yeah, I am not sure about the dates, these are the dates listed on the convair negative sleeves, so they could mean something else, like date inventoried...

Not sure what you mean with "sleeves" here, but the negative dates must be mixed up - somewhere......
Stig

See

Here is the "Stage Manager, Etc."

Apropos to nothing, but reminded me of this

Suck Diesel I would imagine ours was absolutely supposed to remind you of such posters.

I think this is clearly derogatory. I expect the Retiring Nov 25th is a prediction they will lose an election

perhaps: The 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 15 November 1922

Thomaso might be Thomas Moles? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Moles#/media/File%3AThomas_M...

Niall McAuley Good suggestion. (Mr Moles, and the 1922 elections)

No, I have it wrong. Joe Devlin was a leader of the Parnellite/Redmond parliamentary types. This may be a SF/ DeValera hatchet job on the last of them, bloody Judean People's Front.

Niall McAuley Still a bit astray. I think you'll find it's the People's Front of Judea...

Thomaso could be Thomas Harbison.

F-106A
Stig

Amazing photo - that must have been loud for those Marines!

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Middle building, with 3 windows is 112 1st Street East. In early 2025, this is the office of the Chamber of Commerce.

Left-hand building is the taproom for the Allerton Brewing Company
- allertonbeer.com
"Our taproom is located in a historic downtown building. It features the original hardwood floors, an exposed brick wall, a barn-tin ceiling, and Edison lighting."

2023 Streetview

The right-hand part of the brick building at left is the taproom of Allerton Brewery Comany
- allertonbeer.com
110 1st Street East, Independence, Iowa 50644

The building with 3 windows is 112 1st Street East and currently houses offices of the Independence Chamber of Commerce.

The long building looks to be divided in two, as in 2003. The right-hand part has Gedney Bakery & Coffeehouse in Oct 2024, which also occupies the brick building with VIDEO sign in 2003. Address for Gedney is 118 1st Street East.

See photo of same block

The building with sign TAVELLA DEPAOLI is described in detail at
- khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?in=037-410
J. L. Ontkowsky Building
209 N BROADWAY ST, Pittsburg, KS

In 2022, it was a restaurant.

211 N Broadway looks very different in 2022, with a coat of white paint. It houses the Audacious boutique.
Detailed historic description at
- khri.kansasgis.org/index.cfm?in=037-4460-00007

2022 Streetview

Fake photo
Stig

Must be the first production aircraft Bu 30299.
The date 7 Sep 1944 is almost three weeks after its first flight on 20 Aug
Stig

Production aircraft (range Bu 30320 - 30329)
Stig

There were no TBY-1. That was probably because this was initially a Vought design (TBU-1) which was switched over to Convair in a contract dated 6 Sep 1943.
Thus when built all the TBY were referred to as TBY-2
The man William Chana was a Convair test engineer who did most of the intial testing in the back seat with his pilot Phlip Prophett.
What we see is probably the first production aircraft Bu 30299 after a landing gear failure
Stig

Photo F dated 15 July 1946 and we are back to a vertical registration and no logo on the nose at all.
So the question is, have you made copy and paste faults or are the Convair dates completely mixed up?
Stig

Photo D listed as taken 15 July 1946
Registration horizontal and logo Convair 110 very visible
Stig

Here you have picture B, same date, reg vertical and no Convair 110 painted on the nose
Stig

I believe all the photos from here on shows the second model 118.
The car body is
a) registered
b) much darker (black or dark blue?)
What I don't know, since the airacar carried the same registration, is if the wing-engine section was re-used.
From previous photos of its crash, that section itself was not too badly damaged.
Stig

See

Store with 2 awnings with stripes is Nostalgia, which was at
129 N Randolph St, Macomb, IL 61455
but closed very recently.

2022 Streetview

The Sound Garden was at 135 N Randolph.

N 5th Street, near Main St., Albion Illinois

2024 Streetview

The building with columns is 11 N 5th St, Albion, IL 62806
The building to its left has MICHELS on a panel on the roof.

This just in, on Tuesday, 29 April 2025...

