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Boyne Hill House now a wedding venue. www.boynehillhouse.ie www.navanhistory.ie It was owned by the Sullivan-MacNamee family from the US in the 60s/70s and they raised race horses. The tree lined southern entrance (near Cannistown) featured beautiful wrought iron gates.

rickinuk Well done! I thought it would take some time to solve this one, how wrong I was!

Pretty in Pink

• Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gerrard: In the mid-to-late 19th century, the house was the primary residence of Lt. Col. Gerrard. His demesne occupied almost the entire surrounding townland, and under his ownership, the estate was renowned for hosting grand, lavish social gatherings.
• Edward Sclater: By the turn of the century, the property passed to Edward Sclater, a prominent local land agent and magistrate. According to the 1901 Census of Ireland, Sclater lived in the main house alongside his family and a dedicated team of domestic staff.

Left ...
In 2015 via Anne Hughes
And right ...
In 2011 via Deirdre Brennan

NIAH lets us down today.

The DIA is somewhat dubious:
Selected: CO. MEATH, BOYNE HILL

Name: CLEMENTS, NATHANIEL
Building: CO. MEATH, BOYNE HILL
Date: 1750 ca
Nature: Owned ?and designed by Nathaniel Clements.

Refs: Information from - Harper, owner of the house, Dec 1997, but not mentioned by Desmond FitzGerald, 'Nathaniel Clements and some eighteenth-century Irish Houses' in Apollo 84, Oct 1966 ,or A.P.W. Malcomson, Nathaniel Clements, 1705-77. Politics, fashion and architecture in mid-eighteenth-century Ireland

Heaps of photos inside and out - maps.app.goo.gl

Archie loves the sunshine ! - youtube.com

Flickr images are downsampled. If you have access to the original film scan, you may be able to read the name tags on these three in TV1970's comment above. Guy on the left above may be the person on the right below (Robert Kemp collection):

I've never commented here previously so forgive me for interloping! In the middle of all the business signage there is one for a Royal Irish Constabulary sports event in Ballsbridge on "Monday 2nd August". A quick check of a calendar for the 1890s confirms that the only year in that decade that 2nd August fell on a Monday was 1897.

ollaetta Well spotted, feel free to comment as you please. I will update the date, based on your research. Thank you.

Seen in People V- Personas- Menschen-Gens- Persone- 人- люди- اشخاص

Address is actually in Ann Arbor
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Theater_(Ann_Arbor,_Michigan)

cinematreasures.org
603 E. Liberty Street,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

See also
cinematreasures.org

"The Michigan Theater is operated with a mission to preserve, maintain and operate this historic theater for the benefit of the community and the arts. The not-for-profit organization that operated the theater was established in 1979 to save from demolition this 1928 movie palace designed by Detroit area architect Maurice Finkel.

Today, the theater is operated every day of the year with a variety of professional live-on-stage events and a nationally acclaimed program of films. The Michigan Theater is the home of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Film Festival and a major local venue for concert promoter LiveNation. About one-quarter of a million people attend events at the Michigan Theater annually."

swanq, there was Michigan Theater in Lansing: www.lansinghistory.org.

This building is in Omaha, NE

www.nps.gov

cinematreasures.org
2001 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68102

Previous names: Riviera Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Astro Theatre

"The Riviera Theatre was built in 1926 and opened on March 26, 1927 with Adolphe Menjou in “Evening Clothes”. It was built by Publix. Two years after opening on May 9, 1929 it was taken over by A.H. Blank, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Inc. and re-named Paramount Theatre. It was distinctive for its unusual Atmospheric style Moorish and Italian Renaissance architecture, a combination seldom seen in the Midwest."

"The Astro Theatre closed in the early-1980’s, and in the late-1990’s faced the wrecking ball.
Most fortunately, Mrs. Rose Blumkin, a wealthy Omaha businesswoman, purchased it from Creighton University and completely restored the theatre to its original opulence. The theatre reopened as the Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center, after its saviour.
The theatre is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places."

Thanks swanq, we'll change it to say Omaha.

pilgrimagemedievalireland.com

The ladies hats suggest 1910 to me.

www.duchas.ie

Niall McAuley Very likely date period
“At some point the well was opened again and by 1910 Grattan Flooded noted the old pilgrimage had been revived and the current wall surrounding the well was erected. The popularity of the pilgrimage is indicated by an add in the Irish Independent September 19th 1910 that noted a car service will to ferry pilgrims from Enniscorthy railway station to the well and back for a fee of 1s. 6d.”

The Bath House was just down to the right - catalogue.nli.ie
Edit - NB all the discarded crutches etc

The lady with the fluffy thing also seen here - catalogue.nli.ie &
catalogue.nli.ie

Looking well-well-well-kept in 2025 streetview - maps.app.goo.gl

Via Trove, some contemporary (1910) reports ...

"Another remarkable cure has been wrought at St. David's Well, Ballinaslaney. James Connors of Askabeg, Oulart, who had been suffering from acute rheumatism and sciatiea for twelve months, and who was barely able to get around with the aid of a stout walking stick, recently paid his first visit to the well, and within two hours after tasting the waters and praying he threw away his stick and walked unaided."
See - trove.nla.gov.au

" People and Things talked about.
To the long list of cures at St. David's Well, Co, Wexford, another has been added, according to the " Enniscorthy Echo." which reports that amongst the pilgrims to the Well, Christopher 0'Reilly, Arklow, brought his daughter, Julia, a mite of five years, an object of pity with all who saw her, for she was unable to walk, and had so little use of her hands that she was unable to open her fingers. After two visits to the Well she walked back to the car, and was the same as any normal child. The cure has attracted much attention in the district. "
See - trove.nla.gov.au

And a couple more from 1910 ...
trove.nla.gov.au
trove.nla.gov.au

Oddly, there seems to be no cures reported after 1910 - I wonder why ?

