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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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Competition could hardly get any closer!

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Now where are those otters?

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  • derangedlemur said:
    Prost, Neujahr!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    derangedlemur Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise!
  • derangedlemur said:
    maps.google.ie/maps?q=curraghmore,+Waterford&hl=en&am...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    derangedlemur Thank you kindly.
  • derangedlemur said:
    Only joking. The whole estate was walled and wooded like that back then. It could be anywhere.

Tall hats and tall columns at Bellamont Forest

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    I wonder if this is them ?

    " ... In 1875 the house was acquired by Edward Smith for a sum of £145,000. Smith had made a fortune from trading coal on the Newry to Liverpool route and married an Isabella Cullen of Liverpool. He later became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1878.
    Later his son Major Edward Patrick Dorman Smith became High Sheriff of Cavan in 1897 and 1898 after marrying Amy Patterson in 1894. ... ..."

    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamont_House

    Popcorn time - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nFuJFo7sAE
  • beachcomber australia said:
    No! They are Cootes ! Image 2 has a 13 September 1870 date.
    (13 September 1870 was a Tuesday)
  • Mike Grimes said:
    beachcomber australia I wonder about the gentleman seated to the left of the door wearing the pale hat. Is it the same hat as the one that is hanging on the hatstand in the Wikipedia photo of the billiard room taken c1870?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mike Grimes Likely! The billiard room is Image 10 in the album.

    Lord Belmont has the family sorted, but a bit vague around 1870 -
    lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2013/08/bellamo...

    Including the fabulous 1st Earl of Bellamont KB -
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Google maps link

    NIAH link

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