From
‘THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND,
FOR THE YEAR 1890.’

“ These two cases are sufficiently strong proof; but if we add Mrs. Branney, who recollects the battle of Ballynahinch, with her son, grandson, and great-grandson; Mrs. Hamilton, and three succeeding generations; Mrs. Mac Donnell, and three generations of offspring; Ned Rogers, who received a pension from Geo. If., Geo. IV., Wm. IV., and all through the reign of Victoria-all of whom are now living and can be interviewed by anyone who is sceptical of their age—I think we may safely conclude that Irish people with sound bodies and abstemious habits
live in many instances 100 years and upwards. With a cessation of emigration and favourable conditions of life, a race presenting such evidences of vitality would soon again number a
population equal to that of fifty years ago.”

babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b757613&seq=35

Was Mrs Branney a granny ?

Suck Diesel Thank you. From page 239, but I'd recommend a good scroll through the Journal anyway. Great range of topics.

beachcomber australia Had worked as a nanny?

Was Kate McGrath a Great Grandma ?

Some details on Mrs Branney from the Banbridge Chronicle - Wednesday 9 September 1891, in the report of her funeral.

The deceased had attained the ripe old age of 107 years, and was throughout her protracted life, a remarkably healthy and active woman. Up to within a short time of her death, she manifested a lively interest in passing events, and was most ready in conversing in regard to matters that took place in the early days.

and

She distinctly . remembers the battle of Ballynahinch, which was | fought on the 6th of June, 1798. She was then | 14 years of uye. Such a striking event oceurring \ within a few miles of where she lived was sure # never to be forgotten, She had seven children, six of whom are living, the eldest son being about 75 years of age. This son has a son of 47 years, who agnan has a son of 16 years. Here we have four generations in direct succession, all living. She has 24 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchiidren alive. Her husband died 25 years ago.

And the photographer is no longer unknown

The deceased was photographed about six months ago by Mr. ‘Seaton F. Mulligan, M.R.L.A., and the likeness appears alongside of those of Mrs. Kate M‘Grath, of Belturbet, Oonnty Cavan, aged 102, and of Mrs. Poggy Elliott, of the Tsland of Trasna, in ' Lough Erne, aged 107 (commonly known as the Queen of Trasna), in the journal of the proceedlings of the society.

The Battle of Ballynahinch (June 1798) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ballynahinch

The Londonderry Sentinel Saturday 15 August 1891 announced the death of Mrs Margaret Elliott, aka "The Queen of Trasna" aka "Orange Peggie".

Peggie was an out-and-out Orangewoman. For the'period of an average life it was her unvarying habit to attend all walks and demonstrations the county, always arrayed in the glory of an orange shawl, and further adorned with the orthodox scarf An orange flag or a drum was to her a fetish. So pronounced as was she in this respect that even almost a couple of generations ago she earned the sobriquet with which the public has long been familiar.

Her three sons and husband all died by drowning, In 1839 she witnessed the drowning of her husband and one of her sons. Of her last journey from the island:

The weather was vary stormy, and the oarsmen had much trouble in getting the coffin across in a cot from Trasna Island to Ballycasssidy, where it was met by the Orangemen of the district. A procession was then formed, headed by the Troy band, with drams and draped colours, the remains were conveyed to their last resting place in Magheracross churchyard,

Record of the death of Anne Branny at 107, Downpatrick 1891.

Margaret Elliott, 108, also 1891

Ambience was at 113-115 2nd St S, La Crosse, WI.

A spa is there in Streetview from 2023
July 2023 Streetview
- pamperin.glossgenius.com

The name Pamperin has a different historical context in La Crosse, surely not a coincidence
- archives.lacrosselibrary.org/blog/pamperin-cigar-company/

Looks to be the block in this
2022 Streetview
with the left-hand building (partly visible) being
301 7th St, Perry, OK 73077

See

Not still standing, replaced with a replica

“Fri 5 Aug 2011 at 12:42
A footbridge spanning 50m across a dramatic sea gorge on the south-west tip of Ireland has reopened.
After 100 years of service, the Mizen Head bridge has been faithfully reconstructed in its original style.

