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Here at the National Library of Ireland we look after the largest collection of Irish printed, manuscript, and visual material in the world, and our collections span almost 1,000 years of Irish art, culture, history and literature. We first started on flickr in February 2010 with a range of items from our Ephemera Collections. These printed items - originally produced to be almost as quickly thrown away - are invaluable as a means of gaining snapshots of different periods in Ireland's social, political, economic and cultural history. Though transient items, they're sometimes very beautiful to look at, occasionally fascinating, and often unintentionally funny...

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Fishy Scouts and Banjaxed Airplanes

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  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Some good information about the scouts and the crash here - www.greatwarforum.org/topic/213990-air-accident-dublin-19...
  • John Spooner said:
    Here's the account of the presentation of the Silver Cross to the scouts which appeared in the Irish Times on 5th December 1919
    Irish Times - Friday 05 December 1919
  • John Spooner said:
    A Lt. Goodnoh was placed 2nd in the 220yds at the Royal Air Force (Ireland) Sports held at Landsdowne road on Saturday 9th August 1919 (Dublin Daily Express - Monday 11 August 1919).
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Spooner beachcomber australia Thanks, both of you. Never mind a Silver Cross. They should have been given all the badges! And every Camp ever after must have been very dull affairs by comparison.
  • John Spooner said:
    According to RAF records, Scott Tracey Goodnoh, born about 1894, service date 17th June 1917.

    Further delving finds 6-year-old Scott T Goodnoh in the 1900 US census, in Hartford, Connecticut, and 17-year-old American Scott Goodnoh in Quebec in the Canadian 1911 census. Finally in Canadian death registers, Scott Goodnoh died aged 97 on 4/7/1991 in Montreal.

The sun shines on Cnoc na Samraidh

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  • Rory Sherlock said:
    I think this looks east across the inner part of the estuary at Rosscarbery, with the cottages at East Rock bottom left and Burgatia Hill opposite
  • Mike Grimes said:
    I had the pleasure of going to secondary school in Rosscarbery. Once a month we got to go canoeing on the lagoon. I used to love going for walks to The Warren or down the other side to the pier. The photo must have been taken from up in Ardagh West up by the Ardagh Boys N.S.

    maps.app.goo.gl/KTZPw6u1D4scJukW8
  • Niall McAuley said:
    L_CAB_07936 nearby shows the Mercy convent at Rosscarbery, which the DIA puts at 1898
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Marked on the 25" map as "Summerhill House", that building across the water mid left has a closer view - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332619
  • Niall McAuley said:
    L_CAB_07941 in the other direction is Kilcullen, less likely to be close in date, but a newspaper poster mentions the Land Act. If after 1898, likely 1903 or 1906.

James Campbell Percy and friends

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  • Zedexarh said:
    I am in awe at the old car. Nice one
  • Bob Montgomery said:
    This is JC Percy, publisher of The Irish Wheelman up until the middle of 1903. He joined forces with his rival RJ Mecredy (The father of Irish Motoring) in June 1903 and they concentrated on Mecredy's publications, The Motor News and The Irish Cyclist. Percy was a founder member of the Motor Cycle Union of Ireland and of the Irish Aero Club. He was given the rank of Lieut. in the First World War RNVR and was in charge of naval recruiting. I believe the front seat passenger is WF 'Bill' Peare of Waterford.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Bob Montgomery Brilliant to have confirmation of the Naval position, thank you! Don't suppose you have any idea of a location for this one?
  • Bob Montgomery said:
    Given that WF Peare is the front seat passenger and that it is part of the Poole Collection there is a good chance that is Waterford - possibly the grounds of Peare's home? I'm in touch with Bill Peare's descendants in Chicago at the moment and they may be able to throw some light on the location.
  • desmondg47 said:
    Possibly in the grounds of teh People's Park in Waterford only a couple of hundred metres from Bill Peare's garage.

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