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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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EH Begbie looking very Kiplinesque?

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  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Edward Harold Begbie (1871 – 8 October 1929), was an English journalist and the author of nearly 50 books and poems. Besides studies of the Christian religion, he wrote numerous other books, including political satire, comedy, fiction, science fiction, plays and poetry.”

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Begbie
  • Suck Diesel said:


    “ “I, Robert Cleaver, (No.10515), a private in the 1st Cheshire Regiment, of his Majesty’s Army, make oath and say as follows: That I personally was at Mons and saw the vision of angels with my own eyes – Robert Cleaver.”

    The Spiritualist magazine Light, described this as “striking confirmation.” Harold Begbie printed Private Cleaver’s story as a factual account alongside others in his On the Side of the Angels (1915)”

    angelsinthetrenches.com/1915/the-soldier-who-saw-the-ange...
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Could the photographer be the same as the one credited with his Wikipedia photo? The collar and Dickie bow look like they could be the same day.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stoneman
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes) Certainly looks possible, thanks. I'll put "possibly Walter Stoneman", just to be cautious. And 1916? for the date.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing!
    Harold Begbie wrote a parody "The Political Struwwelpeter" (1898)
    via Internet Archive Book Images
    Entire book - archive.org/details/politicalstruwwe00begb/page/n5/mode/2...

You cannot be serious!

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  • Swordscookie said:
    What? No short skirts, no popping the spare tennis balls up the legs of their drawers and only two rackets🤔 That can't be tennis.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie You cannot be serious!
  • Suck Diesel said:
    "Simonne Mathieu[a] (French pronunciation: [simɔn matjø] née Passemard;)[1] (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, who was active in the 1930s. She won the French Championships singles title in 1938 and 1939.

    During World War II, she created and led the Corps of French Volunteers in the Free French Forces, the first female unit in the military history of France.”

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonne_Mathieu
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Very successful player, I wonder are all the others in the album as famous?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Madame Mathieu playing in 1929 - youtu.be/GlZee-dj7Qs?si=oUTaw8Wamp2klqEj

Oh to lie in Shirley's Arms

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