An estimated 50,000 people a year cross the Victorian structure, located 45m high above the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, which links Mizen Head Lighthouse to the mainland.

Kieran Ruane, project manager with RPS engineers, said the original 1909 structure was carefully removed and replaced with a new, replica reinforced concrete bridge.

"The successful completion of the project has preserved a landmark structure on the coast of Ireland for future generations to enjoy," he added.

The original build cost £1,272 (now worth 1,462 euro) and was completed in 1909, when it was considered to be the longest reinforced concrete bridge of its type in Europe. It first opened to the public in 1994 but the extreme weather conditions took its toll and it was deemed unsafe in 2005. Temporary works extended its life for another five years.

The identical rebuild cost 1.8 million euro, funded by Failte Ireland, Cork County Council and the Commissioners of Irish Lights. The complex works were carried out by RPS, Carillion Irishenco and Cork County Council.

The new bridge is 700mm wider and additional recreation facilities include walkways and viewing platforms to enhance the visitor experience. It has been shortlisted for a British Institution of Structural Engineers' Heritage Award.

Mr Ruane said access to the site was extremely difficult, via a steeply inclined footway, less than one metre wide.”

The footbridge was officially reopened by Leo Varadkar, minister for transport, tourism and sport

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/footb...

"Build bridges, not walls" someone famous beginning with 'F' said.

It looks much more modern than 1910, almost art deco.

Looking solid in 2023 googleball - maps.app.goo.gl/Hd6AmLkpxbjLivLn7

Seagull view - youtu.be/JDWr1kMKSLw?si=CxlV3xSBgkSp8n59 (turn volume off!)

Construction didn't run entirely smoothly. London and China Express - Friday 04 March 1910:

The various portions of the bridge, having been partially constructed on land, were placed in position by means of an aerial ropeway, and were secured temporarily by wire ropes fastened to both sides of the channel, while the concrete was completed in situ in forms supported by the partially completed structure. Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining firm foundations for the bridge, as when the excavation was about half completed the rock was found to be less sound than it had appeared to be, with the result that a considerable amount of rock had to be removed and replaced with concrete. The position of the bridge had to be moved 5 ft. westwards, necessitating a general alteration in the design of the abutments. Most of the material had to be carted from Crookhaven, about seven miles away, the last mile being over a special road, of which the bridge forms a part, and which has been constructed to give access to the signal station. The severity of the weather rendered it necessary to suspend operations for many days at a time, and during the whole of the winter of 1908-9, but work has progressed rapidly during the past summer and autumn, and it is hoped that the bridge will be completed in the course of ,this month and that it will be tested about the end of March.

One of the reminiscences of Mornington steeplejack John Haugh, interviewed in the Drogheda Independent - Friday 13 June 2003, while he was working on St Mary's Drogheda. Among the tales of powers station chimneys and other tall structures, and the far-reaching views:

."Good job I never had a fear of heights! By far the most unusual job I did was painting the Mizen Head bridge in Cork. We were 150 ft over the sea and were suspended in a cage along the bridge. We had seals swimming under us and sea birds flying round us. It was spectacular."

Here is the original glass plate - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000741411

And Mr Ball bounced around all over to take more photos of the new bridge -
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This was my great-grandmother (seated), Sarah Carney (nee Cassidy) L-R Standing: Mabel Carney (Sr Josephine), Winnie Carney, and Maud (Annie Patricia) Carney, Sr. Bernadine Mary. Familiar family photo. My grandfather, Louis E. Carney was one of the brothers.

Top photo: My great aunt Winnie is to our left against the light post.

what a great image and unique story. movie "material".

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest,_San_Diego
Hillcrest Sign is at 5th and University Avenues

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The hat on boy is unusual, or at least it is now, seems more like something you’d expect to see on a boy in Afghanistan. I’ve seen them on many boys in Ireland of that era. Was there a name for them?

Gavin Quinlan That I don't know, but I'm sure someone here will...

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Looks to be the corner of Anita and Main Sts.

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2935 Main St
In April 2025, home of the Wheeler Watch Clinic