Hmm ... one of the fluffy lady photos listed above, catalogue.nli.ie , has a convenient poster of "Champioship Football Hurling Wexford Park". I think it says "Sunday July 2nd", but I could well be wrong. Anybody ?

Sunday July 2nd happened in 1911 ...

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cinematreasures.org
216 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Demolished.

"The Centre Theatre was opened on April 29, 1954, with the World Premier of “River of No Return” starring Marilyn Monroe, with Hollywood stars who appeared ‘in person’. It was built for the Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres chain. Seating was provided on a stadium plan, with a raised stepped section at the rear, rather than a conventional overhanging balcony. It was equipped with a 60 feet wide curved CinemaScope screen. It was closed June 30, 1980 with “Star Trek - The Motion Picture” & “Alien”."

It looks closed in this photo.

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cinematreasures.org
129 E. Main Street, New Iberia, LA 70560

"The 600-seat Evangeline Theater on Main Street, New Iberia was opened on April 10, 1930 with Charles Farrell in “Sunny Side Up”. It was donated to the city in 1994 after its days as a movie house had ended by its owners, the Sliman family.

The Evangeline Theater was restored to its original Art Deco style appearance in 1997 and reopened in 1998 as the Sliman Theater for the Performing Arts."

2025 Streetview

Awesome job making it to Explore, congrats National Library of Ireland on The Commons! 📷 🌟 ⭐

cinematreasures.org
508 S. Main Street, Moscow, ID 83843

Now KENWORTHY Performing Arts Centre. 2026 is centenary year
kenworthy.org

Aug 2025 Streetview during restoration
July 2023 before recent resoration

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cinematreasures.org

"This short-lived storefront adult cinema opened on July 4, 1973 and closed in 1974"
Xpo Theatre
3131 E. Anaheim, Wilmington, CA 90734

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www.manntheatres.com
1830 Grand Ave #1403, St Paul, MN 55105

2024 Streetview

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1830 Grand Ave #1403, St Paul, MN 55105

May 2024 Streetview

www.manntheatres.com

cinematreasures.org
"The 580-seat Grandview Theatre originally opened in 1933 – a small neighborhood theater, built in an Art Moderne style by architect Myrtus A. Wright, who also designed the larger Streamline Moderne style Highland Theatre, also in Saint Paul, a few years later."

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www.ogdentheatre.com
Looks to be mainly for live shows now.

cinematreasures.org
935 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80218
"The Ogden Theatre opened as a movie theatre on September 6, 1917 with Douglas Fairbanks in “Wild and Woolly”. It was equipped with a Kimball theatre pipe organ. It was still open in 1950 when it was operated by Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc. It was later operated by Landmark Theatres."

May 2024 Streetview

www.foxtheatremccook.org
412 Norris Avenue
McCook, NE 69001

Restoration happening
- www.foxtheatremccook.org

cinematreasures.org
"The Strand Theater opened by 1921 and became the home of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Odditorium in 1993.

The theater was sold in December 2001 and closed in April 2002. It has since become the another branch of the Walgreens pharmacy empire."

See 2023 Streetview
from MEK

See, from Florida Keys Public Libraries

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www.facebook.com
"The Copa was a legendary gay nightclub and landmark located on Duval Street in Key West, famously destroyed by a massive fire on August 3, 1995. Originally built in 1912 as the Monroe Theater, the venue served many roles—including a host to inventor Thomas Edison—before becoming a mecca for LGBTQ+ nightlife in the early 1980s"
See also
www.tampabay.com

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Used as Community Theatre and event space.
www.blackfootcommunityplayers.com

195 N. Broadway, Blackfoot, Idaho 83221

2025 Streetview

Looks as though it was not actively used in 1988.
cinematreasures.org
Granada Theatre
4519 Gravois Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63116

web.nationalbuildingarts.org
"Date of Construction: 1927
Date of Demolition: 1992
Architect: E. P. Rupert
Builder: Gohman-Levine Construction Company"

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Still used as a cinema and performing arts center
www.stjosephmo.gov
"The Missouri Theater, designed by the Boller Brothers, with sculptural work designed and created by Waylande Gregory, is a historic masterpiece. The theater opened in June of 1927 as a 1,200 seat movie house, showing the first feature film "Rough House Rosie, a silent film that cost patrons $.25 admission. The City of St. Joseph purchased the theater in 1978 for the purpose of transforming it into a performing arts center. In 1979, the Missouri Theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places."

Streetview: maps.app.goo.gl

O Mac It could well be Parnell,he has the beard for it
Those people present on the platform included:

Charles Dawson: The Lord Mayor of Dublin, who officiated the ceremony and pulled the cord to reveal the statue.
Charles Stewart Parnell: The highly influential nationalist political leader and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who delivered a speech from the platform.
Edmund Dwyer Gray: A prominent Home Rule MP, journalist, and proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, who also addressed the gathered crowd.
Members of the O'Connell Committee: The organizing group responsible for commissioning and overseeing the monument's 18-year construction process.

Edmund Dwyer Gray at wikipedia. He is the rosette wearer beside Parnell.

Not to be confused with his son, Edmund Dwyer Gray, Premier of Tasmania